Chapter 535

Nie Nie Susu had always felt that she was a lucky person.

The Nie family she belonged to was the number one noble family in Tancheng, and she had lived a life of luxury since she was a child.

The Nie family valued martial arts, and Nie Nie Susu happened to have high talent for martial arts, which made her like a little princess in the Nie family.

At the age of seventeen, after Nie Nie Susu passed the test and confirmed she possessed martial arts talent, the family sent her to Dongping University, one of the twelve universities, and she successfully became a martial artist afterward.

It was also in this year that she met a mysterious woman who took her as a disciple and taught her sword art.

From then on, her martial arts progressed by leaps and bounds, and she became a famous sword art genius at Dongping University, also hailed as the most talented martial artist in Tancheng in thirty years!

This year she was nineteen, and school was on break. She returned to Tancheng from university, and while practicing her sword in the independent courtyard the family had prepared for her, she actually met her master again.

This made Nie Nie Susu very pleasantly surprised.

Her master said she would stay in Tancheng for a period of time to continue guiding her in sword art, so for the next few days, she spent every day very happily.

Early this morning, Nie Nie Susu got up early as usual and had a meal.

"Nie Susu, you've been running out every day since you came back, and you don't know how to spend more time with us."

"Oh, Mom, I have to practice my sword. When I master my sword art in the future, there will be plenty of time to spend with you."

Nie Nie Susu stuffed a steamed bun into her mouth, then got up and came to her mother's side, lowering her head to kiss the other person's cheek:

"I'm leaving now."

"Hey, you child... eat more."

"I'm full—"

Nie Nie Susu ran a little and ran out of the Nie mansion.

"This girl."

Mother Nie wiped the grease off her face while watching her daughter's energetic back, her eyes full of smiles.

Suddenly, she covered her mouth, and a strong sense of nausea surged into her heart.

"Madam, what's wrong with you?"

The maid on the side hurriedly stepped forward to check.

"Ugh—"

Mother Nie retched while pushing the maid away with force.

Bang!

Clatter—

The maid was pushed by a great force and knocked over the dining table, making a mess on the floor.

Mother Nie had calmed down by this time; she looked at the bewildered maid on the floor in surprise, and then looked down at her own hands.

For some reason, the moment the maid came over just now, she suddenly felt an extremely violent emotion, which was why she pushed the other person down.

"What on earth is wrong with me?"

Mother Nie felt some lingering fear.

This strange emotion had appeared several times in the last few days.

"Someone, go and invite Physician Wang from the East City to the mansion."

Mother Nie ordered.

On the other side, Nie Nie Susu did not know about her mother's strangeness after she left; her face was still filled with smiles, and she was running lightly on the street.

Rickshaw pullers were coming and going, the breakfast shops on the street were emitting fragrance and heat, and children holding toys were playing on the side of the road...

After running through a few streets, there was a group of people gathered in a circle ahead.

Nie Nie Susu was someone who liked to watch the excitement, so she immediately squeezed forward.

"Is this person crazy?"

"Sigh, Widow Wang is also a pitiful person."

"She was fine just yesterday."

"Another one gone crazy? Which one is this now?"

"..."

Nie Nie Susu squeezed to the front row and saw several inspectors in uniforms pressing a disheveled woman firmly to the ground.

The woman was the Widow Wang everyone was talking about, constantly letting out shrill screams from her mouth. That face covered in thick powder was twitching strangely; the left corner of her mouth was desperately pulling upward, while the right side was desperately pulling downward, looking just like a human-skin lantern being torn by two forces!

Nie Nie Susu was startled by this ferocious expression and subconsciously took a step back.

She shook her head, not intending to watch this kind of excitement anymore, and turned to walk outside, with people's discussions reaching her ears:

"What's going on lately? Someone in our big courtyard went crazy too."

"Old Li who sells fruit next door to my house, his wife also suddenly started making a scene at home yesterday."

"The government will take care of it, right?"

"..."

Nie Nie Susu frowned slightly, vaguely feeling that something was strange.

But she didn't think much about it; these things were not her place to manage.

She soon arrived at the small courtyard dedicated to her martial arts practice.

Her master didn't come today, but she didn't slack off either, focusing on practicing her sword according to the guidance she had received before.

Nie Nie Susu loved the sword!

When she was six years old, when the family arranged martial arts classes for all the Nie children, she took a fancy to a wooden sword at first sight and decided from then on to practice sword art.

It was not easy to return home, yet she ran to this small courtyard every day, just because she enjoyed this feeling of being immersed in sword art and constantly improving.

From early morning until dusk, except for resting and taking elixirs, Nie Nie Susu was almost always practicing her sword.

Suddenly, she sensed movement and turned her head to look sharply.

She saw that there were two more people in the courtyard.

One person was wearing green clothes and a cloak.

There was also another person wearing a golden robe, very young, but looking very imposing, with more presence than any of the big shots Nie Nie Susu had seen at Dongping University.

Nie Nie Susu was stunned for a moment, her gaze lingering on that green-clad figure, and she asked uncertainly:

"Fairy Sister?"

She had always felt that she was a lucky person.

Besides meeting a mysterious master who taught her sword art at the age of seventeen, she also had an encounter when she was a child.

Noble families and major Jianghu sects would not wait until a disciple was seventeen to test if they had martial arts talent, but would start cultivating them from a young age.

Although she did not have an implant, she could practice basic martial arts, exercise her physique, and hone her will.

So Nie Nie Susu started practicing martial arts from a young age; she had high talent and repeatedly came out on top in the family's internal competitions.

But when she was twelve, her sword art hit a bottleneck, and she lost to her opponents several times in family competitions, with poor results.

After losing another competition, Nie Nie Susu ran out of the city crying and came to a small river outside the city, practicing her sword in a venting manner.

It just so happened that a swordsman wearing green clothes and a cloak passed by, and after watching her practice her sword by the river for a while, said:

"Practicing the sword requires focus. If you are only doing it to vent your emotions, you shouldn't use a sword."

Afterward, this swordsman guided Nie Nie Susu on some essentials of sword art, and just a few sentences benefited her greatly.

Later, this swordsman guided her for a total of three days before drifting away.

To the twelve-year-old Nie Nie Susu, this swordsman was mysterious, powerful, and came and went without a trace, flying through the air right in front of her every time, just like a fairy in a novel!

So Nie Nie Susu called the other person Fairy Sister.

Her sword art entered the hall and reached the inner chamber because it was taught by that mysterious master.

Her sword art foundation, however, was laid for her by this Fairy Sister.

She had always felt that if it weren't for this Fairy Sister laying the foundation for her, allowing her to stand out among her peers, she might not have been noticed by her master later on.

So she had always been very grateful to this Fairy Sister deep in her heart.

It was just that after parting back then, she hadn't seen her again for many years.

Unexpectedly, the other person suddenly appeared before her eyes today.

The people who suddenly appeared before Nie Nie Susu were none other than Li Fei and Ning Ning Qingman.

The two had rushed all the way from Gan Province to Dongping Province, screening the intelligence obtained by "Under Heaven" on the road.

Li Fei demanded that "Under Heaven" find out all the abnormal people and things in the entire Dongping Province during this period and hand them over to him.

Afterward, he and Ning Ning Qingman screened out intelligence that might be related to Li Ming, and then went to check them out.

The two came to Tancheng as their first stop; this was the place Ning Ning Qingman had chosen.

When they were riding a flying boat and passing over Tancheng in an invisible state, Ning Ning Qingman suddenly sensed a familiar sword intent.

So she had Li Fei land in this small courtyard of Nie Nie Susu.

"Fairy Sister?"

Li Fei turned his head and glanced at Ning Ning Qingman.

The other person had an acquaintance in this Tancheng, which was why she chose this place as the first stop?

Ning Ning Qingman looked at the young girl before her with a complex expression.

When the other person was twelve years old, she had a chance encounter with her.

At that time, she only felt that the girl's obsession with winning or losing and the spiritual energy when practicing the sword were somewhat similar to herself when she was young, so on a whim, she guided the other person for three days.

Seeing her again today, that sword light filling the courtyard, that agile posture, and that sword intent once again made Ning Ning Qingman think of herself when she was young.

But...

"Who taught you the sword art you were practicing just now?"

Ning Ning Qingman asked in a cold voice.

Nie Nie Susu was startled, then frowned.

Peeking at others practicing martial arts was a major taboo in the Jianghu!

"Fairy... Senior."

Nie Nie Susu bowed to Ning Ning Qingman:

"Regarding this matter, please forgive this junior for being unable to disclose it!"

Her master had repeatedly warned Nie Nie Susu not to tell others about her and not to use the sword art she taught in front of people.

Ning Ning Qingman was silent, and the small courtyard became quiet.

Li Fei sensed that Ning Ning Qingman's emotions were not right, so he asked via sound transmission:

"Sword Immortal Ning, is there something wrong with the sword art she is practicing?"

"It is the Ning family sword art."

Ning Ning Qingman's answer was very concise.

Li Fei frowned.

Ning family sword art?

During this period, while on the road, he had secretly used the Thousand-Mechanism Shadowless Threads to obtain a lot of information about the Ning family from back then.

More than a hundred years ago, the Ning family was ranked among the "Eight Great Families," and like the current Seven Great Families, they were martial arts families passed down for many years, with Grandmasters sitting in charge.

But later, because they participated in factional strife and were involved in court grievances, they ended up with their family destroyed!

It was probably similar to the current Gouchen Sword Sect and Mount Mount Baituo.

It was just that the Gouchen Sword Sect and Mount Mount Baituo had chosen to side with the First Imperial Prince, who hadn't completely lost yet, so the final result was still hard to say.

And the prince the Ning family chose to support back then later became the Emperor.

It was just that the Ning family didn't manage to hold on until the day of victory...

And precisely because that prince finally sat on the dragon chair, Ning family descendants with astonishing talent like Ning Ning Qingman were able to survive and were not wiped out.

Otherwise, where would she have the opportunity to break through and become a saint?

The enemies who caused the Ning family's destruction back then were all liquidated by the newly enthroned Son of Heaven and killed cleanly!

But Ning Ning Qingman's family members were dead after all. Feeling disheartened, she refused the Son of Heaven's solicitation and had no intention of rebuilding the Ning family, choosing to become a rogue cultivator.

The core members of the Ning family back then, except for Ning Ning Qingman, were all dead.

And Ning Ning Qingman didn't take any disciples.

Then where did this little girl in front of him learn the Ning family sword art?

Li Fei instinctively felt that there was a conspiracy in this!

It just so happened that the demon Li Ming was hiding in Dongping Province, Ning Ning Qingman chose a city in Dongping Province, met someone she knew, and the other person knew the Ning family sword art?

Li Fei felt that he should step forward.

He took a step forward.

Nie Nie Susu subconsciously retreated, revealing a look of vigilance.

She was no longer the twelve-year-old girl without any guard back then.

"I am Li Fei."

Li Fei looked at Nie Nie Susu and said calmly.

"I am Li Fei," not "My name is Li Fei."

The difference here is that the former assumes one's name should be known to the whole world.

It was indeed known to the whole world.

Nie Nie Susu's eyes widened suddenly.

In fact, when she first saw Li Fei just now, she felt like she had seen him somewhere before, but her attention had been attracted by Ning Ning Qingman.

Now that she heard Li Fei announce his name, she immediately remembered.

At the first National Martial Arts Assembly that had Buddhist participation and was broadcast on television!

The Lanxun Pavilion's national broadcast to elect cabinet members!

Nie Nie Susu had seen Li Fei on television more than once.

This was the person she admired the most now!!

"Ah—"

A girl's scream suddenly rang out in the courtyard, leaving Li Fei bewildered.

"No, I didn't..."

"Are you really Li Fei?!"

"Yes, it's me."

"The Li Fei who has the fastest breakthrough speed in history, won the National Martial Arts Championship, was enfeoffed as the Marquis of Jing'an, killed a Martial Arts Grandmaster while at the Dao Foundation stage, dared to challenge peak powerhouses, and led troops deep into the Northern Barbarians to establish great military exploits...?!"

The girl reported all of Li Fei's battle records in one breath, as if she were counting her family treasures.

Li Fei felt slightly uncomfortable: "... It's me."

"Ah—"

A girl's excited scream rang out in the courtyard once again.

In this era, there wasn't actually the term "idol," but the name Li Fei had long since become a legend in many people's hearts, becoming an idol in the hearts of thousands of martial artists.

Nie Nie Susu had now officially become a martial artist, so she knew that the Fairy Sister who possessed the ability to fly through the air was either a Martial Arts Grandmaster with relevant divine abilities or a Great Grandmaster!

And since Li Fei came with the other person and was so imposing, Nie Nie Susu basically believed in her heart that the person in front of her was the person she admired.

"Are you... Marquis, Marquis, do you have any instructions for me?"

Nie Nie Susu suddenly became cautious and nervous.

Ning Ning Qingman looked at this scene, feeling both angry and amused.

When the girl broke through her bottleneck under her guidance and her sword art progressed by leaps and bounds back then, she hadn't been this excited.

"What is your name, are you a local? Can you briefly tell me about your situation?"

Li Fei asked in a gentle tone.

"My name is Nie Nie Susu!"

Nie Nie Susu said with a flushed face, very excitedly.

The Marquis of Jing'an took the initiative to ask me my name!

Afterward, she told Li Fei about her situation.

Nie family member, student at Dongping University...

After Li Fei finished listening, he pointed to Ning Ning Qingman beside him:

"The set of sword art you practiced just now is her family's sword art, so we want to know how you learned this set of sword art; this is very important to us."

Nie Nie Susu looked at Fairy Sister again and was stunned.

Peeking at others practicing martial arts was a major taboo in the Jianghu.

Then stealing the martial arts of another family was even more of a taboo among taboos!

"Is it... the senior's family sword art? Could it be..."

Nie Nie Susu's eyes changed.

Are her master and this Fairy Sister from the same family?

She looked at Li Fei with a difficult expression.

On one hand, she really wanted to cooperate with Li Fei.

But on the other hand, she had promised her master that she would never expose any information about the other person!

"Marquis, I'm sorry..."

After struggling for a moment, Nie Nie Susu lowered her head, "I can't answer."

Li Fei still wanted to ask, but was stopped by Ning Ning Qingman:

"Alright."

The girl's silent expression was almost the same as hers back then.

The same stubbornness.

So Ning Ning Qingman knew that continuing to press would not get an answer.

"Have many people in this city suddenly gone crazy recently?"

Ning Ning Qingman asked softly.

This was abnormal intelligence collected by "Under Heaven." She selected this one from a pile of intelligence and decided to come here with Li Fei as the first stop.

In fact, a large part of the reason was that she remembered the little girl she met when she passed through this small city that was somewhat similar to her hometown back then.

It was just that she didn't expect that they seemed to have "hit the jackpot" at the first stop.

Hearing Ning Ning Qingman's question and remembering the scene she saw on the street today, as well as the conversations of those passersby, Nie Nie Susu nodded:

"There is indeed such a thing."

"Then please take us to find these people who have gone crazy."

Ning Ning Qingman said to Nie Nie Susu.

Nie Nie Susu glanced at Li Fei and readily agreed.

So the three of them walked out of this big courtyard together.

On the street, the girl who had just finished practicing her sword and was only wearing a thin shirt walked in the front, looking back at Li Fei from time to time, a secret, happy smile on her face.

Ning Ning Qingman looked at the girl holding a long sword and wearing a ponytail who kept looking back, and a smile also appeared on her face.

Inside a house, Li Ming, who had transformed into a woman, sat cross-legged, recovering while practicing.

Relying on the 【Demon Fetus Soul Seed】 divine ability, plus the power of the Dao rules, he successfully resurrected, but not only had his connection to the Dao rules weakened, his cultivation realm had been weakened, and his combat power was temporarily unable to return to its peak.

After resurrection, he would have at least a three-year "weakness period."

Three years later, his application of the Dao rules would be able to return to its previous level.

This was a "running-in period" between the Dao rules and the new body, which could not be skipped.

So Li Ming seized every moment to recover.

"They're here!"

Suddenly, a hoarse voice sounded in the room.

Li Ming opened his eyes sharply.

"They really came! But Li Fei is following by her side."

The hoarse voice continued to speak.

Li Ming's mind flashed with Li Fei's 【Unknown Height of Heaven】, which was like the collapse of the firmament, and his face became somewhat gloomy.

"This kid's identity is a bit troublesome."

The ally hiding in the dark continued to speak.

Li Ming sneered: "In today's Great Lan Dynasty, Yun Shu is dead, Wen Ren Zheng dares not move lightly, and the national fortune is severely depleted. What are you still afraid of?"

"It's still a bad variable."

"We've reached this point, do you want to shrink back?"

"Hehe, I've already put my chips on the table, so naturally I won't shrink back. I'm just reminding you that with the addition of Li Fei as a variable, your plan might not still work. If it fails, I will immediately stop and leave."

Li Ming pulled at the corners of his mouth: "Just wait and see."

Tancheng, Inspectorate.

Nie Nie Susu brought Li Fei and Ning Ning Qingman here, intending to see the Widow Wang who had just been caught this morning.

The Nie family was the number one noble family in Tancheng, and naturally had many connections in the government.

Nie Nie Susu's own uncle served as the captain of the First Brigade in the Inspectorate, so it was not a difficult thing for her to want to bring people to see a prisoner who had just been arrested.

It was just that as soon as she entered the Inspectorate, she reacted.

With Li Fei's identity, where would he need her help to clear up relationships?

I'm afraid that as soon as Li Fei revealed his identity, everyone in the Tancheng government would have to come and line up in front of him to listen to his orders!

However, Li Fei didn't take the initiative to reveal his identity from beginning to end, and Nie Nie Susu guessed that the other person might be carrying out some secret mission, so she became even more excited.

"Mar... that, Brother Li, he is the person who was caught today for going crazy and hurting people."

Nie Nie Susu pointed to the Widow Wang in the cell, saying both nervously and shyly.

Widow Wang was curled up in a ball at this time, her whole body's muscles twisting and shaking, looking very strange.

Li Fei's gaze fell on the other person, and from the other person, he sensed a faint cold energy.

"Are there others?"

Ning Ning Qingman suddenly asked.

Nie Nie Susu looked at the squadron leader of the Inspectorate who was leading the way.

The other person nodded: "There are five others, their situation is more serious, and they are locked in other cells."

Nie Nie Susu took the initiative to say: "Trouble Uncle Zhang, take us to see them."

Captain Zhang's face revealed a smile: "Miss Nie Susu is too polite."

Afterward, he took a few people to another cell.

This cell held five people, men and women, all with their mouths blocked and their hands and feet locked with iron chains.

Their eyes were blood-red, desperately trying to break free from the iron chains.

Seeing people come, their emotions became even more agitated, like wild beasts.

Li Fei frowned; he sensed a deeper cold energy from these five people.

This energy didn't seem like martial energy or divine ability, but more like the fluctuation of a spell.

"Is someone using evil arts to secretly harm people?"

Just as this speculation flashed through Li Fei's mind, Ning Ning Qingman on the side suddenly raised her hand and flicked her finger at the five people in the cell.

Five sword energies entered the bodies of the five people respectively.

The bodies of the five people first stiffened, then went limp on the ground.

"You..."

Captain Zhang, who was leading the way, was shocked and pointed at Ning Ning Qingman.

"They aren't dead, they just fainted, but..."

Ning Ning Qingman shook her head, not continuing to speak, but suddenly disappeared in place.

Li Fei was startled and turned to instruct Nie Nie Susu: "Don't leave here yet."

After speaking, he activated the 【No Distance】 divine ability and chased after her.

On the rooftop of the Inspectorate building, Ning Ning Qingman in green clothes stood there, looking at this city.

Under the setting sun, the whole city seemed to be soaked in an amber halo.

The lights of ten thousand homes climbed onto the windows one by one, and the sound of the clock tower's bell came from afar.

Li Fei teleported to Ning Ning Qingman's side: "Sword Immortal Ning?"

"Li Fei, you should leave."

Ning Ning Qingman suddenly said.

"Hmm?"

Li Fei frowned.

Ning Ning Qingman: "This is a trap, specifically aimed at me. The enemy is not just one peak powerhouse, Li Ming."

She turned to look at Li Fei:

"Jianghu grievances are settled in the Jianghu. You are a court Marquis, shouldering heavy responsibilities; there is no need to get involved and take this risk—

You will die."

(End of chapter)