That evening, Han Changsheng returned to his room and took\nout the book on Yuehua Sect\u2019s rules and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He had taught in Tianning for nineteen years and been the\nleader for several years now. Tianning\u2019s teachings on the righteous Sects were\nunclear, but now he had to study the rules of Yuehua Sect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If for nothing else, to drive out that Dog Lord Xianjun out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Black and White Impermanence only told him the mysterious\nold man would die in a month. Before, Anyuan happened to find the old man and\nwas taught by him, but now the original Li Jiulong died first and left this heavy\nburden to him. In one month, he had to find a way to drive Anyuan out of Yuehua\nand let him find the old man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, not only was Anyuan popular, there was no one from\ntop to bottom that didn\u2019t like him. It wasn\u2019t going to be easy to frame him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Yuehua Sect was descended from martial arts, and there\nwere enough rules to give Han Changsheng a headache. He skipped several of them\nand only looked at the ones that would see a disciple expelled from the Sect.\nWhoring or prostitution, gambling, robbery, murder, etc. were among them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At morning practice the next day, Han Changsheng yawned as\nhe practiced his martial arts. Liu Xiaoqi ran in, \u201cDa-shixiong, good morning!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ever since Han Changsheng saved Liu Xiaoqi, the younger disciple\nwould rush to greet him every morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Han Changsheng\u2019s expression contorted listlessly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Liu Xiaoqi looked at him and asked cautiously, \u201cDa-shixiong,\ndid you not sleep well last night?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Han Changsheng thought about Anyuan all night, and his lack\nof sleep was written on his face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Liu Xiaoqi worried. \u201cIs your body okay? I\u2019ll make a sachet\ntonight for you, it\u2019ll help you sleep and soothe your nerves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s nothing urgent. I just have something to ask you.\u201d Han\nChangsheng glanced around and\nwhispered, \u201cXiao shidi, do you know of Huangfu\u2019s shortcomings?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Liu Xiaoqi was a little surprised but answered, \u201cEr-shixiong\nis honest and has goodwill. Shortcomings. . . I don\u2019t really know.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Han Changsheng snapped, \u201cWho wants you to say he is kind and\ngood?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Liu Xiaoqi hurried to appease him, \u201cDa-shixiong is kinder,\neven if your face is colder than your heart.\u201d This was the truth, he was\ntouched that Han Changsheng helped him. If it had been er-shixiong, he probably\nwouldn\u2019t have cared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Han Changsheng said, \u201cI didn\u2019t ask you to flatter me. Is\nthere really nothing wrong with him?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Liu Xiaoqi was helpless. \u201cWhat do you want, da-shixiong? You\u2019re\nbest friends with er-shixiong. If you don\u2019t know, how could I?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Han Changsheng asked, \u201cI\u2019m best friends with Huangfu?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Liu Xiaoqi nodded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although Li Jiulong hated Anyuan in his heart, he could always\nhide it on the surface. He knew that Yue Peng liked Anyuan the most and he\nwould often hang around the second disciple and put on this show of brotherhood.\nAt the same time, he did his best to damage the trust in Anyuan and sought out opportunities\nto murder him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While the two spoke, Anyuan walked over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He was also practicing so Anyuan naturally didn\u2019t wear a hat\nto cover his face. He was dressed in white clothing, and his posture was\nupright. With his face like white jade, eyebrows like mountains, and the depths\nof his eyes like water in autumn, his beauty was that of a blooming lotus\nflower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everyone set down their swords and turned to look at him. Anyuan\nhad been in the Yuehua Sect for ten years, but people were still stunned by his\nappearance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Han Changsheng also appeared somewhat dumbfounded, but he\nquickly returned to his senses and glared at Anyuan. This Dog Lord was better\nthan his ancestors, and it was simply unbearable! He wanted to make him suffer\na bit!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The sword in Han Changsheng\u2019s hand burned hot with the desire\nto stab the Dog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Morning exercises ended after an hour, and the disciples\nwere free to do as they wished. Some went back to rest, and others continued\npracticing their swordsmanship. Other still ran to the side to laugh and\nchatter together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDa-shixiong!\u201d When Han Changsheng was about to leave, Yue\nYu-er yelled from behind and ran over. He pulled out his sword and pointed the tip\nat her heart. She jerked to a halt and almost ran into it. Even if it was a\nwooden sword, it still wasn\u2019t fun to hit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yue Yu-er wore an expression of grievance, \u201cDa-shixiong\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everyday Han Changsheng came to practice, this little girl\nwould come find him. He deeply regretted acting out that day. If he had known\nthings were going to turn out this way\u2026 He once heard Yue Yu-er speak\nmaliciously about Tianning\u2019s teachings and struggled hard that night to not go\nand beat her face in. No one\u2019s martial arts were better than his! He! A teacher\nof Tianning! Had fallen so low as to spar with Yuehua\u2019s female disciple?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Han Changsheng\u2019s tongue swiped over his teeth, and he said, \u201cPractice\nfor another hundred years than come find Laozi!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yue yu-er pursed her lips and retreated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He turned to leave but her voice demanded from behind him\nagain, \u201cEr-shixiong, compete with me!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Han Changsheng stopped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOkay,\u201d Anyuan agreed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Han Changsheng pretended to leave without care and walked\naround the corner, then wandered back to hide behind a tree. He was curious how\ngood Anyuan was with his martial arts. He had kicked Anyuan off a cliff, but it\nwas a sneak attack from behind, and Anyuan couldn\u2019t see it at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yue Yu-er and Anyuan saluted each other and Anyuan elegantly\noffered, \u201cXiao shimei, if you please.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yue Yu-er was not polite and swung her sword at Anyuan, \u201cWatch!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anyuan leaned sideways to dodge the strike, and she tried\nagain. Anyuan lifted his arm and blocked it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After a few more strikes, Han Changsheng came to an understanding.\nLike the other disciples, Anyuan let Yue Yu-er win, but unlike the others, he made\nit an instructional contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He would point out her weaknesses with every move and crack\nthem open, forcing Yue Yu-er to acknowledge her inadequacies. Still, he never\ntook the initiative to attack. If Yue Yu-er was smart, she would learn by\nfighting him a few times. Han Changsheng and Gu Mingxian often compared notes\nthis way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, after seven or eight collisions, Yue Yu-er suddenly\ndropped her sword and barked, \u201cStop!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anyuan stalled and asked, \u201cXiao shimei, what happened?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yue Yu-er snorted, \u201cYou go easy on me, and I can\u2019t do my\nbest. If you won\u2019t fight, what is the point to this!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anyuan said, startled, \u201cI don\u2019t want to fight. It\u2019s not a\nmatter of winning or losing, it\u2019s about learning in comparison\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yue Yu-er interrupted him, \u201cDo you look down on me?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHow so?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThen do better!\u201d Yue Yu-er didn\u2019t wait for his reply and\nstabbed toward his heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anyuan had no choice but to block the sword. He still\nrefused to use his full strength and pushed it aside. \u201cXiao shimei, your hand\nshould be a little lower.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s better to use the ninth style instead of that\none.\u201d \u201cHere\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yue Yu-er stopped again, and this time she dumped the sword\non the ground. When she spoke, her voice was filled with hate, \u201cYou\u2019re all the\nsame! Just because I\u2019m the Head\u2019s daughter, everyone lets me win, coaxes me and\ndeceives me! Only da-shixiong will seriously practice with me and show me where\nI\u2019m lacking!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Don\u2019t even mention Anyuan, Han Changsheng hiding behind the\ntree was stunned. This misunderstanding\u2026 seems a little steep\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHmph! Hypocrite!\u201d Yue Yu-er glared at Anyuan and turned to run\naway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anyuan watched her back as she left and sighed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Han Changsheng stepped out from behind the tree and looked\nthis way and that, then left in confusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He returned to his room and considered, again, the topic of\nexpelling Anyuan. Yuehua Sect was very strict. If a disciple was absent from\npractice for no reason or was caught being lazy more than five times, they\ncould be kicked out of martial arts. Other punishments included meditation, missing\nmeals, getting beaten with a stick, and other penalties. If Han Changsheng acted\nlike he did in the mountain, he would have been punished and kicked out of the sect\nevery day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But Anyuan\u2019s martila arts was doing very well. Otherwise,\nwhy would so many elders and peers like him? To seize his weakness, he would\nhave to take the same road as Li Jiulong and get close to him first. Liu Xiaoqi\nsaid the closest person to Anyuan was Li Jiulong, so even if he was reluctant,\nhe had to do it anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Han Changsheng got up to go find Anyuan, but a bell rang outside.\nHe had been in Yuehua for several days, but he\u2019d never heard the bell before. There\nwasn\u2019t anything special about today, so what happened?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He opened his door and saw a group of disciples rushing in a\ndirection. Liu Xiaoqi was amongst them, and he darted over to grab him. \u201cWhat\u2019s\ngoing on?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Liu Xiaoqi was bewildered. \u201cI don\u2019t know. The Head strikes\nthe bell to gather everyone at the Writing Hall. I think it\u2019s something\nimportant.\u201d Han Changsheng didn\u2019t know, like Liu Xiaoqi, that the bell was a\nsignal for the disciples to gather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Confused, Han Changsheng followed the others in the\ndirection of the Writing Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n