Chapter 281
Bei Qiao's words weren't without purpose. Even though she spent most of her time wandering the internet, she'd often heard the name of this neighbor in the spam chat groups. It was absurd that she and her husband were already at the point of hating each other, yet she was still so keen on introducing others to potential partners.
Yuanshan Village Player A: What's her plan? Could it be that she doesn't believe she can find love, but believes others can?
Player B from Yuanshan Village: Do you believe that she will believe in love, or do you believe that I am Qin Shi Huang?
Players from Yuanshan Village: Of course it is... Long live our emperor!
"Qiao Qiao, do I look too easy to bully?" Yu Qian walked ahead with a fierce look on her face, as fast as a pig during Chinese New Year. She didn't forget to greet the acquaintances she met along the way. "There are many single fellow villagers in Yuanshan Village, and many of them have been introduced to potential partners by her, but I'm the only one she's pestered to introduce so many times, only me!"
"Maybe she thinks you live next door and they'll see each other every day." Bei Qiao nodded to Mi Zhao who was passing by. The latter saw that Yu Qian looked very bad, and glanced at the two people beside her in confusion. Seeing that they looked normal, she became even more confused. If she didn't have something urgent to deal with, she really wanted to catch up and ask what happened.
"Qiao Qiao, you just live across the street! Frankly, I'm the one you're most approachable to!" Yu Qian flung her arms around and walked into the village chief's house like a hen ready for battle. The village chief was so frightened that he thought she was looking for a fight. He quickly circled from in front of the stone table to behind it and asked, "What are you doing here?" Is a belligerent nature contagious? The village chief is not a sparring partner, even if you pay him! Can you please let this old man off the hook?
"It's okay, Village Chief, I just came to ask if the quota has been finalized."
Village chief: “…” You don’t look like everything is fine.
"We met the matchmaker aunt on the road." Bei Qiao explained.
"Oh!" The village chief understood now: "I'll find time to talk to her later." The native aunt was not confused about the big things in the village and never brought outsiders to stay overnight, but in small matters... Anyway, the marriage-crazy man from the neighboring village suddenly became less anxious to get married after meeting her a few times. No one knew what kind of stimulation he received from the native aunt.
"Will she listen?" Yu Qian didn't have much hope.
"It's unlikely she won't be a matchmaker, but it's perfectly acceptable for her to mess with other people." The village chief waved his hand and said, "My donkey doesn't often get to go out. Since she loves matchmaking, I'll send her off to other villages every day to satisfy her desire."
"Village chief, this is what you want." Seeing that Yu Qian had calmed down temporarily, Qi Zhi took out a bundle from the medicine box and placed it on the stone table.
"Well, thank you for your hard work. Yu Qian, Qiao Qiao, come here for a moment." The village chief pulled the bundle in front of him and opened it for everyone to see. "This is the Absolute Spirit Stone pendant that the village prepared for you. Remember to bring it with you when the time comes. Your application has been approved. If nothing unexpected happens, you will go to the cultivation world before the New Year."
"Absolute Spirit Stone Pendant? What's the use of this thing? We don't have any spiritual power." Yu Qian picked up the Absolute Spirit Stone Pendant, which looked no different from a stone, and shook it.
"Do we need to wait for Xianyu to come together?" Bei Qiao noticed that there were three pendants.
"As for Xianyu, his family has better-looking styles themselves, so there's no need for the village to prepare anything special." The village chief shrugged: They are a wealthy family, very rich, and the village's conditions are limited, so they can only prepare this. They have taken all kinds of protective measures, and they are rich and willful.
"No need, I'm here." Xian Yu slumped on the flatbed cart in a seemingly comfortable position as he was pushed in from outside the Nanyi Academy. "It's a free gift, so why not take it?"
"Aren't you cold like this?" Yu Qian was so surprised that she forgot that she was sulking before: being pushed on a cart against the wind in the middle of winter, without any windproof cover, just looking at it made her joints ache.
"It's cold, but I'm too lazy to shout." Xian Yu slowly turned his head towards Yu Qian without changing his position, for fear that the cold air would cool down the part of his body that he had just warmed up.
When the three of them arrived, the village chief began to tell them about the world of cultivation. Seeing this, Qi Zhi excused herself and left. She had little interest in the world of cultivation, as hiking in the real world was incredibly tiring. She didn't even feel like talking, let alone joining in the fun. She didn't have the energy to deal with anything else.
Seeing Qi Zhi leave, Nan Yi looked at the village chief, asking with his eyes if he should leave. The latter completely ignored his gaze and, before Qi Zhi even left the courtyard, began to talk to the three people in front of him about the world of cultivation: "After this trip, if you want to come back, you'll have to wait at least six months. I'll send you a document with answers to frequently asked questions later. If you have any other questions, please ask the system directly."
Village Chief: Do you think I'll narrate every detail like the NPC who issues the quest and respond to every sentence? I don't have time for that. I'm busy!
"Why more than half a year?" Yu Qian wrapped the Absolute Spirit Stone pendant around her right wrist and played with it with her other hand.
"Graduation season is coming up in about half a year. There will be a lot of new graduates, so there shouldn't be a shortage of people by then."
"oh!"
Bei Qiao: Fresh graduate, oh no, I almost forgot to claim this year’s fresh graduate subsidy.
The village chief handed the Absolute Spirit Stone to the three of them, spoke a few more words, and then sent them away. As the year drew to a close, the village chief's workload had increased, and his patience was a little less than usual. He would never waste his time on information when it was available.
Nan Yi's interest was piqued, but she didn't hear any useful information. Confused, she pushed Xian Yu back. Yu Qian, head down, tugged at the Absolute Spirit Stone, mechanically followed Bei Qiao back home. Standing outside the courtyard, looking up at the gate in front of her, she couldn't help but sigh deeply: There was always a sense of déjà vu about a marriage-crazed auntie suddenly appearing nearby, as if she were living in a horror movie.
"What are you worried about?" Bei Qiao patted Yu Qian's shoulder. "Once you reach the world of cultivation, you won't have to deal with her anymore." Even cultivating immortality requires a certain threshold. Yu Qian may have a good temper, but the neighbor wouldn't chase her all the way to the world of cultivation just to get her married, would she? The distance is immense. If she truly had that kind of perseverance, what could she not accomplish?
"Qiao Qiao, what do you think, cultivating immortality...is there a way to achieve enlightenment by being a matchmaker?" Yu Qian felt that her voice seemed to be trembling.
"You're talking about matchmakers, right? They shouldn't be part of the same faction. I don't know if they can enter the Dao, but if they can, then wouldn't all matchmakers in the world be able to fly into the sky and into the earth?" Bei Qiao spread her hands. "Even if they can enter the Dao, with her qualifications, I'm afraid she can't even get started." Whose matchmaker's cultivation is to turn a marriage-obsessed person into a career-minded one? It's completely the opposite direction.
After hearing what Bei Qiao said, Yu Qian felt relieved a little, and then she patted her chest firmly: "Even if she can really succeed, I'm not afraid! At worst, I can stay away from her..." Before she finished speaking, she heard the creaking sound of the neighbor's door. Yu Qian quickly rushed behind Bei Qiao, trying to use Bei Qiao's body to block herself.
It’s true, Bei Qiao is taller than her and can definitely hold her off, but… Yu Qian sniffed her stomach quietly: Oh no, I’ve eaten too much since autumn and seem to have gained a little weight.
"It's the wind, not the people."
"Huh, that's good..."
Darkness falls quickly in winter. Seeing the sun about to set, Yu Qian quickly said goodbye to Bei Qiao and dashed inside, locking the door and logging off, fearing the darkness would overtake her if she slowed down even a little. Bei Qiao watched her scramble inside, shook his head, and turned back inside to log off. Her trip to the cultivation world had been confirmed, but much remained to be done. Besides attending to matters at the escort agency, she also had to prepare for her temporary absence and sort out her interpersonal relationships.
"Are you planning to go there to cultivate immortality?" Qiao Lin and Bei Gu only learned about this after the decision was made. Although to them, Bei Qiao was a freelancer wherever he went, they only yearned for the idea of cultivating immortality but were not very optimistic about it. "What can you do there? Meditate? Will you be used as cannon fodder?"
"Probably not. I'm just changing the place where I work." Bei Qiao was certainly not exchanged to the world of immortal cultivation to enjoy himself this time. It's just that there are not enough people there, and they need to temporarily transfer trustworthy personnel.
"Work?" Qiao Lin almost doubted his ears: "You gave up your job as the boss of the escort agency and went to work for someone else?"
"Not really, right? There's just an official platform over there that gives us tasks every day. We just need to do the tasks we want to do."
"Oh, a laborer, not yet an official one."
“…” Unable to refute.
Qiao Lin just expressed her surprise. She never interfered with things that Bei Qiao had already decided on: "Since you have made up your mind, just go ahead and do it. Don't worry about the escort agency, but if anything happens over there, I can't help you." She can help with the escort agency, and working as a cultivator... the geographical location is a world of difference.
"Yeah." Bei Qiao couldn't guarantee that this trip would be trouble-free, but... "The village chief said that if I can't stay, I'll have a chance to come back in half a year. I'll just consider it a chance to broaden my horizons in a different place."
Qiao Lin nodded slowly. "Oh, that's great. If you see anything interesting later, remember to tell us." Is the real cultivation of immortals really like what is described in literary works? Oh, I'm really curious.
"Meow?" Tangyuan, who had been eavesdropping nearby, came over, grabbed Beiqiao's pants and climbed up. "What did the poop scooper say just now? Is she going hunting far away?"
"What's wrong, Tangyuan?" Beiqiao held Tangyuan in his arms and scratched his chin.
"Meow..." Tangyuan squinted her eyes and turned over in Beiqiao's arms, exposing her belly: I must have heard it wrong, she didn't pack a big box, and she shouldn't go far away to hunt.
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