Chapter 71
"Where have you been?"
"I had a brief business to attend to."
Although she was worried that he might have guessed and disappeared somewhere, fortunately, Xi Xichang was waiting for Jiang Ziya right there.
"Who is this person...?"
Xi Xichang, seeing the large middle-aged man walking behind Jiang Ziya, carefully asked Jiang Ziya.
Looking closely, there were bloodstains on their sleeves. Something must have happened.
"There was a little incident. And this person is Senior Huang, whom I just became acquainted with."
"Nice to meet you, Huang... I'm Jeon."
Just as he was about to say his real name without much thought, Yang Jian, who saw Jiang Ziya giving him a look, hurriedly changed his surname and said he was Huang Jeon.
"My name is Xi Xichang."
Xi Xichang first took a fist-and-palm salute to Yang Jian and then glared at Jiang Ziya.
Xi Xichang thought.
If he had gone to do something else on the pretext of relieving himself, wasn't it the proper order to tell her first? This was a complete disregard for her.
"You seem to be very angry with me."
"Yes, I am very angry right now."
"Haha... I was just a little late because I had my own circumstances."
"At the very least, isn't an apology for making me wait here for more than an hour when you said you were going to relieve yourself the first thing?"
"Miss Xi, I'll explain. It seems there is a misunderstanding."
"Senior Huang, please don't mind our business."
"Hmm...!"
At Xi Xichang's words, Yang Jian shut his mouth like a clam.
Since a child who was at most his niece's age was speaking to him so boldly, he had lost his words.
"Since you're getting so angry, I have nothing to say. Although you don't know, I, in order to deal with the pursuer of the Black Contemplation Fortress..."
"You, a scholar, stepped forward to face the pursuer of the Black Contemplation Fortress?"
Not only was it hard to believe that there was a pursuer from the Black Contemplation Fortress, but how could a scholar who didn't even know martial arts face the pursuer of the Black Contemplation Fortress?
Moreover, if he had gone to chase the pursuer, the giant next to him also didn't make sense.
"I didn't see the pursuer myself. But the story doesn't end there."
"Then?"
"I happened to see Senior Huang here in a difficult situation and helped him."
"It seems you've shown some sense of justice."
"A sense of justice? That's right!"
Xi Xichang's cold voice flowed out quietly.
"That makes sense."
"Ah, it's so frustrating..."
"Even if that's the case, I don't know the reason why it took an hour. Are you saying you even helped Senior Huang fight against numerous enemies?"
"Of course not."
As Yang Jian helped to say, Jiang Ziya's face was terribly distorted.
He had been about to use that excuse, but because of Yang Jian's unnecessary words, he couldn't even say that.
"Then how many enemies did Senior Huang fight?"
"Two. But..."
"Although my knowledge is short and I don't know you well, senior, are you saying that you spent an hour fighting two enemies with that scholar, Jiang Ziya?"
"Was Young Hero Jiang a scholar?"
"Then did you think he was a martial artist if not a scholar?"
"Then he's not?"
"Of course not!"
"If he's not even a martial artist, how on earth did he compete with the Black and White Twin Demons who move the Yin and Yang Eighteen Demon Troupe of the Ten Thousand Great Mountains Demonic Cult?"
"What?"
Xi Xichang, who had been about to continue her words confidently, shut her mouth without realizing it at Yang Jian's answer.
"Black and White Twin Demons?"
Did they say that if it was too absurd, one would be at a loss for words?
Xi Xichang had also heard the story of the Black and White Twin Demons well.
But now that he was saying that the scholar Jiang Ziya and this bear-like man whose name she didn't know had fought against the Black and White Twin Demons, the supreme masters of the demonic cult, she couldn't figure out where to even begin to question it.
"Are they really the Black and White Twin Demons?"
"That's right. But since the Black Demon is dead, I guess they can't be called the Black and White Twin Demons anymore."
"Are you saying that a great demon like the Black and White Twin Demons, who should be in Guangdong, came all the way here?"
"Unfortunately, yes."
"Then you, Senior Huang, were being pursued by the demonic cult."
"Hmm... well, yes. I was on my way to the Tang Clan of Sichuan to avoid trouble and to treat my internal injuries after suffering a great internal injury."
To take it as a bluff or a joke, Yang Jian's attitude was too serious.
And in the first place, it was not that Xi Xichang knew all the masters of the martial world with her knowledge.
"You."
"What is it?"
As Xi Xichang thought about it carefully, in order for this story to make sense, one thing had to be presupposed.
That Jiang Ziya was not a simple scholar, but a martial artist.
"You knew how to do martial arts?"
"When did I say I didn't know martial arts?"
At Jiang Ziya's nonchalant reply, Xi Xichang felt like a fool for a moment.
Thinking back, although it was a prestigious family, his accompanying her with the purpose of facing the martial family, the Tang Clan, as well as his request to let him meet the Sword Immortal.
If he were a martial artist, they were situations that could be fully understood.
"Alright..."
Although it was hard to believe that Jiang Ziya had fought against the Black and White Twin Demons, even if there was a suspicious part, since he had faced the main tool of the demonic cult, the probability of him becoming her enemy was low.
The demonic cult had been a sworn enemy of the righteous path for two hundred years, and anyone who was pursued by the demonic cult was recognized as an important guest of the righteous path, no matter what kind of person they were.
"Um..."
"What is it you want to say?"
"The Tang Clan... you, great hero, are also heading to the Sichuan Tang Clan, aren't you?"
"From my point of view, that's the best place to recuperate. It's not that I don't have an acquaintance with the Tang Clan leader..."
In the first place, if Yang Jian were to ask, even the Tang Clan would not be able to refuse.
"But where are you going?"
"We are also on our way to the Tang Clan."
"Oh? Isn't this a remarkable coincidence for a coincidence?"
Jiang Ziya asked Yang Jian, who had let out a short exclamation.
"Will you go with us?"
At Jiang Ziya's question, Yang Jian shook his head.
"I can't do that. I have my own circumstances, and if I go with you, I will surely be attacked."
"Won't my face be known anyway? Will the White Demon just leave me alone? Since it has come to this, it seems it would be better to go together to protect each other's safety from danger."
"What do you think?"
Jiang Ziya's words also made sense. But how could he make a decision just by listening to Jiang Ziya's words?
Xi Xichang thought carefully at Yang Jian's question.
"It's not right to leave someone who is being pursued by the demonic cult alone. But we have to leave in a hurry."
"I will also move quickly, so there's no need to worry about that."
"Then... I'm fine with it too."
She could not push away a master who had an acquaintance with the Tang Clan leader now.
If this man were to be of even a little help in persuading the Tang Clan leader, Xi Xichang would be in a position to ask him for a favor.
"Is that so? In fact, I've been traveling alone for a while, so I've been very lonely."
"I was also lonely."
Jiang Ziya was also lonely.
Since Xi Xichang, whether in her childhood or now, had a stubborn and strict side, she did not have the habit of having even a trivial conversation with an opponent with whom she had not opened her heart.
"Really? That's unexpected... with such a beautiful woman with you."
"Senior Huang, it seems you have misunderstood something."
"A misunderstanding? What misunderstanding?"
"Scholar Jiang and I are not in that kind of relationship."
"Huh? Then if you're not in that kind of relationship, what's the reason for a young man and woman to go to the Tang Clan together?"
"That is..."
Xi Xichang hesitated for a moment.
That's right, since she didn't know for sure about Yang Jian yet, wasn't it a matter of not being able to tell him everything about their circumstances?
"Is there some kind of circumstance?"
"Yes."
Seeing Xi Xichang's slightly hardened face, he felt that there was something awkward to say between Xi Xichang and Jiang Ziya.
"Then I won't ask any more."
"Since the young lady is very suspicious, please understand, great hero."
"What did you say?"
Yang Jian, who was watching Xi Xichang and Jiang Ziya growling at each other like a dog and a cat, smiled bitterly.
"A fight also happens when there is affection. Still, seeing you two reminds me of my wife and child who were separated in the chaos."
"Oh my, that's too bad. Then are they safe?"
"It was such a surprise attack. I didn't have time to take care of my family. Well, I believe they escaped well with my subordinates."
"But no matter what, with Senior Huang here... were you so damaged that you couldn't take care of your family?"
"Haha... you don't know the demonic cult too well. Although the current martial world is said to be the world of the Black Contemplation Fortress and the Martial Arts Alliance, in reality, the demonic cult is also hiding a power that is not inferior to them."
"Hmm..."
"Do you think the World Martial Arts Alliance has no eyes, ears, or power to leave the fight with the Black Contemplation Fortress to the Sichuan Alliance alone? They are just saving their bodies to keep the demonic cult of Guangdong in check."
Xi Xichang was surprised that Yang Jian had a very high insight into the current martial world.
He was definitely not an ordinary person.
How could a person who showed a prayer that surpassed an ordinary person in his stride, his breathing, and every little movement be an ordinary person?
"But it's a relief that they will be safe."
"I don't know about that either. They might have been caught and gang-raped. Or they might have committed suicide. The affairs of the world are not something to be judged so easily."
"Ah!"
Xi Xichang, who felt a sense of pity at Yang Jian's expression, which was genuinely sad, unlike his calm words, let out a short exclamation.
"Cherish the person next to you. Whether it's a good fate or a bad fate, isn't it that all of it is a fateful meeting and parting?"
It was a statement made with Jiang Ziya and Xi Xichang in mind.
"I just wanted to say something in the hope that Senior Huang would not misunderstand."
"Even a hateful affection is an affection."
"So it's a misunderstanding. Since I have a fiancé, there's no such thing."
"A fiancé?"
The surprised Yang Jian asked back, and Jiang Ziya also looked at Xi Xichang in surprise.
"He is a disciple of the Flower Wind Sword of Mount Hua and is the Plum Blossom Swordsman, Young Master Wen Changyu."
If it was the Flower Wind Sword, he was a swordsman who was considered to be at the top among the swordsmen of Mount Hua at that time, and he was a junior of the Mount Hua sect leader and one of the elders of the Mount Hua Sect.
"You have a great fiancé. If he is a disciple of the Flower Wind Sword, he would not be of a low rank in the Mount Hua Sect. Then you..."
"Although I'm ashamed, my name is Xi Xichang of the Qingcheng Sect."
"I see. So it is."
Yang Jian showed no sign of being surprised at Xi Xichang's identity.
He had thought that if she were the fiancé of a disciple of the Flower Wind Sword, she would be of that level.
It was not surprising that the Qingcheng Sect, which could not blindly trust the Sichuan Alliance, had thought of a marriage to strengthen its ties with the Mount Hua Sect.
"A political marriage."
(End of Chapter)