"Come in!" A majestic voice sounded in Huikong's mind.
"Ah?" Huikong looked around, trying to find the person who was talking to him.
"Fat monk, I'm calling you! Come in quickly!" The majestic voice rang out in Huikong's mind again. This time, along with the voice, a strong force pulled Huikong's body and pulled him towards the door.
The sudden loss of balance caused Huikong's hands to wave in the air, trying to grab something.
The hall was empty, without even a pillar. Huikong was swept into the air by this unknown force and flew forward.
"Ah~!" Huikong let out a scream.
"Shut up!" Liu Jingyun frowned, and with a wave of his hand, Huikong's screams disappeared. If he didn't need this fat monk soon, Liu Jingyun would have wanted to just crush him to death. Cowardly and greedy! Tsk tsk tsk tsk... Look at the people he has collected in the past few years, what kind of people are they? If it weren't for his formation, Liu Jingyun really didn't want to deal with these people.
After the sound disappeared, Huikong became even more terrified. Huikong knew that he was still shouting, but the sound seemed to be swallowed by something. Could such a method be done by an ordinary person?
Two seconds later, Huikong landed on the ground. Although he couldn't hear the "bang" sound when he landed, the pain in his body was transmitted firmly to his mind.
Is he going to die? If only I had known I shouldn't be so greedy. Food and lodging here are free. Fifty yuan a month, that's six hundred yuan a year! Huikong felt a little regretful, but his eyes couldn't help but darted around the empty hall.
Directly beneath the wall facing the main gate, there was a high platform. The platform, where the statue of the deity should have been placed, was empty. Well, not quite empty. In the center of the platform sat a large mahogany chair, and a Taoist priest in a black robe sat cross-legged on it.
A Taoist priest? How could there be a Taoist priest in a Buddhist temple? Huikong was dumbfounded.
Looking at Huikong, who was sitting on the ground with tears streaming down his face and his eyes rolling around, a trace of disgust flashed across Liu Jingyun's face. If he didn't need Huikong's help, Liu Jingyun would never have wanted such a loser to be his subordinate.
"Do you want to get rich?" As usual, Liu Jingyun used this sentence as his opening remark to the people he wanted to take under him as his younger brother.
Getting rich? Not having to die? Huikong thought of this, a glimmer of hope flashed in his eyes, and he nodded involuntarily.
Of course Huikong wanted to get rich! Otherwise, he wouldn't have given up his job as a construction worker to become a "fake monk" at Ning'an Temple, and he certainly wouldn't have threatened Huiwu just to make a few extra bucks a month.
"Okay! Then you will follow me from now on! Shangqing Palace needs people like you who dare to think and act." Liu Jingyun began the second sentence of deception in a familiar manner.
"Yes, yes," Huikong replied, but a hint of doubt emerged in his heart: Shangqing Palace? What kind of organization is it? Is it the Black X Society?
After hearing his own voice, Huikong finally breathed a sigh of relief. He liked getting rich, but he still had some objections to becoming mute in order to do so.
Seeing Huikong agreed to "join", Liu Jingyun started the third step: throwing money at it.
Before Huikong could react, a stack of "Great Unity" was thrown down from Liu Jingyun's hand on the high platform, right next to Huikong.
Money? For him? Huikong didn't dare to reach out his hand, and looked up at Liu Jingyun on the high platform.
"Disciples of Shangqing Palace will receive a resettlement fee of 1,000 yuan after joining. How much you can get each month in the future depends on your ability and loyalty." Liu Jingyun said lightly.
Was it really for him? Huikong was overjoyed and quickly picked up the money on the ground and put it in his arms. Huikong knew that he didn't have much ability, but he was loyal! It was just a matter of doing what the people above said!
"After receiving the money, you will be a disciple of my Shangqing Palace. Anyone who enters my Shangqing Palace must never betray me. Otherwise, I will extract your soul and refine your spirit." Liu Jingyun sat on the high platform and saw the joy in Huikong's expression clearly.
"Yes, yes." Huikong didn't understand what Liu Jingyun meant by "extracting the soul and refining the spirit", but he still lowered his head respectfully in response.
Huikong didn't know that as he nodded "yes", a brand popped out from Liu Jingyun's fingertips, leaving a mark directly on Huikong's forehead.
After Huikong became one of his own, Liu Jingyun waved his hand with relief and removed the magic array he had set up not long ago. He said to Huikong, "There's a man here. Search him to see if he has any jade pendants or amulets."
Following the direction of Liu Jingyun's finger, Huikong discovered that a handsome young man had appeared on the ground in the hall five or six meters away from him.
Huikong had become somewhat immune to these strange things. He stood up and walked over to the young man, only to find that he had his eyes tightly closed and was unconscious. Beside the young man was a black cloth bag.
Looking at the familiar cloth bag, Huikong suddenly understood. Apparently, this was the young man that Hongxin and Huiwu had carried into the side hall in the cloth bag last night. No wonder he'd thought the shape of the cloth bag was a little strange.
Huikong's brain was working, and his hands did not dare to sit idle either. They squatted down and searched the young man.
About ten minutes later, Huikong stood up and said, "Princess... this person has nothing on him."
Huikong didn't know that Huiwu called Liu Jingyun "Palace Master". He thought it was strange for a grown man to call someone "Princess".
The young man wore a pullover sweater and loose-fitting trousers, with no shoes on. He was clean and tidy, and it was obvious at a glance that he had nothing extra on him. Furthermore, the jade pendants and amulets Liu Jingyun mentioned were usually worn around the neck or on the arm. Huikong had already searched twice and found nothing.
If Chen Qiuyu were here, he would definitely be shocked. The young man on the ground is Chen Qiuyu's missing son Ren Zhongyuan.
Liu Jingyun originally established the Shangqing Palace to seek revenge against his brother, Liu Jingyu, whose body had been taken over. After Liu Jingyu became the head of the Yushan Sect, he was afraid the Liu clan would discover he was not the real Liu Jingyu, so he brutally attacked them. The Liu family vanished overnight, with only Liu Jingyun, quick to escape.
As the head of the Yushan Sect, Liu Jingyu wasn't completely in control of the Langyuan Secret Realm, but he was still someone who could bring down half the world with a single stomp of his foot. Liu Jingyun was all alone, and going against Liu Jingyu was nothing short of a dream.
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