Chapter 56: Returning Home

After the banquet, host and guest parted in high spirits, Bai Yu Chan took Bai Xian'er and left gracefully, only Bai Xian'er occasionally looked back at Wu Chengyu, clearly still harboring some resentment over being bested by Wu Chengyu, but Wu Chengyu didn't care at all; this time, whether it was face or substance, he had gained the upper hand.

As for the future, whether he could see this willful girl again depended on fate.

After Wu Chengyu left Gushan, there was trouble all along the way, but for some reason, it all disappeared with Bai Xian'er's departure, and Wu Chengyu's party smoothly reached Hangzhou City on the afternoon of the second day, without any more mishaps.

At this time, Hangzhou was the capital of the Southern Song, far more prosperous than Gushan, Qingyuan, and Shaoxing.

Walking down the streets of Hangzhou, the residences on both sides had white walls and black tiles, flying eaves and bracket sets, the blue stone road wound and twisted, shops stood shoulder to shoulder, wine taverns were densely packed, a faint scent of wine permeated the air, and red lanterns swayed in the wind everywhere, giving travelers a touch of intoxication.

One benefit of transmigrating to ancient times was being able to truly experience a classical charm and urban life completely different from the later world.

"Southeast's strategic advantage, the metropolis of the three Wu regions, Qiantang has been prosperous since ancient times," indeed living up to its reputation.

Lu Zhiyi and the others were quite familiar with Hangzhou and, like an old horse knowing the way, arrived at an inn, the Yunlai Inn.

The inn's boss lady had quite some charm; seeing Lu Zhiyi, her eyes held autumn waters and her figure swayed, but the scent of powder on her body made Niu Dajie roll her eyes several times.

The Yunlai Inn was well located, right by the Qiantang River, with Yuhuang Mountain beside it, and in the distance one could see the West Lake embankment, a brocade of flowers with peach red and willow green.

Everyone wanted to rest well in Hangzhou for a day at this time; even Niu Dajie couldn't help but pull He Zhiyu and A Ku out to stroll the market, only Wu Chengyu turned his gaze toward Yuhuang Mountain, known as a Taoist holy land, because Mo Laodao's map pointed exactly here.

Late at night, Wu Chengyu quietly left the inn alone, circulated his inner force to his legs, used the lightness skill "Grass Flying" that everyone in the martial world knew, the moon tonight was covered by floating clouds, and Wu Chengyu in the darkness used his night vision function to quickly arrive at the foot of Yuhuang Mountain.

After confirming from Hong Qigong that the map pointed to Yuhuang Mountain, Wu Chengyu pondered it repeatedly afterward and actually grasped a few clues.

Yuhuang Mountain had an important scenic spot called Zilai Cave, located at the waist of Yuhuang Mountain, a must-visit spot in the later world, inside were modern electronic laser landscapes and various exquisite Jiangnan arts and Taoist culture.

But in the Southern Song dynasty, few people knew of Zilai Cave; although it was a cave within a cave, the outermost cave mouth at this time was still a small stone cave, only artificially opened by Taoist priests from Fuxing Guan on the mountain in the Qing dynasty.

Wu Chengyu was quite familiar with Hangzhou from his previous life and had visited this Zilai Cave several times, so he quickly calculated the specific location of the Quan Zhen Daoist Canon from the map.

He searched for the specific location of Zilai Cave according to his previous life's memories and soon found a concealed cave mouth more than three feet high and one foot wide.

With Wu Chengyu's current height, he had to lower his head and bend his waist to enter, but after walking dozens of meters, the space gradually expanded and suddenly opened up.

He followed the direction indicated on the map and soon found a stone candlestick in the southeast corner of the cave; after lighting it with a fire stick, he could faintly see a shallow stone relief mural on the stone wall beside the candlestick, depicting Lord Lao riding a green bull upside down.

Wu Chengyu's hand touched the green bull's abdomen and immediately felt a square secret compartment; the outer wall of this compartment was wooden, he circulated his inner force to his palm and gently exhaled, and the wooden board was immediately shattered by Wu Chengyu; inside was a wooden box about forty centimeters in length, width, and height.

Wu Chengyu carefully moved the box out, checked again that there was nothing else in the secret compartment, then picked up the box and returned to the inn soundlessly.

The next morning, everyone set out again; no one cared that Wu Chengyu had an extra box by his side; perhaps they saw it, but no one asked.

Traveling from Hangzhou to Jiaxing also took two days; Lu Zhiyi's Lu Family Village was also by the South Lake of Jiaxing; at this time Lu Chengfeng didn't know where he was, and Jiaxing still had only one Lu Family Village.

By now Lu Zhiyi and the others had reached their destination; He Zhiyu would also settle here; Wu Chengyu also saw Lu Zhiyi's wife and children; his eldest son was just three years old this year, his wife was six months pregnant, and was pregnant again.

"Zhanyuan, come meet your several uncles and Aunt Niu; this is your Aunt He, and Uncle Wu Chengyu."

Making a three-year-old child call him uncle, Wu Chengyu felt no psychological pressure, but this name was a bit too familiar... Lu... Zhanyuan? In The Legend of the Condor Heroes he had only heard the name, but as for scoundrels, he definitely had a share; so the child in Lady Lu's belly at this time should be Lu Wushuang's father, Luliding.

Wu Chengyu had no feelings for Lu Wushuang, let alone the fact that Lu Wushuang's father was not yet fully developed.

Wu Chengyu muttered in his heart and secretly glanced at He Zhiyu's small belly; so speaking, the child in He Zhiyu's belly should be He Yuanjun; she would settle in Jiaxing in the future, the two families had several generations of friendship, and arranging a child betrothal with the Lu family was only natural.

No wonder Lu Zhanyuan flirted with Li Mochou but dared not marry her, insisting on marrying He Yuanjun; there were so many uncles and aunts watching his marriage contract, how could he dare not obey.

Just didn't know how He Zhiyu or the future He Yuanjun had contact with Wu San Tong, a disciple of Yideng Master; but Wu Chengyu was too lazy to speculate further.

Wu Chengyu brought A Ku to linger in Jiaxing for several days, mainly because Lu Zhiyi insisted on doing his duty as a landlord, touring mountains and playing in the water every day, seeing Jiaxing's South Lake; this was where Guo Jing and Huang Rong would meet Lu Chengfeng in the future; he didn't know what situation his senior brother was in now, but he was already the best off among Huang Yaoshi's disciples in the original work.

They also saw the legendary Zui Xian Lou in Jiaxing; more than ten years later, Guo Jing and Yang Kang would have a showdown here; unfortunately, the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan had already left this place to find Li Ping and her son; of course, Wu Chengyu wasn't very eager to see them.

Everything he knew was about to happen in the future; for a moment Wu Chengyu lost all interest, firmly took his leave, and set foot on the road home to Wu Family Slope in Gusu again.

Lu Zhiyi sent people to escort them all the way; in two days they arrived at Wu Family Slope in Gusu.

Wu Family Slope was at the foot of Taiping Mountain, twenty li outside Gusu City, bordering Taihu; called a slope, it was actually a valley at the foot of the mountain; the valley entrance was slightly narrow, and inside the valley was where the Wu Clan thrived and multiplied; the Wu Clan had operated here for generations, and the valley could be considered a small town.

There was a pass at the valley entrance, four zhang high, with guards stationed there year-round; Wu Chengyu's carriage had just reached ten zhang before the pass when someone shouted a challenge.

"Which friend comes to visit our Wu Family Slope?" As soon as the words fell, a middle-aged man in his thirties appeared on the pass.

When Wu Chengyu saw him, he was overjoyed; in Wu Mianfeng's memory, this man was named Wu Zhenghui, a clansman of his father's generation, remembered to have an extremely good relationship with his father, and took great care of the young Wu Chengyu.

"Uncle Zhenghui, I am Chengyu, Wu Chengyu."

Wu Zhenghui heard this and carefully observed, immediately recognizing Wu Chengyu; while ordering people to let Wu Chengyu pass, he laughed heartily and said.

"Xiao Ershiyi, you brat, it's been five years, you're finally back."

Wu Chengyu ranked twenty-first among his generation of brothers in the clan; some elders were used to calling him Wu Er Yi or Xiao Ershiyi; hearing this now was incredibly kind.

Of course, Wu Chengyu also silently complained in his heart; fortunately he wasn't ranked 17369 on the assassin list, Wu Liuqi who used Qi-controlled flying scissors.

But as they got closer to Wu Family Slope, the grievances that had always entangled with his consciousness, affecting his thinking, coming from Wu Mianfeng, finally dissipated like smoke and clouds at this moment.

Wu Chengyu finally understood that Wu Mianfeng had always been entangled and unwilling to leave, actually just wanting to return home to reunite with his parents; now his wish was finally fulfilled, and he could die without regret.

(End of this volume)

Extra chapter for May Day, also the last chapter of the backlog; the rest have all been deleted by me; some plots are prepared to be placed later.

Without a backlog, it means I have to work hard today,

Also, the protagonist returning to Wu Family Slope is officially renamed Wu Chengyu, and I will change the previous ones within a few days; still the same words, the backend doesn't allow frequent modifications, so it has to be done in batches; hope it won't cause trouble for new reader friends.

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