And said you're not a fairy

Chapter 116
After wandering around Qingmu Town, Chen Yuan discovered that the entire Qingmu Town was built along the Lujiang River.

The entire town is not large, with only about two to three thousand people.

Although there is a wharf, the main function of the wharf is to replenish the passenger ships and cargo ships traveling on the river, not for loading and unloading.

After all, Linjiang County is not a big county, nor is it located in an important waterway.

There are not many inns in the town, and there are only five in total.

And these five inns are not big.

After asking, Chen Yuan knew that the inn was already full.

"It's over, we're going to sleep on the street tonight."

After Chen Yuan came out of the last inn and returned without success again, Xue Niang, who was listening to the movement outside, stretched out a mouse's head from the bag behind Chen Yuan and said.

Seeing that the night was coming, Chen Yuan couldn't help feeling a little worried.

Could it be that they are really going to sleep on the street tonight?

"There is another way, we can go to a friend's house to spend the night."

Chen Yuan stopped suddenly, turned his head and said to Xueniang who showed her head behind her.

"Do you have any friends in this town?"

Xue Niang was a little surprised.

"There are none in the town, but there are in the river."

Chen Yuan looked at the vast river that could be vaguely seen from the gaps between the houses in the small town.

This small town is indeed an unfamiliar place.

But he has acquaintances in the river.

The Goddess of Lujiang River Zhijin is his good friend, if he goes there, she might entertain him well, let alone find a place to stay for him.

"Let's go to the river."

Chen Yuan made a decision.

Anyway, he had planned to go to the middle of the Lujiang River to visit the Brocade Empress.

Now is the right time to take advantage of this opportunity.

"Xue Niang remembered, Chen Yuan, the friend you mentioned was the pretty river god who visited you a few times before, right?"

Xueniang, who had a mouse's head sticking out of her back bag, also guessed who Chen Yuan was talking about as a friend.

"is her."

Chen Yuan nodded.

While speaking, he turned around, walked through the narrow and crowded streets of the town, and walked out of the town.

"It's good to spend the night at that lady's house. She has such a good relationship with you. If we go to her cave as guests, she will not only provide a place to live, but will definitely entertain us well."

Xue Niang said happily when she heard this.

She has self-knowledge. As a mouse demon, she sees city gods, river gods, and land gods on weekdays. These land gods are like a mouse seeing a cat.

Who let her have a powerful Taoist priest by her side?
These gods are all friends of this Taoist priest.

Chen Yuan ignored Xueniang, and walked out of the town wrapped in the night.

Walking out of the small town, it was only thirty feet away. On the left and right sides, there were knee-high weeds growing on the left and right sides. It was less than a foot wide, just big enough for one person to pass through, and walked to the riverside alone.

In the twilight, nearly ten local fishing boats from the small town were docked on this riverside. There were fishermen in common clothes and their wives on the fishing boats, looking through the debris stuck to the fishing nets, and cleaning up today's catch. There are five boys and girls aged seven or eight who are playing by the river, waiting for their adults to finish their work and go home together.

The fishermen by the river also noticed Chen Yuan, the young Taoist who came down from the trail.

But after only taking a look at it, he continued to work on the things in his hands.

After all, it was getting dark soon, and they hadn't finished their work yet, so they had to speed up, and they had no time to care about others.

Chen Yuan has been walking downstream along the river. After walking about a hundred feet, he was already far away from the fishermen. Seeing that there was no one around, he walked directly to the sparkling river.

Strangely, as soon as his feet touched the river, the river water on the left and right parted towards his body.

It was as if there was an invisible force around his body that separated the river from the river.

In this way, Chen Yuan walked towards the broad river step by step, without rushing or slowing down.

It didn't take long before it disappeared on the vast river.

This is exactly the water-dividing technique that Chen Yuan learned from Taoist Tong'er when he was in Fuhu Temple before, when he asked him for advice.

……

at this time.

This scene!
It happened to be seen by two girls and boys playing by the river.

"There are gods!"

"Look, everyone, that Taoist priest just now is a god, and he separated the river water!"

They pointed at the place where Chen Yuan disappeared on the river, and shouted excitedly.

They shouted happily, making the other three playmates look in the direction they pointed, only to see a string of white ripples and splashes on the river surface where night was about to fall.

"There are no gods, you two are lying, it's obviously just the splash of the big fish."

"That's right, you two are dazzled."

"It's just the water bubbles caused by the big fish rolling. It's not like you haven't seen it before."

Their companions did not believe.

"I really didn't lie to you. We saw with our own eyes that the Taoist priest walked towards the river step by step, and the water in the river avoided him."

"That's right, I saw it too, and I can testify for him."

The boys and girls who saw the picture of Chen Yuan entering the river just now explained.

But the few playmates who didn't see this scene just didn't believe it, no matter how they explained it, it was useless.

"How can there be so many gods in the world?"

"That's right, how could the gods appear here, just to be seen by you dolls!"

"Qin San, Jiang Hong, you sons and daughters, I'm afraid you misunderstood."

The fishermen who were busy on the boat also heard the voices of the children arguing next to them, and some fishermen spoke.

There were also fishermen who spoke to the parents of the girl and boy.

"It must have been a mistake."

"I'm afraid the children are dazzled."

The fathers of the boy and the girl also spoke successively after hearing what the fishermen said.

While talking, the adults continued to be busy with their work.

They didn't take what the child said seriously.

When boys and girls saw their playmates next to them, adults and parents didn't believe in themselves, and they were so anxious that they wanted to cry for a while.

……

After entering the Lujiang River.

Chen Yuan soon came to the bottom of the river.

After Chen Yuan learned how to divide water before, Chen Yuan knew that the real function of water diversion technique is not to divide the water in a tank or basin, but to divide the water in rivers and rivers for water avoidance.

The bottom of the Lujiang River in this section is wide, and it is a strangely shaped riverbed formed by different shapes of stubborn rocks and impacted by the water.

And not long after Chen Yuan arrived at the bottom of the river, there were nearly ten crab demons wearing crab shells, crab claws holding weapons, crab bodies and human heads, who were patrolling the river, came from not far away.

"The brocade empress's little demon, patrolling the river and commanding the iron crab to meet the Taoist priest."

Among them, the leading crab demon was stunned when he saw Chen Yuan at the bottom of the river. He walked up to Chen Yuan and saluted Chen Yuan respectfully.

"You recognize me?"

Chen Yuan was a little surprised.

"Of course I know Daoist Priest. The little demon was one of the crab demons who were in charge of guarding on my mother's birthday a few months ago."

This crab demon explained.

"I don't know what the Taoist priest is doing in Lujiang, but he is here to visit my mother?"

The Krab leader asked.

"That's right, Pindao came here this time to visit your mother."

Chen Yuan nodded.

"Then let me lead the Taoist priest to the Heshen Cave Mansion to find my mother."

The leader of the crab monster named Iron Crab proposed after hearing the words.

"It won't be troublesome, and it will delay your time and tasks, right?"

Chen Yuan is not very embarrassed.

"No trouble."

But Iron Crab volunteered and said very earnestly.

"The Taoist priest is the honored guest of the empress, the Taoist priest came to visit the empress, and the little demon, as the empress's subordinate, should naturally lead the way for the Taoist priest."

"Besides, patrolling the river is just a routine matter. Let Xiaoyao's subordinates go first, and it won't be too late to continue patrolling the river after Xiaoyao helps the Taoist leader lead the way back."

Iron Crab continued.

"Then trouble the commander."

Seeing what the leader of the crab monster named Iron Crab said, Chen Yuan agreed.

"You continue to patrol the river, and this commander will lead the Taoist priest to see your empress."

The crab demon commanded the iron crab and gave orders to his subordinates.

"As ordered."

The subordinates of the crab demon leader Iron Crab agreed, and nearly ten crab demons continued to patrol downstream.

Seeing his subordinates leave and continue to search for the river, the crab demon leader Iron Crab turned around and said to Chen Yuan:

"Daoist, please follow the little demon."

Under the leadership of the crab demon leader, Chen Yuan went with him to the upper reaches of the Lujiang River.

One crab and one person moved very fast in the water. They walked hundreds of miles in half an hour, and a huge white river sand area appeared in front of them.

In the middle of the river sand area, a six-foot-tall cave mansion that was formed by washing out the reefs at the bottom of the river and then remodeled suddenly appeared in front of us.

It is the River God Cave Mansion of the Brocade Empress.

"Ma'am, look who's coming."

The leader of the crab demon, Iron Crab, led Chen Yuan all the way to the front of the cave, shouting at the top of his voice.

Without shouting a few times, a clam demon with a pair of clam shells on its back, wearing a long white dress, and as beautiful as a woman in the world, came out of the cave.

"Iron Crab, haven't you been patrolling the river? What's your name outside?"

The clam demon asked the crab demon to lead the iron crab.

"Miss Lingdie, hurry up and report to your empress that there are distinguished guests coming. I was also on the way to patrol the river. I just happened to find the Taoist priest who entered the river, so I handed over the task of patrolling the river to my subordinates and brought the Taoist priest back."

Iron Crab looked at the clam monster walking out of the cave, knew the identity of the clam monster, and was one of the empress's personal maids, so he didn't dare to neglect the slightest, and explained to the clam monster why he came back to the cave.

And this clam demon named Lingdie, after hearing Iron Crab's explanation, saw standing next to Iron Crab, wearing a pure black Taoist robe with a Taoist bun, a handsome young Taoist with a dusty temperament , the expression on the beautiful face suddenly changed slightly.

On the day of my mother's birthday, she also waited on her, so she naturally knew that this Taoist priest had an extraordinary background, not to mention that he was a disciple of an immortal.

He also has a very good personal relationship with his own empress, who has gone out several times to visit this young Taoist priest.

The last time was ten days ago, my mother went out again.

It's just that it's different from the smile on the corners of his face and mouth when he came back a few times before. When he came back after going out this time, his face was unhappy, and he didn't seem to be in a good mood.

After careful questioning, they found out that the good friend of the empress had left the place where they used to live, and the place was vacant.

Before the empress was angry with the other party and left, she didn't say hello to her in advance and tell her where she was going.

Unexpectedly, today the Taoist came to the door by himself.

"Waiting for the Taoist priest, I will go in and report to the empress."

Then the clam monster named Lingdie immediately said to Chen Yuan.

She called two ordinary clam demon maids, arranged two tables, served tea, and hurried into the cave to report.

"The Taoist priest will wait here for a while, the little demon's task is completed, and he will continue to patrol the river."

After bringing Chen Yuan to the Heshen Cave Mansion, Iron Crab, the leader of the Crab Demon, also felt that his task was completed, so he said goodbye to Chen Yuan.

"I'm sorry to trouble you, go and get busy."

Chen Yuan sat at the table arranged by the clam demon maid just now, and said to the crab demon leader Iron Crab.

Not long after Iron Crab, the leader of the Crab Demon, left, a maidservant of the Crab Demon brought tea to Chen Yuan.

Chen Yuan didn't have to wait too long, amidst the pleasant sound of emerald jade hitting.

One is wearing a light blue palace dress, with outstanding figure, curvaceous curves, and a ring around the waist of a willow that can't be grasped. The blue silk is like a waterfall, and the long black hair is decorated with exquisite jade hair accessories. It is beautiful and has curved eyelashes. Wan, especially a pair of clear and flawless eyes, as beautiful as the world's cleanest pearls, a woman who makes people feel ashamed, walked out of the cave.

It is the brocade empress, the God of the Lujiang River.

"My lady, I haven't seen you for a while."

Seeing the brocade empress coming out of the cave, Chen Yuan stood up and bowed to the brocade empress.

When the weaving lady saw Chen Yuan sitting at the table outside the cave, she walked to another table next to Chen Yuan and sat down. Looking at Chen Yuan next to her, there was a gleam of joy in her brows, but she seemed to think of something , the joy instantly subsided, and there was no clue on the outside.

"I haven't seen you for a while. I went to the yard where Fellow Daoist lives. We went to Jinjin once later. I just heard from the neighbors who live around Fellow Daoist that Fellow Daoist has left."

The brocade empress said calmly.

"Because of eliminating demons several times, Pindao has accumulated some reputation in Pingliang County. Every day, people come to visit. Pindao is unbearably disturbed. He feels that it is no longer a place for pure cultivation, so he temporarily leaves there and prepares to travel to Dayong. .”

Chen Yuan explained to Empress Weaver.

"Why didn't fellow Taoist tell us about this matter?"

The Brocade Empress asked Chen Yuan.

"I originally wanted to tell the empress, but I didn't go along the way. Pindao passed through Linjiang County and planned to take a boat by water to Jianghuai, the capital city of Chuzhou. I came to visit the empress right away."

Chen Yuan said truthfully.

"Really?"

Empress Zhijin didn't quite believe it.

"of course."

Chen Yuan's face remained unchanged.

Although the reason why he came to visit was because the inn in the small town on the shore was full, he couldn't tell the real reason.

If the real reason is revealed, it may affect the friendship between him and Empress Zhijin.

"Since Fellow Daoist is going to travel in the clouds, there is no need to rush back. You can stay in the Zhijin Cave Mansion for a few more days before leaving."

The Brocade Empress said to Chen Yuan.

"The reason why fellow daoist is staying is because in seven days, fellow daoist Nanshi will prepare a banquet to celebrate his breakthrough in cultivation. Fellow daoist will stay in Zhijin Cave Mansion for a few days, and then go back to the banquet with Zhijin , it won’t be too late to go to Jianghuai again, this is a great joy, fellow Taoists will not stop going, right?”

Before Chen Yuan could speak, Empress Zhijin explained.

"Fellow Daoist Nanshi broke through?"

Chen Yuan was a little surprised when he heard this.

As far as he knew, Nanshi Mountain God's cultivation was originally in the state of cultivating the gods, but he had not cultivated to perfection, so he could not start the cultivation of the inner scene.

Now Nanshi Mountain God has made a breakthrough, that is to say, Nanshi Mountain God has completed the cultivation of the state of spiritual cultivation, and his cultivation is already in the inner scene!

Moreover, it is not as simple as an ordinary realm breakthrough to start the cultivation of the inner scene after the cultivation base is complete.

The state of spiritual cultivation also belongs to the state of internal cultivation, but the state of internal scene belongs to the state of life.

The gap between small realms is not that big, but the gap between big realms can be described as a natural moat.

The gap between the internal cultivation environment and the life environment is also one heaven and one underground.

The God of Nanshi Mountain successfully broke through and reached the state of spiritual cultivation, which can be said to have reached the sky in one step.

"That's right, the news that just came in just broke through a few days ago."

The Brocade Empress nodded and said.

"Since Fellow Daoist Nanshi's cultivation has broken through, it's really gratifying. Pindao will stay in the empress's cave for a few days, and then go to the banquet with the empress. I just hope that the empress won't bother you."

Chen Yuan agreed.

"Then it's settled."

Seeing that Chen Yuan was persuaded, the brocade empress said happily.

　ps: There are some things in the past two days, they are all in the form of an update, and they will be resumed immediately after the work is done, but the author's update is a big chapter of [-] words.

　　
　
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