Chapter 238: Joy Turns to Sorrow.

"Huh? Master actually achieved Grandmaster status? As expected, Master is also one of the diary's owners." Wanwan's bright eyes suddenly lit up as she looked at the information written in Ye Xiu's diary, her entire body radiating a hint of surprise.

"It seems that anyone whose name is written in the diary will almost certainly become its owner," Wanwan pondered thoughtfully. "It seems that being written in the diary is the key. But, what if we could guarantee that some people wouldn't be written into Ye Xiu's diary?"

Wanwan frowned slightly. She didn't want more people from Cihang Jingzhai to be written into the diary, especially someone like Shi Feixuan's master, Fan Qinghui.

Her master, Zhu Yuyan, was enough to become a Grandmaster; the others could be left alone.

However, Wanwan decided to wait until tomorrow to tease Shi Feixuan about this matter. After all, the leader of the Yingui Sect becoming a Grand Master was a major event for Shi Feixuan, a disciple of Cihang Jingzhai.

Wanwan was even a little impatient to see Shi Feixuan's expression after reading the diary.

"No, we can't wait any longer. Let's go now." With that, Wanwan abandoned her sleep and rushed to Shi Feixuan's room.

On the way to Shi Feixuan's room, Wanwan couldn't help but wonder, "But I didn't expect Ye Xiu to think so highly of Shi Qingxuan."

"Why don't I learn how to play the flute?"

"Also, given Master's personality, she'll probably learn from Dongfang Bubai, Yao Yue, and the others."

"If Master really does that, then what should I call Ye Xiu? Master?" Wanwan's big eyes flickered, and then, finding it incredibly amusing, she couldn't help but giggle.

"Wanwan, why are you up late at night, laughing at my door?" Shi Feixuan's seemingly calm voice echoed from the room.

"Of course it's because I saw something interesting, Nun Master. Did you see what Ye Xiu wrote in his diary? My master has become a Grandmaster now!" Wanwan said with a deliberate smile.

"Wanwan, if you don't have anything else to do, please go back. I'm going to sleep."

"Huh? Nun Master, can you really sleep?" Wanwan asked in surprise. "If I were you, if I heard the news that your master had become a Grandmaster, I'd probably be so worried that I wouldn't be able to sleep all night."

"Fei Xuan's well-being doesn't require your concern."

"Alas, you're so cold. Obviously, since we're both members of the Great Sui Dynasty, I didn't even sleep after hearing what was bad news for you. I came all the way to ask about you, and you actually treated me like this. It's really heartbreaking." Wanwan said with feigned sadness.

"I think you're here to have fun. We all know how things are going on. Wanwan, there's no need to act so pretentiously."

"Master Nun, you're so ungrateful. I'm clearly here to show my concern for you..."

Huang Rong, listening to the conversation between Wanwan and Shi Feixuan from a distance, rolled her eyes and pulled the quilt over her head.

At first, their behavior was amusing and made people want to watch the fun, but over time, their antics became commonplace.

...

Ye Xiu, unaware of anything, slept soundly. The next morning, he woke up early and headed for the Pure Nian Zen Sect.

Meanwhile, Zhu Yuyan was gathering the intelligence she needed.

After reading Ye Xiu's diary the previous night, she wasted no time in dispatching people to gather information on everyone who attended Wang Tong's birthday banquet.

Those with names were easier to track down; they were easy to track down.

However, some were new to the martial arts world, or had little to no reputation, lacking any reputation at all.

Investigating their intelligence was quite difficult, especially with the short time Zhu Yuyan had given them.

In just one night, the Yingui Sect members had already gathered information on most of the attendees at Wang Tong's birthday banquet. As for the remaining few, they still had to monitor their movements.

Ye Xiu was one of them.

Even before Ye Xiu set off for Luoyang, someone immediately reported the situation to Zhu Yuyan.

"Master, there are approximately twenty-six people whose origins we haven't investigated. Seventeen of them didn't leave, and nine chose to leave early this morning. Of those, approximately three headed towards Luoyang, two headed towards Chang'an, two headed towards Bohai, and one..."

The Yingui Sect members half-knelt before Zhu Yuyan and began to report their intelligence.

"Bring me the information on the three people heading for Luoyang."

"Yes—"

Zhu Yuyan held three files in her hand, one of which showed Ye Xiu in disguise, named Ye Wen.

...

"Why do I feel like I'm being followed? It's so strange. I haven't had any conflicts with anyone since I came to the Great Sui Dynasty. Even my face now is relatively ordinary and not attractive at all. Why would someone still be targeting me? This is so strange! Could it be that my intentions to seize the Heshi Bi have leaked out?"

"But that's impossible. I've never told anyone about it."

"Could it be Pang Ban's people?"

"After all, this person who's been following me started after I came to the Great Sui Dynasty, or more accurately, after I attended Wang Tong's birthday banquet. I don't think it has anything to do with Pang Ban," Ye Xiu muttered to

himself. Ye Xiu had noticed someone following him early in the morning, and

he began to wonder. After all, Ye Xiu couldn't imagine how he could have been targeted.

It's impossible to be targeted out of nowhere, before the whole situation is clear, right? It makes no sense.

Ye Xiu's concern, naturally, was for Pang Ban's men. Even though he knew it was unlikely to be Pang Ban's, he still felt uneasy.

So, after leaving the city, Ye Xiu shook off the pursuers and followed them instead. He wanted to see who was behind them, to see if Pang Ban had targeted him.

In truth, apart from Pang Ban, Ye Xiu feared no one.

If he had been given a little more time, even Pang Ban would have been crushed under his feet.

Ye Xiu fully activated the Changsheng Jue, straining his breath to completely control it. His once-normal breathing became long and elusive.

After that, Ye Xiu seemed almost devoid of human energy. Compared to a person, a living being, if Ye Xiu crouched still, he looked more like a dead object, a stone.

...

"Huh? Yingui Sect? Zhu Yuyan?" Ye Xiu asked, stunned.

He hadn't expected that the people following him were actually from the Yin Gui Sect! It was led by Zhu Yuyan.

"Is Zhu Yuyan sick or something? I'm being targeted for no apparent reason?" Ye Xiu was puzzled.

"What's going on? And why would Zhu Yuyan do this?"

"That doesn't make sense at all! Could it be that Zhu Yuyan has defected to Pang Ban?"

"It seems that this possibility is not impossible. Zhu Yuyan's cultivation level is stuck there because of Shi Zhixuan, and she can only be a ninth-level Grandmaster for the rest of her life. If there is no external help."

"And among the external forces that can help Zhu Yuyan, Pang Ban's Dao Heart Demon Cultivation Technique is definitely the most suitable choice. After all, the Dao Heart Demon Cultivation Technique and the Heavenly Demon Technique both belong to the Heavenly Demon Strategy, a martial art of the Demon Sect. Among them, the Dao Heart Demon Cultivation Technique is undoubtedly the core of the Heavenly Demon Strategy."

"The Heavenly Demon Technique requires practitioners not to lose their virginity before they reach the eighteenth level of cultivation, otherwise they will never be able to cultivate the Heavenly Demon Technique to perfection."

"The Dao Heart Demon Cultivation Technique can allow the Heavenly Demon Technique to avoid this flaw, and it seems that it is indeed possible."

"If Pang Ban helps Zhu Yuyan avoid the flaws of the technique and allows her to successfully break through to become a Grandmaster, in exchange for Zhu Yuyan bringing the Yingui Sect to defect, it seems that there really is no problem!"

The more he thought about it, the more Ye Xiu felt that it was more likely that Zhu Yuyan would bring the Yingui Sect to defect to Pang Ban.

"So, it's possible that Wanwan leaked the news of my secret visit to the Great Sui Dynasty?" Ye Xiu's expression shifted.

"But, did Wanwan leak it on her own initiative, or was she forced to do so?"

The more Ye Xiu thought about it, the more serious the problem seemed.

At that moment, Ye Xiu couldn't help but doubt his own safety, and the safety of his women.

"Luckily, my purpose for coming to the Great Sui Dynasty was to obtain the Heshi Bi. And I didn't tell Wanwan about this purpose, so I don't have to worry about Zhu Yuyan finding out."

Ye Xiu felt a certain sense of relief, but beyond that relief, his heart inevitably felt heavier.

So, Ye Xiu quietly left again, his Changsheng Jue operation even more covertly throughout the entire process, so that even Grandmaster Zhu Yuyan was unaware of his observations.

After leaving, Ye Xiu transformed himself into a completely new person.

His facial features, facial contours, even his height.

Still with a very ordinary face, this time Ye Xiu's alias changed from Ip Man to Ip Fan.

This time, Ye Xiu left the city again and was not targeted again.

Tianshan Tonglao, who had been following Ye Xiu and secretly protecting him, looked strange after seeing Ye Xiu's behavior, and even almost couldn't help laughing.

Obviously, Tianshan Tonglao had never expected that Ye Xiu's mind would be so sensitive.

However, Tianshan Tonglao also understood that it was normal for Ye Xiu to be sensitive when being surpassed by a person like Pang Ban.

But Tianshan Tonglao was very curious about what kind of expression Zhu Yuyan would have when she knew about this.

In fact, when Zhu Yuyan found out that her people had failed to follow the man named Ip Man, she guessed that the person who was lost was most likely the one who wrote the diary.

And the diary that Ye Xiu wrote that night also proved this point.

...

"Something's wrong! I suddenly realized that I was being targeted."

"And the person who targeted me was none other than the Yingui Sect, and the mastermind behind the scenes was Yin Queen Zhu Yuyan."

"And I even suspect that Zhu Yuyan is not the real mastermind. The real mastermind is most likely Pang Ban!"

"I also wrote yesterday that Zhu Yuyan became a grandmaster."

"Under normal circumstances, Zhu Yuyan would not be able to become a grandmaster. This is because the limitations of the technique she practices, the Heavenly Demon Technique. Once a person's virginity is broken, there will never be a way to cultivate the Heavenly Demon Technique to perfection, and the practitioner will never be able to become a grandmaster." "

But now, Zhu Yuyan has become a grandmaster, so how did she become a grandmaster?"

"I can think of only one person who can help her. That's the magic master Pang Ban."

"The magic master Pang Ban is so powerful that he is at the level of a celestial being, and what he practices is the Dao Heart Planting Demon Method! The Dao Heart Planting Demon Method is the core technique of the Heavenly Demon Strategy. The Heavenly Demon Method is also a martial art within the Heavenly Demon Strategy. So, can the Dao Heart Planting Demon Method make up for the shortcomings of the Heavenly Demon Method?"

"I think it is possible."

"Otherwise, how did Zhu Yuyan become a grandmaster?"

"In my opinion, it should be Pang Ban who approached Zhu Yuyan and offered to make up for the shortcomings of Zhu Yuyan's technique and help her become a grandmaster. He let Zhu Yuyan lead the Yingui Sect to join Pang Ban."

"And Zhu Yuyan definitely wanted to become a grandmaster. After all, not to mention the gap in strength, the age gap alone is quite large." "

The most crucial thing is that Zhu Yuyan really wanted to kill Shi Zhixuan. In order to have the power to kill Shi Zhixuan, I think Zhu Yuyan would not mind joining Pang Ban. After all, not only can Pang Ban help her improve her strength, but he can also be her backer."

"Although she will go from being the leader of the Yingui Sect who has the final say to Pang Ban to being Pang Ban's subordinate, but compared to this price, I think Zhu Yuyan still wants to have the power of revenge more." "

After all, in the original novel, Zhu Yuyan created a move of mutual destruction, Jade and Stone Burning Together, in order to kill Shi Zhixuan."

"In the end, she really hugged Shi Zhixuan and performed Jade and Stone Burning Together, wanting to die with Shi Zhixuan. Unfortunately, she underestimated Shi Zhixuan's strength. In the end, she died, and Shi Zhixuan was still alive and well."

"But this also shows her determination."

"So, in order to kill Shi Zhixuan, she didn't even care about her life. I think she shouldn't mind a slight decline in status." "

So, Pang Ban asked Zhu Yuyan to monitor me, and Zhu Yuyan should have gotten the news from Wanwan."

"Although I tried my best to avoid revealing my actions when I was out. Dongfang and Yaoyue also agreed to cover for me."

"But Wanwan is in Huashan. She knew that I was not in Huashan, and then she contacted her master Zhu Yuyan and let Zhu Yuyan know that I had left Huashan."

"Zhu Yuyan knew, and Pang Ban also knew, and then I was targeted."

"Tsk, the witch of the Yingui Sect! I knew that Wanwan is not trustworthy now, unless Wanwan can truly fall in love with me, then she will consider me wholeheartedly. Instead of staying by my side just out of curiosity, or because of Pang Ban's orders, like now."

"Alas, Dongfang, Yaoyue! You still made a mistake. You let Wanwan pass the message on."

"Maybe they only cared about Jin Bingyun, so they missed Wanwan."

"After all, Wanwan is a member of the Demon Sect, and she is essentially in the same group as Pang Ban."

"Alas!"

"Luckily, fortunately I didn't tell Wanwan that the purpose of my coming to the Sui Dynasty was to obtain the Heshi Bi."

"Plus, I have learned the art of disguise now. As long as I change my appearance and name again, Zhu Yuyan will definitely not be able to find me."

"Tsk, you obviously like the name Ip Man."

"But safety is the most important thing."

"Next, it's still the Heshi Bi. First, get the Heshi Bi, then go find Lu Miaozi, open Yang Gong's treasure house, get the Evil Emperor's relic, and then make myself a Grandmaster or even a celestial being as soon as possible."

"In this martial arts world, strength is what counts!"

"Look at Pang Ban. After he became a celestial being, he wasn't just in the Mongols, his tentacles even extended to the Sui Dynasty."

"But what should we do with Wanwan?"

"To be honest, I still have a good impression of Wanwan. After all, she's very beautiful and has a good personality. Most importantly, she left a deep impression on me before." "

But we can't just ignore her. After all, I'm not a bootlicker. I'm not the kind of person who can't walk when he sees a woman."

"You know that the other person has hurt you, but you let her go just because she's a woman and looks pretty? That's totally impossible."

"Oh, how miserable!"

"Now that Zhu Yuyan has become a grandmaster with the help of Pang Ban, should I go find Shi Zhixuan?"

"After all, after Zhu Yuyan became a grandmaster, the first person she wanted to kill was definitely Shi Zhixuan. The reason why there is no rumor that Zhu Yuyan killed Shi Zhixuan is definitely because Zhu Yuyan didn't find Shi Zhixuan."

"After all, Shi Zhixuan is very good at hiding! When Yang Guang was in power, he transformed himself into Pei Ju and managed the Western Regions for the Sui Dynasty. In a few years, he formed alliances and split the powerful grassland empire of the Turks into two, changing the weak situation of the Central Plains since the Wei and Jin Dynasties. For this reason alone, I have to give Shi Zhixuan a thumbs up. After all, most people in the martial arts world do whatever they want for their own ambitions and selfish desires. Although Shi Zhixuan's starting point is not pure, at least his actions make people happy."

"Yang Guang is dead now. He should be transformed into a great monk and hiding in a temple somewhere in Chang'an. He is specifically watching Yang Gong's treasury."

"After all, he doesn't know where Yang Gong's treasury is exactly, but he also knows that Yang Gong's treasury is in Chang'an. With his strength, he can sense any movement in Chang'an. So whenever someone opens Yang Gong's treasury, he can sense it."

"Not to mention, Shi Zhixuan can also sense the existence of the evil emperor's relics."

"However, Shi Zhixuan is ultimately a psychopath, or perhaps schizophrenic. He has divided himself into a purely evil personality, and the only remaining good thoughts are still in Shi Qingxuan."

"If you approach him rashly, you might be attacked by him."