The next day Changyue took Sangye to the eldest lady's place again.
"Madam, I want to live in Jing'an Temple outside the city for a while." Chang Yue said to the eldest lady.
The eldest lady asked doubtfully: "Why did you suddenly think of going to Jing'an Temple? Are you still blaming your father for mentioning the marriage yesterday?"
Chang Yue quickly shook her head and said: "How could it be? My father sent someone to give me supplements yesterday. Chang Yue knows his father's affection for Chang Yue. It is precisely because of this that I wanted to go to Jing'an Temple to pray for my father. "
"Your father mentioned that matter yesterday out of good intentions. Parents love their children and have far-reaching plans. You are in such a situation, so he has been worried about your future. It would be great if you can understand. Since you With this filial piety, I naturally have no reason not to agree."
While filling her husband's shoes, the eldest lady agreed to Chang Yue's request, "You usually stay in the yard and never go out. Now you might as well go out and stay for a while, so as not to get bored at home."
"It's just..." The eldest lady thought for a moment and hesitated, "It's a bit uneasy for you, a weak woman with no strength, to go out. How about I ask Caiyun and Caixia beside me to accompany you? ?”
In fact, the eldest lady did not want to send her people to Chang Yue. She felt that there were not enough people. Besides, once her people go with her, won't she have to bear a lot of responsibility if something goes wrong with Chang Yue outside?
Hearing this, Chang Yue quickly refused and said, "If I need to trouble Madam, I just have Sang Ye and Granny Feng to accompany me. Granny Feng is very skilled in martial arts, so there won't be any problems with her."
Upon hearing Chang Yue's proposal to be the mother-in-law, Luo Fengqiao immediately stopped planning to send someone to Chang Yue. Granny Feng is a master in the Xiayuan Realm. Except for a few confidants around her, the rest of her cultivation is not as good as Granny Feng. She can't be allowed to send her confidants out.
"In that case, I won't add any further. Be careful when you go out. If you need anything, send a message home at any time. Your father and I are thinking of you." The eldest lady said a lot of nice things.
"When do you plan to set off? I'll ask the butler to see you off."
"We'll set off early tomorrow morning. Thank you for your trouble, Madam."
"We are all a family, why are you so polite?"
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After a few more pleasantries with the eldest lady, Chang Yue took Sang Ye back to her yard, and then asked Granny Feng to pack her luggage together.
Early the next morning, the three masters and servants were delivered to the gate of Jing'an Temple in a carriage by Butler Li's house.
"Miss Seventh, my old servant has sent her here. The family has sent a letter to the abbot of Jing'an Temple in advance. As long as you take the invitation from the mansion, the monks in the temple will arrange for Miss Seventh."
After explaining to Chang Yue, the housekeeper drove away.
Jing'an Temple is the only temple around Mingyue City. The incense is very prosperous and there is an endless stream of pilgrims coming and going. Chang Yue was able to come here for a short stay because the Li family donated a large sum of money to them every year.
However, Jing'an Temple is just a simple temple and does not belong to one force like the Yuezhou Fahua Temple. Otherwise, it is not certain whether it can gain a foothold on the Chaoyun Sect's territory.
Chang Yue took the invitation from Li's family and handed it to the monk at the gate of the temple. After confirming Chang Yue's identity, the monk called a young novice over.
"Donor Li, let's go with the young monk."
Changyue nodded: "Thank you, young master."
The young novice took Chang Yue all the way to the back hill of Jing'an Temple, where there were exquisite small buildings built for pilgrims who wanted to stay at Jing'an Temple.
Each bamboo building is independent and does not disturb each other.
Jing'an Temple received instructions from the Li Mansion and knew that Chang Yue was in poor health and needed to rest, so they arranged a place with a quiet environment for her.
After placing her luggage, Chang Yue left the small building and planned to walk around to see where she could practice martial arts.
After walking around, she found a stream on the left side of the small building. There was a lush bamboo forest growing beside the stream. It seemed like a good place.
Just as Changyue was about to cross the stream and take a look at the bamboo forest on the opposite side, a cheerful shout suddenly came from behind.
"Female donor, is that you?"
This voice sounded so familiar to Changyue. When she looked back, she saw a little bald man with red lips and white teeth, holding a stone bowl bigger than his head and looking at her with surprise.
Who else could it be if he wasn't the little monk Xuan Kong!
The young monk's martial arts cultivation was at least at the Condensing Yuan realm, and his Qinggong was also very good. He took three steps and two steps, and jumped to Chang Yue's side in the blink of an eye.
"Female donor, it's really you, why are you here?" The little monk stared at Chang Yue with his round eyes, his chubby cheeks were pink, and he looked so cute.
Chang Yue did not expect to meet little monk Xuankong here, and asked: "I should ask you this. I am from Mingyue City. Isn't it normal to appear in Jing'an Temple? But you, your master found Yet?"
The little monk nodded quickly: "I found it, I found it, it's where Master brought me."
While the two were talking, they saw a middle-aged monk running over panting, shouting as he ran: "You little brat, why are you running so fast all of a sudden? There is milk for you ahead..."
Halfway through his words, he noticed Chang Yue next to the little monk.
When the young monk Xuankong saw the middle-aged monk coming, he waved to him quickly: "Master, look who I met! It's the female donor I told you before."
The middle-aged monk was stunned when he heard this, and then walked to Chang Yue with a sullen expression and said: "Wonderful, wonderful! Female donor, in another ten years, you will definitely grow into a magnificent beauty!"
I saw that the monk was wearing a white washed monk's robe. The hair on his head was not shaved clean. He had a pitted short haircut and a beard that was neither long nor short on his chin. The beard seemed to be stained with oil. .
His majestic appearance, combined with his wretched expression at this moment, makes his image simply hard to describe!
Changyue was startled by the monk and quickly took two steps back, as if she was afraid of being contaminated by something dirty.
"Oh~" Upon seeing this, the monk quickly calmed down his expression, clasped his hands together, and said solemnly, "I'm sorry, I was rude to the female donor. It was my fault."
Chang Yue clasped her hands together and saluted the smart monk expressionlessly: "I have met the smart master." No wonder he could leave the young monk Xuankong alone in Mingyue City before. This man looks unreliable!
The young monk looked at Zhizhi with dissatisfaction and said: "Master, you did this to the female donor again. I will definitely tell the abbot when I get back." The abbot that Xuankong mentioned refers to the abbot of Fahua Temple in Yuezhou.
When the wise monk heard this, he quickly begged for mercy: "Oh, my little ancestor, the master just said it casually. Don't tell the senior brother when you go back, otherwise you will not have a master."
Xuankong curled his lips and said, "If not, then there won't be. I have long wanted to be the master's apprentice."
"You evil disciple!" Zhi Zhi was so angry that he couldn't do anything to the young monk. He was the treasure of Fahua Temple. If he dared to touch the young monk with a finger, he would have to smash his head when he returned to the abbot's senior brother.
Sometimes he thought, this is not a disciple, he is clearly a living ancestor, he cannot be beaten or scolded...
In order not to be angered to death, the smart monk gave up arguing with his apprentice and said to Chang Yue with a serious face: "Thank you to the female benefactor for taking care of my apprentice earlier. I can't thank you enough."
Changyue waved her hand and said, "My young master is very skilled in martial arts. Even without me, he can still subdue the thieves. On the contrary, it's because I am causing him trouble."
No, no, no, I am grateful for the golden ticket you gave me! One hundred gold! In all his life, he has never handled so much money.
Moreover, after coming out of Fahua Temple, the abbot senior brother did not bother them at all and allowed them to make a living by alms. But his image is really not that of a serious monk. Not only did he not get any luck along the way, he also received a lot of scolding.
Now that I have that one hundred gold, life is so wonderful.
However, Zhi Zhi would not say these inner thoughts to Chang Yue. He pretended to say: "The female donor is humble."
No longer discussing this with Monk Zhi, Chang Yue turned to ask: "I wonder why Master is in Jing'an Temple?"
The wise monk said: "Recently, there have been demons in Minzhou. I followed a demon girl to Mingyue City. I didn't expect that the demon girl was so cunning that she tried to seduce the poor monk. Fortunately, the poor monk held on to his Buddha's heart unwaveringly... The demon girl finally escaped to Jing'an. He was nowhere to be found near the temple, so the monks and disciples were temporarily hanging out near Jing’an Temple.”
The smart monk talked incoherently, and finally told Chang Yue: "The female donor should pay more attention to it on weekdays. Those demons have killed many warriors in Minzhou. It is really difficult to prevent them!"
After chatting with Chang Yue for a while, the smart monk left with the reluctant Xuan Kong, while Chang Yue went to the bamboo forest himself.
Just as she thought, this bamboo forest was indeed a pure place, very suitable for practicing martial arts.
In this way, the three masters and servants of Changyue settled down in Jing'an Temple. They lived a very comfortable life. They no longer had to worry about making too much noise during martial arts practice and being discovered by their family members.
Since that day, Chang Yue has never seen Master Zhi and Xuan Kong again.
According to the little novice monk who came to deliver meals to Chang Yue and the others, the master and apprentice would go out early every morning to look for people in the Demon Sect and would not come back until dark, so they were away from the temple most of the time.
On this day, Changyue was practicing sword skills in the bamboo forest. Recently, her martial arts proficiency has increased rapidly. At present, her basic sword skills, instant body skills, and blood-weeping knife skills have all entered a new stage. This has greatly encouraged her to practice. Passion for martial arts.
Basic knife skills: Practice makes perfect 21%
Instant Body Technique: Practice makes perfect 24%
Weeping Blood Knife: Small success 44%
As she practiced, Chang Yue seemed to hear a moan coming from the depths of the bamboo forest. She put away the iron wood knife and walked cautiously towards the direction of the moan. Not long after, she saw a woman lying covered in blood. on the ground.
"Help...save me..." The woman asked Changyue for help with a weak face.
The woman is very beautiful, with long hair like a waterfall, skin as good as snow, and a cute little face looking at the long moon. Her appearance is extremely easy for people to put down their guard.
Oh, are you taking the little white flower route like me? Changyue could tell at a glance that this woman was a warrior and her martial arts skills were not weak, so she did not step forward rashly.
When the woman saw Chang Yue standing still, she said pitifully: "Please help me, girl. I met a bad person on the road and unfortunately I was injured by the bad guy... Ahem... If the girl can save me, I will get married in the future." Ring to repay your benefactor."
Chang Yue still didn't come forward and asked instead: "It's always peaceful around Jing'an Temple, how can there be bad people? Wait, girl, I'm going to inform the monks in the temple and ask them to rescue you. I don't know anything about healing!"
"You!!!" Seeing that Chang Yue refused to eat, the woman finally couldn't hold herself any longer, her face suddenly turned ferocious, and then a string of silver needles suddenly flew out of her long sleeves, shooting directly towards Chang Yue's throat.
Changyue Run's teleportation technique was well prepared, and he turned around to avoid the silver needle attack. He pulled out the ironwood knife from under his long skirt, and the knife struck straight at the woman like lightning.
"Are you a warrior?" The woman's eyes widened in surprise. She pulled out a long sword from nowhere and blocked it in front of her. She received Chang Yue's sword, but was shocked back by Chang Yue's sword.
She didn't sense a trace of martial arts cultivation in Chang Yue, otherwise she wouldn't have taken action against Chang Yue when she was seriously injured.
Although the blood of a warrior is definitely more nourishing, her current state is not enough to match that of a warrior.
"Do you know now? It's too late!" Without saying a word, Chang Yue swung his iron wood sword and struck the woman again.
The woman tried her best to avoid it, but Changyue's sword skills were like a dragon's. The cold light swayed out with the iron wood sword. The extreme speed brought up afterimages, and the woman on the opposite side was soon unable to withstand it.
She turned around and wanted to run, so she released a string of silver needles again, but was blocked by Chang Yue's knife.
With a pop, the woman couldn't dodge, and was hit in the back by Chang Yue's knife, causing blood to flow from her back.
"ah!!!"
The woman who was seriously injured could no longer hold on. After screaming, she fell softly to the ground. Without saying a word, Chang Yue stepped forward and struck another blow, directly cutting off the opponent's head. The woman couldn't die anymore.
"Huh~"
The battle was over, and Chang Yue breathed a sigh of relief.
That woman's martial arts skills were pretty good and she should be at the same level as her. If she hadn't been seriously injured, she might have been a little troublesome to deal with.
Could this person be the demonic witch that the wise monk said? Changyue guessed the woman's identity.
Forget it, regardless of whether she is a demon or not, she doesn't look like a good person anyway.
It was time to touch the body again. Chang Yue groped around the woman's body for a while and found out a money bag and two pamphlets.
There was not much money in the money bag, only a few broken pieces of silver, but the two booklets were actually two special martial arts skills, one was called "Blood Sucking" and the other was called "Beautiful Beauty".
Chang Yue briefly flipped through it. "Blood Sucking" is a very rare healing martial arts book, but it requires the assistance of sucking human blood. This is why the woman lured Chang Yue over.
"Zhu Yan" is a martial arts technique used to disguise one's appearance. The practitioner uses the true energy to change the facial muscles, thereby achieving a transformation.
Wouldn’t that woman also use her beauty to disguise herself?
Changyue turned the woman's body over and saw that her appearance had indeed changed.
This woman is not a beauty at all. Her previous appearance is all fake and has no resemblance to her real appearance.
The woman's appearance was very, very ordinary. She couldn't be said to be ugly, but she was definitely in such a way that no one would notice her if she were thrown on the street.
Moreover, there was a black mole on the tip of her nose, which made her already unremarkable appearance even worse.
Now as the woman dies, the true energy that maintained the changes in her face dissipates, and her true appearance is naturally revealed.
It seems that warriors are also anxious about appearance!
These two martial arts are rare, and I don’t know where this woman got them.
It's a pity that "Blood Sucking" is harmful to Tianhe and is not suitable for long-term practice, but "Zhu Yan" can still be practiced. This skill is simply necessary for killing people, setting fires, and robbing homes!
After touching the corpse, Chang Yue directly destroyed the "Blood Sucking" one of the two booklets. He couldn't practice this thing by himself, and it was difficult to leak it out, so he might as well just destroy it.
Then she found a corner of the woman's body and buried it directly.
After taking care of everything, Chang Yue planned to go back and continue practicing martial arts, but when she returned to the place where she had just practiced martial arts, she saw a young woman in purple looking around.
Another one? Changyue frowned.
At the same time, the woman also noticed Chang Yue, and she walked over.
The woman was probably in her early twenties, wearing a purple military uniform, with her long hair neatly tied into a ponytail and simply decorated with a hosta. She looked quite heroic.
"Girl, I wonder if you have seen an injured woman..." Before she could finish her words, she suddenly frowned because she smelled the smell of blood on Chang Yue, and...
"Have you seen that witch Yuan Xinyao? Where is she?" the woman in purple suddenly asked.
Yuan Xinyao? Could it be that woman just now?
"What Yuan Xinyao? I don't know!" Chang Yue said with a confused look.
"How dare you speak harshly? The smell of blood on your body is so obvious, you must have met that witch before!" The woman was furious, raised her palm and slapped Chang Yue, the sharp wind of her palm was like a bone-sharpening blade.
This woman must be sick! Changyue Movement Movement Technique, nimbly dodged attacks.
Changyue heard the purple-clothed woman call the female witch and guessed that the two were not in the same group. But to take action after such a disagreement, this girl is definitely not in her right mind!
"You are good at martial arts! You are indeed a liar, and you dare to say that you don't know Yuan Xinyao!" The woman in purple was furious, and reluctantly pulled out a long whip from her waist and threw it at Chang Yue.
Is it a liar to practice martial arts? Are you in the same group as the witch? What bullshit logic is this! Changyue laughed angrily at the woman, grabbed the whip that the other party threw at her, poured her zhenqi into her arm, and pulled it back hard.
The opponent's martial arts cultivation was not as good as Chang Yue's, so he was pulled forward by Chang Yue and staggered forward for several steps, and then fell to the ground. The furious girl stood up from the ground and pulled the whip back, but she couldn't pull it back, and her face turned red.
At this time, Chang Yue had already drawn out the long knife, moved to the girl's side in the blink of an eye, and put the knife on her neck.
The girl struggled briefly, but her neck was suddenly cut with a sharp iron-wood knife, and her collar was soaked with blood.
"Girl, please show mercy!"
At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded, and then a young man in white arrived.
