In the guest room.
"Miss Huang, this is it. Is there anything else you need? Would you like me to heat some water for you to take a bath?"
Bai Zhan Tang looked at Huang Rong in her beggar's clothes and asked.
"Sure, thank you."
Huang Rong smiled sweetly.
"Don't mention it. Since you're Little Lu's friend, you're my friend too. We'll all be working at the same inn from now on, we're all family!"
Bai Zhan Tang laughed.
"You're close to Lu Yu?"
"Close! Very close!"
"Then tell me about him. I just feel like he's not really a fisherman."
Huang Rong was curious.
"That's a long story."
Bai Zhan Tang opened up and began talking eloquently.
"Little Lu is from Seven Heroes Town. Now, he's considered an orphan, both his parents are gone. He never had a mother growing up and his father recently passed away.
Since then, Little Lu's personality has changed a lot.
Speaking of which, Little Lu's father wasn't an ordinary fisherman, you could tell he had been educated. But he didn't personally teach Little Lu to read and write, instead, he sent him to an academy.
Little Lu did well in his studies, but his father didn't allow him to take the imperial exams, resulting in Little Lu not having any official titles.
If he had taken the exams, he would have at least been a Scholar.
The academy masters went to the Lu family to persuade them many times, but Lu Shan wouldn't budge.
Little Lu was also filial, he really didn't take the exams, and later he stopped going to the academy, just fishing with Lu Shan."
Huang Rong was surprised.
"Why not take the exams? Isn't that the purpose of studying?"
"I don't know. Lu Shan wouldn't say, others only thought he was stupid. But I can see that Lu Shan is a man with a story, not a normal fisherman."
Bai Zhan Tang said.
"Oh?"
Huang Rong pondered.
This reminded her of her father, Huang Yaoshi.
The people in the martial arts world all know that East Evil Huang Yaoshi is a Renaissance man.
He is full of knowledge, he even had a chance to become a champion, but he was very dissatisfied with the Song Dynasty's corrupt officials, so he abandoned his pursuit of a political career.
Did Lu Shan have the same idea?
"Now that his father is gone, does Lu Yu still want to take the imperial exams?"
"I don't know. But judging by Little Lu's appearance, he doesn't seem interested. Otherwise, he wouldn't have taken over his father's business of delivering fish to the inn."
Huang Rong nodded slightly, she felt that made sense.
Hearing Bai Zhan Tang say this, she became even more interested in Lu Yu.
Seeing Huang Rong's expression, Bai Zhan Tang laughed, "Miss Huang, are you interested in Little Lu?"
"Ah? No way!"
Huang Rong was startled and quickly denied it.
"Heh, don't admit it! You're so curious about him, that's a sign of a woman falling for a man."
Bai Zhan Tang was laughing a little lecherously.
"I was just asking, I'm not curious. Let's not talk about him, didn't you say you were going to boil water for me? Go ahead."
Huang Rong quickly sent Bai Zhan Tang away, lest he start babbling nonsense again.
"Alright! I'll go right away."
Bai Zhan Tang said with a smile, then walked out of the room.
As soon as he went out, the smile on his face completely disappeared, replaced by a solemn expression.
"Although this girl is smart, she's not very experienced in the martial arts world, she should have nothing to do with the person who wants me to steal the Jade Pendant.
But the finger technique she displayed earlier was no simple matter. It's a bit like East Evil Huang Yaoshi's Flicking Finger.
But East Evil is far away in the Song Dynasty, how could his disciple come to the Ming Dynasty? And in this state.
According to Peach Blossom Island's style, they wouldn't act like this.
Sigh, forget it, I don't care. As long as they're not here to catch me.
Looking at these two rogues, they don't seem very smart, they shouldn't be the person.
Did that person really leave?
If so, then that's the best outcome."
Bai Zhan Tang thought to himself, then shook his head. He was about to go downstairs, but he ran into Lu Yu coming up the stairs.
"Little Lu, what are you doing up here? Are you going to see your friend?"
"No. I told Boss Tong, I'm staying here tonight to help watch out for the Two Rogues. Boss Tong told me to sleep in the guest room."
"Oh, I see. Alright, then stay here, in the room next to your friend."
"Okay."
Entering the room, Lu Yu stretched.
He was tired after a day of work.
But he didn't go to sleep immediately. Instead, he sat cross-legged on the ground and contemplated the Wind God Leg techniques.
Since he had discovered that practicing internal energy in a fishing state was twice as efficient, he would not practice internal energy at this time.
Therefore, contemplating the other moves of the Wind God Leg was the most cost-effective way to practice right now.
Second move, Wind in the Grass!
Lu Yu had performed it twice today, each time the power was much stronger than the last.
This was the result of his continuous contemplation.
In the next room, Huang Rong was bathing, but her mind was full of Lu Yu's shadow.
She didn't know why she was interested in Lu Yu.
Maybe it was because he was willing to treat her to fish soup when he first met her in her beggar's clothes, or maybe it was because of Lu Yu's unique temperament.
It could also be because of a shared sympathy for not having a mother since childhood.
In any case, the things that happened today made Huang Rong think Lu Yu was an interesting person.
It was precisely because of this that she chose to stay.
She wanted to figure out what exactly she felt for Lu Yu.
Lu Yu, who was contemplating, didn't know that he had left such a deep impression on Huang Rong's heart.
At this time, his understanding of the Wind God Leg was growing rapidly.
Unknowingly, he felt that the Wind in the Grass move had no secrets left for him.
The only thing missing was insufficient internal energy, which prevented him from unleashing its full power.
"So quickly completely understood?"
Lu Yu opened his eyes, somewhat unbelievable.
He stood up, moved his legs, and instantly kicked out countless afterimages in the room.
Because he was holding back most of his strength, the power of this leg was not strong, but the countless afterimages were enough to prove that his Wind in the Grass had reached the peak of perfection.
As for entering the Transcendent realm, he would need to understand the power of Wind without Form.
For Lu Yu right now, this was completely incomprehensible.
The night passed without incident.
Lu Yu was used to getting up early, so he got up before dawn.
Seeing that Huang Rong's room was still quiet, she was probably still asleep. He didn't bother her and went downstairs.
Bai Zhan Tang was also awake and was opening the door.
"Yo, Little Lu, you're up early."
"I'm used to it. The Two Rogues are still in the backyard?"
"I just went to check, they're still there. But they look dazed. It's uncomfortable to be tied up all night."
"This is a small punishment for them, those who were injured by them are much worse off."
"That's true."
Bai Zhan Tang nodded in agreement.
Lu Yu walked to the front of the inn, stretched, and greedily breathed in the fresh morning air.
Suddenly, he saw a familiar figure.
The beggar gang disciple, Xiao Mi.
Xiao Mi was limping along with a crutch, looking quite pitiful.
"Xiao Mi! Your injury is still not healed?"
Lu Yu asked.
"Sigh, it's not that easy. If those damn Two Rogues hadn't beaten up Doctor Xue, I wouldn't have been able to get cupped, I would have already healed.
But you know what, recently I've been like this, I actually have better luck begging."
Xiao Mi complained.
"Hahaha, that's true. You look a bit miserable, I even want to give you some money. By the way, we ran into the Two Rogues last night, luckily we captured them. Do you want to see them?"
Lu Yu said.
"Really? Great! These two rogues who even hurt Doctor Xue, they can't be spared, take me to see them!"