Chapter 171: Xiao Shiyilang

The bright moon was faint.

The starlight was dim.

"Yu Liancheng, you bastard, you scoundrel, you ghost..."

A crisp voice cursed in a low tone, barely audible, with ragged breathing.

Immediately following, a petite figure wrapped in green clothes leaped out from the window.

After another moment, the room door opened. Yu Liancheng straightened his slightly disheveled clothes and couldn't help but shake his head, saying, "This woman is so petty. Isn't it just that I dirtied her face? A quick wash would have sufficed."

He walked out of the room with a pleasant smile on his face, secretly pondering in his heart: "The information is already in hand. Once I finish dealing with the matters at Shen Family Manor, perhaps I can go meet this so-called Young Master Tian. He fancies himself a God, treating all living beings as puppets, but this time, I will make him know that I am his father."

Upon reaching a patch of woods, Yu Liancheng suddenly had a change in expression, stopped his footsteps, and laughed aloud: "Friend hiding in the shadows, please come out."

Silence.

Deathly silence.

Yu Liancheng's expression remained unchanged; he fished a copper coin from his bosom and suddenly threw it toward the woods.

Although he threw it casually, its power was by no means inferior to any expert from the Tang Sect.

Yet, no cry of pain came from the woods.

Yu Liancheng raised an eyebrow and said loudly: "Is it the World's Number One Great Thief, Xiao Shiyilang?"

The woods were silent for a long while before a voice rose: "Good hidden weapon, good eyesight."

A person had already walked out from the woods.

He wore a blue cloth garment that had already faded to white. A cloth belt was tied carelessly around his waist, and a blade was stuck just as carelessly into the belt.

This blade was much shorter than an ordinary one, and the scabbard was made of black leather; it was very old, yet newer than his shoes, which had large holes that exposed his toes.

Yu Liancheng glanced at him and laughed: "I didn't expect the legendary World's Number One Great Thief, Xiao Shiyilang, to be so down-and-out, so shabby."

"I also didn't expect the 'God' Yu Liancheng to appear at the Demon-Extermination Assembly, and to be so daring."

Xiao Shiyilang's eyebrows were very thick, and he wore a beard that looked as if it could prick someone's face.

He was not considered handsome or dashing, but that pair of eyes, which always carried a smile, gave him an indescribable wildness and an indescribable attraction.

Yu Liancheng raised an eyebrow: "How long have you been here?"

Xiao Shiyilang said: "I was discovered by you as soon as I arrived."

Yu Liancheng touched his own face; his disguise was still on, and he couldn't help but wonder: "Then how did you recognize my identity?"

Xiao Shiyilang laughed: "Although I don't know you, no matter how that woman Feng Siniang disguises herself, as long as she speaks, I can recognize her. After all, we have been close friends for many years."

Yu Liancheng laughed: "You are the World's Number One Great Thief, and I am the world's number one great villain. Since we met today, we really should have two drinks."

Xiao Shiyilang said: "But I can see that you have been wronged. If you were truly a heinous villain, how would that woman Feng Siniang be willing to pose as your wife, and how would she be willing to favor you?"

Yu Liancheng laughed: "I can also see that you have been wronged. If you were truly a thief capable of anything, how would that woman Feng Siniang be willing to treat you as a friend?"

Xiao Shiyilang shook his head and said: "The Edo needs a great thief. If there were no great thief, how could the righteousness and greatness of those heroes be highlighted? And since my martial arts are decent, my origins are unknown, I have no background, and I don't like to 'uphold justice' with the heroes, I naturally became the number one great thief of the Edo."

Yu Liancheng laughed: "I am a person of the Edo, and I don't have too many distinctions between good and evil. Just because I killed some people and offended some people, and because some people wanted me to become a heinous villain, I am a heinous villain."

The two looked at each other and smiled.

The leaves rustled, and the world was silent.

But suddenly, a chill permeated this world.

—Killing intent.

Astonishing killing intent.

The killing intent was radiating from Yu Liancheng.

At this moment, he himself seemed to have become a peerless Divine Sword.

And how could a Divine Sword not have killing intent?

Xiao Shiyilang was not surprised and gave a bitter smile: "When I came, I saw Feng Siniang, and she told me to be careful of you."

Yu Liancheng nodded: "You should indeed be a little careful."

Xiao Shiyilang said: "I don't seem to have offended you; if you want to strike, you should at least have a reason."

"Because you are Xiao Shiyilang, and I am Yu Liancheng." Yu Liancheng said slowly: "Is this reason enough?"

"Enough, it is enough."

Xiao Shiyilang's gaze also became as sharp as a blade, and his whole person radiated a wild aura: "Where is your sword?"

"I am currently the 'Invincible Mad Blade', so I use a blade."

Yu Liancheng had a blade in his palm before anyone knew when, and he said coldly: "You defeated the pillar of the righteous path, the 'Invincible Mad Blade', and now you will face the giant of the evil path, the 'God'."

"Good, good, good." Xiao Shiyilang's hand had already slowly moved toward his blade hilt.

Yu Liancheng's hand also gripped his blade hilt.

The two just stood there, their gazes fixed straight at each other, not blinking even once.

Clang!

Suddenly, Xiao Shiyilang's blade was unsheathed.

A streak of snow-bright blade light slashed out.

The speed of this strike was truly inconceivable.

Yu Liancheng had roamed the Edo for many years and had seen countless experts, but he had truly never seen such fast blade technique.

Under the heavens, perhaps only Xiao Shiyilang could have such a fast blade.

This blade was not only fast, but the blade light swirled, impenetrable by wind or rain.

Xiao Shiyilang was able to run rampant in the Edo not merely by relying on the word "fast."

Clang!

Yu Liancheng's blade was also unsheathed; in an instant, the two blade lights clashed together like two swimming dragons.

……

Feng Siniang, her name carries the wind.

She seems to have drifted her whole life, wandered her whole life; she is a woman like the wind.

She has walked through many bustling places in her life, but she has spent more than half of her time in loneliness.

She is not afraid of loneliness.

But she suddenly feels a bit lonely now, a bit solitary.

Is it because that fellow is not here?

Feng Siniang looks toward the door from time to time, but every time, she only reaps disappointment.

The table to the side is already filled with dishes; the head chef of Shen Family Manor naturally would not dare to mistreat the "Invincible Mad Blade" and his wife.

Bamboo shoots with pork, scrambled eggs with Chinese toon, stir-fried trio, a large plate of smoked sausage and spiced tripe, a small bowl of cabbage meatball soup……

Although Feng Siniang is a bit hungry, she has not touched her chopsticks; she likes the feeling of eating with Yu Liancheng, and she also enjoys that feeling very much.

No matter what Yu Liancheng says, she feels very happy and joyful. Even if he intends to anger her, to make her so angry she bursts, he will soon make her laugh until she bursts.

She suddenly discovers that the kind of indescribable loneliness from before has been filled.

She can no longer really leave Yu Liancheng.

"Damned fellow, I don't know which vixen he went to find; when he returns, I will definitely gift him a handful of silver needles."

Feng Siniang grumbles, then immediately cannot help but worry: "That big lazybones Xiao Shiyilang has also come; if Yu Liancheng encounters him, he will surely be unable to restrain himself. If these two fellows fight, the commotion will be too great, and it is very likely they will be discovered by others, which will inevitably lead to more trouble."

Feng Siniang has already stood up and is pacing back and forth in the room.

"No, I have to go find him; if there really is any danger, I can also help him."

She seems to have completely failed to notice that her entire heart is now tied to Yu Liancheng, and she does not care about her old friend Xiao Shiyilang as much as she once did.

"Madam, where are you going?"

Feng Siniang is just planning to leave, but fortunately, Yu Liancheng has already hurried back at this moment.

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PS: Still owe 12 chapters. Updating too fast; aside from the chapters owed for monthly votes, it seems I will finish paying them back soon, but I have no stock left at all.