Chapter 36

Saving this woman is equivalent to saving many people.

This was the answer Yue Yuan gave. He waved his hand, summoned a waiter to bring a new pot of wine, and after refilling Hong Qigong's cup, he poured half a cup for himself.

Putting down the wine pot, he raised his head, and his gaze fell on the old beggar's gray hair, lingering for a moment before he said, "This is why I cannot give this set of clothes to you, Senior, to help the common people!"

Woman!

Hong Qigong wiped the grease from his hands onto his clothes, then picked up his wine cup and pondered. From what the young Taoist said, it was clear that the woman he saved was definitely not a righteous person. In the martial world, a notorious and highly skilled female cultivator...

Could it be that the young Taoist is talking about the Crimson Flame Fairy, Li Mochou?

Hong Qigong stared intently at Yue Yuan. Li Mochou was well-known in the martial world for her reckless and indiscriminate killings, and she was also a Taoist nun. Given his extensive experience, Hong Qigong had already guessed who Yue Yuan needed to save.

However, Hong Qigong was certain that saving the Crimson Flame Fairy, Li Mochou, would be extremely difficult. Could it be that he wants to guide her back to Huashan and make her a pure yang cultivator?

Or could it be that this Taoist has a crush on the Crimson Flame Fairy?

Hong Qigong knew that the Quanzhen Sect practiced asceticism, but the original Pure Yang Sect did not!

Recalling the past relationship between Huang Rong and Guo Jing, Hong Qigong couldn't help but think this way.

Hong Qigong muttered to himself, but the wine cup in front of his mouth remained motionless. In Yue Yuan's eyes, it was clear that he was deep in thought.

"Senior, don't you want to know who the woman I want to save is?"

Seeing Hong Qigong's thoughtful expression, Yue Yuan drank the wine in his cup in one gulp, then slowly picked up a piece of food with his chopsticks and asked with a smile.

"Uh..."

His gaze lowered, Hong Qigong's eyes finally returned to Yue Yuan's face. Seeing the smile on Yue Yuan's face, Hong Qigong seemed to think of something and shook his head, "I don't want to know!"

Eh?!

Hong Qigong's words made Yue Yuan pause, and the food he was about to eat fell back into the bowl.

Are you deliberately doing this, Senior Hong Qigong?

How am I supposed to continue?

This won't do!

No, I have to get to the point.

Thinking this, Yue Yuan saw that Hong Qigong had finished his wine and promptly refilled his cup, saying, "As a senior, you should guide me. I am new to the martial world and lack experience, especially when facing a female demon. Sometimes I feel that my heart is willing but my strength is not!"

"Seeing you, Senior, I feel that there is great hope for the future!"

"..."

The corners of Hong Qigong's mouth twitched. If he had only been puzzled and surprised by Yue Yuan's luxurious appearance and lazy, indulgent habits before, now he saw the young Taoist's shamelessness for the first time.

Since you are determined to save a female demon, you must have some confidence. But why are you involving me, an old beggar, in this?

Intuitively, Hong Qigong felt that this young Taoist had ulterior motives.

Unsolicited kindness is never without ulterior motives!

Thinking this, Hong Qigong pursed his lips and grabbed a pig's trotter from the plate, gnawing on it for a while before saying, "If I were to say that I have extensive experience... does begging count?"

"Ah, no, it doesn't!"

"Then the old beggar has extensive experience in fine food and wine. What do you think of that?"

"Oh, that still won't do!"

"But the old beggar's greatest strength and most extensive experience is in this!"

Hong Qigong gnawed on the pig's trotter, talking incessantly, avoiding the main topic. "You know, the old beggar once ran into the imperial palace for a dish, hiding on the roof beam and waiting for days to snatch the dish from the emperor's mouth!"

"Tsk tsk tsk... just thinking about that delicious dish makes the old beggar drool!"

Shaking his head, Hong Qigong's face was full of nostalgia and sighs.

"..."

Holding his chopsticks, Yue Yuan watched Hong Qigong with a blank expression. For Hong Qigong's current behavior, Yue Yuan could only sigh: What a cunning old beggar!

Indeed, old ginger is the spiciest, but Hong Qigong can't be allowed to go on like this!

Thinking this, Yue Yuan's expression changed, and he put on a look of great joy. He stood up, clasped his hands, and bowed deeply to Hong Qigong, who was still talking, saying with a joyful face, "Thank you, Senior, for your meticulous guidance. I understand now!"

"Eh?"

"What did I say?"

Hong Qigong's eloquent speech came to an abrupt halt, and he stared at Yue Yuan, who was bowing to him, completely baffled. No matter how he thought about it, he didn't remember giving any advice on Yue Yuan's problem. But this...

Puzzled, Hong Qigong couldn't help but ask what he was thinking.

"Yes!"

Yue Yuan nodded vigorously, meeting Hong Qigong's gaze, and said, "Senior, you were just teaching me a key point: perseverance!"

"Perseverance, just like you did for that delicious dish, will help me save the female demon and ultimately achieve a satisfactory result!"

"Senior, you are truly a senior, so enthusiastic about guiding me for my sake!"

Yue Yuan clenched his right fist and struck his palm, his face full of amazement and admiration. His admiring gaze towards Hong Qigong was like an endless river, unstoppable and uncontrollable.

I...

Is that so?

Feeling uncomfortable under Yue Yuan's admiring gaze, Hong Qigong couldn't help but touch his white beard, looking puzzled, thinking to himself that his words clearly didn't mean that.

What a cunning young Taoist!

Yue Yuan reminded Hong Qigong of Huang Rong, who had been scheming in front of him for Guo Jing. In Hong Qigong's eyes, this young Taoist could match Huang Rong. Imagining what might happen if Yue Yuan and Huang Rong were together, Hong Qigong's gaze finally fell on Yue Yuan, and his tone became serious, "Is it worth it?"

"For these past decades, you have been a righteous hero, walking the martial world without killing a single innocent person. Have you ever asked yourself if it was worth it?"

"Your answer is my answer!"

"Although I don't have the grand aspirations of a senior, I am someone who likes beautiful things. Beauty is never meant to be destroyed but to be appreciated and cherished! If the martial world has one less female demon, and I have one more beauty by my side, everyone gets what they want. Why not?"

Yue Yuan's answer made Hong Qigong's facial muscles twitch, and his expression became somewhat strange.

If his luxurious Taoist robe was strange before, now Yue Yuan's thoughts seemed strange to Hong Qigong.

But his words made Hong Qigong feel that there was something odd about them. Could it be that his love for fine food and this young Taoist's love for beautiful women?

The old and the young, across the table, stared at each other.

But each had their own thoughts.

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