Lin Yueru?!
Alex and the others were visibly startled when they suddenly heard this Mount Shushan disciple say that Lin Yueru had also come to Mount Shushan.
Immediately the Drunken Sword Immortal looked at Alex with a teasing smile. The meaning of his knowing smile was abundantly self-evident. At the same time he said with a hint of deeper meaning "Traveling thousands of miles to pursue her lover. This little girl Lin Yueru truly has a genuine and passionate nature."
"..." Alex felt a slight embarrassment at the Drunken Sword Immortal's pointed words but he did not know how to refute them properly.
Honestly the fact that Lin Yueru had come all the way to Mount Shushan after him genuinely surprised him.
He thought that although he was not particularly well-versed in handling matters of love and romance, since she had come all this way it was absolutely impossible not to see her.
Since Lin Yueru had come specifically and asked for Alex by name, it was natural that the Drunken Sword Immortal and Li Xiaoyao would not follow along.
Moreover Li Xiaoyao had already made up his mind to venture into the Demon Locking Tower. As his master the Drunken Sword Immortal would do his utmost to help him no matter what.
Outside the Demon Locking Tower Li Xiaoyao and the Drunken Sword Immortal sat together. The atmosphere was heavy with emotion.
Both knew that entering this time would likely be a matter of life and death. After a long pause the Drunken Sword Immortal sighed deeply "Ah never mind. You really are too much like me."
"I am much more handsome than you though" Li Xiaoyao said with a feigned sneer. Perhaps he was trying not to make the atmosphere too heavy.
The Drunken Sword Immortal remained completely unfazed by Li Xiaoyao's words. "No matter what you are my disciple. If you were truly incompetent it would be a disgrace to me. Fortunately I am well prepared."
As he spoke he untied the sword from his back and handed it to Li Xiaoyao while saying "Take it."
"The Drunken Sword!" Seeing the sword his master never left behind, Li Xiaoyao suddenly stood up and exclaimed "If you give it to me then what will you use?"
"Why would I need such a thing? I am a peerless sword myself" said the Drunken Sword Immortal while standing with his hands behind his back. He assumed the posture of a peerless master.
He tilted his head slightly while speaking. Obviously he was still waiting for Li Xiaoyao to shout praises beside him.
It was a pity that Li Xiaoyao lowered his head to examine the Drunken Sword with mixed feelings. He did not see his master's peerless posture at all.
Shaking his head helplessly the Drunken Sword Immortal took out all kinds of treasures one after another.
"Here here. This is the purple gold crown to protect your head. This is the ten-mile incense to attract monsters. The exorcism incense to drive away demons. And these talismans. Take them all. You will naturally be able to use them when you go inside."
He stuffed numerous treasures both useful and not so useful into Li Xiaoyao's arms. Then the Drunken Sword Immortal paused slightly before taking out a precious bead from his robes and said "This Thunder Spirit Bead is of great origin. I will give it to you as well. It should be of considerable help."
"Oh by the way I will also give you this gourd of wine. This is what I use to cast my unique secret technique called the Dionysus Curse. Never use this move unless it is a genuine life-or-death situation. A person can only use the Dionysus Curse a few times in their entire lifetime. Otherwise if you force it your blood and qi will dry up completely and you will die."
"Oh? Oh and what you lack most now is proper body movement and footwork. Here are the Immortal Wind and Cloud Body Technique and the Drunken Immortal Moon-gazing Step..."
When other people's children go out their parents are always nagging them endlessly. They want to prepare even the pots and pans in the house for their children. This was exactly the same with the Drunken Sword Immortal now. He taught various magic spells and gave away magic weapons. He even took out his own personal sword and drinking gourd. This almost completely emptied the Drunken Sword Immortal's entire fortune.
"Master thank you!" Even though Li Xiaoyao usually looked nonchalant and carefree, he felt deeply moved when he saw the Drunken Sword Immortal nagging like this. He thanked him sincerely from his heart.
"Alright stop being so nagging like a woman. I still have one last trick to teach you. If you are willing to learn it I promise you will be absolutely safe and sound. Do you want to learn it?" Waving his hand dismissively the Drunken Sword Immortal hated this kind of sentimental atmosphere the most. He said seriously.
"Oh? There is such a trick? Teach me now!" Li Xiaoyao's eyes lit up with interest when he heard what the Drunken Sword Immortal said.
The Drunken Sword Immortal looked at Li Xiaoyao seriously and said "Do not go inside!"
"I will not learn that particular trick."
...
Let us not dwell on how Li Xiaoyao and the Drunken Sword Immortal as master and disciple parted ways with each other in front of the Demon Locking Tower. After Alex left the Master's Hall he naturally saw Lin Yueru who was waiting anxiously at the gate of Mount Shushan.
"Mister Alex you are finally out!" Lin Yueru shouted with obvious joy when she saw Alex.
"Miss Lin why are you here?" Alex asked Lin Yueru with genuine surprise. He had clearly said goodbye to her when he left before.
"Please go and save my cousin! He was captured by the Moon Worship Sect Leader. By the way it turns out that the uncle named Shi Jieren that day was actually the Moon Worship Sect Leader!" Seeing Alex, Lin Yueru seemed to have finally found her backbone. She shouted urgently to Alex.
"Liu Jinyuan was captured by the Moon Worship Sect? What is going on?" Alex was shocked when he heard Lin Yueru's alarming words.
In the original story there was indeed such a passage. The Moon Worshiper had visited the Shangshu Mansion in order to find Liu Jinyuan. It was because of this visit that Liu Jinyuan's parents had died tragically.
However because of his intervention and changed timeline there had been no intersection between Liu Jinyuan and the Moon Worshiper. Why did the Moon Worshiper suddenly capture Liu Jinyuan now?
"We happened to meet the Moon Worshiper on the road and then cousin Jinyuan was captured..." Lin Yueru spoke and carefully told Alex what had happened at the time.
After hearing Lin Yueru's detailed words Alex understood that it was simply an unfortunate coincidence.
Liu Jinyuan was captured. In the final analysis it was because of himself. The purpose of the Moon Worshiper in capturing Liu Jinyuan was actually to lure himself.
But should he go and save Liu Jinyuan personally? Alex hesitated deeply!
If he could really defeat the Moon Worshiper it would be fine for Alex to save Liu Jinyuan. He could just do it conveniently. But he was absolutely no match for the Moon Worshiper at all.
Put himself in danger to save others? Alex had never done such a thing since the outbreak of the apocalypse.
Back in the plane of The Smiling Proud Wanderer, Lin Pingzhi had also been Alex's disciple. At that time Ren Woxing had used Lin Pingzhi to threaten Alex. But what did Alex do?
He did not owe Lin Pingzhi any favors so there was naturally no need to sacrifice himself for others.
The current situation was no different from the plane of The Smiling Proud Wanderer...
Facing Lin Yueru's desperate request for help Alex remained silent.
Put himself in danger to save others? This was not Alex's code of conduct or survival principle.
But was he really going to just stand by and watch Liu Jinyuan die?
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