Chapter 298
The next half day's jokes were provided by the spy who 'diligently performed his duties' but provided a lot of wrong information...
The leader's confused expression really made Cheng Hui happy for most of the day.
The jokes for the next half day were provided by Mr. Spy, who was "diligent" but provided a lot of wrong information.
Tsk tsk... That poor spy, he was crying so miserably, jumping up and down and being chased and beaten by the leader.
However, Cheng Hui felt that the leader was more pitiful, as he would definitely have a huge psychological trauma from the profession of spy.
After dealing with the unfortunate spy, the unfortunate leader politely said goodbye to Cheng Hui.
What else could he do if he didn't leave? The treasure map he was hoping to use to build connections wasn't even visible, so how could he afford to stay any longer?
Of course, if Cheng Hui was really interested, he would have asked the other party, but unfortunately... Cheng Hui was not very interested, and in the end he could only leave embarrassedly.
After sending away the men in black, Cheng Hui and Lin Qingyang began to live a relatively stable life again.
In addition to practicing every day, he would study the formation, and Lin Qingyang didn't know what he was studying.
He had collected all the fragments of materials found in the yard that day, trying to reconstruct the formation set up by the other party.
But at the moment, there are too many missing elements and no results have been achieved.
Fortunately, Cheng Hui has a stable mentality. He is not determined to research something. He is doing it purely out of interest.
Unexpectedly, two days later, the Zhou father and daughter actually took the initiative to find them.
"What? You said your family also has heirlooms?" Cheng Hui looked at the book given to him by Zhou's father and daughter, feeling a little confused.
Didn't they say that the Zhou father and daughter weren't the people the Magnolia Palace was looking for? What was going on with this book?
He quickly inquired and finally realized that the Zhou father and daughter were indeed not the people the Magnolia Palace was looking for. However, their ancestors had once been wealthy and had left behind the book "Immortal Fate."
According to the ancestor who left behind the "Xianyuan" (Immortal Fate), it has a long and profound history, containing a profound secret. However, many people have since studied it, but no one has ever discovered its secrets.
This seems to be a very ordinary strange story novel, written in plain language throughout, the kind that can be bought in a bookstore for a few dozen cents.
Zhou's father and grandfather had both studied this book "Xianyuan", and the conclusion they came to was... this thing is just a novel.
After all, so many years have passed, and the ancestor only left a message, not a letter. Maybe the person heard it wrongly? Or maybe he misunderstood the ancestor's meaning?
None of this is impossible.
So when it came to Zhou's father's generation, they didn't take this book seriously at all. If the book wasn't thin enough and hadn't been a family heirloom, Zhou's father would have thrown it away when he fled.
Now, he gave this book "Xianyuan" to Cheng Hui, and he also had his own little thoughts.
Anyway, this thing is useless in his hands, so it is better to give it to the immortal master. As long as the other party loosens his fingers, the little thing that emerges between his fingers will be enough for him and his daughter to live a good life.
It was rare to meet two immortal masters with such good tempers, and he didn't want to miss this opportunity.
Cheng Hui picked up the book, flipped through it, and smiled.
The content of the novel is roughly about a man who saved a fairy master by chance, and then the fairy master accepted him as a disciple and taught him martial arts. During the process of training, he developed emotional entanglements with many women.
In the end, all the women were won over by him, and they lived in harmony with his support, and some even slept with him. In short, this was a standard stud YY article.
The reason why Cheng Hui laughed was because the novel was full of all kinds of unreasonable things. Apart from anything else, the fact that all women loved him to death could make him extremely happy.
What are you doing?
How can a group of women who love you to death live in peace with each other?
Wake up, it's dawn.
"Master?"
Father Zhou rubbed his hands awkwardly. Although his luck was not very good, he was good at observing people's expressions.
The Immortal Master's laughter just now was full of obvious sarcasm, and it was not like he didn't hear it.
But the question was… what was the Immortal Master mocking? Was he mocking him for overestimating his own abilities and submitting a piece of rubbish?
Zhou's father broke out in a cold sweat and almost fell to his knees.
"Ah? It's okay." Cheng Hui saw that Zhou's father was about to faint from nervousness, so he smiled at him and said, "I just think the content of your book is quite interesting."
Huh? Is that interesting?
Father Zhou was a little confused, but he quickly came to his senses.
Speaking of which, the content of this book is indeed very interesting. When he read it for the first time as a young boy, he was very excited and felt very comfortable.
When drunk, lie on the lap of a beauty; when awake, hold power over the world!
Which man hasn’t had such a beautiful dream when he was young?
In this book, all dreams can come true. If you just read it as a novel, it is really good.
"You said this is your family heirloom?"
"Yes." Father Zhou quickly told the words left by the ancestor, then said distressedly, "But our family has tried everything, but still can't find the secret. This thing is useless to me, so why not give it to the immortal master? The immortal master has great blessings and may be able to unlock the secret."
Cheng Hui closed his eyes and recalled the contents of the book, and a picture flashed through his mind.
"Returning to the origin, the Azure Dragon emerges from the sea..." He slowly smiled. "Interesting."
Zhou's father was puzzled.
Cheng Hui laughed and said, "Have you ever thought that the secret is hidden in the contents of the book?"
"Of course I haven't thought of that." Father Zhou smiled bitterly. "We've tried hiding the beginning, burning the end... but... the combined content is completely unrelated."
Cheng Hui pointed to the contents of the book and showed it to Zhou's father.
Zhou's father noticed that it was the cultivation formula that the male protagonist was taught by the immortal master after he was accepted as his apprentice. The formula was so mysterious that it made people feel awe-inspiring. Even the male protagonist had to listen to the master's explanation before he could start practicing.
"This..." He didn't quite understand.
Cheng Hui pointed out the mantra: "This mantra is righteous and peaceful. The explanation given by the male protagonist's master in the subsequent book is also very detailed. If you have spiritual roots, you can practice according to this mantra and enter the immortal gate."
After hearing this, Zhou's father was completely stunned.
Their family worked hard to research the secret hidden in this book, but no one could have imagined that the secret was written so openly in the book.
Who would have thought?
Someone actually taught his apprentice through the protagonist's master's mouth... This, this is too far-fetched...
Father Zhou took the book in astonishment, lowered his head and looked at it for a while, then suddenly he was shocked and quickly raised the book above his head: "Master, please give me this book."
"Huh?" Cheng Hui looked at him strangely. He knew very well that in this world, a martial arts book that could be cultivated to the foundation-building stage was already considered pretty good. At least for these ordinary people, the money earned from selling it was enough for the family to live a well-off life.
But he soon realized Zhou's father's concerns.
This book is very valuable, but Zhou's father... has no money.
This sentence may be a bit contradictory, but it essentially means the same thing: it is a crime to possess a treasure.
If the news that Zhou's father possessed a martial arts manual were to spread, he would probably die soon.
Cheng Hui thought about it and decided not to take advantage of this, so he gave the martial arts book to the young monk and told him the story.
The young monk readily said that he would take care of the matter.
Soon, Zhou and his daughter were freed from slavery and received a large sum of money.
Zhou's father and daughter expressed their willingness to continue working at the manor, but were rejected by Cheng Hui.
It was a temporary residence, and servants were mostly used for cleaning. It didn't matter who they were employed. Why did they have to stay with them?
Cheng Hui sent them away with a smile on his face. He didn't turn around until they completely disappeared. He looked at Lin Qingyang and said, "I don't know if it's my illusion, but I always feel that if I leave that father and daughter behind, it might cause a lot of trouble."
Lin Qingyang curled the corners of his mouth. The cultivators' impulses were usually very accurate, and things often happened around Ah Hui. Maybe he could really dodge it this time.
Cheng Hui thought the matter was over, but he never expected that the father and daughter were sent away in the afternoon, and in the evening, the young monk came to find them.
Cheng Hui looked at the wicked guest who came to his house in the middle of the night in silence, gnashing his teeth secretly.
No, do people in your world have any special hobbies?
Why do you always come here at midnight?
Did you know that disturbing someone's sleep will result in being struck by lightning?
"Slurp..." The young monk who was busy drinking tea obviously didn't know. He drank happily from the teacup, his face full of happiness: "Senior, your tea is too delicious! Slurp..."
Cheng Hui's mouth twitched: As long as you are happy.
Lin Qingyang stared at the young monk expressionlessly. "Is the tea good? I made it!"
Specially fried for my Ah Hui!
The young monk was frightened by the cold air emitted by Lin Qingyang and shrank his neck. He quickly slurped and took another big sip.
Ah...it's warm...
The young monk had an expression of comfort, as if he was about to ascend to heaven.
Don’t even mention a little bit of cooling, even if you give me some more tea, I’d be willing to stay in an extremely cold place for a few days!
It tastes so good!
Slurp!
Lin Qingyang's eyelids twitched. If there was anyone who made him helpless, it was probably this slow-witted little fool.
For this kind of person, you can poke him into a sieve with your eyes and he won't even notice.
"If you have something to say, just say it." Lin Qingyang said coldly.
The young monk came to his senses and quickly put down his teacup, almost forgetting why he came here.
"That's it..."
When the young monk said this, Cheng Hui and Lin Qingyang looked at each other, both showing some surprise.
It turned out that the book "Xianyuan", which could be read as a novel and contained a set of exercises, was taken away by the young monk and then given to some monks in Baiyujing who specialized in deciphering the secrets.
At the beginning, their thinking was similar to Zhou's original thinking, all of which wanted to find the secret by cracking some kind of code. Later, after some reminders, they focused on the content of the book.
It can be said that they are indeed professionals. Cheng Hui only saw that the skills in it could be used normally, but they analyzed the male protagonist's adventurous experience and drew a treasure map.
Real treasure map.
Cheng Hui really didn't expect that the follow-up of the matter would develop like this.
After going around in circles, I actually found a treasure map.
He looked at the young monk with a mixture of laughter and tears: "So, you came to tell us this news?"
The young monk shook his head and said, "You gave me this manual. In fact, we wanted to invite you to join us in this treasure hunt."
Cheng Hui remained noncommittal. He hadn't recovered from the treasure hunt PTSD yet and didn't want to take any risks.
The young monk didn't understand what was going on, but he was still trying to persuade him enthusiastically. What he meant was that the book was given to him by Cheng Hui, so if there was any benefit, he should at least give Cheng Hui a share.
Cheng Hui declined politely, insisting that the book was sold to the young monk by Zhou's father and daughter, and he was just helping to connect them and did not need to share in the subsequent profits.
Although the young monk was puzzled, he could see that Cheng Hui had no intention of changing his mind, so he left after his persuasion failed.
After Cheng Hui watched him leave, he shrugged and muttered to himself, "Thank you for your kindness, but unfortunately I really don't want to go."
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