Ch 63: Want To See Shen Zhu?
“With the Bamboo Sword Immortal’s help, getting the Spring of Immortality from Tianxuan Academy shouldn’t be difficult.” Li Hanzhou said, smiling.
“That’s not likely.” Shi Ming couldn’t believe it: “That Bamboo Sword Immortal seems very difficult to get along with; she probably won’t help us.”
“How would you know if you don’t try?”
Li Hanzhou stood up and said, “Come on, let’s go find her.”
Shi Ming looked disbelieving, but still followed Li Hanzhou out the door.
Arriving near the City Gate, Li Hanzhou found Su Nianyi there, but when he saw Su Nianyi, she was actually treating injured commoners and soldiers at the City Gate.
At this moment, she had lost all the presence of a Sword Immortal. Many herbs were placed beside her; she was actually rolling up her sleeves and sitting there, with an elderly gentleman’s foot placed before her.
Su Nianyi was carefully using herbal juices to treat the old gentleman’s leg wound.
Her expression was serious, without the slightest impatience.
This scene touched Li Hanzhou’s heart.
In terms of beauty, Su Nianyi’s beauty was no less than the Immortal of Unfeeling’s.
In terms of identity, she was a High-Level Personnel of the Valley of Unfeeling.
In terms of strength, she was a Sword Immortal.
No matter which identity was brought up, she was destined to be someone high and mighty, but the scene before him made Li Hanzhou feel a great contrast.
Very down-to-earth.
“Shi Ming,” Li Hanzhou sighed softly, “I take back what I said before.”
“What did you say?”
Shi Ming looked at Li Hanzhou, puzzled.
“Actually, as long as you want to do it, you can still help the commoners. Thinking you can’t do it and never doing anything is more like an excuse.” Li Hanzhou said, looking at Su Nianyi’s figure.
Shi Ming nodded thoughtfully.
“Go and help.”
Li Hanzhou decided to help Su Nianyi as well.
Li Hanzhou also joined in, helping many commoners bandage their wounds.
Su Nianyi saw Li Hanzhou’s actions but said nothing.
Until dusk, the busy work finally slowed down.
The city’s relief rations were also delivered, and the commoners all drank porridge.
On the city wall, Su Nianyi sat there, facing the lonely sunset, not knowing what she was thinking about.
She was barefoot, swaying on the wall, without the slightest appearance of a Sword Immortal.
Li Hanzhou walked over and sat beside Su Nianyi.
“Thank you today,” Su Nianyi said, “If you hadn’t helped, it wouldn’t have ended so early.”
“So many injured commoners, very possibly would have died without treatment.”
“It was a small matter. I am also a person of the Divine Palace Kingdom; helping the commoners of my Divine Palace Kingdom is also perfectly justifiable. It’s just that, Bamboo Sword Immortal, you traveled from the Valley of Unfeeling to Lingyan City—quite a distance.”
Li Hanzhou intentionally mentioned this.
“For an old friend, he once used his life to protect this place; I don’t want Lingyan City to fall.” Su Nianyi calmly recounted.
Her emotions were calm and unruffled, as if the person she was talking about had nothing to do with her.
“You mean Shen Zhu,” Li Hanzhou asked.
“It seems that Temple Master Li knows something about my affairs.” Su Nianyi wasn’t surprised that Li Hanzhou mentioned this name, because her affairs had been widely known at the time.
It was only natural that Li Hanzhou knew.
“But it’s been many years since anyone dared to mention this name in front of me.” Su Nianyi actually smiled at this moment.
Who would dare to mention Shen Zhu in front of Su Nianyi, the Sword Immortal, and risk angering her?
However, Li Hanzhou didn’t care at all.
He took two flasks of wine from his Storage Bag and handed one to Su Nianyi: “Have a drink?”
Su Nianyi looked at it, took it, without any affectation, directly opened the stopper, tilted her head, and took a sip.
“I have heard some things about Shen Zhu.” Li Hanzhou also took a sip of wine: “I heard that when Shen Zhu last went to the Valley of Unfeeling to see you, you didn’t meet him.”
“Mm,” Su Nianyi said with narrowed eyes: “Temple Master Li seems very interested in this matter of mine.”
“Do you have any regrets?” Li Hanzhou asked.
“What are you trying to say?” Su Nianyi’s voice slowly turned cold: “There are some things I don’t want to recall.”
Hearing the displeasure in Su Nianyi’s words, Li Hanzhou still didn’t mind, but simply said: “I’m just guessing, but actually after Shen Zhu died, you had regrets; I think you must have things you wanted to say to him, but you no longer have the chance.”
Su Nianyi didn’t say anything and got up to leave.
However, Su Nianyi had only taken a few steps when Li Hanzhou tilted his head and took another sip of wine, asking: “Do you want to see him again?”
This sentence made Su Nianyi stop in her tracks, she couldn’t help but ask: “What do you mean?”
“If you want to see him again, I can help you.” Li Hanzhou said to Su Nianyi: “Say what you haven’t been able to say to him, how about that?”
“See him?” Su Nianyi’s heart was moved, but she still couldn’t believe it: “He’s been dead for so long, how could I possibly see him?”
“My Daoist Secret Technique can naturally do it, you just need to tell me if you want to see him or not.” Li Hanzhou said with a smirk.
Su Nianyi pursed her lips, seeming to fall into deep thought.
“Okay.” After a long while, Su Nianyi looked up at Li Hanzhou, seemingly having made a decision.
“But it’s not free, I also have something I want to ask the Bamboo Sword Immortal to help with.” Li Hanzhou said.
“Say it.”
Su Nianyi asked.
“I hope the Bamboo Sword Immortal can help me with something.” Li Hanzhou said smiling.
“What is it?” Su Nianyi raised an eyebrow: “What exactly are you doing in Great Zhou this time?”
“This matter doesn’t need the Bamboo Sword Immortal to know for now. If you agree, I will help you see Shen Zhu; if you don’t agree, then forget tonight’s conversation. But you can rest assured, I won’t do anything that would embarrass you; I guarantee it will be within your capabilities.” Li Hanzhou didn’t reveal his purpose.
“Okay, if you help me see Shen Zhu, even if you want me to go to the Dragon’s Pool and Tiger’s Den, I’ll do it.” Su Nianyi agreed.
“A deal is a deal.”
Li Hanzhou went into the city to prepare the things he needed for the evening.
The reincarnation of Heaven and Earth has long been damaged; these people are all drifting on the road to the underworld. Li Hanzhou knew that Shen Zhu’s soul was certainly here; finding Shen Zhu wasn’t difficult, but Shen Zhu’s appearance needed a medium.
Li Hanzhou himself was the best medium.
For a strong person like Shen Zhu, only a powerful Divine Soul could suppress him.
So after getting Shen Zhu’s Eight Characters of Birth, Li Hanzhou began to draw talismans; this was the first time Li Hanzhou had drawn this kind of talisman.
It’s called a Spirit Summoning Talisman.
It can summon a ghost and allow it to enter one’s body.
Li Hanzhou had made all the preparations and brought Su Nianyi to an open space where no one would disturb them.
For the first time, Li Hanzhou saw a nervous expression on the face of this Sword Immortal.
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