Three days later.
Early in the morning.
High up in the sky, carrying Baihu, the black-robed, silver-haired Ye Fan, and the white-robed, white-robed Akatsuki, who carried a saber on her back, stepped on the White Auspicious Clouds and flew towards the northwest at high speed.
They received a new mission from Matsumoto Takeyoshi and rushed to a village in Shandong to find clues about the divine cauldron.
This time, Ye Fan did not use his spirit energy to protect Akatsuki.
The reason was simple. Akatsuki's current spirit energy cultivation was enough to resist the biting cold in the sky.
"How is it? Can you withstand this speed? "Above the clouds, the silver-haired Ye Fan turned to look at Akatsuki and asked.
"No problem." Akatsuki used her spirit energy to resist the harsh conditions in the sky and replied.
Ye Fan smiled, turned his head, looked ahead, and continued on his way.
"There's one thing I still don't understand." Akatsuki said, "Matsumoto Takeyoshi said that there are demons in the village in Shandong. What does this have to do with the divine cauldron we're looking for?"
Matsumoto Takeyoshi called the two of them to the cabin of the warship yesterday and told them to rush to Shandong Tai 'an the next day and find a place called Li Family Fort. There were demons there recently, and all kinds of phenomena indicated that it might be related to the divine cauldron.
Although Akatsuki did not ask at that time, she muttered in her heart.
She did not understand the connection between demons and the divine cauldron.
Ye Fan was now an expert in finding divine cauldrons, which was why she asked.
"Of course it's related to the divine cauldron." Ye Fan explained, "Any peerless treasure or heavenly spirit treasure will have a spiritual object guarding it. These spiritual objects will be attracted by the spirit energy of the treasure and then absorb the spirit energy to adjust the Qi. As time passed, it gradually became a climate. So the demons in Li Family Fort this time might be related to the divine cauldron. "
"So that's how it is. No wonder." Akatsuki suddenly understood.
"I heard that the demons there are very fierce. Even the people from the Celestial Master Manor can't do anything to them," Akatsuki said to Ye Fan.
"Demons are the same as humans, they are also divided into levels. The cultivation of strong demons is definitely not ordinary, and if they obtain the spirit energy of the divine cauldron, then it will be even more difficult to handle. Even if it is me, I will have to put in a lot of effort." Ye Fan looked forward and explained.
"From what you're saying, you're implying that you've fought a monster like that before?" Akatsuki was smart enough to pick up the clues from Ye Fan's tone.
"You guessed right," Ye Fan turned around and said with a smile, "I've actually met one before."
He then told Akatsuki about how he was searching for the cauldron in the East Sea, how he met the spiritual power of the divine cauldron, how he had a dragon head and snake body, and how he had beaten it into submission with his fists.
Ye Fan said it casually, but Akatsuki was terrified when she heard it.
She could not imagine how grand the scene of Ye Fan fighting with the strange dragon was.
No wonder she had heard the sudden sound of huge waves in the cabin. She had thought that there was an earthquake at the bottom of the sea nearby, but now she knew that Ye Fan was subduing the strange dragon!
"Why didn't you tell me about such a dangerous thing in advance? Why did you take the risk by yourself? If something went wrong, I wouldn't even know where you went. "Akatsuki complained to Ye Fan.
"If it was anywhere else, I would definitely be with you, but this is the East Sea. If you were with me, Matsumoto Takeyoshi would definitely be suspicious. Moreover, the East Sea is not comparable to the Sishui River. You are so afraid of water, you will be scared out of your wits. "Ye Fan explained with a smile.
After Akatsuki heard this, she pursed her lips and did not speak.
Ye Fan's words left her speechless.
He was right. In Matsumoto Takeyoshi's opinion, no matter where Ye Fan went, he would bring him along. If the two of them were not on the warship at the same time, Matsumoto Takeyoshi would definitely be suspicious. Moreover, he was indeed afraid of water. The bottom of the sea was dark all year round, and it was tens of thousands of feet deep. He reckoned that he would faint from fright if he entered the water. At that time, he would become a burden to Ye Fan, so how could he be a helper?
"Alright, I will tell you everything in the future. Don't be angry." Ye Fan patted Akatsuki's shoulder and said with a smile.
"Okay." Akatsuki nodded and responded.
Because Ye Fan did not use his spiritual energy to protect Akatsuki, he did not activate the Auspicious Clouds to fly particularly fast this time. Instead, he maintained a moderate speed and flew in the air.
After an hour, the Auspicious Clouds arrived above Shandong Tai 'an.
Ye Fan landed the Auspicious Clouds in a place where there was no one, and then dispersed the Auspicious Clouds under his feet.
Akatsuki put on the crystal mask and hugged Baihu from Ye Fan's shoulder.
The two of them walked to the nearby street and began to wander around.
It was still early, so there were not many people on the street.
"Let's find a place to eat first, then we can ask around about the Li Family Fort." Ye Fan said to Akatsuki.
"Okay." Akatsuki nodded in agreement.
Teahouses and taverns were a mix of good and bad people, so it was the best place to gather information.
"There is a tavern in front, let's go there first." Ye Fan looked at a tavern that had just opened for business and said.
"Okay."
As the two of them spoke, they slowly walked to the entrance of the tavern.
The name of the tavern was Ke Yun Lai. It meant that customers came like clouds, and business was booming.
It was a three-story wooden building, and it looked very exquisite. It was definitely not comparable to an ordinary tavern.
Ye Fan walked in with Akatsuki.
Compared to other taverns, there were relatively fewer people in this place, so it was very quiet.
As the tavern had just opened for business, there were no customers in the tavern other than the waiter and the manager.
"Hey, good morning." The waiter saw that there were guests, so he immediately greeted them warmly.
"If you have anything good to eat, please bring it to the private room." Ye Fan took out a gold leaf and handed it to the waiter. He smiled and said, "Keep the change."
Akatsuki pursed her lips and smiled under the mask.
Ye Fan's method of gathering information was always to use money, and it worked every time.
"Yes, yes, yes. I will do it right away, right away." When the waiter saw Ye Fan take out a golden leaf, he immediately opened his eyes at the sight of money. He nodded and bowed as he took the golden leaf from Ye Fan.
"Please come upstairs." The waiter politely walked in front of the stairs and led the way for the two of them.
It was rare for him to have breakfast in a private room.
"Please wait for a moment. The food will be ready soon, very soon."
After bringing the two of them into the private room, the waiter respectfully left the room and hurriedly prepared the food.
"How much money do you have? You're so extravagant. You spent a gold leaf for breakfast." Akatsuki smiled and asked Ye Fan.
"I still have more than ten thousand taels of gold and more than three hundred gold leaves. That's enough." Ye Fan smiled.
"It's good to have money." Akatsuki smiled and said, "Do you know that in Dongying, this gold leaf of yours is enough for an ordinary family of three to spend for half a year?"
"Now, other than money and cultivation, I have nothing else to squander." Ye Fan looked down and muttered to himself.
Akatsuki's heart ached when she heard that.
She wanted to tell Ye Fan, "You still have me." But when the words were about to come out of her mouth, she swallowed them.
After a short while, the waiter came in with a huge tray.
On the tray, there were eight dishes, two plates of pastries, a fruit platter, and a pot of good wine.
How was this breakfast? It was clearly a banquet!
Ye Fan shook his head and smiled bitterly when he saw that.
It was said that the people of Shandong were honest, and this was indeed true. When he asked the waiter to serve the delicious food, he really did it.
"Sir, these are our restaurant's signature dishes. Please try them and see if they are to your liking. If they are not to your liking, I will arrange for the kitchen to change them for you." The waiter said politely to Ye Fan as he placed the dishes on the table.
"These dishes look delicious. There's no need to change them." Ye Fan smiled and said.
"That's good. That's good." The waiter grinned.
"Waiter, there's a place in Tai 'an that I'd like to ask you about. Do you know about it?" Ye Fan began to cut to the chase.
"You've asked the right person." When the waiter heard that Ye Fan wanted to ask him about the place, he immediately smiled and said, "I'm from Tai 'an. As long as it's in Tai' an, I'm very familiar with it. Tell me, where is it? "
"The Li Family Fort." Ye Fan said.
"Li … Li Family Fort?" When the waiter heard the name from Ye Fan's mouth, his face instantly changed.
"That's right, the Li Clan's Fort," Yue Hongji said.
Obviously, they had asked the right person this time.
"Sir, forgive me for being nosy, but that place is very evil now. You can't go there." The waiter lowered his voice and said mysteriously to Ye Fan and Akatsuki.
"Can't go there? Why can't we go there? "Ye Fan pretended not to know and asked in return.
"It's obvious that you're not from Tai 'an, so you don't know anything about the Li Family Fort," the waiter said softly, "I heard that there's a monster there. Many Magicians have been invited there, but they all went missing. Even the experts sent by Mount Longhu have gone missing. The people there are very worried. Apart from the old and the weak, almost everyone has moved out. No one dares to stay there. I advise you not to go there, in case you're captured by the monster. "
"What kind of monster is it? Why is it so powerful?" Ye Fan asked in return.
"I don't know," the waiter said, "Everyone who went to subdue the monster has gone missing. Who knows what kind of monster it is?"
"Is that place far from here?" Akatsuki asked.
"It's not far, but it's not near either," the waiter replied, "About two hundred miles east from here, there's a small river called Sanli Wan. There's a village by the river, and there are two big poplar trees at the entrance of the village. That's the Li Family Fort. Why, do you two really want to go there?"
"We're going there to collect debts. We have to go there in person. Otherwise, we'll be breaking the rules." Ye Fan began to lie.
"But there …" the waiter said anxiously.
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