fairy family

Chapter 235 Sword Qi Soars to the Sky
Yu Que stayed at home for three days.

Over the course of three days, he was extremely busy, paying respects to his teachers, hosting banquets for guests, and instructing younger generations, with almost no time to rest.

Even so, it was only because he was too lazy to deal with 99% of the trivial matters; otherwise, he would probably have been attending all sorts of banquet invitations and meeting all kinds of people every day for the next year.

However, even though it was only three days, he felt a unique sense of fulfillment.

It was as if these three days at home felt longer than the previous three years.

However, on the third night, at midnight.

Yu Que sat cross-legged in the building where his two cousins ​​lived, quietly regulating his breathing. When midnight arrived, he opened his eyes and looked at his two cousins ​​who seemed to be half asleep.

He smiled, shook his head, but ignored them. He simply placed the individual gifts he had prepared earlier beside the two of them and then quietly left the pavilion.

Uncle, Aunt, and Master Huang had all been instructed by Yu Que beforehand that he would not stay in the clan for long.

The three of them were in the ancestral hall, waiting for Yu Que to come and say goodbye.

There were no outsiders in the ancestral hall, only three people. Even the memorial tablets on the offering table were only for Yu Que's parents.

Because the Yu family of Huangshan Immortal City is a newly established clan, and no one dares to claim ancestor status over Yu Que, a true disciple, Yu Que himself is the ancestor of the Yu family.

Therefore, the newly revised genealogy of the Yu family in Huangcheng only includes Yu Que's parents. Even if his uncles and other elders die in the future, they will all be listed after Yu Que, as immortals and mortals are not listed together.

Yu Que walked to the front of the ancestral hall. As soon as he entered, he immediately knelt down and bowed deeply to the three people in the hall.
“Your unfilial son, Yu Que, has not been home for a long time and is now leaving again. I am filled with fear and self-reproach and hope that your uncles, aunts, Master Huang, and parents will forgive me.”

The three uncles were all taken aback in the ancestral hall.

The three of them quickly got up and tried to help Yu Que, but when they got to Yu Que, they were blocked by a gentle magical force and could not bend down.

Yu Que performed the full salute to the three men in a formal and meticulous manner before standing up and smiling at them.

"You kid."

"We're already true disciples of the Dao Palace. If outsiders find out, who knows what they'll say about us."

The three uncles all looked deeply moved, their gazes fixed on Yu Que, some smiling and others murmuring.

Yu Que did not reply. Although these three days were not long, they had already said almost everything they could say.

He stood in front of the three people, his gaze intently fixed on their faces, memorizing their features, before finally settling on the two memorial tablets inside the ancestral hall.

As they pondered this, the three uncles gradually fell silent, their faces now filled with concern, reluctance, and worry.

Everyone remained silent until Yu Que finally broke the silence.

A smile returned to his face, and amidst his cheerful conversation, he lightly flicked his finger, causing sword energy to surge around him, and he assumed the posture of a divine general.

Yu Que walked alone to the entrance of the ancestral hall. He turned around, bowed to the people inside, and softly recited:

"At sixteen, I left home to enter the imperial palace; at twenty-three, I set sail to seek the immortals."

"If the trade winds return and I return, their malevolent aura will surely strike the heavenly peaks."

As soon as the words fell.

Yu Que uttered a roar, and the sword energy around him flowed like a stream of light, layer upon layer, forming a ladder to the sky, supporting his body as it disappeared into the clouds, never to return.

This scene not only prompted the three uncles to step out of the ancestral hall, but also to look up in amazement at the sword energy in the night sky.

The vast Huangshan Immortal City was also disturbed by Yu Que's commotion, which startled a small part of it. Some people saw the sword energy of the Yu family emerge and dismissed it with disdain, thinking that a mere seventh-grade true disciple dared to show off and was not worth mentioning. Others, however, looked at the sword energy that condensed and did not dissipate in the night sky with a solemn gaze and pondered for a long time.

The night was slightly cool, and we waited until dawn.

As the two sisters, Fu Yuan and Fu Yun, were getting married, the sword energy that had risen from the Yu family mansion slowly dissipated, turning into a cool breeze as if bidding farewell to the two sisters.

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Yu Que naturally couldn't leave at midnight, so he secretly lingered until dawn before finally departing.

He only stayed for an hour that night. Seeing that no villains came to cause trouble, he used a batch of ghost soldiers that he had prepared earlier to attack the area around the Yu family's residence before returning to his own millstone peak.

Back at Millstone Peak, the strongman and the others continued to work overtime to pack up their belongings and collect the mermaid's tears.

When Yu Que returned, he promptly retrieved the things he had already collected and then issued a mountain closure order, forbidding anyone in the mountains from descending unless absolutely necessary. He instructed them to stay on the mountain and be self-sufficient, so as not to cause him any trouble.

Having done all this, he flew straight to the top of Liandu Peak.

Three days ago, when Yu Que left Liandu Peak, he had already discussed the matter of going to sea with the peak master.

Since he is not a folk immortal, but a true disciple of the Huangshan Taoist Palace, there are ways to escort him overseas so that he can travel alone at sea, which would not only delay his journey but also risk being plotted against by outsiders.

According to the peak master of the Refinement Peak, there are roughly three methods. One is to have Yu Que join the imperial court's fleet of ships at sea.

Although the next voyage has not yet begun, and this year's recruitment for voyages has ended, as long as there are true disciples of the Dao Palace who wish to go to sea with the army, the imperial court will definitely send someone to meet them.

But Yu Que thought about it for a moment and then refused.

He had served in the Huangshan County army and knew that in the military, if you had connections, things would be fine, but if you didn't, the military discipline was strict, and even if you were a true disciple, you would still have to abide by all sorts of rules.

His purpose in setting sail this time was to seek out evil spirits for cultivation, not to make a name for himself, and he clearly had no one protecting him.

Therefore, by avoiding contact with the imperial fleet, he could save himself from many troublesome situations.

As for the remaining two methods, one is to wait for merchant ships from overseas to take Yu Que on their return journey, and the other is that if there is a fleet of ships from the palace going to sea, Yu Que can also go along.

Both methods have their advantages and disadvantages, and neither is particularly biased; it's just that the faster the better.

The faster he moves, the fewer things someone in the palace can do if they want to sabotage him.

Now that three days have passed, the Peak Master of Refinement has indeed found the fastest sea route for him.

And to Yu Que's surprise, this method of going to sea was somewhere between the latter two methods.

Although it relied on a ship returning from an overseas island nation, it was also a group of disciples from the palace who were temporarily heading to the imperial fleet that was preparing to sail to an island in the near sea.

The team and fleet were supposed to set off yesterday, but due to the instructions of the Peak Master of Refinement, both were temporarily held up in Huangshan. They can set off again before dawn.

Before Yu Que left, the Peak Master of the Refinement Peak, like his uncle and aunt, seemed somewhat worried.

The other party gave numerous instructions and repeatedly asked if we should choose a more appropriate method, and told us not to worry about the fleet.

For example, after the newly opened furnace of Six Ding and Six Jia is completed, or after Yu Que's senior brothers and sisters have completed their great undertaking, they can escort Yu Que out to sea to search for evil spirits.

Faced with such care, Yu Que was touched, but also couldn't help but find it amusing.

He never imagined that his own stout master would look like this.

(End of this chapter)