This chapter should be called "The Secret History of Guiguzis Disciple, Sun Bin and Pang Juan 1-2-3"

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  At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, one batch of soldiers walked to the front and opened up the way.

  Under the light of the torch, Song ChuYi could see a thick layer of withered leaves on the ground, disheveled and stained with rainwater and fresh blood. The texture was all red, and a pungent smell wafted out from under the leaves. Clearly, not long ago, there had been a fierce battle to the death here.

  "The blood has all seeped under the leaves." Ji Yu half-knelt on the ground, using a bronze sword to brush aside the leaves, and underneath were indeed bloody waters, and even residual flesh could be seen.

  Song Chuoyis hand on the umbrella handle tightened slightly as he looked around. The bark of most of the nearby tree trunks had fresh friction marks. Recalling the situation where they were chased by a pack of wolves, Song Chuoyi was certain that there were other vehicles in the carriage team that had experienced the same ordeal. Since there were no wreckage of horse-drawn carriages here, it was likely that the people who were torn apart by the wolf pack at this location were mostly guards.

  Her gaze fell on a patch of bare earth without tree leaves, with messy tire tracks on it. She bent down and used her fingers to measure the depth.

  Not deep.

  In the convoy, apart from her and Zhang Yis carriage, only Yu Qiao and another person in charge had fewer people on their carriages. The rest of the carriages were all packed with at least five or six people, not to mention the supply vehicles...

  Song Chuoyi took a deep breath, and his nostrils were filled with the smell of blood.

  Ji Yu turned his head and glanced at Song Chuyi, who was sitting in the carriage. All he could see was a pale face half-hidden by her hair, faintly visible in the darkness.

  When she stood up, Ji Yu was somewhat surprised that her height didnt even reach his chest! Moreover, looking at her overall appearance, she clearly had the look of a young boy.

  But in such an environment, the only emotion that can be felt on her is calmness. This makes people unbearable to give birth to a kind of desire to explore.

  "There is something Id like to ask of you below." Song Chu Yi suddenly dropped the umbrella in his hand and bowed to Ji Yu.

  "Sir, please speak your mind." Ji Yu stretched out his hand to help her up and agreed without hesitation. His current situation was almost hopeless, except for going out to fight and seeking a quick end, or becoming a prisoner of war, there was no better way out. Now that heaven had given him an opportunity, how could he not seize it tightly?

  "I have a friend who is still in the Yuanyou team, after being attacked by a pack of wolves, I lost contact with him. I beg of you, General, to help me search for him within a radius of five or six miles. I would be eternally grateful." Song Chuyi bowed deeply, his tone unusually sincere.

  A faint wrinkle appeared on his brow, but he immediately said, "Since he is a friend of yours, sir, I, Ji, will certainly not betray the trust."

  In the army, life and death are indeed ordinary things. Song Chuoyi also knew that it was difficult for the trapped 2,000 people to find one person, but she had no other way out at this time. The wolf pack might be around, and she couldnt go alone to find someone.

  "Thank you, General." Song Chu bowed again.

  Ji Yu helped her up, "Sir, no need to be so polite, we still have to rely on your rescue."

  It was for this reason that Song Chu Yi made a request, she said "must go all out" and retreated back to her original position, keeping the entire team in its original formation.

  Zhang Yi looked at Song Chuyi with a hint of surprise, and through these days of contact, the impression he had of her was extremely sloppy. Just now when she walked up to him, her back figure was calm and composed, making him feel very unfamiliar.

  "Huai Jin, be honest with me, how old are you?" Zhang Yi felt that he and Song Chuyi got along very well, and they had a kind of "its-a-pity-we-didnt-meet-earlier" feeling. However, judging from their appearance, there was at least a 7 or 8 year age gap between them.

  At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, a mysterious person approached him, and Zhang Yi was very interested, making a gesture of listening with an eager ear.

  Song Chu said in a low voice, "Seventy."

  "Preposterous." Zhang Yi felt a bit deceived.

  "We Taoists have always been indifferent and non-competitive, cultivating our bodies and natures, and most of us are also skilled in medicine, with a knack for preserving youth. How could we be so absurd?" Song Chuoyi described one faction as being calm and composed, but couldnt tell whether her words were true or false.

  Zhang Yi didnt bother to distinguish it either. "Hua Jin is outside, so lets not report the origin, its really a shame for the school."

  "Great goodness." Song Chu smiled at him and said, "From now on, Ill just say that Im a disciple of Guiguzi."

  "Actually, Ive always been curious." Zhang Yi didnt take her words and looked at her with a faint smile on his face. "I seem to have never said that I was under the Ghost Valley Master, how did Huai Jin know?"

  "Hmm." Song Chu paused for a moment, raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows, "So I actually let the cat out of the bag."

  However, Song had a thick skin and this degree was nothing to her. Moreover, her ability to talk nonsense was unmatched. "Do you really want to hear the truth?"

  "Naturally." Zhang Yi had been holding it in for a long time, but because he had a bad habit of not liking to remember people, he was afraid that he would forget an old acquaintance and offend someone. However, after thinking carefully for many days, he felt that he probably had never met Song Chuyi before, because if he had known her, he wouldnt have been able to forget such a carefree and scatterbrained person.

  The atmosphere around was exceptionally oppressive, being within the borders of Song, and surrounded by others, they couldnt shout loudly, so after Ji Yu gave the order, the people on the outside began to search with their eyes.

  Those inside couldnt see outside, so they focused their attention on the conversation between Song Chuyi and Zhang Yi. They were in such a situation, with very relaxed postures and language, which made people admire them. Moreover, it was also a fortunate thing to listen to the words of knowledgeable scholars. The soldiers next to them swept away the gloom from their foreheads, preparing to listen attentively.

  At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, a man named Yi coughed and said, "To be honest, when I first entered the door of my master, I had already heard of the great name of Guiguzi. I really admired him deeply. Therefore, I paid special attention to your masters door, especially Sun Bin and Pang Juan. Cough, you two masters entangled each other for life and death. When I first learned to divine with the trigrams, I divined a hexagram for them. It was Tai Xiang Hexagram, which said: Worries and sorrows often lock both eyebrows, thousands of threads hang in the heart space, from now on prevent opening arrays, and act freely without interfering with each other. At that time, I privately thought that as long as they put down their secret feelings for each other in their hearts, no longer obsessed with love but could not get it, they would be at peace with each other.

  Zhang Yis mouth was agape, his face a picture of astonishment, and it took him half a moment to react, "This divination cant be interpreted this way, can it?"

  "Its just a casual chat from back then, you might as well listen." Although she said so, Song Chuyi didnt really understand human nature and the grand trend of the world at that time. She couldnt comprehend why Pang Juan always targeted Sun Bin, hating him yet neither killing nor releasing him. At that time, she truly felt that there was an unspoken emotional secret between Sun Bin and Pang Juan that couldnt be explained by ordinary reasoning.

  Song Shi continued, "I was particularly concerned about the fate of our sect. Later, I heard from Master that Guiguzi had accepted you and Su Qin as his disciples... so I divined another hexagram..."

  Zhang Yi saw that some soldiers were looking at him with interest, and immediately interrupted Song Chu with a look of shock on his face, "I understand, I understand, but Su Qin and I have no secret feelings. My two fellow disciples also dont. Your divination is too... too astonishing."

  "Youre overpraising me. I was only five years old back then, and Master also praised me like that." Song Chu said with a smiling face.

  Zhang Yi was speechless, gazing at the rainwater on the edge of the umbrella that seemed to be dripping down. Feeling that Song Chuyi had something else to say, he hastily said, "I understand what Huaichen means, theres no need to say more."

  At this moment, he deeply felt that talking to Song Chu was too dangerous. After chatting to their hearts content, he feared that everyone in his school would be labeled with "hidden feelings", and they would have no face to show themselves in the world of martial arts anymore!