Chapter 52: Distribution of the Spoils of War
The old Taoist priest has a wide robe with a feather crown, and he looks like a master outside the world, but in the eyes of everyone, the aura on this person's body is scattered but not condensed, his eyes are cloudy, and his feet are floating. Seeing that the two junior sisters didn't speak, Qi Yao stepped forward and saluted, "I don't know what the old gentleman is looking for us?" "This old Taoist's cultivation is not low, close to the peak of the foundation building period, but it still can't be compared with them, Qi Yao thinks that as long as everyone rests for a while, they can capture this old Taoist priest without the two junior sisters making a move.
"A few little Taoist friends are extremely high in cultivation, and they can actually join forces to control the beetle snake, I don't know if it is the Taishang Sect?" The old monk asked politely.
Beetle snakes? Everyone turned their attention to the strange snake that was blinded and still bluffed, this is the beetle snake? The Taoist boys squinted at the old Taoist priest with the same expression, are you really that we don't read much and have shallow knowledge, and we don't even know the beetle snake?
The old monk laughed twice, and said with emotion: "Of course, this is not a purebred beetle snake, but there is a bit of beetle snake blood in the body, and it can be born for less than a hundred years and fly without feet, this beetle snake's cultivation is not bad, speaking of whichββ"
"What is the reason why the old gentleman is here?" Qi Yao unceremoniously talked about the old monk's talk about the past, not because he didn't respect the elders, but because the junior brothers and sisters had a lot of yin qi entering the body, and they were still waiting to go back to the cabin for treatment, so they really didn't have the leisure to talk about the past and the present with this old man. Qi Yao's parents were born in a side-door casual cultivator, and they were used to hearing their mother's warnings since they were children, and they knew that this kind of old monk seemed to be a fairy wind bone, but in fact, he was more slippery than anyone else.
The old monk didn't want these little cubs to lose face at all, so he laughed dryly, and was sure that these little things must have been raised by the gate faction, not that the gate faction did not have this confidence, "The old man and the noble village chief Liu are old acquaintances, I don't knowββ"
"Old Wu, why are you here?" The village chief and the contemplator hurried to the villagers after settling down, and couldn't help but be surprised to see the old monk, this old monk is a casual monk, employed by a sea merchant, Linshui Village produces a kind of sea cucumber that can aphrodisiac, this commodity is not only very popular with the powerful people in China and overseas, but also the maritime merchants themselves are very fond of it, the old monk and the village chief had some friendship when he was young, and often came to the village chief to collect the best sea cucumbers.
"Are there three days left until we set the time? I happened to be idle, so I came to you for a drink. The old monk laughed.
"Elder Wu, please come in, something happened in the village today, and we are all a little busy." The village chief said apologetically.
"Not busy, not busy! You just have to keep you busy, I'll just walk around here. The old monk said.
How did the village chief not know that this old man must have other plans in his heart, but there is nothing valuable in Hengzhi Village, he likes to go shopping, he stepped forward and said to Changning and He Wanran: "Senior sister, I asked people to boil a pot of Liuyang soup, do you want to drink some tonic soup to ward off the cold?" "Liuyang soup is specially used to expel yin energy.
"Senior brother is bothered." He Wanran took out a pill of pills sealed with beeswax and handed it to a Taoist boy, "You melt the pill in the soup and drink it, and after drinking it, go back to the cabin to meditate." β
The Taoist boys should have taken the pill.
Changning, Qi Yao, and He Wanran walked towards the Taoist temple, the Taoist temple was corroded and damaged by the yin qi, and the main hall completely collapsed, the main hall stood in a daze, Changning sighed secretly, "Ah Ying, then do you know where the statues of the two ancestors and gods went?" β
"I've been invited into the storage bag." He Wanran said, "I'm afraid that I will accidentally destroy the statue of the ancestor during the fight." Although the ancestor who ascended to the immortal realm would definitely not blame them, she was still unwilling to damage the statue of the ancestor god lightly.
When the Guan Master heard that the statues of the two ancestors had been put away, his body shook slightly, and the person seemed to be in a lot of spirits, "Senior Sister He, do you want to bring the statues back to the sect?" β
"If you have a place to settle, I will invite Master Zu out." He Wanran said.
"Yes! We've got a place! The viewer hurriedly went to set up the shrine.
Qi Yao took back the mountain thunder beads in the Eight Gate Array, Changning and He Wanran searched the yin qi along the Taoist temple, if the yin qi was too strong somewhere, the two of them threw a red yang talisman to disperse the yin qi, the old monk secretly paid attention to the actions of these little guys, and when he saw them dispel the ordinary yin qi, he threw the red yang talisman at will, and couldn't help grinning his teeth in distress, a group of losers!
"Mr. Wu, is there anything wrong with you?" Qi Yao finished collecting the mountain thunder beads, turned two thunder beads in his hand, and looked at the old monk with a smile.
Wu Lao looked at the two mountain thunder beads in Qi Yao's hands, swallowed his saliva, and had both fear and greed in his heart, how good it would be if he had two mountain thunder beads! "This little brother, I think you are also a happy person, we have something to say."
Qi Yao nodded, he didn't want to follow the old man to spare the circle.
"Does the little brother want to sell the beetle snake's water-repellent beads?" Wu Lao asked.
Qi Yao frowned, he knew that there were water-repellent beads at the spine of the beetle snake, and one was hidden in the spine, and many people intercepted and killed the beetle snake because of the water-repellent beads in their bodies, "Not for sale." Although he really wanted this snake to be skinned, it was to be escorted back to the sect for accountability.
"What if I had a way to just take out the beetle to avoid the water beads and not hurt it?" Old Wu's demeanor became more and more kind, "This beetle snake has also been practicing for hundreds of years, and one water-repellent bead in the body is at least worth a medium-grade spirit stone, do you think it is so long, how many water-repellent beads can there be?" β
"Oh? What else is worth on a beetle snake? A clear and soft voice asked curiously.
Qi Yao turned around and saw Changning standing behind the two with a smile, Wu Lao saw Changning's face full of curiosity, and secretly thought that there was a play in his heart! He had just taken a full view of a vicious fight, the snake was basically captured by two little girls, this little girl could ask this, it means that there is an intention to sell, he smiled hesitantly, "If you want to say that the most valuable thing must be its flesh and blood, this can be a nourishing holy product, especially its two-" He just wanted to blurt out the snake whip, remembering that it was a little girl doll in front of him, in Qi Yao's cold and frozen gaze, he laughed a few times, and said stiffly: "Snake horn!" β
"It still has snake horns?" When Changning fought with the strange snake, he didn't see it have snake horns.
"It shouldn't have grown horns yet, but it must have roots on its skull, and it can be fetched for a good price." Wu Lao casually.
"And how much is it worth?" Changning asked.
Wu Lao said, "I just took a cursory look at it, and some of its value is not very certain." β
Qi Yao didn't expect that his junior sister would actually sell this snake, but he had always followed Changning and didn't ask much: "Mr. Wu, you go with me to appraise it." β
He Wanran listened to it for a long time, and after Wu Lao and Qi Yao walked away, he disagreed: "He'er, this snake is going to be brought back to the sect for interrogation." β
"I know, so I'm not going to sell it now, I'll sell it after the interrogation." Changning said.
"Butβthat's our door!" He Wanran said in disbelief.
"It's not, it's an evil cultivator." Changning said, "Linshui Village has been killed by it over the years, everyone didn't know it before, but now that the truth is revealed, how sad should they be?" If this beetle snake can be sold for a good price, it will also be a comfort to everyone. "Money can't solve all problems, but now they can only comfort the villagers with money.
He Wanran listened to Changning's words, and his expression softened slightly, "If that's the case, then I canβ"
Changning shook his head, "We can help Linshui Village this time, if we encounter countless Linshui villages in the future, will we all subsidize them privately?" "It's not about money.
He Wanran was silent, of course this is impossible, no matter how big the He family is, they can't afford to ban her tricks.
"Besides, the snake has committed such a great sin, it will definitely die, and we are not tortured and killed, but it is better to wait for it to die and take something of value than to abandon its body in the wilderness and be taken away by others." Changning didn't think that there would be people to collect the corpses after this kind of disciple was executed, so it was better to subsidize the villagers of Linshui Village than to let others pick it up. Changning objected to hunting demon beasts under pretexts other than survival, but she was not opposed to selling them as evil monsters and using the proceeds on victims.
He Wanran thought about it and felt that Changning was right to say this, "Then when the snake dies, its body must be frozen, otherwise it will be worthless." β
Changning said: "Ask the senior brothers and sisters of the torture hall, they must know." She sighed, and muttered in a low voice, "If only that snake had a storage bag." β
He Wanran said: "This beetle snake can have a storage bag, it is estimated that it is better to put it in the body, and let the senior brother take it out when the time comes." She paused, "If there is enough flesh and blood for the beetle, the contents of the storage bag can be divided among everyone." "You can't let everyone run in vain, many people still have yin qi into the body.
"Well, you can divide what you need, and you can sell what you don't need." Changning agreed, everyone is working hard this time, and they should share some benefits, otherwise no one will be motivated next time.
"You'll have to worry about these things." He Wanran said that she didn't know anything about this.
"It's not that I bother, it's Senior Brother Qi who bothered." Changning will only come up with ideas, and he will not do anything specific. After she finished speaking, she and He Wanran looked at each other and smiled, and while the two discussed, they walked through the Taoist temple again, and made sure that there was no yin qi nearby before reassuring, most of the people in Linshui Village were ordinary people, but they couldn't stand the yin qi. Changning walked for a while, turned his head and asked He Wanran: "Ah Ying, do you have any strange feelings?" β
"What's the strange feeling?" He Wanran asked.
Changning frowned slightly, "I seem to hear someone calling for help." β
He Wanran knew that Changning's five senses were superior to ordinary people, and he would not be untargeted, "If you feel carefully, maybe someone will really call for help." β
Changning sat down cross-legged, closed her eyes and sensed seriously, and after a while, she suddenly raised her sword and slashed at the already dilapidated hall, the hall suffered this blow, and the only remaining wall fell to the ground, and the wall collapsed There is a door on the ground, this is the so-called secret room? Changning and He Wanran removed some broken bricks and tiles, opened the door of the secret room, He Wanran let a mechanical mouse in, and took out a glass mirror to look at the scene in the secret room with Changning.
This secret room is only five or six zhang, inlaid with gold and jade, the layout is quite luxurious, it looks like a bedroom, there is nothing unusual, the most eye-catching is a white jade couch and the museum shelf next to the couch, the two of them waited for the mechanical mouse to turn around, after looking at no danger, let the village chief and the master of the temple who came to hear the sound guard at the entrance of the cave, and the two entered the secret room.
As soon as Changning entered the secret room, she felt that the cry for help became more and more anxious, she followed the instructions of the cry for help and walked to the couch, lifted the mattress, and found a dark room, in the dark room, there was actually a clay pot full of talismans, she and He Wanran looked at each other, and they didn't dare to touch this crockpot, "He'er, can you hear what the people inside say?" He Wanran asked.
"He said that he is the disciple of the Taishang Sect, and the giant snake outside is an evil cultivator, he was locked up by the evil cultivator, let's release him, he is almost gone." Changning said.
He Wanran looked at the talisman on the clay pot carefully, "This seems to be a soul refining talisman." β
The soul refining talisman is used to refine the soul, and the crockpot is covered with so many dense charms, and the soul inside can still be so clear? Neither of them believed it, so they didn't act rashly, but what if it was really the same door inside, what if the rescue was not timely and his soul was scattered?
"Let's sue the SΓΉ sect." Changning immediately took out the distress talisman and sent it out after a brief description, He Wanran agreed, this matter is no longer something they can solve. Changning didn't know how to communicate with the Yin God in the crockpot, only that someone from the sect would come to rescue him soon, and let him protect himself as much as possible, and they didn't know how to let him out.
"The two little girls are finally not stupid to get home, and finally think of finding someone to help." Lang Qingyue's laughter rang in his ears.
He Wanran was stunned for a moment, and then rushed out of the secret room with great joy, "Senior brother! β
Big brother? Changning subconsciously thought of Senior Brother Mu, but that voice was not Senior Brother Mu's, it should be Senior Brother of Jiuhua Palace, right? She looked at the clay pot and hesitated whether to move it out of the secret room to show it to the senior brother of Jiuhua Palace, but she heard someone behind her laugh and said: "This jar is called the Soul Locking Jar, which is only for the Yin God, and it is not harmful to flesh and blood." β
The familiar voice made Changning turn around in surprise, and saw a handsome man in a dark robe standing at the door of the secret room with a smile, "Senior brother! What are you doing here! β