Chapter 21 Between the Two

Something happened too many years ago, so it couldn’t be investigated. But since it was said by Qing Huai, Li Fuyao was willing to believe it. However, if they dug into it, Qing Huai didn’t know what exactly happened. Thus, when Li Fuyao inquired, the angry and red-faced teenage girl just closed the window with a bang.

It made Li Fuyao resentful for a while.

It was getting light at dawn and Li Fuyao stood under the eave, waiting for Qing Huai. The spring rain lasted for one day and night, and now it stopped. In such weather, it was not good to continue the journey, but it was not too bad.

Qing Huai walked out of the hotel and stood under the eave for a while, asking, “Li Fuyao, have you got an answer to the question you considered earlier?”

Li Fuyao stayed silent for a short time and soon realized that Qing Huai was talking about the question he had asked Yang Wei. He pondered for a minute and decided to tell her frankly. After he finished his words, Qing Huai just left a word and told him to continue thinking.

After stepping out of the courtyard, Li Fuyao and Qing Huai decided to leave Yanshi City and continue to walk northward. Their destination was the capital of Dazhou, Shaoliang City. After they passed the city, they would leave Dazhou and enter Yanling. When they reached the northernmost part and the border with Dayu, Li Fuyao would have to go to the Sword Mountain, and Qing Huai would go to Liangxi to attend the Daoist assembly. Then it was uncertain if this genius girl from the demonic land could defeat that gifted Dao cultivator at the assembly. But anyway, she will be much more famous than she was before.

Walking on the street, Qing Huai seemed to be in a good mood and rarely chatted with Li Fuyao, “I wonder what you would do after you see a cultivator someday who can move a mountain and fill a sea. Would you be scared out of wits and unable to grab your sword then?”

Li Fuyao didn’t get angry but laughed, “Then I will keep the sword on my waist. Anyway, even if I am scared, it won’t fall.”

Qing Huai ridiculed, “You are just so.”

Li Fuyao laughed. He had known this teenage girl’s temper after staying with her for so many days, so when she made no effort to mock at him, he would not be as furious as before.

The hotel was quite a long distance away from the city gate. After walking for a few steps, Li Fuyao asked, “What’s the background of Hengyang Academy?”

Qing Huai crossly asked in reply, “Aren’t you from Luoyang City of Yanling? Why didn’t you know about it?”

She didn’t notice that when she mentioned Luoyang City, there was something unspeakable in Li Fuyao’s eyes.

But this girl who didn’t like to consider Li Fuyao’s feelings continued soon, “For the cultivators of the three religious sects, Confucian cultivators are most famous in Yanling. Is it strange that there are such academies? I tell you. For the three sects, Confucianism, Daoism and Buddhism, Yanling Confucian Temple is the first orthodox Confucian academy, so it is called temple. Other academies are also for the Confucian cultivators, but they don’t have a long history, thus they can only be called academies. If there are many genius cultivators from the academy some day and it has the power to compete with Yanling Confucian Temple and wins, then Hengyang Academy would be called Hengyang Confucian Temple after that. And it is almost the same in Liangxi for the Dao cultivators. If there is something different, the Buddhism is better, and the monks are not so utilitarian.”

Li Fuyao got the answer and was in a better mood. He lowered his head and took a few steps, planning to take out the Dazhou map from his waist, but he saw a pair of boots.

Li Fuyao raised his head and found a middle-aged man with a liquor pot on the waist standing in front of him. He understood only after a glance, so he didn’t say anything but stared at the man.

The middle-aged man was a little strange, but he was a quiet man. He just looked at the teenager and reached out his hand. Li Fuyao knew little about Dazhou and had no idea how many powerful men in society, so after he saw clearly what this middle-aged man looked, he guessed this guy must be related to Xie Ying, but he didn’t know how powerful the man was. When the middle-aged man stretched out one hand, trying to grab Li Fuyao’s collar, the latter shook his head.

How could a warrior be a match for a cultivator? Even though Li Fuyao was a cultivator at the first stage of swordsmen, he couldn’t be offended easily. Moreover, this middle-aged man was not the first swordsman who could kill cultivators when he was still a warrior.

After shaking his head, Li Fuyao pointed his finger at the middle-aged man’s waist. Then in an instant, the man blushed and almost spat blood, but he swallowed it back and didn’t spit it out.

“Do you want to test my strength?”

The middle-aged man said peacefully, “The children from the Xie Family should be careful when making friends. So what if you are a cultivator? If you have evil intentions, you can’t be a friend of my family.”

Li Fuyao responded in a deep voice, “If I really have evil intentions, you would be dead, right?”

“It’s worthwhile to exchange a life for a result,” The middle-aged man took the good liquor from his waist and took a sip, talking calmly.

Li Fuyao pursed his lips, “Is Xie Ying your nephew or son?”

“My son.”

While speaking, Xie Wuyi looked proud.

Li Fuyao grabbed the liquor pot from Xie Wuyi’s waist and mumbled, “I finally have a friend, but his family is crazy.”

Li Fuyao walked while saying and ignored Xie Wuyi. The martial arts master who was on the top list of Dazhou was able neither to cry nor to laugh.

A carriage stopped in an alley while an old man closed his eyes and rested his mind, seated inside. The alley was isolated and there were few passers-by. Soon some footsteps were heard and then a voice appeared.

“Second Master is still alive.”

The simple five words made the old man open his eyes. He laughed and didn’t show any emotion but just spoke out three words, “Go back home.”

…

Before they went out of the city, Qing Huai looked at Li Fuyao and asked, “How were you feeling when you showed your power for the first time?”

Li Fuyao stopped in his tracks and asked, “What do you think?”

Qing Huai sneered, “You should be very happy.”

Li Fuyao with a machete on his back responded seriously, “In fact I was happy, but later I don’t believe that a warrior can kill a sage.”

Since Li Fuyao said that, it meant that he didn’t believe Qing Huai. She stated angrily, “You don’t believe that? When you reach the Sword Mountain, you will know that the arrogant swordsmen hope to record all these noble deeds. It’s much more difficult if you don’t want to know.”