Chapter 156: Long Grass and Flying Warblers on the Young Boy's Shoulder[1]

Cui Chan hopped off the well and walked back to the Boundary Pavilion. He stopped outside and became motionless. Because the Autumn Reed Inn didn't want people to investigate the old well without authorization, the Boundary Pavilion only had a single entrance and exit on the western side. 

Right now, Cui Chan was standing on the eastern side with a slightly dazed look on his face. In the end, he gritted his teeth and placed his hands on the railing of the pavilion, exerting his full strength to climb up and flip himself onto the long bench inside the pavilion. He panted heavily as he lay on the bench.

Yu Lu and Xie Xie became slightly alert when they saw this, and they simply treated this as the imperial preceptor of the Great Li Empire playing tricks and toying with them. They were extremely wary of falling into his traps.

To put things bluntly, Yu Lu and Xie Xie wouldn't dare to do anything even if Cui Chan stood still and handed a saber to them. In fact, they wouldn't even dare to accept the saber.

In Xie Xie's eyes, Chen Ping'an was only able to treat Cui Chan with such indifference because of his ignorance and lack of understanding of Cui Chan's status. Chen Ping'an had never witnessed the true world of cultivators before, and this meant that he didn't understand the profound importance and meaning behind battles between cultivators, the opening and closing of temples, and the notion of attaining Dao and achieving immortality.

Once the first disciple of the Scholarly Sage, Cui Chan was also the imperial preceptor of the Great Li Empire and a Qi refiner at the peak stage of the 12th tier. Any one of these identities was as impressive and profound as a towering mountain. These were identities so magnificent that they could completely suppress and stifle a person.

Now, however, the feeble Cui Chan was lying on a bench inside the pavilion and panting like a dog. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "As you guys can see, I've suffered an unexpected misfortune recently. Not only have I lost all of my cultivation and become extremely weak, but I've even lost the ability to use my pocket treasure. I've become a weak and defenseless bugger. So if you two have any grievances or resentment toward me, then now is the best time for you to act. This is a once-in-a-blue-moon opportunity, and it's an opportunity that you'll never get again in the future."

Cui Chan turned around to gaze at the territory of the Great Li Empire that lay beyond this inn and beyond this nation. His voice was feeble as he cursed, "You're enjoying the benefits, yet I'm suffering the consequences. Fuck your grandpa,...