Chapter 372 Moon Fox (1)

icacy even if they exist.The treasure vault mentioned earlier is just one area of this underground palace. Although the treasure vault has numerous sub-palaces with many rare collections, it’s still o...The power rankings indeed serve as the foundation for measuring strength, but if one attains profound insights in martial arts disciplines, these foundational standards might need to be rewritten—a common occurrence on Sacred Continent.

Some individuals who have grasped Sword Dao can far surpass those without such attainments. The most terrifying aspect is that they can jump an entire rank; for instance, someone like Xianyao at the middle Ranker level could face off with a mid-King level individual.

Naturally, this applies not just to Sword Dao but also Knife Dao, Spear Dao, and so on. Once you grasp these Doas (martial arts philosophies), your practical combat strength will significantly improve.

However, those who can attain such insights aren’t ordinary folk; they are usually prodigies, rare individuals whose depth of insight into a Dao greatly affects their power changes—something that’s hard to quantify, perhaps explaining why it's not included in the standard measure of martial strength.

In general, though, the standard measures apply to 99% of people. The higher you go up the ladder, the more accurate these standards become!

Those who reach such heights are no ordinary individuals; they're all prodigies, with top-tier ones being geniuses among geniuses. They have varying degrees of insight, making these standards even more precise.

Beyond the Emperor level, it's exceedingly rare for these standards to be inaccurate—perhaps once in a lifetime. Gradually, no one considers this possibility anymore!

Xianyao’s display with those few sword strokes at least proves his potential as an important figure. Such individuals are usually just common footmen (they have such records!), making them more convinced that their master has the strength they believe he does.

What they don’t know is that Xianyao's swords are mostly for decoration and rarely used; this time, however, he drew his sword to catch fish because he had just mastered the ten moves of Supreme Sword Dao, still feeling its lingering effects.

"Still not talking Fine then. I won't give you any fish, that’s a loss for you!" Xianyao said while instantly cleaning the fish with a small knife. His speed was so fast they couldn’t even see how it happened; one fish was already cleaned!

This is related to martial techniques; however, as long as someone's knife skills are good, many skilled chefs can do this too.

"You know cooking I’ll try your fish." The green-clothed woman said. Judging from his knife skills, the boy isn't weak in culinary arts either.

From her behavior, Xianyao deduced that this lady is a foodie; otherwise, why would her eyes light up upon seeing he’s good at cooking

"Cuihua..."

"Pfft..."

The yellow-clothed woman wanted to remind the green-clothed one of her name. This made Xianyao chuckle, realizing that this girl actually had such an interesting name: Cuihua.

"Don’t call me by my full name; just 'Little Cui' or 'Flower'. Don't ever say 'Cuihua'!" the green-clothed woman (who is also called Cuihua) was somewhat disgruntled. The name sounded a bit rustic, like that of a farmer’s wife.

Still, this name came from her parents who were ordinary farmers. She had been adopted due to an incident when she was already quite grown up and aware of her name, so people have kept calling her that since then.

"You are called Cuihua anyway. What’s there to be embarrassed about You wouldn’t even agree to change it."

"That was back in childhood; now I regret it! Back then, if I had listened to my master and changed it..."

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"Alright, the fish is ready!"

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"Hmm This tastes great, give me another one!!"

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In that moment, if anyone witnessed this scene, they wouldn’t believe these two were originally about to fight; it looked more like young lovers on a picnic.

"What are you doing Having a picnic"

A voice interrupted with some puzzlement. The tone was rather cold, seemingly displeased by the situation. Just this slight hint caused Cuihua and her companion to feel great fear.

This voice belonged to their direct superior!

"Miss, I'm just waiting for your orders; why did you come personally!"

Both of them instantly stood apart from Xianyao, maintaining a distance as if they hadn’t been sitting together eating roasted fish. Inwardly, however, they wished they had eaten more of that delicious fish.

Their hearts felt somewhat regretful, a feeling they never anticipated; why did they feel this way

At this moment, they didn't think much about it but were rather puzzled as to why their mistress would personally come here—seemed unnecessary.

However, sometimes misses act without reason. Previously, she suddenly appeared out of nowhere, which was hard to fathom.

Xiaoyao recognized this voice and became even more certain that the matter at hand had something to do with what he heard in the straw shed earlier, as it belonged to that woman then.

Earlier, she could only be heard but not seen. Judging from her voice alone, she seemed like a beautiful lady; however, now it was clear that she should be described as an incomparably stunning beauty. Moreover, this beauty had a very seductive aura about her – the kind that can mesmerize without any effort.

In Xiaoyao's professional terms, four words summed up such women: naturally endowed with charm!

If she practiced seduction skills, it would definitely be twice as effective, producing results that grow exponentially.

"Do you remember me" the naturally endowed beauty asked, inadvertently revealing a hint of coquetry. If one were slightly less willful, they might have been charmed then and there.

She believed Xiaoyao would obediently admit he remembered her, especially after hearing her voice.

"Nope!" Xiaoyao shook his head, acting as if under a spell with no flaws in his act, even his eyes appeared entranced.

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The naturally endowed beauty fell silent. At that moment, she thought he might have been telling the truth and wondered whether she had made a mistake; if so, then this matter would end here.

Something felt off to her, yet she couldn't pinpoint what was wrong, only staring at Xiaoyao.

"Miss, there’s something fishy! It looks like he's pretending," the yellow-robed woman said. She understood what the naturally endowed beauty was thinking and from observing Xiaoyao earlier, believed he shouldn’t have been unable to resist such a level of charm.

Even if he couldn't resist it completely, there should at least be some sign of struggle; however, Xiaoyao suddenly appeared entranced without any prior warning. This was a flaw, but one that wouldn’t be noticed unless observed closely.

"Nope, I’m not pretending. I truly don’t remember you." Xiaoyao smiled and returned to his usual self. With the act already exposed, there was no point in continuing it.

Xiaoyao’s behavior didn't make the naturally endowed beauty feel embarrassed; rather, she found it amusing, looking at him with an expression that made Xiaoyao slightly uncomfortable.

This wasn’t because of Xiaoyao's thin skin but due to her overwhelming charm making him feel unnatural. This was only a slight feeling though and didn't cause many changes in his demeanor.

Her amusement grew; when she observed Xiaoyao earlier, she had not merely glanced at him. She even released some of her seduction skills on him – though not fully – which few could withstand, especially from someone just a Captain level. This was unprecedented.

Perhaps unaware, Xiaoyao's immunity to such skills made it hard for her to influence him unless she were many levels higher than him. Which was unlikely given that in the Holy Continent, considering rank alone, Xiaoyao had few equals.

Mastery of seductive arts could easily overwhelm someone of equal rank or even a few ranks above them, but this only worked on men; women could generally fend off such attacks within their own ranks. Furthermore, those practicing Buddhist or Daoist meditation techniques were virtually immune to these powers unless the assailant was naturally endowed with charm.

Luckily for Xiaoyao, he had studied both, meaning that even a woman born with natural charm like her couldn't seduce him. Even if his rank were lower, it would be challenging; let alone his current, virtually unrivaled level.

Thankfully she hadn’t continued using her skills or else reaching their peak wouldn’t have charmed Xiaoyao but might have led to the opposite outcome!

The extreme use of such skills could backfire. If one failed to charm, they’d be at risk of being enchanted by the target themselves. Hence, those who mastered these arts rarely pushed them to their limits, usually using only three or four tenths of their power and in exceptional cases not exceeding eight tenths.

At eight tenths, even if failing to charm the other party, there would still be enough strength left to retract the skill without causing a backlash.

Presently, this naturally endowed beauty didn’t want to exert too much effort towards Xiaoyao, considering it unworthy of such expenditure.

"Tell me: were you sent here by someone to spy on us" she asked directly. Concerning what Xiaoyao had overheard, she believed pursuing it wasn't worthwhile; confronting an Imperial rank was simply too costly.

“Who are you” Xiaoyao repeated his question.

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"Remember me: I am Heart Moon Fox," the naturally endowed beauty introduced herself with a name fitting her.

“Nickname” Xiaoyao questioned skeptically. He knew clearly that Heart Moon Fox was one of the Twenty-Eight Constellations, belonging to the Azure Dragon of the East, and while it wasn't impossible for someone else to use this name, it felt too coincidental.chai raised her thumb in approval.“Of course I am. Don’t look at me anymore; eat the vegetarian dishes—apparently these vegetarian dishes are supposed to be really… I spit! You can't eat them!” Xianya...