From a Zhengyi Taoist Child to a Master of All Laws

Chapter 96: The Master [Please subscribe! Please give me a monthly ticket! ]

If I could establish a relationship with the village chief, it would be much easier to find information. Li Yang thought for a moment and decided to follow Zhao Ziyao home.

It can be seen that Zhao Ziyao, this talkative person, is actually quite popular in Nanxi Village, and many old men and women greeted her along the way.

Some guys from junior high and high school saw Zhao Ziyao from afar and tried to escape as if they had seen a ghost. However, they were caught by Zhao Ziyao on the spot. They had no choice but to come over and call her "Sister Zhao" in a shy manner, looking like a real bully.

"I didn't expect you to be so well-known in the village?"

"Hey, they're all just fame. These guys deserve to be punished." Zhao Ziyao walked side by side with Li Yang, swaying from side to side, with a little smugness on her face.

She leaned close to Li Yang's ear and whispered, "Master Li, tell me, are you one of those immortal masters in the novels?"

Li Yang's expression was calm: "He is not a master, but just a person seeking the truth."

"Hehehe, I've already guessed it. Your body will glow on Mount Emei, and you can pierce rocks with one palm. And later in the Sichuan News, the report on that day was overshadowed by the sudden scandal between the two celebrities."

"I understand. Like the sweeping monk in Tianlong Babu, masters usually need to keep a low profile!"

Zhao Ziyao smiled mischievously, revealing two cute little fangs, and was very satisfied with her inference.

Looking at Zhao Ziyao as if he wanted to press his whole body against her, he couldn't hear what Zhao Ziyao was mumbling to Li Yang with a mysterious look on her face. Gong Qi, who was following behind, shook his head and said, "I didn't expect that Junior Sister would fall for this kind of guy."

"That's Zi Yao's business. Maybe they're just ordinary friends. Besides, apart from his low educational level, Li Yang is quite good in terms of conversation and appearance." Lu Ping was not a little impressed. The main reason was that he was now successful in the cultivation world, and with the bonus of his temperament, he was indeed very handsome.

Gong Qi was a little unconvinced by Lu Ping's words. He wiped the sweat from his head inadvertently, revealing the mechanical men's watch on his wrist.

This is a classic men's watch among the Rolex Submariner models. It has strong stability, anti-magnetic and collision resistance, and its market value is six figures.

Lu Ping glanced at him. They were all adults, so she naturally knew Gong Qi's little thoughts.

Overall, Gong Qi performed well in all aspects and was one of her excellent candidates. If she hadn't known certain things, they might have established a relationship half-heartedly.

"What a pity, times have changed..." Lu Ping murmured in her heart, and then cast her gaze towards the Nanshan Mountain shrouded in clouds and mist in the distance.

When they arrived at Zhao Ziyao's home, Zhao Ziyao's father, who was also the village chief of Nanxi Village, was a dark-skinned, prestigious-looking middle-aged man. After hearing Zhao Ziyao introduce Lu Ping and Gong Qi as her daughter's graduate school seniors who were coming to the village to play for two days, he hurriedly packed up and left the house.

In the center of the main hall, there are incense stands and incense tables with candles lit and paper money burned. A whole pig's head, roast ducks, roast geese, and paper figures are offered in the midst of the incense mist.

But what surprised Li Yang the most was that the main offering was not the pig's head, but a plate of crispy cakes, and the statue of the deity was also covered with a red cloth, with its face not showing.

"That's Jinhua crispy cake, it's delicious." Zhao Ziyao came over and explained in a low voice.

"Do you know what god is enshrined there? Why is it covered with red cloth?" Li Yang said, pointing at the statue.

"I don't know. My dad never let me get close to it. So I took a biscuit out of greed and got beaten half to death by my dad." Zhao Ziyao said as if she was recalling some bad experience and stuck out her tongue playfully.

The old village chief who was chatting with Gong Qi looked at Li Yang at this time. Looking at his daughter's earnest attitude and hearing that Li Yang was a Taoist priest who dropped out of high school, the old village chief's face twitched and he almost fainted.

The most important thing is that this boy has an indifferent and dull expression, as if it is his own daughter who keeps sticking to him!

With a sense of crisis, he pulled his precious daughter over and the old village chief was very disappointed: "Is this person also your friend?"

Zhao Ziyao hesitated for a moment and said, "I guess so..."

Fortunately, Li Yang didn't want to be regarded as a yellow-haired guy by the old village chief, so he stated his purpose directly.

"Do you want to check the county and mountain records? Where can we find the mountain records of this small Kaka Mountain? There are village records. They are at the home of an elder in the village. I will take you there tomorrow."

The old village chief was relieved to hear that the relationship between the two was not what he thought. Li Yang had no choice but to stay at the old village chief's house.

As the head of a village, the dinner was very rich. Gong Qi had a very happy chat with the old village chief. When the old village chief heard that Gong Qi had a grandfather who was a dean and a father who was a cadre, he became more and more satisfied and praised him for his youth and potential.

After saying that, the village chief turned to his daughter who was looking at Li Yang with a silly smile and asked:
"Zi Yao, how long can you stay at home this time?"

Zhao Ziyao was surprised: "Ah, about three days, the professor will give us three days off."

"Three days..." The old village chief thought for a moment and warned: "Three days is fine. If you have nothing to do, don't run around and don't go to Nanshan to play."

"Why, I still want to go see my godmother!"

"What are you looking at, godmother? You are just a fool. You are not allowed to go!" The old village chief suddenly became serious. "I have lived in Nanshan for decades. Now I dare not go up the mountain. How many people have been killed by the evil fog? Only the kid from the Chen family survived."

"It's okay. I heard that this fog only appears at the beginning and middle of each month and will dissipate in a day or two." Zhao Ziyao argued.

Li Yang, who was standing by, also became interested when he heard the word Nanshan and asked, "Oh, according to what Zhao Shanxin said, the cycle of mountain fog seems to be very regular?"

"Not only does it have a cycle, it's also very strange. At the middle or beginning of the month, as soon as it hits midnight, the fog will rise in ten minutes, and it will dissipate immediately after midnight the next day. You guys came at the right time, today happens to be the last day of November."

"I just heard the word 'godmother'. Does Zhao Shanxin's godmother live in Nanshan?"

"What is it? It's the old willow tree that Zi Yao worshipped when she was a child." The old village chief felt awkward when he saw Li Yang, who was fair-skinned and called out in a devout manner, and who was wearing modern clothes.

Li Yang was surprised. In some places, there is indeed such a custom. If a child is weak and sickly, the family will ask some older women with high prestige or strong destiny to be their godmothers.

In some areas, the choice of godmother is not limited to humans. Rocks, stoves, and trees can all be regarded as guardian gods. When a child is sick, they are worshipped as godmothers, and red envelopes are hung to them during the New Year.

"What old willow tree? It's godmother!" Zhao Ziyao was so angry that she retorted quickly.

Gong Qi, who was standing by, quickly tried to smooth things over and comfort the old village chief.

But Gong Qi knew that they had to go up Nanshan. They came to Nanxi Village not for sightseeing, but because Lu Ping had always said that she wanted to go up Nanshan to take a look.

After eating and drinking, the father and daughter parted unhappily. Fortunately, the village chief was drunk and staggered back to the house. Finally, he said that if anyone dared to sneak up the mountain, he would break Zhao Ziyao's legs.

Zhao Ziyao was feeling depressed and had to clear the table. Li Yang took the opportunity to return to the room arranged for him by the old village chief.

At this time, the moon was dim and the stars were sparse. Although there was no rain, the South Mountain was still covered with thick clouds and fog.

Zhao Ziyao and Lu Ping were in the same room. Zhao Ziyao was extremely yearning for Li Yang's new and wonderful world and wanted to find Li Yang to chat again, but Li Yang refused to open the door.

At this time, Li Yang was sitting in the house, practicing Taoist health-preserving exercises over and over again.

Zhao Ziyao had no choice but to pout and return to her room. At this time, Lu Ping was tidying up the bed. Seeing Zhao Ziyao's expression, she knew that this lively and active schoolmate must have been rejected, so she teased:

"Since ancient times, only pigs have been eating cabbages. But our Ziyao is different. She keeps trying to eat pigs~"

"No, you're talking nonsense, senior sister!" Zhao Ziyao blushed and threw herself over to Lu Ping, giggling and wrestling with her.

The two girls were crazy enough and were panting on the bed with disheveled hair.

After a long while, Zhao Ziyao explained, "I'm not going to push him. Let me tell you, this Taoist Priest Li is not an ordinary person. He is a master of Taoism!"

Hearing the guilt in the first half of Zhao Ziyao's words, Lu Ping was about to continue teasing, but when she heard the words "enlightened master" in Zhao Ziyao's words, she was stunned.

(End of this chapter)