White Bone Monkey King

Fucheng.

When Jin An and the others returned to Fucheng after treating the wounded at Longwang Temple, it was already around the end of the afternoon.

Although they had only been on the Yinyi River for one night, when they stepped into Fucheng again, they saw the bustling scene in front of them, with the cries of vendors, the hustle and bustle of the market, and the sound of children laughing and chasing each other... looking at the world in front of them. The city with the strong smell of fireworks still has the illusion that a long, long time has passed.

Jin An and the four of them talked as they walked. They did not immediately return to Wu Zang Taoist Temple, but first went to the haggis noodle stall where they often ate to satisfy their stomachs.

This haggis noodle stall is located in a small alley. The sun is shining brightly in August at this time, and the lingering power of the hot summer and drought caused by the birth of the little Hanba has not completely dissipated, so the sheep in this small alley are shaded. As for the miscellaneous noodles stall, the business is even more prosperous than usual.

Thanks to Jin An and the others who came early, it was not yet time for dinner. Of the dozen or so square tables set up in the alley, two-thirds of the diners were seated, and there were still a few empty tables.

"Taoist Jin'an, Taoist Chen, and brothers Xiejian, are they still the same today?"

The haggis noodle stall is owned by a diligent and honest middle-aged couple. The boss is making noodles for the customers in front of the steaming stove. The person who comes to say hello is the diligent wife of the proprietress.

Jin An and the others are old customers here. They often come here secretly with Silly Sheep on their backs to eat haggis noodles. When the landlady came over to say hello, she specially put down four bowls of sour plum soup.

It's just that when the lady boss put down the sour plum soup, she couldn't help but look at Jin An curiously. After Jin An's Taoist robes were torn in the ancient tomb, the clothes he was wearing now were ordinary people's clothes borrowed from the Dragon King Temple. .

When the old Taoist priest saw the sour plum soup, his eyes immediately lit up. A bowl of sour plum soup to cool down the heat and quench thirst in August or September would be a pleasant life.

"Don't be polite, Taoist priests. This sour plum soup is given for free. Everyone who comes to eat noodles at our house will receive a bowl of sour plum soup as a gift. The weather this year has been abnormal. It has been a drought and it has been extremely hot recently. Many people have suffered from heatstroke. Let’s finish the sour plum soup first to cool down the heat, quench our thirst, and whet our appetites.”

The landlady saw the greed in the old Taoist priest's eyes and said kindly.

"Boss, boss lady, you know how to do business so well. It will be difficult for you not to get rich in this life." Now that the old Taoist priests have spoken so eloquently, it seems that this diligent couple is destined to get rich.

In such a hot weather, a free bowl of sour plum soup, although it adds a lot of cost, can attract more business and repeat customers.

Sour plum soup not only whets the appetite, increases appetite, but also cools down heat and quenches thirst. If diners are happy eating, it will naturally bring a lot of money. This is called details that determine business.

The old Taoist priest's words made the boss and his wife extremely happy. Folks believed in Taoist priests and monks very much. Regardless of whether the old Taoist priest's words were true or false, at least they spoke to the hearts of the couple and they were very happy.

"Boss, do you have a lot of haggis left today? Give us five bowls of haggis noodles. This time put more haggis and less noodles. I will pay double the price. My disciple wants to eat one more bowl of haggis. noodle."

Jin An fulfilled his promise to sharpen the sword in the tomb. After coming out of the tomb, he immediately brought the sharp sword and ate haggis noodles, especially ordering an extra bowl.

"What a coincidence, Taoist Master Jin'an. The weather has been unusually hot recently, and droughts have occurred in many places. Not to mention people suffering from heatstroke, and even many sheep have died. Recently, the sheep belly, liver, heart, lungs, and kidneys are... very abundant. I’ve got half a lamb chop here.”

When they heard that the boss actually hid the mutton chops, Jin An and the old Taoist priest's eyes lit up, and even the dull sword-sharpeners couldn't help but glance at the boss.

Jin An directly said that they had wrapped the half of the lamb chops.

They almost lost their lives in the tomb this time. If they were able to get ashore safely this time, they naturally had to enjoy themselves in time.

When it came to the abnormal weather, the landlady sighed with a sad face: "Hey, I don't know when this severe drought caused by the Dragon King's anger will end. In the end, it is us ordinary people who will suffer. The price of rice around Fucheng , the price of noodles, vegetables, and various types of firewood, rice, oil, and salt prices have all increased a lot recently, and many foreign businessmen have taken advantage of this opportunity to raise prices."

Hearing this, Jin An said: "Don't worry, this drought will end soon."

The Dragon King under the Yinyi River has been killed by him.

Naturally, there is no need to rely on small drought demons to stop the flow of the Yinyi River.

That's why Jin An dared to say confidently that the drought around Fucheng would soon pass.

Although Xiao Hanbao was lost and his whereabouts are still unknown...

But unless that group of antique dealers were accidentally kicked in the head by a donkey and their whereabouts were exposed, leading to an encirclement and suppression by the imperial court, they would only hide Xiao Hanbao deeper for fear of exposing his whereabouts.

The landlady was just an ordinary person. Naturally, she didn't know what Jin An and the others had experienced in the ancient tomb last night. She thought that Jin An was just saying some polite words of comfort. After saying a few polite words, she turned around and went to help her husband.

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Suck, gulp, gulp, gulp—

"Hiccup...refreshing!"

"In such a hot weather, you should have a bowl of sour plum soup to quench your thirst!"

The four of them raised their heads and drank up the sour plum soup in the bowl in unison, then put down the bowl in unison. They all burped and exhaled the turbid air in their bodies. They suddenly felt refreshed, as if they were exhausted from the trip to the tomb. All swept away.

The neat movements of the four people here made the other diners around laugh. Everyone smiled kindly, not sarcastically. They hugged Jin'an's table and said with a smile that the Taoist priests and gentlemen lived a free and easy life. Being at ease and not bound by worldly views makes people envious.

Jin An and the others also clasped their fists and returned the greetings to everyone, just like a picture of a prosperous, prosperous, peaceful, peaceful world full of the smell of ordinary people's fireworks.

While waiting for the haggis noodles and lamb chops to arrive, Mr. Feng Shui continued talking about the previous topic.

The Four Symbols of Duotianjiedi have been broken, the shackles of the Yang Realm have been broken, and the exhausted spiritual energy is quickly reappearing in the Yang Realm.

More than ten years ago, the Four Symbols Bureau in the territory of Kangding Kingdom was broken. The dragon veins of Kangding Kingdom were disturbed, turning the earth dragon upside down, causing a gap in the Dongtianfu Earthquake.

Dongtian Paradise is a Taoist holy land.

A Taoist senior had an unfulfilled wish, so he found a treasured place in the Cave Heaven as a cemetery, and devoted himself to cultivating the Corpse Disciple Immortal. This was used to avoid the various natural and man-made disasters that would easily be caused by changing his destiny to practice the Corpse Discipline Immortal. The fate of the corpse.

The body of Shijie Xian was exiled to the outside world, and the Luo Geng jade plate recording the path map of the Cave Heaven Paradise was also exiled to the outside world. This is the secret and origin of the shackles of the underworld being opened and the Taoist holy land Dongtian Paradise reappearing in the underworld.

Jin An actually already knew these difficult secrets, but when he learned about them again from Mr. Feng Shui, he still looked solemn.

Mr. Feng Shui continued: "Master Jin'an must also know that Wuzhou Prefecture is located in the southwest, where there are mountains, lakes, rivers and abundant rainfall. Every rainy season, flash floods will occur on both sides of the Yinyi River."

"Madam said that this time the shackles of the world are opened, the first cave heaven paradise in Wuzhou Prefecture is related to 'Yuze'."

"It was a world where Tianzhu Mountain collapsed, a hole was made in the sky, and the rain from the sky never dried up for thousands of years, and the sun never saw the light of day..."

"This time the Teng Kingdom's divine water-splitting bead is being targeted. They probably want to use the Teng Kingdom's divine water-splitting bead to fight against the Yuze world in the Cave Heaven Paradise."

"If the Wu Zang Taoist Temple also wants to enter the blessed land of cave heaven this time, and wants to go upstream in the age of great strife, strive for a fairy fate, and rise from there, Mr. Jin'an and the Wu Zang Taoist Temple must make some preparations in advance. How to prepare with that The world of Yuze has been fighting for thousands of years without exhaustion. Presumably, the three Luogeng jade plate fragments that the Water Goddess gave to Taoist Master Jin'an in the end were intended to send the three people from the Five Zang Taoist Temple into the Cave Heaven Paradise of the Taoist Holy Land, and repay Mr. Jin'an for helping her. She and her father settled the relationship with the Dragon King."

"It's a pity that the Tengguo artifact, the water-dividing bead, originally my wife ordered me to take the water-dividing bead, just to give it to Mr. Jin'an, so that he can help Mr. Jin'an to be like a fish in water in the blessed land of Cave Heaven and win more immortals. Fate... Fortunately among the misfortunes, Mr. Jin An is rich in blessings. This time he not only defeated the Dragon King but also returned safely. Although he lost the water-dividing bead, the most important thing is that Mr. Jin An can return safely."

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The old Taoist priest was immediately entertained.

He winked at Jin An, and then glanced pointedly at the concentric golden lock that Jin An had been wearing close to his chest.

The meaning couldn't be more obvious, it's almost as if the word envy is written directly on his face.

Another concentric lock is given.

Another gift to Tengguo's divine weapon, water-dividing beads.

This beautiful sister-in-law is so damn good to her little brother.

I know when I can face the sea, spring flowers bloom, awaken the spring of life, and an old girl comes to give him a gift...

After being together for so long, how could Jin An not know the meaning in the old Taoist priest's eyes? He glared at the old Taoist priest. At this time, he was still digesting the information about the Paradise Paradise brought by Mr. Feng Shui and had no time to talk to the old Taoist priest. .

Yuze World?

Jin An frowned and muttered to himself.

He turned his palm and took out the three Luogeng jade plate fragments on his body, which were the last gifts given to him by the Water Goddess.

Isn't it just enough for him, the old Taoist priest, and Jiajian?

"Mr. Yi, can you tell me more about the situation in this paradise?" Jin An frowned and looked at Mr. Feng Shui sitting opposite.

As a result, Mr. Feng Shui shook his head and said that he didn't know much about the situation. The only information he knew was from his wife.

"If Mr. Jin An wants to know more specific circumstances, why doesn't Mr. Jin An directly visit Madam?" Mr. Feng Shui looked at Jin An with a smile.

I feel that Mr. Jin An is becoming more and more pleasing to the eye.

Young and promising.

Have an upright mind.

At a young age, he already had the family business of Five Zang Taoist Temple.

The achievements in the future are immeasurable.

"However, my wife is transforming into a Yang body at a critical moment. I'm afraid it will be inconvenient to see Mr. Jin An in a short time." Mr. Feng Shui had just finished explaining why Jin An didn't visit his wife directly, and then he immediately said with regret in his eyes, as if he was teasing.

Jin An listened to Mr. Feng Shui's words and sighed. He didn't know why he felt a little nervous inside and breathed a sigh of relief: "Then let's do it another day."

Finally, Mr. Feng Shui reminded Jin An that the rainy season in the southwest is concentrated in July and August. If this cave paradise is to be born, it will only be born in the rainy season, either July or August.

Since it did not appear in July, it means that it will be born in August. Now it is about to enter September and end the rainy season. There are not many days left. If the Wu Zang Taoist Temple really wants to enter the Taoist holy land of Cave Heaven to find immortality, the birth of Cave Heaven Paradise should be in these few days. Let Jin An and the others prepare early, otherwise they may be in danger if they rush into the rainy world recklessly.

After saying this, Mr. Feng Shui inadvertently took away some tortoise shells on the table. Those tortoise shells happened to be placed in some mysterious Qimen Dunjia orientation.

After Mr. Feng Shui put away the tortoise shell, the boss's haggis noodles had just been cooked, and the couple came over with the haggis noodles.

"Taoist Jin'an, Taoist Chen, Brother Xiajian, and this distinguished guest, please use them with caution. These four bowls of sour plum soup are for us and my wife to treat four distinguished guests for free."

After leaving four more bowls of sour plum soup, the couple continued to work on charcoal-grilled lamb chops. Charcoal-grilled lamb chops are not so easy to cook.

At this time, the stall owner couple and the diners at several nearby tables were all continuing to busy themselves with their own affairs, and there was no abnormal expression on their faces. It was as if the conversation between Mr. Feng Shui and Jin An and the others had not been heard by the outside world.

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This meal made Jin An and the others feel so good that their mouths were full of oil. The old Taoist priest was so full that he burped while picking his teeth.

The old Taoist priest sat on a long bench with his stomach so full that he could not move, and his mouth was full of oil. He had a look of satisfaction on his face. According to the old Taoist priest's original words, this is what life is called.

However, the cost of this meal is also quite high.

I ate dozens of copper coins.

Jin An stopped Mr. Feng Shui from treating him and said that he was grateful to Mr. Yi for helping him this time. This meal would be regarded as a thank you meal for me to treat Mr. Yi.

While Jin An was rushing to pay the bill, a small accident happened. Two swordsmen from the Jianghu swordsman fought in the street regardless of their swords. The passers-by were frightened and screamed, and several people were trampled and injured. If a police officer hadn't arrived in time with the government officials, the two murderous swordsmen would have escaped and started fighting in the street, and something might have happened.

Jin An saw that the government officer had arrived in time and there was no need for him to take action, so he stopped paying attention to the whereabouts of the two swordsmen. He turned and walked back to the alley to continue paying the bill.

As a result, before he had taken a few steps, he felt something stepped on the soles of both shoes. When he lowered his head and looked at it, he was immediately happy.

Those are two money bags.

Adding together the scattered silver and copper coins, there were a total of five taels of silver.

Today's meal was paid for by Luobao Qian, a wealthy woman, and Jin An felt very happy.

Previously in the tomb, Jin An had not dared to use the power of the treasure money because of the crowds and confusion, for fear of attracting too much attention. So he still kept the second chance to use it today.

The treasure money in his hand has been sealed twice, and there are two chances to lose the treasure every day.

If he does not take the initiative to use the treasured money, the treasured money will be passively used by the unscrupulous people. What is this called? This is called robbing the rich and giving to the poor. He hates evil as much as he hates it. He never attacks the poor. His character follows Jin An and his three views are very upright!

These two money bags are naturally the two murderous swordsmen.

As for the money bags they dropped on the street, why did they go all the way to the alley on the side of the road? Are they only allowed to "accidentally" drop money because their movements are too large, and are they not allowed to "accidentally" kick their money bags into small alleys because of their large movements?

After finishing the haggis noodles and mutton chops, Mr. Feng Shui said goodbye and left soon after. He also had to report what happened in the tomb to his wife and report to Mr. Jin An that he was safe as soon as possible.

By the way, the first thing Mr. Jin An said when they met was that he was concerned about his wife's health. The wife must be very happy to hear that, and she is in a happy mood, and they, the servants, are also relaxed. Maybe he lost the water-splitting bead this time. For not grabbing the water drop for Mr. Jin An, Madam is in a good mood so she won't punish him...

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As for Jin An, the old Taoist priest, and the sword-cutting trends? After saying goodbye to the Feng Shui master, they did not return to the Five Zang Taoist Temple immediately.

Mainly because they now smell like sheep.

I don’t dare to go back to the Taoist temple.

Jin An, who had just picked up five taels of silver, thought about it for a while, so the three of them, who smelled like sheep, went to Goulan House to listen to Ying Ying Yan Yan. It was not until the curfew was approaching that they took Goulan with them. The smell of rouge and powder from the singers in the tile shop reluctantly returns to the Five Zang Taoist Temple...