This is what an immortal should be like

Chapter 44: Eastern Jin Dynasty Star, Moon and Rain

In a Taoist's living room behind Wangxian Temple, the Taoist invited Zhuang Lin and Leng Zhiheng here, and did not require the disciples to serve him. He personally made tea for Zhuang Lin and Leng Zhiheng.

The Taoist priest was calmer now and not as excited as before.

The Taoist's name is Mingxuan, and he is one of the disciples of the old Taoist priest Jingyu.

However, since the death of Taoist Master Jingyu, the other fellow disciples who had stayed behind to observe the sect have all left, and most of them have received a considerable amount of money.

"It's ironic, given my generation, it's not my turn to be the abbot of Wangxian Temple. However, several of my senior brothers didn't want to stay in the temple and chose to return to secular life. So I became the abbot."

"What's even more ironic is that I manage this huge Taoist temple and am busy with this and that every day, all for a few pieces of silver."

Mingxuan spoke helplessly, and seemed to want to try hard to explain something to Zhuang Lin.

Leng Zhiheng on the side was eating red dates like a cow chewing a peony. He took a sip of tea, swallowed it with a gulp, and then said with a smile.

"Guarding Wangxian Temple, isn't money rolling in? What are you afraid of, Taoist priest?"

Mingxuan frowned slightly and glanced at Zhuang Lin cautiously, but the latter showed no strange expression.

"Alas, Master Leng, you can't say that. If I really wanted money, I would have divided the money and left like my fellow disciples. With that kind of money, I would have been rich and happy in the secular world."

Zhuang Lin just listened without expressing any opinion until he had finished half a cup of tea before getting straight to the point.

"Okay, I've had my tea and listened to the story. I still want to ask you, I hope you'll let me see the formation diagram album that the old Taoist priest left behind!"

Leng Zhiheng quickly added a sentence.

"Or you can just buy it directly. Taoist Mingxuan, please name a price!"

Taoist Mingxuan frowned slightly and hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"This is what I was just about to tell Master Zhuang. This formation atlas is a relic of our master's. I really want to give it to you, but my fellow disciples have already agreed that we must all agree before we can move it."

Leng Zhiheng called Zhuang Lin "Master Zhuang" all the time, and Taoist Mingxuan followed suit.

"Then show it to Master Zhuang. I'll give you the money anyway. Why are you so slow?"

Leng Zhiheng finally couldn't bear it anymore.

Taoist Mingxuan frowned and after hesitating for a long time, he seemed to have finally made a decision.

"Well, Master Zhuang, wait a moment. I'll get it for you to read. But you can only read it here and cannot take it out of the Taoist temple!"

"That's natural!"

Zhuang Lin responded, and then saw Taoist Mingxuan walk directly to the back of the room, lift up his bedding, open a secret compartment under the bed, and then take out a wooden box.

After a while, Taoist Mingxuan brought the wooden box to the table, took out a key from his body, and opened the copper lock on the wooden box.

Taoist Mingxuan was very cautious during the whole process, while Leng Zhiheng and Zhuang Lin watched with curiosity.

Finally, the contents of the wooden box were revealed. It was a book with a badly damaged cover. Taoist Mingxuan took out the book and handed it to Zhuang Lin with both hands.

"Master Zhuang, please look!"

Zhuang Lin stood up to take the book, said thank you and then sat down again. Then he tried his best to carefully open the tattered book.

This was not just one formation diagram as Zhuang Lin had imagined at the beginning, but it was really a thick volume with many formation diagrams.

Of course, it is possible that several consecutive pages actually contain information related to a certain formation diagram, but even so, it is still a lot.

Zhuang Lin flipped through the pages very quickly, while Taoist Mingxuan and Leng Zhiheng read ten lines at a glance, only pausing for a moment when they came across a pattern.

In just a few moments, Zhuang Lin had read most of the book. He was so engrossed in it that he felt a unique charm surrounding him.

This made the two people next to them dare not even make a sound to disturb them during the process. Even someone like Leng Zhiheng did not take the dried dates again, as if he was afraid that the chewing sound would be too loud.

Suddenly, Zhuang Lin stopped turning the pages of the book, his eyes fixed on a pattern on a page for a long time.

There was a row of words written in ancient seal script below the pattern, but unlike most of the previous formation diagrams, it was not marked with the words of a certain formation. Instead, it was written: Eastern Jin Dynasty Star, Moon and Rain Diagram.

Although this pattern seemed to be some kind of freehand sketch related to the starry sky, in Zhuang Lin's eyes, it was indeed quite similar to the terrain of the Luanyue Valley in Yinxian Valley.

Even the part of the picture presented by the word "timely rain" looked like a scene of starry and moonlight falling like rain in Zhuang Lin's eyes.

Zhuang Lin quickly flipped through the rest of the book, but he stayed on the part about the Eastern Jin Dynasty's Star, Moon and Rain for at least five or six minutes, and then continued to flip through the pages.

However, this time Zhuang Lin flipped through the pages more carefully, spending longer on each page, and even started over again at the end.

About an hour later, Zhuang Lin finally closed the book carefully and handed it back to Taoist Mingxuan who had been standing by.

"Thank you, Taoist Priest. I have benefited a lot from watching this today!"

"You're welcome, you're welcome!"

Taoist Mingxuan responded while carefully putting the book back into the wooden box.

Zhuang Lin looked at Leng Zhiheng beside him.

"According to the contract, I should be paid six million. Please donate all of this money to Wangxian Temple as a token of gratitude for what I did today!"

Leng Zhiheng was stunned for a moment.

"This, isn't necessary." He just flipped through the book. It wouldn't cost so much money to buy that crappy book, right?
Although Leng Zhiheng had just bought jewelry worth 20 million for Zhuang Lin, it was indeed a priceless antique, while what was in front of him was just a tattered book.

Taoist Mingxuan was also obviously stunned for a moment, then hurriedly waved his hands in panic.

"No, no, absolutely no, I just borrowed a book. How can you accept such a large sum of money from the master? Isn't this embarrassing for us? When Master was alive, he also lent books to others to read. How can I deserve this? Please don't do this, don't do this!"

Zhuang Lin made the decision in a happy mood, but when he saw the reactions of the people around him, he changed his mind after thinking about it.

"Then I, Zhuang Lin, owe you a favor!"

"Oh, that's appropriate."

Taoist Mingxuan breathed a sigh of relief and felt inexplicably happy.

Since he had already read the formation diagram book, there was no need for Zhuang Lin to stay in Wangxian Temple any longer.

They had a simple lunch in the temple, and not long after, Zhuang Lin and Leng Zhiheng got into the car again, accompanied by Taoist Mingxuan and several of his free disciples.

To be honest, Leng Zhiheng's attitude towards Zhuang Lin had changed from being wary to being more respectful. On the way down the mountain, he asked another question out of habit.

"Master Zhuang, where are you going now?"

Zhuang Lin had gained quite a lot from this trip. Although there were still some questions that remained unanswered, such as "the vastness of the mountains and rivers is very different in ancient times and today", it was obvious that the answers to those questions could not be found at a conventional level, and he could only look for them later on the path of cultivation.

"Let's go to the airport. I'm going back to Hidden Immortal Valley!"

"Oh, so you won't play for a few days?"

"Forget it, I still have a lot to do when I get back, and this is a bit of an eyesore here."

"Uh hehe, seeing as you said, let's go to the nearby Gusu Airport."

As he was talking, Leng Zhiheng was already making a phone call while driving. Zhuang Lin glanced ahead and saw that it was indeed one of those heavy phones that looked like a small brick.

"Hello, it's me. I'm looking for two first-class tickets from Gusu to Jingzhou. They'll take off in about an hour. Don't worry, I can make it."

Zhuang Lin pretended not to hear what was said, then closed his eyes and began to recall the formation diagram he had just read.

The book was just an ordinary old book without any hidden mysterious information. After reading it, Zhuang Lin had memorized the entire text.

After Leng Zhiheng finished the call, he glanced through the rearview mirror and saw Zhuang Lin sitting there with his eyes closed, not moving at all.

It only took half an hour to get from the foot of Wangxianguan Mountain to Suzhou Airport, and less than fifteen minutes from collecting the ticket to boarding the plane.

Leng Zhiheng accompanied Zhuang Lin on the plane, and he didn't breathe a sigh of relief until they sat in the relatively empty first-class cabin together.

"Master Hu Zhuang, we've become a real peep show at the airport. Did you notice just now? The girl checking you in blushed when she took one look at you. I heard you have a great relationship with Director Zhou. You're going to be very famous in the future. How about you sign an autograph for me now? It'll be worth a lot of money later!"

Leng Zhiheng said this with a smile, but it wasn't entirely a joke. Zhuang Lin glanced at him.

"Are you still short of money?"

"That's different! Oh, and before takeoff, you should give the young master a call!"

I suddenly thought of it now, was it a bit deliberate?
Zhuang Lin looked at Leng Zhiheng with a half-smile, but the latter was also thick-skinned and remained calm.

"Okay, let's fight one!"
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In the Zhonghai City Funeral Home, the funeral was about to take place in half an hour. At this moment, Liu Hongyu sat next to his father's electronic ice coffin to rest, while others were making final preparations.

Although the news of Liu Shihao's death was previously concealed by Liu Lei and others, an announcement had already been issued to the public when they received Liu Hongyu's call at dawn.

If it wasn't a little late, the headlines of major newspapers would definitely be the news of Liu Shihao's death.

However, death is like the extinguishing of a light. For Liu Hongyu, his father's dignity was given by his father during his lifetime, and the three-hour funeral was just a formality.

At this moment, Liu Lei came over with a mobile phone in his hand.

"Master, Master Zhuang is calling."

Liu Hongyu, who had been resting with his eyes closed and holding the sword case, suddenly opened his eyes and answered the phone.

"Hey, Master. Well, everything is almost ready, huh? Are you leaving now?"

On the plane, Zhuang Lin asked with a big smile while holding his mobile phone.

"Well, this little test of being an heir isn't too difficult for you, is it?"

Liu Hongyu's calm yet confident voice came from the phone.

"If this level can stump me, I'm not worthy of being your disciple!"

Zhuang Lin was listening to the phone and looking to the side. A flight attendant was standing next to him, staring at him, with her mouth slightly open as if she wanted to remind him of something.

"That's good. I won't bother you anymore. I'm hanging up first. We're taking off soon. You're not allowed to make phone calls on planes."

Inside the funeral home, Liu Hongyu put down the phone after hearing the busy tone, then glanced at Liu Lei. The latter felt a little embarrassed by the look, but he didn't wait for the young master to ask him to explain anything.

"You can make the decision regarding the group's affairs, but when it comes to my personal affairs, I hope this is the last time, Brother Lei!"

Liu Hongyu's tone was calm, but Liu Lei's heart skipped a beat. He actually felt as if he had faced Liu Shihao before.

"Okay, young master, there won't be a next time!"

(End of this chapter)