Martial Arts Crossover: It All Started with Hijacking Li Canghai

After regaining his footing, he glanced around.

This is a huge inland river merchant ship, as tall as a three-story building, with a wide hull, clearly a large ship used for long-distance transport of large quantities of goods.

On the spacious deck, some goods covered with tarpaulins were piled up. On both sides of the ship, every few steps, stood a man dressed in uniform black tight-fitting clothes. They were all burly, with slightly bulging temples, sharp eyes, and uniform steel knives at their waists. They were clearly not ordinary shipwrights or sailors, but well-trained guards.

Besides these guards, there were also many ordinary sailors dressed in coarse cloth, busily tidying up the ropes and raising the sails, making final preparations for the upcoming voyage.

The sudden appearance of the Qin and Han dynasties was like a pebble thrown into a calm lake, disrupting the harmony on the boat.

The guards and protectors dressed in blue were the quickest to react. Almost as soon as Qin Han landed, they all turned their gazes toward him. Their gazes were filled with vigilance, solemnity, and even a hint of undisguised horror, because some of them had seen Qin Han cross the river with a single pole.

"Whoosh..."

Several guards who were nearby had already instinctively gripped the hilts of their swords at their waists. The cold metal scraped against the scabbards, which were already half-drawn, making a faint but dangerous sound!

Their muscles were tense, their bodies slightly leaning forward, assuming a posture ready to draw their swords and attack at any moment, yet none of them dared to make a move.

The reason was that Qin Han's incredible river-crossing technique far exceeded their expectations. Even if they all rushed at him, they would probably not be able to defeat such a top martial arts master. They could only suppress their urge to attack and keep their eyes fixed on this uninvited guest.

The ordinary sailors busy on deck, unlike the guards who had received rigorous training, showed pure fear and panic in the face of this extraordinary scene.

"I...I remember we've been almost a hundred meters away from the ferry crossing...Is this a person or a ghost?"

"How...how did he get here?"

"Be quiet! Can't you see those guards are too scared to make a sound? Keep quiet!"

The sailors stopped what they were doing and instinctively retreated, moving away from Qin Han's location, fearing that he might suddenly attack them.

The atmosphere on the entire deck became unusually tense and oppressive because of Qin and Han.

Qin Han felt a little embarrassed. Why did it make him feel like he was here to be a robber?

I just wanted to hitch a ride and find out what was going on in the Song Dynasty...

Just then, a beautiful maid wearing a bright green silk skirt and with her hair styled in a double bun came out from inside.

She was about fifteen or sixteen years old, with delicate features. She seemed oblivious to the tense atmosphere on the deck and walked straight past the guards who were on high alert to stand before Qin Han.

She first bowed slightly in a curtsy, then looked at Qin Han with a faint smile, her voice pleasant and melodious: "Young master, our lady invites you in."

His attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, showing the proper respect without the slightest fear, as if Qin Han was not a dangerous person who had suddenly barged in, but a distinguished guest who had been arranged to meet him long ago.

Qin Han raised an eyebrow.

"Oh? Madam?" He thought to himself, "This is interesting. I thought this ship would belong to the Chai family, but it seems I was unlucky and didn't encounter the real person. Instead, I encountered some kind of madam."

Judging from the maid's speech and manner, this lady was clearly no ordinary person.

He had absolute confidence in his martial arts skills. He considered the guards around him to be second- or third-rate and not worth mentioning. Even if the other party had set up a trap with top-level masters lying in ambush, he was confident that he could escape unscathed.

After all, what he carried on his back was the Bloodthirsty Blade, which could cut through iron like mud and increase power by drinking blood!

Thinking of this, Qin Han smiled and thanked the maid: "I apologize for disturbing you, but since you have so kindly invited me, how could I refuse? Please lead the way."

Seeing how readily he agreed, the maid's smile grew even sweeter, and she bowed again, saying, "This way, young master."

Having said that, she gracefully led the way, while Qin Han followed at a leisurely pace. The two walked one after the other across the deck toward the ship's upper deck. The guards, seeing this, still dared not relax their vigilance, but their grip on the hilts of their swords loosened slightly, and they breathed a sigh of relief as they made way for her, thankfully no fight broke out...

The ship had three floors and was decorated quite luxuriously. The maid led Qin Han up the wooden stairs and finally to the top floor. At the end of the corridor on the top floor was a door carved with exquisite floral and bird patterns.

The maid stopped at the door and respectfully reported to those inside, "Madam, the young master has arrived."

A woman's voice soon came from inside the room.

"Please invite this young master in quickly."

This sound... um... how to describe it?

Delicate and alluring, with a natural charm, like a feather tickling one's heart. Every word, every syllable seems to carry an electric current, making one's bones melt.

Caught off guard, Qin Han heard this voice and felt a surge of heat rise from his dantian, causing his body to tremble slightly!

A chill ran through me!

There's something strange about that sound!

Instantly, I realized that the voice contained a technique similar to seductive arts!

For more than two months before, at Leigu Mountain, his master Wuyazi passed on all his life's skills, along with many unique techniques of the Xiaoyao Sect, to him, including Li Qiushui's unique "Thousand-Mile Sound Transmission Soul Searching Technique".

This technique is extremely powerful; it can not only transmit sound to extremely far places, but also pinpoint locations precisely based on a person's reaction!

Even more impressive is the accompanying manual called "Soul-Capturing Technique," which is similar in principle to the "Soul-Shifting Technique" in the Nine Yin Manual. Both techniques use sound, eye contact, and other mediums to influence the mind of others, making them feel favorably towards you and close to you. They can even briefly hypnotize or control the mind of others.

Although Qin Han himself did not deliberately practice this somewhat unorthodox skill, he was knowledgeable enough to immediately determine that the woman in the room was using this type of martial art!

"My virginity over the past twenty years, while not as solid as a rock, shouldn't be enough to make me swayed by a woman's voice, right?" Qin Han cursed himself inwardly.

Calming his mind, he silently recited a mantra: "If the heart is pure as ice, even if the sky collapses, one will not be alarmed. Amidst all changes, one remains steadfast, with a tranquil spirit and peaceful breath..."

It was the "Ice Heart Technique" that Wu Yazi passed on to him. The Ice Heart Technique is the supreme mental technique of the Taoist lineage, which is specifically designed to overcome all kinds of inner demons and distracting thoughts. Its effect is to enable people to achieve a state of absolute inner peace and tranquility in the shortest amount of time.