Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?-Chapter 50 - The Bet of the Show-off_1

Chapter 50: Chapter 50 The Bet of the Show-off_1

Chapter 50: Chapter 50 The Bet of the Show-off_1

“What manner of speech is this, child? What do you mean ‘observe in secret’?”

Li Chengji glared at Li Xuan, “However, this matter indeed requires discretion and cannot be revealed to others. Otherwise, we would not need to sneak out of the city to board a ship.”

Li Xuan’s curiosity about what Li Chengji was planning grew even stronger: “What is it, can you tell me now?”

“You will naturally know once we reach the destination. It’s a little far, on Poyang Lake. We’re going against the current, so we might only arrive by tomorrow morning.”

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Li Chengji remained elusive: “This is not about distrusting you, but the matter is of great importance. Before it is accomplished, neither your elder brother nor I dare to leak a single word, so as not to alert the enemy prematurely. You know not the Divine Skills of the Wu cultivators, who could sense our plan if a single word is uttered.”

The stern look on Li Xuan’s face, coupled with his curiosity about this mission, was it really that dangerous?

Also, they were actually going to Poyang Lake? Could they really get there by tomorrow morning? Considering the vastness of the world, the distance from there to Nanjing is several thousand miles.

According to Li Xuan’s calculations, if they could travel three to five hundred miles in half a day, it would be pretty good.

But then Li Xuan remembered that this was a world where magic and immortality were manifest realities, and he could not judge it by common sense.

Shortly after, a small two-deck sailboat slowly approached. Without waiting for the boat to dock at the pier, Li Yan stepped onto the deck: “There’s no need to dock, turn the boat around and raise the sail quickly.”

The boatman and his family, consisting of a sixty-year-old man, a sturdy middle-aged couple, and a four-year-old girl, all recognized Li Yan and his father and knelt down in unison on the deck: “We humble folk pay our respects to our Grandfather.”

“No need to be overly formal!” Li Chengji followed, He reached out his hand in a gesture of offering: “We appreciate your efforts. Today, we will need you to make a night trip to take me and my son to Poyang Lake.”

He threw over two patterned silver ingots, each weighing ten liangs: “This is for the fare, the rest could also help us prepare a feast. Let my son and I have a little drink.”

The boatmen were moved to tears, the fare for the trip to Poyang Lake and a feast, where did it add up to twenty liangs? Five liangs would be considered a lot.

Watching from behind, Li Xuan gritted his teeth. He guesstimated the distance to the sailboat, then took a few steps back, gave a running start and jumped. His figure soared a distance of ten feet and landed on the deck of the boat.

“Not bad.” Li Yan ‘tsked’ once and walked somewhat begrudgingly over to the bow to sit down, “Bring some yellow wine first, and then some appetizers.”

Meanwhile, Li Chengji stroked his long beard in satisfaction; had Li Xuan slacked off even a little in his Unsettling Divine Thunder practice, he definitely wouldn’t have been able to make that jump onto the boat.

Li Xuan’s performance this time even surprised him because Li Xuan landed very steadily, without staggering a bit, showing that he still had strength left over and was not straining at all.

As soon as the boat crew had completed the turn on the river surface and hung up the sail, the small sailboat immediately sped off upstream like a cheerful fish. Not only was its speed faster than modern speed boats, the boat was also very stable, without any shaking.

With closer observation, Li Xuan noticed that there was a force pushing their boat rapidly upstream.

At first, he thought it was the handiwork of his father and elder brother, but then he felt something was off.

“It is the Huitun under the command of the Water Lord of Yingtian, they were borrowed to pull the ship. Otherwise, how could we reach Panyang Lake within half a day?”

Li Yan’s words resolved Li Xuan’s suspicion, and he poured a pot of wine into the water.

In the next instant, a dozen large fish that resembled dolphins but were several times larger, leapt joyfully out of the water.

Li Yan couldn’t help but chuckle, “A bunch of wine-loving creatures, please speed up; afterwards, I’ll have ten jars of your favorite Zhuye Qing prepared for you.”

As expected, the speed of the sailboat increased quite a bit. Thanks to the sturdy body of the boat and the skilled helmsman, it controlled the direction of the boat steadily even at high speed.

Li Xuan thought to himself: it seemed his family did have some standing on the Yangtze River.

The so-called Water Lord of Yingtian was the Dragon King of the Yangtze River within the jurisdiction of the Ying Tian Government. As Nanjing, the capital of the Jin Dynasty, was located here, there was no doubt that the ruler of this stretch of river was the most esteemed among all the Dragon Kings along the entire Yangtze River, and could stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the Dragon Kings from Dongting and Panyang.

And these ‘Huitun’ pulling the boat, were dolphins with dragon blood. The so-called ‘Huitun’ transforms into a ‘Jiao’ after five hundred years, and ‘Jiao’ transforms into a dragon after a thousand years.

Though they were few in numbers and very precious, every Dragon Court of all rivers and lakes, no matter how economically strained, would raise a few. Whenever Dragon King went out on his patrols, it was always necessary to have a few ‘Huitun’ pulling his carriage to show his might.

The boatmen prepared the food quickly, and soon laid out a tabletop full near the bow. Li Xuan sampled a few dishes, and was amazed. The dishes were all excellent, and while they did not meet the standards of his family’s master chef, they had their own unique flavor. Especially the fish soup, it was unforgettable.

“Their usual customers are literati and refined scholars. If they did not have these skills, how could they attract clients? Especially this fish soup, and the fish slices, they are absolutely unique.”

Li Yan was sipping his wine, looking at Li Xuan with a teasing smile: “Little brother, you pride yourself on your outstanding literacy, saying that you were destined to become a champion scholar. Looking at this surrounding, even I feel inspired to create a poem. But alas, I lack the ink to pen any words, let alone a verse. Why don’t you, little brother, compose a poem for us today to showcase your talent?”

“Why not?”

Li Xuan gave him a sidelong glance: “But composing a poem shouldn’t come for free; there has to be a prize.”

How dare someone underestimate him, a person who had memorized ancient poems and lyrics?

Li Yan laughed incredulously, placing a jiao dragon-shaped jade pendant in front of Li Xuan: “As long as it’s not some poor poem and it’s somewhat decent, this is yours. I’ll give you a moment, is that enough?”

Li Xuan glanced at it: “Hanjiaojue? Are you serious?”

This was a low-grade magical instrument, not a powerful one, its effect was simply to store a certain amount of Ice Style vitality and slightly increase the Cold Power of a Wu cultivator’s moves. However, any magical instrument wouldn’t be valued less than ten thousand liangs of patterned silver.

Li Yan, however, waved his hand nonchalantly: “Your elder brother always keeps his word, he will not go back on it.”

“Then it’s settled.” Li Xuan glanced around, he looked at the setting sun on the horizon, then at the sparkling water, and then he recited with a smile, “The setting sun spreads over the river, with half the river shining green and the other half shimmering red. How sad it is on the night of early July, the dew is like pearls and the moon is like a bow.”

The setting sun was about to set, its soft rays spread out over the river, making half the river seem green, the other half, a brilliant red.

The most lovely view was in the early evening of July, where the dew were like pearls and the bright new crescent moon shaped like a bow.

Li Yan was completely stunned, even failing to notice the wine pouring out of the jug and onto his lap. Li Xuan, on the other hand, happily picked up the ‘Hanjiaojue’ with a smile and said, “Brother, thank you for your generosity. I gladly accept!”

Capitalizing on ancient poems in daily life turned out to be quite satisfying, especially when there was a profit to be made.