Chapter 179: The Little Fairy Zhang Jing

"Your martial arts are higher than mine?" the girl in red was startled.

Yu Liancheng said leisurely: "Your martial arts are higher than the people you were whipping, so they could only be beaten by you; if they dared to flee, they would die. My martial arts are higher than yours; I want you to leave, and if you dare not to, I will have you die."

"You..." the girl in red gritted her teeth: "But they were going to attack you. I helped you deal with them, saving you from a piece of trouble."

"I did not ask you to help me, did I? Besides, that group of lackeys is really not worthy of being called trouble."

Yu Liancheng smiled: "Of course, if a very beautiful young girl were traveling with me, I might not refuse. But you must..."

Having said this, he suddenly stopped.

The girl in red could not help but ask: "Must what?"

Yu Liancheng did not say, only looking at her with a smile.

This girl in red had a fiery temperament, but she was also very clever. Suddenly thinking of what Yu Liancheng had said earlier, she bit her red lips with her pearly teeth. After hesitating for a long while, she finally parted her red lips, her voice as soft as a mosquito's: "I beg you... I beg you to let me follow you..."

Yu Liancheng said: "Did you just say something?"

The girl in red's voice grew louder: "I beg you to let me follow you!"

Yu Liancheng said: "Still a bit too quiet. I couldn't tell you were actually such a shy young girl."

The girl in red's willow-leaf eyebrows stood on end. Using her Internal Force, she shouted: "I said, I beg you to let me follow you!!"

"Hiss, the voice is quite loud, but is this the attitude of someone begging?" Yu Liancheng rubbed his ears.

"You..." the girl in red stomped her feet, gritting her teeth in anger.

"Alright, this counts as your first time begging someone, I'll let you off. But you should learn to beg with soft words; with your appearance, not many men could refuse," Yu Liancheng laughed.

"Hmph, it has always been others begging me, I would never..." the girl in red snorted coldly. She wanted to say she would never beg anyone, but having just begged someone three times, she really didn't have the face to say such words.

Yu Liancheng chuckled, glanced at her, and continued walking forward.

The girl in red followed behind on horseback. She kept a cold face and originally did not want to speak to Yu Liancheng, but after half an hour, she couldn't help but say: "You walking like this is really too slow. I will go find a horse for you."

She did things in a rush and truly had little patience for traveling.

"No need," Yu Liancheng smiled: "Life is short; it is meant for wandering and seeing, appreciating different scenery. This is also a cultivation of the heart. You are just too impatient, which is why neither your whip technique nor your palm technique can reach the level of 'Rigidity and Flexibility Combined'."

The girl in red snorted; she did not like being lectured by others.

After walking in silence for a while longer, the girl in red couldn't help but ask: "What is your name? How come I don't know when such an expert as you appeared in the Edo?"

Yu Liancheng said: "Perhaps you could say your name first."

The girl in red asked in surprise: "You actually don't know me?"

Looking at her expression, it was as if anyone walking the Edo should have heard of her name.

Yu Liancheng said: "Why should I know you?"

The girl in red wanted to get angry, but upon thinking of the other's martial arts, she couldn't help but deflate: "My name is Zhang Jing."

This name was indeed very famous. She had not been active for long—counting it all up, perhaps not even a year—but it had already resounded throughout the black and white paths of the Central Plains.

She had high martial arts, hated evil, and struck ruthlessly, making friends in the black path tremble with fear. Coupled with her beautiful appearance, she earned the nickname "Xiaoxiannv".

Along the way, countless black-path experts had died by her hands, which had fostered her overbearing and arrogant personality, not taking the world's experts seriously.

"My name is Yu Liancheng. 'Jade without flaw, a name worth a city'."

"Yu Liancheng?" Zhang Jing frowned slightly: "Why have I never heard your name? With your martial arts, it wouldn't be easy to stay unknown even if you wanted to."

Yu Liancheng laughed: "I am precisely aiming to become famous throughout the world, and I want every expert in the Edo to know one sentence."

"What sentence?"

Yu Liancheng raised the sword in his palm, which seemed to block the afterglow of the setting sun: "Martial Arts Supreme, the Duoqing Sword. Command the world, none dare disobey."

To make the Stone Gate open to the next world, he needed to gain a certain level of fame in the current world. He was planning to make a statement with this Duoqing Sword.

Xiaoxiannv parted her cherry lips, stunned for a moment before saying: "Are you trying to become the Martial Arts Alliance Leader?"

"This sword of mine is the Alliance Leader; I am merely holding the Emperor hostage to command the vassals," Yu Liancheng laughed heartily.

"You... you are really... really..."

"Really unreasonable? Haha, the higher the martial arts, isn't it just about doing as one pleases? I cannot be a great hero like Yan Nantian; I am just a Edo traveler who does what he wants, and I am happy to be free and easy."

The two walked and chatted; the sunset had sunk, and the bright moon had risen.

At this time, singing came from afar. The singing was high-pitched and clear, but one could not understand what was being sung, only that the songs always began with "Ala..."

Later, Yu Liancheng learned that these two words were the deity worshipped by the nomadic people.

Yu Liancheng walked in the direction of the singing and saw white tents dotted in the middle of the boundless grassland.

In front of the tents, there was a campfire. The Tibetan women were singing, covered in rings and pendants, wearing bright little hats.

Seeing Yu Liancheng, the Tibetan women giggled and came over to pull him to sing together.

Yu Liancheng not only did not refuse, but he also forcibly pulled Xiaoxiannv down from her horse.

Under the firelight, two more shadows were added to the crowd.

That day, they rested in the tents, drinking sheep's milk and eating mutton.

The next day, the two continued their journey.

After yesterday's time together, the two had become familiar, and Xiaoxiannv was no longer as restrained as she was at first.

That evening, the two arrived in a small town.

The market town was bustling with pedestrians. This place was already very close to the Central Plains, and there were many Han people, so there was no need to worry about language problems.

Both were people who liked to enjoy themselves, and they had already arrived at the largest and most luxurious inn.

Yu Liancheng sat down and ordered wine and food, but his first sentence startled Zhang Jing.

"The Treasure Map is fake."

PS: Still owe 6 chapters, asking for monthly tickets.