#163 - Mr. Xiao, you are too self-indulgent.

Emerging from the teahouse, Wei Changtian and Ning Yu Ke boarded separate carriages, one heading out of the south gate, while the other went straight to a gambling den in the city.

"Creak~"

The unremarkable carriage stopped at the back door of a gambling den named "Chang Le". Ning Yu Ke lowered her head and got out, quickly entering the building under the cover of several "gambling addicts", and appeared in a spacious secret room a few minutes later.

"Shing!"

Five men who were practicing their punches and kicks immediately turned around, staring at her silently, some even quietly reaching for the hilts of their sabers.

A weak woman facing five fierce-looking men alone in such a secret place, but Ning Yu Ke's face showed no trace of fear.

"Gentlemen, I am here on the orders of Young Master Wei to correct your words and deeds."

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The men exchanged glances, then one of them asked in a deep voice, "How can we trust you?"

"Since Young Master Wei sent you, why didn't Young Master Chu inform us in advance?!"

"Who the hell are you?!"

As they spoke, the five men slowly approached Ning Yu Ke with their sabers raised, but the latter's expression remained unchanged, she simply shook her head gently.

"You are no longer members of the Gongji Society, why are you still speaking so vulgarly?"

"Didn't Young Master Wei tell you to remember your new identities?"

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Upon hearing this, the five men stopped, their expressions becoming uncertain.

Ning Yu Ke paused, then continued to speak to herself:

"Furthermore, if I were really just here to test you, wouldn't those few words you just said have already exposed Young Master Wei and Young Master Chu?"

"Your lives are insignificant, but if it leads to Young Master Wei being implicated, have you ever thought about the consequences?"

"This..."

The five men instantly broke out in a cold sweat upon hearing this, and gradually began to believe Ning Yu Ke's identity.

"This lady, we were wrong, we hope you can..."

"Answer again."

Ning Yu Ke suddenly interrupted coldly.

"Uh..."

The men across from her looked at each other, and after a long while, one of them replied in a deep voice:

"What Young Master Wei? We don't understand what you're talking about!"

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"Barely passable."

Ning Yu Ke walked to the table and slowly sat down, her eyelids drooping: "There are too many things you need to change, let's start with your posture today."

". Yes."

The five men finally confirmed that the woman in the cloth dress in front of them was indeed sent by Wei Changtian, and after respectfully responding, they put down their sabers one after another.

Although Ning Yu Ke's expression remained calm, her palms, which were gently clenched, were already drenched in sweat.

In just over ten days, she had gone from Princess Rou'an to a "instructor" of some underground organization.

This was the task Wei Changtian had given her—

Within a month, completely "transform" these men who only knew how to fight and kill, so that they could become the "backbone" of the Da Ning Dynasty in the future.

Ning Yu Ke didn't know why Wei Changtian would tell her such a secret, but...

"Face forward, shoulders level, back straight, arms like holding a drum, this is the proper standing posture."

South of Shu Prefecture City, Little Green Mountain.

Just as Ning Yu Ke was using the etiquette knowledge she had grown up with to transform the five members of the Tongzhou Society, Wei Changtian was pacing back and forth in a farmyard.

Today, because he had to accompany Ning Yu Ke to send Ning Qingyu to his burial, he had asked Yang Liu Shi to go with several members of the Gongji Society.

But he didn't expect a problem to occur the first time.

"What time is it now?"

Frowning, Wei Changtian asked Zhang San beside him.

"Young Master, it's already late Wu Shi."

Zhang San immediately replied: "In another quarter of an hour, it will be Wei Shi."

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It's almost Wei Shi?

Wei Changtian looked at the silent mountain road not far away, his brows furrowing even deeper.

It shouldn't be, Yanyun Mountain and Little Green Mountain are not far apart. If based on the previous "delivery" time, Yang Liu Shi should have returned by early Wu Shi at the latest.

Why has it been delayed for so long?

Could it be that the clumsy bear delayed the "delivery"?

Or did the demon beast break free? And Yang Liu Shi and the others couldn't defeat it?

But these people all have the strength of the sixth rank, dealing with a monster with less than fifty years of cultivation shouldn't be a problem.

The more Wei Changtian thought about it, the more confused he became, not knowing which link had a problem.

But he really couldn't be blamed for this.

Even if he was given ten more chances, Wei Changtian probably wouldn't be able to guess what Yang Liu Shi had encountered in Yanyun Mountain.

Yanyun Mountain.

"Cough!"

Yang Liu Shi coughed up a mouthful of blood weakly, surrounded by the bodies of several men who were no longer breathing.

Looking up at the man holding the black sword in front of her, she never expected to meet Xiao Feng here.

In fact, Xiao Feng was also very surprised by this.

He had originally been guarding Yanyun Mountain just to try his luck and see if he could meet the mysterious person who also mastered "Demon Capture".

But he never expected that Yang Liu Shi would be the one to arrive.

Xiao Feng wasn't stupid, he knew that the reason he failed to lure and kill Wei Changtian last time must have been because Yang Liu Shi had tipped him off in advance.

In addition, Yang Liu Shi had been living with Wei Changtian ever since she came to Shu Prefecture, so the relationship between the two was even more self-evident.

Xiao Feng certainly hated such "betrayal", but he had been unable to act because the Wei residence was heavily guarded.

But he never expected that he would find an opportunity in this way today.

"Shing!"

The black sword pointed forward, only a few inches away from her fair neck.

Xiao Feng looked down, and said indifferently with a blank expression: "I'll ask you one last time, can you absorb cultivation from demon corpses? Do you know the supernatural power of Demon Capture?"

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Although Yang Liu Shi had never heard of Demon Capture, she knew that Xiao Feng was referring to one of the methods Wei Changtian had displayed that day.

"Young Master Xiao cough, Young Master Xiao doesn't need to ask any further, I don't know."

"Alas, it seems you really refuse to speak."

Xiao Feng shook his head, internal energy permeating the Xuantian Sword: "Although I don't know why you would do this, it must be for Wei Changtian."

"Actually, if you hadn't betrayed me in the first place, I might not have killed you today..."

"Betrayal?"

Yang Liu Shi showed a mocking smile, and suddenly interrupted: "Young Master Xiao is being too sentimental."

"The reason I agreed to work for you twice before was just to lure you into Young Master Wei's trap."

"There was never any sincerity, so how can there be betrayal?"

"It's just a pity that Young Master Xiao, your luck was good, and you were able to escape that disaster. Thinking about it now, it's really a pity..."

Fresh blood stained her lips red, and then dripped down her delicate chin little by little.

Yang Liu Shi was still smiling, her beautiful face showing no trace of fear, only mockery.

"Clang!"

"Damn it!"

Accompanied by the unsheathing of a long saber, a low roar suddenly sounded.

However, the person cursing was not Xiao Feng, but the burly man who had followed him all the way from the capital to Shu Prefecture.

"Damn it! Hall Master! Let me kill this bitch for you!"

The man's face was full of anger, and without waiting for Xiao Feng to answer, he raised his long saber and slashed fiercely at Yang Liu Shi, who no longer had the power to resist.