When we returned to the Taoist temple, it was already dusk.

"Junior brother, you are finally back! You don't know that since I ate the rice you cooked that day, after you left, Master has no appetite for food!"

"Don't talk about Master, I've never forgotten you too! I've been looking forward to your return these past two days!"

"Junior brother, what did you buy? Did you buy flour?"

"It's a pity that the sixth junior brother has already cooked dinner tonight, otherwise we would have eaten the bed noodles cooked by the younger junior brother again!"

"Or...fall?"

"Go, go, go! Not to mention wasting food, the younger brother has been walking all day, why can't he be allowed to rest?" The sixth brother said, "I can cook almost the same amount of food!"

However, the Taoist temple is not as pure as Lin Jue imagined.

However, I was a little tired after walking all the way and climbing back. When I got here, I felt relieved.

Even the little fox relaxed, bent his upper body and stretched.

"Master, when we were purchasing in Yixian County, we encountered some strange things, and I want to report them to you." Senior Brother Seventh said, "There may be something we need you to make some decisions about."

"Say it while eating."

The table was still placed under the pine tree in the courtyard.

Dinner was cooked by Sixth Senior Brother.

It can be seen that the Sixth Brother is consciously imitating Lin Jue's method, using bacon, mushrooms and dried bamboo shoots to make soup. However, there is no flour in the soup. It is estimated that they do not know how to make pasta, so they just boil the soup and use this

A pot of soup is used to soak the sticky rice to satisfy the greedy people in the temple.

Not to mention that the rice was sticky and the soup was not right either.

The thickness of the sliced ​​bacon is the same, but it has not been fried in oil beforehand, which makes it taste less delicious. Maybe the sixth brother didn't know that the bacon needs to be soaked in water first, or maybe he didn't know how long to soak the bacon and simply stopped soaking it, or maybe it was soaked.

However, the soaking time was too short, which resulted in the meat being too salty. Although chicken fir was also used as the fungus, it was not just chicken fir, but also some miscellaneous bacteria, and the dried bamboo shoots were not soaked properly.

Because bacon itself is salty, and additional salt is added.

These are very basic and common mistakes.

If it's used to make rice, it's fine.

Lin Jue lowered his head and started eating.

Although the taste is not perfect, when these things are cooked together, it is not difficult to taste.

Much tastier than the original ones.

"It was not too late when we arrived in Yixian County yesterday and we bought some things. We happened to meet our junior brother's fellow villagers. They looked sad, as if they had encountered some kind of ghost. We went over and asked and found out that there were some thieves going on in Yixian County recently.

The monster of silver..."

The seventh senior brother explained the matter again while eating.

After speaking, he presented the remaining silver coins.

"The rat demon is right. Generally speaking, unless there are other reasons, it is difficult for demons to become spirits in groups. And a group of rats, even if they become spirits, as long as they don't want to become gods, they will take the human world for granted.

The yellow and white things are of little use, and if you want to become a god, these stolen things

It’s hard to put money to good use. At least they can’t be used on themselves. I do believe what it says. Behind it, there may be other spirits or monsters in Yi County." The seventh senior brother said to Taoist Yunhe.

, "I can't make up my mind, Master, what should I do?"

"well……"

Taoist Yunhe also frowned.

His health was getting worse and worse, and it was really embarrassing for him to worry about this.

"Nowadays, it is not convenient for us who practice spiritual law to deal with this kind of thing." Taoist Yunhe said, "Xuan Yi will inform Qi Yunshan tomorrow and ask them to report it to the gods and let the gods investigate this matter. If the county's

If people find this place again, we will go down the mountain to catch monsters."

"yes……"

The second senior brother agreed.

The Seventh Senior Brother also had no objection.

While talking, the meal was almost finished.

"I have cooked the food for the past two days, and I don't count what you have cooked, little junior brother. You have to start counting from tomorrow." Senior Brother Sixth cleared the table and fussed over Lin Jue, "And you still owe me a few days."

"nature."

Lin Jue nodded and smiled, and went to pick up things from the bamboo basket unloaded by the donkey so that he could put them where they should be.

The first thing to take out was a bottle of wine.

By chance, the third senior brother came over wiping his mouth.

"Third Senior Brother."

"how?"

"I know you love drinking. I passed by a restaurant in the city today and bought you a bottle of wine."

"Ouch! Wucheng rice wine!"

The third senior brother took the rice wine and smelled it right away.

The sweet aroma of glutinous rice is really intoxicating.

"Senior brother, you have a good nose!"

"Thank you, junior brother."

"In two days I will kill two chickens, cook some delicious dishes, and then drink this pot of wine." Lin Jue said to him, and said sincerely, "I met my senior brother's 'bean soldiers' in Xiaochuan Village that day, and I felt very

It's amazing. Senior brother, please tell me the key to this spell when you have time."

"I told you a long time ago that it's better to learn from me. If you insist on learning alchemy from the second senior brother, it will take time. Isn't my bean soldier more interesting than his?"

"possible……"

Lin Jue chatted with him for a few words and then turned around.

He continued to move all the rice, noodles, sauce, vinegar, ham, and bacon into the kitchen room. When he saw the sixth senior brother and the younger junior sister washing dishes, he also went up to help.

I was just washing when I suddenly heard a voice behind me:

"You went to Yixian County to catch mice, why didn't you call me? What I'm best at is catching mice!"

The sound was strange yet familiar, somewhat dull, and inexplicably sounded like a dog barking.

Lin Jue turned around immediately.

But he saw the thin dog standing at the door, looking up at him, his eyes moving.

"Can you talk?"

No wonder the voice is unfamiliar.

I had never heard this thin dog talk before.

No wonder it feels familiar.

Because the voices are really similar.

"I'm a Taoist dog. Of course I also know how to practice. Isn't it normal to be able to talk?"

"That's true."

Lin Jue couldn't help but nodded.

This dog is hiding deep.

Then he saw his little fox coming in. He looked up at him and asked softly and seriously: "Master, can I go to the yard to play with the cat?"

"?"

How come it can talk?

Lin Jue couldn't help being surprised.

When he turned around, he saw the sixth senior brother looking at him in surprise, while the little junior sister next to him was already reaching out to catch the moon.

Suddenly I felt a little dizzy.

Oops! The fungi are poisonous!

Fortunately, Lin Jue was practicing the method of taking food. After realizing this, he immediately meditated and concentrated, not only running the method of taking food in his body to neutralize and dissipate the poison, but also running the method of meditation in his heart to eliminate illusions.

When I opened my eyes again, everything returned to normal.

The dog in the audience just subconsciously came to the door and sat down to watch them. The little fox he raised just sat next to him obediently, raising a paw to lick it like a cat.

Only the junior sister is still catching the moon in front of the lamp.

Lin Jue walked silently, grabbed her arm, pulled her out, and found the fifth senior brother.

"Brother, the fungus is poisonous."

Lin Jue pointed at the junior sister and said.

After saying that, he turned around silently and returned to the room. While the poison was still in his body, he quickly practiced how to take it.

Lin Jue was not surprised by this either.

In fact, he had also thought about this possibility.

It's just that the chance is very small.

In addition, because he happened to be practicing the "taking food" method recently, he already had a certain resistance to poisons, and he also needed to eat a little poison every now and then to enhance the poison resistance of "taking food". The only concern at the time was

She has never learned this magic, but since she became a road construction worker, she has been reincarnated like a starving ghost. Before he had time to remind her, she had already started eating.

Thinking of the presence of Fifth Senior Brother, Lin Jue said nothing.

I can only say that Senior Brother Six is ​​very good at cooking.

The so-called poisons in the world are mostly in the cold and heat of yin and yang. They can be naturally eliminated by resisting them with their unique spiritual power and blending them with the principles of yin and yang.

When Lin Jue opened his eyes again, not long had passed.

When I got up and was about to go out, I bumped into the fifth senior brother.

"Huh? You woke up so soon!"

"woke up."

"Fifth Junior Brother is still treating little Junior Sister. Third Senior Brother, I'll come to see you first."

"?Aren't you the fifth senior brother?"

"Oh, I'm testing you. It seems that you are indeed awake." The fifth senior brother stared at him and said, "It seems that junior brother has succeeded in practicing the method of taking food. He is indeed a genius in cultivation."

"..."

Lin Jue almost doubted his life.

After regaining consciousness, he just asked:

"Where's the junior sister?"

"She hasn't learned how to take food. I performed a spell on her. It won't hurt her, but I'm afraid she won't wake up until tomorrow."

"It's okay."

Lin Jue breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked uneasily: "Did I lose my composure?"

"No, you were no different from a normal person when you came to me. Even from what Sixth Junior Brother said, you only spoke a few words to your fox and the dog in the Taoist temple." Fifth Senior Brother said, "Junior Brother

Not only have I succeeded in practicing the method of taking food, my mind is also exceptionally smart and firm."

"What about junior sister?"

"She is much more powerful than you. She almost beat up several senior brothers. She said she was a water demon and asked us to try the 'stone-breaking' method she learned."

"Now that?"

"Now it looks like it has already ascended to heaven, and there is an angel there."

"Um?"

Lin felt refreshed and said seriously: "Brother, I'll go visit her first!"

At night a Taoist priest passed through the courtyard.

The fox ran after him.

When I came to my junior sister's room, I saw her lying on the bed, raising her hand to the air and muttering:

"I don't know how I became a god... Well, gods are nothing special... Don't be formal..."

Lin Jue was initially embarrassed to talk to the dog and fox in a serious manner in front of his sixth senior brother and junior sister because he was poisoned. Seeing this, he felt much better.

I can't live without my junior sister in the temple.

…

The next morning, in the mountains.

Autumn has just entered, and the human climate has not yet had time to change. The wild fruits in the mountains are the first to mature.

There are many types of wild fruits in the mountains, mainly peaches, plums, apricots, pears and kiwis. Called wild fruits, I am afraid most of them are grown from fruit pits planted or thrown away by Taoists in the mountains. It took hundreds of years to grow into this secret place all over the mountains.

An ordinary fruit forest. The peaches, plums and apricots are now ripe and have been picked by Junior Sister and Lin Jue. The ones that are ripe are pears and kiwis.

The junior sister stood under a kiwi tree. The branches of the kiwi were mixed with other branches and shrubs. Many fruits were hanging on them, and many fell on the ground. They fermented to form a rich and sweet fruity aroma.

Lin Jue stood beside him, tugging at his Taoist robe.

The junior sister is responsible for picking them.

The little fox stood on the ground, chewing it with his mouth. After eating, he picked up another one on the ground.

It seems that the junior sister has fully recovered, except for being a little silent and autistic, and is not affected by the toxin.

"That's enough, junior sister."

"Huh? That's enough, senior brother?"

The junior sister imitated his words, but changed her tone.

"That's enough, that's enough." Lin Jue said, "We are not monkeys, and we will not feel comfortable eating too much fruit."

"I have to build a road, and I get hungry quickly at noon."

The junior sister picked some more, then came back and put them all into Lin Jue's pocket.

This kind of kiwi fruit is very small when it is raw, about the same size as a pigeon egg. Fortunately, when it is ripe, the skin is thin and soft. The skin will fall off with a gentle pinch, and the inside is full of meat, and there are quite a few heads.

Lin Jue couldn't help but raise his head and look at the mountain.

There are countless wild fruits in the mountains.

No wonder this little junior sister goes out to build roads every day and always brings some fruits for herself when she comes back in the evening.

"Junior sister, you take more and I take less."

"OK!"

The little junior sister obediently agreed, and also used one hand to pull up the Taoist robe to make a pocket, and stretched out her other hand to grab it. While grabbing it, she said: "It's so peaceful here on the mountain. It's just us, and there are endless fruits to eat. Living on the mountain

I don’t have to worry about being hungry anymore!”

"Fruit doesn't come all the time..."

“But we can still farm!”

"That's true."

"It would be nice to live here forever."

"..."

After dividing the fruits, you can go down a few steps to reach the mountain road.

The two of them walked on the mountain road together.

One man went to build a road in the mountains.

One person goes to the top of the mountain to practice meditation.

The little junior sister kept talking, eating, and spitting out the food without saying a word.

Lin Jue thought she had done some weird things after eating fungus poisoning last night, and felt a little ashamed so he didn't say anything. When he turned his head to take a look, he saw her spitting skin and thinking on her face.

The serious thinking on the little face is a bit interesting.

"Senior brother, you said, bah bah, if we practice Taoism in this mountain, what will we do to the end?"

"Huh? Why do you ask this?"

"I suddenly remembered."

Did you spend half the night as a god last night?

Lin Jueru thought about it and replied: "In the end? Naturally, you will become a true immortal and live a happy and immortal life."

"But Taoist Master Wangjizi said that even Taoist priests who have cultivated into 'real people' are very rare. Most Taoist priests can't cultivate anything. They can only cultivate into one, one, bah, Taoist with magical power." The little junior sister still looked away.

While eating a kiwi fruit, he said that the skin of this fruit has hairs, and if it touches your mouth, you will immediately want to spit it out. "Even Master Wangjizi and Master Wangji can hardly be called real people."

"Isn't this just like people studying in the mountains? Most people have difficulty even becoming a scholar, but most scholars study not just to become a scholar, right?"

"Then why did you come to practice Taoism, senior brother?"

The little girl turned her head and looked at him humbly and seriously.

"Why are you asking this again?"

"I woke up this morning and was thinking, I am practicing Taoism on this mountain. What will it look like when I get old? If I can't become an immortal, at most, at most, I will be almost the same as Taoist Wangjizi and Master." Xiao

The junior sister paused as she spoke, "But it's good to think about it. It's much better than before. If you have the ability, you won't be afraid of monsters."

"Is it the fungus?"

"!"

The little junior sister immediately turned her head and stared at him seriously: "Senior brother, don't say such things!"

"..."

"Ask you, senior brother."

"I naturally want to cultivate to become a true immortal and live a happy and eternal life."

"It's difficult..."

"That needs to be repaired too."

"Why?"

This little girl is like a question machine.

Lin Jue thought about it seriously before saying to her: "Because doing anything else is too boring."

"Isn't it boring to be an official?"

"In comparison, it's really boring."

"Compared?"

"Just a carefree life is far more than the world. How can I not be happy if I look down at the universe forever." Lin Jue paused for a moment, "If you can find the way to eternal life, you will never imagine that you will live for thousands of years.

It will be interesting to see what kind of world we will see a hundred years from now."

"Can't understand."

"..." Lin Jue's eyes flashed with memories, "There are things more interesting than this."

"What about finding many beautiful concubines to be wives?"

"Same."

"Is it okay to eat meat and drink alcohol every day?"

"Too."

"Isn't it like Senior Seventh Brother went to a brothel to listen to music?" The little girl blinked her eyes, full of curiosity.

"Eh? You know that too!"

"I'm not that stupid either."

"Haha, yes."

"So what's fun?"

The junior sister couldn't help but wonder, this was beyond her imagination and knowledge.

"In my heart."

Lin Jue smiled and just replied.
Chapter completed!