Chapter 265: Ruyan

read Ye Xiu's diary, and Wuqing felt quite embarrassed.

She hadn't expected things to turn out like this.

Originally, she had only hoped to find Ye Xiu and exchange him for the Divine Illumination Sutra or the Rama Internal Power to heal her wounds and get back on her feet. If Ye Xiu knew who had murdered her family, she would have hoped to learn the truth from him.

Wuqing simply wanted to strike a deal with Ye Xiu.

Although Wuqing didn't think she had much capital to make a deal, she felt that her mind-reading ability was a rare supernatural power, and perhaps Ye Xiu would be interested in it.

If he was interested, she would even sell herself to him.

It was with this in mind that Wuqing decided to search for Ye Xiu.

However, after she entrusted the task of finding Ye Xiu to Zhuge Shenhou, Zhuge Shenhou proved inefficient, leading to others finding out and causing so much trouble for Ye Xiu.

Wuqing wasn't worried about Ye Xiu's safety. The diary clearly stated that Ye Xiu was a Grandmaster, almost reaching the Profound Finger Realm. Even though the hostile forces targeting Zhuge Shenhou included Grandmasters, they wouldn't send one of them to personally hunt Ye Xiu down.

After all, they didn't know how important Ye Xiu was to Zhuge Shenhou.

Regardless, Wuqing felt deeply embarrassed and even regretted her decision, feeling it was too impulsive.

She even worried that Ye Xiu, upon learning the truth, would harbor resentment towards her and refuse to trade with her. She

even worried that Ye Xiu might harbor resentment towards the Shenhou Mansion. After all, with the diary in his possession,

Ye Xiu's power was increasing incredibly rapidly. If they truly became enemies, they would have to kill him as quickly as possible. Otherwise, the more time they gave him, the stronger he would become, potentially leading to his ultimate defeat.

Wuqing no longer hoped that Zhuge Shenhou would be able to find Ye Xiu, and she didn't even consider providing him with Ye Xiu's location.

As for whether Ye Xiu would come after her—Wu

Qing felt that with Ye Xiu's strength, it shouldn't be difficult for him to find the person pursuing him. Then, it was possible for Ye Xiu to trace the clues and find the Divine Marquis Mansion. Once Ye Xiu found the Divine Marquis Mansion, she would come forward and apologize to Ye Xiu.

Indeed

, just as Wu Qing had imagined, it wasn't difficult for Ye Xiu to find the person who was hunting him.

In fact, before depositing the Thousand-Li Horse, and before destroying the several groups of pursuers, Ye Xiu had also left some of them alive for questioning.

Then, Ye Xiu discovered that someone seemed to have a bounty on his head.

It seemed someone had paid a huge sum to hunt down the person who possessed the Thousand-Li Horse. The price was truly exorbitant, so high that many in the martial arts world were tempted.

That was why Ye Xiu was constantly being hunted.

That was all the clues Ye Xiu had, and he began to wonder: in the Great Song Empire, there were forces that could afford such a price—well, there weren't a few, actually.

After all, if it was a small force or an individual, such a price would be exorbitant.

But for some big forces, or very wealthy forces, this price is just that.

The Power Gang, the Misty Sky Alliance, the Dusk Drizzle Tower, the God of Wealth's Home, etc., can easily come up with this money.

But Ye Xiu couldn't imagine why they would attack him.

Just a thousand-mile horse? A thousand-mile horse is indeed very valuable to ordinary people, and even for some small forces, it is a rare treasure. But for these top forces, a thousand-mile horse is actually just that. Unless it is a large number of thousand-mile horses.

So Ye Xiu had no idea which one would attack him.

"Three months, at most three months, then I will come to retrieve this horse. During these three months, I will give you a hundred taels of silver as a reward every month, and I will also pay for the fodder for feeding the horse..."

Ye Xiu left his thousand-mile horse at a reputable escort agency.

This escort agency had a good reputation and considerable influence. While the Thousand-Li Horse was expensive, it wasn't worth closing down and moving for it, so Ye Xiu didn't have to worry about finding anyone when he returned.

After leaving the Thousand-Li Horse with the escort agency, Ye Xiu planned to adopt a new look.

He even left his broadsword with the agency, intending to purchase a guqin. This time, Ye Xiu intended to travel the world as a master of musical instruments.

Of course, he would also try to find out what was hunting him. He

even considered heading to the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, as the relationships there were the most complex and the news was the most accessible, perhaps offering some clues.

Just as Ye Xiu was leaving the escort agency, preparing to change his tactics and adopt a new look, a shaky old man leaning on a cane passed by. Seeing this, Ye Xiu stepped back slightly, making way for the old man.

Unexpectedly, as the old man approached Ye Xiu, he groaned and fell to the ground, collapsing at Ye Xiu's feet. "

Fake insurance?"

Ye Xiu thought.

"Ouch, you bumped into this old man, pay me!" the old man said, grabbing Ye Xiu's trouser leg.

Ye Xiu looked at the old man speechlessly. So, he really was fake insurance. Ye Xiu couldn't help but roll his eyes. Wasn't this old man worried about running into some bad-tempered martial artist? If he did run into someone with a bad temper, he might just chop him down with a single blow.

You have to know that in ancient society, despite the existence of the imperial court, generally speaking, few people wanted to provoke martial artists. Even the imperial court would turn a blind eye to many people and things in the martial arts world.

Of course, facing the fake insurance old man, Ye Xiu didn't intend to chop him down with his sword, but that didn't mean he wouldn't teach him a lesson.

Just as Ye Xiu was about to teach the old man a lesson, he suddenly felt a chill in his calf, and he instinctively pulled his leg back.

The old man, lying on the ground, suddenly leaped up, shooting several flying needles at Ye Xiu while rapidly retreating. The old man's Qing Gong was beyond Ye Xiu's expectations, so fast that Ye Xiu even thought his Qing Gong might rival the Wind God Kick. Of course, that was just speed.

Of course, with Ye Xiu's Grandmaster status, catching up wouldn't be difficult. What surprised Ye Xiu, however, was that the man's Qing Gong wasn't just impressive. In the blink of an eye, he vanished from sight as if out of thin air.

Ye Xiu flicked his sleeve, channeling his Qi into it, blocking the needles. He looked down at his leg and discovered a thin needle had been stuck in it. The needle glowed faintly blue, clearly poisoned.

Ye Xiu immediately circulated his true Qi to force the poison needle out of his leg. At the same time, the true Qi in his body quickly transformed into Rama true Qi, which quickly circulated to his ankle to dissolve the toxin that had invaded his body along with the fine needle.

When it comes to healing wounds and removing poison, Rama Qi possesses miraculous effects, a fact Ye Xiu has proven time and again.

Coupled with the Heshi Bi's cleansing and marrow-cleansing properties, Ye Xiu possesses a high resistance to poison, making ordinary poisons virtually ineffective against him.

Sure enough, after a full cycle of Rama Qi circulation, the slight numbness in Ye Xiu's ankle rapidly faded.

Ye Xiu glanced around, but found nothing unusual, which somewhat surprised him. However, Ye Xiu was certain the other party hadn't left and was still here. He simply didn't know what methods they were using, and how they were so concealed that Ye Xiu hadn't been able to locate them for a while.

Ye Xiu's thoughts raced, appearing to completely dismiss the other party's methods, even as if the poison needle had no effect on him.

At the same time, Ye Xiu snorted coldly, his tone filled with disdain: "It's just some cheap, cheap stuff. It has absolutely no effect on me."

The more Ye Xiu acted like this, the more likely the person hiding in the shadows would think Ye Xiu was just holding on, believing they had a chance to take him down, and the longer they would stay put.

This was exactly the effect Ye Xiu wanted.

Ye Xiu stood there, seemingly calm, yet also wary of something.

After a long moment, Ye Xiu let out a light breath, a thin layer of cold sweat breaking out on his forehead.

Just as the sweat gathered into beads and streaked into Ye Xiu's eyes, causing him to close them subconsciously, a figure suddenly rushed out from the ground, seemingly appearing out of thin air. It was the old man from before, wielding a short knife. Like a flash of lightning, he charged towards Ye Xiu.

Snap—

just as the dagger was about to pierce Ye Xiu's body, two white fingers appeared before it. With a seemingly slow, feeble grip, they clamped the blade, preventing it from moving any further.

Ye Xiu sneered at the old man who had assassinated him.

A flicker of fear flashed across the old man's eyes. The next moment, as if a layer of skin had shed itself, he lunged at Ye Xiu. From behind the old man's skin, a surging figure emerged, rapidly flying off into the distance.

Ye Xiu, already prepared, would never give the man a chance to escape.

The old man's skin, like a net, couldn't reach Ye Xiu before it was shattered by the energies he expelled. Then, unleashing his Wind God Kick, he transformed into a wisp of breeze, instantly vanishing. The next moment, Ye Xiu was blocking the surging figure.

Only then did Ye Xiu clearly see the surging figure.

It was truly surging, and even then, she was only clad in a cool, gauze dress. Her gleaming white arms and legs, undulating like waves, threatened to blind anyone.

Ye Xiu, however, merely glanced at it, his eyes clear and unfazed by such mundane things. He advanced, his finger pointed at her.

Just as Ye Xiu pointed, she twisted, miraculously escaping the gauze dress once again, leaving Ye Xiu's finger trapped within it.

This uncanny movement truly amazed Ye Xiu; it was definitely not some ordinary martial arts technique.

Even with such a strange, slippery movement, as slithery as a loach, there was no way she could escape Ye Xiu's grasp. After all, Ye Xiu was too powerful, on the verge of becoming a Grandmaster of the Finger Profound Realm.

While this woman's strength wasn't weak, having reached the fifth or sixth level of the Grandmaster Realm, the gap between Grandmaster and Grandmaster was still vast.

Ye Xiu channeled his Qi and, with a simple flick of his hand, grasped the woman's arm again. Even though her arm was slippery, the very flick of his hand seemed to completely shatter and dislocate her bones, turning her into a puddle of mud and about to fall to the ground.

Ye Xiu reached out, grasping the woman by the scruff of the neck and swaying her.

In a flash, he vanished. The people around him couldn't react, their eyes blurring as if something had vanished, then nothing had. It was truly bizarre.

...

Ye Xiu looked at the fierce, turbulent woman before him, his expression unchanged.

Instead, the woman seemed to be striking a pose, deliberately revealing her body in a half-hidden, half-exposed position. She truly knew how to use her physical strength to her advantage.

"Speak," Ye Xiu said calmly.

Seeing Ye Xiu's complete indifference to her temptation, the woman's brows furrowed slightly. She knew, however, that if she didn't say something, she would have a very hard time escaping Ye Xiu's clutches.

"Sir, my name is Ruyan. I'm a descendant of Penglai, temporarily serving under the command of the God of Wealth, An Mansion. This time, I've come to assassinate you because An Mansion has repeatedly failed to take action against you. That's why they sent me..." This woman was incredibly straightforward. She

didn't even bother Ye Xiu to interrogate her. He simply asked a single question, not even asking for details, and she spilled everything she could.

Ye

Xiu listened to this woman with a look of surprise.

Ye Xiu hadn't expected the source of all this to be the Divine Marquis Mansion. For some reason,

the Divine Marquis Mansion was seeking a man who could ride a thousand-mile horse. As for who he was or what he looked like, they hadn't revealed anything. They simply said they were looking for someone, and that had alerted numerous factions.

An Shigeng of the An Mansion, this pervert—well, according to Ruyan, he was a pervert. He seemed to enjoy causing trouble for the Divine Marquis Mansion, so he sent people to investigate its activities.

Upon learning that the Divine Marquis Mansion was looking for someone, An Shigeng wanted to find the person before the Divine Marquis Mansion could, whether by capturing or killing him, as long as they couldn't find the man riding the Thousand-Li Horse.

So many people began to capture people throughout the Great Song Empire.

Ye Xiu was just one of the targets.

Even before Ye Xiu, many others had already been captured or killed.

Ye Xiu, on the other hand, fought off wave after wave of capturers, even succumbing to a Grandmaster-level capturer. This put Ye Xiu in An Shigeng's sights, and thus, Ruyan, the woman An Shigeng sent to capture Ye Xiu.

Ruyan's arrival was perfect timing, as Ye Xiu had just left the Thousand-Li Horse at the escort agency, so she immediately targeted Ye Xiu.

If Ye Xiu had moved faster, or Ruyan had arrived a little slower, if Ye Xiu had adopted a new face and identity, Ruyan would have missed him.

"Ruyan—" Ye Xiu muttered the name, then looked the woman up and down. "Is this your true appearance now?"

"Yes, sir, this is my true appearance now," Ruyan said delicately.

Ye Xiu nodded. This Ruyan, vaguely, did bear a resemblance to a certain actress. Yes, only about three points.

But that was normal. After all, in this world of martial arts, characters couldn't really look exactly like their actors.

However, the resemblance in terms of figure was even stronger, especially in the undulating curves of her breasts, which were almost nine-tenths the same.

As for Ruyan, she'd spilled the beans before Ye Xiu had even begun questioning her.

This seemed perfectly normal given Ruyan's personality.

She was just that kind of person. While she might appear to work for the An Mansion, in reality, she'd listen to whoever offered her a favor.

She was a complete egoist.

She'd do anything that benefited her, and absolutely nothing that she felt wasn't.

Just like now, Ruyan believed that keeping An Shigeng a secret while being tortured and interrogated by Ye Xiu was a huge loss, so without a second thought, she sold him out.

"You have a junior sister, Ji Yaohua, right?" Ye Xiu asked again.

A flicker of surprise crossed Ruyan's eyes. "Sir, how did you know that?"

"So, what's Ji Yaohua's current status?" Ye Xiu inquired again.

"My junior sister is now a female constable at the Six Gates," Ruyan replied.

Ye Xiu asked a few more questions.

Ruyan also cooperated very well and answered them one by one. She really said whatever she wanted to say without any concealment or hiding. She was so frank.

Even though Ye Xiu knew Ruyan's character, he was speechless in the face of this situation.

To be honest, the interrogation work after catching such an enemy is really boring and unfulfilling.

After the interrogation, Ye Xiu looked at Ruyan, thinking about how to deal with her.

Ruyan is also Ye Xiu's enemy. Kill her?

But Ruyan was so cooperative. She almost said whatever she was asked to say and did whatever she was asked to do. This made Ye Xiu feel a little embarrassed to kill her. After all, Ruyan was really too cooperative.