Chapter 113 Self-positioning

113 Self-positioning

"So, that female ghost is actually the beginning of the whole thing?"

Recalling the terrifying glimpse that night, Xiang Jiannan's tone remained cold when he spoke.

The thoughts are all in my mind, I just make judgments while listening.

He didn't expect that his master would talk about the imperial court as soon as he opened his mouth. The capital was thousands of miles away, and a small town like Ping'an could actually make people so fearful.

Is this blockade nationwide?

"I guess so, but it backfired."

Rubbing his chin and looking at his disciple quietly, Gao Yuan actually had some questions in his mind, but it was inconvenient to say them.

Why the amulet had a killing effect that night, and the pig demon that was suddenly subdued afterwards, there are some things that I don’t really care about, but when I think of them by chance, I find them quite interesting.

When the master jumped into the sea, he asked me to wait. Now, there is a result? "There are many wandering ghosts in our Great Zhou Dynasty. This is just their usual trick."

"These were just some low-level methods, but I never thought they would arouse Chen Jingxuan's anger."

Seeing that his disciple seemed to be weighing his words word by word, Gao Yuan slowly stretched out his almost numb leg:

"When scholars get angry, it's very scary."

It’s okay. If it was someone else that day, who knows where you would be now.

His anger towards Chen Jingxuan was limited to that day at the gate of Ping'an Temple. Xiang Jiannan felt that the anger of literati should be invisible. That day was the first time he saw Chen Jia Sanlang angry. The two of them rarely met.

Compared with those burly laborers in the town whose expressions of joy and anger were clearly visible on their faces, Chen Jingxuan was definitely much more tactful. If there had been a different leader at that time, Xiang Jiannan would never have had the opportunity to take his master to settle the matter again.

I don’t even have time to cry, so how can I have the energy to do anything else?

The people in Ping'an Town are simple and honest, and the residents here always keep their words. A Taoist temple that is not well-known was demolished just because a dozen people said so.

This might be what is called destiny. The master has known it clearly from the beginning.

"I thought it was just a simple sneaky incident."

Xiang Jiannan said it against his will and was just perfunctory.

The pig demon behind should be here for revenge. What the old Taoist said today is true. Why did he pretend to be crazy and stupid in the first place, and put himself in danger many times? Thinking of it again, he couldn't help but feel resentful.

He is quite good at escaping from the battlefield. I guess you are going to say that he is training himself.

"Master has already reminded you."

Seeing the resentment in his disciple's eyes after he finished speaking, Gao Yuan continued to act at ease: "Disciple, you have grown a lot now. The true meaning of cultivation actually lies in how much you have experienced."

"When did you remind your disciple?"

I don’t know what Gao Yuan was talking about, but Xiang Jiannan would not be fooled by his short words.

Master, do you know what I am thinking right now? I really don't believe you know everything at this moment.

People's hearts are hidden in their stomachs. There is no such thing as mind reading in Taoism. If there were, many things would become much simpler.

"Of course not. When you were about to go to Chen's house, I, your teacher, gave you a cold shoulder many times. This is a serious matter, and I asked you to be alert and think twice before you act."

You were afraid to return the money. Seeing that what the master said was true, Xiang Jiannan didn't want to continue to argue with him. He went straight to the point and wanted to ask all the questions in his mind: "Why do you always pretend to be timid and fearful, when you obviously have such a strong cultivation?"

"You misunderstood what I said..."

Feeling that his disciple shouldn't get entangled with him on such a matter, Gao Yuan said with contempt:

"Having a high level of cultivation doesn't mean you're brave. The fact that I can hold on until today is largely due to my hard work of running 200 meters on foot!"

"As long as I'm scared, I won't hold on!"

“Those fears are real…”

The next morning, the gate of the temple was opened. Xiang Jiannan held the Guan Gong sword and practiced it in front of the gate for a few times. Soon he was exhausted and out of breath.

I had a long conversation with my master yesterday, during which I also resolved some doubts in my mind.

According to the master's explanation, the female ghost was released by the City God in order to disturb Chen Jingxuan's mind and make him restless before the Autumn Examination.

Because they couldn't attack Chen Jingxuan directly, they chose his father, Old Man Chen.

Since the head of the family is possessed by evil spirits, he, as his son, will naturally be affected as well.

As for why they didn't dare to attack Chen Jingxuan directly, in the master's words, they didn't have the courage. After decades of hard study, Chen Jingxuan's luck had already reached the right level.

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Scholars with great luck are not easy to mess with. If you attack them directly, it will cause a series of chain reactions that are difficult to deal with. Even the most powerful interest groups will find it difficult to end the situation.

The situation could have been delayed a little longer, but the master and disciple suddenly interfered and killed the female ghost. This is why the officials under the City God of Shou County wanted to make trouble for them that night, just to vent their anger.

The City God of the Prefecture is not the same kind of person as their clan. Over the years, he has already formed his own set of behavioral standards and has his own circle of friends.

Later, the master took advantage of the situation and used the seal to break the blockade in the capital county.

As for Qing Jiao, he was a little beyond the master's insight. He was released from Li Yuanwai's ancestral tomb, and his subsequent actions were all spontaneous.

The dense forest was the last barrier in the layout. In order to delay Chen Jingxuan's entry into officialdom for a longer period of time, a military general was specially buried there to suppress him with force. Although it was not known whether An Wensheng took himself to the dense forest at the instruction of his master, it had indeed been burned to ashes now.

The direction of the dense forest is northwest of Ping'an, and the north direction is where the capital is located.

The matter between Mr. Li and the old man with a long beard has nothing to do with Ping'an Town. These two people were involved in an emergency incident.

Recently, Bagua seemed to have disappeared from his body and had not appeared for a long time. Worried about what his master said yesterday, Xiang Jiannan thought about how to quickly improve his cultivation as soon as he opened his eyes.

He is in urgent need of gossip's help and has already arranged his entire schedule for the future.

Read scriptures, draw talismans on paper, and then get up early to practice swordplay.

Yesterday I asked my master what I needed to pay attention to. The old Taoist was silent for a long time and finally said: Live well. This sentence spurred me on and I almost read scriptures by lamplight until dawn. I hardly got any rest, but I was still full of energy.

Chen Jingxuan's anger came from many sources. In addition to his failure to get into college after studying for decades, there was also the deception of Old Master Chen by his master, the intimidation of the female ghost, and the sarcasm of the town residents...

Gather into a ball.

Thinking back to the day when he traveled through time, Xiang Jiannan was once again certain that he came here with a mission.

He plays the role of a troublemaker.

The original little Taoist priest was not lucky enough, so he was pulled from his original world. If he wanted to live well in the Great Zhou Dynasty, he must have strong cultivation to support him. Before long, things would probably happen again.

Doesn’t he still owe the City God five levels of training? Judging from the conversation with the master yesterday, this old Taoist priest might refuse to pay.

A major war is just around the corner.

(End of this chapter)