Chapter 285 – Never Known Peace
"So you didn't have this blade at the time?" Fang Dingwu vigorously wiped his body with a towel, his gaze falling on the Tang sword by the well. "Then how did you come by this treasure?"
Ye Beizhi squatted by the well washing his hair, and after a long pause, he said, "That’s another story."
The weather was still a bit chilly, and the two of them didn’t plan to wash their whole bodies. They only casually cleaned their upper bodies. Both were martial artists, so they could tolerate this level of cold. Before the chill struck, their bodies began to warm up.
After washing, they couldn't completely dry off all the way. Fang Dingwu took out a wine pouch from his bag, and the two of them sat with their upper bodies bare in front of the woodshed, drinking lightly. It was already midnight, and the faint sound of snoring came from inside the house, letting them know that the old man had fallen asleep.
"Hah." Fang Dingwu exhaled a wine-laden breath towards the half moon in the sky, squinting with a look of enjoyment. He casually asked, "Brother, after we’ve gone to Xuanfeng Valley, where do we go next?"
Ye Beizhi tilted his head back, finishing his wine in one gulp, and shook his head. "I don’t know."
"Don’t know?" Fang Dingwu was stunned for a moment, then chuckled and smiled derisively. "Alright, alright, it doesn’t matter where we go, wherever we are, it's still the jianghu."
Ye Beizhi looked down, playing with his wine cup, his expression unreadable.
Fang Dingwu, taken in by the moment, waved his hand and pointed around. "Brother! Do you know where we are now?"
Ye Beizhi looked up at Fang Dingwu and hesitated for a moment before he answered, "The edge of Xiangxi."
"No, no, no..." Fang Dingwu wagged his finger like a rattle, laughing loudly as he pounded the ground. "We are in the jianghu. No matter when or where, we are always in the jianghu!"