"Good... okay." Under coercion, Xie Nian could only submit.
She knelt down to the girl in humiliation, "I’m sorry!"
Ying Zijin casually stood with one hand in her pocket, her gaze indifferent.
Absolutely ignoring her.
This attitude completely triggered Xie Nian’s emotions.
But her injuries were too severe, and she couldn’t utter another word before fainting.
The two guards who had followed her were stunned.
"What are you dawdling for?" Cheng Yuan retracted his hand, his tone bland, "Aren’t you going to carry your young mistress back and find Ancient Medicine to treat her?"
"If it’s too late and she suffers any lasting damage, will you be able to bear the responsibility?"
The two guards shivered and immediately stepped forward, carefully picking up Xie Nian and scurrying away in a sorry state.
The onlookers also dispersed.
But it was guaranteed that within an hour, the entire Ancient Martial World would be abuzz with the news of Xie Nian provoking the Martial Arts Alliance Leader and being hung up and beaten.
"Junior Sister, that Xie Nian won’t be able to move for at least a month." Cheng Yuan turned his head, "Just bear with it for a while, Junior Sister. Once my Cultivation improves, or we find our Master, we’ll start by slaughtering that old thing Xie Huanran."
Without Xie Huanran, could Xie Nian, with her Contemplative Cultivation at half-step Ancient Martial Grandmaster level, have her way in the Ancient Martial World?
"Before our Master left, he also left me some Ancient Martial Arts Secret Manuals." Ying Zijin handed a book to Cheng Yuan, "Brother, take a look when you’re free, it might be useful."
"You’re too kind, Junior Sister," said Cheng Yuan, touched by the gesture, "It should be me who gives to you. Come back tomorrow, and I’ll take you to look in my private treasure trove."
"I’ve noted down all the martial arts moves Master passed to me. Alas, it’s a pity this kid can’t learn them."
Cheng Jin stayed silent.
He thought, it’s not his fault; it’s clearly Cheng Yuan’s fault.
He couldn’t teach properly and was blaming him for it.
"No need," Ying Zijin tactfully declined, "I don’t need it yet. Brother, I’m going ahead. Thank you for today."
Cheng Yuan pondered for a moment and said, "Junior Sister, let me accompany you. Where are you going?"
"Judicial Hall."
Cheng Yuan indeed escorted Ying Zijin all the way back to the Judicial Hall before returning to the Martial Arts Alliance.
In the study, he opened the book Ying Zijin had given him and started reading.
Cheng Yuan hadn’t been hopeful, but the more he read, the brighter his eyes shone.
He’d been stuck at a bottleneck for some time, unable to make progress.
But some of the cultivation methods in this book were like an awakening for him.
It was clear that Feng Xiu had not taught him this part.
Of course.
Who wouldn’t like a smart and beautiful girl?
After Cheng Yuan memorized the martial arts moves from the book, he went to the back mountain to cultivate.
**
Elsewhere.
The Xie Family.
When Patriarch Xie saw that Xie Nian was carried back, he was shocked.
If something happened to Xie Nian, they would be ruined.
"Quick! Summon Ancient Medicine!" Patriarch Xie frantically ordered, "Where are the people, Nian Nian has had an accident!"
All the ancient medical practitioners of the Xie Family rushed over to save Xie Nian together.
An hour later, Xie Nian finally regained consciousness.
She was pale, her fingers trembling.
Not only because her injuries were indeed severe but also because the humiliation was too great.
"Nian Nian, who did this to you?" Patriarch Xie slammed the table, "Just say the word, and we’ll seek justice for you."
Xie Nian gritted her teeth, "It was Cheng Yuan!"
Hearing this name, Patriarch Xie was startled, but his momentum deflated, "The Martial Arts Alliance Leader?!"
"Seek justice? Hmph, our Ancestor has already begun Closed-door Cultivation," Xie Nian’s voice was dark, "Besides our Ancestor, who else in the family could beat that old thing Cheng Yuan?"
She dug her nails into her palms, "No, I should say, who would go against that old thing Cheng Yuan for me?"
Even Xie Huanran wouldn’t deliberately provoke Cheng Yuan.
Xie Huanran was indeed talented because all of his younger ancestral peers had already passed away, and he was still alive.
Beneath Xie Huanran, the highest Cultivation in the Xie Family was just over three hundred years.
Weaker than Cheng Yuan.
It was true that she was highly favored by Xie Huanran, but the other ancestors of the Xie Family wouldn’t confront Cheng Yuan to the death for her sake.
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