The Legend of the Condor Heroes: From Being Expelled from Peach Blossom Island

Chapter 146 Chase and Escape

She had a pair of almond-shaped eyes with triangular corners, and two arched eyebrows with upturned ends, giving her a charming and alluring appearance.

Judging by just those eyes, one would assume she's a shrewd and beautiful woman, petty and calculating, not to be easily offended.

It's a pity that they're now standing face to face. Wu Chengyu felt it was a shame; this woman's mouth was so big that it ruined the beauty of her features, and yet she was wearing bright red rouge.

Although she doesn't have wrinkles and can laugh while wearing makeup, she's still applying too much white powder.

With a deathly pale face, large red lips, and narrow, phoenix-shaped eyes, on a night when many people had just died, Wu Chengyu felt that the other person looked more like a paper doll that was to be burned in a paper shop to be a concubine for his elders.

Besides that, there was something else about this woman that Wu Chengyu found strange: she had more than twenty gold hairpins stuck in her hair.

Phoenix hairpins, plum blossom hairpins, shark fin hairpins, ruyi hairpins, butterfly hairpins, and all sorts of other hairpins, each one is made of pure gold and is extremely exquisite in design. They are definitely made by skilled craftsmen and are much larger than ordinary gold hairpins. They weigh at least two pounds in total.

In ancient times, women wore gold hairpins according to their age and marriage. The type of gold hairpin also varied depending on the season, and no one would wear so many at once.

But what was strange before his eyes was only the surface; what truly made Wu Chengyu wary was the way she appeared.

When Wu Chengyu's five senses were fully activated and a three-dimensional image was formed, everything within a hundred meters of him was reflected in his mind, leaving nothing hidden.

So far, only Hong Qigong has been able to hide and evade Wu Chengyu's senses, and he still doesn't know how Hong Qigong did it.

According to Wu Chengyu's understanding of Hong Qigong, the difference between the Five Greats level masters and Qiu Qianren and others lies in their ability to perceive subtlety. This ability to perceive subtlety is something that cannot be described in words. Wu Chengyu guessed that only those who have reached the level of perceiving subtlety can completely deceive him, and others simply cannot do it.

Wu Chengyu had been using the 3D model the whole time, but he didn't even notice when the woman appeared next to him.

Even when Wu Chengyu realized something was wrong, it wasn't because the woman had exposed herself when she got close, but because the scent of rouge on her was so pungent that it was impossible not to smell it; the woman hadn't even tried to hide her scent.

Could it be another master comparable to the Five Greats, reaching the level of subtlety, or is it a woman?

Wu Chengyu knew that this person was definitely not Lin Chaoying. Lin Chaoying should have been dead for many years. In the world of The Legend of the Condor Heroes and The Return of the Condor Heroes, he could not think of anyone else who had reached the level of the Five Greats.

Even though Huang Rong, Li Mochou, and Xiaolongnu, who met again sixteen years later, were top female masters at their peak, they probably never reached the level of the Five Greats in their lifetime.

Therefore, the only place where a female expert of this level could possibly exist is the imperial palace.

In any case, tonight was truly an unlucky night. It was forbidden to go out, to kill anyone, or to encounter a strange woman. Faced with such a bizarre woman, Wu Chengyu knew before even fighting that he was no match for her, and he decided to follow his heart.

"Greetings, young lady. We are not destined to meet again." With that, Wu Chengyu used her lightness skill to turn and run away.

But he had only walked less than ten feet when he heard someone whispering in his ear.

"Since you call me 'Miss,' how could we be without fate? Fate brings us together, and you can't escape it." The voice was clearly old, yet it carried a mocking tone while being deliberately sweet and coquettish, somewhat like a rock singer singing in a high-pitched voice—sounding enough to send chills down one's spine. But Wu Chengyu felt more than just chills; he was utterly terrified. His greatest reliance had always been his lightness skill, which he prided himself on being able to escape even if he encountered the Five Greats. Last time, Zhao Feng, already a top-tier master of lightness skill, was still a step slower than him.

Although he wasn't using his full strength, the woman was still able to keep up, just like he had followed Chen Xuanfeng back then, like a shadow. He could even feel someone blowing on his ear.

In his haste, Wu Chengyu immediately used the Shadow Clone Technique, instantly creating seven or eight separate figures that fled in different directions.

The other party let out a surprised "Eh," seemingly taken aback by Wu Chengyu's agility, and paused for a moment, finally giving Wu Chengyu the opportunity to create distance.

However, just as Wu Chengyu had expected, the other party had already reached the realm of subtlety, like Hong Qigong. She couldn't be fooled by the shadow at all. With just a slight glance, the woman saw through Wu Chengyu's true form and flashed away, chasing straight after him.

This time, Wu Chengyu brought his lightness skill to its limit. With the cat-like steps and the explosive power brought by his super strong Achilles tendon, he ran more than ten zhang in just a few breaths. Then, he became a crane shadow and a flowing light, running at full speed.

However, the woman's lightness skill was in no way inferior to Wu Chengyu's. Except for the few steps when Wu Chengyu suddenly accelerated, she was completely on par with Wu Chengyu.

The distance between Wu Chengyu and her never shortened, yet he never managed to shake her off.

At this moment, Wu Chengyu knew that he had finally met his nemesis. A top expert in the Subtle Realm had a lightness skill that was no less than his own. He used to boast that he could go anywhere in the world and that he could escape even if he encountered the Five Greats. At this moment, he was truly slapped in the face.

The two chased and fled. Wu Chengyu was in a panic and ran towards the outskirts of Hangzhou. When he saw the city wall of Hangzhou in the distance, he heard a sharp sound of something cutting through the air behind him. He turned his head slightly and saw a golden light shooting towards his back.

It turned out that the woman, unable to catch up with Wu Chengyu, actually pulled a phoenix hairpin from her hair and casually swung it, sending the hairpin straight at Wu Chengyu at an unimaginable speed.

It turns out that all those gold hairpins on her head were actually this woman's weapons.

With Wu Chengyu's lightness skill, ordinary hidden weapons could not keep up with his speed at all, but this golden hairpin made him very alert and caught up with him in the blink of an eye.

He quickly transformed into two figures, barely dodging the hairpin, while simultaneously swinging his right hand and making a sudden swipe in the air.

The hairpin was then retaliated at an even faster speed than before.

The woman was completely unprepared for Wu Chengyu's move, or rather, martial arts like "Shifting Stars" no longer existed in this era. Caught off guard, the woman had no choice but to dodge her hairpin. Her figure froze in mid-air, and Wu Chengyu pulled her several feet away once again.

The woman finally gave up the chase. She never expected that someone in this world could evade her pursuit, given her lightness skill.

Whether it was Wu Chengyu's technique of creating clones or the method he used to turn the hairpin that was meant to kill him back to attack her, both were refreshing to the woman, and for a moment she no longer had the intention to kill Wu Chengyu.

As Wu Chengyu sprinted forward, he discovered that his opponent had given up chasing him. He was overjoyed and at the same time heard the woman's voice coming from afar.

"Little mouse, you run very fast. Next time we meet, I'll sever your Achilles tendons first."

(End of this chapter)