The Origin of the Nine Provinces Wind and Thunder Sword Sect
The snow outside the window fell all afternoon, gradually weighing down the crooked tree, making it sway and its branches tremble gently. Every now and then, some snowflakes would fall, accompanied by soft, fragmented groans. It was hard to tell whether the snow was reluctantly leaving the tree or the tree was panting under the weight of the snow.
The snowman Liu Chang'an built was covered with layers of snow, so thick that even the eyes made of curved red chili peppers could not be seen. Perhaps it was just afraid that its pure, icy heart would be melted by the passion it saw.
An Nuan was held in Liu Chang'an's arms, humming softly, as if complaining, dissatisfied, aggrieved, or sad—in short, she was just being affectionate.
At this moment, the girl's feelings are the most subtle, a mix of satisfaction and sweetness, as well as a sense of loss and confusion.
The satisfaction and sweetness, of course, come from love, and also from the self-gratifying feeling of sacrificing, as if you've finally done something very special for him.
Feeling lost and disillusioned, one naturally feels that they are probably different from before, but what consequences will this difference have in the future, and how will it affect their life...? Maybe it will, maybe it won't, and they have no idea.
So I just kept humming!
"How long are you going to keep humming? It sounds like Zhu Bajie is taking a deep nap, and he's been sleeping all afternoon." Liu Chang'an patted An Nuan's lower back. If this adorable Zhu Bajie went on the journey to the West with Sun Wukong and his group, the White Bone Demon, Spider Demon, Apricot Demon, and Scorpion Demon would probably be out of the picture.
"I'm going to keep humming! Humph! Humph! Humph!" An Nuan hummed loudly a few times. "If I were Zhu Bajie, you would be Gao Cuilan from the Gao Family Manor."
"I'm not like Gao Cuilan. To you, I should be Chang'e... no, I don't like Chang'e from Journey to the West. To you, I should be Second Sister Egg, who was Zhu Bajie's first wife. Zhu Bajie wasn't good to his first wife; he only knew how to think about his first love, Chang'e, and about Gao Cuilan from the Gao Family Manor, who treated him like a pig and even tried to kill him... You have to be nicer to me, don't treat me like Zhu Bajie treated Second Sister Egg," Liu Chang'an said worriedly.
"Who is Second Sister Egg?" An Nuan asked curiously, having no recollection of her at all.
"In 'Journey to the West,' Second Sister Egg is only mentioned once by Zhu Bajie. She was Zhu Bajie's first wife after he turned into a pig, his first wife. During the Four Sages' test of Zen, Zhu Bajie wanted the three Jia sisters, saying that if any of them didn't have three or four concubines, he could have a few more, and his son-in-law would gladly accept them. In my youth, I also learned a method of enduring hardship, which guaranteed to please each one of them... Zhu Bajie's method of enduring hardship was also learned from Second Sister Egg." Liu Chang'an sighed softly, "Back then, Zhu Bajie was really ugly. Second Sister Egg and he were truly in love, but Zhu Bajie was basically heartless and ungrateful towards her."
"I feel like... you're the Zhu Bajie. With so many skills and so many little demons around you, don't you also want three wives and four concubines?" An Nuan suddenly realized with a wary look. "Zhu Bajie learned his method of enduring battles from Second Sister Egg. You said you're Second Sister Egg, implying you also have a method of enduring battles. Where did you learn your method of enduring battles!"
"That's not important... what's important is that I can also teach you the art of enduring battle," Liu Chang'an said with a smile. "Teach you my foot! I don't want to!" An Nuan huffed again, not wanting to talk about Zhu Bajie with Liu Chang'an anymore. Honestly, this should be a time for romance and poetry, but he wanted to talk to her about * Journey to the West *. An Nuan looked at her phone. "Professor Liu sent me a lot of messages, saying she's even prepared the chains..."
After saying that, An Nuan looked at Liu Chang'an with a worried expression.
"I've got her sorted out." Liu Chang'an had already laid the groundwork, and Professor Liu probably realized by now why he had come to her house to curry favor the day before he left. With that in mind, knowing that he was a sensible person, she wasn't so agitated anymore.
"Okay!" An Nuan buried her head in Liu Chang'an's arms again and acted coquettishly, no longer whining. It felt so good to leave everything to him and not have to worry about it herself, and to feel that it was only natural.
"Tomorrow we'll take a walk around West Lake and visit Leifeng Pagoda to commemorate Xu Jiuzhou," Liu Chang'an said.
"Will I be able to walk tomorrow?" An Nuan asked with some worry. After a girl's first time, she has to lie there all day, looking delicate and weak, and pretending to be in pain whenever she walks.
"It's not that exaggerated... Even ordinary people don't have this problem, let alone your body which is already quite different." Liu Chang'an laughed. As soon as he saw her eyes darting around, Liu Chang'an knew she was definitely thinking about what to do.
"No! I won't! I am!" An Nuan punched his chest in dissatisfaction. In novels, it's always said that girls would be as delicate as a willow in the breeze at this moment.
"Alright, alright." Liu Chang'an gave her the pampering she wanted.
"By the way, who is Xu Jiuzhou?" An Nuan finally had time to think of the unrelated name. She had been to Lin'an and learned a lot about history, humanities, stories, and myths, but she couldn't think of anyone named Xu Jiuzhou.
Moreover, it was a name that Liu Chang'an would bring up. Just like yesterday when he mentioned Master Hongyi, it was only mentioned when passing by cultural sites related to Master Hongyi. If he were to make a special trip to commemorate him, it would seem like he was a very extraordinary person.
"Xu Jiuzhou... a celestial being with superb swordsmanship," Liu Chang'an recalled.
"Pfft... In Lin'an, there are so many immortals you want to commemorate. The Fahai Fahai's magic is also very superb, as are Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing. Didn't Xu Xian also ascend to heaven later?" An Nuan couldn't help but laugh. Her boyfriend was always so unpredictable. She thought he was going to reminisce about the past, but he ended up talking about gods, monsters, and immortals again.
"Xu Jiuzhou is Xu Xian."
"Ah?"
"If he wasn't an immortal, why would he be called Xu Xian? Although the name Xu Xian only became more widely accepted in the Qing Dynasty, he had other names before that." Liu Chang'an thought for a moment, then confirmed, "Yes, he was called Xu Xian in <The Tale of the Righteous Demon>."
"Alright, considering that the story of White Lady and Xu Xian is at least primarily a love story, I'll allow you to continue." An Nuan nestled against his chest, looking at him. The romantic elements in this kind of story were certainly better than * Journey to the West *!
What angered An Nuan most when she watched "Journey to the West" as a child was that some demons were beautiful and gentle, yet they were killed by Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie even though they hadn't done anything wrong! At that time, An Nuan that she would become a female demon in the future to avenge the other female demons... But she never expected that she would end up becoming the very thing she hated. Now, if any female demon appears in front of Liu Chang'an, An Nuan will show them how ruthless a demon hunter can be!
"The origin of Xu Jiuzhou's name is not his surname Xu and given name Jiuzhou, but rather a phrase from a woman: 'I grant you the Nine Provinces.' This is the origin of the name Xu Jiuzhou. Later, Xu Jiuzhou founded a sect: the Nine Provinces Wind and Thunder Sword Sect." This is probably one of the main reasons why Xu Jiuzhou repeatedly went to sea and eventually returned.
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