Please follow the script of cultivating immortals

On the first night they moved in, they didn't sleep but started cleaning the room.

The place was difficult to clean, there was too much dust, and we didn't have the right tools.

Jiang Li didn't care so much and took out the clothes from his storage space. He still had two pairs of clothes.

Naturally, the three men couldn't let Jiang Li sacrifice clothes for a woman. They also had a change of clothes. Besides, being shirtless among people in the world is not a big deal.

Shi Qingjue tied his clothes to the legs of the chair. This is a very suitable broom. The three men began to clean up after themselves.

The kitchen was the first to be cleared out, as they needed a place to light a fire to burn some tiles.

The pot on the stove was rusty, so they removed it. There was still some firewood in the kitchen. After lighting the fire, a few people dug some soil in the yard, patted it into the shape of tiles, and put it in the fire to burn.

He Qingfeng and Jiang Li were both good at fine craftsmanship. They modified the furnace to be able to fire more than a dozen tiles at the same time. All they want is function, rain protection is enough.

There is no need to take care of it here, so they go to other places to deal with it. It was still raining heavily in the yard, so Tieniu used his shield to clean it. Everyone in the house is responsible for cleaning and scrubbing.

The falling rain gave them water and they were able to scrub the place.

There is enough furniture here, there are two beds in three rooms, and the other room is empty. Maybe there is something there, but it has been moved.

It took them a whole night to clean it from top to bottom, and they had to keep lighting it with torches. Several people in the house were also exposed to the rain. After all, the house was leaking.

By the second half of the night, the initial unbearability became less intense, and their laughter gradually started. In such an environment, they still have each other, and they have sufficient conditions for happiness.

When daybreak came, they were already burning the third pot of tiles. The leaky areas in the house have almost been taken care of, and two more pots of tiles will be enough.

Shi Qingjue was still looking here in the room.

"Are you sure there are no mice?"

"determine."

"Last time you said that all the Yuzhu Forests were slaughtered, but two more came out."

"...If you don't come over here, I'll put a mouse in your mouth."

Jiang Li said angrily, Shi Qingjue came over again in the rain.

Sitting in the kitchen, several people were exhausted.

Shi Qingjue looked at the courtyard, which was very different from when they came. Although the walls are still very broken and in poor condition, it is less dirty.

It feels like home.

After resting, they fell asleep in the kitchen. When I woke up, two hours had passed and the fire in the pot had been extinguished.

The rain was still falling, so Jiang Li put the last piece of tile up before jumping down. The light function is very convenient in this place.

Yu Zhulin wiped Jiang Li's hair and body with his own change of clothes, and the few of them sat there and watched the rain.

The door has been pushed back by three men. Yu Zhulin can do it alone, but they don't want the woman to get wet in the rain too much.

Tieniu's stomach growled first.

While everyone was laughing at him, their stomachs began to growl.

Really hungry.

Shi Qingjue asked Jiang Li.

"We still have four or two pairs, right?"

"Ah."

"I'm going to pawn my soft sword later. The soft sword is just a spare, so there's nothing wrong with it. I should be able to pawn it for a dozen taels, and the sword is quite good. Then I'll buy some food, two quilts, and Damn it, we may have to stay here for a long time."

"It's been a long time? What about the martial arts conference?"

He Qingfeng asked Shi Qingjue, and Shi Qingjue sighed.

"Let it go. If we can get a carriage in four days, we can keep going."

"Four days is not the limit, it's ten days."

Yu Zhulin said this.

Everyone looked at her, and Yu Zhulin continued.

"The martial arts conference lasts for a long time. It opens on the first day, and then just gives everyone time to get familiar with each other. The second day is a melee, with only one arena. People will be randomly divided into twelve groups, and the number of people in each group will vary, but there must be four A person holding a token. After the melee, the person holding the token is the one who can duel. The twelve zodiac signs, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, will last six days. As long as we can get to the place before the last melee ”

After hearing what Yu Zhulin said, several people came to hope again.

Shi Qingjue and the others heard about the martial arts conference from people in various circles, as did Yu Zhulin, but Grandpa would tell it in more detail.

Really, it’s only six more days. Can six days change anything?

These people don't care about that at all, they just have hope, as if they have sixty extra days.

Seeing that the rain didn't stop, Shi Qingjue and Jiang Li were ready to set off and asked the others to pack their things at home and prepare for dinner.

It was raining and there were not many shops open. The only people who could be seen on the street were Jiang Li and Shi Qingjue. Shi Qingjue held the rusty pot on his head, and Jiang Li held the iron bull's shield on his head.

Jiang Li said to Shi Qingjue.

"I think this shield is much better than your pot. It makes no sound even if the rain hits it."

"My voice is much louder."

After walking a few more steps, Shi Qingjue asked Jiang Li.

"I'm becoming more and more curious about what you have been through before."

"Actually nothing."

Jiang Li was silent for a moment and then said to Shi Qingjue.

"Boss, if I tell the truth, will you kick me out?"

"why?"

"Because I changed my career as a snitch because I caused trouble to others."

"...If there's any trouble, just let it go."

Shi Qingjue said this, and then said to Jiang Li.

"And do you think you are the only one who will cause trouble for others? Let's not talk about Yu Zhulin's incident this time. If my father comes to see me, he may cause trouble for us. Or He Qingfeng's family comes out to look for him. It’s also troublesome. Tieniu doesn’t look ordinary, he doesn’t look like an ordinary monk, and he will probably be a little troublesome in the future. Before we met you, we encountered a lot of things.”

After Jiang Li listened, he was silent for a while, and then said to Shi Qingjue.

"I don't want to say the specifics yet."

"Then wait until you want to say it."

"I want to say something general now."

"Okay, let's talk."

"I have a relationship with a few immortal cultivators. They have always wanted me to cultivate immortality, but I just don't want to."

After hearing this, Shi Qingjue was a little surprised.

"It's great to be an immortal. A normal person would just think...oh..."

Halfway through, Shi Qingjue was close to understanding.

Jiang Li continued.

"It must have something to do with my past. They asked me to cultivate immortality, which was a big chess game, but I didn't want to be a chess piece. I have been my parents' chess piece for many years, and I wanted to resist."

"Resistance for the sake of resistance?"

"No, I just want to do what I want to do, and I don't want to be manipulated in my life anymore. However, there are a few things where I deliberately go against the grain."

Jiang Li added the last sentence. She did do a few things on purpose, but she just didn't want to follow other people's wishes.

Shi Qingjue nodded.

"Absolutely. I was also rebelling against my father. He wanted me to be a policeman, so I wanted to break into the world. He finally agreed, but he said that when I encounter something and ask him for help, I have to Go be a catcher."

"To be able to do this, your father is much better than my parents." Jiang Li said.

Shi Qing absolutely did not continue to ask, but thought for a moment before speaking to Jiang Li.

"Remember the tragic case of family extermination I told you before? The head catcher was so obsessed with this case that he was finally dismissed and went home."

"Remember. I have a photographic memory."

"If you are trapped by one thing, you will become obsessed with it. If you don't get rid of this inner demon, you will never be free."

"……understood."

Jiang Li never thought about this. She has escaped the control of her parents, but she still feels unfree, maybe because of this.

The shackles on my heart have not been released yet.

With that said, they arrived at the pawn shop, and Shi Qing came out immediately holding ten taels of silver.

He looked at the ten taels of silver and smiled bitterly.

"When my master gave me that sword, he said that the craftsmanship of the sword would cost at least one or two hundred taels."

"...Maybe it has been soaked in water for too long and has shrunk."

"You don't seem to be very good at comforting people."

"really."

As a result, Shi Qingjue adjusted himself.

Then, they went to the cloth store and bought two quilts. Clothes are not so important now, but quilts are.

The boss was still curious about how they were going to move the quilt away with bare hands on a rainy day, but Jiang Li waved his hand and went out.

The boss who went out just one step late would not be able to see anyone.

Afterwards, they went to the grocery store that was still open and bought some necessities, including a new pot.

Finally, there’s the food. They returned to the inn where they stayed before. What they wanted this time was not housing, but buying some ingredients.

In this weather, there is really nothing for sale outside. All they wanted were ingredients and they wanted to go to a few restaurants.

Restaurants and restaurants that are still open responded in the same way. They sell food, but not the ingredients.

After going around in a circle, Jiang Li and Shi Qingjue went to their original inn again, wanting to try their luck.

The waiter was a little embarrassed, but he still went to talk to the boss. The boss looked at them and relaxed.

"Our city lord used to be a member of the martial arts world, and every martial arts competition here would have some martial arts people. We still like people who don't cause trouble. But I won't give you a discount. You have to pay me the purchase price. And you have to move it yourself. Walk."

"thank you boss."

The two of them thanked each other, then went to the kitchen to have a look, and the boss followed him. They originally wanted to buy only some vegetables and meat, but after thinking about the style of these, they bought two roast chickens and a bottle of wine. After selecting five taels of silver worth of ingredients, Jiang Li and Shi Qingjue placed the ingredients on the table.

Jiang Li looked at his boss and smiled.

"Boss, thank you for helping us, I just want to show you something fun."

As soon as he finished speaking, everything on the table disappeared.

The boss couldn't figure out this trick.

As they were watching them go out, the boss stopped them again.

"These two umbrellas are for you."

"We don't have money to buy it."

Jiang Li said, and the boss shook his head.

"This is for you. It's not for free. When you have money, you have to come to our inn to patronize more."

"We are so poor now, do you still think we can still have money?"

Shi Qingjue said with a wry smile, and the boss handed the umbrella to them.

"I think you are not ordinary people. You will definitely have money. Don't forget to come and patronize me when the time comes."

The two of them thanked each other again and returned to the house holding umbrellas. The two roasted chickens and steamed buns were still hot, and several people tore the roasted chickens into pieces and ate them.

There were two roast chickens with four legs. Shi Qingjue said that he loved chicken wings and tore two of them at once. When the other four people saw this, they knew that Shi Qing was definitely giving in, but they didn't say anything and just poured him an extra sip of wine.

There wasn't much wine, and everyone else could only take a sip. This wine was the same as what they drank at the inn before, but now it tasted like nectar.
  The five of them just sat on the floor in the living room, watching the rain outside, and eating happily.

After eating and drinking, several people just lay down.

"If I had known I should have eaten more at the inn yesterday."

When He Qingfeng said this, Jiang Li smiled.

"If you ate more yesterday, I'm afraid we won't even be able to rent this house."

After saying this, Jiang Li asked He Qingfeng curiously.

"By the way, how many hidden weapons do you have now?"

"There really aren't many left. I started recycling them when we were in the mountains, but I couldn't find some of them, so now I use some as nails. I still have about a dozen of them with me."

"Then what do you do when you meet twenty people?"

He Qingfeng looked at Jiang Li, then looked at the ceiling and said.

"First, beat each of you four traitors who betrayed me to those twenty people with a dart, and then run away."

"Shall I fight too?"

Shi Qingjue was unhappy after hearing this, and so were Yu Zhulin and Tieniu, who kept talking.

"Xiaoyue betrayed you, you can't hit me."

"I must have persuaded Xiaoyue, but she didn't listen to me."

The guns were pointed at Jiang Li.

Jiang Li couldn't listen anymore.

"Sure enough, I should have betrayed all four of you."

Several people had a game about what they should do if one of them betrayed them. After chatting for half an hour, they finally ran out of words.

Shi Qingjue sat up and looked at the rain that had become lighter outside.

"Everyone, please tidy up the beds first. There are exactly two beds, separated for men and women."

"How much money do we have left?"

Yu Zhulin asked Jiang Li, and Jiang Li took out all the money.

Six taels and seven cents and twenty wen.

"Mainly because of the high price of two quilts, a new iron pot and some sundries. The food didn't cost much, just a tael or more."

What we eat is not only roast chicken, but also various vegetables, oil, salt and some dry firewood.

After Jiang Li finished speaking, several people thought about it and realized that there was nothing more they needed to add. These were enough for several days.

He Qingfeng calculated quietly for a while, and then said to Shi Qingjue.

"Since the money is not enough to buy a carriage, let's buy something and paint this place. After all, we are going to stay for a few days, and it is important to look comfortable."

"Okay, the price of these things is not high, let's wait until the rain stops."

Shi Qingjue nodded.

So, a few people went to put away the groceries they had just bought, tidied the bed, and just lay on the bed, waiting for the rain to stop outside.

The room was still very warm.

(End of this chapter)