Li Hanyan shook her head and said, “You’re just seeking your death and indulging in wishful thinking!”

　　 Li Hanyan instantly vanished from where she stood and appeared behind Zhao Chuan. The head and body of the dead man she had been carrying fell to the ground.

　　 “Clank…” Numerous cold flashes of light surged toward Zhao Chuan at once like a huge snowball as she slashed her sword at him from all directions.

　　 “Ding, ding, ding, ding…” Zhao Chuan’s skills were not inferior to Li Hanyan’s as he unsheathed his sword and immediately warded off more than ten attacks from her.

　　 While Zhao Chuan seemed vile and sleazy, his martial arts skills were top-notch, and he turned out to be an expert in swordsmanship.

　　 “Ugh…” A muffled groan could be heard as the numerous sword flashes suddenly vanished. Zhao Chuan clutched at his throat and glared at Li Hanyan in disbelief.

　　 Li Hanyan pulled her sword out of his throat and shook it swiftly. Her sword blade instantly looked clean and bright as new. Then, she slid her sword back into its scabbard.

　　 These two actions were graceful and effortless. Li Hanyan stared at Zhao Chuan and shook her head as she said, “Your sword technique can never compare with mine!”

　　 The rest who had been hiding in the forest looked shocked.

　　 Zhao Chuan’s Azure Divine Sword could be regarded as unparalleled. Although he was no match for Du Feng of the South and Chu Li of the North, he was still a top-notch master, yet this young lady had managed to kill him with just a few moves.

　　 Li Hanyan glided back to her original spot and bent over to pick up the middle-aged man’s corpse on the ground.

　　 “Hold your horses!” a ruddy-faced old man shouted as he glided over to block Li Hanyan’s path. “I’d like to learn a thing or two from you as well!”

　　 Li Hanyan frowned and straightened her back while looking at him impatiently. “How are you related to Zhao Chuan?”

　　 “I’m his master’s junior and his uncle,” the ruddy-faced old man replied. “My name is Zhao Feng!”

　　 “Go ahead then!” Li Hanyan unsheathed her sword and pointed it at Zhao Feng. “You people of Azure Mountain are rather bold. I shall pay a visit to your sect after this!”

　　 Li Hanyan appeared in front of Zhao Feng as soon as she finished speaking, and her sword came at Zhao Feng from all directions.

　　 Zhao Feng wanted to get a clearer view of her sword technique first, so he pulled back into a tight defensive position and kept blocking her attacks.

　　 “Hum…” It sounded as if a swarm of bees had flown past the area while the countless sword flashes converged and pierced into the left side of Zhao Feng’s chest.

　　 Li Hanyan slowly withdrew her sword and shook the blood off her blade swiftly. Her sword looked bright and clean as it went back into its scabbard.

　　 Zhao Feng widened his eyes and covered his chest with his hand while an indignant expression appeared on his face. “This… What sword technique is this?”

　　 Li Hanyan went back to the corpse and bent over to pick up the dead man’s head and body with both hands while replying casually, “Snow Lunar Sword. It’s an ordinary sword technique from my faction. Azure Mountain is simply too weak!”

　　 Li Hanyan felt perfectly satisfied. Since Big Brother Chu had demonstrated his superiority, she wanted to help Snow Lunar Pavilion build their prestige and strengthen their reputation too so that these people would understand just how powerful and influential her faction was and would leave them alone right away.

　　 “Snow… Lunar… Sword…” Zhao Feng collapsed weakly to the ground while clutching at his chest, blood flowed out of his mouth as he muttered with discontent, “Impressive… What an impressive sword technique!”

　　 Li Hanyan scoffed and replied, “I’ll pay a visit to Azure Mountain later. Humph, how dare you weaklings come to Snow Lunar Pavilion and behave so atrociously!”

　　 Li Hanyan swept a piercing gaze at those hiding in the forest to see if anyone else dared to come out and challenge her. Then, she glided away with the corpse in her hands.

　　 The people in the forest felt a chill in their hearts as they were shocked by Li Hanyan’s swordsmanship.

　　 Although they had been frightened by Chu Li’s skills earlier, that had not come as a surprise to them since they had all heard about Chu Li of the North and Du Feng of the South. Chu Li would not have been able to earn this reputation without such incredible martial arts.

　　 However, they did not expect this young lady from Snow Lunar Pavilion to be so powerful, and this realization sent a chill through them.

　　 What about the other disciples of Snow Lunar Pavilion? Would they be even more powerful than this young lady? Those famous disciples from this faction should be more skillful than her, right? In that case, they were really no match for this faction and were seeking their deaths!

　　 …

　　 It was evening when Chu Li appeared in Tianshu Courtyard.

　　 Xiao Qi and Xiao Shi had been waiting for him, so the moment he returned, two pairs of bright eyes glanced over to him instantly.

　　 “What happened?” Xiao Qi asked anxiously.

　　 Chu Li sighed. “Heavenly Demonic Sect is the culprit.”

　　 “Heavenly Demonic Sect?” Xiao Qi frowned and asked, “How come it’s them?”

　　 No matter how she thought about it, Xiao Qi could not understand how Heavenly Demonic Sect could be behind this. She kept thinking that the culprit was either the Secret Guardians Hall or some martial art sect that was secretly supporting the imperial court or was trying to take advantage of the situation. Xiao Qi had never expected Heavenly Demonic Sect to be the culprit.

　　 After all, Chu Li had stolen the identity of Zhe Ying, who was a Heavenly Demonic Sect disciple. Meanwhile, Heavenly Demonic Sect was under the impression that Zhe Ying had been disguising himself as Du Feng. Therefore, there should be no enmity between Heavenly Demonic Sect and Snow Lunar Pavilion.

　　 “They did this to stimulate Zhe Ying so that he would be able to improve his Heavenly Demonic Power,” Chu Li replied coldly.

　　 Chu Li felt very guilty. In any case, it was because of him that Shu Qingdie had suffered a wrongful death.

　　 A surge of murderous rage rose in Chu Li’s chest but was forcefully suppressed by the Omniscient Mirror. Nonetheless, this burning rage kept springing up in his heart from time to time, and he knew that the only way he could put out this ball of fire within him was by killing Heavenly Demonic Sect’s Fu Qingya.

　　 Xiao Qi muttered coldly, “That’s absolutely ridiculous!”

　　 Xiao Shi asked, “What are you going to do, Chu Li?”

　　 “Miss Shu got dragged into this situation because of me. I’ll avenge her death!” Chu Li replied grimly. “I’ll pay a visit to Heavenly Demonic Sect right away!”

　　 “Where’s Chief Chu Li?” A sudden shout echoed through the evening sky.

　　 Chu Li knitted his brows together.

　　 Outside the main doors of King An’s Imperial Residence stood a young man in a green tunic. This young man had a tall and straight physique and long, slanted eyebrows. He looked rather handsome and had a spirited gaze.

　　 The young man stood with his hands behind his back at the bottom of the stairs and wore an arrogant expression as he said, “I’m Lu Guangdi from Tide-listening Pavilion and I’ve come to challenge Chief Chu to a battle!”

　　 “Tide-listening Pavilion?” Xiao Qi repeated. “I never knew they allowed their disciples to leave their mountain.”

　　 Chu Li exhaled sharply and repeated, “Tide-listening Pavilion?”

　　 Chu Li tried to recall any information he could remember about Tide-listening Pavilion.

　　 Xiao Shi said, “Tide-listening Pavilion is a reclusive sect. I can’t believe that a disciple of theirs would come out and move around in the martial arts world. He’s even being such a show-off and is looking to defeat you.”

　　 “It’s a shortcut for him to become famous by defeating you,” Xiao Qi muttered. “Leave this to me.”

　　 Chu Li replied, “Just say that I’m not around. My trip to Heavenly Demonic Sect might last for two or three days this time!”

　　 “Heavenly Demonic Sect isn’t to be trifled with. They might be hiding some powerful martial arts masters,” Xiao Qi said.

　　 Chu Li nodded and then vanished instantly.

　　 “Don’t tell me Chief Chu doesn’t dare to take up my challenge?” Lu Guangdi asked loudly.

　　 Lu Guandi’s voice echoed through half of Fairy’s Capital and slowly resounded through the sky like a gradual and continuous incoming tide. This indicated his extremely profound inner energy and cultivation level.

　　 Xiao Qi’s voice echoed in response as she replied, “My husband isn’t home right now. If you wish to challenge him, you’ll have to wait a few more days!”

　　 Xiao Qi’s gentle voice sounded cool and calming like a bowl of iced sour plum drink that could reduce one’s internal heat¹.

　　 Xiao Qi’s cool and gentle voice slowly rang out and echoed through half of Fairy’s Capital too but sounded much clearer than Lu Guangdi’s voice.

　　 Lu Guangdi smiled faintly and said, “I’ve been hearing for a long time that Chief Chu has married a talented and charming woman with extraordinary martial arts skills. It’ll be a great honor to meet you!”

　　 “Please leave!” Xiao Qi replied coolly.

　　 Both of their voices filled the skies and could be heard clearly by everyone.

　　 Lu Guangdi said arrogantly, “I’ve traveled a long way to be here, so I can’t allow myself to leave just like this. Since Chief Chu is unwilling to see me, I’d like to meet Madam Chu instead to see for myself just how impressive Madam Chu’s skills are!”

　　 When others had heard his words, they immediately knew what he was planning to do. After all, would Chu Li still not show up if his wife got beaten up?

　　 These people looked forward to watching this battle. If Lu Guangdi happened to defeat Chu Li, he would become famous overnight and be known worldwide. After all, Chu Li of the North was very widely known.

　　 “That’s not necessary,” Xiao Qi replied coldly.

　　 “Don’t tell me Madam Chu is afraid of losing?” Li Guangdi asked loudly. “Madam Chu, don’t worry. I’ll go easy on you. I’d never cruelly harm a beautiful woman!”