While writing a diary at Zongwu, Wang Yuyan falls in love with someone else.

This is very wrong!

Bai Jing suddenly said, "Alright, I agree. However, you must help me kill Chai Yuguan first."

Jiang Sishui sneered, "Do you really think I'm a fool? Tell me, is there something wrong with your Ghost Palace?"

Bai Jing initially wanted to make excuses and evade the question, but when she saw the cold look in Jiang Sishui's eyes, she felt a chill and dared not try to play any more tricks.

After a moment of silence, she said, "The Ghost Palace has now been merged into the Gates of Hell. I... I can't make that decision."

"The Gates of Hell?"

Jiang Sishui pondered for a moment, then suddenly thought of something and narrowed her eyes: "Who is the leader of the Hell Gate?"

Bai Jing enunciated each word clearly: "Fire Cloud Evil God—Ancient Sword Soul!"

Sure enough it was him!

But did Gu Jianhun really establish Hell Gate so early? That's quite a plot discrepancy!

Thinking of this, Jiang Sishui couldn't help but turn around and glance at Duan Fei.

"Why did the Ghost Palace have to be merged into the Gates of Hell when it was perfectly fine?"

"Because the purpose of Hellgate is to seek justice and avenge the wrongs done to its members."

"So...you want Gu Jianhun to help you kill Chai Yuguan?"

"Yes."

"Since the Ancient Sword Soul is here to stand up for you, why did you agree to my conditions?"

"Because you won't allow me to refuse."

"That's right."

Jiang Sishui nodded. It seemed that Bai Jing hadn't lived in vain all these years; at least she had the awareness to recognize reality.

"But besides that, there must be other reasons, right?"

"……Yes."

"Tell me."

"Because I joined too late, it will take at least a few months for Gu Jianhun to stand up for me."

"It's only a few months, you can't even wait that long?"

"Of course I can wait. But Gu Jianhun is currently in dire need of help—he can barely save himself, so how can he avenge me?"

"The Ancient Sword Soul itself is in danger? What's going on?" Jiang Sishui raised an eyebrow.

Bai Jing glanced at Jiang Sishui in surprise and said, "A few months ago, the ancient sword spirit, which had disappeared for twenty years, reappeared in the martial world. Yanxia Manor then invited various righteous sects to discuss the matter of eradicating the Hell Gate."

"Nowadays, countless experts from various factions have gathered here, and Hell Gate is probably..."

"This matter has already caused quite a stir; it's the biggest martial arts event in Jinzhou recently."

Hearing this, Jiang Sishui understood and couldn't help but turn around and glance at Ren Yingying.

In the past few days, in order to better create a private space for the two of them, Jiang Sishui has been deliberately choosing secluded and deserted roads to walk on.

Unexpectedly, such big news was missed because of this.

"Your Ghost Palace has merged into the Gates of Hell, but what about the Seven Fiends Gate?"

"The Seven Fiends Gate has nothing to do with the Gate of Hell."

"...Alright, let's put the Ghost Palace matter aside for now and talk about it after the Fire Cloud Evil God matter is over. You can go now. I'll go to Ganzhou and help you kill Chai Yuguan."

"No! We don't need to go to Ganzhou, Chaiyu Pass is right in Jinzhou!"

Upon hearing Jiang Sishui's agreement, Bai Jing's tone became more excited.

"Ok?"

Jiang Sishui had a sudden thought: "Could it be that Chai Yuguan is also responding to the call to deal with Gu Jianhun? Does he know that you have joined Hell Gate, so he is striking first?"

Bai Jing shook her head: "The merger of Ghost Palace into Hell Gate is a secret, and Happy City is far away in Ganzhou, so he couldn't have known so quickly. I guess the reason he came here is because he has his eye on Gu Jianhun's 'Buddha's Palm'."

Jiang Sishui: "..."

Considering Chai Yuguan's history of accumulating wealth by stealing martial arts techniques from various places in his youth, this reason seems quite plausible...

Moreover, most of the forces that came by invitation were actually after the "Buddha's Palm" technique, rather than the so-called punishment of evil.

Few reputable sects would do something without personal gain.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many underworld forces in the Central Region.

However, it would be best if Chai Yuguan were in Jinzhou, which would save him the trouble of making a trip to Ganzhou.

Jiang Sishui asked again, "Where is he?"

"If nothing unexpected happens, he should pass by Tou Shi Lin tomorrow morning."

"Tou Shi Lin?"

"It is located fifty miles west of Xiaojia Town, adjacent to Toushi Town."

"Xiao Family Town? Is this the place?"

"Yes."

Jiang Sishui nodded slightly: "You can go now. We'll meet at Toushilin tomorrow."

Bai Jing bowed deeply in excitement.

Just as she was about to leave, Jiang Sishui suddenly asked again, "Feifei has two personal maids, doesn't she?"

"Yes, it is a Ruyi and a Huancui."

"Bring them over safely tomorrow."

"Yes."

Watching Bai Jing's departing figure, Jiang Sishui clenched her fist: "King of Pleasure..."

Thinking of this person's deeds, a murderous intent arose in his heart.

Turning around, Jiang Sishui looked at the tense and wary group and held out her hand to Duan Fei: "Give it to me."

Duan Fei hugged the package 3.7 tightly in his arms and shook his head firmly.

Although he didn't utter a word and was somewhat afraid, his eyes showed no sign of backing down.

Jiang Sishui chuckled: "I bet you all thought I was going to steal your 'Buddha's Palm' manual, didn't you?"

The four looked at each other, none of them replying, but the same answer was unspoken.

Jiang Sishui wasn't annoyed, and continued, "If I said that the wooden box was empty, would you believe me?"

empty?

The four of them were stunned.

Duan Fei vehemently denied it: "Impossible! Helongtuo spent a full ten thousand taels of gold on this shipment! How could he possibly deliver an empty box? You must be trying to trick me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he realized he couldn't move.

Immediately afterwards, he watched as the package in his arms was opened by an invisible force, and the wooden box inside flew straight towards Jiang Sishui.

282. Insider theft, tracking the secret manual.

The wooden box wasn't flying very fast, and everyone's eyes followed it, but no one dared to try and intercept it.

Seeing this scene, Duan Fei felt a pang of sadness and a deep sense of powerlessness.

Struggling? Desperate? Fearless of death?

So what?

Faced with an absolute disparity in strength, all attempts to persist are as laughable as an ant trying to shake a tree.

Jiang Sishui reached out and grasped the wooden box, not in a hurry to open it, but instead raised it and said, "There was indeed something in this box, and it was indeed a martial arts manual."

Everyone remained silent, waiting for what would happen next.

Jiang Sishui smiled upon seeing this and said, "But it's not the 'Buddha's Palm,' it's the 'Heavenly Crippled Kick'!"

"Heavenly Crippled Kick?" Duan Fei and the other two looked at each other, clearly having never heard of this martial art before.

Only the woman in black's eyes lit up; she was not surprised but rather delighted, as if she had suddenly realized something.

This subtle change was noticed by Ren Yingying, who was standing nearby.

"It seems that this girl surnamed Tu also has a copy of the diary. As soon as she heard 'Heavenly Crippled Leg,' she guessed Brother Jiang's identity."

"After all, according to Brother Jiang, very few people know about the martial art 'Heavenly Crippled Kick'."

Both the woman in black and Liu Mingluan were beauties, so Ren Yingying had been observing them since early on.

Seeing the woman in black's reaction, she immediately understood what was going on.

“That’s right, just think of it as a martial art that is both complementary and counteracting to the ‘Buddha’s Palm’,” Jiang Sishui casually explained.

Duan Fei and the other two were speechless with astonishment.

Mutual promotion and mutual restraint?