The Ballad of Youth: Inheriting Daoji, Li Hanyi, the Escapee from Marriage

Chapter 27 Mo Qixuan's face darkened. He did some quick calculations? "Are you kidding me?"

After the white-haired immortal Mo Qixuan finished speaking, he stared intently at Li Xiuyuan, seemingly trying to analyze his inner thoughts from his expression.

But after looking for a long time, I still couldn't figure out whether the other party was hiding something too well or really didn't take it seriously.

Just as Mo Qixuan was feeling a little irritated and was about to ask the other person to answer again,

Li Xiuyuan took another big sip of wine and slowly opened his mouth.

"Ugh, choices... choices... so annoying! How am I, the monk, supposed to choose?"

"As the saying goes, 'He who eats another's food is bound to do his bidding, and he who takes another's money is bound to do his bidding.' Mr. Mo, you've really given this monk a difficult problem!"

"How about this? I, the monk, have a skill in divination. How about I do a reading for you, and that will offset the cost of this drink?"

Li Xiuyuan first showed a troubled expression, but after a short while, he regained his smiling expression. After speaking, without waiting for Mo Qixuan to say anything, he closed his eyes and began to calculate.

Mo Qixuan didn't say anything more upon seeing this.

Although he didn't think he was inferior to Li Xiuyuan, in his opinion, the other party was at least at the same level of the Free and Unfettered Heaven Realm!

In a carefree world, wanting to drink and make money is a piece of cake, isn't it?

He never intended to bribe the other party with a mere hundred taels of silver.

This hundred taels of silver was merely a medium for contacting the other party.

"Hmm~ Monk, let me calculate and calculate... I've got it! Benefactor Mo, I've already calculated it for you."

"The contents of this golden coffin will surely belong to you in the near future!"

Li Xiuyuan said with an unchanged smile.

"Oh? So, Master, you've already agreed not to interfere with our actions later?"

Yes, all that talk about being able to predict the future is just the tricks of those charlatans out there!

Of course, this doesn't mean that the art of deduction doesn't exist in this world!

On the contrary, it is precisely because this world clearly has people who can predict the future, such as Wangcheng Mountain, the Imperial Observatory, and so on.

Otherwise, how could those swindlers have spread throughout the entire world?

So...

In Mo Qixuan's view, the so-called mad monk's ability to predict the future was nothing but a facade.

If nothing unexpected happens, the other party should have agreed to their request, and then they should be stating their conditions, right?

Well, what does this little bit of sacrifice matter in order to avoid causing trouble and to welcome the young master back to the Outer Heaven?

That's what Mo Qixuan thought.

However, Li Xiuyuan's next answer immediately darkened his previously calm expression.

"No, no, no, I didn't make any choices! Making choices is just too difficult!"

"I, the monk, simply did some normal calculations about the future, and that's how I arrived at the result I just mentioned!"

"What's inside this golden coffin will eventually return to you, and... it will come of its own volition!"

Upon hearing Li Xiuyuan's words, Mo Qixuan's already dark expression changed again.

He stared intently into Li Xiuyuan's eyes, curious about the other's identity and purpose. As if to confirm it again, he opened his mouth and asked, word by word.

"Do you know what's inside this golden coffin? Who exactly are you? And what is your purpose?"

"Are you representing the Northern Kingdom? Do they intend to break the alliance?"

Mo Qixuan's tone was now somewhat aggressive, and his original gentle and calm demeanor had long since disappeared.

Actually, you can't blame him for this. After all, the golden coffin contained his nephew, whom he was entrusted to take care of, and who would become the future sect leader of the Outer Heaven!

After the Demonic Cult's failed eastern expedition, the alliance of its various sects disintegrated.

Even within their own Heavenly Realm, internal and external troubles were already brewing.

Now, they urgently need to welcome back Ye Anshi, the son of the former sect leader, to take charge of the sect and stabilize morale.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be long before the Heavenly Realm, which he dedicated his life to repaying Ye Dingzhi's kindness, would cease to exist!

"Hey, hey, hey! You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want, Benefactor Mo. I'm just a monk wandering around alone."

"As for the attitude of the Northern Li Kingdom, or its background, I, the monk, dare not accept that label!"

"I just calculated the details with my fingers and then told you. You have to believe the monk!"

Upon hearing Mo Qixuan's words, Li Xiuyuan waved his hands with a somewhat "trembling" expression, feigning fear.

In fact, he wasn't wrong at all!

The Lingyin Temple behind him was just an ordinary temple, without even a single person who knew martial arts. What objection could they possibly have to this "Covenant of Locking Mountains and Rivers"?

As for the attitude of the Northern Li Kingdom, that's even more absurd. How many people does he actually know in this world?

He does want someone to represent the face of the entire country, but do you think that's possible?

Seeing that Li Xiuyuan's expression didn't seem fake, Mo Qixuan's tone softened considerably.

However, the previous gentle warmth had completely disappeared, replaced by a hint of impatience.

"Monk, I'll ask you one last time, are you really going to stop our operation?"

Goodness, he's not even calling me "Master" anymore. You can see that Mo Qixuan's patience has truly reached its peak.

An aura of power subtly emanated from him, and one of his hands had somehow touched the hilt of his sword.

Just as I was about to say something more, I saw another group of martial arts practitioners appear out of nowhere in the Beauty Manor.

They surrounded Tiannv Rui, Tang Lian, and Xiao Se in the Beauty Manor, their demands being nothing more than for Tang Lian to hand over the golden coffin!

Yes, while Li Xiuyuan and Mo Qixuan were "drinking and chatting," Xiao Se and others outside also experienced a process that was almost identical to that in the original novel.

Basically, in order to protect Tang Lian and keep things under wraps, Tian Nu Rui deliberately talked to Xiao Se and asked him if he wanted to play a game of gambling.

Xiao Se was an extremely clever person, and he immediately understood what the other party meant. Thinking of helping Tang Lian, a friend he had just met, he cooperated with the other party and "borrowed" a pearl from the crippled version of Snowfall Manor to make a bet with the other party!

They even called it a life-or-death situation!

Well, this so-called life-or-death situation is just an excuse that Tian Nu Rui made up for the upcoming clearing of the area. Only after the area is cleared can Tang Lian connect with the contact person, right?

But as it turns out, she was too naive. Did she really think she could clear the place just by finding a reason?

Her arrangements were only successful because they were based on the rule that "martial arts are forbidden in Beauty Manor." She underestimated the greed of these martial arts practitioners for the "peerless beauty," "endless wealth," and "martial arts manuals" in the golden coffin!

Those guys, who had been hiding there as guests, couldn't sit still when they heard that the area was being cleared out. They rushed out one by one, revealing their true intentions, and surrounded the three people in the middle of the field.

"That mad monk was right again! Could there really be a divination technique in this world that doesn't require a medium?"

Seeing this, Xiao Se muttered to himself, but didn't seem flustered at all.

After all, these guys who came out in the first batch were just some nobody. Even without relying on Tang Lian and Li Xiuyuan, his lightness skill known as the best in the world—Ta Yun—would make him invincible among these people.

"The art of divination... Could it be?!"

Because Xiao Se, Tang Lian, and the other two were standing close together, his mutterings were naturally heard by Tang Lian and Tian Nv Rui.

Tian Nv Rui was alright; he wasn't in the carriage at the time and didn't hear Li Xiuyuan's spiteful "prophecy."

But Tang Lian is different!

When he first heard it, he was completely bewildered and didn't even have time to ask.

Now, after hearing Xiao Se mention divination and fortune-telling once again, he couldn't help but be shocked when he thought about the cause and effect together!

"Master Daoji... So Master Daoji had already foreseen this situation all along?"

"And according to Xiao Se, this isn't the first time?"

"But I don't seem to see any divination medium. Could it really be a matter of calculating with your fingers?"

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Chapter 28 Protecting the coffin is such a hassle, I'll have to pay extra!

"Interesting. These guys don't even know what's in that golden coffin, yet they dare to come and join in the fun."

"That's utterly absurd!"

In a pavilion within the Beauty Manor, Lu Yuzhai, the senior disciple of Wushuang City, stood with his hands behind his back by the window.

After seeing the guys below wielding swords and knives, surrounding Tang Lian and the other two, their tone inevitably revealed disdain.

These guys, blinded by greed and with strength barely reaching the fifth rank, could be wiped out by Tiannv Rui alone, even though they outnumbered each other, not to mention the presence of the senior disciple from Xueyue City.

"Then, senior brother, shall we make a move now?"

The guy next to Lu Yuzhai, who was also a disciple of Wushuang City but only made a brief appearance in the original story, offered his advice.

"No, we can't leave the field yet."

"These guys are just the first impatient appetizers. Right here in this Beauty Manor, there are definitely still some experts!"

"For example, that white-haired guy with the jade sword over there, and that crazy monk opposite him!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Yuzhai slowly shook his head, rejecting the disciple's suggestion, and looked at Li Xiuyuan and Mo Qixuan with a somewhat wary gaze.

"A mad monk? Where is he? Let me see him too!"

"Isn't this a casino and brothel? Why would monks come here? I'm quite curious!"

Upon hearing Lu Yuzhai's words, the disciple who had made the suggestion fell silent. However, right behind the two of them, a very young-looking boy who had been idly lying on the table suddenly became interested and darted over in one step.

With a face full of curiosity, he looked toward the location Lu Yuzhai had indicated.

"Wushuang, you..."

That young man was none other than Wushuang, a prodigy who was a once-in-a-century talent in Wushuang City, and he had even gained the recognition of the Wushuang Sword Box!

It was precisely because of his exceptional connections that he was taken in as a disciple by Song Yan, the city lord of Wushuang City, and groomed to be the future city lord of Wushuang City. Therefore, his status was extremely extraordinary, and even his senior brother Lu Yuzhai was helpless against him.

He even had to follow behind and help clean up any mess the other person made.

In other words, Wushuang himself has the mindset of a young man and will not act recklessly or be arrogant because of his status.

He and his friends respected their senior, otherwise Lu Yuzhai wouldn't have gotten along so well with him.