Eternal Life Starts as a Hunter-Chapter 329 - 132: Before and After the Grand Wedding

Chapter 329: Chapter 132: Before and After the Grand Wedding

Cui Yang said, "It’s not that I don’t dare, I just don’t believe it. That person could never collaborate with the Jing Family just to destroy our Cui Family’s Weapon Forger.

Patriarch, now is not the time to discuss this matter.

This marriage... cannot be called off."

Cui Heng said, "Yes, he is the Hall Master. What reason does he have to ruin Master Zhu?

I still remember the scenes when he helped our Cui Family, many, many times...

The Ancestor also once served him closely, and to this day still admires him greatly.

I was overthinking it..."

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"Miss Cui, this is a letter from Master Zhu."

In the deep courtyard, Li Yuan handed a letter to the long-legged maid who ran out to receive it.

It was early autumn, and while the grass and trees were slightly yellowed, they had not yet withered.

After delivering the letter, Li Yuan quietly waited.

Behind the door, Princess Consort Yin had clearly finished reading the letter, but she did not speak.

She did not speak.

Nor did Li Yuan urge her.

Just like that, an incense stick’s worth of time passed.

The two were not anxious, but the patriarch outside the door was already feeling impatient.

"This is absurd, why is there still no response?"

But silence remained.

Li Yuan stood in the courtyard, Princess Consort Yin sat inside the room.

A door between them, neither moved, as if time had hit a pause button. Only the wind was moving, the trees were swaying, the slightly golden leaves were fluttering...

Another incense stick’s worth of time passed.

Princess Consort Yin seemed to make a decision, she gently instructed the maid beside her, Yaojue.

Yaojue ran to the door, her eyes darting cleverly, smiling as she said, "Mr. Li, could you kindly recite a poem?"

Li Yuan was prepared. After some thought, he paced and said, "The clear water is naturally still, peach blossoms bloom beside the shore."

After a brief pause, he continued, "Peach blossoms flirt with the water’s color, waves sway in the spring light.

I take delight in her beauty, she admires my words.

The wind blows the green zither away, playing a tune for the purple mandarin ducks."

This was a poem Li Taibai had written for an old lover. The first half depicts the scene of their passionate love in the past, and the latter half describes their long separation, with the final line hoping for their renewed communication.

Li Yuan borrowed the first half, using it here, which seemed appropriate...

Yaojue savored it, blinking her big eyes at Li Yuan for a while, as if thinking how this man could be so talented, yet so shameless...

Though "I take delight in her beauty, she admires my words" was true, it still felt quite shameless.

She paused for a few seconds, then said, "Mr. Li, please wait a moment."

Then, she ran back inside, leaning close to Princess Consort Yin’s ear and said, "He praised Milady’s beauty."

Princess Consort Yin spoke to her in a few more hushed words.

Yaojue pouted, reluctantly ran out the door, saluted Li Yuan and then playfully said, "Mr. Li, your poem is lovely, but... it’s out of season, you know. It’s already autumn, no peach blossoms reflecting in the water."

She giggled, making a fist to cheer him on, "Keep it up."

Yaojue was truly a bit afraid this man would turn away in anger.

Seven years... it’s been seven years!

How many seven years does one have in their youth?

She really didn’t want to stay in this deep courtyard anymore, nor did she want Milady to remain trapped in the palace.

From any angle you look at it, this man before her was already the best match for Milady... and she could accept his words too.

Li Yuan lowered his eyes, pondering. For a moment, he truly couldn’t think of a complete verse...

Yaojue tiptoed, smiled quietly, "Sir, have you thought of something?"

Li Yuan replied, "I’ve got one line."

"One line..." Yaojue counted on her fingers, bit her lip anxiously, "Then, sir, please continue first?"

Li Yuan said, "The golden wind and jade dew meet only once, yet surpass the myriad times in the human world."

This line has been a timeless classic, but unfortunately, the context was about the "Qixi Festival," which this world does not have, so he couldn’t deliver the whole thing...

Yaojue suddenly looked up, savoring it, as if struck by a thunderbolt.

Li Yuan thought a moment, and said, "I’ve got another."

"Please, do tell."

"May we be birds of a feather in the sky, and branches intertwined on earth."

Yaojue let out an "ah," and held her heart with both hands.

Outside the door, the patriarch who was secretly listening was also shocked.

As one of the Sixth Grade, he naturally knew the importance of the "mental realm" for comprehending the Sixth Grade.

"Meaning" comes from the poem, "realm" is born in the painting...

These two lines from Li Yuan’s poem were already enough to generate "meaning."

In the courtyard, Li Yuan sighed, "Only two lines, unable to form a complete poem."

Yaojue quickly waved her hand, "No, no, no, it’s already very good, Mr. Li, please wait."

With that, she ran back inside again.

After a long while...

The door opened.

Princess Consort Yin walked out, just as when they first met, like a jade carving gloomy and unsmiling.

"I will marry you."

This time, she did not refer to herself formally as ’I’.

Yet, she did not smile.

"The letter said that after our engagement, we still need to go to him to study, so... when do you think would be suitable?" Princess Consort Yin asked.

Li Yuan replied, "March next year, how about that?"

He estimated that six months should be enough time to learn [Spirit Communication].

Princess Consort Yin said, "Okay."

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The engagement banquet was soon held, and this matter became known to everyone.

After the banquet, Li Yuan returned home and quietly instructed Xue Ning to secretly find a new place to live through Qian Da and the Wild Wolf Gang, a place no one would know, especially not associating it with them.

Better safe than sorry.

Placing an extra pawn to guard against risks, even if later proven unnecessary, still doesn’t matter.

Through the marriage alliance, Li Yuan would gain much, but it also meant he might be drawn into various intrigues.

Master Zhu had explained all those causalities to him.

Though Master Zhu did not ask him to intervene, he... had to take precautions.

This hidden new residence, therefore, was his precaution.

Subsequently, Li Yuan returned to the mountains to find Master Zhu and complete his subsequent studies.

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"After mastering Spirit Communication, what you forge won’t just be weapons anymore; it could also be daily trinkets like fans, gourds, inkstones, bottles, and all sorts of everyday items...

But these items are also made from blood crystals, requiring the Blood Crystal Marrow from the very center of a large Blood Gold Ore.

That only exists in large Blood Gold Ore.

The Divine Wood Hall has such a mine at Paradise."

"So-called [Spirit Communication] involves sending the Source Blood to its rightful place, and after forming a Fetal Movement along with the whole, placing it in a place full of human energy, for nine to ten months, it will succeed.

After all, it’s about nurturing spirituality, so... it does resemble the ten-month pregnancy somewhat.

It’s just that, one needs to nurture the spirit with the dust of the human world."

"As for determining success, it’s about flow or not.

If the Source Blood can flow within the Spiritual Artifact, it means success.

If not... it’s a failure.

This is easy to verify, can be tested on the spot."

"Although we don’t have Source Blood here, we can simulate it with our own Shadow Blood.

Even though we can’t afford Blood Crystal Marrow, we can substitute it with premium Blood Crystal.

This way, you can find the feeling through repeated experimentation.

If you can craft the best of Sixth Grade weapons, then the feeling is right."

"Besides, our lineage’s Secret Skill, all lies here..."

Master Zhu took out a palm-sized Jade Box from his bosom and handed it to Li Yuan.

Li Yuan opened the Jade Box to find several pieces of Metal Paper inside, with rows and rows of lines varying in thickness and spacing.

Moreover, judging by the markings... the intervals seem to have greatly differed over time.

Master Zhu said, "This is the data recorded by each Weapon Forger of our lineage after successfully crafting a Spiritual Artifact, documenting the Flow of Source Blood during the crafting process.

The thick lines are the heavy sounds, while the light ones are the slight sounds, and the spacing represents time.

An interval of one inch and a li signifies five seconds. This is also a secret passed down orally within our lineage, so... even if others get hold of it, it’s useless.

In the past, my master passed it on to me.

Now... I pass it on to you."

Master Zhu’s expression was earnest and sacred.

Li Yuan took two steps back, knelt down, and kowtowed three times.

Master Zhu accepted it with composure, then helped him up, saying, "This gesture is enough, there’s no need to call me master in the future."