Zhen Yue's eyes grew wider and wider. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, it would have been hard for him to imagine that such a masterpiece was written in one go by this young man sitting by the ditch.

Many precious volumes and secret manuals use this method, making mere transcription meaningless. Li Zhiyuan had seen many, naturally learning the technique, of course, it also set a higher standard for viewers.

Zhen Yue closed the book. Initially, he didn't see everything, but upon seeing the latter part, he finally realized it was actually a continuation of the Zhen Family route. He asked incredulously:

"Why did you do this?"

"Your ancestor, named Zhen Sha'an, was trapped in one place for family development. I got his things and handed them over to your Zhen Family. It counts as resolving that cause and effect with him."

"Do you have an old relationship with my family's ancestor?"

"A feud."

Zhen Yue's mouth twitched.

"Alright, tell me which Taoist temple you should go to."

"I... I'll handle it myself, rest assured."

"I'm not reassured because I doubt your current ability."

Zhen Yue revealed the location of the Taoist temple and reminded, "That temple recently changed its array, you must be careful... Forget it, I'm saying too much; it certainly won't be difficult for you."

Li Zhiyuan stood up, patted the dust off his pants. "Alright, I'm leaving, you should leave too."

Zhen Yue: "May I ask your name?"

Fearing a misunderstanding from Li Zhiyuan, Zhen Yue hurriedly added, "Competition in Jianghu, the capable rise and the untalented fall. I have no desire for revenge ashore. You pass this book to me and continue the future of the Zhen Family. My Zhen Family shall establish a shrine for you and honor you as a benefactor."

"Not necessary."

"Please do not decline; this is a token of our Zhen Family's sincerity."

"I'm not interested in that sincerity."

"Oh, then... then..."

Li Zhiyuan gestured and walked away.

Zhen Yue put the book into his arms, respectfully bowing towards the direction the young man left, then looked up at the night sky and sighed silently.

He was very clear that even with the ancestral manuscript, achieving complete mastery in a short time was an immensely intimidating thought.

Competing in Jianghu with such people, huh, what's the point of competing?

He turned and headed towards home, under the starlight, was a scattered shadow.

Leaving home while lighting the lamp, three people traveled with endless expectations, now, he was the only one embarking the journey home alone.

This is not an isolated case; it's the fate of most lamp-lighters in each generation.

Li Zhiyuan hadn't walked far when he saw Zhao Yi standing there waiting for him, panting heavily and sweating from his forehead, not pretending, but truly running with all his might to get here quickly.

Zhao Yi, dissatisfied, said, "I told you, wait for me to handle that Fatty first before coming with you to find him. That Fatty can run, but he won't get away."

Li Zhiyuan: "No problem, saving time."

Zhao Yi: "What if he suddenly erupts and fights you to the death? You haven't practiced martial arts."

Li Zhiyuan: "Array Master against Array Master, what unexpected thing could happen."

Zhao Yi: "Don't let me hear one day that you died from such an unexpected event, I would bounce out of bed with joy."

Li Zhiyuan: "You better not believe in those rumors and explore the secrets under the surface of accidents; maybe you could have a great opportunity."

Zhao Yi: "I wouldn't go to a place where you're destined to die."

Li Zhiyuan: "You didn't kill that Fatty."

Zhao Yi: "Didn't kill, that Fatty is somewhat interesting. This Zhen Family person must admit defeat for the second lighting of the lamp, right?"

Li Zhiyuan: "Mm."

Zhao Yi: "But I think that Fatty will return to roll again."

Li Zhiyuan: "Indeed."

Zhao Yi: "In Jianghu, without these people, it would lose much excitement and intrigue. Even knowing there's a bit of risk, letting them live might instead increase expectations; that's why I didn't kill him."

Li Zhiyuan: "Too much nonsense."

Zhao Yi: "You must respect my psychological evolution."

Li Zhiyuan: "I knew long ago you wouldn't kill him, especially in front of me. If you killed that Fatty, it would be like reminding me I should kill you."

Zhao Yi: "You, Li!"

Li Zhiyuan: "Alright, before dawn, let's level those two temples first, and incidentally, let's see the strength of your team now."

Zhao Yi: "The strength of the Liang Sisters won't disappoint you; after all, I've put myself all in."

Li Zhiyuan: "It's not the first time for you to be a widower."

Zhao Yi bent over, indicating the young man to get on.

Li Zhiyuan climbed onto Zhao Yi's back, slightly frowning.

"What's wrong?"

"There's a smell of sweat."

"You don't mind Runsheng but mind me?"

"I'm used to Brother Runsheng's scent."

"I'm using fragrant powder."

"Hence, after sweating, it's even worse."

Zhao Yi took strides, exerting movement technique, quickly traversing.

"I've already had Sun Yan inform them to attack a temple first, but without the two of us, they might not be able to break the array."

Once they actually arrived at the place, Zhao Yi was proved wrong.

Because the array of that temple had already been broken, and sounds of fighting were coming from inside.

The temple's door had half collapsed, with several deeply sunken marks, detailed observation revealed the outline of shovel prints.

Zhao Yi: "What did you feed your Runsheng?"

Clearly, this array was smashed through by Runsheng with the Yellow River Shovel.

Last time in Lijiang, Runsheng could only briefly possess such power when his energy gates were fully opened; Zhao Yi certainly didn't believe Runsheng would open all gates and then go back to lie down.

Li Zhiyuan: "Indeed, recently, he's been eating rather well."

Mainly at Peach Forest that someone was in a good mood lately, using the evil qi from his body to let Runsheng soak it up.

Zhao Yi: "It shouldn't be, I've already surfed three waves, you've only done one, why does your once exceed my three times?"