Fire Captain

Is Bai Ziyang drunk? Of course not. Bai Ziyang could almost drink Peach Blossom as if it were water. How could he get drunk with just a few cups? But when he heard Hua Qiangu was going to compete with Fairy Zixun, he suddenly remembered that this wine seemed to have a strong aftereffect. Hua Qiangu had never drunk with him before. With her small alcohol tolerance, she would probably get drunk after just a few cups.

Looking at everyone in the hall crying and laughing, looking at Xiaogu describing Xia Zixun's cooking method and ingredients one by one, looking at Xia Zixun's increasingly darker face, Bai Ziyang was almost unable to control himself from laughing so hard, where was this feeling of pride going on?

When Hua Qiangu came up with a fragrance whose ingredients even Xia Zixun couldn't guess, not only Bai Ziyang but everyone present couldn't believe it. They listened attentively to the tipsy Hua Qiangu saying, "You must have never smelled these two ingredients. It's common for people who don't know to not know!"

Xia Zixun said angrily: "What a fool! Tell me what these two flavors are?"

Hua Qiangu said proudly: "One is the fragrance on my body, and the other is the fragrance on Master's pillow."

Xia Zixun looked at Hua Qiangu in disbelief and said, "Your master's pillow incense?"

Hua Qiangu said: "Yes, I made it into incense, wrapped it into a sachet and put it in Master's pillow. It was left there for a full hundred days before it was taken out."

Even someone as daring as Bai Ziyang would feel a little shy after hearing this, let alone others. Bai Ziyang was also careless, and had no idea when Hua Qiangu put the sachet in his pillow. Besides, what kind of fragrance could there be on the pillow?

So when everyone subconsciously looked at Bai Ziyang, they saw Bai Ziyang pulling his clothes and sniffing around. When he found someone was looking at him, Bai Ziyang remembered that he was in "drunk time" and immediately fell back on the chair with his head tilted.

Afterwards, Xia Zixun suddenly whispered something to Hua Qiangu. No one noticed except Bai Zihua, who was slightly aware of it. In the end, Bai Zihua had to leave with the two drunkards.

Bai Ziyang woke up after the banquet. Bai Zihua originally wanted Bai Ziyang to take Hua Qiangu and walk slowly, and not rush back to Changliu Mountain. However, Bai Ziyang felt that there was no need for that, so he carried Hua Qiangu and returned to Changliu with Bai Zihua.

Because there are so many people going down the mountain this time, the first thing the returning disciples have to do is to go to the San Sheng Pond for another trial. Bai Ziyang doesn't know whether Hua Qiangu can survive the Jue Qing Pond water this time. Later, he finds out that Hua Qiangu has been restless for many days. After secretly investigating, he finds that Luo Shiyi is missing a bottle of medicine for healing the injuries caused by the San Sheng Pond water.

Bai Ziyang was puzzled. Did Hua Qiangu really fall in love? Who did she fall in love with? Bai Zihua? Or himself? Since Hua Qiangu went to Changliu Mountain, she had very little contact with Bai Zihua. When did Hua Qiangu fall in love with the cold Bai Zihua? If it wasn't Bai Zihua, then was he the one who had the most contact with Hua Qiangu? But he had always been more inclined to laugh, scold, and never acted seriously. Could Hua Qiangu possibly like him like this?

If it was someone else, who would it be?

Bai Ziyang has been wanting to ask Hua Qiangu these past few days who she has feelings for, but he knows that Hua Qiangu will definitely not tell him based on her personality, and if pushed into a corner, she might even tell him who she likes.

Bai Ziyang did not forget the life-testing stone. After checking, Hua Qiangu was still facing the life and death tribulation that he and Bai Zihua had experienced. People here were afraid of the life and death tribulation because it would hinder their attainment of enlightenment, but Bai Ziyang was never afraid because what he was pursuing was never just the great way.

After two days of being troubled by the water in the Heartless Pond, Hua Qiangu discovered that Bai Ziyang was actually worried. In her mind, Bai Ziyang seemed to be a person who didn't care about anything, but he was so quiet these two days, sitting in the garden for a whole day. It was really strange. She couldn't help but put aside her own worries and asked, "Master! Are you worried about something?"

Bai Ziyang looked at the ignorant Hua Qiangu in front of him, sighed, raised his hand and gently patted her little head, thinking: Xiaogu, Master will protect you, no matter who you like.

Bai Ziyang's expression changed, and he said to Hua Qiangu with great enthusiasm: "Xiaogu, Master will take you to do something!"

"Ah?" Hua Qiangu was stunned for a moment, unable to react.

On the eve of Bai Ziyang's plan to take Hua Qiangu down the mountain, Bai Zihua came to Xiaoyao Palace. Hua Qiangu had always been afraid of the serious and cold Bai Zihua, and felt more afraid than facing Mo Yan. When she saw Bai Zihua coming, she hurriedly whispered, "Master, the Master is here!"

Bai Ziyang leaned over and smiled, "Master? Why are you here?"

Bai Zihua saw Hua Qiangu slipping away, and came to Bai Ziyang's room and said: "Zixun came to see me just now, she already knows that Hua Qiangu is the life and death of the two of us."

Bai Ziyang was surprised and asked, "How did he know that?"

Bai Zihua said: "Someone wrote the words Hua Qiangu, the life-testing stone, in Zixun's perfumery room. Afterwards, Zixun broke into my Jueqing Palace and saw Hua Qiangu's life-testing stone."

Bai Ziyang asked: "Do you know who wrote it?"

Bai Zihua said: "I don't know yet, but Zixun has already had murderous intentions towards Hua Qiangu. I was able to stop her for a while today. Since this is a matter of life and death, I'm afraid Zixun is not someone who gives up easily."

Bai Ziyang said: "It's about your life and death. If it's just about my life and death, do you think Xia Zixun would care?"

Bai Zihua said: "I heard that you are going to take Hua Qiangu down the mountain for training. Now it seems that it is better to avoid Zixun. You must be more careful from now on and don't take it lightly."

Bai Ziyang said: "Xia Zixun is like this because of you. Tell her that if she dares to touch Xiaogu, don't blame me for being rude... You know I have the ability to do this!"

Bai Zihua was not angry. He just nodded lightly, then asked a few questions about Bai Ziyang's whereabouts after he went down the mountain, and then left.

Hua Qiangu followed Bai Ziyang down the mountain and asked, "Master, what is our purpose in going down the mountain this time?"

Bai Ziyang said: "Go get the Minsheng Sword!"

"Ah?" Hua Qiangu was stunned and asked, "So Master, you know where the Minsheng Sword is?"

Bai Ziyang said: "In Shu."

Bai Ziyang did not use any magic when he went down the mountain this time. He was not in a hurry anyway. He taught Hua Qiangu medicine, martial arts, music, calligraphy and painting while sightseeing. Hua Qiangu said frankly that she felt even busier than when she was on the mountain.

"Prince Ming's Palace? Master, why are we here?" Hua Qiangu and Bai Ziyang sat at a small stall opposite Prince Ming's Palace and ordered a bowl of wontons each.

Bai Ziyang was eating happily, and said without even looking up: "Waiting for the Minsheng Sword!"

Hua Qiangu asked doubtfully: "How could the Minsheng Sword appear here?"

Bai Ziyang said: "Don't worry, your master and I calculated that the Minsheng Sword will appear here, eat quickly..."

"Oh!"

As Bai Ziyang expected, a red light rose into the sky. Bai Ziyang said quickly, "Xiao Gu, let's go!"

Bai Ziyang and Hua Qiangu flew up and caught the red light. After the system verified it, it was indeed the Minsheng Sword. After taking a look, Bai Ziyang smiled and said, "It was easy to get it!"

Meng Xuancong below was busy chasing Meng Xuanlang, and Meng Xuanlang was busy avoiding the chase. The two of them had no time to pay attention to Wang Jian that soared into the sky, which gave Bai Ziyang an opportunity to take advantage of it.

Hua Qiangu found that Meng Xuanlang was being chased below, and couldn't help but want to go down to help, but Bai Ziyang stopped her and said, "It would be good for him to learn a lesson, so that he knows what a monarch is and what a country is."

Hua Qiangu nodded, but she was still worried. This made Bai Ziyang jealous, so he poked her forehead and said, "Why are you so worried about him?"

Hua Qiangu covered her forehead and asked in confusion: "Master, Qingshui is now with Brother Meng, and Brother Meng is injured again. It's so dangerous, how can I not worry."

Bai Ziyang said, "Let's go and take a look."

When the two of them arrived, they saw Meng Xuanlang and Qingshui lying on the ground being chased by a group of masked men in black. Bai Ziyang stopped the pursuers and shouted at the men in black, "Get lost!"

Seeing that Master Bai Ziyang and his disciple were not ordinary people, and that they injured everyone with just one move, the man in black did not dare to stay any longer and turned around and ran away.

Hua Qiangu quickly ran to Meng Xuanlang and asked, "Qingshui!"

Qingshui and Meng Xuanlang felt relieved when they saw Bai Ziyang and Hua Qiangu, and they were safe for the time being. Meng Xuanlang said, "Qiangu, thank you for saving me!"

Bai Ziyang was unhappy, he walked up to Meng Xuanlang with his hands behind his back and said: "Hey hey... you only saw Hua Qiangu, right? Can't you see who made the effort?"

Hua Qiangu felt that Bai Ziyang was stealing her credit like a child, so she called out in embarrassment, "Master! Brother Meng seems to be injured, please go and have a look!"

Qingshui also hurriedly said: "Yes, Daozun, please take a look at Brother Meng!"

Meng Xuanlang opened his mouth and said: "Tao...Dao Zun..." He fainted before he could finish his words.

Bai Ziyang said: "Okay, no need to look, let's find a place to settle down first."

Meng Xuanlang's injury was not serious, it was just a sword wound that caused him to lose too much blood. The main reason he fainted was that he had been too proud for so many years and was suddenly injured, plus today's events were stimulating.

After waking up, Meng Xuanlang went out alone to relax. Qingshui was worried about him and followed him secretly. Seeing the new emperor's policy making life miserable for the people, Meng Xuanlang finally realized that this was his country and his people, and he knew what he should do.

Unexpectedly, just as the two of them were fighting for justice, they were intercepted by Shan Chunqiu and a mysterious man in the back alley. With Qingshui and Meng Xuanlang's half-baked martial arts, they could not withstand Shan Chunqiu's attack at all. Just when they thought they were going to die here, Bai Ziyang arrived in time with Hua Qiangu.

Bai Ziyang was completely different from before when dealing with Shan Chunqiu. He did not hold back and blocked Shan Chunqiu's attack on Meng Xuanlang with one move. As for the mysterious man in a cloak covering him from head to toe, he directed Hua Qiangu: "Xiaogu, go and try your skills."

Hua Qiangu said, "Yes, Master." She drew her sword and flew up.

Although Shan Chunqiu was extremely unwilling to see Bai Ziyang, he knew that he was no match for him. Seeing that Bai Ziyang was different from before and his eyes were filled with murderous intent, he could not help but plan to escape and flew up.

Bai Ziyang naturally saw Shan Chunqiu's plan and sneered, "Want to leave?" He changed his palm into a claw and grabbed Shan Chunqiu in mid-air. Shan Chunqiu fell to the ground like a wild goose without wings. Bai Ziyang made a hand gesture and swept his long sleeves in front of Shan Chunqiu, causing Shan Chunqiu to faint without reacting.

Hua Qiangu had already knocked down the mysterious man, and swung her sword straight at his face. Hua Qiangu took off the man's veil and exclaimed: "Yun Yin? No... You are Yun Yi? Master!"

Meng Xuanlang supported his chest and helped Qingshui up. Bai Ziyang looked at the two "trophies" and said, "Let's go back first."

After returning to the inn, Meng Xuanlang suddenly knelt on the ground and said, "Dao Zun, Xuanlang has something to ask of you!"

Bai Ziyang said without surprise: "You want me to help you restore your country?"

Meng Xuanlang looked at Bai Ziyang in surprise, then lowered his head and said, "Xuanlang knows that I cannot hide this from Daozun. Xuanlang knows that he has committed serious sins and failed to govern Shu properly, causing the people to suffer. Now Xuancong has seized the throne and is imposing a heavy punishment. I cannot bear to see the people of Shu suffer any longer. I hope Daozun can send Changliu to help me regain my position."