The Legend of the Young Swordsman: A Prequel - A Phantom Melody Embarks on a Journey Through the Mar

Stepping into the tavern, I casually sat down in an empty seat. I looked at the two young men in the tavern, who were about the same age as me. One of them sat at the table with a pot of wine in his hand and a long spear beside him. He had the air of a naive young man just starting out in the world. After drinking the wine, he felt three parts drunk and seven parts heroic.

One man stood in front of the counter, holding a wine jug in his hand. After taking a sip of fine wine, he tasted three parts intoxication, six parts leisurely contentment, and one part dissatisfaction and disappointment.

Upon seeing Helian Yun Shen's arrival, the young man in front of the counter, without putting down the wine jug in his hand, looked at Helian Yun Shen from afar and asked.

"Is there anything you would like, sir?"

"Does your esteemed tavern offer any exquisite wines and spirits that can truly intoxicate you?"

"Fine wine? That's an exquisite name for fine wine. My wine may not be quite that good, but it's still something that people will praise highly."

Looking at Helian Yun Shen, he took a sip of his wine and replied.

Hearing such confident words, Helian Yun Shen ordered the best wine from the place. The young man carried the wine to Helian Yun Shen's side, and as he passed another young man, he spoke with the playful disdain of friends.

"You good-for-nothing, how much do you owe me for drinks?"

"What does it matter! I'll definitely be able to pay it back eventually, and besides, I'm not going to run away."

The person being rejected didn't seem to care at all, replying with a rather shameless tone. Seeing the affection between the two, Helian Yun Shen smiled slightly.

"Sir, I see you are carrying a folding fan and a jade flute, and you are dressed in a blue robe. Could you be Young Master Huanyin, Helian Yunshen?"

Bai Dongjun (Bai Li Dongjun's alias in Chaisang City), who was carrying wine, looked at Helian Yun Shen's attire and asked him questions.

Looking up at him, Helian Yun Shen remained silent.

"Don't get me wrong, I was just saying it casually. Besides, I'd really like to make friends with chivalrous people from the martial arts world, after all, the martial arts world is quite alluring."

"If you yearn for the martial world, you must learn a set of martial arts skills. The way you are, it's hard for people to think that you like the martial world."

Hearing Bai Dongjun's words, Helian Yun replied with a smile. Bai Dongjun merely smiled slightly and said nothing more.

After putting down the wine, he left. After he left, the gun-wielding youth took the wine and sat down opposite Helian Yunshen. His slightly drunken appearance added a touch of charm to his handsome face.

"My name is Sikong Changfeng. I wish to have a match with Young Master Huanyin. Would you be willing to grant my request?"

"Let's talk about the competition when you break through to the Free and Unfettered Heaven Realm!"

Although the three years of mourning had put his cultivation aside for a long time, Helian Yun Shen had still reached the Great Freedom Heaven Realm. Dealing with Sikong Chang Feng, who was not even at the Great Freedom Earth Realm, was extremely easy for him.

It completely failed to arouse his interest.

"Does the young master also judge people by their abilities?"

"I think these kinds of competitions should be based on strength, otherwise too many people would be killed and too many people would have to deal with them."

I don't have time to spend all my time competing with others.

Upon hearing this, Sikong Changfeng paused slightly in his wine jug, but quickly regained his composure and continued drinking.

After taking a sip of wine, he said.

"You're right."

After saying that, he stood up and returned to his seat.

After Sikong Changfeng left, Helian Yunshen poured out the fine wine from the wine pot. The aroma of the wine was indeed incredibly delicious the moment it was poured out.

“It’s really a good wine.”

He uttered these words of praise, then picked up his glass and drank the wine in one gulp.

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Unconsciously

Helian Yun Shen, who was sitting down to drink at the Donggui Tavern, had already finished two jugs of wine. Sikong Changfeng, who had come earlier wanting to challenge Helian Yun Shen, had finished his wine and was now fast asleep on the table.

Bai Dongjun, the owner, seemed to be fiddling with something. In the deserted tavern, the three of them were each doing their own thing.

As Helian Yun Shen picked up his wine cup to continue drinking, he noticed a disturbance at the doorway and paused slightly. Looking towards the door, he saw a middle-aged man leading a group of people into the tavern.

The man who entered did not speak, but walked straight to a table, placed a five-hundred-tael silver note on it, and called out, "Bring me some wine."

"Serve the wine!"

Hearing this, Bai Dongjun, who was fiddling with something, brought over some wine and, seeing the five hundred taels of silver notes on the table, became even more hospitable.

Those who followed in already had their hands on their sword hilts, ready to draw their swords at any moment.

Helian Yun Shen took in all of these scenes.

"It's better to avoid fighting and violence in places where people drink; I don't really like that."

After drinking the wine in his hand, Helian Yun Shen casually uttered these words. These words attracted the attention of the man who sat down, and also caught the attention of Bai Dong Jun.

However, Bai Dongjun clearly did not notice his restless subordinates. Perhaps they were used to being arrogant and domineering, or perhaps they felt that Helian Yun Shen had offended them.

It seemed as if he wanted to compete with Helian Yun Shen.

"Sir, you jest. We're here to drink, not to fight."

"Oh?"

He let out a meaningful "oh" and then fell silent, continuing to quietly sip his drink. Those who wanted to make a move were held back by the man.

"Sir, your wine is delicious. May I ask your name?"

Having come to gather information, Steward Xiao didn't take the earlier incident to heart, and he also knew that the person was not someone they could handle.

However, the things that should be done still need to be done.

"Sir, my surname is Bai and my given name is Dongjun. You can call me Manager Bai."

The brief incident didn't make Bai Dongjun realize that these people might be there to cause him trouble, and he readily revealed his name.

Upon hearing Bai Dongjun's name, Steward Xiao seemed to ponder something, as if he had thought of something. He stopped speaking, and his subordinates, who were about to make a move, were restrained by Steward Xiao.

These people are even less likely to make a move here.

"Is there anything else you need, sir?"

"No, thank you for the wine, shopkeeper."

He only drank one cup before standing up to leave. As he departed, he didn't forget to offer a word of praise. Bai Dongjun, watching this man who had just tossed aside several hundred taels of silver, taken a sip, and prepared to leave, spoke up to remind him.

"This is too much money, I don't know how to give change."

"Leave the extra money here. When I come back later, I will continue to drink fine wine with Manager Bai."

Without turning her head, she said those words to Bai Dongjun.

After saying this, the man left the tavern.

After seeing the guest off to the door, Bai Dongjun saw the other person enter the Gu family's gate.