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Chapter 474 Everyone Has Their Own Path
Bashiba brought a bowl of steamed buns from inside the house and placed it on the table.

"This is the last bit of food. It could have lasted me a month, but with the two of you here, it's all gone." Bashiba sat down, reached for a steamed bun, tore off a piece, and chewed it slowly. "After this meal, you should leave. I reckon things are done now, and you don't need to stay with me anymore."

Liao Ran smiled and said, "Grand Preceptor, putting aside worldly matters, I have benefited greatly from talking with you these past few days."

Even Yiming, who is usually sharp-tongued, was uncharacteristically sarcastic. He poured a glass of water and pushed it in front of Bashiba, saying, "I'll toast you with water instead of wine!"

"You bow and scrape before bowing, what is the meaning of this, Fellow Daoist Yiming?" Bashiba asked with a smile.

“When I was in Chang’an, I had a conversation with Kou Zhong!” Yi Ming said. “He was someone who once claimed to have one foot in the Divine Travel Realm, but in many aspects of his knowledge, I think he is far inferior to you. Just as Liao Ran Niu Bi said, I benefited a lot from him.”

Where is Kou Zhong?

"We got slaughtered by Li Dachui!"

"what?"

"It's just a matter of chance!" Liao Ran said. "Don't overthink it. Under normal circumstances, it's unlikely that one innate cultivator would kill another innate cultivator!"

"It's hard to say, but three Xiantian cultivators have already died at Li Dachui's hands!" Yi Ming shook his head: "Kou Zhong, Yang Jian, and Old Master Tang from Shu, hey, although they each had their own reasons, I still can't help but feel a chill when I see Li Dachui!"

"If he's emitting cold air, why are you still working for him?" Bashiba retorted.

"Firstly, I want to befriend him. Once we're friends, it's not good for him to harm me again. Secondly, I genuinely want to hear even a whisper of He Qingqiu from him, and I also want to exchange cultivation insights with him. A twenty-something-year-old Xiantian cultivator is worth doing this for. Thirdly, I only discovered this after arriving in the border region: the medical system of the Beiting Protectorate has benefited so many people. Here, my medical skills aren't just for alchemy, nor are they limited to saving only a few people. If used properly, they can save countless lives. This is accumulating merit, and who knows, it might even benefit my cultivation!" Yi Ming shrugged. "Just one of these reasons is enough to make me work for him, let alone three!"

Eighth Master Ba seemed to understand something: "That makes sense."

“Bashiba, aren’t you coming down the mountain with us? Didn’t you say you were going to keep an eye on the Beiting Protectorate, on Li Dachui and Xiao Changche?” Yiming said, “We should at least go and see them, and hear what they have to do with the Yuan Kingdom after its fall, and how they will resettle the people. You won’t feel at ease if you don’t personally take charge.”

Bashiba smiled and shook his head: "Of course I will go down the mountain, but not to see them, nor is there any need to see them. Next, I will travel the world, traversing all the mountains and rivers, and witnessing the myriad aspects of human life. I will know clearly how Li Dachui and Xiao Changche have treated my people. If what you say is true, what difference does it make whether I see them or not? If what you said before was all a lie, then there is no need to see them again, because I will definitely do something."

"Understood!" Yiming nodded.

"Read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles!" Liao Ran stood up, paced back and forth a few times on the top of Tian Gang Peak, and said, "You have been cultivating diligently on Tian Gang Peak for so many years. Go back to the mortal world and experience the daily life of firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea. Who knows, you might be able to make further progress in your cultivation."

"What, old Daoist Liaoran, do you perhaps wish to travel with me through the mortal world?" Bashiba laughed.

“Then forget it. You have your cultivation method, and I have my path. Perhaps we will arrive at the same destination by different means, but the paths to the mountain will ultimately be different.” Liao Ran shook his head and said, “I have my own destination. Yi Ming, what about you?”

"My path is to become a teacher at the Beiting Grand Medical Clinic!" Yiming laughed loudly. "Not the innate master Yiming, but a physician Yiming with quite good medical skills. He will teach countless excellent disciples to travel the world. Ba Shiba, Liaoran, in this respect, you can't compare to me, haha!"

"In that case, let's drink water instead of wine, and then we'll part ways and go our separate ways to find our own paths. I hope we can meet again at the peak one day!" Ba Shiba said with a smile.

"It doesn't matter if we don't see each other! If we don't see each other, it means that the world is at peace and everything is fine!" The three of them picked up their bowls, clinked them together with a bang, and drank them down in one gulp.

Liao Ran waved to the two of them and gracefully descended the mountain.

“Bashiba, you have been cultivating here for many years. Now that you are leaving, you should pack up and reminisce. You may never come back! I’m leaving now!” Yiming rarely put his palms together and bowed to Bashiba.

Ba Shiba said with a wry smile, "It's clearly a nice thing to say, but why does it sound so awful coming from your mouth?"

Yiming laughed loudly and went down the mountain.

Watching the two figures gradually disappear into the distance, Bashiba couldn't help but laugh loudly. With a wave of his hand, the small house on the mountaintop and other things were shattered into dust and then carried away by the wind.

"Go take a break!"

Changgan Mountain, the final resting place of the Renduo family's ancestors, is also the last haven of the Renduo family. After being defeated by Anxuan, Renduo Bao followed his father Renduo Zhong's last words and ran back to Changgan Mountain to hide.

Next came the Battle of Yandu. Ren Duobao couldn't help but feel grateful for his father's foresight. It was a good thing he didn't go; otherwise, he would have been boiled alive!
And as time went on, the truth slowly came to light.
An Xuan, Guan Shan, and even Sha Liewen have all been proven to be Li Dachui and Xiao Changche's men, which makes Ren Duobao feel as if he has fallen into an ice cellar.

Li Dachui is so insidious!

According to his deceased father's arrangement, Rendobao now only needs to wait for the victor to come and recruit him.

But now the victor is not any of the three princes, but the Northern Protectorate, the mortal enemy of the Great Yuan.

How should Changganshan deal with itself going forward?
Rendobo was like an ant on a hot pan.

However, he didn't have to wait long before people came from the direction of Yandu.

A guy who was completely unexpected to him.

The heir of the Xi Feng family, another prominent family in the Three Kings Council, is Xi Feng Ke Dai.

After his father died in battle, Jebe ordered him to be trampled by ten thousand horses, leaving not even a scrap of flesh. Upon returning to Yandu, he was refused entry. With nowhere else to go, Xi Fengke actually surrendered to Zhang Quanyi with his last few thousand men.

Now, he has come to Changgan Mountain as a special envoy of the Beiting Protectorate.

The goal, of course, is singular: to persuade Rentobo to surrender!

(End of this chapter)