Once the world became chaotic, Liu Caichun's business became more and more difficult.
Chengfeng Island is the main road between the West Sea and the South China Sea. Originally, there was a constant stream of people coming and going, but now the war is in full swing. The magic gate in charge of this place has filled the sea several times, and arranged the island like a fortress. generally. There was a mixed bag of visitors, not only the casual cultivators in the past, but also the orthodox disciples of the Holy Land, so Liu Caichun felt more and more pressure.
Casual cultivators originally had no rules, and in recent years it has become even more serious. If Liu Caichun hadn't cultivated himself into Taoism, let alone this small inn, even Xiao Xi'er would have been taken captive to become a furnace. . It is said that heroes come out of troubled times, but Liu Caichun feels that there are only a small number of heroes born in troubled times, and most of them will only be forced into a desperate situation, and then embark on a frenzied road of no return.
Those high holy lands desperately provoked wars and divided up the territory. How have they ever cared about the life and death of their low-level practitioners? Liu Caichun felt that like most casual cultivators, he was afraid and disgusted with these holy places.
In the eyes of the Holy Land, they have almost given up everything for their respective Taoism without reservation, but in the eyes of casual cultivators, they have invaded various resources such as panacea, monopolized all the cultivation methods that can be obtained in the world, and now they are going to start a war. It is an unforgivable crime to make them useless. The upper and lower levels of the entire monastic world are completely isolated. Casual cultivators cannot understand what the Holy Land is doing, and the Holy Land does not bother to explain to these filthy people.
"Hahaha, little girl, you're still so stubborn!" A fat old man slapped Xiao Xi'er on the buttocks. He looked angrily at the pretty girl in front of him, with a bit of covetousness in his eyes. color.
Liu Caichun's thoughts were interrupted by this voice, and he looked at the table by the door. There were a few casual cultivators dressed in gold and silver sitting on the table. Just like a mortal merchant. One of the bad old men was pestering Xiao Xi'er who was going to pay the bill, Xiao Xi'er's face was flushed red but she couldn't escape the man's coercion. In fact, casual cultivators are not much different from ordinary people, and some casual cultivators even behave more despicably because of their extraordinary power.
Liu Caichun's complexion darkened, the three of them were all cultivators, and the magic weapons they wore should be of considerable background. Although he didn't dare to provoke such scoundrels, he couldn't just let Xiao Xi'er be bullied. He left his seat, walked in front of these casual cultivators with a friendly smile on his face, and yelled loudly as he walked, "I'm sorry, gentlemen!"
"Clumsy thing!" He came to the table, grabbed Xiao Xi'er's hair, and cursed fiercely, "What if I bump into a few distinguished guests! Get out of here!"
Xiao Xi'er screamed and was thrown away by him forcefully, then ran to the backyard with tears in her eyes.
Liu Caichun hastily apologized with a smile: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I made you guys angry, why don't you treat me as an invitation to everyone for this meal, how about it?"
The old man's eyes were glued to Xiao Xi'er all the time, and when she disappeared behind the curtain, he said to Liu Caichun, "You think we Xihai Sanmao are easy to mess with! Hurry up and prepare us a good guest room." , and send that girl here!"
Casual cultivators always like to use nicknames like this, but there is nothing new about them. If you shout "Three Scarlets from the West Sea" on any street in Chengfeng Island, at least six people will turn their heads.
Liu Caichun was disdainful in his heart, but his expression was a little hesitant: "This...to be honest, that little hoof just now is not a practitioner, so it must be useless as a furnace."
"Hahaha, what kind of cauldron, just give us a taste! If you don't agree, I will demolish your shop!" The old man laughed slyly, and the other two laughed too.
But when they smiled, they felt that something was wrong. The originally noisy store seemed to suddenly fall into silence, only the laughter of a few of them remained.
The old man stopped laughing in embarrassment, looked at the gazes of the casual cultivators on the other tables from the corner of his eye, and followed everyone's gazes towards the door.
Standing by the door was a plump and handsome young man. He was dressed in a Tai Chi Yin-Yang Dao gown, with a dust whisk in his hand, and a complex and divine blue imprint was branded on his forehead. This young Taoist looks gentle and peaceful, with a surging breath and bright eyes. He simply stands at the door of the store and makes people feel a different aura. Repair to distinguish.
Liu Caichun was also surprised, this person's aura was really thick and pure, not like that of a casual cultivator. He was about to go forward, when the young Taoist walked in by himself, and as soon as he moved, Liu Caichun also saw the person behind him.
It was a girl about thirteen years old, with wide sleeves and a wide belt, a black robe with red stripes, her eyebrows and eyes closed, and she walked barefoot. Rough chains were tied to her hands and feet, the chains were made of gold and stone, with ferocious and murderous magic lines painted on them, which made her feel dizzy at first glance. This girl looked quite thin, and her hands and feet were bound by such large chains, which made people feel sympathetic. Almost all the guests looked along the end of the chain and found that it was held by the young Taoist priest.
This person Liu Caichun had only met not long ago, and he was the disciple of the Immortal Demon Realm who claimed to be Huang Quan.
"Are there no seats available?" The young Taoist accepted everyone's gaze calmly, he looked around, and finally his eyes fell on Sanyu Xihai.
The old man's heart trembled when he saw it, and he immediately said: "There will be soon! Let's leave now!"
Liu Caichun gritted his teeth and said with a smile, "Let's settle the bill first."
The old man was taken aback, his companion wanted to hit Liu Caichun, but he stopped him, he could feel the gentle eyes of the young Taoist man on him, so he could only throw a bullet at Liu Caichun. Good jade.
Liu Caichun had sharp eyes, and recognized that it was a good product, so he quickly took the jade, cleaned the table neatly, and invited the young Taoist to sit down.
"What to eat?"
Xie Yao asked Yun Qing to sit first, there were many stumbling things in this place, and neither her eyesight nor the chains were very convenient.
Yun Qing shook her head while sitting down: "I have already bigu."
Xie Yao thought for a while, and said kindly to Liu Caichun: "Then let's make a pot of tea."
He was still holding on to Yun Qing's chain, not daring to relax for a moment, if Yun Qing escaped halfway, then he would probably kneel and break his leg in front of the screen wall.
Liu Caichun repeatedly agreed, but he was a little puzzled in his heart. He thought that the young Taoist was detaining the Demon Lord. Now it seems that the relationship between the two seems to be good, so what is going on with this chain? The current Holy Land gatekeepers are getting more and more strange...
Xie Yao didn't know that he had already been classified as "strange", and he was full of distress how to bring Yun Qing safely to the Tongtian Shenmai. He felt that it would be safest to knock Yun Qing unconscious, but if Yun Qing escaped from the hands of the Immortal Saint this time, his consequences might be worse than kneeling and breaking his leg. But keeping her awake made her even more worried. Xie Yao didn't even dare to blink now, for fear that she would use some trick to escape.
"I've been to this place before." Yun Qing said suddenly.
Xie Yao said "ah", and suddenly remembered that he and Yun Qing met near here: "Yes, you were with a golden dragon that time."
Xie Yao remembered that he had talked with Yun Qing for half a day, but Yun Qing turned around and cheated him, which made him somewhat depressed. Although he knew that it was understandable for Yun Qing to do so from the standpoint of the direct lineage of the demonic way, but the relationship between the two was not only the lineage of the two lineages of immortals and demons, there was also an important fate, even if they were not close friends, they were also close friends, right
"I mean this store." Yun Qing shook her head, showing a bit of nostalgia, "I always feel that too many things have happened in such a short period of time, it seems like a lifetime..."
Xie Yao was surprised, he didn't think Yun Qing was the kind of person who was sentimental about youth, but after thinking about it, he understood a little bit. This time, after Yun Qing went to meet the saint of immortality, he may not be able to return alive. It is always easy for people to miss the past bits and pieces before they die, and it is inevitable for Yun Qing to come.
Liu Caichun handed over the tea and said respectfully, "Use it slowly, both of you."
He was about to retreat, but was stopped by the young Mozun.
"The store owner should sit with me for a while, too. It's good to talk with me." Yun Qing looked up at him with a sincere and earnest expression.
Liu Caichun was extremely puzzled, he didn't know this Demon Lord very well, so why did he find him? And judging from the other party's performance last time, he is not a person who likes to talk at all!
At this time, Xie Yao had already poured tea for him: "The store owner, please don't refuse."
Guaranteeing that Yun Qing was in a good mood during the escort, so that the chance of her escaping would be less. Xie Yao used this reason to persuade himself to endure the various seemingly suspicious requests made by Yun Qing.
When Liu Caichun sat down, he finally understood the meaning of "sit on pins and needles". Now that he was being stared at by two guys with unfathomable cultivation, it was hard for him to talk about anything. He glanced awkwardly at the table, saw the steaming teapot and said, "...Drink, drink tea, everyone, drink tea!"
Xie Yao poured himself a cup of tea, and then wanted to pour a cup for Yun Qing, but she stopped her: "Thank you, I haven't eaten or drunk for many years."
"No drink?" Xie Yao frowned, he remembered drinking tea with Yun Qing when he met Yun Qing last time.
"I don't drink anything from the world." Yun Qing smiled, and she also remembered the last time she talked with Xie Yao, "I remember that the tea I made with you was from Jinlin Island, and it was poured with ambergris .”
Liu Caichun felt a "thump" in his heart, the tea Mozun said could not be the pot he asked Xiao Xier to send!
"This kind of tea did exist in our shop..." he said slowly, "it's just that it is no longer sold."
Xie Yao is not very interested in these things. He was also a noble son in a deep house when he was young. What good things haven't he seen
"That's right!" Yun Qing seemed to suddenly remember something, she took out a small jar from her sleeve, and handed it to Liu Caichun.
Liu Caichun looked at the young Taoist, then at Mozun, not knowing what this meant.
"I have used up the tea you gave me last time. Is this jar made by Dragon Scale?" Yun Qing looked at Liu Caichun with a smile.
For some reason, Liu Caichun suddenly felt cold hands and feet, he reluctantly nodded and said, "That's right, it was made by dragon scales."
Xie Yao also looked at the jar: "Golden dragon scales?"
Although the jar is small, it can still be seen from the texture. It has sharp edges and corners, showing a brilliant golden color, and the faint breath of a real dragon is lingering on it.
"It's like this... I'm going to Tongtian Shenmai with this immortal, and I probably won't be able to come back. This dragon scale jar is a relic of the Golden Dragon King. I wonder if the store can give it to the dragon of the Six Paths Yan Mozong for me. Huai?" Yun Qing looked a little sad, she handed the tea pot to Liu Caichun, and said slowly, "Long Huai is the daughter of the Golden Dragon King, I have never dared to tell her about her father's death, now I want to It's clear, I won't return this trip, and she will definitely blame me when she finds out that I concealed this matter, why don't you tell her now, and then leave this with her as a memory."
Xie Yao knew that the Golden Dragon King was guarding the southwestern waters for the Demon Dao, and then died with the fleet of Tongtian Shenmai. He did not expect that there would be such a karma between him and Yun Qing.
He looked at Yun Qing: "My master may not necessarily take your life, so let's take it easy."
He didn't even believe it himself.
"You don't need to comfort me." Yun Qing shook her head, "By the way, can you stay here for a day, the breath of the chains is too strong, and my true energy is a little restless, I will leave as soon as I calm down."
Xie Yao became vigilant when he heard this: "Not in one day, tomorrow morning at the latest."
"Then tomorrow morning." Yun Qing smiled, then looked at Liu Caichun, "Please trouble the store to prepare a quiet room."
Liu Caichun stood up covered in cold sweat, and said again and again: "I'll go get ready now!"
He didn't go to the guest room, but ran to the backyard to find Xiao Xi'er who was crying. He nervously grabbed her sleeve and said, "Xiao Xi'er, do you remember that Demon Lord who came to the store not long ago? I asked you to give her a can of tea, did you do it?"
Xiao Xi'er's eyes were clouded with tears, but she still remembered it all at once: "No, never, I haven't seen her since then."
Liu Caichun suddenly felt that the dragon-scale tea caddy he received from Mozun was starting to burn his hands. Distraught, he ran into his room, checked the surrounding enchantment carefully, and then opened the dragon scale jar in front of the desk.
The inside is really good tea, no matter how you look at it, you can't see anything special.
After thinking for a long time, Liu Caichun fetched half a bucket of water from the well outside, and poured all the tea leaves into it. These tea leaves turned into black flames as soon as they met the water, and the black flames rolled and entangled on the water surface, and finally shaped into a string of words and runes.
If there is no mistake, the Demon Lord should have given him a formula.
Liu Caichun rolled up his sleeves, and when he took the tea pot from Mozun, a black brand appeared on his wrist, and this brand was getting hotter and hotter. If he couldn't get the items on this formula before leaving, he might be burnt to ashes by this brand.