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Chapter 238 Repaying others with their own methods
After everyone finished eating the crabs, they grilled some river shrimp and finally finished off Ren Shaoyang's morning's harvest.

Ding An brought some fruit, Xi Yingzhen brewed tea, and everyone enjoyed the cool air in the pavilion.

The young Taoist priest sneakily approached Ren Shaoyang, cupped his hands in greeting, and said, "Thank you for showing mercy, Shaoyang!"

He knew that the young man opposite him was always ruthless, but now he was unusually reluctant to let the three of them go. Although Ren Shaoyang didn't say it, he had to accept this favor.

The weather was perfect, and the flowers were in full bloom. The flowers in front of the flower hall were red, white, and lush. The little beggar picked flowers and made a flower wreath to put on Xi Yingzhen's head. Suddenly, a fat bee crawled out from under the leaves and stung Xi Yingzhen, who covered his head and cried out in pain.

The little beggar exclaimed repeatedly, flustered and disorganized.

Ren Shaoyang laughed happily and said, "Look, isn't that great?"

Seeing the beggar and Ding'an's flustered state, the little Taoist priest picked up a pastry, ate it while laughing, and said, "Yes, that's really good."

“But such a good life,” Ren Shaoyang turned to look at him and said calmly, “is something that someone wants to ruin.”

The Taoist priest chuckled dryly, coughed, and slowly said, "The situation in the martial world is changing too fast; they're getting anxious too."

Ren Shaoyang frowned and said, "Continue."

"The Demon Master Palace is currently gathering an alliance from beyond the realm, seemingly plotting something big," said Xiao Ban Dao Ren. "The three Grandmasters from beyond the realm are all Grandmaster-level experts, with diverse secret techniques and methods. Any one of them could dominate the martial world."

Ren Shaoyang nodded slightly. He knew these three people: Li Chimei, who had been tricked back then; the Red Sun Dharma King of the Tantric sect; and "Flower Demon" Nian Liandan.

Nowadays, apart from the Three Fiends, Lang Fanyun, and Li Ruohai, no one can gain an advantage against these three.

Xiao Ban Dao Ren continued, "Now, Chi Zun Xin's Zun Xin Sect and Qian Luo's Qian Luo Mountain City have both submitted to Fang Ye Yu. As for the Xie Yi Sect, it has been disbanded by Li Ruo Hai, who is preparing to wholeheartedly declare war on Pang Ban."

“In this era of great strife, the martial world is in complete chaos.” Ren Shaoyang nodded and said, “No wonder those righteous people dare to provoke me.”

"They're crazy!" The half-hearted Taoist priest jumped up like a bristling feather, cursed, then let out a long breath and slowly sat down. "Mengyao and I have talked until our lips are sore, but they still don't believe us."

"Them?" Ren Shaoyang asked coldly. "Who exactly are they?"

The young Taoist couldn't bite into the pastry in his mouth. After a long pause, he coughed and said, "The immortal of the Changbai School."

Ren Shaoyang understood, feeling annoyed, and said, "So it was this old bastard."

"Eh~?" the half-Taoist asked, "Shaoyang, do you have a grudge against him?"

"No grudge," Ren Shaoyang said calmly. "I just know what kind of person he is."

The young Taoist priest was skeptical, and lowered his eyes to ponder.

"By the way," Ren Shaoyang asked, "where is Lao Li now?"

The Taoist priest thought for a long time, then said uncertainly, "It should be in Lanxi Town."

Ren Shaoyang nodded, looking at the two people applying medicine to Xi Yingzhen, and said with a slight smile, "They're really close to us. They're trying to kill two birds with one stone."

The Taoist priest hesitated, but then Ren Shaoyang waved his hand and got up to check Xi Yingzhen's forehead.
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Nothing more was said that night, and everyone had gone to sleep.

Ren Shaoyang suddenly got out of bed, washed up, and went straight out the door.

After passing through the gate, I strolled through a moon gate, then sat down by the pond, watching the fish fry swim freely under the lotus leaves, lost in thought.

After a while, he picked up a blade of grass and started blowing on it casually. The tune was cheerful, humorous, and unpredictable.

As the song ended, someone suddenly laughed and said, "Brother Ren, are you welcoming me?"

"Why do you say that?" Ren Shaoyang smiled slightly.

A gentle breeze blew, and a man in white carrying a gun appeared in the pavilion, sat down leisurely, and poured himself some tea.

Ren Shaoyang turned to look at him and laughed, "Old Li, you really don't stand on ceremony."

"What's there to be so formal about?" Li Ruohai said with a smile. "We've never been short of food or clothing, so why can't we even have a cup of tea?"

"Sure, why not?"

Ren Shaoyang laughed heartily, and as he stood up, he suddenly pulled out two jugs of wine.

"Oh?" Li Ruohai's eyes lit up. "Is it peach blossom wine? Bring it here quickly."

Ren Shaoyang walked into the pavilion and said with a smile, "You used to refuse to drink even when I offered you a drink, but you've come to your senses today?" As he spoke, he handed him a pot of tea.

Li Ruohai paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "Such fine wine cannot be missed." He then raised his hand in a toast.

Ren Shaoyang raised his wine jug and clinked it against his.

The two drank heartily together under the moonlight.

"Ha, that's really refreshing!" Li Ruohai laughed. "It looks mellow, but it has a unique strength. This wine has real power!"

Ren Shaoyang laughed and said, "Using wine to fuel the flames will naturally make them burn higher and higher."

Li Ruohai said, "This is an external object; I will not take it."

"But it's useful, isn't it?" Ren Shaoyang replied, seemingly ignoring the question. "A cat is a good cat as long as it catches mice, whether it's black or white."

Li Ruohai said coldly, "But the anger in my heart is burning, and I don't need any external help."

Ren Shaoyang looked at his twelve-foot-long red spear. Although it was still as bright and clean as new, the spearhead and red tassel still smelled of blood.

Clearly, he had been through a bloody battle. "You stabbed quite a few people to death in Lanxi Town."

“The Meng family’s two demons, the Sun, Moon, and Star Trio.” Li Ruohai didn’t hide anything and laughed loudly, “After I’m done, I’ll ride away on horseback.”

Ren Shaoyang laughed heartily, emboldened by the wine, and then said, "When do you plan to lead your apprentice to break through the encirclement?" He paused, "Or rather, confront Pang Ban directly?"

"Tomorrow," Li Ruohai said firmly, "tomorrow at 5 PM, Yingfeng Gorge!"

"Hmm~!"

Ren Shaoyang stroked his chin and nodded slowly.

Li Ruohai frowned and said, "Shaoyang, this is a big day for me, and I hope..."

“I know,” Ren Shaoyang interrupted him. “You’ve always wanted to have a real man’s one-on-one battle with him.”

Li Ruohai was stunned for a moment, then thought about it and couldn't help but laugh, "That's a really interesting description, it's true."

“But he’s not fair,” Ren Shaoyang added fuel to the fire. “He’s already draining your energy before the fight even starts.”

"So what?" Li Ruohai turned his gaze, took a sip of his wine, and said arrogantly, "Didn't I still make it through?"

Ren Shaoyang asked, "How much internal energy do you have left?"

Li Ruohai raised his head: "My internal strength has been honed through life and death trials, how could it be so easily depleted?"

"Ha!" Ren Shaoyang sneered, "Stop bragging, just say it."

Li Ruohai frowned and sighed, "At most seventy or eighty percent."

Wow! You're amazing!

Ren Shaoyang clapped his hands in praise and said in a yin-yang tone, "Most people would be so scared by Pang Ban that their legs would go weak, but you, Lao Li, dared to use seven or eight tenths of your strength to fight Pang Ban?"

How much do you look down on him?

"So what! How can everything in life be as you wish?" Li Ruohai said firmly, enunciating each word clearly, "What I practice is my martial way!"

"I know, just keep going!" Ren Shaoyang took a sip of his drink and said, "Old Li, go ahead with confidence, I'll back you up!"

Li Ruohai raised an eyebrow and said in a deep voice, "Are you going to interfere?"

Ren Shaoyang said, "This is your struggle against old ghost Pang Ban, and also my war against him."

“It’s only because it’s you. If it were anyone else saying that, I would have stabbed them already,” Li Ruohai said coldly.

Ren Shaoyang smiled and said, "I'll just say a few words."

Li Ruohai took a sip of wine: "Let it go."

Ren Shaoyang's face darkened. Looking at Li Ruohai, whose lips were slightly upturned, he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh: "It's so hard to learn good things, but one bad thing can happen in no time."

Li Ruohai laughed and said, "Didn't I learn it from you?"

Ren Shaoyang smiled slightly and said, "Alright, I'm going to say it now."

Li Ruohai nodded.

Ren Shaoyang held up one finger: "First, you can't beat me, and you can't fight me now either."

Li Ruohai's lips twitched, but he finally nodded and admitted, "You're right, I can't waste any more of my energy."

Ren Shaoyang held up two fingers: "Secondly, since that old ghost Pang Ban has trampled on your faith, we should fight back in the same way!"

Li Ruohai thought for a moment, then said, "You're changing the subject."

Ren Shaoyang said, "Think about it, aren't you praising him too much?"

Li Ruohai's expression changed, and he was speechless.

Yes.

Pang Ban's power has dominated the martial world for sixty years. He is invincible and his demonic might is unparalleled. Who wouldn't regard him as a god or demon?
Even proud and strong people like Li Ruohai are no exception!
Ren Shaoyang laughed and said, "Gods and Buddhas are created by people's hearts, so we should distinguish the truth from the falsehood. If we brush away the idealization in our hearts, eh! This old ghost Pang is nothing but a villain!" After saying that, he got up, stretched, picked up the wine pot, and leisurely walked back to the house.

"A gentleman should deal with another gentleman, and a hero with another hero. As for a petty person, one should naturally respond in kind. What do you say?"

Li Ruohai didn't answer. He sat alone in the pavilion, finished the last sip of wine, smiled nonchalantly, and strolled out of the courtyard with his gun on his shoulder.
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The moonlight is just right.

Just as Ren Shaoyang and Li Ruohai were drinking.

Ding An's eyes snapped open, and he silently left the room, slipped out of the courtyard, and headed towards the back mountain.

When he reached the edge of the stream, he saw a table and a chair on the bank, with a man in yellow sitting on the chair, giving him a slight cold smile.

Ding'an looked at him and remained silent for a long time.

The man in yellow asked, "What are you looking at?"

Ding An said, "You have something of mine inside you!"
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P.S.: I've had a good rest. Starting tomorrow, I'll resume updating three times a day. The first two updates will be in the evening, and the third update will be at noon.

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