Chapter 129: Seeing Jiang Ning Again
When Jiang Ning arrived at Ghostly Manor from Daliang in Yu Province, Ghostly Manor had already undergone a major transformation.
Ghostly Manor was a rare successful business venture for the Jiang Family in recent years. Therefore, the occupation of Ghostly Manor by someone else greatly angered the Jiang Family’s Old Matriarch, prompting her to send Jiang Ning to reclaim the manor.
Jiang Ning held a large poster in her hand, with messy words printed on it, and an address at the end, as if afraid that others wouldn’t be able to find Qing Shan Martial Academy.
She frowned as she looked at the four characters “Qing Shan Martial Academy” on the gatehouse in front of her.
If she hadn’t been here a few times before, she probably wouldn’t have been able to recognize the manor in front of her as the former Ghostly Manor.
At the entrance of Qing Shan Martial Academy, Guan Shan, who was distributing flyers and registering students, saw Jiang Ning and hurried to greet her.
After handing out flyers for days, not a single person had come!
Could it be that a female hero was coming to be a student today?
“This elder sister…” Guan Shan called out sweetly.
“Hmm?” Jiang Ning raised an eyebrow.
“This female hero!” Guan Shan quickly corrected himself.
“Hmm!~”
“This female hero, are you here to join our Qing Shan Martial Academy?” Guan Shan asked.
“What does your Qing Shan Martial Academy do?” Jiang Ning decided to learn about Qing Shan Martial Academy first.
Hearing this, Guan Shan’s spirits lifted. He pointed to the two couplets on either side and said, “Our Qing Shan Martial Academy’s vision is for everyone to practice martial arts and everyone to become a hero!”
“To make it easy for everyone in the world who practices martial arts to train!”
“…”
Jiang Ning’s face darkened.
What Qing Shan Martial Academy, this is probably Qing Shan Mental Hospital!
How could Ghostly Manor fall into the hands of such a person?
The Jianghu is truly unpredictable.
“Our Qing Shan Martial Academy has a strong faculty and possesses a complete set of techniques from the See the Truth Barrier to the True Person Realm, ensuring that every martial artist can realize their dream of becoming a hero!” Guan Shan continued enthusiastically.
These were all edited by Shi Feizhe and he had memorized them.
Since it was rare for someone to listen, he naturally had to say them out loud.
Otherwise, wouldn’t it be a waste of memorization?
“Techniques of the True Person Realm are extremely precious! Heh…” Jiang Ning said with a sneer.
The True Person Realm is incredibly difficult to break through!
For example, she herself had been stuck at the Zhoutian realm for many years.
“Female hero!” Hearing Jiang Ning’s words, Guan Shan said, “Our Academy Head Shi possesses multiple True Person Realm techniques. Why don’t you meet with Academy Head Shi?”
“Is your Academy Head Shi a True Person Realm expert?” Jiang Ning asked cautiously.
Could this be a training ground for some old demon?
“Not yet…” Guan Shan shook his head.
“Then lead the way!” Jiang Ning interrupted Guan Shan.
If he wasn’t a True Person Realm martial artist, what did she, Jiang Ning, have to fear!
Guan Shan keenly sensed that Jiang Ning seemed to be looking for trouble. He hurriedly led the way, taking Jiang Ning to the main courtyard of the academy and asking her to wait while he went to find Shi Feizhe.
Jiang Ning looked at the renovated courtyard. The originally eerie statues and flowerbeds had been leveled, replaced by a one-acre square. A path made of black coal cinders circled the courtyard.
In the middle of this path, enclosed in a square shape, grass was planted. On the grass were various stone locks, wooden stakes, and other equipment for martial arts training and strength building.
It was very peculiar.
Even more peculiar were the various red slogans painted on the courtyard walls.
“Train hard with your head down, be upright with your head up!”
“Be self-reliant and strong, progress harmoniously together!”
“Mutual help and cooperation, development and innovation!”
“Small things achieve great things, details achieve perfection!”
“Train well in martial arts, strive for progress every day!”
These slogans truly left Jiang Ning dumbfounded. In the Jianghu, she had never seen such strange words.
Shi Feizhe was in his study, utilizing Supreme Wisdom to ponder how to compile a basic See the Truth technique that would allow anyone to smoothly reach the See the Truth Barrier without encountering issues like unsuitable visualization or insufficient Blood and Qi completion, preventing them from generating True Qi.
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When he heard Guan Shan mention that someone might be here to challenge the academy, he hurried to the training ground. Then, he recognized Jiang Ning!
“It’s you!” Shi Feizhe said.
“Hmm? You know me?” Jiang Ning didn’t recognize Shi Feizhe.
Back then, she had saved Mister Wang at Three Talents Manor and also saved another person by the way. What that person looked like, who he was, didn’t matter to her at the time.
So she didn’t remember Shi Feizhe.
“We’ve met once before!” Shi Feizhe said. Of course he remembered Jiang Ning.
“Oh!” Jiang Ning said nonchalantly, “Hand over Ghostly Manor and pledge allegiance to the Jiang Family, and I’ll spare your life!”
“So, young lady, you’re from the Demon Sect’s Jiang Family!” Shi Feizhe nodded and said,
“I bought this manor from the hero Fan Jianqiang. Why should I hand it over to you?”
“It was the hero Fan Jianqiang who eradicated evil for the people, and it was the hero Fan Jianqiang who sold the manor! Now, young lady, you want me to hand it over. Isn’t the Demon Sect’s Jiang Family being unreasonable and overly domineering?”
“I have the deed as proof. Could it be that the Demon Sect’s Jiang Family is only a bully who preys on the weak?”
Apart from Huang Goudan, the other members of Ghostly Manor either painted half their faces black or wore masks when they saw him. No one had actually seen his true face, so Shi Feizhe was speaking nonsense.
“…” Jiang Ning was taken aback. It seemed like he had a point.
Someone occupied her Jiang Family’s manor and even sold it. Yet, the Jiang Family didn’t go after the occupier but instead went after the buyer.
If word of this got out, it would make people think that the Jiang Family was bullying the weak and afraid of the strong, damaging their reputation!
“Heh… I’ll deal with Fan Jianqiang myself! And I’ll take this manor too!” Jiang Ning said with a sneer.
The best solution was to reclaim the manor and then kill Fan Jianqiang. This way, the Demon Sect’s Jiang Family would save both face and reputation!
What unreasonableness!
With martial power, one could turn the unreasonable into reasonable, and the reasonable into unreasonable!
“Then let’s settle this with our fists!” Shi Feizhe looked at Jiang Ning and said.
Three years ago, he was just someone casually saved by Jiang Ning.
Three years later, he was already standing before her, ready for a decisive battle!
This was the charm of martial arts!
This was the meaning of practicing martial arts!
“Kill!” Seeing Shi Feizhe standing still, allowing her to strike first, Jiang Ning sneered inwardly. What a fool he was!
He had no idea how powerful she was!
She lunged forward, her right fist crackling with lightning, striking towards Shi Feizhe like a divine being.
This thunder, this lightning, was the thunder in Jiang Ning’s heart, her unwavering will!
To strike a person, first strike yourself; to hammer a person, first hammer your heart!
This was the 《Questioning Heart Hammer《!
“Question: the family is filthy, corrupt, and unbearable, what should be done?”
The first punch was the question that arose in Jiang Ning’s mind while practicing her fist technique.
From a young age, she had witnessed the disgusting state of the Jiang Family under the rule of the Old Matriarch.
Therefore, she practiced martial arts to take control of her own destiny!
In the past, with this punch, she would first question herself, then question others.
Some would answer “kill” or “fuck it”.
Others had unwavering wills, completely ignoring it as if it were a fart, unable to shake them in the slightest, like Mei Ren from the Northern Sea.
But this time, she heard a strange answer from Shi Feizhe’s heart.
“You think the family is corrupt because it doesn’t serve your interests!”
“If the family served your interests, would it still be corrupt?”
“If you were at the helm of the family, would others think it’s corrupt?”
This perspective, which she had never considered before, made Jiang Ning hesitate with her punch.
If she were truly in the Old Matriarch’s position, could she… really lead the Jiang Family well?
I think the family is corrupt.
