From a refugee to a martial artist

Chapter 77 Demonic Chaos
Not long after, Jiang Tang also left Xunmei's post.

"Where is your grandfather?" Meng Yuan asked.

"Accountant Gou is marrying his granddaughter and has invited grandpa to the wedding." Jiang Tang said.

"Then let's go eat outside too." Meng Yuan patted the little girl's head, "Tien Niu is here too."

Meng Yuan planned to go to Zuiyue Tower again to take a look.

It has been seven days since Meng Yuan separated from Li Weizhen, but he has not seen Master Nie yet.

I went to the garrison on purpose two days ago, but I didn't see Zhang Guinian. Even Zhang Lingfeng and Gong Zihua were not there.

Meng Yuan couldn't find anyone he knew, so he simply used some money. After asking around, he found out that Zhang Guinian was out on business and had taken twenty or thirty people with him.

As for where he went, that was a secret of the garrison, so Meng Yuan did not inquire further.

"Are we going to Zuiyue Tower?" Jiang Tang asked.

"Yes, Tie Niu is going too!" Meng Yuan said with a smile.

"Okay!" Jiang Tang agreed immediately, "Wait for me for a while, I'll change my clothes and come back!"

Seeing her rush into the house, Meng Yuan and Tie Niu walked out the door.

But after waiting for more than two quarters of an hour, during which Meng Yuan spent a long time explaining to Tie Niu the key points of the Kuangfeng Sword Technique, Jiang Tang finally came out.

I saw that she had changed into new clothes, put on new shoes, and her expression was quite serious.

Ever since Meng Yuan took Hu Qian and Tie Niu to Zuiyue Tower last time, this girl has mentioned Zuiyue Tower from time to time, which shows that she has become connected with Hu Qian.

After going out, the three of them went to Zuiyue Tower together.

Seeing someone selling candied haws on the road, Jiang Tang bought a string for Tie Niu.

"Why don't you buy one for yourself?" Tie Niu was holding a candied haws, but saw that Meng Yuan and Jiang Tang didn't have any, so he asked.

Jiang Tang gently stroked the hairpin on her hair and said with a smile, "I am an adult now."

"You are not even older than me!" Tie Niu said.

Meng Yuan smiled and said nothing.

Arriving at Zuiyue Tower, Nie Qingqing immediately spotted Jiang Tang. She looked at him briefly and then walked forward with a smile.

Jiang Tang seemed to have known Nie Qingqing for a long time and recognized her at first sight.

Without Meng Yuan introducing them, they started holding hands and calling each other sisters.

The four of them went upstairs and sat down in the corner. The two of them were still chatting non-stop. Meng Yuan couldn't get a word in, nor did he have the heart to do so. He just ate the candied fruit.

After sitting for a while, lanterns and candles were gradually lit up. Looking down at the river below, I saw black-sailed boats passing by and heard people talking in low voices from time to time.

Meng Yuan had sharp ears and stood up immediately when he heard footsteps downstairs.

When I arrived at the stairs, I saw Master Nie and Zhang Guinian walking side by side, followed by Zhang Lingfeng, Gong Zihua, and two young men.

After not seeing them for many days, Meng Yuan felt that Master Nie and the others looked older and more energetic, which showed that they had a lot of stories to tell.

Nie Yannian saw Meng Yuan but didn't say anything. He looked around and saw Nie Qingqing and Jiang Tang chatting happily. There was Tie Niu sitting next to them, eating fruit.

"Even when she was having dinner or chatting with others before, she would always look around. It seems that your girl is capable. Now that I am here, she has no time to come and see me." Nie Yannian held Meng Yuan's shoulders and asked, "Do you want her to be the elder or the younger one?"

"Master Nie, the little girl has been through thick and thin with me." Meng Yuan said in a low voice.

Nie Yannian didn't hold Meng Yuan's shoulder, but just pointed at Meng Yuan's nose with his finger.

"Alright, alright!" Zhang Guinian was very impatient, "If he loses the girl in a blink of an eye, you will look down on her again! Qingqing has killed three people, no matter how strong the gelding is, he can't stand it!" Nie Qingqing heard the noise and hurried forward, "Dad, Xiao Meng has been waiting for you, why did you come back now?"

"..." Nie Yannian was stunned for a moment, and poked Nie Qingqing's forehead with a finger, "Why did I give birth to someone like you? I didn't see you come up and care about me first!"

Nie Qingqing seemed to have gotten used to it and just smiled and saluted Zhang Guinian and the others.

"Okay, prepare the food!" Nie Yannian snorted twice.

A group of people came to the box, and Nie Yannian sat down without saying a word.

Zhang Guinian was also a little tired and didn't say a word.

Only Gong Zihua was a modest gentleman. Even though he looked weathered, he still smiled and introduced his two colleagues to Meng Yuan.

After the food and wine were served, everyone ate the hot meal. Nie Yannian saw Meng Yuan pouring wine attentively, so he asked, "Master Meng, what do you want to see me for?"

"I encountered the Buddha demon again." Meng Yuan took out Li Weizhen's letter.

Nie Yannian took it, opened it, and sneered, "So he's going to do something big!" He looked at Zhang Guinian, handed him the letter, pointed at Meng Yuan, and said, "This kid is incredible. Not only does he have an affair at home, he also has a little weasel outside! Tsk tsk tsk!"

After hearing this, Gong Zihua and others looked at Meng Yuan with strange smiles on their faces.

"It would be better to raise a fox! Young people are just ignorant!" Zhang Guinian took the letter with a smile on his face, but after reading it two or three times, his expression became heavier.

When Gong Zihua and others saw this, they knew that the letter must contain important matters, so they waited for Zhang Guinian to speak.

"Tell me what they are talking about and what methods Niu Jingang and Lu Jingang use." Zhang Guinian looked at Meng Yuan seriously.

Meng Yuan naturally would not hide anything and described one by one how the monsters were reciting scriptures in an eagerness for quick success.

"How can you recite the Buddhist scriptures like this? How can you not cause trouble if you recite them too much? You may come down the mountain to kill people tomorrow!" Zhang Guinian held the letter and tapped the table with his fingers. "Lao Niubizi said that Qing Guangzi might be the one behind this, but who is this Qing Guangzi? Why haven't I ever heard of him?"

"He must be an expert. Let's write a letter to the higher-ups and ask them to find out." Nie Yannian had no official duties and was just a hanger-on, so he was carefree.

Zhang Guinian nodded, put the letter away and asked no more questions.

Seeing that the other party stopped talking, Meng Yuan asked quietly, "Master Nie, where have you been these days? Is there any place where I can serve?"

"I wanted to take you there." Nie Yannian was annoyed, "But when I looked for you, I found out that you went to Muzhuang! I knew at the time that you were going to meet Weasel secretly, and I was right!"

He looked at Gong Zihua and asked, "Little Gong, you are also half a scholar, do all scholars like this?"

"Senior Nie, at least I don't like that." Gong Zihua never speaks ill of others.

Nie Yannian smiled but said nothing.

"There was a demonic disturbance, and we went to get rid of the demons." Zhang Guinian took over the conversation and said with a smile: "Those demons are not like your little lover, they all have fangs and want to eat people!"

Meng Yuan was just about to try whether he could use the spirit fire to refine the monster, so he was naturally very interested. He quickly poured wine for Zhang Guinian and said, "Uncle Zhang, Master Nie taught me martial arts, and his kindness is profound. Now that he's gone, there's no reason for me to stay at home and sleep."

"Niu Bizi said that you killed the seventh-rank Niu Jin Gang. Tell me how you did it." Zhang Guinian did not respond, but asked other questions instead.

After hearing this, Gong Zihua and others looked at Meng Yuan again, and they no longer had the funny look on their faces as they had when they heard about the weasel just now.

Meng Yuan then described the situation of fighting and fleeing in detail without hiding anything.

After Meng Yuan finished speaking, Nie Yannian no longer looked like he was just now, but just nodded with satisfaction.

Just as Zhang Guinian was about to speak, Nie Yannian held his shoulder.

"I just taught this kid a few things, but he really got up to the challenge and dared to fight a seventh-rank bull monster!" Nie Yannian tapped his wine bowl, looked at Zhang Guinian, and said, "Teach him for me next time. By the way, Old Zhang, when you were this old, how many monsters did you kill across levels?"

(End of this chapter)