Why do I have so many masters?

680: Chapter 10 Sounds of a Zither on Jiangnan Road (Combined Part 2)_2 680: Chapter 10 Sounds of a Zither on Jiangnan Road (Combined Part 2)_2 “At this moment, he was feeling the most stifled.”

Xiahou Jie raised her eyebrows and said,

“He deserves it!”

The young man said with a smile, “Oh?

And how does he deserve it?

Tell me all about it, so if I see him one day, I can mention a thing or two to him.

It’s been over a year since we last met, and his courage has grown; he even dares to bully my family’s Jie’er.”

Xiahou Jie looked down at her toes, and said,

“This…

These things, there’s no need for you to worry, brother.”

“Hahaha, even before you’ve married into the family, you’re already considering things for the Huangfu, truly a good daughter-in-law.

I’ve heard that the senior Huangfu values you greatly.

How many of the thirty-two techniques of the Huangfu Family’s saber method have you learned?”

“You’re the cleverest, Xiahou Xuan, why don’t you guess?”

Xiahou Xuan shook his head with a smile and said that this was not something he could guess, then turned to look at the surging river with steep banks and paused before standing up and saying, “Since I’ve already waited for you, let’s go home together.”

“Grandfather and mother and father are all thinking of you.”

The previously lively Xiahou Jie quieted down, looking at Xiahou Xuan as the mountain wind stirred, at the sickly young man three steps in front of her, holding a Bi’an bronze furnace, his smile mellow and rich.

Xiahou Jie said softly, “Won’t you take another look?”

Xiahou Xuan laughed, “Look at what?”

He paused, then laughed, “In my naive youth, I lured her into the mansion with a stick of candied haw, to play chess and amuse me.

Then, four years, and another four years, and yet another four, a total of twelve springs and autumns have passed.”

“The Jiangnan Road is incomparable to the Northern Lands.”

“No matter how big the candied haw, there are only ten on the bamboo stick, and it cannot wait…”

“If it can’t wait, then don’t wait; let’s go, let’s go home.”

In the world of Jianghu, the noble clans have always endured, with a saying in the shadows, ‘A hundred-year court, a thousand-year noble clan.’ Generation after generation, they accumulate, dominating the imperial court and Martial Arts World, with generations of noble families and gentries wearing purple robes and jade belts at court.”

In the Martial Arts World, the four great noble clans are judged by their Martial Arts, but not solely so.”

Below the mountains and rivers of the Jiangnan Road live talented scholars and beautiful ladies.

On Jiangnan Road, the Xiahou Family has a Divine Weapon Grandmaster, suppressing all beneath him.

With the power of music, one can enter Martial Arts; a single tune can shatter mountains and rivers and turn the hearts, lungs, and entrails of an opponent upside down, leading them into Deviation, vomiting three liters of blood.

If there is good in the heart, the melody can also bring instantaneous Meditative Concentration, calming the mind and spirit.

Cultivation becomes much more efficient; sitting in meditation for a day can be worth several days’ effort.

In the Northern Lands exists the Huangfu lineage.

Descendants of the Great General who helped establish the Great Qin, though they are a Martial World noble clan, they possess the actuality of the frontier.

Every Disciple in their family practices saber techniques in the Great Desert.

Once, a Master from the Huangfu Family transformed the Northern Lands’ fierce winds into an illusion of a Dragon Draws Water at the Dongting Lake.

With one hundred and seventy-three knife strikes, he fiercely contested the Number One Manor in the World, the Manor Master, taking one hundred and seventy-three knife strikes and making one hundred and seventy-three steps.

Only when the knife blade shattered did he admit defeat and leave.

It is said in Jianghu, ‘Xiahou of the southern qin, Huangfu of the northern saber,’ both are top forces in the martial world, admired by martial artists everywhere, with the Huangfu line relying solely on itself, while the Xiahou Family has more of the Jiangnan Noble Clan style, attracting many Guest Elders.

With musical accompaniment, they form armies and formations, not to be underestimated.

The Xiahou Family’s estate turned out to be twice as extensive as the County City Mansion, showing no signs of sudden wealth but modesty at every corner with the cultured elegance of Jiangnan Taoist scholars, as Xiahou Xuan led the long-absent Xiahou Jie straight inside.”

Many Guest Elders on the way were exceptionally polite to both, without a hint of arrogance.

Xiahou Jie pouted and said,

“Why are these Guest Elders so proper today?

Back in the day, relying on their Martial Arts and age, they were haughty, dismissing everyone but our father and uncles, saying, ‘They have never deigned to look upon a prince,’ when, honestly, aren’t their food, clothes, and living expenses all from our household?”

Xiahou Xuan said with a warm smile,

“Presumably, they feel better seeing you, having not been home for a while.”

“Facing a charming girl like you, they can’t exactly keep a fierce face, can they?”

Xiahou Jie crossed her arms and feigned a shiver, her face full of repulsion, “If you, brother, could use that mouth of yours in the right place, you wouldn’t have upset your little sister-in-law, and by now, things would have been fine.”

Xiahou Xuan shook his head and laughed,

“What I said just now was all true, coming straight from the heart.”

“It’s just a shame she didn’t want to listen to what my heart had to say.”

Xiahou Jie glanced around and muttered to herself, knitting her brows, and said,

“Brother Xuan, where is that Zhu who was skilled with a pair of Yin Yang Twin Swords?”

“We had a dispute back then, and it wasn’t until after I left home that I thought of how I should have responded to leave her speechless.

Hmph, I’ve thought of many ways this time, and I will make sure she gets what’s coming to her!”

Xiahou Xuan laughed, “I don’t know.”

“Perhaps she’s not around here, or she took her Silver Coin and left the Xiahou Family to re-enter Jianghu; it wouldn’t be the first time something like this has happened over the years.

Noble Clan Guest Elders are inherently free; as long as they don’t commit any serious offenses, they come and go as they please.”

Xiahou Jie gave an ‘oh’ and didn’t ask further.

Xiahou Xuan escorted Xiahou Jie back to her own courtyard, fiddled with the blooming branches in the yard, and said warmly and with a smile,

“Since you’ve been away, I’ve had Qiu Tong and Liu He look after your garden every day.

It should be much the same as when you lived here for a year.

Although their Martial Arts are average, they are clever in caring for you.

I’ll leave them here to attend to your daily needs.”

“During the leisure time of this year, I found a few more superior camellias and have planted them in the yard for you.”

“After you change clothes and bathe, you can go and see them.”