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“His Majesty already notified Matriarch Qiu about Heisina. How come you do not know about her”

“I do know. Technically, I will know in a moment.”

Wu Bas brows parted as his eyes rolled into the back of his head. While I sealed his accupoints, Young Shiyi helped out the girl in the sack. The girl looked small because Wu Ba tucked her into his sack. In reality, she would be considered tall for a girl in the Central Plain given she was barely shorter than Shiyi if she were to stand.

“Her accupoints are sealed.” Young Shiyi searched for the seal and then smacked the girl, causing her to gasp. Since the girl frowned, Young Shiyi looked my way as I went to add the finishing touch.

“Your internal energy has improved quite a bit since we last met, Young Shyi.”

While Young Shiyi gets grumpy if anyone interferes in something she is working on, she lets me off the hook.

Cheeks inflated, Young Shiyi grumbled, “Making fun of my internal energy again. You know I dont like practicing internal arts; they could kill me with the boredom. I wouldnt even bother practicing them if I dont have to compete against Vixen Yu.”

According to Grandmaster, he had never met a second person as gifted as Young Shiyi when it comes to martial arts. Can you argue that when she picked up everything she was taught in one go Unfortunately, the deference she was given didnt support her growth. Even Grandmaster argued, “A girl shouldnt learn martial arts. You have your nephews to do the heavy lifting if you need, dont you” If youre always the smartest in the room, who can you learn from in the room Had her defeats at the hands of Lass Yu not triggered her, Young Shiyi wouldnt have put in the effort to reach her current level.

Fighting wasnt something to encourage or applaud. That being said, Young Shiyi and Lass Yu got to know each other when they were kids. While they werent friends, they did have their own means of fraternising, so I usually left them to their own devices.

“Ill handle these jobs in the future. Extending your lifespan with better internal energy is a plus in every way. That being said, Im not saying you have to practice internal styles. Nobody will dare lay a finger on you for as long as Im around.”

“Hehe, Feizhen, you didnt even move your hand to seal the midget fatsos accupoints. All you did was condense your qi. Have you created a new technique Teach me.”

This is the first time anyone has wanted to learn my Seven King Threads!

“Its my new innovation in Seven King Threads - Shadow King Thread. Its principle is rather complex, but let me explain. F-”

“Where… am I” As the tan girl slowly opened her eyes, she scuttled back. “Who are you”

I tugged up a corner of my lips ever so slightly: “Welcome to Beautiful Spring Brothel.”

As tears welled up in the girls eyes, Young Shiyi whacked me over the head. “Feizhen, why are you scaring her!” Young Shiyi hugged the girl to calm her down. “Dont worry. He cant control his idiocy. He didnt mean to scare you.”

The girl aimed her finger at me and quavered, “H-he looks like a bad guy, especially like those bad men from brothels!”

Which brothel did you come from! How do you know what a bad guy at a brothel looks like if you havent been to one!

I rolled up my sleeves, only to eat another thump to the head. Young Shiyi reprimanded, “Told you to stay away from brothels. See Even she can tell youre debauched at first glance. Im not defending you.”

… I cant believe I dont have a retort…

“I… I never went of my own volition, and you know that! Heavenly Fragrance Garden is our sects contact point! I only visit it monthly to see if Shifu has any letters for me!”

“What happened to watching the dances”

“Dancing is a legitimate art!”

Despite my sound justification, the tan girl still wailed, only stopping when Young Shiyi assuaged her. The girl eyed the room as well as Wu Ba extremely quickly, then started crying again. “I, I came to the Central Plain from Xiacang with my family for a vacation. The evil man over there killed my family and abducted me… I dont know anything else.”

“Spirits might buy your story, but it isnt going to fool anyone here.” I pointed out, “Its true that people from Nanjiang refer to themselves as Xiacang people. Its ridiculous for someone from Nanjiang to go all the way to Jiangnan for a holiday, but lets ignore that for now. Hes an official of Baimu, and he personally told us your name is something Duohua.”

“Its Heisina Duohua!”

“And you just admitted to lying.”

“Tch! Mada, mada, mada!”

“Nani You speak Japanese”

“I dont speak Japanese.”

“Okay, then you were spitting profanity. You think pronouncingmother in a cute style will earn you mercy” Truth be told, I never heard anyone use “mada” as a way of referring to a mother.

“Feizhen, stop. Dont worry. We mean you no harm.”

Subsequent to Young Shiyi whispering something to her, the girl conversed merrily with Young Shiyi, admiration abound. I didnt understand them since I couldnt even identify the language, dialect… whatever it was that they spoke. Young Shiyi couldnt enunciate as fluently and fast as the girl. Nonetheless, they did exchange words.

After fifteen minutes of not understanding anything - besides the laughing and crying - Young Shiyi switched back to Chinese in the Central Plain. “So, your last name is Heisina, and your first name is Duohua Thats a nice name.”

The girls hot flushes were the indicator that Young Shiyi had conquered her route.

“Young Shiyi, you now Nanjiangs language”

“Technically speaking, its Anxi. Although they call themselves Xiacang people, their language is called Anxi. Your shifu held Anxi classes when we were younger. Regret not listening in class now By the way,mada means pig.”

Who you calling a pig!

The reason I didnt pay attention to Anxi classes was because I was on a roll with Yijin Jing back then. All I remembered from those classes was whatever slipped through subconsciously.

“Shouldve told me earlier. I wouldnt need to bring an interpreter to Nanjiang if I could just bring my all-rounder Young Shiyi around.”

“Im not qualified to be an interpreter. I only know basic Anxi.”

“It would only take you a few days to be fluent once youre in Nanjiang. It really isnt fair. Some people are blessed with good looks, a good brain, a kind heart and are likable.”

Young Shiyi wrinkled her nose. “Tongue sorcerer.”

Seeing my befuddled reaction, Duohua elucidated, “In Morchers version of Anxi, it meansidiot. Youre amazing, Miss, even knowing Morchers dialect.”

Only I could appreciate what Young Shiyi truly meant. “Sounds nice.”

“Its nice to be called an idiot

Young Shiyi giggled and reeled off another series of words I didnt understand. Duohua then translated, “Idiotic and stupid, but… sort of cute…”

In the most masculine, yet gentle, voice I had, I verbalised my feelings for Young Shiyi in Nanjiangs language. Since I wasnt proficient in the language, I held my hand out to her as a means of getting my point across.

Furrowing her brows, Duohua asked, “Why did you say,White rice with a kilo of beef”

This flipping Shifu of mine… I swear…

Young Shiyi slapped my hand aside, then returned to nursing Duohuas injuries, refusing to spare me any attention.

Can I throw this girl out! What did I do to her! How should I have known what that meant!

“Hey, why were you kidnapped!” I yelled.

“I just told her right in front of you. You deaf!”

I looked over to Young Shiyi.

“Feizhen, we cant just ditch her. She comes from a tribe called Heisina. Their clan is behind an insurrection taking place in Baimu right now.”

“Remind me why its our business again. Baimu is a prosperous state. They could quell the revolt easily.”

“You know what the place theyve decided to call home is You remember where Baimu is located Baimu is the state closest to Xiuyu.”

“Dont tell me…”

Young Shiyi bobbed her head: “Heisina Tribe has chosen to make Nieyao their home.”

Glossary

Internal energy and lifespan - In our current era, we call this the magic of breathing. Im going to summarise this as much as I can because its a huge topic. Remember I mentioned the Bohr Effect a few chapters back Well, this is connected to it. Your respiratory rate, resting heart rate, heart rate variation and BOLT score are pretty decent biomarkers to gauge your health - still only one facet, nonetheless. Breathing has a big role in all of those biomarkers.

Think about this: when youre stressed (sympathetic state), you take shallower, quick breaths. When youre in a parasympathetic state, you take less breaths per minute, and your breathing is soft (this is how it should be, if its not). If youre chronically in a sympathetic state, youre chronically stressed. In turn, digestion, appetite, sleep, mental health and so forth are negatively impacted. If those effects were chronic, your health is likely to decline faster than if they werent, agreed

Mada - In Japanese, depending on context, you can understand it as “not yet”, “not enough” etc.-

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