The old man asked, "What conditions are you referring to, young master?"

Chu Qinghe slowly said, "When punishing evil, the ringleader should be punished. Since all the trouble was caused by this Bad Guy Commander, if I can see his head, everything will naturally be over. If the people behind you can't do that, this empty talk and biased approach may work for others, but it won't work for me."

After saying that, Chu Qinghe slowly walked towards the carriage.

After gesturing to the women, Chu Qinghe climbed into the second carriage.

After glancing at the old man still fishing by the lake, Dongfang Bubai and the other women returned to the carriage one after another.

This time, however, the women did not head towards the first carriage, but instead went directly into the carriage where Chu Qinghe was.

Upon seeing this, Wanwan, who had been heading towards the first carriage, decisively turned her steps toward the second carriage.

Once aboard the carriage, Qu Feiyan used her inner energy to push aside a large tree lying across the road with the force of the "Transferring Flowers and Jade" technique before continuing to drive the carriage forward.

But during this process, Qu Feiyan couldn't help but glance at the old man by the lake, her eyes filled with a hint of doubt.

Only after the two carriages had driven far away, and even the sound of their wheels rolling over the ground had disappeared, did the old man by the lake let out a slow sigh.

"Of the three thousand fools in the world, I had to become one of them. What a pity!"

As the voice faded, the old man by the lake slowly stood up, then gently lifted the fishing rod in his hand and cast the hook back into the lake.

On the other side.

After the two carriages had traveled nearly three miles, Lianxing finally spoke up: "Brother-in-law, judging from what that person just said, he doesn't seem to be a bad guy."

Chu Qinghe nodded slightly and said, "Yes! The old man's hands are not normal like those of ordinary martial artists. Even though he has entered the early stage of the Divine Seat Realm, his hands are still covered with calluses. This is obviously due to his past practice of special external palm techniques."

"With his mastery of palm techniques and his appearance and demeanor, I'm not mistaken, that person should be Ning Daoqi, one of the three great masters of martial arts in the Tang Dynasty."

Wanwan, standing beside her, looked astonished.

As a citizen of the Tang Dynasty, Wanwan was naturally familiar with Ning Daoqi.

Therefore, when Wanwan learned that the person she had just met was Ning Daoqi, who was elusive and difficult to encounter in the Tang Dynasty, she was quite surprised.

But then, thinking of Ning Daoqi's cultivation level that Chu Qinghe had just mentioned, Wanwan was even more surprised.

For a moment, Wanwan, a citizen of the Tang Dynasty, suddenly felt somewhat unfamiliar with the Tang Dynasty.

Dongfang Bubai spoke up: "From your conversation just now, it seems that Ning Daoqi has joined the Great Qin Kingdom?"

Chu Qinghe shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be considered that. If there are no surprises, it should be that person from the Great Qin Kingdom left here in the Great Tang Kingdom as an informant to keep an eye on the Bad Commander and the Bad People."

As he spoke, Chu Qinghe chuckled and said, "No wonder the Bad Commander immediately sent people out to investigate when he noticed the unusual movement of the power of heaven and earth. It seems that the Bad Commander also knew that there were other people's spies in the Great Tang Kingdom."

Yaoyue spoke up, "Since the forces behind Ning Daoqi are not allies with the Bad Commander, Ning Daoqi's words just now clearly indicated that he wanted you to settle things peacefully and give up targeting the Bad Commander?"

Chu Qinghe shook his head and said, "I don't know, but there are only two possibilities. The first is that the person behind Ning Daoqi knows that I have the ability to deal with Bu Liang Shuai, so he sent Ning Daoqi to take the initiative to contact me to prevent Bu Liang Shuai from getting into trouble."

"But the possibility of that is too low. At least only a few of you know my strength. When I dealt with Bai Wanshan, there was no one else around. Bai Wanshan's body was also dissolved by the corpse-dissolving water. It is impossible to find out my strength through the corpse."

"The second one, judging from Ning Daoqi's words just now, seems to be a desire to recruit him."

There is no such thing as a free lunch.

That Ning Daoqi actually took the initiative to approach him.

Dongfang Bubai glanced sideways and said, "So Ning Daoqi wants to recruit you on behalf of the power behind him?"

Chu Qinghe said calmly, "It's not just about recruiting me, it includes all of you as well."

As he spoke, Chu Qinghe adjusted his position, lay down, and rested his head in Yaoyue's arms before continuing, "The message I left behind indicated that it took the combined efforts of the three of you, even at the cost of injury, to defeat Bai Wanshan."

"This situation alone is enough to demonstrate the potential of the three of you, so it's not surprising that the people behind Ning Daoqi have their own ideas."

"Not to mention that the three of you have improved your cultivation and strength too quickly in the past year or so. Perhaps the person behind Ning Daoqi also wants to know the reason why the three of you have improved so quickly."

"Regardless of the situation, it's perfectly normal for Ning Daoqi's people to have their own ideas after learning about the three of you."

Both the Bad Marshal and Ning Daoqi have extraordinary backing.

In the eyes of others in the martial arts world, the current cultivation levels of Dongfang Bubai, Yaoyue, and even Shuimu Yinji are still at the Grandmaster level.

But now that they've entered the Tang Dynasty, it's likely that the Bad Commander and the people behind Ning Daoqi have already suspected that the cultivation levels of the three women, including Dongfang Bubai, have reached the mid-stage of the Celestial Realm.

Given the strength of these two sides, it wouldn't be difficult, in fact, very easy, for them to detect the cultivation levels of Dongfang Bubai and the other women before they met Chu Qinghe.

Naturally, given how quickly the three women's cultivation had improved in just over a year, it's impossible that these two forces didn't have some thoughts about it.

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