However, she currently possesses four manuals of martial arts techniques at the Transformation Realm and one incomplete manual, which she might use as a bargaining chip.
However, the world of martial arts is treacherous. If one were to directly reveal that one possesses multiple martial arts techniques of the Transformation Realm, many martial artists would flock to him. One might even be hunted down and killed before long after revealing it.
"Be careful..." Xi Heng muttered to himself.
She is currently wanted by the Tianliang Army, which has a cooperative relationship with Huangmei Mountain, and she did indeed kill several masters from Huangmei Mountain in this life...
As long as she appears in the martial arts world, people from Huangmei Mountain will inevitably come to take her life.
"Afterwards, when I'm active in the martial arts world, I'll need to learn some disguise techniques."
"I wonder if my senior sister has any knowledge in this area. I'll ask her when she gets back."
Xi Heng closed the window, returned to the table, picked up the incomplete copy of the Extinction Sword Technique again, and continued to read it, hoping to gain more understanding this time.
Time gradually passed.
In the afternoon, Sister Hongmiao, who had been busy all day, returned to the restaurant, climbed the steps, and knocked on the door.
Xi Heng recognized his senior sister outside and approached to open the door.
"Senior Sister." Just thinking of Senior Sister Xi Heng brought back memories of yesterday's events, and her voice inexplicably became restrained.
Hongmiao glanced up and looked at her:
"Junior sister is quite carefree."
In her search for a suitable courtyard to buy, she has practically explored the entire central part of Jiangning City.
"Senior sister has had a long day, let me pour you some tea." Xi Heng stepped back and politely picked up the tea that had gone cold and slowly poured it for his senior sister.
"Serving tea isn't enough," Hongmiao said. "Let's have that massage from yesterday again."
Xi Heng suddenly stopped.
It was obvious that Senior Sister Hongmiao's attitude towards yesterday's actions was significantly different from hers.
Xi Heng only considered it as a drunken mistake and wanted to forget about it as soon as possible, but his senior sister seemed to be quite interested in it.
Once you do it once, you want to do it again.
"Is it not allowed?" the senior sister asked, getting closer.
"Yes, I'm sorry?" Xi Heng felt he had done something wrong, so he apologized first.
A hint of resentment flashed in Hongmiao's eyes: "Junior Sister was the one who came first, but now she's saying she doesn't want to?"
Xi Heng was speechless, but forced himself to find an excuse: "Let's leave it for today... my hands are a little sore from yesterday."
Hong Miao clearly sensed that this was an excuse and clicked her tongue, saying, "We'll do it later."
No cultivator of internal strength would experience hand soreness; even if they did, they should have recovered by now after a night's sleep.
"after?"
Why is there a "after"?
"Hmm, in a day or two." Senior Sister Hongmiao said casually, not giving Xiheng time to refute, and directly changed the subject:
"Today I looked at more than a dozen courtyards... There are quite a few wealthy families in the city selling small courtyards, and the prices are reasonable. After looking around, I finally chose a family courtyard with a layout somewhat similar to our Red Thread Sword Academy, only smaller. What do you think?"
As she spoke, she took out a scroll from the pouch at her waist and handed it to her.
Xi Heng reluctantly accepted the scroll, opened it, and saw that the layout included flower beds, a small pond, bamboo groves, a spring, and an open space for sword practice, as well as several rooms such as side rooms, verandas, and stables. The location of each room was indeed somewhat similar to that of the Red Thread Sword Academy, so he nodded.
"Let's buy this courtyard."
“Then I will finalize the deal tomorrow, and then lead the maids to buy some new household items. After sunset tomorrow, I will take my junior sister over,” Hong Miao said with a smile.
"Family?"
"My home with my junior sister."
……
One day later.
Xi Heng rode his horse away from the restaurant and followed his senior sister to the gate of the mansion. After dismounting and entering the gate, there was a long road paved with bluestone slabs, with several plum trees standing on both sides. Although it was a cold and windy day, the flowers were still bright.
At the end of the road is a screen wall engraved with a scene of welcoming pine trees and swallows flying at sunset. Turning around, you will find the second entrance, the hanging flower gate.
Further in, you'll find a pool surrounded by large, waist-high rocks, with fish swimming around in it.
The spring water flows gently, and a thicket of dark green bamboo grows to one side, surrounded by a patch of dry grass.
The cobblestone path winds past several small scenic spots, ending at a long covered walkway. After circling around once more, you arrive at the main house.
Unlike the other places, the room was not empty. Instead, there were ten maids and servants of different figures and appearances standing there. When they came, they knelt down and bowed to greet them.
"Greetings, Miss Eldest and Miss Second." The female voices overlapped.
Xi Heng blinked and stopped in his tracks.
"Does everyone remember their own position?" Hong Miao asked calmly. "Introduce them to the Second Miss."
"promise."
Then the maid stepped forward from right to left and addressed Xi Heng, explaining who did the laundry and bathing, who cleaned and tended the house, who managed the stables, and so on...
As the names of the maids echoed in his ears, Xi Hengda, somewhat dazed, failed to remember any of them.
After the maids finished introducing themselves, Xi Heng still had something on her mind. She turned to her senior sister and asked, "Why is Senior Sister the eldest young lady? And I am the second young lady?"
“Because I am the senior sister.” Hong Miao smiled lightly, reaching out her left hand to gently brush away Xi Heng’s naturally loose strands of hair.
"This way of addressing each other always sounds like we're sisters."
"Then let's change it, shall I call you Madam?"
"I'm only eighteen years old. Besides, if you call me 'Madam,' what should I call you?" Xi Heng complained.
"Just call me Master."
"Please still call me Miss," Xi Heng waved his hand, reluctantly agreeing.
Hong Miao nodded, then turned to the front-line maids and said, "You may all go about your business."
"Yes, Miss."
The maids dispersed and left the main room.
"Most of these maids have experience in their work, only the petite Frost Flower still needs training. I took her in because I felt sorry for her."
Xi Heng didn't care about that, but simply asked, "Where is my bedroom?"
“It’s right behind the main house. Shall we share a room?” Hong Miao led Xi Heng toward a side corridor.
"..." Xi Heng always felt that if he continued to share a bed with his senior sister, something terrible would happen sooner or later.
However, he then remembered that he wouldn't be staying in this house for too long, as he would be going out from time to time to seek out methods to transform internal energy, so living together shouldn't be a big problem, and he nodded.
After hesitating for so long these past two days, Xi Heng has almost come to terms with it.
So what if he really had a relationship with his senior sister?
Senior Sister Hongmiao didn't seem unhappy at all; as long as she could overcome the hurdle in her own mind, everything would be fine.
And she was indeed somewhat interested.
Since I've taken an interest, perhaps even if I don't do it in this life, I'll try it in future reincarnations.
Perhaps it would be better to leave it with my senior sister...
"What am I thinking?" Xi Heng sighed, looking down at his forehead, increasingly helpless.
She doesn't know if she's overcome her inner hurdle yet. She finds things strange, but also vaguely feels that accepting it isn't such a big deal.
But what if my senior sister wants it?
The girl's cheeks flushed.
While she was pondering, her senior sister had already led her to the inner bedroom of the main house. The room was elegantly and exquisitely decorated, with several lilies in a celadon vase, red gauze by the window, and the flickering candlelight of several red candles.
The aromatherapy diffuses a rich, milky scent that makes your mouth water.
As soon as Xi Heng entered the room, he heard his senior sister take a half step back, and then the door was slowly closed and locked with a click.
The interior therefore appeared even more gloomy.
She turned around in confusion and saw Hong Miao approaching. Her right index finger and thumb had somehow produced a bouquet of flowers, and she held the delicate petals out to Xi Heng.
Hong Miao remained silent, brushing flower petals across Xi Heng's chest, collarbone, neck, chin, and lips.
"Junior Sister, please don't refuse today." Her voice was soft and gentle, and a hint of allure flickered in her eyes, reflecting the candlelight and Xi Heng's face.
"Otherwise, my senior sister will be heartbroken."
A petal gently brushed against the girl's thin lips, and with a gentle flick of her right hand, the flower branch fell smoothly to the ground.
Xi Heng didn't know how to react at this moment, and her senior sister didn't give her any time to react at all, gently opening her arms and embracing her.
A warm and fragrant sensation touched the girl's heart, making her increasingly confused thoughts even more hazy.
"Sister..."
"Ah."
Not only in terms of clothing and skin, but also when his senior sister held him tightly, Xi Heng could feel her heartbeat gradually accelerating in sync with his own.
Hong Miao relaxed her arms slightly and led her to walk slowly backward.
When they arrived at their destination, she released her arms from around the other person's waist and gently pushed him towards her shoulder.
Xi Heng, who was already stunned, could no longer maintain his balance and collapsed backward, landing with a thud on the soft bed.
Hongmiao stood to the side, her hands behind her head untying the ribbon binding her long hair, and at the same time, she loosened the collar of her clothes, letting her outer garment fall quietly down.
She leaned against the bedside, raised her right knee, placed it between Xi Heng's slightly tight knees, and slowly pushed it forward.
She lay on the bed, propping herself up, and looked up at her soft and beautiful junior sister.
"Didn't you say... a massage?" Xi Heng gradually realized his predicament and whispered quietly.
"Junior sister, you're so cute." Hong Miao chuckled and raised her right hand to stroke Xi Heng's face.
The fingertips traced a tingling, ticklish sensation on the girl's sensitive cheek, a feeling that lingered for a long time.
“This time, it’s not a massage anymore,” she said.
"..."
Hong Miao placed one hand on Xi Heng's shoulder, half-closed her dreamy eyes, and leaned down.
Two soft, thin lips close together.
The petals pressed together.
……
In the blink of an eye, winter has passed and spring has arrived.
Although it is only early spring, after such a harsh winter, the warm breeze that is not so cold blows in your face, which will make you feel warmer.
Over the past month, Xi Heng has returned to the state he was in when he lived in the Red Thread Sword Academy, never leaving the house.
After all, it's freezing cold outside. Compared to wandering around outside, everyone would rather stay indoors with a stove for heating, or better yet, snuggle under the covers.
Xi Heng often covered himself with the quilt, which faintly smelled of the scent of the person sharing his bed, and curled up, unwilling to get up.
But she wasn't that lazy after all. She would get up every day to go out and practice swordsmanship, study the martial arts techniques she had collected and the books she had bought from the city's bookstores, and also learn some other skills.
For example, disguise.
Ever since Xi Heng caused such a big problem for the Tianliang Army in Jianchang City, her reputation has spread throughout the martial arts world.
By now, her existence and deeds have spread to almost every circle, large and small, in the entire martial arts world.
However, the title given to her by martial arts practitioners in this life is quite different from the one she had when she was an emperor.
She was once known as the "Heroine Queen," the foremost martial artist in the world, and hailed as a great hero who served the country and its people.
Now, however, she is referred to as the "Blood Demon" in the martial arts world, described as a terrifying monster who sucks human blood, and it is hoped that all martial artists will kill her if they see her.
After this malicious rumor originated from Huangmei Mountain, it spread like wildfire throughout the martial arts world, even appearing in the underworld and black market of Jiangning City, where Xi Heng lived and where many martial artists gathered.
This forced Xi Heng to wear a veil to cover her face every time she went out. Although she wasn't afraid of trouble, trouble was still trouble. When she wasn't in the mood to kill, it was better to hide for a while.
During this time, Xi Heng decided that before going on a long trip, he must first learn the art of disguise and change his appearance to be somewhat different from the wanted poster.
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