ninety thousand miles

Chapter 424 Vacation
Li Chuan rested for three days.

He slept for most of the first day, and only walked around the Four Gods Palace in the evening. Finally, he watched a boxing match, which made him very excited.

When he woke up the next day, he felt completely awake. Wen Guying was still recovering from his injuries, and Gong Er and Pang San were nowhere to be seen. He walked alone and walked out of the Four Gods Palace and walked to a strange place.

Just when he was worried, the goose grandfather passed by and picked him up, and treated him warmly. Li Chuan ate and drank his fill, played with the goose for half a day, and returned home happily.

After getting up on the third day, he was about to wake up the little mouse and go to visit some top-grade magic weapons collected by the Four Gods Palace, but the gatekeeper came to tell him that the chief of the Feather Clan was waiting for him outside.

Li Chuan was stunned, then asked the servant to bring Yu Wansheng in.

As soon as Yu Wansheng saw Li Chuan, he said, "Brother Li, I am here to apologize to you. The other day I didn't know how powerful the heir of the Tattoo Scripture was, and I underestimated you. It is really a sin..."

When Li Chuan heard this, he immediately interrupted Yu Wansheng and said, "Chief Yu, all you want is, I can't do anything about it."

Hearing this, Yu Wansheng was stunned, then he sighed and said: "You went to see the old palace master, right? Alas, this is my fault. If I had made up my mind earlier, maybe..."

"No." Li Chuan interrupted Yu Wansheng again and said, "The Four Gods Palace is already the leader of the Xuanmen, and there is no shortage of natural treasures, magic weapons, and spiritual stones. They will not gamble the foundation of the sect for some spiritual treasure relics. And I am just a guest, and I can't possibly affect the old palace master or anyone else."

"I understand." Yu Wansheng said, he sighed again, and then said: "I will leave the Four Gods Palace tomorrow, I plan to try my luck at Tianyu Gate and Xuanyue Gate..."

"Then let me host the party today and see off Chief Yu," said Li Chuan.

Yu Wansheng said, "Okay." He then asked, "Master Wen, have you not come back yet?"

Li Chuan said, "You haven't come back yet. Let's go. I know there's a good shop at the foot of the mountain. I'll take you there."

Yu Wansheng said, "Okay, thank you for leading the way, brother Li."

The restaurant that Li Chuan took Yu Wansheng to was the same one that Mu Ling had taken him to before. When they arrived, all the private rooms were booked, so they found a seat by the window and sat down.

Li Chuan ordered a few dishes at random and said, "I haven't been feeling well these days, so I won't drink. Chief Yu, please do as you please."

So Yu Wansheng also said, "Then I won't drink either." He looked at Li Chuan's complexion and saw some clues. He asked, "Brother Li, are you injured?"

Li Chuan shook his head and said, "I got sick when I was taking the college entrance examination. After I finished the exam with all my might, I developed a chronic illness. Later, I practiced the "Wen Jing" and experienced some things, which made my illness worse. I invited many famous doctors to see me and took a lot of natural and precious medicines, but none of them could cure the root cause."

"Oh, I see." Yu Wansheng nodded and said, "I know a little about brewing wine..."

"Maybe I have drunk it." Li Chuan said.

"Did Yu Chen give it to you to drink?" Yu Wansheng asked.

"Well, it was indeed very effective at the time, but later..." Li Chuan shook his head and said, "Anyway, I just need to lie down every time. Chief Yu doesn't need to worry about me."

The waiter brought all the dishes and they started eating.

After eating quietly for a while, Yu Wansheng said, "The disciples of the Four Gods Palace all respect you very much."

"Really?" Apart from Wen Guying, there were not many disciples of the Four Gods Palace that Li Chuan could call out by name.

"Well, I also occasionally heard them mention you. They said that if it weren't for you, the disciples who went to Yanqing Mountain last time would never have come back." Yu Wansheng said.

Li Chuan frowned unconsciously. Seeing his expression, Yu Wansheng admitted, "I did deliberately find out some information about you. The disciples of the Four Gods Palace are very tight-lipped. I heard that sentence just now by accident."

Li Chuan said: "There is nothing about me that cannot be asked directly. If I can tell you, I will tell you. If I can't tell you, then I can't tell you."

Yu Wansheng said, "I'll know later." Then he asked, "Brother Li, are you willing to go to the Cangwu wilderness with me?"

Li Chuan had always wanted to go to Cangwu Wilderness to see the scenery. He said honestly, "I don't think I can do that recently. I have a lot of things to do."

"I understand." Yu Wansheng nodded to show his understanding. When he was about to continue speaking, a young monk in a stone-colored Taoist robe walked over.

Li Chuan looked up and recognized the person as Mu Ling.

Mu Ling said: "It is you, Li Chuan."

"Why are you here?" Li Chuan asked.

Mu Ling pulled a chair over and sat down. It was only then that he noticed Yu Wansheng. He asked curiously, "Are you a half-demon? What are you doing in the Four Gods Palace?"

Li Chuan introduced the identities of both parties and said, "This is the chief of the Yu tribe, Chief Yu, and this is Monk Mu."

Mu Ling said casually: "Oh, Chief Yu, I have heard a lot about you."

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Mu Ling looked at Li Chuan again and said, "I'm here to look for Senior Brother Wen, but Senior Brother Wen doesn't seem to be here. Do you know when he'll be here?"

Li Chuan said: "I'm not sure either."

Mu Ling said, "It's okay. I'm going to live here for a while anyway. When I learn the sword formation, Senior Brother Wen will definitely be here."

"Learn the sword formation?" Li Chuan asked.

"Yeah, didn't I go to Ganyu Canyon a while ago? I just discovered that I have some talent in sword formation." Mu Ling didn't treat Li Chuan as an outsider and told him everything at once, "No one in Lingchuan Sect knows sword formation, so the Sect Leader asked me to come to Sishen Palace to learn from Senior Mu Mijing."

Then, he couldn't help but complain, "That divine sword didn't like me, that's fine, my cultivation is indeed too low. But it actually didn't like Senior Brother Wen, it's really... blind!"

"Not necessarily." Li Chuan said.

"Really? Zeng Man's cultivation is pretty good, but I think his understanding of the way of the sword is not as good as mine." Mu Ling said, taking a look at the dishes on the table and said, "Add a few more dishes. I'm familiar with the chef, I'll go talk to him. You wait, you won't be able to eat these dishes if you come by yourselves."

Mu Ling said this, then stood up and walked out.

Li Chuan watched Mu Ling leave, then turned around and saw Yu Wanshen's thoughtful expression.

Mu Ling came back soon. He picked up his chopsticks, took a bite of food, and then continued to talk about Ganyu Canyon. "The sword was supposed to be released three years later, but somehow it came earlier. I suspect someone tampered with it. I even followed Zeng Man for a while and got beaten up a few times. But it shouldn't be him."

Hearing this, Li Chuan couldn't help but think of the time when Mu Ling was beaten into a pig's head by Jin Rong.

Mu Ling didn't notice Li Chuan's expression and continued, "But I still think that this matter is directed at Senior Brother Wen."

(End of this chapter)