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

Jin Lingzhi is the youngest granddaughter of Madam Jin of Wanfu Wanshou Garden. She has a quick temper, speaks rapidly, and is outspoken and daring.

Because of his charm, he once attracted Hu Tiehua, and Jin Lingzhi also fell in love with this man during their daily interactions.

Requesting flowers (or flowers)

However, Jin Lingzhi had another hidden identity at the time—the mistress of the "Bat Prince"!

After a fierce internal struggle, Jin Lingzhi finally abandoned the treacherous and ruthless "Bat Prince" and chose Hu Tiehua instead.

As expected, Hu Tiehua relapsed into his old ways and ran away without looking back.

[A few years later, Jin Lingzhi passed away.]

Suzhou, Wanfu Wanshou Garden.

"How could I fall for this perverted man? And become the mistress of some damn 'Bat Prince'?"

Jin Lingzhi stared wide-eyed at the contents of the diary in disbelief.

If Jiang Sishui hadn't pointed out her identity and personality, Jin Lingzhi would have thought he was talking about another woman with the same name.

.. ..... ....

"I clearly like Young Master Yuan Suiyun, how could I possibly be the mistress of some 'Bat Prince'? That's utter nonsense, outrageous!"

After calming down, Jin Lingzhi became angry again, wishing she could run up to Jiang Sishui and confront her.

Although Jiang Sishui was only talking about herself in the story, she still couldn't stand it and felt insulted.

"No, what he said may be a story, but it might become reality. Could something have happened in between?"

Jin Lingzhi suddenly frowned, her heart filled with doubt and surprise: "What exactly happened? How could I have willingly become the mistress of a man I've never even heard of, and then die in the end?"

"No, I have to get to the bottom of this!"

Before obtaining the copy of the diary, Jin Lingzhi already had someone she liked, so even though she knew Jiang Sishui was extraordinary, she didn't want to get close to him.

But now she has changed her mind.

She wanted to know more about Jiang Sishui so that she could take precautions and prevent the unfortunate events in the story from happening in real life.

At the very least, there's one thing she needs to figure out: why did she become that "Bat Prince's" mistress?

If she wanted to know more, she had to appear before Jiang Sishui and ask him to mention her more in his diary.

Jin Lingzhi was impatient and impulsive, so she packed up and left Wanfu Wanshou Garden immediately.

“Leigu Mountain? No! He was entrusted by Wuyazi to take care of his descendants. Wang Yuyan… Li Qingluo…”

Jin Lingzhi's eyes lit up, and she immediately set off for Taihu Lake.

Next, Jiang Sishui will definitely go to Mantuo Villa! (To be continued)

091 Boiling oil boils hands, old wife and young husband

Gao Yanan was deeply devoted and single-minded in her love, but unfortunately, she chose the wrong person. Moreover, she was stubborn and refused to turn back even after hitting a wall. In some ways, she was just as stubborn as Hu Tiehua.

Her second flaw is blind filial piety!

[She was able to pursue Hu Tiehua for eight years, which shows how deep Gao Yanan's feelings for him were. However, she obeyed her master, Master Kumei's, words and then poisoned her beloved.]

Perhaps in her eyes, respecting teachers and valuing their teachings is the most important thing, to the point that she can even disregard right and wrong.

"Master wants me to kill Hu Tiehua?" Gao Yanan shook her head.

Her master hadn't left Mount Hua for over twenty years, so how could he possibly know Hu Tiehua? How could the two have become enemies, and why would she, his disciple, be asked to kill him?

"Could it be that Master was indignant on my behalf because I had been chasing him for eight years without any response from that bastard, and that's why he made me kill him?"

Gao Yanan suddenly had a thought, and the more she thought about "287", the more likely it seemed.

This Master Kumei is quite a formidable character!

[Background: There are seven major sword sects in the martial arts world, but only the leader of the Huashan Sect is a woman.]

From the time Xu Shuzhen, the "Fairy of Hibiscus," became the leader of the Huashan Sect, the sect began to be controlled by women.

[Afterwards, although the Huashan Sect gradually lost its talented members, it never produced any scoundrels, because these female leaders all strictly followed Xu Shuzhen's last instructions, being extremely strict in selecting disciples and preferring to have none rather than accept inferior ones.]

At its peak, the Huashan Sect had over seven hundred disciples, but by the time of Master Yinyu, there were only seven disciples left.

[Master Yinyu's strict selection criteria for disciples became known throughout the world from then on.]

Master Kumei was a disciple of Master Yinyu.

[According to legend, when Master Kumei was a young girl, she knelt for four days and four nights on the summit of Mount Hua in the freezing snow in order to join the Huashan sect. By the time Master Yinyu agreed, she was buried in the snow and was almost beyond saving.]

She was only thirteen years old at the time.

Seven years later, Master Yinyu traveled to the South China Sea, while Kumei remained on Mount Hua.

[The "Four Swords of Taiyin" launched a massive attack to avenge a past blow, vowing to burn down the Xuanyu Temple and annihilate the entire Huashan Sect.]

Despite suffering thirty-nine wounds, both minor and major, Master Kumei fought relentlessly, ultimately defeating all four of the "Taiyin Four Swords" at Mount Hua.

After this battle, people in the martial arts world all referred to Master Kumei as "Iron Fairy".

Five years later, the "Cold-Faced Rakshasa" from Qinghai sent a challenge, demanding a duel with Master Yinyu atop Mount Tai. If Yinyu were to lose, the Huashan Sect would have to join the Rakshasa Gang.

[Huh? The Rakshasa Gang is from Qinghai, yet they've chosen Mount Tai as the location for their duel with the Huashan Sect?]

This is pretty baffling!

This battle was crucial to the survival of the Huashan Sect, but Master Yinyu unfortunately suffered a qi deviation at this critical moment.

Since Mount Hua cannot avoid the battle, Master Kumei has no choice but to fight on behalf of his master.

Master Kumei knew he was no match for the "Cold-Faced Rakshasa," and went there prepared to die, determined to perish together with his enemy.

On the day of the decisive battle, the "cold-faced demon" didn't take her seriously at all, and simply asked her to "set the questions and draw the lines."

Master Kumei calmly ignited a pot of boiling oil, dipped his hand into it, and said with a smile, "If even the cold-faced demon dares to do this, Mount Hua will admit defeat."

The "cold-faced demon" immediately changed color, stomped his foot, and left, never to set foot in the Central Plains again.

However, Master Kumei's left hand had also been burned to charred bone by boiling oil.

This is the origin of the phrase "withered plum blossom".

"hiss--"

At that moment, all the women gasped, feeling a chill run down their spines and goosebumps rise on their arms.

Because the story background of "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang" is different from that of reality, they did not feel much about the strictness of the Huashan Sect in accepting disciples or the two times they were in danger of being wiped out.

But the image of reaching into the oil and having one hand burned to a crisp is incredibly vivid!

They couldn't help but imagine themselves putting their hands into a pot of boiling oil...

I was immediately jolted awake.

Is that kind of pain really something a human being can endure?

This is too perverted!

No wonder Jiang Sishui said that Master Kumei is a ruthless character!

Even Guan Yu, who underwent bone-scraping surgery, wouldn't be a match for her, right?

Shanzhou, Mount Hua.

Yue Lingshan rubbed her slightly stiff, pale face and asked Ning Zhongze, who was standing beside her, "Mother, does Master Kumei have such a past?"

Ning Zhongze shook her head and laughed, "Silly child, what are you thinking about?"

"In the story, the Huashan Sect is facing a severe shortage of talent and is on the verge of collapse. Senior Sister Kumei is unable to support the sect alone and has no choice but to resort to this desperate measure."

"While our Huashan Sect may not be as powerful as Shaolin or Wudang, it is currently at its peak. How could Senior Sister Kumei be forced to such a point?"

"Why is Master Kumei called Kumei?" Yue Lingshan asked, puzzled.

Ning Zhongze smiled slightly: "Because she created a sword technique. When the sword energy swept across, several plum blossoms in the snow withered. She named that sword technique 'Withered Plum Sword Technique' and called herself 'Withered Plum' from then on."

Upon hearing this explanation, Yue Lingshan suddenly understood.

After a pause, the girl continued, "Mother, no wonder Senior Sister Gao rarely returns to Mount Hua. It turns out she has found her sweetheart. I just wonder if this Hu Tiehua is still as scoundrel as in the story."

"That depends on her own fate."

"Mother, do you think Senior Sister Gao would have a copy of her diary?"

"There should be."

"Would she still pursue Hu Tiehua relentlessly?"

"...How would Mother know? Mother isn't a god."

Yue Lingshan was about to ask more questions when the next part of the diary shocked her so much that she swallowed all her words.

After this battle, "Iron Fairy" Master Kumei became even more famous in the martial arts world. At the young age of twenty-nine, she took over the Huashan Sect.

Perhaps it was because of this past experience, coupled with the kindness of being taught and guided, that Gao Yanan held her master in such high esteem.

However, what the world would not expect is that the taciturn Master Kumei also has a hidden side.

[Having ruled Mount Hua for thirty years, she actually stole the secret manual of the sect's ultimate martial art, "The Thirteen Styles of Qingfeng," and colluded with the "Bat Prince" of Bat Island.]

The book doesn't explicitly state her specific relationship with "Batman," but it's likely one of two things: lovers or mother and son.