Chapter 825: The Insane Zhao Heng and His Son
Shu Xiu was born in a small unorthodox sect in southern Xinjiang.

Because of her high talent in martial arts, she was revered by that sect as a "witch" (a status similar to that of the Holy Maiden of the Ming Cult).

This sect's training of Shu Xiu can barely be considered as 'giving their all', but unfortunately their purpose was not pure.

Shu Xiu slipped away quietly before the sect leader could harm her.

In the following years, Shu Xiu traveled around the world, relying on his "witchcraft" and "disguise skills" to gain quite a reputation.

Four years ago, after Su Mingzhe massacred more than a hundred first-rank masters in Tai'an City, he returned to Shuzhong to prepare to restore his country.

When Shu Xiu heard the news, she hurried over, wanting to get the title of "hero who followed the emperor".

Unfortunately, no matter how good her disguise skills were, she couldn't break through the "Heart Refining Array", "Heart Bewildering Array", "Illusionary Array" and other magic arrays set up by Su Mingzhe.

In the end, she could only return home in defeat and continue to wander the world.

More than half a year passed.

By chance, Shu Xiu got a fragment of a martial arts secret book called "Baidi Baopu Jue".

Once again, I would like to praise Shu Xiu's talent in martial arts. She only taught herself a "fragmented" martial arts book, and her cultivation level advanced by leaps and bounds to the level of a second-grade junior grandmaster.

At this moment, Shu Xiu was only twenty years old.

This kind of talent is at least no worse than that of Hongshu, Bluebird, Lin Ya, and Nalan Huaiyu.

In the martial arts world, only those who have reached the first level of cultivation can be called a master.

As a junior master of the second rank, Shu Xiu is naturally well-known in the martial arts world.

At this point, Shu Xiu couldn't help but feel arrogant and even started to feel proud.

She also heard from others that there was a Tingchao Pavilion in the Beiliang Palace, which housed all the martial arts manuals collected by Xu Xiao when he was traveling around the world, naturally including the Baidi Baopu Jue.

In order to complete the [Baidi Baopu Jue], Shu Xiu got so excited that she broke into the Beiliang Palace at night.

You know, the Beiliang Palace is known as one of the three major forbidden areas in the martial arts world, on par with the Wu Family Sword Tomb and Wu Emperor City.

Shu Xiu was just a junior master of the second rank, and he was captured before he even entered the Tingchao Pavilion.

Then, she was sent to the falconry to be trained as a death warrior.

After her training was completed, she was arranged to be an undercover agent beside Lin Tanhua, and induced Lin Tanhua to go to Lingzhou to assassinate Xu Fengnian.

At this moment, Shu Xiu saw that Su Mingzhe was taking away Yu Youwei, the big-breasted and brainless woman, and she quickly used her slender fingers to comb the black hair hanging by her ears, hoping that the man in front of her would also see that her beauty was no less than Yu Youwei's.

As a result, Su Mingzhe just glanced at Shu Xiu out of the corner of his eye, ignored her, turned around and started chatting with Xu Fengnian.

It’s not that Su Mingzhe looked down on Shu Xiu, but he had just snatched a courtesan from Xu Fengnian, so he would feel embarrassed to snatch a female guard from him.

After all, you can't just focus on one person to take advantage of others, right?
After Xu Fengnian chatted with Su Mingzhe for a while, he inevitably mentioned the former groom, Lao Huang:

"Brother-in-law, do you know that Old Huang is dead...died in Wudi City!"

"Yeah, I know about that!"

Su Mingzhe knew a lot about Lao Huang's death in Wudi City.

Seeing Xu Fengnian's face full of sadness and sorrow, Su Mingzhe, who should have hated Beiliang, could only pout and comfort him casually:
"Birth, aging, sickness and death are normal."

"Master Uncle is willing to go to Wudi City and challenge Wang Xianzhi. It is also his own choice!"

Su Mingzhe did not tell Xu Fengnian that he had the opportunity to stop Lao Huang from dying.

After thinking for a long time, he did not go forward to stop it.

The reason is also very simple.

Although Su Mingzhe was grateful to Lao Huang for saving his life, he also hated him for "betraying his master and defecting to the enemy"!
He really couldn't imagine how a person could develop feelings for someone who caused the destruction of his country and his family.

"Is it Stockholm Syndrome?" "Not only is Old Huang mentally ill, but he is seriously ill. He needs to go through 'reincarnation' before he can be cured!"

After watching "The Snowy Swordsman", Su Mingzhe came to a conclusion.

It's not just the groom Lao Huang who has psychological problems. People like Hongshu, Qingniao, and Xu Weixiong all have psychological disorder syndromes. They can even develop feelings towards their enemies who oppress them!
It’s simply the most ridiculous thing in the world!
Among them, it is understandable that Hongshu, Qingniao, Xu Weixiong and others had a weak impression of their parents and country, and were brainwashed by Beiliang King Xu Xiao.

However, before going to Beiliang, Lao Huang was already a first-grade master of the Profound Finger Realm.

A swordsman who couldn't even stick to his original intention and let go of the hatred of his country's destruction and his family's demise.

How can such a person be qualified to be a swordsman?
You know, the heart of a swordsman must be extremely pure in spirit.

It was precisely because Su Mingzhe knew that Lao Huang had changed his mind that he was too lazy to rescue him!

Subsequently.

Su Mingzhe and Xu Fengnian's groups joined together, wandered around Fancheng for half a day, had a big meal in a restaurant, and then found a place to stay to rest.

Su Mingzhe and his group were staying in the Wang family villa to rest.

Wang Family Villa is the home of Wang Linquan, the richest man in Qingzhou.

Wang Linquan is the biological father of Wang Chudong, Su Mingzhe's concubine in the harem, and is also a secret spy arranged by Beiliang in Qingzhou.

After Wang Chudong was sent to Shu by King Jing'an, the Wang family apparently had a powerful backer, and their business in Qingzhou naturally grew bigger and bigger!

Wang Linquan was naturally very happy when Su Mingzhe and Xu Fengnian arrived together.

However, in order not to reveal his identity, Wang Linquan had no choice but to choose to receive Su Mingzhe and give up receiving Xu Fengnian.

In the following days.

Xu Fengnian went to visit Prince Jing'an and took people shopping.

Su Mingzhe went to find Liuzhu Bodhisattva to learn the Buddhist skills from Mount Nalanda in the Western Regions.

Nalanda Mountain was able to rule the Western Regions for so many years, so the techniques he practiced must be very worthy of attention.

For example, "the method of salvation", "the art of fortune-telling", "joyful Zen", etc.

(In the novel, the Six-Pearl Bodhisattva once wanted to practice dual cultivation with Xu Fengnian, but unfortunately Xu Fengnian did not agree.)
Several days passed like this.

On this day, Su Mingzhe learned all the skills of the Six-Pearl Bodhisattva Association, including the Joyful Zen of Mount Nalanda.

At this point, Su Mingzhe was too lazy to stay any longer, so he said goodbye to Wang Linquan and prepared to continue sailing downstream.

Unexpectedly, the large ship had just passed through Xiangfan City and left the dock outside the east city gate when Lin Ya reported that the Beiliang large ship had actually followed it out of the city.

"Brother-in-law, let's go together!"

Xu Fengnian is a shameless guy who has no sense of shame at all. When he saw Su Mingzhe coming to the stern, he immediately bowed and greeted him.

Su Mingzhe put his hands behind his back and responded somewhat speechlessly:
"We are going to Mount Longhu next. Do you want to go too?"

"We are just traveling around the world, so it doesn't matter where we go!"

Xu Fengnian, with a playful smile on his face, urged his ship to go faster. When the two ships were less than ten feet apart, he used his lightness skills to easily jump onto Su Mingzhe's ship.

Su Mingzhe suddenly felt something in his heart, and his soul moved out to look back.

But they saw thousands of cavalry and tens of thousands of elite soldiers rushing out of Xiangfan City!
The leader was none other than the lord of Qingzhou, King Jing'an Zhao Heng and his son.

Su Mingzhe was confused by the actions of this father and son:

"I'm afraid these two have gone insane. They knew Xu Fengnian was with me, but they still dared to chase him out?"

(End of this chapter)