When Master Liu heard this, he seemed to have some scruples, and suddenly deflated.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper smiled and said: "In this case, you are also my old customer, since your girl is not suitable for this book, I will recycle this old book with half of the silver, but you have to buy another one." ”

Master Liu was a little moved when he heard this, and said: "Can I pay you on credit? I will pay you back when my son comes back from the mountain, but I have prepared a spiritual weapon for him by smashing the pot and selling iron, and I will definitely gain a lot." ”

The shopkeeper was embarrassed and said, "You know, the store does not owe credit, you can wait for him to come back and buy it." ”

Master Liu said unhappily: "Won't that delay the little girl's cultivation?"

He thought for a while, then suddenly turned back to the little girl and said, "Xiaoyun, shall we use the beads to exchange for books?" Only when we have books can we open the spiritual root, and when we open the spiritual root, we will not be ridiculed by those people...... Dad promises that you will be buying you a bunch again for your next birthday. ”

Without waiting for the little girl to answer, she reached out and took a silver beaded necklace from the little girl's neck.

The little girl didn't stop it, but just stared at the necklace, her little fingers clasped tightly.

The shopkeeper took the necklace, checked it, and said, "These beads are all hollow, definitely less than two taels, some are not enough." ”

Master Liu was very anxious and said, "How come, I bought it for two taels of silver." ”

At this time, Dong Xiaoping interjected: "That's it, I'll take out what they lack." ”

Dong Xiaoping heard Master Liu say that his son is also a mountain beater, and he also has spiritual weapons, so he also wants to make friends, it just so happens that Zhang Laosan is dead and lacks a manpower, maybe they can cooperate.

Old Man Liu was overjoyed when he heard this: "Xiaoyun, thank you for this little brother." ”

The little girl was very afraid of life, and Nuo Nuo didn't dare to speak, but took a step back.

At this time, an old man in a short shirt passed by at the door of the store, and when he saw Master Liu, he suddenly said: "Isn't this Master Liu? When I was working in the Shouxuan Hall yesterday, someone sent a corpse, and I looked like it was your son-in-law, but I didn't dare to look closely, it was quite terrible to be beheaded, and you have to recognize it." ”

Master Liu hurriedly ran out of the store with the little girl, and he didn't buy any books.

The shopkeeper sighed: "In this world, even the Liu family is not a beautiful scenery." ”

Dongfang Yan and Dong Xiaoping glanced at each other, and they all thought of the guy who was robbed by them and killed people, could it be the son of this old man Liu? But didn't that person say that his mother was a monk?

The shopkeeper sighed again: "This Liu master was born in the Qingbo Liu family, because there is no spiritual root, although it is inevitable to be a little angry in the family, but it is also a peaceful and stable life, and he took a beautiful wife early, but he didn't expect that one day his wife was tested out of the spiritual root, and others don't know why, anyway, the two of them were reconciled, and since then he has tried his best to give him a son and a daughter to open the spiritual root, how much family wealth has been exhausted by him, but unfortunately it seems that his son does not have that life, and now he only has to look at his daughter." ”

The two didn't dare to show their clues, so they answered casually, paid for the "Tianhe Induction Sutra", and left the bookstore.

After Dongfang Yan went out, he whispered: "Looking at the appearance of this Liu family, I actually feel a little unbearable in my heart. ”

Dong Xiaoping also sighed: "This is fate, in that situation at that time, it is impossible not to kill him, unless we abandon Huang Qing, can you do this? This path of cultivation is either friend or foe, besides, if we fall into his hands, can you guarantee that he will not kill you?"

Dong Xiaoping has been in this world for a long time, and he has experienced some things in Xianmen, and he already has a little understanding of this world.

Dongfang Yan said: "Brother Dong is right, I am pedantic. ”

The two sighed for a while, seeing that it was still early, Dongfang Yan proposed to go to his residence to study the Induction Sutra together.

When passing by the jewelry store, Dongfang Yan also spent ten taels of silver to buy a string of pearls, looking at Dong Xiao's thoughtful gaze, Dongfang Yan didn't say anything, only blushed slightly.

It turns out that this Dongfang Yan also has a woman.

After walking for a long time, I came to a very desolate place.

"It's here. ”

Dong Xiaoping pointed to the cemetery in front of him in disbelief and asked, "Are you a ghost?"

Dongfang Yan was stunned for a moment and then laughed, "You...... You misunderstood, you take a closer look to see if there is a yard there. ”

Dong Xiaoping looked carefully, and there was a very dilapidated courtyard in the depths of the cemetery, which he thought was abandoned.

The cemetery was overgrown with weeds, and it seemed that few people had entered, except for a winding path that led to the dilapidated yard.

"Why would you live in a place like this?"

Dongfang Yan smiled mysteriously and said, "This is a good place, here, there is aura!"

"Really, I've heard that there aren't many places with aura, and they're all forbidden places in Qingbo Gate. ”

"Haha, there is indeed aura here, as for why this place is not encircled by Qingbo Gate, I have to thank this cemetery, I heard that Qingbo Gate came here to check, and found that the aura here is not pure and mixed with yin qi, this aura is harmful to cultivators, but for those of us who open the spiritual root, it is no hindrance. ”

"So, there should be a lot of people here, but why do you look so deserted?"

"Hey~ Although there is aura here, there is no gathering spirit array, so it is very thin, only a little more in the depths of the cemetery. ”

As they spoke, the two of them had already reached the gate of the courtyard. Standing up close, the courtyard was even more dilapidated, and the doors were about to fall.

Pushing open the courtyard door surprised Dong Xiaoping even more, the courtyard was not big, there were no rooms in it, only bare wooden pillars supporting the roof, piles of hay spread around, and some very simple iron pots and barrels and other daily necessities.

In the middle of the courtyard there was a dirty half-old man meditating cross-legged, next to him a young man in a fancy costume sitting on a futon reading a book, and a man sleeping in a hay bunk, which seemed to be a woman.

There are only three people in the yard, but looking at the number of floors and living utensils, it must be far more than that.

Dong Xiaoping thought to himself: "The conditions here are really simple, I didn't expect such people to live, do they all want to open the spiritual root?"

When the young man in Chinese clothes saw Dongfang Yan coming back, he said excitedly: "Brother Dongfang, the younger brother bought a new book yesterday and started to study it today. ”

Dongfang Yan smiled: "Don't you still owe Aunt Lin money?

The young man in Chinese clothes said happily: "I stole my father's silver yesterday, and he thought that I couldn't find him if he put it in the brick wall, haha!"

Dongfang Yan said: "Then in the future, you will be successful, but you must remember to repay him." ”

The young man in Chinese clothes nodded and said, "Exactly, if he didn't believe in the Great Dao, I wouldn't have needed to steal it." ”

At this time, the half-old man opened his eyes and said with a smile: "Xiao Yan, did it go well to sell boiling blood grass today?"

Dongfang Yan walked over quickly, took the hand of the half-old man, stuffed a tael of silver, and said, "This money is for you." ”

The half-old man choked up a little when he heard this: "Xiao Yan, how can an old man like you say it, if you hadn't been helping me like this, I would definitely have died a long time ago, let alone have the opportunity to pursue the Immortal Dao." ”

Dongfang Yan said: "Speaking of which, it seems that you are practicing the "Ten Thousand Inspiration Sutra"?"

The half-old man said: "Yes, I have been practicing for half a year, and I have no income from a person who asks for food, so how can I learn from you and change it at every turn." ”

Dongfang Yan was worried that he was doing useless work, so he told him about the incident that happened in the bookstore today.

The half-old man looked at the back of the cover and took a closer look, and was so angry that he screamed and threw the book directly on the ground, jumped up and stepped on it.

"What are you doing? I'll be back this morning. The woman who had just fallen asleep sat up, her eyes were sleepy, her hair was a little messy, and her face still had traces of makeup.

She saw Dongfang Yan's face suddenly happy, and hurriedly ran over, took Dongfang Yan's hand, and said, "Brother Dongfang, do you remember to buy me a gift?"

Dongfang Yan said with a smile: "How could it not be, look at it!"

His hand was open, revealing the string of pearls.

The woman jumped up with a smile, hugged Dongfang Yan's neck, then paused, and whispered to him, "You are so good. ”

Dongfang Yan looked at her and said seriously: "Huanhuan, don't go out at night in the future, okay, I will buy you any pill books or something in the future, I earn more now than before, and there will be more in the future, because I have met a very powerful person...... Come, let me introduce you, this is Brother Dong, my new leader, and also one of our fellow believers!"

Dong Xiaoping clasped his fists and saluted everyone, and said, "Fortunately." ”

Everyone also returned the favor.

The young man in Chinese clothes stood up and circled around Dong Xiaoping, and said strangely: "You are the leader of the gang at such a young age? ”

The woman hurriedly grabbed the young man in Chinese clothes and smiled at Dong Xiaoping: "Brother Dong, don't blame, this person is usually not polite. ”

Dongfang Yan also said with a straight face: "Brother Hua, if you provoke Brother Dong, I won't intercede for you." ”

The young man in the costume retreated.

Dong Xiaoping smiled and didn't say anything.

Dongfang Yan said to the woman again: "Huanhuan, what I said just now, can you think about it?"

The woman lowered her head and said, "It's just that my cultivation of this celestial induction flow consumes a lot of elixir, and I'm afraid that I ......."

Dongfang Yan sighed and said, "Then let's not talk about this today, Brother Dong is here to practice together today, and buy some pills by the way, do you still have any bits and pieces there?"

The woman nodded, "Yes, how much?"

Dongfang Yan glanced at Dong Xiaoping and said, "Let's come with ten taels of silver first, I'll have five taels and he will have five taels." ”

The woman took out a small bottle from her bosom, turned it all over, and poured out a blue pill.

To be exact, it was not one, only half a pill, but she took out a small piece of iron, carefully divided the half pill, divided it into one knife, divided it into another, and finally divided it into two pieces of one-eighth of a small piece.

Dong Xiaoping was really speechless when he saw such a small pill, and it was conceivable that this was most likely the lowest level pill. He could see that the people who lived here were extremely poor, mainly because of the bottomless pit of opening the spiritual root, whether it was exercises or pills, it was not something that mortals could bear.

This afternoon, Dong Xiaoping was studying this "Tianhe Induction Sutra" in this dilapidated courtyard, and asked Dongfang Yan for advice if he didn't understand something, and sometimes several other people also interjected, but they often had their own opinions.