System: I Can Open Martial Arts Chests

Chapter 405: Chapter 234: The Girl in Red?

The person who came saw Chu Qing and was taken aback, then delighted.

But they immediately heard Chu Qing’s words, and their smile didn’t get a chance to bloom before it was suppressed:

"What do you mean, ’it’s me again’?

"It’s clearly fate bringing us together."

"... You’re right."

Chu Qing’s smile didn’t reach his eyes as he nodded, just looking at Hua Jinnian, whose clothes had noticeably thickened, made him feel that it truly might be some sort of ill-fated relationship.

The last time they met was at the Seven Plum Manor.

Hua Jinnian said he was going to attend the Yijian Sect’s Sword Tournament, but first he was pursued by Xu Family’s Golden Hook, then encountered Young Master Mei.

In the end, because Cao Qiupu was poisoned, Chu Qing first took the group to the Yin Yang Forest, and from there they parted ways.

Hua Jinnian needed to go to the Yijian Sect, which indeed required heading north, but why did they run into each other in such a remote corner...

His eyes flickered between Hua Jinnian and the two burly men:

"So you’re the one they arranged to fight with?"

"Fight?"

Hua Jinnian was a bit puzzled:

"What fight?"

At this time, Big Iron and Second Iron had already stood up.

Big Iron spoke fiercely:

"If you want to fight, then fight, spare the nonsense."

"The matter between us is unrelated to others, don’t drag others in!"

Second Iron shouted angrily, holding an iron block in his hand, looking imposing.

Hua Jinnian quickly waved his hand:

"What nonsense are you talking about? By the way, why are there only you two? Where did Zhou Rui go?"

"Brother Zhou..."

Big Iron hesitated for a moment and said:

"Brother Zhou got held up on the way... he told us two to come here and wait first."

"Even without Brother Zhou, we won’t be afraid of you!!"

Second Iron held up the iron block, looking imposing once more.

Hua Jinnian rubbed his forehead:

"That Zhou is indeed unreliable... And the two of you, listening only half-heartedly. A fight is a fight... Wait, who said anything about fighting?

"Though saying so isn’t wrong, but it wasn’t us who want to fight."

"Huh?"

The two burly men looked at each other in confusion, their expressions showing bewilderment.

Seemingly unable to understand what the blurting fool in front of them was saying.

Chu Qing coughed:

"If they can’t explain, then you tell me, what’s going on exactly?

"You mentioned Zhou Rui... Is he the ’Drunken Guest in Blue’?"

"Indeed, it’s him."

Hua Jinnian sat down with a thud:

"Actually seeing you today gave me a sigh of relief, this matter... is another long story."

"..."

Chu Qing was speechless for a moment, feeling that every time he saw Hua Jinnian, there was always a long story.

But what’s the long story this time?

Hua Jinnian didn’t drag it out and began to speak softly of past separations.

Although it involves some conclusion of the previous incident.

The matter with Xu Family’s Golden Hook also concluded... Unfortunately, this conclusion was not favorable for the Xu Family.

Earlier, Mirror of Sin impersonated Xu Family’s Golden Hook to assassinate Cao Qiupu and Hua Beauties. After Chu Qing and the others left, Hua Jinnian temporarily teamed up with Chen Zhengnan and others.

Hua Jinnian was being pursued by Xu Family’s Golden Hook; the situation at that time wasn’t clear, and he didn’t want to let go of Chen Zhengnan, the Southern Ridge Iron Sword.

Chen Zhengnan had heard of this little flower boy and saw that he had a decent relationship with Chu Qing, so he didn’t chase him away.

In the process of retrieving the carriage, they noticed the situation, and upon closer inspection, they found a pile of corpses.

All of these people were poisoned to death, among which one person, who lacked a left hand, replaced by a Golden Hook.

After Hua Jinnian identified, the person was confirmed to be the current Patriarch of Xu Family’s Golden Hook.

At that time, the Mirror of Sin’s assassination of Cao Qiupu had reached a conclusion.

Xu Family’s Golden Hook was pursuing Hua Jinnian; Deceitful Poison at Seven Plum Manor heard of this and devised a plan to impersonate Xu Family’s Golden Hook, staging a dance with swords aimed at Duke Pei.

But before this, they happened to encounter people from Xu Family’s Golden Hook again who had also arrived.

These people were all killed by Deceitful Poison.

Thus, Hua Jinnian’s crisis was resolved...

As for the matter of ’Sister-in-law, I’m my brother,’ by then there wasn’t much need to get to the bottom of it.

With Southern Ridge Iron Sword as proof, it wasn’t Hua Jinnian who killed Xu Family’s people, and even if something were to spread about it later, it wouldn’t have much to do with Hua Jinnian.

If one must delve into what exactly happened that day, it wouldn’t necessarily be beneficial to Xu Family.

And after this event, the downfall of Xu Family’s Golden Hook was pretty much sealed.

Hua Jinnian finally breathed a sigh of relief, bid farewell to Chen Zhengnan, and headed north first.

Chen Zhengnan was fine with it, as he wasn’t fond of having others accompany the escort regiment. Accepting Hua Jinnian was due to Chu Qing, so parting ways was beneficial for both.

Hua Jinnian originally intended to dash to Ghost God Gorge to see the excitement.

When he arrived, Chu Qing had already left ahead.

Moreover, he didn’t leave with the people from Blazing Hall... Blazing Hall didn’t know of Chu Qing’s whereabouts, nor did Hua Jinnian entangle with them and went straight north aiming for the Yijian Sect.

Everything went smoothly along the way, with no incidents.

Until a few days ago, Hua Jinnian discovered a Human Head Tower amidst wild grasslands.

"Human Head Tower?"

Chu Qing furrowed his brows slightly upon hearing this.

"That’s right."

Hua Jinnian nodded:

"Stacked human heads, faces filled with sorrow, each of them bleeding from their seven orifices!

"Judging by the owners of those heads, they should be villagers from nearby...

"And after seeing that Human Head Tower, the first person I thought of was ’Cold Corpse’ Chu Huai Feng."

Chu Qing stayed silent...

Cold Corpse Chu Huai Feng, if barely ranked, should be renowned alongside Ghost Lamp Wuchen and Mad Beggar Ling Beichen.