Li Xiangjun looked at Xiaoxiao and thought to herself: Let her protect me...

Xiao Xiao then gave way to Chu Chu, who said, "If you encounter danger, remember to use the Breakthrough Technique."

He Yunxiao smiled and said, "Can this technique allow me to advance from the mid-ninth rank to the late-ninth rank?"

Chu Chu nodded: "Yes."

"good."

Li Xiangjun: The nine ranks are divided into middle and late stages? I've never heard of that before...

He Yunxiao finally looked at Li Xiangjun and asked, "Miss Li, how do you intend to mislead the Yan army?"

Li Xiangjun said, "You can just leave me outside Guanyun Tower."

He Yunxiao nodded. According to his calculations, even without Li Xiangjun misleading the Yan army, Ma Dekuai's driving skills would be enough for him to escape alive.

Upon arriving at Guanyun Tower, He Yunxiao and Li Xiangjun got out of the car. He Yunxiao went into the tower alone to rescue Li Xiangjun, while Li Xiangjun took a detour and entered a restaurant opposite Guanyun Tower, where someone was waiting for her.

Tong Lu, the commander of the Imperial Guard of Yan Kingdom, is a Grandmaster with the cultivation level of a Grandmaster. He is known as the "Number One Grandmaster of Yan Kingdom" and is invincible below the Grandmaster level.

"Are you His Majesty's special envoy?" Tong Lu asked, looking at Li Xiangjun.

Li Xiangjun took out a token, tossed it in front of Tong Lu, and asked directly, "Is Guanyun Tower ready?"

Tong Lu respectfully addressed the token: "Twenty-eight rank-eight experts have been deployed. If they are not top-tier rank-nine, they will not be able to take the hostage from us within half an hour."

Li Xiangjun nodded. Using them to test He Yunxiao's potential was quite worthwhile. Having cultivation but no combat ability was nothing more than a pretty face with no substance.

Li Xiangjun then pointed to the carriage parked downstairs at Guanyun Tower: "There is a martial artist in that carriage. Go and test her skills. Don't underestimate her, but don't seriously injure her either."

Tong Lu said, "Yes."

"Go masked."

"yes."

Li Xiangjun sat on the second floor of the tavern, ordered a pot of fine tea, and prepared to watch the play.

She knew He Yunxiao was no ordinary person, but how much effort she would put into dealing with him in the future depended entirely on this test. Releasing the tiger back to the mountain wasn't the problem; the best strategy was to plant a seed in its heart and eventually bring it under her control.

Li Xiangjun poured herself a cup of hot tea, and just as she picked it up, she saw Tong Lu walking towards He Yunxiao's carriage.

Li Xiangjun smiled, silently calculating in her mind how many moves that girl Xiaoxiao could withstand from Tong Lu.

Even among martial artists at the Grandmaster level, almost none could withstand ten moves from Tong Lu, let alone those at the ninth or eighth rank.

Dealing with Tong Lu would be more than enough.

Li Xiangjun saw Tong Lu walk towards the carriage.

Tong Lu began to provoke them.

Xiao Xiao came out.

Xiaoxiao went back.

Li Xiangjun frowned. What was Tong Lu doing?

Then, her pupils suddenly contracted, because her commander, Tong Lu, had collapsed to the ground!

Tong Lu, who was invincible below the Grandmaster level, was defeated without even making a single move!

Just how good is Xiaoxiao?!

Before Li Xiangjun could be fully shocked, a loud noise suddenly came from Guanyun Tower.

A man carrying a woman jumped from the fourth floor, landing safely on the rooftop thanks to his superb lightness skill. He then got into a carriage and drove away.

The steaming hot tea had somehow spilled on Li Xiangjun's clothes, but she was completely unaware of it.

Her mind was in complete chaos.

How long did He Yunxiao stay in Guanyun Tower? A quarter of an hour or half an hour?

Didn't Tong Lu say that it would take half an hour to save someone who isn't a top-tier ninth-rank cultivator?

He Yunxiao only used half a quarter of an hour. What level is that?