"But there must be quite a few girls like that, right?" Li Yingying said.
"Judging by their behavior, there certainly are many. But do you really think they don’t want it?" Yu Yan said with disdain.
"They just don’t have the sa external advantages as you do. Over the years, I’ve seen many girls with good character and beautiful looks, but in the end, none of them were able to resist the temptation of money and status and ended up degenerating. But you haven’t. Otherwise, all you would have to do was say yes, and that Liu Sheng could have ensured that you and your whole family lived a life of luxury and wealth."
In this era, things are different from hundreds of years ago. Although the Warriors’ Alliance oversees everything, the constant threat of fierce beasts still imposes imnse pressure on human survival.
Therefore, people in this era are much more pragmatic than before. To live a better life, selling oneself and bowing to the lure of wealth and status have beco the norm. There’s not even the need for legal sanctions or moral condemnation.
Precisely because of this, people like Li Yingying are truly rare. It was precisely this quality that Yu Yan appreciated in her, which led her to decide to pass on her knowledge to her.
Making sure that Yu Yan wasn’t joking with her, Li Yingying was so overjoyed that she almost fainted. She quickly asked, "So what should I do? Should I kowtow and beco your disciple?"
"There’s no need to rush into that just yet," Yu Yan said with a gentle smile.
"Let first explain my identity to you. After hearing it, you must keep it a secret—never tell anyone else but and you. Otherwise, both you and the person who hears it could face grave danger."
Li Yingying was shocked and quickly said, "Then I’d better not know."
Yu Yan sighed and said, "If I don’t tell you, how will you know what to be careful about or what to watch out for? Listen carefully, Yu Yan is just my alias. My real na is Yu Suxin, and I have a nickna in the martial arts world: Black Widow."
"Black Widow?" Li Yingying looked puzzled. "Such a beautiful woman... how could she have such an unpleasant nickna?"
"Are you curious about why I have that nickna?" Yu Suxin asked. When Li Yingying nodded, she continued, "Because on my wedding day, I killed my husband and his entire family."
"Ah?!" Li Yingying was truly shocked. This kind and gentle boss was actually so cruel?
But she still didn’t believe it and said, "There must be so other reason, right?"
"Indeed. I did it because they killed my family first," Yu Suxin explained. "I co from a faction called Xuan Su n, which is a sacred place in the martial arts world. Do you know what a sacred place in the martial arts world is?"
Li Yingying shook her head, confused.
Yu Suxin wasn’t disappointed. After all, Li Yingying was just an ordinary person; it was only natural that she didn’t understand these things. So she asked again, "But you must know about the Warriors’ Alliance, right?"
"Yes, it’s the organization that governs all the martial artists in the world," Li Yingying said.
"Silly child, that’s just the surface truth. The Warriors’ Alliance can’t really govern all martial artists.
Other forces are even more powerful than it—those are the sacred places in the martial arts world," Yu Suxin explained.
"So powerful?!" Li Yingying exclaid in amazent.
"Of course. Otherwise, how could they be called sacred places?" Yu Suxin said. "Families like the Three Great Families of Jinling are even more insignificant compared to these sacred places in the martial arts world."
By saying this, Yu Suxin wanted Li Yingying to realize the true nature of her own identity and to understand that families like the Three Great Families of Jinling wouldn’t even be worthy of her attention.
But what Li Yingying was thinking at that mont was: If I beco a disciple of one of these sacred places in the martial arts world, won’t that an I’ll be able to help Wang Yue in the future?
"Back then, my father was one of the elders of the sect, and my enemy also ca from the Xuan Su Sect, and they had a very good relationship with our family." Yu Suxin continued, "When I was twenty years old, my parents were suddenly killed by soone. At that ti, I was completely at a loss, and that family ca to , offering to help find the murderer and even proposing that I marry their son. I already knew that son; his character was not good at all, and I didn’t like him at all. But at that ti, all I wanted was to take revenge, so I agreed to their proposal. However, on the day of our wedding, I accidentally discovered that it was actually that family who had killed my parents."
Li Yingying asked in surprise, "Weren’t your two families very close? Why would they kill your parents?"
"Do you really think that all the people in the martial arts world are so kind of transcendent beings?" Yu Suxin said coldly.
"No, the intrigues and sches there are no less complicated than those in the secular world. They killed my parents just to steal a rare fruit that could greatly enhance their martial arts skills. After learning the truth, I pretended to continue with the wedding, but during the ceremony, I suddenly attacked and killed all three of them. As a result, I beca the target of the Xuan Su Sect’s pursuit."
"Then why didn’t you explain the situation to the Xuan Su Sect?" Li Yingying asked.
"After my parents died, I beca like a rootless duckweed within the Xuan Su Sect—who would listen to what I had to say? Moreover, my martial arts talent was among the best of my generation. If I had stayed in the sect, I would have inevitably beco a obstacle to the descendants of many important figures, and they would have taken the opportunity to get rid of ," Yu Suxin said calmly.
"Over the past few decades, I have moved to different cities every few years—both to avoid the Xuan Su Sect’s pursuit and to find soone who could inherit my martial arts skills. Now you understand why I told you my background, right?"
"I see," Li Yingying nodded. "It’s to warn people about what they need to be careful of, and to advise them not to show off their martial arts skills in public."
"Pretty much," Yu Suxin said.
"But there’s no need to be afraid of showing off your skills. The reason the Xuan Su Sect is called that is because it possesses two powerful martial arts techniques: the Xuan Tian Gong and the Su Nu Gong. The Xuan Tian Gong can be practiced by anyone, but very few people can master the Su Nu Gong. In my generation, I was the only one who could practice it. So even if you use it in front of others, no one will recognize it."
"It’s so difficult to master... Can I really do it?" Li Yingying asked, feeling a bit unsure.
"Of course you can. After decades of research, I have improved the technique, and now anyone can learn it," Yu Suxin said. "Well, now that we have talked about everything, let’s formally beco master and apprentice!"
...
anwhile, after leaving the restaurant, Wang Yue didn’t know where to go for a while. Then he thought that since the Golden City Adventurers Association was not far away, he might as well visit his aunt and the others and ask about going on an adventure at sea.
So Wang Yue drove straight to the Adventurers Association.
Although everything was decided by his aunt, it was still an official organization, so rules had to be followed.
After being inford by the staff in the lobby and getting Su ngqing’s permission, Wang Yue went up to the top floor and entered her office.
At that ti, Su ngqing wasn’t the only one in the office; Hong Ling and the other three were also there. There was also a dining table in the middle of the office, filled with food—it was clear that they were about to have a al.
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