Chronicles of Celestial Origins

"Greetings, senior." Meng Xuezhu raised her head and looked at Tang Ning. The two met each other's eyes. Not only did Tang Ning not avoid her gaze, her watery peach blossom eyes were even more charming and charming.

"Fellow Daoist Xue, I called you here today because I have an important question. Do you know Shao Hui?"

"Junior knows that he has been to this pavilion many times. I remember the last time was three months ago."

"I heard that he once wanted to redeem your life, and your pavilion offered a price of 300 million spiritual stones. I wonder if this is the case?"

"Ahem." Before Meng Xuezhu could answer, Chen Hua coughed slightly and said, "Senior Tang, this is indeed the case. The thing is like this. At that time, fellow Taoist Shao came to me drunk and said that he would help Xuezhu. I wanted to redeem myself. I saw that he was drunk and a little confused, so I was afraid that he would cause trouble, so I casually quoted him a price to deal with it. "

"The original intention is to let him retreat when he sees the difficulties. Seniors know clearly that Fellow Daoist Xue is not the maid of this pavilion, but a monk under our name. There is no saying whether he can redeem himself or not."

Tangning nodded and said, "Does fellow Daoist Snow know about this?"

Xue Mengzhu glanced away from Chen Hua. The two of them looked at each other for a flash, and Chen Hua immediately lowered his head and changed his gaze.

"Fellow Daoist Shao did mention this to the junior. The junior just thought he was joking at the time. As for what happened next, the junior doesn't know anything about it. I dare to ask the senior, did something happen to Friend Daoist Shao?"

"In order to collect 300 million spirit stones, he went to a gambling house owned by the Kunyan Chamber of Commerce. In the end, he lost all the spirit stones and borrowed some. Now he is detained. Someone came to me and hoped that I would mediate and get him Rescue him first, Pingyang Valley is still waiting for him to go back to make alchemy! So I came here to find out the situation."

"Hey! Why is this fellow Taoist Shao so confused!" Chen Hua sighed: "I just said it casually at the time, who knew he would take it seriously."

Tang Ning said, "I have something I would like to ask fellow Taoist Snow Master for help."

"Senior, no matter what you say, the fact that Fellow Taoist Shao has fallen into this situation has something to do with the junior. The junior will never refuse if he can do it."

"Right now, fellow Taoist Shao is still in the hands of Kunyan Chamber of Commerce. I hope fellow Taoist Xue can come with me and tell him clearly in person, and then I will redeem him to prevent him from being confused again in the future. I don't want to do it for This kind of thing goes back and forth.”

"This..." Chen Hua hesitated, and Xue Mengzhu also lowered his head and remained silent.

Tang Ning's face darkened: "Don't you trust these two fellow Taoists? Do you need me to ask fellow Taoist Chen Liang to vouch for you?"

"No, no, senior, please don't misunderstand, this junior has no such intention. Since it is senior's order, Mengzhu, you should go with senior Tang!"

"yes."

"Without further delay, fellow Daoist Xue, let's set off now!" Tang Ning stood up and walked out, taking Xue Mengzhu out of the attic and back to Pingling Mountain.

"Senior Tang, didn't we go to the gambling house owned by Kunyan Chamber of Commerce to redeem fellow Taoist Shao? Why did we come to your department?" The two of them escaped from the light and fell. Xue Mengzhu followed behind him, feeling quite uneasy and couldn't help it. asked.

"Oh! It's nothing. We need to find a middleman to negotiate with Kun Yan before he can be redeemed. Please wait here for a few days. Gao Yuan, take this fellow Taoist to rest and entertain him."

"Yes, fellow Taoist Snow, please come with me."

Xue Mengzhu vaguely felt that things were not that simple, but the current situation was one where people were fighting for their own good, so they had no choice but to follow the plateau.

Tang Ning returned to the cave, sat cross-legged and closed her eyes to practice.

…

In a blink of an eye, more than ten days passed by in the blink of an eye. Xue Mengzhu leaned against the window, looking at the bamboo forest, lost in thought.

Since arriving here, as the days passed, her anxiety became more and more serious and she became more and more uneasy.

She was like a prisoner imprisoned. Although no one was watching her, being here felt like a cage.

She didn't know what kind of medicine Tang Ning was selling in her gourd. In the past few days, she had asked to see Tang Ning twice, but she was rejected both times. She wanted to leave but was not allowed to leave, which made her very anxious.

In the distance, a ray of light shot out, revealing the figure of Gao Yuan: "Fellow Taoist Snow, Uncle Tang invites you to go."

Xue Mengzhu greeted him and asked, "Fellow Taoist Gao, may I ask if Taoist friend Shao Hui has been redeemed from your department?"

"I don't know the specific details. I'm just here to invite you on the orders of Uncle Tang. Brother Xue, please come!"

The two of them jumped up and arrived at the meeting hall. Xue Mengzhu couldn't help but feel a little nervous when she stepped inside, as if there was a dragnet waiting for her inside.

"Greetings to Senior Tang." Only Tang Ning was sitting on the main seat, looking down at her. Xue Mengzhu breathed a sigh of relief and bowed.

"Fellow Daoist Snow, sit down!"

"Thank you, senior. I wonder what senior has to do with this junior?"

"How's it going? Are you used to living here?" Tang Ning asked without answering.

"Everything is fine."

"I heard that you came to see me twice. I just happened to be out for a trip and was not in the house. I didn't avoid you on purpose."

Xue Mengzhu didn't know what Tang Ning was talking about and what the petty parents were trying to do, so she could only follow his words and responded: "Junior wants to see senior. I just want to know how the affairs of fellow Taoist Shao Hui are going. When will junior be able to go back?"

"How do you think Taixuanzong compares with the Chen family? How does the headquarters compare with Zuiyue Pavilion?"

"There is no comparison between high and low. As one of the four great mystical sects, Taixuan Sect is like a bright moon compared to rotting grass. Why do you ask this, senior?"

Tang Ning smiled and said, "Now there is an opportunity to leave the Chen family and join the Taixuan Sect. Are you willing?"

"What?" Xue Mengzhu was stunned for a moment: "What does senior mean?"

"If you are willing, I will immediately apply to the alliance to hire you to join the sect. Of course, we must start with recruiting disciples. If there is an opportunity in the future, I will recommend you to join the sect and become an official disciple of the sect."

Hearing this, Xue Mengzhu was shocked and her mind was spinning. After a while, she slowly said: "What do seniors need from juniors?"

Tang Ning smiled slightly: "You are a smart person, so I won't beat around the bush. To be honest, I am very optimistic about Shao Hui. I am also an alchemist myself, so I am very aware of his talent in this area. There are not many such talents. See, I hope he can do things for me, this is the fundamental reason why I am willing to intervene in this matter.”

"And you can control him. Let's cooperate. I recommend you to join the headquarters, but the condition is that you have to make him take orders from me."

"This deal won't hurt you at all! I think you don't want to stay in Zuiyue Pavilion all your life and act based on the expressions of the monks of the Chen family."

"Joining this department will give you higher remuneration and greater development in the future."

Xue Mengzhu's eyes flickered, but she was still a little doubtful. This condition was too simple for her. She didn't have to pay any price, but the reward was so tempting, which made her feel unreal. Faintly worried that there is some bigger conspiracy behind it.

"Is it enough to persuade Shao Hui to do things for you? The senior is not playing tricks on the junior, right?"

"Do you think there's anything in you that's worthy of my plotting? Maybe I'm going to all this trouble and wasting so much time just to tease you?"

Xue Mengzhu's eyes lit up: "Okay, senior, you've said what you said, but you can't go back on it."

"Let's go! Let's go see Shao Hui. You know what to say then!"

"Junior understands." The two of them left the hall and turned into light and left.

………

In Jinyue Square, in front of the attic, three rays of light fell, revealing the figures of two men and one woman. They were Tang Ning, Fang Yuan, and Xue Mengzhu.

The three of them walked in, came to a house, and knocked on the door.

Soon, the room opened wide, and a middle-aged man with a square face and big ears came out and said, "Senior Fang, please come in if you can."

Several people entered the inner room and took their seats.

Fang Yuandao: "Let me introduce you. This is Fellow Taoist Tang Ning, this is Fellow Daoist Xuemengzhu, and this is Fellow Daoist Zhang Xian."

Zhang Xian said: "Because I hold a position in the Chamber of Commerce, I have to deal with important matters recently, so I have troubled my two seniors to come from far away. I feel very guilty about Shao Hui's incident. Originally, I had good intentions, but I really didn't expect that things would get into trouble." This is the point.”

Tang Ning asked, "I wonder how fellow Taoist Shao Hui is doing now?"

"As far as I know, he has been detained at the headquarters of our Chamber of Commerce and has now begun to refine elixirs. According to the previous agreement, he must refine elixirs for the Chamber of Commerce for ten years before he can leave."

"Fellow Daoist Zhang, we are here today just to redeem Shao Hui. I would like to ask you to mediate. What do you think?"

"This is a matter of course, eh! I am also partly responsible for the matter of Fellow Daoist Shao. Since the senior has come forward and is willing to pay the debt he owes, the rest can be left to the junior."

"Then I'm sorry to trouble you." Tangning flipped her hands over and took out a storage bag: "It contains Shao Hui's ransom, 25 million spirit stones. If you can, please give it to the person in charge of this matter within your chamber of commerce."

Zhang Xian took the storage bag, checked it, stood up and said, "Senior, don't worry, I will do my best."

"This Taoist Snow Fellow wants to visit Shao Hui. Could you please take her with you?"

"Okay." Zhang Xian nodded and followed Xue Mengzhu out of the room.

"Fellow Taoist Tang, I owe you a debt of gratitude for Shao Hui's matter. I will urge him to return this spiritual stone to you as soon as possible." Seeing the two people walking away, Fang Yuan said.

"You're welcome, it's just your job."

"By the way, Fellow Daoist Tang, why did you bring Xue Mengzhu here."

"Oh! She took the initiative to come and see fellow Taoist Shao. I couldn't refuse, so I brought her along."