Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Stone Lion Bleeds
Cultivation pays attention to wealth and wealth, and wealth comes first.
Take Li Daoxuan as an example, taking a Bigu pill with a price higher than gold every seven days, the medicine can't be stopped.
Things like cinnabar and yellow paper, although they are not too expensive, they can't hold a lot of them, and Li Daoxuan consumes a lot of them every day on average.
A lot of them turned into scrap and didn't make it.
These are all necessary expenses for cultivation, and in this way, he is simply a gold-swallowing beast, which costs more money than the children of later generations to go to school.
Therefore, many cultivators will take the initiative to find those wealthy families, and they are inextricably linked with high-ranking officials.
However, what makes Li Daoxuan puzzling is that the master is obviously profound, unpredictable, and seems to have a good reputation, but he is willing to hide in such a dilapidated Taoist temple and hide his name incognito.
With the master's ability, as long as he is willing, let alone becoming a distinguished guest, even if he goes to Chang'an Taiji Palace and sees the emperor through the ages, he can be highly respected, and maybe he can be named a national teacher or something.
Li Daoxuan sighed, no matter what the master thought, the Taoist temple was on the verge of bankruptcy, and his apprentice really couldn't sit back and eat empty anymore.
Carrying the oil-paper umbrella that the master stuffed into him, Li Daoxuan walked on the crowded street, and he actually had a feeling of returning to the world.
He was indeed too homely during this time.
There seems to be a rally today, and the streets are very lively, with a lot of people playing on the side of the street, in groups of three or five.
In the early years of Zhenguan, the world began to settle down, Li Shimin rectified the rule of officials, appointed talents, advocated frugality, and lightly paid for the meager endowment, although the common people were still not rich, but their eyes were not so numb, and there was some vitality.
After thinking about it, Li Daoxuan opened the oil-paper umbrella to block the sun.
The red wedding dress fluttered, and Chen Ziyu appeared beside him, and the surroundings seemed to be much colder all of a sudden.
Some people passing by looked at Li Daoxuan with surprised eyes.
"This Taoist priest still wears an umbrella in broad daylight, it's so strange!"
"He seems to be a new Taoist priest from the True Yang Taoist Temple, tsk, not a family, don't enter a door, one likes to sleep in a coffin, and one plays ......an umbrella in broad daylight."
"Strange, do you feel as if it's a lot colder all of a sudden!"
……
The people around him automatically avoided Li Daoxuan, forming a small vacuum.
Li Daoxuan didn't mind, he whispered to Chen Ziyu: "Sister Yu, I saw that it was lively here, and I wanted you to take a look." ”
Chen Ziyu still didn't respond, just floated quietly beside Li Daoxuan and followed him forward.
But Li Daoxuan found that her eyes were no longer as empty as before, but looked around quietly.
The two of them walked aimlessly.
Master asked him to solicit business, but Li Daoxuan felt that how could a place be haunted every day? Walking around the streets is just a matter of luck.
"Sell sugar gourds, rock sugar gourds!"
The shouting rang out, causing many children to follow.
Li Daoxuan inadvertently caught a glimpse of Sister Yu's eyes staying on the rock sugar gourd for a moment before skipping it.
She...... Love rock sugar gourds?
Li Daoxuan suddenly remembered that she had been trapped in the Chen family's mansion all the year round and rarely went out before her death, but maybe at some point, she heard the shouting of rock sugar gourds outside in the courtyard?
Li Daoxuan walked over with an umbrella.
"Bring me a string."
"Okay, two pennies a string!"
Li Daoxuan paid the money, but instead of eating it, he stretched it out to Chen Ziyu.
"Eh, Sister Yu, I suddenly remembered that I wanted to Bigu, and I can't eat it, so why don't you help me eat it?"
Chen Ziyu looked at him, his eyes were indifferent, like a deep pool.
Just when Li Daoxuan smiled awkwardly and wanted to take it back, he saw her thin red lips move and separate a little.
Then some red gas floated out of the rock sugar gourd and entered her mouth.
I don't know if it's an illusion, Li Daoxuan seems to feel that her eyes have fluctuated a little, fleeting.
The man selling rock sugar gourds looked at Li Daoxuan with a strange look, only thinking that this Taoist priest looked so handsome, but his brain was a little problematic, and he was talking to himself with an umbrella in broad daylight.
Li Daoxuan returned the rock sugar gourd in his hand to the man.
"I don't want to eat it again, forget it, I'll give it to you, no need to return the money."
"But I don't recommend you to resell this skewer, you can keep it for yourself."
Although the appearance of this rock sugar gourd has not changed, the essence in it has been sucked away, and there is no taste and nutrition.
Hearing that there was no need to return the money, the man hurriedly took it back.
Looking at the back of the handsome Taoist priest holding an umbrella and going away, he smiled, this Taoist chief is really a good person!
As for the chief's suggestion, he didn't care at all, and reinserted the string of sugar gourds with his backhand.
Soon, a strong man came to buy rock sugar gourds, and he happened to buy that bunch.
He paid for it, ate one, and then quickly spit it out.
"Phew! What are you selling, it doesn't taste at all! ”
"Profiteer, believe it or not, uncle, I'll flatten you!"
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Continuing to walk down the street, Li Daoxuan glanced at Chen Ziyu beside him.
The bridge of the nose is high, the skin is like coagulation, the bone is elegant, and the side face is perfect.
Anyway, this is the first time he has been with a woman...... The female ghosts go shopping together, and it feels quite special.
It's a pity that the huge Xinyang County can't find a second ghost or monster?
Li Daoxuan had already opened his magic eye, but he saw that the yang energy around him was vigorous, and there was no sign of demons at all.
Where do you go to find business?
Just when he was at a loss, he suddenly felt a force coming from the handle of the umbrella in his hand, as if guiding him forward.
Li Daoxuan was stunned for a moment, then reacted, and walked forward with that force, while glancing at Chen Ziyu.
Sure enough, eating people has a short mouth, Sister Yu is trying to help me find dirty things?
In the lively bazaar, Li Daoxuan held an oil-paper umbrella and walked forward quickly, turning one alley after another, and there were soon fewer people.
A moment later, he stopped in front of a large door.
The vermilion gate is magnificent, and there are two mighty stone lions at the door, which is a big family at a glance.
"Huangfu ......"
Li Daoxuan's eyes lit up, I heard that this Huang family is known as the richest businessman in Xinyang County, if this place is haunted...... I'm sure I'm going to make a lot of money.
However, when he used his magic eye, he found that there was no trace of demonic energy.
Li Daoxuan looked at Chen Ziyu.
Chen Ziyu stared at the Huangfu quietly, and the wedding dress on her body began to drip blood, forming two words on the ground.
Yes...... Ghost......
Li Daoxuan frowned, it seems that there are ghosts in this Huang Mansion, but the other party's hiding ability is very strong, and his magic eyes can't see through it at all.
After hesitating, Li Daoxuan still decided to knock on the door first to ask about the situation.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
I knocked three times in a row, but no one came to open the door.
Just as Li Daoxuan was about to continue knocking on the door, the sound of a Taoist priest chanting a mantra suddenly sounded inside the door.
"There are three strange suns, moons and stars in the sky, and the ghosts and gods are terrifying. The sky is clear, the earth is spiritual, the disciple is called the ancestor of Sanmao, what god does not please, what ghost does not frighten......"
Li Daoxuan was stunned, this is a Taoist priest who opened the altar inside to exorcise ghosts.
And listening to the mantra recited by the other party, it seems that he is still a Taoist priest of the Maoshan faction.
Maoshan and Longhu Mountain are equally famous, the master once said that Maoshan's talisman is very good, as for Longhu Mountain, it is the thunder law that is more famous.
There are already peers here, Li Daoxuan is a little difficult, do you want to grab business?
Just as he hesitated, a crisp sound suddenly sounded from inside the door, as if something like an altar or a mirror had been shattered.
Then Li Daoxuan saw a very terrifying scene.
The two mighty stone lions at the door suddenly had red blood flowing from their eyes......