Tome of Troubled Times

Chapter 338: The final leg of the Kunlun journey

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Now it has become very easy to find Ye Wuzong.

Although he no longer sells wontons, he still has disciples in the Yu Kun Gang, such as the little Taoist disciple Tian Lingzi.

When the Book of Chaos announced the death of Tian Lingzi, the Yu Kun Gang was in chaos just like the Jinqian Gang, but in the end Tian Lingzi's apprentice took over the leadership of the gang, and the goods of the Yu Kun Gang were not bought by anyone for small amounts and remained intact.

No matter what, everyone knows that he still has the reputation of the Dao Men behind him. It is not impossible for Ye Wuzong to support his disciple when he is in a good mood. God knows how this old man's mood changes

So Zhao Changhe took Xia Chichi and went directly to the Yukun Gang, and said with a smile: "Are the gourds we ordered still available?"

The young Taoist priest was so frightened that he ran away to find his master.

When Ye Wuzong arrived at the Yukun Gang, he saw the young couple leaning over to look at the gourd, turning it over and over happily. It was obvious that they both liked it very much.

Ye Wuzong was speechless: "Are you two so happy because you won the sword pill or because you saw the gourd?"

"Gourd." The couple said in unison: "This is our original intention in finding Tian Lingzi. Who knew we would get so off topic that we almost forgot the main thing."

A mere broken gourd is the real deal, right? Ye Wuzong was simply at a loss whether to laugh or cry. This was what it meant to buy the casket and return the pearl.

But this is exactly why he likes this young couple. He has been pursuing profit all his life, and his mood has begun to change in his old age. He is really tired of seeing too many profit-seeking people around him. Such love is rare... especially in Kunlun.

In fact, Ye Wuzong had no idea what the relationship between Sisi and Zhao Changhe was. He deliberately talked about Sisi with Xia Chichi. Besides being angry, he also wanted to provoke trouble. He wanted to see if they would turn against each other easily.

As it turned out, there was no obstacle.

Ye Wuzong didn't know that the two of them didn't have time to talk about Sisi. The quarrel over the "female fire expert who entered the secret realm with Zhao Changhe" had just stopped. Xia Chichi had completely forgotten who Sisi was...

Although he liked the young couple in his heart, he would not show it on his face. He still said with a straight face: "The sword pill is not the original intention, it is just an accidental gain, right? Then give it to me?"

Zhao Changhe stood up, bowed deeply to the ground, and said, "I have been so slow to lead you away before, and you did not make things difficult for me. I am very grateful. Just for this matter, if you really need the sword pill, I am willing to give it to you."

Xia Chichi's face flushed, and she secretly watched Zhao Changhe's performance and pouted.

Ye Wuzong was a little surprised, twisting his beard and said, "You are really willing to give it to me, then you don't want to practice the flying sword of this little girl?"

Zhao Changhe said: "As I said just now, this is an unexpected gain, not something that we had to obtain. Now that we have a direction, we can definitely try to make another similar one."

"Forget it." Ye Wuzong laughed and said, "I now suspect that you are manipulating my words to make it difficult for me to step down."

Zhao Changhe said seriously: "I don't mean that. How can material possessions be as important as a hair of Chi Chi?"

The more he pushed back, the more bored Ye Wuzong felt: "This thing is useless to me. The value of the collection is not as interesting as the experience of wanting to steal it but failing to steal it this time. I have already got what I want. It's pointless to keep talking about it."

Then he took out the black jade token and threw it to Zhao Changhe: "This is the bet, and it is what you deserve. As for the Poison Sutra, if the Four Symbols Sect wants to copy it, they can send someone to copy it. If there is nothing else, I will leave. I don't have time to watch you two little kids being affectionate."

"Wait a minute, Senior." Xia Chichi said, "I talked to you about the sect cooperation before, and you thought there was no room for cooperation at the sect level. But after thinking about it, I think there is room for cooperation."

"Oh?" Ye Wuzong laughed and said, "Tell me about it."

"I was thinking that, in addition to the fact that your mind was already out of this world, there must be some other reasons for Senior's retreat to Kunlun... After all, Senior still has his disciples working in the Central Plains."

Ye Wuzong said: "Of course, are all the members of my thieves sect hiding in a corner of Kunlun to steal things? How many things can they steal?"

"You are like me, who only seeks the pleasure of the theft process and does not care about the profits. Most disciples do not have such a state. They need to make a profit, which means they need a channel to sell the stolen goods. My Four Symbols Sect can provide relevant cooperation."

Ye Wuzong smiled and said, "We don't have many followers. We can just sell the goods easily. We don't need a huge channel. But since you mentioned it, it's quite interesting. Some things are really hard to deal with... What do you want to gain by selling the stolen goods for us? It's not for the dividends?"

"We can establish a close relationship with the Daomen, this is what we get." Xia Chichi smiled slightly: "As the predecessor said, some things focus on the process itself."

Ye Wuzong laughed: "You two are here today just to flatter me... Okay, it's settled. To put it bluntly, my disciples need the Four Symbols Sect's channel, and I won't be ungrateful." Zhao Changhe couldn't help but said: "Senior's understanding and reasoning makes it difficult for me to associate you with the evil heresy that people talk about."

Ye Wuzong glanced at him sideways: "When you were hugging the Four Symbols Saint and chewing on her, did you ever think that she was also what people call an evil demon?"

Zhao Changhe: “…”

Xia Chichi: “…”

"As for the evil ways, the key is 'Tao'. People with different Tao cannot work together. It has nothing to do with personal temperament." Ye Wuzong picked up the teacup and blew on the tea foam. "Also, I am not reasonable to everyone. You seem to have some misunderstanding."

Zhuque, who was eavesdropping from a distance, finally nodded. Ye Wuzong's performance completely overturned her perception of the title of "Thief Saint". Do you two know how cruel this old man was in his early years? In the end, he acted like a kind old grandfather here. It was really magical.

Zhao Changhe remembered that the old man in the stone house was actually very evil and cold... He was so nice to the young couple, and it seemed that it was somewhat related to the affection they showed in front of the wonton stall. His favorability was pretty good at the start.

All we can say is that there is a connection between people.

He thought for a moment and asked, "Senior, why are you taking refuge in Kunlun? Is it convenient..."

"What?" Ye Wuzong said with a smile: "If I have offended a strong man from the Central Plains and am hiding in Kunlun, do you still want to help me set up a feud?"

Zhao Changhe said seriously: "It's not impossible to give it a try."

Ye Wuzong said calmly: "Kunlun is very suitable for an evil heretic like me, because no matter who I steal or kill here, it won't be inappropriate."

Zhao Changhe looked a little strange. So what you meant was that you felt psychologically burdened for stealing from an honest man in Central Plains

Are you really old

Seeing his expression, Ye Wuzong knew that he had misunderstood, and shook his head and said, "We are not some chivalrous thieves who rob the rich and give to the poor... But do you know what the first commandment of the thieves is?"

Zhao Changhe said: "I would like to hear the details."

"Avoid greed. You can pursue profits, but you must not be greedy. Whether it is insatiable greed or itching to get something, it is the biggest enemy of the thief and the first commandment. Because greed will cloud your reason and make wrong judgments, or touch the enemy you cannot afford to offend, or fall into a trap because of greed, or miss the opportunity to escape because of greed... In the end, everything will be in vain."

Zhao Changhe and Xia Chichi looked at each other and both found it interesting. They originally thought that the thieves were the greediest people, but unexpectedly, greed was their primary commandment. Then Ye Wuzong's behavior when they met was even more reasonable.

"The reason why I'm hiding in Kunlun is because I found that if I continue to stay in Middle-earth, I will be unable to resist the urge to touch someone I absolutely shouldn't touch." Ye Wuzong sipped his tea leisurely: "I don't believe his appearance of weakness, but I must admit that the more he behaves like this, the more itchy my hands become... It's better to chop off my hands. Until I'm sure I can steal from him without dying, I'll confine myself to Kunlun."

The young couple knew who he was talking about.

You don't think that stealing a country is also stealing, which is not in line with the way of thieves... Are you attracted to something on Xia Longyuan

"How about it? Can you help me with this feud?" Ye Wuzong said with a half-smile, "After I steal him, can you stop him? That's right, if there is one person in the world who can stop him, it might really be you."

Zhao Changhe coughed twice. The person who could really stop him is right next to him, Chi Chi is the real target. Of course, Xia Longyuan might not really care about Chi Chi, and Ye Wuzong doesn't really want you to help stop Xia Longyuan, but just joking.

There was no point in talking about this, Zhao Changhe could only say: "If it's him, there's nothing anyone can do."

"That's it. When I get to Kunlun, I can touch whoever I want. It's so comfortable." Ye Wuzong smacked his lips and sighed, "I found out when I got to Kunlun that the old man probably has some strange things in his hands... Can this world be better? Can people live a good life..."

It should be a heavenly book.

Ye Wuzong may not know about the Heavenly Book, but the Thief Saint’s keen sense of treasures should have made him vaguely aware of the existence of this kind of book... He knew that Xia Longyuan had it, and Yuxu Zhenren also had it...

It's a bit strange. If the Heavenly Book is in the hands of Jade Xu Zhenren, it's impossible for me to get it. What's the point of a blind man guiding me here? Is he trying to die

"Then..." Zhao Changhe asked carefully, "Senior, do you know why Master Yuxu created this Kunlun evil land?"

Ye Wuzong did not answer, but looked at him with a smile: "You are looking for me today, is it really Yuxu?"

Zhao Changhe did not hide it: "I do want to pay a visit to Jade Void Master."

Ye Wuzong didn't care: "In that case, just ask him directly. I can pass a message for you... As for whether he will meet you or not, I don't know. I also don't know whether he will kill you if he meets you. Old Niubizi has a weirder temper than me. If you don't care about life or death, just give it a try."

(End of this chapter)