Having studied for a hundred years, why do you call me the Martial Saint?

Pei Shi'an paused slightly in his teacup, but quickly placed it back on the table as if nothing had happened.

He admitted that when Liu Mingyuan suddenly came to find him and clamored to go to that alley, he was a little flustered, but only a little.

The secret warehouse of godfather Yan Zhenjiang cannot withstand investigation. He has been hiding it for so long. If it is discovered by a few children, wouldn't he be a laughing stock?

As a renowned constable with a long history in the underworld, he has dealt with all sorts of people from all walks of life and the various troubles they bring.

Pei Shi'an quickly came up with a brilliant plan that would be recorded in history!

That is...

Tell the parents!

"Nonsense!"

Pei Shi'an's face hardened, his expression stern like that of an elder. "Mingyuan, do you know what that alley is like now? That case might involve gang warfare. You're a pampered young master; if something happens to you, how am I supposed to explain it to your father?"

Liu Mingyuan panicked: "Uncle Pei, I..."

"What do you mean, 'you'?"

Pei Shi'an stood up and stared down at Liu Mingyuan:

"Your father entrusted you to my care, how could I let you walk into a dangerous situation? I must tell your father about what happened today!"

Liu Mingyuan shrank back in fright, but he was very unconvinced:

"Uncle Pei, that Miss Yan is a master of meridian opening. With her protecting her, what could possibly happen?"

Pei Shi'an then turned to look at the two unfamiliar young men.

A girl of about thirteen or fourteen was grinning and acting all serious. Next to her was a boy of about the same age who also seemed to have some martial arts skills, but it was hard to tell how skilled he was.

Pei Shi'an was on guard.

Leaving aside the young man, although he possessed some of the composure of a martial artist, he was dressed in the coarse linen clothes of an ordinary person, so he probably didn't have much strength.

This girl is so young yet she already has the strength of the Meridian Opening Realm; her background is probably extraordinary, and she's not easily fooled.

You have to understand that Pei Shi'an has only just opened his meridians. If their cultivation methods happen to be incompatible, he might not be her match.

"My two young friends."

Pei Shi'an cupped his hands in a very polite gesture.

"Mingyuan is young and doesn't know the importance of things. You two shouldn't play along with his nonsense. This case may involve gang warfare and is very dangerous. If anything happens to you, neither the Liu family nor I will be able to explain it to your elders."

Yan Xiaoshuang chuckled and said, "We're not just fooling around with him; Young Master Liu hired us properly with a fee."

"remuneration?"

Pei Shi'an's heart sank; if Liu Mingyuan had promised such a large sum of money...

If these two are greedy for money, they might be difficult to deal with.

"Yeah, he promised to let us watch 'The Divine Couple'!"

The Divine Halberd Couple?

Pei Shi'an was taken aback, then breathed a sigh of relief.

It turned out to be the case.

Indeed, what kind of high-value transactions could be involved in children's play?

I misunderstood.

Since it's just a book, it's easy to deal with.

"Sixth Brother!"

Pei Shi'an called out to the outside.

Soon a constable arrived in response.

"Go to my desk and bring me that copy of 'The Divine Halberd Couple'!"

Liu Mingyuan's eyes widened: "Uncle Pei, that was a loan from me!"

"You were going to lend it to your two friends anyway, I'm just doing you a favor," Pei Shi'an said without changing his expression. "As for you..."

He grabbed Liu Mingyuan by the back of his collar, like he was lifting a chick.

"Come with me to see your father!"

"Aww! No! I need to find a hero! I need to find a hero!"

"Your father is right, he's spoiled you too much!"

As Pei Shi'an dragged him out, he turned back to Gu Shuxian and Yan Xiaoshuang and said:

"You two can leave now that you've finished reading. Don't wait for him; this child won't be able to leave the house for the next few days."

Liu Mingyuan's wails gradually faded into the distance.

The room fell silent.

The two were left staring at each other in bewilderment.

They had just been vowing to accomplish great things, but not long after, the leader was arrested.

The alliance, which had only been established for a short time, collapsed immediately. How fragile it was...

Gu Shuxian looked sympathetically towards the spot where Liu Mingyuan had disappeared.

Brother Liu, it's not that I don't want to save you, it's just that your Uncle Pei has given you too much.

Go in peace, I will miss you, Young Master Liu!

He quickly put his sadness behind him.

A constable arrived in a hurry with a book, placed it on the stone table, and then left in a hurry.

If it's not "The Divine Halberd Couple", then what is it?

Gu Shuxian was secretly excited and was wondering whether he should take a bath and pray.

But then Yan Xiaoshuang sat down at the table and opened the first page.

This person really doesn't understand the importance of rituals!

Gu Shuxian cursed inwardly, but still quickly moved closer and began reading the sequel he had been longing for.

Continuing from the previous episode.

In the end, his lover let him go, they reconciled, and he ventured back into the world of martial arts...

"What?!"

Gu Shuxian was startled and angrily said, "The previous work clearly stated that they severed all grudges and resentments and even reconciled? How could the author contradict the original story like this!"

"Oh dear, why are you worrying about these details? Isn't it a good thing that the perfect couple has reconciled?" Yan Xiaoshuang was engrossed in the book, her hands turning the pages at an unhurried pace.

Gu Shuxian had no choice but to put these issues aside for the time being.

One day, the young man traveled to a certain place and encountered an enemy he had never faced before—a master of external strength! Even more powerful than a cultivator with open meridians, the young man was no match for him and fell off a cliff…

"This author must have been a poor scholar from a small town when he wrote his first book. He had never seen any real masters, which is why he wrote about the Marrow Opening Realm dominating the martial arts world. But after he made money and saw more of the world, he realized that there were far more powerful people in the martial arts world than he had, so he wrote it like that in his second book. However, the story of the Divine Halberd Hero suppressing the entire martial arts world in the previous book seems a bit ridiculous..."

Gu Shuxian analyzed the situation calmly.

"Hmph! The Divine Halberd Hero fell off a cliff and went missing. His lover must be heartbroken. And you're still here spouting nonsense!"

Yan Xiaoshuang complained and sped up turning the pages.

[...The young man, though severely wounded, survived and was trapped in the valley, forced to live like a wild man...]

One day, he witnessed a large eagle fighting with a strange snake. Moved by compassion, he threw a stone, striking the eagle in the eye and saving the snake.

That night, the strange serpent returned, its tail coiled around an ancient halberd as a gift...

[...The young man gripped the halberd, and this halberd resonated with the Tiger Prison Technique within his body! With the two working in tandem, the young man directly broke through to the Qi Refining Realm!]

"Complete fabrication!"

Gu Shuxian was furious and suddenly understood why that powerful and influential person thought the book was a worthless sequel and wanted to burn it!

"This thing wasn't foreshadowed at all. It just suddenly plunges into a valley, and there happens to be a snake there. The halberd that the snake gives you just happens to resonate with the Tiger Prison Technique? Why? Didn't the author give any explanation at all?"

"You're so annoying! Now that the Divine Halberd Hero has the strength, he can go find his sweetheart. They've already separated for so many chapters, and you, you bad guy, are still finding fault and stopping them!"

Yan Xiaoshuang frowned, pulling the book towards herself. "If you're not going to read it, I'll read it myself!"

"Let me see."