Chapter 197: Chapter 197: Stop Him

Huangfu Jingchen’s eyes were cold and stern. This person’s movement technique was quick and slippery, like an eel, and this Water Dividing Needle was particularly tricky and vicious to wield. He flicked his Soft Sword, meeting the attack head-on.

The weapon fight was faster than the previous hand-to-hand tactics, and filled with murderous intent.

A moment of carelessness could result in being wounded by the sharp weapon, if not killed.

The fight was even more perilous.

The masked man in the white cloth was agile, and the Water Dividing Needle was a dual-hand weapon. His moves were different in both hands, attacking in ways that were unexpectedly tricky.

Huangfu Jingchen’s Soft Sword was the weapon he was most comfortable with. It flicked open a line, but the blade could bend, and his techniques were also full of unexpected maneuvers.

The weapons were dangerous, and the moves were fierce, making the two engage in a standoff.

From afar, the voice of the Night Watchman echoed: “The weather is dry, be careful of fire!” Followed by the sound of the third watch knock.

It was already the third watch.

The two had been fighting from halfway through the first watch to the third watch, an hour and a half.

The masked man’s clothes, an unidentifiable blue or green, were torn into strips fluttering in the wind. Huangfu Jingchen’s sleeves were gone, and the hem looked like a rooster’s tail, long and short unevenly, with several tears on his body.

In short, both were in a state of unusual disarray.

The masked man showed no intention of retreating. The more he fought, the more excited he became. He simply cut off the fluttering parts of his torn sleeves himself, his eyes increasingly eager: “Come on, boy, show what you’re really made of, but today you’ve met your worst nightmare. I’m determined to see who wins!”

Huangfu Jingchen was also getting annoyed. Wenjin had been nestled in the sack for an hour and a half. This long, although the sack moved, she hadn’t come out. Could she be alright?

This masked man kept entangling, even though this place was secluded, didn’t he know how to feel guilty for doing something stealthy?

Only a swift resolution could allow him to go check on Wenjin.

Thinking of this, Huangfu Jingchen’s hand speed increased even more.

The number of exchanges was already forgotten, but each move was extremely dangerous, as if fighting for one’s life.

Amidst the flurry of blades and shadows, the sack finally showed significant movement. A dagger sliced through the bottom, cutting a large opening, and someone rolled out from inside. Indeed, it was Xia Wenjin.

At this moment, Xia Wenjin’s nose was not a nose, eyes not eyes as she got up from the ground, furiously shouting: “Sichen, if you put me in a sack again, I’ll tie you to a stone and sink you in a lake!”

It infuriated her, not just being put in a sack, but also being smoked with zombie smoke, her body immobile for a long time, maintaining that posture, hearing the poof of fists and feet outside, and the clang of weapons, along with a few words exchanged between the two.

With Xia Wenjin’s shout, the masked man in white groaned, muttering: “I forgot about this, oh no, oh no!” This time he truly had no desire to continue fighting, feinted a move and thought of fleeing!

Xia Wenjin gritted her teeth and called out: “Stop him for me!”

Huangfu Jingchen heard Xia Wenjin’s voice and felt the stone in his heart fall. Since Xia Wenjin said to stop him, it must be done!

Xia Wenjin could call out that person’s name immediately, did they know each other? Regardless, catch him first!

Xia Sichen exclaimed: “Xia Wenjin, you can’t do this, lose with grace. When you used zombie smoke on me, I didn’t say anything, right? Moreover, now that I’ve only set you halfway, I haven’t even hung you on a tree yet. Why are you so vengeful?”

Huangfu Jingchen’s Soft Sword almost turned into a shadow of blades. Xhen Xia Sichen was distracted by talking and perhaps was apprehensive of Xia Wenjin, he was losing ground rapidly.

Xia Wenjin stood there, leisurely saying: “If you surrender peacefully, I might consider giving you a break!”

Xia Sichen immediately withdrew his Emei Double Stab, with a look that seemed to say, “Here I am, I absolutely won’t resist.”

Fortunately, Huangfu Jingchen could control his moves with ease, and though the blade light of the Soft Sword was already at Xia Sichen’s back, he was able to pull back without harming him.

Xia Sichen gave Huangfu Jingchen an appreciative look, saying: “Brother, thanks a lot!”

Huangfu Jingchen sheathed his sword, pointing the tip downward, and cupped his fist in salute.

Is he someone Wenjin knows?

Over there, Xia Wenjin stomped on the sack a few times and walked towards Xia Sichen.

Xia Sichen waved his hand: “Don’t come any closer now. My Inner Strength is running amok, completely out of control, it’d be bad if I hurt you!”

“Then try to hurt someone!”

Xia Sichen said helplessly: “I was wrong, I was wrong, isn’t that enough?”

Xia Wenjin didn’t respond, squinting her eyes, she asked: “Why are you here?”

Xia Sichen spread his hands: “The old man has gone mad. I don’t want to be hacked to death by him, so I came out looking for some fun!”

Xia Wenjin was angry: “Your fun is tying me up?”

Xia Sichen honestly said: “Of course you pick the soft persimmons to squeeze!”

Xia Wenjin: “… Did you consider the persimmon’s feelings?”

Xia Sichen righteously said: “I’m not a persimmon, why should I consider the persimmon’s feelings?”

After he finished, he glanced at Huangfu Jingchen with a face full of curiosity, saying mysteriously: “Who is he?”

Xia Wenjin rolled her eyes: “What does that have to do with you?”

Seeing they truly knew each other, the one called Sichen presumably wouldn’t harm Xia Wenjin. Huangfu Jingchen put his sword back on his belt and said: “You chat, I’ll head back first!”

Xia Wenjin said: “Mm, you go back. I have a score to settle with him!”

Seeing she didn’t invite him, Huangfu Jingchen could only leave, feeling somewhat empty at the thought that he was just an outsider in front of Wenjin.

After Huangfu Jingchen returned to his room via the window, Xia Sichen winked and said: “No wonder you don’t want to go back, you found yourself a pretty boy!”

“Xia Sichen, if you say that again, do you believe I’ll pull out your teeth one by one?”

Xia Sichen shivered and said with sympathy: “I don’t know how that brother thought so much, wanting to be with you!”

Xia Wenjin ignored him and said: “Let’s find another place to talk!”

The two were now standing in an alleyway, next to their room, which indeed wasn’t a place to talk.

Xia Sichen had no objections. He leapt onto the rooftop, then turned back to help Xia Wenjin, but Xia Wenjin didn’t need his help, easily flipping up there herself.

Xia Sichen exclaimed in surprise: “Oh, sneaked out for a few months and your skills have improved!”

Of course, Xia Wenjin wouldn’t tell him that in his eyes, she only sneaked out for a few months, but for her, it felt like a lifetime.

However, though Xia Sichen was somewhat unruly, seeing him alive and in front of her made Xia Wenjin’s heart quite joyful. It was the joy of regaining a lost treasure, of renewing family ties.

If it weren’t for her father insisting she marry Huangfu Yuxuan, how could she bear to leave the stronghold?

But why did father insist she marry Huangfu Yuxuan? Did father know Huangfu Yuxuan’s identity? Could it be that father intended to intervene in the struggle for succession, seeking to become a dragon’s companion?

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