Chapter 1010.2: Advancing Southward - Part 2 |
Not long afterward, Chen Chao’s voice suddenly came from inside the carriage again. “Great Sword Immortal Yu, seeing how I’m already like this, how about I ask you for a favor?”
Yu Xiyi frowned. “What kind of bullshit favor?”
“I think your Xiao'an and my disciple Little He are actually quite well matched. How about arranging a marriage between them?”
Chen Chao spoke slowly, his voice calm.
Yu Xiyi immediately burst into curses. “Surname Chen, don’t push it too far! You’re already in this state and you’re still plotting against Your Father's disciple?!”
Chen Chao laughed. “After listening to all your nonsense earlier, I thought the bond between us really ran deep. But hearing you say this, looks like it’s not that deep after all.”
Yu Xiyi sneered. “You can ask me to do anything. Even giving up this great sword immortal cultivation, even giving up this life, I’d do it. But if you want to scheme against Your Father's disciple? No chance!”
Chen Chao raised a hand to wipe away the blood at the corner of his mouth and smiled. “Hard to say. My Little He is such an honest child. Maybe Xiao'an will like him. In the future, Xiao'an might end up becoming Little He’s wife no matter what.”
Yu Xiyi laughed coldly, “Then Your Father will break that brat’s dog legs!”
Afterward, the two talked occasionally as they traveled. Very quickly, they left Xinliu Prefecture behind. Upon arriving in Changping Prefecture, they also did not linger, instead continuing southward all the way toward Yellow Dragon Prefecture.
However, before they had even left the borders of Changping Prefecture, they encountered someone unexpected on the road.
An incomparably handsome man stood upon the official road, apparently waiting for this carriage. Upon seeing it arrive, the man cupped his hands and smiled. “I had long heard that Great Sword Immortal Yu possessed a jade-like bearing and extraordinary grace. Seeing you today, the rumors truly were not false. Being able to meet Great Sword Immortal Yu is truly the fortune of three lifetimes!”
Yu Xiyi pulled on the reins and stopped the carriage. Hearing this string of praise, he could not help nodding, though at the same time he felt somewhat puzzled. Lowering his voice, he asked, “Little Chen, is this your friend? How does he have such discerning eyes?”
Chen Chao sighed helplessly. Forcing himself upright, he swallowed the blood rising in his throat before finally lifting the carriage curtain and looking at the man with a smile, “It’s been many days since we last met. Sect Master Feng still speaks as pleasantly as ever.”
That handsome man was none other than Feng Liu, the one hailed as the number one rogue cultivator in the world.
Feng Liu burst into laughter. “Truth, just the truth.”
Since Chen Chao already knew him, Yu Xiyi relaxed his guard. But immediately after Chen Chao spoke his next sentence, Yu Xiyi’s expression turned solemn in an instant.
“Sect Master Feng came from afar. Is it to take advantage of this official's current injuries to negotiate terms again?”
Chen Chao sat in the carriage, looking at the Sect Master of the Morning Dew Sect.
Feng Liu put on a wronged expression and sighed. “Why does the Lord Warden Commander think of me like that? Am I, Feng Liu, really that kind of person in your eyes?”
Chen Chao smiled and did not speak.
After Chen Chao’s battle with the Demon Emperor, most cultivators did not truly understand what price Chen Chao had paid. But for someone like Feng Liu, who had walked extremely far to the very end of Nepenthe - almost one step away from that realm - it was different.
His insight and judgment of the situation were not something ordinary cultivators could compare with.
Feng Liu said softly, “I came to see the Lord Warden Commander this time for only two things. The first is simple: my Morning Dew Sect has decided that, starting from me as Sect Master, we will reinforce the Northern Frontier. We will set out in a few days.”
Chen Chao was taken aback. Although he had expected Morning Dew Sect might eventually send people to the Northern Frontier, he had not expected Feng Liu, the Sect Master himself, to personally appear in the Northern Frontier.
Chen Chao cupped his hands. “Sect Master Feng is righteous.”
Feng Liu gave a bitter smile. “It’s nothing more than a transaction. I still have to settle accounts properly. Otherwise, being cursed behind my back is truly unpleasant.”
Chen Chao smiled and did not speak.
“The second matter is also simple. I understand that after the Lord Warden Commander’s battle, your injuries are likely extremely severe. I have a Restoration True Pill, and I offer it to Lord Warden Commander.”
Restoration True Pill?
The moment these three words were spoken, not only Chen Chao, but even Yu Xiyi was shocked. Among cultivation lineages in the world, Daoism occupies the majority. The Great Peace Dao and Longevity Dao are merely cultivation philosophies. Among the specifics of cultivation schools, there existed a lineage called the Alchemy Dao, referring to those daoists who specialize in alchemy. Almost all spiritual medicines in the world today originate from Alchemy Dao daoists.
Among these medicinal pills, there has always been the so-called Four Great Divine Pills, and the Restoration True Pill is one of them. Its effect is exactly what its name suggests - healing injuries.
It is said that this pill is extremely difficult to refine; even after opening the furnace ten thousand times, one might not succeed even once. As a result, it is exceedingly rare. Even in the Infatuation Daoist Temple, there may not be more than a few.
Even someone as strong as Yun Jianyue, the current Temple Master of the Infatuation Daoist Temple, would not be able to casually take out a Restoration True Pill from the sect’s treasury.
In fact, even the Infatuation Daoist Temple might not necessarily possess such a pill.
Yet at this moment, Feng Liu had one, and was even willing to give it to Chen Chao.
How could Yu Xiyi not be shocked?
Chen Chao frowned. Although the Restoration True Pill might not necessarily be able to heal his injuries completely, its value was simply too great. Feng Liu had no reason to take it out.
If Feng Liu intended to use it in exchange for Morning Dew Sect cultivators not going to the Northern Frontier, Chen Chao would not agree either.
Some matters truly have priorities.
Feng Liu smiled faintly. “I already said, this item is a gift to the Lord Warden Commander, with no expectation of repayment.”
Chen Chao looked at him but still did not know what to say.
Feng Liu said calmly, “Take it as my, Feng Liu's admiration for Lord Warden Commander’s courage, daring to do what one knows may lead to death. Such things sound simple, but in this world, there are probably very few who can truly do it.”
Chen Chao shook his head. “It is merely duty.”
Feng Liu looked at him and smiled. “Duty...well said! It is also this 'duty' that makes Feng Liu gift this item all the more so willingly."
He took an item from his robes and tossed it over, then said solemnly, “With Lord Warden Commander around, it is the fortune of the human race.”
Chen Chao caught it, said nothing, and only cupped his fists solemnly.
At that moment, he truly came to understand this so-called number one itinerant cultivator of the world.