After Yu Lie left, Deng Luogu continued to stay near the Daolu Courtyard, standing on the street waiting for guests.
It's a pity that he was unlucky today, and he still couldn't wait for a customer later. Finally, when Daoluyuan went overseas and the flow of people was so sparse that there was no more traffic, Deng Luogu could only follow him in despair.
Went down the mountain.
But instead of returning to his dormitory, this guy slipped out of the Daogong Mountain Gate and walked a short distance to a splendid building.
It was only evening, and the building was already filled with light. Its cornices and brackets were shaped like a pagoda. Under the eaves of each floor, there were red lanterns the size of carriages. The walls were also gilded, with alternating gold and red.
It is so dazzling that even the sunset on the horizon pales in comparison.
The huge words "Hehuan Building" are hung on the building. When pedestrians approach, they will hear all kinds of silver bell-like laughter in their ears:
"My guest, come here! Practice with the slave family."
Although the night has not yet darkened, the business in Hehuan Building is already very good, with cars and horses flowing in front of the door. In other words, business here has always been so hot from morning to night.
One after another, the servants came out, took away the spirit beast mounts of the customers who came to visit, and took good care of them.
Logically speaking, someone like Deng Luogu who walks to the front of the building is not worthy of the attention of the boy in front of Hehuan Tower. But who asked him to wear the standard Taoist robes worn during lectures and lectures in the Taoist palace?
His identity as a Taoist disciple was revealed without a doubt.
Immediately, a servant came forward flatteringly: "Hey, sir, please invite me!"
"Business is good today." Deng Luogu looked at the scene in the building with familiarity. He interrupted the boy's guidance and said:
"Where is my good sister? Just take Pindao there."
Hearing the word "good sister" from Deng Luogu's mouth, and combining it with Deng Luogu's status as a Taoist disciple, the young man immediately guessed that Deng Luogu was not here for fun today, but instead came to the building to make money.
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However, the smile on the boy's face did not disappear. He only showed a look of envy and said quickly: "Taoist Master, please come with me."
Deng Luogu walked in all directions and followed the boy in a swaggering manner. After passing through the corridor, twisting and turning, walking up the stairs, he came to a quiet place.
As soon as the boy retreated, the proud look on Deng Luogu's face instantly turned into a look of respect. He held his waist in his mouth, ran into the house in small steps, and shouted: "Good sister, it's the boy."
Deng me."
Deng Luogu suppressed his voice and did not dare to bark too loudly. He meowed like a kitten three times before a lazy voice sounded in the room:
"Come in."
As soon as Deng Luogu walked in, the respectful look on his face became even more obvious, with his chest held high and his back hunched over. He quickly took out a jade bottle from his sleeve and held it in his hand:
"Junior is here to deliver the goods."
The woman in the room glanced at the jade bottle in Deng Luogu's hand and sneered:
"There is only one again. You are really a loser. You can't win over others, so you can only use your own to make up the number. You are not afraid of emptying yourself."
Deng Luogu smiled sarcastically and quickly began to explain how he worked so hard in the palace. But the woman in the room just looked at him coldly, as if watching a monkey show.
Deng Luogu tried his best to please the woman in the room, because he knew that the woman liked to hear about things in the Taoist palace, so he also told what happened to Yu Lie today.
He said with a regretful expression: "The guy surnamed Yu thought that he was his classmate and would be easier to talk to. But who knew that the junior was telling the truth at that time, and he was still worried about it and refused to accept it.
You know, I even helped him during the assessment."
Deng Luogu also said with a tone of gloating: "In addition to getting a Taoist reputation when he first preached, this guy fell off the list of thousands a year ago. The last time someone asked him for an appointment
He didn't even dare to accept the fight, as he was afraid of exposing his strength and provoking ridicule.
Moreover, he had been admitted to the Taoist Palace for more than a year before he went to the Taoist Courtyard to test a spell. I think he was just lucky to get the second place in the palace examination..."
And when Deng Luogu was talking about matters in the palace, the woman in the room listened carefully and did not interrupt Deng Luogu.
And behind the screen that Deng Luogu couldn't see, there was a writing brush floating in the air. It was shaking and recording all the things Deng Luogu had told in a thick book.
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Among the pages opened in the book, what are recorded in other locations are all kinds of information in the Tao Palace.
But suddenly, when Deng Luogu mentioned Yu Lie's full name, the woman behind the screen heard it and was slightly startled.
The woman paused and suddenly interrupted Deng Luogu. She casually made a hand gesture, and a spiritual light surged on the large screen, and a face appeared according to her intention:
"The Taoist disciple you mentioned is this person?"
When Deng Luogu looked up, he immediately saw a fair and handsome smiling face on the screen, exactly like Yu Lie's, only slightly childish.
He cupped his hand and said immediately: "My good sister is well-informed. This is the person."
When the woman behind the screen heard this, her eyes suddenly became playful, and her leaning body also sat up slightly.
If Yu Lie were here, he would definitely find that this woman looks extremely familiar. She has a plump figure and an air of familiarity that makes people feel itchy at first glance.
Because this woman is none other than Yu Lie's landlady when he lived alone in Heishui Town. She is also a well-known female donor in Heishui Town, the kind who gives in the flesh.
It's just that the landlady's hair is slightly curly and covered with gorgeous silk. Her skin is shiny, and her cultivation level is very high at first glance. Her temperament is exactly the same as when she was doing it with the door half closed.
different.
"I thought it was just a guy with the same name, but I didn't expect it was really this guy." The landlady thought to herself:
"He and this guy named Deng are from the same group of Taoist disciples. In other words, this guy had already joined the Taoist palace before I came to Qianzhou Daocheng?"
Realizing this, the landlady was very surprised and thought to herself: "In other words, this son broke through and became a Taoist disciple, and even entered the Taoist palace, all within one or two years of leaving Blackwater Town."
Her eyes flickered, and with a thought in her heart, she immediately caused the screen to change, so that batches of names appeared on it, and asked Deng Luogu: "When your classmate first appeared on the Thousand People List, which issue was it?"
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Deng Luogu thought about it and opened his mouth to answer. But before he could speak, his eyes fell on a very obvious red name on the screen, and he was stunned for a moment.
The screen is specially made, and it can record and display the past rankings of Taoist palaces, etc. It can be viewed both front and back.
And the more Taoist names have changed recently, the brighter the color on the list will be.
The remaining names are on today's list, and it is the bright red color that attracts the most attention.
The woman behind the screen also noticed this. She was silent for a moment and chuckled:
"Looks like there's no need to look back.
Ranking six hundred and sixty-six is a good ranking. It seems that your classmate is not as miserable as you said."
Deng Luogu's eyes widened and he stared at the word "Yu Lie" on the list, thinking he was dazzled.
Hearing the woman's words, Deng Luogu subconsciously wanted to refute, but realizing that the woman was the new leader of the entire Hehuan Building, he hurriedly shut up and almost bit his tongue.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible." But Deng Luogu still wondered in his heart:
"Even if this guy has mastered more than one spell, and has mastered all of them to perfection, and passed the examination, he shouldn't have climbed up to the thousand-person list, let alone reached the 666th place in one breath...
I haven’t even seen him on the list this morning.”
But immediately, a thought emerged in Deng Luogu's mind: "Could it be that this guy did not go to the Taoist Academy to obtain a spell certificate, but was promoted to the Taoist Academy!
Did he break through again?"
Although he really didn't want to admit this possibility in his heart, his mind told Deng Luogu that apart from this reason, there was basically no reason to explain why Yu Lie's ranking had risen so much.
And it is very possible that Yu Lie's transformation is of very high quality and has a solid foundation, which is rare among Taoist disciples in recent years!
Deng Luogu looked at the two short comments after the word "Yu Lie" with a mixture of surprise and suspicion, and a feeling of jealousy also filled his heart.
At the same time, there was a strong sense of shame that made him want to find a place to get in, and his whole face turned dull.
Because Deng Luogu felt that the smiling gaze of the woman behind the screen was like a knife piercing his body.
The landlady looked at this guy's embarrassed look and laughed loudly: "You are such a talented person, and you still want to drag him to come to me and sell your body to make a living?
What a great idea, what a great idea.”
When Deng Luogu heard this, he suppressed his embarrassment and said solemnly: "I am blind, but please rest assured, dear sister, this matter will not affect the development of the business."
But the result was beyond his expectation. There was a sound of clapping hands behind the screen.
The woman replied: "I am praising you.
Since such a person is worthy of the Dao seed, he is naturally a good person and must not be missed. If you can bring him to the Dao, or obtain his essence seeds, the Dao will reward you!"
Deng Luogu was stunned. After being stunned for a moment, his eyes immediately showed joy.
The man trembled and quickly raised his hands: "Yes!"
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Except for the scene that happened in Hehuan Building.
That night.
In the Dao Palace, as well as other locations in Dao City, there were also some disturbances due to this small ranking change on the Thousand People List.
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Tie Jianlan ended a day of fierce fighting, and her body was covered with scars.
She dragged her tired body back to the courtyard, standing naked by the pool alone, washing the sweat and wounds on her body.
After finishing washing, she hugged her iron sword and kept it warm for a full hour. Then Tie Jiali jumped into the pool and sent out a transmission note, asking someone to send her the latest ranking list to see where she was today.
I moved up a few spots on the list again.
But at the first glance after receiving the new ranking, her eyes did not fall on her own name, but also on Yu Lie's name.
Tie Jianlan was stunned for a while. She silently searched down the remaining names, and finally found her own name at position 698.
Ranked 698, she has improved by six places compared to yesterday, and has also broken through to within 700!
Compared with the progress in the past, today's achievement is worthy of celebration, and it can prove that she has not slacked off in her practice.
But for some reason, Tie Jianlan stared straight at the word "Yu Lie" in the ranking, and couldn't be happy today.
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The Zhu family in Daocheng.
Yu Fenggao was unable to get an independent courtyard at the gate of Daogong, and he did not want to live in a cramped dormitory, so since entering the palace, he has been living among the concubines in Xinbangshang.
Although the situation is a bit embarrassing, in addition to the Zhu family and others, he also attracts ridicule from his colleagues in the Taoist palace from time to time.
However, living in the Zhu family's mansion, there is abundant spiritual energy, which is conducive to refining Qi and allows him to practice at a slightly faster speed than other Taoist disciples. Therefore, Yu Fenggao only regarded these rumors as nothing.
This day.
After practicing hard until evening, Yu Fenggao felt that his Qi had improved again, and thought to himself with joy:
"With the aura of the Zhu family and the daily spiritual food and medicinal diet, my cultivation speed is even higher than that of ordinary family members in the palace... If I continue my efforts, I will be able to overcome the 'seven orifices in the heart' within four years. The probability is high.
More than 60%!”
There was a confident and proud look on his face.
Recalling those rumors, Yu Fenggao's eyes showed a cold look: "You all are waiting, waiting for me step by step, leaving you far behind, and come back to see you again!"
He narrowed his eyes slightly and thought of a certain bitch in his mind: "Especially you, and my good cousin!"
Yu Fenggao thought and inspired himself for a while, sat cross-legged in the feminine boudoir, and planned to immerse himself in cultivation again.
But before he could get into the mood, the door to the boudoir suddenly opened, waking him up.
Because Yu Fenggao was not the owner of the boudoir, he had no right to start the formation, and he was not qualified to chain the door. Yu Fenggao's eyes froze, thinking that some unsighted "boy" or "mean maid" was disturbing him, and he immediately looked over coldly.
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But when he looked up, he found that the person coming was his lovely Zhu family girl.
Bang bang!
Yu Fenggao's expression immediately changed, and he looked at the other party with tender and sweet eyes.
I saw a woman in palace clothes, nine feet wide and nine feet tall, appearing in front of Yu Fenggao. She was holding a newspaper in her hand and shouting:
"Brother Yu, let's take a look. Is this the cousin you mentioned who eats everything and wants to drive you out of the house?"
Yu Fenggao didn't know why. He tried his best to keep a gentle tone and asked: "Good sister, what happened to my cousin?"
"Look!" The nine-foot-high palace-dressed woman put the newspaper in her hand and pushed it hard into Yu Fenggao's arms, almost knocking him off the futon.
Yu Fenggao finally managed to regain his balance. Then he picked up the newspaper and took a look at it. He immediately found the word "Yu Lie" marked on it.
He scanned the Di Bao again and realized that it was a Di Bao specially responsible for recording the list of Taoist palaces. He was stunned on the spot:
"Why did he go up again?"
The woman in palace attire had a look of hatred on her face and said, "I asked someone to find out. This guy went to Daolu Academy today. It seems that he made a breakthrough in his cultivation, which caused the palace to recalculate his ranking."
boom!
She slapped the stainless steel table next to Yu Fenggao and hummed:
"The ghosts and gods who take the assessment are so shameless.
This kind of scoundrel with no talent or virtue actually gave him a comment like 'worthy of his Taoist heritage', he must be deliberately complimenting Shan Yangzi's bad feet."
Yu Fenggao was startled awake by the loud noise made by the stainless steel table.
But his expression changed, and he just held the newspaper tightly, not knowing what to say.