Liu Yuan came, and Liu Yuan left.
When he learned that Ji Yuan had given him a sea chart leading to the Abyssal Continent, he let out an even longer breath of relief.
His greatest worry—how to retreat if things went wrong—had been resolved. There was nothing left to fear.
As for the road ahead, he and Ji Yuan had agreed to go their separate ways for now.
Ji Yuan was going to Thunderclap Marsh to practice Body Refining. He could not take Liu Yuan along.
Liu Yuan, for his part, seemed to have secrets of his own. Earlier, he had thought he had no choice but to leave the Cangluo Continent. Now that he had decided to stay, his plans had naturally changed.
He would leave the Water Dragon Sect first.
As for where he was going... he only said Shuibei. He did not say exactly where.
For the future, the two agreed on a place and a method for leaving messages, so neither worried about losing contact.
Ji Yuan was confident he could survive.
So was Liu Yuan.
Before Liu Yuan left, though, Ji Yuan prepared two hundred flasks of Peerless Wine for him, hoping they might help him take another step along the path of wine.
Liu Yuan thought little of it at first. But once he felt the effects of the Peerless Wine...
"Brother Ji" was suddenly on his lips at every turn.
Delighted, Ji Yuan gave him another fifty flasks. Only then was Liu Yuan satisfied.
Of course, the main reason was that Liu Yuan had seemed to gain an insight from his very first flask.
He might as well give him more. Ji Yuan produced the stuff every day and could never use it all.
After bidding this friend farewell, Ji Yuan felt a