Fairy cage

This day.

Yu Lie slowly stopped and opened his eyes.

He frowned slightly again and thought to himself: "Just relying on Grape Pearl Pill to practice can't reach more than three times the speed. You have to consume some additional spiritual energy pills or take a lot of spiritual stones. That’s all.”

After two months of dedicated training, although Yu Lie's training speed was faster than that of ordinary people, it was completely unable to compare with what he had done in the outer city area. This made him feel like he was training hard.

It also made Yu Lie's heart tremble at the thought of not going to the outer city area.

"There is no need to obtain treasures like the Chizhen Secret Sand. As long as you can kill a few more tree demon-like monsters, take their essence, and stack the elixirs, you can quickly increase your Taoism."

Yu Lie thought secretly in his heart.

However, after this idea arose, he still suppressed it in his heart: "Let's put the dangerous things last. Let's go to the preaching conference before talking about anything else."

Today was the day of the sermon in the Taoist Palace. Yu Lie had been prepared early in the morning. He stood up, took all the items he could carry with him, and then left the courtyard.

After leaving the courtyard, Yu Lie did not go deep into the Daogong Mountain Gate. Instead, he ran outside and spent three or four cups of tea before arriving at the elixir shop.

"Good luck to you, good luck to you!"

Before Yu Lie had even entered the store, the sound of birds chirping could be heard in the elixir shop, and he saw a bird with red eyes and black feathers, like a myna and a crow, standing on the screen in front of the store door, shaking his head and head proudly, shouting. .

It flapped its wings and landed on Yu Lie's shoulder, jumping left and right.

This myna was the black myna who was adopted by Yu Lie in Heishui Town and brought to Daocheng. He had a few traces of the red-eyed Hangao bloodline.

When Yu Lie took the exam, he gave the bird to Luo Sen to raise. Later, Luo Sen encountered something and it was not convenient to raise it in a hotel, so he placed the bird in an old shop in the city that fosters spiritual pets.

It wasn't until a month and a half ago that Yu Lie remembered the existence of his bird and asked Luo Sen about it. The two of them ran to the foster care shop in embarrassment and found the black starling back.

Fortunately, Luo Sen paid the three-month fee in one go when he was fostered. The myna stayed well in the shop and was not plucked or beaten.

Of course, if the three months expires, no one has come to pick it up. The store would also take the initiative to send letters to Lawson, and Lawson still left a sure way to contact him in the store.

It's just that the myna was left in the shop for about two months, staying in a narrow cage all day long, surrounded by all kinds of weird and terrifying monsters. It lives on tenterhooks, plucking a hair a day and counting the days.

When Yu Lie appeared in front of this guy, he almost pulled out his hair.

Starling thought that Yu Lie had thrown it away because of his disobedience. When he first saw Yu Lie, the bird was as dumbfounded as a chicken, and then burst into tears. He cried so much that he screamed sadly, and even cried with joy.

When one person and one bird returned to the courtyard, Starling was inseparable from Yu Lie and didn't want to leave even half a step.

It also glared angrily at Lawson, who had fostered it out, and almost flew to the top of Lawson's head, sucking some bird poop into it to take revenge. Lawson also knew that he was in the wrong, and it was hard to argue with a bird, so he could only face this situation angrily.

It took half a month for Ba Ge to calm down and dare to leave Yu Lie for an inch. Yu Lie sent him to the store to look after the store and occasionally delivered pills part-time.

Yu Lie walked into the shop, scratched the myna's neck, and the bird shouted:

"Haosheng looks after the store, and says more auspicious words when customers come."

"Yes sir, yes sir."

Hearing this, Bago fluttered his wings and landed on the screen with dignity again, playing the role of his own gatekeeper.

Yu Lie didn't stay long when he returned to the store. He just said hello to Luo Sen, took away all the spiritual stones on the store's books in one go, and then hurried to Daogong Mountain Gate.

The reason why he wanted to go back to the shop was just for this matter, to prepare as many spiritual stones as possible so that he could flatter the Taoist lecturer at the preaching conference.

And after the sermon conference, Taoist disciples will also have small stalls to exchange what they have.

Yu Lie thought about it, maybe good things that couldn't be bought in the black market could be bought at Xiaohui stalls, so he had enough spiritual stones to be prepared.

………………

Not long after, a simple altar appeared in Yu Lie's eyes.

The shape of the altar is similar to the Immortal Urn Altar in the city, but it is much smaller and has a concave shape. In the center are several protruding stone pillars, which dominate the sky. The surroundings are divided into square grids, with stone futons placed on each side. There are more than a thousand in number.

Yu Lie glanced at the name of the altar and said to himself: "The eighth platform with a T-shaped number, that's right, this is it."

He straightened up his appearance and stepped in slowly.

Yu Lie had arrived an hour early, but there were already more than two hundred people sitting in the circle inside the podium.

This forum is for those who took the assessment in August, and there are only more than 500 people who passed the exam in August, which means that nearly half of them have come now.

Yu Lie looked around and found no sign of Wa Twelve, so he planned to find a place to sit down casually.

But just as Yu Lie was about to take his seat, someone suddenly called him:

"Brother Yu, Brother Yu, here, here!"

Yu Lie looked up in surprise and found that the person calling him was actually Gu Xuecheng. The other party led three or two Taoist disciples and occupied the innermost circle of futons.

When the other party greeted Yu Lie, he was actually asking Yu Lie to come over and sit down.

Yu Lie paused for a moment, but he didn't refuse. He walked over generously and chose a futon.

"Thank you, Brother Gu." Yu Lie nodded.

Gu Xuecheng smiled and nodded, and then said nothing more. He seemed to be just taking the initiative to express goodwill, hoping to further repair the relationship with Yu Lie.

As time passed, there were more and more people in the forum, and almost 500 people had arrived.

During this period, some people saw the seat occupied by Gu Xuecheng and wanted to sit down. However, when Gu Xuecheng and a few others stood up in a hurry, with bad expressions on their faces, most of the people retreated.

A few people sneered at each other, showing no fear of Gu Xuecheng. After Gu Xuecheng looked carefully, he smiled and actively invited the other party to sit down.

Yu Lie took this scene in his eyes and remembered in detail the faces of those who were invited to sit down by Gu Xuecheng.

Although Gu Xuecheng has a bad nature, he seems to have a lot of connections and good eyesight. Taoist disciples who can make others release good intentions must be powerful among the more than 500 Taoist disciples.

Just as the sermon was about to begin, the buzzing chatter in the altar became quieter. Everyone looked at their noses and hearts, adjusted their state, stopped chatting with others, and looked forward to the arrival of the Taoist master from the Taoist Palace.

But suddenly, a cold snort sounded beside Yu Lie:

"stand up!"

This voice woke Yu Lie up from his slightly closed eyes, and he frowned and looked over.

The cold snort was not directed at him, but at the person in the third seat next to him. The person sitting in that seat was Gu Xuecheng.

The person who came was wearing a gray robe, had a resolute face, and carried an iron sword on his back. He was also tall. However, if you look closely at the person's facial features, you will find that the person is not a man, but a woman.

Yu Lie barely recognized this person. He was the Taoist disciple who came first in the imperial examination and obtained the status of an inner disciple in advance!

Gu Xuecheng also restrained his energy like Yu Lie. He suddenly heard the call of the visitor and his face was startled.

When he saw the person coming clearly, Gu Xuecheng showed a smile on his face, held his hands towards the other person, and said: "It's fellow Taoist Tie Jianlan, please sit down, there is an empty seat next to me, which Pindao specially reserved for fellow Taoist. "

When the female Taoist disciple called Tie Jianlan heard this, a sneer appeared on her face, and her palm touched the iron sword wrapped in linen behind her:

"If I tell you to get up, get up and roll to the side."

Yu Lie and other Taoist disciples all had playful expressions on their faces, staring at each other as if they were watching a show.

Gu Xuecheng was scolded by others in public. Even though the other person ranked first in the assessment and still had the status of an inner disciple, he couldn't stand it.

Especially since this person actually knew the reason why Tie Jianlan was rude to him.

Gu Xuecheng snorted coldly and said: "Fellow Taoist, please respect yourself!"

Unexpectedly, the female Taoist disciple who touched the iron sword took the iron sword in her hand and slapped Gu Xuecheng fiercely.

Bang! The futon Gu Xuecheng sat on was beaten and split open. Although the other party was fine, he could only roll to the side like a donkey and sweep the floor gracefully.

"Yo!" There were cheers from all around.

Including Yu Lie, many people had smiles on their faces, happy to see this ancient scholar in trouble.

Gu Xue stood up eagerly, a spiritual light flashed across his body, and he shouted angrily:

"You rude old woman, this is a Taoist palace and a pulpit. If you dare to take action, aren't you afraid of being deprived of your discipleship?!"

Tie Jianlan's face was calm, and she said sarcastically: "Tie has the status of an inner disciple, why can't he educate you so that you know the etiquette of respecting your predecessors?"

These words made Gu Xuecheng's face turn blue and white, but he really couldn't threaten Tie Jianlan with the rules of the Taoist palace. Even if the other party beat him up, as long as he was not seriously injured, just throwing a few spiritual stones at him would be enough because of his status as an inner disciple.

Yu Lie fell aside, feeling a little envious in his heart.

It's not that Yu Lie envied the Iron Gladiolus for showing off his power, but if he had the status of an inner disciple, he could go to places like the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion in advance to look for seventh-grade prescriptions. Perhaps even the elixirs would have been refined by now.

It's a pity that even though he had dragon flames in the assessment, he still failed to win the first place. It's ridiculous that he was still thinking about hiding his clumsiness.

On the podium, after Gu Xuecheng's expression changed, he suddenly smiled as if he was relaxed, cupped his hands and said, "Since fellow railway members are interested in Pindao's seat, please use it."

After saying that, he walked towards the other futon.

But as soon as Gu Xuecheng stood still, Tie Jianlan appeared in front of him, pointed to the seats in the last circle of the podium, and ordered:

"Go to the back."

The Taoist disciples on the platform did not mind the excitement and cheered even more.

Especially those who didn't like Gu Xuecheng, they were extremely happy when they saw the other person's face being stepped on and crushed.

"Brother Gu, why are you so cowardly! Hahaha!"

At this time, Gu Xuecheng could no longer suppress his anger. He cursed:

"You stinky old woman, who are you? How dare you shout at Pindao! Didn't I just make a deal with you? Do you deserve to hold a grudge like this? You agreed to it yourself at the beginning, so why bother picking on Pindao now?"

These words seemed to reveal the reason for the conflict between the two. Yu Lie raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard it.

After Gu Xuecheng finished scolding, a sarcastic smile appeared on his face:

"Sister Tie, even if you have the status of an inner disciple, you can't go back on your word. If you want to get the reward of a position in the Taoist palace again, just work hard and earn Taoism. You will naturally have it when the time comes. The teacher in the palace will grant you benefits."

Now it was Tie Jianlan's turn to turn livid, and her eyes were filled with murderous intent as she stared coldly at Gu Xuecheng.

After hearing this, Yu Lie and others vaguely understood. There was a lot of discussion at the scene as everyone said something to me.

Especially Yu Lie, who had a strange look on his face: "It turns out that this guy named Gu, when he asked me for a position but failed, he went to ask Taoist disciple Tie to ask for it. And this guy succeeded in asking for it!"

Combined with the conversation between the two people at the scene and the discussions among the Taoist disciples around him, the behavior of Gu Xuecheng, a villain, was fully exposed.

It turns out that this guy has some background, but his background is not big, so he can't interfere with the Tao Palace assessment at all. In the beginning, he was just pulling the flag and lying to get the job quota from Tie Jianlan, and it only cost two thousand spiritual stones in total, which was less than what was promised to Yu Lie!

Gu Xuecheng now stood in the field and saw that his little plot was explained clearly by everyone in one word and completely exposed. There was no shame on his face, but his smile was even brighter.

This man stood tall and raised his hands towards Tie Jianlan: "Friend Tie Dao, Pindao just happened to teach you a lesson. When you are new here, even if you are in the palace, how can you trust others easily?

Gu just deceived you about his position. If you continue to be so stupid and ignorant in the future, I am afraid that your body and career will also be deceived. Ha ha! "

Several Taoist disciples who were with Gu Xuecheng couldn't help but smile on their faces.

Gu Xuecheng relied on the opportunity he obtained through deception from Tie Jianlan and got a job as a security guard in Daocheng. And these few of them, following Gu Xuecheng, have also earned a lot of spiritual stones recently, and they can earn at least five more years!

This incident alone may have paved the way for these people. It is only a matter of time before they become Taoist priests.

Tie Jianlan, the master of suffering, heard the loud laughter of Gu Xuecheng and his group of Taoist disciples, and was stabbed by the pitiful and pitiful eyes of the people around her. This man was furious, holding an iron sword in his hand, and white light surged, and he was about to go to Gu Xuecheng. Cheng slashed through.

But at this moment, a message suddenly fell into Tie Jianlan's ears, and the voice sounded urgent:

"Wait a minute, the lecturer has arrived."

Tie Jianlan paused slightly, but did not utter a sound.

The next breath, a loud and cold voice sounded:

"Jie Jie, you are such lively Taoist disciples, very energetic."

A huge coercion came from the sky, pressing hard on everyone's hearts. The faces of everyone who were laughing became stiff, their hairs stood up, and their souls emerged.

Bang bang!

Gu Xuecheng, who was standing in the field, couldn't bear the pressure. He knelt on the ground and the knees of both legs were split. Tie Jianlan, who was standing with him, also knelt down on one knee and smashed holes into the ground.

In addition to the look of horror in their eyes, there were also looks of pity and joy in their eyes.

In a private fight in front of a Taoist lecturer, no matter how good the excuse is, if the other party doesn't like you, he can crush the rude Taoist disciple to serious injuries and make him unable to move for a year and a half.

The lecturer that Yu Lie and others welcomed had a fierce voice and was obviously not a kind person.