The Story Behind It

Good morning, everyone.

Jiang Chao glanced at the three women in the courtyard one by one, feeling slightly guilty, before finally greeting them in a relaxed manner.

"Good morning, Young Master Jiang."

At this moment, Su E resembled a peony that had been married for many years and had been carefully nurtured, smiling gently and looking exceptionally tender.

"Hmph! You lecherous man!" The heroine Chu was like a newlywed bride, a rose with thorns, who accidentally caught her husband cheating.

Looking at Jiang Chao at this moment, her face was filled with shame, indignation, and resentment.

"Good morning, Young Master Jiang."

Of the three women, the one who has changed the most is Qin Shaoling's half-sister, Qin Yueyao.

Although the girl had not made any effort to dress up, she exuded an indescribable charm, like a white lotus in a pond, about to bloom.

Jiang Chao, however, was quite puzzled by this.

He originally thought that Qin Yueyao, like the female knight-errant Chu, needed to use the dual cultivation method to remove the curse poison from her body.

He hesitated for quite some time because he felt he couldn't face Brother Shaoling.

Who would have thought that this scholar from Baihe Academy would suppress the evil curse left by the dying sorcerer with a wisp of righteous energy within him?

On the evening of the third day, he woke up on his own.

For this reason, Jiang Chao became more curious about those scholars who supposedly cultivated righteousness.

Good will prevail over evil, that's for sure! ... Jiang Chao was deeply moved.

Seemingly sensing that Jiang Chao was focusing too much attention on him,

The girl smiled slightly and said:

"I heard from my brother that although Young Master Jiang did not personally help me, he still went to great lengths for me."

"Yueyao will always remember this kindness."

It's clearly because of me that you've been implicated...

Jiang Chao felt ashamed and waved his hands repeatedly.

"Forget about favors or gratitude, we're all friends, helping each other is only right, and besides, this matter was caused by me... Miss Qin, you don't need to take it to heart."

Seeing that the three were in good condition, Jiang Chao felt somewhat relieved. Not wanting to dwell on the matter any longer, he quickly changed the subject, saying, "By the way, have you heard any of the news circulating outside these past few days?"

Su E looked at Jiang Chao with a touch of tenderness and asked softly, "What news?"

The female knight-errant Chu also put away her shame and indignation and pretended to listen attentively.

She remembered her mother telling her that she should be gentle and virtuous when dealing with her future husband. She admitted that she could not be as gentle as her mother described, but she could be moderate in her temper, knowing when to be angry and when to control it.

Seeing the two women, who had close ties to him, showing such support, Jiang Chao breathed a sigh of relief and quickly said:

"News has come out about the matter of Prince Anping, Nangong Hao, colluding with wandering sorcerers in an attempt to rebel."

"This Nangong Hao is young and unassuming, but he is actually quite extraordinary, one could say he is very ambitious!"

"Over the past few years, this man has made friends with heroes from all walks of life. He seems to have no interest in managing the local people's livelihood and is just a hands-off manager who only cares about enjoying himself. In reality, he has been secretly recruiting soldiers and horses, and has also mastered a good martial arts skill without anyone knowing. He can be described as a man of great hidden talent."

"Six months ago, a wandering sorcerer approached him, saying that he had the countenance of an emperor and was destined to rule the world. Nangong Hao initially did not believe it and even scoffed at it, until the sorcerer accurately stated the number of private soldiers he had secretly hidden and demonstrated a miraculous spell. Only then did Nangong Hao believe it..."

Jiang Chao didn't personally inquire about Nangong Hao's affairs. Instead, Zuo Xiaoqian, for reasons unknown, personally sent someone to inform Jiang Chao of the information she had obtained from Nangong Hao.

Jiang Chao has been working tirelessly these past few days, toiling during the day and pondering at night, devoting almost all his energy to the rescue.

Who has time to care about Nangong Hao's life or death?

If that guy hadn't colluded with that old, immortal sorcerer, he wouldn't be in such a sorry state. He would have already been wandering around Misty Rain City for a while before heading towards the capital.

It's all because of that wolfish Nangong Hao. Does he really think he's some kind of chosen one?

Where in this world are there so many chosen ones?

The so-called chosen ones are mostly just self-important clowns who are unwilling to be mediocre and are just ordinary people.

As for how Nangong Hao and his group found them so precisely, Jiang Chao wasn't surprised.

With that powerful sorcerer around, it's only a matter of time before they come after them.

Thinking of this, Jiang Chao sighed and said:

"Chu Ning, do you know why Nangong Hao is using the pretense of coming to welcome a bride to approach us?"

Chu Ning was taken aback and asked, "Why?"

Jiang Chao looked at her and said in a deep voice, "According to the information I have received, you do indeed have a marriage contract. Your father climbed up to the Prince of Ning in Guangning Prefecture a year ago and personally promised to marry you to the Prince of Ning's second son, Sima Han, this June."

"With the wedding date fast approaching, and you having secretly run away from home because of the martial arts tournament, your father was extremely anxious. As a result, the news was inadvertently leaked. When Prince Ning found out, he was furious. He felt that your father, the head of a martial arts family, had actually made a fool of him, a mere prince. So he sent someone to your Chu family to dissolve the engagement and publicly announced that he had no further connection with your Chu family."

"In order to quell the Prince of Ning's anger, your father had no choice but to present the Prince of Ning with the blueprints for one of your Chu family's top-secret hidden weapons, which finally put an end to the matter."

"Nangong Hao heard about this, and since we are located in Yunzhou, he found out our whereabouts with almost no effort."

"They were worried that we would discover the sorcerer's formation, so they made such a big commotion to confuse us and allow the sorcerer to complete his setup smoothly..."

Guangning Prefecture borders Sichuan, and although the Prince of Ning is only a local vassal king, he wields considerable power and has secretly supported many Jianghu (martial arts world) forces for decades, using them for his own purposes.

Although they do not have much say in the government.

However, in the martial arts world, he was a powerful and influential figure whom no one dared to provoke.

Although the Chu family is a martial arts family, it has suffered a decline in talent over the past century, and many of its businesses have been eroded by other emerging martial arts forces. Its fortunes are declining and it is on the verge of collapse.

In order to protect themselves, they climbed up to the powerful and wealthy.

After hearing Jiang Chao's words, Chu Ning was not greatly moved.

After what happened with Nangong Hao a few days ago, she was already utterly disappointed in his father. Now, hearing this even more unbearable truth, Chu Ning felt much calmer.

No matter what her father thought, he probably couldn't have imagined that although she had run away from home, she had met someone even more unapproachable than the Prince of Ning.

If we were to say that Prince Ning was a powerful and influential figure in the martial arts world, someone who could control everything with a single hand.

In the martial arts world, the Wind and Snow Temple is the true uncrowned king, the sky that cannot be covered!

The relative importance of the two is self-evident.