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

Yihua Palace is located in Yunzhou, and Wuliang Mountain happens to be located here as well.

However, Yihua Palace was not the absolute hegemon of Yunzhou, because they had two powerful neighbors—

The Dali royal family and the Diancang School!

Needless to say, the Dali royal family was no pushover; anyone who could establish a kingdom was no pushover, even if it was just a small one.

Duan Siping, the founding emperor of Dali, was a true genius. With his unparalleled "Six Meridian Divine Sword," he dominated many countries and was hard to beat!

Although Duan Siping has disappeared for many years, who can be sure if he is dead?

It should be known that celestial beings have a basic lifespan of two hundred years!

Let's talk about the Diancang School again.

This is a very low-profile force, but its strength is extraordinary.

The specifics are unknown, but the fact that the Dali royal family adopted a policy of appeasement towards them gives some insight.

Lianxing was worried that someone from either of these two major factions might have obtained a copy of the diary, so she went to Wuliang Mountain to search for treasure.

If the two sides were to clash and fight, Yaoyue, being outnumbered and outmatched, might suffer a loss.

Conversely, although Mount Emei is located in Shuzhou, which borders Yunzhou, and is quite far away, as far as she knew, there were no masters in that area.

There's one person from the Emei Sect named Dugu Yihe that we need to be wary of.

But that's it.

Inviting Yue to go to Mount Emei while he went to Mount Wuliang was clearly a way of taking care of her.

This touched Lianxing.

Yaoyue left without looking back, coldly leaving behind the words, "Be obedient!"

……

Just as Yaoyue and Lianxing set off, people from all over the world gathered to head towards the location of the treasure recorded in the copy of the diary.

Of course, not everyone is like that; there are those like Xiaolongnu who are indifferent to external things.

Each of them held a copy of the diary, looking at its contents with expressions of doubt, amazement, anger, longing, curiosity, or contemplation...

Different expressions appeared simultaneously on the faces of stunningly beautiful and charming fairies, saintesses, witches, and enchantresses.

Suddenly, a heavenly voice rang in their ears.

[Jiang Sishui has completed today's diary entry. Congratulations on gaining one month's worth of True Qi!]

The lottery for owners of the diary copy is now open.

[We are currently drawing today's winners...]

Congratulations to Wang Yuyan for winning the "Truth Water"!

As soon as the words were spoken, all the women who possessed copies of the diary felt a surge of true energy appear within their bodies.

The quantity and quality of each person's true qi are different, which is the amount that they could only increase after a month of arduous practice of their own cultivation methods.

For example, Yaoyue received one month's worth of Mingyu Gong true energy, while Xiaolongnu received one month's worth of Yunu Gong true energy.

As for the women who did not possess martial arts skills, they felt an extra surge of energy within their bodies, which then dissipated into nothingness.

This is... gone?!

For a time, many women sighed with regret.

But many more women's eyes lit up, and they were overjoyed.

One month of real energy!

If I gained a month's worth of true energy without doing anything, wouldn't I no longer need to cultivate, and my martial arts progress would be thirty times faster than it is now?!

"hiss--"

This calculation made the women even more alarmed, giving them a deeper understanding of the power of the mysterious "diary".

If they hadn't known that the transmigrator's so-called "golden finger" was bound to her and that she couldn't actively cause any harm to Jiang Sishui for the first three months, some of them would have already started planning to steal it.

At the same time, all the women's attention was focused on one person—

Wang Yuyan!

007, shopkeeper, I've come to invite you... to perform the sword sacrifice.

Why did Wang Yuyan get drawn when both are owners of the same diary copy?

Is it really a coincidence, or are there other factors that affect the odds of winning?

After all, the name "Wang Yuyan" was very prominent in the first diary entry, perhaps even the most prominent one.

Not only is she the "first female protagonist of Tianlong", mentioned many times, but she is also one of the "three women who cannot be ignored in martial arts novels"!

This made the women think a lot.

……

At the same time, Wang Yuyan, who was slumped on the embroidered bed in a daze, suddenly had a small porcelain bottle in her hand.

It contains "Truth Water"!

The moment Wang Yuyan held the porcelain bottle in her hand, she understood its purpose.

Those who drink "truth water" will tell the truth for an hour, no matter what others ask them. After the effects wear off, they will forget everything.

Wang Yuyan's unfocused starry eyes gradually regained their focus as she looked at the small porcelain bottle and murmured, "With this, I'll know what place I hold in my cousin's heart."

Wang Yuyan felt both expectant and apprehensive, but she gripped the porcelain vase tightly in her small hands.

……

Suzhou.

It's getting dark.

Jiang Sishui was completely unaware of the diary copy. At that moment, he was carrying a long sword and two roast chickens, which he had bought with all his savings, and returning home.

Because the world was not peaceful, and it was not uncommon for people in the martial arts world to kill each other in the street over a mere disagreement, he did not dare to stay outside for long.

Although he doesn't cause trouble, that doesn't mean trouble won't come his way.

Jiang Sishui currently has no idea how powerful her beginner-level "Heaven-Slaying Sword Technique" is, and she really doesn't want to cause any more trouble.

So he only walked around the neighborhood for a short while before returning.

Although he didn't get enough information, he did overhear two pieces of news.

First, the "Zhenlong Chess Tournament" is about to begin.

Secondly, within Suzhou city, there is a very famous security escort agency called "Zhongyuan Security Escort Agency".

"The Precious Chess Tournament... Central Plains Escort Agency..."

After hearing these two pieces of news, Jiang Sishui turned back home.

Because he already had a plan in mind.

After returning home, Jiang Sishui first picked up the longsword and practiced the "Heaven-Slaying Sword Technique" for a while, and then picked up the roast chicken and began to eat it heartily.

He needs to rest and recharge first, because he's about to do something big!

The night market in the Song Dynasty was bustling. Jiang Sishui concealed his long sword under his long robe and walked into the crowd as if nothing was amiss, seemingly just wandering around aimlessly.

As evening approached, the streets gradually returned to calm.

Before she knew it, Jiang Sishui had arrived at a pharmacy.

knock knock!

Jiang Sishui went up and knocked on the door. After a short while, footsteps came from inside, accompanied by a wary voice: "Who is it?"

"It's me, Manager Tie."

"Oh, it's Jiang Da Zhuangyuan!"

The person inside clearly recognized Jiang Sishui's voice, and their tone became more relaxed.

Then, the side door opened a crack, revealing a pair of small eyes that gleamed in the darkness.

The shopkeeper smirked and said jokingly, "Why is our top scholar Jiang here instead of studying late into the night?"

Jiang Sishui, with a fawning and humble smile, explained, "Shopkeeper, I've come to..."

Before the words were finished, a cold light flashed in the darkness, like lightning, and disappeared in an instant.

The light that flashed by just now seemed to be just an illusion.

"...Wasn't it you who told me to come at this time?"

After saying the second half of her sentence, Jiang Sishui naturally stepped forward.

He pushed open the door, entered the house, and turned around to close the shop door.

Everything happened so naturally, as if the shopkeeper had welcomed him in.

Only when the shop door separated the inside from the outside did Jiang Sishui suppress her smile and remove her blood-stained hand from the shopkeeper's throat.