Chapter Sixty: Double Dragon Tribulation

  "Thank you, miss!" Normally, Kou Zhong was the one who spoke up, but today he was completely off his game, so Xue Ziling had to step forward and thank her instead.

  "It's just a small effort, not worth mentioning!" Li Xiuning humbly replied.

  "I don't know the young lady's name, and it would be good for us to repay each other in the future!" Kou Zhong finally came to his senses at this time and asked. As for whether he was asking for her name in order to repay her in the future, only he knew in his heart.

  "I am Li Xiuning."

  "Who is this?" Kou Zhong finally noticed me sitting next to him at this time.

  "Hehe, both of you! I am Xiu Ning's older brother, Li Jian Cheng!" Li Jian Cheng said with a smile.

  "It turned out to be Big Brother Li, Little Brother Kou Zhong. And this is Xu Ziling, who although not related by blood, is closer than a brother! As soon as he saw him, Kou Zhong's tone changed and upon learning that he was Xiu Ning's older brother, he hastily came over to curry favor."

  "Haha, so it's the two of you. The name of your Double Dragon is quite famous in Yangzhou City." Li Jiancheng said with a smile.

  "Cough... " Xu Ziling felt a bit embarrassed. The name of the Double Dragons was nothing but something they had given themselves.

  "Brother Li, although you may not expect it, one day the name of Double Dragons will resound throughout the martial world." Kou Zhongjian said firmly, at this moment his image was so tall and radiant, exuding boundless confidence.

  "It's been a long time! The two of us will take our leave first, and we'll meet again another day if fate permits." Xú Zǐ Líng bid farewell, pulling Kòu Zhòng who was still lost in his fantasy.

  "In that case, I won't see you off! Farewell." Xiu Ning shouted, then saw the maid next to her hand over some silver coins to the two of them. "A little silver, a gift for both of you, don't refuse it! Refusing would be looking down on me!"

  "In that case, I can only thank you!" Xu Ziling saw that Kou Zhong still wanted to refuse, so he took the silver and thanked him, then pulled Kou Zhong away. Li Jiancheng also understood Kou Zhong's thoughts - he liked Xiuning so much that he couldn't accept her silver; otherwise, he would feel embarrassed later on. This was the thinking of many chauvinistic men: even though they knew accepting someone's kindness wouldn't hurt anything, they still stubbornly refused!

  "Big brother, are these two people the ones you asked me to help? That Kou Zhong is really funny!" Li Xiu Ning said with a smile after the two men left.

  Li Jiancheng did not respond to her words, but instead stared at the red scarf beside her.

  "Big brother, this is a poor woman I saved on the road, you can't have any ideas about her!" Li Xiuning thought he had ideas about Hong Fu, so she quickly spoke up.

  "Is it Hong Hua?" Li Jiancheng asked aloud.

  "Big brother, do you know her?" Li Xiu Ning looked at Li Jian Cheng with a curious expression.

  "I know more than you do." Seeing Li Xiu Ning's disbelieving expression, Li Jian Cheng continued: "Hong E was originally named Zhang Chuchen, later drifted to Yang Su's mansion, and was rescued by the whiskered guest Zhang Lie. The two became sworn siblings." Upon hearing what Li Jian Cheng said, Hong E's face turned white with fear, and she quickly knelt down saying: "Indeed as the young master has spoken, but I have no ill intentions, please be clear, miss."

  "I know you didn't come with ill intentions, otherwise I would have taken you down long ago. I suppose it was your brother who told you to come and surrender, and he also told you that the Li family will surely conquer the world in the future, is that right?" Li Jiancheng asked with a smile.

  "Huh?" Hong Zan was startled, this matter indeed had to be said, but apart from the two of them, how would Li Jiancheng know? "Indeed as Young Master has said, Young Master is truly a divine person."

  "Haha! As long as you have no ulterior motives, I won't mind how you are." Li Jiancheng burst out laughing and floated away.

  "Big brother, how could you just leave like that? Not even saying a few words to me!" Li Xiuning shouted in the direction he was leaving.

  "When the world is at peace one day, won't there be a time to talk about it?" After Li Jiancheng's sentence floated over from afar, there was no more sound.

  "The young master seems to know everything in general, it's really strange!" Hong Fu muttered to himself.

  "Big Brother has always been like this, so Father will also go ask him when he has something on his mind." Li Xiu Ning added a sentence, then turned around and asked: "Hong Zhu, I didn't expect your Big Brother to be the Whiskered Wanderer, can you please invite him to help my Li family?"

  "It's impossible," Hong Zan shook his head and said, then explained: "Last time Big Brother met Second Master, he said that in the future, whoever gets to rule the world must be this person. Therefore, he no longer has the heart to compete for hegemony. It's just that Big Brother hasn't seen Eldest Master yet, otherwise I believe his evaluation would be even higher."

  Li Xiu Ning listened and didn't say a word. If it came to this point in the future, her two brothers would be fighting for the throne, and she wouldn't know what to do either. Throughout history, so many things have happened that prove any familial relationship is nonexistent in front of the imperial throne. Although she had a slightly better relationship with her second brother, her relationship with her older brother wasn't bad either; they just had different interests. Thinking about their future situation made her feel downhearted, but she thought to herself: I must use all my strength to prevent this from happening. Of course, she didn't know Li Jian Cheng's thoughts, or else she would have known that she was worrying for nothing.

  Kou Zhong and Xue Ziling walked out. Kou Zhong asked Xue Ziling, "Young Master Xue, why did you accept the silver from Xiuning earlier?"

  "Brother, I'm not blind to your thoughts. Although our current situation seems impossible, why don't we use this silver to go to the capital and apprentice ourselves? After achieving success and fame, you'll have plenty of opportunities to chase after her." Xu Ziling slowly analyzed.

  "Ah! You're still as thoughtful as ever, Ling Shao. You truly deserve to be called brother!" Kou Zhong patted Xu Ziling's shoulder and said.

  "One life, two brothers. No need for words!" Xu Ziling also patted Kou Zhong's shoulder and said.

  "We'll talk about it in our next life!" A cold laugh suddenly came from beside him.

  The two looked in the direction of the sound and found it was Fu Junzhuo. She hadn't left, but had been waiting outside the door. The two were delivered right to her doorstep.

  "Run!" Kou Zhong and Xue Ziling exchanged a glance, then both turned around and ran at the same time.

  "Hmph, if it weren't for Jian Cheng Gege telling me to only chase you guys and not kill you, I would have given each of you a beating by now." Fu Junru stood in place muttering to herself for a while before catching up.

  "Xu Ziling, what to do? This woman is relentless! You usually have many ideas, think of a solution quickly!" Kou Zhong said while running.

  "Not necessarily!" Xu Ziling retorted.

  "How about we go get that tattered cloth back first?" Kou Zhong asked.

  "Alright!" Xu Ziling agreed to go along with it.

  The two of them rushed to the pawnshop, then burst in and asked the owner to bring out the old cloth. The owner looked at their appearance and raised the price on the spot. At this point, it was a matter of life and death, so the two didn't bother to haggle, handed over a handful of silver to the owner, grabbed the cloth and ran off.

  "Let's return her stuff, that way she won't continue to chase and kill us, right?" Xu Ziling suggested.

  "It won't do, she's been chasing me for a while, it can't be that simple to return it to her." After hearing Kou Zhong's words, Xu Ziling originally disagreed, but thinking about Fu Qianjun constantly pursuing him, he also felt a bit unbalanced in his heart, so he agreed.

  "Little brother, how can we escape?" asked Xu Ziling after they ran away.

  "Got it!" Kou Zhong snapped his fingers and said, "We'll jump into the moat next, then drift away with the current. I suppose she won't be following us down there." Kou Zhong sneered.

  "You're really bad... but this idea is great!" Xu Ziling smiled in agreement.

  Then the two of them ran all the way to the moat and jumped right in.

  "Hmph, it's good that Jian Cheng Ge had already known you'd do this. Wait for me up ahead!" Fu Jun Jie said and ran out.

  "Ryō Shana shouldn't be chasing after us anymore, right?" Kō Chū asked.

  "Hey, hey... look, is that her? My eyes aren't good." Xu Ziling asked doubtfully.

  Kou Zhong turned around and took a look, "Geez, it's really haunting me."

  "Two little rascals, where are you running off to now?" Fu Junzhuo said coldly from the side.

  "Stinky old hag, how can you say we didn't help you out? We just sold you a tattered cloth, do you have to chase us down like this?" Seeing no place to run, Kou Zhong also started cursing without restraint.

  "You stinky brat, wait till you grow up and see if I won't discipline you!" Fu Junru said without arguing with him, just standing to one side.

  "Hey, come on down! We're right here in the water, let's see what you can do." Kou Zhong shouted out loudly from within the water.

  "Hey, little brother, why is it shining in your arms?" Xu Ziling suddenly stuttered and said, as if he had seen something strange.

  "Huh? How did it end up like this?" Kou Zhong looked down at his own chest and found that it was caused by a piece of tattered cloth.

  "Haha, Jie'er, let them off this time!" Li Jiancheng said with a smile as he walked out from the side, "You two hurry up and come here, Jie'er won't chase you down again."

  "Jian Cheng Gege, they're so despicable! You went to great lengths to help them cultivate the 'Long Life Secret', but they didn't know any better and sold it out, infuriating me to death!" Fu Junru still pouted her mouth, sulking alone on one side.

  "Never mind, they're still young, just forgive them!" Li Jiancheng said with a smile.

  "Hmm..." Fu Junru hummed coldly and didn't say anything else, indicating that she had agreed.