Ugly time.
Narrow Rain Alley.
It's quiet at night.
"Come on, come on, brothers, let's do it!"
"Haha, the three of you and I originally just wanted to be a robber ghost cultivator and didn't want to be taught by our seniors. Now we have also made a career in the vegetable market!"
"Yes, now not only Yunling Town, but also the monks from the next few villages and towns have come to us to buy spiritual meat. I didn't expect that you can make so much money by following the right path, hahaha!"
In a narrow rental house, three men drank and sang in high spirits.
They originally came from the Blood Pill Sect in the land of Western Demons, but because they were framed and hunted by their fellow sects, they were forced to come to this righteous land of Eastern Cultivation, where they lived incognito and lived by plundering.
But they don't want to be subdued by a mysterious red-haired female senior. According to the senior's order, the three of them have been capturing spiritual beasts on Yunling these days to provide spiritual flesh for the senior.
In order to improve the efficiency of capturing spiritual beasts, the three were forced to change jobs.
Zhao Yicheng became a puppet master and was responsible for making trap puppets.
Qian Er became a spiritual planter, responsible for cultivating spiritual grass that attracts spiritual beasts.
Sun San has become a second-level spirit beast master, and now he can tame three wild spirit mastiffs at the same time.
The three of them were able to catch more than ten spiritual mastiffs in one night, and it took the seniors two or three days to get one. There were so many that the three of them had no money to keep them.
So after some discussion, we simply rented a stall in the vegetable market on Qingluo Lane, specializing in spiritual mastiff meat.
Unexpectedly, they gained a reputation and the business got better and better. Now the three of them can earn dozens of spiritual stones from selling meat every day, and their living standards have skyrocketed.
In two days, they planned to go to Qingluo Lane to rent a large house with three bedrooms and two living rooms, and live a well-off life from then on.
"The three of us are where we are today, thanks to the guidance of our seniors. We were able to find our way back and walk on the bright road!"
"Yes, respect senior!"
"Respect senior!"
The three clinked glasses again and laughed.
In an instant, the expressions of the three people changed, they clutched their chests and screamed, but their faces showed joy.
"Ah! It's senior!"
"Ah! Senior, you finally summoned us!"
"Uuuuuuuu, senior, I thought you had forgotten us!"
The three of them screamed and rejoiced as they hurried out and soon arrived at Liuyan Alley.
Sure enough, the long-lost red-haired figure was standing in the alleyway. The moonlight fell, illuminating the tall and plump curves in a moving way.
But there was no desire in the eyes of Zhao Yi and the others, only reverence and admiration. They all knelt down:
"senior!"
Xia Qinglian looked down at the three people and said calmly:
"From tomorrow onwards, I want second-grade spiritual beast meat."
The three of them were startled, and Zhao Yiwei said: "Senior, the only second-grade spiritual beast in Yunling Mountain is the Kun-headed leopard, and it is extremely difficult to catch. Can you give me more time?"
Sun San kowtowed and said loudly: "Senior, I have an order, and I will obey it to the death. Tomorrow I will offer you the meat of a second-grade spiritual beast!"
Zhao Yi looked at him in shock.
The next moment, the red figure had disappeared.
"Damn it! Sun San, you, an imam, don't care about anything just to please your seniors?"
"How can the Kun-headed leopard be so easy to catch?"
Zhao Yi was furious and shouted at Sun San.
Sun San stared blankly at the place where the red-haired female cultivator was standing, and murmured:
"Senior's temperament has become more and more elegant. I am willing to do anything for senior!"
Zhao Yi was stunned and couldn't help but nodded: "Yes, senior has a heart-wrenching temperament. Even if senior looks at me, I will be extremely happy."
Qian Er had already turned around and strode away. Zhao Yi asked, "Qian Er, what are you doing?"
"You two can only talk, unlike me, who always pay silently for the sake of seniors. I will go to Yunling Mountain now!"
"Damn it, this bitch wants to take credit, stop!"
"Wait for me, how can I be left out when working for seniors!"
The next day.
Mao Shi.
Qin Gengyun came back from Yunling Mountain with scars all over his body and a tired look on his face. Qiu Zhihe had already gotten up and said to him:
"I'm going out to buy groceries."
Qin Gengyun was surprised: "Zhihe, are you going to buy vegetables before dawn?"
Qiu Zhihe said: "The vegetable market in Qingluo Lane has opened a shop specializing in high-quality spiritual meat. It is said that you can buy Kun-headed leopard meat if you go there early."
"Kun-headed leopard? That is a second-grade spiritual beast, and some people are willing to kill it and sell it for meat?"
Qin Gengyun was even more surprised. Qiu Zhihe said calmly:
"You go to sleep for a while, and I'll apply medicine to you when I come back."
Qin Gengyun agreed and warned: "It's not bright yet, Zhihe, please be careful."
Qiu Zhihe nodded and went out.
At this moment, the morning light was beginning to show, and many houses in Zhaiyu Lane were lit with candles, and white mist filled the surroundings.
Qiu Zhihe walked calmly on the alleyway. The door of a house opened, and Chen Fang came out with a vegetable basket. When she saw Qiu Zhihe, she stepped forward happily:
"Fellow Daoist Qiu, I haven't seen you for several days. Why are you going to buy groceries so early?"
Qiu Zhihe nodded.
Chen Fang held her arm affectionately: "It just so happens that we are together."
Qiu Zhihe said nothing, and Chen Fang was used to her behavior. The two women walked to the vegetable market together.
Zhaiyu Alley is a low-rent housing area, and there are no food markets nearby. The casual cultivators living here usually go to the nearby Qingluo Alley to buy food.
Chen Fang was talking along the way, Qiu Zhihe nodded in agreement, and occasionally a smile appeared on his face.
She has a cold temperament and does not like to socialize with others. Chen Fang and her husband are very helpful to Qin Genggen, so Qiu Zhihe goes against her temper and gets close to her.
"By the way, Fellow Daoist Qiu, I have something to tell you."
A happy smile appeared on Chen Fang's face, she gently stroked her belly and whispered:
"I have the flesh and blood to become enlightened!"
Qiu Zhihe was startled, looked down at Chen Fang's belly, and finally realized:
"Are you pregnant?"
Chen Fang nodded, unable to stop the smile on her face:
"I have been married to Chengdao for many years and have never had any children. Now I am finally pregnant. You don't know, when I told him, he was so happy that he almost broke the roof of the house!"
Qiu Zhihe was silent for a moment and asked in confusion: "Why do you feel happy when you have an heir?"
Chen Fang smiled: "A loving couple naturally hopes to have children. I raised the children together with him, and the family lived happily together. Even if we can only live in Zhaiyu Lane for the rest of our lives, it is better than the bloodshed and intrigues in the big sects. ah!"
Qiu Zhihe's eyes flashed, he looked at Chen Fang intently, and suddenly said: "Fellow Daoist Chen, what sect are you from?"
Chen Fang held her arm: "I am just a casual cultivator, how can I have any sect? By the way, when do you and fellow Taoist Qin plan to have children?"
Qiu Zhihe pointed to the vegetable market in front of him calmly: "We're here."
Half an hour later.
Qiu Zhihe walked out of the vegetable market. Instead of going home directly, he came to Liuyan Alley again. He stopped in a secluded corner, opened a brick on the wall, and wrapped a large piece of paper tightly wrapped in oil paper. He took out the spiritual meat and put it in the vegetable basket.
Only then did we return to Zhaiyu Alley.
After entering the house, Qin Gengyun and Liusu were still sleeping. She walked into the kitchen carrying a vegetable basket.
Opening the oil paper, a rich aroma suddenly filled the air.
Wrapped inside was the meat of the second-grade spiritual beast Kun-Head Leopard.
Qiu Zhihe began to cut the meat silently.
Stopped suddenly.
"He and I raised the child together, and the family is happy together. Even if we can only live in Zhaiyu Lane for the rest of our lives, it is better than the bloodshed and intrigues in the big sect."
Chen Fang's words came to mind uncontrollably. Qiu Zhihe clenched her fists tightly, with veins bulging on the back of her hands.
He snorted coldly, picked up the kitchen knife, and continued to cut the meat.
(End of chapter)
