Chapter 207

It was just the beginning of spring. Although the winter that Xie Bi An disliked most had passed, the spring cold was still unforgiving. He wore a leather jacket. His torso was still quite warm, but his bare hands were a bit numbed, so from the moment he sat down, he held a cup of hot tea and did not let go.

Some diners complained loudly: "Boss, the day is still so cold, and you don’t burn charcoal anymore?"

"Aiyo, sir, it's already the beginning of spring. Look at how good the sun is."

"No matter how good the sun is, it won't shine into the house. If you don't burn charcoal, our hands holding the chopsticks are going to shiver."

"Okay, Okay, Okay, I'll burn some for you…Aiyo, please come inside, immortal lords!"

Xie Bi An turned his head and looked downstairs. A slender and handsome man walked in slowly. A long, blue-lake-colored cloak was draped over his broad shoulders. His sword propped out a sharp arc on that good fabric. His hood hid half of his face, but that narrow jaw and perfectly shaped lips, on the contrary, makes people's imagination roam about his appearance.

If he wasn't carrying a sword, everyone would guess that he was a cultivator from Chunyang Sect. After all, this kind of tall and handsome person usually only comes from Chunyang Sect. And the small town they were in was not far from Luojinwu.

These people guessed half right. Xianyue Pavilion’s young master Lan Chui Han was sent to the Chunyang Sect to cultivate the Chunyang technique because he was weak and sick during childhood, only returning to Jiangnan at the age of 11. The foundation of his body was laid in Chunyang Sect.

Lan Chui Han abruptly went upstairs, entered the private room and closed the door. He took off his hood with a light smile on his face: "Bi An, long time no see."

Xie Bi An said with a smile, "Long time no see."

During the past three years, the two of them occasionally ran into each other, but they only met in a hurry. Xie Bi An could not let himself be unoccupied, and Lan Chui Han was also busy with important matters.

During the battle of Chidi City, Pavilion Master Lan was injured. During seclusion to recuperate from his injuries, Xianyue Pavilion was temporarily managed by Lan Chui Han. Xianyue Pavilion is considered to have the least damage in that great battle, with the addition of Lan Chui Han this outstanding talent foreshadowing the future glory of the Lan family. Now Xianyue Pavilion has leapt to become one of the four major sects in Jiuzhou.

Although, compared to Wuliang Sect, Chunyang Sect and Cangyu Sect, the volume of Xianyue Pavilion is still small. Wuliang Sect's Li Bu Yu is gradually getting old, and his reputation was spoiled because of the rumors of him eating human cores. Chunyang Sect lost their sect leader, and without the sect’s treasure, it suffered the biggest crisis since the opening of the sect several hundred years ago, and Cangyu Sect has been an enemy of the immortal cultivation world. After breaking down, Xianyue Pavilion has become the mainstay of the young and powerful new sects.

In the past three years, Lan Chui Han not only has to take care of his own industry, he still had to mediate between the various sects of the Immortal Alliance, maintaining the precarious alliance, while monitoring every move in Chidi City, and he also had to track down Fan Wu She and Jiang Qu Lian’s whereabouts. In more than a thousand days and nights, from a flirtatious and unrestrained gentleman, he has become much more calm and steady with the demeanor of a great sect’s helmsman.

Xie Bi An poured a cup of hot tea for Lan Chui Han: "Have a cup of tea to warm up first."

Lan Chui Han wondered, "Why did you want to meet here?"

"I want you to accompany me to a place, but I have not thought of it yet."

"Thought about what?"

"I want to think about how to face Li Bu Yu."

"You want to go to Mount Shu?" Lan Chui Han had already learned from Xie Bi An about all the things Li Bu Yu had done in his previous life.

Xie Bi An stared at Lan Chui Han: "Actually, I have something more important to tell you."

"I already knew." Lan Chui Han smiled bitterly, "He is now in Chidi City."

Xie Bi An sighed, "Official Lord Cui asked me to go to Mount Shu for this very reason. Within three years, Qi Meng Sheng has re-prepared all the conditions needed to refine the Absolute Human Emperor, and the Red King allied with her. The purpose is obviously to force out..." That name fought in his throat, it was too hard to say it.

"I am more worried about Fan Wu She who has disappeared as if out of thin air than Jiang Qu Lian and Qi Meng Sheng." Lan Chui Han frowned and said, "This scenario is so similar to a hundred years ago. The history books have recorded that he escaped from Wuji Palace and disappeared for ten years. Now he must be hiding in a place where no one can find him and cultivate diligently in seclusion, and his mastery over the Shanhe Sheji Map will be even stronger."

Xie Bi An's heart had an indescribable feeling of sinking ---- as soon as that person was mentioned.

"At least on the point of forcing him out, we and Jiang Qu Lian are aiming for the same thing. It's just that Qi Meng Sheng wants your core. They will definitely look for an opportunity to strike at you first. In fact, you shouldn't leave the Underworld so easily. It's too dangerous."

Xie Bi An picked up the sword from one side and put it on the table. His long and white fingertips gently stroked the texture of the scabbard and his eyes gradually condensed: "What joy is there in life? What fear is there in death? Plus, I still have this old friend.”

The sword in his hand is the Junlan sword that Xu Zhi Nan gave him a hundred years ago, and then he gave this sword to Zong Zhong Ming, and now after a hundred years, it has returned to his own hands.

Lan Chui Han looked at their Lan family's ancestral heirloom, feeling very dear: "So, going to Mount Shu this time, what are your plans? What do you think Li Bu Yu's repeated requests for you to go to Mount Shu are for?"

Xie Bi An was silent for a moment. He told Lan Chui Han about the evil Li Bu Yu did, but concealed Li Bu Yu's feelings for him. That is not something brilliant after all. Moreover, this person is selfish and cunning, how many words of those phrases can be believed? Li Bu Yu is now nearing the end of his life. Maybe he wants to repent to him. Maybe he is afraid that things will be revealed and cause the destruction of Wuliang Sect, so he wants to plead with him. Maybe he has other purposes, but he does not want to know. Half of his previous life's tragedy is due to Li Bu Yu. If the two face each other, it will be difficult for him to control himself to take out his sword.

Lan Chui Han said again: "So, what did Official Lord Cui ask you to do?"

"Naturally, it is to convince Li Bu Yu to call on the Immortal Alliance to fight against Qi Meng Sheng."

"Even if you can convince Li Bu Yu, now the Immortal Alliance may not listen to him. The most important thing is that too many people died in the battle of Chidi City, even Heaven Master ..." Lan Chui Han said solemnly, "Three years ago we failed to defeat Qi Meng Sheng, and now she is allied with Jiang Qu Lian. Hope is even slimmer."

"No, we still have a chance. After all, Li Bu Yu is the leader of the Immortal Alliance. If even he cannot gather the last strength of the Immortal Alliance, then the immortal cultivation world will be finished. This is an all or nothing battle, a battle of life and death. As long as the Immortal Alliance can unite again, I have a way to crush Qi Meng Sheng again."

"Oh, what ways? Is there anything I don't know?"

"Back then, after I returned to the Underworld, I was in a hurry to get the Junlan Sword, so I went back to Huayueye with you first, and only after I returned to the Underworld again from Huayueye, I followed my master's will and went to find a person, Cheng Yan Zhi's human soul."

"He did not reincarnate?"

"No, master felt that there was still something fishy about him, so he settled him down temporarily and did not reincarnate."

"Then what did you get from him?" Lan Chui Han inexplicably tensed up, realizing that he would hear a very important secret.

Xie Bi An's face, however, gradually became gloomy: "This matter is of great importance. We can't alarm the enemy for the time being. You must not reveal anything ..."

---

The reason why Xie Bi An met up with Lan Chui Han in a small town was to avoid all kinds of spies. Whether it’s from the Immortal Alliance or Qi Meng Sheng, he wanted to go up to Yunding without anyone knowing, otherwise their meeting with Li Bu Yu would definitely cause quite a storm.

After a little disguise, the two of them arrived at Lanxi Town. Lan Chui Han secretly notified Song Chun Gui, who then sent his own junior brother to pick them up.

Since the battle of Chidi City, Li Bu Yu's health was getting weaker and weaker, so the main affairs of the sect were handed over to his elder disciple Wu Si Hai, and Song Chun Gui was asked to manage them. Not knowing whether this decision was made because Li Bu Yu became confused from old age, or he intended to do so. Wu Si Hai as the eldest senior brother has the highest prestige in the Wuliang Sect, but Song Chun Gui is the strongest. The future sect leader position of Wuliang Sect should be elected from these two. In contrast, Li Bu Yu's son is much bleaker. Now that Wu Si Hai and Song Chun Gui's competition has become more and more brazen, people are discussing Li Bu Yu's decision. Some say it's to let them fight it out themselves, and the winner will be the next sect leader, while others say Li Bu Yu is trying to let them fight and lose, so that his son can succeed him.

Xie Bi An thought the second one is more likely, according to his understanding of Li Bu Yu.

Song Chun Gui's junior brother was very respectful to the two, even feeling a little fearful. In fact he did not know who they were. It was clear that Song Chun Gui specially instructed him. Song Chun Gui is an orphan with no one to rely on, who wants to be the sect leader of Wuliang Sect, and cannot do without the support of other forces, so Lan Chui Han, who has a gentleman's friendship and mutual appreciation with him, is very important to him. If not for the fact that everyone in Lanxi Town knows Song Chun Gui and is afraid of attracting attention, he would have come to pick him up personally.

That disciple did not take them up to Yunding, but settled them in a small palace at Diancang Peak. It was dedicated to entertaining guests and Song Chun Gui was already waiting there.

The three of them paid their respects to each other and after a few words of courtesy, they quickly got to the main topic.

"The arrival of Lord Lan and White Immortal is not yet known by master, I wonder what you two are planning to do?"

"I would like to see Alliance Master Li privately. I have important matters to discuss with Alliance Master Li, but don't let anyone know about our meeting." Xie Bi An said.

"Master has been in seclusion for almost all three years. It is possible for me to ask for you to see him, but it is difficult to let you see him alone while avoiding the eyes and ears of others, and ..." Song Chun Gui said with difficulty, "What if Master does not want to see you guys?"

"Alliance Master Li will definitely see me. As long as you tell him I'm here." Xie Bi An said with no expression.

A trace of surprise flashed in Song Chun Gui's eyes. He had read about his master's association with Emperor Kong Hua, as many people did in the history books. It was written in the book that Li Bu Yu had assisted Emperor Kong Hua to sit on the throne of Emperor Zong, and the two were old acquaintances when they were young and had a great relationship.

Song Chun Gui nodded: "Okay, I will ask my master, please rest here for a while. If you have any requests, just talk to the attendant outside the door. My eldest senior brother must have sent someone to keep an eye on you guys when I brought you guys here. If you don't want your identity to be exposed, try not to go out and walk around.

"Many thanks, Zhen Ren."

----

Edited on 26 May 21 (Emzie)

 

←Previous Chapter                                                                                             Next Chapter→