Sword Shatters Stars

Chapter 209 Judging by Appearance
"A moving body of death?" Lin Xiufeng's first guess was, "Could it be a giant mutated beast in the water?"

The man in the cabin laughed and suddenly slapped the buttocks of the venomous woman who was pouring the wine.

"Young man, your guess is exactly what I was thinking!"

Lin Xiufeng saw the femme fatale smiling gently, completely unconcerned about the man's actions.

"That sounds interesting." Lin Xiufeng decided to join in the fun.

He and Xiaoying had been searching everywhere for traces of the mutated beast without success, so now that they had encountered it, there was no reason for them to miss it.

“That’s great. We can travel together and have someone to drink with along the way.”

As the man readily extended the invitation, Lin Xiufeng noticed the venomous woman looking over, her eyes gleaming with barely suppressed joy.

"Thank you for your kindness. If I didn't need to look for my bag, having a boat to ride would be perfect."

Lin Xiufeng had bone meal in her bag, and she couldn't bear to just give it up.

"Are there electrified miniature robots in the bag?"

The man asked again, somewhat surprised.

"No, but we have bone meal."

Lin Xiufeng pondered that all the miniature robots he had collected had their batteries ruined after Xiaoying unleashed her power at the Lone King Volcano.

"Why worry about bone meal? It's not as important as taking a boat trip."

The man was quite generous, Lin Xiufeng thought to herself, "You talk a good game, but why don't you say you'll make it up to me?"

"I can't bear to part with the bone powder!" Lin Xiufeng saw the venomous woman's disappointed expression.

After drinking for a while longer, Lin Xiufeng silently calculated the boat's speed, direction, and distance. When he estimated it was about right, he said goodbye and went to find his bag.

"Then, we'll meet again someday."

After saying that, the man turned to the beautiful woman beside him and said:
"See my little brother off for me."

"Yes," the woman replied gently, and saw Lin Xiufeng out of the cabin.

Just as Lin Xiufeng was about to jump off the bow of the boat, his hand was suddenly grabbed by the venomous woman. She looked at him with expectant eyes and whispered:
"You really have to come! He... he's so excited!"

"...The Deadly Waters are so interesting, how could we miss them?"

Lin Xiufeng was secretly puzzled. Logically speaking, this venomous woman was unlikely to be attracted to his good looks. Should he just leave it at that?
If the person in the cabin finds out, wouldn't she suffer a greater loss?

Based on Lin Xiufeng's impression of this venomous woman, she shouldn't be this kind of person.

"Looking forward to our next meeting."

As the venomous woman spoke, she held Lin Xiufeng's hand and gently, slowly pulled it back, her fingers moving slowly across his palm and the back of his hand, tickling him.

Lin Xiufeng pretended to be very pleased, smiled and nodded, then turned around and jumped to the shore.

When the venomous woman returned to the cabin, the man pulled her into his arms.

"You want to devour him; he's young, handsome, and attractive!"

The venomous woman said in a soft voice:

"Young and handsome men are rare, but those as outstanding as you are even rarer. I only did what you wanted because I knew you liked this kind of person..."

"That's right! Even if you have a thousand charms, only I can enjoy them! The thoughts of others are my interests and pleasures!"

As the man spoke, his hands began to practice kneading and rolling dough...

Meanwhile, that venomous woman began to hum a tune…

After Lin Xiufeng left, he didn't look back and naturally had no idea what was happening inside the cabin.

He suspected that the venomous woman might be a spy for the Heavenly Martial Clan.

Lin Xiufeng planned to find the backpack, meet up with the Tianwei Group first, and have the organization investigate the information.

Lin Xiufeng ran along the mountain forest and suddenly saw his bag hanging on a tree branch.

'Zhao Youyue also came back looking for her bag; she hung mine on a tree?'

Lin Xiufeng opened his backpack and found everything was there. He looked around but couldn't see Zhao Youyue.

'This must be what they call a karmic entanglement…' Lin Xiufeng composed himself and headed straight for Fantian's village.

The members of the Tianwei Gang in the village happily gathered around, chattering about their leader's recent itinerary.

"The entire Breaking Sky Gang has been wiped out except for one captain... The Peerless Sword Saint might still be nearby, so be careful on your way back to base."

Lin Xiufei explained the situation and then described the appearance of the man on the boat to the village chief of Fantian Village.

However, his appearance was rather ordinary, so much so that the village chief of Fantian shook his head upon hearing it.

Lin Xiufeng thought for a moment and described the appearance of the femme fatale.

The anti-heaven village chief guessed:

"The woman the leader is referring to, is it Xu Xiaoqing, the gentle and affectionate one?"

"However, Xu Xiaoqing, the one who wields the 'Gentle Finger,' doesn't operate in this area. She's from the Heavenly Martial Group, not one of us."

Lin Xiufeng figured it was definitely someone from the Tianwu Group, so he said:

"I need to find out who that man is."

The village chief solemnly accepted the order:

"Rest assured, leader! The area available for movement on the Dream Continent is getting smaller and smaller. It won't be difficult for Fan Tian to find someone."

"Once you have news, spread it to the villages to the south."

"understand!"

Lin Xiufeng summoned the leader of the Tianwei Regiment and instructed him:
"Tell Tianwei that I have heard some interesting news in the south. I will return in a few days."

"Yes!" The leader of the Heavenly Might Group accepted the order and led his men back.

Lin Xiufeng slept in the village, and the wounds on his back and body where Zhao Youyue had ripped off his skin with her sword had already healed.

But Lin Xiufeng still felt lingering fear when he recalled the torture of being skinned alive.

'She's mastered the flow state; I'll suffer again if I run into her next time. She won't give me another chance to catch her...'

'This flow state... I have no clue how.'

Lin Xiufeng had long been concerned about the flow state issue, and Lin Qiru was very open and honest in her explanations, but she was born with it.

It can only describe the state, but it cannot tell Lin Xiufeng how to achieve it.

Zhao Youyue has mastered the skills, but... obviously she won't teach him.

'As Zhao Youyue said before, flow seems difficult to achieve through deliberate practice, and overthinking about it is pointless...'

Lin Xiufeng packed up and headed south.

He had traveled a short distance when he encountered a boat.

A man standing at the bow of the boat greeted him and said:
"Do you have any food? If so, I'll give you a ride."

Lin Xiufeng replied, "Potatoes?"

"Nothing else?" The man on the boat was disappointed; he didn't need potatoes either.

Three women came out of the cabin, looked Lin Xiufeng up and down and started whispering among themselves. Then one of the women shouted:

"Come on up, handsome! I'll give you a ride."

The man standing at the bow turned his head and glanced at the ship. His partner gave him a look and then glanced at their two friends. The man understood immediately and stopped objecting.

Lin Xiufeng waded across the water for over twenty meters before leaping onto the boat, surprising everyone on board.

"You're a Celestial Warrior?"

"No, why would a Heavenly Warrior need a boat? Wouldn't it be faster to walk on the waves?"

The man was both surprised and envious, and only then did he notice that Lin Xiufeng's raincoat was an industrial product from Tianlan Star.

"Then I'll go?" Lin Xiufeng was a little puzzled, only to realize that from the boat, he couldn't see his feet where he had been running on the shore.

"No, no, no!" A woman quickly grabbed his arm and said, "Since we're already here, wouldn't it be nice to travel together and have company?"

(End of this chapter)