Chapter 509: Not sticking to trivial matters

Chapter 509: Not sticking to trivial matters

In the green world, there are idle clouds in the distance and birds singing and the fragrance of flowers nearby.

The mountains and rivers are vast and beautiful, like a painting scroll, some are bold and some are graceful, and all kinds of words are not enough to describe them.

However, in the eyes of the monks, this world is a different scene.

It was gray and exuding an aura of death, like a patient whose final day was approaching, and a little bit of inspiration was just a flashback.

"Lanruo Temple..."

Liao Wenjie stood under a crooked-necked tree, swiping his hand across the stone monument in front of him, looking at the ruined ancient temple, recalling his experience of slaying demons, with a nostalgic smile on his lips.

"Speaking of which, why do trees always have crooked necks? Is it because I opened it in the wrong way, or because black people don't have human rights?" Liao Wenjie turned his head and looked behind him, expressing his dissatisfaction with the location. He must arrange a straight tree for him next time.

There was no one in Lanruo Temple in front of him. He summoned a ball of starlight. After a moment, the golden-winged roc rose up and headed straight towards the capital.

The sonic boom cloud roared, followed by lightning and thunder, and the bombardment was fierce, but it could not hit.

Below, the ordinary people were dumbfounded, shocked by the strange appearance of thunder in the daytime, while the monks and demons were trembling with fear, guessing who was so powerful that they could overcome the disaster, and even dared to provoke the sky.

As soon as Linhe Village came, the giant red and black python spit out messages, sniffed the human scent in the air, and became cold-blooded and restless, determined to eat to its heart's content later.

At this moment, a series of explosions struck in the distance. The giant python looked up at the sky and saw a flash of golden light, followed by thunder.

The snake's eyes stood up into thin lines. The giant python was first shocked and then envious, and vowed that it would become such a powerful demon in the future.

If you don't accumulate steps, you won't be able to reach a thousand miles; if you don't accumulate small streams, you won't be able to reach a river or sea.

Thousands of years all begin with a single step. The giant python put away its jealousy and decided to be pragmatic. To become a great demon, it starts with eating enough.

boom! !

There was a loud noise, the mountains and forests trembled, and even the creek at the head of the village briefly reversed flow.

The villagers fled in panic. After seeing that nothing happened for a while, they plucked up the courage to look around and found a huge sunken palm print by the river, which contained a photo of a man-eating python.

Later, a small snake bone temple was built outside the village, built next to the palm print. Villagers worship it on one day every year, gradually forming a tradition.

…

On the outskirts of the capital, where muddy paths extend into the mountains, there is a solitary square Taoist temple surrounded by green trees and jungles.

The plaque is blank, the Taoist temple is nameless, inaccessible, and extremely deserted.

In the Sifang Taoist Temple, the bearded Yan Chixia sat cross-legged and meditated. When the sun set in the west, she got up and went to the well in the courtyard to fetch a bucket of water.

Snap.

There was a noise outside the courtyard wall. Yan Chixia dropped the bucket and looked with fierce eyes: "Who is this sneaky person? Don't you know where the door is?"

After saying that, he heard footsteps moving, and he actually headed towards the door.

Yan Chixia was quite speechless, snorted coldly and walked towards the door. After the other party knocked on the door three times, she reluctantly opened the door.

"Have friends come from afar?"

Liao Wenjie held the wine and meat and said with a smile: "We haven't seen you for a long time, but Master Yan's temper is still so hot. If you don't welcome me, I will leave."

"Just leave, as if I care about you so much."

Yan Chixia's eyes flashed with joy, but there was disgust on her face: "We haven't seen each other for two years, and your kid has become much more handsome. Why, do you plan to use this face to come to the capital to make a living?"

"I have this idea. The doctor told me since I was a child that I have a bad gastrointestinal condition and I need to eat more soft food."

Liao Wenjie responded with a smile. It had been two years since we reunited after a long absence. Counting the time, he had stayed in the world of Green Snake and Jigong alone for about a year and a half. Two years was about the same.

But if you really want to calculate it this way, Uncle Jiu has only had one year, which is obviously not right.

Time flows at different speeds in different worlds, and there are no rules to follow. Liao Wenjie is no longer entangled. He shook the wine jar in his hand and unsealed the corner.

In an instant, the aroma of alcohol drifted away, and Yan Chixia's eyes immediately straightened.

"Since Master Yan doesn't welcome you, I won't disturb your old man's peace and leave now."

Liao Wenjie sighed and turned around to leave. However, before he turned halfway, Yan Chixia slapped him on the shoulder.

"Then... you're all here. Let's have a meal before leaving, so as not to spread the word that I, Mr. Yan, did not treat guests well."

"Oh, Master Yan, you want to treat me to dinner?"

"There are cold steamed buns. I bought them three days ago."

Yan Chixia took two deep breaths and continued: "You bring your own wine, food and cooked food. I'll heat up the steamed buns and we'll have just enough for a table."

"You call this a treat?"

"I call this informality."

"..."

…

"Good wine! So happy!"

In the room, Yan Chixia tore open the seal of the wine jar and drank heavily without even looking at it.

Feeling the slight heat in his belly, he let out a light sigh, turned his mental power inside his body, and was surprised to find that his magic power had actually improved.

Realizing that the wine was nothing special, Yan Chixia looked towards the mouth of the wine jar. She saw golden light and dots of stars, which seemed to be a scene of the sun, moon, heaven and earth in the pot. She immediately said in astonishment: "What kind of wine is this? Who made it?" of?"

"I don't know, but a good drink is fine."

"That's right, as long as it's good wine."

Yan Chixia raised her eyebrows and asked, "Ajie, how much of this wine do you have?"

"Not much, as much as you want."

"I don't believe it just by saying it. Prove it to me."

Yan Chixia took a deep look at Liao Wenjie, drained the wine jar completely, and then hooked her hand at Liao Wenjie, signaling him to prove that what she said was true.

Liao Wenjie smiled and said nothing. He took out a small red umbrella from his waist and took out two more jars and placed them on the table.

"It really is……"

Yan Chixia untied the sealing paper and didn't drink too much this time. She poured it into the bowl and savored it carefully. Then she grabbed a few slices of cooked beef and stuffed it into her mouth: "You kid, with such good wine to accompany you, you came to see me now, I'm afraid It’s not that your cultivation level is already above mine.”

"Master Yan has good eyesight. I dare not say that my current level of cultivation is too much, but it is definitely a little better than you."

Liao Wenjie stretched out his hand to gesture and raised his hand to touch the wine jar to pour himself a bowl, but Yan Chixia mercilessly slapped it away. The latter said that he only recognized the wine but not the person. The two jars were already named Yan.

You are a shameless person, you deserve to use your name to go out and mess around.

Will use it next time!

Liao Wenjie felt contempt in his heart, took out a jar from the red umbrella, and filled a bowl for himself.

When he entered the world of old friends, he prepared a hundred empty altars and filled them with vomit one after another.

Even he himself was moved by the true love and friendship.

"You said you're a little better than me, but I don't believe it. After this meal is finished, let's go to the backyard to show off."

After tasting the goodness of gold liquid wine, Yan Chixia deeply felt that Liao Wenjie was so lucky that he didn't have to do anything and could become stronger just by drinking, but she was still a little unconvinced.

As the best swordsman in the world, Yan Chixia kept her mouth shut and was as arrogant as anyone else. When she thought about the low-ranking Taoist priest who followed him as a support two years ago, he was now better than his master, leaving him behind. behind...

Why?

Yan Chixia grunted, eating and drinking from Liao Wenjie, and even threatened to look good to him without any shame.

Liao Wenjie saw this and felt inexplicable. If it were someone else who didn't know what was good or bad, there would have been a few big guys on the spot trying to trick him into letting them know the abilities of the land gods. It was a different matter for people like Yan Chixia and Jiu Shu, who he just liked to talk to. These people talk nonsense.

"By the way, Master Yan, I remember when we parted, you said you were going to Lanruo Temple to live in seclusion. Why did you end up in such a remote place?" After three rounds of drinking, Liao Wenjie asked when he saw Yan Chixia's face turning red and switching from fast drinking to slow drinking. got up.

"It was just a coincidence. I was confused at the time and didn't understand..."

Yan Chixia called out the bad luck and explained the reason.

Two years ago, he and Liao Wenjie joined forces to first kill the old Black Mountain demon, then the tree demon Grandma, and finally eliminate the centipede spirit Pudu Cihang who was causing trouble in Chao Gang.

Because the descendants of Pudu Cihang occupied the civil and military positions of the entire dynasty, Yan Chixia was worried, fearing that something might happen to the emperor of the dynasty and causing chaos in the world, so she went to the capital to take a look.

Because of the recommendation of Fu Tianchou, the Minister of Rites, the Prince's Grand Master, and a high-ranking member of the dynasty, the emperor treated Yan Chixia with great courtesy and tried his best to keep him in the capital.

It's normal. The last great human being with the magical power to subjugate demons was Pudu Cihang. Although he was the incarnation of a demon, he did show the emperor what the power of a human god is.

These days, both the emperor's family and ordinary people have great respect for practitioners with high abilities. Pudu Cihang's position as national master is the best example.

As soon as he turned around, Pudu Cihang became a big devil and destroyed the civil and military officials of the court. The emperor was angry and frightened, and could not sleep on the dragon bed.

Pudu Cihang was able to become a national advisor not only because of his extremely high abilities, but also because of the emperor's helplessness in dealing with the evils of demons in the world.

Of course, it does not rule out that the emperor was wary of the monks causing trouble, fearing that when he woke up, he would still be there but his head would be gone.

Or maybe the concubine was pregnant with a dragon child, but when he checked, he didn't turn over the sign for a long time.

All in all, in this chaotic world, it is inevitable to have a spiritual master in the court. Without Pudu Cihang, there is Zhenwu Dangmo.

After Pudu Cihang died, the emperor lost his sense of security and wanted to find another master to replace him.

It just so happened that because of Fu Tianchou's introduction, Yan Chixia came into the emperor's sight and killed Pudu Cihang's best sword in the world. From then on, everything became a matter of course.

Although Yan Chixia was not happy, he had a wild temper and could not stand the intrigues in the court, but he had great love and was afraid that there would be another Pudu Cihang in the world, so he refused repeatedly and finally stayed in the capital.

The emperor learned his lesson and did not dare to establish a national teacher again, so he gave Yan Chixia a temporary job, similar to Lin Chong's instructor of the 800,000 forbidden army, who was responsible for teaching several princes to practice martial arts.

Originally, the emperor wanted to become a disciple by himself, but his health was not good, and with some 'elixirs' presented by Pudu Cihang, his health was deteriorating. He weighed the pros and cons and left the opportunity to the future, thinking about the new emperor among the several princes. Yan Chixia was known as the emperor's teacher, so her position was neither high nor low.

The emperor's idea was very good. From a political point of view, there was no problem with his arrangement.

But the bad thing is that he overestimated his health. Less than half a year after Yan Chixia entered Beijing, her body couldn't hold on anymore.

Yan Chixia was nominally the martial arts teacher of all the princes, but in reality she didn't teach anything. She was responsible for guarding the security around the capital, lest another big monster sneak in and bring down the country.

As soon as the emperor fell, several princes secretly formed a clique to win over the ministers to build momentum for themselves so that they could sit on the emperor's throne.

What Yan Chixia hated most was the smoky atmosphere in the court. She scolded a few princes who wanted to win over her, and then, with no one paying attention and sighing with emotion, she moved out of the capital and lived in a small Taoist temple in the mountains.

Although the Taoist temple is small, it is enough for monitoring the capital.

"This emperor is too indecisive. If he had already established a prince to supervise the affairs of the government, why would there be such nonsense?"

Liao Wenjie curled his lips: "But you can't blame him. There really is a prince supervising the government. With his sickly body, he should have lived in the imperial mausoleum and become the late emperor."

"Absolutely. His sons are more ineffective than the others. It is estimated that this country will not be around for many years." Yan Chixia shook her head repeatedly. It was not that the emperor did not choose, but that he could not choose a successor despite the poor competition.

In the current situation, Yan Chixia suspected that the emperor was raising poison. After his death, whoever had the most powerful intrigues would be able to aspire to the throne.

"It's strange that when the capital is in such chaos, Master Yan, you can still endure it instead of going back to Lanruo Temple to live in seclusion?"

Liao Wenjie joked: "I thought that with your violent temper, even if you don't give those princes a slap in the face, you should just give up the job without being out of sight and out of mind."

"That's what I planned to do, stay here... I'm waiting for you!"

"???"

Liao Wenjie dug his ears and didn't understand what Yan Chixia meant. What were you waiting for? Waiting for him to slap those princes in the face?

"If you come to the capital this time, don't leave. You were also involved in Pudu Cihang's death. You can't just suffer the consequences of Yan alone." Yan Chixia snorted.

Liao Wenjie sneered and shook his head: "The words of Master Yan are wrong. We share the blessings together, but we cannot share the misfortune. This is the foundation of our lives. You should understand this truth."

Understand, if you weren't a bit more capable now than I would have done, I would have taken action directly!

Yan Chixia was dissatisfied, glared at Liao Wenjie, and then said with a smile: "Ajie, do you still remember the two daughters of Fu Shangshu's family?"

"I just wanted to ask, who is the Master Fu who introduced you? He actually knows how good you are. You are worthy of being the Crown Prince and Grand Master. He is the Minister of Rites, so he has something." Liao Wenjie looked curious.

"Stop pretending to be confused!"

Yan Chixia rolled her eyes and drank the wine in the bowl: "I know that you are not good at seducing women because of your cultivation. Those charming female ghosts under the tree demon have never tempted you in any way, but you patted them after you finished seducing them. It's your fault to leave and live freely all by yourself, while letting your sisters wait for you for two years."

"Why did you stop flirting with me? You made me look like a scumbag!"

Liao Wenjie was not happy, yes, he was a scumbag, but in the early stages of the journey of heart training, when his skills were still low, Xiao Liao and he were cowardly, avoiding women and never flirting with them at all. who.

The idea of ​​​​turning it off and leaving it alone is simply laughable. Scumbags also have professional ethics, right?

"Whether you admit it or not, people have to marry you... If you really don't want to give them a result, then come to them and give them an explanation. Youth is easy to age. In a few years, they won't be able to find a good man to marry if they want to. ”

"It's so bizarre. Do you really think I will marry you?"

Liao Wenjie touched his chin and secretly thought that there was such a good thing. The beautiful figures of the Fu sisters flashed in his mind, and he took a deep breath immediately.

"Master Yan, once I trust you, I'll go to the Minister's Mansion when I'm done with wine and dinner, and tell the truth to my face."

"Isn't it appropriate to go to a girl's house late at night?" Yan Chixia looked strange.

"I'm afraid that if I go during the day, I won't be able to run away if someone catches me. Good night, I'll be in the dark, and I won't be afraid of being seen if I run away."

"That's right."

Yan Chixia nodded and added: "Don't go in a hurry. After you've had enough wine and food, you can show me how much you have. I want to see how much you have."

"It's really just a piece of cake, about this big..."

Liao Wenjie raised his hand to show the distance between his fingertips, his smile extremely sincere.