My wife is a reborn big boss

"Alright, let's begin the next showdown." Abstinence's voice boomed.

"Master, perhaps... we should just let it go," Wu Qiong said in a low voice.

Jiese asked curiously, "Why is that? Brother Wu, weren't you planning to cultivate the Way of Water? Isn't this perfect?"

He said that the explanation was in full swing and he didn't want it to end so soon.

"I feel a little embarrassed," Wu Qiong said, his expression somewhat unnatural. "Too much water is ultimately not good."

"How could that be?" Ye Qingxuan laughed. "When I went to Shaolin before, I listened to a few storytelling performances. Some storytellers could talk for tens of thousands of words just about two people fighting; if it were a competition like our sect's grand competition, how could it possibly end in less than a hundred thousand words? Brother Wu, your cultivation of the Water Dao is still not good enough."

Wu Qiong sighed, "But storytelling ultimately relies on stories to attract listeners. Let's put the cultivation of the Way of Water on hold for now."

Ye Qingxuan smiled and said, "Since Brother Wu has made up his mind, let's speed up the explanation."

Then, the scene shifts, and today's round of 96 to 48 matches has all ended.

Ximen Ji, who had sent his wife and daughters back home ahead of time, was currently enjoying a private meal with Wu Qiong and the others in the courtyard of the guest rooms.

Simon sighed, holding his teacup, "I really didn't expect that all three top experts on the ranking list would be eliminated in the first round."

Lin Daohan, who ranked ninety-eighth on the leaderboard and was known as "Unpredictable Fate," was defeated by an unknown outsider contestant.

Wu Qiong curled his lip: "Brother Ximen, you've gotten too big for your britches."

Don't forget you're my defeated opponent.

Although he had no intention of taking Ximen Xiu as a disciple, he was still quite unhappy with Ximen Ji's decision to have his daughter avoid him.

Ximen gave an awkward laugh and remained silent.

"Amitabha, let's not talk about this anymore," Jie Se stepped in to smooth things over. "Speaking of which, rankings like these are really unreliable."

Wu Qiong explained, "That's normal. If the information of those hidden masters and those with no achievements could be known by the list, the Great Zhou would have unified the world long ago."

"Besides, rankings are just for fun. Both are ranked tenth, but the one from Medicine King Valley isn't even at the Innate Realm, while the one from your Shaolin Temple might be at the 'Dao Fa Zi Ran Realm'. How can you compare them? Besides, you top sects have way more 'Dao Fa Zi Ran Realm' cultivators than those on the Heavenly Ranking."

He looked around and saw that those present included direct descendants of the Xuantian Sect, the Xieji Sect, Shaolin Temple, and the Taiqing Sect, as well as Ximen Ji of the Yunxiao Sect.

"I am no longer a disciple of the Cloud Soaring Sect." Ximen Ji's expression was complicated. "Brother Wu, please don't include me in this."

Wu Qiong solemnly poured him a cup of tea: "Please tell your story and give everyone a laugh."

Simon took the teacup: "Do you have any wine?"

Ye Qingxuan was somewhat embarrassed: "Brother Ximen, I'm really sorry, apart from my master and a few senior uncles, no one in our sect drinks, so we haven't prepared any."

"It's alright." Ximen Ji shook his head, lost in memories: "How should I put it? That was over ten years ago. That year, I was fourteen, and she was fourteen too..."

Wu Qiong couldn't help but scratch his ear. Why did this sentence sound so familiar?

Ximen Ji ignored him and continued telling his story: "You might not believe it, but 'Thunder Sword Saint' Ximen Chui is my older brother. He's fifteen years older than me. Because our parents died early, I was raised by him from a young age. To me, he's not only my older brother, but also like a father to me."

He took a sip of tea and continued, "I should have grown up carefree like this, but one day, when I secretly went down the mountain to play, I met my wife."

A happy smile appeared on his face: "Sheng'er came to Yunzhou City disguised as a man to eat. She ordered a whole table of dishes but didn't have the money to pay. So I paid for her, and that's how we met."

"To be honest, there were no fellow disciples of similar age to me in the sect, so I didn't realize she was a girl at the time. She said she wanted to repay me and asked me what I wanted to do, saying she could grant me one request."

"Amitabha, so Benefactor Ximen likes both men and women." Jie Se's expression was serious: "Don't worry, this humble monk will not look down on you. However, if you use this as a condition to demand that she be with you, then that's another matter. This humble monk despises those who take advantage of kindness."

"...Master, why are your ideas always so unconventional?" Wu Qiong was speechless. "I guess what happens next is that Brother Ximen not only pays the bill but also gives her the Ferghana horse without making any demands. His wife is deeply moved, so she invites him to the riverbank, changes back into women's clothing, and gives Brother Ximen a surprise. He then falls in love with his wife at first sight. Makes sense, I've seen this plot before."

"Brother Wu's idea is quite unique." Ximen Ji smiled. "I did make a request at the time; I asked her to accompany me to a brothel."

"..." Wu Qiong opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but didn't know what to say.

Ye Qingxuan sighed slightly: "It seems that your wife is also an extraordinary woman. I really can't figure out why she would marry you."

Telling a girl you've just met that you want to take her to a brothel is a tactic that even Wu Qiong, let alone him, had only ever seen in certain novels from his previous life.

"It's funny, Sheng'er just rolled her eyes at me back then, but she still agreed to go with me." Ximen Ji seemed to have thought of something interesting: "I was young then, and I had only heard my senior brothers talk about brothels in private, but I had never been to one. I happened to be traveling down the mountain that time, so I wanted to go and see for myself. But I was too embarrassed to go alone, so I thought I would have someone accompany me to give me courage. At that time, I didn't think that I would have any contact with her in the future. After we finished, we went our separate ways, and we might never see each other again."

"And then?" Wu Qiong picked up a peanut and popped it into his mouth.

This story successfully piqued his curiosity.

Ximen Ji laughed and said, "Then the two of us went in. The madam called a large group of girls to accompany us for drinks. At first, there was nothing wrong with it, but as we drank, they started to grope us. Sheng'er finally couldn't stand it and kicked them all out. Then she said she was a woman. I was a little confused and blurted out that she should prove it."

"You're not asking her to take off her clothes to prove it, are you...?" Jiese smirked.

Ye Qingxuan shook his head and said, "Senior brother, you're overthinking it. How could that be..."

"That's right." Ximen Ji interrupted, "I demand that Sheng'er take off her clothes to prove that she is not a man."

Abstinence from pornography: "..."

Ye Qingxuan: "..."