Chapter 54: The So-called Savior
Jiang Chu took the green train back to Kyoto for another day.
As soon as he arrived at the Fu family, he was taken away by Tao Shenghua.
Even though Jiang Chu had already figured it out on the train, he still asked, "Is the old Taoist priest willing to see me?"
"Talking to you guys is boring." Tao Shenghua sighed, "I wanted to give you a surprise."
"But I have other things to do today, so let Lao Li accompany you to Longhu Mountain."
Old Li is the Tao family's housekeeper.
Last time at Tao's house, Old Li didn't recognize Jiang Chu, but this time he did.
Old Li: "Hello, Miss Jiang."
"Hello." Jiang Chu's eyes curved, and she could tell at a glance that there was a lot of golden light of merit on Old Li's body.
At least he has been a good person for five generations.
Kyoto is still some distance away from Longhu Mountain.
Jiang Chu spent the entire day on the road.
When we arrived at Longhu Mountain, it was already night.
Jiang Chu was also a frequent visitor to Longhu Mountain in her previous life. Strictly speaking, she grew up here.
Jiang Chu was born in an ordinary family in the rural area of Longguo. When she was thirteen years old, a group of Taoist priests suddenly appeared and called her the savior.
After much investigation, Jiang's father and mother confirmed that there was no problem with their identities, and then allowed Jiang Chu to go to Longhu Mountain to practice.
Jiang Chu started to get up at six o'clock every morning to practice sword, draw talismans in the afternoon, and recite medical books in the evening.
Finally, when she was sixteen years old, Jiang Chu had basically mastered the five Taoist arts - mountain medicine, fortune-telling, and divination.
It can be said that in the entire Dragon Kingdom, except for those elders who are really too old, no one can beat Jiang Chu in these five places.
When they arrived at the gate of the Longhu Mountain Taoist Temple, they found that the osmanthus tree inside was not as huge as Jiang Chu had seen.
It's just a small sapling now.
Jiang Chu's swordsmanship was taught by the old Taoist priest himself.
Jiang Chu was still a little kid at that time. After she finally held the sword without shaking like a sieve, she excitedly ran to the old Taoist priest to show off.
Jiang Chu got into position, and the other Taoist priests applauded her and kept praising her for being so great.
Jiang Chu was a little flattered by the praise, and she looked at the old Taoist priest, waiting for his praise.
Unexpectedly, the old Taoist priest took out his mobile phone, opened an app and placed it on Jiang Chu's sword-holding hand.
The next second, the phone interface jumped to Taobao.
Jiang Chu: ...
The old Taoist priest said regretfully: "You still need to practice. If I were holding the sword, I wouldn't be able to jump even after 20 or 30 times."
After saying that, he took Jiang Chu's sword and performed a live performance...
Back to the present
The Taoist boy was waiting at the door early in the morning.
Old Li was taken to the guest room, while Jiang Chu followed the Taoist boy to the main house.
The old Taoist priest had been waiting at his seat since early morning. Opposite him sat a Taoist boy, who was playing chess with him.
As soon as Jiang Chu entered the room, he saw an old Taoist priest in a purple Taoist robe sitting upright.
"Old Heavenly Master, Fellow Daoist Jiang is here."
The Taoist boy opposite put down the chess piece, stood up and left, leaving the space to the two of them.
Jiang Chu took the opportunity to sit opposite the old Taoist priest.
The old Taoist priest poured Jiang Chu a cup of tea and looked at her with a smile in his eyes: "Daoyou, you came at the right time. Why don't you also think about how to break this Zhenlong chess game?"
Jiang Chu took a sip of tea, glanced at the chess board, and resisted the urge to roll his eyes.
The old Taoist priest only knows how to play Gobang!
Jiang Chu also doesn't know how to play chess, and he's not interested in Go.
"I don't know how to play." Jiang Chu finished his tea and poured himself another cup. "You obviously can't play it yourself, so don't use this to test me."
"That's not funny at all. Just ask whatever you want to ask."
"I came here today to gain your trust, and of course, I have something else to tell you."
"Haha, you're quite an interesting girl." The old Taoist stroked his beard. "Tao Shenghua only told me that you came from the future."
"I didn't believe it at first, but when I saw the divination, the savior actually appeared ahead of time, and I guessed your identity."
"Savior?" Jiang Chu heard this title for the first time and couldn't help but point at himself, looking confused. "Ah? Me?"
She is actually the savior?
Now it was the old Taoist priest's turn to be puzzled: "Didn't they tell you? That shouldn't be the case."
"Did you find the wrong person?" Jiang Chu thought about it carefully and realized that no one had told her about this.
Jiang Chu still had something he couldn't understand: "Why do you think the savior must be one person?"
The old Taoist priest's cloudy eyes lit up slightly: "Why do you think so?"
"According to the hexagram I calculated, you are the savior."
Jiang Chu was not unwilling to be the savior, but she felt that the savior did not refer to just her.
The old Taoist priest's attitude also represents the current attitude of the Xuanmen high-level leaders. He now specifically mentioned this matter in front of Jiang Chu, which means that the Xuanmen high-level leaders are now waiting for her, the savior, to appear.
If all hopes were placed on Jiang Chu, Jiang Chu would just die.
How could she possibly turn the tide by herself?
The enemy is the entire country R. If everyone does not work together and just thinks everything will be fine with a savior, even hundreds of saviors will not be able to withstand such a situation.
Jiang Chu felt that he needed to talk to the old Taoist priest: "In the future, it will be impossible for one person to save the Dragon Kingdom."
"At that time, besides me, other fellow Taoists also sacrificed their lives to protect the Dragon Kingdom. They are also the saviors of the Dragon Kingdom."
"And those heroes who risked their lives to save people from danger are also saviors."
"So, I personally think that the savior doesn't refer to a certain person, but to everyone in that period."
"You didn't tell me this forty years later, so you must have figured it out."
"The power of one person is always limited. To win this battle, we need to unite as one."
The old Taoist priest smiled with satisfaction and couldn't help but praise: "You are indeed a person favored by destiny. Your ideological awareness is higher than that of some old fellows."
"Don't flatter me." Jiang Chu said helplessly, "I just told you what I really thought. You didn't let anyone else tell me this forty years later, so you must have figured it out long ago."
The old Taoist priest had selfish motives when testing Jiang Chu.
Many people in the Xuanmen sect are waiting for the savior to come out and clean up their mess, and the old Taoist priest also wants to give them a heads-up in advance.
After all, Jiang Chu was only 18 years old, how could he possibly defeat those old men who had lived for decades.
Now it seems that he was overthinking it.
It turns out that people who are favored by fate are somewhat different.
With Jiang Chu around, Country R is nothing to be afraid of.
The old Taoist priest got straight to the point and asked his second question: "Do you know the Bureau of Strange Stories?"
His idea was simple, to let Jiang Chu be the director of the Bureau of Strange Stories.
With Jiang Chu's character, he is fully capable of shouldering this important task.
"I know." Jiang Chu didn't expect this question. "I used to be a director."
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