"Today's Hundred Rivers Academy Sword Appreciation Ceremony requires an invitation or a referral to enter." The disciple guarding the entrance of Hundred Rivers Academy stretched out his hand to stop the three of them from advancing and explained the reason.
"Hey! What brings you all here!" Fang Duobing, who happened to be passing by the gate, saw them. He had originally planned to wait until the sword appreciation ceremony to go to Pudu Temple to find them, but he hadn't expected them to come. However, this made sense, since the sword appreciation ceremony was awarding his master Li Xiangyi's sword!
Li Lianhua blurted out, "Oh, it's like this. This is a sword appreciation competition, and this A-Fei hasn't seen much of the world, so he insisted on coming to join in the fun."
That explained it to him. He hadn't noticed the look Di Feisheng was giving Li Lianhua. Turning to the gatekeeper, he explained, "These are my friends, the recently renowned Lotus Pavilion Master, the Divine Physician Li Lianhua, and his wife."
As for this guy, he's just one of his handymen. "I'll be the one recommending them and taking them in. Come on, come on, I'll take you somewhere!"
Di Feisheng, who had been called a errand boy, looked at Fang Duobing. It was obvious that this was Fang Duobing's revenge.
Fang Duobing led the three of them to a room where there was a painting. The painting depicted a person standing with his back to his side, holding a sword in his right hand. Fang Duobing solemnly introduced the painting to them: "Come, come, before the sword appreciation gathering, I would like to solemnly introduce someone to you. Look! This is a portrait of my master, Li Xiangyi!"
Fang Duobing spoke in such a cheerful tone that if he had a tail, it would be wagging very loudly.
"It looks pretty ordinary, but it really does ward off evil spirits." Li Lianhua noticed that the person in the portrait had their back to her, giving it a mysterious feel.
Upon hearing this, Fang Duobing was the first to get angry: "How dare you talk like that! Watch your mouth! His portrait was hung here when Baichuan Academy was established! Ten years have passed, and no one can forget him."
Oh, right, you have some candy on you, give me two. What are you looking at? I know you like candy, stop being stingy, give me another one!
Li Lianhua speechlessly took out the candy from her body. Seeing Fang Duobing place the candy on the table in front of the portrait, she was even more speechless. What kind of self-sacrifice was this?
"I think it looks great, Lotus, take another look and see if you agree?" Li Lianxin said to Li Lianhua with a smile in her eyes.
"Um"
Fang Duo didn't hear Li Lianhua's "hmm" laugh, but he greatly agreed with what Li Lianxin said, "Madam Li is right! Li Lianhua, you should learn from your wife. If someone like you were to go out like that and someone else heard you, they would chase you for blocks."
"Sigh~ But speaking of which, I remember that I would bring him something every time I came. In everyone's eyes, he is Li Xiangyi, the leader of the Sigu Sect. He is the support of many people and the target that many people want to challenge."
But not many people really pay attention to his preferences. Let me tell you a secret, I've seen him secretly eating candy, hiding from everyone. Who would have thought that Lin Xiangyi, the number one martial artist, would be as happy as a child eating a piece of candy?
Fang Duobing felt a little sad when he said this. Ten years have passed, and he still hasn't found his master. They had agreed that he would become a disciple after he grew up, but he disappeared before he even grew up.
After calming himself down, Fang Duobing looked at Li Lianhua and suddenly realized that he did look somewhat like the person in the painting. "Hey, you know what, you do resemble my master a bit."
Li Lianxin found the scene quite beautiful, so fitting for the occasion. If they both knew each other's true identities now and could have a grand reunion of family instead of master and disciple, it would be incredibly exciting! But then, Di Feisheng, that spoilsport, abruptly spoke up: "He's not..."
"Who isn't he?" How does Afei know his master?
"In the Battle of the East China Sea, Li Xiangyi lost, and he won second place." Di Feisheng's tone was somewhat proud; after all, he had won! He was the number one in the world.
Di Feisheng's words truly enraged Fang Duobing. He could criticize anyone, but not his master; anyone who did would get angry! "You said Li Xiangyi lost to Di Feisheng. Did you see it? They fought at sea! Where were you? Are you a fish spirit or a turtle spirit?"
As Fang Duobing was saying this, he rolled up his sleeves and was about to step forward to teach Di Feisheng a lesson, but Li Lianhua quickly reached out and stopped him, changing the subject, "Hey? Stop arguing, did you hear that? It's about to start, let's go."
Upon hearing that it was about to begin, Fang Duobing forgot all about reprimanding Di Feisheng and angrily uttered a sentence to him, "Watch your mouth!"
When the group arrived outside, the area was already packed with people, all waiting to see the young master.
Standing above Ji Hanfo, the time was almost up, and he spoke: "Young Master has been silent for ten years. His reappearance in the world is entirely due to the help of friends in the martial arts world. Even more fortunate is that two old friends have worked tirelessly for him."
Upon hearing this, Fang Duobing immediately understood, "So it was Miss Qiao and Master Xiao who were looking for the Young Master's Sword."
Li Lianhua looked at the people standing above, a mocking smile playing on her lips.
"So many years have passed, and we are very comforted to find the young master that Xiang Yi never parted with during his lifetime. Today, we hope that all of us in the martial arts world will not forget the ideal of punishing evil and promoting good, and of a peaceful world, so as not to fail Xiang Yi's wishes."
As Qiao Wanmian spoke, her eyes were filled with sadness. Xiao Zijin stood beside her, her concern undisguised. Looking at Shi Shui, she said angrily, "Xiao Zijin is becoming less and less discreet these days!"
"Hey, fourth brother, it's been ten years." Bai Jiangchun immediately spoke up for Xiao Zijin. If this weren't his brother, Shi Shui would have cursed him outright. Back then, this was the same person who constantly talked about disbanding the Si Gu Sect.
He said everything he did was for the good of Sigumen, and even pretended to approach Wanmian under the guise of comforting her. To put it bluntly, he was after the sect leader's woman. What a hypocrite!
Xiao Zijin, naturally unable to hear their conversation, stepped forward and said with great satisfaction, "I am honored to witness the return of the Young Master Sword to the world with you all!"
[Tch~, what a hypocrite! Even Di Feisheng, the big devil of the Golden Mandarin Duck Alliance, is much more upright than him!] Li Lianxin complained, feeling nauseous just looking at his face.
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