"Shut up!"
The moment she arrived in the new world, the neighing of a horse reached Tang Ning's ears, followed by a violent jolt. She was so jolted that she didn't even have time to properly assess her surroundings before she reached out and grabbed the window frame tightly to prevent herself from being thrown out.
Unfortunately, the jolting was too intense, and Tang Ning's grip was too weak. She lost her hold and was thrown backward from the simple carriage.
She instinctively let out a soft cry, and just when she thought she was going to fall hard, a whooshing sound came, and then a strong arm grabbed her waist and pulled her into its embrace.
"Young lady, are you alright?"
The voice of the visitor was as clear and refreshing as a spring, soothing and comforting.
Tang Ning suddenly looked up and successfully caught a fleeting glimpse of amazement in the eyes of the man standing tall and straight like a pine tree, with sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, his hair tied up high, dressed like a chivalrous knight-errant.
However, none of that is the point. The point is—
She glanced at the large, bright red characters above the man's head.
Fang Yunyang.
System score: 90.
Current favorability rating: 20.
Tsk, how could someone who seemed perfectly fine suddenly become a jerk?
"Activate story teleportation."
Unexpectedly, she encountered Tang Ning, the person she was trying to woo, as soon as she entered the new world. In order to avoid being exposed, she did not hesitate to immediately accept the plot of this world. 54088 had already told her that during the plot reception period, it was a system protection phase, and time was basically stopped, so there was no need to worry about the plot reception being interrupted due to external influences.
Having prepared herself mentally, Tang Ning was still shocked by the massive plot, but at least her face wasn't as pale as it had been in the previous world.
Just like Fang Yunyang's attire, the new world is one of constant conflict among martial artists and a gradually weakening imperial court. Swift movement across rooftops is the norm for all martial artists in this world, and becoming the world's number one martial artist is their lifelong pursuit.
The current martial arts world is divided into eight major forces: four sects, three manors, and one valley. Of course, these are all righteous forces recognized by all martial artists. Strictly speaking, there should be nine major forces in the martial arts world today. However, the most powerful and domineering of them all, the Jiyue Sect, which almost everyone in the martial arts world has to avoid, has always been regarded by everyone as the number one evil sect in the martial arts world and is not recognized by everyone.
And Tang Ning—well, in this world she's still called Tang Ning—comes from the Medicine God Valley, one of the factions.
Medicine God Valley, as the name suggests, is definitely related to medicine, poisons and herbs.
Tang Ning is the heir of the Medicine God Valley in this generation. She is skilled in both medicine and poison, but unfortunately, she doesn't know any martial arts.
Originally, Tang Ning was not a member of the martial arts world, but the legitimate daughter of a third-rank official in the imperial court. From a young age, she learned elegant arts such as music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. Unfortunately, her father was too upright and incorruptible. He couldn't stand the current eunuch faction in power in the court and insisted on investigating the corrupt and disrespectful acts of the eunuchs in the Eastern Depot, recording them in an account book.
It was this very ledger that led to the massacre of the entire Tang family.
In the end, only Tang Ning escaped. After going through many hardships, she joined the Medicine God Valley, which had some connection with her mother. Relying on her extremely high talent, she quickly became the next successor of the Medicine God Valley and had a fiancé named Fang Yunyang from the Kongshan Sect.
Yes, the man Tang Ning saw before receiving the plot happened to be Tang Ning's fiancé.
The two had never met before, which is why they didn't recognize each other when they met.
You ask why two people who don't know each other at all got engaged?
This was naturally because, on the one hand, the righteous factions were declining and needed to strengthen their ties through marriage. On the other hand, when Tang Ning was being hunted down by the Eastern Depot in her childhood, she was unexpectedly saved by a little boy. The boy said that his name was Fang Yunyang. Tang Ning, who always remembered her savior, naturally agreed without hesitation when her master told her that the elders of the Kongshan Sect had asked for a marriage proposal for their disciple named Fang Yunyang.
Then, at the age of 18, Tang Ning left the valley to find Fang Yunyang to fulfill their marriage agreement.
Little did she know that Fang Yunyang, who had ventured into the martial world several years before her, already had a confidante by his side—Huo Qingqing, the daughter of the Food God Manor Master, who also came from one of the eight major powers.
Unlike Tang Ning's gentle and graceful nature, Huo Qingqing, who was spoiled by her father since childhood, may not be a first-rate martial artist, but she is a first-rate troublemaker. She hates evil and loves to fight for justice, but she is also clever and mischievous. Although she is a bit spoiled, she is also very hardworking. Not to mention, she has superb cooking skills, which makes her quite popular in the martial arts world.
But ever since she got into trouble and was unexpectedly rescued by Fang Yunyang, her heart fell entirely for him. From then on, she embarked on a difficult path of pursuing him, regardless of anything else. Even though she knew that Fang Yunyang already had a fiancée, she still cried and continued to follow in his footsteps, saying things like, "There's nothing wrong with me just liking him. Can't I roam the world after liking him? If he can walk this path, why can't I?" and so on. She got entangled with Fang Yunyang again.
In fact, Huo Qingqing herself could not affect Tang Ning, her fiancée, much to her dismay. However, she was followed by Yan Xingzhi, who appeared to be gentle and refined, elegant and handsome, a true gentleman, but was actually ruthless, cold and heartless, and would stop at nothing to achieve his goals. He was also the master of Yangyue Manor, one of the eight major powers.
Yan Xingzhi, Yan Xingzhi, even his name is so deceptive.
Who would have thought that it was he who, in the end, destroyed all the light and beauty in the original owner's life, and even caused him to lose his life!
In fact, Yan Xingzhi was full of malice towards Tang Ning from the moment she appeared as Fang Yunyang's fiancée.
Because of his old grudge with Fang Yunyang, and the girl he liked, Huo Qingqing, but his liking had nothing to do with romantic love. His acquaintance with Huo Qingqing was entirely due to a dish she made, a braised lion's head dish that tasted extremely similar to the one his deceased mother used to cook. Coupled with her lively and clever manner, which resembled his long-deceased younger sister, Yan Xingzhi directly recognized her as his sister and from then on, he also took the troublesome Huo Qingqing under his wing.
Tang Ning appeared as Fang Yunyang's fiancée, and Huo Qingqing liked Fang Yunyang so much that she never smiled again after Tang Ning appeared. At that time, Yan Xingzhi originally wanted to kill Tang Ning directly and then destroy the evidence.
Just then, he learned about Tang Ning's constitution: a naturally cold and icy body, immune to all poisons, and even her blood could neutralize them.
His closest and most loyal person was a young slave boy raised by wolves he had bought from the northern desert. While helping him with some private matters, he was accidentally poisoned by an incurable Miao poison and had only three months to live. There was only one way for him to survive: to transfer the poison to another person through a special means. Nothing was easier to transfer the poison than the willing love between a man and a woman.
Unfortunately, an ordinary woman's constitution is simply not able to withstand such a rare poison from Miao territory; on the contrary, it would accelerate the onset of the poison. Only a rare and miraculous constitution, such as the Cold Jade Ice Body, can withstand such a colorless and odorless poison.
Even the ruthless Yan Xingzhi only cares about two people in his life: Huo Qingqing and Ye Xiao, the wolf boy he bought and raised himself.
Given Tang Ning's constitution and the fact that she offended Huo Qingqing so badly, it would be strange if he didn't take action against her.
The process of transferring the poison requires a willing consent; otherwise, it will only backfire. Therefore, it was impossible for him to kidnap Tang Ning and force her to detoxify Ye Xiao. It was at this moment that he secretly devised a vicious plan.
That was to deliberately scheme against Tang Ning, making her fall completely in love with him and thus marry him.
In this way, Huo Qingqing could be with Fang Yunyang, and as for Ye Xiao, as long as the lights were off and it was pitch black every night when they made love, he didn't believe that Tang Ning could recognize the difference between his body and Ye Xiao's.
After all, this Miss Tang Ning doesn't look like a carefree江湖儿女 (jianghu children) at all. Instead, she seems like a well-bred young lady who accidentally entered the jianghu world. I believe that even if something strange happened at night, she would probably be too embarrassed to ask him anything.
The plan was perfect, and its execution was flawless. Yan Xingzhi consistently maintained his gentlemanly facade in front of Tang Ning, shielding her from harm, actively flirting with her, and showering her with concern.
Having lived in the secluded paradise of Medicine God Valley since childhood and having had little contact with men, Tang Ning had never seen anything like this before. Yan Xingzhi could also sense her excitement and emotion.
Unfortunately, Tang Ning, who had been deeply influenced by her overly rigid father since childhood, was also stubborn. Knowing about her fiancé Fang Yunyang, she managed to hold back and even began to subtly distance herself from Yan Xingzhi after feeling her heart flutter.
Little did the stubborn young girl know that Fang Yunyang, on the other side, had already had an unavoidable physical intimacy with Huo Qingqing while healing his wounds, and was already deeply moved by her passionate and straightforward feelings.
Finally, as the wedding date approached, the two engaged couples, whose hearts belonged to others, were about to get married.
Huo Qingqing was alright, but how could Yan Xingzhi, whose inner self was always shrouded in darkness, possibly allow their marriage to go smoothly?
Just before the wedding ceremony, he found Tang Ning and, taking advantage of her unpreparedness, poisoned her with a Gu poison, which was successfully caught red-handed by the incredulous Fang Yunyang.
When questioned by Fang Yunyang, he burst into laughter.
"Why did I do this? Hahaha, you still have the nerve to ask me why I did this? I lost everything because of you since I was a child. Why should even the woman I love marry you? Fang Yunyang, what makes you think you can do this? Do you still remember the Ye family, a total of seventy-two people, who were slaughtered by the Jiyue Sect because of you? And I was originally named Ye Yu."
At this point, Yan Xingzhi finally spoke up and recounted a story from many years ago.
It turns out that Yan Xingzhi was just an alias. His real name was Ye Yu. His father was Ye Kun, the master of Mingjian Villa, who was one of the top masters in the martial arts world. His family was originally very happy and harmonious. His mother was gentle and kind, and his younger sister was cute and clever. At that time, his biggest headache every day was that practicing swordsmanship was too hard, and he often had to find ways to escape and play.
But all of this was destroyed when Fang Yunyang came to seek refuge with him when he was nine years old. At that time, the Jiyue Sect was at its zenith. After they learned that Fang Yunyang's father had accidentally obtained a peerless sword manual, the sect leader at the time actually sent people to snatch it. In order to prevent the sword manual from falling into the hands of the demonic sect, Fang's father fought desperately. Some of his family members died or were scattered. In the end, he handed the sword manual to Fang Yunyang, who was also nine years old at the time, and sent him to seek refuge with his friend Ye Kun, the master of Mingjian Villa. Unfortunately, Fang Yunyang did not hide in Ye's family for long before he brought a disaster of annihilation to Mingjian Villa.
In the end, only Fang Yunyang and Yan Xingzhi, who was then called Ye Yu, were rescued by the martial arts master, Elder Jiaye, who rushed to the scene and then took the two of them to the Kongshan Sect.
Fang Yunyang was directly accepted as a disciple by Elder Jiaye because of his excellent aptitude for martial arts. However, Ye Yu was unable to master Elder Jiaye's unique sword technique because of his poor aptitude. In the end, he was only accepted as a disciple by an elder with mediocre martial arts skills.
No matter where you are, there are good people and bad people. Although the Kongshan Sect is mostly composed of upright people, there are bound to be a few bad apples. Yan Xingzhi's elder master is one such bad apple. Not only is his martial arts skill lacking, but he is also extremely jealous. He is always jealous of his senior brother, Elder Jiaye. How could he possibly treat Yan Xingzhi, whom he brought up the mountain, well?
Every day before dawn, they would chop wood and carry water, serving him this and that. If anything went wrong, they would whip him, often leaving bloodied spots on Yan Xingzhi's body that no one could see. They wouldn't allow him to complain, otherwise he would be beaten again when he came back.
As Fang Yunyang's martial arts skills grew higher and higher, Yan Xingzhi, who was already quite famous in the sect, disappeared completely in less than half a year in the Kongshan Sect. The last thing he did before leaving was to personally poison his master.
At that time, Fang Yunyang always thought Ye Yu was dead, but unexpectedly...
He felt guilty towards Ye Yu, who was once Ye Yu, and now Yan Xingzhi. After learning about the various things he had experienced at the Kongshan Sect, this guilt quickly reached its peak.
Then he learned from Yan Xingzhi that the poison he had given Tang Ning was not a deadly Gu poison, but just a Thread-Pulling Gu.
This poison won't work if Tang Ning is truly devoted to Fang Yunyang and her love remains unchanged. Then they can proceed with their wedding. Otherwise, he will become the man Tang Ning loves most, and no one else will catch her eye. She will even completely forget everything about her relationship with Fang Yunyang. He just wants to gamble, and he hopes Fang Yunyang will give him this final chance.
This is precisely where Yan Xingzhi's ruthlessness lies. He knew perfectly well that Tang Ning had already fallen for him, yet he deliberately said such things to Fang Yunyang.
As expected, Fang Yunyang, overwhelmed with guilt, wavered. He didn't even ask Tang Ning's opinion before letting Yan Xingzhi do whatever he wanted.
As Yan Xingzhi expected, Tang Ning, after waking up, could only see Yan Xingzhi in her heart and eyes. Fang Yunyang decided to help them get married. Not only that, he also helped the two hold a wedding, thus pushing Tang Ning into a pit of fire.
He had no idea that Yan Xingzhi's words were a scheme against him from beginning to end. As he had said before, Yan Xingzhi was capable of scheming about anything in order to achieve his goals.
Because of her love for Yan Xingzhi, Tang Ning spent every night in a dark room doing what a husband and wife should do with Ye Xiao, who was overly obedient to Yan Xingzhi. At the same time, she gradually transferred the deadly poison from Ye Xiao's body to herself.
Just as the poison in Ye Xiao's body was about to be completely eliminated, the Demonic Cult attacked. Fang Yunyang accidentally fell off a cliff, and Tang Ning, who was not protected by anyone sent by Yan Xingzhi, was also kidnapped by the Demonic Cult.
It was only then that Tang Ning realized that Yan Xingzhi had been a spy planted by the Demonic Sect within the righteous sects all these years. After leaving the Kongshan Sect, he went straight to the Demonic Sect's headquarters and struggled there for three years before the Demonic Sect leader noticed his existence. Because of his poor physical constitution, he directly took the poison given to him by the Jiyue Sect leader to forcibly improve his physical constitution. The price was that every fifteenth of the month, he would be devoured by thousands of ants, his physical constitution would be twisted, he would lose all his power, and he would even shrink back to his childhood appearance. The pain was unbearable, worse than death.
It was this ruthlessness that made the leader of the Jiyue Sect like him more and more. He bestowed upon him his own surname, named him Yan Xingzhi, and even built him a Yangyue Manor, making him a righteous undercover agent.
How could Yan Xingzhi be a lamb willing to be subservient to others and be slaughtered at will?
In just ten years, he rapidly developed Yangyue Manor into the number one righteous force, with an intelligence network that covered the entire martial arts world.
He wanted revenge, revenge for the wrongful deaths of all 72 members of the Ye family, and he wanted to completely annihilate all members of the Demonic Sect, leaving not a single one alive.
However, the leader of the Demonic Sect was no pushover either. As soon as he sensed Yan Xingzhi's rebellious intentions, he immediately attacked, which led to Fang Yunyang's fall off the cliff and Tang Ning's capture.
Even so, Yan Xingzhi did not diminish his efforts to crack down on the Demonic Sect. In the end, he even joined forces with Ye Xiao, who had been completely cured of the poison, to kill the leader of the Jiyue Sect and destroy all the Demonic Sect's strongholds, leaving them with only a bunch of stray dogs. They even wanted to negotiate with him by carrying Tang Ning.
"No way? You really consider her my wife? She's just an antidote herb. She's only good for curing Ye Xiao's poison, and that's it. If you like her, you can have her."
Yan Xingzhi's smile was cold and cruel.
It was only then, when the Silk-Pulling Gu was no longer effective against her, that Tang Ning realized the man she had been intimate with every night wasn't her husband. Hahaha, not only that, she was already afflicted with a deadly poison and wouldn't live much longer. Her beloved husband had been scheming against her from beginning to end, and had never loved her for a single day. Hahaha…
Tang Ning is dead.
Just as she was excitedly trying to get to Yan Xingzhi's side to see if he had a heart, she was accidentally stabbed in the heart by a remnant of the Demonic Sect and fell to the ground dead.
Even in death, her eyes remained fixed on Yan Xingzhi's direction, unable to close. The last tear slid down her temple and into the mud beneath her, disappearing quickly.
Therefore, we didn't see the plot take a sharp turn afterward. After destroying the Demonic Sect, Yan Xingzhi, whose ambition had swelled, did not stop his expansion. Instead, he directly became the second leader of the Jiyue Sect, intending to dominate the martial arts world and become the number one in the world.
But how can justice prevail over evil?
Fang Yunyang, who learned a peerless secret technique through a fortuitous encounter at the bottom of a cliff, has returned.
As for Yan Xingzhi, because of his ambition and ruthlessness, Huo Qingqing did not understand him, and Ye Xiao was also turned by Fang Yunyang. When the final battle came, the two people who were closest to Yan Xingzhi in his life stood on Fang Yunyang's side. Then, during the final battle, the group of people crippled his martial arts instead of killing him.
After Yan Xingzhi finished laughing sadly, he chose to commit suicide.
In the end, Fang Yunyang was elected as the leader of the martial arts alliance by the crowd, but he voluntarily resigned and chose to retire from the martial arts world with Huo Qingqing to live a life of blissful companionship.
As for Tang Ning, she has already fulfilled her role as a tool, so who would remember her?
Aside from Fang Yunyang's eyes reddening at her grave, in the eyes of other martial arts practitioners, she, as Yan Xingzhi's wife, was just as despicable and vicious as the demon Yan Xingzhi. She was a disgrace to the teachings of Medicine God Valley and deserved to be torn to pieces along with the demon Yan Xingzhi!
Oh.
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