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

I totally agree, he's just a beggar!

Li Xiuyuan scratched his itch, rubbed off a layer of black grime, and said with a chuckle, "Haha... Benefactor, you've misunderstood. This humble monk is a monk, not a beggar!"

"Crazy monk, what are you doing here?" The Duan brothers shook their fans, looking somewhat puzzled.

When did the Snowmoon City Flower Festival become a place where even beggars could enter? (Web)

"Of course, it's about appreciating flowers, drinking wine, and composing poems—I can't do those!" Li Xiuyuan didn't care about any of that. He picked up his wine gourd, took a sip, and pulled out a chicken leg from his dirty clothes. He then ate and drank as if no one else was around.

The Duan brothers were speechless.

Is this guy a monk? What kind of monk drinks alcohol and eats meat!

"Crazy monk, you're such a spoilsport! You're ruining the atmosphere of the Hundred Flowers Festival!" The Duan brothers, not wanting to get entangled with Li Xiuyuan any longer, simply tossed him a piece of silver and said, "This silver is enough for you to eat for months, hurry up and leave!"

"Wow, two taels of silver in one go, how generous!"

Li Xiuyuan stared wide-eyed at the glittering silver in his hand, his face full of exaggerated surprise.

Xiao Se curled his lip; this monk was putting on an act again!

This exaggerated acting is unmatched!

Lei Wujie got up to beat up the Duan brothers, but Xiao Se stopped him.

"You little idiot, what are you doing?" Xiao Se grabbed Lei Wujie.

"I'm going to teach them a lesson!"

Lei Wujie was quite angry. He respected Li Xiuyuan very much, and he couldn't stand seeing the Duan brothers insulting Li Xiuyuan like this.

"What's the rush? Let's see what we do with that crazy monk first!" Xiao Se curled his lip and said in a low voice, "Don't you know that monk?"

Indeed, if we simply call him a beggar or a mad monk...

Li Xiuyuan didn't care at all; he just smiled and took the money to buy wine!

The Duan brothers were very satisfied with Li Xiuyuan's reaction. They waved their fans and said, "Alright, you crazy monk, take the money and get out of here!"

"Ah, leaving the Hundred Flowers Gathering? I haven't even seen the flowers yet, and I haven't even had a drink!" Li Xiuyuan naturally wouldn't leave. He stuffed the silver into his pocket, picked up his wine gourd, took a sip, and said, shaking his head, "I accept Benefactor Duan's donation, but leaving is absolutely out of the question!"

After saying that, Li Xiuyuan tapped Lei Wujie with his fan and said, "Let's go!"

Want to go?

The two Duan brothers squinted their eyes; there was no such thing as a free lunch.

The eldest son of the Duan family raised his hand and flicked it, attracting the dew on the petals, which turned into hundreds of marbles that flew towards Li Xiuyuan.

Li Xiuyuan seemed completely unaware, appearing utterly unprepared.

He kept gnawing on his chicken leg!

"Accumulated water forms a deep pool!"

With a soft shout, Tang Lian grabbed a handful of dewdrops, which instantly attracted the hundreds of droplets to his palm, condensing them into a lifelike blue water dragon the size of a palm, which danced continuously in his hand.

"A puddle of water forming a deep pool? It's just a small puddle!" Duan Xuanyi sneered, closed his fan, and said calmly, "Tang Lian, I'll take you on!"

Meanwhile, in a pavilion, Sikong Changfeng and a scholar were drinking.

The scholar, dressed in a blue robe and exuding an air of refinement, picked up a celadon wine cup and took a sip of wine.

"Is that mad monk really that strong?" The scholar asked, puzzled. "This mad monk doesn't seem to have any fluctuations of true energy; he's just an ordinary person!"

"You can't judge a book by its cover. Why don't you give it a try... no... forget it!" Sikong Changfeng changed his mind halfway through his sentence, shaking his head repeatedly, and said, "You two shouldn't fight. You'll ruin my Hundred Flowers Society!"

"Don't worry, I'm not some kind of battle maniac! Fighting at such a grand event would be too unrefined! Poetry and beautiful women are my pursuits!" The scholar shook his head, took a sip of wine, and then turned his attention to Tang Lian, saying slowly, "Your disciple... is going to fight Duan Xuanyi?"

“I saw it!” Situ Changkong was not worried at all.

He was well aware of the gap between Tang Lian and Duan Xuanyi; Duan Xuanyi had little hope of winning.

On the other side, Tang Lian was not idle either. With a wave of her hand, the blue dragon, which was originally half a foot long, instantly expanded and transformed into a three- to five-meter-long surging wave that swept towards Duan Xuanyi.

"Humph!"

Duan Xuanyi didn't take it seriously. He leaped into the air and charged towards Tang Lian, holding the Twenty-Four Bridges Fan.

They thought the surging waves would just go straight, but who knew they would suddenly turn and flow upstream from the ground, rushing directly towards Duan Xuanyi.

"what?"

Duan Xuanyi hadn't expected that the accumulated water could be controlled in such a way, even more unpredictable than the Duan family's Hidden Water Technique.

In a moment of carelessness, he was swept up by the current, his body swaying left and right, unable to control himself at all. Just as he was about to be completely controlled by Tang Lian, Duan Xuanyi drew the Bright Moon Flute from his waist, turned around, and swung the Bright Moon Flute at the blue torrent, cutting off the current.

He barely managed to escape, his body uncontrollably staggering back three zhang before he could regain his balance.

In a brief exchange, Duan Xuanyi was defeated.

The refined scholar was somewhat surprised by the scene: "This 'accumulated water forming a deep pool' is quite interesting; it actually caused Duan Xuanyi to suffer a great loss!"

"Hehe, it's just so-so, just so-so!"

Situ Changkong laughed heartily, feeling extremely happy.

How could he, as the master, not be happy that his eldest apprentice was showing promise!

The refined scholar rolled his eyes. If it were just an ordinary performance, would you be laughing like this?

hypocritical!

At this moment, Duan Xuanyi's face turned pale and then flushed on the field.

He wanted to show off, but instead Tang Lian pinned him to the ground and started hitting him!

Tang Lian didn't even use any hidden weapons.

That means he couldn't even beat Tang Lian, who didn't use hidden weapons!

If this gets out, how will I ever face anyone again?

With anger boiling over, Duan Xuanyi could no longer hold back. He unfolded his fan, concealing two golden throwing knives within.

This is the true purpose of the Twenty-Four Bridges Fan. It has a hidden mechanism inside that is activated by true qi, making it extremely sharp!

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Chapter 95 Desolate: This is fine cotton, the mad monk is paying back the money!

Even experts who have reached the realm of carefree immortality can get injured if they are not careful!

If it were Tang Lian's strength, he might even die!

Duan Xuanyi was breathing rapidly, his expression constantly changing. He was so angry that he couldn't care less about anything else!

He looked at Tang Lian, took a deep breath, and said with a sneer, "Brother Tang, your kung fu is not bad!"

Seeing this, Tang Lian assumed that Duan Xuanyi had admitted defeat. She raised her hand to put away the blue water dragon beside her, cupped her hands in greeting, and said, "You're too kind!"

Little did Duan Xuanyi know, he had no intention of admitting defeat. His face turned cold, and he said, "Dream on, I haven't lost yet!"

After saying that, Duan Xuan flicked his hand, and two golden throwing knives flew directly towards Tang Lian.

Tang Lian's expression changed; she hadn't expected Duan Xuanyi to suddenly launch a sneak attack.

However, he was a master of hidden weapons, so Duan Xuanyi's tricks were ineffective against him. He simply turned slightly to the side, raised his hand, and slapped the two throwing knives away.

"Duan Xuanyi!"

Tang Lian's tone was filled with anger. It was just a friendly sparring match, but this guy wanted to kill him?

On the other side, Lei Wujie, who was unable to retaliate at first, saw Duan Xuanyi's despicable act of pretending to admit defeat while actually launching a sneak attack.

I couldn't hold back any longer!

Before Xiao Se could finish saying "Don't be impulsive," Lei Wujie had already rushed forward angrily, shouting, "Don't you dare hurt my senior brother!"

After saying that, he immediately used the move "Evening Moon Flower Morning"!

In an instant, pink sword energy swept across a ten-zhang radius, causing all the petals to wither and become part of the sword energy.

Lei Wujie, wielding the Listening Rain Sword, slashed directly at Duan Xuanyi. (23sk.net)

Enraged, Lei Wujie unleashed his full power.

Even Duan Xuanyi couldn't help but be momentarily distracted by such beautiful swordsmanship.

The next moment, Duan Xuanyi's expression changed.

He couldn't block that sword at all, so he could only grit his teeth and stand still, preparing to take the hit head-on!

Upon seeing Lei Wujie's sword strike, the refined scholar's face showed a look of reminiscence as he exclaimed, "Xi Yue Hua Chen, after all these years, you are still as beautiful as ever!"

"Hmph, like master, like apprentice. He's already turned my Hundred Flowers Society bald right from the start!"

Situ Changkong drank a glass of wine, feeling somewhat depressed.

"Hahaha, if that wicked woman hears this, you're in for a world of trouble!"

The refined scholar laughed heartily.

Lei Wujie gripped the Listening Rain Sword with both hands, its sword energy still rapidly expanding, recklessly destroying everyone around him.

It was an indiscriminate attack, and even Tang Lian was no exception.

Tang Lian was immediately shocked. With Duan Xuanyi's meager skills, he couldn't possibly withstand Lei Wujie's sword strike!

Certain death!

He immediately shouted, "Wu Jie, stop!"

Lei Wujie wanted to stop, his body trembling, but he found that the sword energy was out of his control. He panicked and said, "I...I can't control the sword energy!"

Xiao Se panicked when he saw this situation.

Killing Duan Xuanyi is a minor matter, but Lei Wujie's rampage and damage to his meridians is a major issue.

He patted Li Xiuyuan, who was eating chicken legs and drinking wine while watching the show, and said, "Crazy monk, aren't you going to make a move?"

"Haha... No rush, no rush!" Li Xiuyuan had no intention of making a move. He took a sip of wine and said drunkenly, "I've calculated that a benefactor will surely come to our aid at this time!"

Xiao Se rolled his eyes and said speechlessly, "Crazy monk, you're not too lazy to take action, are you?"

"Too lazy to take action? How dare you slander my innocence?" Li Xiuyuan's expression became exaggerated, his eyes wide, and he said, "Do you want to make a bet with me? A benefactor will definitely come to my aid in a little while! If he doesn't come, I'll give you two taels of silver; if he does, you'll give me ten jugs of peach blossom wine!"