Chapter 84

Indeed, the "first" always leaves the deepest impression.

The fact that Jiang Sishui would think of her from time to time meant her goal had already been achieved.

[Zhang Zhang Jiejie disappeared, and Chu Chu Liuxiang searched everywhere in anguish.]

[Having failed and feeling lost at a loss, Mother Zhang appeared, hinting that he should find the location of the Hemp Garment Sect.]

[Chu Chu Liuxiang entered the sect, successfully removed the mask from Zhang Zhang Jiejie's face, and married her.]

[Their early married life was warm and harmonious, yet within just two months, Chu Chu Liuxiang became gloomy and unhappy.]

[This was because, according to sect rules, a man who married the Saintess was forbidden from leaving for the rest of his life.]

[However, Chu Chu Liuxiang was a wanderer at heart, incapable of restraining his wandering spirit.]

[After marriage, Zhang Zhang Jiejie became understanding; seeing Chu Chu Liuxiang's distress, she chose to let him go, using the child in her womb as leverage to help him escape the Hemp Garment Sect.]

[And between his pregnant wife and freedom, Chu Chu Liuxiang ultimately chose the latter.]

"So that's how it is." Zhang Zhang Jiejie suddenly realized.

No wonder she, as the Saintess, was allowed to marry; it turned out her mother had been helping behind the scenes.

"Chu Chu Liuxiang? He actually abandoned me?" Zhang Zhang Jiejie's eyes turned malicious.

At this moment, she had not yet met Chu Chu Liuxiang, nor experienced those events with him, and certainly had not conceived his child, so she still retained her innate nature as a bewitching and evil woman.

Hearing that her counterpart in the story had been abandoned by her husband, she simply could not swallow this insult.

"Would Brother Chu really do such a thing?" Huang Rong stood stunned.

Recalling Chu Chu Liuxiang's unrestrained and dissolute personality, along with those romantic tales circulating in the Wu Lin, Huang Rong could not help but sigh.

In this moment, she understood Huang Huang Yaoshi's "painstaking efforts."

No wonder he had been speaking ill of Chu Chu Liuxiang in her ear since she was a child.

Gao Gao Gao Yanan, who was currently heading toward Huashan, snorted coldly: "Damn men, none of them are any good; no wonder those two hit it off so well!"

[In this arc of "The Legend of the Peach Blossom," I really like the character Zhang Zhang Jiejie, but Chu Chu Liuxiang's choice truly disgusted me.]

[The book claims—having come, lived, and loved is enough.]

[Sorry, as a mere mortal, I truly cannot comprehend such lofty principles.]

[No matter how much is said, once you strip away that layer of embellishment, isn't the essence still abandoning one's wife and children?]

[In my view, although Chu Chu Liuxiang is a wanderer, the moment he took a wife, he was no longer just an individual, especially with a child involved.]

[I simply cannot understand what kind of heart of iron and stone would allow someone to abandon wife and child to roam the Jianghu? What dream or pursuit could outweigh the responsibilities of being a husband and a father?]

[It is rare to encounter a wife who truly loves you; one should stay by each other's side, not continue wandering after having one's fill of pleasure.]

[With this departure of Chu Chu Liuxiang, when he occasionally dreams and recalls that person waiting for him in the deep mountains like a 'wife-waiting stone,' will he not feel a pain that breaks his heart and guts?]

[Furthermore, could this matter not have been resolved both ways? Why must Chu Chu Liuxiang follow the Hemp Garment Sect's rules and force a choice between the two?]

[Within the Hemp Garment Sect, he was weak and alone, unable to oppose such a colossal entity, but after walking out alive, was he truly powerless against it?]

[Given Chu Chu Liuxiang's strength at the time, along with his fame and status in the Jianghu, he could have invited a large group of experts to assist, snatch Zhang Zhang Jiejie back, and free her from the Saintess's constraints.]

[Yet Chu Chu Liuxiang did not.]

[He merely kept Zhang Zhang Jiejie hidden in his heart, then went off to flirt with other women again.]

[If it were me, I would have overturned the entire altar of the Hemp Garment Sect!]

"Stealing someone's Saintess and even overturning their sect altar; is he really that fierce and domineering?"

The women secretly thought this, yet their hearts were full of admiration.

Compared to Chu Chu Liuxiang's rule-abiding nature and abandonment of wife and child, Jiang Sishui's behavior of flipping the table to snatch people undoubtedly suited them far better.

After all, who would wish to spend the rest of their life bitterly acting as a "wife-waiting stone"?

While the husband, whose whereabouts are unknown, might very well being sweet-talking and sharing tender moments with another woman...

Such a cruel scene makes one angry and heartbroken just thinking about it.

"Chu Chu Liuxiang... Jiang Sishui..."

Zhang Zhang Jiejie repeatedly chewed on these two names in her mouth, her youthful and vibrant eyes revealing a hint of interest.

[Zhang Zhang Jiejie is not the most beautiful among the characters in the "Chu Chu Liuxiang Story Series," but she is truly special.]

[Pity I don't know where the Hemp Garment Sect is located; otherwise, I would go and snatch her away.]

[However, judging by the plot, the Hemp Garment Sect should not be far from the Ten Thousand Blessings and Longevity Garden, which should be located in Suzhou, right?]

[The scope is still too large; I'll wait, wait until I'm a bit stronger, then have several forces in Suzhou search for me; I refuse to believe we won't find the location of the Hemp Garment Sect.]

"Snatch me? That depends on whether I'm willing to go with you."

Zhang Zhang Jiejie laughed softly, her eyes curving into crescent moons when she smiled, looking cunning and intelligent.

And her upturned little legs began kicking casually again.

[Someone saw me climbing the mountain last night; as expected, upon seeing my cultivation advance by leaps and bounds, a crowd became jealous.]

[First was the Tibetan National Preceptor Kumara, who tried to capture me last night but ended up tasting my sword instead, followed by South South Murong Fu.]

[This Kumara is truly an expert at sneak attacks; in "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils," he specialized in such tactics; as the Tibetan National Preceptor, he lacks martial virtue, truly having no shame whatsoever.]

[I originally intended to keep this fellow here, but unfortunately, as one of the top ten experts in the Tianlong world, battle-hardened and experienced, he is truly difficult to deal with; defeating him is easy, but killing him is hard, so today's score can only be settled another day.]

[And that South South Murong Fu, the first time we met, he didn't even glance at me; today, I nearly beat him to tears.]

[If it weren't for his connections to Wang Wang Wang Yuyan, Sister Sister Azhu, and Sister Sister Abi, and the possibility that an ancestral elder behind him is still alive, I would have sent him straight to the Western Heaven with a single sword strike.]

"Ancestral elder?" Zhao Zhao Zhao Qiying's heart gave a start.

The South South Murong family's ancestral elder, someone who could make Jiang Sishui wary, must be at least a Heavenly Being!

She looked curiously at the three women: "Who is South South Murong Fu's ancestral elder?"

Regarding this question, the three women were equally baffled; could there be a hidden master behind the South South Murong family?

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Wang Wang Wang Yuyan's mind as she recalled someone: "Ah, I know!"

"Who is it?" Zhao Zhao Zhao Qiying, along with A-Zhu and A-Bi, turned to look at her inquiringly.

Wang Wang Wang Yuyan spoke softly: "The basic lifespan of a Celestial is two hundred years, and within the last two centuries, the South South Murong family indeed produced a genius with the potential to become a Celestial: South South Murong Longcheng."

"South South Murong Longcheng?" A-Zhu and A-Bi found the name somewhat unfamiliar, yet felt as though they had heard it somewhere before.

Wang Wang Wang Yuyan nodded slightly and said, "I only learned of him because my mother mentioned him once."

"Moreover, the South South Murong family's 'Longcheng Sword Art' is named after him, and 'Star Shift' was also created by him."

"Furthermore, the South South Murong family's reputation for 'Using an opponent's methods against them' was first established by him."

A-Zhu and A-Bi suddenly realized the truth.

"The Longcheng Sword Art; no wonder the name South South Murong Longcheng sounds familiar."

"The founder of 'Star Shift'... for someone capable of creating a divine art, becoming a Celestial is hardly surprising."

Hearing the conversation among the three women, Zhao Zhao Zhao Qiying, standing nearby, could basically confirm that the person Jiang Sishui feared was none other than South South Murong Longcheng, whose fate remained unknown.

[Kumarajiva and South South Murong Fu: one possesses strength but cannot be killed, the other involves too many complications to be killed for now; but Ding Chunqiu and Duan Duan Yanqing do not share such luck.]

["The Northern Nether Divine Art" grants high poison resistance; with my body full of Northern Nether True Qi, Ding Chunqiu's poisons can do nothing to me.]

[However, that old rascal is truly insidious; he actually prepared "Rain of Pear Blossom Needles" to ambush me.]

[A good plan, unfortunately, he encountered "Cicada Awareness"; all his little tricks were seen through by me.]

[A box of hidden weapons was launched, only to make a fool of itself before the empty air.]

"Rain of Pear Blossom Needles?"

All the women were somewhat surprised; they had not expected Ding Chunqiu to possess such a deadly weapon.

However, even if Ding Chunqiu's ambush had succeeded, they did not believe he could do anything to Jiang Sishui.

Since the "Sun Shadow Golden Wheel" obtained by Jiang Sishui could withstand even the "Zhenlong Illusion Array," its defensive power was evident.

The destructive power of the "Rain of Pear Blossom Needles" was likely insufficient to pierce such protection.

[Seeing his sinister plot fail, Ding Chunqiu turned and tried to flee.]

[However, he probably never expected that Tang Tang Tang Bohu would make a move against him!]

[With a single strike of "Striking the Ox Across the Mountain," he was sent flying high into the air.]

[This brief obstruction allowed me to catch up and split him in two with one sword strike, thereby fulfilling Wu Wu Ya Zi's last wish.]

[Sow evil causes, reap evil fruits.]

[If he had not deliberately picked a fight yesterday, Tang Tang Tang Bohu would certainly not have jumped out to interfere; this can be considered poetic justice.]