Why do I have so many masters?

But then she stopped in her tracks again, her sword-like eyebrows slightly furrowed.

Though her martial arts were unmatched in the current era, compared to the past generations, there were martial artists older and more profound in power than her that were not at her disadvantage.

With Wang Anfeng present, she had to consider that there was a possibility that the opponent's power was above Wang Anfeng's, hence they could 'control' Wang Anfeng. If she went over, it might not serve to settle the matter, and instead, it might pose a risk of distracting Wang Anfeng, which was indeed an unwise move.

After contemplating for a moment, she turned around, let go of the sword with one hand, and held the nimble bird in her right hand, then turned and left.

She first went downstairs and casually tossed out a small piece of extremely pure and high-quality gold melon seed, despite not being favored by her family, she was declared outside to be the current young master of the Xue Family, and surely wouldn't lack for silver coin spent lavishly.

The gold melon seed was made of top-grade gold, crafted by skilled artisans into convenient-to-carry seed-shaped patterns.

The technique bore resemblance to the Iron Bodhi and Iron Lotus Seeds of hidden weapons in Jianghu, sharing the same ingenuity, but the price difference was vast. Just this small gold melon seed was worth at least a hundred liang of patterned silver.

This Zhang's Inn was a regular establishment, and even if they mustered the courage, they only dared to raise the price to five liang of white silver for a room, having never seen such extravagant means.

The shopkeeper held the small gold melon seed with his plump hand, tears almost coming out, were it not for Xue Qinshuang being an outstanding-looking woman, he might have called her 'dad' on the spot.

Xue Qinshuang merely asked for good wine, which the shopkeeper quickly obliged, walking briskly. At this moment, if he had an unmarried sister or daughter, no matter how long a jar of Daughter's Red was buried under a tree, he'd personally dig it out.

Xue Qinshuang selected the best jar of wine. It seemed many things happened, but in fact, it wasn't even half the time for a tea since she came out of Wang Anfeng's room.

She now lifted the wine and went straight up to the fifth floor, then stood outside a room, sensing the vast and grand qi mechanism inside, she knocked on the door.

......

Wang Anfeng surely didn't know Xue Qinshuang worried he might get tricked into feeling frustrated, nor did he know the plans the young woman had next.

At this moment, he was employing his movement technique, swiftly moving through the streets. If it were during his youth, doing such a thing he would have worried about being caught by the patrolling constables or government officials.

But now with his speed, ordinary patrol officers probably could only see an afterimage flashing by, even struggling to catch his shadow, already leaving him far behind, naturally needing no worry.

Wuxin wanted him to go to the Shanyue District to assist, but hadn't told him exactly where to meet, this evidently trusted that if Wang Anfeng went over, he would naturally understand, without needing much explanation.

Shanyue District and Sanyue District had similar names, but in reality were far apart.

Sanyue District was the second most valuable land in Liangzhou City after the central four districts, countless people spent their lives hoping to find a place to call home there, to no avail.

Shanyue District, on the other hand, was filled with low shacks and water channels, every summer and autumn mosquitoes swarmed, almost consuming people.

The root cause dated back thirty years when Liangzhou City expanded, leaving this issue.

Back then, Liangzhou City remained in Shu Land, although various countries had many frictions, none truly acted on them, underlying currents shifted, but most remained unaware, instead intoxicated by the illusion of a prosperous era.

This district market was originally founded for the Shu Emperor's coronation and the expansion of Liangzhou, used temporarily to house citizens, built mostly with low shacks due to only planning for three months.

Another ten years later, chaos reigned the earth, and this already abandoned district market was reused, after being absorbed by Great Qin, many impoverished people, and former Shu warriors unwilling to accept Qin State's grace or leave their homeland, stayed there.

Back then, Qin State officials divided into two factions, debating for long, one believed that since the earth was peaceful, they shouldn't resort to violence, pointlessly dispersing reclaimed citizens' hearts, sowing the seeds of disaster.

Ruling the earth essentially meant ruling the people's hearts; if hearts scattered, disaster wasn't far.

Another faction believed those unwilling to concede were the true seeds of disaster, even if hidden now, they'd eventually bear bitter fruit, and regretting later would be too late.

Better take advantage of war cessation, state militaristic strength, and sweep them away, trading temporary pain for long-term peace.

The imperial court was filled with countless arguments over this, eventually deciding excessive slaughter harmed heavenly harmony. Uniting the earth was meant for peace; since no nations remained, all were Great Qin citizens, all were Central Plains people, not suitable to raise the military again.

Thus, using force to clear this place was unfeasible, and over nearly twenty years, more gathered at Shanyue District, hosting all Liangzhou City's poor and homeless, offering them a lifeline.

In their eyes, though low and foul-smelling, it was indeed Liangzhou City's only warm and lovely spot. If Qin officials planned to clean it, these people would certainly resist, growing into uncontrollable momentum.

Each officer appointed came, irregardless of their initial enthusiasm and ambition, eventually humbled, becoming one of the district markets tacitly ignored by Liangzhou's officials.

With Wang Anfeng's movement technique, from North City District he could go straight out of the city, even reaching Jiangnan by sunrise, let alone traversing two mere district markets within one city?