Chapter 1846 - 676: Blade Sovereign (Part 2)

The waiter hesitated:

"Sir... this fine wine is expensive, you..."

Seeing his clothes were torn and he had no money to replace them, yet he still wanted fine wine...

If he has no money to pay the bill later, what should be done?

The shopkeeper’s vision went black upon hearing this.

He thought to himself, where did all the wit of this little waiter go?

He was planning to smooth things over, give him some wine and send him away.

But then a voice was heard:

"Just serve him the fine wine."

"I will pay for his wine."

Upon hearing these words, many people in the audience sighed in relief, regretting they didn’t speak up sooner.

"Alright."

The waiter was instantly energized upon hearing this; someone paying the bill was a good thing.

He was about to go inside to fetch the wine when the man coldly spoke:

"Who are you?"

"Do you think you’re doing me a favor because I want to drink wine? Think you can win me over as if I can’t afford it myself?"

Meanwhile, he reached into his pocket.

The other person quickly said:

"I dare not... Blade sovereign Ning Xiyin could hardly be unable to afford wine, that would be a huge joke if spread around."

"It’s just a chance encounter in Jianghu, a token of goodwill, please don’t take offense, Blade sovereign."

Ning Xiyin felt around his pocket twice, his expression somewhat stiff.

He sighed helplessly:

"A penny can indeed embarrass a hero... What’s your name?"

"Ning Xiyin clearly distinguishes gratitude and grudges, with any favor it’s to be repaid. You treat me to wine today, I’ll save your life if you face a deadly peril in the future."

The person rejoiced greatly at these words, quickly saying:

"I dare not... I am Li Weiran from Cangyu Mountain, greetings to Blade sovereign."

"Li Weiran..."

Ning Xiyin frowned slightly, after a while he nodded:

"I know you... The ones seated with you must be Cangyu’s Three Heroes."

"You bear some heroic reputation."

"Well then, this favor I will remember."

"Cangyu’s Three Heroes are nothing but fame-seeking posers."

Li Weiran was about to express his gratitude when a voice came from another direction:

"Upon hearing the name of Blade sovereign, you immediately flatter."

"You’re as spineless as a woman’s bottom."

"Utterly absurd."

"Who are you?"

Li Weiran flew into a rage, slamming the table, standing up with a clatter:

"If you dare, teach me face-to-face. Sneaking around with Yin Yang words, slandering your grandfather, is that not courting death?"

"What if it’s face to face?"

The speaker turned around, it was a middle-aged man all clad in black.

His face was sallow, his voice uncertain, hard to discern his mood, only saying:

"Did I say wrong that you flatter and fawn?

"Cangyu’s Three Heroes, such a grand title!

"But back then, Jinglong Hall’s men set eyes on the wife of Zeng Guangzheng, the second hero of Cangyu’s Three Heroes."

"They issued a Token, demanding you hand her over quickly, or else they would wipe out the Zeng Family."

"Zeng Guangzheng sought your assistance overnight."

"How did you respond?"

"Oh, Hero Zeng is here today too, why not tell everyone?"

At these words, the black-faced man among Li Weiran’s table turned pale.

He gritted his teeth and glared viciously at the speaker:

"How do you know about this?"

"Oh, you don’t talk about how it happened, instead you believe others shouldn’t know... intriguing, intriguing."

The man said with a smile:

"How I know about this... I have no fear of revealing it."

"Traveling at night, I saw a woman in tattered clothes, covered in blood lying by the roadside."

"It scared me, almost thinking I encountered a ghost at midnight."

"When getting closer, she turned out to be a lovely young wife."

"If it weren’t for her being covered in blood, looking disheveled, that beauty... It’s indescribable, she seemed like a character stepping out of a book."

"Seeing this, naturally I couldn’t ignore it."

"I wanted to take her for treatment, but alas... that moment was already beyond saving, even a Daluo Golden Immortal descending couldn’t save her life."

"Before she died, she revealed her identity clearly."

"She was a girl from a decent family, who heard of Cangyu’s Three Heroes’ second hero, black-faced Iron Pen Zeng Guangzheng, as a righteous man."

"She pledged herself to him."

"Little did she expect, he would compromise, offering his wife for others’ pleasure."

"All to protect the lives of his entire family."

"She knew the gravity of the situation, willing to endure, allowing them to clean and package her overnight, delivering her to Jinglong Hall."

"She suffered humiliation after humiliation, endured numerous inhuman tortures."

"Only then did she seize the chance to escape unnoticed."

"Alas, the vast wilderness, unable to return to her family, unable to go back to her husband’s place, with the heavens so wide yet no sanctuary."

"Adding to her physical injuries, exhausting her Heart Power... she opt to sit by the roadside waiting for death."

"Zeng Guangzheng, the young woman entrusted me to ask you.

"When you married her back then, were you sincere?"

"After handing her over to others, did you feel even a shred of remorse?"

"You as Cangyu’s Three Heroes, doing such deeds, can you face your conscience?"

"I..."

Zeng Guangzheng heard this, his face contorted with rage, his hair standing crazy.

But he couldn’t find anyone to vent on.

He couldn’t help but strike the table three times in succession, smashing the table to pieces.

Li Weiran glanced coldly at this scene, sighed:

"It was a helpless act of the past."

"Using one person to save a hundred mouths of the second brother’s family."

"It was just unavoidable."

"You question it today, then I ask you, if it were you... would you use the lives of your entire family to protect your wife?"