I'm here in the martial arts world just to find love.

The next day.

Chu Ning slowly woke up, and the moment she opened her eyes, her senses returned.

The girl felt excruciating pain all over her body, as if she had been brutally beaten.

"Mmm~"

The girl could no longer maintain her pretense and cried out in pain in her original delicate voice.

"Miss Chu, you're awake. Don't move around. You've suffered serious injuries, with your internal bones shattered. You need to rest."

Upon hearing that familiar voice, Chu Ning's heart skipped a beat. Ignoring the pain in his body, he quickly looked toward the source of the sound.

Upon seeing the handsome, refined-looking young man sitting at a table not far away, Chu Ning couldn't help but widen his eyes.

"You, you..."

Jiang Chao, now with his original appearance restored, looked at her with a face full of apology and said:

"I never imagined that Brother Chu would be a woman disguised as a man. I have offended you greatly these past few days, and I hope you will forgive me, Miss Chu."

Chu Ning was startled again.

  

He subconsciously looked down and saw that the blue robe he had been using to disguise himself was gone, replaced by a snow-white dress...

Knowing that his identity had been exposed, Chu Ning's vision went black and he was about to faint on the spot.

Jiang Chao quickly spoke up, "Miss Chu, please don't misunderstand. The clothes you're wearing were changed by a female doctor at the clinic. You were seriously injured and covered in blood, so I had no choice but to..."

……

After listening to Jiang Chao's explanation for a long time, Chu Ning finally accepted the fact that his identity had been exposed.

After being thoroughly cleaned and bandaged by the female doctor at the clinic, the girl lay on the bed with lifeless eyes, staring blankly at the ceiling.

Jiang Chao was also helpless about this.

The events that occurred three days ago at the Sihai Inn were so bizarre that even now, Jiang Chao finds them unbelievable and cannot understand the reasons behind them.

That mysterious black figure, whose purpose was unknown, appeared twice that night.

The first time he hid outside to spy, he was discovered and exchanged a punch with him before fleeing.

The second time, it emerged from his shadow in an incredibly bizarre way, forcing him to fight to the death, only to suddenly vanish into thin air.

Such a bizarre event was something Jiang Chao had never witnessed in his entire life.

And then there was that inexplicable, strange sense of familiarity he felt when the other person disappeared…

Jiang Chao spent the three days that Miss Chu was unconscious thinking about it, but he still couldn't figure it out.

What exactly was the purpose of that mysterious being's attack on him?

Surely it couldn't be that they noticed his body was different from ordinary people and wanted to take action to find out what was going on?

The boy couldn't understand it, no matter what he did.

Chu Ning, who was caught in the crossfire and suffered an undeserved disaster, was sent to the most famous clinic in Qingxi Town for treatment. Jiang Chao found Liu Sihai, the manager of Sihai Inn, hoping to find out something through him.

Who would have thought that Liu Sihai would disappear?

According to Liu Hu, the fat woman who swindled him out of a sum of money, Liu Sihai was snatched away from his bed by a dark figure that suddenly appeared.

To be honest, Liu Hu was quite carefree. Her husband disappeared and was arrested right in front of her, yet she opened her shop for business as usual the next day.

However, without Liu Sihai's advice and strategies, the business of Sihai Inn was not as good as before. Even though Liu Hushi tried to follow suit and asked some people to help, it was to no avail.

Because after that night, another bizarre incident broke out at the Sihai Inn.

The gangsters who were tricked into staying at the hotel all gave the same story: they all had a strange dream that night in which a tall, terrifying black shadow killed them over and over again.

When I woke up the next day, I felt weak and exhausted, as if I had experienced a demon draining my vital energy, as described in erotic tales and illustrations.

However, the demon that drained yang energy was terrifying and cruel, and it wasn't particularly beautiful or alluring. Instead, it was a chilling shadow that sent shivers down one's spine when recalled...

In short, Sihai Inn has become quite famous in this bustling town.

Just before the martial arts tournament was about to be held in Yunzhou, busybodies spread the name of Sihai Inn, a small inn that was originally unknown in the town, throughout the entire Yunzhou in the shortest possible time.

This added a touch of mystery to this grand martial arts event.

Jiang Chao didn't care about these things; he only cared about what connection the dark figure had with him and why he was the only one unharmed.

Jiang Chao knew very well that he didn't dream that night; he was fully awake the entire time and never slept for even a moment.

What puzzled him even more was...

His strange illness miraculously disappeared after that night.

In the past, if he didn't fall asleep at night and waited until dawn, he would be unbearably hungry the next day. Even if he tried to catch up on sleep, it wouldn't help. He had to eat the flesh and blood of a whole sheep to quell his hunger.

Otherwise, he will fall into a state of delirium and mania, harming himself and others, and unable to control himself.

Therefore, ever since his first attack of the disease was resolved, Fengxue Temple has kept a flock of cold-resistant sheep on the mountain year-round, in case of emergencies.

Jiang Chao once asked his father, Jiang Buwen, about this matter. In Jiang Buwen's words, Jiang Chao's strange illness was a congenital defect, an inevitable price he was born with and a gifted individual, and there was no cure for it.

Heaven and earth are not benevolent, and all things are dogs.

Heaven is fair.

If he did not have this congenital defect, given his talent, he probably wouldn't have lived past the age of three.

Jiang Chao later consulted many ancient books, but found no useful clues or answers.

However, Jiang Chao did not have a relapse after that night.

It was as if that mysterious black figure had come specifically to cure his strange illness.

Over the past three days, Jiang Chao has been thinking things over and over again. Today, he finally made up his mind to tell his father, Jiang Buwen, about the strange things that had happened to him here.

He wanted to see if his knowledgeable and experienced father could answer his questions about this matter.

Seeing that Chu Ning was out of danger, although the fracture had not yet healed, with the female doctor's medical skills, it would probably not be long before this Miss Chu was lively and energetic again.

He gently comforted the girl, telling her to rest and recover, before getting up and leaving.

After leaving the clinic, they found a tavern in town that sold wine and also served as a messenger, and handed over the letter they had already written.

This letter was encrypted and written using the unique code of the Wind and Snow Temple, so there was no fear that its contents could be intercepted and viewed.

After sending the letter, Jiang Chao did not leave the tavern immediately, but instead asked the tavern owner about the latest news.

After learning from the tavern owner that the martial arts tournament would be officially held in seven days, Jiang Chao took out some silver to express his gratitude and turned to leave.

Jiang Chao did not return to the tavern, but instead wandered around the town.

In the morning, I listened to storytelling in a teahouse; at noon, I ate at a restaurant; in the afternoon, I went to a brothel to listen to music; and it wasn't until evening that I returned to the remote town clinic.

The clinic had an unremarkable name: Huichun Hall.

There were only two doctors and one apprentice in the clinic.

The doctor was over seventy years old with white hair and beard. He looked old and had poor eyesight. He had few teeth left, spoke with a lisp, and walked with a limp. He looked like a man in his twilight years. His surname was Chen, but his given name was unknown.

The other doctor was the female physician who treated Miss Chu. Her surname was Su, her given name was E, and she was under thirty years old. She had a beautiful face and her figure was not discernible because she was wearing an inconspicuous loose cloth dress that completely concealed her body.

The female doctor had a gentle expression and a soft tone, giving people a feeling of a spring breeze. When Jiang Chao brought the female doctor to the hospital that night, she was still awake and seemed to be studying medical books by candlelight.

Perhaps due to excessive hard work, the other person developed an eye disease at a young age, making it difficult to see things at a distance.

However, the other person's hands were very steady. Whether taking a pulse or administering acupuncture, they were as steady as Mount Tai and did not make any mistakes.

The other apprentice at the medical clinic was a thin, small boy who looked as if a gust of wind could blow him over.

But the boy's eyes were extremely bright, and his movements of grabbing and dispensing medicine were swift, smooth, and seamless.

The boy's name was Lu Jing. While the boy was preparing medicine, Jiang Chao asked him his age out of boredom. The boy blushed and said he was sixteen years old, the same age as Jiang Chao.

When Jiang Chao returned to the clinic, Chu, the female knight, was being helped by Physician Su E to drink porridge. Upon seeing Jiang Chao burst in, the girl seemed startled and spat out the porridge she had just drunk.

Jiang Chao looked completely innocent, but Su E patiently wiped his clothes, gently advising him:

"Young lady, your injuries have not yet healed; please do not get angry."