HISS, HISS!
An ebony walking stick sprayed forth Dragon and Tiger Qi. The old woman in black who had suddenly appeared was cloaked in scorching hot air, like a raging furnace that burned with ceaseless vitality.
Although she was old, her face a web of unavoidable wrinkles, the surging blood-qi she had cultivated at her peak was a clear sign that she had once been glorious.
And the words she spoke...
When Ji Xiu, carrying the Sword Plaque on his shoulder, heard them, his expression froze.
The Beicang Marquis's Mansion, the Young Lady Heir Xiao Mingli?!
He had heard that title before!
Previously, when Duan Chenzhou was discussing geniuses with him and teaching him the principle that 'there is always someone better, a heaven beyond the heavens'...
...he had said that if one were to name the greatest prodigy to come out of Jiangyin Prefecture in the last sixty years...
...it would be 'Marquis Beicang' Xiao Pingnan!
