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Chapter 99 A Chance Encounter
Chapter 99 A Chance Encounter
Aoki-style painted boat.
The term "painted boat" refers to a beautifully decorated pleasure boat for tourists to enjoy.
Hundreds of years ago, the Aoki Pleasure Boat was not a martial arts sect, but a pleasure boat that attracted tourists; to put it bluntly, it was a brothel.
There was a young maid on the pleasure boat at that time who did not approve of the way of life on the pleasure boat. She used dance to achieve enlightenment and created a sword dance method. She was revered as the Fairy of Lingbo.
The Fairy Lingbo eliminated the controller behind the painted boat and passed on her swordsmanship to the woman on the boat, without staying on the boat herself.
The women on the painted boat regarded Lingbo Fairy as their ancestor, and preserved the form of the painted boat, which became the current Aoki Painted Boat.
The Aoki Palace is dedicated to rescuing women who have been bullied and humiliated, and men are forbidden from entering.
The above is the history of the Qingmu Painting Boat that Shangguan Hong introduced to the group on the way.
"Sheng Wansong is the number one person in the world today, while the Ancestral Master was the number one person in the world in that era."
"Like Wansong, the Ancestral Master was born into humble circumstances and achieved such great success at a young age."
If we're talking about the differences, Lingbo Fairy doesn't have a natural advantage like Sheng Wansong; all of her martial arts are self-created.
"It's a pity that this fairy Lingbo is a person from hundreds of years ago, and we will never have the chance to see this extraordinary woman."
Ouyang Xue shook her head and sighed.
They were all women, and naturally they wanted to meet Lingbo Fairy, who was also a woman, even more than Sheng Wansong.
However, it's not necessarily true that we'll never have the chance to see it.
The Sacred Heart Technique, on the other hand, possesses the ability to bring the dead back to life.
If Fairy Lingbo's body is well preserved, Sheng Wansong can use the power of the Sacred Heart Technique to bring her back to life.
Even if no remains are left, the boundless power of the Mohe River, when pushed to its limit, can break through the boundaries of time and space.
No matter what.
Sheng Wansong looked at An Lan; this girl possessed top-tier martial arts talent.
If I hadn't intervened, would An Lan have been able to achieve the same level of success as Lingbo Fairy with her talent?
"Waaah."
An Lan was holding her head in her hands, feeling dizzy and disoriented, completely unaware of his gaze.
The child is fine at sea, but gets seasick as soon as he enters a turbulent river.
Yangzhou was a hub for water transport, so the group chose to travel by water to the Qingmu Painted Boat instead of by land.
"An'an, if you really can't stand it, go back to your room and rest."
This time, An Lan didn't try to be brave; she nodded and went back.
As she walked, Sheng Wansong could still hear her muttering to herself.
"Humans are foolish to create tools that put themselves in danger when they are a species that is grounded in nature."
That brat.
"It was my oversight."
Ouyang Xue looked apologetic. "It's all because I heard that the water scenery on both sides of Jiangdu is uniquely beautiful, and I was so eager to see it that I caused An'an to become like this."
She has a kind heart, and this is genuine remorse.
That's her own problem.
Sheng Wansong shook his head in denial, "Besides, they're already on the boat. If you let her situation cause her to miss the scenery on both sides of the river, you'll only be giving her a headache for nothing."
"I'll buy her lots of desserts as compensation after we get ashore."
Ouyang Xue listened and found it very reasonable, and looked again at the natural beauty on both sides of the canal.
Suddenly, Sheng Wansong noticed something was wrong and looked down at the surging water below.
It was indeed much more turbulent than a calm sea.
Shangguan Hong had been watching him closely and asked, "What are you looking at?"
"There are river bandits."
She looked down at the water; the river was swift, and she couldn't see anything below.
How good must a water bandit be to commit crimes underwater?
Shangguan Hong had no doubt about Sheng Wansong's judgment. "Should we inform the boatman?"
Sheng Wansong nodded in agreement, "Tell them about it, so they know they've encountered danger."
"So that they can be better prepared for future ship departures."
Knowing that bandits were coming, Shangguan Hong was not worried at all; instead, she smiled.
"It is an honor for these bandits to be a part of your glorious achievements, Wansong."
Just as Sheng Wansong was about to nod, he suddenly exclaimed "Eh!" and laughed, "It seems that this time it won't be our turn to make a move."
The great river has many branches, and its waters flow in all directions.
A boat much smaller than the passenger ship sailed into a tributary ahead.
At the bow of the ship were several women dressed in gauze skirts, but what they were doing was completely opposite to their attire. Each of them held a powerful bow, and their slender arms drew the longbows to their full extent.
The sentry on the top of the merchant ship noticed something amiss and immediately blew his horn.
"Enemy attack!!!"
As the guards gathered on the deck, the women had already fired their bows and arrows.
They raised their swords in fear to block in front of them.
The arrows missed them, instead flying into the water.
Bows and arrows have limited power in the rain, but these women are extremely strong, and these bows and arrows are no ordinary objects.
After the arrow entered the water, blood gushed out from the bottom.
Several shirtless bandits, their backs pierced by arrows, emerged from the water, their backs riddled with black arrows, before being quickly submerged by the waves.
After the women fired several volleys of arrows, killing dozens of bandits, their next arrows no longer picked up any corpses.
Sheng Wansong glanced at the water and said, "The remaining bandits have already escaped."
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The women on the small boat also noticed that the pirates had escaped and brought the boat closer.
A young girl in red jumped onto the merchant ship and complained.
"What a useless bunch of pirates, they're as worthless as trash."
"Ling'er rarely leaves the pleasure boat, but she didn't get a chance to make a move."
The girl was dressed in red, dressed like a woman from the Western Regions, with only a piece of red cloth covering her chest, revealing a large expanse of snow-white skin. Her lower body was also covered by an open short skirt, and her arms were wrapped in a large piece of cloth. Two buns were tied on her head with red rope.
Shangguan Hong said that Qingmu Painting Boat had abandoned its old businesses after becoming a sect.
But the girl in front of him made Sheng Wansong suspect that Aoki Hanabusa might still be secretly returning to his old ways.
"What are you looking at?"
Apart from the woman in red, the other women were dressed very conservatively, in what most people would consider normal dresses.
Whether it's this girl in red or the other women in green dresses, they all possess outstanding beauty.
While they weren't all stunningly beautiful women, their overall quality was definitely much higher than that of the imperial harem.
"Ling'er, I told you not to dress like this. This young master is staring at you."
Upon hearing this, Ling'er glanced at Sheng Wansong, stuck out her tongue, and made a face at him.
Before long, the ship's owner came to the deck and thanked the women profusely.
During the conversation, Sheng Wansong and the others learned that these women were indeed from the Aoki Painting Boat.
The pleasure boat received word that bandits from Jiujiang Water Village were planning to rob merchant ships here, so they laid an ambush and waited for them to come to them.
After the negotiations were completed, the boat owner paid the boatman his fee.
Ling'er and the others were about to leave.
Shangguan Hong stepped forward.
"My esteemed ladies of the Green Wood Pavilion, I am Shangguan Hong of the Azure Wave Sect."
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