Turning around an alley, I saw four warriors over there. They set up a small table at the intersection and drank and chatted.
Seeing someone passing by, the four turned their heads and looked at the two of them. Although Xu Xiaoyan was wearing a cloth skirt, she looked pretty. They stared at her and one of them whistled.
Xu Xiaoyan glared back with a ferocious look: "What are you looking at?" and pulled Shi Hao away.
The four men cursed at them behind them, but did not chase after them.
Shi Hao smiled and said, "You're leaving if you want to, why do you still want to be mean to them?"
Xu Xiaoyan also laughed and said, "They are obviously gang members. You don't know these people. If you are mean to them, they don't know your background and will curse you back at most. If you are mean and scared, they will immediately know that you have no background and will just bully you."
Shi Hao asked, "Where are we going now? Should we find an inn to stay in?" He felt as if he had been being led around by her these past few days.
Of course, he doesn't hate it!
Xu Xiaoyan said with a smile: "Actually, although this is my first time in Daxing City, I have already made an appointment with a sister to visit her when I am free. She and her grandfather took me in for some time in Gaizhu Mountain. Later, something happened and they moved to Daxing City, while I continued to stay in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province."
Shi Hao asked, "Where do they live?"
Xu Xiaoyan said: "I remember that sister mentioned in the letter that it was the Fuyun Temple in Rongshan."
Shi Hao looked at her sideways and asked in confusion, "If you have somewhere to go, why are you still wandering around here?"
Xu Xiaoyan said: "I..."
Shi Hao smiled and said, "How long has it been since you and your sister last met
Xu Xiaoyan whispered: "It's been three years! I don't know if she is married and has a family now. Will it disturb her? I, I still..."
Shi Hao stopped a passerby and asked, "Excuse me, how do I get to Rongshan?"
Chapter 76 Chen Yaner
Shi Hao and Xu Xiaoyan walked all the way to the foot of Rong Mountain and looked up at the mountain.
The mountain was not very high, but there were several Taoist temples. Shi Hao captured a man, asked about the location of Fuyun Temple, and then took Xu Xiaoyan up the mountain.
Xu Xiaoyan said: "It's been three years. She wrote to me two years ago. She may have moved away a long time ago..."
Shi Hao smiled and said, "You seem to be a daring person all the time. Why are you so hesitant when you come here to meet a good friend?"
Xu Xiaoyan said: "I..."
Shi Hao grabbed her hand and imitated her tone: "Let's go!"
—The road led to Fuyun Temple, and I saw that the temple occupied a large area. Next to the gate, there was a stone tablet with seal characters written on it, which described the history of Fuyun Temple, which was surprisingly quite ancient.
There was no one guarding the gate. When I entered, I saw more than 20 boys practicing martial arts on the open ground.
The one who was training these kids in martial arts was a middle-aged Taoist. There were also some other people coming and going.
Someone saw them, walked over and asked, "Are you two here to learn martial arts from a master?"
Shi Hao looked at Xu Xiaoyan: "What's your best friend's name?"
Xu Xiaoyan said: "Her surname is Chen, and her name is Yan'er!"
Shi Hao smiled and said, "Her name is Yan'er. I remember your pseudonym was Que'er?" He looked at the Taoist and said, "Let's find Miss Chen Yan'er!"
The Taoist didn't care and turned around and called out, "Junior Sister Yan, is someone looking for you?"
But then a girl in a green Taoist robe came out. She first looked at Shi Hao with a puzzled look, as if to say, "We don't know each other."
Then he looked at Xu Xiaoyan and suddenly called out, "Xiaoyan? Are you Xiaoyan?"
The girl in a Taoist robe ran over, grabbed Xu Xiaoyan, and asked excitedly: "When did you arrive in Daxing? Why did you take so long to see me?"
Xu Xiaoyan looked at her in surprise: "Yan'er, didn't you say that you were going to find a handsome man to marry when you got to Daxing? Why did you become a female Taoist priest?"
Chen Yan'er said, "Pah, pah, pah, who are you going to marry? What's so good about marrying those stinky men?"
Xu Xiaoyan said: "That's not what you said at that time."
Chen Yaner said, "You were still young at that time, just talking casually. You are the one who said you would never marry, so why did you suddenly bring a man to me? Are you here to show off?" She pulled Xu Xiaoyan aside, looked at the young man, and whispered, "Your husband?"
Xu Xiaoyan blushed and whispered, "Don't talk nonsense, we are just traveling together. But you, even if you don't get married, you won't suddenly become a female Taoist priest, right?"
Chen Yaner smiled and said, "It's just dressed like this. It looks like a Taoist temple, but it's actually a martial arts school that makes a living by teaching people martial arts. My grandfather and I live here, and it just so happens that there is a shortage of people here, so I just joined the Fuyun Temple and helped with the work.
"Besides, what's wrong with female Taoist priests? Only Quanzhen female Taoist priests can't get married. Those who live in Sanju can get married."
Xu Xiaoyan asked, "Where's Grandpa Chen? Is he okay?"
Chen Yaner said, "He's playing chess with someone in the backyard. I'll take you there." But she grabbed Xu Xiaoyan's arm and glanced at the young man next to her: "But why don't you introduce your man first?"
"I already told you it's not true!" Xu Xiaoyan clapped her hands.
Then he brought her to Shi Hao and introduced her: "His name is Shi Hao, and he is from Western Shu."
Chen Yaner waited for a while, and when she saw that she was silent, she asked, "Is that all?"
Xu Xiaoyan asked: "What else do you want to know?"
Chen Yaner pulled her aside: "For example, what do your parents do, are you married, do you have a fiancée, what kind of girls do you like..."
Xu Xiaoyan said unhappily: "What are you talking about? I didn't bring him here for a blind date with you."
Chen Yaner waved her hands: "Ah, it's just a misunderstanding. I will never touch your man. Don't worry."
"Don't worry!" Xu Xiaoyan said, "Take me to see grandpa quickly."
Chen Yan'er led them inside, and no one asked them questions along the way. Xu Xiaoyan asked in confusion, "Is Fuyun Temple just a martial arts hall? I heard from Grandpa Chen that it was a pretty big sect."
Chen Yaner said: "A long time ago, it was considered a big sect, but now it is no longer viable."
She whispered, "Floating Cloud Temple originally had some very powerful martial arts skills, but I heard that because it refused to attach itself to Chongxian Sect, it was forbidden to grow immortal materials and was suppressed a lot, and gradually weakened. The temple owner is very good, he is my uncle, and although he is only in his twenties, according to the rules of the martial arts world, he has the strength of an eighth-grade..."
Xu Xiaoyan said: "Since we are forbidden to plant immortal materials and are suppressed by Chongxian Sect, then we can't make external pills, right?"
Chen Yaner sighed, "In the past, the Floating Cloud Temple had many outer disciples, and the outer disciples were taught martial arts other than Taoism. The temple master relied on the outer sect techniques to cultivate to the eighth level. So, although it still looks like a Taoist temple, it actually has nothing to do with Taoism."
Xu Xiaoyan said: "I see, that's a pity."
Chen Yaner took her hand again and said, "By the way, did you know that Sister Jingya is also in Daxing City?"
Xu Xiaoyan stopped and looked at her, surprised and asked, "Sister Jingya is in Daxing City? I remember she married into the White Crane Gang, so she should be in Wu'an County, why is she here?"
Chen Yaner said: "There was internal strife in the White Crane Gang, and her father-in-law was forced to take her and her husband away from Wu'an County, but they were recruited by Jinlongmen. Jinlongmen is one of the three gangs and six associations in Daxing City. I heard that Jinlongmen's deputy leader, 'Drunken Spear' Shen Haixiong, values her husband's knowledge very much. He now has a high position in Jinlongmen and manages many businesses for Jinlongmen.
"She sometimes comes over to sit with us, but she just went to Luo Lake with her husband yesterday, so she may not be back for several days. If you are not in a hurry to leave Daxing City, you should be able to see her then."
Xu Xiaoyan smiled and said, "Actually, I'm not that anxious. By the way, you just said that there are three gangs and six associations in Daxing City. I wonder which three gangs and which six associations they are?"
Chen Yaner smiled and said, "You are still the same as before. Wherever you go, you always ask about the local gangs first. I only know that the three gangs are the Shark Dragon Gang, the Qingxiong Gang, and the Tiandi Gang. Among the six sects, there are the Xuande Sect, the Jinlong Sect, the White Sword Society, the Leopard Sect... and two more that I can't remember."
"They say there are three gangs and six associations, but there are actually many gangs, and these are just the biggest ones. But even so, the Shark Dragon Gang has only been around for ten years, and the Qingxiong Gang has only been around for twenty years. Only the Tiandi Gang has been around longer, and is an old gang in Daxing City. Don't be fooled by the fact that these gangs are extremely powerful when they are powerful, but they rise quickly and fall quickly."
"The reason why I can't remember what the other two of the six sects are is not because my memory is bad, but because two of them were just wiped out this year. I don't know which two others the Jianghu people picked from other gangs to add in."
Suddenly remembering something, he pulled Xu Xiaoyan aside again and asked quietly, "Speaking of this, I heard that a mysterious female thief appeared in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas in the past two years. Her nickname is Night Lily. Is it you?"
Xu Xiaoyan glanced at Shi Hao and said with a smile, "No need to be so secretive, he knows."
Chen Yaner said: "Oh my god..."
Xu Xiaoyan said unhappily, "Even if I tell you, he knows it. What are you saying?"
Shi Hao smiled and said, "Actually, there are a lot of things I don't know. If you don't mind, you can tell me more."
Chen Yaner said quickly: "Okay, okay, I'll tell you. When Xiaoyan was little, she was very sensitive and it was very difficult to get along with her. She..."
Xu Xiaoyan pulled her and said, "Stop talking nonsense and go!"
When they arrived at the back garden, they saw a few old men playing chess. Chen Yaner called out, "Grandpa, look who's here?"
An old man sitting on one side of the chessboard turned around and said, "Isn't this Xiaoyan? I haven't seen her for only two or three years, and she has grown so big?"
Xu Xiaoyan stepped forward and said with a smile, "Grandpa Chen."
Old Chen laughed and said, "Good! Good!" Then he looked at the young man who came forward with her and said, "Is this your husband?"
Xu Xiaoyan: “…” What kind of eyes do you have
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At the same time, on Yongle Street in Daxing City, a gorgeous carriage was moving slowly towards Qianyuan Mountain.
Sitting in the carriage were the master and his two daughters. The female Taoist Zhuo Mulan had a Taoist bun on her hair and was sitting on one side of the carriage, while her female disciple was sitting on the other side, holding a beautiful rag doll.
The two looked out the window at the bustling scene outside.
The "Xianmen" of Chongxianmen is located in Dongyang Mountain, which is known as the "Dongyang Hidden View of the Sky", but there is also a main temple in Daxing City. Now, the two of them were ordered to return to the main temple.
The master and the disciple each looked outside without saying anything.
No one knows what they are thinking.
After a long while, Zhuo Mulan seemed to wake up from her thoughts and turned to look at her female apprentice who was sitting there quietly.
Ever since the young man named Shi Hao left, she felt that her female apprentice had become noticeably less talkative than before. Sometimes, while she sat there, she would inexplicably fall into melancholy, or her face would suddenly blush.
Zhuo Mulan sighed softly and looked at the motionless doll in her arms.
Although puppets are considered ominous objects in folk customs, Taoists do not care that much about it.
But the doll looked so beautiful and spotless that she felt a little strange. But Yue Jiao was reluctant to throw it away, so Zhuo Mulan had no choice but to let her do as she pleased.
"Yue Jiao? Yue Jiao?" Zhuo Mulan called softly.
Du Yuejiao turned around and said "Ah" in confusion.
Then he reacted: "Ah, Master, what's wrong?"
Zhuo Mulan whispered, "We are about to reach Qianyuan Mountain. The law enforcement elder will probably ask again about your uncle's matter. I have written a letter to Kunzhen Temple, and your Grandmaster Danying will speak for us. In short, just tell us what you want to say, don't worry. After all, we don't know anything, so there is nothing to be afraid of."
Du Yuejiao nodded and looked outside again. After a while, she suddenly said softly, "Master, do you think that uncle didn't tell us anything because he didn't want to implicate us?"
Zhuo Mulan sighed softly, "Alas—" and said nothing more.
After a while, Du Yuejiao stuck her head out of the window and looked at a person on the street: "Hey! Why did she get here?"
She saw an acquaintance!
Chapter 77 Mysterious Qi
Under the guidance of Chen Yaner, Shi Hao and Xu Xiaoyan met Chen Yunzi, the abbot of Fuyun Temple.
This Chen Yunzi was originally the uncle of Chen Yaner, and his surname was also Chen. In the martial arts world, there was a custom of combining the surname and the Taoist name together, so he was also called Chen Chenyun.
Chen Chenyun is about twenty-six or twenty-seven years old. He looks strong and healthy because he practices external martial arts. He is married to Wang and has a son and a daughter. At this moment, the two children are having a conflict and he has no choice but to mediate in a gentle manner.
Chen Yaner went to help and finally calmed the two children down. Children are fickle-minded, and soon they went back to playing together.
Chen Yan'er introduced Shi Hao and Xu Xiaoyan to Chen Chenyun, and asked if they could stay in the west wing first.
Chen Chenyun was quite easy to talk to. He said, "You are a guest from afar. Anyway, there are still many empty rooms in the west wing. The brothers in the temple and the children who are here to practice martial arts together eat together. The big pot meal is not short of two people. Just stay."
Shi Hao said: "Thank you very much, Master!"
Chen Chenyun smiled and said, "Don't be polite. Yan'er has helped me a lot in the past few years. Since you are her friends, just treat this place as your own home."
So Chen Yan'er took them to the west wing, but whether intentionally or unintentionally, she asked, "Do you two want one room or two?"
Xu Xiaoyan said: "Chen Yaner..."
He giggled, "Don't be so anxious. I'll arrange two rooms for you. In fact, it doesn't matter if you only have one. The guest rooms in the west wing have inner and outer rooms. At most, you can have one inner room and one outer room. Even if everyone sleeps in the inner room, no one will know."
Xu Xiaoyan asked, "Are you done yet?"
Chen Yaner said: "It's over! It's over!"
At that moment, Chen Yan'er helped them arrange a guest room and asked them to put down their packages first.
Seeing that it was time for lunch, I took them to the big canteen in the temple. The food was OK, but there were many children running around, making a lot of noise.
After finishing his meal, Shi Hao returned to the guest room. Yingye's fierce knife and the sharp sword borrowed from Taoist Master Tieyu were wrapped in cloth strips, and the Huanhai Lingguo was also in the package. Fortunately, this thing was relatively small, and it was easy to carry after being put in the jade box.
He sat cross-legged on the bed, circulating the Jujing Liuzhu Jue and Moxiao Wuji Gong in his body.
These two skills were running endlessly in his body, and by now, they had improved a lot.
He calculated in his mind that although he had obtained the Fantasy Sea Spirit Fruit and the weapon that had killed thousands of people, he still lacked the following items: the Scales of the Transformed Snake, the Three-Colored Wonderful Chi Grass, the Three Things: the Heart of the Mother Killer, and the Blood of the Immortal Child.
Xiaoyan has asked the owner of Hongqiu to keep an eye out for the Snake's Reverse Scales, the Three-Colored Wonderful Chi Grass, and the Chemazhi. Although it depends on luck, it is better.