Let's just drift through life together in this quick transmigration story.

Chapter 430 Norio (23)

On the way back, the Imperial Preceptor and Xiong Bufan rode in the same carriage.

Xiong Bufan kept stuffing food from the carriage into his mouth. This emperor was too petty; he didn't even give him any reward after just one meeting.

I won't go see the emperor next time; it's just a waste of time.

Fahe: "Xiong Bufan, can you really make people live forever?"

Xiong Bufan: "Immortality is a bit difficult, but it is possible to add a hundred years of cultivation to someone's lifespan and allow them to embark on the path of cultivation."

The ginseng soup that Kongkong boiled is a treasure; to say it's been around for hundreds of years is an understatement.

Upon hearing Xiong Bufan's words, Fahe quickly asked, "What price do you need me to pay for this?"

"I'm not giving it to you, but I'm going to talk to you about it."

Fahe was about to say something when Xiong Bufan kicked him off the carriage, breaking the railing beside it.

Aoki quickly helped Fahe up, "Master, are you alright?"

"I am fine."

Qingyu glared angrily at Xiong Bufan inside the carriage. Xiong Bufan threw a date pit, which hit Qingyu right in the face.

Fahe felt an indescribable sense of powerlessness as he watched his apprentice being beaten and saw the injuries on his own body.

She could only be helped forward, and said to Xiong Bufan, "You treat me and my disciple so cruelly, aren't you afraid of leaving behind inner demons?"

Xiong Bufan: "Demons deserve to die, that's what you said yourself back then."

"You bunch of little monsters, I'm already being merciful by not exterminating you all."

Bluefish: "We are not monsters."

"That's not important, whatever I say goes."

This arrogant and unreasonable behavior is exactly the same as Fahe's back then.

Knowing he was in the wrong, Fahe stopped talking. After being helped a few steps, he walked independently beside the carriage, just like Xiong Bufan's guard.

Xiong Bufan, dressed in a loose-fitting imperial advisor's robe, sat in a drafty carriage and continued eating dried fruit and jerky.

With less than a month until the scientific expedition, there are more scholars carrying their bags on the road; they are all students preparing to take the exam.

Xiong Bufan smelled a familiar scent, but it quickly faded away. He assumed it was the smell of the food he had eaten last time and sent his servant to buy some.

I didn't see any familiar figures in the crowd; they were just mingling among the people with their bags on their backs.

After court, Lu Guanqi and Li Tian'ao would often meet up with Xiong Bufan, mainly because Xiong Bufan was still acting as a bodyguard, and Li Tian'ao had to send him money every month.

Xiong Bufan never refused money offered to him, so he was quite welcoming to the two of them.

Ever since being provoked by Xiong Bufan, Lu Guanqi has been eating a lot at every meal, and he's become much stronger than before, though he's still chattering away.

Fahe dislikes the two of them. He is currently being abused, and they share half the responsibility. However, he doesn't want to directly punish them with magic, for fear of ruining his own cultivation.

So, looking at the two of them, he coldly snorted, "Here we go again?"

Knowing that the Imperial Advisor was no match for Xiong Bufan, Lu Guanqi didn't mince words, "Anyway, I didn't come here to find you, you yin-yang guy."

Fahe hated being called "Yin Yang Head" the most. It was part of his spiritual practice, something these ordinary people wouldn't understand. At this moment, he roared in fury, "You, you little brat, shut up!"

Li Tian'ao: "Guanqi, stop talking."

Lu Guanqi rolled her eyes at Fa, which finally calmed her down, but then her attention was drawn to Xiong Bufan's clothes. "Bufan, your clothes are so cool."

Xiong Bufan: "It costs five hundred taels of silver to burn half an incense stick."

Thinking of his meager savings, Lu Guanqi shook his head and said, "I won't wear it or look at it."

"Poor guy."

Fahe started making a big deal out of it again, "Do you know what the Imperial Preceptor's robes represent?"

It represents your responsibility to this country, to pray for favorable weather and abundant harvests, and to perform divination and sacrifices to heaven.

"I don't know, shut up, or I'll beat you up."

Fa shut up sullenly, then went back to his room to change his clothes, his body still covered in dirt from when he came back.

Xiong Bufan sat in the main seat of the room. "What brings you here?"

Lu Guanqi: "His Highness wants to see you."

Li Tian'ao looked around cautiously and said, "There's something I need you to do for me, and I'll pay you."

Upon hearing that there was money involved, Xiong Bufan asked, "What's the matter?"

Seeing that Xiong Bufan had relented, Li Tian'ao quietly leaned close to his ear and said, "Recently..."

Lu Guanqi went to the door to stand guard; there were some things he shouldn't be listening to.

No matter how good their relationship is, he and His Highness are ultimately ruler and subject.

Xiong Bufan nodded from time to time, "Don't worry, I understand. I'll make sure it's handled perfectly for you."

Li Tian'ao: "Mm."

Xiong Bufan: "You can pay a deposit first, which will not be refunded after the deadline."

Li Tian'ao gave Xiong Bufan a gold ingot and then left.

Lu Guanqi turned around. He was still curious about what His Highness had asked Xiong Bufan to do, but he should ask as few questions as he shouldn't.

Xiong Bufan sat in the chair; this matter was a bit difficult to handle.

Kongkong: "Bufan, is Li Tian'ao going to interfere with the scientific expedition?"

Xiong Bufan: "No, he asked me to protect an examiner. I don't know anything else."

Those scheming operatives are such a hassle, unlike me who enjoys life every day.

Kongkong: "Bufan is right."

That very evening, Xiong Bufan arrived at Zhao Kuo's residence, took out his notebook, and discovered that the man still had a long lifespan ahead of him.

There's only one life-or-death crisis I'll face recently; once I get through it, everything will be fine.

Xiong Bufan wasn't afraid she couldn't protect him; she was just checking how difficult the task was before raising the price for Li Tian'ao.

Li Tian'ao: Thank you.

There were shadowy figures around. Xiong Bufan flew over and grabbed one of them. Once the main threat was dealt with, he could just collect the money.

That man was a complete idiot; he could even stumble while walking. And yet he became an assassin. His master was beyond saving.

This clumsy thief has a familiar smell. Xiong Bufan quietly flew to the clumsy thief's side and ripped off the black cloth covering his face and head.

Fahe's head was glowing, almost as bright as the brightest star in the sky.

Xiong Bufan covered his mouth and dragged him away. This guy was obviously following him; he'd really spoiled him rotten.

Fahe didn't know who had attacked him; his mouth was covered, and all he could do was struggle, whimpering.

Xiong Bufan looked at the old man without hesitation, tied him up, and hung him directly on the tree. "Stay here and behave yourself. If you follow me again, I'll kill you."

Fahe then recognized the person as Xiong Bufan, but still stubbornly insisted, "No, I didn't."

Xiong Bufan pulled out a rag from somewhere and stuffed it into Fa He's mouth. "Shut up, or I'll sue you for disturbing the peace." Then he left.

Fahe was swinging on a swing in the tree.

Several wandering ghosts around him kept their distance when they saw Fahe; they didn't want to get involved with this yin-yang guy.