Chapter 57: The Master's Practice Banquet

  "Great, Brother Shi, are you bringing Snake too? That's wonderful!" Lin Li clapped her hands in excitement.

  Jian Yu Xiao smiled, holding the bamboo flute without a word.

  "Junior brother, hand it over!" Lin Li came over and took the bamboo flute, "It's quite light, heh heh!"

  Lin Li smiled.

  "Yes, it's quite light. The snakes will be of great help to us, and they also have a great affinity with us. Once we've traveled the world, we'll come back here and accompany Master Nanhai together!" said Jianyu Mei.

  At this time, Jian Yu Mei felt Snake Er shaking his head inside and Jian Yu Mei smiled.

  Lin Li also smiled, she felt the bamboo swaying.

  They walked out together and arrived at the entrance of the cave. Jian Yueming clearly heard a snake using its mind to tell him: "On the right wall of the cave entrance, where the green vines are covering, there is a button. You can find it carefully and press it to open it!"

  According to the snake son's indication, Jian Yu Mei carefully examined the right side of the cave entrance. He saw a patch of green vines covering it and carefully felt behind them. At this moment, Jian Yu Mei felt a recessed area. Jian Yu Mei thought that this should be a button, but it was very cleverly hidden, blending in with the surrounding stone walls. If no one had specifically mentioned it, even if he had seen it or touched it, he wouldn't have suspected it was a button.

  Jian Yu Mei pressed down hard, but there was no response.

  Jian Yu Mei was very strange indeed.

  "This requires skill, first you need to use strong internal force, then grasp the rhythm, one heavy and one light, three consecutive times, and it can be opened or closed!" She told him.

  Jian Yu Mei finally understood.

  He followed Snake's words and used his inner strength. Then, with a heavy and light motion, the sword moved in sync with the button, which at this moment, felt like it was being pressed inward slightly.

  Then suddenly, the stone wall on the other side of the cave entrance slowly moved over and soon sealed the entrance. From the outside, it looked like there was no longer a cave here, just a small hole.

  "It's truly a masterpiece!" Sword Envoy Mei exclaimed.

  He thought Nanhai Xianren was really a god-like person, and at this time, Jian Yu Mei admired Nanhai Xianren even more.

  Lin Li also felt incredible about all this, she looked at all this and was very surprised.

  "Junior brother, I was originally worried about the safety of the South Sea immortal, but now it's fine. Everything here seems natural, no one will discover that there is still a heavenly world inside!" Lin Li said.

  "Yes! Let's go then, it's safe here now!" said Jian Yu Mei.

  "Alright, junior brother!" Lin Li felt that from now on, she would be living a life of adventure with Jian Yu Mei. She secretly glanced at Jian Yu Mei, and a different feeling arose in her heart.

  They quickly went down the cliff and returned to the house. When Jian Yu Mei put away the bamboo flute in her own room, she came back to the main hall and found that Shifu and Lin Li were already seated at the dinner table.

  "Come, Mei'er, Master will treat you to a meal tonight. It's not much, I just went to the mountain and caught some wild game. Usually we eat vegetarian dishes, but today you can have some of this wild game!" Master said.

  Jian Yu Mei knew that her master usually ate vegetarian food, but considering her and her sister's physical condition, he would occasionally prepare some game meat for them to eat. However, the master had also said that killing living beings should not be done excessively. Since she and her sister needed to eat meat for their bodies, they did so in moderation.

  Tonight, Jian Yu Mei saw on the table a pheasant, which Master used to stir-fry with chili peppers, and also braised pheasant, the most wonderful thing was that there was another kind of meat from an animal whose name she couldn't recall, which was very agile. The master boiled it in plain water and served it with garlic, looking very delicious.

  In addition, there are some mountain delicacies, Jianyu Mei saw that many mountain delicacies can be found in the mountains and were served tonight.

  Jian Yu Mei's saliva was dripping down.

  "Master, tonight is really great, a big meal! We live in the mountains, even if we were in the city, we wouldn't be able to eat such delicious food!" Jian Yu Mei said.

  "Yes, in the city, where can you find such a carefree mountain life? Look at those rich people, if they want to get a table of dishes like this, they have to put in a lot of effort. As for us, whenever we want to eat, it's always available!" The master smiled.

  "It is, it is!" said Jian Yu Mei.

  "You guys talk, eat some dishes, drink some wine, come on, Dad, brother, I'll pour for you!" said the sister.

  Shifu and Swordswoman Mei saw Lin Li, they both smiled.

  They chatted and laughed as they ate, then Jian Yu Mei suddenly thought of a question, "Master, there's something I've been wanting to ask you!"

  "Go on, Mei'er, what do you want to ask?" Master said with a smile.

  "Master, you've been practicing for so long, and you've also been involved in the tomb raiding business for a long time. I know that although you don't often take action to rob tombs, you still have done it before. Master, your life is so simple, what about all the wealth from those tomb raids? How do you deal with them?" asked Jian Yu Mei.

  Jian Yu Mei had always wanted to ask this question, he knew that his master would not hide treasures, but where did his master's wealth go, Jian Yu Mei really wanted to know, and he hoped to learn from it.

  "Master hesitated for a moment, 'I originally planned to take you there when I had the chance! But now that you're going down the mountain, I know that Mia (玫儿) you want to understand the significance of what we're doing. So I'll tell you the truth - as people who are indifferent to wealth, we have a very valuable reason for doing this. The wealth Master obtained from tomb raiding was all given away to those who deserved help.'"

  "Oh, Master, how did you specifically do it? I want to hear about it! I can also learn from it!" Jian Yu Mei said.

  "My master has been supporting several hospitals in Xi'an for a long time, and they have many medicines that can be given to the poor who need them most for free. For example, there is a very famous hospital called Jici Hospital, do you know it?" Master said.

  "I know that hospital is very famous, my father told me when we passed by there before, all the poor people in Xi'an can go there for medical treatment, the general patients' diagnosis and medication fees are affordable, if they really have no money, after investigation, the hospital will still provide free treatment, so that hospital has always been crowded with many people, everyone thinks it's a guardian god for the poor!" Jian Yu Mei said.

  "Hmm, a lot of Master's money was spent on that hospital! By the way, have you guys heard of Le Shantang in Xi'an?" said the master.

  "This Yu'er also knew that the Le Shantang was dedicated to rescuing homeless poor people, they provided food and shelter for those poor people, and every day at the gate of Le Shantang, they distributed porridge, and there were long queues every day. At that time, I asked my father where the money came from, and my father said it was all sponsored by some kind-hearted rich people. I didn't expect Master to be the biggest sponsor!" Jian Yu'er said.

  "Uh, Master knows what he's doing, and only Master knows. Those hospital people, the Le Shantang people, they all think I'm just a businessman, they don't know where my money comes from. This is called 'thievery with a code', we may be stealing underground wealth, but we're also doing good deeds, accumulating virtue, saving the world and rescuing the people. It's not like we have a choice in these chaotic times!" Master said.

  "Ah, Master, I understand now. I will follow the path you have set out for me!" Jian Yu Mei had already made up his mind on this point, but hearing Master say it explicitly tonight only strengthened his resolve.

  If so, Jian Yu Mei would really like to take action as soon as possible to provide more money for those hospitals and charities to support the poor.

  Lin Li looked at them, she seemed to understand but not quite, however, she was a person who didn't love money that much, and she also understood the meaning.