Hidden Blade

When Xu Han pushed open the door with his sword, the visitor happened to arrive at the courtyard in front of the door.

Xu Han fixed his gaze and saw a beautiful figure wearing a long white dress.

"Miss?" Xu Han was stunned, but he did not expect that this guest would be Ye Chengtai 's daughter, Ye Hongjian .

Xu Han's attitude was respectful, but it was obvious that the other party had come with ill intentions.

Ye Hongjian 's beautiful eyes were covered with a thick layer of anger. She glared at Xu Han as if she wanted to pierce through his chest with her gaze.

Xu Han could see Ye Hongjian 's anger, but he couldn't understand why he had only met this young miss once and didn't have any grudges with her. What exactly made her so dissatisfied?

"Humph!" When Ye Hongjian saw Xu Han, the anger in her eyes instantly grew more and more intense.

Clang!

With a crisp sound, a long sword flickering with cold light was suddenly unsheathed and held in Ye Hongjian 's hand.

"Miss, what do you mean?" Xu Han was even more puzzled. He did not know how this Ye Hongjian was so hostile to him. Only then did they see a sword facing each other.

With his many years of experience crawling out of Saber Mountain and Sea of Blood, he could tell at a glance that the current Ye Hongjian was not as simple as scaring him. She really had a killing intent towards him.

"What do you mean? Don't you know what you did?" Ye Hongjian scolded angrily. Then, without waiting for Xu Han to have any chance to refute, her body suddenly moved. The sword in her hand and her body turned into a cold light as she charged straight towards Xu Han's face.

Since Ye Hongjian was accepted as a closed door disciple by the Taishang Elder of the Exquisite Pavilion, her talent was naturally unquestionable.

Although she was not even seventeen years old, she had already reached the Pill Yang Realm, and her body had formed a purple pill that ordinary cultivators could not compare to. The might that this sword strike could unleash far surpassed that of ordinary cultivators at the same realm.

At that moment, the divine light in Xu Han's eyes condensed, and he climbed up to his eyebrows with a warm and angry expression.

He took a deep breath, and the muscles around his body suddenly bulged. The arm wrapped in white cloth suddenly stretched out and unexpectedly met Ye Hongjian 's whistling sword with his flesh and blood.

Boom!

A muffled sound exploded.

Astonishment immediately climbed into Ye Hongjian 's eyes. She was very clear about the might contained in her sword, but Xu Han actually caught it with his own flesh and blood.

At this moment, Xu Han's strange arm wrapped in white cloth firmly held Ye Hongjian's sword in his hand. No matter how hard Ye Hongjian tried, there was no way to take it out. He could only stare at Xu Han in shock and anger.

"You …!" After a few fruitless attempts, Ye Hongjian looked at Xu Han again. She opened her mouth to say something, but before she could say anything, she stopped.

Because Xu Han didn't give her any chance to speak.

Xu Han's hand that was holding Ye Hongjian's sword suddenly pulled. Ye Hongjian felt a tremendous force surge forth. Her body involuntarily pounced into Xu Han's embrace. At that time, Xu Han's other hand reached out like a poisonous snake and accurately grabbed Ye Hongjian's neck, lifting her up high.

"Cough. Cough."

Ye Hongjian , who had been grabbed by the neck, could only continuously struggle to get rid of Xu Han's control. However, Xu Han's hand strength was astonishingly great. No matter how hard she struggled, it was hard to move. She could only let Xu Han lift her off the ground like a chick.

"Miss Ye, Xu Han admits that he hasn't provoked Miss in any way. It's just that he has no intention of offending her. Miss, you can say it straightforwardly." Xu Han raised his head to look at Ye Hongjian whose face had turned red due to difficulty breathing and said with a calm expression.

"But Miss is indiscriminate and wants to draw her sword to face each other. Fortunately, I have some cultivation. If it was anyone else, I'm afraid that I would have already died under Miss's sword."

"Young miss is the daughter of Marquis . Xu Han dares not kill you, but young miss' life is life, and Xu Han's life is also life. I can let this matter go, but next time, the sword in Xu Han's hand will not recognize Marquis Royal Sun!"

Xu Han's words were extremely cold, and the killing intent wrapped in his tone was not fake, causing Ye Hongjian 's face to immediately turn pale.

After all, she was a daughter of everyone. She had been born in Chang'an, a capital far away from Jianghu, and Ye Chengtai had helped protect her from the wind and heavy rain. Who had spoken to her like this?

This was the first time in his life that he had been threatened like this.

After Xu Han finished speaking, the hand holding Ye Hongjian 's neck slowly loosened, and Ye Hongjian 's body immediately fell to the ground.

"Young miss, if you have nothing else to do, then leave on your own. I won't send you off far away."

Then, Xu Han turned around, picked up the black cat that was looking at the two of them with a puzzled expression on the ground, and turned around and walked into the room.

What he said just now was not as simple as scaring Ye Hongjian . Although Ye Hongjian 's cultivation was only equivalent to the Arhat Realm of a physical body cultivator, the Purple Core she formed was the highest grade of inner core that could be formed in the Pill Yang Realm. The power she could erupt could be said to be crushed in the same realm.

If Xu Han hadn't obtained the help of the demonic power from the black cat, and if he hadn't had some natural advantages over ordinary inner clan cultivators before the Netherpassage Realm, Xu Han would probably have paid a considerable price even if he didn't die on the spot with this sword strike.

He no longer had the time to ponder where Ye Hongjian 's anger came from. After all, he believed that he had not really done anything evil since he came to Chang'an. Even if it was a conversation with Ye Chengtai , he knew it was reasonable and could not be regarded as coercion.

"My surname is Xu, just wait. Even if I, Ye Hongjian , die, I will definitely not let you succeed!" Ye Hongjian , who was outside the room, said this. Although she tried her best to make her words sound convincing enough, the faint tears in her voice could not be concealed from Xu Han's ears.

"Is that so? Then Miss Ye, please wipe away your tears and say these words to me. I might even be a little afraid." Xu Han replied without turning his head. At that time, the gate of the courtyard was closed by him, and he did not look at Ye Hongjian again from beginning to end.

When Ye Hongjian heard this, she was stunned and realized that tears had flowed out from the corner of her eyes at some unknown time.

She secretly hated herself for being so miserable. She hurriedly reached out to wipe away the tears from the corner of her eyes, then picked up the longsword on the ground. After looking at Xu Han's door angrily, she left reluctantly.

…

When Xu Han returned to his room, he did not feel sleepy.

He thought carefully for a while and felt that there was something strange about it. Even if Ye Hongjian knew that he had forced Ye Chengtai , she shouldn't be so angry. Or could it be that Ye Hongjian herself was such a person?

Xu Han thought about it, but he couldn't think through it thoroughly, so he didn't think about it anymore.

There seemed to be a lot of people in the manor, and there were endless conversations. Xu Han did not like such a crowded occasion, let alone Ye Chengtai showing off his daughter, it had nothing to do with him.

All he needed was to safely send Ye Hongjian to the Exquisite Pavilion, and then rely on her to stay in the Exquisite Pavilion for a period of time.

Thinking of this, Xu Han sat up again. The black cat beside him seemed to have sensed something and let out a soft cry. Then, it jumped onto Xu Han's shoulder.

"You're the only one who's smart." Xu Han scolded and prepared to get up and walk out of the room.

After all, it was rare for him to come to Chang'an, so he had nothing to do in his spare time, so he might as well go out and take a stroll.

Dong.

Dong.

However, just as this thought occurred, a knock came from outside the door.

Xu Han frowned and thought to himself, Could it be that Ye Hongjian was not angry in her heart and went back?

"Who?" He immediately asked, his voice wrapped in a trace of displeasure.

"It's small." The person outside replied carefully.

"Huh?" Xu Han was stunned, but he could tell that this voice was the voice of the attendant in charge of his daily life. "What is it?"

"The banquet has begun. Marquis has called the little one over to invite Young Master over." The person outside the room said again, and the flattery in his voice was not concealed.

"What banquet? Just tell Marquis that I have something to attend to, so it's inconvenient for me to go." Xu Han frowned again. He was truly unhappy with such a banquet, and he was truly uncomfortable with it.

"Young Master, don't make things difficult for me. Marquis said that I must let Young Master go. Otherwise, I will test him." When the people outside heard Xu Han's words, their expressions changed, and their voices became a little anxious.

"Must I go?" Xu Han was puzzled. If Ye Chengtai had some brains, he would know that the Long Night Division had been staring at his Ye Clan for a long time. At this moment, it was fine to entertain everyone with a big banquet. He still insisted on exposing Xu Han to the scrutiny of the tiger wolf in Chang'an. 𝗳𝒓𝚎e𝚠𝒆𝐛𝐧𝐨v𝚎Ɩ.co𝓶

Could it be that he really had some extravagant hopes for the Longevity Division?

Xu Han was a little confused, but since the Headmaster had asked Xu Han to look for Ye Chengtai by name, he must have considered the other party's character. Even if he did not want to believe Xu Han, he would not do such a thing as selling him to the Longevity Division.

Otherwise, once Xu Han died, the wrath of thunder in the Tiance Prefecture would not be something a small Marquis Manor of Ning could bear.

When Xu Han thought of this, he finally nodded and said to the outside, "Alright, wait a moment. I'll be right there."

Regardless of what Ye Chengtai had planned, Xu Han had to accept it. If he couldn't even pass this trial, how could he let Ye Chengtai give his daughter to him peacefully?

Xu Han's heart was filled with determination. He agreed to the attendant outside the room, tidied up his appearance, and left the room. Under the guidance of the attendant, he walked towards the banquet.