“You… you… what kind of witchcraft or hidden weapon did you use?”
Li Tianlu stuttered, looking terrified at Meng Xiaoyu standing a short distance away.
It was horrifying.
Just moments ago, he and Wang Mazi were clearly dominating, but now, both he and Wang Mazi had been wounded by something unknown.
“Witchcraft? Hidden weapon? What nonsense! I used the world’s number one divine skill, ‘Divine Sword Finger.’ Unlike you, I don’t resort to despicable sneak attacks.”
After finishing, Meng Xiaoyu cast a disdainful glance at Li Tianlu, who was looking at her in horror.
“Nonsense! If you didn’t use some witchcraft or hidden weapon, then where did the wounds on my right hand and Brother Wang’s knee come from? Clearly, you used some sorcery or a concealed weapon,” Li Tianlu said while raising his right hand to show the crowd the still-bleeding hole in his palm.
“Hey, you toothless half-beast! You need evidence to back up your words. Since you claim I used a hidden weapon, I ask everyone here—many of whom are reputable martial artists in the Jianghu—did anyone see me use a hidden weapon?”
Meng Xiaoyu, who had walked over to Han Rubing and Han Rushuang, was letting Han Rushuang bandage her injured left shoulder.
The medicinal powder on the wound caused her to gasp in pain, “Ouch… it hurts! Sister Rushuang, be gentle!”
“If you didn’t use a hidden weapon, then you must have used some witchcraft. Otherwise, how could Brother Li and I be injured for no reason?”
said Wang Mazi, who was sitting on the ground, clutching his knee wound.
“Yes, if it wasn’t a hidden weapon or witchcraft, where did these injuries come from?”
Li Tianlu added.
“I already told you earlier, didn’t I? I used the world’s unbeatable, unparalleled, and unrivaled number one divine skill, ‘Divine Sword Finger!’ Why do you keep talking about hidden weapons and witchcraft?”
Meng Xiaoyu grumbled, visibly annoyed.
Was her explanation really so unbelievable that she had to emphasize it twice?
“Ridiculous! No martial art in the world can create such wounds without using any object. You must have used some sorcery!”
Wang Mazi shouted in exasperation.
“Who says there isn’t? My ‘Divine Sword Finger’ can!”
Meng Xiaoyu shouted back.
“Oh! Since the young lady claims so, could you please demonstrate this ‘Divine Sword Finger’ once more? If it is as miraculous as you say, then we will willingly admit defeat,” Li Tianlu said with a sly smile, looking at Meng Xiaoyu.
He didn’t believe her at all.
Having been active in the Jianghu since he was 16, he had never heard of such a miraculous skill.
He figured that this brat was just making things up to cover up the truth about using a hidden weapon.
“You want me to demonstrate just because you say so? Why should I? Let me tell you, I refuse. Let’s see what you can do about it!”
Meng Xiaoyu’s stubbornness flared up.
“If you refuse, it proves there is no such thing as this ‘Divine Sword Finger.’ If there isn’t such a skill, then admit you used a hidden weapon or some other despicable trick,” Li Tianlu said, his smile growing wider.
He thought to himself, “Since this brat refuses, it must mean there is no such thing as this ‘Divine Sword Finger.’ It’s all just nonsense she made up.”
With that thought, Li Tianlu’s grin grew even wider, and he felt his right hand wound didn’t hurt as much anymore.
“You…” Seeing Li Tianlu’s smirk, as well as the similarly smug smile on Wang Mazi’s face, Meng Xiaoyu was both angry and anxious.
At this moment, she wanted to give each of them another finger strike, to make these two worse-than-beasts disappear from this world forever.
However, just as she was at a loss for words in her fury, Han Rubing spoke up.
“What if the little one does use the Divine Sword Finger? Then what?”
Han Rubing asked with a smile, though her tone was devoid of any hint of amusement.
Han Rubing was very angry.
The little one wasn’t originally from this world; even after arriving here, she had always stayed with her and her sister.
There was no way she could have any enmity with these people.
Yet, Li Tianlu and Wang Mazi were making things difficult for the little one, and the onlookers, all prominent figures in the Jianghu, were merely treating it as a show without intervening in the unreasonable behavior of Li and Wang.
If it were that Li Tianlu and Wang Mazi, with their mediocre martial skills, couldn’t see that the little one hadn’t used a hidden weapon, and considering they were the ones injured by her, it might be understandable.
However, she didn’t believe that martial experts like Zhao Tianyu and Tiechengshan, and those skilled sect leaders couldn’t see that the little one hadn’t used any hidden weapon.
Saying so would only invite ridicule.
The little one had only met these people today, so there was no way she could have any enmity with them.
But to say they were merely envious because the little one was the disciple of the old master Mi and so allowed Li and Wang’s unreasonable behavior, that seemed unlikely as well.
If that’s the case, it’s likely because they were targeting Chaoque Palace itself!
After all, since its founding by their grandmaster Mo Wuyou, it had only been passed down to her and her sister Han Rushuang.
Even though it had only been two generations, the palace had already become one of the top three sects in the Jianghu in less than twenty years, which inevitably aroused jealousy and hostility from other sects.
And now, they were treating the little one like this probably because they saw her with the two sisters.
