"Niece Xian, why did you take out the vegetable jar from the breakfast hall?" Chong Xuzi asked curiously.
"..."
"Senior, the food in the cafeteria here is good, and the pickled radishes are delicious." Xie Lingjiang nodded, looked away, and said, "I'll take some back."
"Pindao thought that niece Xian would be more interested in elixirs." Chong Xuzi shook his head, "But if you like to eat, bring more. There is nothing else in Ge Zao Mountain, so there is quite a lot to eat. Those little babies are all dressed in beautiful clothes. They are all spoiled by senior brother."
Nan Hua Guan Lao Taoist muttered something, thought for a while, turned around and said:
"There are also some other specialties. Pindao will ask someone to pack them up later and take them back with niece Xian. I received a letter from your father before, saying that you are now training with your fellow disciples in Longcheng, Jiangzhou. Are you staying in that small town? Are you tired of the place? It’s hard to come to Gezao Mountain, so let’s have a good time.
"Last time I saw you, was my niece eight or ten years old? She was hiding by your father's legs. She was quiet, polite, and could get angry even if she teased her... She deserves to be from a scholarly family. Lady Xie.
"So many years have passed in the blink of an eye. Speaking of which, Pindao and fellow Daoist Xie haven't seen each other for a long time. They only exchanged letters. I didn't expect that my niece has grown so tall. She is really a slim and graceful lady.
"Hahaha, it's just that I didn't expect that this kind of character is less stuffy and more greedy. It's very good, very good. I have told Daoist Xie a long time ago that my daughter can't grow up in a sea of books every day. If you are a nerd, you should do some things at your daughter's house. It will be cute if you are smart and naughty."
The old Taoist priest from Nanhuaguan smiled and touched his hands.
When his elders told him about his childhood embarrassment, Xie Lingjiang couldn't help but blush slightly, turned around and defended:
"I'm not greedy. I brought it to others. The old man misunderstood. I won't eat this stuff."
"oh?"
He raised his eyebrows at Xuzi, twirled his fly whisk with his fingers, looked up and down at the red-clad man holding a vegetable jar next to him and his pretty face with an angry look on his face, and he suddenly asked:
"Does your crush like to eat this pickled radish?"
Xie Lingjiang's expression changed, but he quickly returned to normal, and his tone was as usual: "What did the old man say? You can't bring it to my father?"
"For a young girl like you, it would be nice if you don't forget about your father at home. Why don't you bring him delicious food when you go out to play? How can there be such a sensible girl in this world? If there are, you have to be filial after getting married. …”
He nodded to Kyoshi.
Seems to be very experienced.
"..." Xie Lingjiang choked and couldn't help but said: "What kind of nonsense is this, old man."
"Did Pindao say something wrong?"
Chong Xuzi walked in front, held his chin high, put his hands behind his back, and continued with a smile:
"It turns out that niece Xian's senior brother likes to eat pickled radishes so much. He will bring more when he goes back later, and he will also bring a jar back for me. Well, thanks to your praise, he is very lucky to be favored by the noble daughter of the Xie family."
Xie Lingjiang grimaced, "I don't understand what the old man is talking nonsense."
Chong Xuzi ignored it and sighed:
"For the past two days, niece Xian stayed in the mountains waiting for Dan. At night, some bold young people in the temple often came to ask Pindao about niece Xian, and they were insinuating. Fortunately, Pindao didn't give her a good look. Now that we're out, niece Xian has already made up her mind, so there are no red threads left to hold on to, those dolls really don't care."
The old Taoist priest nodded and looked sideways at a red-faced and embarrassed girl in red:
"Although there are still some good young talents in the temple, the senior brother who can make my virtuous niece fall in love with her secretly should be the best among them."
Xie Lingjiang was thin-skinned and pretended to frown, holding the porcelain altar and waving his sleeves:
"Old senior, can we talk about something serious? What are you talking about? This junior doesn't quite understand..."
Smiling at Xuzi:
"You don't understand? My niece has been looking at the sky and the water these past few days, in a daze. This cannot be hidden from people with discerning eyes. Don't tell me that you are missing your old father.
"Those dolls are still young and don't quite understand the state of women. Pindao is not a doll. He has never eaten pork, but he has seen pigs run away. If this is not lovesickness, what is it?"
He shook his head, interrupted Xie Lingjiang who was hesitant to speak, and asked directly with concern:
"Speaking of which, when Pindao was refining elixirs in Yuqing Palace, those dolls must have had eyes to disturb you. If so, feel free to tell Pindao that he didn't clean up the house properly."
He snorted at Xuzi, as if he had long been dissatisfied with some impetuous young people jumping around in the door.
"No, I didn't pay much attention to it. Thank you for your concern, senior." Xie Lingjiang shook his head and didn't care.
After a pause, she saw Chong Xuzi glance at the porcelain jar containing pickled radishes from the corner of her eye. Her expression quickly turned serious and she returned to the topic:
"Old senior, how is the Biwing Bird antidote that you were asked to help refine before?"
Chong Xuzi's smile faded, he raised his hand and shook his sleeves. A blue and white Bagua Dan bottle slipped from his hand and was thrown out.
Xie Lingjiang caught the elixir bottle, lowered his head to open it, and reached out to catch it.
Two round blood-red pills lay quietly in her white and tender hands.
There is a faint fishy smell.
Xie Lingjiang sniffed and frowned curiously.
"Two blood pills, one at a time, drink them with water, three days apart, and you can use your luck to drive away the poison every day. Those who are poisoned will be able to recover."
Chong Xuzi said calmly.
Xie Lingjiang suddenly felt happy, stood upright on the spot, bowed and bowed: "Thank you, senior." His tone was sincere.
Chong Xuzi shook his head:
"Nothing, just doing it casually. I happened to be practicing a furnace of golden elixirs for Longhu Mountain recently, so I borrowed the high-grade purple-gold elixir furnace from Yuqing Palace to help you practice two detoxifying pills."
After a pause, he said with great interest:
"I have heard a little bit about the poison of the winged bird. If I prepare the antidote out of thin air, it will be very difficult to ask the Taoist brother who has the most powerful medical skills in the temple to do it. Unless I use the 'Golden Liquid Divine Alchemy Sutra' Nine-turn elixir can be cultivated to detoxify the golden elixir, but this requires consuming a precious platinum talisman, which is too wasteful..."
The old Taoist priest Nanhua Guan shook his head, why are Taiqing, Yuqing, and Shangqing called the three sects of Fulu, and why do they all belong to the Three Mountains Spilled Blood Sect?
It is because the three sects come from the same lineage to some extent, and the use of the three sects' secret skills requires the consumption of a special and precious type of talisman. Whether it is the Yuqing sect who is good at Huang Qi's external elixir, or the Jade Qing sect who is good at asking gods to support Ji. The Shangqing Sect is still the Taiqing Sect who is good at thunder.
"So, niece Xian, how did you get the blood of someone who had taken the antidote, and who was poisoned and looking for the antidote?"
Xie Lingjiang shook his head slightly, "It's a long story... By the way, senior, when you were refining alchemy in seclusion just now, the alchemy mist in the Yuqing Palace was really thick. What elixir was this that was so famous?"
She changed the subject and asked casually.
Chong Xuzi's face gradually turned serious, he shook his head slightly and did not speak immediately.
Xie Lingjiang's eyes became more and more curious, but he didn't mean to urge him.
Chong Xuzi took Xie Lingjiang forward for a while, bypassed several palaces, and turned into a relatively secluded garden before narrowing his eyes and whispering:
"It's okay to talk to the wise niece, just don't spread it to outsiders. There are several Celestial Masters surnamed Zhang in Longhu Mountain. Recently, they had an unexpected encounter when they went out and accidentally entered an ancient tomb hidden under a deep temple. It is said that it may be a certain person. During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the place where top-grade Qi practitioners came to be.
"But if this is the case, there is nothing unusual about it. Their Taiqing Sect's background is the deepest among our Three Mountains Blood Drop Sect. They have their own high-level inheritance, such as the Qi refining skills of other families. At most, they can be collected and made into a collection. For reference, these spiritual treasure pills are also old and scrapped, but they accidentally found a living creature..."
"What kind of living thing?" Xie Lingjiang leaned forward and asked curiously: "Are there any living things in the ancient tomb?"
"Six-winged summer cicada."
Xie Lingjiang's expression condensed as he whispered four words to Xuzi.
Chong Xuzi glanced at the virtuous niece's expression and was not surprised. He asked in a low voice:
"Niece Xian, have you heard of it? Those five strange insects?"
Xie Lingjiang looked around at the deserted garden and nodded gently, but what Xuzi didn't see was that her bare hands under her sleeves were silently clenching into fists.
The old Taoist priest was still chatting to himself, seeming to be reciting an ancient text:
"The six-winged summer cicada is one of the five strange insects in ancient times. After hatching, the young cicada burrows into the ground and lurks for 360 years. In midsummer, it digs out of the soil, emerges, and lays eggs... Rumor has it that there was a mistake by people in Qi in ancient times. After eating it, the whole body is like a cicada, reborn, and the body that was born with air leakage is repaired to perfection. The people of Qi are practicing Qi, cultivating thousands of miles with each passing day, walking in the wind, and traveling to the North Sea..."
Chong Xuzi turned back and said to Xie Lingjiang, who was frowning:
"The classical description may be exaggerated, but it is generally accepted that each of the five ancient strange insects has miraculous effects. Among them, the six-winged summer cicada is said to be able to make a leaky mortal transform like a summer cicada, and be reborn into a top-notch spiritual seed. So, Longhu Mountain Tianshi Mansion is so lucky.
"But Pindao is a little skeptical. It's not just the words of those old guys who accidentally entered the ancient tomb and accidentally caught the six-winged summer cicada that was unearthed and laid its eggs three hundred and sixty years ago.
"Maybe some seniors from Longhu Mountain have marked this place a long time ago, and the descendants of Tianshi Mansion are just following the map to find out, but they are not envious. This is called the sect's heritage.
"It's not like our Jade Qing Sect, who always knows what kind of messy powerful people he associates with, and they are full of the smell of copper. After a hundred years, these powerful people will have long been buried, and there are still a few left, and not all of them have five surnames and seven sevens. Hopefully, not everyone can be like the Louguan Taoist sect in the north, who can help the dragon and benefit the whole day..."
He mumbled a few words to Xuzi, seeming to have some complaints about some of the routes taken by the Yuqing Sect in recent years.
Xie Lingjiang suddenly turned around and interrupted:
"Old senior, how can the Longhu Mountain Tianshi Mansion safely use this magical object that can change the fate of mortals with leaks to make elixirs?"
Chong Xuzi turned around, nodded and said:
"The adult six-winged summer cicada can only live for one midsummer. If you want to retain the magical effect of metamorphosis for a long time, it is naturally best to refine the elixir and eat it raw. Naturally, there is no way to use the elixir into the body...
"Furthermore, there happened to be an old heavenly master in Longhu Mountain who had a good personal relationship with Pindao, so he asked Pindao to use the sect's secret skill to make the Nine-turn Pill. They provided the platinum talisman to be consumed, and the probability of completing the pill was guaranteed. Finally, it was a great success. Got three pills."
"A six-winged summer cicada turned into three golden elixirs? How about the magical effect of transformation?"
Xie Lingjiang frowned and asked.
Chong Xuzi shook his three red-nailed fingers, because he had been exposed to cinnabar for many years, and he smiled:
"Naturally it is divided into three, but it is enough to transform a mortal who cannot practice Qi into a Taoist seed suitable for practicing Qi. Although it may not be considered top-notch, from the perspective of Pindao, it is a stable method and is suitable for Longhu Mountain. Teacher's house.
"This is the inheritance of the Zhang surname. The reputation of our ancestors is already loud enough. I don't want to create a peerless genius to go further, but I want to at least be able to practice Qi normally, inherit the mantle of the Tianshi Mansion, and maintain the family business."
The half-smiling praise given to Xuzi was not clear whether it was a sincere admiration or a joke.
Xie Lingjiang listened silently, hugged the porcelain jar of pickled radish that he brought to his senior brother, lowered his eyes and said to himself: "Three golden elixirs for transformation, just spread one out..."
The woman's eyes unconsciously fell on the sleeve of Chong Xuzi's Taoist robe where he had just shaken off the blue and white Bagua Dan bottle.
Chong Xuzi was startled, smiled and shook his head:
"Niece Xian, what are you mumbling about? I was just making elixirs, and the very senior Heavenly Master was waiting in the alchemy room next to me. As soon as the golden elixir rolled out of the furnace, he sealed it in a box with wax and handed it over immediately... He has already flown far away in the sky, how could he be on Pindao's body?"
"Why are you so interested, niece Xian? Judging from your complexion, you have already entered the seventh level, unless you are ready to relax your energy on your own, take the golden elixir, and start practicing spiritual energy again."
He muttered to Xuzi, then shook his head in denial:
"But in this case, if you only take one golden elixir, it will be of no use to your existing talent. Unless you can take three pills in a row, you can try practicing Qi again..."
Xie Lingjiang looked up at Chong Xuzi, smiled slightly and shook his head without saying a word.
Chong Xuzi looked at her for a while and suddenly said: "Niece Xian seems to be really interested."
Xie Lingjiang sighed softly and did not deny it.
Chong Xuzi shook his head: "Not to mention three golden elixirs. If you just ask for one, none of the Taiqing Taoist priests in Longhu Mountain will give it to you. Even if your father is gone, it will be useless. This kind of continuation is not good for the sect." The thing of fate is not even the face of the Xie family of Chen County."
Xie Lingjiang narrowed his long eyes and said slowly:
"What if it's... what if it's the face of the Li family? As the head of the Three Qing Taoist sects, Longhushan Taiqing Sect, hasn't it always been envious of the Zhongnanshan Louguan Taoist sect's deeds of assisting the Li family's great ancestor and Taizong... …”
Chong Xuzi looked startled.
As if he vaguely remembered something, the old Taoist priest suddenly fell silent and looked frequently at Xie Lingjiang, who was calm and silent.
After a while, the two chatted about other topics. When they reached the end of the garden, Xie Lingjiang took a look at the sky:
"Thank you for your help, senior. I'm in an emergency. I'll go back first. I'll come and thank you next time."
"Niece Xian, you are very polite. Please be safe on the road. I would like to say hello to fellow Taoist Xie on behalf of Pindao."
Xie Lingjiang nodded and turned around.
He waved to Xuzi again and said casually: "By the way, go to the breakfast hall and bring some more pickled radishes to your senior brother in Longcheng County."
Xie Lingjiang's back froze, and he looked back with a look of shame and annoyance: "You...how did you know it was him?"
"Eh, is it true? You're guessing. I've been lying to you all this time. My niece Xian is really upset. She'll be beaten as soon as she hits her." He blinked at Xuzi, shook his sleeves, and said with a smile: "Guess again, I guess, this The senior brother in Longcheng County should be unable to practice Qi, as his mortal body is leaking Qi, so my niece is particularly concerned about the golden elixir of mortal transformation."
"..." Xie Lingjiang.
Seeing the hurried figure of a man in red clothes running away with a porcelain altar in his arms, the old Taoist priest from Nanhuaguan burst into laughter.
After a while, when the figure walked away, the old Taoist priest, who had not smiled so happily for a long time, calmed down and said to himself:
"Hey, thank you Taoist friend, does he know about this? My daughter has been abducted, and it was my disciple who did it. Why don't you send a letter to make him laugh? Hahaha, that's interesting."
…
(End of chapter)
