You have mastered the art of thunder and you tell me that it is in a strange world?

Chapter 320 Daytime Boat Trip

The news that Zuo Chen was leaving Kyoto soon spread to the ears of those who knew him.

Many people came to visit and say goodbye to Zuo Chen. Among them, those who were not familiar with Zuo Chen and only came to take advantage of the situation were turned away by Yan Wangsheng. Eunuch Bao and General Zhou met Zuo Chen as they wished and exchanged a few words of greeting.

That night in the palace, Li Rongxian, who had been very busy recently, also squeezed out time to host a banquet to entertain Zuo Chen.

This banquet was not a large-scale state banquet, but more like the Li family entertaining Zuo Chen, their benefactor, as a family.

The banquet was held in the back garden of the palace. It was early summer and the weather was gradually getting hotter. Only the evening breeze could bring a hint of comfort.

The dishes placed on the stone table were all carefully made by the imperial kitchen, but they were not luxurious items. Most of them were delicious dishes that could be found in restaurants.

Only Li Rongxian and his two uncles were sitting on one side of the stone table, and on the other side were Zuo Chen and his friends who were about to leave Kyoto.

As for the guards, they were all driven to the imperial garden to guard the gate.

The two little kids, Jinfeng and Yuyue, were also brought along. They were quite polite and sat properly in their seats without making any noise.

Seeing that everyone was present, Li Rongxian stood up first and toasted towards Zuo Chen:

"I'm very grateful to the Taoist priest for this period of time. If he hadn't come to Kyoto to deal with the thief, I'm afraid Daliang would have become a puppet in his hands and would have been completely on the verge of no return."

Li Ji and Li Yu also stood up, raised their glasses to Zuo Chen's direction and bowed deeply.

"I came here to have dinner tonight, and you guys are putting pressure on me."

Zuo Chen spoke half-jokingly, and the three people in front of him put away their initial serious expressions and sat back in their seats with a smile.

"Let's eat first, the food will get cold soon."

At Li Ji's invitation, everyone started to pick up their chopsticks and spent the evening's banquet chatting and laughing.

Li Rongxian asked Zuo Chen where he was going, and Zuo Chen briefly explained his plan. Li Rongxian wanted to send an army to accompany him, but Zuo Chen waved his hands to refuse.

Their team became a burden by bringing the army with them. Apart from making a big show, it really had no other function.

So Li Rongxian thought about it and directly handed Zuo Chen a token made of gold, with "Huang" written on the front and "Li" written on the back. It was the token of the Daliang royal family. Once in his hand, it was like seeing the emperor.

This thing can help Zuo Chen save a lot of meaningless chores.

Zuo Chen did not refuse the kindness and accepted it.

At the beginning of the dinner, Li Ji was still talking with Li Yu about world affairs, how his newly appointed officials should do things, and how to deal with the sea of ​​suffering; as he drank more, he began to recall his youth, and the fights he had on the front line when the ghost disaster occurred; at the end, he even shed a lot of tears, saying that he had finally seen the light after so many years of persistence.

Zuo Chen glanced at Li Ji who had drunk several glasses of wine.

Well, it was a strong liquor stored in the cellar. It looked like there was some spiritual energy lingering in it. It should be a fine wine from the royal collection. Li Ji drank a few more glasses and was so drunk that he lost his memory.

Li Yu had no choice but to call the soldiers to help move his unlucky brother out, leaving Li Rongxian alone with a bitter smile.

After eating and drinking, Zuo Chen was looking up at the moon in the back garden. He seemed to be reminiscing about something.

Li Rongxian also drank two glasses of wine. His face was a little red, but he was obviously not drunk.

He walked to Zuo Chen and said:
"Taoist Master."

"Ok?"

“Will the beams get better?”

"meeting."

"Those immortals in the past..."

"They are already dead people in the past. Let them sleep in the past forever."

After hearing what Zuo Chen said, Li Rongxuan finally felt relieved and nodded heavily:
"Ah."

……

The next morning, at the gate of the palace, Donkey Master had already placed the boat on the stone road, supporting himself with a bamboo pole with his left hand, waiting for several people to get on board.

Zuo Chen made some minor modifications to the boat, adding a shed in the middle to block out the sunlight and store some things, making it quite elegant.

While packing his luggage to get on board, Zuo Chen suddenly saw a figure walking towards him not far away. Upon closer inspection, he found it was Li Yaojiu.

She was wearing tight clothes suitable for walking and carrying a small bag, but when she came in front of Zuo Chen, there was no expression on her face.

Zuo Chen could tell that the girl hesitated to speak, and obviously wanted to say something to him, but because she seemed to be socially anxious, her face turned red and she couldn't utter a single word.

"Speak up." Zhu Laoba on the boat popped his head out, looking anxious: "Didn't we agree that you would come and beg the Taoist priest to leave together?"

Zuo Chen looked at Zhu Laoba with a look of astonishment. Among the newly recruited disciples, Li Yaojiu was the one with the least presence. After she got the skills, she practiced diligently and steadily. Because her skills were indeed high enough, she could handle most of the problems by herself without asking Zuo Chen.

This also resulted in Zuo Chen hardly seeing her in the past three months.

However, Zuo Chen did hear that Zhu Laoba would fight with this girl whenever he had nothing to do. At the beginning, Zhu Laoba relied on his rich combat experience and was able to win a few games from the girl. But later on, he couldn't beat her anymore, and he ran to Li Yaojiu every day in dissatisfaction.

Now it looks like...

There's something a little bit off about the relationship between these two!
Sure! Zhu Lao Ba!

Zhu Laoba seemed to have noticed that there was something wrong with Zuo Chen's eyes, and his old face suddenly turned red:
"Hey, Taoist priest, we are not that kind of relationship. It's just that I have been fighting with the elder sister recently, and we both feel that we finally have a suitable martial arts partner. We should be together when we go out, so I persuaded her to come and beg you to let her come along."

Li Yaojiu nodded quickly.

"I didn't say you two are in that kind of relationship." Zuo Chen said.

Zhu Laoba's old face turned red instantly and he couldn't utter a word.

"Okay, come on board, there's still room on board."

Zuo Chen smiled.

A smile finally broke out on Li Yaojiu's expressionless face. She trotted to the side of the boat, climbed on, found a corner opposite to Zhu Laoba, and sat down steadily.

Seeing that everyone was on board, Donkey Master shouted, "Let's go!"

It means paddling the boat slowly forward on the road and drifting away into the distance.

Li Rongxuan waved goodbye and called:
"Bon Voyage!"

The summer sun is scorching, the sky is clear, and it is a beautiful time all the way to the distance.

……

Three days passed since leaving Kyoto.

After defeating Guiren and Little Joy Boss, the number of evil spirits roaming around Daliang decreased significantly.

At least during the time of sailing, Zuo Chenquan did not encounter any troublemakers.

The speed of this small boat was indeed several points faster than the donkey cart, and at full speed it had already reached the vicinity of Xuzhou Pass.

Zuo Chen estimated that it would take at most another day or two to reach Xinchun City. By then, he would talk to Xiao Changcheng and Monk Shanxin about the wheat and try his best to promote it to solve Daliang's food problem.

Today, Zuo Chen is teaching two little kids some tricks of cultivation on the boat, while Zhu Laoba and Li Yaojiu are discussing "if the immortals in the past were in human form, where should we punch to cause the most damage?"

At the bow of the boat, they took off their colorful clothes and shoes, and put their feet in the water that appeared out of nowhere, exclaiming and laughing from time to time.

When the two little kids started to study, Zuo Chen came to Caiyi, and Caiyi asked:
"Master, where does this water flow come from?"

The liquid flow beside the boat did not seem to be gushing out, but rather it was more like a lake appeared out of thin air, moving within a three-meter radius centered on the boat.

The ground won't even get wet where it passes, but if you touch it with your hand you can clearly feel that it is water.

"Our ship has some magical powers of time, and these are probably the currents during that time period."

"Hey!" Caiyi was shocked: "Is this boat so powerful?"

"It's really great."

After hearing what Caiyi and Zuo Chen said, the boat actually trembled slightly, as if it was feeling very proud.

This is a talent that has been washed away by the long river of time. Others cannot learn it even if they want to.

But after all, it's just a small boat, so it's good enough that it can do this.

Just as he was about to continue chatting, Zuo Chen suddenly felt the box in his arms vibrate twice.

Someone sent him a message.

After the call was connected, Li Yu's voice came from the other end.

"Prince Jing? What's the matter?"

"Hey, Taoist priest, something happened in Xuzhou."

"what?"

(End of this chapter)