The Melon-eating Swordsman In The Ancient Dragon World Chapter 17: The More You Explain, the More Confusing it Gets - Novel Cool

Chapter 17: The More You Explain, the More Confusing it Gets

Chapter 17: The More You Explain, the More Confusing it Gets

"What are you laughing about?"

Zhao Zhengyi roared, about to slap Li Xinhuan.

"Uncle Zhao," Yu Longsheng said calmly, "What if it's proven that Li Xinhuan isn't the Plum Blossom Thief? Do you think he'll let that slap go unanswered?"

Zhao Zhengyi's hand froze in mid-air, just as he had the other day when faced with Li Xinhuan's throwing knives, their threat was just too great.

Tian Qi's eyes glinted, a smile returning to his face, "We were just about to force a confession out of Li Xinhuan. As long as he admits he's the Plum Blossom Thief, who in the world would dare gossip about it?"

Zhao Zhengyi nodded immediately, "Even if we want to kill him, we'll do it fairly and squarely, so that no one can point a finger at us!"

Li Xinhuan shook his head and sighed, "Zhao Zhengyi, I truly admire you. Though your belly is full of thoughts of harlots, your words are full of righteousness and morality, and you don't blush at all."

Zhao Zhengyi coldly hmphed, his wrist twitching as he glanced at Tian Qi.

Tian Qi nodded, taking a step forward to speak, when a voice came from outside the hall.

"Miss Lin, where have you come from?"

"And who is this?"

Before the words had even landed, everyone saw Lin Xian'er rush in, her clothes in disarray and her hair a mess. Beside her was a thinly clad youth, his back straight, and strangely, carrying a corpse on his back.

A Fei!

Of course, the one following Lin Xian'er was A Fei.

Seeing A Fei appear, Li Xinhuan was surprised, and seeing Li Xinhuan's state, A Fei was equally taken aback.

At the same time, A Fei also spotted Yu Longsheng.

"Yu Longsheng?"

"A Fei."

On the other side, Lin Xian'er gave Li Xinhuan a surprised glance, then saw Yu Longsheng, and was also surprised to see that he knew A Fei.

The A Fei by Lin Xian'er's side asked Yu Longsheng, "Do you have a grudge against Li Xinhuan?"

"Of course not, I've just arrived and don't know what's going on yet." Yu Longsheng took a step back, ready to watch the show. "Do you know Li Xinhuan?"

Hearing that Yu Longsheng bore no grudge against Li Xinhuan and that this matter had nothing to do with him, A Fei relaxed a little, then his eyes narrowed as he strode towards Li Xinhuan.

Yu Longsheng and Li Xinhuan weren't friends, so he couldn't expect Yu Longsheng to help Li Xinhuan.

Seeing A Fei advance, Yu Longsheng naturally didn't intervene, nor did Zhao Zhengyi, the closest to A Fei, who even took a subtle half-step back, having experienced A Fei's swordplay when he'd 'upheld justice' for the Eight Heroes of the Central Plains the day before.

But Gongsun Moyun blocked A Fei's path, "Who are you? What do you want?"

A Fei said coldly, "I want to teach you a lesson."

Gongsun Moyun's eyes flickered, and he suddenly attacked.

He didn't underestimate A Fei; from the fact that A Fei knew Yu Longsheng, he could tell that A Fei wasn't weak.

So his first move was his famous Cloud Hand technique, a palm strike aimed at A Fei's chest.

But A Fei didn't even dodge, meeting Gongsun Moyun's palm with his body, "Bang!" Gongsun Moyun was sent reeling, clutching his hand in pain, his face dripping with cold sweat.

A Fei walked past Gongsun Moyun indifferently and stopped beside Li Xinhuan, "Is he your friend?"

Li Xinhuan smiled slightly, "Do I look like someone who would have friends like that?"

As his words landed, Gongsun Moyun flew into a rage, leaping forward, his other hand raised to strike A Fei's back.

A Fei suddenly turned, and everyone heard another "bang," before Gongsun Moyun was sent flying, landing in the middle of the hall, unable to get up for a moment.

Everyone's expressions changed, they hadn't expected the famous Cloud Hand technique to be so utterly ineffective against this youth.

The crowd's expressions changed once more; they hadn't expected the famous Mr. Tian Qi to take the initiative to reach out, only to be rebuffed.

However, Tian Qi continued to smile, turning to You Longsheng, "Your friend, Young Master You, has quite the temper."

You Longsheng nodded, seeing that A Fei had put down the corpse on his back and helped Li Xinhuan up. Only then did he look at Tian Qi and say, "His temper is indeed short, and if I had his skill, my temper might be even worse."

Everyone present was shocked. They hadn't expected the usually arrogant You Longsheng to admit that someone's skill exceeded his own.

Tian Qi's eyes glinted, and he continued to smile, "But no matter how skilled one is, if they befriend the Plum Blossom Thief, they will surely lose their standing in the Jianghu."

A Fei suddenly turned around, "You say he is the Plum Blossom Thief?"

"The facts seem to..."

Tian Qi spoke halfway but paused, "At the very least, it is highly probable. The suspicion is significant."

A Fei shook his head, "He is definitely not the Plum Blossom Thief."

Tian Qi asked, "Why?"

A Fei pointed to the corpse beside him, "Because he is the Plum Blossom Thief."

"What?"

The people present were shocked and couldn't help but gather around. They saw that the man was thin and scarred, his face unrecognizable.

Tian Qi's eyes glinted, and he laughed heartily.

Then, Tian Qi denied that this was the Plum Blossom Thief. Lin Xian'er stepped forward, pried open the dead man's mouth, and revealed the hidden weapon mechanism inside, as per the original plot.

At this moment, Lin Xian'er's behavior was like that of an innocent young girl trying her best to help A Fei prove the truth.

Indeed, this was consistent with the character setup revealed earlier.

According to Lin Xian'er, she had suddenly remembered that she left something in Leng Xiang Xiaozhu the previous night, so she went to retrieve it. However, as soon as she arrived, she was captured by the man in black. Soon after leaving Xing Yun Manor, she was stopped by A Fei.

Before the man in black could finish speaking, he spat out a mouthful of poison needles, all of which landed on A Fei's chest. However, A Fei was unaffected and slew the man with a single sword strike.

"So the Golden Silk Armor was on this young brother. No wonder Mo Yun's brother's hand hurt when he hit him earlier."

Tian Qi laughed as his eyes darted around, seizing the loopholes in Lin Xian'er and A Fei's stories. "But according to Miss Lin, this man in black never admitted to being the Plum Blossom Thief from start to finish."

Tian Qi glanced at A Fei and said meaningfully, "Moreover, you were already waiting there early on. As soon as you saw them, you blocked their path and asked if he was the Plum Blossom Thief instead of asking who he was."

Li Xinhuan's expression changed, and You Longsheng couldn't help but clap and sigh.

Compared to Zhao Zhengyi, who always spouted off about justice in the Jianghu, this Mr. Tian Qi was a higher-level player. With just a few words, he had trapped A Fei.

A Fei's explanation only made things more confusing, "Because someone told me that the Plum Blossom Thief would appear in that area in the next two days."

Of course, he couldn't say that Tie Chuangjia told him this.

Thus, everyone's gazes shifted between Li Xinhuan and A Fei.

A Fei's actions had brought up suspicions about Li Xinhuan again, just when You Longsheng's earlier words had started to clear them.

Li Xinhuan could only smile bitterly.

(End of Chapter)

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