The Villain's Counterattack

Chapter 588 Dongming Sect is Different Now than Before

Yang Xuyan stayed in Songjiashan City for more than ten days and left behind more than ten martial arts secrets, all of which were top-notch martial arts that could be used at the master level. Finally, he took Song Yuhua on a boat north to Ryukyu.

Song Lu and Song Yuzhi will be accompanying the Song family ship. They will represent the Lingnan Song clan in forming an alliance with the Dongming faction of Ryukyu to strengthen trade exchanges. Yang Xuyan and Song Yuhua will transfer to the Dongming faction's warship on Ryukyu Oshima and return to Liaodong City to prepare for the upcoming wedding.

The wedding of the Duke of Liaodong is a big event. At least most of the high-ranking officials who know that he has a good relationship with the Sword Demon Dugu Qiubai will send gifts and blessings. As the powerful officials in the northern frontier, the court will not be stingy either. At least Pei Ju and his wife will definitely come. After all, she is his own daughter, how can he not love her?

Wang Shichong will definitely not go, but Dong Shuni and Rong Jiaojiao will definitely go. Song Que will not attend, but Song Lu and Song Yuzhi will definitely be there, and Song Yuhua will even stay at the Liaodong County Mansion before that.

Of the four great clans, the Dugu clan would undoubtedly send envoys to offer generous gifts, not just for Dugu Feng's sake, but also for Dugu Qiubai, who would desperately curry favor with them. Dugu Feng, after all, had learned the Dugu Nine Swords, and after a fierce battle with Ba Fenghan, received Yue Buqun's guidance and ascended to Grandmaster status. He then returned home and gave his father a beating, winning the right to choose his own marriage and the favor of the old lady, You Chuhong, becoming another pillar of the Dugu clan.

But the Dugu clan is also weird. Most of the men are not very ambitious, but the women are more outstanding. It is really incomprehensible.

The Li and Yuwen factions have average relations with Liaodong, and probably won't send particularly representative figures, but they will definitely consider their face, at least not making Liaodong feel embarrassed and thus making things difficult for them in business.

It is natural that the Dongming Sect and Pegasus Ranch will not be able to avoid spending money, and they will even arrive early. Madam Dongming and Lu Miaozi will definitely be present, and Shan Wanjing and Shang Xiuxun will not be absent either, but compared to being guests, they hope to be brides more.

The Duke of Liaodong County controls the foreign trade of Zhuo County. The foreign tribes outside the Great Wall have many requests for him, and they will probably send people to congratulate him. However, it is unlikely that the Turkic Shibi Khan will come in person. Even the Martial Master Bi Xuan would not dare to take the risk in person, because Liaodong has the martial madman Dugu Qiubai.

Who knows if he fails in challenging Master Yijian Shi Cailin and becomes overjoyed at the sight of prey, he might directly challenge Martial Master Bi Xuan. If Martial Master Bi Xuan is badly defeated, it might crush the spirit of the entire Turkic people.

As for Goguryeo, I'm afraid they will try every possible means to stir up some trouble, but it's hard to say whether they can succeed. However, Fu Cailin is unlikely to attend unless he can really invite Wu Zun Bi Xuan and gather a large number of Turkic cavalry and Goguryeo troops. Otherwise, there is a greater possibility that he will never return.

The Duke of Liaodong built his family on military power, so naturally he wouldn't mind having one or two great masters from other races dye their wedding clothes red to add to the festive atmosphere at his wedding.

On the Song family ship, Yang Xuyan taught the Song sisters how to practice. Their aptitude was not as good as Shi Qingxuan and Kankan, and they were even slightly inferior to Dugu Feng and Shan Wanjing. It was difficult to get started with the Xiao Wuxiang Gong, so they could only settle for the next best thing and practice easier martial arts, such as the Nine Yin Scriptures, Peach Blossom Island, and Ancient Tomb Sect martial arts.

Yang Xuyan secretly taught the sisters the outline of the Nine Yin Scriptures, and told them not to show it to anyone easily. Then he openly taught them to practice the Ancient Tomb School's light skills and the Peach Blossom Island's palm and sword techniques, which amazed Song Lu and other Song family experts who were not far away. Each martial art was a unique skill, with beautiful postures and great power. They were all a little jealous.

But Song Lu thought more and secretly wondered whether this niece-in-law was really related to Xiaoyaozi, otherwise why did these martial arts seem to have some Xiaoyao's artistic conception in them.

When they arrived at the Dongming Sect on Ryukyu Oshima, Song Lu became even more suspicious when he saw Yang Xuyan coming and going freely as if he were at home, especially when he saw Madam Dongming coming out to greet him in person, and her attitude towards Yang Xuyan was completely different from that towards a junior.

When Yang Xuyan came to Ryukyu Island, he naturally had to give some advice. However, Shan Wanjing was not in Ryukyu at the moment because the free performance of the Gentleman Sword Yue Buqun at Wang Tong's birthday banquet caused her a lot of trouble, but also brought her greater benefits.

The benefits were self-evident. With a Grandmaster backing them, the consequences of becoming an enemy of the Dongming Sect would have to be carefully considered. Even if the Grandmaster was forced to leave the Central Plains and flee overseas, they would be powerless to stop him if he returned one day out of urges. Since they couldn't make enemies, they would do everything they could to make friends. Anyone with a bit of experience knew what a Grandmaster represented. The entire Yingui Sect was in chaos, and everyone looked at Bian Bufu with mixed expressions.

Bian Bufu: How about I quit the group? I always feel like there's something wrong with your eyes, like you want to skin me alive.

Zhu Yuyan: You’re not wrong, it’s true. Unfortunately, we won’t act rashly before we understand the situation clearly.

There were also many troubles. When hard tactics failed, everyone resorted to soft tactics, especially the aristocratic families. If they couldn't defeat them, they would try to win them over. They sent their young talents of appropriate age to approach Shan Wanjing, hoping that they would be noticed by her, so that they could marry into the Dongming Sect and indirectly become related to Grandmaster Xiaoyaozi.

Dugu Ce of the Dugu clan, Li Shimin of the Li clan, and Yuwen Chengdu of the Yuwen clan, some humble, some gentle, and some overbearing, appeared in front of Shan Wanjing from time to time, making her very annoyed. However, for the sake of the family business, she could only grit her teeth and put on a stiff smile as they performed a show in front of her.

Few of the sons of wealthy families are fools. Shan Wanjing did not hide her expression too much, but just maintained basic etiquette to let them know that her actions were a little hasty. But if not, how could she conquer the heart of Princess Dongming?

Are you pretending to be cool?

If you really pretend to be aloof in front of her, she will really take advantage of the situation and leave you aside to bleed the cold wind.

Public display of affection?

Haha, as the legitimate sons of the four major families, they have not lost face to this extent.

They had thought of other ways to please her, but when they thought about it carefully, they didn't have much to offer. A closer look revealed that in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation, they were no match for this little princess from overseas whom they had not taken seriously before.

This shocked them all at once. Since when did the Central Plains countries lag behind the barbaric lands in all aspects such as details?

Could it be that all this is attributed to the Taoist grandmaster Xiaoyaozi?

It is said that the Xiaoyao Sect is a secluded sect, but it is well-versed in medicine, divination, astrology, music, chess, calligraphy, painting, mechanical work, trade, migration, planting, drinking and singing, playing games, guessing riddles, the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams, Qimen Dunjia, farmland irrigation, economics and military strategy.

If this is true, then they can become a country and must be won over to our side.

Shan Wanjing, who had just returned from a banquet dressed in gorgeous clothes, kicked off her gorgeous boots, discarded her cumbersome and redundant long skirt, and threw herself onto the soft bed. She said in a muffled voice, "Ruyin, we'll set sail for Liaodong City early tomorrow morning. I've had enough of this boring life!"

Shan Ruyin glanced at the schedule in her hand, looking at her little princess with a hint of pity, and said helplessly, "Miss, Madam has ordered that you must attend the meeting with the Li family tomorrow. The loss of the account book last time had a huge impact on us. If we want to restore our reputation, we must not offend these partners."

Shan Wanjing lay on the bed, muttering, "I don't care. Throwing the account book out was originally Master and Mother's idea. The ones who did it were Master's registered disciples, two nasty bastards. Why should a weak woman like me clean up the mess they made? Don't they want to get involved with Master? Then let them go to Ryukyu Island in person. I'm going to Liaodong, I must go to Liaodong, and no one can stop me!"

Shan Ruyin: My lady, no one is stopping you. Madam wishes you could stay in Liaodong permanently, but unfortunately...