This ancient temple has been abandoned for a long time, and there are not many things that can be used in the room, so Li Ji rummaged through it for a long time before he could barely find all the things to use.

Yan Chixia went to talk to Ning Caichen about the banquet, and Ning Caichen readily agreed.

So the three of them dug bamboo shoots in the forest, picked lotus roots in the pond, fished out fish and turtles from the bottom of the water, and collected some floating Ulva on the water. The source of this huge pond is a stream in the mountains, which is living water, which is full of vitality and can raise fish and shrimp.

During this period, Yan Chixia took a turn in the mountains and forests and brought back two fat pheasants and a huge wild porpoise.

The turtles and pheasants caught from the pond are boiled into a broth, the crucian carp and lotus seeds are stewed into a soup, and then the fat pork meat and tender bamboo shoots are stir-fried.

Li Ji is already fond of food, and when he read Yuan Mei's "Suiyuan Food List" and Li Yu's "Idle Love Couples" in the past, he thought about making the dishes inside.

Seeing that after making these dishes, there were still a lot of leftover ingredients, Li Ji suddenly had a whim, and asked the two of them to help take out the small kettle inside, set up a small stove, prepare more firewood, boil the water in the kettle, and put it into his homemade seasoning bag.

The two asked him what he did, and he only replied lightly, this is an ancient law, and it is also a "hot pot".

When Yan Chixia saw the exquisite dishes and smelled the aroma of the dishes overflowing from the table, she knew that what Li Ji said was true.

"The pork meat is tender and fat, and there are green bamboo shoots to remove the greasy, the wild pheasant meat is tight, the green turtle is crispy, the soup is sweet and rich, and under the careful tasting, there is a faint aroma of wine overflowing, Zhong Xuan, your craftsmanship is really amazing!"

Although Ning Caichen doesn't pay attention to food on weekdays, he was also aroused by Yan Chixia's description, and he also raised his spoon to look at the extremely delicious crucian carp lotus seed soup.

It's just that as soon as he picked it up, he was stopped by Li Ji, but he saw Li Ji smile and said: "Brother Ning, you know, this taste of food must also be done in its own way, and the order must not be messed up, otherwise the five flavors will be mixed, and the true taste of food will not be eaten." If you look at the order of Brother Yan's throwing, you will know that he is deeply connected to this way. ”

Yan Chixia and Li Ji glanced at each other, laughed loudly, and felt a sense of sympathy.

"It turns out that there are so many doorways!" Ning Caichen said with a smile when he heard this.

Seeing that Ning Caichen was not embarrassed at all, with a downright gentleman's demeanor, both of them secretly appreciated it in their hearts.

Yan Chixia took out a dark red wine gourd from the green sac and poured a large bowl of crystal wine for the two of them.

Ning Caichen is not good at drinking, so he stops tasting it. Li Ji knew that this wine was not ordinary, and after drinking, he suddenly felt a cool breath from the dantian, and in the hot summer, there was no longer a feeling of dryness and heat.

The three of them wiped out the dishes on the table, and then began to try the hot pot method that Li Ji had said before.

"This method is simple, but the taste is very sweet, Zhong Xuan is really a genius!"

Yan Chixia turned the pork meat in the kettle by herself, and after only one bite, she couldn't help but praise.

"Brother Yan praised it, my hot pot method is also an ancient method, but this base material needs to be made by yourself, there are still some here, if Brother Yan doesn't give up, he will give it to Brother Yan!" Li Ji said, took out a few small cloth bags from the pipe, and handed them to Yan Chixia.

Yan Chixia took it and thanked her repeatedly.

The three of them had a hearty wine banquet, and when they drank to the heart, they couldn't help but take off their coats and sing wildly in the hall. Yan Sheng sang Li Qixian's chivalrous behavior, killing one person in ten steps, and not leaving a line for thousands of miles. Ning Caichen prefers Suzi's great river to the east, a romantic figure through the ages.

Li Ji was also very happy, hitting the bowl with a chopstick, and the song said: "The world is out of my generation, and once I enter the rivers and lakes, the years are urging, and the emperor is talking and laughing, and he is not drunk in the world." ”

"Good poetry, a good emperor to dominate the industry and talk and laugh, it is better than a drunk in the world. This poem is eclectic, magnificent, and full of wine!" Wandering in the rivers and lakes, Yan Chixia can feel the vicissitudes of life, but he prefers the free and easy meaning contained in the poem.

"Brother Yan and I are both fake words, Du Zhongxuan expressed his heart directly, Zhongxuan's talent, we are not as good!" Ning Caichen is an orthodox Confucian student, he only said that Li Ji made a new poem, but he did not evaluate this poem, obviously because he felt that this poem was incomprehensible and slightly vulgar.

Li Ji didn't care, and said with a smile: "Today's wine, it's really enjoyable to drink! Brother Ning is generous, Brother Yan is chic, they are all people I admire, if the two of them don't give up, I am willing to marry the two brothers with different surnames!"

"Okay, after a drink today, Yan only felt that he hated to see the two of them late, and Zhong Xuan's words were exactly what I wanted. Yan Chixia put down the wine bowl and said with a smile.

Ning Caichen also said: "Last night's deep conversation, the character of Brother Yan and Zhong Xuan also made my heart broken, and it is an honor to be able to bow to the two!"

At that moment, the three of them moved out of the offering table from the temple, lit incense and candles, and simply swore an oath in the Zen temple.

Yan Chixia is the longest, Ning Caichen is the second, and Li Ji is the youngest.

After the salute, the three of them put their arms together, Yan Chixia and Ning Caichen were even more happy, only Li Ji suddenly lowered his head and sighed, and stopped talking.

When the two looked at him, Li Jicai said: "Don't hide it from the two brothers, and make friends with the two, it is in the heart of the ardent hope, I want to learn day and night, listen to the teachings, but there are demons and ghosts in the temple to harm people, this temple is dangerous, please leave this place this afternoon, otherwise I am afraid of my life." ”

"What does Zhong Xuan mean by this?" Ning Caichen looked puzzled, but Yan Chixia said: "How did Zhong Xuan know about the demons and ghosts in this temple?"

Li Ji pondered for a moment, and had to tell the truth: "There was a female ghost in my room last night,...... And so and so and so and so This temple has a rakshasa ghost to harm people, and there is a tree demon who wants to do evil law, this matter is strange, the younger brother did not plan to say it before, I am afraid that people will accuse me of strange power, and now I and the other three are brothers, the younger brother can not bear the two brothers to stay in this trouble, so they have to explain the details, and ask the two brothers to leave the temple as soon as possible. ”

"Since Zhong Xuan said so, I naturally believe it, it's better for me to go to Jinhua Mansion City to report this matter together, there are demons and evil in the temple, and the government will definitely not stand idly by. ”

Ning Caichen proposed.

Li Ji clasped his fists and smiled: "What the second brother said is reasonable, but he has an appointment with Miss Nie to help her get out of the sea of suffering, and the tree demon wants to do evil laws, and the chaos will be in trouble, so I can't ignore it, the two brothers should go to Fucheng first, if the officers and soldiers come in time, maybe they can save the life of the younger brother." ”

"What did the third brother say?" Ning Caichen was furious: "How can I, Ning Caichen, be greedy for life and afraid of death, we Confucian students uphold the learning of sages, and we have a heroic spirit in our chests, so why are we afraid of demons and ghosts?"

The third brother can keep the covenant with the female ghost, and he thinks of the common people, and has the style of an ancient gentleman and a benevolent person, and he admires such a noble character. It's just that what you just said, where will you want to cause me? Since they are brothers, they naturally live and die together, and if the third brother does not leave, the second brother will naturally not leave!"

"Second Brother Ning, don't worry, the younger brother is just making a joke, please don't blame the second brother!" Li Ji said and bowed to the end and apologized solemnly.

Ning Caichen's face changed slightly at this time.

Yan Chixia Huo Ran smiled and said: "As Caichen said, Zhong Xuan has such a good character, Yan also admires it very much!" After that, he picked up the wine bowl on the table and drank it in one gulp, looking at the two of them: "Just a ghost, what is the way? I have fought with that tree demon several times before, and that tree demon does have some skills, I didn't want to provoke her, but since Zhong Xuan was involved, Yan, as the eldest brother, naturally couldn't watch the third brother die!"

"What, the eldest brother actually met with that tree demon?" Li Ji was really a little surprised, this incident didn't seem to be recorded in the book.

"The younger brother heard from Miss Nie that the tree demon has a profound mana and has entered the realm of immortals and demons, and the eldest brother can actually fight with the tree demon, could it be that the eldest brother is also a land immortal?"

He is not a monk, and he doesn't know anything about the realm of cultivation, so he can't tell the level of mana of the tree demon grandma and Yan Chixia.

However, just from Yan Chixia's reluctance to provoke, she knew that the tree demon was not easy to deal with, and the original text did not mention the ending of the tree demon grandmother, which was even more mysterious.

"Hehe, fairy demon? she's not qualified enough. Yan Chixia shook her head, and then said proudly: "That tree demon has lived hundreds of years longer than me, but it is only a Yin God cultivator, although the mana is higher than mine, but Yan is a sword immortal, and his combat power is naturally not comparable to that of a demon." ”

"Sword Immortal, isn't it the kind of alien in the legendary story of the previous dynasty who took someone's head thousands of miles away and missed it with one blow?" Ning Caichen suddenly interjected and asked.

He was also surprised and inexplicable, but he stayed in the ancient temple for one night, and he was involved in the matter of demons and ghosts, and the eldest brother who had just worshipped turned out to be a sword immortal.

"If the soul is out of the body and the mouth is attacked with a flying sword, it can indeed reach thousands of miles, and the ordinary body sword is only a hundred steps.

It's just that the Yin God Monk's out-of-body soul is too dangerous, not only to avoid the wind, thunder and lightning and the ghosts and gods, but also to find an absolutely safe place to hide the body, otherwise the soul will be damaged or the body will be taken away, and then not only will the body die, but I am afraid that even reincarnation will not be able to enter. Yan Chixia patiently explained to the two.

"What is a Yin God?" Li Ji asked.

"There are four realms for Taoist monks, refining and refining qi, refining qi and transforming gods, refining gods and returning to emptiness, and refining voids and merging the Tao. And this Yin God is the second realm of refining and transforming the gods. The god Xiaocheng turns into the yin god, and the god Dacheng turns into the yang god. After Dacheng, you can go out of your body, travel in style, and become a real land immortal!"

Speaking of the Yang God, Yan Chixia looked fascinated.

"A character like the eldest brother is only a monk of the second realm? The younger brother suddenly felt that there were still some capable people in this world. ”

Seeing Yan Chixia like this, Li Ji couldn't help but laugh teasingly.

"It's only the second realm?" Yan Chixia smiled dumbly: "In the entire Great Song Dynasty, ten major cave heavens, thirty-six small cave heavens, seventy-two blessed lands, the number of Yang God monks is only a hundred, counting the entire Shenzhou, it is less than two hundred, and the monks who return to the realm of the void above the Yang God are the heavenly officials and earthly gods enshrined in the Daomen, and the Bodhisattva Arhats enshrined in the Buddha Gate do not walk in the world, and as for the realm of the Dao Together, there are only Dao Ancestors and Buddhas." ”

Is this the world of monks?

After Li Ji heard Yan Chixia finish speaking, he felt that a new world had quietly revealed the tip of the iceberg.

"Little brother has a request, I don't know if to talk about it?" After Li Ji finished speaking, he quietly glanced at Yan Chixia, and saw Yan Chixia smiling and silent, so he hurriedly flattered: "Little brother has been dreaming since he was a child, and an immortal in his dream often said to me: "You will become a sword immortal in the future." "At that time, I just thought it was a joke, and it wasn't until I met the eldest brother today that the younger brother realized that the eldest brother was the fairy fate I was looking for. It's just that the eldest brother is my brother, and he can't apprentice. I don't know, where is the eldest brother apprenticed, and the younger brother also wants to go to worship a mountain gate, if the road is too far, or the teacher is not there, then the eldest brother will accept apprentices on behalf of the teacher and lead me into the fairy gate?"

When Ning Caichen heard this, he couldn't help but smile and said: "Although the younger brother didn't have an immortal dream when he was young, he was also fascinated by the immortal way, I wonder if the younger brother can learn the swordsmanship of the eldest brother?"

Yan Chixia said: "The Taoist disciples are disciples, the first is to focus on nature, and then to pay attention to qualifications." Caichen and Zhong Xuan's heart is naturally passable, I have also seen your qualifications, although Zhong Xuan's roots and bones are ordinary, but the soul is different from ordinary people, if you can refine the qi and succeed, when you turn into a god, you will save twice the work of others, the qualifications are considered to be middle and upper, I can accept apprentices on behalf of the teacher and enter my sect, as for Caichen, ......"

Yan Chixia paused, and sighed: "Caichen is a rich and noble person, it is not suitable to run a cheap business, he should study hard, take the path of the imperial examination, and it will be okay to be a marquis and worship the prime minister in the future." ”

Li Ji smiled secretly in his heart, so he really didn't mention the immortal cultivation qualifications of his second brother Ning, no wonder in the original text, Ning Caichen wanted to learn swordsmanship, and Yan Chixia didn't teach him.

When Ning Caichen heard this, he was slightly disappointed, but he didn't care much. He was originally a Confucian student, and taking the imperial examination to enter the official is the right way.