Excessive ferocity due to caution

Zhao Yi glanced at the man but did not respond. He turned and walked into the building.

It's like looking at a reptile.

There was no hint of mockery or provocation in his eyes.

There was only a detached calm.

Would a person mock a web crawler?

Obviously not.

Su Xingcan followed closely behind Zhao Yi.

Su Qingyao... however, stood before the crowd, holding an umbrella, and politely bowed to the somber-faced group, speaking softly:

"My tutor needs to rest."

"Gentlemen... please return."

Seeing Su Qingyao's beautiful eyes sparkling with spring, and her stunningly elegant appearance, the man couldn't afford to lash out. He barely suppressed his anger and coldly said:

"Miss... we saw this house first."

"Even if you want to move in, you have to follow the rules of first come, first served, and have a legitimate reason to do so!"

Su Qingyao smiled, pursing her lips:

"Getting my cult leader out of there... I'm afraid that won't be easy."

"How about this..."

"If anyone here can get past this umbrella in my hand, I will go and invite my cult leader out. What do you say?"

Everyone looked at each other.

Soon, a handsome young man emerged, sword in hand, and stood before Su Qingyao, bowing respectfully to her.

"My name is Lu Bu of Hidden Sword Manor. Please enlighten me, young lady!"

Su Qingyao nodded.

Lu Bu's eyes narrowed.

Clang!

He drew his sword!

What a fine sword!

This sword strike was like... well, he lost.

Lu Bu collapsed to the ground, his eyes wide open, coughing up blood incessantly!

He looked at Su Qingyao in disbelief.

The green umbrella in the other person's hand slowly rotated.

It carried a misty, early spring drizzle.

Beautiful.

Soon, the green umbrella closed up.

Su Qingyao didn't look at him again, but continued speaking to the others:

"Next."

...

"Sigh...this mountain path is so difficult to walk..."

"Who says otherwise? That damn observatory, they could have just let me in, why did they have to make such a fuss about all these fancy tests, damn it..."

A group of people, grumbling and cursing, finally arrived at Changxiao Peak after traveling a long distance.

Upon arriving, I immediately noticed a large crowd gathered in the distance.

"What's going on over there?"

"I don't know...it seems like someone is holding a martial arts contest to find a husband!"

"Wow! Such a good thing? My life is settled!"

As he spoke, the thin man with a pockmarked face scurried off towards the distant buildings...

He turned back halfway through the run.

His face was deathly pale.

The fat man laughed:

"What's wrong, Liu Mazi... weren't you going to show off your prowess?"

Liu Mazi kicked him in the stomach and cursed:

"A martial arts contest to choose a husband?"

"Screw you, fight me!"

"I don't believe your nonsense!"

"If you make another dirty joke, I'll kick you so hard you'll be childless!"

The fat man chuckled, his eyes darting around.

"If it's not a martial arts contest to choose a husband... then what is it?"

Liu Mazi said irritably:

"I don't understand."

"A group of people surrounded the female demon with the green umbrella, each taking turns to fight her one-on-one... I don't know what they were after..."

One of the Murong family members accompanying them curiously approached:

"What female demon?"

Liu Mazi sighed:

"It was at the first checkpoint outside, the female demon who killed the Drunken Taoist with a single sword strike!"

"Those who came in earlier didn't know, yet they dared to fight this female demon... Although the female demon didn't go on a killing spree, everyone who fought her had some blood on their bodies."

Mentioning Su Qingyao caused the members of the Murong family to unconsciously tense their glutes.

Su Qingyao and Zhao Yi have been the subject of wild rumors outside, with all sorts of outrageous versions circulating, which is inevitably a bit frightening.

Although he did not witness Su Qingyao kill the Drunken Taoist with her sword, her reputation precedes her. Since everyone says she killed the Drunken Taoist, it must be true!

When someone came up to Changxiao Peak, news about Zhao Yi and the others was naturally brought up as well.

The various schools of thought, which had initially been confident in their abilities, began to back down after hearing about the deeds of Zhao Yi and others...

In fact, most of them had already realized that Su Qingyao's strength was extraordinary when she made her move!

They knew Su Qingyao was strong, but they didn't know she was this strong!

One sword... cleaves through the mortal realm!

With this strength, they are probably capable of competing with the supreme elders of their sect or family!

If that group of people went up there, wouldn't they just be giving away their lives for nothing?

Thinking of this,

The crowd that had gathered there began to slowly disperse.

They knew in their hearts that since Zhao Yi had already moved into the house, they probably wouldn't be able to get it.

If they dared to kill the drunken Taoist priest, they certainly dared to kill them too!

Su Qingyao held back... perhaps it's just because Zhao Yi is in a good mood right now?

The man who had jumped out and berated Zhao Yi earlier now felt a chill run through him, his legs trembled uncontrollably, and he had no strength to walk...

He glanced at the top floor of the attic, then slunk away like a dog.

Gradually, everyone dispersed.

If we can't win the best house, we can still compete for the others!

Surely there must be more than one good house on the peak of the mountain.

On the rooftop of the pavilion, Su Xingcan, watching all this, smiled slightly:

"After the matter of the Seven Constellations of the Azure Dragon is resolved, I'm afraid Brother Zhao and the Jie Sect's reputation will spread throughout the six kingdoms of the world..."

Zhao Yi didn't care much about this matter.

He reached out and caught the light snowflakes falling from the sky.

"We've arrived."

"The King of Qi's men should have arrived by now."

"But the person who should have appeared has yet to show up."

Su Xingcan raised an eyebrow and said:

"Brother Zhao means..."

Zhao Yi:

"Fan Qingxue".

Su Xingcan put the wine jug into his mouth.

"Isn't it a good thing that he doesn't show up?"

"In this world... there are probably very few people who would want to see Fan Qingxue and his sword."

Zhao Yi gazed thoughtfully at the melting snow on his fingertips:

"Do you think... he might go to Yinxia Mountain to find Ren Wudi?"

Su Xingcan, who was drinking, suddenly shuddered.

PS:

I didn't write much today.

I'm extremely anxious because of the upcoming college entrance exam.

Great! A good reason!

Go to sleep!

Goodnight, my darlings!!