Crossing the Sword

“Hmph!” Ye Shisan snorted coldly, “I know I can’t kill you with just one punch, so I deliberately reserved some internal strength. If you leave now, I don’t want to embarrass you, otherwise… you will bear the consequences yourself!”

The nine-tailed fox was not frightened at all, and kept walking while saying, "Then let me bear the consequences at my own risk. Your injuries must be much more serious than mine. Even if you have internal strength, can you move? Humph, hehe, oh haha..."

Ye Shisan said proudly: "Okay, let's make a bet, Spiritual Contract - Collect!" As he spoke, a milky white light shot out from the demon refining pot on Ye Shisan's chest, covering the entire body of the nine-tailed fox. He was right, he was indeed gambling. Before, when the nine-tailed fox was not injured, it was impossible for him to succeed in collecting it with his ability. Now, although the nine-tailed fox has been seriously injured, he was also injured. In this case, there is naturally no guarantee that the collection will succeed, so he is gambling. If he fails, he can only let the nine-tailed fox eat him!

"No!" The nine-tailed fox felt a strong suction force in the light and immediately realized the danger. After struggling in vain for a few times, it was sucked into the Demon Refining Pot.

At this time, Ye Shisan was also exhausted. Seeing that the danger was over, he relaxed and fainted.

Not knowing how long he had been unconscious, Ye Shisan felt the pain in his right arm again. This feeling was already unfamiliar to him. Although he had been in the martial arts world all day, he was already a master when he debuted, and he knew how to adapt to circumstances, so he rarely got hurt. Later, as he gained more experience in the martial arts world, the chance of getting hurt became even smaller. Even if he got hurt, it was mostly internal injuries. Naturally, he rarely felt the pain from the outside to the inside.

The pain woke him up immediately, and then he felt that his whole body, except for his injured right hand, was warm, which was quite comfortable. There was also a strong fragrance that kept entering his nostrils, intoxicating his mind. He was not dead? If he was dead, his right hand would not hurt so much. After analyzing the answer, he slowly opened his eyes and found that he was actually placed in a square tripod, soaking in a fragrant unknown liquid. The clothes on his body had long disappeared, but the demon refining pot was still hanging on his chest.

The square tripod he was in was placed in the middle of a large room, surrounded by wooden walls and roof. There was nothing else in the whole room except a stone bed in the corner, making it look very simple.

"I seem to have seen this feeling before..." Ye Shisan muttered to himself as he recalled. As he had just recovered from his injury and his mind was not very clear, he thought for a long time before he remembered it. He immediately broke out in a cold sweat at the possibility he thought of. I remember that some cannibals like to cook people like this!

"Are you awake?" said a white-bearded old man, who came in with a wooden tray. The tray was filled with some dried plants that looked like herbs. Since Ye Shisan didn't know much about Chinese medicine, he was not sure. He just looked at the old man quietly and remained alert.

Seeing that Ye Shisan didn't say anything, the old man didn't ask any more questions. He just walked to the cauldron, dipped his finger in some water and put it next to his nose to smell it, then shook his head slightly and poured all the herbs in the wooden plate into it. This action made Ye Shisan, who was not sober, very puzzled. Could it be that this old man wanted to use him as a medicinal meal? Seeing that the old man was done, he asked tentatively: "Old man, you must not be hungry now, right?"

The old man shook his head and said, "No, I just ate."

"Oh, that's good." Just after he finished speaking, he suddenly realized something was wrong. Why did Jingwei disappear? So he hurriedly asked nervously: "Where is Jingwei? What did you do to her?" He prayed silently in his heart that the thing he just ate was not Jingwei. The two of them had become quite familiar with each other along the way. Although Ye Shisan was not sure that he liked Jingwei a little, he still couldn't help but worry.

The old man was stunned for a moment, then he understood Zhang Tianya's idea and slapped him hard, saying, "You little brat, you thought I was going to eat people, didn't you? The most infuriating thing is that you actually thought I ate Jingwei! Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs, let alone an old man like me."

Ye Shisan was relieved. It turned out to be Jingwei's father. It seems that Jingwei saved me, so she should be safe. After figuring out the key, he smiled embarrassedly and said, "Hello, Mr. Jing, I was just rude." According to modern people's theory, he thought that Jingwei's father was naturally surnamed Jing.

After another burst of laughter, the old man said, "What do you mean by 'Jing Laoshen'? If you don't know, don't yell!"

Ye Shisan originally wanted to raise his right hand to rub his head, but as soon as he exerted force, he felt a sharp pain and could not help but groan.

The old man regained his amiability and said, "Your hand is badly injured, don't move. Also, my name is Yugang, not some old gentleman."

Ye Shisan secretly hated Jingwei for not telling him her full name. If she had told him that her name was Yu Jingwei, he would not have called her that randomly, thus causing a joke.

Laughing self-deprecatingly, Ye Shisan said, "So you are Senior Yugang. Please forgive me for offending you just now." After a pause, he asked, "Senior, I wonder where this place is and how far it is from Shangdang."

Yugang smiled and said, "This is Shangdang. You have injured the mountain god, how dare you come to Shangdang?"

Ye Shisan was shocked when he heard this. He wondered how he knew that he had hurt the mountain god. Could he also be a senior leader under Emperor Yan? Thinking of this possibility, he sighed and said, "Some things cannot be avoided just because you want to. If it is your duty, you can just hand me over to Emperor Yan for disposal. But I have another request. I hope you can help me get a chance to speak in front of Emperor Yan."

Yugang stroked his beard casually and said calmly: "Okay, if you have anything to say, you can say it now. Because I am Emperor Yan." After that, he smiled at Ye Shisan, as if he really liked seeing his surprised expression.

After hearing this, Ye Shisan smiled bitterly and said, "It seems that I really don't know enough about history. I even forgot that Jingwei's father was Emperor Yan."

Emperor Yan asked in confusion: "What did you just say?"

Ye Shisan laughed and said, "Ha, it's nothing. By the way, let's get back to the topic just now. Actually, I had no choice at the time. This is what happened..." After recounting the whole thing, he quietly waited for Yan Di's reaction.

Emperor Yan nodded and said, "You are right. The mountain god also reported to me in the same way. You don't need to be surprised. If he lies and I find out, the consequences will be serious." Should I add "Emperor Yan is very angry" in front of it? That would be classic. After a pause, he said, "In fact, I am very grateful to you for saving Jingwei's life from the mouth of the nine-tailed fox demon. I will not embarrass you. But when you decided to come to Shangdang, you didn't know you would meet Jingwei, right?" The feeling of Emperor Yan was not like what Ye Shisan thought before, that kings were all heroes. This Emperor Yan was more like a kind elder.