"Why?"
Even though Guhan had a vague feeling that something was wrong with Rena Takasaka, he was certain that he had been tricked when his fingers were cut off. Guhan had always prided himself on his intelligence, but he never expected that he would be tricked.
"I just want to borrow something from you," Rena Takasaka replied seriously.
"What is it?
Do you want to borrow my head? "
Hearing Rena Takasaka's words, Guhan was suddenly reminded of a common plot in many novels. Whenever an assassin rose from the ground, they would always say, "I want to borrow your head."
"No, I don't want your head, nor do I want your life." Rena Takasaka shook her head, denying Guhan's guess.
"That's interesting. Since you don't want my life, could it be that you want my body?"
Without waiting for Rena Takasaka's reply, Guhan smiled bitterly and answered himself. "You don't look like someone who wants me, or else you wouldn't have cut off four of my fingers."
"How pitiful. I just crawled out of the coffin after my broken meridians and bones were healed, but in the blink of an eye, I lost another four fingers."
Guhan took out a bottle of hemostasis powder from his dimensional pocket and sprinkled it on the wound on his finger. In just a moment, the wound healed.
"Takasaki-san, I'm someone who has died once, and I know how precious life is. Tell me, what do you want? As long as I have it, you can take it. I won't resist."
Gu Han laughed bitterly. At this moment, the meridians in his body were blocked and one of his hands was crippled. Since Qing Qiu was not by his side, Gu Han could be said to be in his weakest state. He had no strength to resist at all.
"I want your sword mark."
After hesitating for a moment, Rena Takasaka decided to tell Guhan what she wanted. "I want to cut off your sword mark and take this Qingpin sword."
"Your target is the Qingpin Sword!"
Gu Han's pupils shrunk as all the hairs on his body stood on end. A wave of anger erupted from Gu Han's body. "I, Gu Han, have everything on me, it's fine if you want to take it. The only thing that matters is my poverty. If you want to take it away, you will have to take my life as well."
"I said, I don't want your life."
She stared into Guhan's eyes with a hint of sincerity. "Guhan, you're a good person. I don't want your life.
Moreover, that person did not instruct me to take your life. "
"Were you sent by someone?"
Guhan let out a long sigh. He could feel the immense power coming from Rena Takasaka. Even if Guhan was at his peak, he wouldn't be able to deal with her, let alone now that he had lost 99% of his strength. The helplessness he felt when facing Rena Takasaka was similar to the helplessness he felt when facing Medusa.
"If you're not in a hurry to kill me, why don't we have a chat?" Guhan seemed to have calmed down as he pleaded with Rena Takasaka.
"Alright, let's chat for a while, even though we don't have anything to talk about."
Rena Takasaka nodded and added, "If you're trying to buy time to contact Liunian Ling to save you, please give up on that idea. I've already blocked all communications in the vicinity. You won't be able to contact anyone with your gadget."
"…" Guhan smiled awkwardly. "I didn't expect you to notice that. Fine, let's have a sincere chat."
"Okay." Reina Takasaka nodded again without saying anything else.
"First, I want to confirm something. You're not a swordsman, or rather, you're not even human. You're a Yuan Kou, am I right?" Guhan revealed a huge piece of news the moment he opened his mouth.
Hearing Guhan's words, Rena Takasaka's slightly surprised expression betrayed her. "You're right. I'm a Yuan Kou."
"Hehe, actually, I should've thought of this when Qingpin was in your hands and couldn't return to her sword.
When the Sword Lady's main body comes into contact with a Yuanhou, she won't be able to return to her sword … I can't believe I forgot about this. "Gu Han smiled bitterly, explaining how he managed to guess that Reina Takasaka was a Yuanhou.
"You're smart, smarter than most people I've met." Rena Takasaka's tone was as sincere as ever.
"Then let me ask you a few more questions. How did you get into the base city?
Do you have the ability to paralyze the entire Yuan Kou identification system in Yuzhang City? "
That was the strangest question Guhan had. Guhan had seen Rena Takasaka on the first day of school. She was the girl who cried that she wanted to reconcile with Kumiko Huangmae.
Yuzhang City had the strictest Yuan Kou detection system. Unless it was a flood-level or desolate-level Yuan Kou, there was no way any other Yuan Kou could hide from the Yuan Kou detection system in Yuzhang City, not to mention Yuzhang University, the place where swordsmen were trained.
That was why Guhan had never suspected that Rena Takasaka was a Yuan Kou.
"I'm a Yuan Kou. Yuan Kou can't enter Yuzhang City." Rena Takasaka shook her head. "I got on the bus after you left the city."
"I remember now. That Wild Boar Spirit. You were the one who arranged that!"
Gu Han recalled the battle that had caused them to suddenly stop, as well as the wild boar spirit that had caused everyone to panic.
Perhaps it was then that the swordsman, Rena Takasaka, was swapped with this Yuan Kou Rena Takasaka.
"What a deep trap … For the sake of my poverty, you actually went to this extent." Only then did Gu Han realize that from the moment he left the city, he had been tricked by an invisible hand.
Putting everything else aside, the four swordsmen who attacked the Wild Boar Spirit were probably in cahoots with Rena Takasaka … No, Guhan was no longer sure if the woman in front of him was called Rena Takasaka.
"I'm curious. Are you really Rena Takasaka?" Guhan asked with a bitter smile.
"I'm not."
Rena Takasaka hesitated for a long time before answering. Guhan could tell that this was an answer that had been carefully thought out. At the same time, it was an answer that hid many secrets.
"Then, what happened to the real Rena Takasaka?
And who are you? "Guhan asked one question after another.
"The real Rena Takasaka is in a safe place. Once this mission is over, she will return to her normal life.
It doesn't matter what my name is. Just call me Rena Takasaka … I'm used to it for now. "
"Alright, Rena Takasaka. My last question."
Guhan stood up and took out a sword from his dimensional pocket. Don't be mistaken. Guhan had not synchronized with his sword yet. It was just an ordinary iron sword, something that Guhan used to practice swordsmanship when he was young. Guhan never imagined that it would be his last weapon.
"Miss Rena Takasaka, is the person behind you a human?" Guhan asked in a loud voice as he pointed the sword at Rena Takasaka.
"…" Rena Takasaka did not reply. As the saying went, silence was acquiescence. It seemed that the power behind Rena Takasaka really did come from within the human race.
It was not hard to guess. The power behind Rena Takasaka wanted Qing Pin. The reason they were interested in Qing Pin was probably because of Qing Pin's mystical power and special ability. Otherwise, no power would target an ancient sword like Rena Takasaka.
Qing Pin's mystical power must have been leaked a long time ago, at least before Guhan left the city.
If Rena Takasaka was backed by Yuan Kou, then where did Yuan Kou find out about Qing Pin's mystical power?
Guhan had never brought Qing Pin out of the city before.
Only humans would discover Qing Pin's mystical power through small clues.
Only humans would want to snatch Qing Pin away. If it was really Yuan Kou, they would just destroy him. There was no need to waste so much effort to snatch her away.
"Let's end our chat here. I'm going to cut off your sword mark."
Takasaka Rena sighed, and Gu Han's heart skipped a beat. He immediately turned around and ran, trying to escape from the forest … but it was futile. A powerful wind pressure gushed out from Takasaka Rena's body.
The wind instantly pressed Guhan to the ground. Without the sword qi and Rena Takasaka, Guhan was only slightly stronger than an ordinary person.
He was unable to resist the wind pressure at all. He was firmly pressed to the ground, unable to even move his few remaining fingers.
Rena Takasaka slowly walked up to Guhan and squatted down beside Guhan. She slowly took out an emerald dagger from her dimensional pocket. When he saw the dagger, fear appeared in Guhan's eyes … along with curiosity and confusion.
"Green Silk Severing! You're using Green Silk Severing!"
There were two ways to cut off Guhan and Qing Pin. The first was to kill Guhan. Once the wielder was dead, the Sword Maiden would lose control and return to her slumber.
The second was to forcefully destroy the sword mark left by the wielder and the Sword Maiden.
The main method was to have a wielder of Famed Swords or above control the sword qi to enter Guhan's Mind Palace and destroy the sword mark.
The drawback of doing this was mentioned a long time ago. This would cause the sword-wielder to forever lose a Sword Maiden. This was an irreparable damage.
Only Green Silk Severing could perfectly cut off the sword mark and allow the wielder to choose a new Sword Maiden.
This was equivalent to changing Guhan to a new Sword Maiden. It was much better than losing a Sword Maiden forever.
The value of Green Silk Severing could no longer be measured in RMB. Guhan could not understand what kind of organization would use Green Silk Severing to cut off his own sword mark. In a sense, this organization treated Guhan as if he was their own son. In fact, they even treated him better than their own son. Even a great Confucian family would not bear to give a treasure like Green Silk Severing to their direct descendant.
… Wait a minute, this is not the main point, what is Gu Han thinking?
No matter how precious Green Silk Severing was, could it be more precious than his precious Qing Pin?
The fear in Guhan's eyes grew bigger and bigger as the Green Silk Severing approached him.
"No … No … I beg you … Rena … No, I can't live without Qing Pin … I beg you … I can't live without Qing Pin …" This was probably the first time in Guhan's life that he was begging someone.
"Take my life … Take my life … Take my life and Qing Pin … This is my last wish."
Guhan was in complete despair. How could he have imagined that he would be in such a hopeless situation twice in a day?
"I'm sorry!"
Rena Takasaka sighed as she looked at the pleading Guhan. Then, the wind pressure turned into two wind thorns and pierced into Guhan's acupoints. Guhan's eyes widened and he fainted.
"Now you can rest assured and cut off your sword mark … I'm sorry, Guhan." With that, Rena Takasaka sent Green Silk Severing into Guhan's Mind Palace.