Volume 4: Azure Dragon Changes the World Chapter 215: Idle Things on the Boat, Women Are Terrible
“Wuwu… Wuwu…”
Above the surging waves, there suddenly came a high and ethereal sound of a flute. The sound of the flute, mixed with the waves and the sound of the wind, seemed to form a melody of its own, spreading over the thousands of mountains on both sides of the river and in all directions of the world.
The sound of the flute was not far away when a large ship came slowly through the waves, approaching at a leisurely pace.
At the bow of the boat, Li Muchan, dressed in a black robe, stood facing the wind, playing the flute.
Behind him is Guo Ding.
Guo Ding's eyes were complicated. He held the Songyang Iron Sword in his right hand, seemingly motionless, but in fact he had been gathering strength for a long time, but he never drew the sword.
Although the two were nineteen steps apart, with Guo Ding's current strength, controlling his sword with his Qi, nineteen steps was no different from one. If he drew his sword, the murderous aura would follow, and so would the sword. With a single strike, he could easily take the life of an ordinary expert within twenty steps.
But is Li Muchan an ordinary master?
If he were to engage him in battle, Guo Ding felt he needed to be within five steps of the enemy before he could even begin to fight. However, after taking just one step, he felt as if he had entered an invisible quagmire, as if the air were filled with tangled silken vines, entangled with his hands and feet.
This is a person's qi.
Breath and murderous intent.
Looking back at all the opponents he had met in the past, Guo Ding had never felt such a vast and powerful aura.
He had seen Ye Kai's aura before, but it had never been as real as this. Instead, it was like the clouds flowing in the sky, illusory, traceless, and without any murderous intent.
Shangguan Xiaoxian's aura is quite domineering, but it is like a raging wind and waves, or a flash of thunder, and not majestic enough.
Li Muchan's aura, however, had only surged a few days ago like the mighty waves of a river, powerful but like waves crashing against the shore, rising and falling without any change. But now, his aura had the terrifying power of gathering countless streams and transforming into a vast ocean, like a sea embracing countless rivers. It was simply incomparable.
As the boat passed through thousands of mountains, a bright moon was reflected on the river.
As the night wind blew, Guo Ding suddenly felt that the energy had disappeared, without form or shape, and unpredictable.
This person's skills have obviously made great progress.
Just when the energy disappeared, he also let go of the hand holding the sword.
Li Muchan turned around and looked , "You actually want to join my Tianxia Alliance?"
This was what Guo Ding said himself.
Li Muchan seemed to recall something, pondered for a moment , then smiled and said, "Because of that Constable Yang? What benefit did he give you?"
Guo Ding made no secret of his feelings, his eyes gleaming with brilliance as he spoke in a deep voice, "He didn't do me any good. This was my own choice. If you must explain, I simply wanted to eradicate the Azure Dragon Society, a major threat to the martial arts world."
His tone suddenly intensified, his expression growing even more stern. He continued, "The Jianghu should be like the Jianghu. Who wins and who loses, who laughs and who cries is entirely up to them. Whether it's satisfying revenge or being despicable and shameless, it's all part of the Jianghu. But some people insist on controlling everything, and they deserve to die."
Li Muchan laughed and said, "Then do I have to die too?"
Guo Ding said: "No, you are different. You are different from all of them."
Li Muchan seemed to be thinking about something and said no more.
Guo Ding is not a bad person, nor is he a villain. Even if he has other thoughts, he will express them openly. He has no reason to refuse.
This person also wants to take advantage of the situation.
"Huh?"
Suddenly, Guo Ding shifted his gaze and looked towards the river, only to see a person floating in the distance, who seemed to be a woman.
Li Muchan glanced over and found the man's clothes somewhat familiar.
Guo Ding moved quickly. He took a few steps forward with his sword in hand, flipped in the air from the bow of the boat, and flew across the waves of the river like a swallow skimming the water. After he had flown several feet away, he reached out and grabbed something, then leaped back.
When Guo Ding put the person down, he saw that the person was covered with wounds, his clothes were tattered, and his beautiful face was pale. He was not only a very rare beauty, but also an old acquaintance.
Gongsun Da Niang.
Once he escaped, this man fled Chang'an and his whereabouts are unknown. But judging by the wounds all over his body, he must have been hunted down by the Qinglong Society.
But Li Muchan smiled slightly. Although Gongsun Da Niang looked wounded, her internal energy was always steady. It was obvious that she was waiting for them here on purpose, intending to board the boat to seek shelter.
Guo Ding felt that it was inappropriate to throw it on the ground, so he hesitated and reached out to help Gongsun Da Niang to the side.
"Save him or not?" he asked.
Li Muchan chuckled and said, "Save it, of course I have to save it. After all, we fought side by side... But since you pulled it out, you save it."
Yan Shisan suddenly came over from the stern and said, "I think you should save yourself first."
He hinted at something and had a strange look on his face. Then he sat down cross-legged, with his sword across his knees, and entered into a state of meditation to calm his mind. No matter how Li Muchan asked him questions, he did not move or respond.
Li Muchan was a little confused, but suddenly felt that something was missing around him. He looked around and walked from the bow to the stern, and immediately saw a very strange scene.
There was a stove in front of Li Yaoshi and Shangguan Xiaoxian, with a few carps roasting on the stove.
The boatman had already hidden far away, not daring to breathe. He could only watch tremblingly, fearing that he would be affected. He kept winking at Li Muchan and saying something.
Seeing the two of them acting like this, even a wooden man like Li Muchan could sense that something was wrong.
He slowed down his pace, frowned, thought for a moment, then made a quick decision. Just as he was about to leave, he heard Pharmacist Li call out softly, "Master, you must be hungry. Would you like to try some of my grilled fish?"
"Okay," Li Muchan paused for a moment, smiled gently, and turned to look, "Even if you don't tell me, I will..."
But after just one look, he swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
While Pharmacist Li was grilling the fish, he took out some medicine bottles of various sizes from his collar, and then poured all kinds of brightly colored poisonous powders on the grilled fish like spices.
The boatman was a young man, and he was already pale with fear when he saw the poison powder, because those bottles all had names on them. There were no less than six of the most deadly and strange poisons in the world, and when mixed together, they were the most poisonous of all.
"Is it fragrant?" Pharmacist Li asked with a smile.
Li Muchan looked at the colorful, hair-raising grilled fish, was silent for a moment, and said with a wry smile, "It smells good."
Pharmacist Li's smile widened. "Eat all the fragrance. It's all yours, young master."
At this time, a voice rang out from the side, "My grilled fish is ready too."
Shangguan Xiaoxian looked calm, and her faint eyes fell on Li Muchan. She said nothing, but it seemed like she had said everything.
Li Muchan looked at the grilled fish in front of Shangguan Xiaoxian. Fortunately, there was no strange color, but it was just black, too black, even blacker than the charcoal in the stove.
This is roasted into charcoal.
But at this moment, Shangguan Xiaoxian asked with a fake smile, "Is it fragrant?"
Li Muchan took a deep breath and said with a smile, "It smells good."
Shangguan Xiaoxian nodded, "Okay, then it's all yours."
At this moment, both of them were staring at Li Muchan, as if they wanted to watch him eat and swallow all the grilled fish with their own eyes.
Li Muchan sighed softly, and he suddenly realized that he didn't seem to be very smart either.
Pharmacist Li greeted him softly, "What are you waiting for? Eat it! It won't taste good if it gets cold."
Li Muchan smiled, and then he took the grilled fish from the two men with both hands, and then began to eat it voraciously.
Considering his current power of Wuxiang Divine Art, a mere poison is nothing to worry about.
"Is it delicious?" Shangguan Xiaoxian asked with a smile.
Li Muchan mumbled, "It's delicious... cough cough cough, but a little numb. Do you have any wine?"
"Of course," Pharmacist Li seemed to have prepared it long ago. He shook the wine pot in his hand and said with a charming smile, "This is the Hundred Poisons Wine that I specially prepared. It is rare in the world. Let's drink it to our heart's content today."
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At the bow, Yan Shisan, who had been meditating, opened his eyes again and seemed to have heard the words from the stern, and heaved a sigh of relief.
"Women are really scary."
