Food Fairy Lord

Chapter 692 Sailing
The man had a face that was tanned by the wind and sun, and his skin was like leather that had been rubbed and polished for thousands of times. He and the man who left were wearing the same pair of straw sandals, and it was suspected that they were bought from the same stall. His trouser legs were tied up, revealing half of his calves. The only thing missing was a hat, which was the most common attire for water people.

However, he had a worn sword with a leather sheath hanging on his waist, and his shoulders and neck were not hunched from years of hard work. His whole body was relaxed and upright.

Qiu Qianshui looked at him for a while, then slowly raised his hands and clasped his fists: "Master He, long time no see."

It was the leader of Fengshuiwu, "Strange Dragon" He Changge, who had disappeared since the end of autumn last year. Unlike Yanwu, Fengshuiwu is one of the top five gangs among the eight waters. He Changge is not only a senior master of the second realm, but also the only son of He Wujian. He also has a unique prestige among the eighteen gangs.

Years ago, the "Nan Jin Feng" sank at Yangjiadu, "Black Cloud on the River" Chen Renzhong died, and He Changge disappeared. Fengshui Wharf was divided up in four directions, like a big fish that really died in the water. It was eaten until only its skeleton was left in one day and two nights.

Qiu Qianshui didn't expect that he was still alive.

"Master He, have you been back to Fengshuiwu recently?" Qiu Qianshui paused, looked behind him to see Qiu Luo who was surrounded, and then said, "I have some news from my wharf."

"We have been making a living on the water for decades. What new things can there be?" He Changge smiled.

"Having said that, after all, if Master He returns one day later, it will be difficult to rebuild Fengshui."

He Changge paused for a moment and said, "Master Qiu has never left Yanwu for a day. Hasn't Yanwu's structure collapsed now?"

"..."

"I won't rebuild Fengshuiwu." He Changge said, smiling at Qiu Qian's shocked eyes, "Master Qiuwu, I lost my father when I was hot-blooded and reckless. I saw the title of 'Master of Eight Waters' being torn apart and collapsed, and I suppressed my resentful ambition in my heart. This ambition has supported me for decades, allowing me to build Fengshuiwu and grow it step by step, thinking that one day I will hang the 'He' flag all over the Eight Waters again."

"For this, I suffered all kinds of enslavement from them." He Changge sighed softly, "For many years, I was not myself, I was the master of Fengshui Fortress... Hehe, now looking back at those things I was forced to do, with my bloodiness at the age of 20, which one is not unimaginable - Master Qiu, when you were as old as your son, would you have abandoned your weapon and kneeled down to others?"

Qiu Qianshui was about to say something, but when he heard the words, his throat froze and he froze in place.

"Throw everything you can into it, and you will have a powerful Fengshuiwu, but in the end you will be the shovel in someone else's hand." He Changge said, "Bashui is not the territory of the Jianghu, Master Qiuwu."

Qiu Qianshui remained silent for a long time. He looked at the man in front of him and said after a while, "Congratulations, Master Wu, on your visit to Yeque Tianmen."

He Changge smiled and said, "After being in a cage for so long, I am finally able to return to nature."

On the other side, the girl was helping to take the spear out of Qiu Luo's stomach. The young master's face was pale, but he managed not to faint. The girl smiled and gave him a respectful fist salute, and Qiu Luo shook his head helplessly with a bitter smile.

Seeing that his condition had stabilized, the girl turned around and clasped her fists in greeting: "Master He, I am glad to have the chance to speak to you today after so many messages from you."

"Little Master Li." He Changge returned the greeting and said with a smile, "The mark you gave is too accurate. If it was a few feet off, I would have fallen into the river."

"That's thanks to the lack of wind on the river, otherwise I wouldn't be able to control Master Qiu's boat." Li Piaoqing wiped the blood off his hands and walked forward, looking towards the north and said, "Master He, are they safe over there?"

He Changge shook his head: "Master Li, things change all the time, I can't say for sure."

"Well, yes. I am too much..." Li Piaoqing paused, passed by, and his eyes fell on Qiu Qianshui's face, "Master Qiu, now things are exactly as I said. How did Mirage City follow your instructions, and what are their arrangements and movements? Please let me know in detail."

Qiu Qianshui looked at her and was silent for a moment: "What you said before is indeed deeply rooted in my heart, but today I have just seen the means of your mind and spirit, and I can't help but feel respect and fear in my heart."

Li Piaoqing smiled softly: "Qiu Qianshui, we have met three times. If you want to kill me, it would be a snap of a finger. I am not afraid of you suddenly killing me, but you are afraid that I will catch your vicious heart. That is not a heroic demeanor."

Qiu Qianshui was silent, clasped his fists and bowed: "It is Qiu's petty mind, Master Li, Qiu only has one last question - does the Immortal Terrace not want to see the Water Lord ascend the throne?"

Li Piaoqing said solemnly: "Master Qiu, there is no one from the Immortal Terrace here."

"..."

"We sincerely invite Lord Qiuwu to join us in destroying Mirage City. In the next seven days, all water gangs can still tell the world and welcome the grand event of the Water Lord ascending to the throne... But Mirage City is not the Water Lord, Lord Qiuwu."

"Forgive me for being blunt, Master Li." Qiu Qianshui clasped his fists. "If it weren't for the Immortal Terrace being the coordinator and backer, how could you two talk about destroying Mirage City? You shouldn't even know Master He. Are you just being clever with your words? If what Qiu is facing is not the Immortal Terrace, then what is it?"

"It's ours."

Li Piaoqing said nothing. Outside the big ship, in the misty night rain, a small boat was sailing on the lake.

The person on the boat was slender, wrapped in a soft cloak to protect her from the rain. She stood on the boat, and her voice came clearly. At this time, she lifted her hood, revealing a beautiful and fairy-like face.

"【An Xiang】Shi Zhanxue, I would like to extend my regards to Master Qiu Wu on behalf of Tianshan." She said with a smile.

"..."

At dawn, the hundreds of boats under Yanwu and the five gangs finally regained order. According to the latest instructions, they took action again, and breakfast was passed between the boats. What happened on the deck last night was destined to be spread among the water gangs, and no order to keep silent was issued on the big ship.

Far away from the other boats in Yanwu, a small boat quietly sailed away. The dark sky, drizzle and mist, if we ignore the potential disputes and dangers, the flood in early spring has a kind of quiet beauty.

Li Piaoqing sat cross-legged in the cabin, Shi Zanxue sat on the partition behind her, with the girl's head just reaching her chest. She helped the girl wash and comb her long, wet and heavy hair.

"Before you left just now, you chatted with Qiu Qianshui for a long time?" Shi Zhanxue said.

"Well, guess what?"

"Master Li has a mind that can change in a thousand ways. I can't guess it."

"They have so many boats - did you know that the Lushui River flows southwards, passes through the Yellow River, and eventually connects to the eight rivers of Shenjing." Li Piaoqing smiled, "I have temporarily negotiated two businesses with him to earn some pocket money. When the situation is settled, I will find opportunities to visit these large water docks one by one."

Shi Zhanxue laughed and sighed, "So you're hinting at it again - anyway, Tianshan has a lot of silver that can't be spent, so I'll give you another thousand next month."

"I didn't say that." Li Piaoqing pursed her lips and smiled. She tilted her head back and let the woman apply the cool liquid on her face, rubbing it and washing away the clothes that didn't belong to her - in fact, no one recognized her here, and she disguised herself mainly to make her appearance less conspicuous.

"You really didn't say anything, and you didn't say anything at all." Shi Zhanxue said, "I asked you to ask him about Xi Tingxin, why didn't you open your mouth?"

Li Piaoqing didn't say anything.

"We have repeatedly contributed to this matter, but now in the end, the Immortal Platform knows the most. They are using us to their advantage." Shi Zhanxue sighed, "I thought Sect Leader Li was quite useful and could ask Young Master Pei what he got from Xi Tingxin. Now it seems that we can't count on him."

"Anyway, when we get to Shenjing City, we can ask over tea." Li Piaoqing said with his eyes closed, "Then, then I didn't find a chance to speak."

"Oh? Then wait for Master Li to make an appointment with Young Master Pei to come out for me."

Li Piaoqing was silent for a while, then said: "Don't you have a mouth?"

Shi Zhanxue smiled: "Alas, I'm afraid that Master Pei doesn't want to talk to me, and will deliberately stay away when we meet."

Li Piaoqing smiled: "When did you offend him?"

"I haven't offended him, but I remember that when we were in Bowang, Master Li told him to stay away from me in the future." Shi Zhanxue looked up and recalled.

"...You are so boring." Shi Zhanxue smiled and said, "I am afraid that this person is as narrow-minded as Master Li was back then."

Li Piaoqing's eyelashes trembled slightly.

Shi Zhanxue helped her wipe her face dry, gently stroked it, and said, "His Highness Jinyang sent the letter to Tianshan, not you, why did you insist on mentioning it to him?"

Li Piaoqing didn't say anything. The boat was as quiet as the river.

The girl's face was washed clean, her features indeed grew more fully, and her skin was as white as the mist on the lake in early spring.

"…I must mention it." She said softly.

……

……

Pei Ye fell into a pile of ducks.

The duck was sleeping at night. Dirty water, feathers, fluttering, quacking, and flying in all directions. The extremely panic-stricken movement made Pei Ye feel guilty for a moment.

But the next moment he began to gurgle, and the turbulent water rushed into his five orifices. He immediately held his breath to block it - but the change came even faster, the water here was too shallow, and the next moment he plunged into the soft lake mud.

"Hahahahahaha!"

Pei Ye pulled himself out of the mud, and sat in the water with an expressionless face - in fact, his face was invisible - and he looked coldly at the man next to him who also had broken branches and leaves all over his face and was still laughing without realizing it.

"Let me ask you, can't you choose a decent place when you descend?"

The man stopped laughing and looked a little confused: "I put a boat here."

He wiped his face, frowned and looked - the boat was indeed there, just ten feet to the east.

“The boat will float.”

"Oh, I know...but I didn't expect it." The man stood up, lowered his head, looked at Pei Ye's upturned face in silence for a moment, then laughed again, "Hurry up and wash your face!"

It was not just his face. The lake mud in the shallow reeds was particularly dirty. In addition, his body was wet for the past two days. Pei Ye washed his whole body in the center of the lake before climbing up the edge of the boat. The man pulled him up, leaned on the oars and looked at him with a smile.

Even though he was a little darker and thinner, and no longer wore white clothes, he still had a bright and handsome face. Since Pei Ye came to Beijing, he had never seen a face as trustworthy as his. His anger was almost gone at this time. He looked at this face for a while, and the corners of his mouth gradually curled up, and then they both laughed.

The long-awaited reunion was a great joy. Pei Ye smiled and said, "Aren't you recovering in the south? Why are you here?"

Zhu Gaoyang smiled and sighed: "I see you never care about my whereabouts. You never write to me or ask me about it. But when we meet, you ask me 'Why are you here?' - I was already here."

"Who said that? I often ask Sister Xing Zhi about you." Twice in half a year was definitely considered "often" to the young man. He didn't blush. "Are you also investigating the Mirage City case?"

"I have been keeping an eye on them for many years." Zhu Gaoyang let the boat drift with the flow, "but now that the year has come, these people have begun to show up more frequently."

His voice was quite cold when he talked about his enemies, but he smiled again when he looked at the boy and looked him over: "You are really different now."

Pei Ye was surprised: "Has it changed?"

"Don't you think so yourself? When we parted in Feng Huai, you were simple from head to toe, with a clear ignorance in your eyes." Zhu Gaoyang recalled, looking at him, "Now, you can also stand on your own."

Pei Ye felt that the first half of his words were not pleasant to hear, but the second half was reasonable. He said, "I thought you were talking about appearance - do you think I have grown taller and more handsome?"

"Haha."

Pei Ye looked at him in silence.

Zhu Gaoyang clasped his fists and said seriously: "Young Master Pei, you may be tall and handsome, but for now, twist your hair back like you are wearing a weed."

“……” Pei Ye went to the side of the boat and twisted her hair.

The conversation was not going well, and the enthusiasm of the reunion faded very quickly. Pei Ye glanced at him and began to think about his current situation: "Let me ask you, what's going on?"

"Yes, isn't it a brilliant plan?" Zhu Gaoyang smiled, recounting his heroic deeds, "I have been making them restless for the past two months. Last month, they used three dock ships to surround me on Qu Lake, but I still managed to escape. But this time, I am in trouble. They have completely targeted me. If I make a move again, I will definitely be ambushed - what do you think I will do?"

Pei Ye was silent: "How are you?"

Zhu Gaoyang smiled and said, "This is in the vicinity of Shenjing, not in Xincang Mountain. We can still let these villains take control of us. I will write a letter to the Immortal Terrace right away..."

"Is this the assassin you asked Zhang Zhongcheng for?"

"good."

"…You did it twice!!"

"Actually, it was three times." Zhu Gaoyang corrected, "I saw you before the New Year. When we stopped Nan Jinfeng at Yangjiadu, it was thanks to your help that I was able to capture 'Strange Flood Dragon' He Changge - of course, he and I are friends now."

Pei Ye thought of that time and his eyes widened: "You fucking——"

"Look, this child has really changed. He can even curse."

"I haven't hit you yet!!"

"Wait a minute!" Zhu Gaoyang raised his hand loudly.

Pei Ye stopped.

"Don't be angry first, I have something to apologize for."

"...What?" Pei Ye raised his eyebrows - the Jade Dragon Ring was quite useful before.

Zhu Gaoyang took out a torn bamboo hat from the cabin, shook it vigorously, and put it on the boy's wet hair: "It's raining a lot these days, so I asked He Changge to leave this bamboo hat for you - otherwise, where can you buy one in this wasteland?"

He grinned happily, holding the sword in one hand and patting the boy's shoulder with the other hand, like a fool. It was probably the most hearty laugh he had had in several months.

Pei Ye sighed lightly, then slowly began to smile. He raised his hand to adjust his hat - you know what, it did block a lot of rain.

(End of this chapter)