Chapter 206 Senior Sister

Chapter 206 Senior Sister

Chapter 206 Senior Sister

Li Wuxiang turned around and looked at the people behind him: "They said they are from the Ranshan Sect."

Kong Jingci looked at him, his gaze swept over those people, then looked at him again, his eyes slightly widened, a smile appearing on his lips.

Tang Qilang also smiled and looked at the person who spoke: "Ah, my apologies, how is your Ranshan Sect Master? Is he nearby?"

The young man glanced at him and asked, "Do you know our leader?"

Tang Qilang waved his hands quickly: "How could I recognize the leader of Ranshan? I just heard that the former leader of Ranshan has died. It seems that even the Ranshan sect has been disbanded for many years. Is the Ranshan you are talking about the same Ranshan I know?"

"Ranshan is Ranshan, the Ranshan of the Thirty-Six Sects. What's this and that?" The young man frowned. "It's true that the sect leader is dead, but the death of the sect leader does not mean the end of our Ranshan sect. We can just appoint a new sect leader at the Great Tribulation Alliance. What do you do? Why are you talking so much?"

At this time, the man who was talking to the woman turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"

The young man immediately bowed to him and said, "Big Brother, these people are asking all kinds of questions. I don't know where they come from."

The leading man stood up and stared at Li Wuxiang and the others. The man looked to be in his thirties, with a hooked nose, slanted eyes, and thin lips. His facial features looked sinister, but he also had a square face and a square chin. All these combined made his appearance very impressive.

He scanned the area, took two steps towards this side, and his gaze fell on Li Wuxiang: "Daoyou, are you independent cultivators, or fellow disciples of the Thirty-Six Sects?"

His question made Li Wuxiang interested in them.

At first, I thought they were some casual cultivators who were defrauding people under the banner of Ranshan - since the people from Ranshan were scattered, no one would expose them.

But now seeing how confident they are when they speak, they must really think that they are members of the Ranshan Sect. Where do these guys come from?
He just smiled and said: "What if we are independent practitioners?"

"As for the matter of the Thirty-Six Sects, you'd better stay away from them to avoid getting into trouble."

"What if we are disciples of the Thirty-Six Sects?"

The leader looked him over again and raised his head: "If you are disciples of the Thirty-Six Sects, I am Zhou Fang, the head of Pingshan City in Ranshan. What is your name?"

"Li Wuxiang."

Zhou Fang waited for a while, and when he saw that he stopped talking, he frowned slightly and asked, "Which sect are you from?"

Kong Jingci couldn't help laughing behind him, and Li Wuxiang also laughed in his heart. He wasn't laughing at this person who claimed to be a member of Ranshan Sect but didn't recognize the Sect Master, but he was laughing at the fact that Ranshan Sect actually had a "Pingshan City Master" - see, as long as it wasn't Zhao Kui, a waste, who was the Sect Master, anyone could make Ranshan Sect much more impressive than before.

"Don't ask me which sect I'm from, just know that we're also heading to Dajie Mountain. Seeing the situation you're in, I'm curious about what you're doing in the Ranshan Sect - bullying a woman on the street doesn't seem like a reputable sect."

Zhou Fang stared at him for a moment, then suddenly sneered: "You just asked me if you were disciples of the Thirty-Six Sects, right? Well, I'll tell you now, no matter which sect you are from, since you don't dare to announce your affiliation, then you should stay out of our Ranshan's business. Be careful when you get to the Great Tribulation Mountain, or you'll be in big trouble!"

Can people from the Ranshan sect speak so arrogantly? !

Li Wuxiang was more curious about what was going on with these guys. He ignored Zhou Fang and walked a few steps to the side to the woman: "Girl, what's your name?"

Zhou Fang frowned and shouted, "Stay away from her!"

He only shouted but did not take action, and it seemed that he knew that he might not be able to defeat the disciples of the other thirty-six sects. Seeing that Li Wuxiang ignored him, he immediately turned around and said a few words to the young man, who then ran away in a hurry, holding the handle of the knife.

At this time, the woman raised her face and looked at Li Wuxiang. Now the two were only one step away from each other, and Li Wuxiang could see her clearly - when she was dancing with the sword before, only the outline of the lower half of her face was visible under the gray veil, so he thought her appearance was extremely beautiful. But now he found that the lower half of her face was also covered with pink scars like those on her neck and shoulders, which was shocking.

"I..." She looked at Li Wuxiang, then at the people around him, and whispered, "My name is Zhao Yu."

That's right. When Zhao Kui was the leader of the clan, he liked to pick up orphans and take them as his disciples, and all of them took his surname.

"Okay, Miss Zhao, what's going on?"

Zhao Yu glanced at him again, lowered his eyes, tightened his collar, and shook his head: "It's none of your business."

Her reaction was quite strange - Zhou Fang had bullied and pushed her before, and seemed to want her to hand over the second half of the Ranshan Heart Method "Baoxia Chapter", but she just endured it and didn't say anything, which seemed to be very strong-willed. And before that, she danced with swords to make a little money, and refused to buy some food even when she was hungry, which showed that she was strong-willed and tenacious.

But a person with such a character, now that he finds someone helping him, would say "It's none of your business"?
Li Wuxiang squatted down in front of her and tilted his head slightly so that he could look into her eyes: "Do you know someone named Zhao Qi?"

Zhao Yu's eyes brightened slightly, and he opened his mouth as if he wanted to speak, but he didn't.

Li Wuxiang then asked, "Is your master Zhao Kui?"

Zhao Yu stared at him blankly for a while, and his eyes suddenly turned red, almost shedding tears: "Have you seen my master?"

"Yeah, I've seen it."

Zhao Yu asked with red eyes: "Is he dead?"

"Ah."

"I dreamed that he came to me in a dream and asked me to burn paper for him..." Zhao Yu was silent for a moment and sighed softly, "Then, have you also seen Senior Brother Zhao Qi? Is he... dead too?"

"It depends on how you look at it. But he is dead anyway."

Zhao Yu's eyes dimmed and he lowered his head again. But as if he remembered something, he suddenly raised his head and asked in a low voice: "Then when he died, were you... by his side?"

"Yes, yes."

"Then he...did you collect his body?"

Li Wuxiang nodded: "Yes. Not only him, but also Zhao Kui's body was collected by me. Some important things are also kept here by me."

Zhao Yu was stunned for a while, as if trying to figure out what he meant, before he said, "You mean—"

Li Wuxiang stood up and said, "If you want to know, let's talk somewhere else. We are going to--"

He glanced at Tang Qilang. Tang Qilang immediately said, "Let's go to Chenxiang Pavilion. It's not far from here and it's quiet." Li Wuxiang turned to look at Zhao Yu and said, "Let's go to Chenxiang Pavilion. Do you want to come with us?"

Zhao Yu hesitated for a moment, then raised her hand to remove her veil, revealing the scars on half of her face. Li Wuxiang raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Do you think you are after money or sex?"

Zhao Yu blushed and put on her veil awkwardly.

Li Wuxiang stood up and said, "Let's go."

He left as soon as he said so, and several people followed him. Zhao Yu seemed to hesitate for a while whether to put away the things she used to set up her stall, but when she saw Li Wuxiang and his men take a step, the men in green immediately held the handles of their knives and were ready to move, so she quickly dragged her slightly lame leg and limped to catch up, and the men in green behind her also followed from a distance.

After walking a distance, Tang Qilang glanced back and couldn't help asking, "Brother, why don't you tell them that you are the leader of Ranshan Sect?"

"Because I think this person is not right, he is a little too tough. I know exactly what kind of person Ranshan is, but Zhou Fang said before that even if we are from the Thirty-Six Sects, we will be in trouble when we get to the Great Tribulation Mountain." Li Wuxiang looked at the people around him, "He dares to speak nonsense to the people from the Thirty-Six Sects here. Do you think there is someone backing him up?"

When several people heard what he said, their faces changed slightly.

Because they all realized that if what Li Wuxiang said came true, the ones who would support Zhou Fang and the master behind them would probably be the five sects of Juque, Tiangong, Qianji, Qingxiao and Suhua - apart from these five sects, the disciples of other sects would not have the confidence to ignore other sects.

"So why should I compete with them? Why don't we go to Chenxiang Pavilion and wait for a while? Zhou Fang saw that it was the people from the Thirty-Six Sects who took Zhao Yu away, so he must have gone back to get help. We will see which of your five sects it is."

It was not far to the Chenxiang Pavilion. It only took about a quarter of an hour and two turns to see a small storefront hidden among the flowers and trees along the street. It looked like an ordinary house.

But after walking in, I found a different world. After turning a blue brick screen wall, pavilions, towers and a garden full of flowers and trees came into view. There was a subtle fragrance floating in the air, which was sweet but not greasy, and it made people feel extremely comfortable when they smelled it.

Tang Qilang seemed to be familiar with this place and asked someone to prepare a room. Li Wuxiang turned around and saw Zhao Yu following in. Her legs and feet were not very good to begin with, and she seemed to feel even more uncomfortable seeing the elegant appearance here. She wanted to retreat to the door. But the men in green also followed her to the door and stood far away on the other side of the street, so she had no choice but to stand.

Li Wuxiang waved at her and walked to a pavilion next to a rockery. Tang Qilang hurriedly gave instructions to the shop assistants and came over with a few other people. Li Wuxiang looked at them and said, "Everyone, what I want to tell her now is about our Ranshan. Would you better avoid suspicion?"

At this time, Zhao Yuzheng walked into the pavilion and heard the words "We are from Ranshan". She was stunned and stared at Li Wuxiang: "You...you are also from Ranshan?!"

Li Wuxiang did not answer immediately, but waited until the others had walked away before he said, "I guess so. But let's not talk about me, let's talk about you first - what happened just now? Are they asking you for the Ranshan Heart Method?"

Zhao Yu had looked listless before, but now she had regained some spirit. She leaned against the railing in front of Li Wu and slowly sat down with her legs tilted: "Was it Master who accepted you, or Senior Brother Zhao Qi——"

“I guess so.”

Zhao Yu was stunned for a moment, seemingly not understanding what he meant. But the next moment he sighed softly: "Your surname is Li. Since you can show up with the things of your master and senior brother, you must be more capable than me. I, ah... I am really sorry for Ranshan."

To be honest, with Zhao Kui as the leader, Li Wuxiang couldn't think of what the disciples of Ranshan should do to be considered "sorry to Ranshan". He started talking, and after a few words, Zhao Yu began to talk about her own affairs while shedding tears.

Then Li Wuxiang realized that he had heard of her a long time ago.

When he first went up to Ranshan, Xu Daosheng, a member of the True Form Sect, pretended to be a disciple of Ranshan named "Zhao Fang", saying that he was picked up and adopted by a senior sister of Ranshan. Three years ago, that senior sister also went down the mountain and took him to live in a temple in Deyang to help people perform rituals for a living. Later, that senior sister met a wealthy businessman, so she followed him. Li Wushang thought Xu Daosheng had made it up at the time, but only then did he realize that the senior sister actually existed and was Zhao Yu in front of him. [Note 1]

However, this Zhao Yu is actually not an ordinary disciple of Ranshan Sect.

"...Master loved Senior Brother Zhao Qi the most, so many of Ranshan's magical powers were passed on to him." Zhao Yu said while wiping away tears, "People like us don't have good aptitude, so Master didn't bother to pay attention to us. But we all know that if Master hadn't picked us up and brought us back to the mountain gate, we wouldn't be alive today, so we don't have any complaints."

"Brother Zhao Qi is devoted to learning the magic and Taoism from Master. As for me, Master has only taught me some common talisman techniques, some boxing and sword skills. I pass these skills on to my fellow brothers and sisters on a daily basis. They all call me Big Sister, alas."

"When I came down the mountain, I took Zhao Fang with me. I originally wanted to wait until his realm was stable and his temperament became stable, and then I would send him to make a living on his own. But I didn't expect that I would meet Zhou Qinghu... When he passed by Deyang, he asked me to perform a ritual for his newly bought house in the city, and that's how I got to know him."

"Alas, I was bewildered at first. I felt that he was so nice to me for no reason and even said that he wanted to marry me. I didn't know what he liked about me. I thought that there was no hope for me to cultivate in this life, and my youth and lifespan would eventually come to an end. Since this person was so nice to me, I might as well find a home and live a good life as soon as possible—"

"Wait." Li Wuxiang interrupted her, "Don't you know what he likes about you?"

Zhao Yu was stunned: "I... maybe I know now, maybe he likes my appearance? But I didn't know at that time... Senior Brother, my appearance is——"

Li Wuxiang sighed: "You are very beautiful, extremely beautiful. Didn't you know this before?"

Zhao Yu lowered his eyes. "Master used to always scold me for being stupid, saying that I had a stinky body that hindered my cultivation. Zhou Qinghu also said that he just liked my temperament..."

All right, worthy of being taught by the same master. Zhao Qi and Zhao Yu were both twisted by Zhao Kui, and these were still considered the "elder brother" and "elder sister". I think the others might be even worse off... No, they might be a little better - after all, Zhao Kui didn't pay much attention to those people, and since they were looked after by Zhao Yu, they might not have been directly harmed.

So before she continued speaking, Li Wuxiang guessed that her fate might not be good -

The wealthy businessman Zhou Qinghu she mentioned was actually a bandit who used to rob houses. After accumulating some money, he began to want to clean up his mess, so he bought a house in Deyang and planned to do some legitimate business.

Unfortunately, he had made too many enemies in the past. He had heard some rumors when he was in Deyang and knew that something might be wrong. Therefore, when he saw the ignorant Zhao Yu, he became interested. He thought that if he could win the beauty and ask her to protect him, wouldn't that be the best of both worlds?

Things went much more smoothly than he thought. He had thought that Zhao Yu, a beauty who was born in the Thirty-Six Sects, might be arrogant and proud, and he didn't know how much money he would have to spend to win her heart. Unexpectedly, after just a few contacts and some slick words he used to say when playing with women, she fell in love with him. This even made him suspect that Zhao Yu was sent by his enemies to lurk around him.

When Zhou Qinghu realized that Zhao Yu really wanted to marry him, he realized that he was really lucky. He first thought of learning Ranshan's kung fu from Zhao Yu and learning the Huai Lu Bao Xia chapter to protect himself. However, his aptitude was even worse than Zhao Yu's, so it was very difficult for him to learn. Zhao Yu also felt that since Zhou Qinghu was not accepted into the Ranshan sect, it would be difficult to pass on the kung fu easily, so he only taught him the first half of the "Huai Lu" chapter.

However, before Zhou Qinghu had finished learning the first half, his enemies arrived. Knowing that there were many disciples of the Ranshan School around him, his enemies spent a lot of money to hire six wandering cultivators at the Qi Refining level.

Zhao Yu was no match for them, but in order to protect Zhou Qinghu from escaping, she left her silk armor to him for self-defense. She was first poisoned by fire, leaving her body covered with pus and scars, and her heart meridian was broken, which destroyed all her cultivation and one leg. By the time she managed to escape and tried every means to find Zhou Qinghu, half a year had passed - she discovered that Zhou Qinghu, who had originally said that he wanted to marry her, had found a new love.

"...Actually, he was pretty good to me back then. He thought I was dead, so he found someone else. When he saw I was still alive, he immediately took me in and hired someone to treat my injuries and illnesses, so I can be considered to have been saved by him." Zhao Yu sighed, "It was only later that he changed. To be honest, it wasn't all his fault. It was his wife. His wife was--"

Li Wuxiang felt very uncomfortable, but considering that Zhao Yu was also a severely mentally disabled person, he had to endure it: "Okay, don't mention Zhou Qinghu. So you recovered from your injuries at his house, he married a new wife, and then you took care of his family, and then what happened?"

"Then... after a year, I slowly realized that Zhou Qinghu wasn't really good to me, so I left. I first went back to Deyang to look for Zhao Fang, but I found out that Zhao Fang was dead. I didn't know where to go, so I slowly walked north, not knowing what to do. Until a few days ago, I heard that there was going to be a meeting on Dajie Mountain, and I thought that if my eldest brother was still alive, he might come to Dajie Mountain... I didn't know what to say when I saw him, but I really didn't know who to look for in this world..."

"Then I met Zhou Qinghu and his group again... They also claimed to be disciples of Ranshan, and said they were also here for the Great Tribulation Alliance. They kept pestering me, asking me for the Heart Method of Baoxia Chapter, but I knew who Zhou Qinghu was, so I ignored them, and they didn't come to see me for the past few days. But these two days, they suddenly kept coming to me again..." Zhao Yu sighed, "Zhou Qinghu said that he was going to be the leader of Ranshan, and wanted me to go back and be his elder."

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Note 1: See Chapter for details.

(End of this chapter)