Liaozhai: A scholar should draw a sword

Chapter 172 This is a foot, not a tail
Regarding Xiaoqing's behavior, Bai Suzhen was also speechless.

Relatively speaking, she is much more sophisticated than Xiaoqing.

Before she took shape, she had been practicing in Qingcheng Mountain.

Mount Qingcheng is one of the holy places of Taoism, and there are countless Taoist temples, large and small.

Among them is one of the most famous Taoist temples, named Shangqing Palace, which was created by Zhang Tianshi, a well-known Taoist.

The White Snake often sneaks into the Shangqing Palace to pay homage to Sanqing and the statue of the Celestial Master, or hides to listen to the lectures of the masters in the temple.

In fact, how could she hide her whereabouts from the experts in the temple?

However, everyone deliberately pretended not to know.

Taoism advocates Taoism to follow nature. Since this little white snake is devoted to Taoism, there is no reason to hurt her, and everything goes with the flow of nature.

One day, the White Snake returned to the place of cultivation from the Shangqing Palace.

On the way, I found an old woman sitting on the side of the road. It seemed that she had broken her leg and couldn't walk.

The white snake has always been kind-hearted, so he took a spiritual herb that promotes blood circulation and dissipated stasis, swam to the old woman, and nodded slightly to the old woman.

The old woman was a little frightened at first, but later saw that the white snake was quite human, so she subconsciously asked, "Did you heal my leg with this grass?"

White Snake nodded repeatedly.

The old woman was pleasantly surprised and thanked her repeatedly.

When the old woman took the spirit herb, the white snake spoke again, telling her to take half of it and leave the other half to apply to the wound.

The old woman followed her words, and sure enough, she was able to stand up soon.

The white snake was overjoyed, and nodded to the old woman before leaving.

At this time, the old woman smiled and said: "Since you are so spiritual, I might as well teach you some cultivation methods, which will be of great benefit to your future cultivation."

White Snake: "???"

Just when she was stunned, a golden light enveloped her, and at the same time, a faint voice came to her mind: "White Snake, I am now teaching you the method of cultivation and giving you the name Bai Suzhen. I hope you will achieve a positive result soon..."

After an unknown period of time, the golden light disappeared, and the white snake recovered, only to find that the old woman had disappeared.

It wasn't until this time that the white snake realized that the old woman must have come to test and enlighten her from a god.

Although he didn't know who the old woman was, the White Snake still worshiped the sky three times devoutly as a disciple.

In the days that followed, Bai Suzhen practiced even harder, and finally successfully transformed into a human being.

After taking shape, Bai Suzhen began to travel around the world, experiencing the calamity of the world of mortals.

Later, I met Xiaoqing in Zizhu Forest. At that time, Xiaoqing was besieged by several scorpion spirits. She was scarred and in danger.

The white snake fought off a few scorpions out of righteousness, and Xiao Qing recognized Bai Suzhen as her sister out of admiration and gratitude.

Under the guidance of Bai Suzhen, Xiaoqing went through a lot of painstaking practice, and by chance, she got the string of rosary beads of the old abbot, and after absorbing his spirituality, she finally transformed into a human being.

It's just that she has just transformed and has never been in contact with the outside world, so instinctively, she still thinks about things like a snake.

"Xiaoqing, remember, these two are legs, not a tail. You are a human being now, not a snake..." Bai Suzhen taught earnestly.

Xiaoqing tilted her legs lazily: "Oh, it was originally a piece of soft meat, but now it's separated from the two sides, and there are ten toes. It's really troublesome."

"Then you'd better turn back into a snake..."

Xiaoqing looked excited: "Okay, okay..."

"In the future, I will go to play alone in the world, and you will be your snake forever, staying in this purple bamboo forest."

Now Xiaoqing refused: "Don't don't want to, sister will go wherever my sister goes."

"Then you should learn to be a man obediently."

"Okay..." Xiaoqing answered with a pouted.

At this time, Ying Ning couldn't help but smiled and said, "Xiaoqing, when you realize the benefits of being a human being, you won't want to turn back into a snake."

"Hmph, what's so good about being a human being?" Xiaoqing rolled her eyes.

"Haven't you heard that human beings are the spirit of all things? In short, it is much more convenient to practice after becoming a human being."

Next, the four girls got together and chatted, and they were quite speculative with each other.

Bai Suzhen and Mo Chou look exactly the same, so the two daughters have an inexplicable intimacy, like sisters reunited.

Ying Ning is free and easy by nature, and Xiao Qing's personality is quite similar, and after chatting for a while, they seem to have become best friends.

They chatted until the evening, when Ying Ning and Mo Chou bid farewell and left.

As soon as she got home, Ying Ning called out loudly: "Husband, husband..."

"What's the point of yelling?" Zhou Yu deliberately walked out with a tigerish face.

Ying Ning didn't care, he stepped forward and tugged at her husband's sleeve, giggling, and said mysteriously: "Husband, guess who we saw today?"

"Chang'e? Great Sage?"

"No, no, it's Sister Mochou..."

"Mochou?"

Zhou Yu glanced at Mo Chou, who was smiling but not speaking, with a puzzled look on his face.

"Hee hee, she is sister Mochou's twin sister, she looks exactly like sister Mochou."

Zhou Yu's heart moved: "Oh? There is such a thing? Could it be that the other party changed it on purpose?"

"No, no..." Ying Ning shook her head quickly: "Her name is Bai Suzhen, and she has a sworn sister named Xiaoqing..."

That's it!

Hearing this, Zhou Yu wasn't too surprised, after all, he had already met Fa Hai, and it wouldn't be surprising to meet Bai Suzhen again.

However, Zhou Yu still pretended to be surprised: "This is really a coincidence, where are they?"

"In the Purple Bamboo Forest, but Sister Bai said that she wants to take Xiaoqing into the world to practice, so she will go to the city to find a place to stay in these two days..."

"Well, then you will have a place to escape."

"Hee hee, yes, we didn't have any friends in this world, but now we finally have friends."

After hearing the news, Zhou Yu began to make small calculations.

It's fine if you don't know, since he already knows Bai Suzhen's whereabouts, he has no reason to let Bai Suzhen like other men?

Especially ordinary scholars like Xu Xian.

Besides, Mo Chou and Bai Suzhen look exactly the same...

It's interesting just thinking about it.

Therefore, he had to meet Bai Suzhen before Bai Suzhen met Xu Xian.

At noon the next day, Zhou Yu came to Zizhu Forest and walked around a lot, but he didn't find Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing.

Although the area of ​​the Purple Bamboo Forest is very large, ordinary people may not be able to finish it in a few days, but it is not difficult for Zhou Yu at all.

Did you go somewhere else?

After thinking for a while, Zhou Yu returned to the city and came to the entrance of Shuanghuafang alley.

Sure enough, as soon as he approached the courtyard at the entrance of the alley, he sensed a different aura, presumably it was Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing who were inside.

The courtyard door is closed, what excuse do you have to get in?
After thinking about it, Zhou Yu couldn't help thinking... If there are no conditions, can't you create conditions?

So with a thought, I got two more books in my hand, and then raised my hand and waved it, suddenly rain fell in the sky...

"Strange, why did it suddenly rain?"

Xiaoqing was swimming around in the yard... That's right, she wasn't walking, she was swimming on the ground with a snake tail. Seeing the rain, she couldn't help muttering.

"Bang bang bang..."

At this time, the courtyard door rang.

"Who is it?"

Xiaoqing asked subconsciously, and then stretched out her legs and walked towards the gate of the courtyard.

Zhou Yu didn't respond, he had already heard footsteps.

"Squeak..."

The courtyard door opened, Xiaoqing glanced at Zhou Yu who was standing outside the courtyard, frowned and asked, "Hey, who are you looking for?"

It really was Xiaoqing.

Zhou Yu pretended to be confused and said, "Hey, this... isn't this Brother Qin's home?"

"Brother Qin, we just..."

"Xiaoqing, who is knocking on the door?"

At this time, Bai Suzhen came out.

"do not know……"

"You two girls, I am a scholar in the city. I came to ask Brother Qin to return the book. I remember that Brother Qin lived in this area. Did I go to the wrong door?"

"That's right, there is no..."

Xiaoqing was about to drive away, but Bai Suzhen glanced at Zhou Yu, and said with a smile, "My lord, you're already wet, come in and take shelter from the rain."

"This……"

"Come in, it won't be good if you catch a cold."

"Thank you so much, girls."

"You don't have to be polite, son."

Entering the room, Bai Suzhen took Zhou Yu to the stove and sat down, then picked up the teapot on the stove and made a cup of tea: "My lord, drink a cup of hot tea to warm yourself up."

"Thank you so much."

"You're welcome……"

Bai Suzhen replied with a smile, then glanced at Zhou Yu's book on the table, and asked, "It seems that the young master is a book lover, and his body was wet, but the book didn't get a drop of water."

"Hey, that's a matter of course. A scholar must cherish books."

"I don't know where the young master lives?"

"It's in the city, west of the city..."

"Young master, why don't you take off your clothes and take a hot bath, and I'll iron your clothes for you, and it will be dry soon."

Zhou Yu quickly waved his hands: "It's okay, it's okay, just bake it by the stove."

"The young master wait a moment, I'll get a sweat towel and wipe it off..."

"I'm tired, girl..."

When the clothes were almost baked, Zhou Yu just left, and took an umbrella with him, and he had an excuse to come to return the umbrella another day.

However, he underestimated Bai Suzhen's wisdom and power of observation.

As soon as Zhou Yu left, Xiaoqing muttered with some dissatisfaction: "Sister, why are you so enthusiastic about a strange man?"

Bai Suzhen smiled: "Because he is not an ordinary man."

"He's not ordinary? Isn't he just a scholar?"

"Xiaoqing, your skills are still inexperienced, so you can't see what's special about him. Let me put it this way, I'm sure that the rain before was caused by him on purpose."

"what?"

Xiaoqing was taken aback.

Then he asked anxiously: "So he also knows our identities? Sister, you know that he is deliberately approaching us, but you are still so kind to him?"

"Xiaoqing, don't be nervous, he doesn't mean anything malicious..."

"How do you know he's not malicious?"

Bai Suzhen smiled confidently: "You will know tomorrow."

The next day, Bai Suzhen took Xiaoqing out and bought some gifts on the way.

"Sister, where are you taking me?"

"You'll know when you get there... walk well, hold your chest up, don't be like crawling..."

"But people are used to crawling..."

Not long after, the two girls came to a small courtyard by the West Lake together.

At this time, Xiaoqing suddenly realized: "Oh, so you came to find Yingning and Mochou."

"Yes!" Bai Suzhen nodded with a smile.

The courtyard door was ajar, but Bai Suzhen knocked on the door knocker for the first time.

Not long after, Ying Ning hopped up to the door to have a look, and couldn't help opening the courtyard door with a look of surprise: "Sister Bai, sister Xiaoqing, are you here?"

"Yeah, I didn't bother you, did I?"

"No, no, come in quickly."

After entering the hospital, Ying Ning called out, "Sister Mochou, Sister Min'er, here are the guests."

guest?

Zhou Yu was reading a book in the room, and when he heard that there were guests, he walked out involuntarily...

result……

He met Bai Suzhen's eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling.

This look is clearly saying: I guessed it was you a long time ago, let's see how you pretend now.

Xiao Qing was stunned, and shouted at Zhou Yu, "Why are you here? Returning the book again?"

"Uh……"

Zhou Yu was embarrassed.

"Huh? What's going on? Do you know each other?" Ying Ning looked suspicious.

Xiaoqing said angrily: "Oh, I understand, this is your husband, right? He came to my small courtyard yesterday, saying that he asked someone to return the book, and my sister kindly lent him an umbrella..."

"Cough, what... sorry, Miss Bai, Miss Xiaoqing, I didn't mean it.

I just heard from Ying Ning that Miss Bai and Mo Chou look exactly the same, so I was curious for a moment...and I don't want to reveal their identities abruptly, so..."

Bai Suzhen smiled generously: "It's okay, actually I guessed it when I saw you, Ying Ning briefly mentioned your situation."

"I'm too busy talking, come on, sit in the room."

Bai Min'er looked at Bai Suzhen and Mo Chou in surprise, "They really look exactly the same."

As the saying goes, the first time is born, the second time is cooked.

Since then, the two families have come and gone frequently, and at the same time exchanged their cultivation experience with each other.

One day, a blind Taoist came to the courtyard where Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing lived.

Next to him were two disciples, one carrying a bag and the other carrying a cloth banner, and wrote: Master Maoshan, subduing demons and demons, Quan Zhenzi.

"It's here, it's here!"

Outside the courtyard, the blind Taoist couldn't help drinking.Although his eyes couldn't see, his sensing power was quite strong, and he had already sensed the breath of the second daughter.

One of the disciples said: "Master, it is a courtyard with a radius of a hundred paces."

"Huh!" The blind Taoist snorted triumphantly: "There is a snake demon with a thousand years of practice. If you capture it and go to the furnace to make alchemy, it will replenish my spiritual energy, strengthen my magic power, and improve my cultivation level..."

This old way is indeed learned from Maoshan.

It's just that Maoshan disciples are all over the world, and many field practitioners who have learned a few Maoshan techniques still call themselves Maoshan disciples.

After all, Maoshan is famous.

As a result, there are good and bad disciples in Maoshan, and there are all kinds of people.

This blind old Taoist is not an authentic Maoshan disciple, he has learned a lot, including some crooked spells.

In short, in order to improve the cultivation base, it can be said that it will do whatever it takes.

After inadvertently sensing Bai Suzhen's breath, the blind old man was ecstatic, because he was gathering materials to refine a pill that could quickly improve his cultivation.

Among them, the goblin inner alchemy with a thousand years of cultivation is needed as the medicine.

It's just that this old guy also knows that a thousand-year-old demon is not easy to deal with, so he made sufficient preparations and came full of confidence.

This time, he brought dozens of catties of realgar with him, thinking that he would definitely be able to restrain the snake demon and catch it easily.

"Okay, ready to catch the demon!"

"Yes, Master!"

The two disciples tore open the cloth bags and began to sprinkle realgar along the courtyard wall...

(End of this chapter)