Chapter 94 Meeting an old friend again "What does the Taoist have?" "ask me?" "Of course." Lin Jue said calmly, "It's hard to tell the value of treasures, nor can they be measured by money. It's best if everyone can take what they need and enjoy it." "what?" The middle-aged Taoist was somewhat surprised that such words could come from the mouth of a young boy. He could not help but look at him for a second longer, then smiled and fell into deep thought again. He looked at them out of the corner of his eye. He was obviously thinking about what to come up with that would make him feel it was worthwhile and satisfy them at the same time. Finally, his gaze stopped on the long swords beside the two men. "Don't the Taoists of you Fuqiu Peak practice magic? When did you start learning swordsmanship like the Taoists of the Fulu School?" asked the middle-aged Taoist. "We don't practice swordsmanship, we only use swords for self-defense." Lin Jue replied, "Sometimes when facing demons and humans, a long sword may not be less useful than magic."
"That's true. I also practice swordsmanship. Since I use swordsmanship to protect myself when traveling around the world, I need to have appropriate swordsmanship in addition to a long sword." The middle-aged Taoist said, "I have a book of Qingdan swordsmanship, which was originally learned by a Taoist in Fengshan Mountain in the capital. It is considered a good swordsmanship in the world below the mountain. It focuses on swordsmanship with people and can also fight against monsters. Can I exchange it for these leaves?" "fencing?" Lin Jue glanced at his junior sister. As expected, the junior sister's eyes flickered with a restrained intention, and she glanced at him secretly. "Can I take a look?" Lin Jue had no choice but to speak for her. "can." The middle-aged Taoist took out a sword manual from his arms. There were simple pictures and a lot of words written on it. Lin Jue held it in his hands and looked through it. The junior sister came over. The third senior brother also glanced over here. Seeing them like this, the fox leaned forward even though it didn't understand anything. Remember the sword manual in detail. Flipping through it casually, I found that it is roughly divided into three parts. One part is about basic skills and body movements, one part is about sword moves and routines, and one part uses a lot of text to explain the precautions and ways to win in a sword fight. "It's a proper sword manual." The third senior brother said, "It's not bad." The junior sister became more and more interested. Lin Jue glanced at her and said, "If you are willing, just make your own decision." "I am willing!" Junior sister is also a decisive person.
"My junior sister is interested in learning swordsmanship, and is willing to exchange with you." Lin Jue paused, "But even if it is as the Taoist said, this swordsmanship is considered good in the martial arts world down the mountain, but after all, it is a mortal object, no matter how rare it is, it can be obtained by asking for it, but spiritual objects cannot be obtained by asking for them. Therefore, I can only exchange for the pile in front of my junior sister." "A bunch?" The middle-aged Taoist raised his eyebrows, "Little Taoist friend, you are too greedy!" "I have never been a greedy person." Lin Jue handed the sword manual back to him. “Isn’t this greedy?” “Not greedy.” "Just a few leaves." "Not greedy." Lin Jue looked at him calmly, "I also participated in the growth of this tree, so I know how rare it is." "You little Taoist..." The middle-aged Taoist priest was a little angry and wanted to leave, but when he saw Lin Jue's calm demeanor, he felt that such bargaining tactics were useless, so he stopped, holding the sword manual and fell into deep thought, with a gleam in his eyes. "..." The middle-aged Taoist's expression changed several times. He looked at Lin Jue for a long time, as if he had finally made up his mind: "I don't have anything else, so I will exchange it with you for silver. How about that?" “We don’t take cash.” "A lot of silver?" The middle-aged Taoist reached into his bag and suddenly took out a handful of silver. All of them were large chunks of silver, so heavy that even he felt it was heavy in his hand. He took out handful after handful. "I was refining elixirs in the mountains, looking for gold, stone and cinnabar, when I accidentally found a silver mine and extracted a lot of silver. This kind of yellow and white stuff is of no use to us cultivators. If you are willing, feel free to take it." The silver fell on the bamboo mat, making a heavy sound. All the strange people in the surrounding rivers and lakes, as well as the hermits and Taoists in the mountains, were attracted for a moment. "It won't take much on the mountain..." Lin Jue hadn't finished speaking when he saw the two handfuls of silver and was suddenly stunned. Even the fox's eyes widened. The junior sister was almost stunned. There were a lot of silver in these two handfuls, at least hundreds of taels. If Lin Jue had not dug out silver from the rat demon cave before, he would probably have never seen so much silver in his life. But what attracted him was not the amount of silver, but the large and irregular shapes of these silver pieces. Generally speaking, irregular silver pieces are very small, and large pieces of silver, even if they are not complete official silver, are official silver cut in half. Such a large and irregular piece of silver really looks like what he said, that he had refined it himself. But why does it look a bit like stone? Lin Jue frowned and reached out to take a piece. "Ok?"
Lin Jue was surprised. The silver felt very heavy in the hand, it was simply the weight of white silver, and if you pressed it with the guard of the sword hilt, it would leave a dent. Apart from that, there was nothing unusual to be seen. If I hadn't had a strange feeling flashing through my mind the moment I took the silver, I really wouldn't have been able to tell the difference. Is this supposed to be a spell? This old man wanted to cheat him! But it gave me something else. "how?" The middle-aged Taoist looked at him and was satisfied with his performance. As long as Taoists in this world enter the world, how could they not need money? But Lin Jue raised his head with a strange expression. "how?" The middle-aged Taoist didn't understand. Lin Jue stretched out his hand again and picked up a leaf. "Master, you have great skills. I will give you this leaf. Just treat it as a magic trick and end our fate today!" "What ability?" The middle-aged Taoist was immediately stunned. Could it be that he was seen through? "This silver." Lin Jue pushed the silver back to him, "Return it to the Taoist priest." The junior sister next to him had also taken a piece of silver and was looking at it carefully like him. Her head was buzzing with the shock of the sudden drop of a pile of white silver. When she heard his words, although her face was full of confusion, she immediately threw the silver back as if it was hot. The third senior brother also looked at the silver over and over again. Although he felt that it was not very real, he could not find any flaws. When he was wondering whether what the middle-aged Taoist said was true or false, he heard the youngest senior brother make the first judgment. He didn't know whether it was right or wrong, but he threw the silver away anyway. "What else do you want me to do?" "Why bother to explain it?" "What do you mean by explain clearly? This is real silver, anyone can check it, you little Taoist priest, don't talk nonsense." "almost……" Lin Jue just sat cross-legged and looked at him calmly. "what?" The middle-aged Taoist was even more surprised. Was he really seen through? But shouldn’t I be angry if I’m seen through? Why give yourself another piece? The middle-aged Taoist was unsure for a moment. Instead, he looked into the eyes of the young Taoist priest and saw that there was no sign of hesitation in his eyes. The middle-aged Taoist priest quickly determined that he had indeed been seen through. "Haha! You are worthy of being a Taoist from Fuqiu Peak. I am just joking with you!" The middle-aged Taoist put all the silver back into his bag and continued to ask, "How can I exchange these two piles?"
"If the Taoist priest is willing to teach us this magic, we can give these two piles to him." "You, little Taoist priest, are quite clever." The middle-aged Taoist said without hesitation, "But magic is so rare and profound that I can't explain it to you here today. Even if I could, how could I possibly exchange a magic for these two piles of Dan Guo leaves? My magic will keep you from worrying about food and clothing for the rest of your life!" "Then take this piece and go." "Humph! You little Taoist priest!" The middle-aged Taoist priest smiled but remained where he was and asked, "Can you cast a curse?" “Only one.” "What curse?" "Apparition spell." "I will teach you a sword-enchanting spell. You can use the spell to make the weapon in your hand more powerful against demons and ghosts. It is used by the spell-forbidden master to exorcise demons. Any weapon will do. But I want to take all the spirit leaves." "Sword Attachment Curse..." Lin Jue felt that it was useful to him. It just so happened that this person had a cunning personality, and the method of his curse was relatively simple, so he could tell whether it was true or false in just one afternoon. So he turned to look at his third senior brother. The third brother had no doubts. "Okay." Lin Jue agreed, but added, "The Taoist priest has already deceived me once. If he deceives me a second time, it will go against the original purpose of the fasting and offering sacrifices." The implication is that we should meet at the foot of the mountain. "Hahaha, just kidding. I am an old acquaintance of Fuqiu Guan." The middle-aged Taoist became serious: "Listen to the spell first-- "The spell connects heaven and earth, the divine thunder gathers on the tip of the sword, the decree controls yin and yang, and the true fire reflects on the edge of the blade! The three realms and five elements come together to help, making my sword show its magical power!" "remember." "You guys are doing a great business. Three people learn magic for every leaf you sell." The middle-aged Taoist shook his head and said, "I'll tell you the key points again, but only once." "it is good!" The middle-aged Taoist priest sat over unceremoniously, lowered his voice, and told him everything in detail. This cannot be deceived. Lin Jue listened to him attentively. I even forgot that the sun was setting. …… When he was leaving, the middle-aged Taoist asked him how he saw through his illusion and why he saw through his illusion and still gave him a leaf. Lin Jue just shook his head and said nothing.
When I came to my senses, the sun was just setting. The treetops of the bamboo forest in the mountains were turned golden by the light, and all of them were bent with sincerity. Many Taoists and people from the martial arts world went down the mountain along the path. Lin Jue and others also walked back. At this time, the three piles of leaves were gone, replaced by a book on swordsmanship, a book on forbidden spells, and probably a spell that could turn ordinary stones into silver. The Taoist originally had no intention of giving it to him, but it had already come into Lin Jue's hands, and this could not be changed, so Lin Jue accepted it as a half deal. The Taoist thought that he had a bad heart, so he gave him a piece of paper to send him away. Although this magic is somewhat dishonorable, it also depends on how it is used. In this respect, its nature is roughly the same as the Green Fly Magic. It can be used to cheat money, to do evil, for performances, to protect one's own money from being stolen, and to cure evil. It's just a spell after all. "Look, most of the people who come to this grand ceremony are these people." The third brother always speaks casually, "There are also some sinister ones." "Yes." "Fortunately, you are smart, Junior Brother." "Yes." "But how did you find out, Junior Brother? I looked at the silver for a long time, but couldn't tell whether it was real or fake." "I'm smart." Lin Jue said this calmly and casually. The third brother looked as if he had eaten a fly, his expression became uncomfortable, and he kept silent. Only the junior sister nodded in agreement, looking extremely serious. Suddenly, I saw a fire in the open space ahead. Someone is performing a trick. There were some people gathered outside, but not many. Before Lin Jue got close, he saw the flames spewing out from above the heads of the onlookers and knew it was a fire-repelling technique. I still feel a little nostalgic for a while. They happened to be heading that way. But after getting closer, Lin Jue suddenly showed a look of surprise, his steps stopped immediately, his eyes widened, and he stared at the several magicians in the open space without saying a word. It was exactly that group of magicians in my hometown at the beginning of last spring. I actually met them here. At this time, this group of magicians did not play any tricks of "playing two families arguing" and did not ask for money. They just performed magic tricks. After a performance, they stopped and saluted the onlookers. They knew that the people who came here were not only martial artists, colleagues and other strange people in the world, but also serious monks, so they came to communicate. "I'm sorry for the rudeness. If you have any suggestions, please tell me. I will be very grateful."
The sound from that side continued to come. The old man also kept bowing and bending. I just want to ask for some advice, how can it be that simple? Besides, it was already dusk. At dusk, many people walked down the mountain, so there were many more pedestrians on the roadside. There were also some nearby people and dignitaries who came up the mountain simply to watch the excitement and stopped to watch, but they could only take a few glances at most before they had to follow the crowd down the mountain. Gradually, only two Taoists and a fox were left, standing on the bluestone steps beside the bamboo forest, looking over there. The third senior brother has also disappeared. "Senior brother..." The junior sister followed the senior brother and watched him quietly. "Nothing." Lin Jue turned around and smiled at her, "I met some old friends." After saying that, he took a step and walked in that direction. The old man led a group of magicians, their bodies full of vicissitudes accumulated from years of wandering in the world, but also with the calmness and determination after experiencing the wind and snow. Even if no one paid attention to him, he still bowed and asked a few times. Seeing that the previous wave of audiences had almost left and it was not completely dark yet, he thought of performing another show, maybe he could attract another wave of people. The fire becomes visible only when it gets dark. Maybe this time there will be someone willing to give advice. It is difficult to seek the truth, how can it be easy to seek the technique? Unexpectedly, just as he was about to turn around and signal the gongs and drums to start again, he saw a young man suddenly appear in front of him. The young man was wearing a Taoist robe and holding a long sword. He looked handsome but unfamiliar. It should be a spectator, right? The old man thought so and raised his hand, but before he could salute, he did not expect that the Taoist priest would salute him solemnly in front of him. The old man was confused for a moment. "Do you still recognize me, old man?" The Taoist raised his head and asked him. (End of this chapter)
