Ask Wudang Chapter 237

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At that time, it was mealtime.

The hall was bustling with people coming and going, shouting loudly, exceptionally lively.

As soon as Xiyu entered the hall, her jade-like face instantly became solemn, her whole being tense, maintaining a high level of vigilance.

Ye Qingfeng gently touched her arm and whispered, “Don’t be so nervous, we’re here to eat.”

Xiyu’s expression changed repeatedly, and it took her a while to release the tension she was holding.

“That’s right, relax a little, be more natural.”

Ye Qingfeng praised her, pulled her to sit down in the bustling hall, and then whispered, “As long as you are calm and don’t show yourself as a jianghu person, you naturally won’t attract attention.”

Seeing Xiyu remain silent, Ye Qingfeng ignored her and directly called the waiter, ordering a few small dishes.

Before long, the food was served, and the two ate and chatted.

Xiyu asked, “What’s your name?”

Ye Qingfeng then remembered that after knowing each other for so long, he hadn’t given her his name. He immediately said, “My surname is Ye, and my name is Qingfeng.” Then he asked in return, “What about you? Is Xiyu your codename, or is that your real name?”

The hall was incredibly noisy, and his voice wasn’t loud, so he wasn’t worried about anyone hearing him.

Xiyu pondered, “This is the name Wheel King gave me.”

“Misty Xiyu 03, rain falls and beautifies the city. Hmm, it’s a good name.”

Ye Qingfeng chuckled, “I didn’t expect that old eunuch Wheel King’s character isn’t great, but his naming skills are pretty good.”

“What?”

Upon hearing this, Xiyu’s face instantly changed dramatically, and she exclaimed.

Seeing many people look over, Ye Qingfeng had no choice but to start eating.

Xiyu also knew she had misspoken and quickly picked up her teacup, calmly took a sip of tea, pretending nothing had happened. After everyone moved their gaze away, she whispered, “You just said that Wheel King is an eunuch?”

“That’s right.”

Ye Qingfeng nodded while eating.

Xiyu suppressed the shock in her heart. How could this be? Black Stone’s Wheel King, how could he be an eunuch?

“How do you know?”

Xiyu looked at Ye Qingfeng in disbelief. Putting aside whether this was true or false, she had been by Wheel King’s side for so many years and had never discovered it. How could an outsider like Ye Qingfeng know such a big secret?

“You don’t need to know how I know, you just need to know that what I’m saying is the truth.”

Ye Qingfeng said indifferently, “Otherwise, why do you think Wheel King wants the Bodhi Dharma’s remains? If it’s for martial arts, he’s already one of the top experts, there’s no need to add icing to the cake. If it’s for power, Black Stone is known as the dark cornerstone of the court, saying they wield absolute power is not an exaggeration. What use would he have for Bodhi Dharma’s remains if it wasn’t to mend a disability?”

Hearing this again, the expression on Xiyu’s face became extremely complex. She basically believed Ye Qingfeng’s words now.

She never expected that the esteemed Black Stone Wheel King was a eunuch.

If this news got out, the entire Black Stone might become a laughingstock in the jianghu.

Under Xiyu’s dazed gaze, Ye Qing stood up and said, “Let’s go.”

Xiyu asked with a cold face, “Where to?”

Ye Qingfeng said, “To find an old woman named Cai.”

Xiyu said, “The sword and the remains are still upstairs.”

Ye Qingfeng said, “Let’s not worry about them for now, we’ll get them later.”

When paying the bill, Ye Qingfeng casually inquired with the shopkeeper and smoothly obtained information about Granny Cai.

Following the shopkeeper’s directions, Ye Qingfeng and Xiyu left the inn and quickly found Granny Cai’s small stall.

Immediately, Ye Qingfeng stepped forward and asked, “Are you Granny Cai?”

This Granny Cai not only ran a small stall but also worked part-time as a housing agent. She was about fifty or sixty years old. Seeing that Ye Qingfeng and Xiyu’s clothes didn’t look like ordinary people, she cautiously smiled apologetically, “That’s me, Young Master. What can I do for an old woman like me?”

Ye Qingfeng said directly, “Do you have any houses for rent here?”

Upon hearing that there was business, Granny Cai quickly nodded, “Yes, yes, yes, I’ll take you to see them right now.”

Before long, she led the two to a relatively secluded independent small courtyard.

Taking out the key, she opened the courtyard gate and led the two into the courtyard. Granny Cai introduced, “This place is far from the street, so it’s been difficult to rent out. If Young Master and Madam want peace and quiet, this place couldn’t be more suitable.”

Xiyu had been silent all along, but upon suddenly hearing the words “Madam,” she immediately snapped coldly, “What did you say?”

Granny Cai was just an ordinary person. How could she withstand Xiyu’s aura? Provoked by her killing intent, she instantly felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar, her face turning pale.

“Why are you so fierce?”

Ye Qingfeng glared at Xiyu, quickly pushed her into the house, telling her to check out the environment inside, and then said to Granny Cai, “I’m sorry, this old woman has a bad temper. I just had a fight with her before we came, so she’s in a bad mood right now.”

“Your madam is too fierce, she almost scared this old woman to death.”

Granny Cai breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this and patted her chest a few times.

“Don’t worry, I’ll definitely discipline her well in the future.”

Ye Qingfeng smiled apologetically for a few moments, then generously paid a year’s rent before sending Granny Cai away.

“You actually dared to call me an old woman?”

As soon as Ye Qingfeng entered the house, he saw Xiyu staring at him with a face full of frost.

“Just words for dealing with idle people, why bother?”

Ye Qingfeng replied nonchalantly, then glanced around the room, nodded in satisfaction, and said, “We’ll be staying here temporarily from now on. Later, you can go out and buy some items you like.”

“Who wants to live with you?”

Xiyu said coldly, “Don’t think that just because I’m temporarily following you, I’m really your subordinate. I’ll definitely kill you given the chance.”

Ye Qingfeng smiled slightly and said, “You won’t.”

597 Xiyu sneered, “Do you think I can’t kill you? There are many ways to kill, not necessarily with martial arts. No matter how powerful you are, as long as you’re still a person, you’ll have weaknesses.”

“I said you won’t, not that you can’t.”

Ye Qingfeng said indifferently, “Since the assassin Xiyu has put down her sword, why pick it up again? Leaving the jianghu and living a normal life, isn’t that what you’ve always dreamed of?”

Upon hearing this, Xiyu fell silent. Leaving the jianghu and no longer living a life of daily slaughter was naturally what she desired. But just yesterday, she was still killing to avoid being hunted, and after one night, Ye Qingfeng told her to put down her sword and live a normal life. Is it really that easy to leave the jianghu?

In the original work, Lu Zhu sacrificed himself to enlighten Xiyu, so that she would abandon killing and leave the path of assassination. And the reason Ye Qingfeng kept Xiyu by his side and went to such great lengths to arrange everything was to completely subdue Xiyu. Don’t think that all of this is ordinary; the more ordinary it is, the more it moisturizes silently, which is the Taoist principle of natural inaction.

In fact, Ye Qingfeng never thought of letting Xiyu leave the jianghu. In his opinion, once one steps onto the jianghu path, how can one leave so easily? Since one is already in the jianghu, why retreat? The talk of retreat is merely an excuse for the weak to find for themselves, to escape reality. Leaving the jianghu is only suitable for those who have lost their ambition and are tired of jianghu conflicts.

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