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

"You're scared already?"

Jiang Chao, still half-asleep, yawned, glanced at Qin Shaoling sideways, and said lazily:

"The group of assassins your Qin family keeps are nothing special."

Last night I thought a fight to the death was inevitable, but to my surprise, although they looked fierce and determined to kill, once they actually started fighting, they were all all show and no substance, all bark and no bite.

"With just a few simple tricks, they were routed, abandoning their armor and weapons, suffering a complete defeat."

Qin Shaoling: ...

For some reason, Qin Shaoling felt that the young man before him was somewhat...

I don't know how to describe those words.

In short, it's just... infuriating...

Yes, that's the kind of annoying feeling where someone gets a good deal but then acts innocent!

Qin Shaoling's eye twitched, and he looked at Jiang Chao with an extremely complicated expression. After a long while, he finally spoke in a low voice:

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"Are you really Jiang Chao, the only son of Grandmaster Jiang of Fengxue Temple? The legendary prodigy of Jiangnan? Or are you just impersonating him to deceive me?"

Jiang Chao twitched the corner of his mouth.

"What, doesn't it look like it?"

Qin Shaoling shook his head and said honestly:

"It doesn't look like it at all, not at all."

"The legendary prodigy is said to be born with exceptional intelligence and talent, possessing both literary and martial skills at a young age, and embodying both benevolence and righteousness. You, on the other hand..."

He pointed to the guards in the courtyard, their faces ashen, who, though not physically dead, were living a life worse than death, and said with a pained expression:

"Your behavior is truly... eye-opening."

Qin Shaoling had dealt with these secret guards quite a bit, and he realized that although they were family-run assassins, they were all pitiful people.

Born with no freedom whatsoever, their only purpose is to serve their master to the death. Their existence is inherently pathetic; they are merely puppets and tools to be driven.

To humiliate them like this is worse than letting them die a quick death.

"Don't look at me like that."

Jiang Chao stopped teasing the boy his age and said seriously:

"I, Jiang Chao, have always been clear about my gratitude and grudges. These people have no grudge against me, but they are all after your life. Since I promised to help you yesterday, I will not go back on my word. They want to kill you to silence you, but I will not allow it, so the conflict broke out."

"After that, they were captured by me easily because of their lack of skill. No matter how tortuous the process was, in short, I, Jiang Chao, have fulfilled my promise to you, Qin Shaoling."

Qin Shaoling nodded blankly, "Thank you very much."

Qin Shaoling simply found it somewhat unbelievable. In addition, he was somewhat unwilling to believe that the person in front of him, who looked to be about the same age as him, could possess such amazing skills.

It should be noted that although these guards may seem insignificant, they are capable of using the Qin family's ancestral military formations. In his prime, he struggled to deal with more than a dozen of them.

But here, there are a full hundred secret guards!

Sometimes, admitting that someone is better than you takes courage, doesn't it?

Seeing Qin Shaoling's awkward demeanor, how could Jiang Chao not know what he was thinking at that moment?

He was also a teenager.

Young people are naturally full of vigor and pride, thinking themselves the best in the world. If someone is better than them, they will definitely be dissatisfied.

Qin Shaoling is probably in the same situation now.

On the one hand, he realized that he was far stronger than he had imagined.

On the other hand, he had done Qin a favor by capturing these assassins from the Qin family who came to kill him.

In addition, this guy felt guilty because he had accidentally killed a surrendered guard, which is why he acted so strangely earlier.

"Now that you know my intentions, these people are yours to deal with. Whether to kill them or spare them is entirely up to you."

Jiang Chao waved his hand, acting as if it were none of his business.

"I have already dealt with the biggest threat to your Qin family. Now, how to eradicate this cancerous growth from the Qin family is up to you, a former member of the Qin family, to decide."

"As a friend you've just met, I don't want to be branded with the infamy of wiping out an entire family, lest you become successful and master marksmanship, and then come back to settle scores with me because of this."

Having said that, Jiang Chao strolled leisurely around the mountain of people and left gracefully.

Qin Shaoling, whose expression was constantly changing, was left standing there in a daze.

……

After having a satisfying meal on the nearby streets, Jiang Chao carried a basket of steamed buns and two roast chickens back to his courtyard, humming a little tune.

as predicted.

The courtyard was completely empty.

Those assassins whose meridians he had severed and whose dantian he had destroyed last night have vanished without a trace.

Jiang Chao raised an eyebrow, looked at Qin Shaoling who was sitting in the courtyard in a daze, and smiled:

"Can't bring yourself to do it?"

Qin Shaoling hesitated for a moment, then said with a somber expression:

"Brother Jiang, am I... really that useless...?"

Jiang Chao laughed and said:

"How could that be? It's just human nature."

"If I were you..."

At this point, Jiang Chao suddenly paused.

Qin Shaoling, however, seemed to have heard something that touched him deeply, and raised his head, asking expectantly:

"If it were you, Brother Jiang, what would you do?"

Jiang Chao clicked his tongue and made a throat-slitting gesture.

"I will kill them here with my own hands, so they will suffer less."

Upon hearing this, Qin Shaoling's pupils contracted.

Ignoring the shock in his eyes, Jiang Chao continued calmly with a smile:

"Since you know that they are all assassins kept by the Qin family, you should also know that the fate of assassins who fail in their missions will not be a good one."

He stared into Qin Shaoling's eyes, "At least, dying at your hands would be a quick death, instead of having to go back and face your father's inhuman torture."

Qin Shaoling: "..."

"Sometimes, killing is not necessarily a bad thing; it can be a way of saving lives."

Jiang Chao sighed, "A person's life is but a mere hundred years, how short yet how long it is. If one cannot live a life that is as one wishes, how tragic it is."

As the saying goes, "If you do nothing when you're young, you'll only have regrets when you're old!"

"While you're still young, do what you want to do, and don't leave yourself with too many regrets."

"Been taught a lesson!"

Qin Shaoling suddenly stood up, and his dull eyes regained their dazzling brilliance.

Then, the boy turned and went into the house.

A moment later, holding the white ash wood spear that Jiang Chao had given him, he bowed deeply to Jiang Chao and said loudly:

"Leave the Qin family's affairs to me from now on."

"Once I've dealt with the Qin family, I will follow Young Master Jiang closely, through thick and thin, and travel the world together!"

Jiang Chao accepted his bow, brought the roast chicken to his mouth, took a big bite, and mumbled:

"Stop washing."

"Also, I consider you my brother, so stop calling me 'male' all the time..."

Just a moment ago, Qin Shaoling thought that this young man in front of him had some of the legendary genius of the martial arts world. But when he saw him showing such a rogue boy's demeanor, he couldn't help but feel a little amused and exasperated.

This river tide... Brother, it's truly something else!