Chapter 679: Side Story: Crashing the Governor’s Castle (II)


    Zhou Guanming sat frozen in his seat. He was only at the beginning levels of the Mind Focusing Realm. The Zhou n did not used to be a cultivation family and so his fighting skills were trashy. He was only good at managing businesses and people.


    “You dare?”


    “Protect the governor!”


    Panicked shouts filled the hall.


    Two attendants closest to Zhou Guanming leaped up their feet and drew their swords.


    Bang!


    Nn Wan’er’s attack was blocked but the force of the impact shattered their swords, sending them flying away with fountains of blood spouting from their mouths. These two were at the peak of the Mind Focusing Realm and yet they were pushed aside like bags of straw.


    “What happened?”


    “It’s that sword again!”By now, her sword’s de was glowing red. The slender hand that held its hilt was drenched in blood. She became a vengeful spirit that was about to reap viinous lives.


    “Little girl, this is as far as you go!” A powerful voice arrived.


    Principal Hong Tian of the ck River Canyon School charged over with several great leaps, almost stepping on air. His face was grim and the grisly scar that extended vertically from the top of his head and down his entire face made him look especially malicious.


    Nn Wan’er turned her fury toward him.


    His horsetail whisk came down forcefully.


    Her blood-red sword rose up to meet his.


    Ka!


    Both sides were forced back equally. One was a venerable sect master with many decades at the peak of the Spirit Initiate Realm. The other was a young woman with an abnormal sword.


    Nn Wan’er clutched her chest and spat out fresh blood. Her hand which still held the sword waspletely stained with blood. She looked like she was about to faint but she stubbornly remained standing out of sheer will.


    Hong Tian’s eyes narrowed as he studied her. He was reminded of another woman that had crashed a party many months ago, a fearsome warrior who had almost taken his life and left him with a scar that could never heal. But this littless was not her, far from it.


    “Governor Zhou, what do you want me to do with her?” He asked.


    Zhou Guanming had recovered and stood up, “Principal Hong, capture her but spare her life.”


    Hong Tian smirked in understanding. He put aside his whisk and pulled out a sword. He attacked without another word, utilizing his full strength and the famed ck River Sword Style...


    The battle ended quickly. Hong Tian was far too strong. And Nn Wan’er was far too weak, even with a great weapon.


    She was locked away in the governor’s castle and given to Zhou Guanming to deal with. The gathered cultivators had no issue with this and treated it as a gift to their host. Zhou Guanming spent the rest of the party thinking of the beauty and hardly paid attention to anything else.


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    Wu Qianyu opened the door and entered thevishly decorated room. On the bedid Nn Wan’er. She had been washed and cleaned by the servants. Her hands and feet were bound and she wore only a thin nightgown.


    The semi-see-through fabric hung from her slender frame like a second skin. Her allure was so great, any man would have fallen in love in an instant. If it had been Zhou Guanming, perhaps he could have experienced heaven as a mortal. It was a pity that his ns were foiled at thest moment.


    “Who!” Nn Wan’er looked up angrily but her voice immediately cracked, “Se… Senior Wu…”


    Wu Qianyu extended two fingers. Invisible sword energy sliced apart the ropes. She then sighed and took a seat on therge bed next to the shocked young woman.


    “Are you alright?” Wu Qianyu asked.


    Nn Wan’er nodded, “How… why did youe?”


    Wu Qianyu replied kindly, “When you entered the city, you were noticed by the gate guards despite your disguise. Uncle San, San Huming of the Crime and Punishment Department, felt that you were about to cause trouble and sent word to me. Thankfully, I was not toote.”


    “Oh…”


    The two fell silent and stared at each other. Nn Wan''er couldn''t believe that she had been saved by Wu Qianyu once again. Her heart filled with relief but also sadness at her own powerlessness.


    Wu Qianyu patted Nn Wan’er’s shoulder and spoke again, “Uncle San said he wasn’tpletely clear on what happened to the Nn Family. Can you tell me?”


    Nn Wan’er sucked in a breath. Her eyes became red and watery but no tears fell. She fought her emotions for a while before slowly exining…


    The truth was cruel but simple. After Wu Qianyu crashed Nn Wan''er''s forced engagement with Ye Wuzhi of the Shattered Peak Sect, things returned to normal. The senior members of the sect were executed and the sect was also forcefully disbanded. Nobody dared to bother the Nn Family for a while but it didn’t remain that way.


    The other cultivation sects that had been allied with the Shattered Peak Sect were not satisfied. They started to bully the Nn Family, making things difficult for their businesses and beating their people up in the streets.


    Things became even worse when the new governor, Zhou Guanming, arrived. Although he acted like a gentleman in public, he was sly as a fox. He united all the various factions under his banner and started pressuring the Nn Family for Nn Wan’er. It was the same situation as the Shattered Peak Sect all over again. But this time, it was an opponent who was far more powerful and immovable.


    The Zhou n was backed by Zhou Ziyun, the second disciple of Ten Thousand Flower Valley. Nobody dared to against him. For Nn Wan’er, there wasn’t a Wu Qianyu to save her this time.


    Thus, the Nn Family chose to leave. They sold all of their businesses and properties. They dismissed all of their servants. Nn Wan’er and her father left Cloudy Mountain Province in search of a new start.


    But that new start never came. They were always followed, wherever they fled to. Disciples of the ck River Canyon School, mercenaries of the Bloodbird Group, and others constantly harassed them. After many months of such stress, her father fell gravely ill. Even then, those evil people refused to let her go. They prevented her from buying life-saving medicine and forced her father to death.


    A single tear finally fell down Nn Wan’er’s cheek. She briefly nced at Wu Qianyu before quickly wiping it away.


    “So, you spent the entire wealth your father left behind to buy this sword to seek revenge?” Wu Qianyu asked softly.


    “Yes…”


    Nn Wan’er fell silent. She had finally said everything she wanted. Her only regret was that she was too weak to get revenge on the people who destroyed her family and her future.


    Wu Qianyu contemted the situation. She could feel the deep pain that radiated from this young woman like a furnace. She could understand what Nn Wan’er was going through as she had gone through the loss of her family as well. She was reminded of the helpless rage and painful self-loathing that overwhelmed her before she met her master. It made her want to help.


    “I should have properly taken care of those people. It was my fault.” Wu Qianyu said.


    “No, no.” Nn Wan’er shook her head, “Senior Wu, it was never your fault. You already did so much for my family by destroying the Shattered Peak Sect. The other sectsmitted no clear crime back then so it would have been unreasonable for them to be punished as well.”


    Wu Qianyu nodded, “But now I can punish them. With your words, I can finally clean this city of all the evil.”


    “Senior Wu…” Nn Wan’er tugged at Wu Qianyu sleeve, “Senior Wu, this might be too impudent of me. An unreasonable request even... Instead of killing them for my sake, can you teach me? I… I don’t think I will ever find peace in this life if I can’t personally take revenge on these people.”


    Her expression turned firm and her eyes once again filled with the fiery emotions that had carried her up to this point.


    Wu Qianyu didn’t expect this but she considered it seriously. Sister Lin and Sister Zhou both had arge number of attendants and people under them but she had no one. She had never felt alone thanks to her master but having another person wouldn’t hurt, especially someone who reminded her so much of herself.


    She wondered if Nn Wan’er would bepatible with Dao of pain that she was still developing. She wondered if it was even possible to pass something like it to another. At the very least, it might be helpful to experiment and test the limits.


    She was also impressed by Nn Wan’er’s determination and spirit. Thest time, they only interacted briefly and she got the impression of a helpless and heartbroken princess. Now, Nn Wan’er seemed like a true cultivator with a unique mindset, a mindset that was simr to her own.


    Wu Qianyu stood up and beckoned, “Alright. You can follow me from now on. I may not be a very good teacher but I can pass down some cultivation methods and martial arts. Your future will still dependrgely on yourself. Whether you can get the strength to get revenge will also depend on yourself.”


    Nn Wan’er scrambled to her feet, a smile gracing her elegant, beautiful face for the first time in months.


    “Master!” She said brightly. She then fell to her knees and kowtowed three times, “Disciple Nn Wan’er greets master!”


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