Exorcism

The pretended attendant meets the pretended palace maid.

Xiaoqiu was startled, and the few small boxes on the top of the stack almost fell down. The princess raised her hands to hold them, and said with a smile: "Five boxes of gelatin should be enough for several years."

Xiaoqiu looked back and saw that the gathering of immortals had returned to normal. The carriages and knights were all covered, and only the tops of the flags could be seen. "Are you the princess... Your Highness?"

"Youtao said you don't like to be called Your Highness, just call me Princess."

The princess's voice was very pleasant, and she didn't sound very old. Xiaoqiu couldn't help but take another look. Even through the veil, she could see her smiling face. Xiaoqiu felt a little uncomfortable, "Actually, I didn't help Xin Youtao. What has he done? He has many friends..."

"Youtao told me that you were hired by him to pretend to be a follower, and these are your rewards." The princess motioned to Xiaoqiu to move on.

"He said it?" Xiaoqiu was startled again, and then became a little wary. The princess's behavior of pretending to be a palace maid was a bit strange. Could it be that she was afraid of the surveillance of the Xuan Fu Army.

"You should understand Youtao. He is very smart and has many strategies, but he lacks the will to carry out the plan and cannot control his mouth. He will spill the beans when he is happy."

This is indeed Xin Youtao's character. Xiaoqiu also smiled, and then showed an embarrassed look: "I will return these things to you in the future."

The princess neither laughed at the young man's overestimation nor politely refused, "Okay, I know you will pay back, you have the ability."

"Thank you for your trust, princess." It's always a good thing to be praised, but Xiaoqiu has already learned his lesson and won't take this kind of win-over method too seriously.

The two of them walked for a while, Xiaoqiu remained silent, and the princess suddenly laughed, "There will never be an end if we continue like this, so I'll get straight to the point."

There was a serious tone in her voice, "I sent Youtao to Pangshan Taoism, not to let him take care of the warehouse in Zhiyongsuo, but in the hope that one day he can return to Xijie City as a Pangshan Taoist priest."

“He is already a Pangshan Taoist priest.

"No, he is not, and neither are you. Although your names are recorded in the book and you have entered Yangshen Peak, you are just disciples, not Pangshan Taoist priests. For us outsiders, only Condensing Qi into Pills has been mastered by a certain subject. Only those who are accepted as disciples can be called Pangshan Taoist priests."

"You're right. From disciple to Taoist priest, this step is not easy." Xiao Qiu was not annoyed by the princess's straightforwardness and to the point, because that was the fact.

"Many people give up halfway, but you are still persisting. Even if you stand still on the road, you still don't forget to breathe."

Xiao Qiu's face turned slightly red. It turned out that the princess had been secretly observing him in the carriage. He had indeed stood on the road and did some meditation. At this time, he had already vaguely guessed the princess's purpose: "You want me to help Xin Youtao?"

"Yes, you have some of the necessary qualities that he lacks the most, a strong will and the confidence not to accept the status quo. With your help, Young Tao can be reborn."

"You don't know me."

"Haha, that's not necessarily the case. You fought with Youtao in Jinghu Village, and you refused the Taoist disciples' advances in person. You once thought about it for a month, and you never forgot the heaven-defying technique at Yangshen Peak, and even gave up the opportunity to enter the Five Elements Department. Looking at the Nine Dao Tong, I probably can’t find a disciple as rebellious as you, right?”

"Did Xin Youtao tell you this?"

"He's not strict with his words, but he's not talking about other people's affairs endlessly just after we met again.

These are all things I found out. "The princess pointed to the mountains to the north, "Although it is said that the emperor and the vassal states will not interfere with each other, the Xijie Kingdom cannot know anything about its neighbors. "

Xiaoqiu took a few steps silently, "I think I'm not the only candidate. In order to help Xin Youtao, how many people did the princess choose from Pangshan?"

"You're not the only one. I didn't even expect to see you today. You Tao still has some discernment and chose you to pretend to be a follower." The princess was silent for a while, seeming to consider how far to tell the truth, "Three Personally, including you, I selected three people in Pangshan to help Youtao, but now I have decided to only use you.

Xiaoqiu stopped and looked at the princess across the pile of rewards, "I'm honored that you think so highly of me, but I don't have the energy or ability to help others."

"Of course, helping others will delay my own practice, and I will make up for this."

Xiaoqiu didn't speak. The princess glanced at him and said, "As far as I know, cultivation is a very difficult and expensive thing. Five-section green wood balm is only the most basic auxiliary elixir, as well as Bairundan and Ningshen. There are no less than twenty kinds of elixirs such as incense and spirit-gathering pills. On the Ancestor Peak, these things are distributed to the selected disciples for free by each department. At the Zhiyong Institute, you have to find a way for yourself. "

"Do you really think a little help from me is worth so much?"

The professor of the elixir department always emphasizes the importance of elixirs in practice every time he teaches at Yangshen Peak: It takes others ten years to condense the energy into elixirs, but it only takes you one year. How big is the difference? After condensing the pill, the gap will be even greater. It will be the difference between a hundred years and twenty or thirty years!

Every disciple is deeply impressed by this. This is also one of the important reasons why most Zhiyong disciples are discouraged. They cannot get the support of elixirs. Although most of these things can be bought, the price It was shockingly expensive, and the cost of just satisfying the Ningdan was equivalent to the income of a small town for several years.

Xiao Qiu still remembers another sentence: Pills are not omnipotent. They can speed up practice, but they cannot break through the limits. If a person does not have the qualifications to condense Qi into pills, it will be useless even if he eats pills.

"Where did Xin Youtao's Dao roots come from?" Xiaoqiu asked.

"Youtao's Dao roots are real. If not, I would not have sent him to Pangshan, and Pangshan would not have accepted him as a disciple. His Dao roots were not obvious before. I just asked a few talisman masters to help him. The roots of the road are revealed.”

Xiao Qiu only knew that the spiritual bone Dao roots were hidden deeply, and had never heard of this phenomenon happening with ordinary Dao roots. "What is Xin Youtao's true level? Did he really use the talisman at Yangshen Peak?"

"That's an extremely stupid thing to do." The princess said seriously, "Even I didn't know he secretly brought so many talismans. I have asked him to hand over all of them. From now on, he will never have one on him. Youtao has already The enlightenment reaches Dantian, but the earthly calamity has not yet been achieved.”

In fact, this is not a bad result. If he had not been kicked out of Yangshen Peak more than half a year ago, Xin Youtao's cultivation might have gone further. Even if he could not enter Laozu Peak during the selection process for each subject, he would still be qualified to stay at Yangshen Peak. Keep it for a year or two.

"I will consider it." Xiaoqiu didn't want to make a decision immediately. The kinder the princess was, the more she reminded him of his experience at Yangshen Peak. The pills and smiling faces were exactly the methods used by Yang Baozhen and Lin Sa to win over—— He wanted to believe in Lin Sa's innocence, but now he only looked at the facts.

Xiaoqiu was about to leave, but the princess stopped her first, then raised her hand to lift the veil on her face!

It was a face that was so beautiful that it made people feel happy. It was not like the Luanjingshan disciples, who were always so beautiful that they made the viewers feel ashamed. It was also not like the vulgar beauty of some women, who often aroused feelings of blasphemy. .

Xiaoqiu took two steps back and lowered his head.

"Let me be more straightforward. I am indeed using you. My status and money allow me to offer you a price to buy you until the price is what you want. Of course, I can't force you. Even if you are unsatisfied, there is still Pangshan. The protection of Taoism is no longer within the control of Xijie Kingdom, so you can refuse, and even shout it out in public, letting everyone in the world know that you, an ordinary young man, dare to refuse a princess's proposal. This will satisfy you and make you famous.”

Xiaoqiu didn't shout. Even if he refused, he never thought about using it to become famous.

"You can also regard this as a fair transaction, and then make full use of the elixir you got from me to concentrate on practice. One day, you will condense your energy into elixir. At that time, you may need another transaction to promote your practice, but Your status has changed. You may be a weakling and a low-status person in every transaction, but after every successful transaction, you will move up a level."

The princess raised her hand in an upward motion and laughed for no reason, "You should be glad that you still have value. I hope you can make good use of these values ​​instead of holding on to them and feeling sorry for yourself. Even the leaders of the Ancestor Peak I deceived you—"

The princess paused and observed the boy's face, "You also got some benefits from them. I'm not saying that you should be grateful to them, but I suggest that you draw real lessons from them. Only in this way, you will get more and more benefits. , and there will be less and less deception.”

"I will consider it. w.a" Xiaoqiu repeated what she just said, walked around the princess and left quickly.

After turning over a slope, Xiaoqiu unexpectedly saw Shen Hao standing on the roadside looking at her. Before Xiaoqiu could say anything, Shen Hao jumped over and said, "We have been chatting for so long, so I took a detour to find you. I am waiting for you." It's been a long time." He frowned when he saw Xiaoqiu's things: "Why are they all given by the princess?"

"Well, I want to exchange them for a few items." Xiaoqiu didn't stop.

Shen Hao walked side by side with him, "Fangfang and I will be able to go down the mountain freely after a while. Then we will go to Zhiyong to see you and Daliang."

"That's great."

"That little palace maid..."

"She's the princess's maid. She wants to make a deal with me."

Shen Hao stopped, held Xiaoqiu's shoulders, and said seriously: "Xiaoqiu, we are friends. When you encounter problems, just come to me. There is no need to please Xin Youtao."

"It's over, the problem has been solved." Xiaoqiu stopped and smiled, "It's not a big deal, and it's a fair deal. Xin Youtao and I owe each other nothing."

Shen Hao was relieved and turned to the business, "There is a boy named Guan Shenyue who has been asking people to send messages to the Ancestor Fengtai courtyard for the past two days. It seems to be related to you. You and Daliang must be careful. Just bear with it, wait until Fangfang and I can go to the hospital to discuss all issues."

Zhou Ping and his senior brother's group really refused to admit defeat.

"I will bear it." Xiaoqiu kept a smile on her face, but had other thoughts in her heart.

(Please collect and recommend)