Volume 1: According to Mountains and Rivers Chapter 46 Everything has a cause and everything has an effect
In Mingxinxuan, Ji Yuan leaned back on his chair with a look of despair, trying his best not to let his eyes fall on the elixirs and talismans on the table.
But no matter how he controlled it, he still couldn't help but take one last look at the sold belongings.
"The little Taoist priest has encountered some kind of problem. It's only been a few days and he has come to our Mingxinxuan again."
Liu Ruyan covered her mouth and chuckled, with a teasing look on her face.
Hearing this, Ji Yuan raised his head and sighed. He just encountered a problem. There was a bottomless pit in his house, which required a lot of money to fill.
In desperation, he could only sell most of the elixirs and talismans on his body, leaving only the valuable elixirs and talismans that could improve his cultivation.
The silver earned from the sales was basically used to purchase alchemy materials, as well as many things that could replenish energy and blood consumption, most of which were the flesh and blood of spirit beasts raised in captivity by some practicing sects.
The training of a martial artist is undoubtedly much simpler than that of a qi practitioner. It only requires enough money and hard work on qi and blood, such as the flesh and blood of spiritual beasts that contain rich qi and blood, and various consumption of replenishing qi and blood.
elixirs, etc.
Unlike a Qi practitioner, in addition to all kinds of elixirs, you also need to specially configure corresponding magic weapons, spiritual objects, etc. according to your own physique and the skills you practice.
"The remaining ones can be converted into spiritual stones for me."
Ji Yuan shook his head, and as he spoke, he pushed all the remaining coins in front of Liu Ruyan.
These silver taels can probably be exchanged for two or three low-grade spiritual stones. After all, although the market price is fifty taels of silver, you can exchange for one spiritual stone, but there will always be a slight premium during the actual transaction.
Hearing this, Liu Ruyan waved her hand gently, and a maid behind her came forward and put away the snowflake-patterned silver on the table.
Then she took out four low-grade spiritual stones from the sachet on her waist and placed them in front of the little Taoist priest.
Ji Yuan was slightly startled when he saw this. This was one more spiritual stone than the price he had estimated, and it was a full fifty taels of silver.
"This silver can roughly be exchanged for three spiritual stones, and there is still some left, so I will give you four."
Liu Ruyan poured two cups of fragrant tea with her own hands and said casually: "After all, I have made so much from you, just treat it as a small profit."
As he put away the spirit stones, he said with a smile: "It's a good thing. It would be better to have more profits like this in the future."
The other party rolled his eyes at Ji Yuan angrily and drank hot tea, but did not speak again.
The little Taoist priest noticed that Liu Ruyan's eyebrows wrinkled slightly, as if he had something on his mind, but he didn't ask anything and just drank tea and waited quietly.
After a long while, Liu Ruyan gently put down the tea cup in his hand, and his expression suddenly became a little solemn: "If the little Taoist priest encounters difficulties, why not practice more elixirs in the temple in recent days, some people can avoid it.
waived."
After saying this, she returned to her nonchalant demeanor, and her fingertips gently circled the rim of the tea cup.
Ji Yuan's face straightened, and he took a deep look at the woman in front of him, as if he wanted to see something in her eyes.
There is nothing wrong with these words, but the look that briefly appeared on the other person's face, as long as you are not blind, you can see that there is a deeper meaning in it.
"Shopkeeper Liu, if you have anything to say, why don't you just say it directly?"
He played with the purple clay tea cup in his hand, and his eyes darkened slightly: "I am a poor Taoist and I am not very talented, so I can't understand some of them."
Hearing this, Liu Ruyan rolled his eyes. How could he not understand that he was pretending to be stupid here? How could a person who is usually very smart not understand the deep meaning of her words?
The big shopkeeper of Mingxinxuan sighed, his eyes suddenly turned a bit resentful, and he glared at the little Taoist priest in front of him in an annoyed manner.
After thinking about it, she still said quietly: "Last night, there were monsters committing murder near Baiyun Temple. They ripped out the hearts of many people, including some gang members."
"In the middle of the night, some gangs almost came out in full force to avenge their families and find the perpetrators."
"In the end, I don't know if I should say they were lucky or not. They actually met the demon who tore out the heart. But after a fight, the perpetrator walked away in a big way, leaving corpses and seriously injured people everywhere."
Liu Ruyan took a sip of tea. Although she didn't see the scene last night with her own eyes, she couldn't help but feel chilled after just hearing a few words of description.
It is said that the demon who committed the crime last night was covered in a strong demonic aura. When fighting with others, he would even take out the heart of his opponent and eat it in his belly in small bites in full view of everyone.
"Speaking of which, last night was really not peaceful. There was a monster near Baiyun Temple gouging out the hearts, and then there were demons who sneaked into the clubs of various gangs and killed an unknown number of people."
She let out a sigh, then glanced at the little Taoist priest: "Early in the morning, my door to Mingxinxuan was knocked open by people from those gangs. Basically, the healing pills in the shop were knocked open by people from seven or eight gangs.
Sold out.”
The maids around him had already been dismissed, but Liu Ruyan still looked at her seriously, and then spoke in a low voice, telling Ji Yuan that in the past few days, it would be best to thank guests behind closed doors and concentrate on practicing alchemy in the Taoist temple.
Not only should you avoid meeting people you don't know, but it's also best to keep them away even if you have friendships with them. Don't get even remotely involved with the two events last night.
At this point, Ji Yuan finally understood what Liu Ruyan's demeanor of saying something but hesitating before meant.
What the other party does is tantamount to silently blocking the way for the person who comes to ask for help. In a certain way, this approach is tantamount to asking him to do nothing to save him.
man of.
If the words were not said clearly, there would still be room for maneuver, but unfortunately he pretended not to understand, leaving Liu Ruyan to put these words clearly on the table.
This time, he himself started to feel a little embarrassed.
"How you do it depends on your own choice. If you can really save those seriously injured people, your reputation among the major gangs in the city will undoubtedly be raised to the top. From now on, there will be an endless stream of people asking for elixirs.
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Liu Ruyan shrugged, with a casual air.
But she still had half of what she didn't say, which was that once she chose to rescue him, she would be involved in the matter and would most likely be targeted by the heart-cutting monster and the murderous demon.
If these two fierce guys were to sneak into a small Taoist temple in the middle of the night, the little Taoist priest who was alone would probably be in danger.
"So Shopkeeper Liu hopes that I can wait for the government to capture the two murderers, or after the storm has passed, then I can treat those seriously injured people?"
Ji Yuan's expression darkened, and then he asked in a deep voice.
Hearing this, Liu Ruyan did not answer his question, but said that two of the other three alchemists in the city quietly left the city early in the morning. The guests at home said they were out visiting friends.
As for the other alchemist, after being invited to a gang for treatment last night, he was attacked by a demon on the way back. It is said that his death was extremely tragic.
And this was also an important reason that prompted the other two alchemists to escape quickly early in the morning.
A moment later, Ji Yuan led two large bundles and walked out of Mingxinxuan with a somewhat dazed expression. Everyone he met along the way felt that the other person had a strange look on his face, as if he was about to commit murder the next moment.
When he stepped into the Taoist temple, he let out a heavy breath, threw the two large bundles in his hands into the house, and sat on the stone stairs in front of the door with a melancholy look on his face.
It wasn't until this moment that he realized what the consequences of yesterday's action of slaying demons and demons by him and others were.
There is no doubt that whether it is the demon who tore out the heart, or the demon who slaughtered the major gang associations, or even intercepted the alchemist on the way, he must be the one behind the plan that has kept the lustful temple alive for hundreds of years.
Otherwise, how could it be possible that just after the obscene temple was destroyed during the day, so many things happened one after another that night?
You must know that Qianyu City has always been peaceful, and even feuds between gangs and lakes are rarely seen in several years. Fighting between gangs is also very restrained, and it is rare for people to actually get killed.
"Why did you go out for a trip and look so sad when you came back?"
Zhang Zhiya walked out of the house, picked up a small bench, and sat under the eaves nearby.
The little Taoist priest smiled bitterly and told his master in detail what happened in the county town last night.
At the end of the sentence, he lay back and fell on the steps in front of the door, staring blankly at the sky covered with dark clouds.
What he said to Monk Huixin yesterday, he never expected that it would happen to him today. He did a good deed with good intentions to eliminate harm for the people and kill demons, but in the end he caused a lot of disasters and caused many innocent people to lose their lives.
"Are you thinking that at least half of the blame for the person who lost his life last night must fall on you?"
The old Taoist priest tilted his head, and when he saw that the young apprentice was silent, he immediately understood what he was thinking.
He first sighed, and then said earnestly: "There is a holy saying in Buddhism, everything has a cause, everything is a result, monsters obscenely worship temples, heart-gouging monsters, and murderous monsters, these are all causes, and if it weren't for you,
There will also be other consequences."
"Even without what you did yesterday, those who lost their lives last night will still end up with the same fate one day in the future because of the consequences of this cause."
"And if it weren't for you, this fruit would have been born in advance, and all the hidden dangers would have been triggered. Waiting for the real cause and effect to mature, it is impossible to say that the entire county would be shrouded in a bloody storm."
"When that day comes, not just a few people will die, but hundreds, thousands, thousands of innocent people."
Ji Yuan's mouth twitched, how come the same thing came from his master's mouth, and he, Zhao Yuansong and others became the heroes who saved the city?
However, after listening to Master's remarks, his mood did improve, at least he was no longer so depressed and aggrieved.
"Go ahead and have a good rest in the next few days. It's up to you whether you want to refine elixirs or practice cultivation. The people outside will help you to stop them as teachers."
The old Taoist priest waved the fly whisk in his hand and said seriously: "If the sky falls, there will be tall people to hold it up. Regardless of the county government, there are many senior practitioners in the city. No matter when it happens, they will be there."
It’s not your junior’s turn to work hard.”
Ji Yuan nodded, stood up and jumped up from the ground. He patted the dust on his body, turned around and returned to the room to start the alchemy furnace.
But the little Taoist priest suddenly poked his head out of the door and said solemnly to the old Taoist priest under the eaves: "Master, my disciples can understand your principles, but let me tell you, I will give you an example next time. Can we use it to enlighten you?"
Taoism’s own principles?”
Although the previous remarks were indeed effective, they were based on the holy words of Buddhism.
The old Taoist priest's face darkened, he came over with an angry look in his eyes, grabbed something and threw it out.
When Ji Yuan saw this, he quickly closed the door of his room with a bang, and then a brand new cloth shoe hit the door panel with such force that it even shook the dust off the door.
After a while, the old Taoist priest quietly came to the door, picked up the cloth shoes from the steps, carefully removed the dust on them, put them back on his feet and stamped them twice before showing a smile.
"Master, do the shoes my disciple bought fit your feet? Are they comfortable?"
The door was opened a crack at this time, and Ji Yuan was looking through the crack, winking.
Seeing this scene, the old Taoist priest held up a fly whisk and was about to hit him. "Scared" Ji Yuan quickly closed the door, but through the thin door panel, faint laughter could be heard.
Zhang Zhiya didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and he didn't know what happened to him, so he picked up such a disciple.
He sighed, then shook the whisk in his hand, and sat back on the bench under the eaves unsteadily. His somewhat cloudy eyes were filled with a deep smile of relief.
This disciple... picked it up well!
If it happens again, he will definitely come back to Guanli! This chapter has been completed!