Solid Jade Snow and Argent Moon Qingluan

　　Great Spear Sect took it upon themselves to leave after Young Master Ling departed. Elder Shou and the girl in green were the only two left in the room. That was still enough to keep Emperor Yuansheng on the edge of his seat, so he quietly told me, "Of all the hostiles in the room, the girl is the most skilled combatant."

　　"Do not fret. I am aware."

　　The girl and I locked eyes. Our people loosened up after confirming she wouldn't reduce me to mincemeat with her staff out of the blue. Actually, perhaps they were just worried my brains would stain their clothing. Eventually, she broke the stalemate: "You know what I want to ask."

　　I smiled: "Indeed."

　　"Why are you going to Huzhou?"

　　"I must go when my friend is in need."

　　"Hmph, friend? You have friends?"

　　I scratched my head: "Sometimes I have a few."

　　"Good-for-nothing friends!"

　　Our interaction befogged the audience. Long Zaitian acted as if he was close to Tang Ye and leaned in: "Ye, introduce us, man."

　　Tang Ye pulled his eyebrows together: "What?"

　　Long Zaitian raised his eyebrows a few times: "Your sister-in-law, obviously."

　　I had to stop myself from grabbing the bench and batting Long Zaitian in the head…

　　Think before you speak, moron! She could kill you without breaking a sweat even if you had two lives!

　　Long Zaitian brainlessly carried on with his eye signals: "Don't the two of them look as though they're having a couple's quarrel? My insight tells me they know each other and have a bit of a dispute between them. Are you going to give me that baloney? When did your big bro find himself such a skilled girl?"

　　"I don't know. I never met her before."

　　Thank heavens Tang Ye was helpful.

　　"Come on, man. Just reveal a little. Are you really going to continue trying to protect your big bro's image?"

　　Tang Ye shrugged: "I honestly don't know anything. Big Bro has connections across all the land. How am I supposed to know which one she is?"

　　I take that back about Tang Ye helping!

　　Put a sock in it! You think she doesn't understand Chinese?! She'd stomp you two dimwits at the same time!

　　"Who is she? You appear to be acquainted, Young Master," inquired Emperor Yuansheng.

　　I cleared my throat and introduced the girl: "She hails from the mighty, strong, staff wielding, only female sect wielding heavy weapons I know of, Hangzhou's Wutong Jin Yuxuan. Jin Yuxuan's disciples learn an internal style lauded as Jiangnan's martial world's supreme power-based style, Solid Jade Snow. Their patriarch, Heroine Zi, Zi Wutong, has seldom appeared in the pugilistic world in recent years. She is Patriarch Zi's third senior disciple. They call her Argent Moon Qingluan, Lian Qingluan."

　　Hangzhou was one of the areas in Jiangnan outside of the Seven Champion White Princes jurisdiction. Night Fortress was the administrator for Hangzhou's martial world. Thanks to Night Fortress keeping the Seven Champion White Princes' influence at bay, numerous sects were able to nurture truly talented martial artists. The only sect capable to taking the place of Night Fortress, the strongest sect in Hangzhou, was none other than Wutong's Jin Yuxuan.

　　Lian Qingluan only started her journey in the pugilistic world two years ago, and her weapon was seldom used, which explained why n.o.body recognised her. Her s.h.i.+fu, however, was a heroine everyone recognised.

　　The Seven Champion White Princes couldn't rustle Zi Wutong's status as Jiangnan's mightiest female adept. Not even powerhouses, such as Mount Lu Sword Sanctuary's madam and Valley of Yearning's Bai Clan's heroine, could name a single female pugilist who could match her. She, therefore, was deserving of her status one of the only three women ranked on Supreme Ten Saints. The only reason Night Fortress managed to stay in power was because, unlike Night Fortress, where we accepted anybody as if we were bargain shopping, Wu Zitong only accepted female disciples and enforced a strict criteria for who she accepted.