Chapter 152: The War Between Women

The next morning, Ye Xiu awoke from his sleep to find his acupuncture points automatically unlocked.

Ye Xiu still felt a tinge of regret, as Yao Yue and Dongfang Bubai had only been acupunctured and hadn't continued.

Just as Ye Xiu was about to get up, he suddenly realized there was someone else in his room.

Jiang Yuyan!

Jiang Yuyan was still standing there in Ye Xiu's room, clutching the hem of her dress, a bit shy.

But now, Jiang Yuyan had her eyes closed, her breathing slowing. A slight frown etched across her pretty face, as if she were feeling unwell, or perhaps having a bad dream.

Ye Xiu was startled by Jiang Yuyan's expression. Could it be that Jiang Yuyan, like him, had been acupunctured and had been standing there all night?

Perhaps sensing Ye Xiu's gaze or something else, Jiang Yuyan's eyes fluttered, then opened.

Jiang Yuyan's eyes were a little confused, as if she had just woken up and was still a little conscious.

When her confused eyes saw Ye Xiu, Jiang Yuyan subconsciously wanted to say hello.

However, Jiang Yuyan's subconscious action made her body lose balance.

Plop -

Jiang Yuyan fell directly to the ground.

"Um, Miss Jiang, are you okay?" Ye Xiu asked hurriedly.

"I'm fine, just a little numb -" Jiang Yuyan saw that Ye Xiu cared about her, and a smile immediately broke out on her face. As she spoke, she tried to get up, and then Jiang Yuyan found that her legs were particularly numb and sore. It was not just her legs, but her whole body was sore and numb.

As a result, Jiang Yuyan's expression became more painful, and tears unconsciously filled her eyes, as if they would fall at any time.

Looking at Jiang Yuyan like this, Ye Xiu knew that Jiang Yuyan had really been tortured all night, and she had been standing in a non-standard posture all night.

Standing motionless all night—let alone a girl like Jiang Yuyan, even a soldier—for hours on end would leave their legs numbed and numb, unbearable.

Ye Xiu quickly stood up, picked up Jiang Yuyan, and laid her on the bed. "Miss Jiang, you've been acupunctured. Standing all night must be very uncomfortable. You should get some rest. I'll call Rong'er and have her massage your hands, feet, and body. It'll help you feel better faster." "Sir—

"

As Ye Xiu turned to go out and call for help, Jiang Yuyan, with all her might, resisted the discomfort and grabbed Ye Xiu's clothes.

"Sir, please don't bother Miss Rong'er. I, if, if you're willing to help—" Jiang Yuyan's expression grew a touch shy.

Ye Xiu was slightly taken aback. Although this was a martial arts world, it was still ancient times, and there were still some strict rules between men and women. But remembering that Jiang Yuyan had expressed her desire to sleep with him last night, it seemed natural for her to say so now.

"Sir, after all, after all, Sister Rong'er and I are still, after all, unfamiliar. Please don't bother Sister Rong'er." Jiang Yuyan started by talking about her relationship with Huang Rong, which made Ye Xiu feel that her relationship with Huang Rong was not that close, and it was not appropriate for Huang Rong to help.

"Well, then I'll do it?" Ye Xiu asked.

"Then I'll trouble you, sir." Jiang Yuyan closed her eyes, seemingly shy.

Seeing Jiang Yuyan close her eyes, Ye Xiu smiled slightly, stretched out his hands, and gently placed them on her arms.

Jiang Yuyan trembled slightly after Ye Xiu placed his hands on her arms, but she still closed her eyes and said nothing, only her cheeks flushed a little more.

Ye Xiu's hands on Jiang Yuyan's arms - to be honest, there was not much feeling. After all, it was through clothes, and the flesh on the arms was not as much as on the thighs. It was just because of the difference between men and women that people unconsciously felt a little ambiguous.

Ye Xiu circulated his Qi using the methods of the Divine Illumination Sutra. As he moved, the Qi from the Divine Illumination Sutra was gradually transferred into Jiang Yuyan's body, making her feel particularly comfortable. She even unconsciously let out a faint sound, like a cat's meow.

As soon as the sound left her mouth, Jiang Yuyan's cheeks flushed crimson. She gritted her teeth, trying hard to control herself from making any more irritating noises.

Ye Xiu initially practiced the basic internal gong techniques of the Huashan School, then specialized in the Hunyuan Gong. Later, he began cultivating the internal gong techniques of the Wind God Leg. Later, after obtaining the Divine Illumination Sutra, he further specialized in its internal gong techniques. Later, when he received the Wedding Dress Divine Art from Yao Yue, he began practicing it again.

For most people, specializing in internal gong wouldn't be easy. Every attempt at this specialized training would waste a considerable amount of time, energy, and even mental effort.

Moreover, specializing in a particular technique is equivalent to abandoning the previously cultivated technique. At most, the Qi within one's body will retain some of the effects of the previous Qi after switching to a new technique. For example, if one originally cultivated the Divine Illumination Sutra and then switched to a different internal technique, the resulting Qi would slightly enhance healing. However, this enhancement would be only a small one, and it would not be comparable to the healing power of the Qi gained while cultivating the Divine Illumination Sutra.

To put it numerically, cultivating the Divine Illumination Sutra grants +10 healing, but later switching to the Sunflower Manual grants +10 speed and +1 healing.

Ye Xiu's situation is unique, however, as the Qi within his body is all gifted by the diary.

Even the martial arts Ye Xiu cultivates are passive. Each time he switches, it's actually forced upon him by the diary.

Just like the Wedding Dress Divine Technique, Ye Xiu had no intention of cultivating it.

However, after obtaining the "Wedding Dress Divine Art," he wrote in his diary that very day. The diary's reward, in addition to a month's worth of internal energy, also granted Ye Xiu increased proficiency in the "Wedding Dress Divine Art," allowing him to unconsciously master it.

As a result, Ye Xiu's internal Qi could seamlessly switch between these internal arts, freeing him from worrying about conflicts between them. When Ye Xiu performed the Wind God Kick, his Qi transformed into the Qi cultivated from the internal energy techniques used in the Wind God Kick. When he healed someone, his Qi automatically transformed into the Qi of the "Shen Zhao Jing."

This was the effect of cheating, the power of the cheat.

The "Shen Zhao Jing" itself possessed powerful healing properties, and for Jiang Yuyan's limb numbness, it was incredibly effective.

After Ye Xiu gently massaged her arm a few times, the soreness, numbness, and swelling in Jiang Yuyan's arm were almost completely gone.

However, Jiang Yuyan remained silent, allowing Ye Xiu to continue the massage.

After all, Ye Xiu's hands truly made Jiang Yuyan feel incredibly comfortable, so comfortable that she even wanted to reach the sky and touch the sun.

So Jiang Yuyan truly wished Ye Xiu would never stop.

On the other hand, the longer their physical contact lasted, the deeper their feelings would grow, even if only slightly. So Jiang Yuyan truly didn't want Ye Xiu to stop.

However, while Jiang Yuyan didn't want Ye Xiu to stop, someone else didn't want him to continue.

"Hmph!"

A cold snort echoed through the room, and Ye Xiu stiffened slightly. If he had heard correctly, it must have been Yao Yue.

Ye Xiu turned around and saw Yao Yue standing at the door with a cold expression, her eyes fixed on Ye Xiu.

Jiang Yuyan's blush quickly faded upon hearing Yao Yue's voice. She opened her eyes and saw Yao Yue, and quickly lowered them, trying not to let Yao Yue see her eyes. Her acting was tinged with resentment and anger.

This was the second time.

This was the second time Yao Yue had disturbed her.

Last night, she had originally planned to have a very close encounter with Ye Xiu, to make their relationship closer, but Yao Yue and Dongfang Bubai had directly put her off, leaving her standing there all night. Now, finally having another chance to be physically intimate with Ye Xiu, Yao Yue had suddenly jumped out to disrupt things.

"Yaoyue, you guys activated Miss Jiang's acupuncture points last night and forgot to untie her. She's feeling numb all over now, so I'm helping her," Ye Xiu explained, his words tinged with a hint of complaint.

After all, if it weren't for Yaoyue and Dongfang Bubai's interference, how could he have ended up sleeping alone at night, leaving Jiang Yuyan in this state?

Yaoyue waved her long sleeves, and a powerful stream of Qi rushed directly into Jiang Yuyan's body.

Jiang Yuyan cried out in surprise, her voice tinged with a hint of discomfort, and then sat up in bed.

Then, to her disappointment, Jiang Yuyan discovered that the numbness and swelling in her hands and feet, and throughout her body, had faded. She was back to normal.

As a Grandmaster, Yaoyue's Mingyu Qi, while not as powerful as the Shenzhaojing, was still quite effective in relieving the numbness and swelling caused by prolonged stiffness.

After all, as a Grandmaster, Yaoyue was quite familiar with the human body, its various acupoints, and even its nerve networks. Controlling her Qi and stimulating the corresponding acupoints and meridians might cause a momentary tingling, but it was only for a moment. After that, the soreness and numbness naturally subsided.

"Thank you, Palace Master Yaoyue," Jiang Yuyan said as she sat up. Although she felt even more resentful of Yaoyue, she couldn't help but express her gratitude.

Yaoyue ignored Jiang Yuyan's thanks. She did so simply because she didn't want to see Ye Xiu and Jiang Yuyan come into any more physical contact due to the soreness and numbness.

Jiang Yuyan wore a seemingly sweet smile, but after leaving Ye Xiu's room and returning to her own, her expression immediately darkened.

She casually summoned her diary and saw Ye Xiu's favorability rating, and a smile returned to her face.

She saw that Ye Xiu's favorability rating had increased from 43 to 62 points,

a jump of nearly twenty points.

These twenty points of favorability were gained because Jiang Yuyan brought Ye Xiu footbath water and personally washed his feet last night.

Of course, it wasn't just the footwashing itself; Jiang Yuyan's initiative to sleep with him was also likely responsible. Although her attempt failed due to Dongfang Bubai and Yaoyue, it still boosted Ye Xiu's favorability to 62 points.

Jiang Yuyan wasn't simple either. For other women, boosting Ye Xiu's favorability required either direct intimacy or long-term interaction, slowly building up a bond.

Jiang Yuyan, however, saw her favorability rise so significantly simply by washing Ye Xiu's feet.

This was understandable, as anyone would likely appreciate a beauty like Jiang Yuyan, someone so well-behaved and willing to wash their feet.

Jiang Yuyan's smile deepened as she observed the increase in favorability.

Jiang Yuyan was a deeply ambitious woman.

Indeed, with Dongfang Bubai and Yaoyue by Ye Xiu's side, she had to retreat. Even Huang Rong, Yue Lingshan, and the others held higher status than her.

But Jiang Yuyan was confident that she would surpass them sooner or later.

Thinking back to Yaoyue and Dongfang Bubai's actions last night, Jiang Yuyan's ambitions grew.

Jiang Yuyan was focused on his favorability, and she paid little attention to the contents of Ye Xiu's new diary. After all, Rama's remains, Rama's internal energy, and so on were too far away for her to understand, and there was no room for her to interfere.

...

"Rama's internal energy is fake? There's no Rama's internal energy in Rama's remains?"

Liu Sheng Piaoxu, who had finally arrived in Nanjing after a long journey, frowned upon seeing Ye Xiu's new diary entry.

Liu Sheng Piaoxu's main reason for traveling all this way, traveling day and night, nearly exhausting herself to reach Nanjing, was to obtain Rama's internal energy.

Now, what? Rama's inner power is gone?

And it was Zhang Sanfeng who gave the answer.

Although Liu Sheng Piaoxu was Japanese, she had long admired Zhang Sanfeng. She knew what kind of person Zhang Sanfeng was. If such a martial arts master couldn't even find Rama's inner power from Rama's body, then if the body fell into the hands of others, they would probably be unable to obtain Rama's inner power either.

Furthermore, did Rama's inner power really exist? Was it something that never existed from the beginning, a fabrication?

Liu Sheng Piaoxu clenched her fists. At that moment, she almost wanted to kill someone.

"Hey, such a beautiful girl, why are you here alone?"

Just as Liu Sheng Piaoxu was about to kill, a slightly frivolous voice rang out. Liu Sheng Piaoxu looked up and saw a man with a rather frail appearance, looking at her with a lecherous gaze.

This man, who was looking at Liu Sheng Piaoxu with a lecherous gaze, was actually quite powerful.

After all, the city of Nanjing was quite dangerous right now. God knows how many Xiantian masters and Grandmaster-level masters there are in Nanjing City. No one even knows how many Grandmaster-level masters there are.

Therefore, frivolous and flirtatious actions are something most people wouldn't dare to do.

Even a dandy disciple, even someone not considered a good person in the martial arts world, wouldn't dare flirt with a woman.

After all, no one knows the strength of the woman he's flirting with, whether she has any backing, or whether he'll hit a wall.

However, there are always special circumstances.

First, this lecherous man is quite powerful. He's already a ninth-level Xiantian master, and could even break through to the Grandmaster realm, reaching the Half-Step Grandmaster realm at any moment. And because there are so many masters in Nanjing City, he's been afraid to reveal his true nature, suppressed for a long time, so his true nature could erupt at any moment.

Then there's the matter of Liu Sheng Piaoxu.

Liu Sheng Piaoxu looks too beautiful and too young.

Many women of Liu Sheng Piaoxu's age would probably only be at the Acquired Realm. Even if one's cultivation level is high and one breaks through to the innate realm, it is still very rare.

So, this lecherous fellow thought his cultivation level was enough to withstand Liu Sheng Piao Xu.

Finally, Liu Sheng Piao Xu had just arrived in Nanjing from outside the city, looking dusty and exhausted. And yet, she was alone. In other words

, Liu Sheng Piao Xu had arrived alone, without any help or even the protection of powerful elders.

That's why this lecherous fellow chose to harass Liu Sheng Piao Xu at this very moment.

Liu Sheng Piao Xu was already in a bad mood, and this lecherous fellow had come to her on his own.

Without a word, Liu Sheng Piao Xu drew her sword. In a flash of cold light, the lecherous fellow's head flew up into the air before falling to the ground.

At this moment, a stream of blood erupted from the lecherous fellow's headless neck.

The blood sprayed, enveloping Liu Sheng Piao Xu, but just as it was about to reach her, it was blocked by an invisible force. It was as if an invisible energy shielded her from the outside.

After the murder, Liu Sheng Piao Xu's mood improved considerably.

Although Liu Sheng Piao Xu was beautiful and had a gentle demeanor, she had practiced Japanese swordsmanship since childhood. Japanese swordsmanship is inherently extreme. Her techniques, such as the God of Death's Blade Slash and Snow Drifting in the World, are considered among the most extreme of the many Japanese swordsmanship techniques. Therefore, Liu Sheng Piao Xu's inner self was actually much colder and more sinister than her outward appearance suggested.

"Wow. That's amazing!" Just as Liu

Sheng Piao Xu was about to leave, a little girl's voice rang out from the side. Liu Sheng Piao Xu instinctively looked over and saw two women staring at her.

One of them was incredibly beautiful, even possessing a subtle grace, a woman of high status.

The other was a young, lovely girl, with a hint of quirkiness in her large eyes. It was this girl who had just spoken.

The little girl, watching Liu Sheng Piaoxu chop off someone's head, blood spurting out like a fountain, showed no fear at all. Instead, she stared at Liu Sheng Piaoxu with a smile.

In her hands, she was toying with a ferret.

These two were indeed Murong Qiudi and Zhong Ling.

Liu Sheng Piaoxu looked at them, a flash of murderous intent flashing through her, but it quickly faded. She sensed a hidden aura surrounding them, perhaps even targeting her.

If she attacked, those hidden forces would immediately attack her.

Liu Sheng Piaoxu gave the two a deep look, imprinting their image on her memory.

She turned and left.

Seeing Liu Sheng Piaoxu leave, Zhong Ling's large eyes showed a hint of disappointment. She had expected the ruthless and decisive Liu Sheng Piaoxu to strike back.

If Liu Sheng Piaoxu attacked, Murong Qiudi's men would have to retaliate.

Zhong Ling just wanted to cause some trouble for Murong Qiudi and have some fun. Unfortunately, Liu Sheng Piaoxu left without making a move.

Murong Qiudi looked at the disappointment that Zhong Ling showed without concealing her face, and the corner of her eye couldn't help but twitch. She found that although Zhong Ling was young, her character was not simple at all, and she was even very eccentric.

Moreover, although she was so young, she was very vigilant.

Whether it was food, clothing, housing or transportation, she showed a certain degree of vigilance, leaving Murong Qiudi no chance to make a move for the time being.

Murong Qiudi and Zhong Ling fought a battle of wits and courage.

After Liu Sheng Piaoxu left the sight of Murong Qiudi and Zhong Ling, she breathed a sigh of relief and began to prepare for action.

Her first goal in coming to Nanjing City, Rama's internal strength, had failed, but she still had a second goal.

That was to find the person who wrote the diary.

After all, the person who wrote the diary seemed to know a lot of hidden information, and he was able to write in this magical diary. Just for this reason, Liu Sheng Piaoxu felt that he was very extraordinary.

If the person who wrote the diary could be captured, then this trip to Nanjing City would not be in vain.

Of course, Liu Sheng Piaoxu also knew that there seemed to be many masters around the person who wrote the diary, and he was even acquainted with Zhang Sanfeng, so Liu Sheng Piaoxu could not use force against the person who wrote the diary. However,

not being able to use force does not mean that she has no other ways to capture the other party. After all,

if a woman wants to capture a man, in addition to using force directly, she can also use beauty.

As for whether there will be psychological barriers to using beauty?

For Liu Sheng Piaoxu, this is no problem at all.

After all, the education she received since childhood made her not so concerned about this. If she could use her body to achieve her goal, she would not have any hesitation.