Chapter 209

Ren Yingying shook her head and said, "This man was wounded by the Young Master, and he died at the hands of us sisters. Since we've already offended the Qinglong Society, there's nothing inconvenient for me to say."

"Miss, please speak. I am all ears."

"The Qinglong Society has set its sights on our Sun Moon Holy Cult."

"Set its sights? What does the Miss mean…"

"Infiltration, erosion, covert control."

"So they came to find you, Miss?"

"Exactly."

Jiang Sishui understood: "They want to use your identity as the Holy Cult's Saintly Maiden?"

Ren Yingying gave a slight nod of her pretty head: "Precisely so."

Jiang Sishui's eyes shifted, a plan forming in his mind, and he sighed: "If that's the case, then the two Misses and I are the same—we were all targeted by the Qinglong Society long ago."

Ren Yingying and Lan Fenghuang exchanged a glance, and the latter asked in surprise, "You've also offended the Qinglong Society?"

Jiang Sishui nodded: "Otherwise, with no cause, why would I have made a move against their altar master?"

After a pause, he added: "I've heard the Qinglong Society's organizational structure is vast and meticulous, with extremely outstanding intelligence capabilities. Since the two Misses have been targeted by them, have you thought of a countermeasure?"

Lan Fenghuang's pretty face fell, and she said in distress: "Not yet. For now, we can only take it one step at a time."

Then she asked Jiang Sishui in return: "What about you? How long have you been offending the Qinglong Society? How have you been dealing with them?"

"Me?" Jiang Sishui smiled: "Just one word—hide!"

"Hide? How do you hide?"

"I know a place where the Qinglong Society absolutely cannot find."

"Oh? What place?"

Lan Fenghuang had already guessed the answer, but she still played along with Jiang Sishui.

Jiang Sishui shook his head: "This place is a secret; it can't be casually revealed to others."

Lan Fenghuang wore a skeptical expression and said, "Hey, you wouldn't be bluffing, would you? Is there really a place the Qinglong Society absolutely cannot find?"

"Of course!"

"I don't believe it, unless you let us go see it with our own eyes."

Jiang Sishui raised an eyebrow: "I can let you go there, and I can let you hide there for refuge. However, for the safety of that place, once you go in, you won't be able to leave for a short time."

"Fine! If we're going, we're going!" Lan Fenghuang agreed readily, full mouth.

Ren Yingying: "…"

The two of them went back and forth, as if they shared a natural rapport, and in the blink of an eye they'd decided the matter, giving Ren Yingying no chance to interject.

Ren Yingying saw that Lan Fenghuang was turning a deaf ear to her hints, and largely guessed what Lan Fenghuang was thinking. She sighed inwardly.

Fearing Ren Yingying's reproach, Lan Fenghuang quickly changed the subject, pointing at Hou Jian and saying: "Who is that person? What is she doing?"

Sure enough, as soon as those words were spoken, Ren Yingying's attention was immediately diverted.

After all, the process of Hou Jian's metamorphosis into a Witch Venerable was too eye-catching and too curious-making.

Jiang Sishui did not conceal it, and immediately told them about the Rain Clan and the Witch Venerable.

At the same time, he also casually poured down "Corpse-Dissolving Water," letting Ximen Yu vanish completely from this world… …

As expected, upon learning of the Rain Clan's methods, the two women listened in stunned amazement.

"So the one undergoing metamorphosis there is an invincible Heavenly Being?"

"More or less."

Once the Witch Venerable's metamorphosis begins, it cannot be interrupted.

At least, no one below a Demigod should have that ability.

Unless a member of the Rain Clan came in person and used some special method.

Considering this, Jiang Sishui felt there was no need to keep watching, so he decided to head back to Mantuo Shanzhuang to fill his stomach first.

So he tossed out the "Hegemony Imperial Map," which transformed into a light formation.

He took Du Bingyan's hand and stepped into the formation first, saying to the two women: "Let's go, I'll take you to a place the Qinglong Society can't find."

……

When the four figures appeared at Mantuo Shanzhuang, Jiang Sishui smiled and said: "Welcome to Mantuo Shanzhuang, Taihu, Suzhou."

The two women's faces showed just the right amount of surprise: "Suzhou? The Suzhou thousands of li away from Yuzhou?"

Jiang Sishui nodded, about to speak, when Du Bingyan beside him said: "Brother Jiang, you go attend to your matters. I'll host the two Misses."

Jiang Sishui thought Ren Yingying and Lan Fenghuang understood nothing, but Du Bingyan, through all her observation over this time, had basically confirmed that the two of them were also diary copy holders.

Seeing that the two women were still putting on an act, Du Bingyan, as someone who had been through it herself, felt exhausted on their behalf, so she spoke up to send Jiang Sishui away.

Jiang Sishui thought it over, found it workable, so he left the two women with Du Bingyan and headed to the kitchen himself.

Sure enough, as soon as he left, Ren Yingying and Lan Fenghuang immediately dropped the act.

As fellow diary copy holders, the three women became familiar with each other in just a few sentences.

……

Meanwhile, Jiang Sishui, who had met with the women, watched them disappear into the light formation one by one, and was speechless for a moment.

The reason was simple: after hearing his account of today's experiences, all the women were very curious about the Rain Clan people who possessed Witch Power.

So, they were all clamoring to go see the scene of the Witch Venerable's metamorphosis.

Jiang Sishui couldn't fend them off and had to agree.

"It's good that they went—they can help me keep watch. If Ba Shao and Hei Chuan come looking, they can also step in to intercept."

The food was already prepared. Jiang Sishui ate and drank his fill, then began writing today's diary.

232 Liu Xing, Miss Nangong

GLOSSARY:

Ren Yingying

Du Bingyan

Liu Xing

Ximen Yu

Miss Nangong

Young Master

Miss

Yuzhou

Mankou

Shanzhuang

Ximen

Taihu

Qinglong Society

Sun Moon Holy Cult

Witch Venerable

Rain Clan

Mantuo Shanzhuang

Hegemony Imperial Map

Corpse-Dissolving Water

Ba Shao

Hei Chuan

Lan Fenghuang

Hou Jian

Brother Jiang

In traditional Wu Xia, special human tribes occasionally emerge.

Their physique, strength, cultivation system, and way of life... are all out of place within the entire Great Jianghu environment.

And typically, such tribes possess extraordinary origins and abilities.

For example: the Tong family from "Shui Yue Dong Tian", and the Yu tribe from "Kong Que Ling".

The Tong family are descendants of the bloodline of the ancient Demon God Chi You; they are born with supernatural abilities, possess magical power, and cultivate spells. Divining by the stars, observing physiognomy, listening to beast speech, traversing space, summoning wind and calling rain... are all mere trifles to them.

The origin of the Yu tribe is unknown; they control witch power, cultivate witchcraft, yet possess abilities similar to the Tong family.

Meeting someone from the Yu tribe today shows that the TV series "Kong Que Ling" has already been integrated; "Shui Yue Dong Tian" will likely not be left out either.

So the question arises: could Chi You, from "Shen Bing Xuan Qi" which might serve as this world's old history, be the ancestor of the Tong family in reality?

"Spells? Witchcraft? Space traversal? Summoning wind and calling rain?"

The women listened with exclamations of wonder, feeling that this world was becoming increasingly fantastical.

And all of this began with obtaining the diary copy.

The more they knew, the more they felt their own ignorance.

Some with status and identity thought to themselves: "The Tong family and the Yu tribe are so miraculous and truly exist; why had we never heard of them before? Even if they are a reclusive race, it is impossible they wouldn't have leaked even a hint of news."

In Yuzhou, within a small farmhouse courtyard.

Liu Xing held the diary copy, his fingers gently stroking the pages, murmuring, "The TV series 'Kong Que Ling', a story revolving around 'Kong Que Ling'?"

"The Master of the Order just gave me a mission, ordering me to cooperate with the February Hall and the August Hall to subdue Kong Que Shanzhuang; this is truly perfectly timed."

"What secrets might lie within Kong Que Shanzhuang?"

Liu Xing's eyes flickered, and he began to look forward to it.

Kong Que Shanzhuang is famous throughout Yuzhou, its influence even radiating to several surrounding provinces; besides the Main martial arts of its successive lords, this is also due to them possessing a supreme treasure of the manor -- Kong Que Ling!

What "Kong Que Ling" is, the world holds many differing opinions.

Some say it is a hidden weapon, some say it is a type of extreme poison, and others say it is an unparalleled Wu Gong.

Among these, the theory of it being a "hidden weapon" is the most widely accepted.

But regardless of what it is, without a doubt, "Kong Que Ling" is a great weapon of destruction.

It is said that all enemies who have seen "Kong Que Ling" have died.

Including the Heavenly Men!

Kong Que Shanzhuang has stood in the Jianghu for over two hundred years, older than the history of Great Ming, and during this period, no fewer than ten Heavenly Men broke into the manor and never came out again.

Thus, Kong Que Shanzhuang's fearsome reputation spread far and wide.

The Qinglong Society, wishing to gnaw on such a "hard bone", naturally must make full preparations.

Before the troops move, intelligence goes first.