Chapter 65 Huangfu Xinser (2/2)

Su Wan gave a strange laugh. ”Before, you have Senior Brother Qin watching out for you. Now he has returned to the Violet Manor and Master is still in retreat. You'd better be obedient and give up the spot to enter the Violet Manor.”

”Impossible.” Huangfu Xin'er refused succinctly.

Glaring at her, Su Wan unsheathed the sword hanging from her waist. She pointed it at Huangfu Xin'er. ”I'm the eldest daughter of the Su family. What's a disciple of a fallen aristocratic family like you worth? You dare tell me no?”

Following the flash of a cold glint, Huangfu Xin'er drew a frosted sword from the bottom of her zither. She said coldly, ”What's wrong? You want to try my Stifled Light?” Her sword looked almost imaginary and no shadow of the blade could be found on the ground.

Su Wan smiled coolly. ”I can't believe Senior Brother Qin even gave you his Stifled Light. How on earth did you a little vixen like you captivate Senior Brother Qin?”

”Su Wan! Stop spouting nonsense here! There's only friendly affection between me and Senior Brother Qin!”

”Huh! Friendly affection? Who's the one who sang 'There are no affectionless people in this world, only those who have no feelings for you' earlier? Tsk, tsk. What a shameless little bitch...”

”Shut up! Senior Brother Qin didn't write that song!”

”Huh! That means you're flirting around behind Senior Brother Qin's back...”

”Shut the hell up!” The Stifled Light moved without producing a shadow. Huangfu Xin'er could no longer endure the woman and thrust her sword. Su Wan failed to dodge in time and with a tearing sound, the Sword Qi carved a small incision on her shoulder.

Seeing this, the two young men behind Su Wan slammed their palms on Huangfu Xin'er. Two sounds of collision resounded as Huangfu Xin'er took the blow of two palm attacks. She took a few steps in retreat and clutched her chest as she coughed incessantly.

”Quick! Kill this little bitch for me!” Su Wan was furious.

The two young men besieged Huangfu Xin'er, forcing her to back up all the way to the corner of the wall. She blocked one of the men's attacks with her Stifled Light but was unable to block the other's sneak attack. In no time at all, she suffered multiple palm attacks. Blood seeped from the corner of her mouth.

”Let's see if you'll keep playing your damn zither!” Su Wan picked up the Jade Zither on the stone platform and was about to throw it on the ground.

Huangfu Xin'er cried out, ”No!” She weaved past the two young men with her sword and charged at Su Wan. Unfortunately, the two other women rushed up and stopped her.

With a thud, the Jade Zither fell to the ground and snapped in half with the seven strings still bound tightly together. Huangfu Xin'er immediately turned pale.

”I'll kill you!” Huangfu Xin'er erupted in fury as her murderous aura flared and eyes turned bloodshot. She thrust her sword in the space between Su Wan's eyebrows. The latter, having never felt such a heavy murderous aura in her life, couldn't help feeling stunned. She was so shocked that she forgot to lift her sword to resist.

With a thump, sparks flew. However, it was a young man's sword that swiftly cut across space and allowed itself to be snap into half by the Stifled Light. The interruption caused a slight change in direction of Huangfu Xin'er's sword, causing Su Wan to lose only several strands of hair.

Su Wan, who had narrowly escaped death, immediately recovered her senses and slammed her palm on Huangfu Xin'er's abdomen. She attacked so swiftly that Huangfu Xin'er was unable to escape. The latter coughed up a mouthful of blood as she was thrown twenty feet away.

After seeing that Huangfu Xin'er was badly hit, a woman rushed to Su Wan's side and whispered, ”Sister Su, why don't we just let things slide for now? We'll be in trouble if Master finds out.”

Su Wan glared at Huangfu Xin'er. ”You'd better be careful. If you mess with me, the Violet Manor will have no place for you no matter how large it is. You need to understand who I am!” She flicked her sleeves and left with her companions.

Amid the gentle breeze, Huangfu Xin'er staggered back to her previous spot. She picked up the broken Jade Zither and brought it back to the stone table. However, it couldn't be put together no matter how hard she tried. Finally, her tears fell silently, drop by drop on the tail of the zither where two words were engraved: ”Xin, Chen.”

...

The wind was strong and cold at the foot of the mountain.

Everyone was climbing the steps when Xiao Chen suddenly stopped in his tracks. Behind him, Shangguan Yan crashed into him. She frowned. ”Hey! The one in front! What did you suddenly stop?!”

”Oh, sorry about that.” Xiao Chen smiled. Just now, he felt a sudden sharp pain in his heart. He looked at the top of the mountain. They were about 400 to 500 steps away from the square, where many people had already gathered.

When everyone arrived at the square, the Senior Brothers did a head count before leading them to the dormitory. Finally, there was a welcome banquet.

Xiao Chen and Xiao Han were assigned to the same room. They were tidying their room when they heard a sudden roar of joy from the square at the foot of the mountain. The welcome banquet must have begun.

Shangguan Yan sneaked into their room. ”Hey, are you two going to the welcome banquet? Looks like the Skygale Sect is a lot livelier than our Three Pure Sect.”

”Shh...” Xiao Chen made a gesture of silence and looked around warily. Xiao Han said, ”You don't have to be nervous either. It's a good idea to familiarize ourselves with the environment first.”

Xiao Chen shook his head. ”Go ahead. I'll take a rain check. Remember to be careful when you talk.”

After both of them left, Xiao Chen went out of the courtyard alone. The bright moon was rising and the sea was sparkling, reflecting the sea breeze blowing from the bottom of the mountain. He didn't know where he was going. He made a cursory sweep of his surroundings with his eyes and seemed to have spotted a beautiful shadow standing on the top of a mountain somewhere. In the blink of an eye, the person was gone.

Just as he was seeking a path to continue moving forward, a voice came from behind him, ”Are you new here, Junior Brother? Why aren't you attending the welcome banquet?”