bookrebus Chapter 253: The Souls Can Cultivate Both of Them Freely, Who is the Primal Wife?
Chapter 253: The Souls Can Cultivate Both of Them Freely, Who is the Primal Wife?
Chapter 253: The souls are free to practice dual cultivation... Who is the principal wife?
Outside the window, the night rain hits the banana leaves, and the mountains and forests are hidden in the night, as silent as black ghosts.
If you talk about some evil things at this time, you will definitely feel fully involved.
But the atmosphere in the post station was a bit strange. Zhou Zifeng glared at his companions and made crazy hints.
Lord Lu has a bad reputation. It would be fine if people just said a few words about him outside, but now they are actually dragging the Grand Master and Miss Chu into this. Are they tired of living?
Wang Zijun didn't understand Zhou Zifeng's hint. He said, "Why are you glaring at me? Did I say something wrong?"
"Stop talking nonsense, you're drunk." Zhou Zifeng pulled Wang Zijun, hoping he would sober up.
Wang Zijun blinked, and didn't say anything else, not sure if he was persuaded by Zhou Zifeng or if he was sober now.
Xiao Chu was so angry that her mouth swelled up. She pointed her slender finger at Wang Zijun and said, "That's right, don't talk nonsense. Why would Miss Chu pursue Lu Zhan? She and Lu Zhan are friends. She traveled thousands of miles to fight for the sake of friendship. Is it wrong to be loyal?"
Xiao Chu was very unhappy. She pouted and looked resentful.
I didn't expect that when I passed by the desolate mountains and villages, I would hear gossip about myself. If it was serious gossip, it would be fine, but it happened to be that the gossip was that she was pursuing Lu Zhan.
If she were alone here, she might have been dismissive and ignored an ordinary person like Wang Zijun, but now that Lu Zhan was sitting next to her, she instinctively wanted to express her opinion and save her reputation.
She obviously went to the East China Sea out of loyalty, not because of love between a man and a woman!
"Loyalty? How can there be so much loyalty between men and women?" Wang Zijun didn't believe it at all.
“Why don’t you try saying that again?” Chu Wantang narrowed his eyes and became even angrier.
If Xiao Chu didn't want to cause a sensation, she would have wanted to reveal her true face and debate with this guy. Could it be that what she said was less credible than the rumors?
Seeing that Chu Wantang looked upset, Zhou Zifeng patted Wang Zijun's arm and reminded him, "That's enough. If you continue, something bad will happen."
People who come from the underworld are good at observing people's words and expressions. Just now, Zhou Zifeng didn't pay attention to Chu Wantang and only thought she was a traveling merchant or a peasant woman.
But now seeing Chu Wantang's expression and the coolness emanating from his body, Zhou Zifeng immediately realized that something was wrong. How could an ordinary person have such a powerful aura?
Maybe I met some important person!
Zhou Zifeng stood up quickly, bowed to Chu Wantang, and said with an apologetic smile: "Miss, don't bother with him. He drank a little and didn't know what he was doing. When he sobers up tomorrow, I will make him apologize for his remarks. No matter whether it is Lord Lu, the Grand Master, or Miss Chu, they are all high and mighty. How can they allow others to slander them?"
"Hmph, that's better!" Chu Wantang was unhappy in his heart, but seeing Zhou Zifeng's good attitude, he was unwilling to haggle over it and sat on the chair with his eyes wide open.
Lu Zhan smiled while holding his wine glass, and asked without turning his head, "I came from Jinling, how come I didn't know that Master Lu had a disciple?"
"That's because I haven't officially become his apprentice yet." Wang Zijun said confidently: "Back then at the Pingfengling Taoist Temple, I was taught by Master Lu. He said that I didn't cultivate my physique, but then I thought about it carefully. If I really didn't have physique, why would he talk to a small character like me? He said that I didn't have physique, and he must have been testing me to see if I have perseverance. When I kill this evildoer, it will be the best gift for becoming his apprentice."
Lu Zhan smiled without saying anything and just sighed.
People in the world always like to obtain things that they cannot obtain. This is true in terms of love and cultivation.
He started chatting with Wang Zijun simply because the dilapidated temple was boring, and it was fate that they met by chance, so they just chatted for a while when they had nothing to do.
Unexpectedly, Wang Zijun misunderstood me.
"Zijun, just shut up." Zhou Zifeng was a little embarrassed. He looked at his companion with reproach, thinking that his companion was being too sentimental.
When they first met Lu Zhan in the ruined temple, they had no idea of Lu Zhan's true identity. Wang Zijun had no extravagant thoughts and even decided to live a down-to-earth life.
But later when they arrived in Jinling, they saw someone painting a portrait of Lu Zhan. Only then did they realize that the person they met in the ruined temple was actually the famous Tianjiao of the Demon Suppression Division.
Wang Zijun changed his mind because of this. He felt that according to Lu Zhan's reputation in the martial arts world, he was a man who was both good and evil. He would definitely look down on others and there was no reason for him to talk to a small person like him.
Unless we communicate with him because we see that he has wisdom, the so-called "lack of aptitude" must be to test him.
Wang Zijun began to learn Lu Zhan's way of slaying demons and eliminating evil, and would shout out when he encountered injustice. In his view, these were just tests on the road to becoming an immortal.
Wang Zijun shouted, "I'm not drunk, this is true. If it weren't for my intelligence, why would Lord Lu talk to a small character like me?"
"Maybe it's because of boredom?" Lu Zhan said.
"That's impossible. Even if a genius like that is bored, he would never talk to someone like me, unless I have wisdom."
"What if you don't?"
"If I hadn't cultivated my wisdom, how could Tianjiao talk to me?"
"Because Lu Zhan is free."
"You are not allowed to speak of Lord Lu like that!"
"..."
Lu Zhan sighed. Compared to Zhou Zifeng, Wang Zijun had a cheerful personality. Unfortunately, his desire to cultivate immortality was too strong and too deep. It had been imprinted in his mind and became a demon in his heart.
The atmosphere suddenly fell silent. Zhou Zifeng felt awkward, Chu Wantang felt angry, and Lu Zhan felt helpless.
Only the postmaster felt happy: "I heard what this young man said just now. Have you really received guidance from Lord Lu?"
"Of course." Wang Zijun patted his sword, with a heroic and unbridled attitude: "Even if you don't tell me about Luoxia Village, I will find out about it myself and drive away the evildoers. If I don't even have this much courage, how can I be qualified to cultivate immortality?"
Lu Zhan held the bowl but did not drink the wine in it. He glanced at the postmaster out of the corner of his eye.
The postmaster was embarrassed, and seemed to be hesitant to speak. He gritted his teeth and said, "It's hard to say whether it's a monster or not, otherwise we would have reported it to the Monster Suppression Bureau long ago. But no matter how I think about it, it doesn't seem like a monster."
Chu Wantang didn't care to be angry: "So there really is something strange in the village?"
She began to think about eating snake meat in hotpot, and her saliva started to flow.
The postmaster closed the door and added two more bolts before saying, "I see that you all have some skills. Since you asked, I will tell you. Just treat it as a joke. As for whether it is a monster, you can judge for yourself. This matter started a month ago..."
Lu Zhan drank the wine in one gulp, ate the chestnut stewed chicken slowly, and listened to the hoarse voice of the postmaster echoing in the dark night.
"Although our Luoxia Village is far from the town and has poor transportation, the mountains are rich in resources. Roe deer and hares are everywhere. If you scoop up water from the river, you can have a meal or two. Although the village is not rich, life is comfortable."
The postmaster lit a cigarette, sighed, and continued, "Autumn came early this year, and the weather is cooler than in previous years. Frost fell early in the mountains, and the plants were frozen and dried up early. The roe deer and rabbits are nowhere to be seen. They have all dug holes and hibernated early. The big animals in the mountains can't find food."
"More than a month ago, two calves disappeared from the village. Based on the traces, we determined that tigers in the mountains had come out to hunt for food..."
Under normal circumstances, tigers in the mountains will not easily come out. Their food is animals in the mountains, unless they are too hungry or have become spirits.
Autumn came early this year and the weather cooled quickly. It was even colder inside the mountains than outside. The game all hid, and the tigers had no choice but to come down the mountain to look for food.
Most of the people in Luoxia Village make a living by hunting. As experienced hunters, they all know the temperament of tigers. They must be extremely hungry to have come down the mountain. They have gone up the mountain to hunt so many times, so it is nothing to give the tiger two calves to eat.
"But unexpectedly, the tiger came again the next night, this time with a tigress, and targeted the cattle in the village again."
"We don't want to be enemies with tigers because they are spiritual and can easily become spirits. There's no need to offend them, and they may even retaliate endlessly."
"Besides, our ancestors told us that tigers are very spiritual and will restrain other wild animals in the mountains and prevent them from leaving the mountains. In a sense, our village is so peaceful, thanks to the king of beasts who intimidate the wild animals in the mountains."
"But we old people didn't care, but the young people in the village couldn't sit still. They were young and hot-tempered. When they saw the tigers coming to eat the cows again, they were indignant and picked up their weapons to beat the two tigers. They were all experienced hunters. They hid in the trees and shot arrows. It didn't take long for them to shoot the tigress..."
At this point, the postmaster looked helpless: "To be cruel, if they could really kill the tiger, it would be good, but they let the two tigers run away... Since then, people have been missing from time to time in the village."
Luoxia Village itself is not big, so the fact that someone is missing cannot be concealed at all. But even if everyone is very careful, they are always unable to guard against it.
At first, the villagers suspected that the tiger had come to seek revenge, so they spontaneously formed a guard team to patrol the village every night. However, after patrolling for more than half a month, they saw no movement at night, but people were still missing. Everyone concluded that the people disappeared during the day.
"It's hard to deal with people who go missing during the day, because people have to eat and work. It's impossible for people to just sit at home and wait to die. For safety reasons, people start traveling in groups to look after each other."
"But even so, some people are still missing..."
"If it's a monster, shouldn't monsters be able to change their minds? If it's really here for revenge, we can't stop it. There's no reason for it to steal people every now and then..."
The postmaster felt somewhat helpless at the end. The mountains were rich in resources and incidents of wild beasts stealing people had not happened for decades.
“Not all monsters can change the weather. Most of them are small monsters and don’t have much power.” Lu Zhan explained, and decided in his heart that maybe a monster really was causing trouble.
The postmaster was surprised: "The monsters described in the novels are all unpredictable..."
Lu Zhan didn't say anything, but he realized a problem. The knowledge about demons still needed to be popularized to the public.
Some monsters that have just become spirits don’t have that many abilities and can be restrained with a little skill.
If everyone can master the basic knowledge points about monsters, perhaps life will be more comfortable. It is certainly possible to rely on the Monster Suppression Bureau, but with so many things like this, the Monster Suppression Bureau will inevitably be tired, and after a long time, they may become passive and slack.
"That's an exaggeration in the story. There are indeed many powerful monsters, but not all monsters are powerful." Chu Wantang also realized the problem. She asked again: "Since this matter is so serious, why don't you report it to the Monster Suppression Bureau?"
"Because we're not sure if it's a monster." The postmaster said, "For things like this, according to normal procedures, we always have to let the detectives take a look first. If the detectives can't solve the problem, then we can ask the Monster Suppression Bureau to come and take a look."
Chu Wantang frowned and said nothing, not knowing what he was thinking.
Wang Zijun slammed the table and said, "Don't worry, no matter if it's a beast or a monster, you can just wait and see what I do tomorrow. My master and his mistress are both geniuses, so I can't fall behind!"
The postmaster didn't believe Wang Zijun at first, thinking he was bragging, but seeing how confident he was, he began to believe him. He held Wang Zijun's hand and said, "Then I'll have to trouble you, brave man."
This feeling of being trusted made Wang Zijun feel a little elated. No wonder so many people like to do good deeds. It turns out that being a hero feels so good.
Xiao Chu couldn't stand it any longer: "Who is your master's wife?"
"Of course it's Fairy Ling." Wang Zijun drank some wine and his words went off track: "Although Miss Chu is pursuing my master, unfortunately my master is in the East China Sea and has been engaged to Miss Ling for life. Even if Miss Chu succeeds in pursuing him, I'm afraid she won't be able to become the principal wife... Ugh!"