When Du Shuo came out with his luggage, Chen Yang had just come back from dealing with the matter of the little infant spirit. As soon as they met, Du Shuo took him out of the hostel with his arm around him, while holding the luggage with his other hand.
After Zhang Qiudao dealt with the issues of He Tianna and Long Daogang, he relaxed and played two games. When he looked up, he saw Du Shuo and Chen Yang. So he asked, "Brother Chen, Du Ju, are you leaving?"
Chen Yang: "Let's go live in the house with the courtyard we had before, and have some fun in Q City. Do you want to join us?"
Zhang Qiudao shook his head: "I'm living well in the hostel." The most important thing is that he doesn't want to see Du Shuo and Chen Yang showing off their love in front of him.
Chen Yang did not show off his affection for Du Shuo. Instead, he advised, "There are two Three Caves Five Thunder Heavenly Masters and two Five Thunder Heavenly Masters over there. They can help you gain the Five Thunders. Why don't you go?"
Zhang Qiudao caught a glimpse of Chen Yang and Du Shuo holding hands tightly together, and shook his head firmly: "No."
Chen Yang: "Okay. Then you stay here alone and handle the later procedures for He Tianna and Gao Tianliang."
"No problem. By the way, Mao Xiaoli said she's going to take the test soon. I hope you can go back before she does."
"Do you need me to go back and cheer her up?" Chen Yang thought of Mao Xiaoli, the lively and youthful girl who always called him brother. Her relatives were not around, so it was normal for her to need someone to cheer her up for such an important matter as promotion.
"No." Zhang Qiu said, "Mao Xiaoli just wants to take the test with you to become a Heavenly Master. If you fail, her psychological gap will not be too big."
Chen Yang: “…”
Without saying anything, he took Du Shuo away. There was nothing worth staying with for this group of disappointing colleagues. Du Shuo brushed Chen Yang's hair and said, "Your hair is a little long. Go get it cut."
Chen Yang: "Okay. I haven't had my hair cut in two months. Are you going too?"
"No."
Chen Yang nodded and did not dissuade him. He had never seen Du Shuo cut his hair, and the length of his hair seemed to have always remained the same, perhaps because the growth of the ghost had stopped.
Du Shuo's lips curled slightly: "You don't need to prepare for the promotion to Heavenly Master?"
"No need. I'm ready." Chen Yang waved his hand and said, "Just grant me the Alliance Prestige Scroll, Rank 4. Suppressing Mao Xiaoli's Rank 5, let's see if she dares to find balance with me!"
Du Shuo's eyes were deep: "Everything will be alright from now on?"
"Something." Chen Yang took out his carefully prepared travel guide: "I've prepared everything. Three days is enough to see all the attractions."
"Just a quick tour."
"Just take a look." Chen Yang didn't feel ashamed to just take a quick look: "The key is to eat. You like spicy food, believe me, this is your paradise."
Du Shuo nodded: "I understand."
Chen Yang was focused on the travel guide and didn't notice what Du Shuo was thinking when he answered. If you listen carefully to Du Shuo's tone, he definitely doesn't want to travel and just wants to pack up and go back to the branch, even if he goes back for the assessment.
Back at the quaint old house, the three temple masters and Kou Xuanling were all back, sitting on stone chairs in the courtyard, chatting and laughing around a stone table. Turning around and seeing the two of them, they greeted them. Chen Yang and Du Shuo walked over and sat down as well.
Meng Fu poured each of them a cup of strong tea, and then said: "The follow-up matters of the ceremony are handed over to the person in charge of the Taoist Association in Q City, and the gate of hell at Longdaogang is also closed. There will be no more accidental deaths in the future, but the negative energy and resentment will not dissipate in the next two years. It is not easy for pedestrians to get sick if they don't go there. We have explained the situation to the local police station."
Chen Yang stared at the strong tea in front of him. He heard that strong tea is very bitter. He glanced at Du Shuo, who took a sip from the teacup and seemed quite satisfied. Du Shuo loved tea, so if he was satisfied, it meant that the tea was very bitter.
"Daoyou Chen?"
Chen Yang suddenly came back to his senses and said, "Just call me Chen Yang."
Meng Fu smiled and said, "During the Longdaogang incident, thanks to you and Taoist Zhang Xiao's timely discovery, the country's fortune was saved from damage."
Chen Yang waved his hands quickly: "It is mainly thanks to the three temple masters and the heavenly masters who worked together to liberate the wronged souls of Longdaogang and close the gates of hell." He did not mention any of their contributions, let alone the fact that he stopped the Rakshasa woman and saved Meng Fu.
First, Chen Yang felt that he was at best a mouthpiece in this incident. He was just a bystander throughout the whole process and did not even attend the ritual for the salvation of the dead. Second, he did not mention saving Meng Fu because it was not easy to save the souls of lonely ghosts. It was not only laborious, but also required the gods to attend the ritual. Otherwise, it would not be his turn to stop the Rakshasa woman from saving Meng Fu. I am afraid that Meng Fu and Yi Wei could deal with the Rakshasa woman together.
Meng Fu: "I have written down everything and reported it to the Religious Association. They will evaluate your merits based on what you have done. With your level of cultivation, it is more than enough to be promoted to the Five Thunder Scroll. However, there are strict rules for the promotion of Heavenly Masters, and they cannot make too many exceptions. You have never received a scroll before, so you should have received one first and then been promoted. This time you have been promoted as an exception. However, you can only be promoted to the fourth level of the League Prestige Scroll, and you do not need to be tested for the Capital Merit Scroll."
In other words, Chen Yang directly skipped the promotion examination for the sixth and seventh grade Heavenly Masters of the Dugong Lu, and was able to directly take the examination for the Mengwei Lu, and then be evaluated as the fifth or fourth grade depending on the situation.
Chen Yang's eyes lit up after he was spared from reciting the Dugong Sutra: "Chen Yang thanks Abbot Meng."
Meng Fu nodded, feeling quite relieved. It was a rare opportunity for the Heavenly Masters to have another successor of the Way of Seeing Ghosts. He said, "Study hard for the sutras that need to be tested. If you need us to test you, we can also test you."
Chen Yang thanked the other party and said, "I'd better wait until we get back to the branch office to take the test again."
Meng Fu said no more, picked up the teacup and motioned Chen Yang to drink the tea. Chen Yang glanced at Du Shuo again, but the latter was unmoved. He could only pick up the teacup and drink a sip. Although the strong tea was sweet and fragrant, the bitter taste at the beginning almost made Chen Yang frown.
Putting down the teacup, his left hand was covered by Du Shuo's big hand. Chen Yang was stunned for a moment, and before he could react, Du Shuo's hand left. And in his palm, there was a peeled candy.
Chen Yang secretly stuffed the candy into his mouth, like a little squirrel stealing food, with a smile on his face.
Meng Fu and Yi Wei stood up and said, "Let's go back to our room and get some sleep. We are old and can't stay up late." Suri also stood up, thinking that his skin would get worse if he stayed up late, so he had to go back and moisturize his skin.
So the three of them left together, and at this time only Chen Yang, Du Shuo and Kou Xuanling were left there.
Kou Xuanling said: "Master Cao has been found."
"Caught?"
"No. What we found was his body, buried in a coffin under Longdao Hill. The reason why the Rakshasa woman was born early was because Master Cao killed someone when we were not paying attention, and filled the eight coffins with the body and blood. But he was also killed by the evil spirits and died in the coffin, becoming the eighth corpse-suppressing coffin."
Chen Yang: “It’s due.”
Kou Xuanling hesitated for a long time and asked, "In your branch... are you really the one who cooks?"
Chen Yang was silent for a while, then answered, "Yes." His expression was frank and sincere, without any pretense.
Kou Xuanling nodded, thinking. "I'll go back to my room to worship the ancestor first, I'll leave first." After saying that, he left in a hurry, as if the ancestor was missing a stick of incense from him.
Watching Kou Xuanling leave, Chen Yang chuckled: "Brother Du, you are going to lose a subordinate, and my branch office will have to recruit new subordinates."
Du Shuo pinched Chen Yang's neck and pulled him back to the room. He closed the door and put down the suitcase. He cast a silencing spell and Chen Yang did not leave the room all day. The next day at noon, he was pulled up to bask in the sun, and he leaned on Du Shuo's shoulder, unable to open his eyelids.
Du Shuo chuckled: "Didn't you say you wanted to travel?"
Chen Yang didn't even have the strength to bite Du Shuo, because he made a fuss too late yesterday. In the end, he was pushed too hard, and scolded Du Shuo with tears in his eyes, thinking that he was quite vicious. Although after scolding, Du Shuo became more excited and bullied him even more. He slept until noon today, and if Du Shuo hadn't pulled him up, he could have slept for another afternoon.
She turned away, not speaking to Du Shuo, and buried her face in his shoulder, closing her eyes and resting.
At this time, they were in an inn in the ancient town. There were many ancient towns in Q City, and the ancient town at the moment was a national 4A-level tourist destination. Although it was not the peak tourist season, the streets were still crowded with people.
The streets of the ancient town were lined with ancient buildings and paved with bluestone. Chen Yang and his friends were on the second floor of the inn, and looking down, they could take in the entire street.
"Not talking anymore?"
Chen Yang said sullenly: "How can you bully me?"
"It's not bullying. I just care about you and love you." Du Shuo bit Chen Yang's ear.
Chen Yang: "I want to travel and eat local delicacies."
"Aren't we touring the scenery of Q City?" Du Shuo picked up the noodles and handed them to Chen Yang: "Q City specialty noodles."
Chen Yang: "It's not spicy at all, and you still call it a specialty?"
Du Shuo said righteously: "Be good, eat spicy food in two days."
"I want to go back to the branch office for the assessment." He said this in a sullen tone, biting into the noodles as if to vent his anger. After chewing a few times, he found that the noodles were chewy and refreshing, and tasted good. So he slurped a few more times, but still didn't want to move. He ordered Du Shuo like a paralyzed person: "I want some soup."
"Drink it." Du Shuo fed him soup: "Don't you want to continue to stay in Q City to travel, and don't you want to try all the delicacies in Q City?"
"No. I just want to be promoted to Heavenly Master now."
"Okay." Du Shuo was quite regretful. He felt that his little wife was becoming more and more adorable. Especially in bed, when she was pushed too hard, she cursed softly with a crying tone. It was really adorable. "After the assessment, let's go traveling."
Chen Yang was alert: "I don't want it anymore."
Du Shuo chuckled: "I won't tease you this time, I'm really going on a trip."
"real?"
"Yes. If you pass the test and are successfully promoted to Heavenly Master, we will go on a trip and not bother you."
"You'll accompany me?"
"With you."
Chen Yang laughed immediately, drank the soup in big gulps, then buried his face in Jin Shuo's shoulder and rolled around, laughing for a while. "The Mid-Autumn Festival is getting closer, and you are getting busier and busier. It's not good for you to accompany me."
"Wherever you travel, I will apply for management of the area you travel to. I can still accompany you."
"Brother Du, you are the best."
Du Shuo's lips curled up, his eyes full of smiles. His Yangyang was really cute. He was obviously sulking, but he was happy for a while because he said he would travel with him. He forgave all the bad things he had done and became the best person in his heart.
Kou Xuanling looked up at the two people at the second-floor window and called out to Zhang Qiu, "Are those Du Ju and Chen Yang?"
Zhang Qiudao raised his head, looked for a second and sighed, "Director Du and Director Chen have a really good relationship, as close as brothers." After saying that, he stared straight at Kou Xuanling, "As close as brothers, right?"
Kou Xuanling was confused for a moment, not understanding why Zhang Qiudao emphasized "as close as brothers". He said: "I think it's OK, not as close as brothers, but just a good friendship."
After he finished speaking, he found that Zhang Qiudao looked at him with a strange look, a little sighing. He didn't know that kind of look was called: "There is a steely straight man in the universe, everyone come and see."
"Let's go up and say hello to the Duju and the others."
"No."
"Then I'll go up by myself."
"Oh, you want to see an angry Duju?"
Kou Xuanling was silent for a few seconds, then took back his foot and followed Zhang Qiudao out. He tried to explain to him, "Du Ju is my idol, and I admire him very much. There is no one like him in the world of celestial masters, who became a celestial master at such a young age, and he is still very mysterious. He is my idol and my goal, and I am in awe of him."
"Okay. I know you're not a wimp."
"I'm glad you understand."
When Zhang Qiudao was leaving the street, he glanced in the direction of Chen Yang and said silently in his heart: This is all I can help with, let’s just enjoy our world together.
Zhang Qiudao felt that he had hidden his merits and fame.
Chen Yang and Du Shuo really stayed in the ancient town for three full days, although they did not leave the ancient town during those three days. They spent one and a half days in bed, and the special foods they ate were not spicy.
Apart from that, life is generally happy.
He Tianna and Gao Tianliang were still in the ancient town taking pictures. Chen Yang left a box of talismans that Mao Xiaoli had delivered to them, and reminded them of some precautions for offering sacrifices to the little baby spirit.
The two of them kept the instructions in mind and sent them to the airport. When they were boarding the plane, Zhang Qiudao and Chen Yang's mobile phones received messages about the money arriving. They looked at each other and laughed.
This time they generously bought first-class tickets and enjoyed first-class service. Kou Xuanling was also traveling with them. As for Du Shuo, he did not go with them.
Zhang Qiu said, "Duiju is not together?"
Chen Yang casually replied: "He is busy. He often disappears."
They arrived in the capital in the afternoon, and after parting with Kou Xuanling, they returned to the branch. When Mao Xiaoli saw the two of them, she rushed to Chen Yang with tears in her eyes: "Brother Chen, you are back?"
"What, what happened?" Chen Yang asked while looking at Ma Shanfeng who was leisurely drinking tea and watching the show.
Ma Shanfeng took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Xiao Li passed all the assessments except the written test."
"Assessment so soon?"
Mao Xiaoli nodded heavily, recalling what happened the day before, with a dazed and sad look on her face: "It was too sudden. I was caught off guard and I wasn't prepared for anything. If I were given two more days, I would definitely be able to pass the Mengwei Scroll. I have memorized the Scriptures of the Mengwei Scroll... I'm almost there, as long as I'm given two more days, I will definitely be able to memorize it all."
Ma Shanfeng exposed her: "She stayed up late to watch anime the day before the exam. I heard it was a new anime."
Mao Xiaoli was angry: "That's because the people from the Taoist Association came too suddenly! They actually came early."
"Oh, that's because Master Meng specifically ordered you to be assessed first." Zhang Qiudao emphasized: "Special care."
Mao Xiaoli was shocked: "Master Meng... is this for my father's sake?" She shook her head in despair: "I'm not a backdoor person, can I protest?"
Chen Yang was helpless: "Didn't I tell you to review well before I left? You also promised me, how come you can't do it if I raid you in advance?"
Mao Xiaoli said, "Isn't that... too sudden?"
Chen Yang sighed: "So it's impossible to pass now?"
"No. The Taoist Association said it was a preliminary test and gave me another chance. Once Brother Chen completes the assessment except the written test, we can take the written test together."
Chen Yang: "I was able to take the written test directly because of the recommendation and guarantee of Abbot Meng, Abbot Yi, and Abbot Su." After that, he patted Mao Xiaoli on the shoulder and said, "Come on, we can't take the written test together."
Mao Xiaoli opened her mouth and looked at Zhang Qiudao, who nodded: "Take care."
Chen Yang also said: "If I pass the written test this time, I will invite everyone to travel to Shen City. Master Su also said that he would receive us." Before Mao Xiaoli jumped up, he said: "Xiaoli can't go if she doesn't pass the exam."
Mao Xiaoli was listless for a moment, but became full of energy and high morale the next: "I will go to review now, Brother Chen, please save a seat for me." After that, she ran to study the scriptures with high spirits.
The three people present laughed, and Ma Shanfeng waved his hand and said, "I won't go. The bureau can't be without anyone."
Chen Yang: "I can apply for leave from the General Administration. At worst, I can take an order from Shen City and we can go together."
"I'm old, and running around is too tiring. You guys go ahead, I'll just stay in the bureau and plant some flowers and raise some fish."
Seeing this, they did not force it.
Ma Shanfeng returned to his office holding the teacup, stood at the window for a while, and laughed unconsciously.
The branch office started to get lively, which made the old man more energetic.
Chen Yang had a strong learning ability and memory. As long as he had the key points marked by Dushuo and understood the meaning, it was not difficult for him to memorize them. Therefore, he passed the written test easily, and the results came out on the same day, indicating that he had been promoted to the fourth-grade Heavenly Master of Mengweilu.
However, they still need to report to the religious association, record the list in the file, and then issue the certificate. The next step is the promotion ceremony. Although the promotion ceremony of each sect is different, they are not much different. There are generally two promotion ceremonies for sects, one is Zhengyi Dao and the other is Quanzhen Dao. In addition to the ordination, Quanzhen Dao also has to confer precepts.
Since the Heavenly Master of Zhengyi Dao is not a monk, he can still marry, have children and eat meat. However, the Heavenly Master of Quanzhen Dao cannot marry, have children and only eat vegetarian food. Therefore, in addition to receiving the dharma, he also needs to receive the precepts.
These promotion ceremonies are complicated and troublesome. Moreover, Chen Yang does not have his own Taoist temple or sect, nor does he have a master. So promotion is a problem. Fortunately, Meng Fu heard about this and volunteered to hold the promotion ceremony for Chen Yang.
Because he is the head of the Fire God Temple, and the Fire God Temple is in the imperial capital. Generally speaking, it is relatively simple, but the promotion needs to be done at a certain time. On the other hand, Su Li, the abbot of Ziyang Palace in Shen City, heard about this and also said that if they came to Shen City for tourism, they could decide to promote him.
Chen Yang expressed his gratitude and finally chose Meng Fu to hold the promotion ceremony for him. Because the time of selection happened to be after they returned from their trip, they chose the Fire God Temple.
Mao Xiaoli was stimulated by Chen Yang, and she also wanted to travel, so she worked hard to memorize and understand the sutras in the remaining days. She was naturally intelligent, and she really understood all the sutras in a few days. Chen Yang and others wanted to test her, and she answered them all very well.
So everyone felt relieved to let her take the written test, and the result was naturally a happy one for everyone.
After returning, Chen Yang specially prepared a table of dishes to celebrate, and Ma Shanfeng also generously took out his own collection of wine to celebrate. When they were about to have dinner, Kou Xuanling knocked on the door, and after having a meal, he slept in the branch office and stayed there for two days.
When he heard that they were going on a trip, he shamelessly asked Chen Yang to include him in the trip.
Chen Yang refused: "You are not a member of our branch."
"Why not?" Kou Xuanling took out a transfer order with the official seal of the General Administration on it. He said happily, "I applied to be transferred to the branch office."
Chen Yang was mentally prepared, but he still felt happy. On the contrary, Mao Xiaoli and the others were full of disbelief.
Mao Xiaoli: "There are actually people willing to transfer to our branch office where our parents didn't support us. Is this really a transportation route?"
Chen Yang covered his face, how could he expose his shortcomings so well
However, since Kou Xuanling had transferred to the branch, everyone naturally welcomed him. As the first third-grade Five Thunder Heavenly Master in the branch, it would be difficult for him to be rejected when receiving orders in the future.
When everyone expressed their welcome, Kou Xuanling turned to look at Chen Yang: "Would you like to cook?"
Chen Yang: "...get off."
As the director, in order to retain capable subordinates and to make money to support her husband who has no concept of money and spends a lot of money, she has to cook.
After dinner, everyone gathered in the yard to enjoy the cool air. There were fruits on the table, and everyone chatted casually. Except for Mao Xiaoli who was always startled, everything else was fine.
"ah!"
Kou Xuanling asked her in a good-tempered manner: "What are you looking at?"
"Live broadcast." Mao Xiaoli answered without raising her head.
"What live broadcast?"
"The recent popular live broadcast of the exploration of No. 444 Ye's House."
Everyone present was confused and looked at Mao Xiaoli. Mao Xiaoli's phone suddenly went black, and she shouted in frustration: "Why is the screen black here again? I want to see what is in the house!"
Chen Yang: "Are you playing games? Horror games?"
"No." Mao Xiaoli shook her head. "It's a live broadcast game. At the beginning, a netizen live broadcasted the exploration of No. 444 Ye's House. At the critical moment, the screen suddenly went black and screams were heard. After that, there was no news about the person who live broadcasted it. Someone called the Internet police and said it was haunted. The rumor was rampant. Later, there was news that the netizen who explored at the beginning went crazy and shouted "ghost, there is a ghost" and so on. Later, many young people followed suit. It was very strange that when entering the stairs of No. 444 Ye's House, the screen would suddenly go black. Sometimes there was sound, sometimes not. Although the people who went there later were fine, the rumor that No. 444 Ye's House was weird and scary also spread, and many people went to explore live. It was quite popular."
"No. 444, Ye's House? Where is it?"
"Shen City." Mao Xiaoli's eyes suddenly lit up: "Brother Chen, let's go play too."
“You must respect ghosts and gods.”
"Brother Chen, I guess there are just some ghosts scaring people at No. 444 of the Ye Family Residence, but no one has died so far. It's okay. Besides, we are heavenly masters. When we go there, we can help the lonely ghosts to be reincarnated."
Chen Yang: "If you want to go, go by yourself."
"No problem. As long as Brother Chen has no objection."
Chen Yang shook his head with a smile on his face.
"By the way, Brother Chen, is your girlfriend going with you?"
"He's waiting for me in Shen City."
"Wow, that's great!" Mao Xiaoli said with a smile, "It's so lively with so many people traveling together."
The little girl is lively and active, and she likes to be in a lively environment. Therefore, she is looking forward to this trip.
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