at dusk.
The clouds in the sky are as bright as fire.
The gentle breeze blows away the summer heat.
On the wooden corridor outside the door of the new house, four side dishes, two meat and two vegetarian, were placed in the center of the square table.
Since getting Huiyuan Tang, his appetite has plummeted.
It is no longer the rice bowl it used to be.
Picking up a piece of steamed pork ribs with rice flour, Chen Mu chewed the meat and bones into pieces with a crunching sound.
The more you hit your mouth, the worse it tastes.
"Oh...this is different from what I thought."
On his first day at work, Chen Mu was stared at by Douyuan Qinglu all day long.
The opponent's cultivation level is high, and he doesn't dare to take advantage of it even if he wants to take advantage of it.
"How did that old guy appear behind me?" Chen Mu was quite annoyed.
Even if he listened to the method to the extreme, he still couldn't hear the other party's movements.
"Evil!"
Chen Mu glanced at the gray wall.
Listening method: 8836/10000/sixth level;
"Listening carefully to the Dharma is still a bit of a challenge."
Previously at Yingchou Cliff, he had been attacked by two barbarians. At that time, Di Tingfa was deceived by the other party's Heguang secret method.
The elusive Qinglu is even more powerful.
Without making a sound, Chen Mu didn't even know that the other person was standing behind him.
Thinking this, he couldn't help but look back.
"Qingduyuan does a lot of harm to people." Chen Mu smiled bitterly.
No wonder that fat junior brother ran so fast. He was probably also scared by this Qingduin.
"If I secretly practice five ghost possessions, the other party will stand behind me and watch..."
hiss!
Chen Mu couldn't help but shudder.
He is afraid too.
Chen Mu has a lot of secrets. If someone were to follow and investigate him so secretly, it would be a disaster.
"You can't dig into the secret room, and you have to stop practicing. You can't take risks!"
After a tasteless meal and a quick wash, Chen Mu went back to the bedroom on the second floor.
He didn't even sleep. He listened to the Dharma with his ears hung up and started to get sick.
…
A few days later.
On the corridor in front of the Bamboo Tower Jingshe.
Chen Mu lay in the rocking chair with his eyes closed and rocked back and forth.
The bronze wind chimes hanging on the southeast corner of the corridor jingled.
The leaves in the woods in the distance clattered together, making a rustling sound.
His ears moved slightly, carefully distinguishing various sounds within a radius of 500 meters.
After a long while, Chen Mu opened his eyes and looked at the gray wall with satisfaction.
After several days of pondering, my proficiency in listening to the Dharma has exceeded 9,000.
"It's a pity that I didn't dare to take the initiative." Chen Mu shook his head.
The passive version of the listening method only increases hearing, allowing him to hear more and farther.
The active version of listening is echo detection, which requires him to actively release Qi and then rely on hearing to collect feedback fluctuations.
Active use can gain more experience, but it is easy to be discovered.
"Practice farther away from Wuyan Mountain?"
"Forget it, what if we encounter a monster?"
Chen Mu gave up this tempting idea after thinking about it.
"Don't be in a hurry. Just finish it slowly. Aren't you just letting Old Man Qing keep an eye on it for a few more days? What's the big deal?"
Just as he was thinking about it, there was a sound of footsteps in his ears. Chen Mu couldn't help but turn his head and look at the forest path not far away.
Five or six large bamboo baskets as high as a basketball stand first came into view.
Looking down, a grinning bald head appeared.
Jia Tian?
The pork, rabbit meat and medicinal materials have arrived.
…
In the back kitchen of the Bamboo House, cleanly peeled pork and rabbit meat are neatly placed on wooden shelves.
Chen Mu brushed it with his hand, and a layer of white frost immediately covered it.
"I haven't seen you for a few days. Senior brother's little frost trick has become more and more sophisticated." Jia Tian was amazed.
Chen Mu rolled his eyes and glanced at the other person lightly: "No matter how much you praise me, you still have to give me the little Frost Talisman that should be given to me."
Jia Tian had a grimace on his face, muttering something about losing money in a low voice, and reluctantly took out a stack of large brown leather charms.
Chen Mu happily pulled it over and put it into the five ghost bag with a flip of his hand.
deficit? Ah!
If I don't let you, a sinister little bald man, suffer a loss, you might cause some trouble next time.
Shang Huan and the Dongling barbarians engaged in smuggling, but it was this guy who started it. As a result, he was coveted and dragged into a chaotic fight.
"If Yingchou Cliff hadn't been destroyed, someone might have discovered it."
Chen Mu glanced at the little bald head.
Shang Huan will have to stay away from him from now on.
This young prince is not a peaceful person.
Chen Mu asked casually: "If you don't make a fortune in Yuquan Mountain, why would you want to come to Wuyan Mountain? Isn't this something worth sending in person?"
"Who told me to be born in Daqian? I am still a young prince in Daqian." Jia Tian said with a bitter face.
Chen Mu was startled: "Because of Pavilion Master Zhu's Heavenly Demon Reincarnation Pill?"
"That's right." Jia Tian shrugged.
"Danbao Pavilion dispatched a large number of Daqian warriors to conduct inspections to prove whether the pills are safe."
"Are facts really that important? Ha!" Jia Tian sneered.
"I have seen this struggle for power and profit many times, and the dangers involved are unimaginable. I don't want to lose my life in vain."
Chen Mu raised his eyelids slightly and glanced at the other party in surprise.
This little bald man is very sober. He is worthy of being a young prince.
"Most of the powerful barbarians were taken away by Wei Donglai, and Dongling became more and more stable."
"I plan to wander around the other four mountains and don't plan to go back to Yuquan Mountain in the short term."
wise!
The local forces in Dongling were crippled, and Jilong Road completely occupied the five mountains.
The other courtyard has entered a period of rapid development. More and more disciples from the upper courtyard have arrived, and internal struggles have intensified.
The change of the master of Danbao Pavilion is just the tip of the iceberg. Yuquan Mountain may become more and more chaotic in the future.
In contrast, the four mountains including Wuyan and Liulian, whose earth spirit vitality was far behind, were calmer and safer.
"With the Huiyuan Tang, the Acupoint Condensation Technique, and a stable and stable living environment, this Misty Mountain is perfect for staying at home and gaining experience."
Chen Mu raised the corners of his mouth as he thought about it.
"comfortable!"
Feeling excited, Chen Mu glanced back habitually.
Then he saw Jia Tian who was nervous next to him.
"Senior brother, is there... anything dirty behind us?"
"In this moment, you have turned your head three times?!"
Chen Mu couldn't help but freeze.
He didn't want to get nervous, but old man Ke Qing was so elusive that he couldn't help but look back to check.
"I don't know if there's something... I don't know."
Jia Tian: "..."
Can we not sound so scary? !
…
"Are you the unlucky guy?"
In the Chuanjing Pavilion, a middle-aged man in his forties looked at Chen Mu with sympathy.
Unlucky guy?
Who are you talking about? !
Chen Mu's face looked ugly.
"Xiao Yuan is so lucky to have found such an unjust person like you... as a substitute... ahem, replacement personnel." The middle-aged man said with an annoyed look on his face: "When did I have such good luck?"
Taken advantage of, scapegoat, these are the two words you really want to say, right? !
Chen Muxu stared.
If he didn't want to get some information from the other person's mouth, he really wanted to give this colleague a slap on the back of his head.
"Don't blame me for saying weird things." The middle-aged man sighed.
"Our Qingduyuan pays you easily and requires very little. As long as you keep the Scripture Pavilion clean and tidy, he doesn't care what you do."
"But..."
Before he finished speaking, a voice suddenly sounded.
"The water element secret area on the first floor needs to be cleaned."
The middle-aged man trembled all over and shrugged helplessly at Chen Mu without turning his head.
Did you see that?
Chen Mu couldn't help but look.
Not far away, he found a thin old man standing quietly, as if he had been standing there forever.
Didn't you stand behind me this time?
Chen Mu couldn't help but be startled when he noticed the middle-aged colleague opposite him from the corner of his eye.
After taking a closer look at Qinglu's location, his face suddenly twitched.
Qinglu did not stand behind him this time. But where he is now is the blind spot shared by him and his middle-aged colleagues!
Is this Qingduyuan sick? !
When Qing Lu walked downstairs slowly, Chen Mu complained softly: "No one talked to Dou Yuan?"
"You dare?" The middle-aged man glanced sideways at Chen Mu.
"I don't dare?" Chen Mu said aggrievedly.
Old Man Qing appears and disappears, and his strength is visible to the naked eye.
The other party has a cold face all day long, as if he should not approach strangers. Who dares to give advice to such a strong person.
"Then there's no other way?" Chen Mu refused to give up.
It's really scary to be stared at like this all the time.
The middle-aged colleague suddenly became excited and said: "Go and practice the dust-avoiding technique."
"As long as we make sure that the Sutra Pavilion is clean and tidy, the capital will not appear."
"Including the one just now, the capital has appeared a total of twenty-one times today."
"Did you know? My previous minimum record was twenty-four. Work hard, maybe I can break the record today!" The middle-aged man looked excited.
What the hell is there to be happy about? !
"When I perfect my dust-avoiding technique and the Sutra Pavilion is spotless, Qingduyuan probably won't scare people like this." The middle-aged colleagues' eyes were full of longing.
Have you all learned to motivate yourself?
Chen Mu looked at this middle-aged colleague with pity. It was like seeing a middle-aged social beast who had lost his temper in the workplace in his previous life.
"Is there really no other way?"
The middle-aged colleague said nothing, but gave Chen Mu a meaningful look.
This means...
Find another scapegoat like me?
Chen Mu's face suddenly darkened.
(End of chapter)
