And said you're not a fairy

Chapter 78
"Pindao doesn't need these gold and silver things."

Chen Yuan shook his head.

150 taels of gold is indeed a huge sum of money.

But Chen Yuan didn't need these belongings at all.

Because for Chen Yuan, there is no more money, just enough to spend.

"What kind of reward does the priest need?"

Li Yuanwai has a headache.

"Just look at it and give it to the staff."

Chen Yuan didn't care.

Since Shi Moteng has already collected Li Yuanwai's money, it seems that it is not good if Chen Yuan does not accept it, so it is fine for him to take whatever Li Yuanwai gives.

Li Yuanwai looked at the rusty sword on Chen Yuan's back: "The Taoist priest has a divine sword, but the scabbard is ordinary. It is a pity that there is no matching scabbard. It just so happens that there is a sword case in the old man's house. When my father was an official in the capital, he found a famous craftsman to carve it. When the old father was alive, he regarded it as a treasure, and now he gave it to the Taoist priest, which just matches the Taoist priest's divine sword."

Chen Yuan echoed: "Sword box is also available."

He didn't take what Li Yuanwai said to heart

Because most mortals carry swords with scabbards.

Only practitioners will use the sword box.

But Li Yuanwai said that his father, when he was an official in the capital, found a famous craftsman to carve a sword box.

It is estimated that no matter how precious this sword box is, it is an ordinary thing, and it does not match his rusty sword.

But since Li Yuanwai said so, and it was given to him as a thank you gift, then he just accepted it.

Li Yuanwai ordered someone to bring the sword box, and after the servants brought the sword box, Li Yuanwai gave the sword box to Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan took a closer look, only to find that the sword box was three feet long, seven inches wide, and three inches high. Very beautiful.

More importantly, the sword box looks natural.

At the same time, in Chen Yuan's perception, the sword box did not look like a dead thing, but a living thing, and it seemed to have the breath of life all over its body.

"The poor have accepted this item."

Chen Yuan knew at a glance that this was definitely a treasure, so he told Mr. Li that it was an outsider.

Seeing Chen Yuan's expression, Li Yuanwai smiled and said:
"Don't underestimate this sword case, Daoist. This sword case is an out-and-out treasure. Not only is it made of thousand-year-old sandalwood carving, it can emit a faint fragrance, and it can also predict the weather, like this sword case. If there is water vapor on the surface, it means that it is going to rain; if there are water droplets, it means that it is going to rain heavily; if the water droplets or water vapor on the sword box disappear automatically, it means that the weather is going to be sunny."

"Before this old man used this sword box to predict the weather many times, and he was never inaccurate. If the Taoist priest hadn't saved the old man's daughter, this old man would be reluctant to give this sword box to the Taoist priest."

Chen Yuan heard that the sword box has the ability to predict the weather, he nodded and said: "It seems that this sword box is indeed a treasure."

Chen Yuan asked Li Yuanwai again: "Who carved this sword box?"

Li Yuanwai said: "I don't know, I only know that it was carved by a famous craftsman in the capital at that time. At that time, many princes, nobles and officials in the capital were proud to have a piece of work by this famous craftsman. disappeared."

Because Li Yuanwai's father passed away early, Li Yuanwai only heard about the master's deeds twice from his father, and he didn't even know the other party's name.

Chen Yuan just asked casually, and didn't take this matter to heart.

After entertaining Chen Yuan and Shi Moteng and giving Chen Yuan and Shi Moteng their respective rewards, both Chen Yuan and Shi Moteng got up to leave.

But he was stopped by Li Yuanwai: "You two masters, originally you two wanted to leave, this old man shouldn't have stopped you two, but these two masters saved the life of this old daughter's life. In the morning, after my daughter repeatedly confessed, the two masters left. When you are here, you must tell her that she wants to thank the two masters personally."

Chen Yuan and Shi Moteng had no objection, and they were willing to see Li Yuanwai's daughter before leaving.

Then Li Yuanwai asked his servants to inform his daughter.

Not long after, a young girl of sixteen or seventeen years old, with a delicate and beautiful appearance, wearing a green dress and looking like a small family, walked in from outside the door with a pale face supported by two servants.

"Little girl Li Han, I pay my respects to the two masters, thank you two masters for removing the monster and saving the life of the little girl."

The girl insisted on standing and bowing to Chen Yuan and Shi Moteng, but the other party was weak, so Li Yuanwai hurriedly motioned to the two servants beside him to help the girl.

But she was rejected by the girl. She shook off the hand that was being helped by the maid, and saluted Chen Yuan and Shi Moteng with gritted teeth, and then left with the help of the servant.

"An excellent woman, but was harmed by that monster."

Looking at the back of the girl leaving, a trace of compassion flashed in Chen Yuan's eyes.

However, he and the monk Shi Moteng have already got rid of the monster. After the girl recovers from her injuries, it is very possible to marry a man of ordinary family background with the girl's family background and live the life of an ordinary family. of.

After rejecting Li Yuanwai's proposal to send them back, Chen Yuan put his rusty sword into the sword case, carried the sword case on his back, and left the manor with Shi Moteng.

There is a copper buckle on the edge of the upper half of the sword box and the edge of the lower half. There is a belt made of cowhide mixed with linen on it. It can be worn on the body or carried on the back on one shoulder. convenient.

When Shi Moteng left, besides the 150 taels of gold given by Li Yuan, he also had the monster's nearly meter-long tortoise shell.

"This demon was eliminated by you and this monk, but this tortoise shell is of great use to this monk, so it cannot be distributed to you, and this monk will not take advantage of you. Here is a Taoist scripture that I got earlier, just for you It’s a Taoist priest, so I’ll give it to you.”

Shi Moteng, who was carrying the tortoise shell lightly on the road, took out a scripture book from his arms with the other hand and stuffed it into Chen Yuan's arms.

Chen Yuan took a look, and found that it was a scripture called "Book of Fenghuoyuan Spiritual Talisman".

Chen Yuan opened it again and took a rough look, and found that it was a scripture about the way of spells, which contained more than ten kinds of spells, such as summoning gods, suppressing ghosts, eliminating demons, invisibility, and healing diseases.

Chen Yuan originally wanted to refuse, but thinking that he was currently lacking a scripture on spells, he accepted it.

"Master, as a monk, shouldn't you regard money as dung? Why do you need so much gold?"

After Chen Yuan accepted the scripture, he walked on the road with Shi Moten, a foreign monk, and attracted the strange eyes of many people working in the fields on the side of the road. He asked Shi Moten.

"You don't need money to get rid of demons? Where does this monk get money for food and clothing?"

Fan monk Shi Moteng asked Chen Yuan back.

"Aren't you Buddhists able to make alms?"

Chen Yuan continued.

"The reason why I came to Dayong is to spread Buddhism, not for alms, but relying on my own efforts is really a drop in the bucket, so I want to make money by eliminating demons by myself, and build a Buddhist temple in the future. Take another group of disciples, spread the Dharma to the disciples, and let them spread the Dharma with me, so things will be much simpler."

Fan monk Shi Moteng said seriously.

Chen Yuan couldn't help looking at the monk Shi Moteng a few more times. He didn't expect this foreign monk to be so clear-headed, knowing that it is easier to fight alone than to have a power.

The speed of the two people's footsteps was very fast, it only took about half an hour, and it took more than an hour to take a detour.

Just as he was about to part ways at the gate of the city, the fan monk Shi Moteng stopped and asked Chen Yuan:

"The group of bandits in Mengliang Town and Pingliang County's official road that the county magistrate asked for, you helped solve it, right?"

Chen Yuan nodded and admitted: "That's right, it was the work of the poor."

Shi Moteng said: "Then you have to be careful. This matter is not simple. In recent years, ordinary people who use evil methods to practice spells have appeared in various places. I am afraid that this group of bandits who block the road and kill people is also one of them. My monk I suspect that there may be other reasons behind this, and I don’t want to get involved in this matter.”

Shi Moteng twisted the beads in his hand and said again:
"That's why I proposed a thousand taels of gold and declined the matter. I didn't expect that the county magistrate would ask you again."

"This monk is just reminding you. I am practicing in Jinguang Temple. When Taoist priests are free, you can go to Jinguang Temple as a guest."

After speaking, Shi Moteng left.

Only Chen Yuan was left thinking in place.

(End of this chapter)