Chapter Thirty-Three: First Encounter

  With a loud rumble, the stone gate of the secret chamber slowly opened, and a handsome young man with a confident smile on his face walked out slowly with his hands behind his back.

  At this moment, Xiao Fan's face was filled with a confident smile that came from the heart, it was his first genuine confidence since he arrived in this world. From now on, he would also be a cultivator, and like others in this world, he had qualified to embark on the path of becoming a strong practitioner.

  In the secret room, Xiao Fan condensed his thoughts into a mental image and mobilized the purest spiritual energy between heaven and earth to temper his body with sword energy, cultivating his 'Sword Body'. After several days of cultivation, Xiao Fan's physical body already possessed a hint of the sharpness unique to the 'Sword Body'.

  When Xiao Fan walked out of the secret room, both the little demon girl and the woman in green with a veil over her face looked at each other with sparkling eyes, sensing the unique sharpness surrounding Xiao Fan's body that was characteristic of sword cultivators. The woman in green showed an expression of admiration, but after sensing Xiao Fan's cultivation, she felt a bit surprised and couldn't understand why Xiao Fan's cultivation was so low, and why the little demon girl would take a liking to someone with such low cultivation.

  Xiao Fan looked at the woman in green beside the little witch, and saw that she was wearing a green skirt, with a light green gauze covering her face. Her three thousand strands of hair fell naturally, her figure was tall and slender, with high and proud breasts, a small waist that could be grasped in one hand, and long legs full of elasticity, all showing off her stunning beauty. Xiao Fan could feel a kind of coldness emanating from her, a kind of icy elegance that had been cultivated over time, as if warning people to keep their distance.

  The little witch was looking at Xiao Fang with a surprised expression.

  The little witch was very clear about Xiao Fan. Before Xiao Fan's closed-door training, although he had the cultivation of Tempering Body Peak, it was only obtained by taking Tempering Body Pill and could be ignored. However, at this moment, Xiao Fan's whole person was revealing his sharp edges, which wasn't a good manifestation, but precisely proved that Xiao Fan had truly entered the realm of cultivation.

  Xiao Fang walked out with his hands behind his back and also saw the little witch and the woman in green clothes with a veil. As for the appearance of the little witch, Xiao Fang was not surprised at all, but instead felt some curiosity about the woman in green clothes with a veil beside the little witch.

  "Little girl, how did you know I was leaving the pass today? You're even here to welcome me out of the pass, it really touches my heart." Xiao Fan said with a smile.

  The little witch gave him a sideways glance: "Now you know how good this girl is to you." At the same time, she realized that there were others around her, and her face turned slightly red. She then asked again: "How's your spiritual sea of consciousness injury?"

  Xiao Fan smiled and said, "Of course, if not for my own sake, then at least for your concern for me. This time in seclusion, I must heal the damage to my spiritual sea."

  The little witch gave Xiao Fan a glance: "You're the only one who can talk." Upon hearing that Xiao Fan's injuries had healed, her face was filled with joy.

  "Alright, alright, you two stop flirting and introduce me quickly." The woman in green clothing with a veil over her face seemed to have been forgotten by the pair, she couldn't help but shake her head and smile wryly, interrupting them.

  The veiled woman in a blue dress gave Xiao Fan his first impression that she was a cold and noble woman, but when he heard her words, although they were tinged with a hint of coolness, there was no sign of keeping people at arm's length. This made Xiao Fan breathe a sigh of relief, as he disliked dealing with women who thought themselves superior and haughty.

  Xiao Fan smiled elegantly and said, "I am Xiao Fan. I have met the young lady, but I haven't had the pleasure of knowing her name yet. May I have the honor of getting to know you?"

  The woman in the green dress with a veil said, "I wonder who could make Yu Yan, who always looked down on others, fall in love. It turns out to be Xiao Shaoxia. My name is Liu Suixin, and I am Yu Yan's childhood friend and good sister."

  "Hey, hey, who's got a crush on him? Don't talk nonsense." The little witch was initially listening to the two introducing each other, thinking they were just being pretentious, and couldn't help but want to laugh. However, later on, her expression suddenly changed.

  "Hehe, don't get angry, little girl." The green-clothed woman with a veil over her face, Liu Suixin, responded with a smile.

  "Shut up, don't talk nonsense!" The little witch was about to grab Liu Suixin, but she dodged it.

  "I'll settle the score with you later." The little witch glared at Liu Suixin fiercely, then her beautiful big eyes rolled around and turned to Xiao Fan, saying: "I'm telling you, this girl is an elite disciple of Tianyin Valley, and she's out here to gain experience. Of course, that's not the point, the point is... Tianyin Valley has a rule, if her veil is removed by a man, there are only two choices: either kill the person or marry them, hehe..."

  "You little scoundrel, what nonsense are you spouting!" This time it was Liu Suixin's turn to blow up and chase after the little demon girl.

  "Haha, who told you to talk nonsense?"

  "Xiao Fan, later I'll help you take off her veil..."

  The little witch's giggling voice kept coming over.

  "I really don't know if you're helping me or harming me..." Xiao Fan shook his head and sighed. Since that was the rule of the Liu Su Xin sect, then if he really saw Liu Su Xin's face, there were only two possible outcomes for him: one was to be killed by Liu Su Xin with a single sword strike, and the other was to have Liu Su Xin marry him; however, the second outcome was clearly impossible. Although Liu Su Xin hadn't shown Xiao Fan her cold and proud demeanor, that was just because of the little demon girl's face.

  Before long, the three of them sat at the same table, with fine wine and dishes spread out before them.

  "Miss Liu can't eat well with a veil on her face, I'd better go out to eat." Xiao Fan said, looking at the veil on Liu Su's face.

  According to Xiao Fan's idea, if Liu Su wanted to eat, she had to remove her veil. If she didn't leave now and happened to see the other person's appearance, her future days would be ruined.

  "Thank you, Xiao Shaoxia, but it's not necessary," said Liu Suixin with a smile. After she finished speaking, Xiao Fan discovered that the light gauze on Liu Suixin's face changed and transformed into a mask that covered her face, which didn't hinder her from eating at all.

  "What a wonderful mask." Xiao Fan exclaimed sincerely.

  "That's a spiritual tool, it can naturally change its shape at will." The little witch said.

  Xiao Fan couldn't help but take a few more glances at the mask on Liu Suixin's face. The preciousness of spiritual artifacts was well-known, yet the veil that Liu Suixin casually wore was actually a spiritual artifact-level treasure, which was truly hard to believe.

  "Eating, eating, I'm starving to death." Although shocked by Liu Su Xin's piece of light silk being a spiritual instrument, Xiao Fan, who had been in seclusion for many days and almost hadn't eaten anything, was extremely hungry. At this moment, without regard for the presence of two peerless beauties, he directly began eating.

  Three people ate and chatted at the same time.

  "Xiao Fan, do you know what Uncle Fu has been up to lately?" Little Demoness asked Xiao Fan.

  Xiao Fan was somewhat perplexed: "I've been staying in the appraisal hall to recover from my injuries, and you haven't told me anything, how would I know?" For nearly half a month, Xiao Fan had been in a state of almost complete isolation from the world, so he naturally didn't know what had happened outside.

  The little witch said, "After you were stabbed, Fu Bo rectified the city, especially the Lin family. He went to their door and directly crippled Lin Jianren in front of the old and young members of the Lin family. I really didn't expect Fu Bo's strength to be so powerful."

  "Lin Jianren was abandoned by Fu Bo?" Xiao Fan's eyes widened: "So, the assassination attempt on me is related to Lin Jianren?"

  "This girl isn't very clear either, but it shouldn't be a big deal, after all, how could the Lin family possibly be connected to the White Robe Building?" The little demoness said.

  "Bai Yi Lou?" Liu Su Xin put down her chopsticks and asked, "As far as I know, there is no branch of Bai Yi Lou in the city. Why would Xiao Shao Xia be targeted by Bai Yi Lou's assassination?"

  "I'm also wondering." Xiao Fan's face was gloomy, more of which was anger. He had come to this world and hadn't offended anyone, yet he almost got killed by an assassin organization. It was really too hateful.

  "Can you tell me what happened at that time?" Liu Su asked with some curiosity.

  Xiao Fan nodded and said, "Of course, it's just that there's nothing much to say. At the time, I had just left Jianbao Hall and was on my way to the Tang residence when I encountered an assassin from Baiyi Building. If she hadn't saved me, I probably wouldn't be sitting here now."

  "How many killers have come out of White Robe Building?" asked Liu Su Xin.

  "Four." The more Xiao Fan said, the more depressed he became. Those four killers from White Robe Building, each one of them was not his match, and yet they still sent out four killers to kill him, which meant they wanted to annihilate him completely, it was really too hateful.

  When she heard that the White Robe Building was sending four assassins to deal with Xiao Fan, Liu Su also felt a shock. She thought to herself: Looking at his appearance, he has just started cultivating and hasn't even cultivated true yuan power yet, let alone entered the realm of transcending the mundane. The lowest cultivation level of the White Robe Building's assassins is also in the realm of transcending the mundane, and they actually sent four people at once to deal with him. Their evaluation of him was really too high.

  The Baiyi Building assassination organization, no matter who they assassinate, will formulate a strict plan, and decide on the personnel to be dispatched based on the opponent's strength. To assassinate Xiao Fan, who is almost 'weak as a chicken', four Baiyi Building assassins were actually required, which shows the degree of importance that Baiyi Building attaches to Xiao Fan.

  "He's the nemesis of the four realms of concentration." The little witch added, her breath still hot with anger as she thought about how White Robe Building had almost killed Xiao Fang.

  The little witch's words made Liu Su Xin look at Xiao Fang with new eyes.

  "What else did Fu Bo do?" Xiao Fan asked the little witch again.

  The little witch said: "Next thing is to make you Xiao Erlang famous all over the world."

  "What's wrong?" Xiao Fan suddenly felt a wave of depression.

  "Fu Bo has renovated the four refugee zones in the city on your behalf, establishing four new districts. From now on, Xuanshan City will no longer have refugees and beggars. Moreover, Fu Bo's requirement for those refugees is to place a Longsheng plaque of yours at home and worship it every day. This matter has already spread to the surrounding cities." The little demon girl said with a smile.

  "Ah..." Xiao Fan's eyes widened in surprise, this... Master Fu's method was really, too, too clever. For himself who urgently needed to accumulate merit and virtue, this method was the fastest way for him to collect merit and virtue.

  As soon as he thought of the power of merit, Xiao Fan sank into the depths of his mind's sea of wisdom, where the bead of merit was located. Suddenly, he saw that the bead of merit had changed its appearance. The originally black bead now had a circle of golden merit surrounding it.

  "It's actually gained so much power of merit." Xiao Fan was overjoyed, this was really the best news ever, and with the power of merit, his cultivation of 'Mind Sword Body' would also speed up.

  "It seems like heaven is also helping me." someone thought with great pride.