Chapter 186: Chapter 186 Shameless Bastard
Stumbling and falling on the dock, Mr. Yang, with a pale face, stared at the retreating awning boat, grinding his teeth in anger and saying, "Bastard, you can’t escape."
"Elder Yang, should we send someone to chase after the boat?"
One of the Purple Beauty Sect’s masters asked.
"No need."
Mr. Yang suddenly scoffed.
To catch that young woman, the Purple Beauty Sect had already sent messenger pigeons to inform the Yunshui Gang, setting up guard posts at nearby docks, which would be ready in a few days.
Moreover, from here to the next dock, traveling by land, even with a fast horse, was faster than by water. By the time they arrived, masters from the Purple Beauty Sect would also be ready to make the boy pay!
Those left on the shore felt both envy and regret.
The young man was really bold, completely disregarding the Purple Beauty Sect, but offending the Purple Beauty Sect only meant he was in for trouble.
As for the people’s thoughts, Shi Xiaole paid them no mind.
Allowing himself to be searched was out of the question. Besides, he did not intend to linger in Purple Beauty City, so why should he worry about saving face for the Purple Beauty Sect? As for whether they would send someone after him, he would deal with it as it comes.
The lone boat glided along under the moonlight, with towering mountains on either side and silence all around.
On the awning boat, Shi Xiaole suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze sharp as a blade, "Who’s there? Show yourself."
Receiving no response, Shi Xiaole drew his sword and slashed towards the left side of the boat. With a splash, a shadow suddenly emerged from the water.
The shadow landed softly on the other side of the boat. Water droplets outlined a gorgeous body that made one’s heart race.
"Why so rough, Master? Were trying to kill me?"
The girl in black reproached, her wet hair clinging to her face, a captivating sight. The next moment, a cloud of smoke enveloped her. When it cleared, her black clothes were dry, preventing any embarrassing transparency.
"Get down."
After staring at the girl in black for a while, Shi Xiaole said.
"What did you say?"
The girl in black thought she might have misheard.
Since the age of eight, no man had dared to speak harshly to her, let alone show her any disrespect. Yet, the man before her nearly cut her down with his sword and now wanted her to leave, what happened to chivalry?
"The Purple Beauty Sect is looking for you, I do not want to get involved," Shi Xiaole stated plainly.
Everyone admires beauty.
While he admitted that the girl was stunningly beautiful, almost to a devilish degree, he would rather never have met her, given the trouble she could potentially bring.
"You’re young and so is your courage. You lack the responsibilities of a man," the girl in black’s voice was as beautiful as a songbird’s exit from a valley, full of arrogance and disdain.
Such a method of agitation had no effect on Shi Xiaole, so he just stared at her, full of evident disgust.
This disgust deeply hurt the girl in black and made her so angry that she almost jumped off the boat. However, she had put a lot of effort into getting here, so would she just swim downstream of the Yunfeng River if she left the small boat?
And leaving just because someone asked you to is such a loss of face.
Thinking of this, the girl in black smiled sweetly, completely ignoring Shi Xiaole’s gaze and boldly sitting down.
This stubborn action left Shi Xiaole feeling somewhat helpless.
More importantly, he could sense that this young woman’s aura was fluctuating and immeasurable, she definitely was a tricky character, with her beauty and innocence merely a facade.
"Fine. When we reach the dock, we’ll part." Shi Xiaole thought, now increasingly wary. He closed his eyes, no longer paying attention to the girl in black.
The awning boat floated on the Yunfeng River for three days.
Thanks to the remaining dry food left by the boatman, Shi Xiaole didn’t worry about starving. However, the girl in black was different. She glared at Shi Xiaole countless times with sorrowful eyes as if she had been deserted.
Replace him with any other man, and his bones would have trembled, willing to surrender anything. But Shi Xiaole had an exceptionally strong will and simply chose to pay no attention.
The girl in black was so mad that she had to offer to buy dry food. But what infuriated her was that the boy was unfazed by the silver. It was not until she said she was willing to trade secret texts that he even opened his eyes.
Although martial arts practitioners have better metabolisms than ordinary people, they would still faint of hunger if they didn’t eat for a few days. With the next dock still a few days’ worth of water travel away, the girl in black had to compromise.
As for fishing in the river, the girl in black had never done such a thing. It was simply ungraceful. Plus, she had no clue how to process a fish, ruling out that avenue.
Of course, she could snatch the food from Shi Xiaole.
However, like Shi Xiaole’s assessment of her, she also felt an underlying dread of this cold-hearted young man, especially since she had been injured before and had to be careful in her actions.
"Two third-rate secret texts for half of your dry food," the girl in black generously offered.
"No deal. That’s too little. Fifteen third-rate secret texts at least. If you have second-rate secret texts, I can give you a discount, five should be enough," said Shi Xiaole, angering the girl in black almost to the point of jumping.
Was this guy insane or did he think the secret texts were cabbages? He was charging her fifteen third-rate or five second-rate secret texts for a few pieces of dry bread that were barely worth a couple of silvers. Why didn’t he just rob her?
"Master, you’re being excessively domineering. Two texts is my limit," the girl in black said, squeezing out a smile that could bewitch the gods.
What she didn’t expect was that the guy across her closed his eyes again, seemingly too lazy to bother with her. This shameless bastard, rank six phoenix, dead wood, foul hooligan...
By afternoon, the girl in black was so hungry her stomach stuck to her back, grinding her teeth she said: "Three sets of third-rate secret techniques."
"Fifteen sets."
"Five sets."
"Fourteen sets."
After a series of haggling, anger flashed in the appealing eyes of the girl in black. She said, "Ten at most, or I’d rather go down with the ship."
Shi Xiaole frowned, thought for a bit, and said, "Deal."
The opponent had an extraordinary demeanor, most likely she was from a big sect, but exchanging a few dry cakes for ten sets of third-rate secret techniques, Shi Xiaole felt he had made a great deal. He didn’t need to push her too far. As for second-rate secret techniques, it was impossible for her to offer them.
Obviously, the girl in black didn’t carry around secret techniques, so she sat at the other end, reciting them directly from memory, deliberately speaking very fast to vent her frustrations.
But who was Shi Xiaole? For him, it was a piece of cake to remember everything he heard. After checking each secret technique, he immediately exchanged them for two thousand reward points from the system.
Add it to the previous two thousand seven hundred reward points, and Shi Xiaole had a total of four thousand seven hundred points. This was enough to buy a top-tier, low-grade second-rate martial arts technique.
However, considering Shi Xiaole’s current situation, even if he had a top-tier, low-grade second-rate martial arts technique, his strength wouldn’t increase much. His plan was to keep accumulating reward points, hoping to exchange it for a mid-grade and even superior-grade second-rate martial art technique in the future.
As for first-rate martial arts techniques, he was far short in reward points. Unless he robs several top-tier sects of Yunfeng Domain, it would be impossible to acquire them in the near future.
"You bastard, I will remember you," the girl cursed.
While casually gnawing on the dry cake, the girl in black was savoring the taste while also contemplating how to get back at him in the future.
Two more days passed.
After the lonely boat passed through a narrow curve in the water, the view suddenly widened, and one could faintly see the dock full of ships in the distance.
The girl in black turned around, looking at the dock, and saw row after row of figures. Furthermore, on the surface of the river, there were a large number of small boats moored, each with a person standing on its bow looking excited to see their boat.
"Someone is blocking the way."
The girl in black was not flustered, instead, she chuckled and sat back down with a smile.
Shi Xiaole, of course, also saw the scene in the distance. Seeing the smirk on the girl’s face, he could not help but feel a mix of amusement and anger.
After injuring Mr. Yang in Purple Beauty City, it was expected that the Purple Beauty Sect would not let him go, even without her involvement.
With a change of thought, Shi Xiaole activated his Purple Light Divine Skill, and the boat shot forward like an arrow, leaving waves of ripples behind.
"Hmm?"
The girl in black was slightly surprised. This young man had such pure internal power.
The boat covered the distance of several hundred meters within twenty breaths’ time, and it was about to crash into the blockade of boat chains.
"It’s them!"
Mr. Yang shouted loudly, gritting his teeth in hatred.
Before he had to speak, several top experts from the Purple Beauty Sect had already moved.
"This boat belongs to Yunshui Gang. If you don’t want to die, stop immediately!"
At the same time, another bald-headed man also shouted as he jumped into the air.
Yunshui Gang and Purple Beauty Sect were on good terms since their leaders were blood brothers.
Members of Yunshui Gang had already learned from the letter sent by Purple Beauty Sect that both Shi Xiaole and the girl in black had the ability to defeat a martial artist who had achieved Qi Absorption at its initial level. However, the bald man was not scared.
Because he, like several high-level martial artists from the Purple Beauty Sect, had achieved Qi Absorption at the eighth level.
Furthermore, the leaders of both the Yunshui Gang and the Purple Beauty Sect were nearby at the dock.
A few waves of violent internal power descended from the sky, compressing the air and quickly blasted towards the two on the boat.
Whoosh, whoosh.
Shi Xiaole and the girl in black jumped into the air simultaneously as their boat got shattered into pieces on the water surface, making a splash.
Drawing his sword, Shi Xiaole initiated the Moon Concealing Sword Technique and charged towards the bald man.
"Arrogant fool."
The bald man had barely finished speaking when his eyes were confused by the chaotic sword light, his mind momentarily distracted.
In a critical moment, he shifted his body to the side. His shoulder was slashed open, leaving a trail of blood. Surprised and angry, he shouted, "Die, boy!", his fist blasted forward, and internal power formed a half-foot diameter sphere hurtling towards Shi Xiaole.
Bang!
While swinging his sword, Shi Xiaole used the Bird Crossing Skill, made a swift turn in mid-air, and landed on the mast of a boat.
His elegant movements surprised everyone, including the approaching leaders of the Purple Beauty Sect and the Yunshui Gang, as well as the girl in black.
After evaluating his somewhat numb arm, Shi Xiaole estimated that in a head-on fight, he probably would not be able to withstand a martial artist at the initial stage of the eighth level of Qi Absorption for more than ten moves.
After all, most martial artists at the eighth level of Qi Absorption, despite not having extraordinary talents, were able to improve their cultivation to such a level precisely because of their diligent practice and solid determination.
Facing such people, the lethality of the Moon Concealing Sword Technique would undoubtedly be greatly reduced.
"If my Chaotic Intent Realm could be improved a bit, the outcome would be different."
Shaking his head, Shi Xiaole used the Breath-holding Technique and plunged into the water.
