Chapter 695: The perfect match, Ye-Xi 1 (1/2)
Chapter 695: The perfect match, Ye-Xi (1)
Long Feiye hadn’t even asked where Grand Concubine Yi was before the younger woman gave it away. Her threat seemed full of confidence. Unfortunately, Long Feiye simply treated her like air: completely invisible. Even Lady Leng Yue felt ashamed for the young woman’s sake. She chuckled and said, “I certainly can. However, will your lordship’s price be offering a higher price than this woman?”
“How does the entire City of Daughters sound?” Long Feiye said as if offering a reward.
Lady Leng Yue grew incensed. “Long Feiye, what do you mean by this?”
“Kill her and hand over Grand Concubine Yi and your lordship will consider sparing the City of Daughters. Otherwise…shoulder the consequences!” Long Feiye threatened.
Anyone who dared to invade his estate and steal away Grand Concubine Yi would make him a laughingstock once news of it spread. How many more would think of targeting the Duke of Qin’s estate then? After all, the jianghu was a land of crouching tigers and hidden dragons. There were too many unseen dangers at prowl. He had to make the City of Daughters pay as a way to warn any idiots in the martial arts circles. Although he hadn’t gone to Celestial Mountain yet, he didn’t mind destroying the City of Daughters first. Cloud Realm Continent’s jianghu could be sent into an uproar first for all he cared.
Lady Leng Yue sucked in a cold breath. “Long Feiye, don’t be so supercilious. Today, your ladyship will teach you a lesson in minding your words!”
As she drew her sword, the young woman suddenly stopped her with a murmur. “Did you forget what you promised me?”
Lady Leng Yue really had forgotten after Long Feiye enraged her. “Don’t worry. Your ladyship is merely teaching him a lesson. He’ll have a better sense of propriety then!”
But the young woman only clutched onto her hand and muttered, “Lady Leng Yue, want to try and betray our contract? Do you believe that I’ll blurt out the truth? Would you want to ruin the City of Daughters’ reputation?”
What was the truth?
That it wasn’t the young woman who hired Lady Leng Yue at all, but that Lady Leng Yue had kidnapped Grand Concubine Yi first, then made a deal with her. The City of Daughters dealt in assassinations, but they only accepted offers before moving to act. They would always wait for the customer to approach them first, not the other way around. If news of this “deal” got out, then the City of Daughters would lose their reputation utterly. All of the jianghu would disdain them–especially Carefree City, who’d see them as a laughingstock.
Finally regaining her senses, Lady Leng Yue turned to Long Feiye with a cold tone. “Doing business with your ladyship is acceptable, but finish up this deal first!”
So speaking, she moved to stand behind the younger woman. Finally in the spotlight again, the young woman asked coldly, “Long Feiye, we had a deal. You would come by yourself with the Profound Frost Sword in exchange for the hostage. What do you mean by this? Don’t you want to see Grand Concubine Yi anymore?”
Long Feiye finally deigned to look at the woman, his pupils brimming with…disgust!
“How do you know that your lordship isn’t holding the Profound Frost Sword right now?” he retorted. Although it was true he hadn’t brought the weapon, this sword looked very similar to the real thing. Only someone familiar with the original would be able to tell the difference.
The Profound Frost Blade was a sacred treasure of Celestial Mountain. How many people in the world could identify it at a glance? Han Yunxi narrowed her eyes. She finally knew who the other woman was! How…nauseating!
Long Feiye raised his sword and struck towards the woman’s face, aiming to unveil her. But she unsheathed her sword in turn with Lady Leng Yue rising to support her. Both of them faced off against Long Feiye, who was still shielding Han Yunxi with one hard. He was stuck at an disadvantage. Meanwhile, the younger woman seemed to be injured, but her sword skills were still formidable. Lady Leng Yue was an even harder opponent capable of fighting on par with Long Feiye himself!
Soon enough, the two woman split up to attack him from both sides. Long Feiye remained on the defensive, dividing his attention equally between Han Yunxi and deflecting the blows.
“So His Highness Duke of Qin was a licentious player, too.” Lady Leng Yue mocked as she made a surprise attack. Long Feiye blocked her with his sword, and she immediately moved to expand her energy to suppress him. Her goals were clear: trap Long Feiye in place so the younger woman could seize a chance to kill Han Yunxi. It had to be said that she succeeded, because Long Feiye was stuck fast. He carried Han Yunxi in one hand while wielding his sword with the other, making it impossible for him to repel her all at once. Aside from Cang Qiuzi, Lady Leng Yue was the strongest foe he’d met in the martial arts circles yet.
Seeing this, the younger woman rejoiced. She had been waiting for this chance for ages. Her sword went stabbing straight at Han Yunxi. Of course, she held a trace of caution despite her excitement; she’d suffered once at Han Yunxi’s hands already. Now she kept her eyes on the woman’s mouth, hands, and feet in case poison needles came flying her way.
Actually, she could’ve dodged the the last time they faced off, but she hadn’t been expecting a surprise attack and was caught off-guard. There would have been no serious injuries if she was paying attention. As expected, Han Yunxi spat out a poison needle while launching more from her hand. The young woman dodged them all with a mocking laugh. “Han Yunxi, paltry tricks like yours aren’t even worth a vaudeville show! Lame!”