Sword Roaring in the Sky

Chapter 38: The Jianghu is too complicated (asking for monthly tickets)
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Sun Lingdie accompanied the girl kidnapped by Quick Knife Tian San into the car.

Sun Yanwan had driven a car before, but he had never driven a car. When he and Miao Youxiu were on the road, it was Master Miao who was driving the car. He could only reluctantly take the driver's seat, pat the horse's butt, and shout a few times. The old horse pulling the car was very smart and actually pulled the car obediently and went away without any stubborn temper.

When they came, the two of them used their Qinggong skills to travel very quickly. When they went back, they drove a carriage, so naturally they were much slower. When they returned outside the city, it was already bright and the city gates were open.

Sun Yanwan drove into the city and sent the people back home with Sun Lingdie. As they drove the cart away, they saw the body of Tian San, the Swift Knife, lying on the ground not far ahead.

Sun Yanwan almost thought that the world of martial arts was about to turn into a world of strange talk, when she heard Sun Lingdie say, "Brother Sun, please bring up the body of this rapist. We need to send it to the government office."

Sun Yanwan finally came to his senses and thought to himself, "It turned out that it was someone from the Tianji Sun family who brought this thing here, not this rapist corpse."

He went down and carried the body of Kuaidao Tian San onto the carriage.

When they reached the yamen, Sun Lingdie kicked the rapist's body down, stabbed a letter with a flying knife, and nailed it to the gate of the yamen with her shaking hands. She smiled softly and said, "Brother Sun, let's go."

Sun Yanwan drove the carriage around a few streets and alleys when he saw someone approaching and holding the old horse. He glanced at Sun Lingdie and saw that the girl looked normal. He knew that this wasn't a broad daylight robbery of the horse, but rather someone from the Tianji Sun family coming to clean up the mess. He immediately jumped off the carriage and was about to bow and say goodbye when he heard Sun Lingdie say, "The letter I just wrote was asking the government to distribute the bonus for the reward on the swift sword Tian San to the people of the city. You should have received a share, so I took the initiative."

Sun Yanwan smiled and said, "This is what should be done."

Sun Lingdie laughed, waved her hand, and left.

After working all night and even fighting with someone, Sun Yanwan felt a little tired, so he returned to the inn and fell asleep.

He didn't get up until ten in the afternoon, feeling refreshed. He went to his eldest brother, Zhang Qingxi, and recounted what had happened the previous night. Zhang Qingxi smiled slightly and said, "The rapist Tian San's bonus is at most two hundred strings of cash, but the Sun family must give at least fifteen hundred strings of cash, which will be distributed to the people of the city in the name of the county government."

Sun Yanwan asked in surprise: "Why is this?"

Zhang Qingxi smiled and replied, "The Dalang court has its own laws. How can we allow people from the underworld to kill people at will? Even if it's a rapist, he must be punished according to the law. We won't allow people from the underworld to deal with it on their own."

"So these martial arts families do these things to gain a reputation for chivalry. The imperial court gains face, and they often turn a blind eye to these renowned knights. This is one of the secrets of navigating the martial arts world."

Sun Yanwan suddenly felt that this world of martial arts was extremely complicated. It was not the simple world described in Eastern martial arts novels. It would be impossible to play it without some brains.

The two brothers had a meal, bought some food for the journey, checked out of the inn, and set out on their journey again.

The two of them left the city and rode for half a day. As Zhang Qingxi had said, there were no houses on the road. As night fell, they were about to find a dry place to spend the night when they heard a charming voice calling out, "Brother Sun, we meet you again."

Sun Yanwan looked in the direction of the sound and saw the Sun family's grandparents and grandchildren building a fire. A carriage was parked beside the fire, waiting for them on the roadside. He was greatly surprised and thought to himself, "How can they be faster in a carriage than we are on horseback?" Then he realized what was happening and thought to himself, "They must have taken a shortcut, gotten ahead of us first, and then moved a carriage ahead of us to appear elusive and unpredictable."

"The Jianghu is too complicated." Zhang Qingxi smiled and thought to himself, "Junior Brother Sun is actually quite lucky with love."

"But he's too young to be married yet. I wonder if he'll be fought over by several chivalrous women when he grows up. That'll be quite a spectacle."

Sun Yanwan also smiled brightly and waved, "Senior Sun, Miss Sun, how come you are ahead of us?"

Sun Yunhe smiled but said nothing, but Sun Lingdie said with a smile: "This is a secret, I can't tell you."

"We, the grandfather and grandson, are about to take a break. Would you like to come sit with us?"

Zhang Qingxi and Sun Yanwan rode over. Sun Yanwan asked curiously, "Senior Sun, are you going to Songyang Mountain too?"

Sun Yunhe said calmly, "The Songyang Sect's Seven Clans Martial Arts Competition never prohibits outsiders from observing, and they often even invite guests to participate in such grand events. I have been invited several times, but this time I would be disrespectful to refuse, so I will go reluctantly."

This Great Sage Tianji was not bragging. In order to make their young disciples famous, the Songyang Sect did send invitations to friendly sects in the martial arts world every year. However, most of the famous seniors would not travel all the way to Songyang Mountain just to watch a martial arts competition. Only a very small number of people who love the hustle and bustle of the martial arts world, or young disciples from various sects would come specially to show their support.

"Old seniors" like Sun Yunhe would politely decline every year, only allowing the younger generation of Tianji Sect to see the scene and make friends with the disciples of Songyang Sect.

Sun Lingdie didn't like this kind of excitement at first, but when she knew that Sun Yan was going to participate in the Seven Clans Martial Arts Competition in the evening, she encouraged her grandfather to take her there.

The two grandparents drove a horse-drawn carriage and were able to carry a lot of things. They were well prepared and even had two legs of lamb and a rack of lamb roasted on the fire. They were already two or three minutes rare and the aroma was fragrant.

Sun Yanwan didn't hesitate to sit down beside the fire and asked Sun Yunhe, "This is my first time back to Songyang Mountain since I started learning martial arts. I don't know what the Seven Clans Martial Arts Competition is like. Can you tell me about it, senior?"

Sun Lingdie glanced at Zhang Qingxi and asked, "Why don't you ask your own senior brother?"

Zhang Qingxi touched his nose. He actually didn't have much experience. After all, this grandmaster's first disciple was extremely famous in the Songyang Sect and was a well-known young genius. He had participated in several Seven Clans Martial Arts Competitions and won most of the matches without fighting. Occasionally, he had to fight but only used a few moves.

In particular, he had participated in the Group B competition and won the championship, and had participated in the Group A competition and got seventh place, but he had never participated in the Group C competition, so he had no experience to share with his junior brothers.

Sun Yanwan said awkwardly, "My senior brother won't be participating this time."

Sun Lingdie chuckled and said, "I've been there three or four times. I'll let my sister teach you."

In order to let the younger generation gain more experience in the martial arts world and get to know more talented people from the Songyang Sect, the Tianji Sun family sends some disciples to observe every year. However, Sun Lingdie has never been there, otherwise how could she not recognize Zhang Qingxi?
This butterfly fairy is here to amuse Sun Yanwan.

Zhang Qingxi touched his nose and thought to himself, "Has this Miss Sun ever been to the Seven Clans Martial Arts Competition?"

"Why do you act like you don't know me?"

"Did my rankings those few times seem too low? Didn't anyone notice?"

"At my age, being able to make it into the top ten of the A-class isn't too bad!"

(End of this chapter)