The moment Chou Wuyuan stepped out of the courtyard gate, the sound of sweeping inside immediately ceased. Carrying a broom, Shou Chen walked toward the gate. Yan Wuchen, standing on the steps, narrowed his eyes and shouted, "Stop! What are you trying to do?"
The delicate-featured Shou Chen slowly turned around to look at Yan Wuchen and respectfully replied, "I merely wanted to go out for a walk..."
"Without my permission, you are not allowed to leave this courtyard..." Yan Wuchen said sternly. Shou Chen froze for a moment, then nodded. "Yes!..." He walked to the large tree beside the gate and leaned the broom against its trunk. Then, without a word, he headed toward the main hall. As he passed Yan Wuchen on the steps, he saluted him before entering the room. When he emerged again, he came out through the rear door of the hall and slowly entered a stone cave in the mountain wall behind the courtyard.
After passing through a dim cave passage, the space ahead suddenly opened up. Within the mountain's belly was a fairly large chamber, furnished with tables, chairs, and beds. This cave had originally been Yan Wuchen's place of secluded cultivation, and it was also a forbidden ground of the entire Myriad Demon Palace. Not even Bu Yunxiao, the current Palace Master of the Myriad Demon Palace, dared trespass here.
Yet strangely enough, Yan Bugui, who had vanished from the Cultivation World long ago, was sitting fiercely at a table, drowning his sorrows in drink. Shou Chen frowned slightly, strode over, and snatched the wine jug from the hands of the already thoroughly drunk Yan Bugui. Yan Bugui tilted his head to look at Shou Chen and gave a miserable chuckle. "Now we're hiding in this place where daylight never reaches, not