Chapter 48: Isn't It Just a Secret Map?

Compared to the increasingly tense and chaotic situation in Li Cheng, Xia Daoming was living a peaceful life.

Apart from checking in at the martial hall every few days, occasionally listening to music at the Yaohua Building, and drinking tea with the Ji family young lady, while teasing her a bit, for the rest of the time, Xia Daoming basically stayed in the backyard, eating medicine and practicing.

Of course, young people have a lot of fire, and taking medicine every day, it was inevitable to play cards with Lian'er to vent the fire.

Liu Qiaolian also took medicine every day, and with Xia Daoming's nourishment and guidance, she became more and more charming and moving, and her skill became deeper.

Originally, according to the rules of the Hidden Dragon Qianjiao Wu Guan, the secret map could only be observed once every half a year.

However, after only two months, Xia Daoming privately told Liang Jingtang that his Lian'er's skill had become deeper recently, could she observe it in advance? So she could comprehend dark energy as soon as possible and become a Great Wu Shi as soon as possible.

What kind of person was Xia Daoming now?

Since he said so, Liang Jingtang didn't bother to tell him any big principles, and directly threw the secret map to him.

Isn't it just a secret map?

Anyway, whether it was the secret map or the Hidden Dragon Qianjiao Wu Guan, Liang Jingtang had already thought it through, and would pass it all to Xia Daoming.

Passing it early would save worry early.

As for Yuchi Xiao, who had been working diligently and conscientiously for him for many years, Liang Jingtang didn't consider him.

With Yuchi Xiao's personality and strength, even if he passed the secret map and martial hall to him, he wouldn't be able to keep it.

How could it compare to directly finding a powerful Xia Shidi Xu Shixiong for Yuchi Xiao, to cover him, so he could enjoy the shade under a big tree in the future, which was more refreshing?

Xia Daoming didn't stand on ceremony with Liang Jingtang either.

Isn't it just a secret map?

When my strength becomes stronger, I will go to the Cangmang Mountains to pick a Transforming Dragon Fruit to eat, become a Grandmaster, draw a brand new one and frame it, and let the Hidden Dragon Qianjiao Wu Guan pass it down from generation to generation.

Xia Daoming casually and easily brought the secret map home.

Liu Qiaolian didn't think so!

This was the secret map of the Hidden Dragon Art!

Observing the divine charm once meant one less time.

How could it be said that one could observe it just by observing it?

Even for direct disciples, after paying silver money, they had to wait half a year to observe it once.

For a maid of the master, having the opportunity to observe it last time was already a great face and kindness.

Now, it was only two months since the last observation, and the master actually brought the secret map back for her to observe directly, which made Liu Qiaolian look at the jade box handed over, almost crying.

"Master, Lian'er is not worth you doing this!" Liu Qiaolian's eye sockets turned red.

"Don't think so much, you are Master's Lian'er. As long as you can withstand it, you can look at it whenever you want. Strive to become a fifth-rank Great Wu Shi as soon as possible, so Master can take you to the Liu family village to take revenge." Xia Daoming said.

"This... this map, isn't it, isn't it stolen by Master specifically for this maid?" Liu Qiaolian was stunned upon hearing this, and after a long time, she swallowed hard and stammered.

It was no wonder Liu Qiaolian thought so.

Which family's divine charm secret map could be observed whenever one wanted, unless it was one's own private property!

But this divine charm secret map was clearly the Hidden Dragon Qianjiao Wu Guan's.

"I say Lian'er, do I look like the kind of person who would steal his own family's things?" Xia Daoming looked at Liu Qiaolian and was speechless.

"No, no, of course not." Liu Qiaolian shook her head repeatedly.

"Don't worry, Master is naturally gifted, and is an unparalleled genius disciple of the Hidden Dragon Qianjiao Wu Guan. Master currently has no children, and is not prepared to take any more disciples, so this divine charm secret map was originally prepared to be passed to me, it's just that it's being advanced now." Xia Daoming explained helplessly after seeing Liu Qiaolian shaking her head repeatedly, though there was still doubt in her eyes.

After Xia Daoming said this, Liu Qiaolian was relieved.

To talk about being naturally gifted, she, Liu Qiaolian, had never seen such a naturally gifted master in her life.

When he was in the fourth-rank realm, killing Martial Masters of the same level was like chopping vegetables.

When he was in the fifth-rank realm, not only did he kill Great Martial Masters of the same level like chopping vegetables, but he also secretly assassinated the Wu family fortress master, a sixth-rank Great Wu Shi, making the Xu family take the blame.

This was not even counting anything.

The most terrifying thing was that her master soared from a fourth-rank Wu Shi to a sixth-rank Great Wu Shi realm in less than a year, and usually ate Ice Purple Shouwu like eating radishes.

Even in Liu Qiaolian's heart, even if that Xu family genius disciple Xu Shisen had a high realm now, in terms of talent, he couldn't compare to her master at all.

Unfortunately, Liu Qiaolian didn't know now that her master was actually already a seventh-rank Great Wu Shi, and had a glorious record of assassinating an eighth-rank Great Wu Shi.

Otherwise, she would think that even that Xu Shisen, compared to her master, didn't count for anything!

"Since the Hall Master Liang regards Master as his successor and passed this divine charm secret map to you in advance, Master must not break the rules of the martial hall because of Lian'er!" After being relieved, Liu Qiaolian said with a face full of anxiety.

"What rules or not, fine, since I let you observe the secret map, you should observe it well, otherwise, family law will be served!" Xia Daoming knew that this woman would only consider him, not herself, if she talked about big principles, so he simply stopped arguing with her and directly brought out family law.

Sure enough, as soon as Xia Daoming brought out family law, Liu Qiaolian obediently submitted, bowed and said: "Yes, this maid obeys."

"Go!" Xia Daoming waved his hand.

Liu Qiaolian bowed again, then turned and entered the room.

Entering the room, Liu Qiaolian sat cross-legged, carefully placed the box in front of her feet, looked at it for a long time with red eye sockets, then took a deep breath, calmed her mood, and opened the box.

An hour later.

Xia Daoming pushed the door and entered, seeing Liu Qiaolian's face pale, her forehead covered in fine sweat, looking like she had seen some terrifying scene, still shaken.

"Master!"

Seeing Xia Daoming push the door and enter, Liu Qiaolian finally came back to her senses and wanted to stand up to salute.

"Feeling the divine charm scene in the secret map on the second time, it seems my Lian'er still has martial arts talent." Xia Daoming laughed heartily upon seeing this.

"This is all Master's cultivation, only then is there Lian'er today." Liu Qiaolian said from the bottom of her heart.

"You don't have to belittle yourself either. If you don't have martial arts talent yourself, no matter how hard I try to help you, it will be in vain.

Fine, you take the opportunity to calm down and comprehend well, I will take the secret map away first and return it to Master for safekeeping. After a while, I will take it again for you to observe, and you should be able to thoroughly comprehend the mystery of dark energy." Xia Daoming said.

"Thank you, Master!" Liu Qiaolian said happily.

"Why did you bring the secret map back to me? Just keep it there."

Inside the Hidden Dragon Qianjiao Wu Guan, Liang Jingtang, who was originally squinting his eyes and lying on the rattan chair enjoying the infinite beauty of the sunset, saw Xia Daoming bring the jade box containing the secret map back again, and waved his hand indifferently.

And before this, this jade box was as precious as his life to him.

"I often go out, if a thief steals it, this loss will be huge, it's better to keep it with you." Xia Daoming said.

"Then don't I often need to go out?" Liang Jingtang finally opened his eyes and said angrily.

"Hehe, it seems that the Longevity Jade Liquid is very effective!" Xia Daoming showed a meaningful smile upon hearing this.

Liang Jingtang was slightly stunned upon hearing this, then realized what Xia Daoming meant, patted his forehead, and smiled bitterly: "When I took you in back then, why did I think you were an honest and loyal person!"

"Uh, Master, what do you mean by this? Could it be that the Longevity Jade Liquid has no effect?" Xia Daoming asked with a face full of bewilderment.

Seeing Xia Daoming pretending to be confused, Liang Jingtang simply closed his eyes and waved his hand: "Go aside!"

"Hehe, Master, then I will trouble you to keep it!" Xia Daoming put the jade box into Liang Jingtang's arms and laughed.

Liang Jingtang waved his hand.

Hearing Xia Daoming's footsteps leaving, Liang Jingtang finally opened his eyes slowly, the corners of his mouth filled with smiles.

"This brat!"

"Daoming, let's go listen to music at the hook-and-crook tonight!" Just as Xia Daoming walked out of the backyard, Yuchi Xiao pulled him to a corner and whispered.

"Xu Shixiong, didn't we just go last month? Wouldn't this be too frequent? Don't forget that I am shouldering the heavy burden of the rise of the Hidden Dragon Qianjiao Wu Guan. It's not good for you to often incite me like this!" Xia Daoming said with a "serious" face.

"Less of that! Going to the hook-and-crook, we are watching! You stay at home, with young and beautiful women, who knows what you are doing all day?" Yuchi Xiao curled his lips with disdain.

"Xu Shixiong is really painstaking, specifically arranging for me to listen to music at the hook-and-crook for the sake of my martial arts success!" Xia Daoming said with emotion.

Yuchi Xiao looked at Xia Daoming's emotional appearance and really wanted to punch him a few times, but remembering the result of the last sparring, he could only suppress the impulse in his heart and said angrily: "You brat, just say it, are you going or not? If not, I will help you push it off with Yongbao!"

"Eh, could it be that Xu Shixiong Jiao is treating?" Xia Daoming looked surprised.

After a year of being fellow disciples.

Xia Daoming now understood everyone's personality very well.

Yuchi Xiao was honest and loyal, but restless inside.

Zhuo Xingji was the most heroic and free-spirited, and generous in spending money.

Liu Xiao Qiang was charming, and when she started driving, the speed was very fast, but in actual behavior, she still paid attention to propriety, at least much more conservative than the women in Xia Daoming's world, and she loved the girls under her very much, and would never force them to sell their bodies.

Jiao Yongbao was eloquent, always smiling, a good-natured person, making people easily feel close, but he cared very much about money.

As a restaurant owner, every time he went to the hook-and-crook to listen to music, he never paid for tips, and basically, it was Zhuo Xingji who paid the bill.

"Hehe, very surprised, right!"

"Since Xu Shixiong Jiao is treating, then I must go! However, I have to go home and tell them, I will go over later myself." ===== CHAPTER 49 =====