Gu Long's World: Starting with the Legend of Chu Liuxiang

Seeing Jiang Fengyue draw his sword, Huang Luzhi said in a deep voice, "He is not Xiong Niangzi. Xiong Niangzi is already dead."

Hu Tiehua, who had been silent for a while, suddenly jumped out and said, "He's not Xiong Niangzi, do you think we're blind?"

Huang Luzhi slowly said, "The wicked Xiong Niangzi is long dead. What's here now is just a person who has been sincerely repenting for twenty years..."

Jiang Fengyue interrupted him, saying, "He has repented for twenty years, but can the wronged souls of those women who died at his hands be wiped away? How can the sins committed by a person be so easily washed away?"

As he spoke, Hu Tiehua suddenly collapsed to the ground, and Huang Luzhi also felt dizzy, mumbling, "You...why..."

Before he could finish speaking, he collapsed.

It turned out that Xiong Niangzi had secretly put out sleeping pills to drug everyone. He didn't want to die at this time; he still had things he had to do.

Jiang Fengyue and Chu Liuxiang remained standing upright. They had experienced even the most potent sleeping potions before—Wu Hua's purple smoke, Shi Guanyin's poppy powder—none of which could knock them out, let alone now.

Xiong Niangzi still wanted to escape. He used his lightness skill to fly far away. His lightness skill was really quite good. Just when he breathed a sigh of relief and thought he had escaped, a hand appeared on both of his shoulders at the same time and pressed him firmly to the spot.

On the left and right were Jiang Fengyue and Chu Liuxiang. No one in the world could show off their lightness skills in front of them.

Jiang Fengyue looked coldly at Xiong Niangzi and said, "If you want to live to your daughter's grave, you'd better bring us into the Divine Water Palace."

Ignoring her own perilous situation, Xiong Niangzi exclaimed in surprise, "Are you all going to the Divine Water Palace too?"

Chu Liuxiang said with a wry smile, "I must get to the Water Mother Yin Ji and find out why she insists on killing me."

Jiang Fengyue smiled and said, "A person who has been wronged must have a lot of grievances to tell."

The female warrior sighed deeply and said, "I can take you in, but you must promise me one thing."

Jiang Fengyue coldly asked, "What is it?"

The female warrior's face was filled with both sadness and fear as she said in a trembling voice, "You must accompany me to find my daughter's grave first. If we meet the Water Mother Yin Ji first, no one can guarantee that we will be alive to talk about what will happen next."

Jiang Fengyue said, "Okay."

The woman said in a deep voice, "Let's go now."

Xiong Niangzi first returned to the inn where he was staying to pack a package, and then led the two of them towards the mountains.

Jiang Fengyue, Chu Liuxiang, and Xiong Niangzi did not go directly into the mountain area, but instead walked along the foot of the mountain.

The places they passed through became increasingly remote, sometimes requiring them to cross mountain springs, sometimes thorny bushes, and sometimes even to pass through crevices in the mountains.

Xiong Niangzi didn't stop for a moment, and she remembered the road so clearly.

Chu Liuxiang frowned and said, "How do you remember such a complicated route so clearly?"

Xiong Niangzi did not stop because of Chu Liuxiang's words; her legs were still flying as she replied, "Because I have walked this road countless times."

Chu Liuxiang was shocked. How could a flower thief remember the way to the Divine Water Palace so clearly and still be alive and well? He became even more curious about the relationship between Xiong Niangzi and the Divine Water Palace.

As dawn broke, the mountain's outline, illuminated by the sun, appeared as if edged with gold, and morning mist rose from the valleys.

They had scaled a cliff and entered a cave.

The cave was pitch black and seemed bottomless.

Chu Liuxiang asked, "Could this be the path to the Divine Water Palace?"

The woman replied, "No."

Chu Liuxiang touched his nose and said, "Now..."

Jiang Fengyue interrupted Chu Liuxiang, pointed to the slowly rising sun outside, and said, "There is probably no one in the world who would dare to break into the Divine Water Palace in broad daylight."

The female warrior didn't speak, but instead tore off her mask in the darkness.

As the sun rose higher, a beam of light shone in, and the two were able to see the true face of the female warrior.

Chu Liuxiang exclaimed in surprise, "Gong Nanyan, you are Gong Nanyan!"

Chu Liuxiang stared blankly for a few more seconds before letting out a sigh of relief. Xiong Niangzi and Gong Nanyan looked almost identical, yet there were still some subtle differences. Chu Liuxiang could see the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes. There was no man in the world more like a woman than him.

Chu Liuxiang asked in a daze, "What is your relationship with Gong Nanyan?"

Xiong Niangzi opened the package he had brought from the inn and began changing into women's clothes. He said coldly, "It doesn't matter."

Jiang Fengyue thought to herself, if she had to describe it, their relationship was like that of a lover.

After changing into women's clothes, Xiong Niangzi looked even more like Gong Nanyan. He tossed two hooded garments to the two of them.

The female warrior said, "You don't need to disguise yourselves. Just wear your hoods and don't show your true faces. You'll be fine if you follow behind me."

Jiang Fengyue smiled and said, "So, you intend to infiltrate the Divine Water Palace under the guise of Gong Nanyan?"

The woman replied, "Yes."

People with many memories are never too bored while waiting, especially when they have friends. On this day in the cave, Chu Liuxiang and Jiang Fengyue talked a lot.

They talked about Hu Tiehua. Before they arrived, they had already sent the inn back to Hu Tiehua and Huang Luzhi, who had been captivated by him.

As they chatted, they came up with the topic of Yidianhong and Qu Wurong. Chu Liuxiang sighed, noting that these two people, who appeared as cold as icebergs, were actually filled with a burning passion inside.

These times were not boring, so it soon got dark, and they left the cave and came to a ravine.

Beyond the ravine lay a dead end, with mountains rising like walls on both sides, but a section of the mountain wall rose up in the middle, like a box with a missing edge.

Chu Liuxiang frowned and asked, "Is there another way out here?"

The woman said in a deep voice, "Come with me."

The female warrior groped along the mountain wall and quickly squeezed through a crack. There was a small gap between the middle and left sides of the mountain wall.

The gap was only wide enough for a person to slowly squeeze through sideways, and it was overgrown with weeds and vines. Jiang Fengyue felt extremely uncomfortable. If someone were even slightly overweight, they probably wouldn't be able to pass through.

After passing through the secret path, the road ahead suddenly opened up. The valley was shrouded in mist. The three of them groped their way forward, when suddenly the sound of flowing water surrounded them.

Upon closer inspection, one discovers a clear stream flowing through the mist, meandering deep into the valley.

The female warrior stopped and said, "We'll enter the Divine Water Palace from here."

Chu Liuxiang said, "You mean, we swim across?"

The female warrior said, "Besides the gate of the Divine Water Palace, this is the only way to go."

All three were good swimmers and were about to jump down together when, through the mist, a small boat appeared faintly on the river, and a slender white figure stood at the bow.

The young woman's eyes were filled with fear. Just as she was about to turn and run away, a cold voice came from behind her, saying, "Now that you're here, why leave?"