Chapter 7: The Great Golden Tooth
"The long march of 10,000 miles has taken the first step."
Cao Yi put down the brush that had been blown up when the cinnabar was exhausted, and looked at the healing charm that was held down by his other hand, with a knowing smile on his face.
Drawing a spell that can communicate the vitality of heaven and earth is something he has always dreamed of since he became a Taoist priest.
"Who are you looking for?"
Cao Yi muttered to himself.
Although this healing talisman communicates the vitality of heaven and earth, it has not been tested in practice, and it is still unknown whether it is really effective.
Yourself, you must not be good, after the baptism of Jindan, your health is outrageous.
Roaring days, roaring days are full, either walking, or sleeping, know how to maintain health better than people, how can you get sick!
Who should I look for?
That man! Cao Yi suddenly thought of a plot character, and the corners of his mouth hooked slightly.
Gollum...... The stomach suddenly rebelled.
Cao Yi put the healing charm that had calmed down into a canvas satchel printed with the Tai Chi Bagua pattern, left the room, and came to the kitchen.
The kitchen is not big, and the layout is very simple, three tables, one with a gas stove on it, one with a cutting board, spices, spoons, bowls, and one with cabbage, radish, flour...... If you can't put it down, it's under the table, and by the way, there's a bucket of water.
Cao Yi rolled up his sleeves, rolled out a piece of dough half the size of a palm, rolled it into several dough sheets, smeared vegetable oil between them, put it in a soup pot with water and grate, and turned on the gas.
Wash the cabbage with two more leaves, cut it and stir-fry it in a wok.
Wait until the soup pot is boiling, turn off the gas, take out a piece of dough, put it on a plate, and then pour the fried cabbage on top of a part, a roll, a very good steamed cake and cabbage are ready.
Take a bite and well, delicious!
Cao Yi ate three in a row, and just as he was about to eat the fourth, Roaring Tian appeared at the door of the kitchen, staring at a pair of bright eyes, as if to say, shovel, I haven't eaten yet.
"Come and eat"
Cao Yi hooked out the plate under the table with his feet and placed the last steamed cake and cabbage on top.
Like a distinguished guest who came to a restaurant for dinner, he walked over slowly and lowered his head to eat.
"I really don't know what the use of raising you is."
Cao Yi shook his head helplessly.
Soon, after eating, Cao Yi cleaned the used pot by dividing it by two, sorted out the used things, returned to the room, and began to draw talismans again.
In the blink of an eye, the time came in the evening, and the last bit of light in the sky, struggled for a while, buried by the boundless darkness, announcing the end of another day.
Cao Yi, who had finished drawing talismans and was doing evening classes in the shrine, suddenly heard a bell and got up and walked out of the shrine.
On the stone table between the two jujube trees, the red mobile phone left by Ying Rainbow (at this time, it was called Big Brother in the Huaxia Continent, expensive and a symbol of the rich), was ringing non-stop.
Cao Yi walked over, reached out to pick it up, and clicked it open.
"Venerable Master, Big Golden Tooth helped me make an appointment with Captain Jin, and meet tonight at the Paddy Maguire Beer House in Manhattan."
The voice of Mark, the legal representative of Global Mining, came from the mobile phone.
"Tonight"
Cao Yi was a little surprised.
Listening to the conversation of several people before, he thought that the plot would not start until a while.
"You, you are Mr. Cao of Jade Void, no, Daoist Cao, why are you answering the phone, and the Venerable Master is still with you?"
On the other end of the phone, Mark, who was taken aback, asked.
"This mobile phone was given to Poor Dao by your respected teacher for easy contact, and she left not long after you left."
Cao Yi explained.
"Did you sign a contract with you? How much did you get paid? ”
Mark asked again.
As the legal representative of Global Mining Group, everything related to the contract is in his scope of work.
"Five million dollars, no contract."
Cao Yi replied in a calm tone, and then heard Mark screaming on the other end of the phone.
Apparently frightened.
A few seconds passed.
"Dao Chief, I'm sorry to disturb you so late."
Mark's tone became polite.
The person who took out a lot of money and didn't even sign the contract is obviously a person that the teacher respects very much, and such a person is not something he can afford to provoke.
"You just said you'd see Captain Jin tonight?"
"Yes"
"Poor Dao is very interested in Captain Touch"
"The Taoist is going too?"
"Questions?"
"No problem, I'll pick you up"
The two ended the call.
After Cao Yi cleaned up, he locked the Taoist temple and stood at the door of the Taoist temple with a satchel printed with the Tai Chi Bagua pattern, waiting.
In the suburbs of New York at night, the temperature is very low, and the wind blowing from outside the woods blows on the face, and it is cold.
About thirty minutes later, a car slowly drove from the night and stopped at the door of the Taoist temple.
The car door opened, and Mark, dressed in a straight suit and with a smile on his face, got out of the car and opened the back door.
"Michigan, please get on the bus"
"Thank you"
Cao Yi bowed his head and got into the car.
Mark got back into the car, took the steering wheel, and drove out of the woods surrounding the temple, and not long after, came to a straight road.
Cao Yi looked out through the car window, and it took him several miles to see a family, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the United States is really similar to the textbook, except for big cities, the population is very sparse.
"Daoist, what is the idea of Taoism, many of my Chinese friends tell me that Taoism is very different from ordinary religions."
Idle and bored, Mark opened up the conversation.
"Respect the Tao and virtue, the unity of heaven and man, and the noble life to help the world"
After Cao Yi finished speaking, worried that Mark would not understand, he added: "Tao is the driving force of all things in the biochemical universe, the root of creation, and virtue is a noble character; The unity of man and nature is to conform to the laws of nature and achieve harmony between man and nature; Honoring life and helping the world is to respect life and help the world. ”
After hearing this, Mark looked puzzled: "What a strange religion, don't preach?" Don't you talk about going to heaven or hell after you die? ”
Cao Yi: "......"
Seeing that Cao Yi was silent, Mark thought that he had violated some religious taboo, so he didn't speak again.
An hour later, the sedan stopped in front of the Paddy Maguire Brasserie in Manhattan.
At this point in time, it was the time when the drunkards were most active, and there was no sound at all, and it was obviously chartered by Global Mining.
"Michichi, please"
Mark got out of the car and opened the door for Cao Yi.
Compared with the original plot, the attitude towards Captain Touching Jin and others can be said to be one in heaven and one on the ground.
Cao Yi thanked him and got out of the car.
Entering the beer house, Cao Yi saw at a glance that he was sitting in front of the bar with a big back and wearing a very retro gold tooth.
"Hello, Mr. Mark, uh, Taoist priest?"
The big gold tooth was about to greet Mark, and when he saw Cao Yi in a Taoist robe, he was stunned.
"Daochang Cao will also participate in this operation, he heard that I was going to see Captain Jin tonight, he was very curious, so he came to take a look."
Mark walked over and explained, with a little more arrogance on his face that he hadn't just had.
The big golden tooth reacted, looked Cao Yi up and down, his eyes shone brightly, and his mouth shook: "I didn't expect to see the Taoist master of my hometown across the Pacific Ocean!" ”