#1045 - Are you stupid?

Jun Wuxie's hearing was sharp, and he could clearly hear the rushing water sounds coming from behind, even from a distance.

He knew that Anning was bathing.

Thinking of her severed arm, he couldn't help but frown.

How exactly did her arm get severed?

How could she lose an arm while in Qingzhou?

Even with his quick thinking, it was difficult to come up with a reasonable answer.

To say that it was done in anger by the Prince of Ning was highly unlikely.

She was his own daughter, and everyone knew that the Prince of Ning doted on Princess Anning.

The soft sound of water continued for a long time, about half an hour, before it subsided.

"Young Master Yue..."

Anning's voice entered his ears. Although it was very soft and from a distance, he still heard it.

Jun Wuxie turned around and saw that she had already put on her clothes and was weakly standing there, leaning on a blue stone by the shore.

He returned to her side, but found that there was still blood on her hair, dirty and messy, and it had not been washed clean.

"I... I don't have the strength to wash the dirt off my hair. Could you help me?"

After she finished speaking, she lowered her head pitifully.

"Come here."

Jun Wuxie walked to the lakeside and sat down, beckoning to her.

Princess Anning sat down next to him, leaned back, and rested her head on his lap, her long black hair cascading backward, suspended in the clear lake water.

Jun Wuxie gathered her hair and carefully washed it in the lake water, occasionally using some energy to assist in purification.

During this process, he noticed that Anning kept looking at him, and couldn't help but say, "Is there a flower on my face?"

"You are a very annoying person, but you are also so outstanding. Anning doesn't know if it is her fortune or misfortune to meet a proud son of heaven like you..."

"It is both fortune and misfortune."

Jun Wuxie didn't look at her, but continued to wash her hair, saying, "I am a wanderer, with the world as my home, and I never stay in one place for long. Qingzhou is just one of countless stations in my life, but for you, Qingzhou is a hometown that you can't bear to part with."

"A good man has ambitions in all directions, and will not be content with a corner, especially a man as talented and brilliant as you, who is destined to go higher and further. Anning understands."

Jun Wuxie: ...

He really wanted to say, I don't know if you really understand or just pretend to understand.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Anning changed the subject, "Where are we going next? This direction doesn't seem to be the direction back to Qingzhou, but the direction to Hanzhou."

"That's right, we're going to Hanzhou."

Anning was stunned and said, "Why? Hanzhou is so dangerous. Now the Ding family may have already started to act and are on their way to hunt us down."

"Then we'll go to the Ding family in Yecheng."

"Ah?"

Anning lay on his lap, staring blankly at him, unable to recover for a long time.

Going to the Ding family in Yecheng, wouldn't that be entering the wolf's den?

Coming back to her senses, she thought carefully and exclaimed, "Young Master Yue, could it be that you are thinking of...?"

"That's what I mean."

"But, the Ding family has many strong experts, and it is said that there is a Supreme Saint realm expert guarding it. If we go like this, I'm afraid..."

Jun Wuxie didn't respond, cleaned the last bit of dirt from her hair, and then lowered his head to look at her, saying, "From now on, you are not allowed to question my decisions at any time. Do you think I would be stupid enough to court death?"

"Young Master, Anning doesn't mean that..." Meeting his unquestionable gaze, Anning's eyes trembled slightly and said, "Anning dares not question you..."

She yielded, involuntarily retreating, defeated by his strength.

Sometimes, this man gave her too much pressure, even stronger than when her father showed his majesty.

"What happened to your arm?"

Jun Wuxie reached out and grabbed her empty sleeve, asking the question in his heart.

"I lost it when I was being chased by a strong expert from the Ding family."

Jun Wuxie knew she was lying as soon as he heard it.

He had already checked the wound on her severed arm. It was not recent. It had been at least a month.

But he didn't rush to expose her, "Why did you come to Yecheng in Hanzhou? Why is the Ding family chasing you? What is the holy medicine they are talking about?"

"Some time ago, our Ning Royal Mansion received news that the merchants in Yecheng, Hanzhou, were selling second-grade rare treasures, so my father asked us to come to Yecheng to buy the holy medicine. The young master of the Ding family should also need these two holy medicines, but they were one step late, and we bought the holy medicines, so they sent people to snatch them."

"What rare holy medicines?"

"Blood Muscle Grass and a Life Holy Spring with a purity of twelve percent."

Anning took out two blood-red, crystal-clear herbs from her storage ring. They were about a foot long and strangely shaped, a bit like a person without a head, with four leaves corresponding to the human limbs.

There was also a crystal bottle, three inches tall, filled with clear, emerald green spring water.

Seeing these two rare treasures, Jun Wuxie finally understood why she had come to Yecheng in Hanzhou.

Blood Muscle Grass and a Life Holy Spring with a purity of twelve percent were both used to regenerate bones and flesh.

Anning's arm was missing, and these things could just regenerate her severed arm.

However, Anning's next actions surprised him.

She directly placed the Blood Muscle Grass and the second-grade top-level Life Holy Spring in his hand and said, "I suddenly remembered that your senior brothers and sisters seem to need them. Young Master Yue, take them back to your senior brothers and sisters. I still have some."

"Do you really still have some?"

With his quick mind, he suddenly understood everything at this moment.

"Yes, I bought several copies in Yecheng. The ones I gave you are just two of them."

She said with a smile.

"Open the storage ring and let me see."

Jun Wuxie could actually pretend not to know and cooperate with her.

He already understood why Anning would do this. She wanted to resolve the hatred with the True Martial Peak.

Logically speaking, there was no direct hatred between the True Martial Peak and her.

She did this, and even paid the price of an arm, and almost died in this mountain range.

If he pretended not to know, his conscience wouldn't allow it.

This was not his principle.

"What's there to see? I really have some..."

Anning didn't expect that he would actually ask her to open the storage ring, and suddenly she lost her confidence.

There was no Blood Muscle Grass or Life Holy Spring inside. Apart from some ordinary resources and some daily necessities for girls, there was nothing else.

He plucked two leaves from the Blood Muscle Grass and prepared to feed them to her.

"No need, it's too wasteful!"

Anning hurriedly stopped him. Her arm had only been lost recently, and she didn't need that much.

These rare treasures were hard-earned.

The two people from the True Martial Peak had been missing limbs for nearly twenty years, and it was very difficult to regenerate their limbs. A large amount of Blood Muscle Grass and Life Holy Spring was needed.

She was worried that if she used it like this, there wouldn't be enough treasures by then.

"Open your mouth!"

Anning shook her head, her red lips tightly closed, with a pleading look in her eyes.

Wasn't the purpose of paying so much to resolve the grievances?

If there were not enough treasures, and the two people from the True Martial Peak ultimately failed to regenerate their limbs, wouldn't all her efforts be in vain?

Jun Wuxie ignored her resistance, reached out and pinched her face, forcibly pried open her teeth, and stuffed the Blood Muscle Grass in, pouring in some Life Holy Spring.

Then, a strand of blood energy poured in, sending the Blood Muscle Grass and Life Holy Spring to her throat.

"Don't move! I'll help you guide the medicinal energy."

Jun Wuxie placed one hand on her lower abdomen and rolled up her empty sleeve with the other.

The special life essence of the Blood Muscle Grass and Life Holy Spring dissolved and was guided by him towards the severed part of her shoulder.

At the same time, he also guided the power of the life essence blood he had left in her body, fusing the three kinds of life essence.

Anning felt an itchy sensation coming from the place where her arm was severed, gradually accompanied by bursts of tingling, as if something was growing.

She turned her head and saw that crystal-clear bones had pierced through the skin of the wound and were slowly growing out.

Jun Wuxie continued to guide the medicinal energy, watching Anning's arm bones grow bit by bit.

Her bones were very thin and crystal-clear, like jade.

This was a characteristic of cultivators. Upon reaching the Saint Realm, the bones would be like this.

The higher the realm, the stronger the physical body, and the more crystal-clear and tough the bones. Some bones would have different colors due to bloodline constitution.

Waiting for the arm bones and hand bones to all grow out, flesh also began to grow from the shoulder.

Seeing the smile on Anning's face when she saw her arm growing out, Jun Wuxie couldn't help but say, "I thought you really wanted to be a one-armed princess. How is it, isn't it better to have all four limbs?"

"Who... Who wants to be one-armed? I just..."

She hesitated, and ultimately didn't continue.

"You just wanted to deceive funds from your father, so you tore off your arm, right?"

"How... How did you know...?"

Anning didn't expect to be guessed so easily.

"Aren't you stupid?" Jun Wuxie was very speechless. This woman was really reckless. She actually tore off her arm just to get funds from the Prince of Ning.

In fact, he himself was also having a headache about resolving the estrangement between the True Martial Peak and Anning.

What Anning did was equivalent to helping him.

"Don't be so stupid in the future."

Jun Wuxie overflowed with heat between his palms, gently stroking her hair, and quickly drying her hair.

Anning was silent. Did she have another choice?

She didn't.

If he didn't do this, he wouldn't be able to dilute the grudges with the True Martial Peak. Then what would happen to his father, the King of Ning?

This man was too strong.

With the strength he had shown, the Ning Royal Mansion could no longer do anything to him.

She believed he definitely had even stronger cards up his sleeve.

Otherwise, with someone as cunning as him, how could he have so easily revealed the secret of the Blood鬃 Lion-Dog Beast King in front of others?

She didn't know how he would treat her father in the future. Although he had promised to help her father ascend the throne, he had never said that he would forgive past grievances.

She didn't dare to ask, fearing she would receive an answer she couldn't accept.

If that were the case, she didn't know how she would face him.

Jun Wuxie guessed what she was thinking, but this topic couldn't be brought up, nor could it be discussed openly.

The King of Ning was destined to die. What he could do in the future was perhaps only to give the King of Ning a way to die that wouldn't make Anning too uncomfortable.

He picked up Anning and instantly disappeared into the distance.

It was still a very long distance from Yecheng in Hanzhou.

Although Yecheng could only be considered a city on the edge of Hanzhou, Hanzhou was really too big.

He ran for more than ten days using the 'Line Character Secret', and only then did he see that magnificent city at the end of the earth.

That city was several times larger than the imperial city of the Great Gan.

Under the setting sun, Yecheng was illuminated with a golden-red hue.

The city was majestic and grand, with countless tall buildings, wide streets, and interconnected roads.

"Get down and walk yourself. In these ten days, your Wheel of Life has been repaired, and your spirit has recovered almost completely."

Jun Wuxie put her down.

"We have to change our appearances. Don't move, I'll help you."

He injected his blood energy into her body, changing her bone structure, making her appearance completely different in an instant.

This method was the least likely to be seen through and safer than her changing her appearance herself.

Under the setting sun, they walked side by side towards the city, casting long shadows on the ground.

This city also had Rune Armor troops guarding it, all in the Saint Realm, with the squad leader being in the Saint King Realm, and the general being in the Great Saint Realm.

Hanzhou was indeed not comparable to Qingzhou.

Yecheng was only a border city of Hanzhou.

In the entire Hanzhou, Yecheng could only be considered a small city, but the configuration of its military force had reached the standard of the elite troops of the Great Gan Dynasty.

Yecheng was very prosperous. At sunset, the lights on both sides of the street lit up, creating a brightly lit scene.

Even though it was very late, the pedestrians on the street had not decreased, but were still coming and going in an endless stream. The shops selling various things were doing a brisk business, and the voices of people were boiling.

Jun Wuxie found an inn and asked for a separate small courtyard.

"You wait for me here, don't go anywhere. After I'm done with things, I'll come back to pick you up."

After bringing Anning to the small courtyard, he prepared to leave, but Anning grabbed his arm.

"You are very safe here."

Jun Wuxie looked at the surrounding environment and then at her current very ordinary face.

"Then come back early."

Anning didn't know what was wrong with her. Seeing him about to leave, she suddenly felt a lack of security.

Perhaps this place had left her with not very good memories.

Just a few days ago, she almost died in the hands of the Ding family's experts in Yecheng.

Now she was back here again, and she was about to stay alone in this small courtyard.

"You don't look like the female Zhuge you used to be now."

Jun Wuxie smiled, turned around, and disappeared from her sight.

Anning walked to the table under the tree in the courtyard and sat down, propping her chin with her hands, staring blankly at the courtyard gate.

… …

The Ding family, one of the three famous and prominent families in Yecheng, had a long history and deep foundation.

There were several experts in the Overlord Saint Small Celestial Realm in the family.

The Ding family's mansion was located in a scenic area in the south of the city, with beautiful mountains and clear waters.

Its mansion was more like a large manor, heavily guarded.

Jun Wuxie didn't dare to be careless. He used the Minor Void Art to hide himself and quietly sneaked into the Ding family.

He sensed the locations of those few Overlord Saint experts, all of whom were in the Ding family's council hall.

At this time, a large number of Ding family's high-level figures were gathered in the council hall.

"Family Head, do we really have to go to Qingzhou?"

"If we want to capture the Blood鬃 Lion-Dog Beast King alive, I'm afraid the Elders will have to take action. If our Elders leave, the family's interior will be empty. What if the other two families take advantage of the situation?"

"We will go secretly. As long as we keep the news, they won't know! The Blood鬃 Lion-Dog Beast King is probably already in the Legendary Realm. If we can subdue it, when it breaks through to the Overlord Saint Realm in the future, then our Ding family will be able to unify Yecheng!" Speaking of this, the Ding family head looked at the people below and said: "Have the identities of that kid and that girl been investigated clearly?"

"Reporting to the Family Head, everything has been investigated clearly. That kid is a disciple of a small sect called Qingyun Cave Heaven in Qingzhou, and that girl is Anning, the Princess of the Ning Royal Mansion of the Great Gan Dynasty in Qingzhou."

"A disciple of a small sect, a princess of a royal mansion, actually dared to kill my Ding family's Half-Step Overlord Saint. This time, we are going to Qingzhou to subdue the Blood鬃 Lion-Dog Beast King on the one hand, and to destroy Qingyun and the Ning Royal Mansion on the other hand, so that the people of Qingzhou can clearly recognize that in the eyes of our famous and prominent families in Hanzhou, their forces in Qingzhou are nothing more than ants. Daring to provoke us will result in the price of extermination!"

The Ding family head said coldly and ruthlessly.

"If that's the case, it's better to act sooner rather than later. Let's set off tonight."

An old man with white hair and beard narrowed his eyes and said lightly. He was one of the Ding family's Elders.

"Well, I'll go to Qingzhou with the Elder."

A young man in brocade clothes showed a faint smile, "That Princess Anning is extremely beautiful. Losing an arm is not a big deal. We can get a Saint medicine to regenerate her broken arm. At that time, my lower body can also be reborn. I must pamper her properly, hahaha!"

"Wu'er, you have to change your nature of being obsessed with women. If you weren't obsessed with women, how could you have been cut off at the root? Fortunately, that person didn't take your life. In this Hanzhou, you should restrain yourself a bit in the future. There are many people we can't afford to offend!"

The Ding family head's face was ugly.

"Father, you are really long-winded. Your son knows. I will restrain myself in Hanzhou, but I am going to Qingzhou. It's just a princess of a royal mansion. Isn't she at the mercy of our Ding family?"

"Bastard, you still think your father is long-winded! Alright, I'll allow you this time, but no more in the future. Now, let's discuss the personnel going to Qingzhou this time, besides the two Elders."

The Ding family's high-level figures began to discuss, and many of them volunteered, each with an excited expression.

Everyone wanted to experience the feeling of capturing the Blood鬃 Lion-Dog Beast King alive.

That kind of growing exotic beast is said to be able to grow to Quasi-Mythic at most!

If they had the Blood鬃 Lion-Dog Beast King, when the Beast King stepped into the Overlord Saint Realm in the future, and its bloodline evolved to Quasi-Mythic, let alone Yecheng, even the families in larger cities would not be their opponents. The Ding family would definitely be able to stand at the peak of glory that it had never had before!

Jun Wuxie was hiding in a corner of the Ding family's manor, listening to their conversation from a very far distance, and his eyes became colder and colder.

The reason why he came to Yecheng was to guess that the Ding family might do something exterminating.

Sure enough, they were going to Qingzhou, not only to kill him and seize the Blood鬃 Lion-Dog Beast King, but also to destroy the entire Qingyun and the Ning Royal Mansion.

The Ding family's young master was a lecher who was actually eyeing Anning, and the words he said were quite outrageous.

"Overlord Saint Realm... It seems that they shouldn't have gone too far in the Overlord Saint Realm. Lanlan's control supernatural power should have some effect on experts in this realm..."

Jun Wuxie was thinking in his heart, which was one of the reasons why he dared to come to the Ding family in Yecheng.

But before that, he had to first confirm whether all the Ding family's high-level figures were in the council hall.

If there were any Half-Step Overlord Saint experts in other locations of the manor, it might enter an out-of-control situation, and if there were still Overlord Saints hiding, it would be even worse.

He moved quietly, carefully sensing every location in the manor, not daring to release too much of his divine sense, so as not to be noticed.

After all, there were many Half-Step Overlord Saints and Overlord Saints here, whose soul realms were all more profound than his.

"It seems that the Blood鬃 Lion-Dog Beast King has attracted all the Ding family's high-level figures. They are all gathered in the hall."

Jun Wuxie wandered around, and did not find any of the Ding family's high-level figures in other locations, not even middle-level figures.

This meant that the Ding family's management was all in the hall, and the rest of the places only had disciples, with the strongest being only around the Great Saint Small Celestial Realm.

Moreover, because the family's management was holding a meeting, everyone else had stayed away from the council hall.

"Your Ding family wants to destroy my Qingyun, coveting Anning, whom I want to help ascend to the throne, then don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Jun Wuxie quietly sneaked towards the council hall, secretly informing Lanlan to prepare to release her control supernatural power.

At this time, the Ding family's high-level figures were talking animatedly, each with an excited expression, as if they had already seen the scene of the family's future prosperity and glory after subduing the Blood鬃 Lion-Dog Beast King, and trampling the other competing families under their feet.