Do you really think you can get me with just a banana?

On the mountain path, a man stood there in a daze, his eyes filled with doubt, but he smiled gently and waved at Guan Shanyu: "Shanyu, it's me."

The look of surprise on Guan Shanyu's face immediately disappeared, and he stared at the person who appeared out of nowhere in front of him without blinking.

Song Ziye felt his entire body crawl under his gaze. After staring at him awkwardly for a moment, he asked, "Shanyu, were you calling Ruchen just now?"

Guan Shanyu's expression softened slightly when asked this question. He nodded gently to Song Ziye to cover up his previous impoliteness and asked, "Senior Brother Song, why are you here?"

Song Ziye was even more confused, but his expression remained gentle: "Because this is Zixiao Mountain."

Guan Shanyu was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses. He had been walking in a distracted state and had unknowingly arrived at Zixiao Mountain.

He simply fixed his hair, which hadn't been done for a while, and meeting Song Ziye's puzzled gaze, he said, "I've walked here unknowingly. How have you been these days, Senior Brother Song?"

Song Ziye smiled gently and said, "Fortunately, Master has returned. I had many long talks with him, so he stayed in Zixiao. It's just that there are few disciples in the sect now, so he has some free time."

Guan Shanyu nodded absentmindedly, seemingly just being polite. After hearing this, he immediately clasped his fists and said goodbye: "That's good, Senior Brother Song. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

After saying that, he turned around and hurried down the mountain without waiting for Song Ziye's answer. Song Ziye quickly called out to him, "Shanyu, wait!"

Guan Shanyu stopped, and Song Ziye jogged a few steps to catch up. He stopped beside him, panting slightly. After a moment's hesitation, he said, "I was inconsiderate before, and it caused you a lot of trouble. Since I met you today, why don't you come to Zixiao and I will ask Master to help you remove the secret technique so that you won't be troubled again."

Guan Shanyu looked up at him after hearing this. After a moment of silence, he stretched out his hand and handed it to him: "I think I have solved it."

Song Ziye's eyes widened slightly, then he took Guan Shanyu's hand, closed his eyes to adjust his breathing, and then opened his eyes in surprise: "Really? Did you drink the medicine to cure it?"

Guan Shanyu repeated doubtfully: "Drink medicine?"

Song Ziye released his hand and explained, "There are usually two ways to break this secret technique. One is to take our specially made medicine for two years, and the other is to inject spiritual energy into the body through acupuncture points to break through it. However, the second method is extremely difficult, and few people in the world can master it. That's why I asked if it can be broken by taking medicine."

Guan Shanyu lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, recalling the night he encountered the corpse at Wangshuiling. He then raised his head and gently tapped a few acupuncture points on his body, asking, "Did you use spiritual power to break through these acupuncture points?"

Song Ziye was stunned, and said slowly with doubt: "Shanyu, you actually know..."

Guan Shanyu chuckled and nodded: "Yan Ruchen helped me remove it before."

Song Ziye's eyes showed an expression of disbelief, and he said, "In addition to the precise mastery of the acupuncture point sequence, you also need correspondingly powerful spiritual power to help you break through. It can be seen that Ruchen's skills are indeed extraordinary."

Guan Shanyu smiled bitterly, then remembered something and asked, "If I don't have the secret technique, can I still sense the demons?"

Song Ziye shook his head: "Unless one is a very powerful person who can check the trajectory of a certain race without resorting to other means, most people can't do it."

Guan Shanyu nodded, then strode forward without saying anything more. He said goodbye without any regrets: "Senior Brother Song, I have something else to do. Goodbye."

Song Ziye quickly chased after him and asked, "Shanyu, don't you want to come sit with us? Where are you going?"

But the mountain road was completely silent. Apart from the chirping of a few birds circling in the sky, there was no sign of anyone coming.

After going down the mountain, Guan Shanyu did not wander around anymore, he went directly to Pingshui Town.

He had been here twice before, without greeting Li Qi and the others. He just sat in the ruins of the brothel where Yan Ruchen grew up for two days.

But he had been down the mountain looking for Yan Ruchen for five months. He felt that he could no longer walk and was too tired. He wanted to rest.

He didn't want to go back to Wangshuiling, for fear of seeing the worried looks of Jin Yu and the others, asking him if he was overly anxious because he missed Yan Ruchen.

He would rather go to Pingshui Town to meet Li Qi and the others, just in case Yan Ruchen’s birthplace was here. After all, he grew up here in the novel.

But when he arrived at the place, he found that Li Qi's words were not much better than Jin Yu and the others.

"I heard that little bastard Yan Ruchen did something bad and was struck to death by lightning?"

Before Guan Shanyu sat down properly, Li Qi grabbed his hand and asked with shining eyes.

Guan Shanyu was silent for a moment and replied, "No."

Li Qi poured him a cup of tea and said in surprise, "He's not dead. The rumors outside are so mysterious."

Just as he finished speaking, a loud cry of "Wow" was suddenly heard from the side. Guan Shanyu hurriedly looked in the direction of the sound and saw a chubby baby boy fallen to the ground with a few buns scattered around him.

"Dongdong, why are you so careless?"

Qiuyun opened the curtain and walked out of the back room, quickly helping the crying child up. Li Qi also ran over quickly, dusted the child off, and said in a feigned anger, "Dongdong, you knocked over Uncle Guan's buns. What will he eat?"

Dongdong wiped his nose in confusion, and looked at Guan Shanyu in front of him with disheveled hair and disheveled clothes, and cried even harder.

Guan Shanyu covered his face with his hands, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and said, "I haven't taken care of myself for too long. I must have scared him by looking like this."

Li Qi held Dongdong in his arms, walked over to sit next to Guan Shanyu, played with the child, and said, "At that time, this child just loved to cry and wanted us to comfort him."

After saying that, he lowered his head and pointed at Guan Shanyu to Dongdong, and said with a smile: "Dongdong, look at how handsome Uncle Guan is. You should grow up to look like him in the future."

Guan Shanyu couldn't help but laugh out loud. He glanced awkwardly at Qiuyun, who was sitting behind Li Qi with a red face and lowered head, and said jokingly, "It would be terrible if she really grew up like me. By the way, where are Master Yang and the others?"

Li Qi said, "You came here so suddenly without even saying hello. They are in the next town to get supplies. It will probably take them two days to come back."

Guan Shanyu nodded and took another sip of tea in silence. Li Qi asked again: "I haven't asked you yet, why did you come here suddenly? And I see you didn't bring anything with you, how did you get here?"

Guan Shanyu replied: "Sometimes I walk, sometimes I rent a carriage."

Li Qi's expression instantly became complicated when he heard this. Guan Shanyu thought he had said something wrong, but he saw Li Qi immediately turn around and say to Qiuyun, "Look, this is my brother. He came all the way from Xianyuan Village just to see me."

Guan Shanyu curled his lips helplessly, thinking that he actually came from Zixiao, which was closer than Xianyuan Village. But suddenly, an idea came to his mind.

He had indeed never been to Xianyuan Village.

Li Qi and Qiu Yun talked with tears in their eyes and decided to let Guan Shanyu stay for a few nights.

But Guan Shanyu remembered that he had somewhere else to go, so he didn't want to stay any longer. He had only come to see Li Qi and the others, and if he couldn't see Yan Ruchen even if he went to Xianyuan Village, then that would be fine.

He really couldn't walk anymore. This bastard appeared wherever he wanted. He really needed to go back and rest, otherwise he would die of mental exhaustion before he even saw Yan Ruchen.

But despite being in a hurry to get to the next destination, Guan Shanyu was forced by Li Qi to stay for one night.

Li Qi completely believed that Guan Shanyu had come to see him specially, and was convinced that Guan Shanyu was extremely happy because that little bastard Yan Ruchen had finally passed away. However, because he was still in the Immortal Sect, he could not show too much excitement, so he could only return to his hometown to find like-minded friends to express his excitement.

So he pulled Guan Shanyu aside and talked bad about Yan Ruchen all night long.

By dawn, Guan Shanyu felt he couldn't stay any longer. This NPC was incredibly dedicated to his "innate malice toward Yan Ruchen," cursing him all night without repeating a single word. No matter how Guan Shanyu explained that Yan Ruchen wasn't being punished for his evil deeds, Li Qi would only offer a rebuttal.

"I understand. You are in the Immortal Sect and have no choice. It is a taboo to speak ill of others behind their backs. But I am not from the Immortal Sect. I have freedom of speech."

At dawn, Guan Shanyu went out with dark circles under his eyes and said goodbye to Li Qi's family.

He turned around in a trance and suddenly felt his shoulders sink.

Looking back, I saw Li Qi putting a basket of bananas on his back and handing me a cloth bag.

Guan Shanyu asked doubtfully, "What is this?"

Li Qi explained, "Dongdong loves bananas, so I planted three for him in the backyard. I didn't expect my planting skills to be so good, and we had so many bananas we couldn't finish them all. You came in a hurry, so I don't have any local specialties to bring you, so take these bananas back home and enjoy them. Also, this packet contains banana seeds. If you like our Fengping bananas, go back and plant some. Our variety of bananas is easy to grow; once sown in the ground, they grow tall and strong."

Guan Shanyu laughed out loud when he heard this, waved at him, and said thankfully: "Thank you."

He turned to leave, but suddenly remembered something and turned back to ask, "By the way, what's Dongdong's full name? I'll give him a big red envelope next time."

Li Qi scratched his head and replied, "I haven't chosen a name yet. Last time Qiuyun went to the temple to ask for two names, but I didn't like either of them."

Guan Shanyu asked: "What's your name?"

Li Qi tutted and said unhappily, "One is called Li Rujin, and the other is called Li Xiangru."

Guan Shanyu raised his eyebrows and said, "Isn't it good?"

Li Qi spat and said, "What good is that! That little bastard Yan Ruchen also has the character 'Ru' in his name. How can my precious son have the same character as him!"

Well, the NPC skill is triggered again.

Guan Shanyu smiled helplessly, patted his shoulder, turned around and said, "Then you take your time to think about it, and tell me when you come up with it. I'm leaving now, and I'll come to see you next time."

Upon hearing this, Li Qi quickly waved at him and said, "Next time you come, let me know in advance! I'll ask Master Yang and the others to get together with you!"

Guan Shanyu didn't look back this time. He just turned his back and waved to him, then quickly disappeared in the bustling crowd on the long street.

Pingshui Town wasn't a popular place for cultivating immortals, having enjoyed years of peace and tranquility, so the immortal sect hadn't established any post stations or similar facilities. Guan Shanyu couldn't even hire a Tuiyun disciple, and he didn't dare ride the escort agency's horses. After much hesitation, he resorted to paying a hefty sum (one hundred coins) to rent a carriage.

The driver was from the north, with a rough voice, and he drove the horse while shouting. He talked to Guan Shanyu very enthusiastically, from eating and drinking to his ideal life. Finally, he said:

"Sir, this one hundred wen is really not expensive. It usually takes you two or three days to get to a place this far away, but I can get there in half a day. Do you know why?"

Guan Shanyu asked: "Why?"

The driver chuckled and yanked the reins. The horse, as if receiving an instruction, stamped its feet and suddenly took off from the ground and flew into the sky.

Guan Shanyu looked at the driver in front of him in horror. He saw him waving his whip and laughing, saying, "I've cultivated to become an immortal. I can fly in the sky!"

Damn it! ! ! !

When they arrived at the place, Guan Shanyu leaned against the wall and vomited for a long time before gradually recovering.

The mad driver, laughing, drove off again, his chariot galloping away, his arrogance attracting many passersby to stop and admire. If it were modern times, everyone would definitely take out their phones to take pictures and post them on WeChat Moments.

Guan Shanyu patted his chest, shook his head, looked at the road ahead, tightened the backpack on his shoulder, and walked slowly forward.

The first time he was reborn in this world was in Xianyuan Village, which was two years ago.

Now when I revisit the old place, it is completely different from before.

Previously, the dock where they moved goods had only a simple landing place, and the rest of the water was empty. The crew could easily fall into the water while carrying heavy objects. Now, the fence has been reinforced to ensure safety, and several teahouses have been added for passers-by to relax and enjoy tea.

The once bumpy gravel road has long been paved into a flat, white stone brick road. Walking on it is comfortable and pleasant, and puts people in a good mood.

But the bigger change was that the shabby house where they stayed at that time was converted into a public toilet.

Guan Shanyu stood blankly in front of the public toilet when someone came out after relieving himself. He bumped into the disheveled young man carrying a basket of bananas. Mistakenly thinking he was also a crew member relieving himself, he kindly reminded him, "There's no one in there, it just smells a bit bad. Come on in, wait for the boat to leave."

Guan Shanyu nodded blankly, looked at the dilapidated public toilet, and closed his eyes helplessly.

He felt that the pier was more likely to be Yan Ruchen's birthplace, and not a public toilet.

But as he lifted his foot, someone suddenly pressed his shoulder, and a strange fragrance wafted into his air. A delicate voice rang in his ear, saying tenderly, "Young Master, where are you going?"

Guan Shanyu turned around with a stiff neck, only to see a heavily made-up woman standing behind him. She seemed familiar, but he couldn't remember who she was because before he had time to think, his mind was overwhelmed by the fragrance.

He immediately covered his nose, but the woman grabbed his hand and put it down, saying coquettishly, "Oh, my dear, I've been paying attention to you for a long time. I'm at Yunxiang Tower nearby, do you want to come over and play?"

Guan Shanyu looked down at his disheveled self, wondering how she had chosen him, so he politely waved his hand and said, "Sorry, young lady, I don't have any money."

Hearing this, the woman covered her mouth with her hands, smiled, and fanned him with her handkerchief, saying angrily, "You're so annoying! I don't want your money. I just want you to play with me for free because you're pretty."

Guan Shanyu shook off her hand and walked towards the road without looking back, saying expressionlessly: "Thank you, but I have to hurry."

The woman staggered after being pushed by him, stamped her feet on the spot, and angrily shouted with her hands on her hips: "What's so great about you? I don't even like you, a little sailor! There are more handsome ones here. Do you think you are so good-looking?"

Guan Shanyu closed his eyes helplessly, ignored her, and continued to move forward. However, the woman behind him seemed to have found a new target, and intermittent flirting sounds came, but soon, the scolding sounded again.

Guan Shanyu didn't want to meddle in other people's business, but he was worried that this woman would force the sale. If she got hold of a child, it would be difficult for him to escape.

After hesitating for a while, he turned around and looked.

A woman was shouting and cursing on the street, and in front of her stood a thin boy, about fourteen or fifteen years old, with his head lowered, his eyes seemingly looking in this direction, motionless, allowing the woman to curse at him at the top of her lungs.

Guan Shanyu slowly approached, his gaze lingering on the young man's face, a familiar feeling forming. Just as he was about to speak to her, the woman, enraged by the young man's silence, shoved him hard. Caught off guard, the young man stumbled back a few steps, looking up. His face, like a scroll being unraveled, unfolded clearly before Guan Shanyu's eyes.

It was a young boy with a scarred, slightly immature face and wearing tattered clothes.

It was Yan Ruchen, who was fourteen or fifteen years old.

Guan Shanyu was stunned. Time seemed to freeze at this moment. The woman's cursing gradually faded away and became blurred.

Guan Shanyu stared at him for a long time, not knowing what to say. Yan Ruchen stood on the long street, looking back at him indifferently, also without saying a word. Guan Shanyu had prepared the words in his mind for a long time, and he kept thinking about them before finally saying:

"Would you like a banana?"