Fairy cage

On the night of his promotion, Yu Lie didn't know everything that happened in the Dao Palace and Dao City.

Because Luo Sen and others lacked channels of understanding, after they returned to the hospital, they were only surprised by Yu Lie's exit, but they also did not bring back any news for Yu Lie.

Until the next day.

Yu Lie went to the elixir shop to be on duty, and unexpectedly found that there were a lot of Dao Palace disciples coming to the shop. Compared with a year ago, he made more friends and won over by relying on the name of "Tao Seed".

And every time a Taoist disciple enters the door, they will bow or nod to Yu Lie first: "Congratulations, Boss Yu!"

The first few people, Yu Lie thought they were congratulating him on his store business, until Deng Luogu walked over in a hurry, holding a basket in his hand.

Before the other party reached the threshold, he got fat:

"Ah! Congratulations to Fellow Daoist Yu, congratulations to Fellow Daoist Yu!"

When Yu Lie saw this man, he smiled and said, "It's Brother Deng. Why are you so happy? Brother Deng has brought big business to Pindao?"

He easily took the bamboo basket Deng Luogu was holding and handed it to the Taoist boy beside him.

Yu Lie's natural gesture of accepting the gift made Deng Luogu unable to react. However, when the guy walked in and looked inside the shop, he found that there were so many customers in the shop so early in the morning, and he understood.

"It seems that I'm not the only one who came here to 'rebuild the relationship'."

Deng Luogu secretly regretted in his heart: "If I had known that this guy had been dormant for a year or two, I should have come here to burn the cold stove earlier."

Immediately, Deng Luogu took out the Tao Palace Thousand People List updated last night from his arms. Yu Lie glanced at it and immediately found his name and the comment "worthy of Taoism" added after his name. .

His mind turned over and over again, and he instantly understood why the store's business was so good today.

Luo Sen and Miao Mu, who were taking care of the shop, also walked over one after another to entertain the customers. They also saw the rankings placed on the table.

Although the two women didn't pay much attention to this kind of thing in the past, they both aspired to get into the Dao Palace, so they naturally understood the weight of the list.

And although only the top 100 on the list are eligible to obtain inner disciples in advance, which is equivalent to the status of Taoist officials.

But in fact, any Taoist disciple who can be on the list and stay on it for a long time will most likely be accepted as a disciple by the Taoist priests in the palace once he has become a Taoist official, or even if he has not yet become a Taoist official.

Because the Taoist priests in the palace are busy with their affairs, retreats are often calculated on a yearly basis, and they do not pay attention to the Taoist disciples in the palace all the time. Moreover, the number of Taoist priests is limited after all, and there are even fewer of them who need and are willing to accept disciples.

The purpose of ranking the list of thousands of people selected from the hundreds of thousands of Taoist disciples in the palace is not only for the Taoist disciples to see, but also for the Taoist priests in the palace to see, so that the Taoist priests can choose their disciples.

When Taoist priests recruit disciples, they basically only focus on the list of thousands.

It can be said that if they fail to enter the thousand-person list, the Taoist disciples will not even be qualified to enter the eyes of the Taoist priests in the palace.

Yu Lie naturally knew this, but his attitude towards his re-appearance on the list, apart from being a little surprised at first, became normal after that, and he was not deliberately trying to hide it in his words and deeds.

When Deng Luogu and others saw this, they secretly muttered in their hearts: "Good guy, is this the 'Tao seed' that can lie dormant for a year or two and become a blockbuster again?! His character is really good!"

Involuntarily, everyone including Luo Sen and others outside the store looked at Yu Lie with a sense of admiration.

But in fact, Yu Lie just doesn't like the things on the list now.

He has been busy on the Purple Mountain of the Purple Candle Girl Path for so long, and for this transformation, the other party even provided free medicine. After he is promoted to a Taoist priest, there is a high chance that he will become a disciple of Taoist Priest Zizhu.

In addition, Yu Lie followed the advice of Zi Zhu Nu Dao, and at this stage he only planned to practice cultivation, not magic.

As a result, most of the small rewards on the list, inner disciple status, etc., no longer apply to him.

Naturally, Yu Lie was too lazy to care too much about these unused benefits. Instead, he disliked the fact that it might cause some trouble to him.

It was precisely with this thought that Yu Lie welcomed the guests in the shop, even more calmly, which made some Dao Palace disciples who came with the idea of ​​​​entering the camp feel a little ashamed of themselves.

The end.

Yu Lie originally just came to the shop to show his face, but he was busy until noon before he finished entertaining the famous group of people who came today.

But Deng Luogu's guy hasn't left yet.

After getting acquainted with the shop, this guy got bold enough to send a message to Yu Lie again, trying to trick Yu Lie into selling semen to him. He also said that with Yu Lie's current level and reputation, a drop of semen would be worth it. Ten drops from ordinary people are priceless!

When Yu Lie heard these remarks, he felt vaguely strange. He didn't know whether Deng Luogu was praising him or secretly hurting him.

"Brother Deng, Pindao has something to do this afternoon and is no longer in the shop."

Yu Lie held his hands towards Deng Luogu who was still sitting in the shop and said off: "Brother Deng, if you like our shop, feel free to sit down, but Pindao can no longer entertain him in person. I'm sorry for that."

Hearing this, Deng Luogu stood up from his chair. He put down the tea cup in his hand and quickly replied: "Don't dare, it's Deng who is causing trouble."

But the guy still didn't take the initiative to say goodbye. Instead, he tugged on his beard and sighed heavily: "That's all, even if we can't do Brother Yu's business, it's still worth it to help Brother Yu spread a message."

After finishing speaking, Deng Luogu handed over a gold-red invitation card from his sleeve.

The invitations are made of gold and hollowed out, depicting images of ladies, strong men, enchanting girls, etc. crossing their necks and flying into the sky, which is extremely charming and charming.

Yu Lie received it in his hand and immediately felt the fragrance. He turned over the invitation and found the word "Acacia" on it.

Before he could ask, Deng Luogu took the initiative and said:

"Brother Yu, don't get me wrong. Deng is not here to pimp this time, but is the big steward in the building. He loves to make friends with outstanding disciples in the palace. I asked Deng to help me make some connections."

After a pause, the man continued in a low voice: "The chief steward is new to the city and has not a deep foundation, so he is particularly good at wooing disciples like us who have just entered the palace. Even if Brother Yu doesn't want to get too deeply involved, he just wants to go there." You can also gain some benefits by meeting, so don’t miss it..."

While thinking about this matter, Yu Lie nodded prevariciously and sent Deng Luogu away.

After thinking about it carefully, Yu Lie had no idea of ​​meeting the chief manager of Hehuan Building.

It should be noted that the other party is just an old bustard and a Taoist official. Now that the rest of him is already a disciple of the Taoist palace, there is no need for additional contamination of karma.

However, Yu Lie also secretly thought: "The land of Hehuan is often a secret meeting place, where fish and dragons are mixed together, and there are many eyes and ears. It may be useful one day... and it's better to save a little face."

Immediately, he summoned Song Danqing and asked him to represent him, carrying invitations, letterheads, and a batch of free elixirs to visit the madam, which might open up more sales for the shop.

Yu Lie himself only explained in a respectful manner in the letter that his cultivation level was not stable, so as not to make the other party feel that he was being neglected.

And what if the madam was resentful just because Yu Lie didn't come to visit in person this time? Then Yu Lie realized that he should keep a distance from that person to avoid being plotted against.

Every chore is taken care of.

Yu Lie hurriedly ate with Luo Sen and others in the shop, accepted the other party's questions, and was shocked in person.

Especially Luo Sen and Miao Mu. Although they both knew that Yu Lie was busy with cultivation recently, no one knew the specific details because Yu Lie kept it secret.

So now that it is learned that Yu Lie has completed the third transformation of a Taoist disciple, and neither of them has officially entered the Taoist palace, whether it is Luo Sen or Miaomu, the two people look at Yu Lie in addition to surprise and shock. becomes more complex.

After Yu Lie left, the two women felt depressed.

They were busy working in the shop with their own thoughts, but they all thought of the same thing:

"If you don't join the Taoist Palace, the gap between you and him will only become wider and wider."

………………

The other side.

As soon as Yu Lie left the shop, he called out Bage, straddled his back, and let Bage carry him back to the mountain gate of the Taoist Palace.

He didn't want to return to the courtyard to continue practicing, but to go personally to report good news to someone, or "report a bad news" to someone.

This person is his current nominal future master, Zi Zhu Nu Dao.

Yu Lie relied on the salamander heart given by the other party to successfully survive the seven orifices of the heart, so naturally he did not have to pay back the money he owed the other party for the heart.

It didn't take a few quarters of an hour for Yu Lie to land outside Zishan. He let Ya Ba fall on his shoulders and walked closer to the Amethyst Taoist Temple again.

After not coming for many days, Yu Lie was surprised to find that the fog on Purple Mountain seemed to be much thicker than the last time he came here. And until he reached the Amethyst Taoist Temple, no sharp spiritual consciousness fell on him.

Yu Lie stood still and looked at the Amethyst Taoist Temple with its door closed. He hesitated for a moment whether he should knock on the door to avoid disturbing the other party's retreat.

But he thought to himself: "Just knocking on the door, it shouldn't disturb her practice, as long as she doesn't wander around."

Immediately, Yu Lie took out the token from the Purple Mountain and sent a request to the other party to see him. He stepped forward, used the token to knock on the door of the Taoist temple, and gently knocked on it.

As a result, with just a slight knock, the door of the Taoist temple opened on its own. As usual, the purple candle female Taoist priest did not seem to have banned the Taoist temple.

Yu Lie was confused: "Aren't you in retreat?"

Immediately afterwards, a strong aroma of wine suddenly surged out from the Taoist temple and penetrated into his nose, shocking his spirit.

“Gah!

"

Ya Ba, who was standing on Yu Lie's shoulder, sneezed hard and his feathers exploded.

Seeing Crow Ba's reaction, Yu Lie realized that this guy didn't practice poison skills after all. In order to prevent it from inhaling too much poisonous gas in the view, or from belching when it encountered some poison, he stuffed Crow Ba into the pig. In the bag.

After a few hesitations, Yu Lie rolled up his sleeves and walked cautiously into the Amethyst Taoist Temple.

The further you walked into the Taoist temple, the richer the aroma of the wine became, and the texture seemed to be good. After a few sips, Yu Lie felt that the true energy in his body was ready to move, as if he was breathing in high-quality spiritual energy.

This made Yu Lie secretly whisper in his heart:

"It seems that my cheap master is not only a poor man, but also an alcoholic."

When he reached the atrium, he found one after another large wine jars, roughly arranged in the manner of the Nine Palaces and Bagua. There were as many as thirty-six of them, but they were already twisted at this moment.

Although he had warned himself in his mind early not to run around, Yu Lie couldn't help but move over after smelling the extremely rich scent of spiritual wine in the air.

He was ready to think about it: "This is the atrium, where I used to work. Walking here is not considered trespassing. And whoever cultivates will not stay in the secret room, but stay in the atrium carefree."

Yu Lie cautiously and impatiently walked to the nearest wine vat. He reached his head and poked into the wine vat.

A scene that disappointed him appeared. In the wine vat as big as an ox, there were only a few drops of wine hanging on the wall.

Yu Lie looked to the side and found that the other statue was the same.

One, two, three... eighteen, nineteen.

Yu Lie walked in a circle towards the center of the wine urn formation, and then simply jumped onto the wine urn, stepping on the edge of the wine urn and jumping inside.

As a result, all the wine jars in sight were sucked dry, which made Yu Lie's desire to steal wine more than half cool.

Fortunately, when Yu Lie ran to the middle, he still found the wine in the middle wine vat. It was no longer just a few drops, but a layer. If he looked at it, he could see it as deep as a finger.

If it were scooped up, it would probably be able to hold an ordinary-sized drinking gourd.

But here comes the problem again. Thirty-six wine jars as big as cows only have so much wine left. If he takes the last remaining bit, wouldn't it be easy to expose his stealing wine?

Of course, it's also possible that he took some of the remaining "leftovers", and Zi Zhu Nu Dao and others who were drinking in the audience wouldn't care at all.

After hesitating for a moment, Yu Lie saw that his door had also been knocked and walked in. Thinking of testing it, he simply raised his hands in the courtyard and shouted:

"Taoist Priest Zi Zhu and the rest of the juniors are here to visit."

"Disciple Yu Lie, please see the Taoist Master!"

He shouted several times and looked around the rooms to see if anyone was there. As a result, the entire Taoist temple was still quiet and lifeless as always, as if he was the only living thing.

But suddenly, Yu Lie's eyes moved and fell on the wine vat in the center, and he found another living creature.

As he was shouting, he saw a small, crystal-white insect hanging on the inner wall of the wine vat. It was as big as a grain of glutinous rice, in the shape of a strip of flesh, with a mouth and eyes, like a silkworm, but petite and cute.

It seemed to be shaken by Yu Lie's cry, and it fell into the thin wine liquid from the inner wall of the wine tank.

Then suddenly, an indescribable rich aroma of wine splashed out of the wine vat.

boom!

Yu Lie stood outside the wine vat, overwhelmed by the aroma of wine, his head was dazed and his whole body was in a state of ecstasy.

A long time later.

Only then did he come back to his senses, staring closely at the white flesh worms floating in the residual wine, and said in surprise:

"If you are addicted to alcohol, put water in a vat and stir it up with insects to make a fine wine. The fragrance is so fragrant that you can hardly extricate yourself...

Could this thing be the rumored wine worm? Taoist priest and the others are using this worm to make wine and eat it? ! "

Yu Lie's heart suddenly started beating loudly.

Rare things like wine worms are good things and are good for cultivation!