Chapter 97 Return to Familiar Grounds A Thousand Cups Are Just Like Ordinary Ones

  "What to do? You tell me, what should the lonely family do now?" The prince paced back and forth in the vast room, his face filled with anxiety and perplexity. Beside him, four attendants knelt respectfully, not daring to utter a word.

  "You're all speechless now, the emperor is waiting for your advice and opinions. Why have you all become mute?" The crown prince's anger was burning hotter as he saw his four attendants kneeling silently, refusing to speak up.

  Offending a fairy master can be said to be a fatal mistake for him. As long as the fairy master says an unfavorable word to his emperor father, the emperor will have to reconsider the issue of succession. If his own crown prince position is abolished, the consequences are imaginable.

  The four close officials looked at each other, and the one kneeling in the front finally spoke in a humble tone: "Your Highness, although you have offended that immortal master, it was just a misunderstanding after all. In our humble opinion, there is still room for rectification."

  "Is there still room for reconciliation? Quick! Make haste! Jia Qing, you'd better speak quickly and tell me how to eliminate the hostility of this immortal master towards our lonely house?" The prince hurriedly came to the side of his close minister and pulled him up with one hand.

  The eunuch, still in a state of shock and gratitude, bowed to the prince and said seriously: "Your Highness, although I don't fully understand the immortal master, I think his thoughts are not much different from those of ordinary people. In my opinion, when things reach an extreme, they will reverse, fortune and disaster are interdependent. Your Highness may have offended the immortal master, but it's not necessarily all bad news. If handled properly, even bad things can be turned into good things!"

  "Since Fang Shouyun is familiar with this immortal master, Your Highness might as well get closer to him. As for that immortal master, Your Highness should take the initiative to apologize and show sincerity. If Your Highness's sincerity is genuine, I believe that with utmost sincerity, even metal and stone will be moved. Who knows, that immortal master may even become a help to Your Highness."

  "Jia Qing, what you said makes sense. But how do I apologize to the immortal master? What does he like?" The prince had already calmed down by then.

  "Wine, beauty, wealth and power - who doesn't like these things? Even an immortal wouldn't be an exception. Didn't the immortal from the Dragon family take great delight in the ten-thousand-acre estate bestowed upon him by His Majesty the Emperor?" Jia Qing saw that his words had struck a chord with the Crown Prince, whose expression suddenly relaxed considerably.

  "Alright, I'll have someone prepare a gift for you right away. I'll go to the military camp and apologize to General Xian." The prince slapped his palm heavily, having made up his mind immediately.

  Naja Qing heard this and added: "Your Highness, don't rush for now. I think it's better to go tomorrow. The one from the Long family is currently hanging on a tree. If you go today, you'll offend the immortal master of the Long family. I think we should prepare gifts today and visit the immortal master tomorrow."

  Jia Qing's words made the prince feel much more at ease, and after instructing his four attendants, he sauntered into his inner palace.

  "General Fang, are you annoyed by your own words?" Yi Chu looked at Fang Shaoyun with a mixture of annoyance and helplessness.

  Fang Shaoyun looked around in all directions, making sure no one else was there. He then suddenly sat down on a stool and said loudly: "Yi Chu, are you really the Yi Chu who fought with me for three years? How come I haven't discovered your great abilities in these few years?"

  As they spoke, he comfortably leaned back and said: "If it weren't for my old man's instructions to take good care of you, Master Immortal, before he left, I would have interrogated you long ago. Quickly tell me everything."

  Facing the restored Fang Shaoyun, Yi Chu also smiled and sat comfortably in his chair, saying: "This is the demeanor that General Fang Shaoyun should have. Your tone just now really made me want to vomit. As for why I didn't have this ability before, it's because I had a fateful encounter with my master on the way home, who took me in as his disciple and taught me these magical skills."

  Yi Chu spoke very naturally, although he was talking nonsense, but he said it with a straight face, not like he was deceiving anyone. This wasn't because he didn't believe in Fang Shao Yun, but rather that he felt there was no benefit in telling him about his experiences.

  "Oh, heavens! Why does this elegant and refined young general not have a fairy mentor to guide him, while you do? It's really unfair." Fang Shaoyun spoke with a tone full of resentment, as if he had just thought of something: "Elder Yi Chu, I think it would be better for you to just take me on as your disciple."

  Fang Shao Yun's face turned serious, and Yi Chu Xin said, "I don't even know which way to go now. If I lead you here again, wouldn't that be like a blind man riding a blind horse?"

  He pondered for a moment, then patted Fang Shouyun's hand and said: "It's not that I won't accept you, but even if I do take you as my disciple, you won't be able to learn the immortal arts. Your destiny is insufficient."

  "However, I can help you improve your cultivation and quickly increase your martial power." Yi Chu said slowly and calmly, turning the conversation around when Fang Shao Yun was greatly disappointed.

  "Improve your cultivation? Not becoming an immortal master also works. Yi Chu, you not only came back today, but also helped your brother vent his anger, I want to comfort you a bit, come on, let's go drink." As he spoke, Fang Shaoyun had already pulled Yi Chu out of the tent, and the soldiers of the Hu Tiger Camp, who had been prepared early, had set up a banquet outside.

  Big chunks of meat, big bowls of wine, and the rolling heat that comes with it, rushing towards you.

  "Brothers, today we can breathe a sigh of relief, all thanks to Brother Yi's efforts. Come, let's toast to Brother Yi!" Fang Shaoyun didn't reveal Yi Chu's identity due to his request, only saying he was a friend of his. As for Wu Han, Fang Shaoyun had specifically instructed him beforehand.

  These brothers in the army, although they didn't know that Yi Chu was their comrade-in-arms back then, but Yi Chu's performance today has indeed filled them with admiration and gratitude. Without Yi Chu's crazy fight this time, who knows when the face of Hu Tiger Camp would be lost?

  "We all raise our glasses to toast Brother Yi, wishing him eternal happiness and longevity that rivals the heavens." As soon as the cavalrymen finished speaking, they lifted up their large bowls of wine from beside them and downed them in one gulp.

  Yi Chu looked at the familiar eyes, feeling the respect conveyed from these eyes, and his heart was also warm. He slowly picked up the large bowl on the table and said in a low voice: "Thank you, brothers, cheers!"

  ……

  Many soldiers saw that Yi Chu was very easy-going, and one by one they were even more admiring. The people who came to toast him under Fang Shao Yun's instructions became more and more numerous. Faced with the brothers who came to toast him, Yi Chu initially still had some reservations, but under their enthusiastic persuasion, he couldn't refuse anymore, and gradually let go of his reserve.

  No one knows how many bowls were consumed, but Yichu was still standing, while those who had been toasting him in rotation all fell to the ground.