Taoist priest in the foggy capital

Early in the morning, as soon as Liu Banxian opened the door, he smelled the fragrance of hibiscus flowers.

He couldn't help but open his mouth and take deep breaths.

Then he picked up the teacup and poured a big sip of the slightly bitter but sweet jasmine tea into his mouth.

Grrrrrrrrrr!

puff!
As the tea sprayed out of his mouth like a shower, Liu Banxian felt refreshed and his whole body was clear.

"Oh, the sparrows in Yujing are so lively and louder than those in other places!"

"What's the fuss so early in the morning?"

Yin Xiu walked out from the opposite room, looking listless and his legs weak.

Liu Banxian took off half of his sunglasses and looked at Yin Xiu curiously.

"Why, haven't you seen a handsome guy before?" Yin Xiu said unhappily.

"No, I think you, Brother Yin, seem to be invaded by an external evil and are in a state of depression."

"You feel wrong, it's just that I didn't sleep much last night."

Yin Xiu shook his head, reached into the house, and pulled out Ma Xiaoyu who was hiding behind him.

Ma Xiaoyu's face looked rosy, and her whole appearance seemed to be refreshed, with a completely different look from before.

She seemed to have no plans to go out today. Unlike Yin Xiu, she did not wear a coat and leather boots. Instead, she changed into a dress and put on a pair of plain white cloth shoes. She looked no different from the girl next door.

However, at her age, if she had not become a female Taoist priest or a female celestial master, everyone who saw her would think she was just the beautiful girl next door.

Seeing that Liu Banxian was also staring at her like that, Ma Xiaoyu could only pretend nothing had happened and turn away, her ears red.

"You're reading someone's fortune so early in the morning?"

Yin Xiu spoke, drawing his attention back.

"Hey, we're just chatting. I just arrived in Yujing and I feel nostalgic about everything. Isn't it that I miss the people around me?"

"Why, have you had a lover here?"

Yin Xiu helped Ma Xiaoyu sit down on the bench.

"That was just a past event."

Liu Banxian shook his head and sighed: "Talented men and beautiful women, beautiful women and famous generals, after all, are just a series of romantic stories, which are not worth looking back on."

While the three were talking, Ren Qi also came out, holding a paper bag in his hand, which contained a tray of freshly steamed buns.

Liu Banxian didn't bother to be polite with him. He grabbed the bun and started eating, his mouth full of grease.

Yin Xiu and Ma Xiaoyu also took one each, and they did not eat as anxiously as Liu Banxian.

"After we finish eating, we will set off to take a look at the Forbidden City." Ren Qi said.

"Go during the day?"

Liu Banxian almost choked: "The Forbidden Palace is heavily guarded, and you actually want to go there during the day?"

"Then have you ever thought that the defenses at night are more stringent than during the day?"

Yin Xiu smiled, "Because most people sneak in late at night, it might be easier for us to go during the day."

"Then what do I do?"

Liu Banxian swallowed the bun whole, hot air coming out of his mouth.

"Just rest here. You don't even know how to climb over walls or cross beams."

"Who do you think I am?"

Liu Banxian jumped up and said, "Is there anything your uncle hasn't seen and played with? It's just the Forbidden Palace. If I didn't know about it, I would have thought it was the underworld. Is there anything I can't go to?"

"Yes, yes, it was me who was a child and didn't know the world, so I said the wrong thing."

Yin Xiu gently pushed Liu Banxian back onto the stool and said, "Then, will you, the great master, lead the way into the Forbidden Palace?"

"That's Brother Master's territory, how can it be my turn to lead the way?"

Liu Banxian sat down with a clear conscience, "How about this, you two go and investigate, and I'll find you some reinforcements here?"

"That couldn't be better."

Yin Xiu nodded and winked at Ma Xiaoyu.

Ma Xiaoyu blushed and nodded.

Of course Ren Qi saw this scene, but in his opinion, it was just a boring trick and business of a pair of dogs and bitches. He didn't care or pay attention to it.

After discussing some more details, Yin Xiu and Ren Qi started to go out and head towards the Forbidden City.

Ma Xiaoyu and Liu Banxian were still sitting in the yard, enjoying the morning sunshine.

Just then, someone walked in.

It was a completely stranger, and it was beyond their expectations. Ma Xiaoyu shook her sleeves and secretly grasped a dagger in her hand.

However, she was a woman who made it hard to think of any reason to fight with her.

She was wearing a dark green long dress, with two buns on her head and a lightly made-up face. She was an old woman, but full of the charm of age. Her every move made people feel that she was a mature and charming woman.

Liu Banxian immediately stood up to greet her, "Master Murong, I have been waiting for you for a long time. We met in Demon City many years ago. You still look the same, and even more beautiful."

"Liu Banxian, are you insulting me or praising me?"

The woman called Master Murong rolled her eyes at Liu Banxian, but when her gaze fell on Ma Xiaoyu, her eyes glowed slightly.

She took a few steps forward and grabbed Ma Xiaoyu's hands. Fortunately, Ma Xiaoyu put away the dagger quickly, so she didn't have to hold it.

"Is this the young lady from the Ma family?" she asked.

"The female exorcist of the Ma family, Ma Xiaoyu." Liu Banxian introduced.

"Hi, sorry for the disrespect, my name is Murong Yan, I run a Taoist temple in the suburbs of Beijing, I keep the green lamps and eat vegetarian food, everyone in Yujing Taoism calls me the master of Murong Temple.

Miss Ma, I think you don’t need to be as polite as others. If you want, you can call me sister.”

[Taoist temple? Is she a Taoist priest? ]

Ma Xiaoyu thought so, but felt something was not right, because Taoists would not greet each other like this.

So she looked at Liu Banxian and asked.

However, Liu Banxian only gave her an expression, indicating that he would explain it to her later.

So Ma Xiaoyu could only suppress her curiosity and not ask for the time being.

At least now she knew that this person was indeed not an uninvited guest, but the reinforcements that Liu Banxian mentioned.

As soon as Murong Yan sat down, she frowned.

"Tsk! How can we let Miss Ma live in such a place? As soon as I sat down, I could smell a musty smell here."

"there's no way."

Liu Banxian spread his hands and said, "I'm hiding from the limelight. Do you think this is a vacation?"

"You can't be so casual about it."

Murong Yan stood up again and took out a packet of scented powder from her chest.

"I'll go find a stove to burn some incense to get rid of the musty smell here."

As she spoke, she walked back into the house and rummaged through the drawers looking for the incense burner, completely disregarding the mentality of a guest.

It was just right that Ma Xiaoyu took advantage of this moment to ask Liu Banxian, "Who is this? I don't think she looks like a Taoist priest. Could she be a layperson living in a Taoist temple?"

"certainly not."

Liu Banxian shook his head. "Murongyan, in fact, she is a Feng Shui master like me. Opening a Taoist temple is not so much her hobby as it is a way for her to avoid misfortune and seek good fortune."

Seeing that Ma Xiaoyu didn't understand, he explained, "One year, Murong Yan's father, Mr. Murong, who was known as a living god, read his fortune for his daughter and said that she had a dangerous fate and could only escape it by becoming a nun.

However, Murong Yan was a little girl at that time, in her prime, how could she be willing to shave her hair and become a little nun? "

Liu Banxian clasped his hands together and bowed forward.

Ma Xiaoyu looked at him and asked, "Aren't you talking about a line from "Si Fan"?"

"Of course, but life is like a play. Murong Yan has indeed encountered such a situation."

Liu Banxian held the fan in his hand.

"Old Immortal Murong has only this one precious jewel in his palm, and he treats her like a treasure. Even if Murong Yan doesn't want to, he won't allow it.

Later, someone came up with an idea and built a Taoist temple for Murong Yan in the eastern suburbs and asked her to become the temple master. This could be considered as becoming a nun, and she avoided the disaster. "

"I see, no wonder I don't think she looks like a Taoist priest." "Of course she is not a Taoist priest, let alone a monk."

Liu Banxian's eyes had a kind of longing and eagerness that only men have. "Her name contains the word 'yan', and her style and behavior are closely related to this word. As the saying goes, a person lives up to his name."

Ma Xiaoyu nodded, not quite understanding.

At this time, Murong Yan had found a horned beast incense burner from somewhere, and she held it in both hands and placed it aside.

At this time, wisps of white smoke were coming out of the incense burner, which seemed to be the fragrance of pear blossoms.

"Pear blossom white."

Murong Yan fiddled with the wick in the incense burner. "This fragrance nourishes the body and calms the mind. It's perfect for people like you who have come from afar to rest."

Liu Banxian took a few deep breaths and then started talking about business.

"Actually, I asked Master Murong to come out this time because I need your help with something."

"Rebellion?" Murong Yan asked directly.

"You better keep your voice down."

Liu Banxian was shocked by her. "How can I just say that? And how can I have such great ability?"

"You don't have it. You offered a reward of 200 million, but you don't have it?"

Murong Yan covered her mouth and laughed, "Now the whole Yujing is on your wanted list."

"Then why are you here?" Liu Banxian asked.

"I don't care. I'm all alone."

Murong Yan's hands trembled, and her chest began to sway. "Besides, I like new things. I have played with and tried everything. This is my first time rebelling."

"You're talking as if there are people who often rebel?"

Liu Banxian waved his hand and said, "Anyway, I invited you here this time because I want you to help me calculate something."

"Aren't you the best fortune teller, even though you can't tell the right fortune?"

"That was in the past. Now I'm very accurate!"

Liu Banxian protested like this but still placed a picture on the table.

Murong Yan was originally making fun of him, but after seeing this picture, she couldn't help but stop making fun of him.

"Is this Yujing's Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches Chart? Where did you get it from?"

"To be precise, this is the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches and Feng Shui Atlas of Ancient Yujing."

Liu Banxian was very proud. "I said, I am much more accurate than before. Naturally, I can also find a way to get such a blueprint."

"What do you want me to help you with?" Murong Yan asked seriously.

"Yujing is the leader of Jiuzhou. I want to find the center of Yujing's formation."

"You want to become an immortal?"

Murong Yan glanced at him and her tone didn't sound like a joke.

"It's not about becoming an immortal. If I were to tell you about combing the dragon veins and earth energy of the Nine Provinces, what would you think?"

"I'd think you were crazy."

Murong Yan frowned, seeming to be angry, but also as if she couldn't understand at all.

"To sort out the dragon veins of the world, we either have to rely on weapons, or we can only rely on what you said, and let us Feng Shui to sort them out bit by bit.

However, in history, only Mr. Qingtian has done this, and he also killed the agent. Do you think we can do it?"

"But that's what I called you to do."

Murong Yan looked at him for a long time, and finally sighed and said, "Okay, I promise you, but just the two of us are not enough."

"I know, so I've asked someone else to help, and they're on their way."

"Then do it at night?"

"We have to wait until night and follow the astrological signs." Liu Banxian nodded.

"understood."

After Murong Yan finished discussing the serious matters, she waved at Liu Banxian, signaling him to leave. Next, she wanted to talk to Ma Xiaoyu about some women's matters.

Although Liu Banxian didn't know what she was going to talk about, he had nothing to do at the moment, so he didn't stay here. Instead, he strolled around the Ren family mansion to see if there were any zombies hiding anywhere.

After Liu Banxian left, Murong Yan looked at Ma Xiaoyu and felt that this little girl was exactly like her.

He also remembered that she grew up in Malaysia. She had been in such a hurry all the way to Kyushu, let alone Yujing. She had never experienced the customs and habits of Kyushu. He couldn't help but feel concerned about her, fearing that she would not be able to get used to it. After all, the customs and habits of Yujing were not suitable for people.

“Miss Ma, is this your first time?” she asked enthusiastically.

"First time?"

Ma Xiaoyu was stunned for a moment and didn't know what Murong Yan was asking.

However, Murong Yan gave him a look that said "I understand you" and nodded heavily.

Ma Xiaoyu blushed now, thinking that Murong Yan was indeed as Liu Banxian said, a person with a bold style and behavior.

However, her demeanor was genuinely kind, and she cared about others just like an older sister in the family.

“Yin Xiu told me everything.”

Murong Yan added another sentence.

On the way here, she recognized Yin Xiu's extraordinary appearance at a glance, chatted with him for a few words, and learned that they had just arrived in Yujing yesterday.

"This bad guy, why does he tell everything?"

Ma Xiaoyu lowered her head and could only admit in a low voice: "Yes, it's the first time."

"That must be really hard for you. You are still so young." Murong Yan grabbed Ma Xiaoyu's hand with heartache.

"I'm not young anymore. At my age, girls in my hometown are already married and have children." Ma Xiaoyu said with a smile.

"It wasn't easy at the beginning, was it?" she asked.

"Well."

Ma Xiaoyu nodded. "It was a little uncomfortable and painful at the beginning, and then, then..."

She was too embarrassed to continue.

"Better?"

Murong Yan was already thinking about making more tea for Ma Xiaoyu so that the scorching hot climate in Yujing would not cause too much torture to this beauty.

"It's better now." Ma Xiaoyu's voice became softer.

"anything else?"

"Something else?"

Ma Xiaoyu hesitated a little, "Do you have to explain it in such detail?"

"Just talk, I'm listening." Murong Yan gently squeezed her hand.

"I just feel like I have no strength in my body, but I'm not sad, it's like I'm in the clouds..."

"ah!"

Murong Yan couldn't help but become more worried, and this expression was written on her face.

"That's not okay."

"No?" Ma Xiaoyu didn't know how to answer for a moment.

"How about this."

Murong Yan thought about the methods of conditioning the body that she had learned before. She straightened her collar and rolled up her sleeves.

"How about this, I will personally come out tonight and teach you some methods."

"what?"

Ma Xiaoyu widened her eyes, "Is this convenient?"

"What's so inconvenient about this?"

Murong Yan acted like a chivalrous girl, and waved her hand generously, "I'll show you how to do it and teach you when the time comes."

Ma Xiaoyu stayed where she was. (End of this chapter)