Taoist Master of Fantasy World

Chapter 11 Rewards
The huge procession stopped at the door of Xu's house.

The car curtain opened, and a middle-aged man with a slightly stout figure and dark official uniform walked out.

The middle-aged man is wearing an official uniform with the word "Jin" embroidered on his chest, but with a deerskin scarf on his head, a folding fan in his left hand, and a jade in his right palm, he shows his unassuming demeanor.

After getting off the car, a scribe with a double mustache and a jade pendant embroidered on his chest was following behind the car. He quickly stepped forward and stood beside him.

Just as the scribe was about to speak, the middle-aged man shook his folding fan.

He personally stood in front of the gate of Xu Mansion and said loudly: "Is this Xu Zhenyun's home in Yuhuafang?"

The tone was very polite, but the tone was strong and resounded throughout the courtyard of the Xu family.

A moment later, uncle Xu Wenguang, his third uncle Xu Changling, fourth uncle Xu Xingguo and others came out to greet him.

The scribe immediately introduced him: "This is the county magistrate."

Xu Wenguang and others looked serious, bowed and said: "Your Excellency, you are polite."

In today's system, when ordinary people meet officials, although there are two distinctions between ordinary people and officials and people, they only perform two rituals: bowing and bowing.

Of course, the system is one thing, and the reality is another.With the dual authority of the monks and the official positions of the Great Promotion, in most cases ordinary people still walk on thin ice with trepidation when meeting officials.

In particular, Shendu has 24 counties under its jurisdiction. Although it is called a county, its authority is actually equivalent to that of a county governor from other places.

However, everyone in the Xu family had already met such a big shot as the Supervisor of the Divine Capital, and they were fully aware of the purpose of the county magistrate's arrival, so they naturally responded calmly.

The middle-aged man took in everything in sight, and with a higher level of appreciation in his heart, he smiled and said: "My surname is Li, just call me County Magistrate Li."

Xu Wenguang didn't even dare.

County Magistrate Li waved his hand, looked inside the door, and said, "Where is your nephew Xu Zhenyun, the hero who made a great contribution yesterday?"

Xu Zhenyun walked out of the door at the right time, raised his hand and bowed: "Your Majesty, the county magistrate is polite."

He glanced at the driver and confirmed that Liang Hongbo was not among them.

Magistrate Li and Xu Zhenyun looked at each other, their slightly strange expressions flashed away, and they smiled and said, "What a talented person."

Magistrate Li took out a piece of paper from his sleeve and handed it to the scribe beside him.

After the scribe opened it, he read aloud: "Zhenyun, the strong man of the Xu clan, with the eighth level of physical skills, single-handedly killed the demon cultivator. His talent is unparalleled and his courage is commendable. This is a feat that has not been seen in the Jin Dynasty for decades. ... As usual, a special reward of 5000 taels of silver, three pieces of yellow-leaf paper, and a plaque with the message 'Brave and Super-Strong' will be awarded."

After the reading, Magistrate Li took a green bamboo tube from behind and handed it to Xu Zhenyun personally.

What was in the bamboo tube was naturally 5000 taels of silver notes and three yellow leaf notes.

Xu Zhenyun took it with both hands and put it into his sleeves naturally.

In fact, he wanted to open the bamboo tube directly and appreciate what the large bank notes looked like; but thinking that it was not polite, he suppressed his restless heart.

Magistrate Li smiled and nodded, and then gently clapped his right palm with his folding fan.

The four powerful men behind him immediately came forward carrying the plaque.

When the red curtain is opened, four powerful purple-backed gold characters of "Brave and Perseverance" are revealed.

In the lower right corner of the large characters are five small characters - "Gift from Nanyang County Department".

Later, more people came forward, setting up bamboo ladders, and divided into two teams on the left and right.It turns out that Nanyang County not only delivered the plaque to the door, but also took care of the installation work.

The moment the plaque was placed in front of the main entrance, applause and cheers suddenly came from the crowd of spectators gathered outside.

"Good good..."

"awesome……"

"You can kill demons at the eighth level of physical skills. It's really amazing..."

"This is the only one in the Four Squares who has embarked on the path of 'Taoism'. I have already said that Xu Zhenyun will have a great future..."

It was sparse at first, but soon it was like a wave, becoming more and more enthusiastic.

Xu Zhenyun suddenly looked up and saw that it was a spontaneous action by his neighbors.

More than ten feet away, there was a woman in her 30s, Jing Chai in a sarong, looking at him with a smile.

Next to her was a girl of twelve or thirteen years old, with three or four patches on her plain cloth shirt, her little hands were red from clapping her hands, and her eyes seemed to be twinkling with stars.

To the west was an old man with empty sleeves on his left arm. He couldn't applaud, so he tapped the brick wall with the hand held in his right hand.

On the outside of the team, a middle-aged man with a farmer's appearance wearing short-sleeved shirts and straight skirts grinned and gave a thumbs up.

Xu Changling took two steps forward and whispered in Xu Zhenyun's ear: "Aunt Li from Fangnan, in the bloody moon five years ago, her husband and six-year-old son died at the hands of the demon clan. The one next to her was her daughter, and now the two depend on each other. ."

"Zhang Qi across the street was attacked by monsters during the Bloody Moon eight years ago. He luckily escaped with his life, but lost an arm."

"Ma Laosi, despite his old appearance, he is actually only 38 years old. Two years ago in the Bloody Moon, his wife died after being attacked by demons, and he aged 20 years overnight."

……

Xu Zhenyun looked around and suddenly felt a little lost.

He is not a hypocritical person, and he will accept the honor and praise he deserves.In ancient times, Wu Erlang killed tigers, and now Xu Erlang slays demons. It sounds like he is more powerful... But this time the demon cultivator came for him, and he responded completely passively, so he couldn't talk about "serving the people" Get rid of harm".

Xu Zhenyun felt at ease with the official reward system, but he felt a little undeserved by the enthusiasm of his neighbors.

But this seemingly substantial emotional projection still gave Xu Zhenyun a kind of intoxicating pleasure——

In just half a day, from the "three evils of the Xu family", to my sister Xu Qingshuang, to the neighbors in front of me; and to Ran Chuchu, who I have never really met, but has been lingering in my memory...

These fervent and sincere emotions rushed to his face, and they were like "anchors", strengthening the connection between Xu Zhenyun and the world at an extremely fast speed.

The dream in the bathroom just now seemed to tip the scales back a bit, arousing his longing for his past life, his parents, and his desire to go back; but the vast sound in front of him once again firmly locked Xu Zhenyun and this world.

Deep in my heart, there was a loud voice echoing:
Can not go back.

I am Xu Zhenyun, Xu Zhenyun from Xinyuan Continent!

……

After the ceremony was completed, County Magistrate Li, as expected, chose to pay a visit and talk to Xu Zhenyun alone.

In the inner room, the guests and hosts were seated. Xu Zhenyun took out the white porcelain cup used for entertaining guests and personally served Magistrate Li the latest Qibao almond tea.

County Magistrate Li picked up the teacup and took a sip, nodded slightly in approval, then laughed and said: "Xu Zhenyun, do you still recognize me?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Magistrate Li's appearance obviously did not change at all, but his personal temperament underwent a very strange change; a contrast was immediately formed - it was better to not change his face than to change his face!

In a daze, Xu Zhenyun almost subconsciously thought that Magistrate Li was going to turn into a monster!?
But when he looked closely at the person in front of him, Xu Zhenyun said in shock: "Li..."

In the Baishi Martial Arts School, there was a physical arts practitioner of the same age as Xu Zhenyun named Li Changshou.

This person's rank promotion progress is similar to that of Xu Zhenyun, but his combat power is inferior.

Li Changshou's father, who was a bamboo craftsman, cared very much about his son. He would go to the martial arts academy every now and then to watch the battles. He would shout cheers and cheers when no one was around, and everyone would look at him with foam at his mouth.

But every time Li Changshou competed in actual combat, he was reduced to a sandbag and beaten into a pig's head by Xu Zhenyun, which made Mr. Li regretful.

In Xu Zhenyun's sight, Magistrate Li and Father Li, two people with completely different temperaments, subtly overlapped.

Magistrate Li sighed: "What a good boy, you beat my son so badly."

Xu Zhenyun no longer had any doubts and said with a smile: "Then Master Ling needs to work harder and strive for revenge in the future."

County Magistrate Li shook his head and said: "No chance... Eighth-level demon-slaying cultivator, specially recommended to join the Tao... Your boy has a great chance. Your combat power a month ago will never reach this level."

With two simple sentences, the distance between the two parties quickly disappeared.

Magistrate Li's way of dealing with people is not much inferior to Liang Hongbo's.

Just from the fact that the Shenlong envoy personally conveyed the order to award Xu Zhenyun a reward, and to conduct the "special selection" assessment and take care of him at the same time, it is not difficult to see that Xu Zhenyun has a bright future and is completely worthy of his surrender.

However, County Magistrate Li handled it softly and skillfully. Although he borrowed from old acquaintances, he cut it skillfully and did not appear deliberate.

A few words can bring the relationship closer without losing the identity.

Xu Zhenyun was very interested in Magistrate Li's dual identity and said with a smile: "I didn't expect Magistrate Li to be elegant enough to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger."

Magistrate Li shook his head and said: "It's not elegant. This is the true meaning of 'being in the same world as the world'. The life of a Taoist is originally divided into two, one is the 'Tao karma part' and the other is the 'worldly part'. Two identities Not interfering with each other, it’s like being divided in two.”

"For example, your father Xu Fengzhi is also a Taoist. However, his relatives and close friends are completely unaware of any high-level positions he holds in the Great Jin Immortal Dynasty."

"It won't take long for you to understand all the mysteries and the so-called 'full concealment' and 'half concealment' principles when you become a Taoist."

Xu Zhenyun thought about it and kept it in mind.

County Magistrate Li added: "I think you know it well. Mr. Li is here under the entrustment of Master Shenlongshi. Please wait patiently, Master Shenlongshi will be here soon."

"At that time, he will personally remind you to take part in the assessment."

As soon as he finished speaking, a majestic voice followed him: "It's not 'immediately', Liang is already here!"

A gust of wind blew in from the door, and suddenly three colors of light and shadow converged and condensed in the room. A figure flickered gently, and after a few seconds it condensed into reality. It was Liang Hongbo.

Magistrate Li quickly stood up to pay his respects.

Xu Zhenyun also cupped his hands and said: "Master Shenlongshi..."

Liang Hongbo waved his hand casually and smiled boldly and enthusiastically: "Can't wait, can you? Don't worry, the matter of participating in the additional assessment has been taken care of. After you pass the additional assessment immediately, you will be a monk."

"Ha, aren't you happy?"

Xu Zhenyun was stunned and asked doubtfully: "Immediately? I'm going to pack my bags right now and go with Master Shenlong?"

I remember that in the conversation between Liang Hongbo and the girl inspector last night, his additional assessment was an existence called "Star Ruins Secret Realm".

Liang Hongbo shook his head slowly, with a smile that was both proud and cunning: "Otherwise. Your additional assessment will be here and now!"

"This is also a benefit Liang specially strives for for you. Firstly, it can buy you half an hour to an hour more, so that you can avoid the fatigue of traveling and traveling, so you can prepare for war with peace of mind; secondly, it also saves you some unnecessary trouble."

(End of this chapter)