Starting with Taoist priests from Maoshan to cultivate immortality

After Huang Shan left, Jiang Yu took out a water bag and sprayed water on Zhao Lei's face, trying to wake him up.

His fear of mice is so exaggerated that even after being slapped so many times, he didn't wake up... or maybe he did wake up, but was then slapped unconscious again.

Even after the water in the water bag was used up, Zhao Lei remained unconscious.

A thread-like arc of electricity rose from Jiang Yu's palm, preparing to give him a cardiac electroshock therapy.

Zhao Lei struggled to open his eyes on the ground, feeling a burning pain on his face, his vision narrowed by his swollen cheeks.

Immediately afterwards, he saw arcs of electricity flashing in Jiang Yu's palm, heading straight for his heart.

He instinctively thought of what would happen to his hair, and jumped up, looking wary.

"Brother Jiang, what are you planning to do?"

Jiang Yu's palm froze in mid-air, unable to move forward or backward.

Or we could just press it directly.

She said it was to save him, and she couldn't stop herself for a moment.

You could see Zhao Lei's face swollen like a pig's head, and the anxious yet slightly aggrieved look in his eyes.

Jiang Yu's conscience stirred slightly, and he forcefully took back the palm lightning that he had just condensed.

Fine, I guess I owe him.

Jiang Yu relaxed his brows and feigned surprise, saying:

"Brother Zhao, you're awake?"

"I have good news for you! The weasel that used its magic to trap us is gone!"

"Very good!"

Zhao Lei was still somewhat wary, but upon hearing this, his displeasure vanished instantly.

"Ouch, that hurts so much!"

But when he grinned a little too wide, a sharp pain pulled him back from his joy.

He touched his swollen, red face and said angrily:

"Who the hell beat me up like this?!"

He only remembers passing out, and then he knows nothing more.

"Brother Zhao, there's more bad news. Although I tricked that weasel away, it took revenge before it left and slapped you dozens of times."

"Alas, it's all my fault for being so incompetent. I could only save both of our lives, but you still got hurt."

Jiang Yu looked heartbroken.

Seeing Jiang Yu's appearance, Zhao Lei had a vague feeling that something was wrong, but he still comforted him:

"How can this be your fault? You saved both of our lives, which is already a great thing!"

"Blame that damned 'yellow rat'... It even slapped me... How could it slap me when it's so small?" Zhao Lei wondered, gesturing to himself.

Seeing this, Jiang Yu grabbed his shoulder and shook him back and forth, turning the slight unease he had initially sensed into a complete mess.

"Don't overthink it. We've survived this ordeal; everything that's left is good!"

"No, I have to yell at him to vent my anger, otherwise I'd be letting down my injured face!"

Seeing that Zhao Lei was determined to pursue the matter further, Jiang Yu threatened him:

"It just left, and you're yelling like this. If you attract it back, no one will be able to save you!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Lei's expression changed drastically. He quickly covered his mouth and whispered:

"Thank you so much, Brother Jiang. It's wonderful to have a friend like you."

The sudden praise made Jiang Yu a little embarrassed.

He breathed a sigh of relief; Zhao Lei had finally been brought back to his own rhythm and stopped thinking about the weasel.

He raised his head, shifting his attention, and said:

"Look, this bear demon at the third level of Qi Refining has quite a few valuable items on it. Let's divide it up."

He walked forward and patted the mountain-sized bear demon corpse, his eyes gleaming:

"Bear skin, bear gallbladder, bear bone, and bear penis are all top-grade medicines for drawing talismans and instigating incantations to strengthen the body."

Zhao Lei nodded in agreement:

"Indeed! If you were to dismember and sell the whole thing, it would be worth at least a hundred low-grade spirit stones."

But he quickly shook his head and said:

"However, Brother Jiang, you saved my life, so this bear demon rightfully belongs to you!"

"Nonsense!" Jiang Yu feigned agitation and waved his hands vigorously.

"How could I be such a greedy and despicable person!"

"If we say we'll split it in half, then we'll split it in half. Stop being so wishy-washy!"

Zhao Lei was deeply moved and said emotionally:

"Brother Jiang, you're so handsome and so loyal! If I were a woman in my next life, I would definitely marry you!"

Hearing the first part of the compliment, Jiang Yu was quite pleased, but when he heard the second part, his smile instantly froze.

How could you repay kindness with enmity?

In fact, what he gained from Huangshan was more than the corpses of several bear demons.

Moreover, he also needed to ask the Rock Gate to help him find his master.

Furthermore, given that he is currently facing the risk of being hunted down by the Eight Brothers of the Painted Skin Demon, maintaining good relations with the Rock Gate might prove to be a powerful ally in a critical moment.

Jiang Yu frowned and said:

"The bear carcass is good, but it's really difficult to handle."

A behemoth measuring three meters in length is no easy task to move or dismember.

Zhao Lei burst into laughter:

"Haha, what's so difficult about that! Brother Jiang, to tell you the truth, my family is from the butcher family. From childhood to adulthood, I have butchered hundreds of pigs and sheep."

"I can dismantle this bear carcass neatly and efficiently in less than an hour!"

He has already begun making plans with great enthusiasm:

"Let's go to town and hire two carriages, and buy a set of handy tools."

It's a pity this bear demon is only at the early stage of Qi Refining. If it were at the middle stage, it could use my family's ancestral set of swords!

Seeing that the conversation was going further and further off track, Jiang Yu pulled him back:

"If it were truly a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator, our lives would be in grave danger, let alone discussing how to dismantle its corpse so casually as we are now."

After the discussion was completed, Zhao Lei immediately went down the mountain to hire a horse-drawn carriage and buy tools.

He also plans to hire a dozen workers as helpers.

Jiang Yu instructed him to hire the elderly, weak, sick, and disabled from Qingshi Village.

This is just right to complete the "Do a good deed every day" character.

Zhao Lei was somewhat puzzled, but he still did as Jiang Yu asked.

When he arrived at Qingshi Village, he discovered that the village had been without food for two days due to the monster attack a few days earlier.

Zhao Lei suddenly realized:

"Brother Jiang is kind-hearted and worried that these people might accept gifts, so he came up with this method of providing relief through work."

He appreciated Jiang Yu's kindness and directly hired the elderly and weak from Qing Shi Village to go up the mountain.

Jiang Yu was startled when he saw the noisy group of people.

Then a large group of people chanted, "The Taoist priest is kind-hearted and saves people from suffering."

Jiang Yu wasn't a stingy person, so he simply offered each person three months' wages as payment.

Their eyes were filled with tears, and some people almost wanted to kowtow and worship.

Because of their old age and frailty, they were usually unwanted for work, so they never expected Jiang Yu to think so highly of them.

It took more than an hour for the bear demon's corpse to be dismantled, filling two large carts.

Golden copper coins appeared before Jiang Yu's eyes, and a line of small characters lit up on the left coin:

Daily Task [Do One Good Deed a Day]:

The work of helping the elderly, weak, sick, and disabled in Qingshi Village overcome hunger and suffering is complete.

Reward received: Merit +2

Jiang Yu nodded in satisfaction; the merit from today's mission was a little more than yesterday's.

After the elderly, weak, sick, and disabled of Qingshi Village left, Zhao Lei, carrying the long object, said:

"Let me take the bear penis back with me!"

"My master has three wives, they'll come in handy!"

Jiang Yu looked astonished:

"Your master is truly vigorous for his age!"

Thinking back to the last time I saw him, although he was a body cultivator, his complexion was somewhat pale. It turned out that he had to feed three vicious tigers every day.

Jiang Yu expressed deep sympathy:

"Then he really should get some proper nourishment!"

"Oh, right!" Zhao Lei suggested again.

"We can't possibly use all this stuff in a short time. How about we go to the shops in the county town tomorrow and exchange it for spirit stones?"

"That's a good idea, but..."

Jiang Yu still has to do the "Heavenly Mandate Treasure Talisman" quest tomorrow. This matter concerns his very foundation, and he cannot tell anyone about it.

He then told her that he was going to help Widow Wang catch the fox demon the next night.

After hearing this, Zhao Lei patted his chest and said:

"No problem, I'll go with you!"

Jiang Yu bowed with his hands clasped in greeting:

"Thank you very much, Brother Zhao!"

That fox demon must be very cunning; having more people means having more help.

One person drove a horse-drawn carriage, and they parted ways.

After walking a few steps, Zhao Lei suddenly called out to Jiang Yu:

"Brother Jiang, I forgot to tell you, the young cultivators from several small sects around us have formed a cultivation exchange association."

We'll exchange cultivation experiences and trade items in two days, at which time I can be your introducer.

"I don't know if you'd be interested!"

Jiang Yu said solemnly:

"Thank you for your help, Brother Zhao. I'm very interested!"

It can expand your network of contacts, exchange information, and will definitely be useful when doing tasks in the future.

The two then parted ways.

Jiang Yu drove the carriage all the way back to Qingfeng Temple before nightfall.

At the entrance of Qingfeng Temple, there is a white crane with a letter in its beak.

Upon seeing Jiang Yu return, he immediately dropped the letter and flew away.

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