Chapter 888 - 249: A Lifetime Without Regret, Sword Cuts the Underworld

Chapter 888: Chapter 249: A Lifetime Without Regret, Sword Cuts the Underworld

Yellow Mud Dao, the willows have yet to turn green, and there’s a little snow in the sky.

Li Ping’an bought a cart of strong liquor and came to a clearing in the forest.

In the clearing, a bonfire was burning, with fresh hunted game and fish roasting over it.

A young-looking man sat in the center, smiling;

A pretty long-legged female cultivator sat beside him, not lifting a finger, while a stick turned itself. Occasionally, the pretty female cultivator glanced at the young man beside her and smugly raised her chin, as if to say, "I’m a Fourth Grade too";

Xiao Wu Ya squatted in the tree, watching the fire and meat, and upon hearing a noise, looked at the person who returned with the liquor, exclaiming, "Ping’an is finally back, Ping’an is back!"

Yaojue smiled and said, "We were just wondering if something had happened to you since you were gone so long."

Li Ping’an smiled and said, "Safe and sound."

Then he sighed, "It’s just that now... it’s hard to buy liquor."

Everyone was momentarily stunned, then burst into laughter, finding his words amusing.

As for "hard to buy liquor," everyone understood; this place was already the Star Sea Dao, far from the Central Capital.

Moreover, much of the soil here was nearing desertification, barren to the extreme.

The disasters in Shanbao County back then were insignificant compared to now, incomparable.

Li Ping’an parked the cart in the woods, taking up a jug of liquor to drink heartily with Li Yuan.

"Is it good?"

Xiao Wu Ya asked with a caw.

In the past, she had seen Sister Tang Nian often drink, and she had tried it herself later on, but the liquor... it was too spicy, not tasty at all.

Li Yuan patted open a jug of liquor and said, "Why don’t you try it to find out."

Xiaozhao was no longer a little girl.

Xiao Wu Ya cawed, "I was just asking, I won’t drink it."

Yaojue didn’t drink either, she could drink, but right now she was solely focused on grilling fish and meat for the father and son, then placed the food on stone plates in front of them.

Today, for Li Ping’an, was an extremely important day.

After today, his mental realm might ascend to another level.

Youths wear fresh clothes, bold and arrogant;

Only in middle age do they realize the cruelty and helplessness of the world, thus endure silently while striving desperately, causing their belts to widen, temples to turn gray, whether they regret or not remains unknown;

Now, with this drink, the hardened and sharp heart will soften somewhat, will not only release without restraint. This is the remorse of a vigorous dragon, thus achieving longevity.

Li Yuan did not teach his son martial arts, but he always made the right choices at crucial moments.

Yaojue secretly watched the young man beside her, whose appearance seemed no different from an ordinary youth except for those deep eyes. Compared to him, she even seemed like a long-legged old lady.

However, even as a long-legged old lady, she was a beautiful one.

Yaojue was thinking of reminiscing with this young man again tonight.

As she grilled meat, she laughed cheerfully, thinking that "the sky for a blanket, the earth for a mat" would be a first-time delight.

She was filled with some expectation.

Then, her big eyes rolled around, and suddenly she pulled out a small jade bottle from her bosom, shook it, and said, "Heart-Burning Flower Powder."

Xiao Wu Ya shouted, "Aunt Yao, how come you even prepared this in advance?"

Yaojue said, "Didn’t I guess the father and son would meet and drink, so I brought it along."

Li Ping’an took the jade bottle and began to evenly sprinkle it into the liquor.

Then, the father and son drank until dawn.

Yaojue pouted unhappily.

But Li Ping’an was understanding, he said, "The son is drunk, the father too... Aunt Yao, you help Father rest."

Yaojue winked at Elder Li, then helped Li Yuan up.

Li Yuan, reeking of alcohol, shouted, "I’m not drunk!"

In fact, he wasn’t drunk.

Heart-Burning Flower could only intoxicate Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Grades, how could it intoxicate him?

Not to mention him, even Li Ping’an wouldn’t get drunk.

To seek inebriation was difficult.

But slightly tipsy, that they were, indeed.

"I’m not drunk!"

Li Yuan continued to shout.

The old lady laughed as she helped the young man up, softly comforting him, "Not drunk, you’re not drunk."

She supported Li Yuan, walking farther and farther, followed by Xiao Wu Ya.

Soon, Xiao Wu Ya flew back, landing on the stone table, glancing at Li Ping’an still drinking, and said, "Dad and Aunt Yao went to a nearby town to stay."

Because a Tree Grandmother Xiaozhao went with Li Ping’an to East Sea, the siblings were very close, without any estrangement.

Li Ping’an sighed lightly, "I feel I’m still not as good as Father."

Xiao Wu Ya asked, "Why?"

Li Ping’an said, "Father must have experienced much more than I have, yet even so, Father remains so calm and detached, but I... have become so weathered.

Father walks in the whirlpool of life as if stepping through shallow water, merely getting his shoes wet; but I have been struggling in the vortex, every day, every hour, every moment, unable to relax, exerting all my strength."

Xiao Wu Ya said, "You’ve done well enough."

Perhaps due to the liquor, Li Ping’an felt a wave of melancholy surge forth during this moment, yet he didn’t say much, only heaved a long sigh.

Xiao Wu Ya tapped his head with her wing, saying, "Not lying to you, at least... you’re much better than me."

Li Ping’an smiled, "How could that be?"

Xiao Wu Ya said, "You see me as very happy, don’t you? But... you know, I’ve actually been staying in a cold, lightless place for nearly forty years."

Li Ping’an: ...

Xiao Wu Ya said, "I feel the cemetery I’m in is sliding towards a distant unknown place, I don’t know what that place will be, but I can only stay in that cemetery, and only I can stay in that cemetery.

If I leave, I would release six thousand one hundred seventy-four ancient divine spirits, causing our families to no longer sleep, waiting for that singular chance for revival."