Taoist Myth: I am the last true immortal in the world

Chapter 33 He Xiangu’s second test with Chen Yun

In front of the dormitory, on the open space.

Zhang Qian and Li Si looked sideways frequently.

Wang Siyan, Yu Luping, Senior Brother Tang and others also secretly looked eastward.

Even Wang Zixi had a trace of doubt in his eyes at this moment.

Everyone couldn't believe that Chen Yun could refine grain into essence in such a short time.

Chen Yun cupped his hands and said: "Back to senior brother, Yun had some insights last night and just got a glimpse of the threshold of refining grain and turning into essence."

Zhang Gan: "..."

Li Si: "..."

Wang Siyan: "..."

Everyone looked surprised when they confirmed the news with their own ears.

Wang Zaixi also didn't speak. He just stared at Chen Yun for a while, then turned around and left rudely, as if he had been stimulated by something.

Well, he was hit again and didn't want to talk to Chen Yun at all.

Even Wang Zaixi, a direct disciple, suffered a psychological blow because of Chen Yun's fast cultivation speed, not to mention other people present.

At first, everyone thought that Chen Yun was just building his foundation quickly because his vitality was not exhausted, and he was no different from everyone else in refining grain and essence. They were relieved a while ago.

I never thought that refining grain and turning into essence was not as fast as building a foundation, but that was in comparison with myself, not with this group of people.

Among the long-term workers, Li Si entered the grain refining and essence transformation the fastest, but it still took about half a year from Wang Zaixi's teaching of the technique to the official entry into the grain refining and essence transformation.

Where is Chen Yun?
More than ten days!
Such talent is simply astonishing.

Perhaps feeling the pressure again, everyone practiced even harder.

Hey!
what!
The sound of one after another practicing boxing echoed in the dim light and gentle breeze in the early morning.

Soon, Mao Shi passed with the wind.

Chen Yun practiced until his forehead was covered with sweat.

If he had followed his usual style, he would have gone in and scrubbed clean first, and then had breakfast.

There's nothing I can do about it, he loves to be clean so much that he's even a little bit mysophobic.

So even though it was freezing cold recently, he still insisted on taking a bath every day.

Although I was shivering with cold sometimes, I couldn't sleep without washing.

But today, Chen Yun did not go to scrub immediately. Instead, he found Zhang Qian and Li Si, "Senior Brother Zhang, Senior Brother Li, are the golden beads still there?"

Well, last night he forgot to go down the mountain to make golden beads in order to boil the soup.

In desperation, Chen Yun had to ask Zhang Qian and Li Si for the gold beads, and then returned them to the girl in the green skirt.

Li Si didn't react at first, "What golden beads?"

Zhang Qian has a better memory, "Before, when we went down the mountain with Junior Brother Lin to drive away ghosts, Junior Brother Chen picked up a purse. You guys won't forget the golden beads in it, right?"

"Oh." Li Si recalled, "I haven't forgotten, I haven't forgotten."

As he said that, he looked at Chen Yun and asked: "Junior brother Chen, that girl came to your door? OK, I will give you the golden beads to return to her later."

Zhang Qian directly reached out and took out the golden beads from his clothes, "I just happened to have them with me."

If he had no money before, Chen Yun might have accepted the gold beads directly because the girl in the green dress came to ask for them.

But he is rich now, and these two buddies are quite interesting to him.

So Chen Yun said casually: "No, the girl didn't come. I just want to use the gold beads for some use. I'll give you five pieces of gold in exchange for each of you later."

Perhaps it was because he learned that Chen Yun's cultivation speed was extremely fast and he was expected to become the disciple of the Patriarch.

Zhang Qian directly stuffed the golden beads into Chen Yun's hand, a little flattering but very generous, "Hey, we are all brothers, why should we give you money? You want the golden beads, don't talk to you, Senior Brother Zhang I’m polite.”

Li Si also smiled and said: "That's right, who of us is following whom? Junior Brother Chen, don't be polite."

The more they behave like this, the more Chen Yun insists on giving gold of equal value.

After all, it is easy to make money on your own, and there is no financial pressure for the time being.

Zhang Qian and Li Si will most likely go down the mountain to survive this year.

As Chen Yun's best friend in the Taoist Temple, even if he suffers a small loss, he still hopes that the two of them can live well in the future.

Yes, although Chen Yun didn't like sworn worship, he was still very loyal, otherwise he wouldn't have stood up if Lin Chen had taken the blame by himself that day.

……

Work in the medicine garden in the morning.

In the afternoon, I went to the Talisman Making Hall to study.

The day passed quickly.

Considering that the girl in the green skirt was a fierce person, Chen Yun was really afraid of reporting her to the officialdom.

After he finished his work, he didn't even eat dinner, and went down the mountain directly putting on the armor and horse talisman.

The sunset is infinitely beautiful and the breeze blows on people's faces.

Because the weather is very good today and it doesn't look like it's going to rain.

Chen Yun did not bring an umbrella with him when he went out.

All the way to Xigou City.

According to the address given by the girl in the green skirt, I went around and asked people.

Finally, just as the sun was setting, Chen Yun found a place on the outskirts of the city.

In front of you is a luxurious mansion.

With its green bricks, green tiles, carved beams and painted pillars, it looks like a wealthy family.

Chen Yun looked up at the plaque and saw the word "Jinfu" written clearly.

He stepped forward and knocked lightly on the red lacquer door.

Boom, boom, knock on the door.

Creaking, the door opened from the inside, and a man dressed as a servant, about 37 or [-] years old, came out.

The man asked doubtfully: "Taoist Priest, do you have anything important to do?"

Chen Yunzuo bowed and saluted, and said: "I made an appointment with a girl in a green skirt from your mansion to return the gold beads today. I wonder if she told you, please tell me, Brother Meng, to send a message."

"Shh!" The man put his finger between his lips, signaling Chen Yun to whisper. He lowered his voice and said, "Miss Qiao told me that if you come to the door, go to the back door. Otherwise, if the head of my family finds out, he will blame Miss Qiao all the time. Run outside, go to the backyard, Miss Qiao should have opened the back door."

Oh, it turns out that the girl in the green skirt is called Jin Qiao, or Jin Ba Qiao.

Chen Yun roughly has some ideas.

As for why Menlan calls her "Qiao Girl" instead of "Miss", he also understands the reason.

Nowadays, the daughters of wealthy families are generally called a certain girl, or the eldest lady, the second lady, etc.

The title "Miss" is not used yet.

It is not that there is none.

It's just that today's miss is generally a title for low-status palace maids, concubines, geishas, ​​etc.If you call someone "Miss" rashly, it is very impolite, and it is equivalent to calling the other person a bitch.

Chen Yun knew some of these.

The only thing he didn't understand was, wasn't it just a gold bead in return? How could it look like he was stealing it?
But now it was more important to return the gold beads, so Chen Yun didn't think much about it.

Walk north along the wall.

Turned a corner.

Come to the back door.

As soon as Chen Yung walked over, he saw a maid in a white dress guarding the door.

He stepped forward to say hello: "Excuse me, girl..."

Before she finished speaking, the maid in the white skirt made the same "shush" gesture as Menlan did, and then lowered her voice and said: "Come in with me, Miss Qiao is waiting for you in the boudoir."

Huh?
You have never seen me, how can you be sure that I am the one Miss Qiao is waiting for?
Chen Yun had previously learned through the mouths of Manager Fang and others that something was wrong with Miss Qiao, and now the maid's gesture further confirmed his inner thoughts.

Suddenly, he recalled that the watchman said two nights ago that a demon had killed several people in Xigou City recently.

Chen Yunxin said that this Qiao girl's family could be demons in disguise, right?

When he thought of this, he became more cautious and secretly held the Huo Zhezi and Zhong Kui Talismans in his hands.

If there is an accident, he will immediately light the Zhongkui Talisman.

The maid leads the way.

Chen Yun followed with great vigilance.

The two of them didn't speak during the whole journey.

Soon, the maid took Chen Yun to a courtyard full of flowers.

She didn't go in, she just pointed to the side room and said, "Miss Qiao is inside, Taoist Master, please come in."

Chen Yunchang nodded and then walked slowly towards the house.

inside.

As soon as he walked in, he smelled the fragrance of lotus flowers.

Then, the voice of a girl in a green dress came from behind the screen painted with green mountains and green waters, "Is that Director Chen?"

Chen Yun stood at the door and said, "Miss Qiao, it's me."

"Please wait a moment, Master Taoist."

Miss Qiao said a word and fell silent.

Chen Yun didn't know what she was doing.

However, he still stood at the door and waited.

After waiting for more than a minute, gentle footsteps came from inside.

Then, an embroidered shoe poked out from behind the screen.

Immediately afterwards, the fragrant wind came.

Qiao girl walked out slowly.

I saw Miss Qiao wearing a small moon-white embroidered fur coat, a silver rat waistcoat, a red gold hairpin on her head, and a Yang Fei-colored embroidered cotton skirt tied around her waist.

Perhaps it was because Miss Qiao was dressed so elegantly and beautifully today that Chen Yun noticed her true appearance.

This beautiful girl's face looks like it has been powdered, her lips look like they have been greased, she looks full of emotion, and her face is always smiling. It is not inappropriate to describe it as "the powdered face contains the power of spring but does not reveal it, and the red lips smell before they smile".

She looks quite like the girl next door, and it is indeed eye-catching.

If an ordinary ancient man met, he would definitely not be able to take his eyes away.

But it is a pity that Chen Yun experienced an information explosion in his previous life. There were countless beauties on the Internet, but he was not very attracted to them.

In other words, the beauty of the Qiao girl in front of him has not reached the level that makes Chen Yun's heart "thump".

As soon as Miss Qiao came out, she asked, "Does this outfit look good?"

Chen Yun didn't squint his eyes, "Young girl Qiao is beautiful and looks good in anything she wears."

"He is indeed a deceiver." Miss Qiao changed her previous harshness and said in a soft tone: "Funny words."

Chen Yun didn't bother to talk nonsense with her, so he took out his purse from his pocket and said, "Miss Qiao, I had important matters yesterday and I didn't go down the mountain to melt gold, so I only have three gold beads. I will compensate you one tael of gold. You see. Can you expose it?"

Qiao girl didn't answer immediately.

She took the purse and opened it to examine, and indeed she saw three gold beads and one or two small gold ingots inside.

Miss Qiao raised her head and blinked: "Since you are so sincere, I, Jin Qiaoqiao, am not a difficult person to deal with. As long as you promise me one thing, this matter will be revealed."

Chen Yunxin said, no wonder Confucius said that only villains and women are difficult to raise. I have already paid five more gold, and you still make demands from me?

However, he was afraid that Jin Qiaoqiao would make trouble at the Taoist temple again, so he had no choice but to say, "Just tell me what you want, girl. As long as it's not too much, I'm willing to do it."

Jin Qiaoqiao looked curious and said: "I heard that the bell-watching immortal has great magical powers, so I want to hear about the immortal's deeds. Master Chen, can you sit down and chat with me?"

As she spoke, she pointed to the stool at the round table not far away and motioned for Chen Yun to sit down and speak slowly.

Chen Yun cupped his hands and responded: "Miss Qiao, I have only been in the Taoist temple for a short period of time. I haven't met the ancestor yet, so I'm afraid I can't tell you about it. Why don't I say goodbye first, and when I see the true face of the ancestor, I'll find a chance to talk to you again." two?"

Jin Qiaoqiao didn't face any further difficulties. He just stretched out his hand and said to the door: "Master Chen, please come back."

Chen Yun said "goodbye" and turned around to head out the door.

The moment he turned around, Jin Qiaoqiao's eyes flashed with cunning, and then he flicked his finger outward.

Suddenly, the originally blue and clear sky became covered with dark clouds.

Boom, a sound of spring thunder.

Then, a sudden heavy rain came, soaking the whole world.

Chen Yun: "..."

He didn't know yet that it was Jin Qiaoqiao's fault, but he was just wondering why it suddenly rained heavily when the weather was clear just now.

Just when he was wondering, Jin Qiaoqiao's clear voice came from behind, "Daozhang Chen, it's raining heavily and it's not convenient to travel. How about you sit down and wait for a while, and then go back to the mountain when the rain stops?"

Chen Yun didn't bring an umbrella with him when he went out. If he rushed into the heavy rain rashly, not to mention whether the cold weather would cause him to get cold due to the rain or wind, it would be a question of whether the Jia Ma Talisman could continue to be used if it got wet.

In desperation, he had no choice but to turn around and salute Jin Qiaoqiao: "This will disturb Miss Qiaoqiao's peace. I will leave after the rain stops."

Jin Qiaoqiao smiled and said: "Okay."

There was one sentence she had yet to say.

Has the rain stopped?

As long as she is willing, this rainstorm will not stop tonight!
That's right, Jin Qiaoqiao, as well as the gatekeepers, maids, etc. of the Jin Mansion, are the incarnations of He Xiangu Yang God.

When she saw that Chen Yun was not greedy for money and returned the gold, she passed the first test and naturally had to start the second entrance test.

And this second test is the beauty that most men find difficult to resist.

He Xiangu wanted to see if Chen Yun was determined to seek truth and could resist the temptation of beauty.

(End of this chapter)