After leaving the palace, Jing Zhe headed straight for Wuxian Garden.

All his fantasies and aspirations about his sect in the Dust-Sweeping Palace were shattered by Su Mochen's last words. He decided to go find Wang Yingqiu and ask her what the origins of this Heaven and Earth Sect were.

When Wang Yingqiu arrived at Wuxian Garden, she was somewhat surprised.

Why are you here?

I told Jing Zhe yesterday that he should spend these three days with Zhu Xinning, since they still have a long way to go on their journey to Jinxi...

"I came here to ask the garden owner some questions!"

Seeing that Jing Zhe didn't seem to be joking, Wang Yingqiu invited him into the house. Jing Zhe then recounted everything Su Mochen had told him earlier. After listening, Wang Yingqiu frowned slightly.

"Heaven and Earth Sect..."

"The owner of the garden has also heard of it?"

Wang Yingqiu shook her head: "Never heard of it."

"..."

Jing Zhe finally gave up. What a load of rubbish, what a waste of my feelings!

Seeing that Jing Zhe was in low spirits, Wang Yingqiu comforted him, "Perhaps it's true what His Highness Mo Chen said. It's normal that I don't know about those ancient and secret sects. Besides, His Highness Mo Chen has no reason to lie to you. Although the sect is small, it has grandmasters, which is much more powerful than any large sect!"

Then he added, "Besides, you are now a government official, so you shouldn't join any major sects, especially major sects like the Four Great Sects. The government has clearly stipulated that they cannot accept government officials as inner disciples; at most, they can only be nominal outer disciples to serve as a facade."

"So this is even better. The sect may be small, but we can learn real martial arts, isn't that better than anything else? By the way, didn't you say His Highness Mo Chen gave you your sect's secret manual? Why don't we see how it works?"

Hearing this, Jing Zhe also became interested.

"Okay, let's go to the backyard!"

With that, he jumped out of the window, and Wang Yingqiu followed closely behind.

After landing, Wang Yingqiu still told Jing Zhe in advance that they could not use their lightness skills, and then the two began to spar.

Since the main purpose was to test the quality of the secret manual that Su Mochen taught Jing Zhe, Wang Yingqiu did not make a move herself, only letting Jing Zhe attack while she only defended.

She is already at the fifth level, while Jing Zhe, although he has made rapid progress, is only at the middle stage of the fourth level. Wang Yingqiu felt that this defense should be easy.

But the reality was exactly the opposite of what she expected.

Wang Yingqiu had never seen Jing Zhe's offensive methods before. After blocking one attack, the second one came immediately. The attacks continued like a tidal wave, catching her off guard. She abandoned her earlier underestimation and switched from defense to offense...

About fifteen minutes later, the two stopped.

Although Jing Zhe failed to break through Wang Yingqiu's defenses, Wang Yingqiu also gained no advantage and was already panting heavily.

"You...you're amazing!"

Wang Yingqiu wiped the sweat from her brow and said, "It seems that His Highness Mo Chen is right. You are indeed her junior brother. Your internal energy and the martial arts manual she taught you are from the same lineage, so they work together seamlessly and can unleash their maximum power!"

Most importantly, you also practiced the martial arts manual your fifth sister left you. I just sensed it, and it seems these two martial arts have fused within you. You haven't even used your lightness skill yet, but you've already given me a hard time! You're a level below me, and if you use your lightness skill, even someone at the mid-stage of the fifth level might not be able to handle you!

Upon hearing this, Jing Zhe beamed with joy.

"Master, according to you, although my cultivation level is one level lower than yours, my combat ability is no weaker than yours, right?"

Wang Yingqiu nodded seriously, "Not only are they not weak, but they are much stronger than me!"

"Since that's the case!"

Jing Zhe grinned mischievously: "Then let's practice some more! I only benefited from the double-peace period before, but now that my cultivation level is higher, I can't let the Master of the Garden suffer!"

As he spoke, his large hand swept towards Wang Yingqiu.

However, this time Wang Yingqiu did not grant his wish, and instead smiled and took a step back to avoid it.

"You bad guy, trying to do something bad again!"

"Don't talk nonsense, I clearly want to practice my skills!"

Then he came up again. Wang Yingqiu tried to hide, but this time Jing Zhe was prepared. How could she escape?

A moment later, she fell into Jing Zhe's arms, panting.

However, when Jing Zhe tried to go further, she held his hand down tightly, her eyes pleading: "Bad man, not today. You were so strong yesterday, and I'm still in a lot of pain today. It's not possible."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Jing Zhe felt proud of his bravery, but also felt a pang of sympathy when he learned that Wang Yingqiu was still in pain.

From this perspective, although Wang Yingqiu practices martial arts, she is not as talented as Zhu Xinning in bed. After all, Zhu Xinning had sex with Jing Zhe so many times after her first time, but nothing happened to her.

Jing Zhe bent down and kissed Wang Yingqiu's forehead, then picked her up, his face stern and somewhat reproachful, "Since it still hurts, why didn't you say so sooner? If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have let you get down and move around like this."

With that, he pushed off with his feet and flew back.

Wang Yingqiu leaned on Jing Zhe's shoulder and smiled sweetly, quite pleased with the feeling of being cared for by Jing Zhe: "Exercising for a while isn't a big problem, I'm just worried that you always... need more than an hour, I can't take that!"

After saying that, Wang Yingqiu nudged him and laughed, "Alright, you just came from the palace, so don't stay here any longer. Let me rest for a couple of days and go cause trouble for your second sister!"

Jing Zhe spent some more time being affectionate with her, and then, after listening to Wang Yingqiu's words, he walked out of Wuxian Garden.

...

Jing Zhe did not go straight home.

He first went to Wenxiangju and found that Wenxiangju was now very well organized, whether it was selling newspapers or organizing audiobook listening sessions, and there was no chaotic or crowded situation outside.

Upon entering Wenxiangju, Jing Zhe asked Shi Tou about it, and Shi Tou replied that it was all thanks to Zhang Xiaoyu.

It turned out that Zhang Xiaoyu noticed that although the people who came to buy newspapers and those who wanted to listen to audiobooks lined up for a long time every day, some people still couldn't buy anything at the end, wasting half a day of queuing time.

So Zhang Xiaoyu then registered all those who were queuing but hadn't been able to buy a newspaper, as well as other people who wanted to buy newspapers. She then notified the newspaper's printing department based on the number of people who wanted to buy newspapers. If there were too many newspapers to print, she would notify the people who had reached the deadline and ask them to come back the next day.

Zhang Xiaoyu also applied this method to audiobook listening, and it was very effective because it was fair and shortened the waiting time for ordinary people.

After listening, Jing Zhe looked at the well-organized Wenxiangju and felt very comfortable. He smiled and asked, "Where is Manager Zhang?"

"President Hui Jing is upstairs!"

Stone pointed to the second floor and said.

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