Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 164 - 157: Hufa of Neo-Confucianism_1

Chapter 164: Chapter 157: Hufa of Neo-Confucianism_1

The atmosphere in the living room became extraordinarily awkward afterwards. Whether it was the three elders present or Xue Yunrou and Jiang Hanyun, everyone’s expressions flickered with strangeness and constantly changed.

Li Xuan, on the other hand, showed an air of indifference towards all this, focusing solely on his food and drink. He thought that after all the brutal ordeal he had gone through, it would be a terrible loss to not fully enjoy the Golden Abalone Soup.

After all, in this world, love and food should not be neglected.

Having adjusted his mood, Li Xuan gradually found the soup to taste better again. He even occasionally praised Lady Jiang’s culinary skills.

In his previous life, Li Xuan had spent time in college and the workplace, while also frequenting various social media groups, and thus had picked up some real skills. His words were as sweet as honey, and soon a smile returned to Lady Jiang’s face: "If you like it, Xuan, I will ask your uncle to catch more golden abalones for you. This time, they must be 300 years old, or perhaps a couple of 600-years-old red golden abalones would be the best ingredients."

Jiang Yunqi, who was eating in silence, nearly dropped his face into the bowl in front of him. He thought to himself, ’This woman speaks without a filter! That I haven’t slaughtered this brat yet shows great restraint, and yet you want me to fish in golden abalones and find red golden abalones for him? What do you take your husband for?’

Golden abalones of 300 years are a rare find, while the red golden abalones are the most precious among abalones.

Before the Tumu Fort incident, Wang Zhen had searched all over the world for a 500-year-old red golden abalone to let the Zhengtong Emperor taste it. Despite willing to pay a price of fifty thousand taels of silver, he was unable to find one.

And now, I am supposed to find a 600-year-old red golden abalone for this brat?

After downing the soup in just a few mouthfuls, he looked at Li Xuan: "It seems that my dear nephew has eaten almost everything. Why don’t we go for a walk to aid digestion?"

Li Xuan raised his head, his heart slightly chilled at the fiery gaze from the grandmaster level man, and his scalp tingled once again.

"Well, I have other duties to attend to tonight..."

He still had to join Yue Qianqian and others tonight to trace down that ship full of weapons. In addition, he had to find time to withdraw the wealth left behind by Shopkeeper Han.

Likely up to no good, Li Xuan thought, he would be a fool to accept Jiang Yunqi’s invitation. Would it not be better to retrieve the gold and silver left by Shopkeeper Han instead?

But before Li Xuan could finish speaking, Jiang Yunqi intervened: "Servants! Take the ’Ziyuan Elixir’ that I have presented back to the elixir room."

Li Xuan couldn’t help but gape at this, thinking ’Can even a given item be taken back?’

Jiang Yunqi laughed coldly, "Official business can always be dealt with later. Meetings between us, uncle and nephew, are rare. Don’t you think? And the elixir formula that I just mentioned to you seemed somewhat inappropriate, en route I can help you think it through."

Li Xuan muttered under his breath, swallowing hard, then replied with a forced laugh: "Alright then, I’ll accompany my uncle for a walk."

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They both left the room after that, but as it seemed, Jiang Yunqi had no intention of conversing with Li Xuan, coldly saying ’follow me’, he strode off without another word. His strides seemed leisurely, yet surprisingly speedy. He seemingly left Li Xuan behind in just a few moments.

He continued to head south without leaving Li Xuan behind or giving him a chance to catch up, he then scaled the southern city wall.

At this moment, Li Xuan started to hesitate. In ancient times, city walls were important military defense areas, not everyone had access to. But soon he saw Jiang Yunqi standing on the towering city wall, looking down at him coldly.

—That look was as if to challenge him: dare you not follow?

Left with no choice, Li Xuan struggled to follow him up. Unable to jump up, he had to climb, reaching the top of the 14-zhang high city wall of Nanjing with great difficulty.

Fortunately, the commanding officer in charge of maintaining the city wall did not pay him any attention after taking a single glance.

Li Xuan reasoned that the commander must have recognized Jiang Yunqi, the well-known doctor from Jiangnan and a grandmaster level practitioner.

After a chace that extended all the way to the outskirts of the city to the Yuhuatai, Jiang Yunqi finally slowed his pace.

By then, Li Xuan could faintly hear the sound of recitations coming from a distance. He wasn’t surprised as he knew there was a branch of the Nanjing Guozi Bureau nearby.

About fifty years ago, during the Xuande Era, the Jijiu of the Nanjing Guozi Bureau was dissatisfied with the small and busy location inside the Nanjing city. Many Jiansheng had lost their interest in studying due to the lavish life of the city. Therefore, he established a branch campus at the Yuhuatai outside the city. The subsequent Jijiu continued this practice and managed to develop the campus to be twice the size of the main campus of the Guozi Bureau.

—This is similar to the modern practice of universities setting up branch campuses.

"Uncle!"

Although Jiang Yunqi had slowed his pace, it took Li Xuan half a pot of tea’s time to finally catch up. By then, his strength was nearly exhausted. Gasping for breath, he complained, "Uncle, this isn’t technically a walk. I’m almost dead tired. What is it that you want to talk about?"

Jiang Yunqi ignored him, his face cold as he looked forward: "Do you know where this is?"

Li Xuan looked around: "Of course, this is the Guozi Bureau’s branch campus."