Vol 1 CH 17 (1/2)
Chapter 17: The Secret Celestial Group
Xiao Shuai said to Ding Yunzi, “She is not here”
Ding Yunzi asked, “Could she be in that another location?”
Xiao Shuai said, “No matter what, we must leave this town as soon as possible”
Ding Yunzi asked, “Master, you are injured?”
Xiao Shuai shook his head, “But I have expended a great deal of sun Bai here, I cannot fight at my peak”
Ding Yunzi said coolly, “There shouldn’t be anyone that can contest with Master If she is not here, surely she could be in that another location? That is the ate it”
Xiao Shuai said, “I have a very uneasy feeling about that villa I don’t have that feeling for a very long time Call it instinct if you want but soilant That Gongsun Bai had thought that he was invincible and became careless If he had been more wary, the final outcome would be hard to predict”
Ding Yunzi said, “Master, you are too caution At your martial level, no one is your sun Bai on your own”
Xiao Shuai said, “You are too young Even an invincible fighter will have a moment of weakness and if the enemies have the heart to kill you, they will have already studied your weakness That is e ain the best advantage in every situation”
Ding Yunzi said, “But there are only two youngto fear from them”
Xiao Shuai said, “Precisely that is why There are too many unanswered questions about that villa It is like they are enticing us to enter the villa”
Ding Yunzi sighed, “If I can be within three hundred paces of that villa, I may be able to know if Xiao Youxue is there…”
Xiao Shuai said sole closer than that, we risk exposing our whereabouts”
All of a sudden, Xiao Shuai looked at the forested surroundings and sighed “Just as I feared, they are here”
Ding Yunzi scanned the surroundings and immediately she said aloud, “There!”
She i sword, whirled it several ti sword in front of her!
Her flying sword flew into the dark recess of the forest and there was a ainst so metallic
Ding Yunzi had extended her fingers out and to her surprise; her flying sword did not rebound back It had simply vanished
Xiao Shuai looked intently at the direction that she had thrown her flying sword and said, “They are still there and they are no ordinary opponents…”
Ding Yunzi immediately raised her scabbard in front of her in a defensive posture as she raised her fingers into the sword fingers stance Even without a sword in her hands, she could still kill with her fingers and scabbard alone!
Two lookalike young maidens appeared from view out from the forest and walked very slowly towards them
They were in black velvet silk dresses Their black dresses were almost translucent and their faces were very white in contrast to their dressing In their hands, they had brandished their long swords
Xiao Shuai i sword, whirled it in a circular motion and threw it towards them!
He said aloud, “I will like to see how you can deflectsword!”
His flying sword flew and burst with startling speed against them!
The two youngswords in front of thehty impact; it was mysterious seized by another circular force as it spins in a reverse direction before dropping to the ground!
The two young maidens had taken three steps back as they displayed the Divine E swords as they finally deflected thesword!
Xiao Shuaisword directly?”
But even before they could steady their footing, Xiao Shuai and Ding Yunzi had i as they filled their scabbard with theirmaidens at the same time!
The two young asped at the same time, “Oh no…”
It was because their opponents had seized the opportunity to launch another attack at the same time even before they could steady theainst opponents that would react with such astonishi+ng speed!
But to the surprise of Xiao Shuai and Ding Yunzi, just when their scabbards were about to strike their targets, another young maiden had appeared in front of the beautiful twins and deflected their scabbards to the other direction with her sleeve!
This newcorace of a Goddess It was as though she was not from this mortal realm Even Xiao Shuai who prided hiht…
It was not her unearthly beauty that caused Xiao Shuai and Ding Yunzi to be taken aback but they were startled at how easy she had deflected their scabbards!
It was because their flying scabbard technique was also one of their martial clan most powerful secret techniques and was evensword technique!
Even though their flying scabbards were a straightforward attack, it was charged with their entireit was even harder than their flying swords Much of theirBut for their flying scabbards, the her and it was three times as fast!
Moreover they had thrown their flying scabbards at the sa scabbards was difficult enough and moreover there were two…
And this youngscabbards with just her sleeve…
When Xiao Shuai had recovered from his initial surprise and looked at her face, he was evenYunzi analyzed coolly, “They are using a secret technique that is similar to the Invincible Divine Force No one can deflect our secret techniques with just theirthe Emerald Divine Skill, the nemesis skill of all missile projectiles And in this fraternity, only the Eternal Ice Palace knows this secret skill”
Ding Yunzi had raised her right hand and htly As soon as Xiao Shuai nodded, she would attack again with another secret technique of the Virtuous Palace!
The newco maidens at her back were Shui Yujian the Jade Sword Fairy and Shui Meijian the Beautiful Sword Fairy
The Celestial Fairy nodded slightly and said, “Your analysis is correct We are indeed from the Eternal Ice Palace Only the Virtuous Palace is capable of using the Flying Sword Technique It seems that this battle between the Eternal Ice Palace and the Virtuous Palace is inevitable”
Ding Yunzi said coolly, “If you think that we are weaponless and defenseless, you are reat mistake…”
Shui Meijian interrupted coldly, “Oh yes? The Penetrating Hands, the Penetrating Slash Technique, the Virtuous Divine Force, the Golden Iht, I am so afraid”
Shui Yujian s her opponent She immediately took a deep breath as she amplified her senses with the Dual Inertness Intricacy, a skill that she had newly acquired
Ding Yunzi turned pale as she asked, “How did you know?”
Shui Yujian had immediately sensed that the heartbeat of this maiden had increased and she was nervous now She blinked at Shui Meijian, hinting her of the information
Xiao Shuai sighed deeply, “It is because I am the one that leak it…”
Ding Yunzi was shocked as she asked, “Master? You told the Eternal Ice Palace our secret techniques?”
The Celestial Fairy begun to look at Xiao Shuai closely, “You are Brother Shuai?”
Xiao Shuai laughed and he began to treed at all…I alnize you all these years Or rather, you have beco have it been now? Fifty years? I have never known that you are from the Eternal Ice Palace or else I would surely look for you there…”
The Celestial Fairy averted her eyes, “I didn’t know you are from the Virtuous Palace as well…”
Shui Yujian, Shui Meijian and Ding Yunzi were stunned that their protégé mistress and master had actually knew each other!
Ding Yunzi was even e as an to look at Shui Meijian and Shui Yujian who looked equally young as well…
Xiao Shuai laughed bitterly, “Fate plays a cruel joke on all of us Where is Han Shaodong? Are you together with him now?”
The Celestial Fairy shi+fted uncomfortably as she said, “The last time that I had seen him was also the last time that I had seen you”
Xiao Shuai laughed, “That is good news to me You have left so suddenly that day…”
Ding Yunzi had never seen her protégé hed so merrily before
Fifty years ago, a group of pugilists were all that were left from the aftermath of a bloody battle over a lost martial treasure trove The survivors of that bloody afterilists The reasons that they had survived were because they were not as greedy as the others or because they were smarter
It was because the underground palace ruins that they had found had too many deadly traps and many had died
Han Shaodong looked at the nine reroup as well He said in disbelief, “We risk our lives for just one small flask and some copper coins?”
Xiao Shuai said, “If you don’t want that flask, you can give it to me Maybe the pills in the flask are worth more than anyone of you think it is”
Han Shaodong laughed and he tossed the flask to hie to eat some unknown pills They can be poison you know”
Xiao Shuai laughed, “Or miraculous pills you know”
Shui Yixian s to do now? Continue the fight that some of us have left unfinished earlier?”
Xiao Shuai turned and looked at everyone, “It is a coincidental that we have all survived until this point and yet at the same time, we are all reluctant to reveal our true identities We may not be friends as we may come from over all the fraternity and even the names that we use may be faked But let us introduce ourselves anyway You can callhandsome!”
Shui Yixian laughed softly as she covered her mouth with her hands, “hello Handsome!”
Xiao Shuai laughed, “Beauty, now it is your turn to introduce yourself I am sure everyone would like to know your nailists during the past week Everyone seeer to know your name”
Shui Yixian looked at everyone and she started to stammer, “I…err…Yixian…no…you can call me Xian’Er”
Everyone thought it was funny It seemed like she was not an experienced liar and everyone secretly made a quick mental note to remember her real name
Han Shaodong said, “I am just a nameless nobody in the fraternity I am not from the orthodox clans or fro”
Another young pugilist said, “That is right Today, no matter where we are from, we should be friends Actually for us orthodox clans, it is quite disgraceful for others to knoe are fighting over a fraternity treasure…”
Han Shaodong said, “You just tell us that you are from the orthodox clan”
The young pugilist was startled and he looked embarrassed
Han Shaodong assured him, “Don’t worry We will not force you to tell us your clan of origin I a their clan skills too”