Welcome to Jing Part 2

Ying Lan gently patted Hei Dian's neck in encouragement as he continued to gallop away from the weirdo as fast as he could. It had already been quite a little while since she had split off from the rest of the group and surprisingly, that weirdo was still chasing after her. It was a miracle that his horse could still chase after her since they were going so fast.

    "You're doing well, A'Dian." she whispered. "But you must be tired by now. You can slow down, we should be far enough."

    Hei Dian responded, slowing down his pace a little bit. The weirdo smiled when they saw this happen, and had their horse gallop a little faster, up next to Hei Dian. Before Ying Lan could react, they leapt off of their horse and sat down on Hei Dian's back, embracing Ying Lan from behind.

    The scent of flowers filled her nose as Ying Lan's eyes widened in both disgust and fear. She immediately leaned forward before slamming the back of her head into the weirdo's nose with all the force she had. There was a loud crack as her head met their nose. The weirdo let out a cry in pain, and took one of their hands off of Ying Lan'a waist to cover their now bleeding nose. As soon as Hei Dian heard them cry out, he immediately stopped his gallop causing the weirdo to lurch forward. Ying Lan took that moment to elbow him in the neck hard, before ripping his other hand off of her waist and throwing him off Hei Dian's back.

    "Argh, my back!" the weirdo cried out in pain as he landed on his back, his voice confirming that he was a male. "Oh god, my neck too... How could you be so harsh? Ow... my arm too..."

    Ying Lan didn't answer, drawing her sword from its sheath and she dismounted from Hei Dian. The weirdo noticed immediately and quickly sat up, wincing from the pain that was sent throughout his body.

    "Wh-what are you doing?" he asked, still covering his bleeding nose. "W-wait, don't come any closer!"

    Ying Lan pointed her sword at his chest. "Why did you try to attack us." she demanded, her eyes full of killing intent.

    "I-I was told that there were some strong cultivators coming," he stammered out in absolute terror. "I-i just wanted to see how strong you guys really were."

    She narrowed her eyes in suspicion but before Ying Lan could do anything else, she sensed an arrow flying towards her. She immediately turned around and cut it cleanly in half, before looking up to see who had shot at her. It was a man dressed as a high ranked general of Jing.

    "Stop right there!" he yelled. "How dare you harm the Crown Prince!?"Ying Lan looked at him a bit confused, before glancing at the weirdo who was nervously smiling at her through his pain. She lowered her sword and then turned away from him, sheathing her sword before she over to Hei Dian. She gently patted his neck comfortingly, whispering complements to him before hopping onto his back.

    "Hey, where are you going!" the general demanded. "You just harmed our country's Crown Prince. Are you going to leave without an apology or anything?"

    "Oh, I'm sorry." Ying Lan answered in her monotone voice. "He was trying to attack me and my sect brothers."

    "Ying Lan!" Wu Ke yelled as Bai Xue galloped over, with Di Zhong and Hua Lei behind them. "Please tell me you didn't hurt the Crown Prince of Jing!"

    She gave a sideways glance at the Crown Prince. "I only gave him a bloody nose though I may have broken it too, a bruised neck and probably a sprained back after I threw him off of Hei Dian."

    Wu Ke's eyes widened in horror. "You did what!" Bai Xue, Di Zhong and Hua Lei trotted over and stood next to Hei Dian as he leaned over and whispered. "Do you even know what you did!?"

    Ying Lan stared at Wu Ke for a moment before closing her eyes and letting out a silent sigh. She finally got the message, before she dismounted Hei Dian and bowed down in front of the general.

    "Forgive me for my rudeness, general. Please punish me." she said.

    The general let out a sarcastic laugh. "Now you apologize?" he then looked at the soldiers behind him who laughed along with him. "Fine, you want a punishment? Then-"

    "Wait!" the Crown Prince yelled.Everyone turned to look at the Crown Prince who was being helped up by a group of maids. He let out a groan in pain as the maids slowly and carefully lead him over to where everyone else was.

    "Who gave you permission to punish him?" the Crown Prince asked, now covering his bleeding nose with a handkerchief and wincing. "I the Crown Prince haven't yet called out to punish him, but look at you. Why are you in such a rush?"

    "Your Highness," the general frowned. "Could it be that you're not going to punish him?"

    The Crown Prince forced out a laugh, "Wh-why would I -ow, be careful you!- would I punish him? It's not like he did anything wrong. He had no fault -hey! Be careful, that hurts! Watch it!- in this, so he is not to be punished."

    Zhu Ming snorted out a laugh, only for Li Dong to punch him in the arm. Li Dong glared at him to shut up, forcing Zhu Ming to mask it as a cough."

    But your Highness, he-"The Crown Prince then waved his free hand. "I already said that he is not to be punished. Could it be that you want to disobey my order, General Ye?""I-i wouldn't dare to."

    "That's more like it. And you, you can arise now." The maids then lead the Crown Prince in front of Ying Lan, and he put his free hand over hers.

    "Thank you very much, your Highness." she answered, quickly and gently pulling her hands from under his and getting up.

    The Crown Prince nodded, wiping the blood off his nose that had stopped bleeding with the bloody handkerchief. "You're welcome." he then smiled at her. "Hey, what's your name? My name's Jing HuYun. Also, where are you from? You might be a man, but you're still very beautiful. I'll bet that the people from your area are just as beautiful as you. And how old are you this year? I'm already 20 this year. Oh that's right, where did you learn to fight like that? Can you teach me?"

    Ying Lan stared at him for a moment, before turning to look at Wu Ke. "Wu-shixiong, do I look like a man."

    Wu Ke stifled a laugh, covering his mouth. "Well, you are wearing my clothes... and your hair isn't styled the most feminine way..."

    Jing HuYun frowned at their little interaction. "What are you guys talking about?" he asked, handing the bloody handkerchief off to a maid.

    Zhu Ming coughed, desperately trying his hardest not to laugh. "Y-your highness, could it be that you think-" he coughed again, "-you think Ying-shijie is a man?"

    Jing HuYun looked at Ying Lan in confusion, who bowed her head in response. "Your Highness, disciple Ying Lan was born a woman."

    It was quiet for a moment as he took in the information before Jing HuYun and General Ye exclaimed in shock, "You're a woman?"

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