Chapter 10: This Young Master's First Fight

Chapter 10: This Young Master's First Fight

Chen Haoran didnt have time to finish thinking before he was picked up and slammed against the wall. The assassins pressed hard against his neck, and blood began to trickle.

Where is she? His interrogators partners swept every nook and cranny of the barren room for any trace of Lan Fen.

Did Lan Fen sneak out again and just coincidentally missed getting ambushed? Was she ever cultivating in here at all? Had she gotten what wanted and left? In the midst of all those wild thoughts, Chen Haoran finally spotted it sitting in the center of the room.Updated from novelbIn.(c)om

A single gold tael.

One of the assassins spotted it as well and quickly crossed the room to pick it up. Chen Haoran relaxed his body as the assassin suddenly looked up towards the ceiling.

And saw nothing.

Lan Fen struck at that moment. Appearing out of thin air in front of the assassin and thrusting her fingers into his eyes. The man fell back screaming just as his partners began to react. Chen Haoran grabbed the wrist of the assassin in front of him and twisted the knife away to land a powerful knee into his midsection. He fell back and Chen Haoran dove to his fallen sword unsheathing it in a single motion.

Lan Fen rose from a now unmoving body with bloody fingers and rolled under the charge of the second assassin. He didnt let up and continued to press her with the superior speed and strength of his cultivation level. Lan Fen, despite the vanishing trick, still had not recovered her cultivation and was desperately dodging by the thinnest of margins.

Lan Fen! Chen Haoran shouted, and he threw this sword across the room. The assassin casually batted it away with his knife only to stumble back when Lan Fen took the opportunity to land a heavy fist into his throat. The man backed away coughing and swinging wildly while Lan Fen picked up his sword.

Chen Haorans relief lasted until the first assassin dashed over to him and he realized he had just thrown his only weapon.

Lan Fen you better accept that sword! He yelled as he hastily dodged a knife aimed at his kidney. Chen Haoran reached out again to grab the assassins wrist but was neatly avoided and left with a slit palm for his trouble.

Lan Fen!

Are you insane! She shouted back taking a heavy blow with the flat end of the sword and rolling with the force away from her opponent.

Keep the sword please!

I will shove this sword up your ass!

Received Hundred-Fold: Mortal Rank Mysterious Watered-Steel Sword

Take care Chen Haoran, Lan Fen warned him. I have not acted on my suspicions towards you, such as where that sword came from. She nodded to the blade still pinning the dead assassin to the wall. Among other things, I would ask that you extend me the same courtesy.

My secrets havent almost gotten you killed, he bit back. Im not like you. I was thrown into this mess and I would appreciate you not adding more threats to my life.

Are you saying I chose to be in this situation? Lan Fens voice was low and threatening. Her golden eyes added to the fierceness of her glare. She was dangerous, that thought had always been wriggling in the back of his mind ever since their wedding night. It only lent credence to his speculations.

I think you chose to have an accident, he said drawing out the word. An accident that completely erased her cultivation without leaving her any permanent injuries or health issues and could be fixed by just cultivating hard? Yeah right. I think you chose to hide the fact you werent crippled from the Lan family. Lan Fen was one of the best talents in the city by all accounts. Even if there was no familial love the Lan family wouldnt easily give up an asset like her when she could recover in the future. Which meant they thought she couldnt. Excuse me for thinking you chose this too.

Lan Fens face was stone as she silently stared at him. He could be sure that his guesses werent far off the mark then if she had no retort.

Im not going to ask why you havent even reached the First Layer despite all the cultivation resources Ive gotten you. Im not going to ask how you hid from the assassins. I wont even ask what it is thats making you go to such lengths that youd risk your life being ruined. All I want to know is why I was almost killed tonight and what I might be killed for in the future.

Lan Fen finally sighed and craned her neck to look at the ceiling. She rubbed her head and he saw her mouth open and close several times as if she wanted to speak. Eventually, her shoulders slackened and she sighed yet again.

I am sorry, she said. You could have fled and yet you stayed to help me. Dealing with the assassins would have been more difficult without your intervention. Lan Fen suddenly clasped her hands and bowed to him. Thank you for fighting by my side.

No- I mean, were allies after all. Chen Haoran was slightly flustered. This hadnt been the response he was expecting at all.

An ally. Lan Fen tested the word as if saying it for the first time.

So do you have any idea why these guys came here? he said.

They were most likely here to rob me. No actual enemy of mine would send killers so weak.

Rob you?

Lan Fen pulled out a token made of purple metal with a golden lily engraved on it. The last time I left the estate I called in a favor owed to me. Whoever is behind those men must have caught wind of it and sent them.

And that is?

Lan Fen smiled, A very exclusive invitation to a very special auction."