Chapter 3668: Sword Fighting Across the Realm (7)
Chapter 3668: Sword Fighting Across the Realm (7)
This time, Ning Shu was absolutely determined to let Qin Nianzhi learn a lesson, but it had to be within a reasonable limit so that Father Qin's protective nature over his child wouldn't lead him to blame her.
Ning Shu leisurely washed and rinsed, then sat cross-legged on the bed to cultivate. However, the suppression of this world was massive, so Ning Shu's cultivation progress wasn't very significant.
Meanwhile, Situ Xun next door wasn't in his room at all. She didn't know where he had gone for the entire night. It wasn't until morning that he returned, and he still slipped in through the window, pretending to have just woken up when he opened the door.
Ning Shu ordered breakfast. Situ Xun narrowed his eyes, sizing Ning Shu up. This man's features were very regular, and at a glance, he looked like a steady and reliable person. The head disciple of the Wanjian Manor. Qin Song had no son. If nothing unexpected happened, this man would inherit the Wanjian Manor.
The main business of the Wanjian Manor was forging swords, specifically various famous swords. Every time a sword by Wanjian Manor was produced, it became something people in the martial arts world fought over.
Ning Shu raised her eyes, saw Situ Xun standing at the door, curled the corners of her mouth, and said, "Brother Situ, would you like to dine together?"
"Sure."
Situ Xun wasn't polite at all. He stepped into the room, sat down, and asked, "Where is Tang Yuan? Why do I not see him?"
"Her? She is probably still sleeping in. When at home, she loves to sleep in. While the other disciples have to get up early to practice the sword, she has to sleep until high noon," Ning Shu said.1Just to note: in spoken Chinese, the word for ‘he’ and ‘she’ sounds exactly the same.
"Is that so." Situ Xun watched as this man focused single-mindedly on dining, chewing carefully and swallowing slowly, as if only these few side dishes existed in his eyes. He truly was a handsome man.
This man was Qin Nianzhi's betrothed. He was mature and reliable. No wonder Qin Song wanted to hand his position over to him.
"Brother Situ, are you not eating?" Ning Shu turned her head, smiled slightly, and said, "It is truly somewhat bizarre for you to look at me like this."
"Haha…" Situ Xun stood up. "I will go wake my boss up to eat. The boss has not eaten yet, how can I, as the underling, eat first?"
As Situ Xun spoke, he observed Ning Shu's expression, probing for Ning Shu's feelings toward Qin Nianzhi, and even intentionally trying to anger Ning Shu.
Ning Shu merely ate and casually said, "She cannot be woken up, and her morning crankiness is severe. When she sleeps at home, no one dares to disturb her."
Situ Xun frowned, feeling somewhat surprised. Was he not afraid that by suddenly barging into Qin Nianzhi's room like this, he would discover that Qin Nianzhi was a woman?
Given Qin Nianzhi's disguise, as long as one wasn't blind—even if one was blind but could hear—they would know she was a woman.
Or did Situ Xun simply not care about his betrothed at all?
"This boss of mine is truly mischievous." Situ Xun went out of the room to the one next door to call Qin Nianzhi, only to find that there was no one in the room.
A trace of gloominess flashed across Situ Xun's face. What was the situation? Where was the person?
Could it be that Chong Xuefeng had hidden her? Situ Xun hurriedly ran over and said anxiously to Ning Shu, "Brother Xuefeng, my boss is missing."
"Missing?" Ning Shu was somewhat surprised and put down her bowl and chopsticks. "Did she get up this early?"
"She shouldn't have. Could it be that she went out to play because she was eager for fun?" Ning Shu picked up her sword and said to Situ Xun, "Let's look around everywhere. This… this boy truly causes people to worry."
Situ Xun looked at Ning Shu suspiciously. Did he not hide her?
Ning Shu exited the inn, grabbing people everywhere to ask if they had seen a short boy carrying a sword. After asking around, they still found no clues.
Seeing Ning Shu searching for the person so anxiously, Situ Xun thought about it and felt that he probably wasn't the one who hid her. Where did that girl run off to?
Situ Xun's figure flashed and disappeared into the flow of people on the street. Upon reaching an alley, he called out the people following him and ordered them to search for Qin Nianzhi. They absolutely had to find her.
Along the journey, Situ Xun knew that Qin Nianzhi was very naive and easily trusted people. What if she was deceived and taken away by someone?
That stupid girl could only be bullied by him. Furthermore, he still needed to avenge his adoptive father, so nothing could happen to that girl.
With her spiritual consciousness, Ning Shu could see Situ Xun's actions clearly. He should have at least gone a bit further away, out of the range of her spiritual consciousness.
Ning Shu arrived in front of a brothel. Because it was daytime, not many people went to the brothel. It would only become bustling when night fell.
Ning Shu released her spiritual consciousness through every inch of the brothel. She saw everything clearly. Spiritual consciousness was far more badass than a detector.
With one sweep, all the scenes appeared in her mind.
Not here.
Ning Shu moved to another one, scanned, nothing.
Moved to yet another one, nothing…
She scanned many in succession until only the largest brothel remained. Even during the day, this brothel had customers, and there were quite a few customers who stayed overnight.
As Ning Shu scanned, she also discovered quite a few scenes inappropriate for children. It was probably early morning exercise.
Then, Ning Shu saw the disheveled Qin Nianzhi locked in a room in the backyard. This room looked abandoned and unoccupied. Qin Nianzhi was tied up. Her hair was scattered, and she looked utterly disheveled.
A few brothel servants were guarding her, along with the madam. The madam stood with her hands on her hips, pointing at Qin Nianzhi and scolding her incessantly.
"Do you know who I am? When my underling and my eldest senior brother find me, you will be in for it." Qin Nianzhi had slapped her face until it was swollen, hoping this could frighten the other party.
Yesterday, she saw a woman thrown out of the brothel. Because this woman had contracted a disease, and it was syphilis at that, she was directly driven out by the brothel.
Qin Nianzhi couldn't stand by and watch, so she drew her sword to help upon seeing an injustice on the road. She fought with the brothel, wanting to fight for some money for this pitiful woman.
However, the madam was someone who mingled in places of romance. Her eyes were as if tempered with poison. With just one eye, she could tell this was a female doll, and a heaven-tier beauty at that.
The madam, possessing quite a bit of business acumen, instantly formulated several business plans in her mind for grooming Qin Nianzhi, guaranteeing to turn Qin Nianzhi into a cash cow.
The madam ignored the brothel woman with syphilis and ordered people to capture Qin Nianzhi. However, Qin Nianzhi possessed martial arts skills. Ordinary people couldn't get close to her body, and she nearly threw the entire brothel into chaos.
Ultimately, the madam truly had no other choice, so she called out the martial arts experts stationed at the brothel. As soon as the experts made their move, they captured Qin Nianzhi.
Qin Nianzhi's martial arts were more than enough to deal with people from all walks of life with mediocre skills, but dealing with experts was very strenuous, and there were several experts at that.
Anyway, this brothel wasn't simple.
Once Qin Nianzhi was captured, she was locked up here. The madam was going to grind down her stubborn bones.
Every woman who sold her smiles and body in a brothel was unwilling at first. No woman was willing to be reduced to a place of pleasure. However, brothels had methods to torture these women, extracting a woman's stubborn bones, severing a woman's hopes, and making a woman obediently do her job and serve the patrons.