Borrowing a sword

Chapter 18 Sword!
Chu Huaixu watched as the spoon fell into the bowl, soaked in broth, and poured it over the four unfinished wontons.

Han Shuangjiang sat upright, her face solemn, her eyes scrutinizing.

The brothel where she came from was called "Red Sleeve Pavilion," a top-tier establishment even in the capital of the Mirror Kingdom.

She was taught by her "mother" and influenced by her "older sister" from a young age.

During the years she grew up, she witnessed her older sisters deceiving men and being deceived by men.

Throughout history, many vernacular novels have depicted love stories that take place in brothels.

In the capital, there was indeed an older sister who was redeemed and left this cage.

However, some are doing well, while others are simply moving from one cage to another.

Generally speaking, living with a man they like is a luxury for people like them.

"Mom" taught everyone: Be wary once a man says he wants to spend his life with you.

In particular, some of the older sisters even saved up enough money to redeem themselves from servitude and then returned to the arms of the men they loved.

At times like these, "Mom" would always stop her.

If she can't stop him, she'll sneer: "You think he really likes you? He just doesn't want to pay to sleep with you!"

—"Freeloading".

In fact, some of them were indeed guessed correctly by "Mom".

Once a man's initial excitement wears off and he gets tired of sleeping with you, he'll regain his rationality and start to find fault with your past.

Perhaps this is one of their methods of manipulating the older women.

But there are truly sincere people in this world.

Some people are willing to privatize public vehicles and are quite happy about it.

Even a few isolated cases can lead many women, blinded by love, to follow suit.

Han Shuangjiang never imagined that one day a man would look at her and say he wanted to spend his life with her.

More importantly, the two had only met for the first time last night.

She believes that love at first sight truly exists in this world.

But overall she is not a sentimental person.

From the Red Sleeve Pavilion to the Joyful Sect, everything that happened in these places constantly reminded her that one must take control of one's own destiny and not rely on finding a man to entrust one's life to.

On the forum for "Borrowing Swords," some players joked that the game's four main characters really appealed to the vast majority of people.

Han Shuangjiang is a strong female lead who focuses on her career and ignores romance!

The two main characters from the Western Moon Kingdom are also a man and a woman. They have a romantic storyline, a passionate and sweet love story that can make fans of the pairing obsessed.

As for Xu Ziqing, he didn't seem to do much; it was just his appearance and temperament that caused female fans to scream.

I don't care if you're a zero or not, I think you are! When you stand next to a man, I don't believe it's brotherhood!

Prejudice in people's hearts is a city like Chengdu.

After successfully joining the Taoist sect, Han Shuangjiang felt that she was about to take control of her life step by step, and life became more and more hopeful.

As a result, Chu Huaixu pulled this stunt.

Men, listen to what you're saying!
You've overstepped your bounds and acted too recklessly in the time it takes to eat a meal.

But looking at his face in the morning light, she silently removed the word "too" from her mind.

The fox-faced man sitting opposite Han Shuangjiang heard her say "I'm not eating anymore," and seeing her clearly misunderstanding expression, he spoke up:

"Ha, Puxin, you're really something."

The cold-faced girl didn't understand what these words meant when she first heard them.

But his expression and tone made her so uncomfortable.

Chu Huaixu tapped his fingertips lightly on the table, then leaned forward, getting as close to her as possible, and began to speak in a low voice.

"Make it clear, we were personally brought up the mountain by the Sixth Elder."

Han Shuangjiang frowned: "So what?"

What? This is how a marriage between people from afar is brought together by a single thread?
"Look around at these registered disciples and outer disciples. Who else do you think receives this kind of treatment?" Chu Huaixu said in a low voice, looking around.

"What exactly are you trying to say?" Han Shuangjiang was starting to understand.
"So, don't you think the most important thing for us is cultivation? It's about raising our cultivation level as soon as possible." He stared intently at her.

The cold-faced girl's brows furrowed even deeper.

Surprisingly, she becomes even more charming when she puts on a serious face.

The more she wore this expression, the more Chu Huaixu wanted to hurt her. He directly exposed everything: "But you don't have much money, do you?"

Han Shuangjiang gritted her teeth, but had no way to refute.

She then realized that perhaps he had already seen through her predicament when they were at the cafeteria entrance.

Chu Huaixu stopped looking at him and shouted, "Senior brother! The bill!"

He took out the 100 taels of silver from his pocket, placed it on the table, and displayed his wealth.

The man who also wore a disciple's token walked over: "Heh! Junior brother, don't you have any silver coins?"

"Unfortunately, no, thank you for your help, senior brother." "Alright."

After paying the bill, Chu Huaixu looked at her again and said:

"To be honest, I only have this much, a hundred taels on me. Oh, I don't even have a hundred taels left now."

"My idea is that during this period we should ignore everything else and focus solely on cultivation and study, and see if we can break through to the Qi Refining stage before we run out of one hundred taels of silver."

"Once you reach the first realm, there are more things you can do."

Han Shuangjiang asked, puzzled, "But why did you drag me along?"

Of course, Chu Huaixu wouldn't tell her, "Because I want to take advantage of you."

Living and cultivating together increases the chances of both receiving the Dao Ancestor's inheritance.

In fact, the courtesan seed, who came from a brothel, had a wealth of theoretical knowledge on "how to deceive men".

However, the guy on the other side, Model Guy, had a wealth of practical experience in "how to fool women."

"As I said before, we are perhaps different from all the disciples of the outer sect."

"We are two outliers."

"Among the entire outer sect, we are probably the only two outliers."

He looked around, as if he were completely out of place with everything around him.

Han Shuangjiang lowered her eyes slightly; she felt the same way.

Chu Huaixu looked at her and thought, "Of course, because we just arrived!"

We're transfer students!
"The Sixth Elder picked us up and brought us up the mountain together, and Steward Niu even arranged for us to stay together. I don't need to say anything more, do I?" the fox-faced man said again.

Han Shuangjiang remained silent.

She recalled her "mother's" admonitions to her older sisters.

"Do you think men will spend money on you for no reason?"

"They just want to get a key so they can slam it into your brass lock."

"Mom" is always like this; her words may be rough, but her reasoning is sound.

Some older women are shrewd and won't give them the keys the first time.

But some women get carried away; after the lock is opened a few times, what's opened is their heart.

Some of the older sisters were not in a good state of mind. After being opened by the golden key a few times, they got some of the gold dust on them and actually believed that they had locked up the golden lock.

They look down on ordinary people.

Han Shuangjiang had just been mocked by Chu Huaixu and had stopped thinking about matters between men and women. However, she also knew that there were no gifts or favors given for no reason.

She wasn't stupid, so she took the initiative to speak up and try to define the situation: "You want me to owe you a favor?"

Chu Huaixu shrugged, looking nonchalant and indifferent: "If that's how you see it, then it's fine."

"Anyway, what I want is not for you to pay me back in the future. We both know what's going on." He spoke the truth.

After saying that, he tried to justify himself: "I know I don't have much money, so time is of the essence. We need to break through to the next level as soon as possible."

Upon hearing this, Han Shuangjiang finally nodded under Chu Huaixu's gaze.

Then, he watched as she calmly picked up the spoon that had fallen into the bowl and ate the remaining four wontons.

"It's too expensive, we can't waste it," she said, still hungry.

The morning light shone on the way home as Chu Huaixu and Han Shuangjiang walked side by side.

The two barely spoke a word the entire way.

He was wondering where the Daoist lineage was hidden.

The more pragmatic woman thought it might be better to start a fire, buy groceries, and cook for herself, since prices here were indeed too high, even higher than in the capital.

Han Shuangjiang was already mentally calculating the cost and regretting not having eaten another xiaolongbao.

"So expensive, really so expensive," she repeatedly muttered to herself, sounding like a poor wretch.

Reaching an open area, Chu Huaixu looked up and saw the Daowen Peak shrouded in mist.

He didn't know where the Dao Ancestor's legacy was, but he vaguely remembered the locations of several legacy sites that had been developed by Daoist players, having seen them on the forum.

But I only remember a few places, not all of them.

"Damn it, my memory is still not good enough. Why didn't you give me a cheat code when I transmigrated, so that I could remember every detail of the past?" Chu Huaixu complained in his mind.

Looking at the Asking Peak, his thoughts began to wander again.

As protagonists of the same world, why does Han Shuangjiang alone possess two Dao Ancestor inheritances, while Xu Ziqing, whose script I took, doesn't get any?

the reason is simple.

"Don't forget, the Dao Ancestor also left behind a sword."

After the Dao Ancestor passed away, the strongest person in the entire Xuanhuang Realm was never any one individual.

All these years have passed, and it's still that same sword.

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