Chapter 54: Liu Caiyu

  "Who dares to be reckless on Lao Lao's turf!"

  This fierce tone makes one think of a sturdy woman, and the customers eating in the small restaurant can't help but shrink their necks. However, they soon discover that it's not the case - although the boss's wife has a heavy tone, her voice is still pleasant to listen to, like an oriole in early spring. Turning around immediately, what appears before one's eyes is actually a beautiful young woman in her early twenties.

  The girl was wearing a yellow cheongsam, looking clean and refreshing. Although she didn't have any makeup on her face, it still looked white and rosy. It could be said that the girl was quite beautiful, but at this moment, her furrowed eyebrows and cold eyes greatly ruined this beauty.

  "Unexpectedly, the boss here is a lotus flower out of water. Why didn't I discover it earlier?" A young man who looked like a monk said, seemingly seeing the boss for the first time.

  "The boss lady here is called Liu Caiyu, and she's also quite famous in this area. Don't be fooled by her beauty, but her temper is explosive, and her strength isn't weak either. Once, a cultivator who had reached the sixth level of Qi refinement made a joke about her, and she directly crippled his third leg." A middle-aged cultivator kindly reminded him.

  "'Third leg'?" The young monk was momentarily stunned, his face somewhat perplexed.

  The middle-aged master said mysteriously: “I have a way to make you rich.”

  So that's how it is! The young monk took a deep breath in reverse, suddenly feeling a cold wind blow past, and immediately closed his mouth, not daring to speak again.

  "Where's that person who went wild in my shop? Get out here, you scoundrel!" Liu Caiyu was furious, her beautiful eyes scanning the small shop, wanting to catch the person who had caused trouble in her store.

  "Auntie, you're a bit late, no need to take action now, that kid is already lying on the ground and sleeping." The shopkeeper pointed to the table in the corner, where Fang Li was currently sleeping under it, with many wine stains still remaining on his chest.

  "Good fellow, you think I'm asleep as soon as I come out, huh? Get him out of here, lest he affects my business." Liu Caiyu's anger was burning, originally wanting to teach that little brat a lesson, but the little brat had already passed out from drunkenness, hitting him wouldn't even make him feel pain, and would just waste her own energy, so she gave up.

  "Alright." The shop assistant responded and immediately followed the boss's wife's instructions to do so. As for what would happen to that kid after being thrown onto the street, he didn't care at all.

  "Wait," Liu Caiyu suddenly remembered something and immediately stopped the shopkeeper, asking: "Has this kid paid for his food and wine?"

  "No." The shopkeeper shook his head. He had originally wanted to ask Fang Li for money, but by then Fang Li was already drunk.

  "Good fellow, it turns out that you're just pretending to be drunk and eating a free meal! How can things be so cheap!" Liu Caiyu was even angrier when she heard this, and immediately rushed to Fang Li's side, wanting to "wake him up". But suddenly, her eyes lit up, and her beautiful eyes stared fixedly at the Xuan Tie sword at Fang Li's waist.

  "Mystic Iron Sword, looks like it's still a fourth-grade ordinary sword, worth some money, just enough to offset the debt of wine and dishes he owes me." Liu Cai 'Yu' said to herself, as if no one was around, and took off Fang Li's waist sword. Suddenly, she found that all the guests around her were staring at her, and her face turned red with anger, shouting: "What are you looking at? This man owes me hundreds of taels of wine and dishes, I'm just taking his broken sword to make it cheaper for him."

  Several hundred taels... Is this an insult to our intelligence? The guests' faces turned dark, you should at least make your lies more convincing. Isn't this just trying to cover up the truth? Who doesn't know that you want to embezzle other people's swords? Although they think so, no one dares to provoke this old lady, and everyone minds their own business.

  There was a child who accompanied his father to dinner and whispered: "The bill for several hundred taels of wine and food, that big brother must have eaten dragon meat and drunk fairy wine?" As he spoke, the child deliberately looked at Fang Li's table.

  The child's voice was small, but Liu Cai 'Yu' was a cultivator and naturally heard it clearly. His face immediately turned red with anger. However, he still kept his cool and said to the shopkeeper beside him: "Shitou, quickly throw this drunkard out! This broken sword may not be worth much money, but it's also a small compensation for my loss. As for the rest, I won't pursue it."

  This time, the shopkeeper did not immediately follow Liu Cai's words and execute them. Instead, he looked at the Xuan Tie sword in her hand, then looked at Fang Li lying on the ground, and said with difficulty: "Miss, this isn't quite right, is it? He's unconscious now, and throwing him out isn't a good idea either. How about we carry him to the guest room first?"

  "Even you don't listen to me?" Liu Caiyu was furious, and immediately glanced at Fang Li who was lying on the ground. She saw his face clearly and couldn't help but be shocked, thinking: He's so young! After frowning, Liu Caiyu's expression finally eased up, and she said: "Do as you please, if you want to carry him into the guest room, that's fine too. However, the room fee will be calculated separately, I don't want to do a losing business."

  "Alright, alright, whatever you say goes. If worst comes to worst, I'll just have the rent deducted from my salary. It's not like it hasn't been deducted before, what's one more time?" The shopkeeper immediately spoke up and said, after which he ignored Liu Caiyu and directly carried Fang Li upstairs. Despite his slender build, he was surprisingly agile in carrying someone upstairs.

  The guests pretended they didn't hear it and continued eating with their heads down, but in their hearts they said: What a black-hearted boss!

  ……

  At midnight, a gust of cold wind blew in from the window, and Fang Li, who was lying on the wooden bed, shivered and finally woke up.

  Rubbing his still slightly painful head, Fang Li began to recall the events that had transpired, and couldn't help but let out a bitter laugh, shaking his head as he said, "Can't believe I actually got drunk."

  Without hesitation, Fang Li started circulating his true energy and forced the remaining wine poison out of his body.

  It only took a short while, and Fang Li's mental state finally recovered. He immediately released his spiritual sense to take a look around and found himself in the small shop where he had passed out drunk. He couldn't help but chuckle and muttered to himself: "Looks like the owner of this little shop isn't so bad after all, didn't even kick me out."

  He immediately patted his body and found that both of his universe bags were still there, and nothing inside was missing. After checking this, Fang Li couldn't help but look up to the character of the old shop owner.

  He had just woken up, and now he couldn't sleep again. With nothing to do, he subconsciously took out the two Qiankun bags to take a look. The first Qiankun bag was left to him by Shangxu Zhenren, which held special meaning for him. The other one was obtained not long ago after killing the master of Feiyun Fort.

  "The small note left by the master, the message paper crane, the two micro-dust fantasy arrays 'Jade' cards, the two emerald viper's venomous fangs, the five ghost copper rings, the 'Yin' and 'Yang' dual ritual array classics, the 'Jade' stone key, and some crystal vouchers." Fang Li couldn't help but shake his head slightly as he looked at this. Although these vouchers were worth a thousand crystals, they were only valid in the Great Qi Kingdom. Now that he was in a foreign land, they could only be considered worthless paper.

  "One careless move and he'd be ruined, the heavens 'play' with people." After letting out a deep breath, Fang Li once again examined another Qian Kun bag.

  The space inside this Qiankun bag was only the size of a small house, but what surprised Fang Li was that it was piled up with gold, silver and crystal stones. A rough estimate suggested that there were about 30,000 to 40,000 taels of gold, 100,000 taels of white silver, and as for the remaining crystal stones, there were probably over 10,000 pieces.

  "It's still that big boss who has foresight, and there isn't a single money order note, all are real gold and silver." Fang Li said calmly, but didn't show too much excitement.

  Apart from these treasures, there were two other items in the Qiankun bag: a classic book and a spiritual talisman.

  Fang Li first picked up the talisman and took a look, then smiled and muttered to himself: "It's actually an invisibility symbol, this is a good thing." The grade of the invisibility symbol was not high, only a second-grade spiritual symbol, and its effect was not very good, it was quite 'useless'. It was said to be 'useless' because it could only make the body invisible, but couldn't conceal one's aura. Even if used in front of an ordinary cultivator, it would be easy to see through.

  However, for Fang Li who cultivates the Wu Xiang Jue, this is a divine artifact. As long as Fang Li does not actively circulate the true energy in his body, his breath will not be revealed, and it will be difficult for people to detect. If you add the hidden symbol of invisibility, it may have an unexpected effect.

  Thinking of this, Fang Li no longer hesitated and put the stealth symbol into the first Qiankun bag. He then began to examine that book again.

  The book wrote five big words - "Yin" Yuan Furnace Ding Gong.

  After reading the introduction to this kung fu, Fang Li couldn't help but frown. Although the cultivation speed of this kung fu is top-notch, just like Wu Xiang Jue, it has a major flaw - it will make people's spirit sluggish. Moreover, the cultivation method of this kung fu is based on the principle of "yin" supplementing "yang", which Fang Li disdains to practice.

  After looking at these things, Fang Li shook his head and wanted to put aside all distractions and start practicing, but found that he couldn't calm down for a long time. After tossing and turning for a long time, the sound of "chicken" crowing suddenly came from outside, and it was already the fifth watch.

  At this time in the past, Fang Li would always get up to practice his sword. Although many things had happened over the past few days, this habit wouldn't be affected by anything in a short period of time.

  Fang Li sprang up and his right hand involuntarily reached out to touch the head of the bed. Perhaps during sword practice, he could forget all his distracting thoughts.

  After 'feeling' for a long time, Fang Li suddenly froze, his sword seemed... gone!