Apprenticeship at Qingcheng Mountain, Senior Brother Yu Canghai

Chapter 218 Your Father is Duan Yanqing
After some conversation, everyone went down Gongba Peak.

After walking for another half a day, everyone finally returned to the Baiyi tribe's territory.

Upon hearing that Chu Yuan and his companions had returned, Gao Ming, the old patriarch of the Baiyi tribe, immediately hosted a banquet to entertain Chu Yuan and his companions.

The residence of the Baiyi tribe leader.

A place for meeting guests on weekdays.

At this time, a row of tables had been set up inside, and the tables were filled with wine, meat, melons and fruits.

After inviting everyone to take their seats, the old clan leader Gao Ming raised his full wine glass and said to Chu Yuan, who was sitting on his right: "Young Master Chu, we Baiyi are a minority ethnic group in the southwest. We mostly eat meat and fruits. We don't have the exquisite dishes of the Central Plains. I hope you don't mind!"

Seeing Gao Ming being so polite, Chu Yuan also raised his glass and said, "Old Patriarch, your words are very sincere. The Baiyi tribe is able to receive us so grandly. If we have any problems in the Central Plains in the future, the Beggars' Sect will definitely help us."

After saying this, he and the old patriarch Gao Ming raised their heads and drank the wine in the cup.

After they finished drinking, the old clan leader Gao Ming asked, "I wonder what Young Master Chu gained from his trip to Baima Snow Mountain. I heard from the returning team leader that you searched the entire mountain but found nothing?"

Duan Yu answered brilliantly: "Grandpa, I found it. My second brother found the legendary Changchun Valley of Immortality on a cliff."

When the old clan leader Gao Ming, Dali Zhennan King Duan Zhengchun, and the princess Do Baifeng heard what Duan Yu said, and after hearing that Chu Yuan had found the Changchun Valley of Immortality, they all looked at Chu Yuan with suspicion.

The old clan leader Gao Ming asked in surprise, "Young Master Chu, have you really found the Changchun Immortal Valley?"

As he spoke, he didn't even notice that the wine he had just filled his glass with had spilled on the table.

Chu Yuan nodded and said, "This place is hidden, located under a cliff. I found it by chance."

The old clan leader Gao Ming said: "Young Master Chu, there is no need to be modest. The fact that you can find the Everlasting Valley in the vast snow-capped mountains shows that you have great luck and great fortune."

Duan Yu said, "Grandpa, you don't know that the entrance to the Everlasting Spring Valley is right below a cliff. Even gods and immortals cannot cross it. Only my second brother has peerless Qinggong and successfully entered the Everlasting Spring Valley. We are standing by the cliff waiting, and we are terrified just by looking at it."

The old clan leader Gao Ming smiled and said, "It seems that if you want to find the Changchun Immortal Valley, you need not only luck, but also peerless martial arts. Young Master Chu has peerless martial arts, so he can find and enter the Changchun Immortal Valley. Otherwise, even if ordinary people find it, they probably won't be able to enter."

Duan Zhengchun looked at Chu Yuan and said, "Young Master Chu, now that you have entered the Everlasting Valley, you can find the spiritual spring that can make you immortal if you drink it..."

As the Prince of Zhennan of the Dali royal family and the next Emperor of Dali, he might also want to achieve immortality.

This is also one of the reasons why Duan Yu chose to help Chu Yuan even though Chu Yuan was his sworn brother.

Chu Yuan repeated to Duan Zhengchun and others what he had said to Duan Yu and others on the mountain before.

Especially the disadvantages of immortality.

A trace of disappointment flashed across Dao Baifeng's eyes: "I see."

She is a beautiful woman who is getting older, and time has left more and more traces on her body.

She may not be interested in "immortality", but "immortality" is her dream.

On the contrary, the old clan leader was very wise and took this matter very easy. He taught Duan Zhengchun and Dao Baifeng: "Since the so-called immortality has such a big disadvantage, don't covet the opportunity of immortality. If you want to be trapped in that valley for the rest of your life, feel free to ask Young Master Chu about the Changchun Immortal Valley."

After hearing what the old clan leader said, Gao Baifeng and Duan Zhengchun stopped talking for a while.

As the Prince and Princess of Zhennan of Dali, it would be better to kill them than to ask them to give up their power and be trapped in a corner of the Bulao Valley of Changchun.

Gao Ming smiled and said, "If you lose something in one place, you will gain something in another. There is no such thing as perfection in the world. You two should give up this delusion of immortality as soon as possible."

It is amazing to hear that the old Baiyi tribe leader is so wise that he can actually recite famous sayings from the Central Plains.

Chu Yuan's heart moved. It seemed that this old man was also someone who knew something about the Central Plains culture.

Seeing their father (father-in-law) say this, Duan Zhengchun and Dao Baifeng could only put the matter behind them.

After descending from the Baima Snow Mountain, Chu Yuan and others stayed in the Baiyi tribe’s territory for a few days.

Then...

They all started their return journey to Yangzhumie City, the capital of Dali.

On the way, Duan Yu thought of what Chu Yuan had promised him. Duan Yu asked Chu Yuan on horseback: "Brother Chu, you said before that you would tell me a secret after this trip. What is the secret?"

When Chu Yuan saw Duan Yu asking about this matter, he first looked at Duan Zhengchun and Dao Baifeng who were traveling with him not far away, then looked at A-Bi who was following him, and Mu Wanqing and Zhong Ling who were following Duan Yu.

"You guys go in front, my third brother and I will go behind. I have something to discuss with my third brother."

Chu Yuan said to A-Bi beside him, and Mu Wanqing and Zhong Ling who were following Duan Yu.

A-Bi was obedient and responded, "Okay."

Mu Wanqing looked indignant: "What is it that we cannot listen to?"

Chu Yuan did not answer Mu Wanqing, but stopped his horse, slowed down, and gradually fell to the last place.

Seeing Chu Yuan's attitude, Duan Yu's curiosity was aroused.

He coaxed Mu Wanqing, who was a little unhappy, and deliberately slowed down. In the end, like Chu Yuan, he gradually fell to the back of the team.

This scene!
It happened to be seen by Duan Zhengchun and Dao Baifeng who were walking in front.

Dao Baifeng said to Duan Zhengchun: "It seems that Young Master Chu and Yu'er have a good relationship."

Duan Zhengchun did not comment.

Dao Baifeng scolded Duan Zhengchun, "Don't always have a stern face in front of Young Master Chu. Yu'er also said that Young Master Chu didn't find the method of immortality when he went up the mountain to look for the Changchun Valley, but he made a breakthrough in martial arts. I think this Young Master Chu will become the best martial artist in the world sooner or later."

Duan Zhengchun said, "What's wrong with him being good at martial arts? No matter how good he is, as the King of Zhennan in Dali, I don't need to curry favor with him."

Seeing her husband say this, Dao Baifeng felt helpless.

Walking to the end of the team with Chu Yuan, Duan Yu asked Chu Yuan: "Second brother, is there something you can't tell me in front of everyone? Why do you have to hide from everyone?"

Chu Yuan didn't say anything. He waited until everyone had gone far away before he turned his gaze to Duan Yu.

Chu Yuan organized his words and said, "There is bad news and good news. Which one do you want to hear?"

Duan Yu looked at Chu Yuan's expression and it didn't look like he was joking. He thought for a moment and said, "Let's hear the good news first."

Chu Yuan used the secret sound transmission in the Soul Searching Sound Transmission Technique to say to Duan Yu, "I see that you, Zhong Ling, and Mu Girl have some special feelings for each other, right?"

Duan Yu's eyes flashed with an unnatural look, and he flatly denied: "Second brother, what are you talking about? Zhong Ling, Wan Mei and I are siblings."

Chu Yuan smiled and said, "I have never seen a sister who calls her brother Duan Lang and her brother calls her sister Wan Mei."

Duan Yu pretended to be angry and said, "Second brother, please don't talk nonsense. If this gets out, I will be ridiculed by the world. Wanmei, Zhong Ling and I will not be able to survive! Besides, Zhong Ling, Wanmei and I are all innocent."

Chu Yuan just looked at Duan Yu with a smile in his eyes and didn't say anything else.

Duan Yu felt a little guilty under Chu Yuan's gaze. He finally lowered his head and whispered, "At most, we had some feelings between a man and a woman before, but after we learned about our identities, it became a brother-sister relationship."

Chu Yuan said to Duan Yu, "The good news is that I accidentally learned a piece of news. Whether it's Miss Mu and Miss Zhong, or Miss Wang Yuyan, they are actually not siblings with you. If you want to be with them in the future, it will not violate the moral code."

Duan Yu was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then his eyes lit up with joy: "Brother Chu, are you telling the truth?"

He had had enough. No matter where he went in the world, the woman he liked was always his sister.

Chu Yuan nodded: "Yes, it's true."

After being happy, Duan Yu's expression turned worried again, and he thought about the cause and effect: "Since they are not my half-sisters, could it be that my father's lovers deceived my father, got pregnant with someone else's children, and insisted that they were my father's?"

Chu Yuan just shook his head calmly: "They are indeed your father's daughters."

Duan Yu was confused: "What on earth is going on?"

He really didn't understand what Chu Yuan meant. If girls like Zhong Ling, Mu Wanqing, and Wang Yuyan were all daughters of his father Duan Zhengchun, then how could he and them not be siblings!

unless……

Chu Yuan said: "This is the bad thing I am going to talk about next."

Chu Yuan's eyes became serious: "Actually, you are not Prince Duan's son."

Chu Yuan's words made Duan Yu's face change. He immediately said angrily: "Second brother, I regard you as my sworn brother, why do you want to make up stories about my parents and destroy their reputation?"

Fortunately, Chu Yuan is his second brother. If he did not have a deep friendship with Chu Yuan, based on what Chu Yuan just said, he would definitely attack Chu Yuan and fight with Chu Yuan to the death to protect the reputation of his parents.

Seeing that Duan Yu did not believe this fact, Chu Yuan continued to say to Duan Yu: "Third brother, if you do not believe it, you can ask your aunt. You also know your uncle's character. He is a playboy and has affairs everywhere in the martial arts world. How could that woman not have resentment in her heart?"

Chu Yuan's words left Duan Yu silent for a moment.

He found it hard to accept, yet he felt that what Chu Yuan said made sense.

He knew his mother, Dao Baifeng, very well. Although she loved his father, Duan Zhengchun, as the daughter of the Baiyi tribe leader, she was wild and restless, and dared to love and hate.

His father is having affairs with other girls outside every day, so it is possible that his mother is taking revenge on him.

But if his biological father is not Duan Zhengchun, then who is he?

Duan Yu was silent for a moment and then asked, "Who is my biological father?"

Chu Yuan said: "You have met him, Duan Yanqing!"

Duan Yu was stunned and rejected it categorically: "Impossible!"

He really couldn't believe that Duan Yanqing, the leader of the four evil men who drugged him and Mu Wanqing in the Wanjie Valley that day and wanted them to do things that violated social ethics and brought shame to the Dali royal family in public, could actually be his father.

Chu Yuan said: "Second brother, find a chance to ask your mother and you will know whether this is true or not."

Duan Yu and Chu Yuan returned to the team. Duan Yu, who was originally eager to go home and was in high spirits, became silent. He seemed to have lost his soul and looked like he was worried about something.

He didn't pay much attention to Zhong Ling and Mu Wanqing who were talking to him.

This made Zhong Ling and Mu Wanqing extremely worried about his condition.

Duan Zhengchun and Dao Baifeng also saw this scene. Dao Baifeng frowned and asked, "What did Young Master Chu say to Yu'er that made Yu'er look like this?"

Duan Zhengchun said: "We don't need to care about their own affairs."

Dao Baifeng said: "That's right."

But for some reason, she had a bad feeling in her heart.

……

Soon everyone returned to the capital of Dali.

Since the purpose of this trip has been achieved, Chu Yuan wanted to take A Bi and leave.

Chu Yuan said goodbye at the city gate: "Third brother, uncle, aunt, I have been bothering you for many days. Now that my purpose has been achieved, I will not bother you anymore and will take my leave first."

Duan Yu tried to persuade Chu Yuan to stay: "Second brother, please stay in the Zhennan Palace for a few days. I, the third brother, have something to ask you."

Duan Yu said this with a firm attitude, as if he wanted her to stay.

Chu Yuan's heart moved, knowing that what he said on the road had become a demon in Duan Yu's heart. He would not let it go unless he found out the truth.

Chu Yuan could only agree: "Forget it, since Third Brother has invited you so warmly, I will bother you and your family for a few more days."

Duan Zhengchun and Dao Baifeng didn't think much about it and just regarded it as a normal retention between brothers.

After returning to the Zhennan Palace in Dali, the Zhennan Prince and his wife still arranged Chu Yuan and A-Bi to live in the small courtyard where they had lived before.

Up to this point, the Dali Palace was relatively peaceful until noon the next day.

Duan Yu took advantage of the fact that his father, Duan Zhengchun, the King of Zhennan, was out on business and went to the villa where his mother, Dao Baifeng, lived.

"Yu'er, you're here!"

Dao Baifeng was wearing a light blue dress, a hair ornament on her head, and holding a small hoe in her hand. She was squatting in the courtyard of the villa, planting pots of flowers. Even though she was over 40 years old, her figure was still exquisite, especially when she was planting flowers. Her plump waist and hips when she was half squatting outlined a breathtaking beauty. Hearing the voice, Dao Baifeng said without turning her head.

She and Duan Yu had a very good mother-son relationship. Duan Yu was very close to her on weekdays and often came to the villa to pay her a visit and greet her, so she just treated Duan Yu's arrival as an ordinary visit and greeting.

"Mom, I have something to ask you!"

Duan Yu was already accustomed to his mother Dao Baifeng's amazing charm. At this moment, he only had his own life experience in his mind, and his voice was mixed with three parts of hesitation and seven parts of struggle.

Dao Baifeng sensed something was wrong from her son Duan Yu's voice. She turned around and looked at Duan Yu.

He saw some pain and struggle on his son Duan Yu's face.

Dao Baifeng also felt a pang of pain in her heart, because she had never seen her son Duan Yu with such an expression on his face.

"Yu'er, what's wrong? What made you look like this?"

Dao Baifeng stood up and looked at Duan Yu with concern.

Duan Yu did not say anything, but instead cast his gaze on the four maids who usually served Dao Baifeng.

Dao Baifeng understood what Duan Yu meant and waved to the four maids: "You can go down first."

After the four maids left one after another, Duan Yu's next words made Dao Baifeng horrified.

"Mom, am I not my father's son?"

Duan Yu looked at Dao Baifeng and said.

Dao Baifeng's face was filled with fear, and she asked angrily, "Who told you this?"

Seeing the look of shock and anger on Dao Baifeng's face, Duan Yu knew that what his second brother Chu Yuan said was true.

Duan Yu said in a daze, "It turns out that all this is true."

Dao Baifeng then realized that her expression just now was equivalent to inadvertently admitting the matter.

But it was too late to trick Duan Yu over now.

After he was stunned for a moment, Duan Yu finally said, "My second brother told me this."

Dao Baifeng's heart moved: "It was Young Master Chu who told you, but this shouldn't be the case. How could he know this?"

Duan Yu said: "I don't know how my second brother knew about this matter. Fortunately, he told me about it, otherwise I would still be kept in the dark."

Seeing that Duan Yu looked like he had lost his soul, Dao Baifeng felt guilty for a moment.

Dao Baifeng apologized to Duan Yu: "Yu'er, I am sorry for you and your father!"

Duan Yu gradually came back to his senses, his eyes fell on Dao Baifeng: "Mom, you have done nothing wrong to me, nor to my father. After all, my father was indeed a bit too romantic. I just want to know, does my father know about this?"

Dao Baifeng looked ashamed: "He doesn't know."

Duan Yu asked again: "Is my biological father Duan Yanqing?"

Dao Baifeng was shocked again: "How did you know?"

Duan Yu was almost half crazy after suffering a series of blows. This was even more serious than the blow he had received from Wang Yuyan before.

Duan Yu laughed crazily: "It seems that everything you said is true, second brother."

Dao Baifeng doubted her life: "Did your second brother tell you this?"

She was very confused at this time, wondering why Duan Yu's second brother knew everything!

She thought that she was the only one in the world who knew her son's background.

Duan Yu did not answer his mother Dao Baifeng's question, but turned around and left.

"Mom, I will keep your secret for you, but I don't want to stay in Dali anymore. I want to go out for a walk with my second brother and be alone. You and Dad don't need to send anyone to look for me or follow me."

This was the last sentence Duan Yu left before he left.

Dao Baifeng looked at her son Duan Yu, who had gone half crazy. After a long silence, Dao Baifeng sighed, "This is all the sin he and I committed in the past. I never thought it would fall on Yu'er!"

……

late at night.

The moonlight outside is like frost, and the night sky is dotted with stars.

Chu Yuan was lying on the bed, preparing to fall asleep.

Although according to his martial arts skills, he could have used meditation instead of sleep long ago.

But now that his martial arts have reached this level, he has gained new insights.

I think people should sleep when they should sleep. Sleeping is not only a way to restore energy and physical strength, but more importantly, it can relax your mind.

Taoist sleeping immortal Chen Tuan achieved enlightenment through sleeping and lived for eight hundred years.

Zhang Sanfeng also left behind a song of alchemy, "The Song of the Sleeping Dragon": Sleeping like an immortal, sleeping like an immortal, lying high up at the root of a rock, forgetting the years, the three lights sinking, my nature is complete...

It can be seen that sleeping is also a kind of spiritual practice.

When one's martial arts skills reach a high level, although meditation can replace sleep to relieve physical fatigue, the spiritual and mental fatigue requires sleep to recover.

Bang Bang!

Not long after Chu Yuan fell asleep, there was a knock on the door.

"is her!"

Chu Yuan did not get out of bed to open the door, but he had already recognized the person knocking on the door based on his breath and footsteps.

It was Duan Yu's mother, Princess Dao Baifeng of Dali Zhennan.

"Aunt, what brings you here so late at night?"

Chu Yuan got out of bed, put on his coat, opened the door, and looked at the beautiful woman standing outside.

Dao Baifeng said: "There are some things I need to ask Young Master Chu, please agree to it."

Chu Yuan saw that Dao Baifeng came alone without a maid, and thought to himself, "Is she here to call me to task?"

But standing at the door was not a good idea, so Chu Yuan made way for the door: "Aunt, come in and talk if you have something to say."

As he spoke, he turned around and used the supreme secret technique of Tantric Buddhism, "Flame Sword", which he had learned from Jiumozhi. A beam of red energy was shot out and landed squarely on the white candle a few feet away.

The white candle immediately lit up a bean-sized dim candlelight, illuminating the entire room.

When Dao Baifeng saw this scene, she realized that Chu Yuan had actually lit the candle in mid-air using only his strength.

She couldn't help but sigh: "Young Master Chu's martial arts have really reached the pinnacle."

Then she changed her tone and her beautiful eyes fell on Chu Yuan: "I wonder where did you find out about Yu'er's life experience, Young Master Chu?"

(End of this chapter)