Quick Transmigration Cannon Fodder's Record of Counterattacks

Chapter 3696: Sword Fighting Across the Realm (35)

Ning Shu didn’t go for the sake of a good reputation. She went to give Qin Nianzhi a glimmer of hope. If anything else happened, Qin Nianzhi would expect her eldest senior brother to appear and save her from danger.

She wouldn’t believe her eldest senior brother could truly be so heartless.

Ning Shu put the matters of Wanjian Manor out of her mind. She wanted to travel beyond the frontier, and Yin Nanlian insisted on tagging along. Ning Shu was helpless about it. When she rode off on her horse, Yin Nanlian simply followed her.

Ning Shu could only let Yin Nanlian follow. Yin Nanlian showed a smug expression, chuckling and grinning at Ning Shu.

Ning Shu: …

Since Yin Nanlian wanted to follow, Ning Shu let her be. It wasn’t as if Ning Shu was going to confess her love to her on this trip, anyway.

Whatever happened between Yin Nanlian and Chong Xuefeng had nothing to do with her. Ning Shu couldn't say for sure how their relationship would develop in the future.

In Ning Shu's eyes, Yin Nanlian didn't look like someone with water in her brain. She was the type to be a virtuous wife. It was quite nice to have someone who thought clearly. Someone like Qin Nianzhi, who constantly created unnecessary drama, would ruin even the best of people.

Look at Wanjian Manor. This major martial arts sect existed only in name now. In a short while, it would be completely gone.

It couldn't hold on for much longer. Who knows how many people called Qin Nianzhi foolish. She gave money to anyone who asked. How could anyone be so silly? Moreover, those bandits only had numbers on their side and possessed mediocre martial arts skills. What a prodigal woman.

Many people felt a deep ache in their hearts when they talked about it. Giving money to those villains who robbed homes was worse than giving it to them.

Fattening up those bad people was truly…

Ning Shu traveled through many places beyond the frontier but failed to find the world's origin. It seemed the world's origin couldn't be found in this world.

Ning Shu felt a bit disheartened. Yin Nanlian didn't know what Ning Shu was thinking, but seeing her poor complexion, she asked, "What is wrong with you? Are you hungry?"

Along the way, this was the question Yin Nanlian asked Ning Shu the most. She was practically one step away from singing about making a bowl of noodles for her hungry ‘husband.’

Ning Shu wiped her face. "I am not hungry."

Yin Nanlian didn't feel it was appropriate to press Ning Shu about what was really going on, so she could only continue following behind her.

Ning Shu returned from beyond the frontier. She acted as a purchasing agent for a while, buying cheap furs from the frontier and reselling them for several times the profit.

As soon as she returned, she heard that Wanjian Manor had been looted. Nothing was left. There were no chairs or benches. Only four bare walls remained. Even some of the wood and roof tiles were gone.

The local farmers living around the sect had taken them. There was no one left at Wanjian Manor.

Ning Shu raised her eyebrows. She struck up a conversation with a burly martial artist at the next table and ordered a plate of peanuts. She asked, "Since there is no one left at Wanjian Manor, where is Qin Nianzhi?"

"Nobody knows where she went. Some say she was abducted, and others say she was killed. Regardless, no one knows where she is," the burly martial artist told Ning Shu.

Ning Shu thought for a moment and decided to return to Wanjian Manor to take a look. The destruction of Wanjian Manor was within Ning Shu's expectations. After all, Qin Nianzhi was exceptionally generous with her money.

What Ning Shu worried about now was Qin Nianzhi's whereabouts. She wasn't worried about what Qin Nianzhi might encounter, but rather that she was currently missing. Perhaps she was playing out another deep, abusive romance with someone else. Anyway, she was the female lead. Someone would love her no matter where she went.

It might even be a man of noble status who had seen all three thousand beauties in his harem but chose to exclusively dote on this little demoness.

Ning Shu returned to Wanjian Manor. It was entirely devoid of human life, much like a haunted house. It hadn't even been half a year, yet the once thriving Wanjian Manor had ended up like this.

It truly made one sigh. Destroying something was always easier than creating it.

Wanjian Manor had taken a long time to build up to what it was, but it felt like it had turned into its current state overnight.

Ning Shu calculated the time. She had been in this world for over half a year, nearly a year. Perhaps it was time to leave. However, she needed to find out where Qin Nianzhi was before leaving.

It was hard to guarantee that Qin Nianzhi wouldn't seek revenge against the entrustor. After all, she had killed Situ Xun, and Situ Xun was Qin Nianzhi's lover.

Ning Shu returned to Wanjian Manor and went to Qin Nianzhi's room. Qin Nianzhi's room was completely empty. Perhaps the bed was simply too large to carry, which was the only reason it hadn't fallen victim to the thieves.

Ning Shu looked around the room. A thick layer of dust had already settled on the floor. She scanned every inch with her spiritual consciousness and found incense ash by the window.

It was probably a knockout drug.

"This, this, this is a vile thing." Yin Nanlian's face turned slightly red when she saw this. "I heard that some ‘women-plucking bandits’ will poke a hole in the window paper and light an aphrodisiac incense. My father was worried I might be targeted by a ‘women-plucking bandit,’ which is why he told me about these things."

This was Qin Nianzhi's room. Could Qin Nianzhi have been targeted by a villain of that kind?

Yin Nanlian frowned deeply. She looked at Ning Shu and said, "My father said this type of aphrodisiac incense is extremely potent and leaves a woman with no strength to resist."

Ning Shu: …

People always put so much effort into researching this kind of stuff. These women-plucking bandits are really…

They only care about ruining a woman, and then they’d pull up their pants and run. They completely ignored what would happen to these women afterward. This was an ancient era that was incredibly harsh on women. Even in modern times, women who were raped were often looked at with strange eyes.

Moreover, they used such a vile method to ruin women. The medicinal properties of the aphrodisiac incense were potent, and it would definitely cause severe harm to a woman's body.

If one encountered this kind of women-plucking bandit, one should just chop off their appendage. No need to give them room for negotiation.

"I am afraid Miss Qin…" Yin Nanlian trailed off, but the omitted part was understood by everyone.

She was afraid Qin Nianzhi might have been ruined by a women-plucking bandit.

Ning Shu used a man's perspective to consider the women-plucking bandit's thoughts.

An orphan. The current Qin Nianzhi was an orphan with no one to back her up. Although she had Chong Xuefeng, who knew when this eldest senior brother would appear?

When a man looked at a woman, the first thing he’d think about was sex. He would definitely defile Qin Nianzhi. Next, he might abduct her and defile her daily. If she was a girl with high ambitions who refused to just be slept with, then Qin Nianzhi might have been sold. As for where she was sold, that basically went without saying.

Ning Shu thought for a moment, and so began her daily routine of wandering through brothels. This made Yin Nanlian's face turn green. She quickly changed into men's clothing and followed behind Ning Shu. Before today, Yin Nanlian had never even thought about pretending to be a man. After all, her appearance was clearly that of a woman.

However, if people could tell she was a woman, would the madam have the nerve to recommend pretty girls to Chong Xuefeng?

And so, the two girls began visiting brothel after brothel.

Chong Xuefeng's inner self was a woman, after all.

The feeling was somewhat strange…

Ning Shu released her spiritual consciousness and scanned the entire brothel. Qin Nianzhi had just been to a brothel last time. She didn't know what the situation was this time.

Regardless of which of Ning Shu's guesses was correct, Qin Nianzhi's situation right now couldn’t be very good. She was likely in deep trouble right now.