Chapter 144: Traveling Together

Seeing Pei Ye listened to the young girl's narration and said slowly: "Actually, from what I've felt these past few days, the name of the Cuiyu Jianmen might be much more valuable than the Seven Serpents Cave."

"Yes, the Cuiyu Jianmen is a name with more weight. Four hundred years ago, the Great Ancestor opened the sect at Yilan Mountain, calling it 'Jade Jade Mountain.' At that time, the sect's reputation was the best in the thirteen surrounding prefectures. Although it couldn't compare to the Tianshan and Kunlun of today, it was comparable to Huashan and Qingcheng. However, two hundred years later, there was a great change in the sect, the jade vein was broken, and the jade vein was renamed the Cuiyu Jianmen. It has continued for two hundred years to this day, and it still enjoys a reputation in the three surrounding prefectures," Li Piaoqing said. "The name of the Cuiyu Jianmen can indeed squeeze out more value than the Seven Serpents Cave, which has only been established for seventy years."

Li Piaoqing tilted her head and looked into the youth's eyes. "So, do you think we should imitate the Seven Serpents Cave? That could indeed surpass them in the next ten years."

"No," Seeing Pei Ye shook his head. "I don't like that."

"Not bad!" The young girl's face became clearer, and the firm temperament from the martial arts field that day appeared on her again. "The Cuiyu Jianmen would rather die holding jade than let it be stained by things like the Lake Heart Gang—I knew that people like Young Hero Pei would definitely agree with us, and that is enough."

Seeing Pei Ye looked at the young girl's brows and eyes, and suddenly somewhat understood why the person suddenly shouted "I will always support the Cuiyu Jianmen" in the martial arts field that day.

If you are willing to throw away some things, you can always get the respect of some people. Returning to that day, Seeing Pei Ye thought he would also shout...

Seeing Pei Ye suddenly raised a hand: "I will always support the Cuiyu Jianmen!"

Li Piaoqing laughed "puchi": "Ah, you are too quiet, you have to shout."

Seeing Pei Ye withdrew his hand: "No, I feel embarrassed."

"Forget it if you don't shout."

After walking quietly for a few steps, Li Piaoqing gave a light sigh.

"Actually, sometimes I also think that perhaps the Cuiyu Jianmen is really too old. The new replacing the old is a principle since ancient times," the Lost Emerald Sword was swung lightly by the young girl in her hand, drifting and turning like her voice. "But I am really unwilling—have you seen the swords of the Seven Serpents Cave?"

"No, I haven't seen people from the Seven Serpents Cave perform swords. How are their swords?"

"Far inferior to Cuiyu," the young girl stated.

Both name and reality are there, yet they are being undermined. Seeing Pei Ye thought: "Is this the predicament you are facing?"

"Yes, it's been more than ten years," the young girl sighed lightly.

Suddenly she laughed softly, "Sorry, actually we just met, and I told you these things, as if I pulled you into our camp—you don't have to regard the Seven Serpents Cave as an enemy, it won't affect the friendship between us."

"It's okay, I will judge for myself."

"Mainly I feel that you have a quality that makes people easily trust you," Li Piaoqing said in a low voice.

"Miss Li, I don't understand the situation of your two factions. But in my opinion, the new replacing the old should be because it is better than the old," Seeing Pei Ye was silent for a while and continued the topic. "According to what you said, the Seven Serpents Cave oppresses the people and exploits all trades, and then uses the silver obtained in this way to snatch disciples. This model definitely cannot be called 'better'."

He looked at the young girl seriously.

"Hmm, don't worry, Young Hero Pei," Li Piaoqing smiled. "I won't lose my fighting spirit. That is... what the Cuiyu Jianmen has been doing for fourteen and a half years."

"What do you mean? Have you never made any response for so many years?"

"No," Li Piaoqing said. "Although we are disdainful, we have never tried to hinder the development of the Seven Serpents Cave. Because the two families had no grudges in the first place. No matter what method they use, even if they surpass us later, the Cuiyu Jianmen will only walk its own path."

"..."

"But they don't think so," the young girl's voice became hard again. "When my senior brother was nineteen, he mastered the seven forms of 'Yellow Jade.' That was the happiest time for the whole sect in the last ten years. He was probably the last flash of the Cuiyu's four-hundred-year foundation, but he only had time to flash slightly."

"..."

"People who climb to the top of the mountain by despicable means will definitely try every means to step on the hands of the people below, because he knows that the position he occupies is not justified."

"Was it done by the Seven Serpents Cave?"

"... There is no evidence."

"I heard that this case happened half a year ago. Is there still no result now?"

Li Piaoqing shook her head: "No, the murderer has disappeared, and the case file has been shelved."

She signaled the small package on her shoulder: "That's why I found Grandpa Bai and took it out. This matter must have a result."

"Actually, this friend we are going to visit now, the deceased husband, died with my senior brother that year," seemingly touching on content she didn't want to say anymore, Li Piaoqing changed the topic. "They didn't know each other long at that time, and often met. Sometimes they were inseparable for several days, so when my senior brother was murdered, it involved him."

"Is this friend also a martial arts practitioner?"

Li Piaoqing nodded: "He was a dart head. I only met him once. His surname is Zhao, and he was quite old, nearly forty. I don't know how he became a year-end friend with my senior brother—no matter what, since it was affected by us, we naturally have to take good care of his family."

Seeing Pei Ye felt a slight sense of realization—the family fortune accumulated by a head escort, now like a territory without a lion, would certainly attract the cannibalization of hyenas like the Lake Heart Gang.

Speaking of this, looking up, the tofu shop under the poplar tree was already in sight.

Walking over, a four or five-year-old child was squatting in front of the door, holding a branch and scratching bubbles in the water channel. Li Piaoqing lifted the curtain and entered the shop, greeting people cordially. Seeing Pei Ye followed from behind and looked, the other party was a kind-looking woman of about forty.

"Ah! Miss Li, please come in and sit."

"No need, Auntie. I just came to tell you that I have been to the Lake Heart Gang, and they will not come again. If there is such a thing again, you can find me again."

"Thank you so much, Miss Li. If it weren't for you, we orphans and widows really wouldn't know what to do..."

"It should be."

"Sigh," the woman frowned and sighed. "He moved here from another place five years ago. I remarried. Buying this residence had already emptied the family property. Where is there any family property? At most, it's a few pearl hairpins. If giving them to them could ensure peace, it would be fine, but how could they believe it... Ah! By the way, Miss Li, I cleaned the house two days ago and found two of his relics again."

The woman walked into the room and took out a small package that was spread out.

Seeing Pei Ye looked, and inside were two things. The first was a standard Fingertip Sword of the Cuiyu Jianmen exactly the same as the one Li Piaoqing gave, and the second was a thin booklet.

"He showed off this to me, it was given by your senior brother; this is a small notebook he left behind, recording a few lines when he came back sometimes," the woman showed them to them, then packed them up again and handed them to Li Piaoqing.

Posting one chapter first, I will post the second chapter today.

There are too many things at the beginning of school these two days, I will try my best to ensure 4000 words every day, but the time may not be very stable.

If I have no time at all one day, I will ask for leave in advance.

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