Chapter 149: A Beauty Arrives at Your Door.

Ye Xiu was feeling a bit down about missing out on Rama's body, and when he returned, he saw Jiang Yuyan waiting outside.

Jiang Yuyan was waiting outside Ye Xiu's residence, carrying a small bag, likely containing her clothes and other belongings. It looked as if she was truly destined to serve Ye Xiu as a slave.

Indeed, this was indeed the case. After parting with Ye Xiu, Jiang Yuyan went straight home and, after speaking with her sister, Jiang Yufeng, returned with a change of clothes.

Jiang Yufeng was a bit confused and bewildered. Especially since Jiang Yuyan was her only family, she wanted to find out what was going on.

But Jiang Yuyan, though seemingly not yet a dark figure, was still incredibly stubborn. Once she made a decision, she wouldn't look back.

Jiang Yuyan briefly explained to Jiang Yufeng, and when Jiang Yufeng tried to stop her, Jiang Yuyan's expression changed, which made Jiang Yufeng a little scared.

After warning Jiang Yufeng seriously again, Jiang Yuyan ran directly to Ye Xiu.

Jiang Yufeng thought about Jiang Yuyan's expression at that time, which made her feel terrified, and she didn't dare to stop Jiang Yuyan at all.

So, when Ye Xiu came back, he saw Jiang Yuyan carrying a small bag outside the place where he lived.

"Master! You are back." Jiang Yuyan's face was full of joy after seeing Ye Xiu.

"Um, Miss Jiang, what's wrong with you--" Ye Xiu looked at Jiang Yuyan carrying a small bag and couldn't help asking.

"Yuyan told the master that Yuyan would repay the master by being a slave." Jiang Yuyan explained seriously.

"That's not necessary, you - I don't think you need to be a slave, you don't need to go to this extent."

"No." Jiang Yuyan shook her head stubbornly: "Young Master saved Yuyan's life. For that, Yuyan originally wanted to repay him with her body, but Yuyan knew that her appearance was not pleasing to the young master, so she wanted to repay him by being a slave. Of course, if the young master thinks Yuyan is still pretty, Yuyan can do it, can -" Jiang Yuyan said, lowering her head, her cheeks slightly flushed, and her face full of shyness.

To be honest, even Ye Xiu would feel a little itchy when such a beautiful girl said such words to him, especially a woman like Jiang Yuyan, whose ambition would expand to become the queen after she turned evil.

But despite the itchy feeling in his heart, Ye Xiu's mind was still clear.

"Miss Jiang—"

"Sir, you can just call me Yuyan."

"...Okay, Yuyan, you want to be my—I don't think it's appropriate—"

"No, sir, Yuyan's life is actually very difficult now. I don't have any family, let alone relatives or friends. The reason why Yuyan wants to repay you as a slave is, on the one hand, to repay you for saving my life, and on the other hand, I also want to find a way to make a living. So please, sir, you must accept me." Jiang Yuyan said this, and knelt down, ready to kowtow to Ye Xiu.

Seeing this, Ye Xiu hurriedly supported Jiang Yuyan: "Well, well, in that case, then you can stay with me for the time being. As for being a slave, that's not necessary."

Ye Xiu believed what Jiang Yuyan said.

After all, according to the original plot, Jiang Yuyan was Jiang Biehe's illegitimate daughter, but she lived in a brothel with her mother since she was a child. Later, when her mother died, she was almost forced to sell herself.

Originally, Jiang Yuyan was rescued by Hua Wuque, and then returned to the Jiang family. After experiencing repeated bullying and humiliation, she eventually turned evil.

In this world today, Jiang Yuyan's identity should not have changed, but Jiang Biehe had long been killed by Yao Yue, and the Jiang family might have even disappeared. So it was normal for Jiang Yuyan to say that she was alone and had no means of making a living.

So, Ye Xiu decided to take Jiang Yuyan in for the time being.

...

"Brother Xiu, you're back—huh? Who is she?"

Huang Rong greeted Ye Xiu with a smile when she saw him coming back, but when she saw Jiang Yuyan following behind Ye Xiu, she couldn't help but frown and asked.

Not only Huang Rong, but Dongfang Bubai and Yao Yue also set their sights on Jiang Yuyan.

However, when Dongfang Bubai and Yao Yue saw Jiang Yuyan, a glint of realization flashed in their eyes.

In fact, when Ye Xiu wrote in his diary about his encounter with Jiang Yuyan in Nanjing, Dongfang Bubai and Yaoyue had already dispatched their forces to investigate Jiang Yuyan. They were familiar with her appearance and recognized her instantly.

While Huang Rong had no one to assist her in the investigation, she was incredibly intelligent. From the moment Jiang Yuyan appeared, several names flashed through her mind, one of which was Jiang Yuyan.

Clearly, Huang Rong, Dongfang Bubai, and Yaoyue had already determined that any beautiful woman around Ye Xiu was most likely the woman he had mentioned in his diary, and most likely, like them, the owner of the diary.

To be honest, Dongfang Bubai, Yaoyue, and even Huang Rong were somewhat helpless against the other women who spied on Ye Xiu, unsure how to handle them.

There were some women whom Ye Xiu had never met, only mentioned in the diary. This category was a bit easier to deal with for now; he could find ways to keep them away from Ye Xiu.

However, anyone who knew about the diary's magical properties would almost certainly approach Ye Xiu.

If these women were dealt with without Ye Xiu's knowledge, perhaps too many would be prevented from approaching him.

However, they couldn't be sure whether taking action against them would affect them or the diary.

Even if there wasn't a temporary impact, what if Ye Xiu found out? Would his favorability towards them decrease? Would he dislike them?

This was a crucial consideration for them.

Therefore, they found this situation difficult to handle.

Of course, there was also the fact that there were simply too many women mentioned in Ye Xiu's diary. Dealing with them all one by one would be too cumbersome.

If anyone else were to bring this matter to Ye Xiu's attention, the person who did it would definitely face bad consequences.

"This is Miss Jiang Yuyan. I happened to help Miss Jiang when I was at Datong Bank. Miss Jiang doesn't have a place to stay right now, so she's staying here for the time being," Ye Xiu explained vaguely.

"No, it's more than just a helping hand. In fact, you saved Yuyan's life, so Yuyan wants to repay you for saving her life by becoming your slave," Jiang Yuyan explained quickly.

Hearing Jiang Yuyan's words, Huang Rong and the others couldn't help but glance at Ye Xiu.

"Well, no matter what, Sister Jiang is going to stay here for the time being, right? Come on, Sister Jiang, I'll arrange a place for you." Huang Rong smiled and walked over to Jiang Yuyan, holding her hand. Pulling Jiang Yuyan along, she was about to go and arrange a place for her.

Jiang Yuyan turned around and looked at Ye Xiu.

"Go ahead, let Rong'er help you arrange it." Ye Xiu nodded.

"Thank you, sir, and thank you, Miss Rong'er. But I'm not worthy of being called sister by Miss Rong'er." Jiang Yuyan looked delicate and submissive, obeying Ye Xiu's every command.

Huang Rong couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at Jiang Yuyan's expression. Although there was no other term for "green tea" in this world, Huang Rong's evaluation of Jiang Yuyan was somewhat similar to that term.

After Jiang Yuyan was dragged away by Huang Rong, Dongfang Bubai looked at Ye Xiu and couldn't help but sneer. "A hero saving a beauty? Really nice! He just went out for a while, and he's already a hero saving a beauty, bringing back a beautiful woman. And she wants to be your slave? What? Didn't she say she'd repay you with her body for saving her life? Does she look down on you or something? Just want to be your slave?"

"Uh, well, it really was just a coincidence. The Hua family's Datong Bank was robbed, and I happened to run into it and went to take care of it. Jiang Yuyan was there at the time. It really was a coincidence," Ye Xiu explained somewhat helplessly.

"Hehehe." Dongfang Bubai sneered. As for Ye Xiu's words, she really believed them.

After all, Ye Xiu usually didn't lie about things like this.

However, even if Ye Xiu didn't lie, it wasn't certain that Jiang Yuyan hadn't played a role.

After all, Dongfang Bubai knew how many women out there were coveting Ye Xiu. So if there was a woman setting up a scheme outside to get close to Ye Xiu in this way, it would be perfectly normal.

Meanwhile, after Huang Rong brought Jiang Yuyan to a room, she couldn't help but look her up and down. Huang Rong was very perceptive that Jiang Yuyan's behavior was a bit fake.

"Sister Jiang, what do you think of this room?" Huang Rong asked with a smile after bringing Jiang Yuyan to the room.

"It's very good, this room is very good, but isn't it a bit too much for me to live in this room? After all, I came here just to be your servant, and it doesn't seem right for a servant to live in a house like this." Jiang Yuyan shook her head, as if she were really just here to be a maid.

"Sister Jiang, do you really think of yourself as a servant?" Huang Rong looked at Jiang Yuyan with her big eyes, not blinking.

Jiang Yuyan was stunned when she heard Huang Rong's words, and looked at Huang Rong with a bit of surprise.

"Sister Jiang, I'm afraid the reason you're trying so hard to get close to Brother Xiu is because of the diary, right?" Huang Rong said to Jiang Yuyan with a smile. When she finally said the word "diary," she knew Jiang Yuyan was indeed one of the diary's owners.

"What are you talking about? I don't understand?" Jiang Yuyan felt a little flustered, but she pretended to be ignorant.

"Sister Jiang, you probably don't know that although the diary can't be mentioned to others, it can still be revealed to its owners." Huang Rong said with a smile, and with a flick of her finger, a black diary appeared in her hand.

Jiang Yuyan was startled when she saw the diary in Huang Rong's hand, and she instinctively grabbed the bag where her diary was hidden.

When Jiang Yuyan grabbed the bag, although she didn't open it, she felt the diary, and her heart was slightly relieved.

"This is my diary. Yours should still be in your bag," Huang Rong continued.

"You—" Jiang Yuyan was a little unsure what to say.

It's fair to say Jiang Yuyan hadn't anticipated that she wasn't the only one who possessed the diary.

She had always assumed there was only one diary, and it was in her hands. Consequently, she had always believed herself to be the most special one.

Because the entries in the diary were written by Ye Xiu, she assumed she was the only person in the world worthy of him.

Little did she know, he wasn't the only one who possessed the diary.

This situation left Jiang Yuyan bewildered and even somewhat bewildered.

However, she quickly regained consciousness, and the timid expression on her face faded. She looked at Huang Rong with a serious expression, "You—"

"Let me explain the situation!" Huang Rong began to explain the basics of the diary.

When Jiang Yuyan learned that there wasn't just one, or even just two, but many, many more, she nearly collapsed. She had thought herself the most special one, but to her surprise, she wasn't special at all. Ye Xiu had so many women around him, and surprisingly, each of them had a diary. And it wasn't just them; there were many more diary holders besides them.

What had once been a personal adventure had suddenly become a shared adventure, and Jiang Yuyan was a bit overwhelmed.

...

"Ye Xiu, my subordinates sent me word that they encountered a group with Rama's remains, so I went to check and took them back. It's the top half, but I don't know if it's real." Dongfang Bubai placed the remains in front of Ye Xiu.

Ye Xiu stared at the remains in astonishment, unsure what to say.

Lost and found? Was this really lost and found?

Just looking at this fragment of Rama's remains, could Ye Xiu be sure it was real?

After all, while Ye Xiu knew the whereabouts of Rama's remains thanks to Sword Rain, he had never actually seen what it looked like, so he had no way of telling whether it was real or not.

To be precise, since Ye Xiu hadn't personally dug Rama's remains from Lu Zhu's grave, he didn't know if they were the real thing.

However, Ye Xiu hoped it was.

"Dongfang, who did you steal this from? Where did they get it?" Ye Xiu couldn't help but ask.

"It seems a group of tomb robbers dug up the tomb of a monk named Lu Zhu from Yunhe Temple outside the city and ended up with Rama's remains. As for the specific circumstances, I'm not sure," Dongfang Bubai explained.

Ye Xiu was pleasantly surprised by Dongfang Bubai's explanation. He hadn't expected such a coincidence.

He had originally planned to dig up Rama's remains from Yunhe Temple, but he hadn't expected it to be found before him. Just when Ye Xiu thought he had completely lost Rama's remains, Dongfang Bubai personally brought it to him.

Ye Xiu was truly delighted.

"Dongfang, thank you so much," Ye Xiu couldn't help but hug Dongfang Bubai.

Dongfang Bubai was hugged by Ye Xiu, with a hint of smile in his eyes, and he looked at Yaoyue beside him with a bit more provocation.

Seeing this, Yaoyue couldn't help but grit her teeth, and a hint of anger flashed in her eyes.

Speaking of which, when they went to Yunhe Temple, Yaoyue went with Dongfang Bubai.

But how to say it, Yaoyue is a person with some mysophobia, and she thinks that Rama's remains are a bit dirty. Even if it is the remains of a high monk, it is just a corpse after all. So she really doesn't want to touch this thing with her own hands.

Dongfang Bubai, on the other hand, does not have this kind of mysophobia, and it was Dongfang Bubai who brought Rama's remains back in the end.

Now, Dongfang Bubai had earned Ye Xiu's gratitude with Rama's remains, while Yaoyue had simply missed out on such an opportunity. Yaoyue

would be furious.

After obtaining Rama's remains, Ye Xiu planned to study them thoroughly.

However, Rama's remains were still a corpse, a desiccated one at that. It had been dead for who knows how many years. If it weren't already a desiccated corpse, it would have likely decayed long ago. Even if

it hadn't decayed, the meridians and blood vessels that had been present when Rama was alive would have changed, with many even missing.

Furthermore, it was only a fragment. Therefore, despite Ye Xiu's extensive research,

he was unable to discern any Rama internal energy from Rama's remains. Even Dongfang Bubai and Yaoyue hadn't noticed anything.

"Is this Rama's remains a fake?" Yaoyue couldn't help but wonder.

Yao Yue's reasoning was to dismiss it as fake, thereby diminishing Ye Xiu's favorability with Dongfang Bubai's Rama remains.

"It's probably not fake, but the Rama remains are incredibly old, and it's only half a body, so it's understandable that nothing can be learned from them. I even suspect that the so-called Rama remains and Rama internal energy are inherently fake. After all, finding the cultivation techniques practiced in a dried corpse is inherently unbelievable." Dongfang Bubai frowned, glanced at Yao Yue, and then expressed his opinion.

Hearing Dongfang Bubai's words, Ye Xiu felt that this was indeed possible.

When he watched the movie "Sword Rain," although the entire story revolved around Rama's remains,

he had only heard of the existence of Rama's internal energy. Even after the movie ended, no one had been able to find Rama's internal energy in Rama's remains, and no one had ever practiced it.

Therefore, it was possible that Rama's internal energy was fake.

After all, a miraculous martial art like regenerating a severed limb isn't really a martial art anymore; it's not too much of an exaggeration to call it a cultivation technique.

Like the Shenzhaojing, internal injuries can be repaired, and even revived after a period of inactivity. There's some basis for this, more or less. For example, a brief period of suspended animation, where breathing and heartbeats stop for a short time, and then stimulated and reactivated through internal energy, is considered normal.

But regenerating a severed limb is a bit too much.

Of course, the world of Zongwu is inherently magical. Reaching a certain level of cultivation can even lead to rejuvenation or even extended lifespans.

So regenerating a severed limb isn't impossible.

But Ye Xiu now feels that achieving such an effect with just one martial art is a bit exaggerated.

"Forget it, since we can't research anything, let's take it to Master Zhang Sanfeng. Master Zhang Sanfeng has extraordinary understanding and profound cultivation. Perhaps he can uncover something," Ye Xiu said to Dongfang Bubai and Yaoyue.

Dongfang Bubai and Yaoyue didn't object when Ye Xiu mentioned Zhang Sanfeng.

After all, Zhang Sanfeng's cultivation was indeed higher than theirs, and even they still had a certain amount of respect for him.

Moreover, according to Ye Xiu, the remaining half of Rama's body might also be in Zhang Sanfeng's hands. So, if they sent it to Zhang Sanfeng, maybe Zhang Sanfeng would really be able to find out the Rama internal strength martial arts from it.

So, with the half of Rama's body, Ye Xiu, Dongfang Bubai, and Yao Yue began to head towards Zhang Sanfeng's residence in Nanjing City.

Speaking of which, the remaining half of Rama's body was indeed about to fall into the hands of the Wudang Sect.

Yu Lianzhou, Zhang Sanfeng's second disciple.

Yu Lianzhou could be said to be the one with the most profound martial arts skills among Zhang Sanfeng's seven disciples.

Zhang Sanfeng's seven disciples all had good martial arts aptitude, and the fifth disciple Zhang Cuishan was the most talented among them. However, Zhang Cuishan disappeared ten years ago with Yin Susu of the Sky Eagle Sect. Although he'd only been missing for ten years, Zhang Sanfeng didn't necessarily believe Zhang Cuishan was still alive.

Of the six remaining disciples, Song Yuanqiao, the head of the Wudang Sect, was preoccupied with various Wudang affairs, leaving him with little time for cultivation.

Yu Lianzhou, on the other hand, despite his somewhat dour personality, was devoted to martial arts. Among the seven, he possessed the highest martial arts skills, even reaching the sixth level of Grandmaster Realm, far surpassing Song Yuanqiao's third level.

Yu Lianzhou, meanwhile, had already set his sights on the Wheel King.

The Wheel King was a capable figure. Although Rama's body had been stolen on the first day, his Black Stone was a local power in Nanjing. Despite the deaths of several assassins, his spies remained throughout the city.

Therefore, Rama's body couldn't escape Black Stone's attention, and the Wheel King eventually recovered it.

However, after retrieving Rama's body, he became Yu Lianzhou's target.

Although the Chakravartin King's strength was not bad and he was also a master, his cultivation was far inferior to Yu Lianzhou's.

After being stopped by Yu Lianzhou, after just a few encounters, the Chakravartin King was beaten to a pulp by Yu Lianzhou. After more than ten rounds, the Chakravartin King was directly killed by Yu Lianzhou on the street.

Yu Lianzhou took Rama's body away, while the Chakravartin King's body was directly left on the street, and there was not even anyone to collect it.