Su Shan sneaked into Miss Su’s courtyard and crept into her room, only to find that she was not there. He was just about to leave when he was spotted by Miss Su’s maid as he emerged from the room.
The maid’s loud screams drew the attention of the family guards.
Seeing the situation, Su Shan actually attempted to kidnap the maid, but he was intercepted by the arriving Su Jun.
Realizing the task was impossible, Su Shan fled immediately.
Because of Su Shan’s actions, the Su family was in chaos for a long while. Once they finally managed to settle things, they tried to track Su Shan down to eliminate the menace, but he was nowhere to be found.
At the same time, the Su family realized that as their daughter grew older, she was becoming increasingly beautiful. In the Su family, only Su Jun possessed passable martial arts; in this world, he might not necessarily be able to protect Miss Su, Su Fu.
Thus, the Su family wanted to arrange a betrothal for Miss Su. However, the prominent families in Fengyi City were mostly similar to the Su family, with some not even having a single martial artist in their households.
After much discussion, they decided to hold a martial arts marriage competition this year and publicize it extensively.
With the Su family’s wealth and Su Fu’s beauty, it would surely attract many young talents.
While there were talented rogue cultivators, most young elites hailed from famous sects. Their son-in-law would most likely be a disciple from a righteous sect.
When that time came, the Su family would have a backer, and Miss Su would find a good home.
Simultaneously, Master Su had befriended a martial arts expert named Dong Qing.
At the time, he had mentioned it to Dong Qing, hoping that when the martial arts marriage competition took place, an expert could be present to oversee the event. This was to prevent anyone from causing trouble that Su Jun’s martial arts could not handle.
Dong Qing agreed, though she did not intend to oversee it herself. Instead, she told Master Su to send a letter to Drunken Dream Island when he was ready to hold the competition.
At that time, the island would send its eldest disciple to oversee the proceedings.
Thus, one month before the competition, Master Su sent a letter to Drunken Dream Island.
But who could have known? Just as the Su family began preparations and specifically promoted the news in cities and stations where righteous sects were located, Su Shan, who had been missing for two years, reappeared.
It was unknown where he had learned martial arts, but he was now a Second-class Master.
Su Jun was also a Second-class Master now, but he had only just barely reached that level.
Moreover, in the Jianghu, the term “Second-class Master” actually covered a very broad range.
Some people truly had the martial arts to back it up, while others had slightly inferior skills but possessed the reputation to match the rank.
In any case, the quality was uneven; the strongest among them might be able to defeat the weakest in a single move.
Su Jun had clearly just touched the threshold of that level of martial arts, but because the Su family had a good reputation, he also possessed some renown. Combined, he could be considered a Second-class Master.
Su Shan’s appearance was sudden, and he explicitly stated he would participate in the martial arts marriage competition. The Su family was unwilling to marry Miss Su to him, yet he insisted that the Su family hold a wedding for him and Su Fu, and even demanded to enter the bridal chamber with Miss Su within the Su Mansion.
The Su family knew that Su Shan intended to humiliate the Su Mansion.
Master Su was filled with regret, and Miss Su regretted it even more; they had raised an ungrateful wolf.
However, the timing of Su Shan’s appearance was clever. It happened just after the Su family had publicized the competition. Now, even if they wanted to back out, they couldn’t.
Master Su was terrified. He feared that Su Shan would truly win the competition in front of everyone and take his daughter away.
He was so anxious his hair was falling out. Consequently, he could only promote the competition even more vigorously, especially toward the stations of the great righteous sects.
Su Jun, for his part, wanted to call upon a few friends he had made to kill Su Shan ahead of time.
But Su Shan was as slippery as an eel and wouldn’t let them find him. Furthermore, Su Shan had organized a band of bandits, whose leader was only a hair’s breadth away from becoming a First-class Master.
One must understand that First-class Masters were not like Second-class martial artists who might have inflated reputations; they were judged strictly on their actual martial arts, not their fame.
If it weren’t for the fact that the leader’s age was truly unsuitable, Su Fu would have certainly fallen into Su Shan’s hands the moment he participated.
Therefore, aside from placing their hopes on disciples from famous sects, the Su family was also pinning their hopes on the eldest disciple sent by Dong Qing’s sect, Master Su’s friend.
After Su Jun finished explaining these matters to Yun Huizhou and Lian Li, he felt somewhat apprehensive.
Initially, when Master Su wrote the letter, Su Shan had not yet appeared, so the matter wasn’t mentioned in the letter.
Now that this extra trouble had arisen out of nowhere, Master Su was very worried that the expert from Drunken Dream Island would feel the Su Mansion had deceived them and simply walk away.
Yun Huizhou showed no expression after listening.
Su Jun had clearly explained the martial arts levels of those involved. To be honest, it was a level that Yun Huizhou could easily handle alone, so he did not find it particularly difficult.
Lian Li, however, felt completely unwell.
He truly hadn’t expected such a complicated situation behind this.
And clearly, this sudden plot couldn’t have been caused by him, the little butterfly; it must have been part of the original plot.
He had already been worried that Yun Huizhou would be plotted against if he got involved in the marriage competition, and now this insidious and vicious Su Shan had appeared.
With this kind of standard villain, it was honestly hard not to suspect that after Yun Huizhou intervened, he would be held in a grudge and then subjected to a dirty trick.
It felt like the direction of the story had already met all the prerequisites.
Lian Li looked at Yun Huizhou.
Was the Su family unfortunate? Yes.
As a “five-good youth” of the twenty-first century, could he stand by and watch Miss Su potentially fall into the hands of a scoundrel like Su Shan? No.
But if Yun Huizhou really was subjected to a hidden attack in the plot because of this, how innocent would Yun Huizhou be? This originally had nothing to do with him.
Lian Li was torn.
He sympathized with the Su family, but he also didn’t want Yun Huizhou to get involved.
Sensing his gaze, Yun Huizhou also turned his head, met his eyes, and asked, “What are you looking at me for?”
Lian Li frowned and said nothing, putting on a look of great disdain while his hand touched the medicine he had fleeced from the West Island Lord.
Su Jun remained silent, waiting for the two men’s answer. This matter was not part of what Senior Dong Qing had promised.
Therefore, the Su family was now seeking help from these two young heroes; regardless of the outcome, the Su family would prepare a generous gift.
After a long while, Lian Li spoke to Yun Huizhou: “Do whatever you want to do.”
If Yun Huizhou was unwilling to help, that would be for the best; they could simply bypass this matter.
If Yun Huizhou wanted to help, then Lian Li would focus on helping Yun Huizhou block any hidden attacks.
The medicine he had obtained in exchange for three hundred and sixty-five days of cross-dressing was very precious.
Among them, the detoxification medicine could even be taken as a health supplement when one wasn’t poisoned.
He could also check Yun Huizhou’s internal energy and dantian every day to ensure nothing went wrong.
In any case, he would strictly monitor all of Yun Huizhou’s food and drink, as well as his internal energy status after engaging with others.
Moreover, Yun Huizhou had previously said himself that he only brought medicine for treating injuries, saving lives, and a universal antidote, and didn’t bring any other medicines out.
Perhaps it was because time had been wasted that he was affected in the original plot.
