And then fall into an abyss from which there is no escape.
"Let's go down the mountain. You want to learn plum blossom needle, right? Okay, Second Senior Sister will teach you, but you have to be serious! Don't give up after a few days."
The usually aloof Second Senior Sister couldn't stand such sentimental scenes. Seeing Bai Chen looked very moved, she quickly changed the subject.
"Oh, great!" Bai Chen was overjoyed. The plum blossom needle would be his favorite golden finger.
"In order to repay Second Senior Sister for her teaching, I decided to test the waters with Big Brother. What do you think?" Bai Chen stood up and put out the fire while asking for her opinion.
"You, junior sister, stop talking nonsense." The second senior sister raised her head in astonishment, her little face turned red as apples, and her lips trembled violently.
My heart is about to jump out.
"People of the Jianghu don't mind small matters!" Bai Chen said carelessly, "If you like someone, then boldly pursue your own happiness, just like me.
Of course, people like me can only be used as negative examples, but there is nothing wrong with boldly pursuing your own happiness.
If you know that your elder brother doesn't have that kind of feelings for you, you can also change your mind as soon as possible.
If Big Brother is so inclined, then just establish your relationship. That way, Big Brother will never dare to bother you again.
Don’t you think so
Bai Chen ignored Second Senior Sister's shy and frightened look and gave her a long lecture on the truth, which left Second Senior Sister stunned.
After calming down, she felt that what the junior sister said made sense. Perhaps if she knew his heart, she would no longer be so obsessed!
She didn't actually have much hope as to whether Qingfeng liked her or not.
It was already evening when the two sisters went down the mountain. Bai Chen followed the second sister to her residence and found that the eldest brother had already left.
The second senior sister took out a pack of plum blossom needles and gave it to Bai Chen, then told her some key points.
It takes time to fully master it, and it takes thousands of times of practice to become proficient.
In the evening, Bai Chen returned to Huaishan Yuquan Peak to have dinner with his parents.
However, it seemed that the atmosphere in the family tonight was a bit depressing, and every adult had a gloomy face.
Bai Chen picked up some rice grains and tried hard to recall. He felt that he had behaved very well in the past two days, so they shouldn't be angry with him again.
Did they know that the eldest senior brother was beaten by the second senior sister today
The eldest brother complained first because he was disgusted? Impossible.
Did he think that he was right for breaking into a woman's bedroom and trying to take her away
When Bai Chen put down his bowl and chopsticks, the old lady finally broke the silence, "Yan'er, go back early, it's getting late."
Bai Chen nodded. Looking at their expressions, it seemed like they had something important to discuss.
"Oh, then my daughter left first." Without any hesitation, she turned around and left, but after a while she quietly came back.
Hope to hear more this time.
Bai Chen was still hiding in the room where he had rested last time, because they usually met in the private meeting room next door.
Why didn't the martial arts masters like the old man next door notice that she had returned quietly
This was also due to the fact that she had practiced the Phantom Magic for thousands of years in the previous world.
The ability to conceal one's breath seems to have penetrated deep into the soul.
"Dad? What's the big deal? You look so heavy." The eldest brother asked.
Bai Chen was delighted, it seemed that their conversation had just begun.
"Today we received a letter from the imperial court, and they asked for a huge sum of money, wanting to borrow 4 million taels." Dad patted the table as he spoke.
As the head of a sect and leader of the martial arts world, when has my father ever lost his temper? This time, I think he must be extremely angry.
Bai Chen seemed very surprised when he heard the news. In the plot, is there any incident in which the imperial court borrowed 4 million silver from the Huaishan Sect
Maybe there is, but the color of the plum blossom is not clear.
So, did they give it in the end? With such a large sum of money, even if the Huaishan Sect was wealthy, it would probably be emptied out.
If they didn't give it, what excuses did they give
"The imperial court is really going too far. Dad, we must not give this money. If we give it once, it will happen again. Then it will become a bottomless pit."
Bai Chen nodded, agreeing with his elder brother's point of view that the money should never be given. The more he gave, the more dangerous it would be.
The court is so corrupt and the country is so chaotic, the emperor must be a wasteful and incompetent ruler.
What to do if the country runs out of money? Of course, it will increase taxes and levies.
Because so many people died of starvation, the land was no longer cultivated.
Increasing taxes cannot fill the huge holes left by the excessive spending of the royal family and bureaucrats.
Then they started to target the martial arts world, and of course they started with the Huaishan Sect, because the Huaishan Sect was the largest sect.
Who says the leader of Huaishan Sect is the leader
I'm afraid that the financial income of the Huaishan Sect in recent years has also been passed on to the imperial court by spies.
Otherwise, they would not have asked for 4 million taels right away.
If they give it to them, it will be a disaster. They will treat Huaishan Sect as their ATM.
If you don’t give it, maybe the same fate will happen to the Huaishan Sect in the plot.
"Father, of course, knows the importance of this. If we give it to the court, it will think that we are very rich, which will bring trouble to Huaishan Sect."
"What does Dad want to do? That money cannot be given."
"The only way to deal with this matter is to delay it. We can't refuse it openly, nor can we give it. We should first ask other sects whether they have received the same letter.
I heard that the border is in danger recently. The Dali Kingdom in the northwest has invaded five cities in our north and killed all the men, children and elderly people in the cities.
The women were captured and tortured by the soldiers.
It seems that it will be difficult to take back the five cities.
According to reliable information my father has received, the soldiers in the north are not even getting enough to eat, so how can they have the energy to fight
The imperial court has not been able to pay military salaries for a year.
In order to avoid starving to death, many soldiers began to rob the surrounding people.
This country is completely messed up.”
"Dad, the court is so corrupt. They killed General Qiu, the only one who could resist those beasts. How can this country be saved
Are we all going to become slaves of a conquered nation?" The eldest brother was furious and said, "Why doesn't anyone in the martial arts world think of rising up and overthrowing the tyranny of the imperial court?"
"Keep your voice down, do you want others to think we are plotting rebellion
How can the people in the underworld be united
Even if I am a formal leader of the martial arts world, it is impossible for me to command the support of everyone.
Your father is just a figurehead.
To put it bluntly, people in the underworld are all selfish.
Everyone says that they like freedom and don't want to be restricted, but in fact, everyone just mind their own business.
Besides, everyone is an expert and no one is willing to submit to anyone else, so how can they rise up in rebellion
If we really want to organize all the martial arts masters, it will be a mess."
Bai Chen swallowed a few times in hatred. He was really shocked to hear his elder brother say that he would rise up in rebellion.
Could it be that the eldest brother in the plot had the intention of rebellion, and the court smelled the scent of rebellion, so it sent hundreds of thousands of troops to suppress it.