Chapter 110 The Faceless Man’s True Treasure
The next day, several young Taoist priests rolled up their sleeves and repaired the road outside the mountain gate hall.
Someone had just flattened a brick with a shovel when he reached up and wiped his brow, shaking off the sweat. "What's going on lately? This is the sixth time this month."
Someone nearby comforted him, "The abbot said that earthquakes have been frequent recently, so landslides are normal."
"It's a good thing there haven't been any earthquakes in the past two days," the young Taoist priest muttered as he scraped the cement from the cracks between the bricks. "Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to sleep well at night because I always hear noises coming from the bamboo forest."
"The abbot is in there, what could possibly happen?" The person next to him said, "Don't scare yourself."
The young Taoist nodded. Tired from work, he sat down on the stone pillar of the archway to catch his breath. "The temple has been undergoing repairs these past two days, so there have been fewer tour groups. I'm a little unaccustomed to the quiet."
"Hey, the holidays are over now. There will still be crowds of people during National Day," someone next to him suddenly thought, "By the way, have you added any fruit offerings to the Sanqing Temple?"
The young Taoist priest slapped his head and blurted out, "No, I've completely forgotten. It used to be Senior Brother Fang Xu..."
The conversation stopped abruptly, and the others understood and did not ask any further questions.
After a while, the young Taoist looked wistfully toward the lush forest in the distance. "Do you think Senior Brother Nan Huai will come back?"
After a long silence, someone softly replied, "I don't know, probably not..."
Just then a gust of wind blew, and the shadows of the trees in front of the gatehouse swayed, and a few leaves were suddenly blown away, making the scene look quite bleak and deserted.
The person hiding behind the gatehouse appeared stealthily, looking around in the direction of the bamboo forest.
"Hey, it's her!" The young Taoist priest was startled and stood up with a shovel. Unexpectedly, before he could greet the person, the other party seemed to be frightened and quickly took half a step back.
The person who came was a short-haired woman with pale skin, delicate features, and dark circles under her eyes. At first glance, she looked a bit ghostly.
She seemed to realize that her behavior was inappropriate. She immediately steadied her steps, put her hands in her pockets and walked forward confidently. Her dark eyes rolled down and she said threateningly, "What? You want to stop me? Do you know who I am?"
"Why would I stop you?" the young Taoist priest stared at her in confusion. "Aren't you the volunteer at the temple?"
"Volunteer? Me?" The woman was stunned for a moment, then emphasized again: "But I'm going to Zhuzhai now."
"Then go ahead," the young Taoist priest was completely bewildered. He kindly raised his hand and pointed in the direction of the bamboo forest path: "Be careful, the road has just been repaired."
The woman was startled and suspicious, thinking it was a trick: "I want to go to the Bamboo House! Baiheye's Bamboo House!"
The young Taoist priest said expressionlessly, "Yes, otherwise, Changfeng Temple would have a second Bamboo House?"
"No one stopped me?!" The woman's eyes widened and she pointed at her nose: "Isn't that a forbidden area?"
The young Taoist thought to himself: Wow, he’s here to show off his power.
He picked his ears and said impatiently, "That's enough. You keep running in there every other day, and the abbot doesn't care about you. Don't think we ordinary disciples don't know."
At this moment, I suddenly realized that it was a forbidden area.
A change of heart?
The woman's eyes twitched, she was speechless, then she coughed and said, "I'm just taking a walk, don't worry about me."
As he spoke, he dodged and flew towards the bamboo forest.
The young Taoist priests shrugged their shoulders and continued to busy themselves sweeping the area in front of the temple.
Green mist floats on the bamboo tips, and the secluded bamboo forest invites people to come.
The woman walked through the thousands of green waves, her figure as light as a tit, almost turning into an afterimage. The scenery in front of her was so blurred that only endless green remained. Looking up, she vaguely saw the green mist in the blue sky and the dense leaves forming a curtain.
She couldn't help showing a happy expression of having her trick succeeded, and couldn't help laughing out loud.
No way! No way! Is it that simple?
Sure enough, this face is useful. It seems that the deterrent power of "Xiao" is still too deeply rooted in people's hearts. There is no need for intimidation and he was let in directly.
Hahahaha, hahahaha, hahahahaha——
The smoky green eaves at the end of the bamboo forest were gradually approaching. The study, which had just been renovated, looked brand new. There was no one around. She had tried her best to hide her presence. Seeing that the thing she had dreamed of was within her reach, she was so happy that she didn't even notice that there was a person standing in the bushes. The moment they passed by, their eyes met, their expressions were first confused, and then stunned.
After the incident with the nightmare ghost, Bai He had learned to freely control the state of nightmare. Bai Jing was completely relieved. After giving a few instructions, he hurried back to the bureau.
Long Zhu rested for two days and planned to go to Zhuzhai to find Bai He to talk about Hu Aqing. Unexpectedly, after taking two steps, she passed by a figure head-on. What was incredible was that the person's facial features were extremely familiar, as if... No, it was her own face!
Since neither of them had a deep impression of their current appearance, neither of them confronted each other immediately. Instead, after missing each other for a few steps, the former quickly disappeared into the bamboo forest.
Long Zhu scratched his head and thought: Who was that just now?
Ruan Meng’s real cousin is here?
She followed forward in confusion, but halfway there, she suddenly felt something was wrong. Then she raised her index finger in sudden realization - could it be another book thief?
After figuring this out, Long Zhu lowered his brows slightly, and a cold aura suddenly emanated from his eyes. He kicked the ground with his toes, and the whole person seemed to disappear out of thin air, leaving only half a footprint and a gust of whirlwind.
In a flash, she landed in front of the courtyard, grabbed the wooden Taoist boy, and asked, "Did anyone come here just now?"
After Bai He woke up, he repaired Yu Sheng's body and specially took out the best sandalwood from his private storehouse to make a head. When making incense, he could easily scrape off some wood chips from the head. The disadvantage was that over time, the other party's head was shaved into a flat one.
Yusheng was startled, his lower jaw shook several times, and he raised his hand to point at the location of Zhuzhai - the newly built wall looked extremely solid and did not seem to have suffered any damage.
Long Zhu kicked the door open and saw Bai He holding something in one hand and turning his head to look at her.
The treasure chest that was supposed to be against the wall disappeared out of thin air, leaving only the four walls.
Long Zhu was stunned for a moment, then squinted his eyes and looked at what Bai Heye was holding. "What's going on?"
The creature was strangled by the throat and kept struggling and twisting. When I got closer, I realized that it was a living creature with only a nose and eyes, resembling a caracal or a weasel. It could even speak arrogantly and conceitedly: "... Just kill me! Anyway, the Taiyin Immortal Law is already with me, you can't get it back!"
"Wow~" Long Zhu snatched the little thing away, squeezing it into a ball and flattening it, turning it over and looking at it: "Is this... a monster?"
Bai He also sighed: "Yes, it's rare these days."
"You were the one who transformed into me just now?" Long Zhu grabbed the creature's tail and swung it around a few times. "Taiyin Immortal Law...you want to become an immortal too?"
Bai He also turned his wrist and squatted down to put the disturbed things in the room back to their original places. "This is the Faceless Man. He was born with two clones, and his main body can switch between the two at will. I guess he used a storage device and switched places with his main body after stealing the book. I was distracted just now and didn't stop him in time."
Long Zhu pinched his chin curiously: "What should we do? What will happen if we kill it?"
Bai He also replied in a gentle voice: "It won't be a big deal. If you kill it, only one clone will be left. But I suggest not killing it."
Long Zhu: "Why?"
Bai He also looked at the thing for a few times, then lifted his skirt and sat back in the wheelchair, his nightmare state over. "Hmm... rare?"
He smiled and said, "Director Bai said that he would plan a non-natural museum in Hecheng. I think it would like it there."
The faceless man screamed, "Why don't you just kill me? You're illegally detaining me!"
"Wow, you even know how to illegally detain me." Long Zhu swung the faceless man's tail a few more times. She pointed at the empty wall and asked, "What about your books?"
Bai He didn't seem to be too nervous about the theft of the Taiyin Immortal Code: "It's okay, I will get it back."
The faceless man endured the dizziness and sneered, "Humph, how shameless!"
Long Zhu held the other person's mouth and said, "What if I can't find it back?"
Bai He was about to speak, but stopped himself. He stretched out his hand and snapped his fingers, calling Yu Sheng in from outside. He pointed at the faceless man in Long Zhu's hand and said, "Lock him up first."
Yusheng took the faceless man and held him with his ten fingers crossed. The faceless man wanted to seize the opportunity to escape, but he saw that the wooden Taoist boy's fingers suddenly grew branches and connected tightly together in an instant, forming a rattan cage.
After Yusheng left triumphantly, Bai He turned around and dropped a bombshell: "It's actually not a big deal if we can't find it."
Long Zhu was stunned. "What do you mean? Isn't that a treasure that the Abnormal Management Bureau has specially placed in Changfeng Temple for safekeeping?"
Bai He also controlled his wheelchair and walked to the table. He picked up the teapot and shook it. He pressed the lid lightly with his fingertips and poured clear tea into the celadon cup. He poured two cups, and one of the cups flew lightly into Long Zhu's hands.
"Yes, the Abnormal Management Bureau does have a treasure kept in Changfengguan. Those of us who have awakened the Form of Heaven and Earth are the caretakers of this treasure."
Bai He also took a sip of tea and smiled, "But we never said that this treasure was the Taiyin Immortal Law. That was just others' self-righteousness."
Long Zhu sat cross-legged on the table, biting the rim of his cup and wondering, "If it's not that book, then what is it?"
"The book is just an excuse. Although I don't know why the book caused such a stir, without it as a cover, the treasure would be exposed to all kinds of monsters and demons."
"To put it bluntly, we're happy to see the book used as a cover."
Long Zhu suddenly realized: "So Laojun never wrote the Taiyin Immortal Law?"
"I'm not sure about that. Maybe Laojun did write a book like that, but it's not the so-called Taiyin Immortal Law." Bai He also looked up at her. "Logically speaking, you should have met Laojun. You know the truth of these rumors better than us."
Long Zhu grinned guiltily: "I'm not necessarily awake all the time. It's common for me to sleep for hundreds of years."
"This is how the world is. Over time, old people die, new people come, and everything changes. If a lie is told by enough people, it will gradually be regarded as a guiding principle and regarded as the truth."
"Since the Immortal Book is fake, hasn't anyone discovered it?" Long Zhu wondered, "And no one has questioned it?"
Bai He couldn't help but laugh out loud: "Of course there are, but they just think it's because they haven't learned the skills well enough and can't comprehend the great truth."
"Especially when the treasure falls into one's hands, no one will admit that it is fake."
Long Zhu said in a depressed tone: "You clearly admitted it."
Bai He also curled his lips, a cunning look flickering in his eyes: "It's just because I'm not that interested in becoming an immortal."
"Then where is the real treasure?"
Bai He also put down his teacup: "You can guess."
Seeing that he looked confident, he must be hiding very well. Long Zhu rolled his eyes and said casually, "There's only a house and a forest nearby. Oh, and there's also a big pond. Could it be underneath there?"
Bai He also: "..."
Seeing him suddenly fall silent, Long Zhu thought: Huh, he actually guessed it right?
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