This was last fall. Some villagers reported that they found a snake cave at the foot of the mountain, and there was a demon snake in it. Originally, this matter was handled by the monks in the county. However, there are too many such reports, and one or two will be received every three to five. Unless there is a human life or a monster is doing evil, the monks in the county usually don't care about these trivial matters, and just put up a bounty task as usual.
Then he was snatched by the old Taoist priest.
It's a steal indeed, official missions like this are in high demand. Although the reward may not be huge, the accumulated contributions can be exchanged for training resources from Yunxiao Sect, many of which are not available on the market. Of course, these things are not something Tie Zhu can know. He only remembered how the old Taoist priest was beaming and high-spirited after he got the task.
So the old Taoist priest went there happily and successfully killed the demon snake for which a reward was placed. The task was so easy, not because of how high his cultivation level was, but because monsters like this were usually not very powerful. Most of them are low-level monsters that have just awakened their demon power and know one or two small spells. Some are not even low-level.
Just like the strange fish Yang Zhen saw yesterday, it looked scary in size, but in fact it was very weak. This kind of newly awakened monster is still very confused and likes to act recklessly based on instinct, and as a result, it dies quickly.
In fact, there won't be any decent monsters around the county. Anyone who has some ability will either be eliminated by the immortals in the county or city early, or they will flee far away. No monster with a little bit of spirituality would cause trouble near this county.
But then again, not every mission like this is guaranteed to be safe, and accidents often happen.
For example, this time, the old Taoist priest was very unlucky...
"There are actually two demonic snakes, one male and one female. After the old Taoist priest killed the male, he was secretly bitten by the female..." Tie Zhu explained.
Being bitten by such a rudimentary venomous snake is not a big deal. You can quickly eliminate it by buying some anti-venomous elixirs. It is a pity that the old Taoist priest is unwilling to spend this money. In fact, he has no money. He felt that he could handle it with his cultivation.
As a result, he overestimated his aging body.
"The night when the old Taoist leader died, his face turned as red as a lantern, and he became crazy." Tie Zhu took a long breath and said sadly.
"He thought I was a certain woman for a while, and cried and told me that he should not have devoted himself to cultivating immortality and not married her, otherwise they must have many children. Now he is dying, and there is no one to die..."
"After a while, he cursed Yunxiao Sect, saying that they had robbed all the good things in the world, and they also ate the flesh of casual cultivators and drank the blood of casual cultivators, so that casual cultivators like him could not find a way out..."
"After a while, he called so-and-so a son of a bitch. He robbed him of some chicken salt..."
"Opportunity?" Yang Zhen interrupted and asked.
"Well, that seems to be the word. After scolding, the old Taoist priest took out a bunch of talisman papers, tore them open one by one, and said he wanted to perform for me..."
"These damn things can be sold for money!" Tie Zhu lamented: "I don't want to look at it at all! I wanted to stop him, but he immediately burst into tears, squatted on the ground like a doll, and said that I didn't want to look at him. Magic, just refused to forgive him, must still resent him for going to cultivate immortality back then. When I saw this, I didn’t care anymore, just do whatever you want."
So in front of the Taoist temple in the dark night, a fireball exploded, a water dragon appeared, smoke filled the air, and a golden soldier appeared. The iron pillar was dazzled and speechless.
"After tearing off the talisman paper, the old man rolled his eyes, fell down, and died..."
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After the old Taoist leader died, Tie Zhu rummaged through the boxes and cabinets and only found some scattered coins, mostly copper coins. Tiezhu dug a hole, buried the old Taoist priest, and lived alone in the mountains.
When winter comes, life becomes unbearable. The money was spent, the incense burners did not come again, and there was nothing to eat on the mountain in the winter, so Tie Zhu had to run to the county town to find food.
"I met these beggars in the city. They were being driven out of an abandoned house. They knew that my Taoist temple could be inhabited, so they said good things to me. I agreed and brought them to this temple to be with me. living together……"
"It was fine at first. We went to the city together every day to find food, and when we came back we shared it. Life was quite comfortable. Unexpectedly, after a few days, these people's bad intentions were revealed. They left the Taoist temple in a mess and peeped. Let’s sell the stuff in there, forget about it. What’s disgusting is that they do it so late at night... The one who snatched the roast chicken is their little lady, she is often played by them, I can’t stand it, and I want to drive them away..."
"They were unwilling to leave, so we started fighting. There were many of them, and I was quickly knocked to the ground. I scolded them, and they wanted to throw me out... At that time, a young Taoist priest came..."
"Another Taoist priest?" Yang Zhen asked with wide eyes.
"Yes, who does this Taoist priest belong to? These beggars and I all said it was ours. After listening to our argument for a while, the Taoist priest said to those guys, 'Get out'! These beggars still refused to leave. As a result, the leader, the guy who was hit in the leg by you, was grabbed by the Taoist priest and thrown out, spitting out a mouthful of blood. Then all these people ran away."
Yang Zhen was greatly surprised when she heard this: "Is this Taoist also a monk?"
This young Taoist priest is indeed a monk. After driving the beggar away, he also stayed in this Taoist temple. But he is not like the old Taoist priest who lives here every day. He often goes out, sometimes for several days at a time, without knowing what he is doing. But every time he came back, he would bring some food and sometimes put down a little money. Later, he often asked Tie Zhu to go to the city to buy wine for him, and he would give him a reward every time.
"Let me tell you, the wine he drank was very valuable. It came from Daguanlou. A bottle costs three gold coins! Every time Daoist Liu comes back, he asks me to go to the city to buy it for him."
Tsk tsk! Yang Zhen slapped her mouth. In this world, one gold coin can be exchanged for ten silver coins or a thousand copper coins. And one copper coin can buy a big sesame seed cake. Then this pot of wine is three thousand big sesame cakes!
Three thousand sesame seed cakes are enough for me to eat for three years! Yang Zhen, an illiterate man, was envious.
Since Taoist Liu came, Tiezhu once again lived a good life. Although the food is not very good, at least I am not hungry anymore. No longer needing to go to the city to beg, Tie Zhu lives a very carefree life in the mountains. The most common thing he does every day is practice with sticks. This was a painful lesson he learned after being beaten last time. He had a background in this before. Back then, his father's stick skills had no rivals in the village, so Tiezhu learned a few tricks from him.
"I'm telling you, I've even gone to heaven!" Tie Zhu couldn't hide the pride on his face.
"It was more than a month ago in the evening. Daochang Liu seemed to have met some happy event when he went out, and he was very happy when he came back. When he saw me, he suddenly asked me if I had any wish and could he help me realize it. I thought it was a joke at the time, so He casually said, I want to go to heaven! I didn't expect him to say 'OK'! Then I felt dizzy and confused. When I recovered, I found that I was being dragged by him, flying, flying, flying in the sky. Round and round..."
"It feels so amazing. The whole mountain is beneath you... I don't know if I can fly in the sky again..."
Tiezhu looked into the night sky with a look of nostalgia on his face.
