The woman stumbled backward and fell, and the boat canopy actually split apart, so everyone just watched as the woman in red tumbled straight into the water.
Instantly, the boat fell quiet.
Yang Xuan, who had just been chatting and laughing with her, suddenly played with his folding fan and spoke
"Miss Su really has quite the temper."
After all, Su Ye was just a newcomer out for fun, and naturally these people sided with the woman in red who traveled with them.
Especially in their eyes, Su Ye only got the Golden Seeking Grass by chance because she happened to ride the same boat with them.
If not for Su Ye, that Golden Seeking Grass from earlier would probably have been theirs.
What a coincidence—she found all these people on the boat irritating anyway.
She wasn't deaf; of course she'd heard everything just now about how this bunch was mocking her.
Su Ye chuckled, her smile carrying deeper meaning
"Whether my temper is big or not, aren't you all pretty clear on that?"
Weren't they just chirping away together, discussing her?
Xue Liang squinted his eyes as he listened to Su Ye's words
"What do you mean by that, Miss?"
Su Ye lowered her head, smiling faintly
"Stealing medicinal herbs from someone whose cultivation isn't high—you all look so accomplished doing it."
As she spoke, the woman in red, who had fallen to the riverbank, was already climbing back onto the boat in a mess.
Yang Xuan went to the stern to help her.
The woman in red stared at Su Ye with rage and hatred
"You dare hit me?"
Su Ye shook her head, correcting her
"You tried to hit me; I just blocked it."
As soon as she finished, the woman in red grew even angrier
"You!!"
Right after, the red whip lashed towards Su Ye once again.
Su Ye raised her hand, grabbed the whip, and her smile started to fade.
Her movements were extremely slow, twining the whip twice around her hand, then gently tugged—instantly, the woman in red staggered.
Yang Xuan quickly reached out to steady her, his usual playful demeanor vanishing as he began sizing up Su Ye seriously.
This Su Ye, her cultivation was low, at most First Tier.
If she'd gotten the upper hand just now by accident, then how is she now catching a Second Tier Fire Series whip bare-handed, and looking so relaxed?
Could it be she's hiding her cultivation?
Xue Liang, standing to the side, had an appraising look in his eyes—clearly, he'd noticed something was off as well.
With the boat nearing the shore, Su Ye tossed the whip aside, ready to jump onto land.
At that moment, Xue Liang suddenly acted, stopping Su Ye from leaving
His voice was chilly
"Ever since you boarded, your temper's been explosive.
You don't look like you're here to make friends, more like you're looking for trouble.
You really plan to leave without a single explanation?"
Su Ye looked at his face, thinking of the name Xue Liang; she remembered there really was such a character in the books
She murmured quietly
"Xue Liang. Direct bloodline of the Xue Family, one of the Four Great Families in the Imperial City."
Su Ye recalled everything about this man, which made Xue Liang's expression change.
The next second, he struck out at Su Ye.
Su Ye barely dodged, opening her eyes to look at the cold young man in front of her.
She grinned
"Dare to compete without using spirit root, Young Master Xue?"
Whether it was her words that provoked him, Xue Liang withdrew the blue light from his body the next moment, and immediately their fists collided.
Without using spirit roots, Xue Liang's power dropped sharply—fighting with bare fists, he was certainly no match for Su Ye.
Even though Su Ye hadn't been in this body for long.
Yet this body's innate Divine Power and the original muscle memory made her handle the fight with ease.
In less than the time it takes for incense to burn, Su Ye landed a punch on Xue Liang's shoulder.
He was already forced by Su Ye to the edge of the boat, so this punch sent him straight into the water.
He touched his toes to the water for an instant, then his whole body floated on the surface—not a single drop clung to him.