Chapter 87: Tempering

"Brother, are you kidding?"

Although the fat senior brother's expression showed humility and warmth, Zheng Fa's response was very cold.

It's impossible to go back - if the ship really turns around, he will offend everyone on the ship.

This senior brother's words seem very insincere.

The fat senior brother smiled a little awkwardly and winked at another senior brother next to him.

The senior brother immediately handed over a small square box.

"This is?"

Zheng Fa had expected this.

Sure enough, when it was opened, it was filled with gold.

A rough look shows that there are about fifty or sixty taels.

"Thanks to Junior Brother, our books are selling very well. I was thinking of giving Junior Brother some of the profits. Now that we are both Senior Sister Zhang's disciples and we have become a family, it goes without saying."

Zheng Fa was silent for a moment, then asked, "May I ask, Senior Brother, how much should that book sell for in Jiushan Sect?"

"It sells for eight taels in the market." The fat senior brother whispered, "It costs four taels to buy it. We can make six taels of gold for one book..."

Zheng Fa nodded. These three brothers were more sensible than he thought.

There are about sixty taels of gold in this box - the extra two taels of gold earned by these three are all in this.

Zheng Fa thought for a while, took out two taels of gold, and then closed the box again.

"I'll keep this money."

A smile appeared on the fat senior brother's face.

Then Zheng Fa said, "Brothers, please return the rest of the money in this box. Two taels each."

"ah?"

"No?"

"I gave this money to my junior brother, so naturally I'll let you deal with it, but... do you want to give it back?"

"Give it back."

"Junior brother, you are really...good!"

The fat senior brother looked at him for a long while, and the smile on his face seemed to fade a little. He didn't even say anything to him about being a family anymore, and just walked out of the room with the box in his arms.

After walking a few steps, a fellow student beside him asked, "Why are we leaving?"

"Are you not leaving yet? This Junior Brother Zheng is not easy to fool!" The smile on the fat senior brother's face gradually disappeared, and he said with a serious face.

"ah?"

"Why should we give him money?"

"Apologize?"

The fat senior brother shook his head: "It's just to curry favor with someone! We talk about Senior Sister Zhang every day, but does Senior Sister Zhang recognize us? This junior brother was really taught by Senior Sister Zhang. If we give him the money, aren't we just doing things for him?"

The junior fellow suddenly realized: "Let him join us in the corruption!"

"Bah!" The fat senior brother kicked him and said, "That's called being in the same boat!"

"Then why are we leaving?"

"This junior brother is so arrogant. He doesn't want to hang out with us just for this little money. He is not the same kind of person as us!"

"I see. He wants to be a good guy."

"No, he took our money and acted like a good guy."

After saying that, the fat senior brother looked at the box in his hand and said with gritted teeth.

"Are we really going to pay it back?"

"I'll pay it back this time. I want to see if Senior Sister Zhang really values ​​him!" The fat senior brother sneered, "Who doesn't know Senior Sister Zhang's personality? Who has she been close to? I'll pay the money back after I find out more about this person!"

…

"The Jiushan Sect has arrived!"

There was a cheer from the corridor, and Zheng Fa couldn't help but open the door and go downstairs. The deck was full of people.

Several new disciples greeted Zheng Fa when they saw him.

Because of the fat senior brother's repayment of the debt, Zheng Fa has become a little more popular among this group of people recently.

"Zheng Fa!" Zhou Qianyuan waved at him from the end of the deck: "Look, Jiushan Sect."

Nine towering mountains appeared in front of us.

The one in the middle is particularly high, and looks very much like the Ninth Mountain that Zheng Fa climbed.

The remaining eight are divided into two sides, like its two outstretched arms, embracing a valley.

There is a valley entrance where the two arms are surrounded, and outside the valley entrance is a turbulent river.

Zheng Fa looked at it and felt that it was a little familiar.

If these nine mountains are regarded as city walls, then this river is equivalent to a moat.

If we guard the entrance to the valley, this place should be easy to defend and difficult to attack. But I don't know how the Jiushan Sect will guard against those monks who can fly and hide underground.

The boat carrying Zheng Fa and others shook slightly and slowly landed in the river at the mouth of the valley.

This is a pier. There are unusually many ships on the pier and it is very lively.

There was also a bustling flow of people coming and going on the shore.

There was only one empty place - a figure that looked familiar to Zheng Fa was standing there.

It was Senior Sister Zhang.

Senior Sister Zhang saw Zheng Fa and nodded at him, as if signaling him to come over.

Behind him, the fat senior brother stared blankly at Zheng Fa walking towards Senior Sister Zhang.

"That's Senior Sister Zhang!" his companion beside him shouted.

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"I've seen it!"

"Then have you ever seen Senior Sister Zhang smile so happily?"

“…”

"Then should we still find out his bottom line?"

"...Don't reveal my name before you die." The fat senior brother ran away.

Zheng Fa looked at Senior Sister Zhang's beautiful smile, then looked at her outstretched hand, and was speechless.

This person is not here to pick me up.

I'm here to urge you to submit your manuscript.

Zheng Fa handed over the completed exercise book. Senior Sister Zhang took it in her hand and stood on tiptoe, then nodded with satisfaction and said, "I'll take you to your accommodation."

The two of them left our dock side by side, and Senior Sister Zhang suddenly asked, "What did you buy on the way?"

"?"

Zheng Fa raised his head and looked towards Senior Sister Zhang.

Senior Sister Zhang glanced at him and said, "Why do you think I asked you to bring more money?"

"Sister, do you know this?" Zheng Fa took out "Master Zhang's Discussion on Talismans".

"This is a collection of my lectures at the Fufa Pavilion." Senior Sister Zhang said, "If you sell one copy, I'll get one or two ounces of gold."

...Are you really the protector of those three criminals?

"Only if I take the money according to the rules, will they dare to make money according to the rules." Senior Sister Zhang seemed to know what he was thinking and said lightly.

"…Senior Sister also knows about what happened on the ship?"

"What's going on? I don't know, but I can guess. They first scared you when you got on board, and then locked you up in the cabin to sell things to you. New disciples didn't dare to offend these people, but they also thought they were not easy to mess with, so they bought everything."

“…”

"Don't you think that the decline of spiritual energy has only happened in the past few years?" Senior Sister Zhang glanced at him and said, "Old disciples have been bullying new disciples and squeezing money out of people like you who know nothing for a long time."

Zheng Fa finally understood.

He had always been wondering, one or two hundred taels of gold is not a small amount, but it should not be a big deal for a cultivator - how could it be worth the risk for those three brothers?

It turned out to be a routine! What kind of tradition does the Jiushan Sect have? "There are rules. They won't do anything - as long as you grit your teeth and don't buy it, they won't really do anything to you." Senior Sister Zhang seemed to see through his thoughts and said.

Zheng Fa thought about it and it made sense. Although those brothers were rude, they didn't seem to have done anything to hurt anyone - if you ignore their cold faces at the beginning, this group of people actually seemed to be quite law-abiding.

"Why is this so?"

He still couldn't understand.

"After the decline of spiritual power, the resentment of the lower-level disciples has become more and more serious... Compared with killing people and stealing treasures, the sect can tolerate asking for some money."

Zheng Fa remained silent.

Senior Sister Zhang turned to look at Zheng Fa and suddenly said, "I was also deceived by you, Senior Brother."

"And then?"

"Later, those brothers went to sell books for me." Senior Sister Zhang said calmly. She walked to a small courtyard and stopped: "As long as you are strong enough, you can ignore these."

When Senior Sister Zhang left, she said to Zheng Fa, "When your spiritual power is declining, the Immortal Sect is definitely not a good place. If you can't handle these people and things, then I have misjudged you... Now, these are just a little bit of training for you."

…

The next day, when Zheng Fa opened the door, he found his fat senior brother squatting at the gate of his yard with a bitter face.

"Brother, what are you doing..."

"Senior Sister Zhang said that you are new to Jiushan Sect and she wants me to guide you for a few days." The fat senior brother said in a mournful tone, not looking willing at all: "Today, let's go register your life card and receive your skills..."

…Why do I feel that the person that Senior Sister Zhang wants to hone is this Senior Brother? (End of this chapter)