Chapter 681: Repeated Moves of Xiao Wanfeng, Flirting Mu Xiaogong

"Who are you?" Luo Yin finally managed to ask, after being stunned for a good few seconds.

"Xiao Wanfeng."

Xiao Wanfeng answered very earnestly.

Not daring to question the order of who asked first, he reiterated his own question after answering, "So, who are you?"

"Luo Yin."

"Oh."

Xiao Wanfeng seemed to be completing a task. Hearing the very familiar name, he inwardly confirmed that this was indeed one of the strong contenders for the championship, according to the information Miss Yaoyue had brought from the VIP box.

After a pause, a look of internal conflict crossed his face, but he finally seemed to make up his mind, slapped his thigh, and let out a furious roar.

"So you're Luo Yin! What audacity! Who gave you the courage to block Miss Mu?"

Luo Yin's eyelid twitched: ???

Seeing the person below him shivering after speaking, he instantly realized this guy was just a messenger.

However, just as he turned his head towards Young Master Xu, Xiao Wanfeng below him spoke again, spouting more wild words.

"What are you looking at? I'm talking to you, didn't you hear?" After a moment of hesitation, Xiao Wanfeng bellowed again, "Are you deaf?!"

Luo Yin couldn't hold back anymore.

Veins bulged on his arms, his fists clenched, and he lunged, landing directly in front of Xiao Wanfeng on the ground.

However, Xiao Wanfeng was as smooth as if he had buttered soles. After uttering those few sentences, he turned and fled, continuously apologizing over his shoulder without looking back.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, don't kill me, don't kill me..."

But looking at the direction the guy was running, it wasn't towards Young Master Xu, but towards Mu Zixi!

"Is he crazy?"

Everyone watched the young man's outrageous act of provoking such intense hatred, so startled that they forgot to fight.

That was Luo Yin!

Everyone in the arena knew that guy was physically invincible, the only one in this match qualified to contend with Young Master Xu.

But then something even more outlandish happened.

Xiao Wanfeng suddenly rushed below Mu Zixi, then yelled up at the girl in the air, "Come down, what are you standing there for? Come have some tea!"

With that, he pulled out a wooden table from his spatial ring and placed a tea tray on it.

Then, he actually produced a brand new teacup, with pre-prepared tea leaves inside, pulled out a thermos of hot water, and with trembling hands, began pouring tea with a gurgling sound.

Mu Zixi: ???

Her eyes wide as saucers, she looked back and forth between Xu Xiaoshou and Xiao Wanfeng, utterly bewildered by what was happening.

"You're one of us, come down, what are you afraid of?!"

Xiao Wanfeng waved upwards, then his face contorted in a grimace. He tightly closed his eyes and said with a look of utter despair, "Heh heh, dull-witted, utterly foolish..."

Mu Zixi's pupils contracted, and her temples immediately throbbed.

The next second, there was a series of small handclaps in the air.

"Boom!"

The tea Xiao Wanfeng had just tremblingly poured immediately burst forth from the teacup as a towering tea tree.

The tea tree instantly turned red upon contact with the air, swelled rapidly, and then exploded with a reverberating sound that sent the onlookers tumbling backward.

However, the main culprit had already vanished without a trace.

Halfway to Young Master Xu, Xiao Wanfeng even found time to stop and wiggle his backside slightly towards the rear. Then, hunched over, he covered his mouth with his left hand while wildly waving his right hand in front of his chest.

"Yo, yo, look at this tree, it's big and red, just like..."

"Ah—"

He sang only a partial sentence in an odd, flat tone before letting out a shriek and tumbling forward. He then glanced back at the wooden thorns on the ground at lightning speed, and with lingering fear, decisively gave up on continuing the task, throwing himself towards Young Master Xu.

"Help me, Young Master Xu, I can't do this anymore!"

Only at this point did the overwhelming feelings of dread and shame flood over him.

Xiao Wanfeng's face was flushed, and cold sweat mixed with the hot sweat from his frantic movements poured down him.

He was defeated!

If he had known earlier that the job of serving tea and water at the First Heavenly Tower was so thrilling and dangerous, he, Xiao Wanfeng, would never have applied for it.

How was this serving tea and water?

This was a death sentence!

And what was Young Master Xu thinking? How could he predict everyone's reactions with such accuracy, even planning his own escape routes?

The crucial thing was, the two lines Young Master Xu had told him earlier, which sounded like speaking and singing, didn't seem that embarrassing!

How did they change so much when they came out of his own mouth?

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

Xiao Wanfeng ran while bowing and apologizing to the air. Finally, he reached Young Master Xu's back, poked his head out, puffed out his chest, and declared, "Whatever it is, come at me! This has nothing to do with Young Master Xu!"

Xu Xiaoshou had been thoroughly enjoying the spectacle, laughing so hard he was almost slapping his thighs and chanting "Hiphop hiphop hihihop," but he froze upon hearing this.

"I didn't tell you to say that!" He immediately turned and glared.

Xiao Wanfeng took a deep breath, then exhaled, "I'm sorry, Young Master Xu, I wasn't trying to mislead anyone."

Well, I'll be!

Xu Xiaoshou was impressed by the young man's boldness.

This guy provoked everyone, then, unafraid of death, dared to turn the tables on his own master?

He was about to raise his hand to slap him, but unexpectedly, Xiao Wanfeng had already chosen to bolt.

This time, he didn't run in the direction planned for the task at all; instead, he rushed back towards Mu Zixi, whom he had just provoked.

"Grandma, help me! Brother Xiao Xin told me to come to you after getting on stage! I'm so sorry for what I just did, but I, I..."

He stammered, unable to finish his sentence, yet his movements were extremely fast. In an instant, he was in front of Mu Zixi, looking utterly ashamed, almost ready to kneel and beg for mercy.

At this point, even the blindest person could see.

This whole affair was undoubtedly Young Master Xu's doing.

But Xiao Wanfeng, who dared to carry it out anyway...

"Holy cow, amazing!"

The audience was dazzled by the puppet-like Xiao Wanfeng's repeated back-and-forth antics.

"Incredible, incredible, this mere mortal... definitely the most flamboyant I've ever seen! Is he not afraid of death? After provoking everyone, he dares to mess with his own master? He's trying to push his luck until he really can't!"

"But... hahahaha, I'm dying of laughter! No one could have predicted this! There's actually such a show in the final round, and Young Master Xu orchestrated it?"

"I'm convinced. How did this guy come up with such a bizarre move? Does he want to take on two at once? Or play a prank on both of them and then the whole arena, starting a brawl?"

"That Xiao Wanfeng... his name is Xiao Wanfeng? Did you see Young Master Xu's expression? That last sentence was definitely Xiao Wanfeng's own addition, directly putting Young Master Xu in a position where he's effectively admitting guilt!"

"Show-off!"

What any perceptive person could see, Mu Zixi, at this moment, could hardly fail to realize who the true instigator of this prank was.

"He told you to do it?"

The young girl looked up and asked the disheveled young man before her.

"Wuwuwu..."

Xiao Wanfeng was on the verge of tears.

How could he dare to answer "yes"?

This Young Master Xu was a true, genuine devil!

He seemingly did nothing, yet he could manipulate everyone.

The crucial thing was, if Xiao Wanfeng hadn't been smart enough to combine Brother Xiao Xin's words in the VIP box with Young Master Xu's differing levels of teasing towards the two individuals, deducing that the girl in front of him must also be one of their own, and a very important one at that, close to Young Master Xu...

He'd probably be dead by now!

Sure enough, Mu Zixi's protective instincts were stirred by the tearful Xiao Wanfeng in front of her. She stood on her tiptoes and gently patted the young man's shoulder.

"Don't be afraid, Big Sister's got your back."

Then, she pulled out a golden ring-pommel saber from her ring with a backhand motion.

This was the "Buddha Slaying Saber"!

It was something Xu Xiaoshou had taken from the Little Monk Bule; its power was immense, but its origins were even more significant, so he had never dared to use it carelessly, keeping it in his spirit mansion.

Mu Zixi figured it was useless just sitting there, so she brought it and the "Prison Void Demonic Staff" out of the spirit mansion together.

At this moment, the saber's edge was pointed directly at its true owner.

"Xu Xiaoshou, how dare you call me stupid?!"

Mu Zixi furiously shredded the person opposite her in her mind, her immense anger finally uncontrollable and spilling out.

"Prepare to die!"

Shouting, she swung the Buddha Slaying Saber down at Xu Xiaoshou.

"Miss Mu, no—"

Luo Yin had long since abandoned the matter of the commoner's verbal attacks. He lunged forward to meet the golden saber light, raising his hand to block.

"Boom!"

However, this time, while Luo Yin, who had not been blown apart by the previous explosion, was indeed hit by the golden saber light, it sent him flying, almost knocking him out of the arena.

Luo Yin's hand trembled wildly from the impact. Shocked, he looked up from the edge of the arena, his face filled with disbelief.

Then, he witnessed a scene entirely different from the life-or-death battle he had anticipated between the two.

Mu Zixi, wielding the large saber, charged directly in front of Young Master Xu. But instead of striking, she furiously pointed the saber tip at him and demanded, "You cursed me?"

"Are you deaf? Xiao Wanfeng was the one who cursed," Young Master Xu said with a calm expression.

"He was acting on your orders!" The young girl's face was full of anger, looking extremely agitated, yet she still didn't strike with the saber.

"He also said he wasn't acting on my instructions. Whatever happens, it's on him... I certainly didn't tell him to say that specific sentence," Xu Xiaoshou said, spreading his hands.

Mu Zixi scoffed, a hint of amusement in her cold tone, "So you're admitting that everything before that was your doing, then?"

"I didn't say that either. Don't let your imagination run wild, alright? That's dangerous!" Young Master Xu replied with utter composure. After a brief pause, he retorted, "So, you stole my saber?"

"Uh..."

The young girl's angry retort was visibly choked back, and then, rather thoughtlessly, the topic was shifted. "How could I have stolen it? You left it there, and I took it openly!"

"Heh heh, openly..."

Young Master Xu pointed to Luo Yin, who was still looking stunned at the edge of the arena. "What's with this guy? Are you very familiar with him? Do you know where he's from, what his family background is, or what kind of person he is, to dare let him protect you everywhere? What if he's a fraud?"

"I!" The young girl was so flustered she couldn't speak.

Like the audience and other contestants, she found Xu Xiaoshou's words quite strange, but she couldn't pinpoint why.

Yet, Xu Xiaoshou's aggressive demeanor, combined with his tone of seemingly looking out for her best interests, made it sound as though he was genuinely concerned for her...

Mu Zixi's anger involuntarily subsided, and she even lowered her saber.

"I didn't ask him to protect me, and I don't even know him..." The young girl started to sound wronged.

"Hmph!" Young Master Xu sneered. "You don't know him, yet you dare let him help you like this, even letting him take a saber blow for you? Who would believe that?"

Huh? Take a saber blow for whom...? Mu Zixi's mind briefly struggled to process.

Luo Yin had clearly blocked the saber for Xu Xiaoshou, but he did so to avoid offending Young Master Xu... so, perhaps, in another sense, it could also be said he blocked it for her?

While she was still pondering, before the young girl could sort out her thoughts, Xu Xiaoshou scoffed and muttered, "All day long, I don't know what you're doing..."

"The saber."

As he spoke, the young man stepped forward, gesturing for Mu Zixi to raise the saber slightly, and she, in her confusion, actually complied.

"Hand it over!"

Xu Xiaoshou snatched the saber with a backhand motion and immediately returned it to his spirit mansion.

Heaven knew, when the light from the Buddha Slaying Saber sent Luo Yin flying, Xu Xiaoshou himself was greatly shocked.

It could be said that among everyone present, the only one who still posed a slight threat to him was Luo Yin.

Even though they were in different zones, the moment he entered the arena, Xu Xiaoshou's "Perception" locked onto Luo Yin.

The reason was simple.

It was because this guy's physique was extremely unusual; Xu Xiaoshou suspected it might be a Saint Body, superior to a Spirit Body, otherwise Mu Zixi's explosive damage would have had no effect on him.

And the fact that the Buddha Slaying Saber's blade energy could injure the opponent meant that it could also potentially injure himself.

After all, according to what Elder Sang once said.

A Master's Body was not invincible; certain special Spirit Bodies, as well as Saint Bodies superior to Spirit Bodies, could potentially rival or even surpass a Master's Body.

Having completed the saber-snatching move, Xu Xiaoshou had no more reservations.

He stepped forward, and with a backhand motion, seized his junior sister in front of him, locking her neck in an elbow hold, then bent her body and pinned her with his foot.

"You've gone too far! How dare you point a saber at me?"

"???" Mu Zixi was dumbfounded.

No matter how hard she thought, she couldn't understand that everything Xu Xiaoshou had done was just to take back the saber?

He had even spoken with a tone of concern for her...

"Damn it!"

She punched and kicked, but the young girl simply couldn't break free from the Master's Body's restraint; her movements were completely locked down.

"Ahhh, let go... Ugh."

"What an eyesore!"

The farce in the arena was far from over; one wave of chaos followed another.

This time, not only were the spectators dumbfounded by the pair, but even the contestants felt at a loss.

"What are we even here for?"

"Isn't this a competition? What are they doing?"

"Does that Little Mu and Young Master Xu know each other? Listening to them, was the saber that sent Luo Yin flying actually stolen from Young Master Xu by Little Mu?"

"I-I'm blind... Should I just leave? This place isn't for me?"

"Ahhh, my Young Master Xu, ahhh—"

"I bless you two!!!"

The contestants who had previously fought their way out of other zones in bloody battles finally realized that with Young Master Xu present, whether they were contestants or on stage, they should only have one identity left...

Spectators!

Yes.

What was the difference between this and watching a play elsewhere?

It was clearly Young Master Xu on a trip, incidentally bringing back his disobedient sister or perhaps a young girlfriend!

At the edge of the arena, Luo Yin's face suddenly turned blue then red.

He composed himself and stood up, then said coldly to Young Master Xu, "Release Miss Mu."

Mu Zixi, who was struggling, stiffened, and her expression became somewhat strange.

She wasn't entirely foolish.

By now, coupled with Xu Xiaoshou's earlier words, if she still couldn't figure out why Luo Yin's actions in the previous and current matches were so peculiar, then she truly would be stupid—the kind of stupidity even she would have to admit to!

"Look what you've done!"

Xu Xiaoshou shot his junior sister a furious glance, thinking to himself, *Bad luck*.

First there was Fu Xing, now another Luo Yin.

This junior sister didn't even look fully grown, yet how did she end up with a physique that attracted so much unwanted attention?

But annoyance aside, family matters were family matters. What business did this outsider have butting in?

Xu Xiaoshou's cold gaze swept over. Remembering that at this moment, he was Young Master Xu, whom even his opponent seemed hesitant to offend, he naturally became even more arrogant. He immediately scoffed and retorted directly.

"What business is it of yours?"