Chapter 424: Chapter 152: The Battle Unfinished, Old Friends at Cloud Mountain

"Are you a friend of my master?" The tiger-bear girl looked puzzled.

Li Yuan said, "You could say that."

"What kind of a friend!" The pretty girl also stood at the door.

Li Yuan laughed, "Definitely not a boyfriend.

Besides, isn’t your master the type to spend all day with puppets?

How could she be interested in men?"

This statement was also a roundabout inquiry, after all... if the goddaughter actually liked someone, there was a chance she would hide it from him. But this subtly insulting inquiry would mostly provoke the two girls in front of him to refute it. Once they refuted, he would know the truth.

Tang Nian was a key general in his family, and if this general wanted to fall in love, he wouldn’t stop it. He just hoped she wouldn’t work while dating.

But the result was rather surprising to him.

The pretty girl agreed, "That’s true," and then curiously asked, "Does the master really not like men?"

The tiger-bear girl said in a muffled voice, "Looks like you really are my master’s friend."

Li Yuan burst into laughter.

On the other side, Wang Hiran hurried over and almost knelt when he saw Li Yuan.

Li Yuan was quick to grab his hand, patting him on the shoulder, saying, "Brother Wang, long time no see."

Wang Hiran trembled with nervousness, his eyes filled with "Master, please don’t do this."

Li Yuan gripped his shoulder tighter, with a look that said, "This is just a task from your master."

The tiger-bear girl said, "Since you’re a friend of my master, please come in."

Li Yuan asked, "Where is your master?"

The tiger-bear girl said, "She went out for some matters."

Standing beside her, Wang Hiran sighed, "Tang Ling! This is your master’s good friend, a very close friend! No need to keep secrets from him!

Alright, I’ll tell him!"

"It’s mainly... because Brother Li wants to know.

Brother Li, Sect Leader Tang went out to teach her big puppet some lessons."

"Teaching a puppet?" Li Yuan was intrigued.

Wang Hiran said, "Yes, Sect Leader Tang has studied deeply, and it seems she got some deeper secrets from the Tang Family..."

The pretty girl exclaimed, "Master Wang, why are you saying everything?!"

Wang Hiran angrily replied, "This really is your master’s good friend!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there were suddenly a lot of voices from girls in the room, chattering like a swarm of newborn sparrows in the springtime, crowding around with curious voices.

"Boyfriend?"

"Close male friend?"

Wang Hiran’s face turned pale and his voice trembled, "No! No!!! Don’t say such things, otherwise, your master will definitely punish you when she comes back!"

However, the more Wang Hiran reacted like this, the more the girls giggled, with a demeanor of "fearless of anything, never been hit by parents either."

The tiger-bear girl named "Tang Ling" stepped aside and made a gesture of invitation, "You’ve come a long way, have a drink to warm up first, since you’re a friend of my master, you must like to drink."

Li Yuan: ?????

He entered the house.

The room was very simple, all decorated like an ordinary farmhouse.

There was an earthen stove by the window and a large pot.

The pot was boiling, emitting a meaty aroma, seemingly Eighth Grade Demon Beast Meat.

By the door, there were a trident, a straw raincoat, a conical hat, and a mountain-opening axe, all tools likely used by people living in the mountains.

Under the window by the door, there was a wine table, with wine and snacks set on it, and on the floor beneath was a broken hollowed-out wooden container with spilled wine everywhere, smelling like frozen grape, bright red in color.

On one side against the wall was a bed covered with straw and a cotton quilt.

But these were all appearances because, at this moment, many girls standing in the room were wearing very luxurious clothes, with flawless pearls and gemstones on their hairpins, quite priceless. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

Even under the earthen stove, a neatly groomed girl was peeking out, curiously observing him, with a rich and delicate fragrance wafting from her body.

How could there be someone under the stove?

Obviously, this was an underground hidden room.

"Tang Ling! Are you done? Come down for a drink!" Someone was urging from the depths of the stove, also sounding like a girl’s voice.

Tang Ling closed the door and led Li Yuan towards the stove.

Wang Hiran didn’t follow and explained with a silly grin, "It’s mainly, Brother Li, I’m on duty outside, and it’s full of girls inside, I’m afraid of causing trouble, so I didn’t go in."

The girl in luxurious clothing put her hands on her hips, "I’m a friend of my master, my name is Tang Pang, I’m also on duty, I’ll find you for a drink later."

Drinking again?

Li Yuan: ???

Suddenly, he paused.

Tang Ling turned her head and asked, "What’s wrong?"

Li Yuan smiled, "Well... I’m also afraid of causing trouble, so I’ll stay up here drinking with Brother Wang, and wait for Sect Leader Tang.

After all, this should be considered Sect Leader Tang’s inner quarters, it wouldn’t be appropriate for me to go down there."

Tang Ling hesitated and said, "Alright, sorry for the lack of hospitality, please forgive us."

She then dove into the stove, and quickly brought out two jugs of strong wine, flicking open the seal of one of the jugs with her thumb, then asked, "Do you know what kind of wine this is?"

Li Yuan took a deep breath, his face showing intoxication and nostalgia, and then he softly murmured two words, "Snow Brew."

Tang Ling responded in a muffled voice, then placed the two jugs of strong wine at his feet, saying, "Enjoy slowly."

With that, she left.

Li Yuan pulled a chair over and sat at the wooden table by the window. Wang Hiran hurriedly got up to find a wine cup, cleaned it well, then handed it respectfully to Li Yuan.

Tang Pang, supporting her cheek with one hand, drunkenly said, "You must be an important figure, otherwise Master Wang wouldn’t be so scared of you. After all, Master Wang often says he’s a top-notch person in the social world..."

Li Yuan smiled, "You’re quite slim, why are you called Tang Pang?"