Chapter 28

Naturally, dental dealers also want to make more money, so they are very active in introducing the business.

"These two children are siblings, born from the same womb. They are only eight years old, have learned to read and are from clean families. Now they have no one to rely on. If they are bought by the master, they will have to live with the master wholeheartedly."

He thought about it and said, "They were born to a concubine in a certain family. Now the head of the family is gone, and the concubine is gone too. There is no one to accommodate them, so they were driven out. They were all good children."

The dentist sighed and lamented as he spoke.

Xiao Mo's eyes stopped on the two children. According to the dentist, they should be diachronic twins. The brother and sister don't look alike, but they are both very good-looking.

The senior brother Yan Chun and the little medical fairy Chu Xia of Lin'an Academy are indeed brother and sister. Xiao Mo thought, could it be them?

Well, if you think about it carefully, it was Xiao Mo who found these two children. It's a bit magical.

Although even if he wasn't there, Chu Jinglan could still find him.

The dentist said so much, but he just wanted to raise the price. You may think he is really heartbroken, but that may not be the case. Learning to read is a skill, which gives you an advantage over those who cannot read at all.

The dentist finally got a lot more money than the original price, and he was beaming with joy as he weighed the money in his hand.

Chu Jinglan led the brother and sister and the little beggar to continue searching for people in the streets. The little beggar suddenly approached the brother and sister, which scared them. The brother was still a little wary of the new master and the new environment they were about to enter. He pursed his lips to protect his sister and stayed away from the little beggar.

The little beggar pouted and trotted to catch up with Chu Jinglan, unconvinced: "What's so good about them? Why are they worth more than me?"

Xiao Mo was so choked that he shrank towards Chu Jinglan's neck again, wishing he could just cast a cleansing spell and throw it at him right away.

Chu Jinglan said simply: "Learning to read."

The little beggar was not convinced: "Then I can still fight!"

Chu Jinglan glanced at him dimly, and the little beggar choked immediately.

After all, the little beggar wanted to steal Chu Jinglan's things, but was caught red-handed and was easily restrained by Chu Jinglan, unable to move. So at this moment, it was completely unconvincing for him to say that he could fight in front of Chu Jinglan.

The little beggar also thought of this and rubbed his head with guilt. Xiao Mo watched a bug crawling from his hair to his wrist. He couldn't help it, so he secretly used a few strands of black mist to strangle the bug to death.

The little beggar still didn't understand: "Hey, it's suddenly not itchy anymore!"

Xiao Mo felt a little suffocated, but if he was the later famous Golden Swordsman Mo Zhi, it would be very inspiring for him to rise from a small beggar to a powerful person.

However, he may not be the Man with the Golden Sword, because the fourth person has not appeared yet.

The few of them looked around carefully again, but failed to find a child they liked, so they had to return to the mansion and continue tomorrow.

The sect needs at least five people, and they are still short of one, so they must find another one. However, Xiao Mo stared at the three children and suddenly realized another problem.

If Chu Jinglan led four people out of the underworld, why were there only three of them working for him in the later period? And where was the other one? Did they break up, or did he die early?

Chu Jinglan led the three children into the mansion. When they reached the front hall, the brother and sister were very quiet all the way. Only the little beggar exclaimed in amazement: "Wow, I have never been to such a big house. Can I really live here in the future?!"

After returning to the mansion, Xiao Mo changed back into human form and stood beside Chu Jinglan, but did not show up in front of the three children. Chu Jinglan looked at them without any sympathy or tenderness in his eyes, and his words were very direct.

"I need loyal subordinates to work for me in the future. I can take you to the middle realm and guide you on the path of monks."

The three children were all surprised. They thought they were here to be servants and it would be good enough to have food to eat, but they turned out to be monks? !

The brother and sister stared with wide eyes. The little beggar jumped up on the spot and said, "Is he an immortal? The kind that can fly? You are one too?"

The surprise came too suddenly, Xiao Mo shook his head. Children are still a little naive. If a cake really fell from the sky, it would be unworthy of its birth if it was not stuffed with something that would hurt the teeth.

As expected, the next moment, Chu was shocked like a mountain of snow, and a basin of snow water poured down on his head: "But you have to sign a blood contract with me. From now on, your life and property will be controlled by me. If you betray me, I will kill you without mercy."

His tone was not harsh, nor did he need to use an inflection that was too disturbing. Even if the three words "kill without mercy" were spoken in the coldest voice, they were enough to convey murderous intent and make the three young children, who were not well-versed in the world, shiver violently from head to toe.

Xiao Mo looked at the three people who were startled and said, "You scared them."

Chu Jinglan said indifferently: "I'm not here to take care of the child."

Without Wanyu and after leaving the Chu family, his style of doing things actually became colder, indifferent and direct, and very purposeful. But since it could save a lot of effort, Xiao Mo didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

The three kids were frightened. Chu Lan said in shock: "If you don't want to, leave your money and you can leave now."

Chu Jinglan gave the little beggar money, and as for the brother and sister, they could return the money to the pawnshop in a short time.

The little beggar scratched his head and simply sat down on the ground to think. Chu Jinglan didn't rush him and poured himself a cup of tea. He also poured half a cup and placed it next to Xiao Mo for him to smell it.

The tea was old, and its rich aroma was brewed by boiling hot water, filling the room with fragrance, refreshing the heart. Xiao Mo was very comfortable in the lingering tea fragrance, but in front of him were three children who were struggling with their conscience. Xiao Mo sighed: "Suddenly I feel like we are the villains."

Chu Jinglan didn't say anything, but the system interrupted: "Compared to the villains in the original novel, what you are doing is nothing."

Xiao Mo's eyelids drooped: "Please don't compare us with him."

The biggest villain in the original novel, the current Demon Lord of the Demon Realm, would force love on Su Baimo, tie Su Baimo up and do this and that. In fact, he was not the only one who had forced relationships with Su Baimo, but readers generally recognized him as the biggest villain.

Perhaps it's because the current Demon Lord is cruel by nature and cannot develop any tenderness. Even when he is trapped in Su Baimo, he is still a crazy love-minded person.

Xiao Mo looked at the translucent soup in the teacup and talked to the system about this. He suddenly remembered that in the original novel, when Chu Jinglan died in the Demon Realm, the Demon Lord of the Demon Realm seemed to be still this villain.

The tea set and the tabletop made a crisp and pleasant intertwining sound. When Chu Jinglan put down the teacup, someone finally spoke.

He is the older brother of a pair of siblings.

He was indeed well educated, and even bowed to Chu Jinglan: "In fact, we knew that once we were sold as slaves and bought by the master, our lives and property would belong to the master. We, we are willing."

My sister quickly followed him and bowed.

Although he said so, his hands and legs were shaking quietly. After all, he didn't know what the blood contract was. Unknown dangers were always scary, but he was driven out of the house and wandered on the streets. He stepped from the warm house into the ice and snow. He knew that life was not easy, and if he wanted to live with his sister, he had to make a choice.

The little beggar looked at the brother and sister who were willing to bow their heads, and gritted his teeth. He had been a beggar since he was a child. Although his life was difficult, he was not used to it and lived a wild and casual life. Perhaps he did not know the word "freedom", but he had already been marked by the mark of freedom in his bones, so he instinctively resisted being put on a rope now.

But he looked at the beautiful house, which was much better than the dilapidated temple and the street. Finally, he hardened his heart and slapped his thigh: "Okay, Grandpa, I agree too!"

Agreed, Xiao Mo finally didn't have to endure it anymore, and immediately threw a cleansing spell over, and the little beggar's dirty body was instantly clean and refreshed, and all the dirt and impurities on his arms disappeared. He stared at himself in surprise and freshness: "Wow, you are so amazing!"

They all thought it was Chu Jinglan who did it.

After it was cleaned up, Xiao Mo finally felt comfortable.

Chu Jinglan made a blood pact with the three of them, took out a stone for testing spiritual roots, and tested the attributes of their spiritual roots.

The older brother has dual spiritual roots of gold and earth, the younger sister has gold and wood, and the little beggar actually has a single spiritual root, which is fire.

The fewer spiritual roots one has, the more one can concentrate one's efforts in cultivation. Although their spiritual roots are ordinary, they are definitely not bad. They are lucky in finding someone.

Chu Jinglan was surprised: "What are your names?"

The little beggar counted on his fingers: "Coward, stinky dog, dung ball... it's all fine, call me whatever you want!"

The elder brother pulled his sister to bow and said, "We have nothing to do with the past. Please give us a name, Master."

Here they are, Xiao Mo perks up, waiting to see what names the three of them will be.

He was waiting to verify his guess, but he heard Chu Jinglan's voice in his mind.

【Do you want to name them? 】

Xiao Mo was stunned for a moment, then turned his head to look at Chu Jinglan.

He named it?

Xiao Mo suddenly felt a strange feeling in his heart, as if there was a sense of fate. Now there was a blank piece of paper in front of him. How the plot would go next depended on what he was willing to write on the blank piece of paper.

When Xiao Mo slightly intervened in the story of Su Baimo and Dai Zisheng, his feelings were not so strong, but at this time, simply giving a name made him feel that he was about to truly step into the torrent of fate.

It's a bit strange, and there's an indescribable sense of trance and unreality.

Xiao Mo pursed his lips. He had three names in his mind, but he couldn't help but think, what would it be like if I gave them other names?

However, the eldest senior brother, the little medical fairy and the golden swordsman did not appear very many times, and their interactions with Su Baimo were very shallow. According to the theory of the cornerstone of the world, the plots of the three of them are not important to the stability of the world, and perhaps it doesn't matter whether the names change or not.

Xiao Mo blinked, walked out of the strange vortex, and after a moment of silence, he pointed at the brother and sister: "The elder brother's name is Yanchun, the new Yanmingchun; the younger sister's name is Chuxia, the first month of summer is Chu. How do you think?"

He chose both names anyway.

Chu Jinglan was fine with it, so he gave the brother and sister a name, which finally looked like little beggars: "You'll be called Mo Zhi."

He is actually the Golden Swordsman. The powerful people in the future will be equal to the child now!

Mo Zhi was dumbfounded: "Ah? It feels so hard to remember."

Chu Jinglan said: "You have to learn to read and learn more."

Xiao Mo couldn't help but suspect that Chu Jinglan gave him this name just to encourage him to read more books.

Chu Jinglan took out three books on introductory cultivation methods and gave them to the three people, asking them to go down and read them by themselves. If they didn't understand, they could come and ask. By the way, he asked Yan Chun Chuxia to teach Mo Zhi how to read, and also assigned rooms to the three people.

The first job after arriving at the master's house was not to do chores, and he could continue his studies. Yanchun and Chuxia were a little surprised, and they let down their guard against the unfamiliar environment a little. Only Mo Zhi felt uncomfortable. It was better for him to do physical work than to learn any characters!

There was no cook at home, so Chu Jinglan took the three of them out for dinner in the evening and changed their clothes. Xiao Mo saw that the owner of the clothing store also helped to style Mo Zhi's hair. It was amazing that after the little brat had his hair done up, his messy hair was gone and his whole face was exposed, making him look like a decent human being.

Chu Jinglan ordered meals for the next few days from a shop owner and asked him to deliver them to the house. Early the next morning, Xiao Mo and Chu Jinglan went out again to look for someone.

Since they were able to pick out Mo Zhi among the beggars, their division of labor today was that Chu Jinglan would go to the pawnshop, and Xiao Mo would go to various beggar strongholds in the city to see if they could run into another one.

After all, his spiritual body can fly, so distance is not a problem and it is very convenient.

But perhaps because the results on the first day were too great, they searched the entire second day but found nothing.

With the qualifications and roots of three children in front of him, he would definitely not be interested in those who are too poor. When Xiao Mo and Chu Jinglan met, he said: "I have explored several larger beggar gathering places in the city, and there are no candidates. The rest are relatively scattered, so I can only rely on luck."

For example, for someone like Mo Zhi who runs head-on into you, all you have to do is look at his face.

Chu Jinglan said: "Among all the dental clinics in Weicheng, there is only one small one in the West Market that I haven't visited yet."

In fact, there would be new people in the dental clinic every now and then, but Chu Jinglan couldn't wait in the underworld forever. There was nothing in the underworld that could restore his cultivation, so Chu Jinglan set a time limit of seven days to find someone.

When they got home, they found the three children in the living room. On the table was a dinner box sent by the restaurant. Mo Zhi was staring at the box and drooling. There was also paper on the table, which also served as a desk. Chu Xia tapped Mo Zhi's head lightly with the end of a pen: "Hey, look at the words, it's not time to eat yet!"

There were papers scattered all over the table. Some of the words on them were immature but showed their future style, while some of the words were so crude that it would be a compliment to say they were written by a dog. There were also many crumpled papers on the ground, and Yan Chun was bending over to pick them up.

Seeing Chu Jinglan coming back, they immediately got down from the table and saluted him.

"The master is back!"

Not to mention Chu Jinglan, even Xiao Mo was stunned.

Mo Zhi was in high spirits, probably because it was finally time to eat; Chu Xia's voice was crisp and sweet, and after she was no longer considered a stranger, she became bolder and more lively; Yan Chun was the most well-behaved, and although she was a child, she already looked dignified.

This house was empty before, but suddenly it became lively and popular.

Xiao Mo had a vision of himself in his previous life when he first arrived at the orphanage and a bunch of children were staring at him with sparkling eyes.

Xiao Mo nudged Chu Jinglan with his elbow: "They are waiting for you to have dinner together."

Chu Jinglan naturally saw it as well.

The house was also tidied up a bit, and a flower was added to the empty bottle by the windowsill. Although the overall changes were not big, the slight changes in small details could give off a sense of the worldly life.

Xiao Mo smiled and tapped his palm with his flute: "I was originally worried about how much spiritual stones it would cost to bring people up there, but now it seems pretty good."

Chu Jinglan didn't say much. He walked to the table. Yanchun and Chuxia had already put down the pens, ink and paper, and were looking at him eagerly.

Chu Jinglan opened the lunch box, the aroma of food filled his nose, he said: "You can use the study in the east room."

Yanchun and Chuxia were delighted: "Thank you, Master!"

Mo Zhi's mind was completely focused on the food, and he responded with his mouth: "Thank you, Master!"

After the food was served, Chu Jinglan asked them to eat at the same table, without any particulars. However, there were five chairs for four people at the table. Yanchun wanted to move the chair away, but Chu Jinglan said, "No need."

Yan Chun quickly withdrew his hand: "Yes."

Xiao Mo sat on the chair and watched the child retract his hand with a smile. Yan Chun's hand had just passed through the hem of his clothes. The child was indeed very diligent.

After dinner, they continued to learn calligraphy and practice. Another day passed, and then the third day, the fourth day... until the fifth day, Xiao Mo and Chu Jinglan had not found another candidate.

Even Xiao Mo found it strange. Who on earth was this fourth person? Even he couldn't help but become very curious.

The two of them sat in the living room, and the three children were in the study. After several days of no results, Chu Jinglan frowned. Xiao Mo said beside him, "It's okay. There's still time. Let's see."

To be honest, Chu Jinglan felt that it was not easy to find Yan Chunchuxia and Mo Zhi. He didn't know where Xiao Mo got the confidence from, as if he firmly believed that he could find the right people.

Wait…people?

Does it have to be a human?

Chu Jinglan's eyes paused, then slid across Xiao Mo. An idea suddenly occurred to him, and he took out a test stone for testing spiritual roots from the storage container, placed it on the table and pushed it towards Xiao Mo.

Xiao Mo didn't understand why and played with it: "Huh?"

"You try it."

Chu Jinglan said: "The Office of Registration of New Sects and the various sects use this kind of stone to test the spiritual roots of their disciples."

Xiao Mo didn't think much about it at first, but he suddenly met Chu Jinglan's eyes. Chu Jinglan hadn't said the most important words yet, but the tacit understanding between the two of them did not break at this moment. Xiao Mo almost immediately connected with Chu Jinglan's train of thought and understood what he wanted him to try.

He stopped playing with the stone and looked at Chu Jinglan with a little uncertainty and more disbelief.

Chu Jinglan pressed the stone and pushed it towards him again: "There is spiritual energy in the test stone, which is used to detect the fluctuations of the spiritual roots in the human body. You are originally a spiritual body, maybe you can try to fabricate something similar to the spiritual root pulse to deceive the test stone."

Xiao Mo looked at Chu Jinglan's lips moving, and said slowly: "If you can really succeed, the last position in the sect will be handed over to you."