Chapter 88: The Eve of Descending the Mountain (Third Watch)

  Bei Feng, lives in Changchun.

  Lu Yuan stretched his yawn.

  It was already three o'clock in the morning when I was woken up by my master, what a miserable life.

  But seeing Master Li Yuanbai's serious face, Lu Yuan didn't say a word.

  Li Yuanbai took Lu Yuan into the study.

  This study, I've been here before. The interior decoration is simple, with a row of bookshelves, a long table, and a chair, mainly in a simple style. However, on the desk today, there was a huge map laid out. Li Yuanbai stood behind him with his hands clasped: "Come over and take a look at this."

  Lu Yuan walked over to take a look and found it was a map of the Great Jin Dynasty. The mountains and rivers on the map were undulating.

  Li Yuanbai said: "The current Great Jin country is divided into 270 provinces, each province has at least ten prefectures and at most twenty or more prefectures. The current Great Jin country has a total of 3,777 prefectures, with vast land, mountains, rivers, and streams, covering tens of millions of miles, boundless." Lu Yuanneng naturally knew that the division method of the Great Jin country was: country, province, prefecture, county.

  The country governs the province, the province governs the prefecture, and the prefecture governs the county.

  There are more than 270 provinces under heaven, and there are as many as 3,777 prefectures. As for counties, there are tens of thousands, which is hard to count.

  Lu Yuan also didn't make a sound, these things he had known for a long time, and he didn't know why Master mentioned them today.

  Li Yuanbai circled a place on the map of the Great Jin Dynasty with his hand, and Lu Yuan looked over to find that the circled place was Dongdao Prefecture. His hometown, Dongye County, belonged to Dongdao Prefecture, which was one of the 3,777 prefectures in the world. However, he didn't understand why Master wanted to circle this area.

  Li Yuanba said with his hands behind his back: "My master's lifespan should still be able to last for two years, but at most it cannot exceed three years."

  Lu Yuan also felt somewhat sad upon hearing this.

  Li Yuanba's face turned solemn and he lost his smile: "Foolish child, what's the use of being sad? Your Shifu's wife has long passed away, and most of Shifu's friends have also passed away. Now that Shifu is still alive in this world, there's only you left to care about. As long as you grow up properly, even if Shifu were to pass away, he wouldn't be too sorrowful."

  Li Yuanbai continued, "However, before the master passed away, he also gave you a general idea of the master's family business." The famous ninth-generation sword immortal all had a large family business, and Li Yuanbai was no exception. Otherwise, Sima Changbai would not have been slandered by this large family to think of taking it away.

  "The northern peak is just a minor industry, not the main one. My main industry is elsewhere, but it's not time to hand it over to you yet, because you're not strong enough." Li Yuanbai said in a low voice: "You're not strong enough to suppress those who guard my industries for me."

  "That's right, as long as Master is around, even if it's just for one day, Master's prestige alone can suppress those people."

  "But you can't."

  "It's hard to gauge people's hearts, indeed some will follow you with loyalty, but there are also those who will secretly cause trouble. You can't control them now. Don't say you can borrow power, borrowing the sect's power is correct, the sect's power you can indeed borrow, with your current identity as a genius true disciple, Master Yuan will definitely lend you his power. However, it's not one's own power after all, I hope you can rely on your own strength to subdue these people."

  "So, I'll give you a not-so-big industry to try your hand at first and see if you can stand on your own feet." Li Yuanbai said, circling the map to the place he had pointed out in Dongdao Prefecture: "Not far from the city of Dongdao Prefecture, there is a mine that mainly produces gold ore, but occasionally also digs up spiritual stones."

  "This place is one of the industries in Master Pong's large enterprise, you go there to try your hand, where you may encounter all kinds of situations, but you have to deal with them yourself." Li Yuanbai said in a low voice: "The master's door, the master will not give you any help, it's a test for you."

  "Yes." Lu Yuan nodded.

  Master's vast industry, according to law is inherited by himself.

  However, there are many people eyeing Master Pang's large business these days.

  Some people are naturally talented, such as Sima Changbai.

  Some people are secretly sabotaging, these people hide in the dark and can't be found for a while.

  Many people, or perhaps they think they can be deceived because of their youth, haha, and when the time comes, I'll let you know whether or not you can be deceived because of your youth.

  Lu Yuan walked out of this room, and the room immediately fell silent.

  Li Yuanbai stood there with his hands behind his back, staring blankly at the Twilight Spirit Sword hanging on the wall. He walked up to the sword and pulled out a foot of its blade, which was slightly dull. He plucked it with his fingers, producing a low, muffled "hum" that echoed in his ears. For a moment, Li Yuanbai stared blankly at this sword that had once accompanied him on his adventures across the land, lost in thought, yet somehow entranced.

  Liangzhang finally came to his senses.

  At this time, the sky outside the window had already gradually brightened.

  I am already old and my lifespan is not long, but I hope that my disciples will be like the sky now, gradually brightening, then becoming very bright, and finally shining like the sun at noon. If they can do so, I can also rest in peace. Although I know that with the talent my disciples have shown, even after I pass away, Master Yuan will definitely take care of them, but I still cannot help worrying.

  This is a close relative, and can't help but worry.

  ——————

  It's finally time to go down the mountain, I've been living on the mountain for a long time, it's also good to take a walk down the mountain.

  That's what Lu Yuan thought.

  However, before going down the mountain, there were still a few things to do. The most important thing was to go to Ye Yuan's place and steal the few jars of Purple Cloud Immortal Wine that he had recently obtained. The Purple Cloud Immortal Wine was even more high-end than the Grape Spirit Wine, and it was specially supplied to famous ninth-generation sword immortals. At that time, I was indeed very envious, but due to my identity, I couldn't get my hands on it during Master Yuan's 500th birthday celebration.

  Actually, under normal circumstances, except for a few drunkards and troublemakers, Huashan North Peak does not have much wine. However, this time Yuanyuan Shangren's 500th birthday is different from usual, the ban on selling wine was lifted for a period of time. Not long ago, De Xing Restaurant still had wine for sale, which made Zhao Nan, the unfortunate heir of the Qi Zong sect, lose some money by breaking some old fine wines.

  Changing the subject, it's said that Ye Yuan got some benefits later on, which was also due to him riding his master's coattails. His master, Ye Yangfeng, was in charge of intelligence, and this 500th birthday celebration was not ordinary, with many powerful forces lurking within. As a result, Ye Yangfeng took charge, and Ye Yuan taking the opportunity to collect a few jars of Purple Cloud Immortal Wine wasn't excessive.

  I originally planned to slowly drink with Ye Yuan, and I was worried that there wouldn't be an opportunity on the mountain. However, since we're going down the mountain now, I'll first get my hands on these few jars of Purple Cloud Immortal Wine. At least take half away.

  Otherwise, I would feel guilty towards myself.

  "Fatty, hand it over." Lu Yuan said with a sly smile.

  "What?"

  "Looks quite like it, Purple Cloud Immortal Wine."

  Ye Yuan oh-ed and made a look of sudden realization: "I only got one pot anyway."

  Lu Yuan sneered, "No need to pretend, fatty. Hand them over honestly, I want three jars. If not, I'll have no choice but to compare swords with you, my fellow disciple." Without a doubt, this was a threat of force, an absolute threat of force. Ye Yuan's heart ached at the thought of crying, he only had six jars in total, and now Lu Yuan suddenly wanted three jars. Not to mention that it wasn't just Lu Yuan, there was also Ye Fang, but for now, the threat of force was already right in front of him.

  ……

  In the end, it was still the threat of force that worked. Ye Yuan was now tearfully angry: "Lu Yuan, you're too ruthless, too shameless."

  Lu Yuan was now holding the Ziyun Xianyao, too lazy to bother with him, and being scolded by this guy a few times suited him just fine, after all, he had already gotten what he wanted.

  Third update is done, still working hard, currently ranking third in weekly points, can everyone help me reach the top, and rush up one or two more places.

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