Tao and Heaven

Chapter 15: Yu Hua's Night Visit
Dragon Bridge Water Room.

Gu Wen did not return to the mansion, but came to where he usually worked. He had a small courtyard here, although it only had one room and one living room, and there were no rockery and flowers in the courtyard, but it was where he most often stayed overnight.

The mansion is too big, with too many people and too many eyes. You need to be careful in everything you do, and it is not easy to run away if something goes wrong.

Gu Wen lacks a sense of security. He prefers small rooms and environments where it is difficult to be caught if he sneaks into the alley.

But there is no place for the personal guards to live here.

Looking at the rather simple residence and the large bunk beds where the sailors lived, these young soldiers all looked unhappy, and it almost showed on their faces.

But they couldn't let Gu Wen move back home, because this was the arrangement of the palace and also the order of the immortals.

Gu Wen said: "This place is very close to Dragon Bridge. You can stay at Dragon Bridge. I will send someone to find you if there is anything. If you feel bored, you can go to the gambling house and play a few games."

The head of the guards still had some professionalism. As the leader, he undoubtedly had to shoulder more responsibilities. He hesitated and said, "I'm afraid this is a bit inappropriate. After all, we have a mission to accomplish."

"Just leave two people here to serve as a model for the palace."

"But we can't let individual brothers work, let's go and have fun."

The leader of the personal guards became even more interested.

Gu Wen suggested again: "We can take turns."

"Makes sense."

The bodyguards once again went to the brothel to listen to music, arm in arm, leaving behind two unlucky guys with bitter faces. They should be the ones with lower status among them.

Gu Wen thought to himself, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, most of the guards are from the imperial army, and they have served the Zhao family for generations. But some families have people who are commanders, and some families are just soldiers all their lives.

It is certainly not worthwhile to recruit them as he has no need to develop his power, but he can use them to gain access to the inside information of the palace guards and changes in the imperial guards.

Gu Wen stood in front of the two of them, smiled friendly and asked, "What are your names?"

"Your subordinate is Qin Mian (Rong Leng)."

The two of them spoke in unison, looking at Gu Wen with eager eyes, full of respect and yearning for the powerful.

"I'll be in trouble from now on."

Gu Wen patted them on the shoulders, chatted for a few words and left without saying much. It would be bad if he tried to win them over too deliberately.

Winning people over is just like pursuing the opposite sex. It is always done by attraction. Only when you are desperate will you take the initiative. A true hunter will wait for the prey to come to him. If the prey does not take the bait, it means it is not your target.

It was already evening and still no one came to take over. Qin Mian and Rong Leng looked extremely unhappy, but they could only continue to stand guard.

Gu Wen came out of the house and chatted with the two for a few more words. He learned that their backgrounds were very shallow. They were not even generations of military households of the Bian Jing Imperial Guard. Instead, they were brave soldiers who had killed enemies and made meritorious services in the border army and were mobilized back.

He encouraged them with a few words, and then left two heavy ingots of silver, ten taels for each person, which was already their three months' salary.

"Thank you for your hard work."

The two were stunned for a moment, then the distress on their faces disappeared, they smiled happily, bowed and said, "Thank you, Lord Wen."

Wen Hou is really considerate! ——
After one stick of incense, the sun sets.

Gu Wen stood in front of the Longquan Well in the center of the water room.

The mouth of Longquan Well is five meters wide, with a bluestone outer wall and uneven stones covered with moss. Hanging above is a large barrel large enough for two adults to stand on. An iron chain connects the large barrel to a wooden crane, also called a windlass.

Four seven-meter-long beams overlap each other above the wellhead, and an iron chain is connected to the well windlass on the right side, with which an adult can lift a weight of 500 kilograms.

This well is Gu Wen’s main means of making money.

The well water is deep, with several silver fish emerging and an old turtle swimming from time to time. The old turtle was released to prevent poisoning, but the fish are already in the well.

It is probably connected to an underground river, or it could be the water vein in Fairy Yuhua's eyes.

Gu Wen glanced at the sky and estimated the time in his heart. It would probably take some time for the sun to completely set.

Wow!
Suddenly the water in the well became restless and more fish came up.

"Has this happened before?" Gu Wen asked the most experienced waterman nearby, who replied, "In the past year, fish have been swimming around at this time of the year."

A vision that has occurred in the last year.

Gu Wen's gaze narrowed slightly, and he focused his true energy into his eyes, hoping to glimpse some clues from them.

In his eyes, the well water suddenly showed seven colors. "Draw a bucket of water."

He gave the order without hesitation.

Wow!

The large wooden barrel splashed a huge amount of water when it fell, scaring away the fish in the water, and the colorful ones were also salvaged. Gu Wen took a closer look and found that only a thin layer of this color floated on the water surface, like an oil film.

But it is indeed shining.

The sailors around him kept their expressions unchanged, obviously they couldn't see it.

Gu Wen took a small sip of the tea from the spoon, and his destiny vibrated, while the true energy in his body began to become active.

The activeness of the true Qi should be due to the fact that the well water does have spiritual energy, which is helpful for spiritual practice, but the fate will not react to spiritual energy, which means that there is also a special substance in the well water.

Looking inward at his fate, he was stunned. This time it was actually...
【Emperor's juice】!
Although the quantity is small, less than a unit, we at least know how to obtain it.

He quickly drank two more sips, and the colorful substance disappeared, and the commotion in the well also completely disappeared.

The Emperor's jelly is still about one third short of one unit, which is disappointingly small. But if you drink it every day, you will have 20 units in a month.

The fate of the emperor's juice moved slightly, and a stream of information came, which should have become something he could understand. But this time, for some reason, it became erratic, distorted, and vague.

In other words, in Gu Wen's own understanding, there is nothing particularly suitable for the use of the Imperial Juice.

His understanding of Tiansui was initiation, but his understanding of Dijiang was just a jade pendant.

The stone jade pendant, his heirloom.

It is the fate of the immortals, which means that the function of the Emperor's juice is the fate of the immortals. The distortion and blurriness this time is probably because I no longer have the fate of the immortals.

But apart from heirlooms, where else can I look for immortal fate?
Gu Wen suddenly lost interest. He had never considered taking back the immortal fate from Zhao Feng as his ultimate goal. If the conditions did not allow it, he would have given up. Because the risk was too great, he would temporarily put it aside.

Half an hour later, Jiang Fugui brought the second batch of medicinal fruits, a total of one hundred, which were also of uneven quality.

The deposit is 8,500 taels, after deducting 2,000 taels, there is 6,500 taels left, which is equivalent to two years of Tiansui.

【Tian Sui 2】

The moon is bright in the sky, and Long Bridge across the river becomes lively.

Gu Wen sent away the only two remaining personal guards. The two left very decisively without even asking for any benefits. This was also a statement of some kind.

He returned to the room in the courtyard and closed his eyes to meditate, taking a sip of Longquan water from time to time to speed up his progress. Although compared with Tiansui's enlightenment, it was better than nothing, but a little more was always good.
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Under the bright moon, a figure even more beautiful than the bright moon floated into the courtyard.

Yu Hua walked into the house and suddenly felt a subtle fluctuation of spiritual energy coming from inside, with a look of surprise on his face.

You should know that the immortal land is restricted by the heavens. Circulating the spiritual energy here is like moving mountains, so if you want to practice, you must have a foundation. The breath of attracting the spiritual energy of heaven and earth came from the house, indicating that the descendants of the Gu family have cultivated the most difficult Yuqing foundation of the Sanqing Sect. At least they have excellent qualifications and perseverance, and can endure the restrictions of heaven to practice.

Yu Hua recognized his perseverance, which was so strong that she could say, "Heaven will give great responsibilities to those who are capable of such tasks." It was precisely because of this sentence that she had always paid attention to Gu Wen.

A person whose fate as an immortal is taken away still maintains the determination to move forward. A person who has experienced hardships still treats the world with kindness.

Why.
The elders in the family were really ugly.

Yu Hua decided to remind the descendant of the Gu family once again that even if he wanted to seek retribution from the Sanqing Sect in the future, it was the Sanqing Sect that owed him.

She walked to the door and knocked gently.

dong dong dong.

After a long time, there was no response from inside the house, but the fluctuations of spiritual energy disappeared.

Gu Wen opened his eyes, looking confused and doubtful. Who would knock on the door in the middle of the night?

dong dong dong.

Yu Hua knocked on the door again, but there was still no response from inside the house, but some subtle noises came out. She suddenly had a bad premonition, and then a thought came to her.

'Of the thirty-six strategies, running away is the best one.'

Bang!
The door was pushed down, and Yu Hua only saw a figure climbing out the window, with veins faintly visible on her forehead.

This guy is really the reincarnation of a loach spirit!
(End of this chapter)