Xuexue: "What’s wrong with that? Isn’t Celestial Master Zhang your apprentice? He won’t mind, Young Master Zhao, don’t worry!"

Xuexue pressed closer step by step, and Lin Kong had no choice but to say, "Miss Situ, let’s just spar lightly."

Though Xuexue agreed verbally, she thought to herself, if I can win later, let’s see how I’ll deal with you. Of course, if I can’t win, then we’ll just treat it as practice.

Lin Kong glanced around and said, "Miss Situ, isn’t the hall too narrow? Why don’t we go outside to the courtyard, so we don’t damage the master’s belongings?"

"Alright, after you, Young Master Zhao."

Saying this, Xuexue led the way out.

By the time Lady Zhang arrived, the two were already fighting brilliantly in the courtyard.

The flowers, plants, and trees planted in the courtyard were almost completely bare now, with only the trunks remaining. The leaves had all been stripped away, and colorful leaves and petals floated in the air like snow, quite beautiful indeed.

However, Lady Zhang had no mood to appreciate this. These were expensive flowers and plants she had bought at great cost, and now they’d all been destroyed, leaving her heartbroken.

But, considering Xuexue’s status, she dared not say anything.

"Oh dear, why are they fighting?" Lady Zhang asked the servant beside her.

The servant quickly replied, "Reporting to madam, the two aren’t fighting; they’re sparring in martial arts."

Lady Zhang glanced at Xuexue, who looked like a desperate warrior with a knife in hand, fiercely attacking Lin Kong. It didn’t seem like sparring at all, but more like seeking vengeance.

"Are you sure they’re really sparring?" Lady Zhang worried about Situtu Xueer. If something happened to her at the Celestial Master’s Mansion, the War Prince certainly wouldn’t let them off.

The servant thought carefully and said, "Just now, Young Master Zhao indeed said the same to Madam Situ; I heard it clearly."

"Really?"

Lady Zhang remained skeptical.

In the courtyard, a fierce wind rose, and the whirling leaves made it hard for them to keep their eyes open.

"This damned Lin Kong, does he have to take it so seriously when sparring with Madam Situ?" Lady Zhang couldn’t help but curse.

In fact, she didn’t understand martial arts; she just felt that with Lin Kong being a man, Madam Situ would surely be at a disadvantage.

In the center of the courtyard, Xuexue wielded her knife, her figure elegantly dodging around Lin Kong, seizing opportunities to strike fiercely at him.

Lin Kong never imagined that the seemingly gentle Miss Situ had such high martial arts skills.

At first, he intended to let her win a few moves to oblige her, but little did he know it was beyond his control later on, and Situtu Xueer’s speed was almost unbelievable.

In a blink, she was already behind him, swinging a knife mercilessly. If it weren’t for his quick reflexes, he would have been hit.

"Miss Situ, we agreed to spar lightly, didn’t we?" Lin Kong asked, taking advantage of a brief respite after dodging Xuexue’s strike.

For Xuexue, it was the first time testing the Hibiscus Secret Manual on someone, and the more she fought, the more exhilarated she felt, especially since her opponent was someone she despised, leaving her unconstrained.

"Yes, aren’t we sparring right now?"

As soon as the words left her mouth, Xuexue lifted her hand, and over ten silver needles gleamed coldly, shooting straight at Lin Kong’s face.

Good heavens! If those silver needles hit his face, would he ever dare to show his face in public or flirt with beauties again?

The answer was, of course, no.

Without thinking, Lin Kong drew a fan from his waist and flicked it open with a flourish, raising it to shield his face...

"Swish, swish, swish...!"