Setting Off Again

When Yu Renyan and Jia Renda left the brothel with hearts heavier than death, it was already past midnight. Wang Jingyuan and Lin Pingzhi stood outside the brothel, watching the two depart.

Lin Pingzhi asked nervously, "Senior Brother, by humiliating them like this, will we bring trouble to the Sect?"

Wang Jingyuan replied calmly, "If the trouble goes to the Mount Hua Sect, won't the Fuwei Escort Agency be free of trouble?"

Hearing this, Lin Pingzhi was moved, feeling he had joined the right sect. But then he heard Wang Jingyuan say, "Moved, aren't you? If you're so moved, then raise the profit-sharing terms for the Mount Hua Sect a bit."

Lin Pingzhi suddenly felt much less moved.

Then, Wang Jingyuan continued, "Just kidding. What we did doesn't count as offending the Qingcheng Sect at all. Even if Yu Canghai comes looking for trouble, it will be nothing serious."

Lin Pingzhi was a little confused. "We went so far that I'm even afraid Yu Renyan might never pick up a sword again. Will that Sect Leader Yu really let it go so easily?"

Wang Jingyuan nodded affirmatively. "He definitely will, because Yu Canghai is the father, and Yu Renyan is just a son."

Lin Pingzhi was a bit confused. "What do you mean?"

Wang Jingyuan recalled the world he came from and then replied, "In this era, there's no such thing as educational psychology or child psychology. Parents may love their children, but their upbringing is bound to be extremely crude.

If the two of us had killed him or crippled him today, Yu Canghai would have gone mad and tried to kill us without regard for anything else. And by doing so, he could stand on the moral high ground, recognized by the Jianghu. After all, it's the hatred of a son's death.

But the few hits I gave Yu Renyan today were just superficial wounds. He probably would have recovered before even seeing Yu Canghai. Even if I caused him psychological and dignity damage, as long as he's not crazy, Yu Canghai won't care.

As for him developing a fear of practicing swordsmanship in the future? If he were a genius and I ruined him now, Yu Canghai would definitely not let it go. But if he's inherently a good-for-nothing, and he stops practicing swordsmanship later, Yu Canghai will just think he's making excuses to be lazy."

Wang Jingyuan had seen this kind of parent many times in the news before, only realizing that the other party wasn't deliberately being lazy until their own children committed suicide.

"Regardless, by being so arrogant and provoking them, Yu Canghai probably knows Mount Hua's stance."

After finishing their business here, the two returned to the Fuwei Escort Agency. Lin Pingzhi went to his room to rest. Wang Jingyuan also returned to his own room, but as he walked to the door, he found Yue Lingshan blocking it.

"Junior Disciple Sister, staying up so late and waiting outside my room. Did I trigger some event?"

Yue Lingshan glanced at Wang Jingyuan's "fancy outfit" and asked, "Coming back so late, where did you go?"

"The brothel."

"Hmph! I told you not to go to such a filthy place, why did you go there?!"

"Practicing swordplay. I practiced swordplay in there all night."

"Liar!" Yue Lingshan stomped her foot and returned to her room, slamming the door shut.

Wang Jingyuan scratched his head. "Why is there so little trust between people?"

The next day, Wang Jingyuan called Yue Lingshan and Lin Pingzhi over and told them that the matter here was settled. They should leave Fuzhou City, and Lin Pingzhi would also go to Mount Hua with them.

Lin Pingzhi had no objections. Since he had already joined the Mount Hua Sect, he should naturally go to Mount Hua to cultivate. In the future, he would probably only be able to return to Fuzhou City during festivals.

Just as they were about to leave, Lin Zhennan privately called Wang Jingyuan aside. "Now that the Qingcheng Sect matter is resolved, regarding the Songshan Sect you mentioned earlier..."

Wang Jingyuan shook his head. "The Songshan Sect is on a much higher level than the Qingcheng Sect; they won't reveal themselves directly. And you don't need to worry. The Songshan Sect views our Mount Hua Sect as a thorn in their side. I already announced that you sent the Bixie Swordplay to Mount Hua, so their attention is likely focused entirely on Mount Hua."

Lin Zhennan understood and escorted Wang Jingyuan to the entrance of the Fuwei Escort Agency. He clapped his hands, and an escort used a plate to present some silver notes as travel expenses.

Yue Lingshan, out of pride, wanted to refuse, but Wang Jingyuan accepted the money without any pretense of politeness. This annoyed Yue Lingshan greatly. After leaving, she complained to Wang Jingyuan about his rudeness.

Wang Jingyuan shrugged and said that back in the capital, he used to ask Liu Jinyuan's mother for pocket money, demanding thirty thousand each time, and he did it three times in a row.

Now, simply accepting Lin Zhennan's travel expenses was considered very polite. At least during the few days they stayed at the Fuwei Escort Agency, Wang Jingyuan had been restraining himself from rummaging through the cabinets.

Yue Lingshan was a bit confused. "Who is Liu Jinyuan?"

"An idiot."

Lin Pingzhi was also a bit confused. "Is there something wrong with my family's cabinets?"

Yue Lingshan rolled her eyes. "It's Junior Brother Wang's eccentricity. When he was at Mount Hua, he opened every cabinet and chest there. No matter how we told him, he wouldn't change."

Wang Jingyuan spread his hands. "When you enter someone else's home, if you don't open boxes or rummage through cabinets, who can stand it?"

"Hmph! Only you have such strange habits." Yue Lingshan immediately spurred her horse forward, taking the lead.

Wang Jingyuan and Lin Pingzhi could only follow. Although Lin Pingzhi was the young head of the Fuwei Escort Agency, he had been taken away to escort goods when he was young, so he wasn't someone who was pampered.

This time, like Wang Jingyuan and Yue Lingshan, he only had a bundle and a fast horse, nothing more. This greatly disappointed Wang Jingyuan, who had expected to ride in a luxurious carriage.

The three, one after another, soon left the city. But as they were about to step onto the official road, Wang Jingyuan stopped Yue Lingshan. "Junior Disciple Sister, you've taken the wrong road."

Yue Lingshan glared at Wang Jingyuan. "I can still remember the way back to Mount Hua, can't I? We came this way."

"Who said we're going back to Mount Hua?"

Yue Lingshan's eyes widened slightly, and she asked, "If not back to Mount Hua, where are we going?"

Wang Jingyuan pointed in the direction of another road. "We're going to Hengyang City first. If we calculate the time, Master and the others should be nearing Hengyang City. We can meet up with them when we get there."

Hearing Wang Jingyuan say this, Yue Lingshan remembered. "Are you talking about the Golden Basin Hand-Washing Ceremony of Third Master Liu of the Hengshan Sect?"

"Yes."

Yue Lingshan pouted. "Going to meet them means being controlled by Father and Mother again. Father didn't ask us to meet them after we finished when we left. Why don't we just travel back to Mount Hua leisurely?"

Wang Jingyuan shook his head. "I shouldn't have discussed this with a child. Listen to me now, we're going to Hengyang City first."

"I'm the Senior Disciple Sister!"

"Your martial arts aren't as good as mine now."

"Our Mount Hua Sect doesn't rank people by martial arts skill."

"What I mean is, if you don't come with me, I can drag you along."

"... Junior Brother, you're a big bad guy!"

"Is this the first day you've known me?"