Chapter 259: Martial Arts Competition to Win a Bride

"Gee, gee, gee..."

Ye Xiu rode his horse swiftly, finally leaving the territory of the Great Sui Dynasty and arriving in the territory of the Great Song.

Glancing behind him, Ye Xiu breathed a sigh of relief.

He didn't know why, but ever since Ye Xiu heard Lu Miaozi tell him about the Evil Emperor's relic, he'd always felt a sense of oppression while in the Great Sui Dynasty.

At first, Ye Xiu hadn't paid much attention to it, thinking it was simply the pressure from hearing about the Evil Emperor's relic's enigmatic power.

But as he rode his horse and reached the border between the Great Sui and Great Song, the moment he entered the territory of the Great Song, the feeling of oppression instantly dissipated.

That's why Ye Xiu couldn't help but look back in the direction of the Great Sui Dynasty. He had a vague feeling that something was amiss with

the Great Sui Dynasty! Ye Xiu's eyes flickered, and he decided he would never return to the Great Sui Dynasty again, at least not until he became a celestial being. Ye Xiu instinctively felt that if he did, something terrible might happen.

"I wonder if Tonglao is still in the Sui Dynasty," Ye Xiu muttered to himself. But then he realized that Tianshan Tonglao had gone to the Sui Dynasty solely to protect him. Now that he had left the Sui Dynasty, he figured Tianshan Tonglao wouldn't stay there.

After entering the Song Dynasty, Ye Xiu was no longer in a rush. Although he continued to ride, his speed was much slower than before.

Just before nightfall, Ye Xiu even found an inn and planned to rest for the night.

"I finally left the Great Sui Dynasty. I didn't feel anything before, but the moment I left the Great Sui Dynasty and stepped into the Great Song Dynasty, I inexplicably felt the pressure relieved."

"This is very strange, very weird. It's as if there is some terrible existence in the Great Sui Dynasty."

"I didn't feel anything before, until I left the Great Sui Dynasty, I had this feeling. It's really scary. Combined with what Lu Miaozi told me before, there are almost no grandmasters in the Great Sui Dynasty, but all the grandmasters seem to have handled the Evil Emperor's relic, and finally died a violent death, and even their personalities changed drastically before they died." "

So I feel that the reason why I am like this is entirely because I am a grandmaster."

"The Great Sui Dynasty is really not friendly to grandmasters. I even suspect that after becoming a grandmaster, if I stay in the Great Sui Dynasty for a long time, I might be targeted by the Evil Emperor's relic - this is said as if the Evil Emperor's relic has its own consciousness." "

However, I always feel that the Evil Emperor's relic is not simple."

"Alas, if Zhu Yuyan wasn't the leader of the Yingui Sect, it would be fine to let her leave the Great Sui Dynasty. It's a pity that she obviously won't give up the Yingui Sect. I just hope her strength doesn't grow too fast, otherwise something might really happen." "

But it seems there's no need to worry so much. After all, Zhu Yuyan was unable to break through to become a Grandmaster because she practiced the Heavenly Demonic Art. Even if she becomes a Grandmaster by chance now, it won't be so easy for her to improve her strength again. In a few years, her cultivation level won't change at all."

"Ning Daoqi has been a Grandmaster for so many years and has been safe and sound. I think Zhu Yuyan will be fine too."

"As for me, give me some time and I can become a celestial being. After I become a celestial being, I will come to the Great Sui Dynasty. By then, Zhu Yuyan might have just entered the realm of Grandmaster."

"Anyway, after I become a celestial being, I will find Yang Gong's treasury as soon as possible and take out the Evil Emperor's relics as soon as possible. I want to see what's so strange about the Evil Emperor's relics."

"I just don't know when I can become a celestial being. Diary, please give me some support!"

"The Sui Dynasty was so weird, I don't know what the Song Dynasty is like. But it shouldn't be as weird as the Sui Dynasty."

"By the way, should I stay in the Song Dynasty for a while?"

"After all, in my current situation, I feel it's better not to return to the Ming Dynasty so soon. After all, if I return to the Ming Dynasty, I will be back in Pang Ban's sight in disguise." "

Who knows if that guy Pang Ban will suddenly get sick and attack me?"

"If I don't return to the Ming Dynasty, I will be out of Pang Ban's control. At the same time, the growth of my own strength will not be affected by being in a foreign place." "

So, if I advance to become a celestial being outside, it seems to be safer."

"It's just that if I do this, I seem to be a little sorry for Dongfang Yaoyue, Master and Mistress and the others."

"But when I left, they didn't object. I think they probably had similar ideas. So there's no rush to go back."

"Then, think about whether there are any treasures like the He Shi Bi in the Song Dynasty that can enhance my strength." "

First of all, there's the snake raised by Liang Ziweng. Guo Jing sucked its blood dry, and it increased its power by decades. However, I feel that it should have no effect on me now. After all, there is no way that kind of snake can enhance the strength of a Grandmaster. If it can really do that, Liang Ziweng's snake-raising formula is too magical."

"The snake raised by Liang Ziweng has no effect on me, so I guess the Bosuqu snake outside Xiangyang City will not be of any use to someone at my level."

"There's also the ice bed in the Tomb of the Living Dead at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain. Sleeping on the ice bed every day and utilizing the characteristics of the ice bed allows people to instinctively circulate their internal energy to resist the coldness of the ice bed while sleeping, so that they can circulate their power while sitting, standing, and walking on weekdays, doubling the effect of their cultivation." "This

is indeed quite good, but now, my true energy can circulate on its own when I sit, lie down, or walk. I have already crossed the stage where I need the stimulation of the ice bed to circulate my true energy." "

So it has no effect either."

"Then what else? Oh, the Wuji Immortal Pill!"

"The Wuji Immortal Pill can enhance one's cultivation. The Wuji Immortal Pill is divided into Yinjiao Pill and Yangjiao Pill. Taking Yinjiao Pill or Yangjiao Pill alone will be a deadly poison that will cause the body to explode and die. Even if the body does not explode and die, the person will be poisoned by cold or heat. Only by swallowing Yinjiao Pill and Yangjiao Pill at the same time can a person be safe and sound, and the swallower's cultivation power will be enhanced by sixty years."

"However, this Wuji Immortal Pill seems to have fallen into the hands of Yan Kuangtu, and then he let Li Chenzhou eat a few of them. Who else did he give them to?"

"But in this Zongwu world, I don't know if this Wuji Immortal Pill has been eaten up. If not, will it still be in Yan Kuangtu's hands?"

"But if it is in Yan Kuangtu's hands, it won't be so easy to get the Wuji Immortal Pill."

"After all, Yan Kuangtu is quite arrogant, and I don't know much about him. At most, I just know that he is Li Chenzhou's father. I can't use Li Chenzhou to threaten Yan Kuangtu."

"And Li Chenzhou's strength is definitely not weak. Even if I am a Grandmaster and have the body of a God of War, I may not be able to defeat Li Chenzhou."

"After all, Li Chenzhou's prestige is quite high."

"The fist is power. Clenching the fist is holding power. A powerful punch is power. A man cannot live without power for a day. I only believe in my fist."

"Li Chenzhou, the king of the world! Tsk tsk tsk."

"To be able to suppress the Power Gang with his bare fists, he must be at least a Grandmaster."

"Li Chenzhou, Yan Kuangtu, Zhu Xiawu, and oh, Guan Qi. Guan Qi seems to be the truly amazing one, unkillable, truly invincible. In the end, the author used aliens to abduct him. When I first read that part, I was completely stunned. In other novels, if there are incredibly powerful characters, the author will at least create a plot to kill them off. Although it's a bit of a rant, it's still justifiable. But Guan Qi, being abducted by aliens, is just too ridiculous."

Thinking of Guan Qi in the novel, Ye Xiu couldn't help but laugh.

He didn't know what would happen to Guan Qi in this world of martial arts.

In the original novel, Guan Qi was truly amazing, truly invincible, unbeatable and unkillable. In the end, Wen Ruian actually sent aliens to abduct Guan Qi. This setting is absolutely unique in all martial arts novels.

Ye Xiu finished writing in his diary, accepted his reward as usual, and then fell asleep.

Ye Xiu slept soundly.

However, many who read Ye Xiu's diary struggled to sleep.

Forget about the others, Zhu Yuyan, for one, felt a chill in her heart after reading Ye Xiu's diary. She even felt the urge to leave the Great Sui Dynasty and escape.

However, Zhu Yuyan ultimately suppressed this urge.

After all, it was just Ye Xiu's speculation that the Great Sui Dynasty was unfriendly to Grandmasters.

Besides, Zhu Yuyan had only just reached the Grandmaster realm, while Ning Daoqi, a Grandmaster, had been alive and well for decades. Therefore, Zhu Yuyan decided to remain within the Great Sui Dynasty.

After all, she had to look after the Yingui Sect and also wanted to hunt down Shi Zhixuan. Leaving the Great Sui Dynasty would undoubtedly mean giving up both of these priorities, something Zhu Yuyan couldn't do.

Furthermore, as the owner of the diary, Zhu Yuyan had great confidence in the diary's power.

As long as she had the diary, she would receive its rewards every month, and her strength would rapidly improve.

Zhu Yuyan felt that perhaps she would achieve the Celestial Realm even before Ye Xiu. When the time came, she would deal with the Evil Emperor's relic herself.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuyan's heart gradually calmed down, and she would hold the diary in her arms as she slept, a little hesitant to let go.

...

"Has he finally returned from the Sui Dynasty and arrived in the Song Dynasty?" Wuqing saw in the diary that Ye Xiu had mentioned that he had arrived in the Song Dynasty, and a hint of joy flashed in his eyes.

Wuqing truly longed for Ye Xiu day and night, just wanting him to return soon.

Especially after seeing that the diary could actually reward its holder, she had a strange expectation for Ye Xiu.

Now that Ye Xiu had finally returned to the Song Dynasty, Wuqing was truly thrilled.

"Is the Evil Emperor's relic from the Great Sui Dynasty strange? Indeed it is. But the Evil Emperor's relic is only in the Great Sui Dynasty, so I don't need to worry about it." Wuqing only paid a passing attention to the Evil Emperor's relic.

Then she saw the methods Ye Xiu mentioned for increasing one's cultivation: the snakes raised by Liang Ziweng and the Bosuqu snakes outside Xiangyang City. Wuqing silently memorized these two snakes.

After all, Wuqing was not alone. Regardless of whether the snakes would have any effect on her, there would be people in the Divine Marquis Mansion who would need such a power-enhancing treasure.

As for the ice bed in the Tomb of the Living Dead, Wuqing didn't have much of a concern. After all, the ice bed belonged to someone, and she wouldn't do something like forcibly taking someone else's property.

As for the Wuji Xiandan mentioned by Ye Xiu, Wuqing, as one of the Four Great Constables, had naturally heard of it. But like Ye Xiu, she had no idea where it was or who had it.

Instead, it was the names Ye Xiu mentioned that caught Wuqing's attention.

"Li Chenzhou, Yan Kuangtu, Zhu Xiawu, and oh, Guan Qi—"

"Li Chenzhou, the leader of the Power Gang, is incredibly ambitious. Yan Kuangtu, the founder of the Power Gang, the most powerful lunatic in the martial arts world, isn't exactly a decent character either. Guan Qi, the leader of the Misty Heaven Alliance, has now retired from the martial arts world, and his whereabouts are unknown. And Zhu Xiawu—the Divine Constable of the Six Gates. Why would the diary writer list Zhu Xiawu alongside Li Chenzhou, Yan Kuangtu, and Guan Qi?" Wuqing frowned, his expression grave.

"Could it be that Zhu Xiawu has another identity besides being the Divine Constable of the Six Gates?" Wuqing's expression became more thoughtful.

"Perhaps we should talk to the Divine Marquis about Zhu Xiawu and ask him to pay more attention to him."

"But this Guan Qi is actually said to be invincible? Is he really that powerful?"

The questions revealed in the diary made Wuqing ponder for a long time, but in the end, she could not find any answers. It was a long time before she fell asleep.

"

You're going to become a celestial being before you come back?" Dongfang Bubai's face darkened when he saw this in Ye Xiu's diary, and he felt a bit unhappy.

In fact, it wasn't just Dongfang Bubai. Yaoyue, Murong Qiudi, and the others who stayed behind at Huashan waiting for Ye Xiu all felt the same way.

Even those like Wanwan and Shi Feixuan, who had only just arrived at Ye Xiu's side and had barely spent any time with him, and whose favorability with him hadn't even improved, felt even more unhappy and bitter .

They'd traveled all the way to Huashan just for Ye Xiu, and now, he'd left them there while Ye Xiu ran away.

Wanwan felt like cursing.

But despite their frustration, they also understood Ye Xiu's situation.

With Pang Ban targeting Ye Xiu, it would be more appropriate and safer for him to stay away from Huashan and continue to improve his strength. After all, no one knew if Pang Ban would be so reckless as to attack Ye Xiu directly.

However, because of this, they truly hated Pang Ban to the point that, if they could, they would tear him into pieces. Only

then could they appease their hatred.

...

"Hey, what's going on up ahead? Seems quite lively?"

Ye Xiu rode his horse into a city that afternoon and saw a crowd gathered ahead. Curious about what they were doing, Ye Xiu dismounted and decided to go take a look.

As Ye Xiu approached, he discovered a martial arts competition was being held to find a bride.

Seeing the competition and remembering that he was in the Song Dynasty, Ye Xiu's first thought was Mu Nianci.

However, when Ye Xiu saw the woman participating in the competition—she wasn't ugly, but only delicate—he realized it wasn't Mu Nianci.

She wasn't particularly beautiful, and her martial arts weren't particularly strong. In Ye Xiu's opinion, she only knew some fancy moves.

After a few glances, Ye Xiu lost interest in watching any further.

When Ye Xiu lost interest and planned to find an inn to stay, a man carrying a long rectangular box on his back also turned his eyes away from the martial arts competition...

That night, Ye Xiu prepared to write down what he saw in the martial arts competition.

"I arrived in Ningbo City this afternoon and saw that someone was holding a martial arts competition to find a bride. To be honest, my first reaction when I saw the competition was that I met Mu Nianci."

"After all, it was the Song Dynasty, and martial arts competitions were held to find a bride. It's hard not to associate it with Mu Nianci. After all, Mu Nianci appeared in the competition to find a bride, and it was during the competition that she was teased by that guy Yang Kang, and fell in love with Yang Kang

. In the end, she gave birth to Yang Kang's child, Yang Guo, and died of depression when Yang Guo was a few years old." "Tsk, it's true that women don't love men who are not bad."

"Think about Yang Kang, although he is the son of Yang Tiexin, he was raised by Wanyan Honglie since he was a child. He always thought that he was a little prince and lived a life of luxury. He obviously did all kinds of bad things - uh, wait, something doesn't seem right."

"Yang Kang, besides being the son of Yang Tiexin and not wanting to recognize Yang Tiexin as his father, what other bad things has he done?"

"He was raised as Wanyan Honglie's own son and has a father-son relationship with Wanyan Honglie, so it seems reasonable for him to recognize Wanyan Honglie as his father?"

"Also, Yang Kang has been living a life of luxury since childhood and has never suffered any hardship. It seems that there is nothing wrong with him not wanting to suffer when he grows up."

"It should be said that Yang Kang's choice is the choice of the vast majority of people. Even 90% of people would do the same as Yang Kang when faced with his choice."

"It's like being raised as a son by a billionaire, and even if all his billions will be passed down to you in the future, but then a beggar comes along and says he is your biological father and asks you to give up all your billions and follow him. Even if this beggar is really your biological father, who would follow a beggar? Give up all your billions and follow him to beg on the streets?"

"This is completely insane. Just because he is your biological father? No, the billionaire is your biological father, okay?"

"And then, as Wanyan Honglie's son, Yang Kang's status and position makes him the little prince of the Jin people, so it seems that there is nothing wrong with him planning for the Jin people..."

"So, while Yang Kang isn't a good guy, he can't be said to be that bad either. Plus, he's handsome and a bit naughty around women. It seems like Mu Nianci falling for him isn't really a problem."

"Hey. Yang Kang was raised by Wanyan Honglie, so recognizing Wanyan Honglie as his father is like recognizing a thief as your father. Qiao Feng was raised by Qiao Sankui, so recognizing Qiao Sankui as his father is like recognizing a thief as your father. What about him? Is he recognizing a thief as your father? Of course, there's a difference between Wanyan Honglie and Qiao Sankui. After all, Wanyan Honglie was the culprit who caused the destruction of Yang Tiexin's family. But they're somewhat similar in nature."

"It's just that one is a prince and the other is a pauper, so the perception is different."

"Uh—why are you bringing this up with Yang Kang? I was clearly writing about Mu Nianci."

"Forget it, I've already written so much, so I'll stop here for today's diary."

Ye Xiu finished his diary, accepted his reward as usual, and went to sleep.

While Ye Xiu was sleeping, a young girl who had just entered the Jin Kingdom and had participated in a martial arts competition to win a husband during the day suddenly received a diary.

Mu Nianci stared at the diary in her hands with a strange expression. She hadn't expected it to mention herself, or even her adoptive father's son and his wife, Bao Xiruo.

But Mu Nianci felt that the diary didn't seem real at all, but rather fabricated. After all, she had never met Yang Kang, so how could she fall in love with him?

And how could she possibly love someone like Yang Kang, who had taken a thief as his father?

While it was said that 90% of the world wouldn't give up wealth and power, that didn't mean she would fall in love with that 90%. She felt that if she truly fell in love with someone, it would have to be someone in the remaining 10%.

"Ridiculous, ridiculous. Maybe someone deliberately made this up." Mu Nianci couldn't help but throw the diary away.

After calming down a bit, Mu Nianci couldn't help but feel a surge of worry. Who had discovered her and her adoptive father's secret, who knew that she and her adoptive father were running around looking for his wife?

"Could it be my adoptive father's enemy? He deliberately made up this thing, hoping to cause a conflict between my adoptive father and the prince of Jin, and kill my adoptive father with the help of the prince of Jin?" Mu Nianci thought so, but she felt more and more that the diary was a deliberate fabrication by someone with ulterior motives .