Back at Tianji Manor, Fang Duobing knelt before Li Xiangyi and respectfully offered him tea as a token of respect.
Li Xiangyi took the tea and drank a few sips, thus completing the apprenticeship ceremony.
He Xiaohui respected Li Xiangyi's wishes and did not reveal that he was still alive. Tianji Manor only knew that the young master had gained a mysterious master.
The mysterious man looked extremely young, dressed in white with black hair and a silver hairpin, wearing a mask on his face, and with a handsome and dashing figure.
The young master adored and relied heavily on this master, following him around constantly, chattering away, his big eyes crinkling into crescent moons with laughter.
Oh, right, the young master also instructed the servants to search everywhere for all kinds of candy. When someone asked about it, Fang Xiaobao proudly puffed out his little chest.
"My master loves eating sweets. He says that eating sweets helps improve internal strength."
Li Xiangyi, who shamelessly fooled the child, stayed at Tianji Manor for a few days and taught Fang Xiaobao the Yangzhou Slow Heart Technique and the Xiangyi Tai Sword.
Li Xiangyi put his hands behind his back and acted like a master: "Practice slowly, don't rush it, it won't be mastered in less than ten years anyway."
"Understood, Master."
"As for the Bo Suo Bu (a specific step in the dance), I will teach it to you when you are fully recovered."
In order not to discourage his young apprentice, he silently swallowed the rest of the sentence, "Otherwise, I'm afraid you'll break yourself by fighting with your left and right feet."
Li Xiangyi originally planned to wait until Fang Xiaobao was a little older and fully recovered before taking him back to Yunyin Mountain. In the meantime, he could come here every now and then to teach him martial arts.
But Fang Xiaobao clung to his leg and wouldn't let go, crying loudly and insisting on going with him.
He Xiaohui had no choice but to put a lot of effort into the means of transportation to make her son's travels more comfortable.
Tianji Manor is famous for its mechanical arts. In the end, Li Xiangyi and He Xiaohui put their heads together and built a "motorhome".
Designed by Li Xiangyi and crafted by He Xiaohui and local craftsmen, the project was completed in just a few days.
He Xiaohui doted on her son, so all the materials used were top-notch, and with all sorts of mechanisms and decorations, it was hundreds of times better than the small, dilapidated building that Li Xiangyi had lived in his previous life.
Looking at the sturdy and exquisite two-story luxury house pulled by four fine horses, Li Xiangyi felt a strange sense of familiarity, as if he had seen it somewhere before.
"Young Master Li, please give this little building a name."
“…Lotus Pavilion,” Li Xiangyi blurted out.
He was stunned for a moment after saying it; the name just came out of his mouth without him even thinking.
Perhaps it was influenced by the Zen saying in the monk's room: "With a pure and tranquil mind, lotus flowers bloom everywhere."
"Let's call it Lotus Pavilion."
So, Li Xiangyi took Fang Xiaobao and Lotus Tower and left Tianji Manor, heading towards Yunyin Mountain.
Along the way, Fang Xiaobao was tricked by his unreliable master countless times, but Fang Xiaobao never learned his lesson. Every time, he would open his big, dark eyes wide and believe whatever his master said.
In fact, Fang Xiaobao is very smart and has excellent comprehension. He has a pure heart and trusts and likes people without reservation.
He was well-educated by He Xiaohui and her husband, and unlike his narrow-minded, gloomy, and jealous father, he was a warm and cheerful good child.
Li Xiangyi's heart, chilled to the bone by Shan Gu Dao's wounds, slowly warmed up with the help of his adorable, somewhat clumsy, little apprentice.
Li Xiangyi thought to himself, no wonder his master repeatedly told him to go to Tianji Manor before throwing him down the mountain.
The master and his apprentice encountered Di Feisheng, who was returning after taking revenge, on their way. Thus, Lotus Pavilion gained another guest.
The kind that you can't get rid of no matter how hard you try.
Fang Xiaobao is a sweet and caring son to Li Xiangyi, but he turns into a furious little dog when facing Di Feisheng, still holding a grudge against Di Feisheng for injuring his master in the East China Sea.
Di Feisheng remained silent, but since he lived in the young master's building, it wouldn't be right for him to hit the child.
So along the way, when Li Xiangyi was instructing Fang Xiaobao on martial arts, Di Feisheng always had different opinions, and the two often fought over it. Whoever won got to do what he said, but in the end, they always listened to Li Xiangyi.
Xiao Bao: "Master is mighty! Master is the best in the world!"
Di Feisheng: "Sooner or later, someone else will be replaced."
The two adults and one child bickered and argued all the way, and finally entered the territory of Yunyin Mountain. From afar, they saw a woman in red leading a group of people wandering at the foot of the mountain.
Li Xiangyi leaned out and then pulled back in.
"Ah Fei, your beautiful girlfriend is looking for you, why don't you go quickly?"
Di Feisheng glanced at him sideways, then moved and flew out of the Lotus Pavilion.
"Your Excellency."
Upon hearing the flute's sound, Jiao Liqiao's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly went to greet it.
"Your Majesty, Aqiao is about to go up the mountain to find you. Where have you been? Have your injuries healed?"
Overjoyed, she stepped forward to hug Di Feisheng, but Di Feisheng dodged her.
"I'm fine."
Jiao Liqiao's expression stiffened for a moment, but she quickly composed herself: "Your Majesty, since you are now alright, please return to the Golden Mandarin Duck Alliance with me."
"I'm not going back. The Golden Mandarin Duck Alliance is now in your hands. You can handle it."
Anyway, he's been focused on martial arts training all these years and has never paid attention to it.
"Not going back?" Jiao Liqiao asked incredulously. "Absolutely not, Your Majesty, the Golden Mandarin Duck Alliance cannot do without you..."
After a pause, she couldn't help but express her feelings: "Aqiao...Aqiao can't live without you either."
After Jiao Liqiao finished speaking, she raised her head, her captivating eyes staring intently at Di Feisheng.
"Your Majesty, after all these years, do you really not understand Aqiao's feelings for you? What I've always wanted is not the Golden Couple Alliance, but you."
Any man would be mesmerized by her appearance, but unfortunately, she fell in love with the sound of flutes and couldn't appreciate it at all.
"Don't think I don't know about your little tricks. I don't kill women, so don't come looking for death again."
“Aqiao doesn’t know what Your Majesty is talking about.”
"The Twelve Guardians, the Thunderfire Bomb, the Jade Tea Poison—do I need to explain it more clearly?"
Jiao Liqiao's heart skipped a beat; he knew everything.
"Your Majesty, everything I did was for you. I know you always wanted to defeat Li Xiangyi, so I wanted to help you kill him. It was all because I love you."
"Enough! I want to win fair and square, not by using despicable means like poisoning. You've made me a laughingstock. Get out of here."
"Li Xiangyi, Li Xiangyi, you only have eyes for Li Xiangyi, you never see me, but so what? Haha, without the Forget-River Flower, he would probably have been reincarnated long ago." Jiao Liqiao laughed wildly.
Li Xiangyi, who had become the butt of the gossip himself: "..."
Just for this, you poisoned him?
No, is Jiao Liqiao crazy? Di Feisheng doesn't want to be with her, what does that have to do with Li Xiangyi?
He quickly instructed his young apprentice: "Xiao Bao, did you see that? Never look for a wife like this in the future, or you might end up suffering a lot."
Fang Xiaobao grinned foolishly: "Master doesn't have a wife yet, so I'm not in a hurry."
Li Xiangyi, who had been precisely stabbed, was speechless.
Di Feisheng was also completely bewildered. He didn't want to pay any more attention to the crazed Jiao Liqiao, so he turned around and strode towards the Lotus Tower.
Jiao Liqiao then noticed the Lotus Pavilion. Misled by the elegant word "lotus," she imagined something else, and her beautiful face became increasingly distorted.
"Di Feisheng, did you abandon me and the Golden Mandarin Duck Alliance for that vixen in the Lotus Pavilion?"
Li, the fox spirit, Xiang Yi: "..."
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