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After bidding farewell to Wang Erlang, Jiang Chen didn't waste any time. He followed the breath left by the man in blue and followed it all the way. A few days later, he came to a huge temple:
"Cihang Hall!"
Jiang Chen looked at the magnificent temple in front of him for a moment, and immediately felt an unprecedented threat. The two people's breaths exchanged for a moment, and he only felt his soul shaking. Almost subconsciously, he moved a space and retreated several miles. .
If it were another temple, he would dare to go inside to explore, but in this Cihang Hall, unless his cultivation can be further improved, and the Yang God can be cultivated to a perfect and solid state, or he is accompanied by top masters, otherwise, even with his current situation, Taoism and martial arts, and dare not easily peek inside.
Is it fear? Maybe, maybe this is the intersection of fate and it can never be avoided!
Standing on the top of a hill several miles away, Jiang Chen looked at Cihang Hall from a distance. Although the distance was far away, he could still clearly feel the terrifying aura emanating from the magnificent hall. He knew very well that this The owner of this aura is his destined enemy: Cihang Pudu!
Insect life is weak, but often has extraordinary talents. Once it becomes a monster, its strength is often terrifying. Centipede is one of the best!
Although Jiang Chen is now successful in cultivation, he is still not sure of winning against ordinary monsters that have been practicing for thousands of years, let alone centipede spirits who have been practicing for more than a thousand years. Unfortunately, Cihang Pudu, his destiny is too strong The enemy happens to be a thousand-year-old centipede spirit who has become a climate!
"It seems that if you want to defeat the enemy, you have to go to Lanruo Temple to ask Yan Chixia for help." His thoughts were rolling in his heart, and unknowingly, he thought of this. In the original plot, the thousand-year-old centipede Jing Cihangpu Du was killed by Zhiqiu Yiye and Yan Chixia together. Although Zhiqiu Yiye died heroically in the end, he was no longer the original Zhiqiu Yiye after all. His Taoism and martial arts were better than Zhiqiu Yiye. There are several levels. I believe that as long as he and Yan Chixia join forces, there is still a great chance to kill Cihang Pudu in one fell swoop.
Without saying a word, Jiang Chen found a place to rest for a while, and because he encountered an old enemy, he seemed to have broken the bottleneck of his practice. He felt quite enlightened for a while, so he stayed in seclusion for two or three months before returning. During this period, although he had been They were all busy tracking the traces of the man in blue, but while walking outside, they also found out a lot of information intentionally or unintentionally, including the location of Lanruo Temple, which was not elsewhere, but in the mountains on the outskirts of the northern part of Jinhua City.
The horse galloped all the way, without fear of the wind or the sun. In just a few days, Jiang Chen had returned to Jinhua City. It was just after noon. He had traveled for several days in a row. At this time, he was hungry and tired. Without being picky at the moment, he just randomly found an inn in the city to eat. Not to mention anything else, the lobby of this inn was often the most well-informed place. He could hear a lot of information with just a few tricks.
Those who do business lament that the world is difficult, those who travel around the world talk about injustice, and scholars are indignant that the court is unjust... In short, in this world, even an outsider like Jiang Chen feels powerless.
Roughly speaking, he has been in this world for three years. Although he has stepped out of Kunlun Villa and done a lot of things to punish rape and eliminate evil, his effect on the whole world is limited. After all, this It's a world where demons are rampant and cultivation is prevalent. His cultivation is far from enough to overwhelm the world, and naturally he cannot change the world.
"Strength is not enough after all!" Jiang Chen picked up the wine glass and drank half a sip. He felt that the wine was tasteless and felt irritated, so he put down the wine glass in his hand.
At this time, a young scholar carrying a book basket walked in from the door. Although the shopkeeper disliked his rags and rags, and he didn't look like a rich man at first glance, since he was open for business, he did not refuse the customer. The reason for entering the store, so he still greeted him very attentively: "Guest officer, please come inside. Are you a top-notch guest, or are you staying overnight?"
Before the scholar could reply, he was already busy greeting the waiter: "Agen, why don't you come over and take the gift for the guest?" Then he turned around and promoted to the scholar: "Our store happens to have an upper room. ... ..."
The scholar was startled by the shopkeeper's attentiveness, and quickly interrupted him and introduced himself: "No, no, I'm not here to stay. My name is Ning Caichen, and I was sent by Jibaozhai to collect accounts! "
"Ning Caichen?!" Jiang Chen took a sip of wine into his mouth, and before he could swallow it, he couldn't help but spit it out. Although he knew that he would meet this person one day, he couldn't help it. Unexpectedly, this day came so suddenly. However, he traveled through several worlds and had many such experiences, so he quickly controlled his emotions.
In the blink of an eye, when the waiter named A Gen heard that Ning Caichen was not here to stay, his face turned cold: "Collect the bill?" He snorted coldly and took Ning Caichen's book. The basket was thrown on the ground.
"Hey!" When Ning Caichen saw this, he quickly ran over to help up the book basket. In a hurry, it bumped into the table where Jiang Chen was sitting, knocking a bottle of wine down. Fortunately, Jiang Chen reacted quickly and reached out to grab the bottle of wine. After catching the bottle, he quickly said apologetically: "I'm so sorry, I'm so rude."
"It's okay." Jiang Chen is not a stingy person. Looking at the legendary scholar in front of him and Xu Xian, he couldn't help but smile and said: "Scholar, I see that you are kind, why don't you sit down and have a drink together?"
When Ning Caichen saw Jiang Chen dressed in black and carrying a red sword, he knew that he was a stranger in the world. He quickly handed over his hands and said: "Your Majesty, you kindly invite me. I shouldn't refuse, but I still have things to do right now. I can’t help but accept it with my heart.”
"That's such a pity." Jiang Chen didn't force him and immediately let him turn around and walk towards the counter.
When the shopkeeper saw this, although he opened the drawer containing the money, he still said with a bit of reluctance: "I asked, why does your Jibaozhai send a different person to collect the bill every time?"
Ning Caichen said with a flattering smile: "The person last time was killed on the road after collecting the debt, so now it's me..."
The shopkeeper smiled and said: "Well, you will be killed sooner or later on the road after collecting the bill. Why don't you just let me take advantage of you!" Immediately, he waved his hand and said to Ning Caichen like he was shooing away flies: "Don't Take it, don’t take it!”
"Stop joking!" Ning Caichen was speechless. He quickly took out the account book Jibaozhai used to keep accounts for the stores below, but he forgot one thing. His body could bear the wind, sun, rain and snow along the way, but how could a mere account book bear it? When I took it out and took a look, it turned out to be damp from the rain. The recorded numbers had turned into ink and became a mess. Who could recognize the account based on this thing
Ning Caichen flipped through a few pages of the account book and couldn't help but feel his scalp numb, and said to himself: "Oops!" Fortunately, he was quick-witted, and it was not in vain that the boss of Jibaozhai promoted him to collect the accounts. Ning Caichen held the account book in his arms, pretending to be nonchalant and said to the teahouse shopkeeper: "Boss, can I see the stubs in your teahouse?" He was also afraid that the shopkeeper wouldn't believe it, so he deliberately said Added: "This is Jibaozhai's new rules for collecting debts!"
It's just that Ning Caichen is smart, but the teahouse owner is even more cunning. Seeing the other person's evasive words and erratic eyes, he was already suspicious and asked: "Is this a new rule? Please bring me the account book first. look!"
He ignored Ning Caichen's various excuses and reached out to snatch the account book from the scholar's arms. Ning Caichen quickly blocked the shopkeeper's sight with his hands and said anxiously: "No, you can't read it!"
But it only took such a moment for the sharp-eyed shopkeeper to realize that something was wrong. He scolded: "What kind of account is this? It's so dark and messy. You Jibaozhai relies on this kind of thing to collect accounts." ?”
Ning Caichen snatched the account book back and said helplessly: "The account book is wet, but if I can't receive the account, I won't have the money to go back..."
But the shopkeeper obviously didn't sympathize with him. He quickly called his assistant Agen and threw Ning Caichen's things on the ground. Jiang Chen originally wanted to step forward to help, but thought of what happened next, he endured it. It was Ning Caichen. Caichen's calamity, but why is it not his fate
Ning Caichen said helplessly: "Boss, please help me."
At this time, the shopkeeper of the teahouse became more powerful. He walked out from behind the counter and said with a smile: "Young man, since there is no account from me in your account book, does that mean I don't owe you any money? You want to cheat, if you don't If you leave, I will take you to the Yamen!"
As he spoke, he pushed Ning Caichen out of the door. The poor scholar was already exhausted from the long journey through mountains and rivers. Where could he stop the shopkeeper from pushing hard? He was about to fall down, but felt his back He was held up by a strong force, and then he was confused for a while. When he reacted, he was already sitting at a table in the store, and opposite him was Jiang Chen's familiar smiling face: "Scholar" , it seems that you won’t be able to collect the bill today, why don’t you have a drink with me?”
"This..." Ning Caichen hesitated for a while. He subconsciously wanted to refuse, but looking at the table full of fine wine and food, his already hungry belly said spinelessly, "Gulu, "Gulu" shouted. At that moment, he smiled awkwardly and said: "It is better to obey orders than to be respectful. Since your Majesty has repeatedly invited you kindly, then I will not be polite."
"Ha!" Hearing this, Jiang Chen couldn't help but chuckle: "You, a scholar, are quite interesting. Your name is Ning Caichen, right? I know that Qiu Yiye is an academician of the Kunlun School. I invite you When you drink, I naturally don’t want you to be too polite, otherwise wouldn’t it be in vain to make people unhappy?”
While talking and laughing, Ning Caichen couldn't help but start eating and drinking. He was really hungry. After a while of eating and stuffing to fill his stomach, Jiang Chen wanted to ask him to stay, but he refused. He called his waiter A Gen to ask: "Brother, do you know where there is a free place around here?" Can someone stay temporarily?"
"Want to live somewhere that doesn't cost money?" Agen immediately sneered with a bit of ill-intention: "Then you go to Lanruo Temple in the north of the city!"
Lanruo Temple... As soon as Ning Caichen said this, before Ning Caichen could react, a gust of cold wind suddenly blew by. The hot early summer seemed to turn into the cold winter in an instant, and everyone around him also rushed out in an instant. Disperse...