Chapter 263: The Mountain God, Ten Dragons Ten Elephants
After more than three months, Li Yanchu had finally returned to Wei City. Seeing this, the innkeeper was overjoyed. She immediately ordered the kitchen to prepare a lavish table of dishes to welcome him home.
Fang Qinglan, now serving as head constable at the Wei County yamen, had not left the inn either, choosing instead to remain.
As she gazed at Li Yanchu’s travel-worn figure, the innkeeper kept serving him food. “Eat more.”
Fang Qinglan, however, simply studied him with a subtle, indescribable look in her eyes.
The atmosphere at the table was warm and easygoing as Li Yanchu briefly recounted his journey beyond the pass, speaking of the Shaman Sect, the ferocious Bei beast from the Classic of Mountains and Seas, the Ba snake, and more.
The innkeeper and Fang Qinglan listened with rapt attention. “You’re saying that little girl called Feng Jiu was taken away by the Mountain God of Mount Qianyuan?” the innkeeper asked.
“Yes, though to be precise, it’s likely Feng Jiu sought out the Mountain God of Mount Qianyuan on her own,” Li Yanchu explained.
The innkeeper lowered her head and said nothing more. This time, Li Yanchu had returned to Wei City alone. Bai Hongtu had gone to Jinchuan, while Feng Jiu had embarked on her own fateful path.
Along the way, aside from killing a few blind bandits and fierce ghostly wraiths, nothing else of note occurred. The main reason was that the three of them had been traveling nonstop, making long-distance sprints at high speed, and only pausing briefly wherever they stopped.
Mount Qianyuan was a towering, rugged peak within Beifeng Prefecture, its slopes steep and majestic. It was there, in the mountains, that the three encountered the Mountain God.
The Mountain God of Mount Qianyuan appeared as a beautiful woman, clad in a thin hemp winter robe, her long hair tied into a coiled bun. Her demeanor was calm and serene.
After some thought, Feng Jiu chose to stay with the Mountain God of Mount Qianyuan, and Li Yanchu made no move to stop her.