Secret Records of the Leader of the Beichen Sword Sect
Chapter 62 Wuyi Without Clothes

"Yeah, only eight hundred coins per pound, it’s really cheap."

Tie Dan returned to the auction hall, Eight Miss was happily wrapping up the oranges she won, as if she had gotten a great deal.

"I thought it would cost ten thousand or so, but we saved a lot! Little brother, what do you want to buy? If it’s not enough, just tell your sister."

"Oh."

Then Tie Dan suddenly chimed in,

"Your Third Lady has been caught by Six Gates."

"Third... huh?"

Eight Miss didn’t react immediately.

Tie Dan pointed to the door, and Eight Miss turned to look, only to see several cloaked figures blocking the entrance, whispering and scanning the hall full of cultivators with sidelong glances.

"They say Third Lady colluded with the Demon Sect to assassinate the Princely Heir, causing an uproar throughout the city. There’s still an assassin at large.

There are too many people at the auction, and both the Left and Right Supervisory have gathered manpower, surrounding the outside. Once the event ends, they’ll search everyone."

Then Tie Dan looked at her,

"Are you leaving or not?"

Eight Miss’s expression turned serious; having dealt with people from the palace for years, she could immediately tell whether this was an alarming situation or if there was indeed lurking danger.

Those disguised individuals were obviously not professional scouts; perhaps the incident happened suddenly, so they hastily donned a great cloak, barely covering their official uniforms, even the waist knife and boots were the same, clearly showing they were constables in disguise.

Eight Miss naturally thought that perhaps it was another family affair, with enemies tracking them down, so she held her sword at her waist and stood up.

"Thanks for the heads-up, little brother, so until we meet again..."

"Hold the oranges in your hand."

Tie Dan suddenly grabbed her hand and started walking out.

Suddenly gripped by a man’s strong hand, Eight Miss felt as if struck by lightning, her heart pounded wildly, her limbs turned weak, and she couldn’t resist at all, letting him lead her out.

Tie Dan,

"Trust me, don’t make a sound."

"...Okay."

Eight Miss’s voice was as soft as a mosquito’s.

So Tie Dan led her to the door, meeting the gazes of the scouts and constables, nodding at them.

The scouts were taken aback, seeing the waist card Tie Dan revealed, and the oranges in the hand of the masked person beside him, they understood and made way for their own people to leave first.

"Alright, here, take this and go."

After quickly making it out of the siege, Tie Dan put the tribute Iron Plate of the Supervisors into Eight Miss’s hand and let go.

Eight Miss, in a daze, subconsciously grabbed Tie Dan’s sleeve.

Tie Dan almost slashed out with his sword.

"What are you doing?"

"Ah, ah... Thank you for the rescue..."

Realizing her gaffe, Eight Miss felt her face burn, but after all, she wasn’t a little girl anymore, and with clenched teeth said,

"I, my name is Wuyi, and I’m the eighth in my family, named after a poem... We met in the Jianghu, and I don’t yet know little brother’s name..."

Dragging on endlessly.

Tie Dan interrupted, "Liu Xiaoliu."

Eight Miss nodded silently to herself,

"Xiao Liu... turns out you’re Mr. Liu, Eight Miss will always remember this favor and repay it one day."

Seeing her still hesitant, Tie Dan had to remind her,

"Your family sister is now in the Minister of Justice’s prison, she is well-known, if you go too late she might suffer."

Only then did Eight Miss realize the urgency, broke out in a cold sweat, looked at the Iron Plate in her hand, clasped her hands to ’Mr. Liu’, and used Qinggong to leap away.

After sending her off, Tie Dan slipped into an alley opposite the market, propped his sword, and sat in the shadows watching the entrance.

Then the Treasure Shopkeeper’s head poked out from the ground,

"Hero Liu, will she really take such a risk to break into the prison?"

Tie Dan, "Yes."

If she’s willing to save a stranger holding her daughter’s dagger, why wouldn’t she save her own family?

Treasure Shopkeeper, "True, after all, it’s family... Oh, they’re really coming."

Indeed, they were coming, the shopkeeper’s old enemy, the eunuch from Ziwei Constellation, also emerged from the auction hall soon after, asked the constable at the entrance, and then used Qinggong in pursuit of Eight Miss.

Treasure Shopkeeper curiously, "He actually doesn’t even care about the auction... How did you know he would chase after the Shen Family?"

Tie Dan, "Who would be content to be a small character digging and tunneling? Even if they don’t want the treasures, they all want to rise in the Demon Palace. Given the chance, they’ll seize it to stand out."

Treasure Shopkeeper, "Digging isn’t all that bad..."

So Treasure Shopkeeper made a tunnel, Tie Dan flashed and jumped in, the two of them Earth Escaped following behind the eunuch.

Indeed, the movements of Hidden Sword Manor’s Eight Miss were what Tie Dan instructed Treasure Shopkeeper to have someone inadvertently comment, ’The fierce woman grabbing oranges just now seemed to be Eight Miss Shen’, leaking this to the eunuch.

The eunuch took the bait.

After all, the person from the Ziwei Constellation Palace, traveling all the way to the Vassal State border, nine out of ten times is here to catch the Shen Family. Even if the task wasn’t under the eunuch’s jurisdiction, capturing clues would be a major accomplishment, and it indeed took the bait.

So while the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.

Shen Eight Miss infiltrated the Eight Banners Qingyang Palace, attempting to rescue her sister.

The eunuch followed in the shadows, keeping quiet.

Treasure Shopkeeper and Tie Dan followed behind, buried in the ground, observing secretly.

The shopkeeper curiously, "Why hasn’t he acted yet?"

They’re already at the gate of the Eight Domains Palace, and while the main force of the Left Supervisor is out catching the assassin, there are still some in the Right Supervisory. If they all pounce together, even a mere Golden Core cultivator would be quickly subdued.

Tie Dan understood.

"He wants it all."

"Wants it all... oh..."

Treasure Shopkeeper also understood.

Good gracious, this eunuch is quite greedy.

If he acted now, it would be foolproof, but ultimately it would only be assisting the Supervisors in capturing a thief, at best awarded a commendation, and what good is that? But if the Shen Family breaks into the prison, fights tooth and nail, escapes, but ultimately falls into his hands. Ha! What Six Gates couldn’t accomplish, capturing those evading them, he seizes all in one fell swoop, wouldn’t that highlight his competency and achievements even more?

Reward upon reward!

"The Demon Palace... terrifying..."

Treasure Shopkeeper shook his head, then glanced at Tie Dan beside him.

The Demon Sect is even more terrifying...

The mantis and oriole may hide and lay in ambush, but the cicada cannot wait.

After all, Eight Miss knows herself that her appearance alone attracts trouble wherever she goes; even if she’s never done anything wrong, the ’beauty’ title alone brings knights-errant, admirers, and wretched figures traveling from afar to seek trouble.

If she were a refined lady of a noble family, she could hide away in a deep pavilion within the palace to avoid disaster, but being born in Hidden Sword Manor, carrying the Shen surname, inevitably draws her into fateful calamities, forcing her to reveal herself sooner or later, with no escape.

Knowing now that her sister is caught up and imprisoned, Eight Miss naturally cannot sit idly by, let these Demon Palace thugs soil her innocence, rushing urgently to help, and with the Iron Plate from Tie Dan, storms through to the main hall, only to be stopped by tributes at the door when attempting to visit, told she needs at least a 600-stone document.

Eight Miss was furious.

What a joke! Where is she supposed to get a 600-stone document at a time like this? By the time such a document could be procured, Third Lady could have already eaten the oranges!

Immediately turning hostile and fighting, attempting to break into the Eight Domains Palace to save her sister with her sword.

Treasure Shopkeeper watched, scratching his head, asking Tie Dan,

"Are you really not going to make a move?"

Tie Dan, "You can’t tunnel in, right?"

Indeed the Eight Domains Palace had an array, and the Minister of Justice’s prison had restrictions; even the Yishan Guard’s family-inherited Earth Tunneling Technique would likely end in failure. However...

"She can’t win alone, can she?"

Shen Eight Miss had some skills, but they were limited.

After all, she hadn’t received the True Inheritance from the Sword Sect, only relying on the Shen Family Sword and Flying Eagle Skill from her lineage, placing her at best at the peak of a second-rate role in Jianghu, evenly matched with military officers and colonels. Though responsible for capturing Immortal Thieves, even if only four came at her at once, she’d struggle to escape, let alone with likely forty extras still around. Many from the Right Supervisory were still idling and playing cards...

Yet Tie Dan remained unmoved, gripping Qingshuang, tightly watching the eunuch’s back.

"If he doesn’t move, I won’t move."

The shopkeeper saw this and let him be.

Indeed, Tie Dan had no concern for Eight Miss’s safety.

Why bother worrying, she’s grown up, doesn’t need him to save her, does she?

Shen Jianjia, a madwoman, wasn’t she raised by this very mother?

Third Lady Shen, the one married out, even she had such a good treasure sword.

As the mistress of Hidden Sword Manor, how could she have nothing?

He didn’t believe it.

They are the Sword Sect’s daughters.

Their genuine sect inheritance.

This family has no one easy to deal with.

Tie Dan knew, that eunuch from the Ziwei Constellation also knew.

So neither of them made a move, just waiting outside, observing the Shen family reveal their cards.

Indeed, Shen Eight Miss was the first to reveal hers.

After all, she came to risk it all today, for if she fell into their hands, not only would her sister be enslaved, subjected to suffering and disgrace, but even a simple, quick death would be considered lucky.

Previously, to evade pursuit from the Three Constellations, she hid her name, concealing her identity, only daring to employ Jianghu tricks to avoid trouble.

But now, with disaster looming and no escape, she had to fight fiercely!

So she maneuvered around, navigating swiftly, facing the oncoming siege of dozens in Brocade Uniformed Officials from the Left and Right Supervisors.

With no fear, Shen Eight Miss lifted her robes, revealing a worn leather bag at her waist, raised it in her hand, and loudly declared,

"Skeletal weeds roll over the land, white bones tumble with the flying dusk!

With sword high quelling Eight Domains, merrily I sing the great wind!

Mighty tiger roars in the valley, flying eagle strikes the clear sky!

In heaven, align the sword array, murderous intent pierces the long rainbow!

Massacre!"

Then shing, shing, shing, dazzling light blossomed, the swords prepared by Shen Huai, the sword transmission disciple of the Nine Yin Mountain, for his children in advance, were all unleashed.

Chongxiao Sword Qi swept across the Sky Dome, blades swirling, flashes of blood.

Within mere breaths, the Minister of Justice of Kun Country, the entire house was massacred, Six Gates’ office completely cleared out, both Left and Right Supervisors, every officer slain. The Eight Domains Palace filled with blood, corpses littering the ground.

Treasure Shopkeeper, "Wow, wow..."

Tie Dan looked at him, "Don’t shake, it’s just getting started."