Qu Xiaoyou approached quickly, raised his sword and stabbed at the Zen tree, "You stinky monk, give me your life!"

"Stop!" Xia Younan shouted, trying to stop her, "Xiaoyou, this is a misunderstanding, listen to his explanation."

"Get out of the way!" Qu Xiaoyou didn't waste time talking to her. She found a gap and stabbed at the Zen wood behind her again.

"Xiaoyou!"

"Junior sister, please move aside." Zenmu ordered.

"Okay." Xia Younan agreed and stood aside obediently.

Qu Xiaoyou seized the opportunity and thrust the sword in his hand straight at Chanmu's neck with such force that it was enough to kill him instantly.

Zenmu, however, remained calm and composed. He clasped his hands together, chanted a Buddhist name, lowered his head and remained silent.

The tip of the sword finally stopped one centimeter away from Zenmu's neck.

Xiaoyou frowned, and the sword in his hand trembled slightly.

"Why didn't you dodge?" She knew that the monk in front of her was very skilled in martial arts and could easily dodge her fatal blow.

Zenmu sighed faintly and replied, "I was mocked in the martial arts competition and ruined the reputation of Mr. Qu, which is a crime worthy of death.

"Since you cannot forgive me, please kill me. I am willing to atone for my sins."

"You..." Qu Xiaoyou was speechless, her bright red lips tightly pursed, her face full of confusion.

She wanted to kill him with one sword, but she just couldn't bring herself to do it.

"Keep going, why did you stop?" Xia Younan was standing aside, looking like he was enjoying the show. All he needed was a small stool and a handful of melon seeds.

Qu Xiaoyou glared at her fiercely and asked angrily, "Why did you stop halfway?"

"..." A crow flew over Xia Younan's head, and he retorted speechlessly, "Didn't you tell me to get out of the way?"

Humph, I knew she couldn't do it. After all, she admitted with her own mouth last time that she had feelings for the eldest senior brother.

Qu Xiaoyou was speechless and ignored her. She looked back at Chanmu and thrust her sword forward a little bit. She raised her eyebrows and shouted, "Marry me and I'll spare your life!"

Zenmu exhaled, and rejection was written all over every pore of his body. "Amitabha, donor, I am a monk. How can a monk marry? Please don't say such things again."

"Return to secular life!" Qu Xiaoyou looked at him coldly and threw out two words.

Zenmu shook his head and frowned, refusing, "I'm sorry, I can't obey your order."

"Then why did you go to the martial arts competition to find a husband?!"

Qu Xiaoyou suddenly shouted angrily, his eyes turning bloodshot.

How could he do this? He beat her in front of so many people, and when she said she wanted to marry him, he said he was a monk and couldn't marry. It was clear that he was playing a trick on her.

Seeing her like this, Xia Younan couldn't bear it anymore, so he stepped forward and asked, "Big Brother, what's going on? Please explain it clearly."

Chanmu's face was filled with sorrow. He put his hands together and bowed to Qu Xiaoyou. He said, "I had no intention of participating in the martial arts competition to win a bride. I was deceived by a scoundrel and offended Donor Qu."

It turned out that after traveling through time, Chanmu and his fellow disciples searched everywhere for Xia Younan, but food, clothing, shelter and transportation all required money, and they were alone and penniless.

In desperation, they barely made ends meet by performing arts or chanting sutras and performing rituals for wealthy families in exchange for meager wages.

But hiring people requires a lot of money, and the money they earn is simply not enough.

Later they traveled to the city where Qu Xiaoyou was and met a bad man.

Seeing that they were newcomers, the man lied to them, saying that the Qu Mansion was holding a martial arts competition and the winner would receive a large sum of money.

The monks had lived in the mountains for a long time and were unfamiliar with worldly affairs, so they easily believed what the man said.

So Chanmu went to Qu's house to compete, hoping to win the prize money to use as travel expenses to the next place.

He never expected that when he defeated Qu Xiaoyou in the final round, Qu Xiaoyou actually said she was willing to marry him.

He was shocked at the moment, but then he realized that this was not a martial arts competition at all, but a competition to recruit a bride, and the winner would marry the eldest daughter of the Naqu family.

When he found out he had been cheated, he was shocked and angry. He hurriedly explained the reason to Qu Xiaoyou and quickly rejected the marriage proposal.

But Qu Xiaoyou was furious about being rejected in public. She didn't want to listen to his so-called reasons at all and directly had him arrested to await punishment.

Chanmu still wanted to find his junior sister, so of course he would not surrender obediently. So he used his kung fu to escape, and took his junior brothers all the way out of the north of the city.

Qu Xiaoyou couldn't swallow this humiliation, so he personally went out to chase them down.

"So that's how it is." Xia Younan nodded in understanding and looked at Qu Xiaoyou awkwardly.

"Haha, Xiaoyou, you heard it too. My senior brother really didn't mean to humiliate you. He was just teased by someone. What do you think...why don't you forgive him?"

“No!” Qu Xiaoyou refused outright, but her attitude was no longer as sharp as before, “Although he was also teased by others, the impact he had on me was real.

"I can't willingly put myself in a difficult position just because he's stupid."

"This... you're right." Xia Younan also knew that he was in the wrong.

Regardless of whether the eldest brother did it on purpose or not, it is true that he caused harm to the girl.

"Then what do you want me to do to forgive my senior brother?" Xia Younan asked worriedly.

Qu Xiaoyou turned her wrist and lifted Zenmu's chin with the sword. "My reputation has been ruined by him. Now that things have come to this, only if he marries me can my reputation be preserved."

"But he is a monk, and monks cannot marry."

"I also said that monks can return to secular life."

"You...senior brother?" Xia Younan looked at Chanmu and asked for his opinion.

Zenmu shook his head as expected and sighed, "My brother's earthly ties have ended. I have pledged my life to Buddhism and cannot be attached to the secular world any more."

Qu Xiaoyou's face showed murderous intent, and the tip of the sword turned and stabbed his neck again, "What if I say that if you don't marry me, I will kill you?"

Zenmu closed his eyes and said, "I am sorry to the donor. If the donor wants to kill me, I am willing to die."

"You!" Qu Xiaoyou gnashed his teeth and thrust the tip of his sword forward. A red bead of blood appeared on Chanmu's neck.

"Big Brother!" The monks panicked and exclaimed in unison.

But they couldn't take action against Qu Xiaoyou, so they turned their attention to Xia Younan.

Xia Younan pursed his lips and said to Qu Xiaoyou, "Think it over carefully. Even if he made mistakes, his crime is not punishable by death. Would you feel guilty about killing him?

"Besides, if he dies, perhaps there will be no man in this world who can catch your eye."

Qu Xiaoyou is a chivalrous woman, she would not force a man to marry her just for the sake of worldly views. The reason why she is so stubborn is that she admires her senior brother. Maybe the so-called responsibility is just an excuse.

Qu Xiaoyou was hit on the spot and a complex expression flashed across her eyes. The tip of her sword retreated a little, but she still held the sword up for attack.

Xia Younan stepped forward and pulled her arm that was holding the sword, smiling and giving her a step down, "Okay, Xiaoyou, I know you don't want to kill my brother, put the sword down, it's tiring to hold it for so long."

Qu Xiaoyou hesitated for a moment, put down the sword angrily, turned around and sulked with a cold face.

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