Huang Keran was not sure how long he would stay in Feiyan City, so he declined the kindness of the Chongxuan Sect disciple who brought him here and wanted to take him back.
Feiyan City is very big. This is not the first time Huang Keran has come here. The last time he passed by was with Hua Baisui.
Apart from this, he had come here several times with the elders who took care of him in Qiluo Pavilion, but at that time he had not yet entered the Tao, so no matter how good the things in Feiyan City were, they had nothing to do with him.
Looking at the dazzling array of shops on both sides of the street, Huang Keran was very excited and had the urge to shop from beginning to end.
But he was no longer a teenager, so he suppressed his desire and focused on his business.
When Huang Keran arrived at Jingxuanzhai, he was shocked by the dense crowds here. This was the most crowded store he had ever seen, and the layout inside was also different from other stores.
Out of professional habit, he observed the interior layout from the perspective of a Feng Shui master. He secretly admired it, thinking that it must have been the work of his master. It was very clever and made people feel very comfortable, making people linger and spend money to buy things unconsciously.
Feeling satisfied that he had learned a new trick, Huang Keran went straight to the third floor.
He turned around and didn't see the Dong Yu Pai shop sign. He thought he didn't look carefully enough, so he turned around again, but still couldn't see it!
"Huh?" Huang Keran was puzzled. "Master, this is exactly where you are talking about. How come it's not here?"
After thinking about it, he went up another level.
There was a sign hung in front of the stairs on this floor that read: No entry without permission.
Huang Keran didn't stop and walked past the sign inside. Soon a beautiful maid came to stop him.
"Please stay. This is a private area. No one is allowed to enter without permission." The maid's voice was soft and her attitude was friendly.
Huang Keran smiled and said, "I'm looking for Bai Qiushan, the master of Baizhai. Is he here?"
The maid looked puzzled, "Who are you?"
"Please tell him that I am a disciple of Chen Xiao who came to pay a visit."
This time the maid looked at him with suspicion and said, "I know both of Master Chen's disciples." What she meant was, don't even think about pretending to be them.
Huang Keran was happy and said, "I was adopted by my master in Luobei. I have been with him all these years. Of course you have never seen me."
The maid believed it a little and asked again: "Then what is your ranking?"
"I am the master's third disciple." Huang Keran was not annoyed by his detailed questions. After all, this was the girl's duty.
The maid asked him to wait for a moment and walked slowly into the end of the corridor.
Looking at the woman's graceful figure, Huang Keran was secretly amazed. His master was right. This Uncle Bai Qiushan was really a lustful man who liked to use beautiful women.
Huang Keran didn't wait long before he saw a man and the maid returning.
"I am Bai Qiushan. Who wants to see me?" Bai Qiushan looked at Huang Keran, and his eyes were full of confusion and curiosity, just like the maid's.
This is because Huang Keran used Chen Xiao's name, otherwise he would not be easily seen, let alone asked to come out to meet him instead of inviting him in.
Huang Keran smiled and said warmly, "Hello, Uncle Bai. Nice to meet you. My name is Huang Keran, and I am the third disciple of Master."
Bai Qiushan was stunned by Huang Keran's shouting, and it took him a while to react, "I don't deserve it, I don't deserve it." He was surprised and happy, and said, "Is it - is it Dong Weng who is back too?"
Bai Qiushan called Xi Yunting "Dongzhu" and Chen Xiao was his Taoist partner, so she should have been called "Madam". However, Chen Xiao didn't like it, so she changed her name to "Dongweng", which means the same as Dongzhu.
Huang Keran nodded and said, "We fell into Guangji when we returned to the Heaven Realm. We happened to meet Master who was also leading a team to Chongshan Immortal Palace, and then we returned together."
This matched what Bai Qiushan knew. He was Xi Yunting's vassal and was alone in Feiyan City. There were some news that were difficult to spread, so he was always one step behind in knowing them.
Now that he knew that the host and his wife had reunited, Bai Qiushan was happy for Xi Yunting from the bottom of his heart.
He quickly invited Huang Keran into the study and treated him as a distinguished guest, which made Huang Keran flattered: "Uncle Bai, you don't have to be so polite. I often hear Master say that you are Master's father-in-law's right-hand man. I should be a junior in front of you. How can I let Uncle Bai be polite? Uncle Bai, please take a seat."
Bai Qiushan said happily: "Did Dong Weng really say that?"
Huang Keran nodded repeatedly, but even so, Bai Qiushan refused to agree to sit at the head seat. He gave in and decided that no one should sit at the head seat.
Bai Qiushan asked the maids to serve the spiritual tea. While inviting Huang Keran to drink the tea, he said, "This is the new tea this year. I thought the owner had not returned, so I did not send it to Chongxuan."
Huang Keran took a sip of the tea, which was nourished by the abundant spiritual energy and was extremely fragrant. He said in surprise, "This is really good tea." Holding the teacup, Huang Keran was a little puzzled, "Doesn't Master know how to make tea? Why does he need Uncle Bai to bring tea?"
Bai Qiushan sighed, "Ever since Dong Weng fell into the void, Dongzhu has been in a low mood all day, so how can he even think about making tea? This spiritual tea is to be given to Dongzhu's master, Immortal Taisu. Dongzhu is not in the mood to make tea, so the rock tea will naturally be out of stock. This spiritual tea is used as a substitute."
Huang Keran said "Oh" slowly. It turned out that the master's father-in-law missed the master so much when they were not around.
Bai Qiushan suddenly smiled again, "It's all right now! Dong Weng is back, and the owner is in a good mood. We missed the season this year, so we can't make rock tea. When the Third Young Master returns, please bring this new spiritual tea back to the owner and the others to drink."
Huang Keran said, "I'm not busy. I came here to do something. I won't go back until the things that Master asked me to do are done."
Bai Qiushan asked, "What did Dong Weng tell you?"
Huang Keran asked, "Why is the Dongyu Sect's store on the third floor gone? My master asked me to come look for them, but I couldn't find them. Did they change the sign?"
Bai Qiushan's smiling expression suddenly turned into embarrassment and shame. He said, "This is a long story. Alas - it's also my fault for not fulfilling my responsibility to take good care of them."
Huang Keran was surprised and confused, "What happened?"
Bai Qiushan sighed, "Under Du Rong's suggestion, Jingxuanzhai's store was closed."
Huang Keran frowned and asked, "Why?"
Bai Qiushan hesitated to speak, Huang Keran was anxious and said, "Uncle Bai, is there anything you can't say?"
Bai Qiushan smiled awkwardly and said, "You and Dong Weng are missing, and the East Master is always in seclusion practicing, or going out to the distant heavens to look for you. He hasn't appeared in public for many years, and bad news has spread in Feiyan City, saying that the East Master...is about to fall."
Huang Keran thought it was ridiculous. He pounded the table and said, "This is nonsense! When I met my master's father-in-law, he was so nice!"
Bai Qiushan sighed and shook his head, "You didn't see it at that time. The owner's entire state changed. He felt cold and dangerous. The head of a large family in Feiyan City once went to visit the Chongxuan Sect and happened to meet him. He was very frightened by his state at that time. Afterwards, he told others that if the owner's condition could not be improved, he might go crazy."
Huang Keran took a breath and said in disbelief: "Is the situation so serious? But when my master and his husband and I reunited in Guangji--" The words stopped at his lips.
Huang Keran suddenly remembered the scene in the forest and reflexively couldn't say what he wanted to say to his master.
Bai Qiushan listened to him and didn't pay attention to his strange expression. He just said meaningfully: "The master is depressed. It's a heart disease, so naturally it needs to be treated with heart medicine. When he saw Dong Weng and reunited with his Taoist partner, the haze dissipated, and his mood naturally improved. But his state in the past few decades did have an impact, causing some misunderstandings and causing some people to be uneasy."
Huang Keran's expression changed, and he understood a little.
Seeing that he understood, Bai Qiushan's words were not so difficult to say: "At that time, some people thought that the owner would be devastated by the loss of his spouse, or even die of love. So they began to secretly use some despicable means."
Bai Qiushan didn't tell Huang Keran that because of Xi Yunting and the Chongxuan Sect behind him, many powerful families who were jealous of Jingxuanzhai's huge profits kept their troops on the sidelines. As soon as this sign was wrong, someone immediately took action against Jingxuanzhai and Dongyu Sect.
For Jingxuanzhai, it is for wealth, and for Dongyu Sect, it is because of learning Fengshui, a magical method that can enable people without spiritual roots to cultivate immortality!
At that time, Bai Qiushan was overwhelmed by the various tactics used frequently, and Shen Yanxing and Liu Lang also encountered danger several times.
It just so happened that Xi Yunting was in seclusion at that time, and Bai Qiushan did not dare to disturb him about this matter, for fear that it would cause a disaster that would make his enemies happy and his relatives sad.
He relied on his own abilities to suppress these people's petty tricks. Later, he sent people to deliver spiritual fragrance and tea to Tai Su on behalf of Xi Yunting, which intimidated those villains.
He dealt with the masterminds who were causing trouble for Jingxuanzhai, so he was able to free up his hands to help Shen Yanxing, Liu Lang and others.
Similar to what outsiders thought, Shen Yanxing, Liu Lang and Du Rong also believed that as Chen Xiao was in danger, their influence in the Chongxuan Sect had been reduced.
When this incident first happened, perhaps there were still people who took care of the Dongyu Sect out of kindness towards Chen Xiao, but as time went by, this kindness slowly faded.
The relationship between the two factions of relatives will no longer exist with the disappearance of the parties involved, and the originally close relationship will turn into polite distance.
Shen Yanxing and Liu Lang even thought that they should not disturb Xi Yunting who was immersed in grief for such things.
With both parties only reporting good news and not bad news, Xi Yunting was kept in the dark and had no idea that such a thing had happened. He really didn't have the energy to care about the sect and disciples left by Xiaodi. He only knew that the Dongyu Sect had been doing well.
Moreover, the matter of the major forces and aristocratic families in Feiyan City joining forces to bully Xi Yunting's vassal industries and fellow disciples has always been confined to a small range and has not been widely spread, let alone reached the ears of Liu Shaoguang and others through other channels.
The deeds and fame of Chen Xiao and Feng Shui were still circulating among Luochen, but the activity of Dongyu Sect had been greatly reduced, and even disappeared for a time. Without Chen Xiao, Dongyu Sect became constrained in Feiyan City and it was difficult to move forward.
The powerful forces and big families with ulterior motives towards Feng Shui prevented Bai Qiushan from killing and robbing, but they found ways to put pressure on him and force their own children to become disciples of the Dongyu Sect, hoping to obtain the skills by secretly learning from them.
Shen Yanxing and Liu Lang were exhausted from dealing with the harassment. Finally, at Du Rong's suggestion, they closed the Jingxuanzhai shop and returned to Taizhenying Fairy Island.
Yingxian Island has always been run by them in an ironclad manner, and Liu Lang is at home there. The two brothers and Du Rong can finally take a breath and deal with the complicated situation.
The author has something to say: No one showing up will reduce the deterrent effect.
Not to mention the "death" of the spouse, the backer who looks "obsessed" and doesn't seem to be able to survive for many years, which makes people even less concerned.
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