That Fair-Faced 'Sage' {Completed}

6. The Elder In The Shadows

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Shuǐ ChénLín stared at the face before him, and there was no doubt at this point.

He recognized those eyes from the minute 'Xuè Shèngrén' had come out from the restaurant, and even as a child, Zhao LanFeng always had bright eyes that seemed to defy the heavens.

Zhao LanFeng shook her head. "Hmph. I'll introduce myself properly then. I'm Zhao LanFeng, the 'Zhao Family Trash', but the North will become the South, before I let you capture me.

"Return my white ribbon and don't waste more of my time. After that, you can try your best to capture me, can't you?"

She raised her fan and it turned to the sword, but before she could move, a powerful feeling gripped her, sending an unbearable pain through her body.

'It's that aura again!" She realized. "The one from outside!"

This time, the aura was directed at her, and it felt like hot poison was burning through her meridians...

Her fan vanished, and she held her hands in a seal to counter-direct her qi, but she hadn't been quick enough, as she felt a gentle, 'thump' on her chest.

Shuǐ ChénLín was suddenly in front of her, and his palm had softly connected with her chest, sending in a negative flow of energy.

Shuǐ ChénLín looked down at her. "Just come with us for now. We won't harm you."

"You-! Another surprise attack - ?!" Zhao LanFeng felt blood rise to her throat, and she coughed blood onto Shuǐ ChénLín's sleeve.

Shuǐ ChénLín calmly stared down into her vivid irises. "I already told you surprise is important."

Zhao LanFeng's bloodstained lips managed to bend into an evil smile. "You-..." She began, but her head slumped unto Shuǐ ChénLín's arm, and her eyes drifted shut.

Shuǐ ChénLín shook off her weight, allowing her slump to the floor. He took out a handkerchief and attempted to wipe the blood off his sleeve, but gave up almost immediatey.

Lu FengHo let out a pent-up breath. "He's one strange fellow, isn't he?"

But Shuǐ ChénLín continued staring at Zhao LanFeng. 'There was something wrong with his aura...'

Just before his attack, Shuǐ ChénLín had felt the strange aura within Zhao LanFeng, so he had quickly infused his negative energy.

'What was that?' He wordered, but he couldit think of anything...

"Things were easier when we thought we were going after some elderly person." He spoke aloud.

The rumors that Zhao LanFeng was Xuè Shèngrén, had certainly floated into their ears, but Shuǐ ChénLín hadn't paid believed them, because he had known Zhao LanFeng had no spirit Power as a child.

"But Shuǐ Chén, is he really Zhao LanFeng?" Lu FengHo asked. "How can he possibly be nineteen and be this powerful?! How did he even manage to cultivate?!"

"The only thing I know for sure, is his identity... I met him twelve years ago, so I'm fairly certain he's the same person."

He turned to Lu FengHo. "How do you feel?"

Lu FengHo held up a free hand. "I'll be fine after a short while. That fellow was right." He nodded toward the unconscious figure.

"It's nothing too serious, but it would have been dangerous if I had moved too quickly." He surrounded his palm with a bright blue layer of energy, then put it to his chest.

"Did this person really kill anyone?"

Shuǐ ChénLín, "Rest for a while, then let's go back. The Clan Leaders will decide his fate."