Chapter 20: Awakening
Tao Xinlai was stopped at the door of the preaching hall. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"Miss Tao, this is not the place for you." The little disciple who stopped at the door held his head high proudly, squinting his eyes to express his contempt for Tao Xinlai.
Tao Xinlai was stunned for a moment, and expressed wonder that he was stopped. So she raised her eyebrows and said slowly: "What about Su Zizhou and Su Ziquan?" ”
The disciple snorted and said, "The names of the two Senior Brothers Su are not something that can be called by a miscellaneous servant like you, don't think that you won't know what to do after a few good days." ”
These words really didn't sound good, Tao Xinlai's face changed on the spot, and he began to realize that something was wrong. In the past, even if Su Zi Zhou Su Ziquan didn't bring her here, these people would not stop her, but this disciple's attitude is so resolute today, it is obvious that someone behind him has instructed her, and this person can still not care about the big and small Su brothers.
Thinking of Han Beiwang, and thinking that the big and small Su brothers had inadvertently revealed that their master had taken their senior brother to retreat, Tao Xinlai felt that this person did not think twice except for Han Fengyi.
In fact, Tao Xin came to this is a fork. Although Han Fengyi is short-sighted, her pride makes her disdain to seriously deal with Tao Xin, at that time, she was picked to Sanling Peak as a handyman just to see her teasing Han Beiwang, and she didn't want to go to the inner door, so she rebelled, and she was angry and whimsical. What's more, Han Beiwang also said not to embarrass Tao Xin, so Han Fengyi has neither that kung fu nor that mood.
However, Xiao Su ate a pie here with Han Fengyi, and felt that he had lost face, and he wanted to sprinkle his anger on Tao Xinlai, but he thought that Tao Xin had eaten a lot of good things here before, so he couldn't be too unkind, so he ordered the disciples in Fengzhong to cancel all the privileges of Tao Xinlai beyond the status of miscellaneous servants, but they also confessed that they didn't have to find work for Tao Xin to do. This is tantamount to treating Tao Xinlai as an invisible person.
But at this time, where did Tao Xin know these things. She didn't have a strong desire to cultivate immortals, but she felt that there was no need to waste resources, plus a little bit of girl's careful thinking - what a real thing it was to be able to naturally stay in the face without cosmetics, "immortal" she was not interested, "immortal" she was still a little interested, so she was willing to move the lazy bones of her whole body to come to the preaching hall to listen to the scriptures and practice, who knew that in the past, she went in generously, but today she touched a nose of ash.
Tao Xinlai now thought that it was because of Han Fengyi, so he didn't say much, just turned around and left, and when he went back, he took a turn outside the practice ground, and the entrance to the practice ground was really guarded, and it seemed that she was blocked. Tao Xinlai snorted, thinking that Han Fengyi was really cautious, and for her as a handyman, she specially asked people to guard at various entrances to block her, which was too ungraceful. So I went back to the small courtyard directly, wondering if I was going to arrange a bunch of work for her to do.
One day, two days, three days...... Half a month has passed.
Tao Xinlai's mood changed from slightly lost to slightly anxious, and she felt very strange. In the past half a month, she has been wandering around in the peak, and even roasted wild meat a few times in the spirit beast mountain forest, but she has never met Su Zizhou and Su Ziquan once, and she has not even seen that Han Beiwang. Isn't it avoiding her?
Tao Xin came to pout, hid and hid, she was not happy to receive it! Next time, I want to find her to make something delicious, no way! She tore off the spicy and crispy roast chicken wings and stuffed them into her mouth, thinking that the things in the immortal world were really delicious, and the taste of this spicy roast chicken was really not found in modern society.
Tao Xinlai was thinking so, and there was a loud laugh from afar. The voice...... Why is it so similar to the size of the Su? She took the hand of the grilled chicken wings and hesitated for a moment, but decided to sneak a peek at what was going on.
But when she got closer, she even regretted her intestines.
"Haha, Senior Sister Lian is really a good craft, I have never eaten this kind of roast chicken before!" This is Su Zizhou.
"Yes, yes, I didn't expect Senior Sister Lian to have such a craft, it's really not easy!" This is Su Ziquan.
Several people sat around the fire where the chicken was roasting, in addition to Xiao Su, there was also Han Beiwang, who pretended to be cold with a calm face, and Bai Zilian, who was smiling faintly.
Good craftsmanship...... Grilled chicken ...... It's not simple......
It's not simple peat!
Tao Xinlai turned around decisively and was about to leave, but at this time, a little stupid chicken that had been plucked out of nowhere and was still wet all over his body, the little chicken was pitiful and fled from her feet, and a person walked over gracefully from the spiritual spring, and said with a smile: "Senior Sister Lian, this spiritual chicken you picked is really cunning, let it slip away without paying attention......"
Tao Xin looked over, the two looked at each other, and both sides were stunned.
The people sitting around the fire all looked at this side for a moment, Han Beiwang's eyes flashed, but he still maintained the cold shape of the iceberg, Su Zizhou and Su Ziquan blinked unabashedly, instinctively glanced at each other, and then unconsciously turned their eyes to the spicy roast chicken that Tao Xinlai was holding in his hand.
What a nostalgic taste, such a fragrant spicy roast chicken......
Bai Zilian was feeling that the back of the person who suddenly appeared was quite familiar, and her senior brother Yue Mingche had already lowered his face and asked, "Who are you, who allowed you to come here?" ”
Tao Xin didn't answer, and raised his feet and prepared to leave. However, her behavior was quite rude and provocative in the eyes of the other party.
"Bold!" Yue Mingche drank, a coercion belonging to the Zhuji monk was unabashedly released, Tao Xinlai only felt that the internal organs and meridians in her body were as painful as if they were being squeezed by the expanding gas, she trembled all over, and her legs softened unconsciously in an instant, as if she couldn't bear the weight of her whole body, causing her to kneel down unconsciously.
Fear, awe, compromise, avoidance, and other emotions violently attacked her consciousness, making her lips turn white, her heart beat faster, and large drops of sweat dripped from her forehead and fell to the ground.
Su Zizhou's face changed, he immediately got up and waved his sleeves, and laughed loudly: "Haha, Senior Brother Yue, she is just a little handyman who has not refined qi in our Sanling Peak, you are bullying the little girl like this!" ”
The invisible qi cut off the coercion directly directed at Tao Xin by Yue Mingche with the movement of his sleeves, Yue Mingche smiled faintly, pretended not to know and withdrew the coercion, and said, "Oh, that's mine, isn't it, but are the miscellaneous servants of Sanling Peak so unruly?" After speaking, the corners of his mouth rose a little, quite a bit of ironic contempt.
The coercion receded, Tao Xinlai adjusted his state and stood up with a calm face, threw the roast chicken on the ground, and clenched his fists tightly.
Senior Brother Yue of Danding Peak, isn't that the clearer it is? After too long of leisurely days, she has been lazy and almost forgot the plot, but at this moment, she was slapped in the face by the plot.
At this time, it should be Bai Yihe who asked Yue Mingche to take Bai Zilian to take the opportunity to send pills to each peak to visit the peak masters, and it can be regarded as informally introducing Bai Zilian to each peak, so that each peak can treat Bai Zilian favorably in the face of him and Yue Mingche in the future. In order to take care of her sister, Bai Zilian insisted on bringing "Tao Xin", and the first stop of their trip was Sanling Peak. It was also during this visit to Sanling Peak that Bai Zilian subdued the big and small Su with a roast spirit chicken.
In the past, when the Tao family was in distress and cautiously bowed down to be a little girl, today, she showed the graceful, gentle and kind style of the immortal cultivators, and the former Tao family's eldest lady "Tao Xinlai" followed her like a maid, unable to hide her angry and jealous face, and naively tried to relive the good old days by commanding Bai Zilian. Immediately afterwards, Yue Mingche used rank suppression to ruthlessly teach "Tao Xinlai" a lesson to "Tao Xinlai" in order to maintain Bai Zilian, which inspired the fighting spirit and hatred in her heart.
"Miscellaneous servants? But Sister Xinlai? Bai Zilian hurriedly got up and walked over, and when she saw Tao Xinlai's appearance, she wiped the sweat on her forehead with her sleeve distressedly, and said: "It's really Sister Xinlai, I'm so happy to see you, my senior brother is also unintentional, don't blame him." ”
Blame? A foundation building monk exerts level coercion on a disciple who has not refined qi without warning, does she have the ability to "blame"?
Yue Mingche raised his eyebrows, then glanced at Tao Xinlai casually, no matter what he thought in his heart, he still followed Bai Zilian and said, "Senior Sister Lian, this is the sister Xinlai you often worry about?" It's offended, don't take it to heart. ”
Tao Xin patted Bai Zilian's hand, lowered his head slightly to hide the humiliation and embarrassment in his eyes, he really didn't want to stay longer for a second.
Su Ziquan received Su Zizhou's eyes and shouted: "Tao Xin, this is not the place you should come, don't retreat!" ”
Tao Xin didn't say a word, raised his feet and left, and didn't pay any attention to Bai Zilian's earnest call behind him.
She realized she was thinking wrong.
This is the world of cultivating immortals, not the modern society she originally lived in. Here, freedom is based on strength. Once the free and leisurely life she wants to live loses the guarantee of strength, it will be a dream in the sky, and even a luxury at the cost of her life. She was afraid of the shell of "Tao Xinlai", and was reluctant to live the life of "Tao Xinlai" in the plot, but in fact, she was eating bitter fruit now.
Why was Bai Zilian able to buy Xiao Su with a featureless roast chicken, and no matter how delicious she was, they could easily draw a line with her? Not because of the different craftsmanship between her and Bai Zilian, but because of the different strength and value they show. In the final analysis, it is still a matter of strength.
In this world where absolute strength can be exchanged for freedom, if she wants to be a lazy ordinary person, she must be prepared to fold her waist and knees in humiliation all the time, and put her soul into the humble and deceitful mud to beg for a possibility of life. And if "Tao Xinlai" never comes back, she will maintain this status quo because of continued indulgence and laziness.
No, it's not the life she wants, and it's not the life she's supposed to live!