Chapter 267: Family and Eating
"Master, is something the matter?" Yu Nianzhen asked and Yang Xu sneered.
They had been wanting to come out of the ancient palace for three days but his good disciple ignored him.
When he thought of this, Yang Xu was very annoyed.
However, he couldn’t be angry at Yu Nianzhen.
As a master, he didn’t clear the way for his disciple but allowed Yu Nianzhen to work hard for him.
Yang Xu was ashamed but also grateful.
Although he said nothing, he vowed that Yu Nianzhen’s favour would never be forgotten.
If his disciple needed him one day, Yang Xu was willing to wade through a sea of flames and a mountain of swords.
"Master, I didn’t expect your nascent soul strength to be so powerful." Jiang Yue suddenly said.
"Did you use the attack jade I gave you?" He asked and looked at the two carefully.
He couldn’t see any injuries on their body but he wasn’t relieved.
"Are you injured?"
"We are both fine." Yu Nianzhen answered.
"What happened?"
"The palace master attacked and Azhen resisted using the attack jade. The palace master was seriously injured but she is still alive."
Yang Xu sighed when he heard that.
After entering his disciple’s ancient palace, he couldn’t see the situation outside.
If he could, he wouldn’t let Yu Nianzhen face a nascent soul realm cultivator by himself.
Fortunately, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue were alright.
"We haven’t officially met, my name is Bing Lan. Thank you for your assistance this time." Bing Lan said.
She bowed to Jiang Yue and Yu Nianzhen but the two couldn’t see it.
"Please don’t be so polite." Jiang Yue said and quickly helped her up.
"Master Yang has long been our family and it’s only normal for family to help each other." He continued and Yu Nianzhen nodded in agreement.
Bing Lan’s matter was troublesome but neither Yu Nianzhen nor Jiang Yue felt bothered.
Since they could help, they had to help despite the difficulties.
"Still, I am grateful." Bing Lan insisted.
"In that case, mistress Bing should live a good life with master Yang. That is all the gratitude we need." Jiang Yue said with a slight smile on his lips.
When she heard that, Bing Lan was taken aback by the sudden turn and couldn’t help but blush.
"You have really grown up. You even dare to tease your mistress." Yang Xu glared at Jiang Yue but was secretly happy.
Jiang Yue hid behind Yu Nianzhen and the swordsman smiled dotingly.
"Let’s sit down and talk." He said and the group sat down.
Yu Nianzhen sat with Jiang Yue, Bing Lan sat with Yang Xu, and Hongzhu sat alone.
When she thought of her unconscious master, her eyes dimmed and couldn’t help but feel lonely.
Before she met Li Futian, she had spent many years alone.
However, after meeting her master, they were always together.
Hongzhu had grown to like the young man and his absence filled her heart with melancholy.
"What about Xuan Ke?" Yang Xu asked worriedly.
In the beginning, Xuan Ke took a disguise pill and pretended to be him while Yang Xu entered the ancient palace.
This move was risky but it was necessary.
In this way, Yang Xu could disappear without leaving a trace for others to track.
As for Xuan Ke, he only needed to find an opportunity to take an antidote to cancel the effect of the disguise pill.
"Don’t worry everything went well." Yu Nianzhen said.
"When the palace master attacked, Xuan Ke took the opportunity to disappear and take the antidote. He will find a chance to come here later." Jiang Yue explained.
"Where are we?" Bing Lan asked.
The heaven and earth qi was abundant with ice qi so she was sure they were still in the Ice Palace region.
However, she could learn nothing else from their surroundings.
"We are in a cave in the Fair Plum inn." Hongzhu answered.
"Fair Plum inn..." Bing Lan creased her brow and thought about it.
"If I am not mistaken, the Fair Plum inn should be in the western region of Ice Palace city?"
"You are not mistaken." Jiang Yue said and nodded.
Initially, he and Yu Nianzhen designated their small hut in the East River village as a teleportation point.
However, that village was too far from the Ice Palace region and the golden talisman couldn’t teleport them in one go.
After thinking about it, Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue changed the designated point to their cave in the Fair Plum inn.
From the Ice Palace sect, the cave was within the allowable distance and they could teleport there with ease.
Most importantly, the inn had that mysterious master they met when they first arrived.
Yu Nianzhen didn’t know why but he always felt that things would turn out well if they stayed in that person’s territory.
"Mistress, do you know the expert in the Fair Plum inn?" Yu Nianzhen asked.
"I don’t know. The Fair Plum inn has only been around for less than twenty years. Everyone knows there is a master in the inn but we know nothing more."
Yu Nianzhen frowned when he heard that but he didn’t continue asking.
As they were talking, they felt a disturbance in the protective formation and Jiang Yue looked at Yu Nianzhen.
"It should be the food we ordered." Yu Nianzhen said.
"I will get it." Jiang Yue put on a mask and rushed to the entrance.
As expected, a young man stood at the entrance with a large box in his arms.
"Is everything here?" Jiang Yue asked.
"Everything is here." The young man said and then continued.
"If the guest needs anything else, please don’t hesitate to ask."
Jiang Yue nodded and took the box from the young man.
After giving the young man an extra spirit stone, he retreated into the cave and placed the box on the table.
"You don’t forget to eat even in this situation." Yang Xu sneered and almost rolled his eyes.
Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue were already in the origin tempering realm.
With their cultivation, they could survive a long time without eating. When they needed sustenance, a bigu pill was enough.
"What is master talking about? Life is about enjoying instead of enduring." Jiang Yue said self-righteously.
However, Yang Xu had no way to refute it.
Although he didn’t like eating as much as Jiang Yue did, he couldn’t be separated from his wine gourd.
In the end, he was the pot calling the kettle black.
"It’s good to eat when you have a chance." Bing Lan interjected and Yang Xu tried to restrain his twitching lips.
As far as he knew, Bing Lan was the proverbial fairy who survived on wind and dew.
She hadn’t eaten for many years and it was a little ironic to hear her talking about food.
"I ordered a lot of class three and class four demonic beast meat." Jiang Yue said and his eyes shone with expectation.
Since he and Yu Nianzhen broke through to the qi transformation realm, they hadn’t had a chance to enjoy the good life.
Although he had tasted class three demonic beast meat, this would be the first time to eat class four demonic beast meat.
"Don’t eat too much class four demonic beast meat." Yang Xu warned.
"We know." Jiang Yue said and sighed.
Class four demonic beasts were equivalent to core formation realm cultivators.
Their meat was full of energy and the bodies of origin tempering realm cultivators couldn’t handle too much.
"Young master Jiang, did you forget about me?" Hongzhu asked with a teasing smile on her lips.
At first, Jiang Yue didn’t understand what she meant but had to understand when he looked at the food he ordered.
Of the more than thirty dishes, only five were vegetable dishes.
"Hongzhu is a vegetarian." He muttered and looked a little stupid.
When he ordered food, he ordered it according to his preferences and completely forgot that Hongzhu was a vegetarian even though she was a demonic plant.
"This..." Jiang Yue started and looked at Yu Nianzhen in embarrassment.
"Let’s order a few more dishes." Yu Nianzhen said and sighed.
He had also forgotten that Hongzhu was a bamboo-type demonic plant and was naturally herbivorous.
"Don’t bother." Hongzhu said and waved her hand.
She was already a nascent soul realm demonic plant and didn’t need food. Eating or not eating was the same to her.
However, the others couldn’t let it go.
No matter what, it was too awkward to eat while someone in their group didn’t have enough variety.
"Actually, Azhen has been saying that I need to eat more vegetables."
"If you know it, why don’t you order more." Yang Xu said.
"Master is right, I will do it now."
Without waiting for anyone to react, Jiang Yue messaged the inn and ordered more than twenty vegetarian dishes.
When Yu Nianzhen saw the order, he shook his head but didn’t comment on it.
"Let’s start eating while waiting for the rest of the food." He finally said.
