Becoming a Nun, the Water Lord's Great Power (Fourth Update)

Dawn had barely broken, and the wind in Tianjin still carried a trace of the night's chill.

In the Ye Residence's rear courtyard, Qin Geng wore a plain white training outfit. His footwork was nimble, and he bounded across the Plum Blossom Stakes like an alert gibbon.

This was the Monkey Form he had learned from his master only yesterday.

Monkey Form prized agility. Its essence was to "curl up like a hedgehog, stretch out like an ape."

As Qin Geng moved, the great dragon of his spine no longer held the fierce force of a tiger descending the mountain. Instead, it had an elusive, lively spring.

"Whoosh—"

Qin Geng suddenly drew himself in, then stretched out in an instant. Gripping the top of a stake with one hand, he swung through the air and landed steadily.

In the stable nearby, Red Charcoal, the Ferghana horse, seemed to understand. He snorted, tossed his great head, and looked thoroughly excited.

Qin Geng walked over, picked up a brush, and began grooming him.

"You beast. You know quality when you see it."

Qin Geng patted Red Charcoal's neck. The horse was hot-tempered and clever; apart from Ye Lanzen, only Qin Geng, with his Dragon Tendon and tiger bones, could keep him in check. Had anyone else called him a beast, he would already have lashed out with a hoof.

As Qin Geng brushed him, hurried footsteps sounded from the front courtyard.

Xiao Wei ran in, breathless and sweating. The moment he entered the rear courtyard, he shouted, "Fifth Brother! Fifth Brother! Something's happened!"

Qin Geng kept brushing along the horse's coat at an unhurried pace. "What happened?"

Xiao Wei drew a rough breath, his expression strange. "Word came from the Su Family—Master Su Zhengze has repudiated his first wife, Huang!"

Qin Geng's