Chapter 154 A Strange Woman

"A man with six beautiful girls around him?" Jiang Asheng had a strange expression.

"Huh? You know him?" Liu Sheng Piaoxu noticed that Jiang Asheng had a strange expression and asked immediately.

"I do know him. After all, a man with six beautiful girls around him, this combination is very conspicuous even in the whole city of Nanjing. I happened to see it." Jiang Asheng did not sell Jiang Yuyan out.

"You are right. So, what is the man's surname and name? Where does he live? What does he look like?" Liu Sheng Piaoxu nodded, and then continued to ask Jiang Asheng.

"The man's name is Ye Xiu. It is said that he is a disciple of Huashan Sect. As for his appearance, he must be very good-looking to be able to be with so many beautiful women. As for where he lives-"

"Here you go!" Liu Sheng Piaoxu saw Jiang Asheng pause, and directly took out a silver ingot and threw it to Jiang Asheng.

"Thank you, thank you, lady. Ye Xiu's residence isn't far from here. Just walk this way, cross two streets, and then go around..." Jiang Asheng took the silver and smiled happily.

With the Black Stone Killer Organization destroyed and the Wheel King dead, his revenge could be said to have been avenged. Jiang Asheng no longer harbored hatred or resentment. So, he only thought about living a good life with his wife Zeng Jing and having more children.

But to live a good life, even to raise children, required money, so Jiang Asheng shifted his focus from the Black Stone Killer Organization to making money.

Because of his long search for the Black Stone Killer Organization, Jiang Asheng had a deep understanding of the entire city of Nanjing, so he sold information that was not particularly difficult to find, or earned money by finding people and objects.

Jiang Asheng received the silver, and Liu Sheng Piaoxu also learned the information about the person she was looking for. This transaction was a perfect success.

Watching Jiang Asheng turn and leave, Liu Sheng Piaoxu narrowed her eyes slightly. At that moment, she even had the thought of killing him to silence him. She didn't want the news of her search for Ye Xiu to leak out.

But after thinking about it, Liu Sheng Piaoxu didn't act.

After all, while it was difficult to leak the fact that she had asked Jiang Asheng to find someone, it wasn't something that needed to be kept secret. So Liu Sheng Piaoxu finally turned her gaze away from Jiang Asheng.

When Liu Sheng Piaoxu's gaze shifted away from Jiang Asheng, Jiang Asheng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. After experiencing a life-and-death situation, Jiang Asheng's perception of murderous intent was more acute than before, so he could faintly sense the murderous intent emanating from Liu Sheng Piaoxu.

So even though Jiang Asheng had his back to Liu Sheng Piaoxu, he was ready to strike back at any moment.

He could still sense the dangerous aura from Liu Sheng Piaoxu, knowing that Liu Sheng Piaoxu's strength might be superior to his own.

So now that Liu Sheng Piaoxu's murderous intent had vanished and she had given up on silencing him, Jiang Asheng naturally breathed a sigh

of relief. At the same time, he couldn't help but silently curse, "This Rama's remains really attract quite a few demons and monsters. He's so young, yet so powerful. And that Huashan Sect member, Ye Xiu, who the hell is he, to have provoked such a woman? And Jiang Yuyan before—never mind, never mind. I won't do business with Ye Xiu anymore. While the pay is good, the risks are also great."

After

receiving intelligence about Ye Xiu, Liu Sheng Piaoxu began to ponder how to approach him.

From Ye Xiu's diary, Liu Sheng Piaoxu knew that Ye Xiu was accompanied by the powerful Dongfang Bubai and Yao Yue.

While Liu Sheng Piaoxu's strength wasn't lacking, compared to Dongfang Bubai and Yao Yue, who had defeated and even injured Tiedan Shenhou, Liu Sheng Piaoxu was more self-aware.

So if she wanted to get close to Ye Xiu, she had to avoid Dongfang Bubai and Yao Yue.

Previously, a woman named Jiang Yuyan, rescued by Ye Xiu when he was alone, took advantage of this opportunity to become attached to him. So what should Liu Sheng Piaoxu do?

Honestly, rescuing the beauty was a very good option.

However, Jiang Yuyan had already used this method to approach Ye Xiu, and Liu Sheng Piaoxu using it again would inevitably arouse suspicion.

So Liu Sheng Piaoxu now needed to consider whether to use other methods to approach Ye Xiu.

But if she couldn't rescue the beauty, then what method should she use to approach Ye Xiu?

After repeatedly reading, analyzing, and understanding the entries in the diary,

Liu Sheng Piaoxu felt that she had gained a certain understanding of Ye Xiu.

In her opinion, Ye Xiu was a somewhat reserved man. He looked very handsome on the outside, but he was actually quite scheming. And Ye Xiu was also quite lustful, even harboring negative thoughts about his master's wife.

However, Ye Xiu was ultimately a reserved and reserved type, so many of his thoughts remained just that, thoughts, never manifesting into action.

Ye Xiu, on the other hand, was somewhat passive.

Whether it was a beautiful woman he fancied or anything else, Ye Xiu rarely took the initiative.

Even though Ye Xiu had already had relationships with two women, it was always passive, or perhaps even forced upon him by Dongfang Bubai and Yaoyue...

Liu Sheng Piaoxu continued to analyze Ye Xiu's personality and habits, pondering how to approach him without arousing his suspicion.

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Brother Ye, please wait a moment."

As Ye Xiu bid farewell to Lu Xiaofeng and the others and prepared to leave, Hua Manlou stopped him. He wanted to speak to Ye Xiu alone.

Ye Xiu had no problem with this. After all, Hua Manlou wouldn't harm him. He was merely curious about what Hua Manlou had to say. And, as luck would have it, he could teach Hua Manlou the Divine Illumination Sutra.

Lu Xiaofeng and Sikong Zhaixing wisely left, leaving Ye Xiu and Hua Manlou some privacy.

"Brother Ye, this is the amount and estimated value of the treasures our Hua family found after emptying Emperor Liang Yuan's treasury," Hua Manlou said, handing Ye Xiu a piece of paper.

Ye Xiu took it and found it covered in writing, noting the amount of gold, pearls, jade, and so on.

One of the statues, a giant golden Buddha in the main hall of Tianning Temple, was entirely made of gold, except for the clay exterior. The statue stood approximately three feet tall and weighed fifty to sixty thousand pounds. The golden Buddha itself weighed between eight hundred and one million taels. At ten taels of silver for one tael of gold, this golden Buddha could be exchanged for tens of millions of taels of silver. Besides these, there were other items, and their total value, converted into silver, was a staggering eighty million taels.

Upon seeing this figure, Ye Xiu's eyes widened and he gasped.

Over 80 million taels! Remember, before this, the Huashan Sect's annual expenses, including food, clothing, weapon wear and tear, normal food supplies, and so on, totaled only about 1,000 taels. This also included the normal expenses of martial arts training. Of course, this was just normal expenses.

In other words, if the Huashan Sect had remained at its current size—no, that's not right, that was the size of the Huashan Sect before—but after Zuo Lengchan sent the White Board Evil Star to injure the Huashan Sect, the number of Huashan Sect members had more than halved, and all expenses had been reduced significantly, totaling less than 1,000 taels a year.

In other words, this sum of money was enough to support the Huashan Sect's expenses for eight to nine thousand years.

"Such a sum, even if kept in our Hua family, would be a massive sum. Brother Ye will be a wealthy man in the future, with more money than he could possibly spend under normal circumstances. Even Zhang Dajing, the former richest man in Nanjing, didn't have as much wealth as you, Brother Ye," Hua Manlou said with a broad smile.

Ye Xiu was almost grinning from ear to ear.

"Brother Ye, are you going to deposit this money in our Hua family's Datong Bank? Or ship it back to the Huashan Sect? Or exchange it for silver bills?" Hua Manlou inquired.

"For now, let's keep it in your Hua family's Datong Bank." Ye Xiu thought about it and decided it would be safer to keep it at the Hua family. After all,

if such a large sum of money was kept in Huashan, if even the slightest word got out, countless forces would come to rob it. Ye Xiu didn't think Huashan could protect such a large sum of money in its current state.

"Well, this is the token of our Hua family. When you need money, you can go to any Datong Bank in the Ming Dynasty to withdraw it." Hua Manlou handed a token to Ye Xiu.

The token was only half the size of a palm and was a peach-colored color. The token was light, but very strong. Even a master at the Grandmaster level could not destroy it with all his strength.

The front of the token was engraved with the word "Hua", and the back was engraved with some special patterns. If you look closely, you can see some special numbers hidden in the patterns to prove its authenticity.

Ye Xiu put the token away carefully. After all, this token represented 80 million taels of silver. Although the silver would not be lost if the token was lost, it would still cause a lot of trouble.

"Old Hua, thank you."

"You're welcome. After all, our Hua family runs a bank. If you deposit your money with us, we're the ones who'll benefit."

"Haha, by the way, I'll teach you the Divine Illumination Sutra now. Please memorize it carefully. If you have any questions, you can ask me."

"That's why I want to thank you so much, Brother Ye." Hua Manlou smiled, his expression calm and composed, as if nothing could possibly cause him to feel any strong emotions.

Ye Xiu then recited the Divine Illumination Sutra to Hua Manlou.

Hua Manlou was also extremely intelligent. After Ye Xiu recited it once, Hua Manlou had almost memorized the contents of the Divine Illumination Sutra. Ye Xiu recited it a second time, and Hua Manlou memorized the entire text, word for word.

...

With the money in hand, Ye Xiu's stress was largely relieved.

After all, Ye Xiu didn't care much about money. After all, with his living expenses, he could easily support himself with money, but the Huashan Sect couldn't.

To prosper the Huashan Sect, besides strength, money is also crucial.

Now, the Huashan Sect has the strength. Ye Xiu has reached the second level of Grandmaster Realm, and Yue Buqun is also at the first level. Ning Zhongze is at the ninth level of the Innate Realm and could break through to the Grandmaster realm at any moment. Meanwhile, hidden deep within Huashan lies Feng Qingyang, whose attitude Ye Xiu is unaware of.

With the addition of 80 million taels of silver and the protection of the Wudang Sect, the Huashan Sect now only needs to recruit disciples and soar to prominence.

Previously, there were concerns about whether the Songshan Sect would continue to attack the Huashan Sect, or whether they still envisioned unifying the Five Mountains. But now, these concerns are no longer a concern.

So, Ye Xiu felt relieved, which was perfectly natural.

As he was walking down the road, preparing to return, he suddenly noticed the sounds of a fight not far away.

Glancing in the direction of the fighting, Ye Xiu had no desire to investigate.

After all, Ye Xiu wasn't Lu Xiaofeng, a man with insatiable curiosity. Needless to say, most of the fighting in Nanjing at this time was still centered around the remains of Rama.

Ye Xiu hadn't bothered to pay attention, but the sounds of the fighting were actually moving closer to him.

This made

Ye Xiu frown slightly. Just as he was about to take a quick step to avoid the potential trouble,

a woman suddenly rushed over from the side at breakneck speed.

If Ye Xiu didn't avoid her, she would have plunged headfirst into his arms.

Ye Xiu couldn't help but frown, and instinctively looked over, only to see a strikingly beautiful woman.

She was stunningly beautiful, with particularly beautiful eyes. She exuded a gentle and sophisticated aura, giving the impression of someone perfect for a wife.

However, she didn't look well.

Her cheeks were slightly flushed, her eyes were a bit hazy, her breathing was unsteady, but she gritted her teeth, trying to stay awake.

She also clutched a longsword, stained with blood. It wasn't her own, but likely the enemy's.

Looking at the beautiful woman rushing towards him, Ye Xiu took a step back—

plop—

the extremely beautiful woman fell directly to the ground at Ye Xiu's feet, looking quite embarrassed.

The woman quickly stood up and gave Ye Xiu a very complicated look. The look was very strange, with curiosity towards Ye Xiu, hatred, and a bit of gentle amorous glances. The eyes looked very seductive.

The woman quickly stood up and tried to continue running.

At this time, four or five men were chasing after her from behind. Judging from their aura, most of these four or five men were masters of the Xiantian realm. Two of them even had the cultivation level of the ninth level of the Xiantian realm.

However, these four or five people did not look like good people. Their eyes flashed with a bit of silver and evil, and with a bit of greed, they stared at the woman intently.

In this situation, one can tell what is going on with just one look.

Ye Xiu couldn't help but feel a bit strange. While Nanjing was certainly in chaos due to the aftermath of Rama's remains, there was something a little strange about someone chasing a beautiful woman on the street, trying to rap her.

It was precisely because of this subtle feeling that Ye Xiu didn't intend to take action. Of course, if he went too far, he would have stopped him. He simply wanted to see what was going on.

The woman ran away quickly, her movement strange, as if her legs were tense, slowing her down slightly. Then her body trembled, and she paused. In

that moment, she was already being taken advantage of by the four or five men.

One of the men glared at Ye Xiu fiercely, as if to signal him to get out of here.

"Hehehe, young lady—"

It was the typical rant of a rapist, a playboy, or a scumbag.

The next moment, a sudden flash of cold light sent the heads of the four or five men surrounding the woman flying off.

The moment they entered the liver, their heads were chopped off.

The one who did it was the woman they were surrounded by

.

Several bodies fell to the ground, and the woman breathed a sigh of relief, leaning her sword against the ground. Though she still stood there, her posture was somewhat delicate, and her cheeks were still very red.

Ye Xiu looked at the woman with some surprise. The moment she attacked, Ye Xiu sensed the aura emanating from her, clearly reaching the Grandmaster level. Although it was a little erratic, likely due to some special drug, this woman was indeed a true Grandmaster.

She looked only about twenty-five or twenty-six years old, yet she already possessed Grandmaster cultivation. Her aptitude was undoubtedly not low.

And to be so beautiful, so young, and yet possess such formidable strength, this person must be quite extraordinary.

However, Ye Xiu had no rough idea in mind, and could not guess at this woman's strength.

It was just that she possessed Grandmaster cultivation, yet had been drugged. And yet, despite being drugged, she still managed to persevere and create a decisive situation, directly defeating her opponent.

The woman's cheeks were now flushed, and her posture was somewhat delicate, suggesting she was on the verge of collapse.

Ye Xiu thought this, but he couldn't help but glance at the woman.

The woman turned around and glared at Ye Xiu fiercely, but at this moment her eyes seemed to be filled with tears, so that although she was clearly glaring at Ye Xiu, Ye Xiu had the illusion that her eyes were drawing silk.

The woman said nothing, quickly stood up, and fled from Ye Xiu's sight in a strange and rather embarrassing manner.

The woman quickly disappeared from Ye Xiu's sight, but the woman's appearance and her posture were deeply imprinted in Ye Xiu's mind. After all, such a strange encounter was truly unforgettable. For a short time, no, I'm afraid Ye Xiu would not be able to forget it for a long time.

...

"Today - tsk tsk tsk."

"How should I put it, the silver has been obtained, more than 80 million taels of silver, the Huashan Sect will not have to worry about silver in the future. In addition to the silver, there is also strength. My master and I are both at the Grandmaster level. In addition, Huashan is now an ally of the Wudang Sect. After we go back, the Huashan Sect will be able to recruit disciples. The rise of the Huashan Sect is just around the corner."

"As a disciple of the Huashan Sect, I have made a contribution to the Huashan Sect this time. I can already pat my chest and say that I have a clear conscience - well, okay, I still feel guilty about my master's situation."

"It's just this situation, this is the situation. I have tried my best, but there is no Rama internal energy in Rama's body. There is nothing I can do about it."

"Okay, the matter of the silver has come to an end for the time being."

"Next, let's talk about me. It's something that happened to me today, something that left a very deep impression on me."

"Today, I met a wonderful woman. Well, let's call her a wonderful woman."

"This woman is extremely beautiful, and her strength is not bad either. She is at least a master of the Grandmaster level."

"It's just that she was drugged. Then she fled all the way, and the person who drugged her was chasing her all the way."

"You say this is normal. In this situation, either someone saw injustice and drew their sword to kill the guys who drugged her. Then, the woman was poisoned, uh, the poison was too deep and there was no medicine to cure it. In the end, the person who saved her could only use his own body to help her detoxify. Right, this is the plot in orthodox novels." "

And in a tragic situation, the woman could not be saved, but was caught by those who drugged her, and then toyed with. In the end, she was either killed or taken back and used as a human toy by those people. In the end, she died tragically. It's a big tragic word."

"This situation is nothing more than these two endings, right?"

"But the situation I encountered was a bit special. That woman looked like she was about to collapse. Even when she escaped, she ran with her legs clamped together."

"Even looking at her appearance, her body was almost corroded by the drugs and even her rationality was almost gone. So, she was surrounded by the four or five people who drugged her."

"It seemed that this woman had no strength to resist and was about to be killed. But the next moment, she suddenly fought back."

"She suddenly burst out with the cultivation of a grandmaster and killed those four or five people with a single sword."

"After the counterattack, the woman's posture became even weirder. Her two legs seemed to have grown together. But, in this situation, she was still able to fight back?"

"Don't you think this situation is very special?"

"Especially her posture. Besides, I have good eyesight and I noticed a touch of color on her skirt."

"Her body was obviously at this point, and her eyes were obviously blurry, but she was still able to fight back in the end. Tsk tsk tsk, if she can do this, what else can she be but a remarkable woman?"

"Anyway, it really opened my eyes."

"That woman's hazy eyes, the way she walked and stood, and the pattern on her skirt—I'm afraid I'll never forget them in my lifetime."