I am a prince in Zhutian Films

Chapter 430 Broken Waves
In fact, there is another version of the story between the Ming family and the Dugu family.

This story takes place during the period when the Ming family and the Dugu family jointly ruled Wushuang City, after the Ming family was suppressed by the Dugu family, and the Ming family once again helped the Dugu family regain their foothold in Wushuang City.

At that time, the ancestors of the Ming family and the Dugu family had a relationship. They each possessed the Peerless Yin Sword and the Peerless Yang Sword, respectively. Because of their deep affection for each other, they created the sword technique of "Love That Shakes the City" and jointly founded the Peerless City.

Later, the Ming family ancestor discovered that the Dugu family ancestor already had a wife. Moreover, after discovering that her husband had taken a new lover, his wife was heartbroken. Then, while her husband was away, she poisoned the entire family and then committed suicide.

Therefore, the ancestors of the Ming family always believed that they owed the Dugu family more than a dozen lives. They decided to leave the Dugu family ancestors with the Peerless Yin Sword and made a solemn vow that the descendants of the Ming family would defend Peerless City for generations to come to repay the dozen or so lives they owed.

After hearing the whole story, Ying Xun couldn't help but murmur, "Why does it feel so familiar?"

The voice was a little soft, and You Ruo next to her couldn't hear it clearly.

"You stinking Taoist priest, what did you say?"

"It's nothing," Ying Xun replied, a look of sudden realization appearing on his face.

No wonder it felt familiar; wasn't this the story that Mingyue told Nie Feng in the TV series version?

"However, in this story, your Ming family doesn't owe the Dugu family anything at all. On the contrary, you have done the Dugu family a favor, since Wushuang City was founded by your Ming family's ancestor and the Dugu family's ancestor together."

You Ruo nodded in agreement: "I estimate that the Ming family ancestor passed down this version of the story not only because she felt she owed the Dugu family more than a dozen lives, but also because she knew that her ancestor Hua En from the Three Kingdoms period owed Lady Wushuang a debt of gratitude."

"Quite clever, I guess so too."

"Of course, don't you know who your great-aunt is?"

"Who are you? Are you the foul-mouthed young lady of the Tianxia Society, or a docile daughter who dares not defy her father?"

"You stinky Taoist priest, do you want to start a fight?"

Seeing the two about to start arguing again, Mingyue asked blankly, "Wait, are you saying that our Ming family has a connection with the Dugu family as early as the Three Kingdoms period?"

“That’s right. Your Ming family are descendants of Hua En, the daughter of Hua Tuo during the Three Kingdoms period. You should have been surnamed Hua, or more accurately, Guan.”

Mingyue didn't speak, but turned to look at Mingjing, clearly wanting to get confirmation from Mingjing.

At the same time, Mingjing also turned to look at Granny Wushuang, and the expressions on their faces were almost identical.

“My lord is right. Our Ming family originally had the surname Hua, or we could say Guan. As early as the Three Kingdoms period, we had a connection with the Dugu family. The family genealogy and ancient books preserved in the Guandi Temple contain relevant records.”

Afterwards, Granny Wushuang recounted the grudges and grievances between the Ming family and the Dugu family, starting from the Three Kingdoms period, and finally explained why she recognized Ying Xun as her lord.

Mingjing and Mingyue were both astonished and had very complicated feelings.

It took them a while to come to their senses.

"Master, according to you, Young Master Ying is the lord of our Ming family?"

"No, I didn't agree to that, don't talk nonsense."

Ying Xun immediately launched into a three-part denial, while Granny Wushuang uttered a single word with utmost seriousness.

"Yes!"

It must be said that Granny Wushuang was truly skilled at training her disciples.

Without saying a word, Mingjing bowed deeply to Ying Xun: "Mingjing greets my lord. I was rude before, and I hope my lord will forgive me."

"I am really not your lord."

Mingjing remained silent, her back hunched over, showing no intention of getting up.

It's clear that unless he gets up and leaves, Mingjing will likely remain in this position unless he speaks.

"Sigh, get up first." Ying Xun sighed helplessly, looking at Ming Jing who straightened up, and said, "Your master followed me because of her own will, but you, or any other member of the Ming family, don't need to. Just act according to your own ideas."

"The Master follows the Lord, just as the Mirror follows the Lord."

Mingjing blurted out, then bowed again: "My lord, Mingyue's calamity..."

She didn't finish her sentence, but her meaning was clear: she wanted him to step in and resolve the situation.

In other words, they wanted Ying Xun to kill Dugu Yifang.

Ying Xun paused for a moment, then pondered, "This is a matter for your Wushuang City. As an outsider, it's not appropriate for me to interfere. Let's wait for half a month. If the Sword Saint hasn't come out of seclusion after half a month, I'll help you kill the fake Dugu Yifang."

Mingjing was immediately overjoyed: "Thank you, my lord."

"I... never mind, you guys go ahead and do your thing."

And so, Granny Wushuang left Mingxin and Minghui at the Sword Inn, and took Mingjing and Mingyue with her.

In the following days, Ying Xun spent his time either cultivating or instructing the two young girls in martial arts, and he lived a leisurely life.

As for You Ruo, after staying at the Sword Pavilion for two days, she couldn't stand the boring days and ended up hanging out with Granny Wushuang and the others.

Every day, except for the morning, she would come back right around mealtime, enjoying the delicious food Ying Xun had prepared while telling him about her experiences while she was out and about.

From You Ruo's words, Ying Xun discovered that Granny Wushuang and her group were secretly contacting people to overthrow the Dugu family's rule in Wushuang City and elect him as the city lord.

This is understandable, since the current Dugu family is not suffering from a decline in talent, but rather from a decline in bloodline. All that is left is the Sword Saint Dugu Jian, who is obsessed with the way of the sword. It is obvious that he has no intention of managing Wushuang City.

Therefore, the most suitable person to serve as the city lord is naturally Ying Xun, whom the Ming family follows.

Clearly, Granny Wushuang was planning to act first and report later, but Ying Xun did not step in to stop the situation from developing.

After all, whether or not he becomes the city lord is his own decision, and no one can force him to do so.

Ten days passed in the blink of an eye. During this time, the Sword Saint emerged from seclusion twice. When Ying Xun mentioned Dugu Yifang's problem, he said that nothing was more important than his sword practice and told Ying Xun and Granny Wushuang to handle it.

After discussing swordsmanship with Ying Xun, he went into seclusion again.

In addition, two other things are worth mentioning.

First, Duan Lang betrayed the World Society and came to Wushuang City, where he was adopted by Dugu Yifang.

Then, three days ago, Dugu Yifang took someone to the Ming family to propose marriage.

However, unlike the original storyline, Mingjing did not agree to Dugu Yifang's request, and the two parted on bad terms.

Furthermore, it can be confirmed that the timeline of the marriage proposal is earlier than in the original storyline.

In the original storyline, it was Nie Feng who came to Wushuang City and met Mingyue before Dugu Yifang went to propose marriage. However, Mingyue has not yet met Nie Feng.

As for why this happened, Ying Xun thought it was related to Dugu Yifang witnessing the move "Love That Captivates the City".

In the original storyline, Dugu Yifang went to the Ming family to propose marriage because of the love story that would captivate the city.

Having witnessed the power of the Alluring Love, he is naturally even more eager for the Alluring Love that the Ming family is guarding.

Unfortunately, Dugu Yifang was unaware that the "Love That Shatters the City" guarded by the Ming family was not Guan Yu's "One Strike That Shatters the City," but rather a story passed down within the Ming family, in which the ancestors of the Ming and Dugu families created the "Love That Shatters the City" using the peerless Yin and Yang swords.

Although this move is quite powerful, it is still far less powerful than Guan Yu's single strike that could topple a city.

In addition, it is also possible that they discovered Granny Wushuang and her group's secret actions in order to test the Ming family's true attitude.

With five days left until the agreed-upon half-month meeting, Ying Xun stopped instructing Mingxin and Minghui on their martial arts training and focused on preparing for the great battle five days later.

Because of this, Youruo took Mingxin and Minghui out early in the morning, saying that she had made an appointment with Mingyue to go out of the city and would not be back until evening.

They returned around noon, and only Mingyue was there.

"You stinky Taoist priest, come with me!"

Ying Xun, who was meditating, opened his eyes: "Weren't you supposed to be back tonight? Why are you back now?" "Something happened. Come with me right away."

You Ruo grabbed Ying Xun and pulled him outside, explaining as they walked, "On our way out of the city, we encountered assassins from Dugu Yifang's men. Dugu Yifang has already gathered his forces and is about to attack the Ming family."

The two hurried along, and as they passed through a narrow alley, suddenly a series of figures darted out from both sides, totaling twenty-one people.

Twenty of them were assassins from the Iron Wolf, the second-largest assassin organization in the world. As for the lone individual, he was Duan Lang, who had defected from the World Society.

"Young Master Ying, Miss Youruo."

Duan Lang wore a smile, appearing humble and polite.

"Hmph, traitor, how dare you speak to me like that?!"

To put it simply, Duan Lang could be considered a traitorous servant in the world of Fengyun.

First, he defected from the World Society and joined Wushuang City. After the Sword Saint died, he defected from Wushuang City and joined Di Shitian. Finally, he betrayed Di Shitian and became the strongest boss in Fengyun. He can definitely be called the strongest traitor in the Fengyun world.

Compared to You Ruo, Ying Xun appeared much more composed, smiling as he said, "Duan Lang, I heard that you defected from the World Society and recognized Brother Dugu as your adoptive father. You should call me uncle."

Duan Lang, who had originally wanted to maintain his composure, suddenly turned gloomy: "Ying Xun, I'm too lazy to waste words with you. My godfather said that as long as you join Wushuang City, you will be second only to the emperor."

Ying Xun did not speak, but simply shook his head and sighed.

"What are you sighing about?" Duan Lang asked coldly.

"I'm sighing at you; you really are an ungrateful dog."

As the son of the Southern Lin Sword Master, Duan Lang possessed an inherent arrogance and haughtiness.

He joined the World Society with Nie Feng, but their treatment was completely different.

Nie Feng became Xiong Ba's personal disciple, while he was just a janitor.

At that time, Duan Lang was holding his breath, thinking that he must make Xiong Ba look at him with new eyes and let Xiong Ba know that he was the hidden gem.

Later, when the World Society was selecting a leader, he felt that his opportunity had come, but unexpectedly, Xiong Ba made him deliberately lose to Bu Jingyun.

This caused Xiong Ba's image in his mind to collapse instantly, making him feel that Xiong Ba was blind to talent. So when Dugu Yifang recruited him, he did not hesitate to betray the World Society.

He wanted to rise above others in Wushuang City, lead Wushuang City to overthrow the World Society, and let Xiong Ba know what it meant to say, "You ignored me back then, but today I'll take your life."

In Duan Lang's heart, it wasn't that he had wronged the World Society, but that the World Society had wronged him.

But now, Ying Xun says he is an ungrateful dog.

This made Duan Lang feel extremely insulted.

"you wanna die!"

Enraged, Duan Lang drew his sword and charged at Ying Xun as if he had lost his mind.

At this time, Duan Lang had not yet found the Fire Kirin Sword in Lingyun Cave, but he still knew some of the Duan family's Eclipse Sword Technique.

He also knew that Ying Xun, who was able to fight against Xiong Ba, was no weakling, so he used his trump card, the Eclipse Sword Technique, as soon as he made a move.

The sun breaks through the white dawn!

This sword strike was like the rising sun, bright but not fierce.

Ying Xun did not make a move; instead, he pulled You Ruo aside to avoid it.

The reason he didn't make a move wasn't because he was afraid to confront Duan Lang head-on; he simply wanted to test whether the Duan family's ancestral Eclipse Sword Technique would benefit him in unlocking subsequent techniques.

The result was somewhat unexpected.

It actually worked!

Duan Lang missed his first strike, but decisively followed up with a subsequent sword move.

Ying Xun still didn't confront him head-on, but instead led You Ruo away, slippery as an eel, making Duan Lang feel like he had no way to use his strength.

On the other hand, Ying Xun was somewhat disappointed, because he observed that the sword moves following the "cut off the food supply" incident provided almost no benefit to his unlocking of new skills.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. His father, Duan Shuai, died in Lingyun Cave a long time ago. He didn't learn the full Eclipse Sword Technique. The later sword moves were just something he came up with on his own, so naturally they couldn't compare to the real Eclipse Sword Technique.

Ying Xun was too lazy to waste time with him. He put two fingers together like a sword and swept his hand out, which was Duan Lang's first move - White Sun Dawn!
The same move, but the power is incomparable.

With a sharp "clang," the sword in Duan Lang's hand broke in two.

Almost simultaneously, Duan Lang was blasted away by the sword energy.

Just then, a figure flashed by, helping Duan Lang deflect the force of the tidal wave crashing against the table. The two slid for three zhang before finally regaining their footing.

The newcomer was none other than Nie Feng from the World Society.

"Duan Lang, are you alright?"

Duan Lang spat out a mouthful of blood, ignoring Nie Fei, and shouted at the group of menacing Iron Wolf assassins, "Kill him!"

In an instant, the clanging sound was incessant as twenty knives were drawn from their sheaths at the same time.

The blade's momentum transformed into a vast net, enveloping Ying Xun and You Ruo like mercury spilling onto the ground.

"Interesting, he actually lost his mind."

Ying Xun smiled, then raised his finger and pointed his sword.

In an instant, the entire alley was filled with invisible and intangible sword energy.

The next moment, the twenty unconscious assassins fell to the ground simultaneously, each with a finger-sized hole in their forehead, blood gushing out, their eyes wide open in death.

Duan Lang knew Ying Xun was powerful, but he never expected him to be this powerful.

With just one sword strike, he killed twenty masters?!
Even if Duan Lang was stupid, he knew that Ying Xun had shown mercy just now, but he just couldn't understand...

"Why did you hold back just now? And why do you know my Duan family's Eclipse Sword Technique?"

"why?"

Ying Xun pretended to think for a moment and replied, "Because I want to learn your Duan family's Eclipse Sword Technique, but you are only proficient in one move, so I have to spare your life. As for why I know your family's Eclipse Sword Technique, of course I just learned it from watching you make a move. Although it doesn't have your Duan family's unique internal energy cultivation method or parts, its power is not weak, right? How does it compare to your father's White Sun Dawn?"

"Impossible! How could you possibly learn it in just one glance?"

"That's not important. What's important is that your Duan family's Fire Kirin Sword is in Lingyun Cave."

"How do you know?"

This time, Ying Xun ignored him and waved to Nie Feng instead.

"Yo, Junior Sister Feng, you've arrived."

Nie Feng turned his head and looked back, only to find there wasn't a soul in sight. He turned back and pointed at himself: "Young Master Ying, are you talking to me?"

"if not?"

Nie Feng was stunned for a moment: "Young Master Ying, I am a man."

"It doesn't matter. Didn't you come here to kill Dugu Yifang? Come with us."

(End of this chapter)