Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Xiangliu was still wearing his old white clothes and a mask made of glacier to face the outsiders, but in his hand he was holding a whip made of a thorny vine.

To be honest, Xiangliu knew Wen Xiaoliu, who had lived in Qingshui Town for quite some time, opened a pharmacy and specialized in treating infertility.

But his intuition, developed from many life-and-death battles, told him that the identity of Wen Xiaoliu, who looked very ordinary, must not be simple, and there might even be a lot of involvement behind the scenes. Therefore, he did not dare to gamble with Chen Rongjun's safety, especially today when he heard a completely different voice from Wen Xiaoliu.

Without saying much, Xiangliu tied Min Xiaoliu to the rack and then whipped her on the back for more than ten times. The pain was so severe that Min Xiaoliu cried out for help at first, but later she could only twitch all over and let out a groan-like scream before he stopped.

After whipping her, Xiangliu didn't wait for Wen Xiaoliu to react. He put down the whip and grabbed Wen Xiaoliu's hair and pulled it back, forcing Wen Xiaoliu to raise her head. Then he began to ask questions: "Tell me, your name, origin, and purpose of coming into the mountains!"

Min Xiaoliu had also been tortured and whipped when she was imprisoned and abused by the nine-tailed fox, but that was hundreds of years ago. Now she was being whipped again, and the opponent was Xiang Liu, the military advisor of Chen Rong’s army, a fierce man who was said to be able to cure children’s night crying. She only hated herself for thinking wrongly and bringing this life-threatening situation to herself.

Seeing that she didn't answer, Xiangliu let go of her hair and whipped her again, causing Wen Xiaoliu to faint from the pain.

But Xiangliu had no intention of stopping. He directly picked up a bucket of water that had been prepared beside him, cast a spell to turn the water at room temperature into a bucket of ice water, and poured it on Wen Xiaoliu's head. Wen Xiaoliu was so cold that she shivered, but she woke up.

Xiang Liu pulled Wen Xiaoliu's hair again to force her to look up, and lowered his voice to ask again: "Tell me your name, origin, and purpose of entering the mountain honestly, or I don't mind adding another life to my hands!"

Clearly seeing the murderous intent in Xiangliu's eyes, Wen Xiaoliu didn't dare to think too much, and said tremblingly: "My name is Wen Xiaoliu, I am a doctor in Qingshui Town. I have Laomu, Mazi and Chuanzi at home. I went up the mountain to collect herbs to save people. I really didn't know that I couldn't come in here!"

As she spoke, Wen Xiaoliu was filled with fear and grievance, and burst into tears. Even though Xiangliu himself was not particular about anything, he could not bear to see her look so dirty, so he turned his face away in disgust and did not look at her dirty appearance.

Xiang Liu continued to ask: "Although there are no blatant warnings in this mountain, there are several obvious traps. You are smart and should know that these are warnings. Why do you keep coming in again and again?!"

The severe pain in Wen Xiaoliu's back made it impossible for her to think too much, and she even ignored the slight pain in her tight scalp. But after hearing Xiangliu's question, she could only answer hastily: "It's only because there are life-saving herbs in this mountain that I dare to enter the mountain..."

Xiangliu didn't believe it at all. He could see that Wen Xiaoliu always had a subtle arrogance. Even though she had been in Qingshui Town for many years and looked unruly, she still felt like a crane standing out among chickens.

Qingye was too familiar with Wen Xiaoliu, and even though they were not close friends, he could not tell anything was wrong with Wen Xiaoliu. However, Xiangliu had the intuition of a wild beast, and he believed that this Wen Xiaoliu could not be an ordinary person, and might even be a high-level god.

Thinking of this, Xiangliu let go of Min Xiaoliu's bun and broke the little finger and ring finger of her left hand. Min Xiaoliu was in so much pain that she only had time to scream before she fainted again.

Xiang Liu did the same thing and poured ice water on Wen Xiaoliu again, forcibly waking him up, and continued: "Right now I only want two fingers from your left hand. If you don't behave, you won't need your right hand to eat anymore!"

Wen Xiaoliu no longer dared to be sure that she would not die. She wanted to speak, but could only speak in a breath: "Sir...Excuse me..."

Xiang Liu snorted coldly, "Since you knew that I was not a good person, you should have been more honest. Why did you have to suffer and then explain yourself?"

This was a joke, but the only listener, Min Xiaoliu, had twitching lips and couldn't smile at all.

Xiang Liu asked directly: "I see that you are not a simple person. Who are you?"

Wen Xiaoliu was shocked, but fortunately she didn't even have the strength to move her eyes, so Xiangliu didn't notice her loss of composure. However, her silence made Xiangliu very unhappy, and he broke her middle finger and index finger of her left hand, and cast a spell to make her stay awake and feel the intense, heart-wrenching pain.

Wen Xiaoliu just twitched all over and didn't even have the strength to scream.

However, Xiang Liu only gave her a little time to calm down, and when she calmed down a little, he continued to ask: "Tell me your true identity, otherwise the Lao Mu, Ma Zi, and Chuan Zi you mentioned will sooner or later be reunited with you."

Of course, this reunion could not be simply captured by Xiangliu. Wen Xiaoliu could not say anything to plead or question, and could only grit his teeth and reveal his true identity: "I am the disciple of the Queen Mother of Yushan, but later I was driven out of Yushan by the Queen Mother."

Xiangliu didn't believe it. The Queen Mother of Jade Mountain was the most powerful person in the wilderness. She alone could defeat the Haoling Kingdom or the Xiyan Kingdom. The disciple taught by such a person must not be a simple person.

Therefore, Xiangliu guessed that this Wen Xiaoliu should be the King of Haoling Kingdom, Ji Haoling Jiuyao, who was lost in Yushan hundreds of years ago.

Xiang Liu didn't expect that the princess of Hao Ling Kingdom would hide in Qingshui Town as a down-and-out middle-aged man. He couldn't help but sneer, "So you are the princess of Hao Ling Kingdom who is famous in the wilderness. It's my poor eyesight that I can't tell where you inherited General Ji of Xiyan Kingdom and White Emperor Hao Ling."

Wen Xiaoliu didn't expect that just by mentioning Yushan, Xiangliu would guess her true identity. Listening to Xiangliu's sarcasm, her heart was filled with despair, but now what was the difference between her being dead?

Since the other party is the princess of Haoling Kingdom, Xiangliu feels that the opportunity that Chen Rongjun has been dreaming of may lie with this princess. At least he can use her to exchange for a piece of legal land from Baidi of Haoling Kingdom.

However, the placement of Hao Ling Jiuyao has become a problem. It is definitely inconvenient in Chen Rong’s military camp, but she cannot be sent back to Qingshui Town. The academy is actually the best choice, but Xiang Liu is worried about bringing trouble to the academy.

Finally, Xiangliu decided to send a letter to ask Qingye for his opinion. He originally thought that Qingye was familiar with the area around Qingshui Town and would definitely be able to find a place that others could never find but was safe. However, Qingye actually thought that Xiangliu had met a girl he liked, but didn't know how to place her. So he told Shi Ying about Xiangliu's message and his own guess.

Shi Ying certainly didn't think Xiangliu had taken a fancy to any particular girl, but no matter what, the academy was indeed a safe place that others could not come to even if they knew about it, so he asked Qingye to send a message asking Xiangliu to bring the person back to the academy first.

Xiangliu received Qingye's message and when he saw Shiying's opinion on it, he remembered that Qingye's reactions to many things were different from ordinary people. When Shiying also sent a message urging him, he had to take the messy Wen Xiaoliu back to the academy in a sullen mood.