Chapter 250: Reunion

Seeing Mo Mo Caihuan in such a state, Han Li knew that now was not the time to ask for the full story, so he did not bring it up again. Just like that, Mo Mo Caihuan led him to a small shop on the next street and stopped.

"Here?" Han Li was a bit stunned and looked at Mo Mo Caihuan with an inquiring gaze.

"Yes, this is it! My mother and I have been doing a little business; we just wanted to earn some spirit stones to buy mother some pills to suppress her injuries and illness." Mo Mo Caihuan's face turned red, and she said with some embarrassment. Then, she took the lead and walked inside.

Seeing this, Han Li smiled and didn't say anything, following her inside.

"Mother, look who I've brought!"

As soon as Han Li stepped into the shop, he heard Mo Mo Caihuan's voice, as if she were presenting a treasure! Then, another voice, familiar to Han Li but somewhat aged, came from the woman.

"Who else could it be? Ever since your Uncle Zhu passed away, only Aunt Xianglian from next door comes to see us!"

That was indeed Yan Shi's voice, though it was much hoarser than before!

"No, it's Senior Brother! I met Senior Brother inside the fortress!" Mo Mo Caihuan called out excitedly.

"Senior Brother? Didn't your senior brothers pass away long ago! Child, have you lost your mind?" Yan Shi was clearly becoming worried.

At this moment, Han Li had already seen the situation inside the shop.

It was a small room of about six or seven zhang, with several wooden counters neatly displaying dozens of low-grade talismans and some worthless raw materials. There was also a wooden door leading to an inner room. Behind the counter, a woman was lying on a bamboo armchair, looking at Mo Mo Caihuan before her with some concern.

It was indeed Yan Shi, whom he hadn't seen in nearly ten years!

Only now, her face was much older and bore a sickly pallor; one could only see the shadow of the beautiful woman she once was in her features.

Han Li's entry naturally caught Yan Shi's attention, but when she saw clearly who it was, she was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but want to stand up. However, it was clear that this was something she, in her poor health, could not manage; she only straightened her body halfway before falling back down. Mo Mo Caihuan, who was to the side, hurriedly reached out to support her.

"You are Han Li?" After catching her breath with difficulty, Yan Shi was just as shocked as Mo Mo Caihuan, but beneath her astonishment, a glimmer of expectant joy faintly appeared.

Han Li naturally knew what the other party was thinking, but after a moment of hesitation, he walked over in a few steps and bowed slightly.

"Greetings, Fourth Mistress!"

"You... you are still willing to acknowledge me as your mistress? You don't hold a grudge for what happened back then?" Upon hearing Han Li address her as "Fourth Mistress," a flash of joy crossed Yan Shi's face, but she said it with disbelief.

"As for the events of the past, who was right and who was wrong between Master Mo and me, let's not discuss that for now. But the master-disciple relationship between Master Mo and me was genuine, so I should still address you as Mistress." Han Li said with a calm expression.

"As for the issue of the antidote later, there's even less need to mention it! Am I not standing here perfectly fine?" Han Li said indifferently. Indeed, with his current status as a Foundation Establishment cultivator, he naturally had no need to hold grudges against a few mortals, and the grievances between him and Yan Shi and the other mistresses were certainly no longer on his mind.

"That's true. With your talent, you must be doing quite well in the cultivation world! Unlike me and your other mistresses, who have all become like stray dogs... *cough*..." Yan Shi had only just sighed with emotion when her face suddenly turned bright red, and she began to cough violently.

"Mother, are you alright! Senior Brother..." Mo Mo Caihuan panicked, hurriedly stroking Yan Shi's chest, her gaze toward Han Li filled with pleading.

"Let me take a look."

Han Li truly couldn't bear Mo Mo Caihuan's mournful gaze; he sighed lightly, reached out, and took Yan Shi's pulse at her wrist. But after a moment, he let go with a composed expression and said:

"It's nothing, just an old injury from back then flaring up, coupled with the fact that you haven't rested well these past few years and have been overworking yourself!"

"Is it curable?" Mo Mo Caihuan asked anxiously.

"Don't worry, if it were ten years ago, I would have found these old injuries quite troublesome! But now, it's a trivial matter!" Han Li said comfortingly, then took a needle box out of his storage pouch and performed a set of acupuncture techniques on Yan Shi. This made Yan Shi stop coughing immediately!

"From now on, take one pill every day, and in ten days or so, you will be completely recovered!" Han Li took out a small bottle, handed it to Yan Shi, and said confidently.

Yan Shi felt comfortable all over; the illness that had plagued her for years was truly gone, and she felt as if she had been rejuvenated, appearing several years younger. Now, after receiving the bottle, she felt even more emotionally stirred, not knowing what to say.

"Han Li..." But Yan Shi's words of gratitude had only just begun when Han Li interrupted her.

"Can you tell me now what exactly happened back then, and how you ended up at Yan Ling Fortress?" Han Li still wanted to get to the bottom of this.

Hearing this, a look of sorrow appeared on Yan Shi's face, and she slowly began to recount the events of the past!

It turned out that after Han Li eliminated Master Ouyang Master Ouyang Feitian of the Duba Villa for the Mo Mansion, the Jingjiao Society, which had been prepared, indeed picked up a huge bargain, occupying most of the territory and interests. However, the reaction of the Five Colors Gate, another hegemon in Lanzhou, was not slow at all, and they swallowed up the remaining half of the interests. In this way, a situation of two heroes standing side by side was formed in Lanzhou!

But since the balance of the three nations had been broken, naturally, one mountain could not tolerate two tigers!

As a result, when the Jingjiao Society led by the Mo Mansion clashed with the Five Colors Gate, they realized they had made a huge mistake! They really shouldn't have let Master Ouyang Master Ouyang Feitian die just like that! The strength of the Five Colors Gate far exceeded what they had shown on the surface, and they actually defeated the Jingjiao Society in a single battle.

Subsequently, the Jingjiao Society was uprooted, and the Mo Mansion was also intercepted by a large number of the opponent's experts. With no other choice, the women had to break through the encirclement to save their lives. As a result, Second Mistress Li and Fifth Mistress Wang lost their lives during the breakout, and the others fled in different directions as soon as they broke out of the encirclement.

Yan Shi took Mo Mo Caihuan and was pursued all the way. Just as it seemed mother and daughter were both about to lose their lives, a middle-aged man who called himself Yan Zhu saved Yan Shi, and after obtaining the consent of both mother and daughter, he brought them into Yan Ling Fortress, where they became mortals living in the Yan Family Fortress.

Yan Zhu was only a low-tier Qi Condensation disciple of Yan Ling Fortress with limited ability, but he was very good to Yan Shi and her daughter.

To repay the debt of saving their lives, Yan Shi simply remarried him a year later. Because Mo Mo Caihuan was becoming increasingly beautiful and moving, to avoid trouble, Yan Zhu simply announced to the outside world that Mo Mo Caihuan was a widow with bad luck who had been married before and had cursed her husband to death before entering the fortress. In this way, whenever Mo Mo Caihuan found someone she liked and truly married, he would clear her name.

Just like that, Yan Shi and her daughter lived two years of stable life in the fortress, but unfortunately, Yan Zhu met with an accident while performing a family mission and was buried outside. Now, Yan Shi and her daughter became people without support again. Leaving the fortress was impossible, so they had to continue to rely on each other in Yan Ling Fortress, using the spirit stones from the pension to set up this small shop, which they had been running miserably ever since.

If things had continued like this, although the shop's income was not much, it was enough to buy medicine for Yan Shi and keep her injuries suppressed. But some time ago, the wholesale shop that had been supplying them with low-grade talismans suddenly stopped supplying them, putting Yan Shi's small shop in danger of closing down.

Yan Shi was no ordinary person; she immediately saw the problem. After a little analysis, she found the person behind the mischief.

It turned out to be a cultivator living nearby who had taken a fancy to Mo Mo Caihuan, whom he often saw passing by his door. He ignored the rumors about Mo Mo Caihuan cursing her husband and demanded to take Mo Mo Caihuan as a concubine. Yan Shi naturally would not agree, which resulted in this cultivator leaving in extreme anger.

Thus, the person behind the mischief was self-evident!

And when Han Li met Mo Mo Caihuan on the street today, it happened to be when Mo Mo Caihuan was going to find a supplier and had a big argument with them.

Yan Shi recounted everything slowly and in detail, while Mo Mo Caihuan added a few words from time to time. Han Li had already understood the whole story! However, when he heard that Mo Mo Caihuan was being forced to become a concubine, he couldn't help but chuckle twice.

He didn't expect that someone would still be fighting over the little enchantress from back then! However, not to mention that he hadn't seen this little enchantress for years, she had really grown into a big enchantress; she was simply the type to bewitch people to death!

"Han Li, after so many years of cultivation, your technique must have advanced to the ninth layer or above, right!" After re-examining Han Li, Yan Shi asked politely. She had lived in Yan Ling Fortress for these years, and even if she couldn't cultivate, she knew quite a bit of common knowledge about the cultivation world.

"It's alright! Mistress wants me to resolve the entanglement with that cultivator, right? That person is a bit of a trouble, isn't he?" After a slight smile, Han Li said straightforwardly.

Hearing this, Yan Shi felt a bit awkward, but also had a look of relief! Listening to Han Li's tone, he seemed willing to help.

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