Chapter 51 Be Prepared If I accidentally die on the spot, I only hope that you…
In other places, one would naturally be reluctant to use these spirit stones to power a small boat, but the cultivation world has no shortage of spirit stones. Yun Mingyue was very generous and directly loaded a box onto the boat for her to use as she pleased, which was truly magnanimous.
Li Chenjin boarded the small boat carrying the sweet fermented rice balls. As she inserted a spirit stone into the recessed area at the bow, the small boat began to move slowly forward on its own.
Li Chen took out a fishing rod she had previously treasured from the storage bag at her waist, hooked it, and sat down at the bow of the boat to start fishing.
The warm sunlight shone down on the vast expanse of emerald green lotus leaves, making the lotus flowers swaying among them appear exceptionally delicate and vibrant.
The sweet rice balls had never seen such a scene before, so they immediately reached out to grab the lotus leaves and lotus flowers that floated past the small boat, nearly falling into the lake several times.
Li Chen ignored it all, humming a tune as he waited for the fish to bite.
After humming for an unknown amount of time, her fishing rod suddenly stirred slightly, but at that moment, the sweet rice balls next to her suddenly barked, scaring away the fish that had just gathered together.
Li Chen sighed and turned to look in the direction of the fermented rice balls. He saw a fresh lotus pod and a lotus bud about to bloom in front of it.
Meanwhile, the sweet fermented rice balls were squatting properly in front of the lotus pod and lotus flower, sticking out their tongues and looking at her with bright eyes, as if waiting for her praise.
She reached out and patted the head of the sweet fermented rice ball, and said softly, "We finally managed to catch a few fish, but your shout scared them all away. It seems you won't be able to eat grilled fish anytime soon. I'll peel some lotus seeds for you instead."
Li Chen had just picked a lotus seed from the lotus pod and was about to peel it when she suddenly felt the small boat, which had been moving steadily, shake violently. Then a voice slowly came from behind her: "I thought you wouldn't be happy staying in the Pure Land."
Li Chen was startled and turned around to see Shen Zhengyuan appear on the small boat at some point, holding a spirit fish from Lotus Lake in his hand.
The spirit fish has been dealt with, but it's unclear when he did it.
Shen Zhengyuan sat down cross-legged quite naturally, showing no airs of an old ancestor of the cultivation world. In an instant, it was as if they had returned to hundreds of years ago, when the two of them were sometimes hungry and sometimes full.
Shen Zhengyuan handed her the spirit fish and said, "If you want grilled fish, why go through all this trouble? Just tell the disciples in the Pure Realm."
Li Chen smiled and said, "Oh... it's nice to have everything done for you, but you can't rely on others too much. Otherwise, what if you encounter something one day and have to rely on yourself, but you're completely clueless about these little things?"
Shen Zhengyuan didn't respond to her question, but instead asked, "I heard from the disciples of Pinglan Palace that you were looking for me."
Li Chen said, "Sect Leader Shen, what you're saying is strange. You were the one who forcibly invited me here. But after I arrived, you, as the host, have been nowhere to be seen all day, leaving me, the guest, to wander around your house. What kind of logic is that?"
Shen Zhengyuan said calmly, "I thought you wouldn't want to see me. If I kept following you, how would you escape?"
Li Chen almost thought that Shen Zhengyuan had seen through his thoughts, so he glanced at Shen Zhengyuan without making a sound.
Seeing that he looked normal and neither like a dead person nor an evil spirit, it seemed that what she had seen in Shen Zhengyuan's secret room before was perhaps not the real Shen Zhengyuan.
But if that weren't the case, since the secret chamber in Shen Zhengyuan's bedchamber was still wide open when she left, there's no reason he wouldn't ask about it when he returned.
And most importantly, on Shen Zhengyuan's territory, besides Shen Zhengyuan himself, who else could tamper with his bedroom?
Li Chen's eyes darted around, and he smiled, continuing, "Sect Leader Shen, you are mistaken. It's only ten days. Why would I bother to run away? Unless you break your promise and refuse to let me leave when the time comes, or you let me leave on the surface but secretly do something to me, then I won't bother."
Shen Zhengyuan said, "What if I break my promise?"
Li Chen shook his head and said seriously, "Sect Leader Shen is the master of the cultivation world. Those younger disciples all take Sect Leader Shen as their role model. I'm sure Sect Leader Shen would not take the lead in doing such a thing."
Shen Zhengyuan chuckled and said in a low voice, "You're still so good at flattering people."
Li Chenjin continued, "How can this be considered flattery? What I just said came from the bottom of my heart. Sect Leader Shen is a rare hero in the cultivation world. I have nothing but admiration for Sect Leader Shen. How could I be insincere towards him?"
Shen Zhengyuan chuckled incomprehensibly, then stopped responding and took out a box from his Qiankun bag.
When the box was opened, three thousand-year-old snow lotuses lay quietly inside.
Li Chen raised an eyebrow, looking quite surprised, and said, "Could it be that the snow lotuses on Snow Mang Mountain have aged considerably overnight? These thousand-year-old snow lotuses look like the radishes and cabbages sold on the street."
Shen Zhengyuan interjected, "It's just that some special magic arrays were used. If you want, it wouldn't be difficult to get you tens of thousands of thousand-year-old snow lotuses."
Li Chen smiled, his smile very kind. "It seems that Sect Leader Shen's skill in magic has reached its peak. It's a pity that I'm afraid I'll have to let down Sect Leader Shen's efforts in this matter. If it had been earlier, perhaps this thousand-year snow lotus could have saved my life. Now, let alone save me, I'd be lucky if it didn't kill me after I ate it."
Li Chen glanced at the three thousand-year-old snow lotuses in the box, then smiled and said, "It can repair spiritual veins and indeed treat internal injuries to a certain extent. Sect Leader Shen has used it before, so he must know more about it than I do."
"But things have two sides, yin and yang, and the same goes for medicinal herbs. Medicine that can save lives can also kill. I can't counteract its medicinal power. Even with the help of Sect Leader Shen, there's at most a 10% chance that I'll recover, and a 90% chance that it will worsen my injuries. Plus, the process is extremely torturous."
"So, Sect Leader Shen, you see, since it will be so painful and there may be no results, why not let go of your obsession and let me pass away more comfortably?"
Shen Zhengyuan paused for a moment before slowly saying, "Even if you die, I have a way to keep you in this world. I wasn't capable enough to keep my loved ones by my side before, but I can't possibly not keep you now."
"Unfortunately, things in this world rarely go as planned," Li Chen said. "I know that you, Sect Leader Shen, have witnessed so many people around you die one after another, and this knot in your heart is hard to untie in a short time, but..."
Before she could finish speaking, Shen Zhengyuan interrupted her, saying, "You have already cultivated a demigod body, which is different from ordinary people. Perhaps you can give it a try."
Li Chen nodded repeatedly, "That's right, that's right. That's why I didn't die on the spot after suffering such serious injuries, and was able to live for so many years."
"But Sect Leader Shen, you don't need to deceive yourself anymore. If you had truly learned medicine, you would have seen that not only are my spiritual veins damaged, but all my meridians and even my internal organs are also damaged. My injuries are several times more severe than yours were. If I had had a thousand-year-old snow lotus as a medicinal ingredient in the first year after I was injured, and if the old monk Mingcun had been there to treat me, I would have recovered by at least 50%, if not completely. It would just have made little progress in my cultivation afterward."
"But at that time, there were no thousand-year snow lotuses. After that, every year that passed, the chances of my injuries being healed decreased by 10%. Now, if I'm lucky, I have two or three years left. If I'm unlucky, it might only be a few months."
"So, Sect Leader Shen, I truly can't cure him anymore. The fact that Elder Monk Mingcun didn't tell me doesn't mean I'm a fool. I also hope you can let go of your inner turmoil and stop clinging to these things. Of course, it would be best if you didn't try to scare people like evil spirits."
Shen Zhengyuan listened to her words without saying anything for a long time, and it was unclear whether he had understood what she was saying.
After a long pause, he slowly said, "You tell me to let go of my inner conflict, but can you let go of yours?"
Li Chen smiled at him. "Of course. I never pay too much attention to people or things that are not worth it."
"If you really want to give it a try, Sect Leader Shen, that's fine too. But please be prepared. If I accidentally die on the spot, I won't blame you. I just hope you can take good care of the sweet rice balls and send them off on their final journey. Consider it a token of my gratitude for its saving my life, since we're good friends."
Shen Zhengyuan: "..."
He stopped speaking, and Li Chenjin also stopped speaking.
After returning to shore, the two found a suitable spot, set up a fire, and began to silently grill the fish.
As soon as Li Chen finished grilling the fish and lifted it up, the sweet fermented rice balls started to snuggle into her arms, waiting for her to give it the fish.
But before he could even touch her a few times, Li Chen gently pushed him aside.
Immediately afterward, under the watchful eyes of the sweet fermented rice balls, the grilled fish was presented to Shen Zhengyuan.
When Shen Zhengyuan saw the skewer of grilled fish appear in front of him, he was clearly taken aback, as if he hadn't expected Li Chenjin to give him the fish. When he turned to look at Li Chenjin, he saw Li Chenjin rubbing his nose and saying, "We have to set some rules. It can only be its turn after the people have finished eating. Otherwise, what if it tries to steal the food later?"
As she spoke, seeing that Shen Zhengyuan didn't seem inclined to accept, she raised an eyebrow and said, "What? Are you worried that my skills have declined, or has Headmaster Shen become too fond of delicacies these past few years and looks down on the products from my 'small workshop'?"
Shen Zhengyuan said, "I thought you wouldn't give it to me."
Li Chen asked repeatedly, "If I don't give it to you, who will I give it to? In the past, whenever there was some food, I would always feed it to you first. This habit has been formed, and it won't be easy to change it now. Take it."
Li Chen watched as Shen Zhengyuan took the skewer of grilled fish, casually patted the head of the sweet fermented rice balls beside him, picked up a fishing rod, sat on the railing, and began fishing while humming a little tune.
He stared at Li Chenjin's back for a long time before slowly turning his gaze to the sweet fermented rice balls squatting beside him, drooling as they looked at the grilled fish in his hand.
This dog is still a dog; no matter how smart it is, it will still be greedy when it sees food.
After a long while, Li Chen saw no movement behind him. When he turned around, he saw Shen Zhengyuan putting fish meat with the bones removed to the sweet rice balls' mouth.
Author's Note: Little Li habitually tries to subtly probe for information [doge emoji]
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Oh dear, the "Beat the Summer Heat" event seems to be ending soon. Before it ends, let me try again and hope to get 1300 nutrient solution! [cat emoji]
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