I have to say that Liu Muyun's cooking skills are quite good. The food is sour, sweet, spicy, and has everything. It has a unique taste when paired with a pot of strong wine.
Especially the plum blossom cake, which is soft and delicious, with moderate sweetness. It is not soft or hard when it goes into the mouth. It is very sweet and has a strong aroma of plum blossoms.
"Brother Chen, the food cooked by my little sister is quite delicious?"
Liu Muyun, who was always standing next to him, asked carefully.
"Yes, this meal is the most delicious meal I have ever had in the past sixteen years."
Chen Yuan was telling the truth. For sixteen years, he had always been an ordinary person in that mountain village, starving and freezing every day, living a life of one meal after another. Until three months ago, he Finally got rid of the bandits.
"You should also sit down and eat together. By the way, let me tell you something."
Chen Yuan doesn't need a maid, let alone a maid. The reason why he agreed to follow Liu Muyun was not only because of his encounters in the past two days, but also because of Liu Muyun's persistence and their similar fates.
As they were both monks at the lowest level in the world of monks, Chen Yuan had no reason to object to the existence of a helper.
To say that Chen Yuan was trying to help Liu Muyun solve the "furnace tripod" problem is actually too much. With Chen Yuan's current character, he will do whatever he can do. If he is unable to do it, he will choose to run away without hesitation.
"Miss Liu, it's not me, Chen Yuan, who is ruthless. Your physique is like a thunder that may explode at any time, which will make you provoke irresistible enemies at all times. No matter Guo Hao, your master, or other strong people, they will I covet your physique.”
"In order to protect yourself, you chose to practice together with me. I can understand your pain. However, since I am low in strength, I also have concerns about my life. Therefore, if you want me to fight against possible enemies with you, we must Three chapters of the agreement."
Liu Muyun naturally understood the meaning of Chen Yuan's words and said, "Brother Chen, whatever you say, I will definitely abide by it."
"First, no matter where the two of us go, once we plan to live, our residences must be more than a hundred feet apart. Second, when there is no one around, you can call me Brother Chen. In front of outsiders, we will Taoist friends are worthy of me. Third, if I am in retreat and there is no fear of my life, you don’t need to disturb me.”
Chen Yuan's three-part agreement seems to be mostly for himself, but he is also taking care of Liu Muyun. When a lonely man and a widowed woman live together all year round, it is inevitable that they will have feelings for each other, and they may even fall in love.
Chen Yuan is not the kind of cold and heartless person. Once his feelings reach the point of necessity, he will do what he should do.
But the current situation is that neither of them can guarantee the safety of their lives. Only by relying on each other can they go further.
They live hundreds of feet apart to protect their secrets. Calling each other Taoist friends in front of outsiders is to avoid getting burned.
As for the last one, it was Chen Yuan's last barrier for himself. He really didn't want to use his low strength to fight against those strong men who were far superior to him.
"Okay. My younger sister agrees to Brother Chen's three terms agreement. However, Brother Chen must also abide by my younger sister's three terms agreement. First, if we are not in love, Brother Chen cannot use me as a support to break through the confinement, no matter when. Once the love comes, I don’t need Brother Chen to tell me, my little sister will take the initiative to devote herself to her.”
"Secondly, there are too many people coveting my little sister's body. Once my little sister is in danger of her life, I hope Brother Chen can step forward. Of course, if the opponent's strength is too strong, Brother Chen can choose to sit back and ignore it."
"Third, my physique, little sister, is unique in terms of cultivation, but it also requires some special items, such as a century-old cold jade. Once I meet Brother Chen in the outside world, I still need to give up money, mostly for Little sister, prepare some."
As agreed in Chapter Three, Chen Yuan did not agree verbally, but nodded.
After a delicious meal, Liu Muyun consciously returned to her room, and Chen Yuan also began a night of practice.
The next morning, the wind was gentle and the sun was beautiful, and the morning in Tingxi Bamboo Garden had the charm of a Jiangnan water town.
However, Chen Yuan was not in the mood to appreciate everything in front of him. He planned to go to Luochen County. The Guo family where Guo Hao belongs is a small immortal cultivating family in Luochen County.
After bidding farewell to Liu Muyun, Chen Yuan walked out of Tingxi Bamboo Garden alone.
After walking all the way through forests and mountains, it was not until noon on the second day that Chen Yuan arrived at Luochen County, one of the ten major counties in the Northern Territory.
The bustling street scene, crowds of people, galloping horses and slow-moving carriages all prove the extraordinary nature of this riverside city.
No matter the vendors on the street or the mortals carrying swords and satchels, everyone is dressed in brocade and silk, just like the scene of the prosperous age, which makes people linger and want to experience the ups and downs in person.
Once upon a time, Chen Yuan also dreamed of coming to such a prosperous city and becoming a knight who fought for justice and vengeance, or a well-dressed merchant.
As fate would have it, when Chen Yuan came to the prosperous city, he had already embarked on a path that was different from the ordinary people in the world.
Walking on the bustling streets, Chen Yuan seemed to have returned to the mortal world.
Suddenly, three fierce horses came rapidly from the south of the street. Wherever they passed, chickens and dogs jumped, and people fell on their backs.
As a monk, Chen Yuan would naturally not be touched by the rushing horses, but the stall vendors around him were not so lucky. Not only were the cloths scattered on the stalls, but the stall owner also rolled to the ground, covered in mud. .
"This Guo family is getting more and more arrogant. Isn't it because the Heavenly Demon Sect has chosen a disciple? Since he is running rampant in Luochen County!"
The vendor wanted to curse loudly, but he swallowed back the curse words. How could he, an ordinary mortal who made a living by selling cloth, dare to provoke the Guo family who came from a family of cultivators of immortality.
Chen Yuan naturally heard what the merchant said, but he did not ask, but walked to the largest restaurant in Luochen County.
In a bustling city with a large number of people, restaurants are the best places to go to get information.
The reason why I chose this restaurant called "Tian Xia" was not only because it had the largest flow of people, but also because it was right opposite Guo Mansion.
After going up to the second floor and sitting down by the window, Chen Yuan ordered some simple food and drinks and began to eat aimlessly.
Among the restaurants where people came and went during this period, the most mentioned news was about the Guo family's eldest daughter marrying out of the Tianmo Sect.
"Have you heard that the reason why the Tianmo Sect chose the eldest son of the Guo family is because they like the eldest daughter of the Guo family. The eldest daughter of the Guo family is a mortal with no cultivation. Who knows what will happen if she marries the Tianmo Sect? What about fate?"
"What kind of fate can there be? The Tianmo Sect is not a famous and decent sect. They practice inhumane magic skills. I heard that not only was the eldest daughter of the Guo family forced to get married, but many young girls have been lost in the county recently. They are very Maybe he was kidnapped by the Demon Sect."
"Yes! I heard from the elders in the family that demon cultivators practice a kind of demonic skill that harvests yin and replenishes yang. The purpose of abducting girls is to improve the cultivation of demon cultivators."
"Oh... how pitiful. They are all 17-18-year-old girls, and they were ruined by demonic cultivators like this."
Combining the cloth seller's words and the discussions among the drinkers in the restaurant, Chen Yuan basically concluded that the Guo family had colluded with the Tianmo Sect.
Although it is not certain whether the words spoken by the drinker are true, the pedestrians walking on the street and the Guo Mansion decorated with lanterns and colorful lights have proven that something big will happen to the Guo family in the near future.
Chen Yuan drank wine leisurely in the restaurant, looking out the window from time to time. From time to time, he could see a magnificent carriage entering the Guo Mansion.
Until late at night, when the drinkers were about to disperse, a figure suddenly appeared in the sky above Guo Mansion.
The figure stepped on the beam and jumped three feet. After entering the depths of Guo Mansion, he did not come out for half an hour.
"This man has no cultivation. He should be a knight who travels around the world."
Although Chen Yuan's spiritual consciousness has not been systematically cultivated, he can still judge from the aura and jumping movements of the person who sneaked into the Guo Mansion. There is not a trace of spiritual energy fluctuations on the other person's body.
I just don’t know why this person sneaked into Guo Mansion late at night.
"Objectively, it's already late at night. It's time for the shop to close."
Chen Yuan, who was drinking and thinking, was suddenly interrupted by the waiter at the shop next to him.
"Sorry, I forgot the time."
After Chen Yuan put down the money, he was about to leave, but suddenly turned around and asked the waiter who was clearing the table:
"Does the eldest daughter of the Guo family have many admirers?"
"Looking at her objectively extraordinary appearance, I think I came here to see the face of the eldest daughter of the Guo family. Our eldest daughter, the Guo family in Luochen County, is the most famous beauty in a hundred miles. The prince of a famous family, the son of a sect and the fairy family A lot of disciples have come here recently, just to catch a glimpse of the Guo family’s eldest daughter when she gets married.”
While speaking, the waiter also looked at the Guo Mansion outside the window, as if he could penetrate the void and see the peerless face of the Guo family's eldest daughter, and a drop of water flowed from the corner of his mouth.
Chen Yuan smiled and basically confirmed his guess.
"Does the eldest daughter of the Guo family already have a husband in mind?" Chen Yuan asked again.
"Yes. How could a great beauty like Miss Guo not have a husband of her own? It's just a pity that two miserable people are destined to be together but cannot come together because of the interference of the Demon Sect."
"I think that Zhou Changlong is not an ordinary person. As a famous swordsman in the world, he is just a mortal. If he is also an immortal with cultivation, how can he get the magic cultivation of Tianmo Sect."
The waiter shook his head and sighed, feeling that it was not worth it for the two miserable mandarin ducks.
After hearing this, Chu Lie already had his own plan in mind.
Guo sent people to ambush him, and he would never let them have an easy time.
Then there is the Heavenly Demon Sect, which kidnaps mortal girls and uses magic skills to improve their cultivation.
This is an evil act of slaughtering common people and killing people on a large scale.
Although he does not think that he is the saint who saves the common people, he still has to take part in the injustices he sees along the way.
After leaving the restaurant, Chen Yuan came outside Guo Mansion.
About an hour later, a figure jumped out of the courtyard, and Chen Yuan followed him quietly.
