Volume 3: The Demonic Cult Advances Eastward Chapter 143 Shangguan Xianer, Pharmacist Li
The banquet began.
And it was heavy drinking and feasting.
In the Jiangnan martial arts world, 80% of the famous and promising figures, both black and white, on land and sea, came and boarded the boat in a swagger and took their seats.
The seats alone filled twelve large ships.
Waiters from restaurants and inns on both sides of the strait came in one after another, carrying wine and food, with smiles on their faces.
This grand banquet was prepared half a month ago.
At the beginning of the banquet, Li Muchan had already left.
He is the leader and the chief executive. If he sits high above and looks down on others, the people below him will inevitably feel uncomfortable. He also has to be vigilant at all times and not be too unrestrained. Most importantly, Li Muchan really doesn't like the hustle and bustle of the utilitarian world.
Therefore, the task of entertaining the guests was left to Qiu Shuiqing.
Snow was falling on the long street. Li Muchan took Ye'er and the Goddess of Bliss for a walk.
There are only a few days left until the end of the year. The streets are decorated with lights and music, and you can even see dragon and lion dances. All kinds of vendors are coming and going, and the sounds of hawking their wares can be heard one after another. In front of the Confucius Temple, there are also many wandering craftsmen who gather with endless new tricks, and the atmosphere is full of fireworks.
This is what we call lively.
The goddess of bliss held Yeer's hand and asked with a charming smile, "How do you feel about returning to Jinling?"
Li Muchan held a string of candied haws in one hand and an umbrella in the other. He bit off one and said vaguely, "Of course I have a lot of emotions. I..."
As he spoke, his face suddenly changed and turned pale. Then he swallowed the hawthorn in his mouth and handed the candied haws to Ye'er with a smile: "Yer, this string of candied haws from uncle is very sweet. If you don't believe me, try it!"
Ye'er was full of joy, and did not doubt what he said. After eating one, her rosy little face suddenly changed. She winked and shuddered: "Wow, sour!"
At this time, Li Muchan took a breath of cold air, shrank his shoulders, grinned and said, "This is too sour."
The Goddess of Bliss rolled her eyes, feeling both amused and surprised.
She thought she had seen through this man a long time ago, and she didn't expect that beneath his ambitions, he also had a cynical look.
But... this is also good.
If a person is always thinking about conspiracies, traps and tricks, it would be too terrible and too tiring.
The goddess of bliss asked, "Are we just going to leave those evil cult remnants alone?"
Li Muchan rubbed Ye'er's head and said softly, "Well, I will go to the Demon Cult's base camp in a while. I will go alone. The Western Regions are a piece of fat meat that I cannot afford to lose. Don't forget Sun Xingyu. This woman should be able to gather a lot of Demon Cult followers . She is ambitious and will never be willing to be inferior to Shangguan Xiaoxian. Maybe she can be used by me."
The three of them strolled in the winter snow, talking and laughing, stopping and walking.
The Goddess of Bliss seemed to have let go of her girlish nature, and was jumping for joy. She followed Ye'er through the streets, chasing and jumping around, and the sound of her jewelry jingling was very pleasant to the ear.
Li Muchan looked at the two people in the snow, hesitated for a moment, and said gently: "Speaking of which, I have known you for such a long time, but I still don't know your name. Could it be that you are called the Goddess of Bliss?"
The goddess of bliss's cheeks flushed, and she stopped chasing him. Her beautiful eyes moved, and she stared at the man in front of her in silence for a moment. Then she gathered her hair at the temples, smiled sweetly and said, "My last name is Li too. My name is Pharmacist Li."
Li Muchan was a little curious: "Medicine Master of Medicine Buddha?"
The smile on the face of the goddess of bliss faded a lot, and she said casually: "Because my mother gave birth to me in a Buddhist temple, and the Medicine Buddha happened to be enshrined in the temple, so she gave me this name, thinking that I could practice medicine and save the world in the future."
"Doesn't it sound good?" she asked back.
Li Muchan shook his head: " No, it sounds very nice."
The goddess of bliss smiled and said, "Then you must remember this, because besides my father, you are the first man in this world who knows my name."
Li Muchan smiled and said, "Okay, I'll take note of it and remember it very clearly."
“A-choo!”
Just as the two were looking at each other, Ye'er beside them suddenly sneezed at an inopportune time.
Their eyes shifted away, and Li Muchan smiled and said, "Take her back first. I want to walk around alone."
The goddess of bliss pinched Ye'er's face unhappily, and cast a resentful look at Li Muchan, then snorted, "It's okay, Ye'er and I will play by ourselves."
Watching the two chasing each other away, Li Muchan shook his head and laughed.
As the snow was falling, he was walking alone on the long street, as if he was strolling in a garden, enjoying the scenery.
Just by walking down a street, he had already eaten several kinds of snacks and changed four or five kinds of desserts. He savored the sweet and smiled with his eyes curved.
In this world, if you have strength, you can maneuver power and scheme; if you have utilitarianism, you can be a powerful figure in the world; but isn’t the purpose of fighting and snatching for the sake of enjoyment? Now is the time to enjoy.
Li Muchan has never been greedy. Even if it is just a piece of dessert, as long as he can taste the flavor of it, he will feel it is a kind of enjoyment.
The wind and snow are blowing, and the long street is bustling.
Looking at the peddlers and literati coming and going, Li Muchan enjoyed the atmosphere of the city.
Moreover, although the Demon Cult's eastward advance has ended, the murderous intent has not yet dissipated.
He even felt a stronger sense of danger approaching him.
Because the Demon Cult was only an external threat, now that the external threat has gone, many people should start to deal with the internal threat.
When a person is closest to success, he is often closest to failure.
Li Muchan now owns half of the world and is very close to success.
Will he fail?
"Beat her to death, let her steal things, beat her!"
A burst of noisy shouting and cursing suddenly came from a corner of the market, interrupting Li Muchan's thoughts.
On the snow, the clerk and the owner of the steamed bun shop were punching and kicking a beggar and cursing him.
The man had disheveled hair and a dirty face, and was holding two meat buns tightly in his hands. He did not cry out in pain even when being beaten, but just kept eating voraciously. He seemed to be a woman.
Li Muchan sighed, walked over, put down a few coins and said, "Let her eat."
The boss immediately smiled and thanked me repeatedly.
Seeing this, the beggar jumped up and took out a few hot buns from the steamer. Under his messy hair were a pair of charming eyes as black as gems.
Li Muchan frowned. He felt that these eyes looked familiar, just like someone.
"What's your name?" he asked.
The beggar blinked his eyes, eating, but a meaningful smile appeared on his dirty face: "I am Shangguan Xian'er."
Li Muchan narrowed his eyes, pondered for a while, and then said gently: "Do you want me to take you to eat something good?"
…
And in another place in Jinling City.
In a dilapidated ancestral hall, the Yan Family Ancestral Hall, a figure in white was standing with his hands behind his back, bathing in the snow and facing the wind.
This person seemed to be waiting for something and sighing about something.
I lament the sudden changes in the sky, and also lament the unpredictable ups and downs of the world.
"Hmm, I didn't expect Li Muchan to have such a skill. He defeated the enemy without fighting and found another way. He is really amazing. I thought I would witness a fierce battle, but it turned out to be a wasted trip." The man laughed in a low voice.
The smile is neither too fast nor too slow, making people feel like spring breeze.
And the person he was waiting for has arrived.
A fragrant breeze blew by, and a graceful figure with the crisp sound of rings and bracelets brought a little more life to this untrodden place.
"Is the time right?" the man in white asked without turning his head.
The man turned around, his white hair fluttering in the wind, and the bronze dragon-head mask looked particularly hideous and cold.
This person was none other than the leader of the Azure Dragon Society, Gongzi Yu.
And the person he was waiting for, following the scent, was a woman, a gorgeous and otherworldly Miao woman.
The woman lowered her eyes and said softly, "He said that he would go to the Demon Cult's headquarters in a while. He would go alone and only told me about it. Now is the perfect opportunity to take action."
Gong Ziyu nodded and stopped asking questions. Instead, he asked with a smile, "Is Li Muchan confident that you can stand behind him?"
The woman said calmly, "Yes!"
Gongzi Yu nodded and sighed: "What a pity, such a person actually fell into the hands of a woman."
After saying that, he added: "Junior sister, thank you for your hard work."
The wind and snow passed, and the woman disappeared. The sky and the earth were all white, and only one person was left standing alone.
