CHAPTER 468: CHAPTER 414 HUMILIATION

Gongsun Ziyu’s brows knit together, her gaze landing on Tan’er’s gloves, flashing with a trace of strong astonishment.

The Thousand Mechanism Pavilion specializes in secret weapons, and her whip was naturally not an ordinary one. Hidden within were ingenious mechanisms, with its tail poisoned and equipped with a mechanism capable of killing instantly.

If the opponent could resist the poison of the whip’s tail, the mechanism could be activated to pierce poison needles into the opponent’s palm.

Yet, for some unknown reason, the gloves Tan’er wore rendered the whip’s mechanism useless.

Tan’er pouted disdainfully and said, "Your Thousand Mechanism Pavilion’s weapons aren’t all that great, huh? Not impressive at all!"

Gongsun Ziyu retorted coldly, "Where did this wild girl come from, daring to spout such unbridled nonsense? The Thousand Mechanism Pavilion is not something you can comment on! Ignorant fool!"

Tan’er sneered, "What’s so remarkable about the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion? Can’t even beat a wild girl like me!"

Gongsun Ziyu gritted her teeth, "Who said I couldn’t beat you?"

Tan’er raised her eyebrow, openly eyeing the whip in both of their hands.

Gongsun Ziyu felt an enormous sense of humiliation.

Her eyes turned sharp, and she forcefully tugged her whip toward herself, exerting great strength. But to her disbelief, despite having used a significant portion of her power, the little girl in front of her remained completely unaffected, steady as a rock.

The disciples sprawled around after being knocked down by Tan’er were even more shocked than Gongsun Ziyu.

Gongsun Ziyu, the second young miss of the Sect, had grown up pampered, but she had never been complacent when it came to martial arts.

Not only was she personally tutored by the Pavilion Master, but her aptitude for martial arts was also exceptional.

Among her generation, except for her older sister, Gongsun Liuying, there were few young disciples who could match her.

Where on earth had this little maid come from to cause the second young miss to be so severely embarrassed?

"The second young miss probably took pity on her youth and refrained from using her full strength."

"I think so too. She’s just a little maid picked up by the Young Master. If second young miss actually fought seriously, she’d already be dead."

"The second young miss wouldn’t stoop to using martial arts to oppress people. Does that girl really think she can defeat the second young miss of the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion?"

The disciples chattered, firmly refusing to believe that the second young miss could lose to a wild girl.

Gongsun Ziyu’s gaze flickered as she said to Tan’er, "You’re someone connected to my younger brother, so I won’t argue with you to avoid ruining sibling harmony. But I’m warning you—don’t push your luck!"

Damn it, were this girl’s hands made of iron pincers?

Tan’er gazed skyward and said, "If you can’t win, you just can’t win; why make excuses? If you ask me, you all should stop calling it the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion and change its name to the Faceless Sect!"

"You—"

Gongsun Ziyu ground her teeth in anger. "Sharp-tongued! The Thousand Mechanism Pavilion isn’t something an outsider like you can insult! Don’t think I don’t dare to kill you!"

Tan’er shot back without hesitation, "Not killing makes you a coward—come on then!"

Repeatedly provoked, Gongsun Ziyu found herself unable to back down in front of all the disciples.

So what if this girl was strong and could neutralize her poisonous whip?

She was the second young miss of the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion. She had plenty of ways to deal with people!

Gongsun Ziyu moved her left arm, shooting a sleeve arrow toward Tan’er.

The arrow sped like lightning.

She refused to believe this girl could catch it!

But to her dismay, Tan’er did catch it.

Tan’er caught the flying arrow barehanded, clenched her fingers, and crushed it to powder.

"So useful, so useful, so useful!"

"Grandmother, I absolutely adore you!"

Tan’er raised an eyebrow and, in front of Gongsun Ziyu, sprinkled the powder onto the ground bit by bit.

She wasn’t just scattering powder; she was scattering Gongsun Ziyu’s dignity.

The disciples watching were stunned.

The wild girl had grabbed the second young miss’s whip just moments ago, and now even the sleeve arrow hadn’t harmed her one bit?

This time, no one could say that the second young miss was simply letting her be or choosing not to argue.

Gongsun Ziyu was furious and humiliated. She shouted, "If you’ve got guts, give me back my whip! This pavilion is too small to fight properly; let’s find another place to duel!"

Tan’er sneered, "Fine, take it back then!"

With that, she swung the whip’s tail as hard as she could.

She used the very technique Gongsun Ziyu had employed against her—the classic case of turning someone’s own weapon back on them.

Gongsun Ziyu had never imagined her technique would be used against her. Her expression changed as she whipped her long lash in deflection.

Though she managed to avoid any vital injuries, the whip tail struck her hairdo, dislodging her ink-black tresses. A strand of her hair cut loose and slowly drifted to the ground.

A wild girl had severed her hair...

The sheer humiliation!

Gongsun Ziyu’s rage boiled over, and she began flinging hidden weapons at Tan’er as though they cost her nothing.

"So what if you have a lot of hidden weapons? I have them too!"

And Tan’er truly did.

Some were scraps salvaged from Si Snake and Ji Li, others were treasures taken from Luo Shan, and there were even items Treasure Piggy had "borrowed" from the Wanhua Pavilion to stash in her own collection.

After the exchange of blows, Tan’er actually managed to suppress Gongsun Ziyu’s arsenal of hidden weapons.

Gongsun Ziyu’s face turned green.

This wild girl was strong, quick at Qinggong, and had an impressive array of hidden weapons—

Who was the true child of the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion here? Her, or this wild girl?

"Who exactly are you?"

Gongsun Ziyu panted, attempting to interrogate her.

Tan’er mockingly replied, "None of your business—hmph!"

The commotion caused by their fight finally drew the attention of two elders within the Sect.

Approaching the pavilion, the two elders caught sight of the second young miss in combat, initially assuming she was disciplining a disciple. Drawing closer, though, they realized it was the second young miss who was being overwhelmed.

And her opponent was a completely unfamiliar little maid.

"Audacious!"

Elder Qiu bellowed sharply.

Tan’er looked at him, "And who are you supposed to be?"

Gongsun Ziyu’s personal maid caught sight of the elders and immediately tattled, "Elder Qiu, Elder Yuan, you’ve arrived just in time! This wild girl, likely a spy from another Sect, infiltrated the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion to cause trouble and even tried to harm the second young miss!"

The two elders saw Gongsun Ziyu’s disheveled hair and torn sleeves—a clear indication of her disadvantage—and their expressions immediately grew dark.

Elder Qiu acted without hesitation, striking toward Tan’er with a palm.

Tan’er used her Qinggong to evade, and the stone table behind her was instantly smashed into pieces.

Just one palm strike from a distance carried such power—it was terrifying to think of the consequences if it landed on Tan’er directly.

She might not even leave behind a complete corpse.

Tan’er, shaken, patted her chest. "That was too close!"

Oh no, oh no—she couldn’t win against this one!

"You dare dodge?"

Elder Qiu snorted coldly, raising his palm for another strike.

At the critical moment, Shang Wuyou strode in briskly. "Stop!"

Elder Qiu’s attack halted mid-move.

"Young Master! You’re finally here!" Tan’er’s eyes lit up as she merrily walked out of the pavilion to hide behind Shang Wuyou, peeking her head out cautiously. "Young Master, who’s that? So fierce!"

Shang Wuyou glanced at her from the corner of his eye. "How did you manage to stir up trouble on your very first day?"

Tan’er pointed at Gongsun Ziyu. "She was the one who started it!"

Gongsun Ziyu also stepped out of the pavilion, though unlike Tan’er, she joined the two elders, positioning herself in direct opposition to Shang Wuyou.

With a cold laugh, she asked, "Wuyou, you’ve been out and about, and now you’ve come back bringing along such riffraff?"