A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 520: The Bar is Like a Battlefield

Since Duan Rong was fine, Zhu He and the others left the Wanxiang Cave with Duan Rong.

Zhu He was in a good mood, but Yang Sixuan looked solemn. Xiao Qiwu and Dashenbian were missing, which was obviously another difficult case.

Cases involving powerful people in the Cavernous Realm are usually not easy to investigate.

As soon as they left Wanxiang Cave, Yang Sixian clasped his fists towards Chu Wushang and said, "Mr. Chu, the disappearance of Xiao Qiwu and Dashenbian may have a lot of connections behind it. Yang begs Mr. Chu to leave the Wanxiang Cave formation tablet with Yang for investigation. Yang will return it personally afterwards."

Yang Sixuan's tone was deep when he spoke these words, which also showed how deeply he was thinking. After all, he was the chief of the Zongzheng Division.

Chu Wushang took out the battle card and handed it to Yang Sixian, saying, "Then I'll leave this matter to Director Yang. Although the power of this divine whip is not as strong as before, it is after all the property of the founder of the sect, Lan Ruoshui. The ancestor also values it very much. I hope Director Yang can find a way to get it back."

Yang Sixuan respectfully took the battle card and said, "Yang will do his best!"

Chu Wushang nodded and turned into a black light and disappeared.

Yang Sixian hid his battle card, looked at Duan Rong, and said, "Junior Brother Duan, I may need your advice on the matter of Wanxiang Cave in the next few days. I hope Junior Brother Duan will not be annoyed by then."

Duan Rong said, "The divine whip is a sacred object of the sect, and it is also something that the ancestors value. It is a pity to lose it. And if it falls into the hands of villains, wouldn't it be a disgrace to the dignity of the sect? If Director Yang summons me regarding this case, I will be there at any time."

"That's good!"

After hearing Duan Rong's words, Yang Sixian turned to look at Chu Qiushan and said with a fist: "Master, I will leave first. I will go back to the Judgment Zongzheng Division to select two teams to surround this Wuliang Cliff."

Chu Qiushan nodded and said, "Go ahead. If you need any cooperation, just ask me."

"Yes! Sixuan takes your leave!" After Yang Sixuan said this, he turned into a black light and shot into the sky.

After Yang Sixian left, Chu Qiushan looked at Duan Rong and said coldly, "Duan Rong, I warn you that when you follow the old ancestor, you must abide by the sect rules."

Duan Rong was startled, and replied indifferently: "Thank you for your guidance, Master!"

Chu Qiushan snorted coldly and disappeared as a streak of black light.

Zhu He stood there, patted Duan Rong on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "You got out of Wanxiang Cave in three days. You did a good job. Let's go back to Yunfu Peak with Master."

As Zhu He spoke, spatial ripples faintly appeared beside him, apparently trying to wrap up Duan Rong and take him away.

Duan Rong immediately said, "Master, I have to go somewhere else first. I will return to Yunfu Peak in a while."

Zhu He's eyes moved and he asked, "Where are we going?"

"This..." Duan Rong hesitated.

Zhu He immediately saw through it and said, "You want to go see Xiao Yu, right? She is on Yunfu Peak now."

Duan Rong looked surprised and asked, "Is Xiao Yu on Yunfu Peak?"

Now that he had left Wanxiang Cave, the many twists and turns caused by kidnapping Xiao Yu from Wanxiang Cave had come to a temporary end.

Although he had experienced a life-and-death struggle in the Wanxiang Cave these days, he was afraid that Xiao Yu would not have an easy time on Shang Xiangyu's mountain. Duan Rong naturally thought that he would go to see Xiao Yu and the others first after he came out.

But he didn't expect that Xiao Yu had already reached Yunfu Peak.

Zhu He said: "Your wife is really a powerful character. She ran to Yunfu Peak alone and pestered me to hand her over in exchange for you being spared from punishment."

"Ah!" Duan Rong was shocked. He didn't know there was such a thing going on. He asked Ximen Kankan to keep an eye on Xiao Yu. It seemed that this kid was really unreliable.

Zhu He said, "I have placed her in Fan Hongjiao's secret training room these days. She refused to eat or drink and was angry with me. Yesterday I went to the secret room and saw her. She had lost a lot of weight. If you don't come out, I will have to use pills to keep her alive."

After hearing this, Duan Rong could no longer stay there and wanted to ride the wind and fly to Yunfu Peak.

As soon as the three flowers on his head formed, Zhu He extinguished them with a flick of his sleeve.

"What a hurry! Are you faster than me?"

As Zhu He spoke, he had already rolled up Duan Rong and disappeared in a streak of black light.

Not long after Zhu He and Duan Rong left, Yang Sixuan brought the troops from the Judgment Zongzheng Division and surrounded Wuliang Cliff, while Yang Yi was counting more troops to come here.

Yang Sixian was prepared to interrogate everyone in Wuliang Cliff, including the boy and the guards.

As for the places in front and behind Wuliang Cliff, he also planned to let Yang Yi lead people to search thoroughly.

Yang Sixian was worried all the way. He thought the disappearance of Xiao Qiwu and Dashenbian was quite strange.

Just as Chu Wushang said, the power of this divine whip has long been reduced. It is a treasure, but it is quite useless. At the level of the Cave Nether Realm, its use is even more limited.

If someone else were to be intimidated by his big name, however, Xiao Qiwu was originally the one in charge of the Wanxiang Cave and the Divine Whip, so he should know this very well.

How could he escape with the divine whip?

This divine whip is so useless, but it happened to be the thing of the founder of the sect and is considered a sacred object of the sect. Such a thing is not only useless, but also a hot potato that would bring one great sin. Why would Xiao Qiwu take it?
There must be some other reason behind this?

Xiao Qiwu's disappearance and the loss of the divine whip might be two completely different things.

Because Xiao Qiwu had no motive to take away the Whip.

Even if he wanted to leave, he shouldn't have taken the Whip. If he left alone, maybe no one would care and the matter would be forgotten. But if he took the Whip, which was useless, it would only bring trouble to himself and was unwise.

After some thought, Yang Sixuan grasped the key points in this confusing case.

Zhu He brought Duan Rong to the pavilion on Yunfu Peak. Zhu He said, "You go. I still have things to deal with."

As Zhu He spoke, his figure disappeared like a ghost and went to his room in the pavilion.

Duan Rong hurried to the secret training room behind the hall on the first floor of the pavilion.

Xiao Yuku sat in Fan Hongjiao's secret room, her eyes were a little dull and her hair was messy.

Shen Mizhi squatted in front of her, holding a bowl of egg custard.

Shen Mizhi scooped a spoonful and brought it to Xiao Yu's mouth, but Xiao Yu was unwilling to eat it.

Shen Mizhi said: "Sister Xiao, please eat a few bites. Don't collapse before he comes back."

Xiao Yu, however, pursed her lips and cried without saying a word.

Fan Hongjiao stood there, also feeling annoyed.

Fortunately, on the day Duan Rong was tortured, she met Shen Mizhi and Ximen Kankan outside, and brought them over to look after Xiao Yu. Otherwise, she would have been even more annoyed.

At this moment, Fan Hongjiao suddenly heard a faint voice coming from the stone door of the secret room.

"Sister, open the door!"

Fan Hongjiao was stunned.

Everyone in the secret room heard it, and their faces suddenly changed. They stared at the stone door and listened attentively.

The voice sounded again, and Fan Hongjiao said, "It seems to be Junior Brother."

As Fan Hongjiao spoke, he had already flashed to the stone door and turned the mechanism to open the door.

Xiao Yu was a little dazed when she heard the first voice, but she could tell it was Duan Rong's voice even though there was a stone door between them. She thought she was dreaming at first, but these few days she would dream of Duan Rong coming back whenever she fell asleep.

But when he saw Fan Hongjiao calling his junior brother to rush over, Xiao Yu suddenly realized that this was not a dream, Duan Rong was back!

When Fan Hongjiao opened the stone gate, she saw Duan Rong standing outside the gate, looking at her anxiously.

Duan Rong said, "Senior Sister, where is Xiao Yu?" As soon as Duan Rong finished speaking, a figure ran out from behind Fan Hongjiao and threw himself into his arms.

"Husband! ..."

Xiao Yu leaned on Duan Rong's shoulder and burst into tears.

Duan Rong patted Xiao Yu and said soothingly, "It's okay, it's okay. It's okay. I'm back, right?"

Fan Hongjiao, Shen Mizhi and Ximen Kankan stood there, watching the two hugging each other, and they all felt a little sympathetic.

Shen Mizhi and Ximen Kankan's eyes were filled with tears.

"You cry as much as you want? Why are you holding my hand?"

Fan Hongjiao pushed Ximen Kankan so hard that he staggered, then wiped his hands with some disgust.

Ximen Kankan sniffed, wiped his tears and said, "How can you be so hard-hearted?! I was just moved by the scene, is there any need to be so rude?"

Xiao Yu was still crying, but was amused by Ximen Kankan's words.

Duan Rong wiped Xiao Yu's tears and said, "I heard from Master that you haven't eaten much these days?"

Xiao Yu lowered her head somewhat embarrassedly and said, "My husband is still alive or dead, I can't eat."

Duan Rong laughed and said, "I can't die!"

He looked at everyone present and said, "It's rare for us to get together again, let's have a good drink today and not leave until we are drunk."

Duan Rong said, then turned to look at Fan Hongjiao and said, "Senior Sister, I think we don't need to go anywhere else. We can stay in your secret room. Is that okay?"

Fan Hongjiao smiled and said, "That's great! Junior brother, I asked you to drink a few times before, but you didn't come! This time I want to test your ability."

"Okay!" Duan Rong said, "But, Senior Sister, you have to be careful. My Xiao Yu and I are both able to drink a thousand cups without getting drunk."

"Really?" Fan Hongjiao glanced at Xiao Yu provocatively and said, "What I like to do most is to make people who can drink a thousand cups without getting drunk fall down."

Then, several people sat around the stone table in Fan Hongjiao's secret practice room and asked the servants to serve the dishes and bring a few jars of wine.

Duan Rong first picked up a jar of wine, pecked open the seal, and poured a bowl for each of them.

Duan Rong took a bowl and stood up. He looked at Xiao Yu and said, "Xiao Yu, you also stand up. Let's toast to Senior Sister Fan. Thank her for helping you out of trouble."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yu immediately stood up with the bowl in hand and said, "Master Fan, please forgive me for my disrespect. I will follow Duan Rong and call you Senior Sister. Thank you for saving me from Tallin."

Fan Hongjiao said, "You two are so boring. You flatter me right from the start. How can I drink if you do this? I don't need your toasts. I just want to get you both drunk."

Fan Hongjiao refused to take the bowl and spoke murderously.

Duan Rong smiled and said, "Sister, etiquette is etiquette, and drinking is drinking. After this toast, let's compete again. A drinking place is like a killing place, no one should give in to anyone else!"

Fan Hongjiao smiled and said, "A drinking place is like a killing place, that's a good saying! Junior brother, I really didn't make a mistake about you. You are the only one with a penis on Yunfu Peak."

Fan Hongjiao's words made everyone laugh.

After receiving the toast from Duan Rong and Xiao Yu, Fan Hongjiao started to play fist-fighting with Duan Rong.

After several rounds of rock-paper-scissors, Duan Rong lost several times in a row and drank several bowls of wine.

Xiao Yu looked distressed and said, "You should eat some food instead of just drinking!"

Duan Rong smiled and said, "It's okay, I haven't eaten anything for a long time. Fasting!"

"Fasting?" Xiao Yu was slightly surprised. She thought that it would be impossible not to eat.

Ximen Kankan was standing aside, looking at Xiao Yu's bewildered expression, and immediately began to explain to her that he had seen with his own eyes that Duan Rong had not eaten anything for more than a month and only drank water, yet he was still alive and kicking, and was completely fine.

Then, Ximen Kankan imitated Duan Rong's words and said to Xiao Yu seriously: "In the Cyclone Realm, not eating is good for cultivation."

Xiao Yu has known for the past few days that Duan Rong has advanced to the Cyclone Realm. On the one hand, she is happy that her husband is so capable, but on the other hand, she can't help feeling ashamed, as if Duan Rong is getting further and further away from her.

Fan Hongjiao and Duan Rong drank three jars of wine in a row.

Seeing that Duan Rong had almost drank two jars of wine but didn't seem to have any reaction, Fan Hongjiao was immediately discouraged and said, "I won't drink with you for now. If we keep drinking like this, we won't be able to tell who's the winner until dawn."

Fan Hongjiao's eyes lit up, and she looked at Xiao Yu with a charming smile and said, "I'll drink with your sister Xiao. I'll get her drunk first, and then I'll fight with you."

Duan Rong smiled and shook his head, saying: "Senior sister, you have violated the biggest taboo of military strategy. You will get drunk later."

Fan Hongjiao said disdainfully: "If you can really make me drunk, it will be yours."

Seeing that Duan Rong had already drunk two jars of wine, Xiao Yu was originally thinking about how to stop Duan Rong from drinking. Unexpectedly, Fan Hongjiao turned around and rushed towards her, which was exactly what she wanted.

The two of them immediately started drinking.

Although Xiao Yu was married, she used to be a bodyguard. On the way to Yuanyang and Ruyang, she was nicknamed Yanzhihu. Not only did she drink a lot, but she also acted very heroically.

Not long after, Xiao Yu and Fan Hongjiao had already stepped on the stone chairs and started playing finger-guessing games and drinking.

Ximen Kankan looked at Duan Rong, he was a little puzzled, and said: "Didn't you pass out after being whipped three times? Why do I see you look fine?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yu suddenly turned her head and looked at Duan Rong with her almond-shaped eyes, and asked nervously, "When did you get whipped three times? And you fainted?"

They had been hiding the fact that Duan Rong had fainted after being tortured from Xiao Yu these past few days, and they didn't want Ximen Kankan to let the secret slip at this time.

Duan Rong glared at Ximen Kankan and said with a smile, "Don't listen to his nonsense. Am I not fine?"

Xiao Yu felt relieved when he saw that Duan Rong had a ruddy complexion and was full of energy, and did not look like he was injured.

After Xiao Yu and Fan Hongjiao drank two jars of wine, Xiao Yu pretended to be exhausted and lay on the table, refusing to look up.

Fan Hongjiao pushed Xiao Yu with shining eyes and said with a smile: "Sister Xiao, this is not good enough..."

Xiao Yu lay there, and said vaguely: "Who can't drink? I can still drink..."

Fan Hongjiao smiled happily and said, "What do you mean by never getting drunk after drinking a thousand cups? He is clearly completely drunk." She turned her head and looked at Duan Rong, saying, "Junior brother, it's your turn."

Duan Rong took a look and saw that Ximen Kankan and Shen Mizhi were also almost drunk, so he said, "Senior Sister, just drink to your heart's content. I think we should stop here today."

"No!" Fan Hongjiao said, "Junior brother, today either you get me drunk or I get you drunk. In short, only one of us can leave standing."

Xiao Yu lay there, suddenly pretending to vomit, and shouted: "Duan Rong, I feel uncomfortable..."

Duan Rong immediately went over, supported Xiao Yu, patted her on the back, and gave her some water. Xiao Yu took the opportunity to lie on Duan Rong's shoulder, hugged him and refused to let go.

Duan Rong said, "Sister, Xiao Yu has made you drunk like this. Today, you have already chilled the nineteen continents with your sword. You should go on a journey to conquer the world another day."

Fan Hongjiao snorted coldly, looking at the way Xiao Yu was attached to Duan Rong, and said, "Since you and your spouse are reunited after a long separation, I will forgive you this time."

Duan Rong smiled and said, "Thank you, Senior Sister. Let's fight again another day!"

Duan Rong said as he helped Xiao Yu up and walked out. Ximen Kankan and Shen Mizhi also stood up and said goodbye to Fan Hongjiao.

Duan Rong helped Xiao Yu to the secret room next door, and asked Ximen Kankan and Shen Mizhi to go to the room on the attic to rest.

After the few people left, Fan Hongjiao called the servants and asked them to take away the leftovers and the empty wine jars.

After all the servants had left, Fan Hongjiao sat in the empty secret room, thinking of the love between Duan Rong and Xiao Yu just now, and suddenly a trace of jealousy arose in her heart.

(End of this chapter)