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

"You're going to help me?"

Ignoring the other person's strange remarks, Qin Shaoling grasped the key point.

His feelings were complicated at the moment. He wanted to escape his family and did not want to become a prince consort. He accidentally killed someone and was now being hunted down and silenced by his family.

This kind of thing would be hard for anyone to accept.

He originally thought that after escaping the small courtyard that had confined him for half a year, he should feel that the world was vast and he was free.

Who would have thought that once you're truly free, you'll realize how simplistic your original ideas were?

Little did they know that true freedom comes at a price.

"Of course, I, Jiang Lang, always keep my word and never go back on my word when I travel the world."

Jiang Chao pulled out a folding fan from somewhere, fanned himself with it, and laughed:

"Well then, since you can't go home now, why don't you come with me and roam the martial world together? I see you have quite a talent for spear fighting, and you're very gifted. Perhaps you'll become a grandmaster of spear fighting in the future, and your name will be remembered throughout the martial world. If I befriend you now, it will be a good story in the future. What do you say?"

"I thought you were talking about some kind of plan, but it turns out you just want to travel the world with me..."

Qin Shaoling twitched his lips and muttered to himself.

  

"That's why I say you're so naive!"

Jiang Chao quickly put away the white feather ebony folding fan he had made himself, and said with a displeased expression:

"You should be aware of what your Qin family has been doing for the past six months... Don't tell me you're imprisoned and unaware. Apart from you, is there anyone in the Qin family, including your uncles, brothers, and even your father Qin Tianxiong, who is innocent?"

"The innocent families harmed by your Qin family could line up all around the outer city from here."

"What's the point of keeping such a family around? It's better to uproot them and get rid of them once and for all."

"You, you mean...!"

Qin Shaoling looked at Jiang Chao in shock, his face filled with disbelief.

Jiang Chao nodded and said, "It's what you think. I plan to help you wipe out your Qin family in Qingzhou."

Hearing the boy, who looked two years younger than him, utter such earth-shattering words in such a nonchalant tone, Qin Shaoling couldn't help but gasp.

It's not that he's particularly attached to his family. From the moment his adoptive father, Qin Tianxiong, disregarded his objections and made him a sacrifice for the family's interests, Qin Shaoling had been utterly disappointed in the Qin family.

Although the Qin family gave birth to him and raised him, all they did was sacrifice him at crucial moments.

His father, Qin Tianxiong, married one wife and had six concubines. He had a total of twenty-one brothers and sisters.

Among all the direct male descendants, he was the sixteenth, making him the youngest and last among them.

He has never been valued. Despite his exceptional talent and amazing martial arts skills since childhood, he has never received any attention from his father, Qin Tianxiong.

On the contrary, his dissolute older brothers were regarded as the true legitimate sons of the Qin family and were greatly favored, simply because he was born to his father with a maid while drunk and had no official status.

If he hadn't been born with a strong sense of martial virtue, he would have been bullied to death by his older brothers who had no concept of brotherly respect or humility.

"……good!"

Thinking of all the grievances and injustices he had suffered in the past, Qin Shaoling clenched his fists, his gaze resolute.

"I'm with you!"

Finally, the sixteenth young master of the Qin family spoke through gritted teeth, enunciating each word clearly:

"Eradicate this malignant tumor of the Qin family and restore a bright and clear world to Qingzhou!"

"good!"

Jiang Chao couldn't help but clap his hands and laugh loudly:

"As expected of Qin Shaoling, a future grandmaster of spearmanship unparalleled in the world, you have both courage and integrity!"

"This matter deserves a hearty toast!"

Just then, the waiter pushed open the door carrying two jars of wine. Hearing the conversation between the two people inside, the young waiter felt his mind go blank. He thought to himself, "I'm doomed!"

However, Jiang Chao did not make things difficult for the hardworking and innocent waiter. He got up from his seat, took the wine jar from the waiter's hand, and gestured to the waiter that he could leave.

Jiang Chao was naturally not afraid of the conversation being spread. He didn't really care about the Qin family of Qingzhou.

Besides, the waiter seemed naive and innocent, with a clear yet foolish glint in his eyes; he probably wouldn't go around spreading rumors.

When the wine arrived, Jiang Chao said no more. He patted off the mud seal, handed a jar to Qin Shaoling, then raised the wine jar in his hand, tilted his head back, and drank it all in one gulp.

Wine dripped from the corner of his mouth, wetting his clothes.

Jiang Chao, however, didn't seem to care and continued to drink heartily.

The liquor doesn't have to be strong, and even if it is, it doesn't matter. Martial arts practitioners have always had a high tolerance for alcohol.

At this moment, Jiang Chao felt a sense of joy. On his first trip down the mountain, he had already made a like-minded friend. How wonderful!

Inspired by Jiang Chao's boldness, Qin Shaoling immediately stopped hesitating and overthinking. Since he had made up his mind to go all out and turn the Qin family upside down, he might as well go all out.

As for whether the two of them could achieve their goal of removing the Qin family from Qingzhou, Qin Shaoling didn't care.

Now, he has already disregarded life and death in his heart, only wanting to settle scores and seek revenge.

Although this hatred comes from the Qin family who gave him birth and raised him.

But this is how a man is born into this world.

Repay kindness with kindness, and be clear about right and wrong.

After finishing a jar of wine, Qin Shaoling was somewhat drunk, and his body began to sway.

Jiang Chao, however, remained unfazed.

At home, he had secretly drunk a lot of medicinal wine made from rare and exotic herbs, and had long since developed a high alcohol tolerance.

To be honest, this little bit of wine wouldn't even be enough to fill his teeth.

However, when it comes to drinks, the drinks come first and the water comes second.

Drinking too much makes it easy to need to urinate, which is also a hassle.

Putting down the wine jar and sitting back in his chair, Jiang Chao looked at Qin Shaoling, whose face was flushed, and decided to tell him the truth.

Since this guy is sincerely following him, it's not good to keep using an alias; it seems quite disrespectful.

Although he thought the pseudonym sounded quite nice.

It suits his style and temperament quite well.

So he began:

"Well, Brother Qin, there's something I've been keeping from you. My real name isn't Jiang Lang, and I'm not a disciple of the Zhenwu Sect. My name is Jiang Chao, Jiang as in Jianghu (江湖, the martial arts world) and Chao as in chaos (潮, waves). You can also call me A Lang. I come from Fengxue Temple."

"I, hiccup... I knew it, Brother Jiang, you were hiding something from me..."

Qin Shaoling spoke intermittently, burping as he pointed at Jiang Chao.

"Strange, no wonder, so you are..."

Before he could finish speaking, the drunken Qin Shaoling collapsed onto the table.

The empty wine jar in his hand shattered with a crash.

Jiang Chao shook his head, looked at Qin Shaoling who was slumped over the table, and chuckled:

"As heroic as he may be, his alcohol tolerance is really not that great. Brother Shaoling, you still need to work on it."

……

It's night again.

However, compared to the dark and windy night of last night, this night the bright moon hangs in the sky and the stars shine brightly.

Inside the Qin residence, however, thick clouds hung in the sky, and the atmosphere was gloomy and desolate.

"Has it not been found yet?"

A voice, authoritative without being angry, came from the study.

The newly appointed head of the secret guards outside the door said tremblingly:

"Master, we still haven't found the Sixteenth Young Master..."

Snapped--

A sound like ceramic shattering could be heard.

The cold voice in the study suddenly rose in pitch:

"A bunch of useless trash!"

"Search! Keep searching! Find him alive or dead!"