Lord of Earth Fiend

Chapter 125
The young attendant didn't realize that he was being followed, he walked all the way, came to a wine shop, went in, and handed over the calligraphy he bought to an old man in his sixties.

The old man was dressed outside, with a round face, very kind.

His blood is mediocre, and he is just an ordinary person.

Chen Jin, who was watching from the side, couldn't help wondering: Is it really the collector's work?
But if that's the case, why bother?

He wanted to keep watching, but suddenly he heard the sound of "Zhizhi", thought "No", and hurriedly took two steps forward.

The next moment, the follower suddenly noticed that there was someone more in his line of sight.

It was surprising that this person appeared out of thin air.

He quickly rubbed his eyes, fearing that his eyes might be dazzled.

Chen Jin's invisibility was broken, but he didn't panic. He took a few steps forward calmly, found an empty seat and sat down, and called, "Little Er, serve the wine."

"Come on!"

The waiter in the store has been busy, so he didn't notice the situation here. He thought that Chen Jin was a customer who had just entered the door, so he hurried over to say hello: "My lord, what do you want to eat?"

Chen Jin was not in the mood to eat, but since he sat down, he had to put on a show, so he ordered four or five kinds of vegetables and a jug of wine.

The young attendant couldn't help but looked at him frequently, but he couldn't see anything. In the end, it was just his eyes dazzled. After all, the wine shop was very noisy with people coming and going.

Chen Jin sat down, and specially chose a good angle to observe the animal that made the "cheeping" sound.

It was a monkey.

There are two monkeys in total, one big and one small, and it is the small one that makes the sound.

These two monkeys climbed on the shoulders of a middle-aged man, with their eyes wide open, they watched the situation in the wine shop curiously.

After watching the monkey, Chen Jin went to see the person, and found that the other person was not unusual, he looked like a monkey.

As the temple fair was approaching, the traffic on Confucian Temple Street increased sharply, and many strangers came, including all kinds of buskers who ran around the rivers and lakes.

Street performers, juggling around, all kinds of routines.Either swallowing pills and spitting fire, or smashing boulders in the chest, if you can cut off your head and dismember your limbs, it is considered a relatively high-level performance.

Gu Leyou once said that in fact, these performing arts methods more or less have the shadow of earth magic, such as: swallowing pills, breathing flames, beheading, etc.

In the past, it was one of the 72 spells, with extremely powerful power.

It's a pity that it has been passed down to the present, and after several changes, the essence of supernatural powers has been lost, leaving only fancy performances to fool some common people.

Those who play snakes and monkeys, they take another way, relying entirely on raising and training animals.

The monkey-player who came into the wine shop had a sad face, because he brought two monkeys with him, he was even stopped by the waiter of the shop, but the shop owner was afraid that the monkeys would hurt people and cause some trouble.

The monkey joker talked and talked, so he entered the shop, sat in the corner, bought a jug of wine, and poured out two bowls of wine, but he didn't drink it himself, but gave it to the monkey.

Seeing this, the waiter hurried over and shouted, "What are you doing? Wine is for people to drink, how can you feed it to animals?"

The monkey joker hurriedly said, "I use the bowl I brought."

"That's not okay. If you want to feed the monkey, please go outside and feed it in the store. Other customers will feel sick when they see it."

He spoke loudly, which immediately aroused the little monkey's viciousness, grinning its teeth, ready to pounce.

The shop clerk was startled, and quickly backed away, saying, "Look, this little beast is about to bite, take it out quickly."

The monkey tricker had no choice but to go out with the wine and the monkey.

Chen Jin's attention was all on the little monkey, and he didn't even bother to keep an eye on the calligraphy buyer.

Anyway, no matter who the other party is, I will definitely buy it again; and such a spiritual monkey, once missed, it is very difficult to meet again.

Then he went out, and saw the monkey man beating the little monkey with a bamboo whip. While beating, he scolded: "You can't learn how to fight, but you will be fierce when you see people. I told you to be fierce!"

"Clap clap clap!"

The little monkey was beaten so painfully that it squeaked and tried to dodge, but it was tied with an iron chain and couldn't escape no matter what.

Chen Jin stepped forward: "Why do you want to vent your anger on the monkey?"

The monkey man looked up at him: "It's none of your business, I'm just disciplining this beast."

Chen Jin said: "I think this monkey is quite pitiful, are you willing to sell it?"

The monkey joker was taken aback: "You want to buy my monkey?"

"Yes."

"Why did you buy it? Let me tell you, this little bastard has a big temper. If I don't pay attention, I will be scratched by it."

Chen Jin replied: "Buy it and raise it. If you can't raise it, you can send it to the wild."

The monkey player rolled his eyes. Although he looked at Chen Jin's plain clothes and didn't look like he came from a wealthy family, he had a simple and elegant temperament. He should be a scholar. That's why he said "release life" and asked: "You How much can I give?"

"Two taels of silver, not a penny more."

Chen Jin directly stated his price tag. He had never done any related business, and he didn't know how much such a monkey would be worth.

"Okay, pay the money with one hand, and pay the monkey with the other."

The monkey joker readily agreed. This little monkey was stubborn and difficult to tame. Now someone took over and sold it off.

After negotiating the price, the transaction was completed smoothly.

The monkey joker was afraid that he would go back on his word, so he hurriedly led the big monkey away.

At the same time, Chen Jin was in the same mood.Although he didn't know how much an ordinary monkey was worth, the current one was definitely not something that could be spent with two taels of silver.

How could such a monkey, which could break Chen Jin's invisibility with a sound, be an ordinary species?
It must be a different species of spirit monkey.

Strange to say, when the monkey was held by Chen Jin, it suddenly became calm, and it was no longer so irritable and vicious.

When Chen Jin brought the monkey back to the Sanwei Study, Chu Xiucai was stunned when he saw it, and subconsciously asked, "My lord, is this monkey?"

"I saw it on the street and thought it was cute, so I bought it and raised it."

"cute?"

Chu Xiucai felt that his brain was not enough. In the level he came into contact with, some people kept dogs and some people kept cats, but he rarely heard of people keeping monkeys, except for jugglers on the street.

But this is the young master's private matter, personal preference, it's not his turn to question it.

"Squeak!"

The monkey suddenly grinned at Xiaoqian who was approaching, and yelled loudly, as if warning.

Chen Jin was not angry but happy. The monkey's performance proved its extraordinary ability to keenly capture the sinister aura on Xiaoqian's body.

Xiaoqian also has a keen sense of touch, and looked at the monkey curiously: "Master, this monkey seems extraordinary."

"Hehe, if it was an ordinary monkey, I wouldn't spend money to buy it back."

"Then it is your spiritual pet?"

Before, she regarded the fish monster Hanhan as the young master's spiritual pet, but Chen Jin denied it.

This time, Chen Jin no longer denied it: "Yes."

Xiaoqian asked again: "Does it have a name?"

Chen Jin thought for a while: "Let's call him 'Little Saint'."

"Little Saint?"

Xiaoqian was curious about this name, and after thinking about it, she was named by the son, and she also had the word "small", Xiaoqian, Xiaosheng...

She couldn't help but pursed her lips, she was human, how could she be of the same generation as a monkey?

I heard Chen Jin explain: "The great monster is called a 'sage', so he has the title of 'great sage'. But this monkey can't bear it, so it is called 'little sage'."

Xiaoqian asked, "You mean it's a monster monkey?"

Chen Jin hastily said: "No, it is at most a strange species of spirit monkey, which is different from a demon."

Chu Xiucai could not help but be dumbfounded when he heard it nearby. He belonged to both a monster monkey and a spirit monkey, so the question arises: Who is Chen Jin?

The more I got in touch with him, the more I felt that Chen Jin was mysterious and unpredictable.

Chu Xiucai, who is cowardly by nature, was even a little worried: Will he be silenced one day because he knows too much?
This "little sage" can really imitate. Apart from not being able to open his mouth to speak, he has learned many other daily gestures and movements so vividly that they are no different from real people: walking on two feet, beckoning, bowing and bowing, somersaulting, etc.

It must have been trained by the monkey juggernaut. Only by mastering the unique skills can he win the house and get rewards from the audience.

However, these routines of entertaining people are useless to Chen Jin, and he is not a monkey.

He bought Xiaosheng back because he had other considerations.

In your own store, you can take a closer look.

Xiaosheng was also well-behaved, allowing Chen Jin to tease him.

With its size, it is obviously in the early stage of development, so many characteristics have not yet grown up, and it looks like an ordinary gray-haired monkey.

Chen Jin simply untied the iron chain.

Once free, Xiaosheng immediately jumped and climbed, and finally sat on the roof beam.

Xiaoqian asked worriedly: "My lord, will it escape?"

"Maybe will."

"Then you still untie the chain?"

Chen Jin said with a smile: "If it runs away, it means that it doesn't want to recognize me as the master. If that's the case, why force it?"

Xiaoqian: "..."

I always feel that the logic of the son's words is wrong. Of course, spiritual pets have to be domesticated for a period of time.
However, Xiaosheng squatted quietly on the roof beam and did not escape.

At dusk, the study was about to close.

Chen Jin shouted: "Little Saint, let's go, go home."

"Squeak!"

Xiaosheng yelled, jumped down, and followed Chen Jin.

Seeing this, Xiaoqian couldn't help admiring her young master's methods.In fact, it is not correct to say "means" here, because Chen Jin has never used any means at all.

So, the monkey is also attracted by his temperament?
The spring wind turns into rain, moistens things silently, and the enlightenment of the Confucian Temple is generally focused on the details.It's not only useful for humans, it's also useful for other creatures.

The sage said: There is no distinction between teaching and learning.

There was an extra monkey by his side. When Hanhan appeared while fishing at night, he and Xiaosheng looked at each other with big eyes and small eyes. They were both frightened, and it took a while to calm down.

Later, Hanhan even presented Xiaosheng with a big carp as a treasure.

However, Xiaosheng fiddled with his paw twice, but ran away in disgust.

Although monkeys are omnivores, they do not seem to eat fish.

After hiring Chu Xiucai as a clerk, Chen Jin simply gave him the key of the study for safekeeping, and was responsible for getting up early every day to open the door.

In this case, Chen Jin and Xiaoqian would not have to rush to the study every day.

As he learned so many things, Chen Jin felt more and more time-strapped, as if there was not enough time: Shouqiu Tuna method, "Yongzi Eight Swords", light body skills, earth escape and finger transformation, etc.

Every exercise requires persistent hard work in order to maintain the state and make progress.

But people's daily time is fixed, twelve o'clock, thirteen o'clock cannot be changed.

How to allocate time reasonably becomes a problem.

Up to now, reading and writing have been added, which is also a time-consuming and energy-consuming task.

Therefore, after realizing that "Boundless Wind, Moon and Xiao Xiao Xia" occupies a very low weight in "Li Yan Pian", Chen Jin consciously did not want to continue writing.

When writing and copying official documents, especially those who copy long works, the more time goes by, the more troublesome you will be.

After all, he couldn't directly copy and paste, relying entirely on the description from memory, it seemed difficult.

When you can't get a matching income, it's better to swing your knife out of the palace as soon as possible, cut this piece, and spend your time and energy elsewhere.

Gu Leyou said at the beginning: Don't be greedy for too much, Chen Jin must concentrate on swordsmanship, practice to the extreme, and be able to break through ten thousand spells with one sword.

This is a commonplace truth.

It's just that Chen Jin has a Confucian temple in charge, so he chose another reason.

The world is so big, and there are so many situations, there is no one reason, the most important thing is to see whether it is suitable or not.

After mastering many kinds of earthshade, Chen Jin felt that the path he took was not wrong.

At the very least, every technique played a key role at a specific moment.

Therefore, for him, as long as he clearly distinguishes the priorities and arranges the time for practice, there will be no problem.

For example, today, it is only natural for the Occasional Spirit Monkey to spend part of his time on Xiaosheng and discover its special effects.

The next day, while having breakfast, Xiaoqian specially bought Xiaosheng's favorite bananas and the like.

However, Xiao Sheng always resisted the sinister aura on her body and refused to approach her.

After filling their stomachs, Chen Jin and the others started to go to the study, and the sun had already risen.

As soon as he entered the store, Chu Xiucai immediately greeted him: "My lord, is there a new work by this Taoist today?"

Seeing his excited expression, Chen Jin asked, "Is someone asking questions again?"

"From the opening of the door to the present, in just an hour, several groups of people have come to buy calligraphy. Some people even offered to increase the price to two taels, and even gave me the money as a deposit. Of course, I Don’t dare to take it casually.”

Speaking of this situation, Chu Xiucai couldn't help but beam with joy. Although the best-selling words were not his own, he was honored.

The development of the matter was really unexpected. I thought that with the procrastination of endless wind and moon, the study would return to deserted and become half-dead. Unexpectedly, calligraphy became popular again, and there was an endless stream of people asking for and buying calligraphy. Absolutely, I even heard that imitations have appeared on the market.

Chen Jin pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked: "Chu Xiucai, do you think this is normal?"

Chu Xiucai was stunned for a moment, and it took a while to realize: "Young master, no matter whether he is normal or not, it will never be a fake if his writing is easy to sell."

Chen Jin said: "Go out and inquire, and find out what's going on?"

"it is good."

　In the past two days, there seem to be more book friends who voted for recommended monthly tickets. Is this normal?Why does the author feel insecure?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)