Chapter 166 Reward(1/2)
In the following days, the temple was very lively.
In addition to the craftsmen who came to repair the Taoist temple, the county magistrate also visited every day, and people from the city came to visit one after another.
The greatest credit among them is the performance performed by the Seventh Senior Brother on the street.
Most people came to the city after hearing that a real Taoist who knew magic had come to the city and was living and cultivating in the Nourishing Heart Temple. Even the county magistrate respectfully called him Zhenren, and they became attracted to him.
Come.
Someone is suffering from a suspected illness and comes to seek medical treatment.
Someone's family is possessed by an evil spirit and they come to seek exorcism.
There are also people who accidentally encounter demons and ghosts and come to seek help from Taoists.
Many Taoists responded one after another.
This is not only to earn some travel expenses for myself in the future, but also to do more publicity for the Sixth Senior Brother, so as to offset the original bad reputation of cultivating the mind.
When Lin Jue was short of money, he had no choice but to be extremely diligent and compete with his junior sister for any work that involved exorcising evil spirits and catching ghosts. Finally, he saved a few taels of silver.
In addition, whenever I have free time, I will ask the seventh senior brother for advice on how to retrieve objects from the air, which makes the seventh senior brother even have to find time to look for flowers and willows. The rest of the time, I will cook in the temple and teach some basic skills to the sixth senior brother.
So day by day, the originally broken concept of nourishing the mind gradually changed and became brand new, lacking nothing.
No matter how long you stay, you will eventually have to leave.
Then it was time to part ways again.
"The Biluo County that several Taoist priests want to go to must go northwest. There is an official road here, and there are also teahouses and teahouses along the way. You can ask for directions. However, I have never heard of the Shimen Mountain County that the Taoist priest mentioned. You must get there.
We can ask more details when we get to Biluo County." The magistrate said to them, "I heard that there were many strange things happening in the past here."
"The magistrate has taken the trouble."
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter."
The magistrate smiled and waved his hand.
"Thank you to the brothers for helping me settle down. This is the remaining money from the Taoist temple. Now that I have settled down here, I am not in a hurry to use the money. Instead, the brothers will use it on the road." The sixth brother will repair the Taoist temple and purchase items.
He took out all the remaining money, handed it to the second senior brother, and warned:
"Don't make it too hard on the road. Traveling is hard work. Sometimes when you are tired or encountering wind and rain, you just go to the hotel. Don't always let your junior brother cook for you on the way. When you encounter tea stalls and restaurants, let your junior brother rest."
The second senior brother didn't say anything or refuse, he just took it and put it away.
"Sixth Senior Brother."
Lin Jue walked over again, holding a very thick envelope in his hand: "I have something, please give it to senior brother. I hope senior brother will open it after we leave."
"What?" Senior Brother Six asked subconsciously at first, and then realized that since Junior Brother asked him to leave before opening it, he naturally didn't want to ask more questions, so he accepted it and said, "Okay."
"Senior brother, take care."
"Junior brother, take care."
"Brother and fellow apprentice, take care."
Many Taoists saluted each other, and even the fox imitated their example, standing up and clasping its two front paws together.
After saluting, he turned and left.
The third brother really bought a cart and let the horse he got from the bandit pull it. Things that were difficult to carry, such as the second brother's alchemy furnace and the seventh brother's puppets, were all placed on it.
, some luggage that you don’t want to carry are also placed on it, and it will be much easier for everyone to walk.
The wheels rattled on the street.
Just go ahead and the eight people become seven people.
Everyone couldn't help but turn around frequently. The sixth brother and the magistrate also stood at the door of the Taoist temple and watched them off.
I can't help but feel regret again.
The mountains and rivers are so long these days, it is even difficult for ordinary people to send letters. It is such a farewell, but I don’t know how many years it will take to see each other again.
This way of seeing each other off and saying goodbye one by one may be a kind of tenderness and romance, but it also breaks a big separation into many smaller parts, and breeds more emotions in the slowness.
Of course, it still has many benefits.
The little junior sister was still walking with Lin Jue, and she also turned around frequently until she couldn't see the sixth senior brother and the Taoist temple at all.
But not long after, her eyes flashed with curiosity, and she quietly asked Lin Jue:
"Senior Brother, what is in the letter you left for Sixth Senior Brother?"
"Can't say."
"Why?"
"The time has not yet come."
"Are there any other senior brothers?"
"have."
"Then do I have it?"
"have."
"What is it?"
"..."
Lin Jue stopped talking.
The younger junior sister also immediately shut her mouth and looked serious.
It is true that she was very curious about this, but she was also very smart and could control her thoughts very well. If not, she would have died of curiosity in the past few years in the mountains.
The letter was of course nothing else but a magic spell.
There is only one spell.
The time is really too short——
Even though Lin Jue had started preparing long in advance, it was still not enough to write down every spell and copy it seven or eight times, so it was absolutely impossible to give each brother a copy.
But it doesn’t need to be this way.
All seniors have different personalities, preferences and talents. Not every spell may be liked by them or be easily learned by them, so just choose the one that suits them.
And the rest of their lives is not short. If they still have extra energy, they can learn from each other.
What Lin Jue learned was that after the masters came down from the mountain, they mastered a skill and had more time. If they were willing and could communicate easily, they would often become each other's students.
Slowly we left Qiuru County.
The third brother who was leading the horse was walking at the front, pulling a cart with a lot of luggage. Behind him was a group of Taoists carrying some luggage and two gray donkeys. It looked like they were moving.
The official road ahead is deeply rutted.
The third senior brother asked for directions and walked along the official road.
As they walked, the second senior brother came to the end again, walking with Lin Jue and the younger junior sister. He also asked, but not about the envelope:
"Junior brother, how much money did you get from running around exorcising evil spirits and catching ghosts the past few days?"
"Total six taels and four cents."
"Not much."
"There aren't that many monsters in the city." Lin Jue asked doubtfully, "What's wrong?"
"It's nothing, I just went down the mountain for a few days. My junior brother cooked all the time on the way, which was very hard. When I met the village market, my junior brother also went to buy the ingredients." The second senior brother's expression and tone were as calm as ever, as if he was teaching him how to make alchemy in the alchemy room.
Same, just took out some broken silver and handed it to Lin Jue:
"Senior brother, I sold a Tortoise Pill, a Meng Huai Pill, and a few Niu Liu Pills a few days ago in exchange for some money. You can keep them first and use them when you need them."
Lin Jue knew that Xuangui Dan was used to treat deafness, Menghuai Dan could ward off evil spirits, which was very useful in these days, and Liuniu Dan could remove blood stasis and reduce swelling, and the medicinal effects were also very good, but they were not as effective.
Such fine elixirs as Shenxing Dan, Heart Protecting Pill and Giant Spirit Pill are often sold or given to others.
But he was very confused——
The third senior brother did not put the money he got from Monkey Mountain into his own pocket, but when he saw that the younger junior sister's bamboo basket was empty, he threw it into the younger junior sister's bamboo basket. From then on, Lin Jue bought food.
At that time, the money was always withdrawn from this money bag.
Afterwards, the money earned by the Seventh Brother from performing arts was placed in the Taoist temple for the Sixth Brother to use. Later, the money from the Sixth Brother's divination was added. I don't know how much there was in total, and I don't know how much was used. In short, all the money was not used.
He gave it to the second senior brother. The second senior brother also put it in the bamboo basket of the younger junior sister and let the donkey carry it. It was very convenient to use and there was no need to give him any more money to buy it.
Only in the past few days, people have practiced medicine and exorcised evil spirits for others, and the money earned from exorcising evil spirits and catching ghosts is their own share.
Why does Second Senior Brother want to give him money?
And he also specifically stated that he sold the pills himself?
But Lin Jue turned his head and looked at the second senior brother. Seeing his calm eyes, he was stunned and knew immediately.
The second senior brother is a student of alchemy.
To be continued...