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Chapter 704: Hua Zhenzhen's Appearance
Chapter 704: Hua Zhenzhen's Appearance
"Swoosh!"
When the sword tip was just three inches away from Jin Banhua's throat, it suddenly stopped.
Two fingers gently pinched the blade, and Jin Banhua opened her eyes, "Miss, we have no grudges. Why do you want to kill me?"
The newcomer was the maid from earlier.
At this moment, the maid's gaze towards Jin Banhua was no longer shy and timid but sharp, "Do you recognize the sword technique I just used?"
"I do." Jin Banhua replied honestly, "It's the Clear Wind Thirteen Movements."
The maid stared at Jin Banhua and smiled, "I heard that you also know the Clear Wind Thirteen Movements?"
"Yes." Jin Banhua nodded again.
The maid's eyes flashed, and she said in a soft, tempting voice, "Where did you learn this sword technique?"
"A swordsman with the surname Hua taught it to me." Jin Banhua spoke earnestly.
The maid's eyes narrowed slightly, and a hint of doubt flashed through her mind. She couldn't help but ask, "Surname Hua? What's his name?"
"His name is Hua Yukun." Jin Banhua told the truth.
The maid's eyebrows furrowed slightly, obviously trying to recall something from her memory.
But after thinking for a long time, she couldn't remember any swordsman named Hua Yukun from the Hua family of Mount Hua.
The next moment, the maid's bright eyes flashed, and she tilted her head to look at Jin Banhua, "You're lying to me!"
"I'm not lying." Jin Banhua raised three fingers with her other hand, "I swear by the Three Pure Ones and Buddha Sakyamuni that every word I said before is true, without a single lie."
"Pft!" The maid spat, "I've been your maid for seven or eight days, and I've searched every corner of the Jin family, but I haven't seen any of your formidable masters, let alone a swordsman named Hua Yukun!"
Jin Banhua replied seriously, "They taught me their skills and then left."
"Aristocratic profligate, full of nonsense." The maid's eyes turned cold, "It seems I need to teach you a lesson for you to speak the truth!"
As the maid reached for her sword, Jin Banhua hurriedly said, "No rush, no rush. Where did you hear that I know the Clear Wind Thirteen Movements and about my many masters?"
"Of course, it was from a drunkard whose life you saved three times. He praised you to the skies."
The maid humphed, "As expected, you can't trust a drunkard. In my opinion, you're just a wealthy profligate with no knowledge and lofty ambitions!"
Jin Banhua pointed to her fingers pinching the blade, "But this profligate managed to stop your longsword."
The maid smiled leisurely, "I didn't intend to kill you just now. If I wanted to..."
She stopped mid-sentence and tried to draw her sword with force...
But she couldn't pull it out!
The maid's pupils contracted suddenly, and she instinctively tried again with more force, but Jin Banhua suddenly released her grip, causing the maid to flip back.
However, the maid's light body skills, honed on the sheer cliffs of Mount Hua, were unparalleled.
Mid-air, she adjusted her movements, and her body floated out from the doorway like a graceful swallow, without making a sound.
The maid flipped and landed, looking into the room. She saw Jin Banhua had thrown off her covers and was leisurely changing clothes.
"No rush, no rush. I only fight in my sleepwear, but I guess you don't want to fight that kind of fight right now." Jin Banhua smiled.
The maid averted her eyes when she saw Jin Banhua undressing and spat again, "I never want to fight that kind of fight. Go dream on!"
"You lack experience in the jianghu, don't you?" Jin Banhua put on her outer garment, "If you met someone less scrupulous, they could have taken advantage of the situation."
The maid scoffed, "You're two or three zhang away from me. Even if you took advantage, what could you do?"
"The first lesson of the jianghu: Never underestimate others' light body skills!"
As Jin Banhua's words fell, she picked up the longsword beside her, and her figure flashed, almost turning into a fleeting shadow. In an instant, she leaped out of the room and appeared before the maid.
The maid was startled and instinctively thrust her sword forward.
Then she heard the sound of a sword ringing as Jin Banhua drew her sword from its scabbard and parried with her backhand.
Both of them performed the exact same Clear Wind Thirteen Movements, and the first move was the same: Clear Wind Approaches.
"It's indeed the Clear Wind Thirteen Movements!"
The maid's eyes lit up, and she asked sharply, "Recently, two people in the jianghu have displayed the Clear Wind Thirteen Movements. You're the third. Where did you learn this sword technique?"
Jin Banhua asked, "Why don't you ask the other two?"
The maid replied, "I did ask them, but they're already dead. I only heard that they obtained it from a Golden Den overseas, but I don't know the specifics."
"Then how do you think I know?" Jin Banhua inquired.
"If you don't know, where did you learn this sword technique?" The maid asked.
Jin Banhua smiled slightly, "Do you think that if I had just learned this sword technique recently, I could have practiced it to this level?"
As her voice fell, Jin Banhua's wrist turned, and her long sword was sent out like a gentle breeze. Although it was still the move Clear Wind Approaches, it contained over a dozen variations.
This sword move was elusive, almost intangible, like a mountain breeze, an antelope's horn with no trace to follow, and it had already grasped the essence of the Clear Wind Thirteen Movements.
The maid's expression changed, and she responded with the same move, Clear Wind Approaches. Her level of mastery and the subtlety of her variations were no less than Jin Banhua's sword move.
When the two swords clashed, there wasn't a sound of metal clashing.
Jin Banhua raised her eyebrows and asked, "How long did it take you to practice the Clear Wind Thirteen Movements to this level?"
The maid stared intently at Jin Banhua, her eyes also revealing shock and admiration. She hadn't expected Jin Banhua to have practiced the Clear Wind Thirteen Movements to such an extent.
"Seven years." The maid said softly.
With these words, she knew that Jin Banhua had nothing to do with the Golden Den overseas. The other two's Clear Wind Thirteen Movements were obviously newly acquired, and no one could have mastered the essence of the technique within a year.
But...
"The Clear Wind Thirteen Movements have been leaked twice?!" The maid's small mouth hung open in shock.
Jin Banhua spoke seriously, "This sword technique was taught to me by a swordsman named Hua Yukun."
The maid stared intently at Jin Banhua, trying to detect any flaws in her eyes.
But she couldn't find any.
And she couldn't help but start to believe Jin Banhua's words.
Someone who had practiced a sword technique to such a level would have their own pride and wouldn't stoop to lying.
Could it be some unknown member of the Hua family? After all, the Hua family had passed down their skills for many generations, and although they had always kept a low profile, there might be a branch that unknowingly acquired the Clear Wind Thirteen Movements and, not knowing the rules, taught it to Jin Banhua when they saw her exceptional talent in the jianghu.
"Take me to Hua Yukun, and I'll believe you." The maid said after some thought.
Jin Banhua's eyebrows arched, "The question is, why should I make you believe me? Who are you, and why should I care if you believe I know the Clear Wind Thirteen Movements or not?"
The maid spoke sternly, "I am Hua Zhenzhen, an inspector of the Huashan Sect. Whether it's disciples causing trouble or the theft of secret manuals, I have the authority to intervene!"
Jin Banhua nodded, confirming it was indeed Hua Zhenzhen.
Although young, this woman possessed exceptional martial arts skills and held a high position in the Huashan Sect, even the sect leader had to heed her.
In the original story, Hua Zhenzhen had once disguised herself as a maid to Withered Plum Nun and accompanied her to Bat Island, helping Chu Liuxiang break into the island to rescue people, and also exposing the truth of Withered Plum Nun's theft.
Unexpectedly, she wasn't with Withered Plum Nun on her journey south to the Jiangnan region but had come to the capital to find Jin Banhua, though Jin Banhua had no connection to Bat Island.
So...
Jin Banhua nodded leisurely, "I understand. Since I'm not a disciple of Huashan, and the Clear Wind Thirteen Movements weren't stolen from Huashan, you have no authority over me."
Hua Zhenzhen's eyes widened in indignation, "The fact that you know the Clear Wind Thirteen Movements gives me the right to question you!"
Jin Banhua smiled slightly, "I don't know the Clear Wind Thirteen Movements, I know the Clear Wind Fourteen Movements."
(End of Chapter)
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