Chapter 5, The Great Changes in the Jianghu

Has she returned...?

When encountering obscure and rare characters or acupoint names, even sinologists who have drifted to the Western Regions must consult books for several days

In this world ... . ... This person should have already ceased to exist, even if there is an orphan from the Xiao family, they should be called Li Yuan'er.

Tuoba Yuanxun was slowly walking along the bustling and lively streets of Chengdu, leading a horse, looking around with a smile on his face. He turned his head enthusiastically and said to Yan Minyu beside him: "The girls in Chengdu are more pleasing to the eye than those in Xingqing Prefecture"

"Do you want to die?" Yan Minyu glared and threatened

Just because she did not listen to her mother, her life did not follow the predetermined trajectory

Yan Minyu, feeling unconvinced, asked Li Yuan'er, who was walking in silence: "Xiao Yuan, tell me, which is more beautiful, the girls from Xixia or the girls from Chengdu?"

Originally, she was supposed to be a disciple of the renowned Zhu Liancheng, mastering skills that would allow her to stand proudly in the world and become Pei Junwu's junior sister and his wife

Fate or no fate, she is bewildered

In the eyes of all, treasures and beauties are ownerless! Those who are capable shall obtain them

Ten years later, in the sixth year of the Xianping era of Emperor Song Zhenzong

Fortunately, as they are the disciples of the princess, and all of them are aristocrats of Phoenix City, finding a Chinese studies teacher is not a problem. However, after ten years, even the one who has studied Chinese studies the best among them can only barely recognize the characters in the secret texts

Because you have been drooling all the way! It has never stopped! We can accurately find our way home just by following your drool marks

The martial world is in turmoil

Relying on the foundational knowledge imparted by her mother, she barely grasped some martial arts from the secret manual and began to understand certain principles. Whenever her senior sister and senior brother encountered something they did not understand, they would come to her for guidance. Although she was their junior apprentice in terms of seniority, she resembled their master more.

In the morning, if one prefers to practice, they practice; in the evening, if one wishes to engage in breathing exercises, they do so; there is no supervision, no guidance

Self-study, pure self-study

It has been ten years, and the master has taken out the secret manual for them to comprehend on their own! It truly is self-comprehension, as there are many aspects that even the master has not grasped!

Now...! ... She is merely a little orphan lost in a foreign land, with mediocre martial arts skills and no strengths whatsoever

Li Yuan'er is truly peculiar; why would Master Zhu travel such a long distance to summon the three of them? Although the Master possesses formidable martial skills, it is indeed a challenge for the Grandmaster! However, her pride has never diminished! Upon hearing that they were coming to assist Junior Brother Pei in protecting Junior Sister Li's daughter, the Master's expression turned cold; she cannot bear this burden, and matters concerning the child should naturally be resolved by the younger generation!

Even more terrifying is that the capital of the Western Xia, Phoenix City, is a purely exotic place where Sinology is not valued, Master. Moreover, they do not recognize many Chinese characters

"How strong can one really be?" Yan Minyu, adopting the demeanor of a senior disciple, admonished, "He is merely a young man in his twenties! When it comes to martial arts, it all depends on hard work and time... What is the matter with you?"

That scene of scorched earth and corpses everywhere is what the martial world refers to as the annihilation of a family... Father and mother... are all dead

Yan Minyu cast him a cold glance and said, "Which girl do you find unappealing? We won't get lost on our way back, do you know why?"

Go

That rainy night ... ... was truly the beginning of all entanglements

"I still think the girls from the Western Xia are beautiful!" Yan Minyu said indignantly. "The girls from the Central Plains all look the same, their eyes are neither big enough nor deep enough!"

"Senior sister, do you think Xiao Yuan has been acting strangely since we entered Sichuan?" He glanced at Li Yuan'er, who had already walked far ahead of them.

The only orphan - Xiao Juyuan

Although Tuoba Yuanxun knew that she had nothing good to say, he still pursed his lips and asked, "Why?"

God knows what problems she and her senior colleagues can solve

Each has its own merits

No matter how strong Pei Junwu is, to possess these two things, he must consult the people of the martial world! It also depends on whether he has the capacity for it and whether it is his fate!

Death, corpses, the stench of burning, ruins, ashes... none of these compare to the loneliness that arises from witnessing it all. In this world, she is left alone, without kin or friend, enduring a pain that goes unnoticed by anyone.

It is truly strange, having been away from the Central Plains for ten years, in that city of Phoenix filled with foreign tribes, she surprisingly has not forgotten her hometown dialect at all. Hearing it again, the emotions in her heart are so profound that even she cannot articulate them clearly

If the difference between the master and the mother is like heaven and earth, she truly does not dare to compare. How far is the distance between her and the one who replaced her as the master's disciple, "Xiao Juyuan"!

Li Yuan'er pulled the horse, her ears filled with the familiar sounds of her hometown after a ten-year absence

What a pity! The powerful Xiao family has already perished. No matter how formidable Zhu Liancheng is, he is merely one person with two hands. Pei Junwu, a talented young man, excels above all, his brilliance evident, yet he is still young and his wings have not yet fully developed

The resurgence of the High Sky Competition has triggered a significant upheaval in the martial world, the treasure of the Xiao family... the last descendant of the Xiao clan...

The master is the sister of King Li Deming of Xiping, and can be considered a princess of the Western Xia. She is proud and haughty, unable to endure hardship, and has lived a life of luxury; it is not surprising that she has not succeeded in martial arts throughout her life. She despises the surname "Li," which was granted by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, insisting instead on adopting the surname Tuoba. Her only male disciple is her nephew, Li Yuanxun, the third son of Western Xia, and she insists that he also bear the surname Tuoba

If there is fate, how could she miss the opportunity to grow alongside him? If there is no fate, how could she have been encountered by her mother's senior apprentice, Tuoba Hanyun, and accepted as a disciple?

She is not the fiancée of the new leader of the martial world, Pei Junwu, but rather the youngest junior sister from the most impoverished lineage of his sect

Now ... ... I understand everything!

The wish she made to the wishing tree is simply not effective

Return? Where to? ... Her home ...! ... It no longer exists!

In fact, she had also considered that this might be the case, but she was unwilling to believe it! The sister who kept her warm by the fire, who talked with her, and guided her to make wishes had deceived her. That year, she was about the same age as her, wasn't she

The Pei family has actually hidden her for ten years! How beautiful would the daughter born to Xiao Mingyu and Li Ju be?

However, this secret is known only to her. She will never tell anyone! Just because she was unaware of the treachery of human nature, how many things that were originally meant for her did she miss out on?

The massacre of the Xiao family in Ya'an one evening has left the people of the martial world feeling a mix of emotion and fear. To truly witness that scene... is nothing extraordinary.

"Will you be nervous about meeting Senior Brother Pei? Aunt said... he is much stronger than us. Among the three of us, Xiaoyuan has the best skills. Is she afraid of being outshined?" Tuo Ba Yuanxun said with a hint of displeasure.

She still scattered her inquiries, asking the sinologist one character at a time, fearing that forming sentences would lead to the leakage of her skills

The master and the mother ... ... are truly worlds apart.

I have always been puzzled about where that terrifying rainy night took the young lady who was set on fire, where the Tianque Sword went, and why the Pei family elder did not come

I feel like vomiting! Tuo Ba Yuanxun's face turned pale, "Senior sister, listening to you talk about martial arts is truly a chilling experience!"

The desire to seize treasure is an uncontrollable urge for everyone, and the same applies to the desire to possess unparalleled beauty

Even Zhu Shibo felt a sense of concern, so he summoned all the disciples of Qin Chuyi, which naturally included the lively disciples of Tuo Ba Han Yun, who had caused their master great distress

Six months ago, Gao Tianjing was finally found by the people of the Ming Palace, and only then did the martial arts world realize that the murderer who had been hiding for so many years had actually gained nothing! The true treasure is still in the hands of the Xiao family, in the hands of the only heir of the Xiao family, Xiao Juyuan

Well, I feel as if she is somewhat absent-minded. Sometimes when I ask her questions, she is unable to respond, as if her mind has wandered off somewhere!

Tuoba Yuanxun sneered, "Senior sister—" he said in a strange tone, "Among the three of us, only I am the authentic person from the Western Xia. You are absolutely right; I have always found something off about you, and it turns out your eyes are not deep enough or big enough!"

Sometimes Yuan'er suspects that the master is just sulking with his mother, which is why he refuses to take the surname Li even in death