The sun set, and the sky gradually darkened.
Inside a private room of a hot pot restaurant on Food Street.
Yu Daohan and the other three sat together.
Su Lai raised his wine glass, his expression serious, and said, "Master Yu, are you saying the Divine Religion has already obtained two compasses?"
Yu Daohan picked up a meatball and placed it in the little girl's bowl beside him, nodding, "That's right. It's only a matter of time before the fifth and eighth layers of hell are opened."
Da Hu, on the side, also picked up a slice of luncheon meat and put it in the little girl's bowl, slowly saying, "With the fall of three seniors, it will be difficult to gather those guys to fight again."
Su Lai drained the white wine in his glass and said with some anger, "Damn it, these people. With the entrance to hell opened, who can stay out of it? Don't they understand this logic?"
Da Hu shook his head helplessly and said, "People are selfish. Who doesn't want to preserve their strength when chaos arrives?"
Yu Daohan nodded in agreement, "Da Hu is right. These old guys are cunning. It's impossible to expect them to fight two entrances to hell simultaneously, unless it's a case of killing one to warn a hundred. Whoever doesn't send troops gets killed."
Upon hearing this, Su Lai and Da Hu fell silent.
Killing one to warn a hundred was a risky move.
If handled improperly, it could easily lead to riots.
By then, before the Divine Religion could even open the seal, they would be killing each other and be wiped out.
But at this moment, it was the only way.
Su Lai asked again, "Master Yu, what are your plans next?"
Yu Daohan glanced at the little girl beside him and then said, "No matter what the chaotic world looks like, improving the sect's strength is the hard truth."
Su Lai and Da Hu also agreed.
Yu Daohan continued, "Next, we'll wait until the sect protection formation is built. Even if the Divine Religion attacks suddenly, we'll have a means of self-preservation."
Su Lai and Da Hu nodded. The three raised their wine glasses, clinked them together, and drank them down in one go.
Yu Yijun, on the side, remained silent, alternating between sips of cola and bites of meat.
She didn't know what Daddy and Uncle Su were talking about, so she just ate by herself.
The hot pot meal lasted a long time, and Yu Daohan and the other two were slightly tipsy.
Yu Yijun, on the other hand, lay on the chair, one hand holding a cola, the other stroking her plump belly, looking like a satisfied old man.
This hot pot meal, half of the meat and vegetables were consumed by this little girl alone.
Yu Daohan and the other two kept putting food into her bowl, and the little girl accepted it all.
Seeing that they had eaten quite a bit, Yu Daohan looked at Yu Yijun and said with a loving smile, "Daughter, are you full?"
Yu Yijun nodded contentedly, "I couldn't be any fuller."
Looking at the little girl's appearance, Yu Daohan shook his head helplessly.
Yu Daohan placed Yu Yijun on his shoulders, strolled around with Su Lai for a while longer, and then found a hotel.
Upon arriving in the room, Yu Yijun tossed and turned on the bed, unable to sleep. She glanced at her Daddy beside her and whispered, "Daddy, are you asleep?"
Yu Daohan shook his head and smiled, "Not yet."
Yu Yijun giggled, pouted her small lips, and acted spoiled, "Why don't Daddy tell me some stories? That way I'll fall asleep faster."
Yu Daohan stroked the little girl's head and dotingly said, "Alright, Daddy will tell you about when I first entered the martial world."
Yu Yijun nodded, her small face full of curiosity, "Okay, okay."
Yu Daohan recalled for a moment and began to tell the story.
"Back then, the first time I saw your father Qin, he was so handsome. I thought, how could there be such a handsome man in the world..."
"Later, I entered the deep mountains to cultivate with him. All the skills I have in this life were taught by him..."
"Then I came to Jiangdu and opened the Midnight Spirit Shop..."
As he said this, he looked at the little girl again and found that she had already closed her eyes and fallen asleep.
Yu Daohan shook his head helplessly, kissed the little girl's forehead, and got up to get a drink of water.
"Dong... dong... dong..."
Just then, there was a soft knock on the door.
Yu Daohan instinctively looked at the closed door and whispered.
"Who?"
Su Lai's voice came through, "Master Yu, it's me, Su Lai."
Hearing Su Lai's voice, Yu Daohan lowered his guard and walked to open the door.
Outside, Su Lai was wearing shorts, flip-flops on his feet, and a lewd smile as he looked into the room, lowering his voice, "Is the little girl asleep?"
Yu Daohan nodded, "She's already asleep."
Hearing this, Su Lai scratched the back of his head and smiled, "Master Yu, I can't sleep. Why don't you accompany me downstairs to buy some cigarettes?"
Yu Daohan knew immediately that this fellow had something on his mind.
Given Su Lai's personality, he definitely wouldn't call him out in the middle of the night to buy cigarettes.
"Alright, let's go."
Yu Daohan nodded, closed the door, and followed Su Lai downstairs.
Upon arriving downstairs, Su Lai went to the counter to buy two packs of Lotus cigarettes, handed one to Yu Daohan, and then opened a pack to light up.
Yu Daohan, with a cigarette in his mouth, looked out of the hotel and slowly said, "Let's go for a walk."
Su Lai naturally saw that Master Yu had something on his mind, so he nodded.
The two walked out of the hotel and casually started walking down a street.
One thirty in the morning.
The streetlights were bright, and there were very few pedestrians around, almost none.
The cold wind blew on their faces, but they felt no chill.
They walked in silence, smoking their cigarettes in tacit understanding.
Arriving by the West Lake, listening to the sound of waves on the lake, Su Lai stopped and looked at the lake, slowly saying, "Master Yu, are you planning to go somewhere?"
Yu Daohan was startled at first, then smiled, "Old Su, why do you ask?"
Su Lai took a deep drag of his cigarette, then slowly exhaled, saying, "We've been together for so many years, I know your temper very well."
Yu Daohan didn't reply, but also looked at the lake.
Su Lai continued, "Ever since you came to the Li family for revenge, I could tell. With the enemy at the gates, with your personality, you wouldn't choose to seek revenge now."
Yu Daohan smiled faintly, threw away the cigarette butt in his hand, and said with a smile, "Old Su, you understand me best."
"That's right, my trip to the Li family was not entirely for revenge, but also for the sect protection formation."
Seeing Yu Daohan's answer, Su Lai became more certain of his guess and immediately asked, "Master Yu, are you going to a dangerous place?"
Master Yu's actions were clearly making arrangements for the aftermath.
This indicated that the place he was going to was extremely dangerous, and even he had little hope of survival.
Seeing that he could no longer hide it, Yu Daohan frankly nodded, "That's right. I'm going to a place where even I have no certainty, and it could even be a matter of life and death."