Legend of A Strange Xia in Jianghu

CHAPTER VI DEAL OF POWER

Xiao Li wrote, "You're right. It seems that we have to muddle the waters in order to do our job."

The little monkey said in his heart: What you said really suits my heart. I, Little Monkey, am not interested in anything else, but this troublemaker is the only one I like. However, he said, "Since Senior says so, Little Monkey will do his best."

Seeing his crafty eyes, Xiao Li knew that this kid must be really happy. He hurriedly wrote on the ground, "We must not let anyone find out our purpose. We must borrow some power in the dark. We must avoid appearing in person as much as possible."

Little Monkey said, "Yes, this brat has already made some calculations."

Xiao Li wrote, "Alright, let me know as soon as there is any news. If we go back now, we'll just pretend that nothing has happened today. "

Little Monkey said, "I understand. This brat is under the protection of the heavens today, I wonder who was the one who saved him out of the kindness of their hearts. "

Xiao Li nodded his head in approval. After he retracted his body, he silently climbed up the tree and left. The little monkey stared at the tree for a long time before it shook its head and sped away.

The next day, Xiao Li and the little monkey were still squatting around to wash the dishes. Xiao Li and the little monkey were still squatting around to wash the dishes. Xiao Li couldn't help but praise the little monkey in his heart.

However, Old Zhao did not come today. He just told everyone to do their work properly. He was the one who cooked. It was said that he was very sick.

Xiao Li and Little Monkey knew that Old Zhao might have been severely injured last night, so they didn't dare to come out to be afraid of being discovered. However, the two of them ignored him.

Thus, in the past two days, people from all sides came to the kitchen to report that the dishes tasted terrible. Everyone's reactions were getting more and more intense, forcing Old Zhao to step out to take charge. If he didn't come out now, someone would come visit him.

Xiao Li and the others saw that Old Zhao's face was pale as a sheet. Indeed, he looked like he was gravely ill. It seemed that his injuries from that night were truly too severe. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to not have recovered with his cultivation.

Old Zhao personally came, but he still did not cook. He only instructed his subordinates, but those who did it often did not meet his requirements. He was so angry that he kept coughing.

Old Zhao scolded, "You idiots, how do you usually get me to teach you all?! We can't help you at critical moments, what's the use of keeping you alive? I make a lot of mistakes every time I get sick. Does that mean everyone doesn't need to eat every time I die? Do you think you guys are cooking or eating pig food? No wonder people say every day that you don't have to taste it yourselves, can you eat it yourself? "

At this time, someone stuck his head out and whispered, "Elder Zhao, it's not that we're not diligent, but we've already done our best. You know our stuff. "

Old Zhao became even angrier and shouted, "Did I not usually teach you guys? Did I hide something? I can do it. Why can't you? "

That person said in a low voice, "How can we compare to your age?"

Old Zhao roared, "Stop putting me on high. If you can't do it well today, all of you..." "Cough, cough, cough …" He was too excited to stop coughing.

Everyone had bitter expressions on their faces. It had to be known that this place was a place for food and accommodation. Every month, there would be a lot of wages and the ability to learn some skills was something ordinary people yearned for even in their dreams. However, the appetite of the people here was too high. As long as there was the slightest deviation in their dishes, they would not be able to meet these requirements. In fact, if these people were placed outside, they would definitely be considered as head chefs.

Old Zhao coughed for a while before he stopped and waved his hand, "Everyone... All of you, hurry up and do it... "Work." Next, he would patiently instruct the ingredients of each dish, the size and time of the heat, the degree of stir-frying, the order of cooking, the cooking method, etc. Each step could not be too much or too little, neither too fast nor too slow. However, everyone was still making mistakes and could not fully grasp the situation. Old Zhao stomped his feet in anger.

There was nothing Old Zhao could do, he could only drag his sick men away and personally cook a few dishes. However, his breathing had quickened and he couldn't continue. He could only wave his hands at them to get on.

Even though Xiao Li had been making fun of Little Monkey, he was also listening to the commotion over there. He thought to himself, "It seems like it's time for me to show off my skills and mix myself in with this situation." He patted the little monkey and told it to come with him.

Xiao Li came to Old Zhao's side and indicated for him to try it out. He had also learned some culinary arts before and wanted to see if they could meet his requirements. He then asked Little Monkey to translate them for Old Zhao.

Little Monkey said to Old Zhao, "Old Zhao, he said he can cook and help you."

Old Zhao glared hatefully at the little monkey the moment he saw him. However, the little monkey pretended not to see him at all as he earnestly translated for Xiao Li. Old Zhao stared at Little Monkey for a long time. Seeing that Little Monkey was only smiling in return, he turned to Xiao Li and asked, "You can cook?"

Little Monkey gestured to tell Xiao Li and Old Zhao that he was just putting on an act. He knew that Xiao Li could hear him. Xiao Li gestured for a while more, which meant that he could give it a try. He hoped that the requirements would be met.

Little Monkey said to Old Zhao, "He said yes, his cooking skills are quite good."

Old Zhao already knew that Xiao Li was recommended by Second Donkey to be his opponent. However, seeing that Xiao Li was deaf and dumb, it was inconvenient to train him. Thus, he completely ignored him and only asked Xiao Li to do some menial work. Now that he saw his subordinates' actions, he was completely speechless from anger. He could only give it a try in front of everyone and waved Xiao Li to give it a try.

The other men were overjoyed to see that someone was here to be the scapegoat, and were eager to escape. In fact, Xiao Li had been paying attention to the cooking methods in this place for the past few days. He had long planned to cook here as a chef so that he might be able to tamper with the dishes in the future. He used to cook when he was at home. Although those were only superficial skills, now that he had learnt kung fu, he had a good grasp on the heat and was very meticulous in his observation.

As soon as he started, he began to cook the various dishes like flowing water. Although there were some mistakes, with Old Zhao correcting him, it was quite quick to correct them. Old Zhao applauded and praised him for his high comprehension ability, which was the highest among all his apprentices. As long as he gave some pointers, he would be ready for any dish. Moreover, the ingredients used were quite good. The dishes cooked by him were almost 80% Old Zhao's in taste. He believed that he would be able to master the other dishes in just one or two days.

Old Zhao was quite happy. He patted Xiao Li and gave him a thumbs up, encouraging him, before snorting at the others, "Look, he's only used one or two hours worth of time compared to you two. Now, don't say that he can't do it."

Everyone lowered their heads, ashamed.

Old Zhao instructed coldly, "Why aren't you helping out? Don't tell me you want me, a sick person, to work? We need to hurry up and prepare today's food, otherwise you'll suffer if you're late. "

Everyone was greatly alarmed and quickly began to work on their own. One must know that if the dishes were not delivered on time, it would be a huge mistake. If they were careless, they might even lose their lives. Although the living conditions here were very comfortable and the wages were quite high, the master here also had very harsh requirements.

These past few days, Xiao Li had been cooking in place of Old Zhao, and Old Zhao had been giving him pointers from the side. Xiao Li pretended to be quite good. Old Zhao didn't understand sign language, so he had Little Monkey translate from the side, saving it a lot of hard work.

Of the three, one taught, one explained and one did it seriously. They cooperated very well. However, Old Zhao was always looking at the little monkey with hatred, as if he wanted to eat the little monkey alive, but he didn't do anything. He just wanted to kill the little monkey with his eyes, but he didn't have the energy to teach Xiao Li.

Xiao Li was very diligent and was praised by Old Zhao. Thus, his position was immediately raised and he was given a single room to stay in. Moreover, he was at the same place as the little monkey, and was at the top level with him.

This made Xiao Li very anxious, but he knew that this kind of thing couldn't be rushed. Otherwise, it would be very easy for people to suspect the little monkey, otherwise, the two of them would be in danger of exposing their identities. Thus, he didn't urge the little monkey to reveal his identity.

CHAPTER VII NIGHT TALK

That night, the little monkey came to Xiao Li's room. Xiao Li invited him to sit down and wrote on the table, "What's the matter?" "

The little monkey shook his head. "We haven't found the whereabouts of your niece yet, but we found a secret location, so we're here for senior to decide." "

Xiao Li replied on the table, "Speak!" "

The little monkey gathered his thoughts and said, "I've been trying to find out more about it these days, so of course I'm just asking questions about some strange things." Today, we met a little servant who came out of the inner hall to buy things. I also had some friendship with her, and I used to bring her some strange things, so we chatted for quite a while. "

Xiao Li nodded, indicating for him to continue. The little monkey continued, "She said that there were a lot of unusual things happening in the altars. The Altar Master would gather all the Elders for a meeting every day, and they would discuss it for a whole day. He didn't come back until late at night." She said that she had a good friend who was a servant at the side of the Altar Master, and her friend said that the elders sometimes went with the Altar Master to a secret place, where no one was allowed to go, and that it was only two days ago that she came across them by accident, and that she had never known there was such a place in the Altar. That day the Lord had told her to leave immediately, saying that no one was to come here, and she had seen them enter a cliff before she left. I have been to the inner chamber before and found nothing suspicious, so I think the mystery must be the secret place of the altar. "But I haven't been able to find out about it, so I don't know if your niece could have hidden it."

Xiao Li wrote on the table, "Do not give up on any clues."

The little monkey nodded. "Yes, I understand. Does Senior have a plan?"

Xiao Li wrote, "Use a scheme in secret and let others do it for you."

Little Monkey asked, "How do we scheme against them?"

Xiao Li wrote, "You can tamper with food."

Little Monkey asked, "Then who should we plot against?"

Xiao Li said, "Choose a person first."

The little monkey pondered for a moment. It was obvious that it was thinking about a person that could be schemed against. This person had to be chosen well, otherwise it was very possible that his plan would fail and he would expose himself instead.

Xiao Li didn't bother him and took a sip from his teacup. His eyes seemed to be thinking about something.

After a long while, the little monkey finally opened his mouth and said, "Senior, I think we can do something to Foreign Dignitary Hong."

Xiao Li waved his hand, signaling him to continue. The little monkey continued, "We put some poison in his food and then let me expose him. I said that Old Zhao was secretly trying to kill him in order to control him. Then, Old Zhao was described as being a member of Lieutenant Shen Bu's group. This way, it could be said that Old Zhao had used his strength to seize the position of Emperor in the future, and this lie would not have the slightest flaw. I also said that I saw Old Zhao in the dark, which was why I reminded him. At the same time, I will describe you as Old Zhao's man because you've been cooking all this time. "

Xiao Li nodded and wrote on the table, "This plan is not bad."

Little Monkey said, "I will tell Foreign Dignitary Hong that Old Zhao has been pretending to be sick recently and then let you cook. That way, he can do some underhanded things and even if they find out, they can push you out to be a scapegoat, but he will be fine. After that, I would tell him not to act rashly, or Old Zhao would find out that his scheme had been seen through and kill him. I will advise him to be on his guard against Old Zhao in secret, and then let me steal the antidote for him. "

Xiao Li thought for a moment before writing on the table, "Why are you helping him?"

When the little monkey saw this, he was stunned for a moment before realizing that he was asking for Foreign Dignitary Hong. This was a major flaw in his plan. He immediately replied, "I will say that I am very grateful for him teaching me martial arts, and also hope that I can help him take me in as his disciple. Moreover, I did not get along with Old Zhao, and now that I have discovered his secret, I will sooner or later die at his hands. So I might as well risk my life and hope that Foreign Dignitary Hong can save me after I escape."

After hearing his words, Xiao Li thought for a moment before writing, "How can I get him to help me?"

The little monkey said, "I will tell him that you captured me while I was stealing the medicine, and then I will tell you about Old Zhao's evil scheme and convince you. However, you stole the antidote from my hands and said that you wanted to meet him. Then, I will bring you to see Old Zhao. You tell him that you are not willing to be used by Old Zhao, but you are also afraid of Old Zhao's power, so you decide to enter the altar to steal the main treasure of the main altar, the 'Star Gazing Palm'. Then, you escape from the main altar to train in martial arts, hoping to escape from the clutches of Old Zhao and the others. "If you continue to say that you are not familiar with the Inner Court, it is just that you heard Old Zhao and Lieutenant Shen Bu's conversation about this secret manual and knew that it is an absolute art of the Lou Guang Sect. Thus, I hope that Foreign Dignitary Hong can bring me into the Inner Hall and help me steal this secret manual."

Xiao Li lowered his head and thought over the little monkey's plan again. He felt that there weren't any flaws and that it was feasible. Thus, he wrote on the table, "Very good!"

However, the little monkey frowned and said, "But we can only use this one time. Whether we save your niece or not, we will be exposed, because the main hall is full of experts. As long as we enter, it is impossible to not be discovered." "If we fail, then we won't be able to stay in the altar anymore, and it will be even more difficult to rescue your niece."

Xiao Li had also been thinking about this matter. He had probably already made up his mind. He waved his hand and wrote on the table, "I've already thought about this matter. This is the only clue. I must investigate."

Little Monkey said, "Then that's the only way. But what poison? This medicine can't be too common, otherwise it will be easily cured by others. Moreover, this poison must not affect the inner breathing process of experts. Otherwise, the other party would be able to detect it if they were poisoned. Another thing was that it had to be a slow poison that could be used to hide within the opponent's body for a period of time before it could be used. I wonder if senior has this medicine? "

Xiao Li tilted his head as he thought for a moment. After which, he wrote on the table, "I wonder if you have heard of a medicinal pill called the 'Purple Warming Pill'?"

The little monkey shook his head and said, "I've never heard of this poison before. I don't know what's so special about this poison that senior is talking about."

In the past, Xiao Li had studied poison techniques in the village for a long time. Although he had never learned how to use poison, it was natural that he had a deep understanding of poisons. After he heard what the little monkey said, he came up with a prescription from the medical book. This was a medicine used to treat seriously ill and dying people, it could awaken a sliver of their Violet Palace's vitality, but once this sliver of life force was used up, even the Great Firmament Deity wouldn't be able to save him, so it was not used for normal purposes. Unless a stranger had an extremely important matter to attend to and had yet to be given an explanation, he absolutely could not place this pill on another person. This was because giving this pill to someone else would be equivalent to giving them their life.

Xiao Li wrote on the table, "The fragrance of this medicine pours into the nose and is quite beneficial. It can boost one's spirit, but an excess can cause a person to have a peerless vitality."

The little monkey looked at the words on the table and could not help but frown. "Is this poison?"

Xiao Li wrote, "One of the medicines is naturally not poisonous and medicine is used in the heart. Although this pill was a tonic, it was also a poison that could make a person lose their life. It could stimulate a person's vitality and potential, but it would also consume one's lifespan. It was using Essence to exchange for Spirit Qi, and the way of the doctor was already banned. "I will use this medicine to feed the guests. When Foreign Dignitary Hong takes it, you can teach him how to look at his heart meridian and find that his Profound Qi is slightly dispersing."