Chapter 785: Fighting (please vote for additional updates)
Happy golden autumn.
Near Baigan Village, acres and acres of rice fields are glowing with golden color.
There are abundant fruits, and farmers everywhere are filled with joy of harvest.
Under the peach blossom tree, Fang Xi raised her head and looked at the peaches that turned from green to white-red, silently thinking about when she could eat the peaches.
Although as a great monk in the late stage of returning to the void, he still wants to eat peaches here, and seems to be very idle.
But it doesn't matter.
As an immortal, Fang Xi has long been accustomed to this.
He is not in a hurry to go out and do things right away, but waits silently.
For example, at this time, besides waiting for the peaches to ripen, he also had other harvests.
"Gan Yu, meet sir!"
A young man walked in outside the door. His clothes were starched and turned white, his eyes were slightly sunken, and he seemed to have not slept well for a long time.
"Ayu..."
Fang Xi greeted: "If you come a few days later, my peach will be overripe..."
Gan Yu raised his head and looked at the peach trees with abundant fruits. He smiled bitterly and cupped his hands. He took out three Taoist scriptures from his arms: "Here are the books I borrowed from you a few days ago. I came here to return them..."
During this period of time, Gan Yu studied as hard as he could.
Not only did he borrow books from Fang Xi to read, but he also went to nearby wealthy families to copy books for them and borrowed other volumes of the Taoist Scriptures.
Then the family still needs to farm the land, and recently it has been the harvest season, which is very busy.
By the time he finished all this work, even though Gan Yu had already awakened and had taken a lot of spiritual tonics, he was still exhausted and collapsed.
According to Fang Xi's opinion, Ruo Ganyu is still the thin young man before, and he is probably exhausted to death!
But today, although Gan Yu is very tired, his eyes are bright and energetic, and the strands of literary energy on his head are almost condensed into shape.
This time, not only will the outcome be a sure hit, but there is also a lot of hope.
"Ayu, after you go back, you have to prepare for the autumn exam, right? Have you prepared all the money?"
Fang Xi asked slowly.
"Not yet...prepared to borrow money from the clan."
Gan Yu answered honestly.
Although he found a job copying books thanks to his good calligraphy skills that he had worked hard to practice after rebirth, he couldn't charge money at all for borrowing books to read.
Nowadays, the family still has to pay taxes after harvesting, and there is nothing left even if they have enough food.
In addition, the old hen has passed away long ago... Now the house is literally empty.
Fortunately, the clan tradition is strong now, and Gan Yu is going to take the imperial examination, so it is only right that the clan members come together and provide some money to support him.
"Hmm... Dao Hunyuan, what's the explanation?"
Fang Xi collected the Taoist scriptures and suddenly asked.
"In Hunyuan, the vitality is not divided, and the chaos is one. This is the beginning of vitality..."
Gan Yu opened his mouth without thinking.
Fang Xi asked a few more questions and found that Gan Yu answered fluently. She couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction: "You have such skills, it shouldn't be a problem to take the boy exam. It's just that you may not be a high school student when you are ready. It depends on whether you have the destiny..."
When talking about destiny, Gan Yu thought of Jing Long King and felt a chill in his heart.
He is fighting to the death, and if King Jinglong knows about it, he will definitely ruin his good deeds!
The two sides have long been locked in a fight to the death.
Gan Yu shuddered when he thought of the crazy candidates in Gongyuan during the imperial examination every year.
"Please sir, teach me!"
Gan Yu lifted up the hem of his clothes and bowed.
It’s not shameful to be invested in, but it’s shameful not to have the value of being invested!
He already knew this very well.
"Although I have no reputation, I do know a little about the imperial examination. It is said that the king of hell is aggressive and the devil is difficult... When going to the county office to register, enter the venue, arrange seats, etc., all the scribes need to take care of it.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to be assigned a 'toilet number'... Now that the Gan clan is in decline, I'm afraid they won't be able to raise much money."
Fang Xi reached into her sleeves, took out several shining silver coins, and placed them on the table.
This silver coin is round on the outside and square on the inside. It is actually made of silver alloy. The front is engraved with the four seal characters of 'luck in wealth and treasure'.
"You just learned it. If you can't pass the exam, it would be a pity. I will support you with nine silver coins!"
Fang Xi said.
The most circulated currency in this world is copper coins, and above that is a silver coin similar to copper coins. One silver coin can be exchanged for a thousand copper coins.
And on top of silver coins, there is money. One piece of money can be exchanged for hundreds of silver coins!
This nine silver coins is actually very valuable, enough for an ordinary family to live for several years.
Fang Xi didn't give much. Although he could give thousands of gold casually, it was not in line with his status as a teacher.
"Thank you sir."
Gan Yu didn't say much, carefully put away the nine pieces of silver, handed it over his hand and said: "You are a great kindness, I will repay you with thousands of gold in the future!"
But in my heart, I decided to go to the Chenghuang Temple or Taoist Temple in the county to make good use of the money.
In comparison, even if he was assigned to the bathroom number, Gan Yu would still be confident that he would win.
But if you meet an enemy like King Jing Long, everything will be difficult to deal with.
These money still have to be used wisely!
…
The next day.
Gan Yu carried her mother's tightly sewn package on her back, bid farewell to her mother in tears, and rushed to the county seat.
Although Baigan Village is only a few dozen miles away from the county seat, the mountain road has nine twists and turns and a large river blocking the road, so we must start in advance.
Gan Yu made an appointment with a salesman in the village. At this time, they were traveling together, and they had a companion on the road.
Half a day later, he parted with the salesman and came to a dock. He saw several awning boats docked on the shore. The boat owner laughed and solicited business: "Is this scholar going to the county town? My boat is the most stable.
, only one copper coin at a time, animals are counted separately..."
"Exactly."
Gan Yu took out a copper coin from his sleeve, got on the boat, chose a corner and sat down, holding the package in his arms.
Whoosh!
The breeze blows gently, causing waves on the river.
A layer of dark clouds appeared in the sky, and it seemed like it was going to rain.
"The rain will come as soon as it comes..."
The boss of the boat was wearing a raincoat and a bamboo hat, holding up a bamboo pennant.
The awning boat slowly sailed away from the river bank, and wisps of raindrops fell on the river. The smoke was hazy and dreamlike.
Gan Yu didn't know why, but his heartbeat suddenly accelerated and he was a little panicked.
Wow!
He stared at the lake and felt a huge black shadow passing by...
…
Bottom of the river.
A jet-black loach fish has a slender body, several feet in size, but it looks a bit unreal.
At this time, he was staring ahead and uttering words: "Zhang Youde, do you want to stop me?"
"well……"
In front of King Jinglong is Zhang Youde, the landowner of Baigan Village.
The old man frowned, grabbed the mahogany stick in his hand, and shouted: "I also know that you have been wronged... The City God's inspection deadline is approaching, and the case is solved within a time limit. The civil and military judges are unable to do it, so they only use you to avoid losing face.
...Everyone knows that you have been wronged, so you are allowed to take the body of a loach. As long as you return to the well, your previous sins will be wiped out!"
"This matter started with me, but I have to take care of it!"
"How about I just ask the Dragon King to spare Gan Yu this time and wait until the results of the imperial examination come out?"
"Wait?" The huge loach sneered: "It is extremely difficult for us monsters to open up their spiritual wisdom. We must be dedicated to the right path and practice hard to achieve good results. How many monsters just refuse to obey the laws of the Dao and are directly killed by the thunder.
Killed... I have practiced painstakingly for hundreds of years for the Dragon King priesthood of the Well of Inferiority, and rescued countless people who fell into the water, but today I died because of just one person... The hatred in my heart will never go away unless this person dies!"
The two confronting ghosts did not realize that there was a black fish puppet at the bottom of the mud, quietly watching all this.
Under the peach blossom tree, Fang Xi realized something and touched his chin: "Strictly speaking, this seems to be my fault..."
"It seems that I caused the heaven and earth's vitality to rain, but I was discovered and reported by the earthly master..."
"It turns out that the City God is a fool and took advantage of the unlucky Jing Dragon King to ruin his performance..."
"The entanglement of cause and effect is really intertwined. Once entangled, it will never be possible to escape..."
Just when Fang Xi was sighing, the two unscrupulous Mao Gods had already started to take action.
The loach controlled the power of the water element and turned it into undercurrents. It was obvious that it had an advantage in fighting in the big river.
On the other hand, Zhang Youde was the God of the Earth and could only hold up an earth-yellow light shield, struggling to hold on.
"snort!"
The Jing Dragon King spurted out a stream of black liquid.
This is a mouthful of heavy water that has been refined for hundreds of years.
The black water spurted out and immediately turned into a large black net, trapping Zhang Youde in the net.
Seeing this, Jing Longwang sneered and swam towards the awning boat with his head and tail swaying.
Once the ship is overturned and the ship is destroyed, Gan Yu will not be the only one to die.
When Zhang Youde saw this scene, he suddenly felt anxious.
If Gan Yu died alone, it would actually be nothing, but if so many people died, he might have to hang up with the City God.
Immediately, light flashed in his hand, and an earthy yellow ball appeared.
Among the earth-yellow beads, there are clouds and mist, and a mountain village scene faintly emerges. It is Baigan Village!
A yellow light flashed, and a huge gap was torn open in the giant black water net.
Wave!
The earth-yellow ball flew out, and instantly hit Jing Long King with as much weight as a stone.
"The power of the priesthood..."
Jing Longwang cried out in pain and let out a heart-rending roar: "Old man... How long can you protect that man?"
In pain, he no longer cared about the sweet jade, but turned into a black shadow and quickly ran away.
"Huh...it's a good thing it's gone. This place is not Baigan Village. It's hard to replenish the power consumed by it. If it figures out and continues, it will be in great trouble for the old man."
Zhang Youde breathed a sigh of relief, quickly collected the earth-yellow round bead magic weapon, and watched the awning boat arrive at the shore before turning into a ray of yellow light and leaving.
…
In the distance, in front of the Well Dragon King, a black fish rushed out of the mud with its head and tail wagging.
"court death!"
The Jing Dragon King was furious and swung his tail towards him.
Although it is now a ghost body, it does not need to expend any mana to kill some mortal objects.
But the next moment, the black fish opened its snout and sprayed out a black streamer!
On the black flags, talismans appeared one after another and turned into chains. In an instant, they grabbed the well dragon king's lock, swallowed it into the flags, and disappeared...
For Fang Xi, a giant in the demonic world, casting spells to lure the ghosts of a mere Qi-refining monk was as easy as turning the other cheek.