Mountains and rivers are waiting for you to return

Chapter 63 Beside Her

The morning light is just beginning to appear, and the gentle breeze brings a slight coolness at dawn.

Pei Nai held the Gui Mo Spear that he had retrieved yesterday and placed it on the ground.

She had just finished practicing martial arts and was a little out of breath. She closed her eyes quietly and adjusted the breath circulating in her body.

They had made an appointment with Shao Liran, Ju Liancheng and others earlier. On the morning of the Dengyun Conference finals, they would meet at Shao Liran's home to help Shao Liran make some preparations before the fight and get into good shape.

Therefore, she did not go to the grove in the suburbs this morning, but only practiced martial arts in the empty backyard of the Tang Mansion for a while.

After finishing, Pei Nai went back to the house and changed her clothes.

As she was combing her hair, she heard faint noises coming from the door.

Pei Nai's hand stopped in mid-air, "Who?"

She lowered her voice, and the sound was like knocking on ice, echoing out.

But there was no response from outside the house.

Pei Nai walked over, opened the door, and looked around. There was nothing unusual in the yard.

Just then, Qingzhu pushed open her courtyard door and walked in, holding the breakfast prepared for her. He looked natural, and when he saw her, a smile appeared on his face.

"Qingzhu, did you hear any sound just now?"

Qingzhu shook his head slowly, and after seeing her reaction, his facial features froze.

She seemed to tremble, "Miss, don't scare me."

Pei Nai was sure that he was not hallucinating, but he still said to comfort Qing Zhu: "It's okay, I probably heard it wrong. You and Bei Ju will go to the Dengyun Conference with me later."

Qingzhu was delighted to hear this. He smiled happily, nodded, and walked over quickly with small steps.

Pei Nai entered the room after Qing Zhu. She looked around quickly and didn't see anything strange, so she turned around and went back to the room.

When she and Ju Liancheng arrived at Shao Liran's house, they were also surprised to see a yard full of people.

Pei Nai also recognized many familiar figures among them. They were all former soldiers of the Pei family army. Most of them had now changed into uniforms of other armies and had been reorganized. They were all high-ranking generals now.

Are they all worried about the Han family's Hunxi whip and come to Shao Liran to check on the situation? Pei Nai guessed.

Beiju and Qingzhu followed behind her.

When everyone saw the four of them come in, they became particularly enthusiastic.

When Pei Nai met their enthusiasm, he almost couldn't help but reveal his true identity.

Later she discovered that the reason why everyone accepted her so openly was that they really treated her as Han Ruize's adopted sister.

Never mind, that’s about the same. Pei Nai gladly accepted this identity.

Everyone was afraid of disturbing them, so they all left together and went to the fighting arena to wait for them.

Pei Nai accompanied Shao Liran to stretch his muscles.

Shao Liran asked Ju Liancheng who was standing beside him what he should pay attention to when facing the Fuyin Claw, and Ju Liancheng answered him one by one.

Shao Liran said last time that there was an expert who had given him guidance before the Dengyun Heroes Conference, so he already had a preliminary understanding of Shen Zhentao's Fuyin Claw.

When Pei Nai asked him the master's name, Shao Liran did not answer and just said that he could not tell.

Pei Nai was also full of doubts.

But she knew that the man reminded Shao Liran many details of the Fuyin Claw technique that they had no way of knowing, and it was so clear that it must have some connection with the Shanyin Sect.

Half an hour before the start of the fight, they arrived at the entrance of the fighting arena by carriage.

The audience arrived early.

The venue was packed with people, the noise was deafening, and the place was bustling with activity.

When Pei Nai and Shao Liran came in, there was another commotion in the audience seats.

Shao Liran went to the preparation seat first. Pei Nai and Ju Liancheng said goodbye to him and went to the VIP area on the third floor.

Yixi was still waiting for them at the old position. When she saw them, she waved excitedly.

As soon as Pei Nai sat down, she saw Da Xian, who was wearing a seductive red dress opposite her, looking at her with an undisguised smile.

Pei Nai glanced at him with a warning, signaling him to restrain himself.

But Daxian just smiled even brighter.

She also noticed a lot of strange looks. If ordinary people were looking at her with respect and curiosity, then the looks from the VIP tables were too strange. Was it because of the spread of what happened in Li's house yesterday?
Pei Nai was thinking about it.

When he turned around again, Yixi's expression at this moment caught his eye.

Pei Nai could see that she had a lot of questions to ask, but perhaps she couldn't say them out loud in front of so many people.

"I know what you want to ask, but it should be similar to what you guessed. I'm sorry, Yixi, I didn't tell you before."

As soon as Pei Nai finished speaking, Yi Xi was stunned.

Yixi quickly came back to her senses, covered her mouth and whispered in a voice that only the five of them could hear: "Did Lord Duan Ding really fall for it? He thought you were Madam Yingwu who was still alive?"

Pei Nai felt like something was wrong.

Yixi continued, "Although I think your move of "Ten Thousand Troops Returning Arrows" was very realistic, if I wasn't too familiar with you, I would have almost believed it. However, since you want to help General Han Ruize complete the beauty trap, you should restrain your temperament in the future, so as not to be too different from Madam Yingwu and be discovered by Duke Duanding. Then His Majesty may not be able to save you."

"Wait, what honey trap?" Pei Nai interrupted her.

Yixi was a little confused. "Isn't it because Madam Yingwu's grave was about to be found by Duke Duan Ding's men, and because of the Hun Xi whip incident, General Han sent you here to pretend to be Madam Yingwu for a short period of time in order to disrupt Duke Duan Ding's plan?"

Pei Nai finally understood what she meant and was extremely helpless, "Why is my personality so different from Madam Yingwu's?"

Yixi kindly reminded her.

"Madam Yingwu is generous and gentle, strong and gentle. Although you have her domineering personality and treat others gently, your personality is too reckless. Madam Yingwu has always been virtuous and will consider things twice before doing them. She is not like you who likes to show off and is so impulsive."

Ju Liancheng laughed out loud.

Pei Nai was speechless. She couldn't tell for a moment whether her reputation after death would be good or bad.

But she didn't argue with Yixi anymore.

His sight shifted to the observation building on the south side.

Below the VIP seats on the top floor, there is a special area where some special people sit.

Even though they were separated by half the fighting arena, Pei Nai could still feel the powerful aura coming from the other side.

"Who are those people sitting over there?" Pei Nai changed the subject and asked in confusion.

Yixi followed her gaze and explained, "From left to right, they are the champion of the first year of Dengyun Heroes Conference: General Shen Ningchuan, the champion of the second year: Master Mingfeng, the junior brother of Master Qianxuan of Changxing Gang, the champions of the third and fourth years: the monk Jingjue of Nan Temple and the direct descendant of Qiyue Baigun."

Pei Nai listened to her, memorizing their appearances and identities, and nodded.

At this moment, people in the audience in front turned around one after another under the guidance of the people around them, looking in the direction of Pei Nai, all of them were shocked and speechless.

Pei Nai read the trembling and fear in their eyes.

The entire fighting arena gradually quieted down.

People's gazes were even more united than during the most tense and exciting moments of a fight.

Pei Nai turned around in confusion, only to see Gu Jinheng walking towards her from the other end of the corridor.

The person in charge of the Dengyun Heroes Conference kept bowing and lowering his waist in front of him, and led him to Table Number 1, which had never been sat by anyone.

But Gu Jinheng did not stop and walked straight towards table number four where they were.

Under the gaze of all the spectators in the fighting arena, he took his first steps.

Pei Nai looked up at him, his eyes clearly saying: What?
Yixi, Beiju and Qingzhu were still a little hesitant, so Ju Liancheng pulled them back.

The three of them also reacted and quickly stood up with Ju Liancheng.

The four of them left their seats without saying a word, and walked to the empty table number six next to them and sat down under the arrangement of the conference host.

There are clearly tens of thousands of people here, but the surroundings are so quiet that it's a little creepy.

Pei Nai remembered it clearly.

In the past, Gu Jinheng was a man who cared about his reputation. At least ten years ago, he would never show any affection towards her.

Pei Nai is always the one who takes the initiative.

Being considerate of others and cautious of others is his normal way of dealing with this relationship.

Now Gu Jinheng sat without any hesitation in the seat that Yixi and the others had just vacated.

Pei Nai was dumbfounded.

(End of this chapter)