Duanhun Shan considered himself a principled assassin who would not kill without a proper reason, so he did not choose to make his move in the teahouse.
Therefore, he was not in a hurry after entering the teahouse.
In the eyes of the Soul-Severing Fan, dealing with two unarmed men and women who knew no martial arts was far too easy.
This is why he threw the iron fan out directly.
In his judgment, although the iron fan wasn't fast, it was enough to kill the man and woman!
But he never expected that Jing Zhe could pull Murong Xi away so easily!
So after letting out a sound of surprise, he retracted his iron fan and did not immediately attack. Instead, he looked at Jing Zhe and said, "You actually know martial arts?"
"I never said I couldn't!"
"Huh..."
The Soul-Severing Fan pondered for a moment and then asked, "Who is your master?"
"My master once told me not to tell anyone who he is—of course, if you really want to know, I can tell you, unless—"
Jing Zhe deliberately kept everyone in suspense, and the Soul-Severing Fan indeed asked, "Unless what?"
"Unless you promise me you won't kill her today."
As he spoke, he pointed at Murong Xi.
The Soul-Severing Fan found it very interesting.
"I didn't realize you were such a romantic! You had this opportunity and instead of thinking about yourself, you were thinking about a woman! You only asked me to let her go, but what about you?"
"Just let her go, I don't need her."
"What, aren't you afraid of dying?"
"I'm terrified of dying. Terrified to death."
"Then why did you ask me to release her, instead of you?"
"because--"
Jing Zhe glanced at the Soul-Severing Fan, feeling smug. "Now I'll show you what real bravado is all about": "Since you can't kill me, why should I ask you to let me go?"
"..."
The Soul-Severing Fan paused for a moment, then burst into laughter.
"You? You think you're worthy?"
"Don't believe me? How about we make a bet?"
"What are we betting on? How are we betting?"
"I bet you can't kill me within fifteen minutes. If I win, you can't kill us anymore. If I lose, we're at your mercy!"
"Great! That's interesting!"
Duanhun Shan clapped his hands. It had been a long time since he had met someone as interesting as Jing Zhe. Of course, although it was amazing that Jing Zhe could hide his lightness skill right under his nose, he didn't think that Jing Zhe's lightness skill was that strong, after all, he was too young.
Even with his extraordinary talent, the Soul-Severing Fan was only at the initial stage of the sixth level at that age, right? Moreover, after the sixth level, each subsequent advancement was incredibly difficult. By the time he reached the Grandmaster level, he would already be in his fifties. Even so, this was still a very short time. Furthermore, what he experienced in between was beyond what ordinary people could bear.
"So, senior, you've agreed?"
Seeing Jing Zhe smiling, the Soul-Severing Fan suddenly said, "If I had won, you should have died anyway, but you won, yet I'm being asked to release both of you—besides, you couldn't have won anyway! This bet is a huge loss for me!"
"What, are you scared, senior?"
"Heh, you think I'm afraid?"
The Soul-Severing Fan sneered, looking Jing Zhe up and down with utter disdain: "Judging by your physique, you're clearly not cut out for martial arts! Moreover, for those who wish to dedicate themselves to martial arts, the most important thing is to sever all emotional ties, and you, obviously, cannot do that. I wonder where you learned your shoddy lightness skill, yet you dare to say I'm afraid? Fine, then I'll take your bet!"
"..."
After hearing what the Soul-Severing Fan said, Jing Zhe suddenly felt that it made a lot of sense. With the Soul-Severing Fan included, all six grandmasters he had met were single. This must be what it means to sever all romantic ties, right?
However, his cultivation method is too special. The Soul-Severing Fan probably never dreamed that the more women he has, the stronger he becomes!
...
Jing Zhe jumped off his horse, then patted Murong Xi and said, "Go ahead and wait for me!"
"Wait!"
Upon seeing this, the Soul-Severing Fan immediately shouted to stop.
Jing Zhe turned around. "What, Senior, you just agreed, are you going to go back on your word now?"
"Who said they've gone back on their word?"
"Since she's not going back on her word, why not let her wait aside first? After all, swords have no eyes; if she's accidentally injured, what good will it do even if I win?"
"hehe!"
The Soul-Severing Fan sneered, thinking to himself, "You have quite the nerve. I could kill you in one move. Swords have no eyes? You think you can take up a weapon against me? You think you can beat me? Dream on!"
But he said aloud, "What if she rides away on her own and goes ahead if you let her go ahead?"
Then he pointed behind Jing Zhe and said, "If you're afraid of hurting her, then let her wait behind you!"
"..."
Jing Zhe did indeed intend for Murong Xi to sneak away while he was entangled with Duanhun Shan, but he did not expect that Duanhun Shan was cunning and saw through his scheme.
All he could say to Murong Xi was, "Then go wait for me in the back!"
"Yes, you need to be careful!"
As an empress, Murong Xi was more composed than ordinary women and would not hesitate at crucial moments. She gave Jing Zhe a word of advice and then rode her horse alone to the back.
"Senior, let's begin, fifteen minutes!"
"A quarter of an hour? Heh, you'd better take my first move!"
As he spoke, the Soul-Severing Fan flew towards him!
...
The Soul-Severing Fan was incredibly fast, striking Jing Zhe like a bolt of lightning in the next instant—of course, this was what the Soul-Severing Fan thought, but in Jing Zhe's eyes, whose lightness skill had reached the peak of "Following the Wind Like a Shadow," it was far too slow.
Jing Zhe's lightness skill has now reached its peak.
According to what Liu Jinghong said before, Jing Zhe can now be considered the best defender in the world. In a one-on-one situation, as long as he doesn't want to die, no one can kill him!
After all, if he's only thinking about escaping, who in the world can catch him?
That's why Jing Zhe dared to make this bet with the Soul-Severing Fan. Based on the move the Soul-Severing Fan made by throwing out the iron fan, Jing Zhe concluded that his lightness skill was definitely not as good as his own. So after he had Murong Xi retreat behind him, he was no longer worried.
However, this is easy to understand.
According to his master, the old medicine boy, a martial artist cannot do two things at once, which is also why he must sever his emotional ties.
Therefore, when a person practices martial arts, they either need to master martial arts skills or master lightness skills. It is almost impossible to master both martial arts skills and lightness skills at the same time. Mastering lightness skills is much more difficult than mastering martial arts skills. In addition, lightness skills are much less useful than martial arts skills. So even a grandmaster may not have very good lightness skills.
The same was true of the Twin Monsters of Tongtian back then, and the same is true of the Soul-Severing Fan now. The moment he suddenly attacked Jing Zhe, all of his lightness skills were revealed to Jing Zhe!
Like a shadow following the wind, middle section!
He's a whole level below Jing Zhe!
However, this was still somewhat unexpected for Jing Zhe. He thought that the Soul-Severing Fan was at most at the peak of the Lightness of a Swallow level, but he didn't expect that he was only one level lower than him. It can be seen that a Grandmaster is indeed a Grandmaster!
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