Chongming Xianzong

Chapter 208 Beauty Wine Jar
"So it's Brother Qi in person." Upon hearing this, Kang Dabao turned his head and saw an ugly face full of smile.

"I haven't seen you for many days, brother. I miss you so much." Qi Duoluo smiled with wrinkles all over his face, and said corny words without paying any attention.

"Hiss." Kang Dabao frowned slightly. This guy used to rely on his father being a weapon refiner and his stepmother being in the foundation-building stage, and he has the air of a yamen official in his bones.

But ever since we last met at the Tiexishui Foundation Building Ceremony, he has been so polite to me.

No, why are you being so polite today? It's really hard to get used to it.

"I am very terrified," Kang Dabao said politely, but Qi Duoluo continued, "Brother Shi, if you have time, can we have a drink together?"

"To be honest with you, Brother Qi, I have been asked by Senior Tie to pay a visit to Senior Bushe at his official residence." Kang Dabao felt a little uncomfortable with Qi Duoluo's enthusiasm, so he had to bring up the names of two true foundation-building cultivators to fool him.

"Oh my! I didn't expect that Brother Shi is so favored by the two seniors." Unexpectedly, after hearing Master Kang's words of refusal, Qi Duoluo became even more attentive.

When he got excited, he grabbed Kang Dabao's sleeve and said bluntly, "What a coincidence! There is a good restaurant outside Senior Bushe's official residence. Brother Shi, please go and pay your respects to Senior first, and I will wait outside.

Brother Shi has come here with great difficulty. As the host, how can I let you go back without a drink?"

After all, the two families had a friendship, and Qi Duoluo had said so much, it was difficult for Master Kang to refuse, so he had to go to Bushe's official residence with Qi Duoluo.

The novice monk at the door saw that it was Kang Dabao who had returned, and immediately greeted him with a smile: "Master, I am very happy to hear that you are here, and I am waiting for you in the hall."

"How can I let my elders wait any longer?" Master Kang showed a trace of panic on his face. He greeted Qi Duoluo first and then followed the novice monk into the hall.

The old man in the hall still had the same fat head and big ears, and smiled like Maitreya. When he saw Kang Dabao coming in, the smile on his face became even brighter: "My friend, it's been a long time since we last met. You are even more elegant than before. When you hold a foundation-building ceremony in the future, don't forget to call me old man."

"Greetings, senior!" Master Kang did not respond to the conversation, but bowed respectfully.

"You, why be so polite?" Bu Se gave Kang Dabao a false support and while Kang Dabao was getting up, he secretly used his spiritual sense to pass through the latter's eyes and understood what he meant.

He secretly thought that this fat man had a great talent in pupil skills, and he didn't know whether he had used up the bottle of eye-clearing liquid. Even if he had, his progress would be three times faster than what Bushe had predicted at the time.

In this way, even if it weren't for the sake of Taoist Heilu, this kid was worth a look from him.

After the ceremony, Kang Dabao also put on a smiling face, "I heard that you have been promoted, so I came to pay my respects to you."

Hearing Kang Dabao talking about this, Buse's face almost burst into smiles, as he really felt it had touched his sore spot.

Ever since he exchanged the mine in Tanggu County for Yingbiguo from the Taoist Heilu, he had made a good career and was favored by Kuang Liuting, who appointed him as a recorder in the provincial court.

In recent days, he was promoted to the position of Chief Clerk of the Sima Mansion of the State Court. In terms of status, he is only below the two Simas, which means he has completely surpassed Gun Shilu who used to ride on his head.

He was in a very proud moment, and he was happy to hear anyone mention this. This was true. If it wasn't for the purpose of following Kuang Liuting to get promoted and make money, why would he, a former eighth-rank deacon of the Buddhist sect, come to this poor and despicable place?

"Ahem, it's all because of the Lord's trust in me. As the lieutenant of a county and the husband of Sima Fei, you must always remember to be loyal to the country." After laughing, he felt that he had behaved inappropriately. After two dry coughs, he spoke in an official tone.

"Thank you for your teachings, Mr. Changshi!" Kang Dabao changed his address consciously, and after making the man happy for a while, he got down to business.

"Oh?" After dismissing his attendants, Bu Se took the Tiexi sailor's letter presented by Kang Dabao. He glanced at it and the smile on his face gradually faded. After that, he did not speak for a long time.

"My friend, do you know the contents of this letter?" After a long while, Buse asked.

"Junior doesn't know."

"Then..." Bu Se was about to say something but stopped. After thinking for a while, he finally waved his hand and said softly, "Forget it. My friend, you have been through a lot of hardships. I will not keep you here. You can come to the Sima Mansion of the State Court to find me. Sima Fei is very busy, so there are some small matters that you don't need to trouble me with."

"Thank you, senior." Although he didn't know why Tie Xishui asked him to pass the message to Bushe, although he didn't know why Bushe was hesitant to speak, although he didn't know what kind of deal Bushe and Tie Xishui had reached, but Kang Da Zhangbao knew not to ask a single word that he shouldn't ask, and just closed his eyes and ears.

After answering, Kang Dabao, not daring to bother seeing the little monk off in person, followed the little monk out of the hall.

Qi Duoluo was waiting outside the door. Out of consideration for his stepmother who was in the stage of foundation building, the young monk guarding the door did not treat him badly and invited him to sit in the guest room at the door and drink tea together.

"Brother Shi is out, come on, let's go and have some wine." Qi Duoluo pretended to be anxious, turned around and called the little monk, saying, "Thank you for the spiritual tea, Master. Next time when I have time, I will take you to Yuanyang Hall."

After Qi Duoluo finished speaking, he ignored the little monk who was blushing with fear and looked at Master Kang with an expectant face.

"That's what I want." Kang Dabao couldn't refuse, so he had to bow and thank him.

In a short period of time, I paid homage to two foundation-building families, both of whom were respectable people, but not even one of them stayed for me.

By this time, Master Kang had figured it out. Since Qi Duolo insisted on treating them, he might as well consider it as a silver lining. He could have a good meal without spending any spirit stones. Even though Qi Duolo was indeed annoying, it was not something he could not tolerate.

While talking and laughing, the two of them went hand in hand into Miaoyunzhai, which Kang Dabao had always dreamed of. It was a perfect time!
Outside the door are two rows of red lanterns, and inside the door is a white and elegant room.

"Shopkeeper Qi is here." A mature old procuress came over early with a coquettish voice. Qi Duoluo ignored him and helped Kang Dabao drive away a few enthusiastic pimps. He turned around and said, "Put out some good food and choose a quiet place. I want to have a drink with Brother Shi."

Qi Duoluo secretly reached into the madam's bra again, and then emphasized, "Don't call those strangers, we brothers have something serious to discuss."

Kang Dabao followed Gui Gong into a fresh and elegant courtyard, his disappointment so deep that it was almost beyond words.

Although we have Huo Ying's delicious meat to eat at home, it's rare for us to go out, so it's not impossible to change the taste.

Although Miaoyunzhai is not as powerful as Yuanyangtang which is spread across several states, it is still a good place recognized by many guests. Master Kang has wanted to come and experience it for a long time.

"Damn it, you insist on inviting me to drink so much wine." Sect Leader Kang spat secretly, feeling unhappy.

Qi Duoluo really had no other thoughts. He came to Kang Dabao today just to discuss something.

Even if we take a step back, he probably drank too much before he dared to invite the Fei family's son-in-law to a banquet.

After sitting down, Qi Duoluo took out a box of palm flower slices, but Kang Dabao declined with a stern face. He then tried to offer incense powder, but was rejected again.

Actually, both of these are excellent spiritual objects beneficial to spiritual practice. However, some monks who are good at strange and tricky skills have turned them into addictive pastimes, which do more harm than good. Kang Dabao has never touched them.

However, after these two rounds, seeing that the face of the headmaster Kang Da was still not right, Qi Duoluo immediately misunderstood. Although he had known Kang Dabao for some years, he really didn't know much about this brother's hobbies, so he immediately stood up and poured wine to apologize:
"I know that you are a man of high integrity, and I shouldn't have hosted you in this dissolute place. I apologize for this."

"Who the hell is a noble person!" Kang Dabao cursed with his head down, looked at the dishes on the table, and then frowned.

There are just a few vegetarian dishes. What else do we need to discuss before we can eat?

Qi Duoluo was a man of the world, and he had been well-trained in his intelligence. He sensed that something was wrong in the atmosphere, so he took out two crystal jade bottles from his storage bag.

"My mother asked me to bring these two bottles of Meilundan specially for my brother Shi."

"I am grateful for the gift from my elders. I will visit Aunt Chu's house soon." Upon hearing this, Kang Dabao sat up straight, took the gift calmly and put it into his sleeve. The main part of the drama was about to begin.

"My mother would like to ask Brother Shi to convey two words to Senior Heilu: 'Observe the cave in the mountain and the bridge over the water.'"

Sect Leader Kang frowned. What was wrong with these foundation-building cultivators? They treated him like a pet. Why did they all ask him to pass on messages? !
Wait, why do these six words sound a little off? Could this Concubine Chu have something going on with her uncle?

So Kang Dabao asked tentatively: "Is that all?"

"That's all," Qi Duoluo nodded hurriedly, and filled Kang Dabao's glass with wine, then said, "But I have something else I want to ask Brother Shi."

"Just tell me, my dear brother." Kang Dabao thought to himself, you are a guy who knows how to spend other people's money to do your own things.

"Hua Yuanyang wants to make a fortune together, but Mr. Huo doesn't know what's going on."

Yuanyang Hall? Kang Dabao muttered to himself.

Hua Yuanyang is the head of the Yuanyang Hall in Pingrong County. The Yuanyang Hall is not only influential in Pingrong County, but in fact has branches in many nearby counties and cities. It is said that the person behind the helm is a man who has been laying the foundation for many years.

Therefore, even though these people are all female cultivators with low cultivation who are doing flesh trade, they can still earn some spirit stones relatively safely.

But there is also a foundation behind Miaoyunzhai, that is, the current governor Huo Bing's family. It is shameless for the parents of a state to do such flesh and blood business in public!

It was just that everyone who had established their foundation had reached a tacit understanding back then, and they did not want to offend Huo Bing, a foundation builder who would not live for many days and who was also in collusion with the Niu family of Dingnan.

Therefore, although Miaoyunzhai has made considerable profits, it has always been the Huo family's exclusive business.

Although there are a few small bosses inside, most of them are like Qi Duoluo, who come here to share some profits by virtue of the reputation of the foundation behind them. As for whether the foundation behind them is the platform for this place, that is not certain.

Qi Duoluo meant that the foundation-building person behind Yuanyang Hall was going to take action against the Huo family's business? How many days can Huo Bing live? Why does everyone want to bully him?

"Hehe, according to legend, Hua Yuanyang has climbed up to a very high position in Pingrong County. The young master of the Huo family has failed again in his attempt to build his foundation through taking the elixir. This has been the second time."

Qi Duoluo didn't say much, but he said everything he needed to say. Kang Dabao suddenly realized that it was the descendants who were not up to the task, so what could he do?

Hua Yuanyang climbed up to a very powerful position. Kang Dabao thought back to the time when he was at Yushan Baohui. Perhaps that was when he climbed up to that position.

Huo Bing probably won't be able to do anything in these years, so he should think about how to leave more legacy for future generations. Otherwise, judging from the current situation, after his death, the Tanggu Huo family will probably be stripped of its skin and bones and slashed clean. "I can't afford to offend Second Master Huo, my dear brother, don't joke." Although he thought so, the head of Kang Da just looked at the wine in the glass with amusement.

"Haha, my brother can't afford to offend Mr. Huo, but Mr. Huo is also afraid of my brother," Qi Duoluo said halfway through his words, raised his cup and laughed:

"For insignificant cultivators like us, who have mediocre talents and no hope for the path, it is so difficult to cultivate our entire lives for that unattainable opportunity to build a foundation!

Some people sit in cold kilns for sixty or seventy years, but still cannot reach the advanced stage of Qi training. When they are in their eighties, they suddenly realize that delicacies, beauties, famous instruments and mountain delicacies are all within reach, and that this world is full of joy. How late it is!
Brother Shi, look at these people outside, which one of them is unhappy?

Why seek the Tao! Why bother seeking the Tao! How many foundation-building cultivators die in Shannan Dao every year? How many can compare to the happiness enjoyed by the second master of the Huo family, Shouchang! Take a look, take a look! Why bother seeking to ascend to heaven? This is the fairyland!"

Qi Duolo opened the embroidered tent, the sound-silencing magic circle stopped operating, and a burst of cheers came to his ears.

A group of beauties, some plump and some slim, were laughing and playing in the pool, with most of their snow-white flesh exposed, so white that it was blinding.

There were several young monks of different looks and ages sitting around a small round table by the pool. After taking some medicine and drinking some wine, they got bored and threw various elixirs into the pool. The beauties immediately pretended to swim like fish and scrambled for them, which made the young monks by the pool laugh uncontrollably.

Those beauties who swallowed the elixir walked out of the pool and sat in the arms of the monks beside the pool, allowing them to pick and play with the fruits.

"A pool of wine and a forest of meat, isn't this a pool of wine and a forest of meat?" The head of the Kang family, who had never seen the world, could only sigh.

It would be a lie to say that he was not jealous. He was not one of those Buddhists who were good at observing the precepts, and he really did not have much concentration.

"How despicable this Qi Duoluo is! How could he not entertain me like this?"

After a long time, Qi Duoluo put down the embroidered curtain. The laughter and joy gradually faded away, and the room was left with only silence.

Kang Dabao was recalling the previous scene, his mind lingering, and the two were speechless for a while.

Qi Duoluo put a piece of palm flower into his mouth, opened his mouth and hummed a little tune with a rich and indescribable fragrance, and then said: "If a cultivator who practices Qi for 120 years can live like this every day, it will be enough!"

Kang Dabao was silent. A Qigong practitioner's lifespan is 120 years. How many people can live to that age?
At this time, a fragrance emanated from the bottle of Meilundan in his sleeve, mixing with the strong fragrance of the palm petals of Qiduoluo and the aroma of wine on the table.

Master Kang inadvertently took a few sips, and at the same time, a hint of confusion gradually appeared in Master Kang's eyes.

At this moment, many people suddenly appeared in his mind: the scattered cultivators who died in the Rongju House in various markets, the soldiers whose bodies were destroyed by the formation in the previous battles, and the familiar customers who were killed by his own attack.
They are essentially no different from the monks who live in this place of wine and meat. Although they are poorer, they are not without choices.

If you can't afford to live in the market, just find a mortal fortress. Even if it's not as good as Miaoyunzhai, it's definitely like a god's life compared to being ordered around and looked down upon in the market.

But there are always people who practice until their body is on the verge of death, with injuries all over their bodies caused by improper qi circulation, and then they go to find a mortal home to start a family and place their hopes of practice on the next generation.

But the next generation will often just go back and forth, repeating the stories of the previous generation. Why bother? Every generation is consumable material, and becomes the cream that nourishes the high-level cultivators above in vain!
Isn't it good to enjoy a peaceful life from the beginning? I already knew these principles!

What's more, I am different from those people, I have choices!

Uncle Black Shoe is a backer, and the third brother has no shortage of resources now and will also be a backer in the future.

Chongmingzong has already got on the right track, and Fei Shuhe cannot touch him. He can also marry a few concubines peacefully and live for another hundred or twenty years.

Before his death, he passed the throne to Jiang Qing. After his death, the latter put him into the coffin used to bury the ancestor of the Chongming Sect's revival, and he enjoyed the incense and worship from his descendants with peace of mind.

What's wrong with this? This life may not be magnificent, but compared to the previous life when my parents always worried about me, isn't it much better?

So what if I have practiced hard to reach the eighth level of Qi training, and so what if I have the foundation-building pill, the young master of the Dingnan Niu family took the foundation-building pill and didn't die? !

It’s so difficult to even build a foundation, do you really want to become the Taoist Patriarch?
The broken gourd and the broken bones can also be given to the third brother, he is smarter than me, maybe he can figure it out. By then, it will take ten years to build the foundation, Jiazi Golden Elixir, if I am lucky, I can see the day when he becomes the Yuanying Patriarch.

By then, let alone Yunjiaozhou, the entire Shannan Dao immortals and mortals, who would he, the head of the Kang family, be afraid of! Isn't this good!

"Haha, in this fairyland, we brothers would like to invite not only Hua Yuanyang to invest in it, but also Brother Shi to invest in it. What do you think?"

Seeing the determination in Kang Dabao's eyes fade away little by little, a hint of pride flashed in Qi Duoluo's eyes.

He thought, "After all, Hua Yuanyang got this trick from that senior. How can it be impossible to capture a Qigong cultivator named Kang? The senior really went to a lot of trouble to get his Black Shoe Taoist to take action!"

Hearing Qi Duoluo's bewitching words, Sect Leader Kang Da was about to respond subconsciously. However, when he was about to speak, Xiao Qi, who was dozing off just now, smelled the strange fragrance from the Meilundan bottle, opened his mouth and bit Kang Dabao's finger hidden in his sleeve.

Fortunately, the head of Kangda was just not paying attention for a moment and did not get completely involved.

The pain between his fingers was Xiaoqi's warning. Kang Dabao's heart tightened immediately, and he quietly clenched the Qingxin jade pendant worn around his waist in his hand without making a sound.

After just a few breaths, when his eyes gradually regained clarity, Kang Dabao looked at Qi Duoluo again, he already understood.

"This damned thing must have done something to you, my Lord!"

After figuring out the key point, Master Kang did not have an attack on the spot, but just showed that he was already sober, which scared Qi Duoluo so much that he jumped, but he still looked thoughtful.

"This guy and the people behind him are trying to take advantage of Uncle Heilu's reputation. The rapidly growing wealth of the people in Hemudao is probably due to the support of people like Qi Duoluo."

After a brief thought, the head of Kangda knew that this was definitely not something he could do. Occasionally coming to a place of entertainment to drink was one thing, but if he really wanted to get involved in such dirty things...
Apart from anything else, based on Kang Dabao's understanding of the Black-Shoe Taoist, in the latter's eyes, he, Kang Dabao, was probably no different from the group of "pigs and dogs" on the Hemu Dao.

Whether you can enjoy the benefits or not is another matter, but this business cannot be done.

The Qi Duoluo in front of him is his smiling and polite "Brother Qi", but secretly he is "Master Qi" who destroys families, forces people to sell their children, and sends people to force good women into prostitution.

I was different from this kind of people in my previous life, and I won't be close friends with them in this life. A cultivator is not a god, but at least he should be a human being!
"Brother Qi, you are too polite. Chongming Sect can only do some simple business." Kang Dabao said lightly.

"What a pity." Qi Duoluo was shocked and a little stunned. "This Kang woke up so quickly!"

A flash of fierceness flashed across Qi Duoluo's face, but he immediately put on a smile and sat back at the table calmly, putting down his wine glass and picking up some food.

Even though he knew that Kang Dabao had seen through his tricks, Qi Duoluo didn't seem nervous at all.

At this moment, the fake smile on his face disappeared completely, making his originally sinister appearance seem less disgusting.

I only heard Qi Duoluo talking while eating: "Friend Kang has a good uncle, and Qi has a good mother. But this uncle is not my real uncle, and my mother is not my real mother."

At this point, Qi Duoluo put down his chopsticks, as if he didn't notice Kang Dabao's increasingly ugly expression, and stood up and said softly: "Daoyou, please enjoy your meal. Qi has something important to discuss."

Qi Duoluo went out, and Kang Dabao was silent for a while. He looked at the leftovers on the table and felt a little nauseous.

But when Kang Dabao turned around, he found an embroidered curtain separating him from that fairyland. He couldn't help but take a deep breath. After a long silence, he finally reached out his hand and gently lifted it up.

The cheerful sounds are pleasant to the ears and fascinating.

"How great!" Kang Dabao couldn't help but sigh again. He seemed to be unable to tell whether those unbearable thoughts were caused by Qi Duolo's methods or were what he had in mind.

He recalled that during his thirty years of practicing Taoism, most of the time he had only lived in a dimly lit room, with a cold plain bed, worn-out Taoist books, and dimmed lamps.
But what is within reach outside now is clear water, blazing sun, poetry, wine and red sleeves!
"How wonderful!" Before I knew it, my spiritual heart was tarnished again.

Kang Dabao saw that at this moment, there was a monk with thick eyebrows sitting beside the round table, holding the beauty's chin with one hand and passing the wine into her mouth, then she reached into the wine jar and took another sip.

The beauty in front drank and left, and another beauty lined up behind her. The monk with thick eyebrows laughed and enjoyed it very much.

Until the last younger beauty came up, she frowned slightly as if hurt by the stubble of the thick-browed monk.

The thick-browed monk became furious upon seeing this, and started cursing. He immediately threw the wine jar and punched the beauty in the chest.

Kang Dabao heard the sound of a heavy object hitting the ground and the beauty's moaning almost at the same time, and the beauty and the wine jar also broke into pieces on the ground almost at the same time.
Kang Dabao saw that the thick-browed monk was still furious, saw the beauties forcing themselves to smile despite their fear, saw the thick-browed monk's friends clapping and cheering, and saw Qi Duoluo coming out and trying to smooth things over with a smile.

It was so lively, but it seemed that no one noticed the broken girl on the ground, as if she was really just a fish swimming in the pond.

The innocence and childishness between her eyebrows seemed to have not disappeared with the departure of life, and it also quietly diluted the thick and inappropriate makeup on her face, making her look even more lovely than she had been before.

If her cheeks weren't already covered in blood
The breeze brought some warmth, and blew the remaining innocence between the girl's brows to Kang Dabao, and also helped to blow away some of the dust covering his heart.

The dust gradually dissipated, revealing the clear and pure nature of the Tao heart.

Master Kang seemed to have understood a little bit. How to live is something that humble little cultivators like him never have the final say on.

Everyone wants to be the high monk who drinks, but who can guarantee that they are not a beautiful woman accompanying the wine, or just a big jar for holding wine.

Thinking of this, he inexplicably felt a trace of resentment in his heart. He just put down the embroidered curtain, and there was no sound in the room anymore.

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