Chapter 80: Nanchen (2)
Everyone knew that these two knew each other when they heard such a conversation. The person who was called the old man by Yu Cihe actually didn't look much older than everyone here, but he felt that this person was a person who had experienced the vicissitudes of everything, and he was a little old-fashioned. The man looked at everyone, and his gaze suddenly fell on Shang Ling's body. He looked Shang Ling up and down carefully and asked, "This son has a great name?" Shang Ling was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly replied, "Oh~oh! Don't have your surname Shang, my name is Shang Ling. β
"Shang Ling?" The man pondered silently for a moment and said softly, "It's actually surnamed Shang~"
"What did you say?" Shang Ling didn't hear his words clearly, so he subconsciously asked.
The man looked at Shang Ling and smiled, "Oh, it's nothing, this name is very good, just emotional."
Although Shang Ling was puzzled, he still nodded and stopped talking. Xuan Zhuyi arched his hand and said, "I don't know what the name of this Taoist is?" Since we meet here, it is fate, and it just so happens that you and Yu Tzu Hyuk are old acquaintances, why don't we also get to know each other? In Xia Xuan Zhuyi, the few people around him are Mu Zhixi, Mu Jinggong, and Ouyang Ruolin. β
The man smiled and said, "Okay, since Master Xuan has made an introduction, then I will also introduce it, our encounter is fate, poor road Nanchen."
Xuan Zhuyi: "I don't know where Nanchen Dao Elder is practicing?"
Nanchen: "Quartet."
"Quartet?" Shang Ling asked Yu Cihe softly, "Is there a Taoist temple called the Quartet?" β
Yu Tzu Hyuk replied softly angrily: "What he means is that there is no fixed place to live, and he travels everywhere."
Xuan Zhuyi: "Since it is the Quartet, the Dao Master is the same wandering cultivator as us?"
Nanchen smiled: "Sort of." I'm not the one who stays in the Taoist temple in peace, I can't be idle after all, I have to come out and move around a lot. This is a burden with a Taoist temple, but it is better to live a chic and natural life. β
Xuan Zhuyi: "Since you are an old friend of Yu Tzu He, why don't you sit here and have a few more drinks with us?" Today is the Shangsi Festival, it just so happens that we and Brother Xun Yi may not have seen each other for a long time, sitting here we gather more, okay? β
Feng Xunyi: "I am willing to come and drink a cup of wine, what about the Taoist leader?"
Nanchen: "Okay, I'll bother me today."
And they all sat down, and poured wine over each other, and talked about the things of the world. Nanchen sat next to Yu Tzu-hyuk, so naturally he had more exchanges with Yu Tzu-hyuk. Shang Ling was not to be outdone, sitting on the other side of Yu Cihe, silently listening to the conversation between the two.
Nanchen: "How have you been doing in recent years?"
Yu Tzu-hyuk: "It's okay."
Nanchen: "Chi Yu, you're not too young, do you have any favorite people?"
Yu Cihe was silent, and Shang Ling sat next to her and glanced up at her. Nanchen smiled as if he saw something: "If you don't, I have a suitable candidate."
Yu Tzu Hyuk raised his eyes and said, "Who?"
"Huh~" Nanchen pointed out, "The boy behind you is not bad!" β
Yu Tzu-hyuk: "Old man, are you a little serious?"
Nanchen: "Huh? Why am I not serious? What's wrong with the son-in-law? β
Yu Cihe glanced back at Shang Ling and said, "Too stupid, too naΓ―ve, can't keep up with my train of thought."
"Huh? How could I be stupid? Shang Ling was not very happy when he heard this, and asked rhetorically.
Yu Tzu Hyuk also didn't want to pay attention to him, and said very perfunctorily: "If you say you're stupid, you're stupid, where do you have so many words?"
"You~" Before Shang Ling's words could be spoken, he saw Nanchen make a silent gesture, so he hurriedly shut up.
Nanchen: "What? If you're not satisfied, I'll find another one for you? β
Hearing this, Shang Ling began to get anxious again, and squeezed his eyebrows at Nan Chen, Nan Chen waved his hand, signaling him to be restless. Yu Cihe knew that Nanchen had an idea in his heart, so he rolled his eyes and said, "Old man, it seems that you have forgotten what day it is?"
Nanchen: "Today? Isn't it the Shangsi Festival today? β
Yu Tzu-hyuk: "Do you still know? How many years have you been with you on the festival? β
Nanchen was out of breath when he heard this, and said after a long silence: "I'm a cultivator, what kind of love and love do you talk about?" Kitschy. β
Yu Tzu-hyuk: "Hmph! Kitschy? You've just said a whole bunch of cheesy stuff. Vulgar people naturally say cheesy words, and you are not to blame for that. β
Nanchen poured a glass of wine and drank it all and said: "It's really a good mood that makes you angry, if someone can really take a fancy to you, it will also be a blessing for you to do good deeds in your life."
Hearing this, Shang Ling was unhappy again, and said continuously: "Hey? Dao Chief, what you said is a bit vicious, what's wrong with Yu Cihe is still not worthy of those men? Let me tell you, Dao Chief, who should say that who married Yu Cihe is the blessing of doing good deeds in a few lifetimes! β
Nanchen: "Huh? As soon as I said this, someone came to refute me? Akabane? Indeed, you faithful! β
Yu Tzu-hyuk: "Don't say so much useless, I'm going to do something that makes you even more unhappy."
Nanchen: "Listen to my advice, then you should not do it as soon as possible."
"I have to do it." As he spoke, Yu Cihe took out a silver phoenix ring from his arms and put it in front of Nanchen and said, "This, you can take it." β
Nanchen stared at it for a long time, then pushed it in front of Yu Cihe and said, "No, you should take it."
Yu Tzu Hyuk was a little surprised: "You really don't want it?"
Nanchen: "No, it's too expensive, I can't afford it."
"Okay, then I'll keep it for you." With that, she put it in her arms again.
Nanchen looked up at Shang Ling behind Yu Cihe and asked Yu Cihe softly, "Do you really not think about the son behind you?"
Yu Tzu Hyuk said without hesitation: "If you don't think about it, you won't have to worry about this matter."
Nanchen: "Okay, I just want to tell you, if you don't think about it now, then don't think about it in the future."
Yu Tzu-hyuk: "What do you mean by that?"
"You'll understand." Nanchen stood up and said to the others, "In the middle of the night, the poor road will retire first, and if there is a fate to meet again in the future, we will get together again." β
Feng Xunyi: "Dao Chief? Don't you come with me? β
Nanchen patted Feng Xunyi's shoulder with a smile and said, "I'm afraid we won't be able to go together, hahaha!"
Xuan Zhuyi: "The Taoist walks slowly."
Nanchen: "Oh yes, there is a mountain near here, the breath is very good, if you have nothing to do, you can go and take a look."
Xuan Zhuyi: "Thank you, Taoist."
Everyone sat down again and continued to eat, and Shang Ling asked Yu Cihe, "What did Daoist Nanchen tell you?"
Yu Tzu-hyuk: "I didn't say anything."
Shang Ling: "Then I think you two are sneaky?"
"It's dark at night, I'll go back first." With that, Yu Cihe got up and left, and Shang Ling followed suit.
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The next morning, everyone was idle and bored, so they followed Nanchen's words and went to the mountain. What Nanchen said was true, everyone felt refreshed as soon as they arrived at the foot of the mountain, and the aura of coming to this place was very sufficient. A few people walked along the grassy side of the path, and as they walked, they came to a cave. Even though it was morning, the light in front of the cave felt dim due to the lush vegetation around the cave. The cave seemed to be so deep that you couldn't see anything inside it from the entrance. The curiosity of the people sprouted again, since they came out to wander around, it was better to go around, and a few people came up with the idea of entering the cave.
Shang Ling: "There shouldn't be anything strange in this cave, right?"
Feng Xunyi: "The aura here is so strong, there should be no evil that will come out to make trouble."
Xuan Zhuyi: "Looking at this terrain environment, there should be very few beasts."
Ouyang Ruolin: "Then there will be no problem, there should be no danger."
Several people agreed and walked into the cave. Yu Tzu-hyuk's Ice Cracker Whip was lit up in front of him, guiding the way. The further you go inside the cave, the more humid it becomes, so there must be a water source nearby. After walking for about half an hour, the people walked out of the cave, and on the other side of the cave was a dense forest that resembled this one.
Mu Jinggong: "It turns out that both sides of this cave are the same?"
Mu Zhixi: "This can probably be regarded as an entrance, right?" The other side of the cave actually goes into the inside of the mountain. β
Ouyang Ruolin: "Huh? How do I feel like I'm hearing someone talking? β
Xuan Zhuyi: "We are the only one who comes to this mountain, who will come here like us with nothing to do?"
Yu Tzu-hyuk: "Wait a minute, it seems that there is really someone, it is a young man's voice."
Everyone fell silent and listened carefully to the sounds around them. Accompanied by the sound of the wind and the rattling of leaves, a male voice reached everyone's ears. The crowd followed the sound and saw a man of their age sitting under a tree holding a snake for its gall bladder, and the man was very sorry to say sorry to the snake as he fetched it.
"I'm sorry, my family is in a hurry to use your guts, I have to kill! In the next life, you must not be a snake again, and don't do any other animals, you can't escape the fate of being slaughtered, let's be a human, just be an ordinary person. It's harder, but it's safe, and it's going to be longer. Don't be a dignitary, there are many people who are popular, who knows what will be waiting for you to take your life, don't you say? I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I can't stand you in this life, the sins I committed, and I will repay you again when you become an adult in the next life! The people were amused by the man's conversation with the serpent, and they went over to greet him.
Xuan Zhuyi: "This brother? How do you talk to snakes? β
The man looked up and said, "O sin! It's also a life, and I sent it to heaven like this, it's a sin for me! For its excess, let it be a person in the next life, and my sins will be lightened. β
Mu Zhixi: "How do you know if it is human in the next life?"
The man stammered, "That's it...... It is to pray in the heart and give ...... Give yourself a comfort, fool ...... It's just fooling yourself. β
Mu Zhixi smiled: "This brother, seeing that we are very destined to meet today, what is your name?"
"I'm ......" Hearing Mu Zhixi's question, the man stammered even more, "My name is ...... It's called Mo Cheng. β
Shang Ling smiled: "Hey, Mo Cheng? What happened to you? Why are you still stuttering? β
"I've been like this since I was a child, I get nervous when I talk to girls, and I stutter when I'm nervous."
Shang Ling: "Hahahaha! I can see that it's normal for you to talk to me! β
Mu Zhixi smiled: "My name is Mu Zhixi, Mo Cheng, you are such an interesting person!"
"Ah...... Yes? Yes...... Interesting? Thank...... Thank you...... Handsome...... Compliments ......"
Everyone laughed, and then followed Mo Cheng to chat in this mountain.