By the time everyone returned to the village, packed up their belongings, and followed Master Xu around the resealed reservoir to the Taoist temple atop the highest peak, it was nearly 6:30 PM.
The entire Taoist temple was bathed in the fiery red glow of the setting sun, and the golden roof of the main hall shone with red and gold light, the two lights intertwining to create an extremely sacred atmosphere.
It was as if an immortal was about to emerge from this sacred light at any moment. This sight prompted all the brothers to want to take a group photo here. However, considering that this was Master Xu's place of cultivation, they did not dare to take out their phones to take pictures rashly.
Just as Master Xu was about to lead everyone into the Taoist temple, he noticed a group of children with strange expressions, pushing and shoving each other, trying to get the other to speak. Just as Master Xu was wondering about this, the young Taoist chuckled.
"Master, please accompany these two laypeople inside first. I'll play here with them for a while, and I'll take them to the kitchen later!"
Although Master Xu didn't quite understand what was wrong with these children, he still listened to his disciple's advice and reached out to welcome Liang Xunling and Zhong Jingyi into the Taoist temple.
Seeing the young Taoist priest approaching, Li Muxing immediately imitated an adult and bowed to him. However, the young Taoist chuckled a few times, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw his master enter the Taoist temple and turn the corner towards the main hall. He immediately put his arm around Li Muxing's shoulder and said:
"Hey bro, wanna play King of Glory? My phone's out of data, could you share it with me?"
ah?
What?
King?
All the brothers looked at the young Taoist priest with surprise. Even Li Mulang, who was being held in Li Muxing's arms, was sucking his fingers and looking at the young Taoist priest who wanted to gain attention with a blank expression.
"What? Do you have enough data? Do you want to take pictures? Go ahead and take pictures, I'll just play a couple of rounds of King of Glory over here, and we'll go in after we're done taking pictures!"
"Is it Honor of Kings? Taoist priest... brother!"
Li Muchen took out his phone and pointed to the icon on the screen. Upon seeing a fellow Taoist, the young Taoist immediately let go of Li Muxing's shoulder, turned around, and hugged Li Muchen.
"Hey bro, what's your rank? Want to queue for a game?"
Li Muchen silently turned on his phone's hotspot and set it to password-free mode. Then he opened the "People Nearby" feature in Honor of Kings, and a player with the name "Qinglian Jushi Zhexianren" and nine stars in the game caught his eye.
"Quick, brother, hurry up, I'll take you flying!"
At this moment, all the Li family brothers surrounding him looked at the young Taoist priest with puzzled expressions, wondering if this guy was really a Taoist priest.
When the game entered the character selection phase, the young Taoist priest saw that Li Muchen was on the first floor and immediately shouted.
"Bro, get me Li Bai, I'll take on him one-on-one!"
Then the young Taoist priest turned around and saw the crowd still gathered around him, looking shocked and confused. He raised his hand to his forehead and said loudly:
"We Taoist priests are very easygoing, okay? You just keep taking pictures, hurry up! Go on!"
After everyone left, the game entered the loading screen, and Li Muchen was shocked to discover that the young Taoist priest actually had the Phoenix Seeking Phoenix skin.
"Brother Daoist, you're so cool!"
Only six or seven minutes into the game, the young Taoist Li Bai had already become a godlike player, and had even begun to cross the high ground to kill the enemy's bottom lane duo who had just respawned.
"Oh no! Oh no! I'm only a provincial champion at level 0. I'm aiming to become the strongest Li Bai player. By the way, I heard there are offline competitions in the capital. Do you think I can participate?"
Upon hearing the young Taoist's words, Li Muchen's heart stirred. He could form a team around the opponent, and then playing games wouldn't be considered neglecting his studies, and his parents wouldn't be able to limit his gaming time!
"Sure! Let's add each other on WeChat later. Once I find a few teammates, I'll come pick you up, and we'll play a match together!"
The young Taoist priest was filled with excitement upon hearing that his dream was about to come true. In his excitement, he even rushed to the vicinity of the enemy base and killed the bottom lane duo who had just respawned, causing the other eight players in the game to send question marks in the public chat.
Just as they were winning the game, they heard several brothers making a loud fuss. Li Muchen and the young Taoist turned around and saw that everyone wanted to take pictures with Xiao Yanbao. However, Li Muxing had already taken several pictures with Xiao Yanbao, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the brothers.
Just as Li Muchen was about to start another game and was about to invite the young Taoist, he noticed that the other party had already gotten up and was running towards Li Muxing, who was holding Xiao Yanbao.
"Hey, Taoist priest, let's play another round!"
Li Muchen was enjoying the feeling of winning without lifting a finger; he wanted to follow the Taoist priest and reach the King rank without lifting a finger.
However, the young Taoist priest did not respond to him at all. Instead, he came to Li Muxing's side and looked Xiao Yanbao up and down against the backdrop of the fiery red sunset and the golden palace.
The young Taoist's smile grew even brighter. This scene first alerted Li Muxing, who was about to retreat with Xiao Yanbao in his arms when he heard the other party quickly say something.
"Don't move!"
The young Taoist's words did not stop Li Muxing; instead, they attracted the attention of his brothers. Just as everyone gathered around, the young Taoist spoke again:
"Would this young benefactor be willing to become the spokesperson for our Taoist temple?"
The moment those words were spoken, all the brothers looked at each other warily. Even Li Muchen, who had just won a game with the young Taoist priest, looked at his newly acquainted Taoist brother with a wary expression.
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