Chapter 700

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Full of vital energy, voice loud, pitch precise, yet listening made Xu Mi Tian furrow his brows directly: "Shut up, like an old crow, listening makes my head about to explode."

Hu Xiaotian sighed and said: "You really have no sentiment."

Xu Mi Tian said: "You have sentiment? Such a good beautiful time, clear wind and bright moon, all have been ruined by you."

Hu Xiaotian laughed and said: "To love someone is to embrace everything about them, even flaws become merits, not to mention my singing voice is already not bad."

Xu Mi Tian retorted: "The horse doesn't know its face is long!"

Hu Xiaotian grinning: "Whether it's long or short, you know best."

Xu Mi Tian's pretty face flushed, she bit her cherry lips and scolded: "You are even more shameless than before."

Hu Xiaotian propped his hands behind him, gazing at the bright moon in the sky, he softly said: "Clear wind and bright moon, beautiful time and scenery, a beauty accompanying, boating on Dong Lake, living to my realm even the emperor himself couldn't surpass."

Xu Mi Tian sat beside him, a faint fragrance assailed him, Hu Xiaotian's heart stirred, but unexpectedly Xu Mi Tian suddenly seized his wrist, locking his pulse.

Hu Xiaotian showed no alarm, closed his eyes and said: "You are always so proactive!"

Xu Mi Tian coldly said: "It seems your internal energy has progressed a lot lately."

Hu Xiaotian said: "I also don't know why, recently my internal energy has surged rapidly, I'm about to become an expert."

Xu Mi Tian said: "It might be because you cultivated the Formless Divine Skill." She secretly thought, this Formless Divine Skill is indeed formidable.

Hu Xiaotian took advantage of her unpreparedness, flipped his wrist to capture her delicate hand in his palm, gently rubbing it, full of teasing intent.

Xu Mi Tian said: "Do you believe I'll chop off your dog paws?"

Hu Xiaotian nodded. He gave no verbal response, but his hand rested on Xu Mi Tian's thigh, and he softly said: "Time apart is better than newlyweds; with such beautiful scenery, shouldn't we do something?"

Xu Mi Tian stared into his eyes and said: "Hu Xiaotian, one day I will personally kill you."

Hu Xiaotian said: "Future matters will be discussed later. Dying by your hand would even be willingly accepted…" He forcefully pulled Xu Mi Tian's delicate body into his embrace, lowered his head, and domineeringly seized her cherry lips; this woman demon renowned under heaven, in Hu Xiaotian's embrace, involuntarily trembled…

The small boat kept rocking in the lake's center, stirring the spring water, ripples spreading layer upon layer; the bright moon in the night sky seemed shy because of the scene before it, quietly hiding behind the clouds, and finally on the lake surface rang Xu Mi Tian's warbling like spring drizzle…

At dawn, Hu Xiaotian woke from his dream, stretched his arms, only to see Xu Mi Tian had already awakened before him. She stood at the bow, gazing at the blue-gray hue spreading between sky and water; before long the morning sun would rise in the east.

At this moment, Xu Mi Tian's feelings were entangled and contradictory; a voice inside repeatedly urged her to personally kill Hu Xiaotian, yet she discovered that the longer she spent with him, the stranger her feelings for him became; those three words 'Hu Xiaotian' had already been etched into the depths of her body as an indelible mark.

She softly sighed. Her long black hair fluttered in the morning breeze, undulating like waves behind her head.

Hu Xiaotian quietly approached her, embraced her from behind, then lowered his head, kissing her smooth as jade neck.

Xu Mi Tian said: "Each time you are with me, are you thinking of Le Yao in your heart?"

Hu Xiaotian said: "Sometimes I think of her, sometimes I think of you, and sometimes I think of Wen Ya."

Xu Mi Tian blinked her eyes in surprise, not knowing what Hu Xiaotian meant.

Hu Xiaotian himself laughed, leaning close to Xu Mi Tian's ear and whispered: "Speaking of which, I seem to have taken great advantage; one night is equivalent to having been with three different beauties."

Xu Mi Tian furrowed her brows, obviously resisting his vulgar way of speaking; she clearly knew Hu Xiaotian was doing this on purpose, intentionally using such words to stimulate herself, to destroy that pride within her, Xu Mi Tian said: "My Myriad Toxic Spiritual Body is about to be completed!"

Hu Xiaotian's heart startled, his arm trembled slightly, Xu Mi Tian used internal energy to shake open his arms, leaving his embrace, turning her body: "I will leave the Central Plains for a period of time."

"How long?"

"Maybe one or two years, maybe three to five years, but I will surely return."

Hu Xiaotian said: "I will miss you!" Gazing into Xu Mi Tian's eyes, he unreservedly revealed sincere longing.

Xu Mi Tian's heart inexplicably throbbed once; her gaze swept over the lake surface, then immediately became as calm as this morning's Dong Lake: "No need to miss me; when I return will be your day of death."

Hu Xiaotian laughed; when Xu Mi Tian spoke those words, he felt no killing intent at all.

Xu Mi Tian said: "I heard you are going to duel with Qiu Mu Bai of the Sword Palace?"

Hu Xiaotian said: "Your news is indeed well-informed!" He secretly thought, it seems that when Qiu Mu Bai chased out from the Condensing Fragrance Building to provoke him, Xu Mi Tian had already been tailing him, seeing everything clearly.

Xu Mi Tian said: "I will teach you a sword technique."

"Now?"

While speaking, the small boat had already docked; Xu Mi Tian stepped ashore, broke off a willow branch, infused it with internal energy, the supple willow instantly straightened rigid, she softly said: "Look well, this sword technique is called the Ling Snake Nine Swords; although the moves are few, their combinations and variations are myriad; it is the sword way my ancestral master comprehended by observing a green snake; look carefully."

Xu Mi Tian performed a virtual thrust in midair; the willow branch shot through the air at high speed, emitting sharp hisses; her practiced sword technique comprises nine forms, just as she told Hu Xiaotian just now, this sword technique is derived from observing snakes to enter the Dao, mysterious and agile, vicious and venomous.

After Xu Mi Tian finished demonstrating the nine sword moves, she then broke down each move one by one, explaining them in detail to Hu Xiaotian. Although Hu Xiaotian had only cultivated the most basic mental method of the Formless Divine Skill, one principle leads to understanding all; the Formless Divine Skill unknowingly enlightened his comprehension in martial arts. In merely half an hour, Hu Xiaotian had already learned the nine moves to a rough resemblance; his progress also amazed Xu Mi Tian.

Xu Mi Tian then spent another full hour explaining to him what to watch out for when using these nine moves against an enemy; after finishing all this, she reboarded the small boat.

Hu Xiaotian said: "You're just leaving like that?" Thinking that Xu Mi Tian might be away for a long time this time, his heart actually felt a sense of loss.

Xu Mi Tian said: "Live well, live until the day I return to kill you! Remember, you may only die by my hand." As she spoke those words, her heart inexplicably felt a pang of sourness; she threw an object through the air to Hu Xiaotian.

Hu Xiaotian grabbed it and looked; it was the coiled dragon jade pendant he had once given to Le Yao. Tracing back, this jade pendant was originally something Quan De'an had given him. Looking up again, the small boat had already sped away from the lakeshore like an arrow released from a bow. Hu Xiaotian loudly said: "Take care! I will miss you!"

Xu Mi Tian's back figure stood proudly on the small boat, her beautiful eyes gazing at the azure sky as clear as washed; within her beautiful eyes actually glimmered two points of crystal light.

Hu Xiaotian's all-night absence naturally worried many; hearing he had returned, Zhou Mo and Xiong Tianba both went out to greet him. Zhou Mo, not without resentment, said: "Third brother, where did you go all night?"

Hu Xiaotian naturally could not tell him the truth, smiling narrowly: "I met a master who passed on a few sword moves to me."

Zhou Mo said: "Seeing you so happy, I suppose the sword technique you learned must be quite profound."

Hu Xiaotian said: "So-so; better yet, big brother, give me some pointers."

Zhou Mo readily agreed; Hu Xiaotian found Yang Xuan and fetched a long sword, then came with Zhou Mo to the open space in the courtyard. He gripped the sword in hand, flourished a sword flower, and said: "Big brother, be careful!"

Zhou Mo smiled: "You need not hold back; just unleash your fiercest moves."

Hu Xiaotian nodded, shook the long sword in his hand like a venomous snake emerging from its cave; suddenly he thrust toward Zhou Mo's throat, this strike both swift and fierce. Previously when he studied swordsmanship with Xu Mi Tian he used a willow branch; now he truly wielded a weapon, its power naturally multiplied several times, the sword blade tore the air. A cold light had already reached Zhou Mo's front.

Zhou Mo exclaimed a 'good' character, shifted his body backward, right palm striking toward the sword blade; his palm activated, surging air waves, the space ahead already pushed aside by his strong palm wind; although his palm had not yet touched the sword blade, Hu Xiaotian already felt a great pressure from the side squeezing, forcing his sword blade to veer right.

Hu Xiaotian flicked his wrist, the sword tip traced an arc, bypassing Zhou Mo's strong palm wind, from the side aiming at his neck.

In Zhou Mo's eyes, the sword light formed a winding, advancing serpent; the greatest difference from ordinary swordsmanship lies in the trajectory of the sword being crooked and changeable, often launching attacks from the most unexpected angles.

Zhou Mo extended his right hand's index and middle fingers, intending to clamp the sword blade; Hu Xiaotian, however, sank the blade and accelerated to cut between his two fingers.

Zhou Mo's middle finger bent upward, with a clang! it rebounded off the sword blade; a strong force transmitted along the blade, shocking Hu Xiaotian's tiger mouth numb, nearly unable to grip the sword hilt, his wrist drooped down to buffer Zhou Mo's transmitted force, then with astonishing speed he lifted it, this thrust aimed at Zhou Mo's groin.

Zhou Mo stepped back one step, fixed his gaze on the incoming sword's direction, and with his right hand's three fingers firmly gripped the sword blade, like grasping the seven-inch point of a venomous snake; Hu Xiaotian could no longer draw his sword in time, he ashamedly said: "It seems my martial arts still lag far behind big brother by a hundred and eighty thousand miles."

Zhou Mo shook his head and said, "It's just that you lack real‑combat experience; your moves are too stale. Martial arts is the way of attack and defense—you can't go all‑out on offense, nor can you completely abandon defense. In attack there is defense, in defense there is attack. Even when you favor offense, you must keep a third of your stance defensive. Your sword style must have been derived from observing a snake's strikes: it is lively, ruthless, weird and ever‑changing—absolutely one of the most exquisite sword techniques I have ever seen."

Hu Xiaotian said, "The sword technique may be formidable, but I, the swordsman, am not up to it."

Zhou Mo smiled and said, "Even the person with the highest comprehension in the world could not fully master a set of sword techniques in a short time; you have just learned it and already attained this level, which is already very rare. Let Heaven Tyrant accompany you in sword practice—the great hammer is heavy, the long sword light and agile, using softness to overcome hardness; your progress should be faster."

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