Chapter 54: Beijiao Peak!

  Cloud Brocade Building

  Someone hastily walked a few steps and arrived in front of Madame Wang, saying in a low and humble tone: "Master, Chen Gongzi has taken Ah Zhu and Ah Bi, the two girls, and left by boat."

  Madam Wang looked in the direction of the small building where Chen Xiao had been, and let out a long sigh of relief, saying lightly: "Alright. You can go now."

  Slowly sitting down, Mrs. Wang suddenly felt that perhaps this was the best ending after all.

  Otherwise, if Chen Xiao really came here for a banquet, would he kill himself or not?

  It's better if he leaves, it's all over now, just think of him as having escaped, out of sight, out of mind.

  ……

  The morning breeze on the lake comes in waves, carrying the fragrance of lotus leaves.

  Chen Xiao rowed with all his might, Ah Bi gazed at the bamboo tube and sang a little tune, while Ah Zhu silently stared at the lake surface, lost in thought.

  After a long while, Ah Zhu suddenly turned her head and smiled, asking: "Young Master Chen, how did you know that your aunt wanted to kill you?"

  Chen Xiao rowed the boat, chuckling to himself: "Does this need to be asked? I've already told her everything I should have, keeping it would be useless anyway. Knowing more is only good for getting killed to keep the secret. But, before leaving, Madame Wang gave me a heads up, telling me she's prepared a banquet, which means it's an ambush, and if I go there like a fool, my head will be gone."

  A Zhu thought for a moment and said, "But we came out so smoothly, what's the reason for that?"

  Chen Xiao replied, "That's because Madame Wang wanted to kill me, but she couldn't bring herself to do it. So she gave me two options. If I escaped, then she would let it go, and if I went to the banquet, then it was fate, and she had no choice but to kill me. That's why she didn't send anyone to watch us, and even prepared this boat for us."

  Abi smiled and said, "Indeed, nothing can be hidden from Master Chen. Ah Zhu, sister, where are we going?"

  "A Zhu smiled and said: 'Where am I going? I don't know, just listen to Chen Gongzi.'"

  Mantou Villa and Qinyu Xiaozhuang were both in the east, and Chen Xiao was heading north. He was just an ordinary person with no inner strength, but fortunately, this escape wasn't too urgent, so he rowed slowly, listening to Ah Zhu and Ah Bi's giggles, which didn't make him feel too stifled.

  It was almost noon when we arrived at the foot of a small hill. We asked locals and found out that this hill is called Ma Ji Shan, which is very close to Wuxi.

  At this time, Chen Xiao had rowed the boat for nearly half a day and, because of escaping without eating anything, was already very hungry. Seeing that the big city was just in front of him, he became more anxious and immediately took Ah Zhu and Ah Bi, the two girls, to rush into Wuxi City.

  As they entered the city, pedestrians thronged the streets, and it was very prosperous. Chen Xiao and his two companions strolled along, and soon saw a large wine building standing in the middle of the street, with a golden signboard inscribed with the three characters "Song He Lou". The signboard had been smoked for years, turning into a dark lacquer, but the three golden characters shone brightly. Wafts of wine and meat fragrance spewed out from the wine building, and the sounds of chopping and shouting from the kitchen and the waiters blended together in a cacophony.

  Chen Xiao and the three of them went upstairs, and the waiter came over to greet them. Chen Xiao ordered a pot of wine and casually ordered four small dishes, sipping slowly with Ah Zhu and Ah Bi, feeling very comfortable.

  But unexpectedly, just after eating half full, suddenly heard two people talking and walking up the stairs downstairs.

  One of them said, "Qiao Feng and Jiumozhi have been fighting outside the city for two days, and they are still evenly matched. Jiumozhi is one of the six greatest martial artists in the world, but Qiao Feng, the leader of the Beggar Gang, also has such incredible skills, I really didn't expect that."

  The other person then chimed in, "Yes. Chen Xiao was caught by Ji Moshen at Liu Zhengfeng's Golden Basin Hand-Washing Ceremony and it's unknown whether he's dead or alive. He wasn't seen earlier. If not for him, Lin Pingzhi would have been caught by the master..."

  Just then, two young men wearing dark green clothes "climbed" up the stairs, looked around for a while, and soon fixed their eyes on Chen Xiao. One of them burst out laughing and said: "Haha, look who I met! Isn't this Chen Xiao, the brother who was making a big show at the Golden Basin Hand-Washing Festival? Tsk tsk, escaped from Ji Mo Zhi's hands, and even brought two pretty girls with him, what a wonder!"

  As they spoke, the two of them walked straight to Chen Xiao's table. One of them stretched out his hand and reached for A Bi's face, chuckling as he said: "These two little girls are quite pretty, just right for me and my junior brother Renjie, haha."

  Just as his hand was about to touch Abi's face, Chen Xiao sat aside and said coldly: "No wonder they say that the disciples of Qingcheng Sect are notorious for their sharp tongues. I didn't believe it before, but now I see that it's really true."

  Chen Xiao looked at the two Qingcheng disciples with a faint gaze and asked, "I heard that the most famous among this generation of Qingcheng disciples are four people, known as the 'Qingcheng Four Talents'. I wonder if you two are among them?"

  Hearing Chen Xiao call out the names of Qingcheng's Four Exceptional Ones, one person suddenly felt proud and smiled, saying: "That's right, I'm Hong Ren Xiong, and this is my junior brother Luo Ren Jie. Heh heh, since Brother Chen knows our names, then follow us for a trip, our master wants to meet you."

  "Yu Canghai wants to see me?"

  Chen Xiao was a bit surprised this time: "What does he want from me? I'm not familiar with him. Don't go, don't go."

  At this point, Luo Renjie was somewhat impatient and immediately drew out the long sword at his waist with a "whooshing" sound. The surrounding diners saw that they were going to fight and let out a shrill cry as they rushed downstairs. At this time, only Luo Renjie's voice could be heard: "Brother Hong, why bother talking nonsense with him? Qi Moshen personally said that the 'Kuihua Baodian' is on Chen Xiao's body. With his status as one of the six great masters, how can he be fake?"

  Damn it, Jiumozhi you bald-headed fool actually leaked such an important matter?!

  Now I'm in big trouble!

  This matter is not like others, Chen Xiao's forehead almost broke out in cold sweat. These people from the Jianghu would refresh their IQ limits for the sake of a peerless martial arts manual, and they couldn't hesitate. Chen Xiao suddenly smiled and reached into his sleeve, pulled out a book, "slapped" it onto the table, and asked: "Is this what you're talking about?"

  Hong Ren Xiong and Luo Ren Jie saw the cover of this book, it was indeed "Kui Hua Bao Dian", they were overjoyed in their hearts, saying: "Right, right, it's this one."

  Chen Xiao stretched his waist: "Why don't you hurry up and take the book away? If someone comes over later, this book may not necessarily belong to you two."

  The ultimate martial arts secret manual was right in front of them, and both Hong Ren Xiong and Luo Ren Jie's minds were a jumbled mess. It felt like they had unknowingly bought a few lottery tickets and suddenly received the news that they had won the jackpot. Their entire brain was a blank slate. Without saying another word, Hong Ren Xiong grabbed the "Kui Hua Treasure" and flipped through it hastily. Indeed, it detailed various methods for cultivating acupoints. At this point, even if he was stupid, he knew he had to make a run for it immediately. He snatched the Kui Hua Treasure and dragged Luo Ren Jie into a frantic sprint.

  Chen Xiaoer heard them coming and ran even faster, not forgetting to add fuel to the fire by shouting out the window: "The people from Qingcheng Sect have stolen the 'Sunflower Treasure'! Yes, it's those two over there wearing green clothes and green hats!"

  He let out a loud shout, and Hong Renxiong and Luo Renjie finally woke up. Earlier, they were so excited that they forgot about the killing and silencing of witnesses. Now it was too late to go back and kill them, as they had already seen many people from the jianghu chasing after them in the distance. They were shocked and immediately turned around to flee towards the city outskirts.

  Scaring off Hong Renxiong and Luo Renjie, Chen Xiao slowly sat down, laughing heartily in his mind: "Haha, fortunately it was these two fools who came. The disciples of the Qingcheng Sect seem to be not very intelligent after all, holding my fake 'Kuihua Treasure' as if it were a treasure and running away with it. Ah, this time I can finally rest easy, hehe, everyone in the Jianghu knows that the Kuihua Treasure was stolen by those two, and my troubles will be greatly reduced."

  Just thinking of this, a blue figure suddenly turned upstairs and shouted loudly as soon as he saw Chen Xiao's face: "Brother Chen, haha, I just saw you here too, and my younger brother couldn't wait to come up and find you."

  This man is handsome and elegant, with a refined and dignified air about him. Apart from Duan Yu, who else could it be?

  At this time, Ah Zhu and Ah Bi also stood up and called out: "Wang Niang, you've come too."

  But Wang Yu Yan had also arrived.

  Chen Xiao and Duan Yu got along quite well at the Golden Basin Hand-Washing Festival. Chen Xiao walked up, patted Duan Yu's shoulder heavily, and laughed: "It's been many days since we last met, how's your progress?"

  What he said was naturally referring to the relationship between Duan Yu and Wang Yuyan. Duan Yu heard it in his ears, feeling an indescribable closeness and comfort, and lowered his voice to whisper to Chen Xiao: "It's finally worth laughing at."

  Chen Xiao laughed loudly and pulled Duan Yu's arm to sit down, saying "Don't worry, don't worry." At this time, he remembered that before being captured by Jiumozhi, Linghu Chong was seriously injured, so he quickly asked: "By the way, how is Brother Linghu's injury?"

  When mentioning Linghu Chong, Duan Yu's face turned somewhat unpleasant, and he said in a low voice: "Linghu Big Brother's injury is very severe. He was hit squarely by Qiu Mozhi that time, and his internal injuries are very serious. When we left, he was unconscious, and Yue Zhengchun used nearly half of his inner strength to barely save his life."

  Chen Xiao also felt depressed after hearing this.

  Jiumozhi's martial arts skills are quite impressive. The fact that he didn't die from a direct hit is already a testament to his good fortune, let's just hope he has a blessed fate.

  Here is the translation:

  At this point, both of them let out a long sigh at the same time. Suddenly, Duan Yu hastily said: "Ah, seeing Brother Chen get too excited, I almost forgot about the important matter." He quickly pulled Chen Xiao's arm and started walking outside: "The Beggar Gang's leader, Qiao Feng, has been fighting with that Ji Mo Zhi for two days without a winner or loser because of you, Brother Chen. I have always admired the heroic spirit of Bei Qiao Feng and Nan Mu Yan, so when I heard about this matter, I really wanted to go see it. It just so happens that Brother Chen is also here, let's quickly go take a look."

  Go see Qiao Feng? I had heard Hong Ren Xiong and Luo Ren Jie mention it before, but didn't know if it was true or false. Now that Duan Yu mentions it too, it must be true.

  "Northern Qiao Feng, Southern Murong's Qiao Feng! This is the true hero that Chen Xiao has always admired in his heart. How can we not go? He slapped his thigh and said loudly: "Let's go take a look!"

  The two of them set off immediately, and Ah Zhu and Ah Bi, the two girls who had been saved by Chen Xiao, naturally felt grateful towards him without needing to say anything. Wang Yu Yan was also alone with nowhere to go, so the five of them went downstairs together and headed out of Wuxi City in a majestic manner.

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