Chapter 59: Ji Qing Returns To Anyang!
（ps: The plot at the end of the previous chapter has been changed to returning to An Yang City instead of going to Liang City. Old Moon wrote several chapters of Liang City plot but was not satisfied with them, so they were all deleted. Ji Qing is not yet suitable to return to Liang City.）
An Yang City, Hundred Battles Sect.
Lie Yingniang looked toward the door again.
But there was nothing outside the great door.
The Hundred Battles Sect disciples behind her saw this and couldn’t help but sigh.
“Sigh, is Senior Sister looking again to see if Mister Ji has returned?”
“Senior Sister looks toward the great door dozens of times every day, sometimes even leaning against it gazing into the distance, but where is Mister Ji’s figure?”
“This time Mister Ji left, he probably won’t come back…”
The Hundred Battles Sect disciples were still very nostalgic for Ji Qing.
With Ji Qing there, they could not only receive some guidance on their martial arts, but also have safety assured.
As for the “demon” reputation in Jianghu?
After spending so much time together, the Hundred Battles Sect disciples had long known that Ji Qing was not some great demon who had killed countless people.
Lie Yingniang gazed at the empty great door, feeling empty inside.
Actually, she also knew that Ji Qing might not come back.
But she couldn’t help holding onto a sliver of hope.
Lie Yingniang prepared to close the great door.
But the door had only closed halfway.
“Pa.”
A hand pressed against the door.
Lie Yingniang looked up, her pupils contracting, her face showing an expression of utmost joy.
Black clothes, conical hat, long saber.
She was all too familiar with this figure.
“Mister… Ji, you’ve returned?”
Lie Yingniang’s voice was trembling.
“I’ve returned. Not welcome?”
The familiar voice entered Lie Yingniang’s ears.
“Welcome, how could we not welcome you? Mister Ji, please come in…”
Lie Yingniang immediately opened the great door and welcomed Ji Qing inside.
The Hundred Battles Sect disciples also spotted Ji Qing and cheered joyfully, hurriedly gathering around.
They were truly so happy.
Ji Qing had actually returned?
“Mister Ji, you’ve been the most prominent figure in Jianghu these past few months. We’ve all heard the rumors about you in Jianghu.”
“Yeah, ‘Astonishing Swan Saber’ chased the killer thousands of li, saber slaying Poison Demon, shaking Jianghu! We felt excited just hearing all those pieces of news.”
“Mister Ji, I heard that when you saber slayed Poison Demon Ouyang Bo, you were hit with severe poison. How are you now?”
In an instant, the Hundred Battles Sect disciples chattered nonstop with questions.
“Alright, all go practice your martial arts. Mister Ji is travel-worn and definitely tired. Let him return to his room to rest first.”
Lie Yingniang shooed away the Hundred Battles Sect disciples.
Ji Qing was indeed a bit tired. He returned to his room and slept soundly.
It wasn’t until nearly evening that Ji Qing woke up, feeling refreshed, with all fatigue gone.
“I’m going to Listen to the Wind Tower.”
Ji Qing said to Lie Yingniang.
Then Ji Qing left Hundred Battles Sect and quietly arrived at Listen to the Wind Tower.
Ji Qing familiarly went to the underground secret chamber of Listen to the Wind Tower.
He saw Shopkeeper Yu and also One-eared beside Shopkeeper Yu, who seemed to be reporting something to her.
“Mister Ji, One-eared was just reporting to me that you’ve returned.”
Shopkeeper Yu saw Ji Qing and immediately showed a smile on her face.
She was truly afraid that Shopkeeper Yan in Jiang City had “seduced” Ji Qing away, which would be a huge loss for An Yang’s Listen to the Wind Tower.
“Mister Ji, the ‘Jiang City Decisive Battle’ that Shopkeeper Yan held for you really stole the show, and even made Jiang City’s Listen to the Wind Tower famous in Jianghu. I thought Mister Ji wouldn’t come back…”
Shopkeeper Yu unusually had a bit of sour resentful energy.
Ji Qing was clearly someone she had racked her brains to keep at An Yang City’s Listen to the Wind Tower, but in the end, Ji Qing chased and killed Poison Demon thousands of li away, and the limelight was stolen by Jiang City’s Listen to the Wind Tower.
Shopkeeper Yu naturally hated Jiang City’s Listen to the Wind Tower Shopkeeper Yan to the teeth.
“Shopkeeper Yu, you only saw Jiang City’s Listen to the Wind Tower stealing the show. Didn’t you hear that Jiang City’s Listen to the Wind Tower was nearly wiped out? Even Shopkeeper Yan of Jiang City’s Listen to the Wind Tower had to reveal my whereabouts. I haven’t settled that score with Shopkeeper Yan yet!”
Ji Qing said indifferently.
“Uh… Mister Ji, you mean Ye Chunsheng?”
“Right.”
Shopkeeper Yu fell silent.
Jiang City’s Listen to the Wind Tower had indeed been in dire straits recently.
Who could have thought that the cunning and experienced Shopkeeper Yan, plus a group of Listen to the Wind Tower experts, would nearly be wiped out by a novice hothead?
“Mister Ji, Ye Chunsheng found you?”
“He did find me.”
“And the result?”
“I won!”
Hearing this, Shopkeeper Yu let out a long sigh of relief.
“Tell me about Ye Chunsheng’s intelligence. Listen to the Wind Tower should have some, right?”
Ji Qing also wanted to verify Ye Chunsheng’s situation.
Although he believed what Ye Chunsheng said, he also wanted a more comprehensive understanding of him.
“There’s not much intelligence on Ye Chunsheng, and it’s all quite simple. He was born in a brothel…”
As Shopkeeper Yu explained, Ji Qing nodded inwardly, finding it basically consistent with what Ye Chunsheng had said initially.
Even more detailed.
Shopkeeper Yu also carefully introduced “Lone Swan Hermit.”
Lone Swan Hermit had been a third-rate expert in Jianghu back then, and there was quite a bit of intelligence on him.
“Any recent news on Ye Chunsheng?”
Ji Qing asked.
“Yes, Ye Chunsheng is a novice yet possesses sword momentum, so he’s very capable of stirring things up.”
“Three days ago, Ye Chunsheng went to challenge the Iron Wire Gang Leader, ‘Iron Fist Invincible’ Lu Zhengtao! He defeated Lu Zhengtao with one sword.”
Ji Qing nodded.
He knew Lu Zhengtao, who was a figure in Jianghu, a second-rank martial artist and Iron Wire Gang Leader.
With Ye Chunsheng’s strength, defeating Lu Zhengtao was not difficult.
“Mister Ji, this matter isn’t over. Lu Zhengtao was indeed defeated, but reportedly, everyone in Iron Wire Gang was filled with righteous indignation. That night, the Iron Wire Gang deputy leader led people to surround and kill Ye Chunsheng, and then Ye Chunsheng ran…”
“Later, Lu Zhengtao found out and sternly rebuked the deputy leader…”
At this point, Shopkeeper Yu showed a strange expression.
If it were the previous hothead Ye Chunsheng, he probably wouldn’t have run and might even have been succeeded by Iron Wire Gang’s people using sinister tricks to assassinate him.
All that talk of everyone in the gang being filled with righteous indignation.
Even sternly rebuking the deputy leader.
Anyone who had mixed in Jianghu for a few years could see through it.
This was clearly at Lu Zhengtao’s instigation!
Jianghu was full of martial artists who wanted to challenge a local overlord and become famous by stepping on experts who had dominated Jianghu for ten or twenty years.
But what was the result?
Perhaps they won, but they soon died.
This was the real Jianghu!
Ji Qing smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth.
Ye Chunsheng running this time showed he had truly improved.
Back at Hanging Temple, the Jianghu experience that Ji Qing and Lei Yu had passed to Ye Chunsheng was now coming into play.
However, in Ji Qing’s view, Ye Chunsheng still wasn’t a true person of Jianghu.
He chose to run.
But if it were a true person of Jianghu with Ye Chunsheng’s strength, they would directly slaughter Iron Wire Gang until blood flowed like rivers.
Even directly wipe Iron Wire Gang off the map!
Ye Chunsheng’s choice was to run.
Not because of fear.
Probably still too merciful, unwilling to kill.
But how could a martial artist unwilling to kill become a true Jianghu person?
“In the future, have One-eared send me the latest intelligence on Ye Chunsheng immediately.”
“No problem.”
Shopkeeper Yu roughly guessed that Ji Qing and Ye Chunsheng had a very good relationship.
“Finally, I don’t want anything like what happened at Jiang City’s Listen to the Wind Tower to happen again at An Yang City’s Listen to the Wind Tower!”
A faint killing intent flashed across Ji Qing.
Shopkeeper Yu’s heart tightened.
Of course she knew Ji Qing was referring to Shopkeeper Yan revealing his whereabouts.
This had indeed crossed a line!
Ji Qing was not Ye Chunsheng.
Ye Chunsheng was a novice with a pure heart, only injuring people, not killing.
But Ji Qing was different.
Ji Qing could chase Poison Demon thousands of li, so he could naturally wipe out the entire An Yang City’s Listen to the Wind Tower in a rage!
His bottom line could not be touched!
