Sui Dynasty, Yongzhou, Qiemo County, late autumn, night.

Under the bright moonlight halfway up the east mountain, two black shadows appeared in the corner of a Taoist temple that looked a little dilapidated.

In the darkness, a person whispered in a clear female voice:

"Sister, there are only three temples on this mountain. As long as the elder's deduction is good, we will definitely find the kidnapped children!"

"..."

The companion did not respond.

But at this moment, a voice suddenly came from the Taoist temple.

The voice sounded arrogant, and even though the two black figures couldn't see anyone clearly, a figure with upturned nostrils that everyone looked down upon appeared in his mind unconsciously:

"Who are you looking for?"

"!!"

The shadow that had just spoken immediately put on a defensive look, but the shadow that had not spoken just now was faster, grabbed its companion and immediately retreated, disappearing without a trace in the blink of an eye.

Everything returns to peace.

…

"Who are you looking for?"

Inside the Taoist temple, the Taoist priest did not know what was happening in the outside world. After speaking with the attitude that his nose was not a nose and his eyes were not eyes, he quickly changed his expression.

At this moment, he was sitting on the threshold of the Sanqing Hall, the only place of worship in the entire Taoist temple. For some reason, half of the threshold was missing. He was wearing a Taoist robe with seven or eight patches, but it could not hide his delicate appearance.

Although he was sitting on the threshold at this moment, his back was straight and he turned around and changed his face:

"I'm looking for Boss Jia. I'm his brother... As soon as Ma San'er said these words, the little Taoist priest was also stunned..."

Just as the young Taoist priest said this, he was suddenly interrupted by a sound in his stomach.

"Gu~~~~"

Holding his stomach, he couldn't go on living anymore.

A wry smile appeared on her delicate face, and she murmured in a very low voice:

"Sanqing above, I might be the unluckiest time traveler in history, right?"

His name is Li Zhen, the time traveler.

He came to this strange era inexplicably, was saved by his master, and became a Taoist priest.

The Taoist name should be kept at the beginning.

Listen, everyone, does this slogan sound like words? Does it sound like words?

What's a bad name? Shouchu?

But this is not over yet. The reason why he is said to be miserable is because he is really almost all unlucky.

When I first crossed over, everyone else had golden fingers and golden thighs to hug me, but when I arrived at Li Zhen's place... Hey, a few days after crossing over, the master left behind a broken Taoist temple and a few broken books on Qi and Taoism, and passed away.

The coffins were all thin-skinned coffins saved by pawnbroking the two only valuable copper candlesticks in the temple.

To say that if someone is unlucky enough to drink cold water, it will hurt their teeth.

Let’s not talk about the master’s death for now, let’s talk about this land... It would be fine if it was a prosperous place in the pass, but it happened to be a small frontier city in the northwest.

In autumn and winter, the north wind howls and the coldness is frightening. Not to mention, the most important thing is... this world is still a fantasy version. The people outside the Great Wall are not Turks, but monsters...

What is a demon clan?

Although I can roughly imagine it in my mind, the problem is that I have never seen it specifically. When I asked Master, Master said that he had seen it, not only seen it, but also eliminated it.

It's normal for Taoist priests to eliminate demons. But the problem is that Li Zhen doesn't believe that the master who can't read the Taoist classics and has never cultivated Qi Sen in his whole life can actually eliminate demons!

Are you still able to slay demons? You're still pretty good at hoeing demons.

This is not over yet.

After all, his master saved his life, and this kindness must be repaid. After doing his best and burying his master with the help of several lay people, when he returned to the Taoist temple, he looked carefully at the name of the Taoist temple, and his nose seemed to be hanging out of breath.

Now I finally understand why Master gave himself the Taoist title "Shouchu".

The Taoist temple where he was supposed to be unlucky was called "Chu Shi Guan", which means "the mind wanders in all directions and ends at the beginning". The name of this Taoist temple is nothing special, although it is not "Huilong".

Or "You Xian" or something like that, you can listen to it anyway.

But this is the unlucky one. Some unscrupulous person took half of the word "Shi" off the plaque of the Taoist temple, and the good "Chu Shi Guan" became "Virgin Guan". He finally understood what the master meant.

Stay at the beginning, stay at the place... I guess the master also thought that staying at the place was not nice, so he was kind enough to let him go?

As for this "virgin view"...

Although I don’t know who is so mean, but...

Your ancestral graves are waiting to be struck by lightning!

And this is not the most unfortunate thing.

What is the most unlucky thing?

It's because he has no money.

Li Zhen didn't save any money on his master's funeral. There was very little incense in the temple, so he was really out of money.

There was no other way, Li Zhen couldn't wait for the layman Kuo to come, so he could only pick up the old business in his previous life.

storytelling.

This kind of profession does not exist in this era, it is quite new.

Yesterday, I went down the mountain and told a short story to the restaurant owner. The owner was very interested in hearing the story. Although he didn't know what a "storyteller" was, he was hesitant about whether his profession could help make money by taking seats.

But I couldn't stand it anymore and felt itchy because of Li Zhenliu's button, so I agreed to go over and try it tomorrow.

As agreed, we'll have lunch. If it's good, then stay. If not...

Taoist Master, you'd better go back to the temple and practice cultivating immortality.

Li Zhen, who had been hungry all day, returned to the Taoist temple at night. He had no money for dinner, so he drank a lot of water and began to familiarize himself with the story he was going to tell tomorrow.

But something unfortunate happened again.

His golden finger appeared.

Some readers here may be wondering, shouldn't they be happy now that the golden finger has appeared? Why are they still unlucky?

Hey, here’s the starting point.

In the first few days after time travel, Li Zhen called the system again and again, but there was no response.

But today, as soon as I started reading, I suddenly felt my body getting warm.

The story he is going to tell tomorrow is called "The Nine-Headed Case". In his previous life, it was a very difficult story, but it was a wonderful story that made you hooked. As he was sitting in the room talking, his body became hot and he became very excited.

Beads of sweat streamed down my neck.

Li Zhen didn't know what was going on, but he felt that his body was getting hotter and hotter. As a result, his eyes went dark and he fainted.

When he woke up again, a group of figures suddenly appeared in front of him... The figure was made of smoke. Not to mention his tall stature, the most important thing was that he was holding a kitchen knife made of smoke outlines in his hand.

Li Zhen was startled and felt that cold sweat broke out all over his body. Without saying a word, he ran away, leaving the small house where he lived and running towards the Sanqing Palace.

Although I don’t know what this is, the territory where the Taoist master is the leader, but the monsters and monsters have to give some face, right? Unexpectedly, this smoke figure also followed him, as if chasing him. Li Zhen panicked, and by accident,

He tripped on the threshold of the main hall and his head was bruised.

Just when he was thinking "this damn threshold" in his mind, he saw the transparent figure suddenly raised his knife. Just when he thought he was going to get cold, the kitchen knife made of smoke chopped directly on the threshold of Sanqing Hall.

.

Although the knife is made of smoke, it is as sharp as breaking the laws of physics. Just like cutting tofu, half of a threshold can be chopped off with two or three knives.

Then, just as the "knife" was about to cut, Li Zhen, who was dumbfounded, suddenly stopped when he was resting his leg on the threshold.

He stayed still where he was.

…

In this way, it took a while for the Taoist who was poor, hungry and secluded from time to time to figure out his golden finger.

It is somewhat similar to the Taoist Dharma Protector.

It seems that he... became a monk that his master regretted until his death. He has developed a sense of energy, and his ability is this inexplicable smoke protector.

This protector is invisible and has no intelligence. He has certain instincts, is connected with his own mind, and can complete some of his orders.

And it comes and goes without a trace. It seems to be composed of a cloud of smoke. It will dissipate when touched, but it will not disappear...

Li Zhen doesn't know whether it's powerful or not.

But to be honest, it really scared him.

After understanding the role of the guardian whom he named "Ta Da", he simply guarded half the threshold and sat in front of the Sanqing Hall. He regarded the guardian as an audience and began to talk about "Nine Heads".

case".

As a result, as soon as I said a few words, my stomach growled loudly.

As the saying goes, when you are full, you can sing when you are hungry. Storytelling is also a strenuous task.

You are so hungry...so what else can you say?

Go to sleep.

If you go early tomorrow morning, maybe you can catch a few rich men and fill your stomach.

With this idea in mind, he turned his head and glanced at the messy entrance to the palace. He had no intention of cleaning up. After sighing, he snapped his fingers at "Tada":

"Disperse."

The smoke dissipated silently.
Chapter completed!