Chapter 184

Huang Rong waved enthusiastically: "Over here!"

Shangguan Haitang smiled and walked over quickly.

After the girls introduced themselves, Li Yuhu asked curiously: "Hey, you're clearly a woman—why dress as a man?"

Shangguan Haitang smiled bitterly: "Traveling the Jianghu as a woman brings too many inconveniences—I had no choice."

As she spoke, she suddenly noticed Li Yuhu's gaze fixed on her chest, filled with confusion and inquiry—as if wondering whether it was naturally like that or concealed by some method…

Shangguan Haitang felt an unbearable awkwardness and cleared her throat lightly.

Li Yuhu snapped back to herself, quickly averted her eyes, and felt a flicker of embarrassment herself.

Yet her gaze involuntarily drifted toward A Zhu.

This one, too, was a master of disguise.

After seeing A Zhu's figure, Li Yuhu suddenly had her answer.

After all, A Zhu had the nickname "Little Well-Endowed" in private.

Then Huang Rong led Shangguan Haitang into the Shanzhuang and introduced her to the women.

Seeing the hall full of beautiful women, Shangguan Haitang felt her eyes were about to blur.

Huang Rong, Wang Yuyan, Bai Feifei, Shi Hongying, Hua Xianzi, Du Bingyan…

Each one was so beautiful it made even another woman's heart tremble.

She had known Jiang Sishui kept concubines, each a peerless beauty, but never imagined they could be this stunning.

For a moment, Shangguan Haitang—who had always thought herself reasonably attractive—felt deeply insecure.

After a brief conversation, the women couldn't resist Li Yuhu's enthusiasm and were dragged off to change into women's attire.

Undeniably, clothes make the man and saddle the horse—once back in women's garb, Shangguan Haitang gained three more degrees of beauty.

At least her figure improved instantly.

Unconsciously, the setting sun seemed to sink into Taihu.

A flash of light—Jiang Sishui and Jin Lingzhi returned to Mantuo Shanzhuang.

Jin Lingzhi landed and immediately broke free from Jiang Sishui, then rushed into her room, face flushed, stumbling—no one could stop her.

Clearly, along the way, Jiang Sishui had been up to no good again.

The women were unfazed, accustomed to it.

"Huh? Aunt Feng? And you too…"

Jiang Sishui, seeing the new arrivals Feng Heng and Shangguan Haitang, was taken aback.

Huang Rong quickly explained everything.

Jiang Sishui listened, utterly baffled.

Huang Yaoshi went to find Mei Chaofeng and left Feng Heng in Lu Chengfeng's care?

What kind of move was that?

And Cheng Ying?

That girl appeared at Guiyun Shanzhuang?

Lastly, Shangguan Haitang—Zhu Zhu Wushi didn't come himself but sent someone else? Was he really that trusting?

Suppressing his confusion, Jiang Sishui began entertaining the two newcomers.

Feng Heng was slightly afraid of Jiang Sishui and stayed almost inseparable from Huang Rong; once she saw Shangguan Haitang had official business, she took her leave.

Jiang Sishui got straight to the point: "The Divine Marquis sent Miss Haitang here—what is he giving me?"

Shangguan Haitang didn't drag her feet; she took a small silver-colored iron box from her pack.

The small iron box gleamed with silver light, clearly made of extremely hard, durable material—likely unbreakable even by a Celestial.

Shangguan Haitang then pulled out a key she kept on her person, unlocked the box, and handed it to Jiang Sishui.

Since "Chuan Jue" had not been activated, the box held no traps—Jiang Sishui opened it directly and saw inside: two ancient manuals—

Art of Absorbing Power!

Golden Body Invincible Sacred Skill!

Shangguan Haitang explained at once: "The Divine Marquis asked me to thank you—he followed the clues you gave and successfully found a Tianxiang Doukou."

Jiang Sishui waved his hand: "It was merely a transaction."

After briefly flipping through the two manuals, Jiang Sishui's expression changed slightly: "I have one question."

"Please speak."

"I haven't yet told the Divine Marquis the whereabouts of the third Tianxiang Doukou—so why did he send these two manuals so freely?"

204 Lu Wushuang: Is my cousin being kidnapped?

Shangguan Haitang had anticipated this question and smiled faintly: "My adoptive father says that last time, Young Master Jiang was the one who gave first—this time, it's his turn."

"My adoptive father believes Young Master Jiang is an honest man—his word is his bond, he would never break his promise."

"Sending the manuals first is his sincerity."

Jiang Sishui lowered his eyelids slightly and murmured: "So that's how it is."

Then he made a promise: "Rest assured, I despise breaking promises. You may send word to the Divine Marquis—the third Tianxiang Doukou is in Cao Zhengchun's hands."

"Cao Zhengchun…" Shangguan Haitang's eyes flickered.

Having gotten the answer she wanted, she was eager to report to Zhu Zhu Wushi and had no time to linger—she rose and took her leave immediately.

Jiang Sishui made no effort to stop her.

After Shangguan Haitang left, he flipped through the two manuals once more, then went to Bai Feifei for the "Water-Control Pearl" and rushed to Guiyun Shanzhuang at top speed.

Alas—the woman was already gone.

Jiang Sishui let out a long sigh, his expression filled with regret.

Left with no choice, he could only return to the Shanzhuang.

【Huang Yaoshi, in order to find Mei Mei Chaofeng, entrusted Feng Heng to the care of Lu Chengfeng, a disciple whose legs he had once broken himself. Why does that sound so off?】

【Granted, he was doing it to save someone, the situation was urgent, and it's understandable — at first glance, there's nothing wrong with it.】

【But how could Huang Yaoshi be sure Lu Chengfeng wasn't just putting on an act?】

【What if Lu Chengfeng only went along with Huang Yaoshi's pretense because he knew he was no match for him?】

【After all, having one's legs broken for no good reason and sitting in a wheelchair for over a decade — how many people could nurse no grudge in their heart?】

【And if Lu Chengfeng was hiding malicious intent, then entrusting Feng Heng to his care would be nothing less than delivering a lamb into a tiger's mouth.】

【He might even end up forcibly being made to wear a big, glossy green hat.】

"A big, glossy green hat? Pah! Pah pah pah! Brother Sishui, what nonsense are you spouting!"

Huang Rong was so angry she nearly choked.

Granted, it was only one possible guess, but Feng Heng was her own mother.

Reading those words, she felt offended.

……

Feng Heng lived in another room.

Originally she had wanted to stay with Huang Rong, but considering that Jiang Sishui would come looking for Huang Rong at night, she gave up the idea.

Seeing the diary's contents, Feng Heng was both embarrassed and deeply upset.

Jiang Sishui's words were unpleasant to hear, but weren't they also reasonable?

Although she had the protection of the "Kunji Seal" and nothing would happen to her, Huang Yaoshi didn't know that!

Although Lu Chengfeng treated her with great courtesy and was certainly no scheming villain, Huang Yaoshi at the time had only met him once.

After more than ten years apart, could he tell loyalty from treachery at a single glance?

Perhaps Huang Yaoshi had a sharp eye, but entrusting Feng Heng to someone he had once deeply wounded was, to some degree, a gamble.

Thinking of this, Feng Heng felt even more stifled.

【Huang Yaoshi was in such a rush over a disciple who had once betrayed him — looks like he had feelings for Mei Mei Chaofeng.】

【But how did Mei Mei Chaofeng become a she-devil?】

【In "The Legend of the Condor Heroes," she and Chen Xuanfeng stole the Nine Yin True Classic, and because they misread it, their cultivation went astray, turning what should have been upright Wu Gong into something sinister and vicious.】

【For instance, the "Crushing Hardness Divine Claw," which was meant specifically to counter External Hardening Art, was practiced by the two of them as the "Nine Yin White Bone Claw."】

【Every time they cultivated, they had to use a person's skull to practice the claw, step by step straying onto the wrong path.】

【But in reality, Mei Mei Chaofeng never obtained the Nine Yin True Classic.】

"Using a person's skull to practice a claw art?" Feng Heng's beautiful brows knitted slightly.

In her memory, Mei Mei Chaofeng was a naive, carefree, kind-hearted girl — how could she ever do something so vicious?