Bitter Realm: A Happy Person Traveling Across China

After leaving Pingshan, Ye Jinming walked alone on the road.

Originally, they planned to join forces with Lian Emei to defeat Yanmo Hanba, but Lian Emei was too arrogant and directly rejected their cooperation request.

However, this is quite normal. Strong individuals in the Bitter Realm all share this common flaw: overestimating themselves and underestimating their opponents.

The following are examples of practitioners of Emei, including Xi Mie Tian Lai, Liu Huo Cang Long, Miao Zhu Xuan Hua, Liu Zhu Yi, Luo Hou, Tian Zhi Li, Er Ha, Feng Tian Xiao Yao, and others...

Although Lian Emei is known as the realm of immortals, apart from nearly sinking the Otherworld Demon Realm with a single palm strike, he has no other highlights.

I wonder who is stronger, him or Yi Ye Shu.

One Page Book's highlight was the battle at Eight Dragon Mountain in a parallel world, where he fought against top-tier fighters such as Lantern Butterfly, Living Heavenly Net, Asura Overlord, Half-Evil Man, and Flower Shadow Man, holding his own and even slaughtering many opponents...

Unfortunately, the term "one page book" later became a unit of measurement, and even after defeating the Abandoned Emperor during the Heavenly Sin era, it completely degenerated into "one page loser"...

Although the trip to Pingshan did not receive Lian Emei's consent, it at least planted a seed in her heart.

How to proceed from here requires further careful consideration.

Just as he was pondering this, a commotion broke out at the intersection ahead, interrupting his thoughts.

Looking up, one could see three familiar figures hurrying along – the famous "Three Musketeers" of the Bitter Realm: Qin Jiaxian, Yinshiren, and Yetuling.

The corpse-bearer had sharp eyes and spotted Ye Jinming from afar, or rather, he spotted the magnificent robes on Ye Jinming that shimmered faintly in the setting sun.

His eyes immediately lit up, like a starving ghost seeing a delicacy, and he shouted, "Oh my! Big brother! Big brother, look! It looks like someone is glowing up ahead!"

Ye Tuling, standing next to him, squinted her small eyes and nodded in agreement with an air of seriousness: "Yes, yes! I saw it too."

"Glowing my foot!" Qin Jiaxian snapped, giving each of them a flick on the forehead, making them clutch their heads. "You two blind fools! That's Young Master Ye!"

After scolding his subordinates, Qin Jiaxian immediately put on a warm, smiling face (after all, giving gold bricks upon first meeting was like welcoming a god of wealth), and jogged over to greet them, cupping his hands in greeting, "Oh dear, what a coincidence! Young Master Ye, it's been a long time, you haven't lost any of your charm!"

Ye Jinming stopped and looked at the trio of lively characters, a playful smile appearing on his face.

Qin Jiaxian may seem comical, greedy, and lewd, but he is actually shrewd, intelligent, and has extensive connections in the lower levels of the Bitter Realm. He is a character not to be underestimated.

What's even more enviable is that Qin Jiaxian, despite looking like a clown and lacking a nose, has four or five wives—a true winner in life, something to be envied… no, not envious… no, not quite right either…

"Qin Jiaxian, it's you." Ye Jinming nodded slightly, his gaze sweeping over the three travel-worn figures. "Judging from your hurried pace, where are you headed?"

Qin Jiaxian rubbed his hands together, not hiding anything, "We are preparing to go to the Realm of Nothingness to find Mu Shaoai and Tan Wuyu."

"The Realm of Nothingness?" Upon hearing this, Ye Jinming shook his head, his tone somewhat amused. "Then I advise you not to make this wasted trip."

"Oh?" Qin Jiaxian narrowed his beady green eyes, keenly catching the information in the words. "Young Master Ye, what do you mean by that? Could it be... that you know something?"

Ye Jinming didn't keep them in suspense and said directly, "Tan Wuyu and Mu Shaoai were ambushed by Yanmo Hanba on their way back from Ximiao. Fortunately, I happened to pass by and gave them a little help, which allowed them to escape. At this moment, they are probably healing and recuperating in some secluded place."

"What?! That damned Yama Hanba?!" Qin Jiaxian jumped up and down in anger, cursing, "Thank you so much, Young Master Ye, for your righteous intervention! Otherwise, the righteous path would have lost another great general!"

"No need for thanks, they have already expressed their gratitude." Ye Jinming waved his hand, not wanting to discuss the matter further, and turned to leave.

"Hey! Young Master Ye, wait! Wait!" Qin Jiaxian's eyes darted around, and he hurriedly stepped forward, grabbing Ye Jinming's sleeve. He lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "Young Master Ye, um... I have a private matter I'd like to ask you about privately. Would you mind if we spoke in private?"

Ye Jinming paused, turned back to look at Qin Jiaxian, a mixture of doubt and speculation in his heart. He nodded, "Oh? What's so mysterious about this?"

The two walked to a secluded shady spot by the roadside, where the Corpse Man and the Spirit of Karma wisely stayed at a distance to keep watch.

Qin Jiaxian glanced around to make sure no one was eavesdropping before leaning closer to Ye Jinming and lowering his voice even further: "Young Master Ye, have you heard about the major events in the martial world recently?"

"The turmoil in the martial world never ceases; major and minor incidents occur one after another." Ye Jinming feigned ignorance. "Qin Jiaxian, which incident are you referring to?"

Qin Jiaxian realized her question was too vague, and quickly added, "It's about that young master of Youyan Zhengfu, the one who was killed because of a man!"

"So that's what it is." Ye Jinming suddenly realized, his lips twitching almost imperceptibly before he looked completely bewildered, even adding fuel to the fire by blaming Butterfly Lord again. "I've heard a little about it. Speaking of which, didn't Youyan Zhengfu's assassins attack Yinchuan Butterfly Lord a few days ago? Could it be that he's returned to his old ways?"

"It wasn't him, it wasn't him!" Qin Jiaxian shook his head vigorously. "Butterfly King has already found someone to prove that he wasn't even at the scene of the crime; he has an alibi. And according to the famous detective... cough cough, according to my in-depth investigation and reliable intelligence, the real killer is a professional assassin, and a woman!"

Hearing this, Ye Jinming wasn't surprised. "Oh, I see."

This time, it was the Blood List assassin, Jueqing Shu, who made her move. Although she was quite powerful, she always left some clues behind.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have been targeted by her enemies, who took advantage of her weakness and killed her with a single blow.

Qin Jiaxian observed Ye Jinming's reaction and continued, "Speaking of which, a few days ago, the Youyan conscripts also came looking for us. They questioned us thoroughly about our whereabouts over the past few days, down to the smallest detail, almost finding out how many times we went to the toilet each day. It was so annoying!"

He complained, then scratched his head, a slightly embarrassed look on his face. "Um... Young Master Ye, there's something I'm not sure if I should ask."

"Please feel free to speak."

"Well... a while ago, didn't you ask us to help you find a noodle vendor? Somehow, it seems that Youyan Zhengfu's people found out about it too." Qin Jiaxian looked at Ye Jinming cautiously. "This... won't have any impact on you, will it? It's all my fault for being so loose-lipped and accidentally letting it slip..."

Upon hearing this, Ye Jinming sneered inwardly: Here it comes, Qin Jiaxian has indeed become suspicious.

It seems that the timing of my asking him to find a noodle cutter and then regretting that he died was too coincidental, which led him to make the connection.

However, he probably didn't have any solid evidence, only suspicion.

Ye Jinming's face showed just the right amount of surprise, which quickly turned into composure, even a hint of amusement: "Qin Jiaxian, you're overthinking it. He's just an ordinary noodle vendor with decent-tasting noodles. What business would I have with him? I'm just craving a bowl of noodles. Haven't you all eaten his noodles before?"

As for whether the noodle vendor will leak customer information?

Ye Jinming was not worried at all. If the Blood Ranking didn't even have this most basic professional ethics and confidentiality, it would have been wiped out by the major forces of the Bitter Realm long ago. How could it have survived until now?

Qin Jiaxian was momentarily speechless at the question, then chuckled awkwardly, "Hehehe...you're right, you're right. That noodle shop's noodles are indeed quite authentic."

After testing him, Qin Jiaxian found that Ye Jinming handled the situation flawlessly and remained calm, which made Qin Jiaxian's suspicions waver somewhat.

Could it really be a misunderstanding?

But it's really suspicious. Why is it that so soon after I helped Ye Jinming find the Noodle Guy, news spread that Hen Bufeng had been killed...?

No matter how I think about it, it all seems to be related to this mysterious Ye Jinming...

But that noodle maker, we did eat noodles, and there was nothing strange about it...

"Haha, it seems I, Qin, have been bothered by the questions from the Youyan soldiers lately, and I've become a bit paranoid. Young Master Ye, please don't take offense!" Qin Jiaxian chuckled, letting the matter drop.

"Please go ahead." Ye Jinming smiled and nodded, watching Qin Jiaxian and his two followers disappear noisily at the end of another path.

After the three had walked away, Ye Jinming's smile gradually faded, and a deep light flashed in his eyes...