Dao Fruit

Qiu Yan's scholar clone has been walking through the streets and alleys every day for the past ten years, entering teahouses and wine shops from time to time, and listening to the storyteller telling stories, stories, and legends. While observing, he calmly transmitted the gathered incense thoughts through the black hole in his soul to the god himself.

As time goes by, the atmosphere in Yuanning City becomes more and more solemn, and the children gathered here become more and more nervous——

The day for the release of the results is getting closer.

Early this morning, Qiu Yan's clone walked around the street, checked the time, then entered a restaurant, ordered two dishes, and ate slowly.

In the middle of the wine shop, an old Confucian scholar who was over fifty years old was telling the story of the generals of the Qi family with great excitement, like a hanging river, attracting bursts of applause.

Qiu Yan was also listening, memorizing every word.

In his perception, every word spoken by the half-hundred Confucian scholars seemed to be transformed into invisible words, which entered his heart from his ears. After turning around, he was absorbed by the living soul and condensed into a book in the living soul. It fell into the bookshelf marked with the word "Collection".

There are several volumes sparsely displayed on the bookshelf of this collection, including poetry collections, dictionaries, storybooks, legends, operas, collections, and even half of "Tao Zang"!

Qiu Yan's Earth Soul is divided into four shelves. The Jingbu bookshelf and the Jingbu bookshelf are already filled with many books, which are all about the understanding and annotation of Confucian classics. The History bookshelf is still empty. As for the Zibu bookshelf, it is only filled with books. It is a fragment, but it is condensed with the spirit of the sage's manuscript.

Compared with before, the atmosphere emanating from the Earth Soul bookshelf has changed slightly. It is more earthly and normal, and less outlandish and mysterious. However, Qiu Yan has been walking around the streets and alleys in the past few days and has listened too much. Ordinary words, and a lot of folk texts were collected and condensed in the soul, allowing the earth soul to accumulate more.

The storyteller in the tavern talked for a while, then stopped talking and uttered the sentence "I know what will happen next, and I will listen to the explanation next time." Then he packed up and left the tavern.

In the wine shop, there was inevitably a discussion.

"This Qi family army is truly loyal and brave, a loyal and loyal family."

"yes."

…

As they were discussing, the topic quickly moved from storytelling to things around them, and one person said: "Have you ever eaten at Zhang Ji's Tavern recently? The chefs there have greatly improved their cooking skills. There were not many of them in the past. Go, if you want to eat now, you have to wait in line!”

Someone immediately laughed and said, "This is nothing new. Old Liu just returned to the city. Before you know it, the news has already spread among the neighbors. Why did Zhang Ji's chef's cooking skills suddenly improve so much?"

The man from before asked curiously: "Oh? Is there a reason inside?"

"Of course," someone else laughed, "The chef Wang of Zhang Ji worshiped the Kitchen God and received blessings from the gods, which led him to this fate. I heard that he was about to be fired, but after worshiping the gods, his fortune suddenly turned around. "

"That's strange. It's quite common to worship gods and ask for a child. This kind of worship can also make delicious food. This is the first time I've heard of it. Isn't it just a rumor?"

Someone immediately retorted: "Why is this a rumor? Many restaurants in Yuanning City have invited Zao Gong in, and don't tell me, the food is really better than before!"

"This is true. Even the small restaurant in front of our house had a blessing the day before yesterday. After that, the oil smoke wafting out of the restaurant became more fragrant than before!"

"However, even if they all invite Zao Gong, there is still a difference. Zhang Ji's Chef Wang still cooks the most delicious food. I heard that it is because he sincerely worships God and has no utilitarianism for others!"

"That's true, but Zao Gong is so effective. I'm thinking about inviting him to my home in the next two days to improve the food."

"I can't do it, I can't do it." The shopkeeper of the tavern came at some unknown time. Hearing everyone's words, he said, "Zao Gong is not someone you can invite casually. You ordinary people, you'd better not act recklessly and be careful of collisions." God."

"Okay, okay, shopkeeper Fu, who doesn't know what you're thinking? You're afraid that every family will invite the Kitchen God, which will cut off their wealth. It's too petty."

After hearing this, the others also connected to the doorway inside, laughed and cursed one after another, and the atmosphere in the wine shop became lively for a while.

In the corner of the restaurant, Qiu Yan finished two dishes, put a few coins on the table, got up and left.

"The Lord of the City is right. There are specialties in arts, and there are differences in dharma. Only when the characteristics are presented and bring benefits to the believers can the sacrifices be consolidated and spread. In just a few days, my incense has grown tremendously. There are only a few, and the name of the god spreads rapidly. Although most of the sacrifices are out of curiosity and few are in awe, when the base is enough, devout people will be born. "

Thinking in his mind, Qiu Yan returned to the Liu family's old house.

When he first returned to Yuanning, he stayed in an inn, but when he finished his Taoist examination and had some free time, he followed Liu Huai's instructions and found someone to clean up the Liu family's old house and moved in. He has been living there these days. here.

After returning to the house, Qiu Yan entered the same room as before, sat quietly with his eyes closed, mobilized his soul, and sorted out his harvest.

"Today I have collected a lot of miscellaneous talks and scripts. The stories of the Qi family generals' loyalty and bravery are widely circulated, and there are also principles for being a general in them. They are condensed and sent to the soul of the earth. It is a good supplement."

Silence and recollection, Qiu Yan's breath was faintly restrained. After about a cup of tea, he opened his eyes again, then picked up a book, opened it and read.

As I read, there was movement at the corner of the table, and the baby crawled out.

As he read, Qiu Yan slowly frowned, his face gradually turned pale, and a sharp pain broke out in his soul again. Compared with more than ten days ago, Qiu Yan's resistance to the pain has obviously improved a lot. Apart from his pale face and frowning brows, there is no other abnormality.

He was absorbed in reading and didn't know the time.

Outside the Liu family's house, several neighbors came out to wash clothes and pour water. Some of them stared at the Liu family's house with dissatisfaction.

It turned out that since the Liu family moved to Qingchang, the house was vacant and was used by several neighbors from time to time. Unexpectedly, Qiu Yan suddenly moved in a few days ago, which disrupted their plans and inevitably caused hostility and complaints.

"The Liu family has been cheated by the poor old man. First, Liu's sister was cheated by the old scholar Lin, and now Liu himself has been forced to leave his hometown by his nephew who can't even pass the exam to become a scholar."

"That's right. Now that he has left, the yard will be occupied by this scholar."

"I have seen Qiu Yan when he was a child. He has no future at first glance. How can such a person study and succeed? It's difficult!"

The neighboring women were dissatisfied and kept talking about the family's affairs. There was no lack of malicious intent in their words. However, these complaints and malice disappeared at noon the next day, and turned into surprise and fear.

That day, Qiu Yan, as usual, first paraded through the streets and alleys, and then returned to the yard to study, but after noon, there was a noise in the alley, with drums and gongs.

"What are you doing in the middle of the day?"

"Disturbing the peace of the people!"

"Whose family is so wicked..."

One by one, the neighbors went out to inquire, and saw a group of people rushing into the alley, beating gongs and drums, full of joy.

Seeing this scene, the neighbors of the Liu family recalled the lively scenes they had seen before, and their hearts suddenly skipped a beat.

Then, they saw those people outside the Liu family's house, shouting: "Win! Win! Mr. Qiu won! Top of the list! First place in the Taoist test!"

These people came to announce the good news!