Chapter 129

Precisely for this reason, she had previously signaled Liu Sheng Piaoxu to slip away quietly, leaving Liu Sheng Yijian alone there.

In her view, Liu Sheng Yijian was as dangerous as a stranger.

After pondering for a moment, she said, "I do not know what sword Dao he has switched to. However, since he has entered the Heaven and Man realm, he must have had his own extraordinary encounter and forged his own path."

Liu Sheng Piaoxu nodded her jade head slightly and asked again, "Sister, shall we continue with our plan?"

Liu Sheng Xueji thought for a moment, then shook her head: "Although I do not know why the Eldest Uncle would stand up for the Liu Sheng family, since he has intervened, he should retrieve Father's and Brother's bodies to bury them."

"Then shall we go to the Central Region now?"

"Mm."

"Sister, the diary has been updated again."

……

While the Liu Sheng sisters read the diary, the atmosphere inside the Jue Jue Wushen Palace was extremely oppressive, with a killing aura permeating the main hall.

Everyone remained as silent as if holding their breath, afraid of being implicated and ordered to be executed along with the hundreds of palace guards who participated in the siege tonight.

Yet even with several hundred people buried alongside Jue Tian, Jue Jue Wushen still could not calm the anger in his heart.

He had just broken out of seclusion, startled by the commotion of the Heaven and Man clash, only to learn of his son's death.

How many years had it been since the Jue Jue Wushen Palace suffered such a loss?

Moreover, the ones who killed his son were merely two Grand Masters!

With so many people protecting him, his son was actually killed by two Grand Masters, causing Jue Jue Wushen to momentarily suspect his ears were malfunctioning.

But immediately after came even greater fury.

Jue Jue Wushen suddenly turned his head to look at the swordswoman covered in wounds, his eyes fierce and his voice icy: "You, a Grand Master, could not even deal with two women, and ended up in this state?"

At this moment, the swordswoman, having lost too much blood, had a pale face and felt dizzy spells.

Hearing Jue Jue Wushen's accusation, he pressed his dry lips together, about to speak, only to be waved off by Jue Jue Wushen.

"Forget it, I do not want to hear your excuses! Now, go capture those two women for me! If you fail..."

"Hmph, Hmph, Hu Yan Dazang, you will not get back the sword your Master left in the Jue Jue Wushen Palace, nor the Gan Jiang and Mo Ye twin swords!"

The swordswoman Hu Yan Dazang trembled.

The reason he stayed in the Jue Jue Wushen Palace was to fulfill his Master Gongsun Liang's dying wish: to retrieve the single sword and twin swords his Master had left here.

For this, he agreed to serve the Jue Jue Wushen Palace for twenty years.

Now, with seven years remaining until the agreed deadline, if Jue Jue Wushen used this to punish him, then his thirteen years of effort would all be in vain!

Thinking of that severe consequence, Hu Yan Dazang immediately became somewhat sober, said nothing, and dragged his injured body silently out of the hall.

Jue Jue Wushen watched expressionlessly, then shouted again: "Jue Xin!"

The eldest son, Jue Xin, immediately stepped forward and bowed respectfully: "Jue Xin is here!"

Jue Jue Wushen said coldly: "That good-for-nothing may not succeed; take people to help him and avenge your younger brother. Once the matter is done, he need not return."

"I obey Father's orders; Jue Xin understands."

"When Po Jun returns, tell him the Jue Jue Wushen Palace does not keep idlers. If he cannot bring back Liu Sheng Yijian's head, do not blame me for being unkind!"

Having said this, Jue Jue Wushen turned and left to find his wife, Yan Ying, whose son had just died.

Only after he disappeared did Jue Xin dare to lift his head.

"In the past, you would have gone out personally to find people by now? I truly wish to see if the blade of the Overlord Blade can cut through your Indestructible Golden Body."

"But you never expected, did you? It was me, your own son, who captured the Overlord Blade's wife and child, causing him to issue a challenge to you."

"Do not blame me; it is all because you were too biased! I, this servant, also wish to turn the tables and become the master! The master of the Jue Jue Wushen Palace!"

Jue Xin grinned hideously, his eyes revealing madness.

(Note: The Eastern Land's Overlord Blade is not the one from 'The Number One Under Heaven', but the one from 'Peerless Twin Pride'; in the drama, a blade qi dozens of meters long split the Wudang Zixiao Palace with a single strike).

143 Diligent Gardener, Neck-Intertwined Mandarin Ducks

Night.

After playing in Taihu all day, the ladies' enthusiasm waned, and they felt very tired.

After dinner, they each went to rest.

Some even fell asleep touching their beds before Jiang Sishui could update the diary.

Of course, today's diary revealed no secrets; it was all reflections on riding the "Water Dragon" to roam around Taihu.

"Water-Control Pearl? Manipulating Taihu's water currents to form a dragon for roaming, so one can play like this..."

Many owners of diary copies, reading the descriptions in the diary, immediately felt intense interest and wanted to experience that novelty themselves.

The peak of Bai Yun and the bottom of the deep lake were places they had never visited and would be hard to reach; they did not know what kind of feeling it would be.

But at the same time, some were displeased.

"Bastard! Even the maid You Cao went up, yet they deliberately did not take me!"

In the room, Li Qingluo's face was iron-green, and her chest heaved.

She felt she had been treated unfairly.

The scenes described in the diary likewise made her heart soar with longing; she too wanted to experience it.

But Jiang Sishui deliberately left her out!

This made Li Qingluo both resentful and disappointed, while also unable to stop imagining wild things.

She feared Jiang Sishui truly had no feelings for her, and that everything was her own wishful thinking.

In fact, Jiang Sishui had not forgotten Li Qingluo; it was a choice made after careful consideration.

Li Qingluo was, after all, a generation older than the other ladies; if taken along together, the ladies would be somewhat restrained and unable to play freely.

Additionally, it spared him from being seen flirting and joking with the ladies, only for her to nag him in his ear afterward.

At worst, he could make it up to her later.

……

In the maidservants' side room, Youcao hugged the diary copy she had just obtained, her heart surging, unable to calm down.

She had never imagined that the Young Master Jiang who made her heart pound would turn out to have such great abilities and origins.

"Young Lady, Ah Zhu, Ah Bi, and now me too… I've also obtained a diary copy—will he want me too?"

Youcao was both nervous and expectant.

Just then, a voice rang out—

【Detected that Jiang Sishui has completed today's diary entry. Congratulations on obtaining one month's worth of true Qi.】

【Now drawing today's winner…】

【Congratulations to Youcao on obtaining the special class "Diligent Gardener."】

"I won the prize!"

Youcao's eyes lit up, her heart overjoyed. She had not expected that on the very first day of obtaining the diary, she would already win a prize.

But the next moment, her smile froze, and her expression turned subtle.

Diligent Gardener allowed her to sense pests on plants within a radius of one li from now on, and at a thought she could drive them away—or even make them turn on each other.

At the same time, every time she encountered a kind of flower or plant, she would learn the best way to plant and cultivate it.

In other words, she had truly become the finest gardener under heaven.

"A gardener is a gardener. As long as I can help him in the future and make him happy, then it's worth it!"

Youcao was first a little disappointed, then realized that this reward had a special use—that there would be times it could help Jiang Sishui—and immediately felt happy again.

Hugging the diary copy to her chest, she closed her eyes and drifted peacefully into dreamland.

……

Jiang Sishui, after claiming his reward as usual, rose and went out, wanting to find Bai Feifei.

Last night's wonderful lingering taste left him wanting more.

However, the moment he stepped out, he ran straight into Huang Rong.

"Rong'er?" Jiang Sishui was taken aback.

Huang Rong walked up with a smile, asking knowingly: "Brother Sishui, aren't you going to cultivate tonight?"

Jiang Sishui couldn't help feeling a twinge of guilt. He had meant to make up some excuse, but the words reached his lips and he found that, in such matters, he actually could not bring himself to lie to Huang Rong.

So he shook his head: "Not cultivating tonight."

Then, in sudden surprise: "Rong'er, you smell especially nice tonight."

Saying so, he stepped forward and sniffed at Huang Rong, immediately realizing that this girl had dressed up on purpose.

For Huang Rong, who never wore powder or kohl, this was truly unheard of—a first.

And she had actually dressed up at this hour…