Chapter 116: Wandering Ronin
"Where's Little Peach Blossom?"
Li Jiexuan raised an eyebrow in confusion. Not seeing Little Peach Blossom surprised him. He had completely destroyed her room and definitely needed to offer some compensation.
"She went to work today. It seems to be something important related to her future job!"
"Something important?" Li Jiexuan lifted his brows, a playful smile tugging at his lips. "Then let's go show our support!"
In Li Jiexuan's impression, the most important thing for a songstress was nothing more than competing for the title of courtesan queen. If it didn't take too much time, he didn't mind going to cheer her on.
Little Peach Blossom's dormitory wasn't far from the Wine Pool and Meat Forest tavern at all—just a few steps, and they were there…
From far away, Li Jiexuan could already hear noisy clamor coming from inside the tavern.
"So it really is a fight over the courtesan queen?"
Many transmigration bigshots had run into this sort of thing before—throwing money around for a favored geisha and elevating her to courtesan queen. Who would've thought I'd run into such an elegant affair today too…
"No—something's wrong!"
Hearing the sounds of tables collapsing and wine cups shattering, Li Jiexuan frowned deeply. This didn't sound like a courtesan competition at all…
"You bastards who won't cry until you see the coffin—if you don't make up this round's quota right now, we won't let you off!" Several men dressed like wandering ronin viciously hacked apart the tavern's furnishings with their long swords. The lead madam had already been beaten until she was a bloody mess, while the group of geisha could only huddle in the corner, trembling…
At that moment, Little Peach Blossom stepped forward. Though terrified, she still shouted word by word, "We already paid! We don't have any more money to give you!"
Hearing this, the lead ronin stood up with a cold laugh. "You've got some nerve, woman. Do you even know who you're talking to?"
"This is the tax demanded by Lord Ginkaku!" The ronin sneered as he drew his long sword. "You filthy entertainers should be grateful that Lord Ginkaku even lets you live. And yet you dare try to steal from his wealth!"
"Die!"
The sharp blade tore through the air. Little Peach Blossom closed her eyes in despair. But after waiting a long time, the sword still didn't pierce her throat…
She slowly opened her eyes in confusion, only to see a small figure standing in front of her. That figure was small, yet in that instant he was the most magnificent man imaginable—like the sky itself, holding up her hope!
"Jiexuan-kun!"
Little Peach Blossom cried out in shock. She never would have imagined that Li Jiexuan would come to save her.
"Sorry I'm late." Li Jiexuan gave Little Peach Blossom a warm smile.
"You brat, let go of my sword!" The ronin tugged several times, but still couldn't pull the blade out of Li Jiexuan's hand.
"Drip…"
Bright red blood slowly dripped from Li Jiexuan's palm. Without activating Dragon Sage Mode, even a ronin's sword could barely pierce his skin.
"This is really embarrassing…" Li Jiexuan said with a radiant smile. "I just came out of seclusion, and I get my palm cut by an ordinary person. What am I supposed to do about that?"
Seeing this, Hyuga Yizhen couldn't help but shiver. This was the first time Li Jiexuan had ever been this angry…
These guys were finished!
"Kid, what kind of nonsense are you spouting?"
The lead ronin roared angrily at his men. "You idiots, what are you standing around for? Hurry up and butcher this brat!"
Hearing their leader's command, the surrounding ronin all drew their blades with vicious grins and lunged toward Li Jiexuan…
In an instant, ten thousand blades seemed to fall upon him. Li Jiexuan looked as though he had nowhere left to dodge!
"Jiexuan-kun!"
Little Peach Blossom cried out anxiously.
"Dragon Sage Mode!"
"Clang, clang, clang…"
The sharp sounds of metal colliding rang out nonstop. Li Jiexuan stood coldly in place, not moving an inch even as countless blades struck him.
"T-This… monster!" "That kid's a monster!"
If their leader weren't still being held by someone else, the ronin would have fled through the door long ago…
Li Jiexuan gently twisted his wrist, wringing the ronin leader's refined steel sword into a twisted spiral. "Bullying helpless geisha—this is what you rely on?"
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