The slain monsters slowly disappeared, and soon there was no more monster corpses in the ruined temple, and only a faint fishy smell remained in the air.
The strong wind outside has subsided and the sky is gradually darkening.
The fire burning in the temple had been destroyed in the previous battle, leaving only a small flame. The nuns quickly added some dry firewood to make it burn again to dispel the darkness and coldness in the temple.
After the older Taoist nun treated Second Senior Sister's injuries and made sure she would not be affected by the demon poison, she brought her disciples over to thank Gu Jiu for saving her life.
Gu Jiu said with a rather dignified manner, "It is only right to help those who are in trouble when seeing injustice. You don't have to be polite, Taoist priests."
The older nuns showed appreciation on their faces, and the younger nuns all looked grateful.
The previous battle had made these nuns realize that Gu Jiu was a human being, not a demon that would harm people. Thinking that they actually suspected that she was a demon, the young nuns were all filled with shame.
Their eyesight is not good enough and they can't even tell whether it is a human or a monster.
After exchanging names, Gu Jiu also knew the origins of these Taoist nuns.
This group of Taoist nuns came from Qingyun Temple in Qingyun Mountain. The oldest Taoist nun was the abbot of Qingyun Temple - Taoist Nun Qingping.
This time, she took her apprentice to Ningyang Town, a hundred miles away, to capture monsters. Unexpectedly, some accidents happened on the way and they provoked unclean things. In order to avoid harming innocent people, they left Ningyang Town overnight and planned to rush back to Qingyun Temple to perform magic to eliminate the hidden dangers.
Along the way, they were repeatedly attacked by demons and ghosts.
The nuns were made nervous, but fortunately, Nun Qingping was strong enough to protect these disciples and also treat it as a kind of experience for them.
This is also the reason why when Gu Jiu appeared here earlier, he was mistaken for a demon by the Taoist nuns.
It was true that along the way, they either encountered monsters or ghosts. Tonight, even monsters and ghosts that had fallen into the ghost path came out, which was beyond the expectations of Taoist Nun Qingping.
Taoist nun Qingping asked, "I wonder what sect you are from, and why are you here?"
This dilapidated temple is located in the wilderness, where it is easy to encounter ominous things. Ordinary people will not come here easily unless they have something to do. They will stay the night here because they dare not go to the town to stay, for fear of implicating ordinary people.
The bigger reason was that Qingyun Temple was poor and had no money to compensate others.
Look at this girl's dress, it is so different from others, not like the clothes of ordinary people nowadays. What's more, her method of killing monsters is as sharp as thunder. Even Taoist Nun Qingping doesn't dare to say that she can easily defeat her if she fights against her.
Gu Jiu smiled and said, "I am just born in the mountains, and I don't have any master." After a pause, she continued, "I came down the mountain this time because I was ordered by my elders to gain experience in the world. I discovered that there was a demonic wind blowing here, and I felt something was wrong, so I came to take a look..."
Just a few words reveal a lot of information.
One thing that is better in ancient times than in modern times is that people can make up their own origins at will. People here have no way to investigate in detail anyway, so players can make up whatever they want.
Taoist nun Qingping's eyes lit up and her mind raced, and she understood the information she had revealed.
It turns out that he is a disciple of a secluded family. No wonder he has such powerful martial arts to kill demons and ghosts at such a young age.
The young Taoist nuns also suddenly realized.
That makes sense.
Such a beautiful girl is rare in the world, she is definitely not from the secular world, maybe she is one of those immortals who live in seclusion. Looking at her demeanor, even the strange clothes can't hide her temperament, she is truly a fairy-like figure.
As for these strange clothes, maybe this is how people who live in seclusion wear them, and they are just surprised by what they see.
Nun Qingping became more polite and thanked Gu Jiu for saving her life again. She said with a shameful look on her face, "In theory, we should invite Miss Gu to Qingyun Temple as a guest to express our gratitude, but we still have troubles to deal with, and it would be bad if we implicate Miss Gu."
Gu Jiu asked, "I wonder what the cause of the disaster is?"
Taoist nun Qingping hesitated for a moment and said, "A few days ago, a demon was causing trouble for the people in Ningyang Town. Qingyun Temple received a call for help from Ningyang Town and went to eliminate the demon. Unexpectedly, there was an old demon with profound Taoism behind the little demon who was causing trouble. The old demon was angry that we killed the little demon and vowed to take revenge. He set a lot of obstacles for us along the way. Even the demons and ghosts before were sent by the old demon..."
It turned out that the younger one was beaten and the older one was coming.
Gu Jiu felt that these Taoist nuns were quite unlucky. One could see the chivalrous spirit in their words and actions. They were all people with justice in their hearts, but they were a little naive.
Next, Gu Jiu asked a lot of questions about this world.
Because she saved their lives, the nuns were quite enthusiastic towards her. Besides, they thought she was a disciple from a secluded family who had just entered the world, so it was normal for her to not know anything, so they told her everything they knew.
This is a chaotic world where evil people are in power and demons are rampant.
The emperor of the Great Chu Dynasty lives in the Imperial City, relying on the protection of the dragon energy of the Imperial City. Demons and ghosts dare not approach the Imperial City. However, outside the Imperial City, there are often reports of demons and ghosts causing chaos and the people are living in misery, and the lives of ordinary people are worthless.
Fortunately, there are still talented people among the people who slay demons and rescue ordinary people.
These talented people established their own sects, determined to slay demons and protect the people. Their power grew day by day, and they were able to curb the rampant demons.
The court of Great Chu was delighted, and the emperor issued an edict to recruit talented people to become demon hunters and exorcists with certificates issued by the court, and enjoy the court's rewards and tributes.
After understanding the situation in this world, Gu Jiu thought to himself that he could safely remain an illegal resident this time without having to think about how to solve the identity problem.
Looking at this group of Taoist nuns again, after a brief communication, she had already figured out that they were just a group of poor, naive and happy Taoist nuns. From this, she could imagine the situation in Qingyun Temple.
She needs to find a place to stay first, continue to understand this world, and find out the leader of the demons.
Well, let’s go to Qingyun Temple.
Having made up his mind, the smile on Gu Jiu's face became more gentle, and he soon became in a pleasant conversation with the Taoist nuns from Qingyun Temple.
The beauty was laughing and talking in a soft voice. The Taoist nuns were inexperienced and could not resist such gentleness and beauty. They all developed a liking for her and almost told her ancestors all about her.
Seeing the Taoist nun lying on the ground injured, Gu Jiu took out a bottle of plaster and said, "This is a wound medicine, it can stop bleeding and promote tissue regeneration. You can give it to this Taoist priest to try."
The Taoist nuns all looked embarrassed. They were really poor and didn't have any good medicine to heal the wounds.
Taoist nun Qingping stammered, "How can I be so embarrassed..."
"It doesn't matter." Gu Jiu smiled and said, "Meeting is fate. You are my friends I met after I came down the mountain. It is natural for friends to help each other."
She stuffed the medicine into the hands of Mu Ying, the senior sister of Qingyun Temple.
Mu Ying looked at his master and saw that his master nodded slightly after thinking for a while. He bowed to Gu Jiu gratefully and applied medicine to the second sister together with several other sisters.
The medicine produced in Wujie City was very effective. Soon after it was applied, the scars began to heal and the patient's complexion gradually improved.
The Taoist nuns had never seen such a miraculous medicine and were stunned.
After the shock, she was grateful to Gu Jiu again. At the same time, she felt that she owed her more and more and didn't know how to repay her.
Gu Jiu said: "What are you talking about repaying? If you mind, why not invite me to your Taoist temple. I just came down the mountain, and I don't know much about the world below the mountain. I don't know where to go. Why don't you go to Qingyun Temple first? As long as you give me a room to shelter me..."
Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Taoist nun Qingping.
She smiled bitterly and said, "The young lady is willing to visit Qingyun Temple, and we are of course happy, but that old demon..."
Miss Gu helped them a lot tonight, and they were just casual acquaintances. How could they take their savior to a dangerous place knowing that there was danger
"It doesn't matter. I came down the mountain this time on the orders of my elders, to gain experience and slay demons. If that old demon attacks, I can just try my hand at it." Gu Jiu said this with great righteousness, as if she really came from a secluded family that had never come to the world and came here specifically to slay demons.
Having said this, Taoist Nun Qingping couldn't refuse anymore.
Privately, she also hoped that there would be more powerful people in the temple. Taoist Nun Qingping was still convinced by the strength shown by Gu Jiu.
That was settled, and Gu Jiu finally found his first place to stay after arriving in another world.
It was completely dark outside, and the night wind blew in through the crack in the door, adding a bit of chill.
The monster has been eliminated, and judging by the situation these days, there shouldn't be any more attacks tonight.
Taoist nun Qingping asked all her disciples to go and have a rest.
The nun Mu Xin brought a pile of soft hay, took out a washed bleached sheet from her sleeve and covered it with her, saying shyly, "Sister Gu, you should come and rest too. I have never used this sheet before, it is very clean."
Gu Jiu glanced at the hay and then at the little nun's sleeves.
She was sure that the sleeve was empty before and could not fit a quilt inside, no matter how thin it was.
Seeing her staring at her sleeves, Mu Xin was puzzled, "Sister Gu, what's wrong?"
Gu Jiu asked: "Your sleeves..."
"This is the secret of my sleeve." Mu Xin said proudly, "I just learned this technique last month, and I learned it faster than my senior sisters."
The little Taoist nun Mu Xin is thirteen years old this year. She is the junior sister of Qingyun Temple. She is younger than all her senior sisters. Her senior sisters all learned the magic of "Sleeves of Qiankun" at the age of sixteen, but she learned it when she was thirteen, which really made her quite proud.
Senior Sister Mu Ying came over with a piece of dry food and said with a smile, "Junior Sister is indeed very talented. She has the best talent in magic among our sisters. Master has high hopes for her, so he brought her along to experience the demon exorcism this time so that she can gain experience."
Gu Jiu glanced at the Taoist nuns in the temple, all of whom had expressions of recognition and pride on their faces.
She smiled slightly.
Mu Ying handed the dry food to Gu Jiu, "Miss Gu, this is our dry food. You must be hungry. Eat some too."
A Taoist nun handed over a glass of boiled water.
The water cup is made of bamboo, and the boiled water is water boiled in a copper kettle. When the monster attacked just now, the young nuns put away the copper kettle immediately to prevent the monster from causing any harm.
To the poor nuns, this copper pot was their most valuable possession, and they were reluctant to let it be harmed by evil spirits.
Gu Jiu took a bite of the dry food. It was dry, astringent and crumbly, like coarse grains mixed with bran. Not only did it have no taste, it also choked his throat.
She really couldn't eat.
But seeing the nuns eating with relish, even Nun Qingping looked accustomed to it, which gave her a deeper understanding of the poverty of the nuns in Qingyun Temple.
There is food in the package, but it’s not easy to take it out now.
Gu Jiu ate some dry food and then put it down.
If you can't eat, don't force yourself.
The nuns had been observing her secretly. When they saw her put down the dry food, they all looked over, as if they were very curious. Why didn't she eat? Wasn't she hungry
The little nun Mu Xin asked, "Sister Gu, what's wrong? Is the dry food not to your liking?"
Gu Jiu said very honestly: "I have never eaten such dry food."
The nuns looked down at the dry food in their hands with a puzzled look on their faces. They didn't think there was anything wrong.
Seeing the expressions of these Taoist nuns, Gu Jiu didn't explain too much, just asked: "Is this place far from the nearby town?"
"Not far, just a few miles away."
Gu Jiu made the decision and said, "I'll treat you to a delicious meal in town tomorrow morning." At least they should eat something humane. Look at how pale and skinny these Taoist nuns are. They must be malnourished.
Fortunately, she is not very old and still looks youthful and beautiful.
"How can this be possible?" Nun Qingping said disapprovingly, "We have enough money, Miss Gu doesn't have to spend money on us."
Taoist Nun Qingping was a stubborn person. She refused to accept Gu Jiu's kindness no matter what. But she didn't get angry and didn't argue with Taoist Nun Qingping about the matter anymore. She continued to chat with the Taoist nuns and learn more about this world.
**
The next day, at daybreak, people in the temple woke up one after another.
The young nuns took out washing tools from their sleeves, first helped Nun Qingping to wash, and then took care of their own hygiene neatly.
Gu Jiu also got a toothbrush made of willow branches and green salt for rinsing his mouth.
She couldn't help laughing.
After taking care of everything, the group left the dilapidated temple and headed towards the town at the foot of the mountain.
When we arrived at the small town at the foot of the mountain, there were already quite a few stalls selling breakfast on the streets.
The nuns smelled the scent of food in the air and couldn't help swallowing secretly.
Gu Jiu brought the nuns to a stall selling wontons, ordered eight large bowls of wontons, and then went to the stall next door selling sesame cakes and bought a basket of sesame cakes.
The nuns looked at her in confusion. Was she going to use these sesame cakes as dry food on the road
When the wontons were served, the nuns could not resist her kindness and had to sit down and eat with her.
Then I saw her eating wontons with sesame cakes. After finishing a bowl of wontons, she had already finished five sesame cakes. She asked the boss to bring two more bowls of wontons and continue to eat them with sesame cakes.
The nuns were stunned.
Gu Jiu said: "You guys should eat too, eat more, you are all growing." She was referring to the five Taoist nuns who were in their teens.
Except for the eldest sister Mu Ying, the other young nuns are in their teens, which is the time when they grow up.
Taoist nun Qingping looked at her disciples. Although she felt that it was inappropriate, she softened her heart seeing their rare eager expressions and did not refuse.
After breakfast, Gu Jiu went to the cloth shop in the town to buy clothes.
When you first arrive, you shouldn't ask for special treatment. You should adapt to the local customs and stop wearing clothes that are too modern.
Because she was leaving soon, Gu Jiu bought a few sets of ready-made clothes in the store. The fabrics were pretty good. Since she was good-looking and had a good hanger on clothes, she looked ethereal in the ancient women's silk dresses.
The nuns were stunned again.
Then Gu Jiu went and bought some dry food that was easy to carry, asked the Taoist nuns to put it in their sleeves, and left the town together.
On the way, Gu Jiu asked, "When can we get to Qingyun Temple?"
"There are still about ten days left." The little nun Mu Xin said sweetly, "It will be quick."
Gu Jiu: "... shall we just walk back?"
"yes."
Looking at the innocent expressions of these Taoist nuns, Gu Jiu suddenly missed modern means of transportation.
"Let's buy a horse." Without waiting for the nuns to object, she continued, "I have money." The player didn't have much else, but a lot of gold, silver and jewelry. The currency in ancient times was gold and silver, so there was no need to worry about having no money to spend.
This time, Taoist nun Qingping refused to let her spend any money, and said sternly, "If Miss Gu feels tired, I can fly with you on my sword."
Gu Jiu: “!!!!” He can actually fly a sword?!
If it weren't for the young lady's good self-control, she would have been stunned by now. This world is really unexpected.
I originally thought they were just a group of poor but happy nuns, but I didn't know they were actually capable big shots who rarely showed their abilities.
She asked in surprise: "You can fly with swords, why don't you fly with swords?"
Walking on two legs will waste more time.
Mu Xin said sweetly: "Master said that traveling thousands of miles can better train our perseverance. We should save our spiritual energy to deal with demons and monsters."
The last sentence is the key point.
Flying with a sword consumes spiritual power and energy. Taoist nuns are a group of poor and frugal people who never forget to save money.
Perhaps in order to make her give up buying a horse, Taoist nun Qingping really took her flying on a sword.
The other nuns also took out their swords and flew behind them.
Gu Jiu stood behind Taoist Nun Qingping's sword and turned to look at the young Taoist nuns behind him. Their flying was not as steady as Taoist Nun Qingping. The young Taoist nun Mu Xin was unable to control the sword and was led by the senior sister.
Facing the cold wind in the air, Gu Ji suddenly felt that modern means of transportation was unnecessary. It would be so cool to fly a sword.
Flying with a sword is faster than walking on two legs.
In the evening, they camped in a dilapidated pavilion on the side of the road.
Gu Jiu felt helpless. The Taoist nuns were chivalrous and refused to stay in towns or villages, preferring to live in the open air - of course there was one most important reason: they had no money.
She felt that she couldn't go on like this and decided to move her plans forward.
The sound of metal falling to the ground was heard, and the nuns turned around and were almost blinded by the light.
A dozen gold bars appeared beside the fire, reflecting golden light in the flames.
Gu Jiu said to Taoist Nun Qingping: "Master, I heard from Mu Xin and the others that your Qingyun Temple is not stingy in teaching some independent practitioners magic, and all you need to do is pay a tuition. This is my tuition, and I also want to learn some magic."
Qingyun Temple was very poor. In order to support the disciples, every abbot had to rack his brains to make money.
In addition to collecting money for slaying demons and monsters, they also collect tuition in the name of teaching magic.
In fact, every sect keeps its magic skills strictly secret, and Qingyun Temple is no exception. However, after seeing so many demons harming the world and ordinary people dying in vain, Qingyun Temple feels pity and is willing to teach some of the independent practitioners the magic skills, hoping that more people can learn the magic skills and resist the harm of demons.
Taoist Nun Qingping asked, "What do you want to learn?"
Gu Jiu did not answer but asked, "What can I learn from these gifts?"
Taoist nun Qingping remained silent.
The young nuns stared at the gold bars for a long while and whispered, "That's a lot of gold bars. Even if we took out all the magic in the temple, we wouldn't need so many."
"Can I buy a lot of meat buns?" Mu Xin smacked her lips. "Today's wontons and sesame cakes are also good."
"I want to eat fried dough sticks and soy milk." A senior sister said in a low voice.
"besides… "
After hearing what the disciples said, Taoist Nun Qingping looked at Gu Jiu again, took out three gold bars, and said, "These are enough. Whatever you want to learn, I can teach you as long as I know it."
Gu Jiu looked at this group of Taoist nuns with a smile in his eyes.
It is always pleasant to meet nice people, nice people who are not greedy and lovely.
Taking advantage of nothing to do, Gu Jiu asked to learn the art of sleeve first.
Only if you learn the secrets of the sleeves can you take out the things in your package with confidence.
Taoist nun Qingping knew that this was her first time to learn magic, and she was a little curious. Didn't the secluded family teach their disciples magic? But it was not appropriate to talk about deep things when they were just strangers, so it was not easy to ask.
Learning magic requires talent. She didn't know what Gu Jiu's talent was or whether he could learn it, so she taught in great detail.
She first explained the things that need to be paid attention to when learning the spell, and then recited the spell while demonstrating so that Gu Jiu could see it more clearly and understand it more thoroughly.
The other nuns sat on the sidelines and watched, being wary of attacks that might come at night.
Gu Jiu followed the instructions of Taoist Nun Qingping and outlined the shape of the spell. He vaguely felt that there was an extra space in his sleeves.
She was stunned for a moment. This feeling was very strange.
"It's okay if you don't succeed." Nun Qingping said kindly, "Learning magic requires talent. People without talent will not succeed even if they work hard for ten or eight years. People with talent only need to practice a few times to understand the secrets of magic, and they can learn with half the effort..."
Gu Jiu said: "It seems to be successful."
Taoist nun Qingping: “…”
She reached out, took the copper kettle off the fire, and then put it out again.
The water in the copper kettle was on the verge of boiling, and the copper body was scalding hot. She put it directly into her sleeves and did not burn her at all.
The nuns stared with eyes wide open and exclaimed, "It's better than Junior Sister's talent. Junior Sister took a whole day to learn it."
It only took Gu Jiu less than a quarter of an hour—during this quarter of an hour she was listening to their master teaching her the mysteries of the magic.
Even Taoist nun Qingping didn't expect that she would learn it after only teaching her once. What kind of genius is this? Looking at Gu Jiu, who was having fun playing with the world in his sleeves, her breathing became a little rapid.
This is a genius in learning magic!
No wonder she is so powerful even though she doesn’t know any magic. She is indeed a disciple from a secluded family!
Even though this was not her disciple, Taoist Nun Qingping also felt a love for talent, and could not help but teach Gu Jiu a few more basic techniques. She learned them right away, as if she already knew them. She could imitate them perfectly just by watching her do it once.
The nuns didn't know what to say.
They originally thought that the junior sister was talented enough in learning magic, but they didn't expect that there are people out there who are more talented than the junior sister.
Taoist nun Qingping's face turned red with excitement, as if she wanted to teach her all the magic skills at once to see how far she could learn.
It was Gu Jiu who stopped her, "First solve the problems outside, then study."
Taoist nun Qingping calmed down and looked sharply at the darkness outside the pavilion. It was very quiet there, even the wind was still, and no one knew what was lurking in the darkness.
The young Taoist nuns did not notice anything. Seeing the reactions of Gu Jiu and their master, they quickly picked up their swords and looked at the darkness vigilantly.
Taoist Nun Qingping said, "You stay here, I will go and deal with it."
She flew out with her sword.
The Taoist nuns stood back to back. Seeing Gu Jiu standing aside, they were about to call her over, but she had already jumped onto the pavilion.
A-level players have good jumping ability, but it is not the same as Qinggong, and they don’t have the elegance of Qinggong.
Gu Jiu felt that in addition to magic, he could also learn some light skills, so that he could show off more easily.
The author has something to say: Two chapters combined into one.
The second and third updates are coming~~
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