Who let him join the Sword Sect?!-Chapter 623 - 345: Lifting Dad’s Sword_3

Though the junior sister was held down, she still carried her father's sword, carefully watching Mr. Sanbao, ready to strike if he made any sudden moves.

"Hey? Boss, you won't believe it, this gentleman here looks just like my Uncle Sanbao's memorial portrait!" Lily exclaimed, eyeing Mr. Sanbao's odd hat.

"What memorial portrait?" Mr. Sanbao had actually been curious about this matter since the beginning.

"Don't worry, elder, I need to find it. I sent it to the workshop for a casting a while ago, not sure if it's back yet."

Lily rummaged around for a long time before she pulled out a one-foot-high bust from a storage box.

The bust also wore a peculiar hat similar to the one worn by Taoist Sanbao... the lower half of the face had a somewhat similar outline, though it looked much younger.

Lily glanced at the statue and then at Mr. Sanbao, somewhat puzzled.

"It does look quite similar, but I've never seen you before. My master only passed a few years ago. How can you prove that you are you?" Lily asked.

Mr. Sanbao remained silent; he removed his hat, his brows furrowed into a mass, his eyes staring straight at that statue.

Angry perhaps?

The junior sister noticed and tightened her grip on her father's sword, guarding against any unexpected incidents.

"You bastard, Bald Liu, you stole my stuff!" Mr. Sanbao suddenly cursed.

He changed his demeanor from the kindly old man, his eyes wide open in anger, trembling as he looked at the small statue.

Lily saw this and felt a chill; she initially wanted to hide under the table but recalled that with the little walnut between them, they were miles apart, and courage surged back into her.

"You... you can't curse my master; he's already dead. Why are you still cursing him? Let me tell you, if you keep cursing, I'll have the boss beat you!" 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Zhang Ze, "..."

Dead.

Lily's words reached Mr. Sanbao's ears; he muttered these two words and suddenly sighed, deflating like a punctured balloon.

"Yes, they're all dead... leaving only me behind, what do I have left to argue about."

Mr. Sanbao rubbed his eyes, regained his calm, and told Lily, "I have a way to prove I am Sanbao. Turn the statue over, there's a spot for your fingers..."

Lily followed Mr. Sanbao's instructions, and moments later, the statue changed.

The statue's strange hat split to both sides, revealing Mr. Sanbao's younger face, and then with a click, a small storage stone dropped onto the table from the statue's head.

"This statue and my hat were made by my junior sister. She's the daughter of the master. Back then, the three of us... well, it's just that matter, you understand.

"Junior sister didn't like Zuolong; she only had feelings for me. This statue was her gift to me, and the storage stone contains love letters she wrote me."

"What happened afterward? How did these things end up with my master?" Lily asked.

"Your master Liu Zuolong stole them." Mr. Sanbao replied lightly.

"Our lineage was originally known for artifact refining, but my master became obsessed with the Path of Thousand Mechanisms in his later years, hence the shift in tradition.

"That broken sword array was crafted by the master's hand.

"An accident occurred during research later, and junior sister and the master were killed in an explosion, Zuolong also sustained serious injuries, and I was out preparing for the auction house.

"Not long after, I had a fierce argument with your master.

"We parted ways; your master went to Sword Sect, while I went to the Song Family, picking up artifact refining art once more."

"Afterward, we never met again, each assuming the other was dead. I thought the statue destroyed in the explosion, but it turns out he hid it away..."

Lily saw Mr. Sanbao's mood drop, and softly said, "Should I return this to you?"

Mr. Sanbao looked at Lily, remained silent for a while, but in the end shook his head.

The past ripples in the wind but ultimately returns to solitude, love or hate, all buried in dirt.

Only by bringing it up can it truly be put to rest.

Mr. Sanbao gazed at Lily, pondering about the now supreme Thousand Mechanism Pavilion.

Suddenly, he had a realization.

After all, he was the one who ran away.

The things he resented, feared, and dreaded over the years were never others, but the self who fled long ago.

People have their own careers, hard to judge right or wrong, but he was indeed the traitor who abandoned the master's legacy.

"Keep it with you for now; there are things I need to think about. I'll pay a visit to Thousand Mechanism Pavilion in a while."

There's no need for children to endure the pains of the older generation, Mr. Sanbao smiled gently at Lily.

"Okay, got it." Lily nodded, surprisingly without fuss, carefully restoring the statue and securing it in a large chest.

After Lily was done tidying, Zhang Ze gave her a few more reminders, instructing her to behave at home and not to waste money before ending the call.

With the misunderstanding cleared, the junior sister also stored her father's sword.

"I'm sorry for being impulsive earlier." The junior sister bowed in apology.

"No worries, young hero, young hero."

Having resolved his heart's knots, Mr. Sanbao chuckled as he looked at Chen Qin, even stowing away the peculiar hat he had kept with him.

No more wearing it in the future.

Later, the few of them exchanged a few words, and upon learning that Zhang Ze was heading to Dragon Beard City, Mr. Sanbao invited them to join him, expressing some local hospitality.

Due to the flying ship's control panel being smashed by the junior sister, it couldn't be piloted anymore, so Zhang Ze accepted Mr. Sanbao's kind offer, as he had some matters to discuss.

They boarded Mr. Sanbao's summoned Cyan Fish Bronze Vehicle, and Li pointed at the flying ship stuck in the ground, "What about this thing?"

Zhang Ze pondered the flying ship for a moment, "Let's take it back together."

He took out the Immortal Binding Rope borrowed from Tang and tied one end to the flying ship's protruding ram.

This Everywhere Pass flying ship, with its anti-theft design, couldn't be contained within common storage magical artifacts. To transport it, they either had to carry it or hang it like a dead fish behind Mr. Sanbao's flying magical artifact.

Since the flying ship wasn't completely dead, occasionally stubbornly pulling in the opposite direction of Mr. Sanbao, their journey was slowed considerably.

With nothing else to say, Mr. Sanbao began chatting with Zhang Ze about Dragon Beard Pass and the Everywhere Pass flying ship company.

"Not that I'm disparaging, but the Everywhere Pass flying ship company's headquarters are somewhat unclean, might have some shady business inside."

Mr. Sanbao remarked offhandedly.