Chapter 156: Meeting the Ascetic Monk Again

Lv Fang chuckled and didn't argue, but changed the subject and said: "Just now I heard a bit; did Song Ce really launch a sneak attack on you?"

Li Yu nodded and said: "Not long ago, he suddenly called me and said he wanted to chat with me about you, Little Senior Uncle, so I said a few words to him in the back."

"I didn't expect him to launch a sneak attack. Fortunately, I felt something was wrong beforehand and was prepared, so he didn't succeed."

"He is only a Sixth Rank, Third Stage Scholar, but his strength is stronger than I imagined. It turns out he entered the demonic path, but I see he is still quite clear-headed; he doesn't look like he entered the demonic path."

She looked at Lv Fang in confusion and said: "Little Senior Uncle, how did you discover that Song Ce entered the demonic path? If he hadn't taken the initiative to act, I would never have thought of it."

Lv Fang thought for a while, then smiled and said: "His situation of entering the demonic path is a bit different; it seems like he became another person. I discovered it in the trial ground. Fortunately, you weren't fooled; otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable."

"So that's it." Li Yu responded, shook her head, and said: "That's not right. Why did he want to launch a sneak attack on me? Although I am only Fourth Rank, First Stage, I have many means of self-protection. This is somewhat unreasonable."

"I don't remember offending him anywhere before."

"Could it be that he learned he was seen through by you, Little Senior Uncle, so he wanted to capture me to threaten you? To keep you from talking nonsense?"

This guess was already very close.

Lv Fang didn't explain, but smiled and said: "I'm not too sure either. I estimate it's because of this."

"So that's it. Little Senior Uncle, when are you returning to Great Zhou? If not, I'll return with you." Li Yu said casually.

"That would be best." Lv Fang agreed.

However, as soon as he agreed, he regretted it. Bringing Li Yu back like this, if Lv Ling saw it, she would definitely think too much.

Lv Fang hesitated for a while, but in the end, he didn't refuse. He felt that bringing Li Yu back with them was the safest. As for Lv Ling, he would mention it in advance, and it should be no problem.

Since he had decided, he didn't waste any more time.

Zhou Yi Yi took Lv Fang and Li Yu, and after returning to the Buddha Capital, they left in a secret way and embarked on the journey back to Great Zhou.

The seven of them disguised themselves, joined an inconspicuous caravan, and headed toward the border of Great Zhou.

On the journey.

"Young Master, do you want to drink water?"

Fang Chun, who was following, asked in a low voice.

Lv Fang shook his head, looking somewhat puzzled at Lv Ling and Li Yu, who were holding hands intimately. He didn't know what these two were chatting about, but their relationship had become much better, yet they were avoiding him.

"You find an opportunity to go over and listen to what they are chatting about, and see if it's about me."

He sent a sound transmission to Fang Chun.

Fang Chun nodded calmly. After waiting for a while, she found an excuse, walked a few steps slower, and soon integrated into the ranks of the two women.

Just at this moment.

Zhao Qingzhu and Liu Yifeng, who were walking at the very front, stopped. After waiting for Lv Fang, she smiled and said: "I forgot to say before, when the Punishment Ground was unlocked, that Righteousness Sword also disappeared."

Lv Fang nodded: "I saw it too."

Liu Yifeng smiled and said: "That Righteousness Sword is indeed a rare treasure, but unfortunately it couldn't leave the Punishment Ground; otherwise, your strength would have improved quite a bit."

After a pause, he said: "It's like this. Didn't I hear you talk about that ascetic monk before? She wants to meet him to resolve his guilt."

"That's good too." Lv Fang agreed with this approach.

Western Region border city.

Inside a tavern.

A disheveled and unkempt old monk lifted a wine jar and took a few big gulps, slammed the wine jar on the table, and said with a *ha*: "It seems my drinking capacity has increased. Today I am drunk after a thousand cups, hahaha..."

"Hey." A regular customer smiled and said: "Old drunkard, are you really an ascetic monk? This is the first time I've seen an ascetic monk like you who doesn't abstain from wine or meat."

"Why would I lie to you?" The ascetic monk burped and said: "There's nothing bad about this either. Have you heard of Bodhi fruit wine?"

"Really or fake? Last time you also said you drank Bodhi fruit wine. This thing is so precious, I don't believe it's true." That regular customer didn't believe it at all.

The ascetic monk didn't explain much, drank a few more mouthfuls of wine, wiped his mouth with his somewhat oily and stained sleeve, and hummed a local nursery rhyme.

"Can I sit here?"

A familiar voice rang out.

The ascetic monk was stunned. He recognized the person at a glance and said somewhat excitedly: "Of course you can, sit, sit, sit. Last time you treated me to wine, this time I will treat you."

The person who came was Lv Fang.

After chatting with the ascetic monk last time, when he left, he gave the ascetic monk one thousand taels, so the ascetic monk had the confidence.

Lv Fang nodded with a smile and said: "Someone wants to chat with you."

"Oh, want to chat with me?" The ascetic monk was somewhat confused. When he saw Liu Yifeng and Zhao Qingzhu coming in, he said in surprise and suspicion: "Are you that..."

"Yes." Zhao Qingzhu bowed and said: "I am here to apologize to you. When I first saw you in the trial ground, I didn't know that place was so dangerous; otherwise, I wouldn't have asked you for help."

"I heard that you felt very guilty because of this matter, so passing by here, I really wanted to see you and say sorry and thank you."

The ascetic monk laughed toward the sky: "No, no, no, I should be the one to say sorry to you. Originally, I promised you to go to that place to save you, but when I pushed open the door to that place, I flinched."

Zhao Qingzhu smiled and said: "In short, I have come out now, and it is also thanks to your blessing; otherwise, no one would know that I was in the special place of the trial ground."

During the conversation, the ascetic monk's smile never disappeared.

It could be seen that he was very happy. After all, he had had a heart disease because of this matter before. Now that he knew Zhao Qingzhu had been saved, how could he not be happy.

After Zhao Qingzhu and Lv Fang left, the ascetic monk laughed loudly. Having resolved his heart knot, although he didn't have much confidence that he could quit drinking, he felt he should try to cultivate while drinking, which could be considered finding his original intention.

Even with this experience, it would be of great benefit to his future cultivation.

On the other side, the seven of Lv Fang also successfully returned to Great Zhou and spent a certain amount of crystals to transmit directly to the Capital.

What made him give a bitter smile was that the Book Spirit Yan Chixia had disguised himself as him and was writing *The Smiling, Proud Wanderer* in the Capital. Because it wasn't the person himself.

When he wrote to the last chapter, he was always unable to write the last line.

The Great Zhou Wen Bao had not been serialized for a period of time.

However, because the story of *The Smiling, Proud Wanderer* was novel and good enough, and Great Zhou had a very large proportion of people who read out Scholarly Fragrance and the cultivation techniques in the book.

Even though *The Smiling, Proud Wanderer* had not been finished or serialized for a long time, it still attracted a large number of people to pursue it. ===== CHAPTER 157 =====