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Chapter 150 Lanling Finale: Military Training Method Obtained!

Amidst the wind and rain, Zhang Mu, Ye Hanzhou, and Zhuge Nanxian descended Jinchuan Mountain and headed straight north.

After running about a hundred miles, leaving the storm of Lanling City behind, Ye Hanzhou couldn't help but look back and gaze into the distance. He saw Lanling City standing faintly, as if wrapped in clouds and mist. For a moment, his heart was filled with mixed feelings.

The bitterness, honor and disgrace of the past twenty years are still vivid in my mind, and I can only look back at the journey of a hundred miles.

The past is shrouded in mist and seems like a dream.

"You will come back." Zhang Mu comforted softly.

"Yes." Ye Hanzhou nodded, identified the direction, and said, "The address left on the letter is still a hundred miles away. We should arrive around dusk."

Zhuge Nanxian smiled and said, "It's on the way back."

Zhang Mu also nodded. Ye Hanzhou urged his horse to go in one direction. Zhang Mu and Zhuge Nanxian smiled at each other and hurriedly rode to catch up...

……

At dusk, Zhang Mu and his two companions arrived at a remote village, but were stopped at the entrance.

The villagers were all quite tough and strong, and it seemed that they all had martial arts skills. Several of them had already drawn their bows and arrows in the distance, aiming at the three people.

"Brother Mu, Brother Ye, be careful." Zhuge Nanxian reminded softly, "A village this far away from the city must have support, otherwise it would be difficult to survive in the wild."

Zhang Mu nodded slightly, exchanged a glance with Ye Hanzhou, and they both dismounted.

Ye Hanzhou stepped forward and bowed to a villager who was blocking his way, saying, "Big brother, I am Ye Hanzhou from Lanling, and I am here at your invitation."

"By invitation? By whose invitation?" The burly villager snorted coldly.

Ye Hanzhou had not expected this situation to happen, and said with a gloomy face: "I don't know either."

"Someone sent me a message a few days ago, asking me to come here to meet him."

"That person didn't leave any signature."

"Hmph, you outsiders are only capable of sweet talk like this." The burly villager said with a stern look on his face, "Leave now, before we have to fight."

Ye Hanzhou was about to say something more when Zhuge Nanxian suddenly stepped forward, stopped Ye Hanzhou, bowed to the villager, and asked in a sweet voice, "Big brother, don't be angry."

"Have outsiders come to the village before? When did they come?"

The villager's guard dropped considerably when he saw Zhuge Nanxian's celestial beauty. He managed to maintain a serious expression and said, "Three days ago, several people came here, claiming to be from Lanling City. We offered them hospitality, but they took a fancy to Huan Niang and tried to abduct her..."

"Three days ago..." Zhuge Nanxian glanced back at Zhang Mu and Ye Hanzhou. Zhang Mu frowned slightly and guessed, "It might be the group of people who withdrew from the Sword Sharpening Conference."

After saying this, Zhang Mu looked at the villager again and said with a bow, "Big Brother, how about this? We won't enter the village. Please go around and spread the word that Ye Hanzhou from Fenglin Villa has arrived. If no one responds, we will turn around and leave without stopping."

"Really?" the villager confirmed.

"Absolutely no lies."

The villager hesitated for a moment and was about to say something to the person next to him when he suddenly heard a gentle voice: "Brother Shi, they are the younger generations of my friend, let them in."

The villager turned around and asked in surprise, "Huan Niang?"

Zhang Mu also turned his head to look, and saw a woman about thirty years old walking towards them. She was pretty and charming. He felt that she looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen her.

"Aunt Xiang?" Ye Hanzhou recognized her at a glance.

Hearing Ye Hanzhou's address, Zhang Mu thought for a moment and remembered the other party's origin.

Isn’t this the most beautiful girl in Yaoyue Tower who was embraced by Ye Suifeng back then?
The woman Ye Hanzhou called Aunt Xiang walked to the village entrance, looked Ye Hanzhou up and down, then looked at Zhang Mu and Zhuge Nanxian, nodded, and said, "Come with me."

After saying that, she turned around and walked towards the village. Zhang Mu and the other two hurriedly followed. This time, no one stopped them.

Following Aunt Xiang around the village, they arrived in front of a small courtyard. Just as the three were about to follow her into the house, Aunt Xiang stopped Zhang Mu and Zhuge Nanxian and said, "Please wait at the door for a moment, both of you."

"Aunt Xiang, it's okay. They all know about me."

Upon hearing this, Aunt Xiang looked at Ye Hanzhou for a moment, then nodded and sighed softly: "Come in."

The three of them walked into the house. Aunt Xiang poured water for them and said, "There are so many people talking, so I didn't tell anyone about my appointment with you."

"A few days ago, some ignorant people came here and caused trouble. The village has taken some precautions, so they kept you outside."

As she spoke, Aunt Xiang placed the three cups of tea one by one, then looked at Ye Hanzhou: "How is your father...?"

Ye Hanzhou hesitated for a moment and replied, "Still alive."

"It's good to be alive..." A smile finally appeared on Aunt Xiang's face, and she said to Ye Hanzhou, "Wait a moment." After that, Aunt Xiang turned and walked into the inner room. After a moment, she came out holding a wooden box.

"This is what Suifeng asked me to leave for you..." Aunt Xiang opened the wooden box and saw two little puppets inside.

Ye Hanzhou took the two puppets and saw a mechanism behind them. He looked at Aunt Xiang, who nodded. Ye Hanzhou then activated the mechanism. The next moment, the two puppets began to fight. Ye Hanzhou watched for a moment, his eyes suddenly brightening: "Is this... our Ye family's sword technique?"

"Suifeng said there were issues with Ye's swordsmanship." Aunt Xiang gazed at the two puppets with longing, sat down, and said softly, "Although he hasn't reached the level of a Grandmaster, his understanding of martial arts remains. He made some changes to Ye's swordsmanship and incorporated them into the sparring between these two puppets."

Upon hearing this, Ye Hanzhou looked at the pair of puppets in his hands with care, nodded solemnly, and carefully put them in his arms.

"and this……"

Aunt Xiang stood up again, casually took a wine gourd from the wooden cabinet in the room, and handed it to Ye Hanzhou: "This is the most important thing he left for you."

Ye Hanzhou looked at the wine gourd but did not reach out to take it.

In the past, what he hated most was this wine gourd.

Because it represents the drunken, useless father.

But now, he already knew that this wine gourd was the real treasure. It was Ye Suifeng's reliance for recovering his vitality, and it was also the treasure that had protected him for twenty years.

"Once the wine is in the gourd, it needs to be left overnight before you can drink the wine that carries the spirit of the sword." Aunt Xiang seemed to be thinking of something in the past, with a smile in the corner of her eyes, "That wine is not only sharp and cleansing, but the key is that it is strong and can easily make people drunk."

Aunt Xiang paused, then continued, "As for the White Horse Volunteers..."

Hearing these four words, Zhang Mu and Zhuge Nanxian also looked towards Aunt Xiang.

Aunt Xiang sighed softly and said, "Your father said that it is not something you can control, but you can sell it for a good price for self-protection."

After she finished speaking, she stretched out her hand and made a splitting motion towards the wine gourd, saying, "The thing is inside the gourd. If you want it, you have to split the gourd open. But if you do that, the wine gourd will be completely useless."

"You decide for yourself what to do!"

After hearing what Aunt Xiang said, Ye Hanzhou and Zhang Mu looked at each other in surprise.

In terms of value, a military training method is naturally better than this magic gourd, but emotionally speaking, Ye Hanzhou is naturally reluctant to give it up.

"Okay, I've handed the things over to you." Aunt Xiang smiled and said, "Let's go."

Ye Hanzhou looked at the other person with complicated eyes, took a step back, and said, "Aunt Xiang, I know you have been secretly taking care of me for the past twenty years."

"Don't worry, I will definitely rescue my father and reunite with you."

After saying that, Ye Hanzhou knelt down with a thud, kowtowed, then stood up, turned around and left.

Zhang Mu and Zhuge Nanxian both bowed and hurriedly chased after him.

Looking at Ye Hanzhou's back, Aunt Xiang gently raised her hand to wipe away a drop of moisture from the corner of her eyes.

"Then... you better be faster than me!"

……

The three of them rode away from the mountain village. Ye Hanzhou reined in his horse, took out the wine gourd with some embarrassment, and handed it to Zhang Mu.

"Brother Mu, take it. I can't handle this gourd. You do it!"

Zhang Mu didn't reach out his hand, but shook his head: "You keep it..."

"It's useless to keep it, it's more important to practice military tactics..."

"No rush, let's think of another way..."

Just as the two men were trying to give in to each other, Zhuge Nanxian rode forward and stood between them: "Okay, stop pushing each other. I have a plan."

"What method?" Zhang Mu asked curiously.

Zhuge Nanxian's eyes rolled around and he smiled, "I'll tell you when we reach Yongning City and part ways."

After saying that, Zhuge Nanxian waved the whip in his hand and immediately spurred his horse forward. Zhang Mu smiled and chased after him. However, Ye Hanzhou fell behind and was not in a hurry to catch up. He looked helpless.

"The gourd is mine, and so is the military training method. How come you are tired of me?"

"Hey, you two, wait for me!"

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(My grandpa passed away yesterday, and I have to go to the funeral. Even though the salary is less, I still need to take some time off and explain it.)
(End of this chapter)