“Were you looking for us?”
Xu Xiaoshou pointed at his nose and met eyes with the three swordsmen who had already walked in front of him.
Gu Qingyi frowned.
He thought, ‘Was this rascal….’ He was the rascal whom he had bumped into at the door of Plenty Gold Company on that particular day. This was the rascal who did not know his own depth.
He checked Xu Xiaoshou before and had confirmed that he was incapable of sword cognition. Somehow, he had managed to come into contact with ghost beasts too.
From a logical standpoint, he did not want to engage with this man for long.
Somehow, his subconscious had drawn himself to this man, and he had found himself in front of Xu Xiaoshou.
Gu Qingyi hesitated but asked his questions regardless. “Was there anyone else around before you?”
“Anyone?”
Xu Xiaoshou had known their intention before they arrived. In terms of sword cognition, they must have been attracted by his Sword Observation Manual to have congregated there.
However, with that knowledge, these guys had instantly removed Xu Xiaoshou from the list of potential destructors.
This was a rare sight.
“There are many people who have passed by here. Who are you looking for?”
He fixed his gaze on the leader of the three men. However, his Perception had locked on the sword that was held in the man’s arm.
The sword was none other than a famed sword.
Back then, he had been in a rush. He had to deal with Jiao Tangtang, which left him little time to observe the man’s famed sword.
Now, he was able to inspect the sword in detail. Xu Xiaoshou was blown away by how spectacular the sword of the 21 Famed Swords was.
The sword was an ancient sword with a greyish white body. It was a sword of with a cold nature. Using Perception, Xu Xiaoshou was able to tell the temperature of the sword.
If the grey sheath was removed, it would unveil the true blade of the famed sword. The sight of the sheath alone brought Xu Xiaoshou an unexplainable chill of evil.
He was certain about the feeling. There was no doubt that the feeling was evil. It was indeed a peculiar feeling and one that Xu Xiaoshou could not describe with clarity.
This was all that he could think of as he observed the sword from where he was. The word evil replayed constantly in his mind.
One was able to feel an eerie sense of unease in the deepest part of the heart simply by observing the scabbard of the greyish white and icy ancient sword.
To prevent himself from falling deeper into the spiral of the famed sword, Xu Xiaoshou turned away from it.
“Are you done looking?”
Gu Qingyi stared into Xu Xiaoshou’s eyes and waited for him to regain his awareness before he spoke.
Xu Xiaoshou was stunned.
The leader of the three was more powerful than he had initially thought.
No one had caught him in the act of using Perception to spy and pry on other’s items or abilities.
The young man before him had senses that were very sharp and sensitive. He had been able to pick up his ability to pry.
“Ha-ha.” Xu Xiaoshou was not intimidated by him just yet.
After all, he was a swordsman in training. Seeing a famed sword was akin to a man spotting a beautiful woman. It was hard to avert his gaze from it.
Gu Qingsan, who stood at the back, sighed. He was not carrying a sword with him. “Again?” He walked toward Xu Xiaoshou. “Don’t bother hiding. Just draw your sword.”
“Draw?” Xu Xiaoshou was surprised. Why?”
“Ha, you fraud. You’ve been staring so hard. Aren’t you planning to steal it?” Gu Qingsan sneered.
“Steal the sword?”
Xu Xiaoshou was amused by their words. He was no thief or a womanizer. He would never do anything like that.
“You must have persecutory delusion illness. When did I say I was taking your sword?”
Gu Qingsan stared at Xu Xiaoshou blankly. After a period of silence, he still did not understand what Xu Xiaoshou meant.
“Second brother, what is this illness he’s talking about. What does it mean?”
The second brother bowed his head and furrowed his brow in thought. He was pondering about that just now as well.
After a while, Gu Qinger sighed.
“Eldest brother, what is he talking about? I’m a little slow and did not understand a single thing!”
“Yeah, same here. Please explain eldest brother.” Gu Qingsan’s eyes were shimmering with expectation.
He had always seen his eldest brother as an individual capable of anything and loved to watch the eldest brother offer explanations in a cool and composed manner.
Gu Qingyi paused dramatically and fell into deep thought. After a moment, his face had darkened.
“You guys!”
He held in his anger as he remembered the presence of an outsider and stop his curses in time.
The two of them had totally gone off on a tangent from what they were there to discuss.
The important part of the man’s words was the illness, yet the two were relentlessly hung up on it.
Xu Xiaoshou watched the three fools engage in their talk and fell silent.