Joy of Life: Invincible Starting from Basic Swordsmanship

Chapter 18: Intimidating Fan Xian

Although Haitang Duoduo admired Fan Xian's courage, she didn't take him too seriously.

She didn't believe Fan Xian could surpass her at all.

So the two switched places and stood facing each other, with Haitang Duoduo rushing forward first.

And what about Fan Xian?

Suddenly, a handful of powder was sprinkled out, hitting Haitang Duoduo right in the face.

Fan Xian stepped back, cupped his hands, and said, "Miss Duoduo, the outcome is decided by one point."

"Is this what you mean by a head-on battle?"

"Saintess Duoduo is joking. I am a disciple of Fei Jie, and poisoning is a method used by my sect."

"Didn't your teacher tell you that poison is no longer effective against ninth-rank officials?"

"Of course I know that, and I didn't poison him."

"Then why do you say the outcome is already decided!"

As she spoke, Haitang Duoduo was about to make another move.

Fan Xian quickly stopped him, saying, "Wait, don't you feel your blood surging and your whole body burning with heat?"

"What kind of poison did you give me?"

"It's not poison."

"What is that?"

"aphrodisiac!"

Upon hearing this, Haitang Duoduo was immediately furious. While a ninth-rank martial artist could indeed be immune to poisons, he was not immune to this "aphrodisiac."

"Pah, shameless and vulgar!" Xiao Lan couldn't stand it anymore and gave Fan Xian a disdainful look.

Just then, a commotion arose in the distance; the delegation's guards were arriving.

"Miss Duoduo, you'd better leave quickly, or you won't be able to leave later."

"Fan Xian, you just wait and see, I'll remember this grudge!"

Helpless, Haitang Duoduo had no choice but to leave for the time being.

"Impressive, Fan Xian. You actually drugged a girl with aphrodisiacs. I wonder what your fiancée would think if she found out."

After Haitang Duoduo left, Ye Chengfeng immediately stepped forward to kick her while she was down.

He'd been waiting for this moment. No matter how cunning Fan Xian was, he'd still have to drink Ye Chengfeng's foot bath water.

"Hmph, do you think my Wan'er would believe you?"

"Hehe, don't worry. I'm sure many people will spread this news without me saying a word. The untold story of the Southern Qing Poet Immortal and the Northern Qi Saintess is captivating!"

"Me~~~~~"

Fan Xian was utterly speechless. He never knew that Ye Chengfeng was such a despicable scoundrel!

"Gundam has tied up Sean, Old Wang. You'll have to explain later."

"I understand, sir."

Wang Qinian immediately understood.

After the delegation's guards arrived, Wang Qinian immediately attributed the credit for retrieving Xiao En to Fan Xian.

"Young Master, are you alright?"

The Eight Swordsmen naturally followed and immediately stepped forward to protect Ye Chengfeng in the middle.

They don't trust people from Nanqing.

"It's alright, go back first, I have something to tell you."

"Yes, young master."

After returning, Ye Chengfeng began assigning tasks.

"The eight of you will go to the capital first and find an opportunity to contact the young emperor of Northern Qi. Tell him that I have a big deal to make and ask if he is willing to take it."

"Yes, young master, we will set off immediately."

The eight men didn't ask what kind of deal it was; as subordinates, they didn't need to know that much.

The fact that the Eight Swordsmen had broken away from the delegation could not be kept from Fan Xian.

Upon learning this, Fan Xian immediately came to inquire about the situation.

Fan Xian climbed directly into Ye Chengfeng's carriage and made his intentions clear.

"Where did your men go after leaving the group?"

If he were facing other people, Fan Xian would definitely ask them indirectly.

But after fighting with Ye Chengfeng a few times, he discovered that Ye Chengfeng was someone who didn't play by the rules.

The best way to deal with this kind of person is not to hide anything. If you do, or if you are vague, they will do the same thing.

Instead, it would be better to be direct and clear like this.

"What's it to you?"

"I knew you'd say that. Believe it or not, when I return to Qing, I'll tell Ruoruo that you sabotaged my journey to Northern Qi!"

Fan Xian has been using Fan Ruoruo's situation to threaten Ye Chengfeng.

This annoyed Ye Chengfeng greatly.

"Then do you believe I'll kill you right now?"

Ye Chengfeng's tone was cold. It was true that he had feelings for Fan Ruoruo, but if Fan Xian continued to threaten him with Fan Ruoruo's affairs, then he had miscalculated.

"you!"

Fan Xian was also startled by Ye Chengfeng's words.

It would be too easy for Ye Chengfeng to kill him; the people in the delegation couldn't stop him at all.

Furthermore, Fan Xian discovered that the Black Knights, whom Chen Pingping had mentioned protecting him, had not appeared even when he was besieged by Yan Xiaoyi and Shangshan Hu.

That means Chen Pingping lied to him.

Does this mean that if Ye Chengfeng were to attack him, the Black Knights would still not appear?

With two ninth-rank officials and Ye Chengfeng, an eighth-rank official, killing him would allow Ye Chengfeng and his group to escape safely.

Now that Wu Zhu is not by his side, how can Fan Xian not be anxious?

Fan Xian snorted coldly and had no choice but to leave dejectedly.

After Fan Xian left, Xiao Lan asked curiously, "Young Master, are you really going to kill Fan Xian? Aren't you afraid Miss Ruoruo will hold a grudge against you?"

"What are you thinking? Do you think I would dare to kill him? Even if we could kill Fan Xian, the consequences of killing him would be beyond our ability to bear, and not only us, but Dongyi City would also be unable to bear it."

Ye Chengfeng felt quite helpless!

That's right, he was just trying to scare Fan Xian. As for whether Fan Xian will tell Fan Ruoruo about their conversation?

Ye Chengfeng believed that Fan Xian would not do such a thing, because it would not be in line with his character.

Fan Xian genuinely cares about his family, but he doesn't approve of exploiting their feelings.

Ye Chengfeng understood this all too well, because he and Fan Xian were the same kind of people, absolute egoists.

There is an even more important reason why Fan Xian was outmaneuvered by Ye Chengfeng.

That is, Fan Xian always treated Ye Chengfeng as a person from this era.

Fan Xian's plan was quite good. People of this era would really be threatened by Fan Xian if they had the values ​​they had.

Ye Chengfeng was making plans in his mind.

"Begonia Blossom should have recovered somewhat by now, and she'll probably be coming to us soon. I wonder how Fan Xian will handle it?"

After being threatened by Ye Chengfeng, will Fan Xian continue to flirt with Haitang Duoduo as he did in the original novel?

"I wonder if he still dares to compose that song, 'Do You Know?'"

Sure enough, it wasn't long before the delegation was stopped by Haitang Duoduo, who specifically asked to see Fan Xian.

Fan Xian felt helpless and could only go to see Haitang Duoduo.

He was still carefree; even after seeing Haitang Duoduo, he remained completely unsuspecting.

Fan Xian composed the poem "Do You Know?"

Ye Chengfeng lifted a corner of the carriage curtain and, looking at Fan Xian's ruddy face, could roughly guess what was going on.

"This guy, sometimes he really is heartless!"

At night, the delegation rested at a post station in the border city of Qing Kingdom.

After hesitating for a long time, Fan Xian finally went to Ye Chengfeng's room again.

His gaze toward Ye Chengfeng was somewhat complicated.

"Brother Ye, I was impolite at noon today, and I have come here specifically to apologize."

"Heh, that's rather strange. The esteemed Poet Immortal of Qing Kingdom is actually apologizing to me?"

Ye Chengfeng sat down and poured Fan Xian a cup of tea.

He then added, "But your apology seems a bit insincere!"

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"You're coming to apologize empty-handed!"

"I don't think I have what you're looking for here!"

"I haven't said anything, how do you know you haven't?"

"Okay, whatever you ask for, as long as it's not excessive, I can grant it."

"You said it yourself, so tell me about Ruoruo's childhood!"

"You actually want to know this?"

"What's wrong with that? Since she might be my future partner, I naturally want to know more about her past."

Fan Xian didn't quite catch what Ye Chengfeng said in the last sentence, only making out one part.

"Possible future partner? What does he mean by that? Does he dare refuse the marriage bestowed upon him by Emperor Qing?"

But upon closer reflection, Ye Chengfeng is the young city lord of Dongyi City. If he were to refuse outright, Emperor Qing would truly have no way to deal with him!