The Path to Immortality of Silly Pillar in the Courtyard

"Phew..." After the woman left, He Yuzhu breathed a sigh of relief. The woman's aura was too strong, and he felt a lot of pressure. Fortunately, he had defeated the woman.

As expected, Li Xunhuan's flying dagger never misses its mark. Just now, his telepathy told him that he would kill the woman with his strike, but he did not kill her; he only gave her a warning.

He Yuzhu had no desire to continue bathing. After getting out of the water, he dressed and then walked out of the valley.

All the way there, he kept thinking about what the woman's identity was. This woman was too beautiful, even more beautiful than Pan Jinlian, and more importantly, she had a powerful aura!

"Grandpa...come quick, there are so many crabs here, hehe..."

The sudden sound startled He Yuzhu from his thoughts. He looked up and saw a girl in red squatting by the river, catching something. Not far from the girl, an old man wearing a straw hat was sitting on the bank.

He Yuzhu's arrival alerted the girl, and she stopped what she was doing. The old man on the shore also stood up and walked towards the girl.

"Hey! Who is this person? Why is he so strange? Could he be a little monk?" The girl stood up and looked at her grandfather.

The girl had a childlike face and looked no more than thirteen or fourteen years old, but she was already a natural beauty.

The old man shook his head. "Yan'er, don't talk nonsense." The old man was very wary.

"Don't be nervous, you two. I was just wandering around and got lost in this valley too," He Yuzhu quickly explained as he approached.

Perhaps it was He Yuzhu's strange attire that made the old man and the young girl wary, because they did not answer immediately.

The girl looked at He Yuzhu with surprise, and couldn't help but ask, "Why are your clothes so strange, and your hair so short?"

He Yuzhu understood the meaning behind the girl's words. He smiled bitterly. It wasn't that he was different; he simply didn't have any ancient clothes to change into.

"Well, I'm from Qingzhou, but I went overseas with my parents when I was young, so my clothes and appearance are different." He Yuzhu could only make up a lie.

"Oh." The girl nodded without any doubt.

"Young man, are you from Qingzhou?" the old man asked.

"Yes, my hometown is Qingzhou Prefecture in Shandong."

"Oh." The old man nodded, then asked, "Where are you going?"

He Yuzhu said, "I ran into some people from the Hengshan Sect on the way here. They said that in a few days it will be the retirement ceremony of Liu Zhengfeng, the great hero of the Hengshan Sect. I want to go and see what's going on."

The old man was startled by this, but then calmly asked, "Are you going alone?"

"Yes, I walked all the way from Lingnan to here by myself." He Yuzhu could only continue making things up.

"Gurgle..." Suddenly a strange sound rang out, and the girl in red blushed.

"Grandpa... I'm hungry..." the girl in red whispered.

The old man laughed and said, "Then why don't you hurry up and catch some crabs?"

The girl in red pouted, looking adorable. She glanced at He Yuzhu and was about to squat down when a hand reached out.

"I have some food here, have a taste." He Yuzhu smiled. He had already guessed the identities of the girl in red and the old man. If he wasn't mistaken, the grandfather and granddaughter were Qu Yang and Qu Feiyan.

Qu Feiyan subconsciously took the strange blue bag. She had never seen such a beautiful bag before, with exquisite patterns on it that she had never seen before.

"What is this?" Qu Feiyan asked He Yuzhu.

"Beef jerky!" He Yuzhu replied with a smile.

"Oh, it's beef jerky! I haven't had beef in ages!" Qu Feiyan exclaimed with a delighted smile.

"Yan'er, why don't you thank this young hero?"

"Yes, thank you for the food, young hero." Qu Feiyan bowed with her hands clasped.

"Hehe...you're too kind, young lady."

"Hehe... Little heroine, you're quite an interesting person!" Qu Feiyan chuckled, and Qu Yang beside her also had a smile on his face.

"Oh, how do I open this?" Qu Feiyan frowned as she looked at the bag.

"I'll help you." He Yuzhu took the bag, tore it open from the opening, and handed it to Qu Feiyan.

"Delicious, so delicious!" Qu Feiyan took out a piece of beef jerky, put it in her mouth, chewed it a few times, and couldn't help but praise it.

He Yuzhu took out two more bags of beef jerky, opened them, and then added a bottle of baijiu (Chinese liquor) to his hand. He then said to Qu Yang, "Senior, sit down and have some with us."

Qu Yang's eyes flashed with surprise. He hadn't seen where the boy had taken his things from, but he didn't ask. He then sat down with He Yuzhu.

"Where...where did you hide it?" Qu Feiyan didn't have her grandfather's cunning and immediately asked when she saw this.

"Yan'er, have you forgotten what Grandpa said?" Qu Yang gently scolded his granddaughter.

"Oh, I was just curious," Qu Feiyan muttered softly.

"Hehe... Senior, please drink this wine. I already had some at noon today."

He Yuzhu couldn't explain Qu Feiyan's problem, so he changed the subject and handed the wine to Qu Yang.

Qu Yang didn't stand on ceremony. He took the bottle of wine, which had already been opened, and smelled it. Then, a look of surprise appeared in his eyes. "What excellent wine! I've never smelled anything like it before!"

"Grandpa, you're still criticizing me, aren't you drinking recklessly too..." Qu Feiyan stopped speaking before sticking out her little tongue and continuing to eat beef jerky.

"What do you know? Young hero, you're a man of integrity. I'm not blind!" Qu Yang glared at his granddaughter and said, and she glared back at him.

"Haha..." He Yuzhu laughed. Qu Yang spoke very well and was a talented person. He liked the phrase "upright and righteous"!

"Haha... What fine wine! What a fine wine! It's truly a divine elixir!" Qu Yang laughed and praised after taking a sip.

"Fenjiu..." Qu Yang said, then noticed the two large characters on the bottle. He was shocked. "Where can I find an inn? A shepherd boy points to Xinghua Village. This wine is actually Shanxi Fenjiu!"

Qu Yang looked incredulous. "I've had Xinghuacun Fenjiu before, but it doesn't have such a pure and mellow taste."

He Yuzhu was taken aback. He didn't expect Qu Yang to know about Fenjiu, and he didn't know when Fenjiu was first brewed.

"Senior, this wine is an improved version from our region; it's not the Fenjiu from Shanxi," He Yuzhu could only continue making things up.

"I see. I've been wandering the martial world for so many years, and this is the first time I've ever tasted such fine wine. I'm truly fortunate. Thank you for the wine, young man."

The group ate and chatted until dusk, when the sky gradually darkened.

Qu Yang finished a bottle of Fenjiu liquor, and Qu Feiyan ate a bag of beef jerky.

"Young man... I'm sorry, I had too much to drink... I finished your wine." Qu Yang's words were already slurred with drunkenness.

"It's alright, senior. Wine is for drinking. I still have some here," He Yuzhu said with a smile.

"Haha...you're a very generous guy," Qu Yang laughed.

"Grandpa...it's getting dark, should we continue on our way?" Qu Feiyan asked, but her eyes were fixed on He Yuzhu, her beautiful eyes filled with unreadable emotions.