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Chapter 268: Martial virtue is also virtue, book the Lanruo Temple (two in one)

The three of them walked out of the restaurant and found that the rainstorm had stopped and the sun was shining brightly.

"Da-Daxia, I...I finished drinking tea. Why do I feel so sleepy?"

After walking out of the restaurant, Ning Caichen staggered and asked with his tongue hanging out.

"Oh, the monster said there was some sweat medicine in the tea, I just accidentally forgot..."

Lin Xuan found a bamboo tube and filled it with some water: "Brother Ning, drink this."

"Mongolian sweat medicine?"

Ning Caichen woke up a little in an instant, quickly pulled out a piece of hair, and started playing with it in his throat.

Not long after, Ning Caichen felt a nausea in his throat, squatted on the ground and vomited.

"Okay, heroes, let's go."

"...It has something to do with it. Yeah! Let's not talk about it, the scholar is here."

"I don't plan to figure it out myself."

"Much better! Thank you for your help, hero."

Lin Xuan glanced at Ao Xue: "Xiaobai, can you burn this place down?"

Lin Xuan picked up two jars of wine and poured it on the wall: "It's okay if you didn't see it. Since you have encountered it, just take care of it."

But all the real monsters came out here, and Ning Caichen immediately accepted this setting.

"If we leave it alone, it will become a haunted house in a few years."

Ao Xue looked around, stretched out her green-white finger, and tapped it gently.

Not knowing what he saw, Ning Caichen's face instantly turned a miserable green like a frog.

"There is an old saying among fortune tellers, which is, 'Fortune tellers don't tell themselves,' but I can't see that in you."

"Brother Ning, it's better not to think too much."

Lin Xuan was slightly startled: "I want you to help me see, does it have something to do with this ancient saying?"

Lin Xuan smiled faintly and looked at Ning Caichen.

Lin Xuan patted Ning Caichen on the shoulder: "It's all over here. Go to Lanruo Temple and have a good sleep at night. You won't care about this little thing tomorrow."

After a while, the two of them poured out the drinks.

The water inside and outside the thatched bunk evaporated rapidly and disappeared.

Although scholars have a saying that "the son is silent, the strange power confuses the spirit".

"Well, his horoscope should be quite hard..."

"Brother Ning, are you feeling better?"

Ao Xue jumped up and down a few times: "You want to check your luck. When you see Bodhisattva in the future, ask her to check it for you."

"Ah."

His legs went weak, and Ning Caichen lay on the ground in a panic, vomiting out all the contents in his stomach.

"Actually, I didn't think so much at all..."

Ao Xue looked thoughtful: "Although that scholar doesn't know martial arts, his fortune seems to be pretty good. Generally, small disasters can be turned into good fortune."

"The Yin energy in this place is too strong, and the monster has also done some tricks, and the soul is hard to escape."

Ao Xue lifted her veil and revealed an extremely moving smile: "Did you plan this from the beginning?"

"Huh? Oh, that's what the hero said!"

After vomiting for a few times, Ning Caichen felt much more awake. He rinsed his mouth with water from a bamboo tube and lowered his head to spit on his own vomit.

"Huh? Wow wow!!"

Ning Caichen thought about it for a moment, nodded repeatedly, and started to help.

Ning Caichen was greatly moved and nodded repeatedly.

"Ah? Why is it burned?"

"You are quite a nice person. You helped others and saved some face for them."

Ning Caichen didn't notice Ao Xue's little move, and asked in surprise: "At least it can protect us from the wind and rain. Wouldn't it be good if we buried the bodies inside and let passers-by rest?"

Seeing Ning Caichen stumbling over, Ao Xue's cheeks turned red and she quickly pulled down her veil.

"There are still some evil things here..."

Ning Caichen's face turned pale: "That monster is really crazy. There is something in that steamed bun..."

Lin Xuan smiled: "Speaking of this, what does Master Bai think of my luck?"

"Master Lin is right!"

"It turned out pretty good."

Lin Xuan was speechless and shook his head: "The starting point was good, but there were some problems during the process, but the result was still pretty good."

A fire broke out and engulfed the entire restaurant.

"Namo Amitabha Night..."

Ao Xue sighed softly and recited the Purana Sutra while facing the fire.

Amidst the cold chanting, a few hazy figures walked out of the restaurant, kowtowed to the girl a few times, and then disappeared.

"This, this, this..."

Ning Caichen looked dumbfounded and said in horror: "Are these ghosts?"

"It's not wrong to say ghosts. It should be the souls of the people who died here. Now that their grievances have been eliminated and they have to be saved, it's time for reincarnation."

"It is said that all life is suffering, and ghosts are just transformed from ordinary living beings, and they may suffer more than you."

Lin Xuan smiled faintly and walked forward: "Okay, the ghosts here are gone, let's go too."

Although he doesn't have much dealing with Buddhism, he still quite recognizes their magical powers.

In this world view, it is indeed very useful.

Oh, the main reason for not dealing with Buddhism is because the previous plane was disgusted by those Buddhist monks who were generous to others.

Lin Xuan still admires those monks who seriously talk about compassion.

"..."

Ao Xue blinked and appeared next to Lin Xuan, walking side by side with Lin Xuan.

"You're right, ghosts are nothing...huh? The two masters are waiting for me!"

Ning Caichen thought for a moment and realized that Lin Xuan and his wife were walking further and further away, so he quickly ran after them.

***
Perhaps because of the heavy rain, the three of them did not encounter bandits along the way and arrived in Guobei County safely.

Although Ning Caichen was in good physical condition, he was still very tired after walking more than 20 miles on the mountain road.

It was already five o'clock in the afternoon when we entered the county gate.

Guobei County has a special location. The surrounding mountains are rampant with thieves and are often haunted.

So there is no so-called night market here.

Even brothels and gambling houses have to close their doors in the middle of the night.

Nightlife is very lacking.

But relatively speaking, it is much more prosperous during the day.

Everything that should be found in the market is available.

But considering that the mountains and rivers here are remote, the transportation is inconvenient, and it is extremely dangerous...

Prices in the county are two or three times more expensive than in Jinhua City or even Hangzhou City.

However, there are many people doing business without capital here, and the money comes quickly and is spent quickly.

This has greatly boosted local consumption levels.

In the county town, the bandits happily spent money and gave a lot of money to the merchants.

After leaving the county town, the bandits robbed merchants without mercy.

The bandits and merchants look for help from each other, while the officials take advantage of both sides.

The people who live an honest life not only have to endure high prices, but also live in the shadow of bandits outside the city.

But he became the biggest victim.

"My hero, the inn in front is where I collect my bills."

Ning Caichen looked around all the way and finally found the target, saying with great joy.

"Brother Ning, let's go first. Let's walk around outside. If you need anything, just call me."

Lin Xuan pointed to the wanted notice posted next to the Yamen opposite and walked over casually.

"Okay, I'll see you two heroes soon!"

Ning Caichen took out the account book from his suitcase and strode into the inn.

"Is it so uneasy around here..."

Ao Xue looked at the densely packed wanted notices and was a little stunned.

"This is the last year of the dynasty. The country's fortunes are not good and the world is in chaos."

"The centipede spirit in our challenge mission not only absorbed the luck of the court but also ate up all the civil and military officials in order to become a true dragon."

"Most of the current imperial officials are monsters in disguise, and they don't even bother to worry about state affairs."

Lin Xuan shook his head: "Of course, even if the general environment is not good, the Yamen County Magistrate cannot escape the blame."

The security here is notoriously bad.

But the county magistrate itself also has big problems.

This guy has no brains when it comes to business, but he is very good at making money and is full of ugliness.

The higher-ups were going to investigate the public security issue, so this guy just grabbed some random passerby to take the blame.

But the passerby was beheaded after taking the blame, and the original bandit would not lose a hair.

I had to get another wanted warrant.

Over time, the surrounding hills have become like water-soaked Liangshan Mountains.

I don’t have time right now, so I’ll deal with him when he comes back from seeing the ghost.

"boom!"

Ao Xue was about to speak when she saw Ning Caichen's luggage flying out of the inn.

Immediately afterwards, two tall and thick waiters lifted Ning Caichen in the air and threw him out.

"That's unreasonable! It's too much!"

Ning Caichen sat down on the ground, grinned in pain, and shouted: "Look, folks, if you don't pay your debts, there will be thunder and lightning!"

"Get out of here, motherfucker! Crack, clap, clap, clap my mother!"

"You just want to get away with a fake account book?"

"Tell me, when did I owe you Jibaozhai's debt?"

A middle-aged man dressed as a shopkeeper ran out, gesticulating and cursing.

"Brother Ning, are you okay?"

Lin Xuan was a little amused and stretched out his hand to help Ning Caichen up.

In the movie, Ning Caichen's account book was soaked by the rain, and the boss refused to admit it.

Ning Caichen looked very depressed and annoyed at that time.

Now the facts show that it makes no difference whether the account book is soaked or not.

No, people still don’t admit it.

"Hey, I just twisted my waist..., huh? Why does my waist stop hurting when you press it, Master Lin?"

Ning Caichen was stunned for a moment and then said angrily: "This innkeeper is not kind and won't pay back the money he owes!"

"That's really not good."

Lin Xuan smiled and looked at the aggressive innkeeper: "This innkeeper, don't you recognize what is written in black and white?"

"What a joke! Did you see with your eyes that I owe money? I didn't sign the account book. They wrote it blindly."

The shopkeeper was also unambiguous and said sternly: "Go and cool down, don't affect my business."

"Shopkeeper Ma, these two heroes are both..., hum! Anyway, they are very powerful masters."

Ning Caichen thought for a while and didn't know how to introduce Lin Xuan and Ao Xue, so he changed his words: "Now there are two heroes as witnesses. If you have the courage, swear an oath to Mr. Guan, if you If you don’t pay back the money you owe Jibaozhai, your house will be burned down immediately!”

He was a poor scholar who was specially sent to collect debts.

If the money is not received, there will be no way to deliver the goods back home.

An honest person will get angry if he is anxious.

"Well... er, waiter, take ten taels of silver and send this poor scholar away."

The shopkeeper was silent for a moment, then subconsciously looked back at Master Guan, who was worshiping him, and said sadly.

Anyone who does business is more or less superstitious.

Facing such ghosts and gods, I still feel a little in awe.

I would rather trust it to have it than to trust it to have nothing.

It's okay to lie to people, but it's not okay to lie to Mr. Guan.

What if someone shows up...

Even if you give yourself a knife, you will be finished!
"It says seventy taels on it, but you only give me ten taels, so I can't do the job!"

Of course Ning Caichen refused: "No less than one tael!"

"Young people, don't be so ignorant."

"Look for a place to hide later. These ten taels of silver will be yours."

"To be honest, it's such a mess here. Your boss must have no good intentions when he arranges for you to collect the bills."

The innkeeper said with an experienced smile: "If you don't go back after a while, your boss will definitely treat you as dead. In order to save some burial money, he won't do anything troublesome."

"You just died!"

Ning Caichen was still unhappy: "It is only natural to pay back debts."

"Do you want love or not? If you want to continue to be entangled, I don't have these ten taels of silver."

The innkeeper's face was gloomy: "Besides, there are so many bandits outside. Do you really want to take seventy taels of silver back and still want to survive?"

"As much as you want. Whether I die or not is my business."

Ning Caichen gritted his teeth and said: "I am entrusted by others to do things for loyal people. If you don't give me enough money, I will come here every day to collect the debt!"

"Bah, bah, bah, then there's no need to talk!"

The shopkeeper's face turned dark and he said disdainfully: "You still come here every day to collect your bills? I only have an inn in this county. If I don't let you stay, you will have to sleep in the prison."

"Auntie, is there any place nearby where I can stay for free?"

Ning Caichen was startled, then asked an old lady who was watching the fun. "Crazy, you are the aunt, and your whole family is the aunt!"

The middle-aged lady rolled her eyes: "We don't have to spend money to stay overnight. Let's go to Lanruo Temple!"

"..."

There were quite a few people gathered around, watching with great interest.

But the moment they heard "Lan Ruo Temple", the crowd dispersed.

It was as if these three words contained a curse.

As if she was a little shocked by what she just said, the half-year-old lady looked a little ugly. She cursed a few words in a low voice, squeezed into the crowd and ran away.

"Lanruo Temple? Why is it this place again?"

"That's right. It would be too much to spend money on a haunted place..."

Ning Caichen's thoughts moved slightly, and he reached out to grab an old man who was passing by before he could run away: "Old man, may I ask how to get to Lanruo Temple?"

Although he is still afraid of ghosts.

But since Ning Caichen agreed to help Lin Xuan find this place, he wasn't going to make excuses.

People cannot stand without faith!
Abandoning one's own principles is even more tragic than being killed by a demon.

"If you want to die, then die, let me go!"

The old man looked a little ferocious: "Three and a half miles east of the city, there is a very eerie ancient temple."

"Three and a half miles? It's quite close!"

Ning Caichen quickly let go: "Sorry, thank you, old man."

"Short-lived ghost!"

The old man turned around and left with a gloomy look on his face.

"Shopkeeper, I will go to Lanruo Temple in the evening and come back tomorrow to collect the bill!"

Ning Caichen was very proud.

"..."

The remaining onlookers also looked at the dead man and turned around to leave.

"Young man, let me advise you, that place is haunted."

"I'd rather live in my doghouse than live there."

The shopkeeper was startled and pointed to the kennel not far away: "I won't give you any money, but you can live in the kennel as long as you like."

"Hmph! Don't worry! I just want to sleep in Lanruo Temple today."

Ning Caichen turned to look at Lin Xuan: "Master Lin, let's go?"

"Of course we have to go to Lanruo Temple..."

Lin Xuan glanced at Ning Caichen suspiciously: "Brother Ning, aren't you going to collect the bill?"

Now it seems that although Mr. Ning is a bit dull and silly, he really has some skills.

Lin Xuan didn't even start to guide, and this man easily entered the main plot line on his own.

The operation is truly breathtaking.

"I definitely want to collect the debt..."

Ning Caichen was a little helpless: "But the shopkeeper refuses to give money, and I don't know what to do."

"It is right for scholars to be reasonable."

Lin Xuan smiled slightly: "But if others don't want to reason with us, then we might as well find another way."

"Another way?"

Ning Caichen was startled: "What other method?"

"Like this."

Lin Xuan made a fist with his right hand and waved upward slightly.

The force of the fist broke through the air, and the plaque on the upper floor of the inn made a huge explosion sound and fell to pieces on the ground.

The flying sawdust fell like snowflakes, covering the shopkeeper's head and face.

"you you you……"

The innkeeper turned pale with shock, and his body began to tremble involuntarily, as if he was shaking.

"Isn't this reason enough?"

Lin Xuan glanced at the shopkeeper and punched out the second time.

The violent fist force directly exploded the air, and a white air wave channel appeared in the void.

The door, which was as tall as one person, shook violently, then suddenly exploded, turning into countless scattered small wooden boards.

A small piece of wood happened to hit the shopkeeper's head, causing a big blood bag.

"Shopkeeper, do you want to hear more?"

Lin Xuan flicked his sleeves and swept away the sawdust scattered in the air.

"This..., the truth is big enough! The villain completely understands it."

The shopkeeper covered his head with his hands and showed a smile that was uglier than crying: "We are all gentlemen. We should be friendly to make money. Don't fight or kill."

"With interest."

"Yes, yes! If you have borrowed money for such a long time, you really need to pay the interest properly."

The shopkeeper nodded quickly: "The hero has to make a special trip for such a trivial matter. The villain deserves to die!"

"Do you really think you deserve to die?"

Shopkeeper: "..."

***
Eastern suburb of Guobei County

"It's important to speak the truth well, and it's even more important to make people listen patiently to your reasoning."

Ning Caichen held a cowhide bag filled with one hundred taels of silver, feeling mixed.

After Lin Xuan punched him twice, the shopkeeper became extremely talkative.

Not only was the money given extremely high quality, but the interest rate was also calculated according to the highest rate on the market.

In the end, the shopkeeper even waved his hand and took the initiative to ask for a hundred taels to be filled up.

Ning Caichen was stunned for a while.

"Yes, that's the truth."

"Studying literature can help you talk good sense, and learning martial arts can make others listen to your reasoning honestly. This is also the way to relax civility and martial arts."

Lin Xuan smiled: "So scholars all pay attention to a person who is both civilized and military, and persuades others with virtue."

"This..., can this be considered 'conquering others with virtue'?"

"Of course it counts. When your saint traveled around the world, didn't he also hold a sword and shake his fist to convince others with his virtue?"

Lin Xuan said calmly: "A girl told me about your saint before, saying that if a saint's temperament encounters such a thing, I'm afraid it will bring trouble to others."

"This..., if it's Master, I really can't say for sure..."

Ning Caichen thought for a moment and his eyes lit up: "I understand! Martial virtue is also virtue, and you should convince others with virtue. I have learned a lesson this time!"

"Well, Brother Ning draws inferences from one case to another. This sentence is indeed reasonable."

Lin Xuan nodded slightly and praised.

It was idle on the road, and Lin Xuan just chatted for a few words.

But looking at Ning Caichen's posture, it seems that he has really been led astray...

Not bad, let him practice with Yan Chixia later.

This world view is quite dark.

If you are really a powerless scholar, you can only rely on fate when encountering problems.

"..."

Ao Xue followed Lin Xuan, her eyes filled with water, covering her mouth from time to time and laughing a few times.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

At this moment, a "rustling" sound came from the woods not far away.

Countless green lights are looming.

"...Daxia Lin, Heroine Bai, do you feel something is wrong?"

Ning Caichen felt a little flustered and subconsciously shrank his neck and asked.

"Something's not right?"

Lin Xuan looked around: "It's okay. There are just more wolves here, but there's nothing wrong."

"That's it..."

Ning Caichen reacted suddenly: "Wait a minute! Those green things in the woods ahead are the eyes of wolves?"

"Did you think it was a firefly?"

"Wolf? Wolf wolf... wolf!"

Ning Caichen's hands trembled and he almost dropped the cowhide bag to the ground.

"Ouch!"

At this moment, a huge brown wolf appeared on the top of the barren mountain.

After the first wolf finished howling, he made a few ups and downs on the mountain, and landed lightly in front of the three of them like a master of Qinggong.

Cruelty and greed flashed in the deep pupils.

Upon hearing the boss's order, countless wild wolves emerged from the mountain forest and surrounded Lin Xuan and the three of them.

"There are wolves in the east, west and south, but the woods to the north are quiet."

Lin Xuan's eyes flashed and he said with a smile: "This means that Lanruo Temple is very close and can be reached in just a few steps."

In the movie, there is indeed a large pack of wolves in front of Lanruo Temple.

However, these wolves are quite sensible.

Even if he was hungry, he would not dare to approach the area of ​​Lanruo Temple.

Lin Xuan estimated that besides eating people...

I should also eat some wolf as a dessert after the meal.

As generations of evolution continued, all the stupid green wolves died out, leaving only some steady wolves to thrive.

Staying away from Lanruo Temple is also engraved in the DNA of the wild wolf.

"There are so many wolves, let's run away quickly. If we don't run away, we're afraid we'll have to rest in the wolf's belly."

Ning Caichen said with a mournful face: "That aunt is quite bad! There is clearly a wolf, but you lied to me and said there was a ghost!"

"..."

Ao Xue shook her head speechlessly and exuded a wisp of dragon power towards the alpha wolf.

"Ouch! Ouch? Woof!"

The alpha wolf seemed to have been killed for a thousand years. The whole wolf jumped several meters high and looked at Ao Xue blankly.

Seemingly understanding something, the alpha wolf shakily showed off his foreign language proficiency and wagged his tail hard.

It was as if this simple action took all his strength.

The first wolf monster screamed, fell neatly to the ground, foamed at the mouth, and fainted.

The huge wolf body was still trembling.

"???"

The pack of wolves stood dumbfounded and surrounded the leader, barking strangely one after another.

During the hunt, the boss just lay down before he could give the order?
With their wisdom, they have no idea how to deal with this kind of thing.

"Go in, the alpha wolf suddenly got epilepsy, and these wolves will not be able to care about us for a while."

Lin Xuan looked at Ao Xue, who was pouting, and said with a smile: "Brother Ning, let's go north."

It seems that this girl originally planned to scare away the alpha wolf and lure the group of wild wolves away together.

But the wolf's psychological quality is a bit poor, and he can't even hold back a trace of dragon power.

This caused the girl to feel a little embarrassed.

"Oh, okay, okay, let's go!"

Ning Caichen calmed down and plunged into the extremely lush woods.

It seemed that a certain formation had been touched, and a looming deserted temple appeared in the distance, bleak and ancient.

"There is something wrong with all the trees in the forest..."

Ao Xuedai frowned slightly and said: "Shall we burn them all?"

The woods are surrounded by evil spirits, and almost every big tree is filled with strong Yin energy.

Faintly, these trees have turned into a maze.

"Can it be burned?"

"It's definitely possible for me to breathe out into my true body."

Ao Xue's cheeks were slightly red: "My dragon body looks a bit ugly, don't dislike it."

"No, I still like dragons, as long as they are not dinosaurs."

Lin Xuan thought for a while: "Do business first, don't scare the snake, lest the tree demon grandma escapes."

If you want to enter Lanruo Temple, these trees should not be too troublesome.

But if you want to leave, these trees will move their formations on their own, turning their yin energy into demonic power, and they can rise up at any time.

It then turns into an effect like a ghost hitting a wall, making people lose their sense of direction and space.

As a result, neither mortals nor ghosts could escape from the woods, and were swallowed by the dryad grandmother.

However, celestial warriors fly directly in the air, which is the air force...

This group of little tree demons immediately became a complete target.

It would be useless even if they turned into ancient war trees.

"Well, that's good! I'll listen to you."

Ao Xue's eyes narrowed: "What will the scholar do later?"

"Just find someone to take him out."

Lin Xuan smiled and said: "Just in case, we will reserve the whole place at Lanruo Temple later, so that serious female ghosts will only come to me."

Ao Xue: "..."

(End of this chapter)