Remould the Glory of Sword Art
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63: Chapter 63 Intimidation (Please follow!) 63: Chapter 63 Intimidation (Please follow!) The Battered Banner had over a hundred guest rooms, which were mostly empty most of the time.

Xie Xuanyi didn’t decline Chu Man’s offer of support, and the pair walked slowly.

Chu Man led him to a guest room specially reserved for honored guests.

“Mr.

Xie.”

Chu Man spoke softly, “I’ll have someone send some tea to help with the alcohol later…”

“That won’t be necessary.”

Xie Xuanyi released his arm from Chu Man’s shoulder and spoke indifferently, “Miss Chu should be aware that I am not drunk.”

“…”

Chu Man was slightly surprised, looking up at the young man before her.

During the banquet earlier, some of the guests from the Chu Family had been putting on a play, and wasn’t she doing the same?

Of course.

She knew that Xie Zhen was also acting.

However, acting should be done on stage, with everyone aware but unspoken.

She didn’t expect that Xie Zhen would call it out like this.

“Mr.

Xie, that’s a bit spoil-sport.”

Chu Man no longer tried to hide anything; she placed her hands behind her back, and her entire demeanor was no longer that of a delicate, pitiable lady; her speech carried a new authority: “Leaving the feast without any reason mid-way, is this how the Jiang Family treats its guests?”

At that moment, she was no longer the fragile woman hidden behind a screen, silently playing the zither.

She was Chu Man, appointed by the You Hai King himself as the future head of the Chu Family.

“Stop acting.”

Xie Xuanyi spoke lazily, “My surname is Xie, not Jiang.

I am not a member of the Jiang Family.

Also…

doesn’t keeping up such a front tire you, Miss Chu?”

Chu Man fell silent.

“Clack!”

Xie Xuanyi waved his hand, and the door closed.

This crisp sound of the door closing made Chu Man’s eyebrows twitch slightly, but she still maintained the dignity of a future family head and said in a firm voice, “Mr.

Xie, what do you mean by this?”

“If I am not drunk, why would Miss Chu be alone with me?”

Xie Xuanyi comfortably sat down on the big bed and patted the space beside him with a smile, “If my guess is correct, Miss Chu will call for some maids, bring some tea, and eventually invite me to enjoy another performance alone…

Am I right?”

Chu Man’s heart skipped a beat.

Xie Zhen’s guess was indeed correct…

The Prince seemed to take a special interest in the young man Jiang Qihu brought onto the boat, and ordered her to verify his background.

If Xie Zhen hadn’t spoken up, then what followed would likely have happened just as he described.

“Why beat around the bush with so many tests?

Miss Chu might as well move in, harp and all, into my guest room.”

“It’s also a coincidence that I know a bit about music,” Xie Xuanyi said indifferently, “Whether Miss Chu wants to come clean or engage in a duet, I am willing to oblige.

That way, we could skip all the needless complications, wouldn’t that be wonderful?”

“You?!”

Flushed with anger, Chu Man bit her lip and turned instinctively to leave.

But she only took one step.

Chu Man stopped herself in her tracks.

She took a deep breath and quickly regained her composure.

“Mr.

Xie…”

Chu Man began solemnly, “Aren’t you also putting on an act yourself?”

Xie Xuanyi narrowed his eyes.

“Oh?” He smiled, waiting to hear more.

“Do you think I’m a fool, unable to see that you’re acting too?”

Chu Man turned back, calmly gazing at the face hidden beneath the bamboo hat, “Would you dare to take off the hat, remove the guise, and reveal your true face and identity?”

“It’s not that I dare not, but rather I do not wish to.”

Upon hearing this, Xie Xuanyi gave a wry smile.

His “reverse psychology” had almost succeeded, but alas, Chu Man caught on.

He said indifferently, “If I take off this hat, and you see my true face, do you understand the consequences?”

Chu Man kept a straight face: “No matter how grave the consequences, the Chu Family can bear them.”

“The Chu Family can bear them, but can you?” Xie Xuanyi tilted his head slightly.

“…”

This time, Chu Man remained silent, frowning.

With such grandiose claims, she suspected that the young man was just trying to bluff.

“I never liked acting.”

Xie Xuanyi said indifferently, “Miss Chu is doing all this simply to obey the Prince’s command, to find out my true identity…

In truth, if you were to investigate, you would indeed come to a conclusion.

You would discover that I am actually an undercover envoy of the Imperial Guard, specially dispatched to collaborate with Lord Jiang in investigating the case of the Bai Ze Secret Realm in Lichao City.

But is that the result you really want?”

“???”

Chu Man’s pupils contracted.

The amount of information in this sentence was tremendous.

For a moment, her mind became stagnant.

“Such a significant matter as the Bai Ze Secret Realm, how could the higher-ups simply sit by and watch?

Lord Jiang hurried here from the Imperial City on orders…

Could it really be that he participates in this Secret Realm operation under the name of the Jiang Family?”

“He represents neither the Jiang Family nor the Imperial Guard, but the Little National Master.”

Xie Xuanyi calmly wiped his sword and spoke slowly, “Your master sent you to test the waters, merely wanting to know the stance of the Library.

Now you can tell him that my presence is the stance of the Library.”

“…”

Chu Man was shocked and speechless.

She couldn’t believe the youth before her; Xie Xuanyi’s words did not seem like a fabrication…

If he had claimed to be a member of the Imperial Guard.

She would have believed him seventy percent.

But now it was different, she suspected that the youth before her was a genius disciple secretly nurtured by some Tongtian authority in the Imperial City.

Because from Xie Zhen’s earlier tone of voice, one could hardly hear too much respect for the Zhi Dao Library!

Some things cannot be changed, they flow in the blood.

You Hai King, after thousands of choices, picked Chu Man out of many Death Soldiers, to prepare her to take over the Chu Family in the future.

You Hai King personally taught her cultivation and how to command subordinates…

Thus, Chu Man learned how to disguise, how to appear gentle and shy before great figures, and how to reveal iron-handedness and authority before her subordinates.

It was just a pity that in the eyes of true high-ranking individuals, these were merely inferior “disguises.”

Maybe after many years, when she took over as Family Head, when one day she held power and strength, she would truly possess the dignity and authority that were not originally hers.

But…

The Xie Zhen who just uttered those words truly exuded an authority belonging to those “of high position.”

“You can go back,”

Xie Xuanyi waved his sleeve, “After you return, just report my words to Chu Lin—”

“Tell him, if he still wants to know ‘who I am,’ he should directly seek out the person from the Zhi Dao Library.”

“Chen Jingxuan will give him the answer.”

Chu Man bit her lip, her gaze uncertain as she stared at Xie Zhen for a long time.

Before Xie Zhen spoke those words.

Perhaps she still had the courage, like a skinny ghost, to reach out and try to lift Xie Zhen’s bamboo hat.

But now…

She dared not do such a thing anymore.

The guest room went quiet for a moment, then Xie Xuanyi spoke coldly, “What, do I need to see you out myself?”

“Ah…

Yes!”

Only then did Chu Man come back to her senses.

She gritted her teeth and answered, hurriedly leaving without even saying goodbye.

After Chu Man left, the guest room returned to silence.

Xie Xuanyi let out a slight sigh of relief in his heart.

This Chu Man…

finally got rid of her.

The play just now was indeed necessary; otherwise, given Chu Man’s character, there would certainly be more and more tests to come.

He did not have the time to play these games with the young lady.

Xie Xuanyi hastily took out a talisman and threw it out.

Purity Talismans densely hung in the air, sealing off all directions of the guest room.

After confirming that the array of talismans would not leak any aura, Xie Xuanyi then took out that ring.

The vibration had already disappeared…

Across thousands of miles, he could still feel the rage of the demonic artifact’s owner.

Xie Xuanyi gave a wry smile and immersed his Divine Soul within it.

He found himself again in that turbid, lightless, dim Heart Lake.

The Dragon Wood Venerable stood at the end of the Heart Lake, enveloped by dark fog, leaving only a long, gloomy, and oppressive silhouette.

It turned around morosely, its voice cold and harsh.

“Jia Liu, why did it take so long for you to respond?!”

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