Chapter 524: Lu Wushuang

"They all say the Jianghu is full of treacherous waves, but in my view, they just haven't seen real waves. Once you've sat on a boat and gone out to sea, you wouldn't think what people stir up counts as waves at all... Ouch!"

The wind was fierce and the waves surged, suddenly tossing the small boat into mid-air.

The person speaking let out a delicate cry, performed a swallow-turn leap into mid-air, and then drifted down like a falling leaf.

Li Miao, beside her, sighed.

"Have you never heard the gossip about me in the Jianghu?"

The person patted the water droplets on her chest; her palace-style dress was stretched taut, and the pat caused a trembling, rippling effect like water waves.

She said with a smile:

"Which gossip is the lord referring to?"

"Is it that you kill until the fields are full and skin people to drink with, or that you hold the Emperor hostage and use your power for personal gain, or that your schemes are deep and you seek revenge for the slightest grievance?"

"Oh... I know."

She tilted her head and said to Li Miao with a smile:

"Are you referring to the gossip that says you have countless confidantes, can be called a glutton for beauty, forcibly taking countless outstanding heroines into your chambers, yet without a shred of affection, even abandoning the Ming Sect Leader, eventually leading to the disaster in the capital...?"

"I have naturally heard it."

Li Miao's mouth twitched.

"Then you wear this palace dress, and despite being able to suppress the turbulence with a simple 'Thousand-Catty Drop' technique, you insist on flipping into mid-air in front of me... is it intentional?"

The woman smiled and nodded with complete honesty.

"Yes!"

"You might not know, but I am an old friend of Commander An. Among the Four Young Masters, we are the only two who are familiar with each other, and we have often exchanged letters since he took office."

"He knows perfectly well how much I admire you. Speaking of which, I am extremely grateful that he recommended me to you, so how could I not seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?"

Li Miao shook his head helplessly.

This last one of the "Four Young Masters of Wine, Beauty, Wealth, and Spirit," the "Wealth Young Master" Lu Wushuang, was actually a woman... and a woman of peerless beauty.

To be honest, it wasn't that he didn't know about the "Four Young Masters"; he had naturally heard of the name and deeds of this last young master.

"Colorful Glutton Young Master," Lu Wushuang.

Known in the Jianghu as the "Wealth-Obsessed Young Master."

Born a white-clad assassin of the Blood-Clad Tower, she rebelled and set up her own business, building an inn in the Shaanxi region to handle intelligence and assassination business. It was said that as long as the money was enough, anything could be done, but if there was no money, even one's own brother would be swept out the door.

But this only explained her name "Wealth-Obsessed Young Master," not how she got the name "Colorful Glutton Young Master"... It was simple: this Young Master Lu loved beauties.

Ninety percent of the money she earned was used to build a massive palace city to house the beauties she had collected for her harem. The name "Wushuang City" was also famous throughout the Jianghu.

Precisely because of this, and because Lu Wushuang always traveled in disguise, no one in the Jianghu actually knew she was a woman.

Seeing Li Miao silent, Lu Wushuang said with a smile:

"Since the lord knows my heart and is not a pedantic or conservative person, yet still has concerns... could it be that you think my reputation is bad?"

"You need not worry. How could Brother An send an impure woman to your side? I just like looking at beautiful women; I have never truly done anything, and I have never even touched a man."

"Rather, I often talk about your deeds in my Wushuang City, and my sisters are all deeply infatuated with you... If you follow me, the entire Wushuang City will be yours. Wouldn't that be the best of both worlds?"

Li Miao shook his head and did not respond.

Lu Wushuang was tactful; seeing Li Miao unwilling to engage, she naturally changed the subject.

"We are already approaching Japan. After this wave passes, we should be able to see the coastline. However, Japan is currently in civil strife, and many bandits are plundering merchant ships along the coast. The direction we are heading happens to be a border area, so we will likely run into some trouble."

As she spoke, she turned her gaze to one side, giggled, and pointed with a fair, slender hand.

"Look, isn't it here?"

Li Miao had long since looked over there.