What kind of Journey to the West is this?

"Sister Baishu, please accompany me back to the wing room. By the way, is the milk I asked Cangyue to warm ready? I'm a little thirsty."

"Where is there a monkey guarding a peach garden?"

“…Warm up another pot later.”

"New Year's Eve is coming soon. Is there anything fun to do in the city?"

"I heard that Mozhufang has released a new set of illustrated storybooks."

"Comic strips! What exactly are they?"

"A pornographic painting. Painted by Master Feng. It's from the same series as the one Miss bought last month."

"Bullshit! I'm a gentleman! I don't even swear!"

"Well, I hope so."

.........................

Gangfeng layer.

The strong wind blew over, making people fall into the icy hell. If those dragons, tigers and wolves stayed here for a while, their skin and flesh would soon be torn to pieces, and in the end, even their skin and bones would be chopped into pieces by the strong wind.

The blue phoenix spread its wings, fanning two pale white air currents to protect itself from the fierce gale.

Although the knife couldn't cut his body, he was still very cold. Jiang Banxia sneezed three times and sniffed his nose.

Qingluan asked curiously, "Isn't Envoy Xiao Jiang employed by the Plague Department? It's already the end of the year, and there's still a winter plague?"

Jiang Banxia shook her head vigorously, "How can that be? I'm on a business trip."

The blue phoenix chirped twice and said with emotion, "I heard that Envoy Xiao Jiang was born in Beidou Palace. She is the daughter of a wealthy family, yet she is so hardworking. It really makes me, a little bird, ashamed."

Jiang Banxia muttered quietly, "If it weren't for the three-level salary increase, who would do this job..."

Qingluan asked curiously, "What did Envoy Xiao Jiang say?"

"Ahem, I'm not a daughter of a wealthy family. I'm completely broke. I only got some help from my master. Otherwise, with my abilities, how could I have been promoted to the important position of the seventh rank in the Plague Department so quickly?"

"Envoy Jiang is so modest." Qingluan sighed, flew down from the clouds, and saw the dark earth and mountains.

"Cangzhou City is just ahead. If Envoy Xiao Jiang wants to go back any day, just light a stick of incense and let us know."

Jiang Banxia nodded, stepped on the void and flew down from the clouds.

She looked at the tiny lights in Cangzhou City and recalled General Zhong Rengui's teachings not long ago:

"Banxia! Go to Cangzhou on a business trip and give some gifts to that Mr. An. You can also relax while you're there, just treat it as a sightseeing trip!"

Relax?

It's good as long as the blood pressure doesn't rise...

Donghuang suddenly receives a jade talisman: Chapter 181 [The Plague God holds the elixir, Pinellia becomes a bandit]

A few days later, early morning.

The snow melts soon and the cold frost brings clear weather.

After Yanxia finished washing up, she went to harass Xue Shier again, holding her up like a rag doll and shaking her to wake her up.

The cat was sleeping soundly, and once it closed its eyes it didn't care about life or death.

When An Yanxia saw it, she exclaimed that it was awesome and would call it the best sleeping experience.

To be honest, Xue Shier was not like this when he was in the Iron Lion Temple...

Let’s stop talking nonsense. Yanxia woke up Xue Shier and asked him to eat a bowl of white porridge.

He also asked the kitchen to warm up a bowl of it, add a piece of red fermented bean curd and shredded pickled mustard greens, drizzle it with sesame oil, put it in a food box and send it to Wenshu Temple for Sun Simiao.

Master Sun will be staying in Cangzhou these days, so she would go and harass others to discuss medical skills, especially the Thirteen Branches of Incantations, when she had nothing to do.

Xiong Fengxian had given her a note on the art of incantation, but she still hadn't understood it. Now that she had a good teacher in front of her, she had to ask for some advice.

However, Master Sun's attitude towards this was a bit subtle. He was not willing to talk more about the art of incantation, but he could not resist An Yanxia's constant nagging.

It's the same principle: you should be grateful when you receive favors from others and you should be soft-hearted when you eat from others.

But unexpectedly, as soon as she stepped out of the door today, she saw an unlucky enemy.

"Jiang Banxia?"

Yan Xia looked at the girl in front of her, who was wearing a thin crimson dress, and took two steps back, saying warily, "Stay away from me."

Slip!

Jiang Banxia sniffed his nose, and the snot was almost flowing onto his lips.

The plague god sneezed three times, leaving the girl over there stunned.

You are such a coward - you are so cold that your nose is running, but you don’t even think about putting on two more layers of clothes to keep warm!

Yanxia would like to call this cowardly feeling "ginger diarrhea".

Jiang Banxia's eyes welled up with tears as she begged, "Don't just stand there! Do you have a stove at home? I'll go in and warm myself up. I'm almost freezing to death!"

Seeing her so pitiful, Yan Xia shrugged and said, "Come in."

After saying that, he added: "Wash your hands first."

It's a bit unlucky for the God of Plague to enter the house.

But she even has a demon in her family, so she doesn't mind it. At most, she can just fight poison with poison.

Jiang Banxia came in, washed her hands, and sat on a small table, warming herself around the red clay stove.

Seeing her in such a state of desolation, Yan Xia wondered, "What bad things did you do to be banished from heaven?"

She began to imagine scenes such as breaking the glass lamp, teasing Chang'e, burning the night pearl, and stealing the elixir from the Tushita Palace.

But the Plague God Girl complained bitterly, "I'm here to bring you something."

"For me?"

"Here, our Plague Department sent this to you. It's said to be the work of Marshal Zhao Gongming of the Western Division."

Speaking of this, Jiang Banxia became a little more energetic and took out a wooden box.

When it was opened, there was a bright yellow pill inside, placed on several layers of bright yellow silk cloth with cloud patterns.

Yan Xia confiscated it and nodded, saying, "No one comes to the temple for no reason."

Jiang Banxia rolled her eyes. "This is what they use to curry favor with you."

"Flatter me?"

"Do you remember the vaccine method you used earlier? That thing attracted the attention of both the Tian Hospital and the Ministry of Plague. Zhang Fuzi from the Tian Hospital's anti-poison department began researching it, and the Ministry of Plague also established a new office called the Palace of Plague Prevention."

Jiang Banxia wiped his nose and said, "Now both groups want you to take charge. When you go to heaven, the Heavenly Hospital will definitely send people to win you over. Isn't it that I am one step ahead of them?"

Yanxia was shocked.

She went to take charge, it was too much of a compliment to her!

She immediately shook her head, "That's even more unacceptable."

Jiang Banxia said, "Whether you accept it or not is one thing, and whether I give it to you or not is another. Marshal Zhao said this is a New Year's gift for you, as a thank you for taking care of the monks under his altar."

This is talking about Yu Qinghuai, a Taoist priest of Longhu Xuantan.

Since there was a reason for it, Yan Xia didn't act pretentiously and just reached out to take it.

This is a golden elixir from the Tushita Palace, made of lead, mercury, gold and stone. It is not an ordinary herbal elixir.

In the practice of external alchemy, this kind of elixir is called "medicine bait" or "elixir head" and has endless uses.

It is definitely not a good idea to eat it directly, as it can easily cause lead and mercury poisoning - Monkey King is a different matter, as he has copper teeth and iron jaws, and was created from a spirit stone, so he cannot be considered a normal person.

Burning the golden elixir with fire and then hiding it in a medicine bag will help you swallow saliva, absorb air, and visualize and concentrate your mind.

It is also the best gold essence and jade marrow. Taking it in the same way as the Qigong practitioners swallow gold and jade can help to strengthen the muscles and bones, and to refine the evil spirits.

Finally, there's the elixir of immortality. Among all the methods for achieving the corpse-transmigration immortality, the most superior is to use the golden elixir as bait. Using the bait, one can achieve corpse-transmigration, then undergo refinement through water and fire. If the corpse remains intact, one can achieve the corpse-transmigration immortality.

There are so many wonderful uses that it is difficult to count them all.

Yan Xia is now refining her essence into Qi, which is the time to refine the water and grain to store the true essence. Keeping this golden elixir by her side can help prevent the true essence from leaking.

It is a top-notch treasure.

After collecting the golden elixir, Yan Xia looked at Jiang Ban Xia and asked curiously, "Jiang Laxi, if you weren't demoted, how did you freeze yourself into this state?"

Jiang Banxia didn't care about the name and explained, "Do you think I was thinking that... It's spring all year round in Heaven. The last time I came to Cangzhou, it was still a little cold. I never thought it would be freezing to death now!"

"You wouldn't wear two more layers of clothing? The Plague Department wouldn't be so stingy, would they?"

"......"

Jiang Banxia whispered, "I was told to save the allowance for buying clothes."

Well, you deserve it.

Yan Jingsheng's reincarnation belongs to...

Yan Xia was also speechless and said, "I'll get you two pieces of clothing from the closet later."

Jiang Banxia rubbed his hands together, "Isn't this bad?"

Yan Xia complained: "I'm mainly worried that you'll freeze to death, and you're still trying to extort money from me for the coffin..."

"Unless I'm really short of money...I'm not that kind of person!"

Jiang Banxia spoke confidently, then dejectedly said, "I've really been running out of money lately. Three years' salary has been deducted. The Dharma money is barely enough for cultivation, otherwise I wouldn't have taken away even the allowance for buying clothes."

"I have quite a bit of French money, but it's useless to me."

"How much can your little money really do..."

Jiang Banxia shook her head. She knew the rules of Miaoyan Palace. Seventh-rank Heavenly Officials received six thousand Dharma coins for their annual assessment. This amount seemed like a lot, but it was public funds back then and could not be touched.

After throwing away these six thousand French coins, how much will be left?

And An Yanxia has only been in office for less than a year, which means she doesn't have much liquid capital.

She was just a commoner, and although her annual salary was indeed a bit meager, she would not covet other people's savings.

Yan Xia didn't notice and said sincerely:

"There are still over 20,000 French dollars in the account now. If I put in some effort next year, I can expect to receive at least 50,000 more."

Jiang Banxia blinked, the impact of the numbers made her brain a little dizzy.

"How much?! Over 20,000 French francs?"

She swallowed, pressed the girl's shoulders, and questioned her, "Have you become a demon king in Cangzhou?"

At this moment, Jiang Banxia wished she could become a bandit with her.

Damn it, starting a business can make you more money than just drawing a salary from the Plague Department!

Twenty thousand French francs!

The combined salary of her seventh-rank official and two fifth-rank officials is less than ten thousand Dharma coins a year!

The girl's warm and moist breath blew on Yanxia's face.

Yanxia looked indifferent.

"It seems... almost. Anyway, it's all confiscated money. The Azure Dragon Temple brings in at least 50,000 magical coins, and there's also the Water Lords of the two rivers. If I scare them, I can get another 30,000 magical coins every year."

Donghuang Suddenly Receives Jade Talisman: Chapter 182 [Rootless Water, Black and White Cat]

Birds were calling for clear weather, and they landed on the balcony early in the morning, chirping and disturbing Snow Lion's sweet dream.

Snow Lion rubbed his eyes, lay sleepily on the windowsill, and stared at the magpie.

The magpies migrating south not only did not leave, but were very energetic.

The agile cat had just woken up from hibernation and was indeed feeling very sleepy.

Those magpies looked pretty much the same, and it looked like they were a family. They all jumped onto the snow lion's shoulders.

Four birds and one cat stared blankly at the rising sun.