Please call me Huanxian

Chapter 355: Don’t Let Him Live Too Comfortably

Above Fucai Ridge, two figures, a man and a woman, slowly floated down. The woman was slender and beautiful, with lively eyes that revealed an innate heroic spirit. She greeted the silver insect that flew up and shook its head and tail to greet it.

"Xue Li, I brought you some ice marrow stone that you like to eat. Come on."

With a slight wave of her white wrist, three sparkling gems sparkling with light blue light were thrown towards the smiling insect.

The woman rubbed her cold forehead, which had been brought close to the snow grains that had swallowed the ice marrow stone, and asked with a smile, "Has Taoist Master Xu returned?"

She also threw different gifts to the old yellow dog wagging its tail on the ground, the big colorful spider, and the squatting golden toad. Every time she came, she never forgot to bring some food and toys, and was very popular with Xueli and the others.

The man had a slightly wheat-colored skin and a reserved and steady smile. He was Zeng Shanlang, who had broken through after years of seclusion. He clasped his fists towards Xu Shengtian who was walking out of the yard next to him and said, "Greetings to my senior brother."

Xu Shengtian grinned and said, "Good, good, congratulations to you, Junior Brother, for finally achieving your goal after all the hard work you have endured."

He returned the greeting to the woman who had saluted him: "Yi Yi, come inside and sit down. Is your master okay?"

He extended his hand and invited the two of them into the courtyard.

Meng Yiyi replied: "Master said that I will leave the dark world in two years and practice in seclusion."

She looked towards the other side of the courtyard and asked in a low voice, "Big Brother, Taoist Master Xu is still in the Passage Fortress and hasn't returned yet? Is Mr. Mu here?"

The master wanted to complete her and Shanlang's marriage before going into seclusion, but she couldn't say that.

Xu Shengtian arranged the spiritual fruits and served wine to the guests. As a senior alcoholic, there was no tea in his residence. He smiled and said, "You are a few days late. Three uncles and a senior walked out of the dark world five days ago and went to Dingzhou to travel. Before three uncles left, they specially asked about it and learned that junior brother was in seclusion. Mr. Mu left the dark world a few years ago. I wonder where he went?"

Zeng Shanlang was a little surprised. He was promoted to the fifth level of physical cultivation half a year ago. He wanted to consolidate his cultivation before coming out to give his master and ancestors a surprise. This time he deliberately brought Meng Yiyi with him, but he didn't expect that his master and ancestors were all out.

It is hard to say when Master will transform into a mortal.

Xu Shengtian has to maintain his dignity as the eldest senior brother and will not joke around in front of Meng Yiyi.

He knew the disappointment of the two people very well, and took out a bag from his sleeve, saying: "Third Uncle has made arrangements in advance. I will negotiate with Old Tang about your marriage. All the betrothal gifts are in my hands, and I will take care of it properly."

Uncle San and Master Kou were writing in the fortress. They had honed their illusion minds for many years and had broken through the barriers. They could no longer stop their steps to become mortals.

Not knowing how long it would take Zeng Shanlang to come out of seclusion, he made such instructions.

Xu Shengtian handed the bag to the person on the other side and said, "Mr. Mu prepared a protective inner armor, a golden palm set, and a fifth-level sword for you in advance. In addition, there are pills for you and Yi Yi, and there are letters from your uncle and Mr. Mu in it."

Zeng Shanlang took the bag, but did not open the letter immediately. He communicated with Meng Yiyi and said, "Thank you for your concern, Senior Brother. We will go back and discuss with our elders and make a decision later."

Meng Yiyi's face turned slightly red as she sat sideways and scratched the snow particles on the ground.

Half an hour later, the two said goodbye and left.

Xu Shengtian watched the two figures disappear into the horizon. There were still two years before the Dark Realm gate was closed. In addition to the resources given away before the decisive battle, all the fifth- and sixth-level materials earned and discovered by the three mines were emptied by his uncle in several batches.

He also couldn't guess where his uncle had used the massive amount of resources.

To advance to the sixth floor, you shouldn't need so many things, right?
Three days later, Tang Yijian flew from Baoshi City and told Xu Shengtian that Zeng Shanlang and Meng Yiyi's marriage would be postponed.

……

About a year later, various forces in the Dark World gradually withdrew their monks. Half a year before the Dark World closed, it was empty with almost no one to be seen. Outside each entrance, elite teams were on high alert.

A young man in a green robe walked with his hands behind his back in the gray sky and lingered among the mountains.

Until one day, a blood-red light rose from the sky, illuminating the earth in a creepy, miserable red color.

"This is what we call 'having accomplished one's mission and retiring after one's work is done'."

The boy's face and body were all red, and he disappeared on the hilltop muttering to himself.

The vortex of light at the entrance of the passage was rapidly surging, and as it was shrinking inward, the young man suddenly stepped out of it, with a trail of glittering light trailing behind him, and waved at Meng Shanhe, Wen Yining and others who were staring at him in shock.

With another step forward, countless phantoms disappeared in the sky, just as suddenly as they appeared.

It did not disturb the large and small formations that were arranged in layers here.

"Senior Ye...

Meng Shanhe called out, but received no response.

He secretly sighed at the unfathomable strength of Senior Ye, who was able to move freely in the encirclement of tens of thousands of monks.

When the light at the entrance of the passage completely disappeared into the sky, the crowd burst into thunderous cheers. The century-long disaster was over in one day, and they would benefit from it for the rest of their lives.

A hundred miles away, a young man in a green robe witnessed the lively scene, a smile appeared on his face, and he chanted: "Without the skin, there are only 206 bones; with clothes, there are 18,000 appearances. I have no appearance, but I have all kinds of appearances..."

Turn around and walk east.

He walked neither fast nor slow, from the mountains into the vast desert.

Groups of monks, eager to return home, passed by overhead, and no one noticed the leisurely young man below.

Traveling through mountains and rivers, under the stars and the moon, leisurely.

The young man passed through Shanyang State and then entered the Xiyu Dynasty. The journey took more than 30,000 miles and nearly half a year. After searching for a long time, he finally arrived at the "Tushan Town" deep in the mountains.

The route he took was all along the footsteps left by Xu Yuanchang during his travels the years before.

Found the "Xishui Temple" 20 miles south of the town, the young man saw the old Xu Yuanchang, who was dressed in a blue Taoist robe and had a weather-beaten face. He had gray hair and beard, but his back was still straight. His eyes seemed to see through the vicissitudes of life, hiding a confusion and exploration that was inconsistent with his old age.

"Old Taoist priest, have mercy!"

"Blessings are immeasurable!"

Old Xu Yuanchang returned the greeting with a fist clasped, his voice as loud as a bell, looking up and down at the young Taoist priest who was as clean and handsome as a girl. It was a desolate mountain and wilderness, not very peaceful, so how could such a handsome young man appear here?
The young man could tell the origins of the people in the dilapidated Taoist temple at a glance, and asked, "Excuse me, old Taoist priest, is Taoist priest Hao, the abbot of Xishui Temple, okay?"

Xu Yuanchang guessed that the boy was a wandering Taoist priest from another Taoist temple. He had been here with his master before. He said, "Master Hao passed away in the winter of the year before last. I am now the presiding officer of Xishui Temple. Would you like to hang up a sign or burn incense?"

It was after he registered that he took over the position of abbot of Xishui Temple, because several other Taoists who became monks later in life were not familiar with the scriptures and did not have official certificates, so they could not register as the masters of Taoist temples on earth.

The young man followed the old Taoist priest into the shabby main hall, burned incense, drank tea, walked around the small mountain top, looked at the vegetable garden and crops, and walked down the mountain alone without saying goodbye.

"To close off one's spiritual senses and use the body as a barrier, and then seek to break through the 'body barrier' by entering the mortal world, is to follow the stupid path of 'dripping water wears away a stone'."

The young man saw through Xu Yuanchang's plan. Different from walking the streets or roaming around in the lower levels of the mortal world, that guy chose to practice cultivation and self-cultivation, a plain and long life where the torture and hardships would not be enough.

But it also fits the guy's cautious nature deep in his heart. The young man suddenly glanced at the high mountain cliffs more than ten miles away in the east, and a wicked smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

The next moment, the young man appeared in a closed, dark cave halfway up the mountain. He coughed, startling a delicate woman in a colorful dress with a garland on her head in the quiet room opposite.

The woman was frightened, a colorful ring appeared in her hand, thick yellow mist surged from her body, and she disappeared into the rocks.

"It's you!"

The woman "saw clearly" that the uninvited guest who suddenly broke into her cave was the thief who made her homeless. She did not reveal herself, but shouted angrily: "Ye Changmeng, you have to compensate me for Qingli Mountain and Guanmo Cliff!"

If she hadn't been concerned about the boy's strength, she would have definitely beaten the little thief black and blue.

Otherwise, it will be difficult to let go of the hatred in your heart.

The young man rubbed his forehead with his fingers and said with a smile: "Wu Yao, didn't I give you a note asking you to ask Xu Yuanchang to compensate for the loss? Xu Yuanchang also took over the task I threw at him without any complaints. You can convert the compensation to Xu Yuanchang as a favor yourself, and don't ask for ready-made benefits, so I don't owe you anything."

The young man was very eloquent and calculated the accounts clearly, making it difficult for Wu Yao, who was hiding in the rocks, to refute it for a while.

"Hey, this is not a good way to entertain guests. You can't even offer me a cup of tea?"

"Hmph, I'm sorry, I won't receive such an evil guest."

The woman rolled her eyes in anger and shouted, "What do you want from me?"

The young man paced in circles in the empty and simple stone hall, looking calm and relaxed as if he was at home. He said, "I'm not looking for trouble with you. You're sneaking around here and spying on my friends. What's your intention?"

Wu Yao was so angry that she cursed: "I like the luck of this place, it's none of your business."

She became furious when she saw this scoundrel and became rude in her words.

The young man grinned and said, "Ha, what a coincidence. I also like the good location of this cave for storing wind and gathering energy. I will stay here. Fairy Wu Yao, I hope I won't disturb your practice?"

"No, this is my cave..."

"Then I'll build a cave nearby, and we can live next to each other and take care of each other, how about that?"

"you……"

Wu Yao was furious. She had never met such a shameless person before. Unfortunately, her cultivation was very powerful. She swallowed her anger and said, "What do you want by making such a fuss?"

There is no place to reason in this world, because there is probably no cultivator in the entire Qianfang World who can control Ye Changmeng. Meng Shanhe, Wen Yining and other masters of the sixth floor regard themselves as juniors in front of Ye Changmeng.

The young man laughed even more happily, and asked back: "How strange! You are the one who is making trouble, right? You are here with bad intentions to covet my friend, and you don't allow me to ask a question?"

Seeing the woman remained silent, the young man boldly guessed, "Fairy Wu Yao, are you trying to borrow seeds from Brother Xu?"

"Ah, bah, bah, your nonsense is disrespectful to the seniors. I'll give this place to you."

The woman was so angry that she fled deep into the rocks. If she couldn't be provoked, she could hide. She went to the school's territory and found a mountain to practice in seclusion. She believed that one day she would be able to ascend to the upper realm and have a day to be proud of herself.

"Haha, I got it right. Don't leave. Let's talk."

The young man smiled innocently, but the words he asked were unbearable to hear. He said, "Fairy Wu Yao, Xu Yuanchang is so old, how could you have the heart to eat him?"

The woman snorted angrily, and the entire cave suddenly collapsed with a loud bang.

The young man turned invisible to avoid the pressure of the rocks, appeared in the air, and said: "Wu Yao, go to the southwest Kun position of the collapsed Qingli Mountain and look for it underground. Daoist Qingli left a treasure for his descendants. It would be a pity to waste it."

Wu Yao appeared on a hilltop ten miles to the north, looking somewhat transparent, and asked, "Who are you?"

It was so secret that even she didn't know about it, but the other party spoke so convincingly.

The young man raised his hand and warned, "Don't try to get close to Xu Yuanchang in the future. Be careful not to ruin your career. He is not a good match for you. Let's go."

The woman was silent for a moment, performed an ancient ritual of a mountain ghost, and then disappeared over the hill.

The young man said to himself, "I have tried so hard to help that boy, but I might be blamed for it later, saying that I blocked his good fortune. It's hard to be a good person, so... I can't let that boy live too comfortably."

He swept his eyes across the mountains, and finally landed on a bandit den dozens of miles away. He smiled and said, "That broken Taoist temple doesn't have much money, but a few Taoist priests who came along halfway have some ill-gotten gains... Let's do some business."

In the middle of the night three days later.

On a dark and windy night, a group of thugs climbed to the top of a mountain which was no more than a hundred feet high, kicked open the wooden door of the backyard, and held three disabled middle-aged Taoist priests hostage with knives, forcing them to hand over their valuables, otherwise they would kill them with their own knives and burn down the Taoist temple.

The three Taoists, who used to be thieves and gamblers, had seen the world and begged for mercy, crying bitterly, saying that their valuables were under the bed in the room. The bandits searched and found only two copper coins.

The candlelight illuminated the flash of swords. The five bandits were ordered to go down the mountain by the leader. They could not find the silver and could not return to complete their mission.

Just as he was swinging his knife to threaten and kick, an old man's voice was heard outside.

"I have some money for incense offerings. Don't make it difficult for them. Just let me take it."

The five bandits jumped out and saw that it was the old abbot of the dilapidated Taoist temple, with a thin and weak body that could be blown down by a gust of wind.

The leader of the group shouted, "You are wise enough to spend money to avoid disaster. Some people say that you have hidden a lot of gold, silver, pearls and jade."

The old host uttered the word "mercy", took a wrong step, and flashed behind the small leader. He punched him on the side of the neck with his right hand. The small leader rolled his eyes, dropped the knife, and fell to the ground.

"hateful!"

"How dare you, a sinister old Taoist, plot against me..."

The other four bandits shouted and cursed, and swung their knives towards the old abbot's head. They were robbing people on the road and were not afraid of the old Taoist priest's sneak attack, which instead aroused their ferocious anger.

The old host kicked the knife off the ground. With a flash of cold light, a strong man was stabbed in the left leg. He screamed and rolled on the ground, almost tripping the three people behind him, causing chaos.

Taking advantage of the gap, the old host ducked to avoid the knife light. His movements were extremely agile, and he knocked the remaining three strong men to the ground with one clean and neat punch.

"How strange! Have I ever practiced martial arts before?"

Xu Yuanchang instinctively dealt with the robbers who broke into the Taoist temple, feeling quite confused and bewildered.

He couldn't remember many things, so he kicked the strong man who was stabbed and bleeding but wanted to steal the knife secretly, knocking him unconscious.

The night was as dark as a curtain, and the old host frowned in thought.

Always feel like something is wrong?
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(End of this chapter)