Chapter 17

In the long autumn night, the vast Dongting Lake is full of gaily-painted boats and fishing boats.

There is a lakeside square on the periphery of Mount Jun Island. It used to be the place where the Cao family of Mount Jun welcomed guests. In the past, countless Jianghu wanderers came here every day to visit or learn martial arts. As the Cao family retired from Jianghu, the martial arts arena on the square was naturally abandoned. Now it has been changed into a stage.

The houses around the square have become a small market. Many inns and pubs have been opened. There are shops selling crabs everywhere. There are also various specialties of Dongting Lake. It is not much different from the scenic areas of later generations.

Yue Yang Tower is on the opposite side of the lake. It is nearly ten miles away, but the lake is as flat as a mirror. You can still see a sea of lights in the distance.

Under the crescent moon, Ning Qing Ye stands at the top of the lakeside tower, overlooking the various scenes on Dongting Lake.

She is still wearing a snow-white dress. Her black hair is like ink on her back. She is quiet and elegant, like a white lotus falling into the world. She holds a sword with a green edge in her hand, which adds a bit of chivalry to her fairy-like aura.

But her clear eyes are a little absent-minded at this time.

It has been almost a year since she was kissed by Xu Buling on Hutai Street on the 16th of the first lunar month. Ning Qing Ye left in shame and anger.

Her mixed emotions have long calmed down. Although she is angry that he took advantage of her, he saved her life after all. What else can she do except to pretend that nothing happened …

After Ning Qing Ye left Chang 'an, she returned to the Changqing Taoist Temple in Mount Wudang. She wanted to continue to rely on her master. She wanted to practice martial arts to the peak and then avenge her mother.

However, her master, who had never stepped out of the house, had run off somewhere. He only left her a letter, telling her not to run around when she came back.

Later, she heard from the elders of Mount Wudang that Xu Buling was apprenticed to her master. She inexplicably had a younger school brother …

The night wind blows her hair. Ning Qing Ye slightly squints her eyes. She is obviously a little annoyed — she has drawn a line with that bold guy. Why are they together again? How should they get along with each other in the future …

However, in Jianghu, the order of the master is absolute. Since her master wants to take an apprentice, she can't disobey him as his first school sister. She can only reluctantly accept this fact. She has thought that when Xu Buling comes to Mount Wudang, she will teach him a lesson. If he dares to tell her master that he kissed her, she will stab him.

After living on the mountain for a few days, she doesn't see her master or Buling. However, there is a piece in the Wudang of Wudang of Jianghu. Yingying Tower gets news that the Jianghu news that the four pieces of Jianghu of of of of of Jianghu. and They are Jianghu of the Tong Scripof the Sect. of

The authenticity of the Tong Scripof the Tong Scripture, Ning Qing Ye has asked the experts of Mount Wudang. It is true. However, the invulnerability and immortality after learning it are definitely fake. It should be a top-notch technique.

The rumor is too mysterious. Ning Qing Ye actually wants to search for it. After all, if people want to become more powerful, other than talent and diligence, the only other thing they can do is to search for top-notch techniques.

Ning Qing Ye wants to take revenge. However, her enemies are two giants that people can't even look up to. Needless to say, the imperial court can barely kill Zhang Xiang. There are a bunch of more powerful culprits behind the scenes. The other one is the head of Yingying Tower, her heartless biological father.

Ning Qing Ye's hatred towards her biological father is even more intense than the imperial court who wants to kill him.

The imperial court and the Iron Eagle Hunting the Deer is because they have different standpoints. It is true that there is a blood feud between the officials and the bandits.

As long as she can remember, her biological father has been thinking about high position and generous salary. He rarely returns home. Until the day when the stronghold turned into ruins, her mother still waited outside the stronghold with her. In order to protect her to escape, her mother died under the saber of the Wolf Guards. Before she died, she still wore the hairpin given by the heartless man.

However, that man hasn't gone to the grave to look at it until today. He still wants to gather a force to conspire a big plan.

When he was alive, he didn't care about it. When he died, his road to fame was broken. So he gathered a group of people to go against the imperial court. Who cares?

Now the Yingying Tower wants to search for four pieces of jade. One of them is placed in the ancestral hall of the Cao Family on Mount Jun Island.

When she escaped from the land of Shu, it was the time when the Iron Eagle Hunting the Deer was in the limelight. Everyone in Jianghu kept quiet out of fear. Those who dared to help her were basically dead. In desperation, the only one who gave her a helping hand was the Cao Family on Mount Jun Island.

The head of the Cao Family, Cao Qujian, was trapped in the center of the whirlpool. At the risk of being discovered by the imperial court, he secretly took her to Mount Wudang. Under the protection of Immortal Qing Xu, she lived safely until now.

Without the help of the Cao Family, Ning Qing Ye would have been like those children whose parents died under the saber of the Wolf Guards. No one knows how low she would have fallen.

Therefore, after learning that the Yingying Tower is looking for the jade pendant, Ning Qing Ye came to Mount Jun Island.

People in Jianghu know how to repay kindness. The Cao Family saved her life in the past. Now that they are in trouble, how can they not repay?

And if Li Hansheng dares to come, even if she has to give up her life, she must avenge her mother who died in the wilderness.

However …

At the top of the tower, Ning Qing Ye looks in the direction of Yueyang Tower and sighs softly.

After waiting for so long, the Yingying Tower only sent a few messengers to contact the Cao Family. None of the main people have arrived. The Cao Family has repeatedly stated that they have withdrawn from Jianghu and will not get involved in Jianghu disputes. There is no sign of a fight.

And that lecherous playboy who has returned to Suzhou has inexplicably come to Chu. According to the news that Lin Yusong of Hutou Forest has just spread, he has arrived at Golden Thread Gorge a few days ago.

Lin Yusong is an outstanding figure of the younger generation in Chu. People all say that he has the talent of a Martial Leader. According to Lin Yusong's description, 'I fought with the current Green Leader Xu Buling and exchanged three moves with Immortal Qing Xu of Shiyan Village, regretted not having met earlier …', it seems that Xu Buling's martial arts have recovered and he is probably on par with Lin Yusong.

Ning Qing Ye couldn't beat Xu Buling in the past. After practicing hard for nearly a year, her strength has doubled. She thought that she could at least fight to a draw with Xu Buling. Now it seems that the odds are still about thirty to seventy.

Logically speaking, since Xu Buling has come to Chu, she should meet him. But she has something important to do now. She doesn't want to get Xu Buling involved because of her personal blood feud.

Ning Qing Ye tucked her hair behind her ear and looked back at the seventy-two peaks of Junshan Mountain.

There are rumors that the masters of the Yingying Tower have already arrived at Yue Yang. If the Cao Family doesn't give in, they will come to snatch it by force sooner or later.

The Cao Family of Junshan Island has sealed their swords for ten years. Everyone in the family has stopped practicing martial arts. Once they open the sword box and hold the sword again, it will be impossible to retreat. But without holding the sword, how can they stop the bandits of the Yingying Tower?

Currently, the Jianghu friends who have some old friends of the Cao Family have come to help them, but they don't know who is coming from the Yingying Tower.

It's fine if a few Branch Leaders come. But if it is Li Hansheng who comes in person and she is not here, these Jianghu friends will not be able to stop him.

Ning Qing Ye thought for a while and gave up the idea of going out to look for him. She jumped down from the tower and disappeared by the lake …