The Dramatic Crown Princess Wants to Poison Me!

Chapter 438: Chapter 438: Gu Chixiao

There is actually another staircase in the winehouse, leading from the third floor to the fourth floor. However, this young lady is just an outsider, and she’s not here for dining, so there’s no need to take her through the winehouse.

Meng Yifeng feigned casualness as he said, ”Miss, please wait a moment. Once I go up, I’ll pull you up.”

For those who can go up to the fourth floor, this stretch of broken stairs is naturally insignificant.

Even those two fighting didn’t find it inconvenient, so the staircase has remained like this. It’s been approximately over twenty years now, hasn’t it?

Even though people have changed, the heroic legends of those from back then still linger, as if they were meant to be passed on.

Meng Yifeng twitched his lips. There’s no point dwelling on the ancient past.

He glanced at the young girl again, and Meng Yifeng thought that although the young lady had some martial arts skills, the height of two to three zhang would still be a challenge!

Since he was letting someone go to the fourth floor, Meng Yifeng didn’t mean to make it difficult. He truly intended to go up first and then lower a rope to pull the person up.

He stepped onto the highest stair, pressed his foot down, and his body lifted upwards.

The lightness technique was impressive, allowing him to land delicately and nimbly on that projection like a swallow.

He soared directly to the height of three zhang without any intermediate support, and with a composed posture. This place was indeed a hidden dragon and crouching tiger!

Meng Yifeng naturally didn’t find this remarkable. He was just about to look for a rope to pull the young lady up.

Yet as he just left the projection, he heard a faint sound of clothes brushing against the wind from behind.

He turned around in surprise to find the young girl standing on the edge of the same projection he had just left, smiling lightly at him.

He looked at Xia Wenjin in astonishment, then at the height of three zhang. This young lady was at most seventeen, wasn’t she? Her skills were astounding!

Suppressing his inner doubts and surprises, he gestured invitingly, ”Miss, this way, please.”

Following that door, it was a corridor leading to a hall.

It was called a hall, but it also resembled a study, as there was a bookshelf lined up against one wall, filled with books. Moreover, the decorations on the ancient shelves were elegant and luxurious.

Meng Yifeng pointed to the chairs in the hall and said, ”Miss, please have a seat!”

Xia Wenjin sat down confidently.

Meng Yifeng then said, ”Miss, you’ve already reached the fourth floor. Is there something you wish to discuss? You can tell me now, can’t you?”

Xia Wenjin glanced at him and shook her head, ”Since I wanted to come to the fourth floor, naturally it isn’t you I wish to see.”

If she wanted to meet him, she could have done so directly in the tea room downstairs. Why bother coming to the fourth floor?

Meng Yifeng: ”...”

How could he not have guessed that? However, this young lady was of unknown origin and quite young, so he was just probing to see how much she knew. After hearing Xia Wenjin’s remark, he asked, ”Then who is it you wish to see?”

Xia Wenjin confidently replied, ”I naturally wish to see the master of this fourth floor!”

”Do you know who the master of the fourth floor is?”

Xia Wenjin smiled, ”Mr. Meng, it seems you think I’m too young to know of your family’s master, right? Shadow Pavilion is renowned in the Jianghu. Even if I haven’t seen much, since I’ve found my way here, Mr. Meng shouldn’t doubt that!”

Meng Yifeng truly could not find words this time. This young lady knew about the Shadow Pavilion and came here well-prepared.

Actually, when he had presented the Jade Pendant earlier, he had already received a clear response from the Pavilion Master. Now, a bit embarrassed, he said, ”Then, Miss, please wait a moment. The Pavilion Master is currently busy and will come out to meet guests shortly!”

After finishing, he went to the side and poured a cup of tea for Xia Wenjin. Then, he retraced his steps and left.

Xia Wenjin sat calmly waiting, feeling perfectly at ease. The tea here was more aromatic than the tea downstairs.

A moment later, a clear voice said, ”Is the guest pleased with this tea?”

Xia Wenjin followed the voice and saw a young man step out from the door on the left side. He was about twenty-one or twenty-two years old, with elongated eyes slightly raised as if smiling, and eyes that gleamed with the wisdom of black obsidian. His lips were rosy, and his overall appearance was strikingly handsome. His posture was upright like a black bamboo.

His entire being exuded an air of elegance, clear and refined like an immortal, gentle and jade-like.

Xia Wenjin raised an eyebrow. Who is this person? Isn’t he a bit too young?

In her previous life, she had never seen the Shadow Pavilion Master and did not know the master’s true appearance, so she couldn’t ascertain this person’s identity.

Though she didn’t know this person’s identity, it was clear he knew hers, as his voice, resonant and pleasant, said, ”Miss Xia who entered the Jianghu fleeing a marriage just over a year ago, but has accomplished quite a lot: severely punishing the Prefectural Governor in Yuqing County, heroically saving a weak girl at Shian Temple, daringly facing danger in Wangshan Town! Acts uninhibited and with compassion, truly admirable!”

Xia Wenjin: ”...”

Her origins, and the deeds she had done, this person knew them all.

But she knew nothing about him.

Being in such a place, having no secrets was not unexpected for her, but she was unsure whether this person before her was whom she intended to meet.

Since she couldn’t be sure of this identity, she used the most common method in the Jianghu to introduce herself, ”Thank you for the compliment! Xia Wenjin of Feiyun Pavilion greets you!”

The young man chuckled lightly. Feiyun Pavilion, how interesting.

Although the Shadow Pavilion had a legacy of several hundred years, and Feiyun Pavilion had been established for just a year, the young man still cupped his fist in return, ”Gu Chixiao of Shadow Pavilion, greetings to the Master of Feiyun Pavilion!”

So, this young man really was the master of the Shadow Pavilion, and this generation’s master was still so young? He went by the name Gu Chixiao, then there was no mistake. Although she had never met him, she had heard of Gu Chixiao’s name.

Gu Chixiao, a person just like a gentle breeze and bright moon, with every movement carrying an air of heavenly grace, gestured for Xia Wenjin to sit, then took a seat at the main position himself, saying with keen interest, ”I wonder what puzzle the Master of Feiyun Pavilion seeks to unravel with this visit?”

Xia Wenjin said, ”The Jade Pendant sent up by Mr. Meng, I believe Master Gu has seen it. I am here to trace its origin. Master Gu, please name your price!”

All information from the Shadow Pavilion comes at a price, Xia Wenjin understood this, and she had no intention of taking advantage.

Gu Chixiao extended his hand, revealing that he had been holding the Jade Pendant all along.

He held the Jade Pendant up to the light for a look, his voice clear and refined, as he turned to Xia Wenjin, ”I wonder, what does the Master of Feiyun Pavilion know about the powers within the Jianghu?”

She was asking about the origin of the Jade Pendant merely because in a past life it was delivered to her hand, along with some peculiar words.

What did this have to do with the powers within the Jianghu?