Chapter 284: Chapter 284

This was clearly impossible. As the young woman said, one only has one life, who would gamble with that for no reason? Moreover, the young woman's attacks absolutely held nothing back. If he didn't react, he would surely die.

Under such circumstances, the young man had no choice but to move. However, he chose to use completely unremarkable martial arts and techniques, at least ones that wouldn't expose his own specialized techniques. He even used some from the Fang family.

The young woman was very displeased and added more force. She didn't believe she couldn't force out the opponent's true skills, but the result left her somewhat depressed.

Although the young woman could slightly suppress the young man, she didn't make him use any special skills. Everything was relatively common on the continent, plus some martial techniques from great families and sects like the Qin and Fang families.

It must be said this young man was very learned, and every technique was practiced quite well. Even if they forced him to death, they probably couldn't force out his faction's martial techniques, perhaps he wasn't very skilled in his own faction's techniques either.

Some people cultivated martial arts and techniques that weren't from their own sect but from others. This was also very common. No martial technique was the best, whatever one practiced proficiently and suited oneself was the best.

"Alright, you can stop." Xiaoyao spoke up at this moment.

"How about it? Do you still want to continue testing? I'm telling you, even if you force me, it's useless." the young man said very arrogantly, seeming to say, "I won."

Xiaoyao smiled and replied, "No need."

"No need?. You're giving up this quickly?" the young man said.

"Xiaoyao, why don't you let me try again? I'll use my ultimate moves." the young woman frowned, seeming somewhat unwilling, wanting to use ultimate techniques.

"No need." Xiaoyao said again.

"Are you really giving up?" the young woman asked.

Xiaoyao shook his head and said, "When I say no need, I don't mean giving up. No need is because I already know where he's from."

The same words came from two mouths, the young woman's expression was surprised and confused, while the young man's was shocked and disbelieving.

"Impossible. I didn't reveal any information just now. How could you possibly know?" the young man shook his head.

"You are very clever and didn't deliberately avoid using your family's martial techniques. However, you used them very infrequently. I also considered that this might be because you're unfamiliar with your family's techniques, but you used one very interesting move that let me confirm you're from that family." Xiaoyao smiled.

"You're trying to trap me. You don't know who I am at all, you just want to confirm your suspicions through me," the young man said coldly. He didn't believe Xiaoyao really knew and felt Xiaoyao was more likely trying to extract information.

"I don't know who you are, but I know you're from the Qianyu Family." Xiaoyao looked at the young man, but the young man showed no change in expression.

"The Qianyu Family, they were indeed among my suspicions, though with lower probability. I didn't expect it would be them," the young woman didn't doubt the truth of this but nodded.

"You're still trying to trap me. I won't fall for it." the young man still maintained the same position.

"I don't have time to play this game with you because you're not worth it. If you're not convinced, I'll tell you exactly where you went wrong, you shouldn't have used that Phoenix Seeking Phoenix move." Xiaoyao said.

"Hmph. That's just an ordinary Qianyu Family technique. Can't you say something that would surprise me?" the young man's attitude was very disdainful, and people couldn't tell what his real attitude toward this was.

Xiaoyao smiled and said, "It is a very ordinary move that many people know, but after Phoenix Seeking Phoenix there's a variation that can transform this Phoenix Seeking Phoenix into one of the Qianyu Family's great ultimate techniques, Phoenix Wings Soaring."

Upon hearing the four words "Phoenix Wings Soaring," the young man's unchanging face showed change, a kind of shock. Soon he regained composure, the shock lasting only an instant. Unless one looked carefully, it couldn't even be detected.

Xiaoyao didn't pay attention to the young man's change but continued, "Phoenix Wings Soaring, as the Qianyu Family's ultimate technique, naturally wouldn't be known by many people. Few would know it, but those who do must definitely be Qianyu Family members, and core figures at that. Therefore, you must be from the Qianyu Family."

"How funny. I only used Phoenix Seeking Phoenix just now. When did I ever use Phoenix Wings Soaring." the young man said. Although Xiaoyao knowing so much surprised him, he had only used Phoenix Seeking Phoenix, not Phoenix Wings Soaring.

"Right, he didn't use Phoenix Wings Soaring. Your argument doesn't hold," the young woman said at this time. Although she wanted to know who the opponent was, she didn't want to adopt such baseless claims.

"Indeed, he didn't use Phoenix Wings Soaring, but he has practiced it. And precisely because of this, when using Phoenix Seeking Phoenix, he habitually made a slight variation toward the follow-up. Although just a little, it was undoubtedly a Phoenix Wings Soaring variation." Xiaoyao said slowly.

"Just a slight variation, how can you be certain it's a Phoenix Wings Soaring variation? How ridiculous. Do we just accept whatever you say?" the young man didn't believe Xiaoyao could see this. His habitual movement was slight, but it was just that slight.

This tiny variation, even the Qianyu Family members most familiar with Phoenix Wings Soaring might not necessarily see anything. What could Xiaoyao be certain of? He must be guessing blindly, but he happened to guess correctly. ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ NoveI-Fire.ɴet

For the Fang family, guessing correctly was already enough. They didn't need evidence. They would definitely settle accounts with the Qianyu Family later. What he could do now was not admit it, letting the Qianyu Family avoid some trouble.

At this moment, he somewhat resented Xiaoyao. Even if his plan wasn't perfect, it was something ordinary people couldn't think of. Originally it could have succeeded, and even if it failed, there wouldn't be consequences, only some benefits. But Xiaoyao's appearance made his plan not only fail but bring a whole mess of trouble. Even his life might end here.

Where did this kid come from? Using these barely-clues to deduce matters, and knowing things others didn't know, like Phoenix Wings Soaring.

"After Phoenix Seeking Phoenix, then ..." Xiaoyao gestured Phoenix Wings Soaring with his hands. This made the young man's heart even more shocked. This variation was indeed Phoenix Wings Soaring, and it had one more variation than what he knew. Adding this variation made Phoenix Wings Soaring even more powerful.

What the young man found very ironic was that after seeing Xiaoyao's movements, he actually gained enlightenment, deepening his understanding of some techniques and advancing his strength further.

"Maybe this is just coincidence." the young man said. At this time, his tone had begun to loosen, seeming on the verge of collapse.

"The technique you just used was ..." Xiaoyao demonstrated the Phoenix Seeking Phoenix the young man had used plus the follow-up move. "The follow-up move's connection with Phoenix Seeking Phoenix doesn't need the variation you made at all. So I'm certain your variation wasn't coincidental."

"..." The young man fell silent, staring at Xiaoyao for a long time before saying, "Who exactly are you? Why do you know the Qianyu Family's Phoenix Wings Soaring, and your Phoenix Wings Soaring has one more variation than the Qianyu Family's, even more ingenious."

Although the young man's words were questioning Xiaoyao, they undoubtedly also admitted the fact that he was from the Qianyu Family.

Seeing this, the Fang family people all showed surprised expressions. They hadn't expected Xiaoyao could actually dig out the opponent's identity, and even more unexpectedly, Xiaoyao actually knew other families' ultimate techniques and was even better at them.

"I don't know. What I saw in books was ." Xiaoyao answered.

"What book?" the young man asked.

"I forgot. It seemed to be some notes," Xiaoyao said.

"The notes? I don't have them. I only read them, I don't own them. However, I can tell you where they are, in the Great Tang Empire's First Academy Under Heaven. You can go rob them, but I can tell you the person who wrote these notes wasn't from your Qianyu Family, and only this one move belongs to your Qianyu Family. So you have no right to demand them." Xiaoyao said.

"How could someone not from our Qianyu Family possibly know this move." the young man didn't believe it.

"I'm also not from your Qianyu Family, yet I can know it. After being passed down for so many years, there will always be times when others learn it, it can be in others' records, in battles, or from your own mouths... In this world, there are no secrets that can be kept forever." Xiaoyao said calmly.

Then Xiaoyao said to the young woman, "You can kill him now. If you want to exchange benefits, I advise you to eliminate future troubles instead. Keeping such a person is too dangerous..."

Xiaoyao's words left everyone unable to react. They had thought about killing this young man, but hadn't expected Xiaoyao to suggest it so suddenly. This left people somewhat unable to keep up mentally.

The reason Xiaoyao made this suggestion wasn't just considering the Fang family but also himself. If this young man escaped this time, he would definitely target Xiaoyao. Xiaoyao wasn't comfortable with such a person always watching him from the shadows. Given the chance, he definitely needed to eliminate him.

Looking at Xiaoyao's manner, both the young woman and young man felt he wasn't joking but really meant it. So they had two completely different reactions.