After descending the mountain, the aloof female CEO became attached to me.

Just as the two were about to clash, Tang Yurou came out carrying a sandalwood sword box.

What are you two doing?

Tang Yurou looked puzzled as she watched the two who seemed about to fight.

"Oh! It's nothing." Lu Xiaoman snapped out of her daze and shook her head vigorously.

She didn't sense any martial arts aura from Chu Tian, ​​so she was certain that Chu Tian was just an ordinary person.

As for why Chu Tian knew about her cultivation level, it was probably Tang Yurou who told her.

"It's okay."

Tang Yurou breathed a sigh of relief. She was really afraid that Chu Tian's words and actions would anger Lu Xiaoman.

"I've brought the sword. Is this the one?"

Tang Yurou handed the sword box to Lu Xiaoman, on which was written the name "Qin Shaocheng".

"This is the one."

Lu Xiaoman patted the sword box and instructed, "Qin Shaocheng is just like me, a sword-practicing fanatic."

"However, his swordsmanship is mediocre, far inferior to mine."

"So just watch me do it in a bit, I guarantee I'll help you secure this deal."

Tang Yurou smiled, touched, and said, "Xiaoman, you're so good to me."

Lu Xiaoman patted Tang Yurou on the shoulder, "Why are you being so polite with me? You're my own sister."

Just as the two were having a pleasant conversation, a young man with a buzz cut dressed in black martial arts attire walked in.

Behind him followed more than a dozen imposing bodyguards, making quite a spectacle.

"Young Master Qin, this is my best friend whom I mentioned to you before, Tang Yurou."

Lu Xiaoman introduced Qin Shaocheng, who was walking over.

Qin Shaocheng glanced at Tang Yurou, his expression arrogant, "So you're the one who wants to talk to me about cooperation?"

"Yes, Young Master Qin."

Tang Yurou nodded and said frankly, "Our Tang family's main business is cosmetics, and we used to be a leading company in the industry in Guicheng."

"Although we have declined now, I believe we can still create considerable value with our beauty cream formula."

"So we hope that Young Master Qin can give us a chance to invest in our Tang family, and then our Tang family will be responsible for the technology manufacturing, while the Qin family will be responsible for the sales."

"We are willing to split the profits we make with the Qin family 50/50."

A 50/50 split is an enormous concession.

After all, the Qin family was only responsible for providing sales channels.

However, Qin Shaocheng looked disdainful and said, "To put it nicely, you're doing your best to sell; to put it bluntly, you're just a lowly employee. In the end, isn't the initiative still in the hands of your Tang family?"

Tang Yurou frowned. "So, according to Young Master Qin, how does he intend to cooperate?"

Qin Shaocheng put his hands behind his back and let out a cold snort. "It's still the same condition I told Tang Zhenchuan: if you want to cooperate, you have to exchange it for the beauty cream formula. Otherwise, there's no point in talking."

Seeing Qin Shaocheng's resolute attitude, Tang Yurou hesitated.

The formula for the beauty cream must never be given away.

Judging from Qin Shaocheng's attitude, he was determined to get the formula.

and so……

"Young Master Qin, don't you like to challenge people to sword duels?"

"How about this? I'll challenge you to a sword duel. If I win, you'll agree to cooperate with the Tang family, okay?"

Just then, Lu Xiaoman suddenly stepped forward, smiling at Qin Shaocheng.

Qin Shaocheng scoffed, "Lu Xiaoman, don't think I don't know you've recently mastered the Nineteen Forms of the Killing Sword. With your current strength, only a master of internal energy can rival you. I'm not stupid enough to seek my own death."

Lu Xiaoman was startled. "As expected of Young Master Qin, his information network is indeed very efficient."

Qin Shao Cheng said arrogantly, "However, your suggestion is not bad, but I will have to choose the person..."

Lu Xiaoman readily agreed, "Alright, I also have some students in my martial arts school who know swordsmanship. Young Master Qin can choose any of them."

Most of her students came from martial arts families and, after her careful instruction, their swordsmanship was generally quite good.

Qin Shaocheng was only at the mid-stage of external strength, and he thought his swordsmanship was superb, but in reality it was just average.

Therefore, she was confident that she could defeat any student she randomly picked.

"Who said I was going to pick your students?"

However, Qin Shaocheng smiled knowingly, his gaze sweeping across the crowd before finally settling on Tang Yurou.

“Since she’s representing the Tang family to discuss cooperation with me, she should show some ability.”

"I am an avid swordsman, so as long as you can surpass me in swordsmanship, this cooperation will be considered complete."

Tang Yurou was stunned for a moment.

He had never even held a sword before.

How to compare?

"What kind of skill is it to bully a woman? I'll compete with you."

Just then, Chu Tian stepped forward.

"Boy, who are you?" Qin Shaocheng's tone turned serious.

"Tang Yurou's husband, Chu Tian."

Upon hearing Chu Tian announce his name, Qin Shaocheng's bodyguards were taken aback for a moment, then burst into laughter.

"You're Chu Tian, ​​the live-in son-in-law of the Chu family?"

"A country bumpkin from the mountains, do you know how to use a sword?"

"If my young master stabs you to death with his sword, there'll be no one to collect your body!"

Tang Yurou was furious. "Chu Tian, ​​what nonsense are you spouting? Shut up right now."

Chu Tian smiled slightly, "I'm not joking. When we first met, I told you that I am the number one swordsman in the world, and now it's time to show you the strength of the number one swordsman in the world."

Tang Yurou's expression froze as she recalled that after their passionate first night, Chu Tian had indeed said that he was the number one "sword" in the world.

At the time, I just thought Chu Tian was making a dirty joke.

Could it be that he really knows how to use a sword?

"Alright, since you want to play the hero, then it's your turn."

"However, I don't know how to hold back, so I advise you to prepare for your funeral first."

Qin Shaocheng glanced at Chu Tian with a mocking expression, then took out the sword from the sword box and walked towards the arena.

He was also a martial artist, at the mid-stage of external strength, and thus he could tell that Chu Tian did not possess the aura of a martial artist.

An ordinary person, no matter how skilled in swordsmanship, will only be toyed with if they lack the power of a martial artist.

Chu Tian followed, but after a few steps he suddenly remembered something and came to Lu Xiaoman's side.

"May I borrow your sword?"

Lu Xiaoman looked annoyed.

She hadn't expected Chu Tian to intervene and ruin her carefully laid plan.

If they actually knew how to use a sword, that would be one thing.

But he's not even a martial artist, so how good can his swordsmanship be?

However, since things have come to this point, we can only go along with Chu Tian's antics for now.

However, just as she was about to hand the sword to Chu Tian, ​​Chu Tian suddenly walked toward the wooden dummy that Lu Xiaoman had just cut down.

"You're even hesitant to borrow a broken sword, so I won't use it."

Lu Xiaoman was so angry that she almost ground her teeth to powder, wishing she could go up and chop Chu Tian in half with a sword.

My sword was forged by the most outstanding swordsmith in China, costing over a million dollars.

You actually called it a broken sword?

Alright, I'd like to see what kind of fine sword you can produce.

However, what happened next left Lu Xiaoman completely dumbfounded.

Chu Tian picked up the thin stick from the broken wooden dummy, tossed it lightly a couple of times, and then walked toward the arena.

"My way of the sword is not bound by material things."

"Grass, trees, bamboo, and rocks can all be used to make swords."