Chapter 935: Strict teachers have outstanding students (2/2)

Bai Yanqing had lost his advantage in the Di Clan and suffered a loss at Blacktower. Logically speaking, he should be heading for Northern Li to help Jun Yixie deal with the Northern Li emperor. And yet, Long Feiye had been keeping an eye up north without getting any news of the man. Neither had Jun Yixie made any major moves.

“No matter what he’s planning, we can’t let him escape this time!” Han Yunxi’s eyes flashed sinisterly. This time she had to be ruthless and strive forward regardless of obstacles or excuses.

After their meal, the skies began to darken. Long Feiye taught Han Yunxi a few needle attacking techniques, which she learned very quickly. Her internal energy had already been cultivated to the maximum, enough for her to use the Nirvana Heart Arts’ energy at will. Now she had to learn the special needle arts that Long Feiye had created just for her. The manual he’d given her had no name, so she christened it the “Flying Needle Arts.” She’d just finished shooting a needle according to Long Feiye’s instructions when he smiled.

“What are you smiling about?” she asked, puzzled.

Without replying, Long Feiye backed up ten steps and said, “Shoot towards me. If you can hit me, they’ll be a handsome reward!”

Han Yunxi grew amused. “You want me to complete my apprenticeship so soon?”

“I’ll consider it if you hit me,” Long Feiye wasn’t joking. Han Yunxi was not only born with high innate talent for internal energy cultivation, but also enlightened to new principles very quickly. A genius of this caliber only needed a few pointers to advance, so it wasn’t impossible for her to graduate from her studies. Of course, he wouldn’t leave her to her own means. He quite enjoyed the process of teaching her martial arts. No matter how talented Han Yunxi might be, it would still be impossible to hit him without lying in ambush ahead of time. She had just cultivated her internal energy to the max, so he was in no rush to dual cultivate the Lustbite Seal energy with her. Rather, it was better to let her rest and practice her needle skills first.

“Then let me change to another needle, just in case,” Han Yunxi teased. Her weapons were poisoned, after all.

Long Feiye smiled wordlessly and walked forward a few steps to lessen the difficulty for her.

“Be careful, I’m going to shoot!” Han Yunxi chuckled.

Long Feiye didn’t startle, but remained waiting.

Han Yunxi assumed her stance, but only stood there for ages smiling at him like a fool.

“Still not attacking?” Long Feiye asked. Han Yunxi pretended to shoot, but Long Feiye saw straight through her. “Playing dirty?”

“I wouldn’t dare.” Grinning, Han Yunxi shot out ten needles at once, all of them aimed for Long Feiye’s vital spots. Long Feiye remained unmoving as they rushed towards him, seemingly aloof and indifferent.

“Long Feiye!” Han Yunxi panicked. She was only playing around because she was sure he’d dodge. That’s why her attack had been so vicious! She made a dash forward but stopped when all of the needles buried themselves in Long Feiye’s flesh. Although they weren’t poisoned, they had all targeted his weak spots. The consequences were more frightening than any toxic needles!

What was this man thinking?!

She stared at him in disbelief. But his eyes turned cold before the ten needles suddenly rebounded off his body and went flying in the opposite direction, straight at Han Yunxi. In short, he was the one playing dirty! Han Yunxi tried to evade them, but there was no time. All ten needles buried themselves into her body. Fortunately, she was shorter than him, so they didn’t hit any place fatal. Still...that hurt!

“Long Feiye, you’re dirtier than I am!” she accused him.

“And an enemy would be even filthier. Remember, all’s fair in war, especially when it comes to assassination weapons. Many accurate hits end up being nothing but tricks.” As Long Feiye spoke, he approached her and asked, “Does it hurt?”

Han Yunxi nodded promptly. Besides the needles she used for medical work, most of them were Long Feiye’s custom orders from the Tang Clan. The tips of them dug into the flesh and hurt intensely when they hit--both at the moment of impact, and when the victim tried to pry them out.

“You’ll remember it better if it hurts,” Long Feiye said coldly.

“Mm, I will!” Han Yunxi didn’t fuss. “Let’s do it again.”

Strict teachers had outstanding students!

But Long Feiye simply picked her up and headed for their rooms.

“What are you doing?” Han Yunxi asked.

“Going to deal with the needles,” Long Feiye intoned.

“It’ll be fine once I pull them out,” Han Yunxi replied.

“It’ll hurt. Take care of them slowly inside the rooms, we’ll need to apply ointment too,” Long Feiye might have an ice cube face, but his words were exceptionally gentle. Where was his so-called strictness? Han Yunxi was beginning to worry whether she’d improve at this rate. She really had to consider whether Long Feiye should be allowed to teach their future children martial arts, too!

That night, Long Feiye and Han Yunxi settled down in an inn while Gu Qishao and Gu Beiyue reached the Three-Way Black Market!