Meeting Again, Heading to Black Mountain

Wang Qianxue was both curious and very puzzled.

Wang Qianxue stopped in her tracks as she followed Li Yunjing to the Spirit Cuisine Pavilion.

"Yunjing, just say what's on your mind."

Li Yunjing turned around and said, "Master's wife, we're almost there. Please continue with me."

Wang Qianxue shook her head. "I'm not leaving unless you tell me."

"What I'm most concerned about right now is your master's situation."

Li Yunjing smiled and said, "Master's wife, are you sure you don't want to continue? You'll see Master in just a few more steps."

Wang Qianxue was taken aback, not understanding what he meant.

But his feet involuntarily lifted, and he continued walking after Li Yunjing.

Before long, the two arrived outside the private room.

Before even entering the private room, Wang Qianxue trembled.

Her eyes widened immediately; she heard a familiar voice.

Turning her head to look at Li Yunjing, Wang Qianxue opened her mouth, but no sound came out.

She couldn't believe the sound she was hearing.

I wanted to ask, but I was afraid it was all just a dream.

"Master's wife, let's go in. Master is inside." Li Yunjing finally revealed the truth.

Wang Qianxue's breathing became rapid.

With trembling hands, he pushed open the door to the private room.

In an instant, the private room fell silent.

Everyone inside looked towards the doorway.

Nangong Chengyu and Wang Qianxue spotted each other immediately.

Nangong Chengyu felt awkward and quickly avoided eye contact.

Wang Qianxue was stunned and stood there dumbfounded.

"Mother!"

At this moment, Nangong Ye's loud shout broke the silence.

Nangong Ye skipped and jumped into Wang Qianxue's arms.

Wang Qianxue came to her senses, touched Nangong Ye's head, but her gaze was fixed on Nangong Chengyu.

"Master's wife, this is a long story. Please sit down and let me tell you slowly," Li Yunjing said.

Wang Qianxue remained silent and, at Li Yunjing's prompting, sat down next to Nangong Chengyu.

Nangong Chengyu was even more at a loss, his head lowered as if he wanted to find a crack to crawl into.

In the end, Shui Yao nudged Nangong Chengyu with her elbow.

Nangong Chengyu then raised his head and looked at Wang Qianxue.

"Qianxue, I..."

Once he opened his mouth, Nangong Chengyu seemed to say something incoherently.

Li Yunjing coughed, and everyone immediately looked over.

Li Yunjing then told Wang Qianxue how Nangong Chengyu had been resurrected.

They learned that Nangong Chengyu had faked his death.

Wang Qianxue thought this was impossible.

She had invited several highly skilled physicians to investigate back then.

Without exception, all the renowned physicians concluded that Nangong Chengyu was dead.

But now it has suddenly come back to life and appeared before her.

Wang Qianxue suspected that something might have gone wrong.

Li Yunjing continued to explain, and after much persuasion, Wang Qianxue finally understood.

The origin of everything is the founder of the Luozhen Sect.

"So it was the founder of the Luozhen Sect who exerted his power. I never expected the Luozhen Sect to have such a capable person!"

Wang Qianxue found it unbelievable.

Li Yunjing breathed a sigh of relief; finding a reason was indeed quite difficult.

I hope that Master Fang Hexuan, if he knew this in the afterlife, would not blame me.

Regardless, Nangong Chengyu has been resurrected.

Once Wang Qianxue confirmed that Nangong Chengyu was alright, she was satisfied.

She looked at Nangong Chengyu, wanting to say something to him.

However, with outsiders present, it was difficult to say some things directly.

Li Yunjing noticed something was amiss and immediately led the way out of the private room.

The others, understanding Li Yunjing's hints, left one by one.

Li Yunjing went to the kitchen to see what kind of spiritual food Hou Zihao had prepared.

Upon seeing Li Yunjing arrive, Hou Zihao immediately introduced the dishes he had prepared.

First up is the coiled eel.

This uses Moonlight Eel.

This kind of demon lives in extremely yin places.

They crawl out at night to absorb the moonlight.

This makes the flesh of the Moonlight Eel very tender, and it tastes good even with simple cooking.

Panlong Eel, on the other hand, is a dish created by Hou Zihao himself.

After deep-frying the Moonlight Eel, it is then drizzled with Hou Zihao's secret sauce.

One bite and the Daozhen it'll make your eyebrows fall off.

Li Yunjing tried a bite, and it was indeed incredibly delicious.

The second dish was steamed pork with rice flour.

This is what Li Yunjing has been longing for.

With Li Yunjing's guidance, Hou Zihao finally managed to replicate it.

The ingredients are extremely carefully selected; the meat is from the White-Fanged Pig raised in the Luozhen Sect's Beast Taming Grounds.

The powder is made by grinding glutinous rice and mixing it with eleven kinds of spices.

Li Yunjing ate a piece of steamed pork with rice flour and felt that his life was complete.

The following dishes were also quite good.

Hou Zihao's cooking skills are getting better and better.

After leaving the kitchen, Li Yunjing waited for a while.

Afterwards, the door to the private room opened, and Nangong Chengyu called Li Yunjing and the others inside.

As soon as Li Yunjing entered the private room,

Wang Qianxue's eyes were red, as if she had been crying.

However, she had a smile on her face and seemed to be in a good mood.

Nangong Chengyu was no longer as awkward as before.

The two seemed to have resolved their differences.

Li Yunjing immediately instructed Hou Zihao to serve the dishes.

One after another, the dishes of spiritual food were brought into the private room.

Li Yunjing personally poured wine for Nangong Chengyu.

The master and apprentice began to drink.

Subsequently, Li Yunjing persuaded Nangong Chengyu to try the spiritual food.

Upon trying it, Nangong Chengyu immediately raised his eyebrows.

"I've only ever tasted such exquisite Drunken Immortal Pavilion at the Xunxian Town," Nangong Chengyu exclaimed in surprise.

"Yunjing, did you poach the head chef from the Drunken Immortal Pavilion?"

Li Yunjing smiled and shook his head, patiently explaining.

Having learned that the Luozhen Sect had promising spirit chefs,

Nangong Chengyu was very happy.

"Good, good, from now on, the disciples of the Luozhen Sect won't have to endure the hardships we went through."

Speaking of this, Li Yunjing still felt a little nostalgic for those days.

Although the food wasn't good, they were carefree.

Life is getting better now, but troubles have also come along with it.

Just as she was reminiscing, Wang Qianxue suddenly spoke:

"Yunjing, when do you plan to go to Black Mountain?"

Li Yunjing looked at his master's wife:

"If Master's wife is willing, then let's set off tomorrow, lest things get complicated."

Wang Qianxue nodded in agreement. "Alright, the sooner we go, the sooner we'll be back."

"Go to Black Mountain? What for?" Nangong Chengyu asked, puzzled.

Li Yunjing explained in detail, and only then did Nangong Chengyu understand the reason.

"A secret... I've heard your grandmaster mention this before," Nangong Chengyu said.

He had also searched for the hidden treasure, but unfortunately, he hadn't found it.

Yunjing, do you know where that secret is hidden?

Li Yunjing shook his head. "I don't know, but Senior Fang does."

Li Yunjing looked at Fang Tong, who was pouring himself a drink.

Fang Tong noticed that they were all looking at him, so he put down the wine pot.

"The location of the secret treasure has always been passed down within our Wushan Luozhen Sect; only the sect leader knows it."

"How strange, didn't my master go to the Wushan Luozhen Sect to ask?" Nangong Chengyu asked, puzzled.

Fang Tong also shook his head.

He had neither heard of nor seen any record of Grandmaster Li Yunjing visiting the Wushan Luozhen Sect.

Li Yunjing then continued to urge everyone to drink.

Let's talk about tomorrow's problems tomorrow.

The next day,

Li Yunjing left his cave abode early on.

We're going to Black Mountain Secret Treasury today, so we can't be late.

Nangong Chengyu wanted to go with Li Yunjing, but Li Yunjing persuaded him to stay at the Luozhen Sect.

After all, he currently has no cultivation level at all.

Going there would only be a burden.

Nangong Chengyu was aware of his own situation and didn't insist.

Only Li Yunjing, Fang Tong, and Wang Qianxue went this time.

After parting ways with the Luozhen Sect members, the three boarded the spaceship.

The spaceship was brought out by Wang Qianxue.

It was a treasure given to her by her father.

Its shape resembles a fish, hence the name "Fish Boat".

It is extremely fast and has quite good protective capabilities.