Vol 1 CH 22 (1/2)
Chapter 22: Ambush!+
Yi Ping, Xiao Youxue and Lie Qing had recuperated fully for three months before they decided to leave the Ice Cavern
The three of the those three months as they recuperated from their injuries and exertions
Their injuries and depleted internal strength recovered at a much faster rate than they had expected Perhaps it was due to the freshness and the unique ice fishes that they had fished from the Ice Cavern
In just threewas surprised that her real self would be so stunning
While Xiao Youxue was enthralling, Lie Qing was
Lie Qing asked Yi Ping, “Brother Yi Ping, who is the richest bachelor in the fraternity now?”
Yi Ping replied, “That honor belongs to Nangong Le, one of the four young masters of the martial fraternity”
Lie Qing asked, “Who is the best young swordsman of the fraternity now?”
Yi Ping said, “Zuo Tianyi He is barely thirty and his swordse He is also one of the four young masters of the martial fraternity”
Lie Qing could not resist a smile, “Then who do you think is the betterLe?”
Yi Ping smiled weakly He really did not knohat to answer
When Lie Qing saw that Yi Ping did not answer her, she asked Xiao Youxue “Sister Youxue, who do you think is the better guy?”
Xiao Youxue smiled faintly, “It really depends if you like a hero or a rich man”
Lie Qing turned to Yi Ping and asked him, “Is there any hero that is also a rich man?”
Yi Ping ed a weak smile, “I do not know…”
Lie Qing asked again, “What about you? Are you famous in the fraternity?”
Yi Ping said, “I am neither a rich man nor a hero in the fraternity I am just a poor nameless wanderer…”
Lie Qing laughed softly, “That’s what you always say Who knows if that is the truth?”
She looked at Xiao Youxue and asked, “Good sister, what do you say?”
Xiao Youxue smiled, “He is poor but not entirely nameless He is one of the most hunted men in the entire fraternity now”
Lie Qing expressed surprise, “My heavens! Good sister, you have never told me!”
She began to look at Yi Ping from top to bottom as she exclaimed with horror, “Is he a lecherous bandit or a malicious villain?”
Xiao Youxue laughed softly, “He is just a notorious fool who dare to offend the majority of the orthodox fraternity”
Lie Qing began to sigh, “Then I better keep away froood husband at any time soon”
Xiao Youxue asked, “Why are you so eager to find a husband?”
Lie Qing s anymore”
Xiao Youxue asked, “How old are you now?”
Lie Qing looked at Yi Ping and then looked at Xiao Youxue before replying, “This is my secret I don’t want to share with any one of you!”
Xiao Youxue teased, “Not even to your future husband?”
Lie Qing laughed softly, “Naturally not even to my future husband It is better he does not know either”
Yi Ping rubbed his nose, “I wonder how old Maiden Xiao is?”
Xiao Youxue s as she said, “I don’t want to reveal either”
Yi Ping sighed deeply
Xiao Youxue asked hie?”
Yi Ping sighed even deeper, “I just don’t understand how you develop your internal strength at such a young age This is really so unbelievable”
Lie Qing laughed, “Good sister, I have lost all th Can you spare th?”
Xiao Youxue suddenly was tight-lipped and had aIt was because the art of stealing and borrowing one’s internal strength was an evil skill in the martial fraternity It was an action that even the majority of the unorthodox clans condemned except for the vile heretic sects
Even though Xiao Youxue had been very careful about revealing her true internal strength to Yi Ping, at tiet and accidentally displayed it
Take for exa the first month they were in the forest when all of a sudden, they were attacked by a large wild boar that suddenly charged at them
If it were not for her sudden reflex and a sudden kick fro would have broken their legs by the charge of the wild boar!
Yi Ping was astonished that her kick was powerful enough to kick a charging wild boar away that even a highly skilled exponent could scarcely be able to accos first
Yi Ping asked, “Is that youra martial technique?”
She si hed, “To think I a…”
Even Lie Qing was astonished, “I didn’t expect good sister to be so strong despite her gentle outlook”
And now, they had left the Ice Cavern
Lie Qing asked, “Where are we going?”
Yi Ping said coolly, “I have a few i to do first We should part ways I so glad that you have alerous for a maiden I will escort you to the nearest town or city if you prefer, then ill part ways”
Xiao Youxue secretly stole a glance at Yi Ping Was it time to part for them? These three ot to know Yi Ping better
Lie Qing asked curiously, “What is that you have to do?”
Yi Ping was silent for a while as he appeared to be in a daze before he said, “I have to find that Ding Yunzi Even if she is not the one that killed my wife; surely she knoho the killer identity is”
He paused for a while before saying, “Also, Maiden Ji have stolen et it back” Actually he was ainst the Holy Hex Sect than retrieving his secretabout it
Lie Qing asked, “Who is Maiden Ji?”
Yi Ping ed a weak smile, “She is an extre side of the fraternity…”
Xiao Youxue interrupted, “Stealing a secretyour wife In this fraternity, whose hands aren’t tainted with blood? You are e the theft of your secret manuals?”
Yi Ping said, “Maiden Ji is a friend…”
Xiao Youxue waved her hand and looked away, “So you are willing to forgive your friends for any heinous criainst you?”
Yi Ping smiled weakly, “That really depends Soiven Some can be”
Xiao Youxue asked, “How did you know that your wife killer did not have a justified reason to kill her then?”
Yi Ping did not knohat to answer as he looked at her enthralling eyes For some weird reasons, froo
Lie Qing could sense the cold forbidden aura that was radiating from Xiao Youxue now She was a little afraid of Xiao Youxue now as she thought, “Lucky I a or else I would be dead”
Even though she had recovered her soth and was confident of her own martial techniques, she was also an experienced exponent in the martial fraternity She knew that Xiao Youxue uard was never down And moreover, she also knew that Xiao Youxueto display It was as though she was deliberating suppressing her true martial skills Even with her experience, she could not tell which sect or clan that Xiao Youxue was from
Therefore she tried to be friendly towards her and even calling her ‘Good Sister’ all the time But no matter what she did in these three months, Xiao Youxue always maintained a cool distance from her
Yi Ping and Xiao Youxue were the weirdest persons that she had ever round, where she got her ‘Perpetual Darkness’ precious sword or question her further
She thought, “Are they trying to put et my martial secrets?”
And the weirdest thing was Yi Ping and Xiao Youxue did not appear to be real friends either even though they were traveling together There were even certain days that Yi Ping and Xiao Youxue did not even attempt to talk to one another Instead they spenttheir internal energy
And this Yi Ping was really a true gentlenetism to him…
Therefore, she was even more confused “Surely there must be many maidens that have already fallen for him Why is he in this desolate place? Is he really hunted by the majority of the fraternity?”
She sighed in her heart, “I have never fallen for athem But now, I really do not know…” She had encountered iven her soet back soes too
Until today, she could not believe that Yi Ping could actually give her the ‘Divine Dragon Pill’ to save her life She was now in a dilemma because she had actually lied to him about the ‘Divine Calamity’
“If he knows I lie to hiet a very bad impression of me?” She could not believe that she had actually cared about his opinion of her!
What astonished heractually had e!
She had watched hied the depth of his martial power And his martial poas the type that was very pure and unhindered!
She had al sixty years of martial poas almost an ihters in the fraternity, including the old and experienced exponents barely even had twenty years of on Pill, he would have become a superior super exponent instantly! That was because sixty years were the li above that was almost an impossible feat with too many hindrances The few exponents that had sixty years of martial poere all super exponents
Even though the differences between a superior super exponent and a super exponent was not great, any significant breakthrough was irasp the various superior intricacy skills that would actually prove decisive in a fight
Of course, Lie Qing did not know that Yi Ping had actually consumed the Golden Rejuvenation Pill , eaten the Thousand Year Old Ice Fish and had also cleared his death and lifeincident
It was hard for her not to resist falling for such a pro man…
Because of the Divine Dragon Pill, her life was actually saved and her internal strength even had a hope for recovery And Yi Ping had never asked for anything in return and noanted to part ith her…
Xiao Youxue looked coldly at Yi Ping and interrupted Lie Qing’s thoughts with a sharp ree the maiden that killed your ith your cold-blooded hands”
Yi Ping was startled as he sighed, “Alas It is my own personal affair I a words and offend you I know you are kind and don’t wish to see unnecessary bloodshed…”
Xiao Youxue interrupted coldly, “You don’t have to be sorry I a to kill someone so cold-heartedly with your own hands”
Yi Ping said, “This doesn’t concern you…”
Xiao Youxue raised her white emerald precious sword as she said, “It does now You have said that you will returnyour life This is what I request fro so that I can witness your cold-heartlessness”
Yi Ping said, “Youxue, why are you forcing me…”
Xiao Youxue said coolly, “So you are a liar?”
Yi Ping sighed heavily as he said, “My ene foe I may not be her match Even today, I am terrified of her er…”
Xiao Youxue said, “This, you don’t have to worry about me I kno to take care of myself”