Tao and Heaven

Chapter 28 Dragon Tiger Pill

The old donkey walked out of the room, blew out a wisp of green smoke and flew up to the sky. He informed the people inside the room of the current situation, and then received new instructions.

When they arrived outside the courtyard, Zhao Feng, who had been waiting for a long time, came forward and said, "Senior, what is Fairy Yu Hua's reaction?"

"She was surprised. You managed to get her attention."

"Do you really mean what your senior said?"

"Can I still lie to you?"

The old donkey glared at Zhao Feng. He didn't care so much about Zhao Feng. He said nonsense: "I have always been very accurate in judging people. Yu Hua's steps have become more and more brisk recently. It's obvious that he is in a very good mood. This is all thanks to you."

Of course, it might also be the work of the kid from the Gu family. I don't know what kind of magic potion he gave this little ancestor of his family, so that he would climb over the wall to look for him in the middle of the night every day.

"This this."

Zhao Feng was even more at a loss and asked, "Senior, what should I do next?"

He is not a fledgling who knows nothing, but the other party is an immortal. How can he be achieved by ordinary means?
It would be best to ask Lao Lu, who is also an immortal and an elder.

The old donkey said, "In order to relieve the boredom of our disciples' practice, our Sanqing Dao Sect usually organizes a spring outing every year. Daqian cannot take a flying boat to the sea of ​​stars, but he can take a boat to travel on the river."

"Yuhua is the most popular disciple of Yuqing Sect. I heard that your Zhao family has a treasure ship. You can borrow it."

"Okay, okay, thank you very much, senior. Thank you very much, senior!"

Zhao Feng's voice trembled slightly, and then his face turned red, and he couldn't help but walk back and forth. The old donkey was lying on the ground, quite bored, ignoring the other party's muttering. He had seen the other party's reaction too many times in different people.

Every batch of new disciples of Dao Zong will see it in front of the mountain gate, and it is happy to meet these young people.

It's not because of preference, the appearance of the human race is not for its aesthetics. It's for cause and effect, in order to establish good relationships with people who may become powerful in the future.

As a holy place of Taoism, the Sanqing Taoist Sect always has many geniuses in every generation, and the number of True Lords has never ceased.

It was normal for the young man to think of Mu Ai. Cases like Zhao Feng were too common, so common that it made him want to yawn.

Zhao Feng left quickly and took a carriage to the palace. He could requisition ordinary large ships, but if he was going to do it, he should do it the best. The best ship in the world was naturally the treasure ship Suzaku that Emperor Daojun spent a million taels to build.

Passing by Dragon Bridge, a pair of eyes were cast down, and Gu Wen leaned against the window sill and watched the royal carriage go away.

Suddenly, a white and tender hand rested on Gu Wen's shoulder, and a charming voice came into his ears from behind.

"Master Gu, I heard that you wanted the Dragon and Tiger Pill. Could it be that you have finally come to understand that the best things in life are in the boudoir?"
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Qianfeng Tower, the largest brothel in Longqiao.

The madam of Qianfeng Tower is pretty, in her thirties, with an amazing figure. She has charmed countless men in her purple dress. She is known as Xiashanhu and her real name is Yang Shanyu.

Different from previous film and television works, the madams in Longqiao are rarely old and ugly women, but mostly middle-aged beauties like her.

First, the madam is only the manager of the brothel, and the real boss is behind the scenes.

Secondly, a brothel is not a whorehouse, only a brothel is a whorehouse.

Brothels provide high-level power-sex transactions, and are specially used for the entertainment of dignitaries. There are more virgin women here than those passing by on the street, and each of them is good at playing the piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, reciting poems, writing calligraphy, and various other skills.

The most beautiful courtesan can cause gold to whistle all over the world, and even get an imperial edict from the palace.

Brothels were a place where stars were hatched in ancient times.

"Mrs. Yang, please respect yourself. Gu is not in good health and I am afraid I will die here."

Gu Wen slapped the man's hand away. The beauty looked at him with a charming look, but he did not push her any further. He came to the table to pour water and said, "The daughter of our Qianfeng Tower is very clean, you know that. When she was fourteen or fifteen years old, we taught her to fumigate and bathe her vagina, paint her cheeks and eyebrows, and walk coquettishly in front of people. She learned to be charming and seductive from a book of spring palace pictures."

"We have those who are gentle and generous, those who are proud and lively, and those who are pure and innocent."

In ancient times, it was good to have power and money.

Gu Wen shook his head and said, "It's not like you guys at Qianfeng Tower can't sell girls, so why are you looking for me?"

"Isn't it rumored that you are going to be made a marquis?" Yang Shanyu whispered softly, "Your water house earns hundreds of thousands of taels every year, and you recently made a lot of money in the ya market, and you don't have a concubine..."

"It's just a rumor. I have no achievements, so how can I be worthy of this?"

Gu Wen shook his head and refused without hesitation, not only because he was afraid of trouble, but also because he couldn't afford it.
Most of the women in Qianfeng Tower sell their art but not their bodies. If they want to sell their bodies, they can only buy them, and the starting price for one is several hundred taels.

"But this is Daqian. Even dogs in the palace can be crowned kings, let alone a big Buddha like you?"

Yang Shanyu laughed crisply, and Gu Wen couldn't help laughing as well.

This is Daqian. It is not surprising that anyone can be granted a title of nobility, and it is not surprising that the city will be destroyed or the country will fall one day.

Getting back to the point, Gu Wen sat down at the table and said, "Recently, a distant relative came to see me. He has established a foothold in the south and wants to expand his business, so I want to buy some Dragon Tiger Pills as a favor."

Yang Shanyu said: "We have no shortage of markets for the Dragon and Tiger Pills in Qianfeng Tower."

"The market price is fifty taels per piece. I'll pay sixty taels."

"Eighty taels."

"Seventy taels."

"make a deal."

Since it was not a black market business and they were all Longqiao merchants, Qianfenglou had to give Gu Wen some face, so he agreed after a simple bargain. Because it was a restricted product, they were using hunger marketing, so Gu Wen could accept the other party's 20-liang price increase, as long as they didn't raise the price for him later.

Gu Wen wanted five thousand taels of Dragon and Tiger Pills, and Qianfeng Tower agreed to send them in two batches.

The deposit was 6,500 taels, the deposit was 2,000 taels, and the remaining 4,500 taels was on the verge of bankruptcy.

After the deal was done, Gu Wen was invited to stay for a meal, and Yang Shanyu called a group of beautiful women to serve him. The so-called service was naturally limited to pouring wine, playing the piano, and reciting poems. The women in Qianfeng Tower were very valuable, and Gu Wen was not old enough to let them give him hundreds of taels of silver for nothing. If he could come up with a poem, it would not be impossible to win her heart and win her home.

A beautiful lady said with a seductive look, "I wonder if Lord Wen is familiar with poetry?"

"I am just a businessman, a commoner, and I only like folk songs. It's a pity that Qianfeng Tower is too elegant and not suitable for a vulgar person like me."

Gu Wen's words caused a lot of laughter. Many women present covered their faces and laughed. They did not dare to mock him, but they also inadvertently revealed a chuckle towards the merchants.

He also laughed, and the atmosphere became more harmonious.

Many of the people in the Qingguan here suffer from the disease of being a literati. They serve many high-ranking officials and scholars, and they think they are also part of that class.

Gu Wen has a lot of poetry in his mind, but it’s unnecessary, it’s just about love between men and women.

If they could give him the skills like Yu Hua, he would say a few words. If it was just a superficial appearance, there was no way to trap him.

But for some reason he felt dry mouth and his body reacted inexplicably. Could it be that because his Taoist foundation was repairing his frail body, his hormones started to rise and became uncontrollable?

His eyes sank slightly, and he recited the mantra of the mental method in his mind.

Suddenly, the desire that was just a small flame suddenly swelled up, and Gu Wen stopped drinking.

It was as if the body had been restored by the nourishment of the Tao Foundation, and the desire that had been suppressed for years burst out at this moment. I thought that the mental method could suppress it, but it brought up more distracting thoughts.

'The heart is the source of trouble, and the heart is the root of the Tao.'

A sentence from the mental method suddenly emerged.

Gu Wen understood that the heart is the root of all evil, and if one does not pay attention to the method when learning skills, it will become the fuse that leads to going astray.

Therefore, the mental method recommends that those who are still in the early stages of practice keep their minds pure and desires few, and not enter the mundane world. Only those who have achieved success in practice are qualified to talk about their experience in the mundane world.

Such trivial desires are not even one of the myriad virtues of spiritual practice.

Gu Wen crushed the last bit of distracting thoughts and watched Yang Shanyu calmly drink the last glass of wine, with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

"Gu will not stay at this precious place any longer."

When Gu Wen was about to leave, he stepped onto the carriage. Yang Yushan called him and said, "Marquis Wen."

"What else do you want, Madam Yang?"

"Be careful about the tooth market recently."

"Thank you madam for reminding me."

The carriage left the brothel and Yang Shanyu came to a room deep inside the Qianfeng Tower. Singing sounds came from inside, as if there were tens of millions of singing girls dancing inside.

When she arrived at the door, all the sounds stopped abruptly. Through the candlelight shining through the screen window, nine tails of shadows slowly expanded.

A thousand charming and beautiful sounds were heard.

"Who is that?"

Yang Shanyu knelt down and bowed his head and answered: "Gu Wen is a merchant and a retainer of the nine sons of the Zhao family. This time he asked for a lot of Dragon and Tiger Pills, probably to buy for Zhao Feng."

"You have good concentration. Let's see if we can win him over and plant a stake in the Three Pure Ones Taoist sect. I want to know what kind of immortal fate that Taoist goddess is looking for."
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Yu Hua woke up and saw a roll of jade brocade appeared on the table without her noticing it.

Lao Lu walked into the room and said, "The Zhao family agreed to lend us the Suzaku Treasure Ship. It's a great thing. There is a Tianshui Yeming Pearl on it, and it is made of various spiritual woods. Although it is only a spiritual treasure, it has reached the level of a supreme treasure."

"I remember just ordering an ordinary boat."

Yu Hua's eyes were deep, and his mind moved, with a hint of contempt and the sleepiness unique to divine beasts. Divine beasts did not need to practice, and would often spend long years in sleep.

"It will take a long time to find an ordinary boat." The old donkey yawned and continued, "The Zhao family did not agree to let us borrow the treasure ship at first. They put forward some conditions, and the sect agreed."

"What conditions?"

Yu Hua's tone was calm, and no one could detect the chill that had sunk into the abyss of the sea, as well as a hint of uneasiness.

Nothing went according to the plan three thousand years ago. The protector was replaced by a worse one, the sect never asked her questions, and there was a Zhao family that she didn't understand.

"It's not a big deal. If Zhao Feng can't refine the jade pendant after he builds his Dao, you can help him refine it."

The old donkey seemed to have finally sensed something unusual. It consoled him, "This was originally a sect secret prepared for the Gu family. Now it's the same for the Zhao family. Although it will shorten your lifespan, it shouldn't be much, unless Zhao Feng's aptitude is shockingly poor."

"But you have already promised the Zhao family. Can I go back on my word when the time comes?" Yu Hua asked dimly.

Thoughts surged in his mind, and Lao Lu became more worried, not as calm as before.

It said uncertainly: "I am not sure about this either. It is all decided by the old guys in the sect. I am just conveying it. How about I help you reject it? I do have this ability."

Lao Lu could clearly feel that the little ancestor in front of him was in a bad mood, so he didn't dare to provoke him too harshly, for fear that he would be beaten to death.

Because she has an immortal life, no one in this immortal land can beat her. The True Lords in the sect are not in Daqian, so they are naturally not afraid, but she is so angry that if she exchanges one for ten, she will die.

"Thank you, Senior. Since the decision has been made within the sect, there is no need to change it."

Yu Hua picked up the jade brocade on the table, and the aura of the True Lord emanated from it.

[The overall situation is important, and you can put aside your ego. There is something inside the door that can prolong your life for you.]

How ironic, to be so similar to him.

"Yu Hua, as you command."

(End of this chapter)