Mountains and rivers are waiting for you to return

Chapter 12: The Three Mountains Without Qiang Sword
It was early morning, and birds were singing.

Pei Nai climbed over the wall from an inconspicuous corner of the Ju Mansion early in the morning and sneaked out. As usual, he took his spear and went to the grove outside the northern suburbs of the city to practice martial arts.

Tang Mingzhi had been sickly since childhood and had poor physical fitness, so it was extremely difficult for him to wield weapons with this body.

In the two months since his rebirth, Pei Nai has come here to train every morning in order to allow this body to adapt to the rhythm of fighting more quickly and not suffer losses due to physical functions at critical moments.

Pei Nai had heard a lot of cold words from others since he was a child, such as "Women practicing martial arts are corrupt and vulgar."

The expressions of those people were very clear, and they were probably just saying, "What good kung fu can a woman learn?"

"You? If Pei Hao hadn't given birth to only you as his child, do you think you, as a woman, are qualified to practice the Pei family spear?"

It was as if, as a woman, she was deprived of all rights to independence.

In this world, people always look down on and criticize women, so she has to work twice as hard, harder than them, until those who say she is not good enough are finally beaten by her and fall to their knees and beg for mercy.

She often motivates herself in this way.

Many times I was exhausted, but in the end I gritted my teeth and persevered.

As the days passed, she could clearly feel the changes in this body day by day, and she could feel her former strength gradually recovering.

Even the maids used the same phrase, which was bound to wear calluses on her ears, "Miss, you look better again!"

Pei Nai thought about it and felt that these little maids were quite funny, and the power of the Ten Thousand Hate Palm in his hand weakened a little.

She shook her head violently, realizing that she had been distracted, and quickly shifted her attention back.

Just then, a branch not far away moved. Pei Nai noticed some movement and hurriedly picked up the spear standing beside him.

"Who?" Pei Nai asked.

There were footsteps behind her and Pei Nai turned around quickly.

The man had an exotic appearance, with thick eyebrows and big eyes. He was wearing a crimson silk brocade robe with a closed collar. He was full of exotic style and was very bright and eye-catching.

He clapped his hands with an appreciative smile, "You have good hearing, girl."

As soon as he finished speaking, a serious man in white jumped down from the tree where there was movement.

Pei Nai looked at the man in red with suspicion, "Who are you?"

"We are envoys from the Qilu Kingdom. Today we are going to enter the city and the palace to pay homage to Your Majesty. I am Da Xi An, and it is a great honor to meet you, young lady."

Pei Nai narrowed her eyes. If she remembered correctly, Da Xi was the surname of the Qilu Kingdom.

Qilu was originally a big country bordering the southern part of Tianyao, but according to the information she had learned over the past two months, five years ago, Prince Gu of Qilu united the three surrounding states and took advantage of the situation to raise an army in an attempt to usurp the throne. A war broke out instantly and the country was in chaos.

The Emperor of Qilu was outnumbered and requested external support from Tianyao, who promptly sent troops to provide assistance and helped to quell the war.

This civil war greatly damaged the vitality of Qilu. In order to get the assistance of Tianyao, Qilu signed an agreement to become a vassal state of Tianyao. Although it was canonized by Tianyao and had to "pay tribute", Tianyao always adopted a conciliatory policy towards its vassal states, that is, it would not interfere in their internal affairs, and the two sides would cooperate in a friendly manner. Tianyao would provide them with protection free of charge.

"Then why are you going your own way and coming to this grove?" Pei Nai continued to ask.

Da Xi'an curled his lips, but Tianyao spoke fluently and beautifully, "Little girl is full of anger, please don't be so fierce. Just now when we stopped to rest outside the north gate of Chaoyang City, my guards felt an unusual wind fluctuation here, which was very similar to the Dingguang Compassionate Palm that had disappeared for many years. So we rushed over here, just to watch the excitement with an attitude of admiration. There is no need to panic, little girl."

"Young lady, are you a disciple of the great monk Zhongchuan, Senior Zhong?" the solemn white-robed guard slowly asked. Pei Nai looked at the white-robed guard in front of her. With just one look, she could be sure that this person must be extraordinary. "Brother, you have good eyesight. How should I address you?"

She didn't expect that the person opposite her would draw his sword and move with ease. Without giving her a moment's opportunity, a long sword with a mysterious and clear wavelength stabbed straight at her.

The trajectory he took was extremely tricky. Pei Nai stretched out his hand and pushed the wind to slow down his attack, while at the same time he took a big step sideways.

Pei Nai was shocked. If it was an ordinary person, this sword of his would be enough to take the opponent's life. But since he attacked in this way, it meant that he must have expected that Pei Nai had the ability to dodge the attack.

"Zisheng, there's a girl on the other side, how can you bear to hit her?" His master Da Xian reminded him, "Calm down, don't hurt her!"

The white-clothed guard exchanged two moves with Pei Nai in a short time, then said to him nonchalantly, "The girl is more capable than you, you don't need to worry about her."

Da Xian seemed to be shocked, with an expression of disbelief, "Better than me? Are you sure?!"

Pei Nai thought he was too noisy, so he freed one hand from the fight and slapped him casually.

Da Xian pulled out a sharp golden folding fan from his sleeve and quickly spread it out to cover his face.

But I saw a strong wind blowing towards me, and my clothes and hair were fluttering wildly in an instant.

The leaves all around were broken and falling, and the branches were broken and desolate.

Da Xian was surprised, but he still kept muttering: "You are so cruel. I am afraid that you will get hurt, but you still treat me like this. You have no conscience."

Pei Nai was too lazy to pay attention to him. He practiced the Palm of Ten Thousand Hates on the man opposite him, while pondering this strange sword style and analyzing the sword technique faction of the white-clothed guards.

She raised her hand and a strong wind blew up.

Countless withered leaves and dead branches, accompanied by the wind, swept towards the white-clad guards with an invincible force.

The white-robed guard's Xuan Guang sword was not afraid at all and he immediately came forward to meet the attack.

With a turn and a chop, the sword intent is deadly.

It was as if he was controlling the wind with a sword, breaking up the strong winds without getting hurt in the slightest.

When the strong wind was about to die out, he thrust his sword into the eye of the wind, and with a flick of his sword, the gust of wind followed the sword and slashed across the sky.

Pei Nai's eyes widened, and he quickly dodged, bent down to pick up the spear that had just fallen on the ground, turned around with the spear, and hit his sword directly, blocking the fatal blow.

"You are one of the top three mountains, the Qiang sword in the southern region, Gongyang Zisheng!" Pei Nai looked at the three concave and fine lines on the wavy sword that flowed like water, and opened his mouth with certainty.

The Upper Three Mountains are divided into Zhubei Spear, Xihan Knife and Nanqiang Sword, which serve three countries respectively.

The Zhubei Spear symbolizes the military spirit of Tianyao, while the Xihan Knife and the Nanqiang Sword are respectively located in the Wu Tribe Divine Kingdom and the Qilu Kingdom.

Qilu used to be a great power that could stand shoulder to shoulder with Tianyao and the Wu tribe, and the Gongyang family of Nanqiang Sword had always been the leader among Qilu's hundreds of generals.

Gong Yang Zisheng withdrew Qingbo's long sword and said, "The girl's Dingguang Compassion Palm is a little strange. There is no sorrow or hatred, no sadness or enlightenment. It is just a form. The method is also very different from Dingguang Compassion Palm. But the lingering charm of the wind is 90% similar to Dingguang Compassion Palm. The girl's reaction does not seem like she is just starting to learn martial arts, but this palm method is a little unfamiliar, which makes me very confused."

"Brother Gongyang, what you said is very reasonable. Due to my limited experience, it is difficult for me to understand the essence of Dingguang Compassion Palm. Its power is limited, so I can only use it to fool ordinary people. However." Pei Nai paused and looked at the spear beside him, "I am willing to use my martial arts to learn from Brother Gongyang again!"

(End of this chapter)