A ship was moored outside the door.
Yan Liang stared at the ship, his eyes widening slightly.
The three people beside him were the same, their expressions revealing surprise.
Boats are usually used only on water, but the boat in front of us is clearly not a boat used on water.
Yan Liang: I want to go up.
He had never ridden in a boat that could travel through the desert.
"Can my camel come up with it too?"
When Changsun Hong led several people to board the ship, Yan Liang made a request.
Chu Liuxiang and his companions couldn't help but turn back to look at the young man below. Surprisingly, he showed no reluctance to board the boat, his eyes revealing an eager anticipation. He glanced at the boat, then at the camel tethered at the inn's entrance, his meaning quite clear.
Yan Liang added, "I can't bear to lose twenty-five taels of silver here."
Changsun Hong was taken aback for a moment, then laughed and said, "So that camel was yours? Twenty-five taels of silver is too expensive. Could it be some kind of fine breed of camel?"
Yan Liang scratched the back of his head and smiled: "I got ripped off by the innkeeper... but the camel is great. The desert is hard to traverse, and I owe my arrival here to it."
The group: "..."
It's not surprising that a camel knows the way, but it is strange that this camel knows how to walk from the desert to a shady inn.
Changsun Hong laughed, "You silly goose... They probably think they've already ripped you off once, and want to rip you off again." She smiled sweetly at Yan Liang, "Since it's so valuable, go and bring it over."
What she didn't say was that even if the camel hadn't been taken away, its owner wouldn't be able to stay with it for long once it was on the ship.
Yan Liang led the camel onto the boat as he wished. The three people who came out of the cabin immediately noticed the camel with its blinking eyes, while the people standing next to the camel became mere background figures.
Wu Hua, disguised as Wu Juxuan, is a sleazy, rat-faced man, but his speech is incredibly elegant, and he is even married to the great beauty Changsun Hong.
Yan Liang always felt that the person called Wu Juxuan was paying close attention to him.
The desert sands stretched endlessly, and the large ship had already begun its journey, with the sand whistling past its hull.
Yan Liang was completely unaware of the grudges and affections between Chu Liuxiang and others, Shi Guanyin, and Wuhua, and stayed quietly by his little hunchback like a chicken.
Wu Juxuan immediately recognized that the person disguised as the "hunchback" was Chu Liuxiang. Since Yidianhong had brought Chu Liuxiang onto the ship, she could no longer use him.
After revealing Chu Liuxiang's identity, Wu Juxuan had them thrown into the cabin, and was somewhat at a loss as to what to do with Yan Liang.
"Why did you bring him back to the ship?" Wu Juxuan asked Changsun Hong, her expression showing impatience. "You already have me, do you still want another one?"
Changsun Hong smiled gently: "When ordinary people talk to you, I always say that a beautiful flower is stuck in cow dung. Even though I like you, everyone has a love for beauty. This young master is so handsome. Not only do I like him, but I'm sure Master will like him too."
Wu Juxuan's face was not very good. Others assumed he was angry because his wife had cheated on him, but only he knew that this "handsome young master" had once been his junior brother.
He was also a junior brother who had been poisoned by him but hadn't died.
"Do you really have to keep him here?" Wu Juxuan said coldly. "There are countless handsome men. Even Chu Liuxiang below, without his disguise, could be considered a handsome man... Let's kill him."
Chu Liuxiang below smiled wryly, unsure whether he should be happy to be praised by the weasel-faced Wu Juxuan.
“One more or one less makes no difference. What harm is there in letting him stay on the ship?” Changsun Hong’s voice was clear and crisp.
Yan Liang gave an awkward yet polite smile as he met the gazes of the group.
"This person's origins and purpose are unknown. Be careful not to bring him onto the ship, or you might ruin everything."
Wu Juxuan looked at Yan Liang with the same coldness he would show a dead man.
Changsun Hong tilted her head slightly and looked at Yan Liang: "Why did you come to the desert?"
Yan Liang: "Find someone."
Who are you looking for?
"I'm looking for an old man's grandson."
A burlap sack was tied to the camel's back. As Yan Liang spoke, he untied the sack and took out a stick from it.
A piece of yellow cloth was wrapped around the stick. Wu Juxuan watched coldly as the boy unfolded the cloth. When he saw what was on the yellow cloth, his eyebrows twitched and his expression became strange.
The yellow cloth was embroidered with two lines of large characters: "Divine Calculation, One Divination for Five Coins".
Yan Liang patted the fortune-telling banner and began to explain: "Divine calculation, five coins per divination. That old man's grandson has been missing for two years. I calculated that he was here, so I came here specifically to find him."
Wu Juxuan: "..."
Wu Juxuan confirmed once again that the face was indeed that of the Shaolin monk Wuji, and the distance between the eyes was exactly the same.
So, how did a monk start telling fortunes after leaving the monastic life?
Chu Liuxiang, who was in the lower deck of the ship, also fell into the same confusion as Wuhua.
Ji Bingyan noticed the expression on his face and looked at him questioningly. Chu Liuxiang shook his head, indicating that he was fine.
The atmosphere on the deck fell into an eerie silence after Yan Liang's speech. Changsun Hong smiled at him, while Wu Juxuan frowned slightly. The two traitors from Kucha knew very little about the customs of the Central Plains and were somewhat intrigued by the rumored "fortune telling".
"Five coins for a divination... cheap and affordable. Want to have your fortune told?" Yan Liang asked.
In this situation, anyone who can say such heartless things is either pretending to be crazy or is truly heartless.
Wu Juxuan's expression was strange. Just as he was about to speak, a fragrant breeze wafted over, and his expression changed. He looked at the newcomer respectfully—
The person who came was none other than Stone Guanyin.
Wu Juxuan and Changsun Hong paid their respects, but the two traitors from the Kingdom of Kucha were so stunned by Shi Guanyin's beauty that they were speechless.
Yan Liang leaned against his camel and saw a woman descend from the sky, her clothes fluttering, her appearance like that of a celestial being.
This is probably the Stone Guanyin they were talking about...
Yan Liang seemed to be deep in thought.
After talking with the others and discussing the matter of the Kingdom of Kucha, Shi Guanyin turned to Yan Liang, who had been listening in.
Yan Liang met her gaze, smiled slightly, and the fortune-telling banner in his hand fluttered in the wind, occasionally obscuring his face.
The moment his vision was blocked by the yellow cloth, Yan Liang breathed a sigh of relief. When the fortune-telling banner was removed, he still had a smile on his face, remaining calm in the face of danger.
Shi Guanyin smiled and said, "This young master is very handsome."
Yan Liang smiled but remained silent.
She looked at Changsun Hong, who was standing next to Wu Juxuan, and said, "You brought him to the boat, are you dissatisfied with your husband?"
Changsun Hong said, "Of course I'm very satisfied with my husband, but seeing how handsome this young master is, I guess you, Master, might like someone like him..."
Shi Guanyin stared at Changsun Hong with a half-smile, her gaze unwavering, until it sent chills down Changsun Hong's spine, along with that of Wu Juxuan beside him. Only then did she say leisurely, "You've been thoughtful. Take him back with you."
Without even glancing at Yan Liang, she had already decided whether he would stay or leave, treating him entirely as an object.
Yan Liang remained as quiet as a chicken, not uttering a single word.
Shi Guanyin came to Yan Liang's ship from another ship, which was moored not far away.
Before being thrown onto the ship, Yan Liang made one last request: "Can I stay with my camel?"
Wu Juxuan glanced at him, grabbed Yan Liang's sleeve, and threw him onto the deck of the opposite boat.
Yan Liang caught a glimpse of Chu Liuxiang and his two companions slowly walking up the gangway below. All three of them were looking up at him.
He fell at the feet of the girl in white on the boat, frowning. The girl in white had her face covered by a white veil, only her eyes were visible. She looked down at him and took a few steps to the side.
The camel slowly followed behind Yidianhong as it climbed the gangway onto the deck.
Yan Liang pushed himself up. There were only five people and a camel on the boat at that moment.
The girl in white coldly tossed them into the cabin below, while the camel was left on the deck.
Yan Liang and the other three stared at each other from below the cabin.
Chu Liuxiang's disguise had been removed, and upon seeing this face, Yan Liang was reminded of the Chu Liuxiang he had met at Shaolin Temple. Yan Liang wasn't sure if Chu Liuxiang still remembered him, but Chu Liuxiang asked directly, "Little Master, do you still remember me?"
Yan Liang paused for a moment, then realized what he meant: "I have now returned to secular life, so you don't need to call me Little Master, just call me Yan Liang."
Chu Liuxiang nodded, pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Why are you here?"
"A brilliant divination, worth five coins in one divination. I'm helping an old man find his grandson." Yan Liang repeated, his expression open and honest, not like he was lying.
Ji Bingyan said coldly, "Why would a monk like you become a fortune teller after leaving the monastic life? Aren't you just trying to cheat people for money?"
Despite her shrewdness, Ji Bingyan was still easily deceived in her business dealings. Therefore, she held Yan Liang, a charlatan, in utter contempt and often spoke sharply of him.
Chu Liuxiang glanced at him helplessly. Since Ji Bingyan had asked the same question he wanted to ask, Chu Liuxiang silently looked at Yan Liang.
Yan Liang felt a strange familiarity with this question. Thinking of Bai Yutang, he couldn't help but smile slightly and said, "Believe it or not, I calculated it, so what can you do to me?"
Ji Bingyan: "...You!"
Chu Liuxiang could tell that the young man meant no harm. Seeing Ji Bingyan so angry, he couldn't help but laugh loudly, which earned him a fierce glare from Ji Bingyan.
Yidianhong remained silent, her heavy mood from being captured easing somewhat.
Their predicament should have created a somber atmosphere, but Chu Liuxiang's hearty laughter lightened the mood considerably. Anyone unaware of their situation would likely be infected by their positive energy.
The cabin was separated from the outside by only a plank. Qu Wurong stood on the plank, slowly stroking the camel beside her, while hearty laughter came from below.
A figure could be faintly seen in front of the large ship. Qu Wurong looked at the figure emerging from the sandstorm, and Chu Liuxiang, who was laughing loudly in the cabin, also saw the figure and exclaimed in surprise, "That's Xiao Hu!"
Hu Tiehua, a close friend of the legendary thief Chu Liuxiang, roamed the martial arts world with Ji Bingyan, leaving behind the reputation of "wild geese and butterflies as wings, and the fragrance of flowers filling the world."
She glanced down at the items she had taken from Chu Liuxiang and the other two, then leaped off the boat and landed lightly on the desert.
Yan Liang caught a glimpse of Qu Wurong's figure through the porthole and seemed lost in thought.
Chu Liuxiang looked at Hu Tiehua, who was talking loudly to the girl in white. He mistook Qu Wurong for Shi Guanyin.
"He must have been drinking again." Chu Liuxiang was a little annoyed. "He really is an old drunkard. Sooner or later, he will make a mistake because of drinking."
"What do you mean by sooner or later? He has already made mistakes many times before."
Ji Bingyan was also angry, and when he got angry, he spoke without any mercy.
Yidianhong watched the two of them get angry, and just then, he noticed the monk who called himself Yan Liang, a former layman, come over and press several acupoints on his body. Yidianhong clearly felt his internal energy begin to flow smoothly.
Yidianhong: "………???!"
This clumsy technique... gave Yidianhong the illusion that this person was using him as a practice subject.
Qu Wurong turned back to the boat and found it quiet inside.
She frowned and went into the cabin.
Qu Wurong pushed open the door to the room where Chu Liuxiang and the others were, but it was empty and there was no one in sight.
Her heart tightened, and she panicked. She turned around to look for the people who had escaped, but saw them standing on the wooden steps behind her, watching her.
Chu Liuxiang touched his nose and smiled slightly at her.
Author's Note: Staying at home...so boring, lol
Spend the day in a daze
I don't want to type (doge)
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