Not long after, the savages stopped outside a courtyard on the top of a mountain. On the lintel of the courtyard were the words "Xiao Xian Lou".
The door was closed, and Lin Chengdao was waiting under the lantern at the door.
Yu Qing stepped out of the basket and looked back to see the savage leave, which was quite refreshing.
Looking at the environment here, the courtyard is not big, and the fences and walls are full of fragrant flowers and plants.
The whole place can be considered to be located on the top of the mountain, with steep cliffs on one side and bright lights in the valley on the other. You can vaguely hear the singing and dancing coming from the valley, but it is not so noisy and has a quiet atmosphere.
"This is probably the place you said is closed for business, right?" Yu Qing asked.
Lin Cheng said: "That's right." After saying that, he extended his hand to invite him.
Yu Qing was not in a hurry to go in and asked, "The cost here is probably not low, right?"
The guard on the side immediately stepped forward and whispered in his ear, "In a place like this, a meal starts with a hundred taels of silver."
Lin Chengdao waved his hand and said: "I will be the host today, Brother Shiheng, don't worry about money."
Yu Qing: "How much is your monthly salary? Looking at the warehouse, it seems that there is not much money to be made. After taking into account the expenses, you can't even hire a carriage. It's just to fill our stomachs. We can't afford to spend money in such an expensive place."
It’s not that I want to help people save money, but it just feels wrong. After the ancient tomb wasteland suffered a lot, I learned a lesson.
When the words reached this point, Lin Chengdao smiled bitterly, "To be honest, I also borrowed flowers to offer to Buddha. This was opened by my aunt."
Yu Qing was stunned, "What's your aunt's situation? Can she open a shop in a place like this?"
According to what we have learned before, it is basically impossible for ordinary people to open a store here.
Lin Chengdao glanced at the two guards and reserved his words, "It's a long story. It won't be too late to sit down and talk slowly later. After Brother Shiheng's words were confirmed today, I sent someone to bring the letter in advance.
Come here, there are no other guests here tonight, only us, and some irrelevant waiters have also left the room." After that, he walked up the steps and rang the door knocker.
After a while, the door opened. An old woman behind the door looked outside. When she saw Lin Chengdao, she immediately opened the door and stepped aside to make way.
Yu Qing was still a little reserved, but Lin Chengdao didn't know whether he was worried about safety issues, thinking he was still worried about spending more money, so he went over and pulled Yu Qing's arm, and forcefully pulled Yu Qing in, who was half pushing him.
After several people entered, Lin Chengdao took Yu Qing to the backyard.
The backyard is on the cliff, and the pavilions and pavilions are elegantly decorated with flowers and plants. When you walk to the terrace, you can see the sky full of stars, which is completely different from the night sky you see at the gate.
Standing outside the gate and looking towards the valley, the lights are like flowing clouds, and there are no stars in the sky.
Standing here, the scenery on the other side of the valley is isolated, and the sky is filled with stars. There are also faint sounds of singing and dancing coming from other places. The feeling is half human and half ethereal, which is trance-like and refreshing.
Leaning on the railing, Yu Qing patted the railing and found that the quality of Linglong Temple in the same mountain nest was indeed a bit low.
After a while, a thin old man appeared in a nearby pavilion. He was also the cook of Xiaoxianlou. He had a long box under one arm and a large bucket in his other hand.
"Brother Shiheng, let me show you something good." Lin Chengdao greeted.
Yu Qing withdrew his eyes from the starry sky and followed him. After entering the pavilion, he looked into the big bucket and found that there was nothing in it except half a bucket of water.
When the cook opened the box, what he revealed was a cone-shaped transparent ice cube about one foot long.
The cook took out the ice cubes and threw them directly into the bucket. Lin Chengdao stared at them with interest.
Yu Qingze couldn't understand it at all. He looked at the cook and then at Lin Chengdao. He didn't know what was going on. Seeing them both staring at each other, he had no choice but to stare and check carefully to see if he had missed anything.
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Not long after, Lin Chengdao suddenly pointed into the bucket and shouted: "It's out!"
This time, Yu Qing also saw some clues. He saw that the transparent ice cube, which was almost integrated with the color of water, gradually turned blue. Gradually, the blue color became more and more obvious. After the complete outline appeared, it turned out to be a
The look of a fish.
An ice-blue fish that is over a foot long, with fine blue scales on its body, sapphire-like eyes, and beautiful translucent blue fins, the whole thing is really beautiful.
The most incredible thing is that the ice fish moved and began to stir in the water, and it actually came to life.
Seeing Yu Qing's surprised look, Lin Chengdao felt satisfied and explained: "This is the 'Ming fish', which comes from the sea of the world. After it comes out of the water, its body surface freezes and freezes on its own. It can survive in the frozen state without eating or drinking.
It can survive for three months without breathing, and will come back to life on its own after being put into water and the ice melts. This fish contains spiritual energy and is quite popular among practitioners."
"Did this fish come from the distant sea of the underworld?" Yu Qing was surprised.
He knew that the Minghai was an area in the vast sea, shrouded in fog. Once you broke into it, it would be another world of eternal night. There was no direction in that place, and there were no signposts. People who entered by mistake would basically
You can't get out of it, and you will be trapped and die in it, so it is called the "Sea of the Underworld", which means the sea of death.
If you want to travel through the Sea of Death, you generally need to spend money to find a ferryman in the Sea of Hades. They can take people across the sea of eternal night and death.
Why would anyone go to the eternal night sea of death? Naturally, it is not to catch fish like this. It is because the other side of the sea of underworld is the largest mutual trade market in the demon world. That place is more magical than Xiyuefang, which is called the sea market.
, the top figure of the demon clan also lives there.
Haishi was originally a cave paradise where an immortal lived. After the immortal disappeared, it was occupied by a group of demons. Today's spiritual rice seeds first came from Haishi.
Lin Chengdao: "That's right! In order to deliver it within three months, after catching it, you have to spend money to find 'Qianli Lang' to deliver it."
Yu Qing thought about it based on the distance from Minghai to here, "Isn't the shipping cost almost three thousand taels?"
Lin Chengdao smiled bitterly, "Actually, the most expensive thing is the shipping fee. A fish of this size is actually only one thousand or two. But to be able to make friends with Brother Shi Heng, money is secondary. Today, I want to invite Brother Shi Heng to try it out.
That’s what it is!”
Yu Qing understood that this meal really cost money, and he also knew Lin Chengdao's intention of making friends with him, but he had never eaten such expensive food in his life, and he felt a little painful even before eating.
He estimated that Xiaoxianlou would have to sell this fish for at least 5,000 taels if it was properly prepared and sold. How much spiritual rice would this cost?
It’s really not worth it to pay thousands of taels for shipping in one bite!
He murmured in his heart, he might as well break it into silver and give it to me.
However, he was not so shameless as to keep muttering, "It's too expensive, too expensive."
Lin Chengdao said that he didn't need to spend any money himself, and signaled the cook to cook the fish.
He and Yu Qing sat down under the lantern on the terrace and poured tea with their own hands.
Regardless of whether Lin Chengdao spent the money, Yu Qing must have asked clearly at this time, "Why did your aunt open a shop here?"
Now that things have happened, Lin Chengdao no longer conceals anything and asks: "Brother Shiheng, have you ever heard of 'Quhe Mountain'?"
Yu Qing was slightly startled, "I've heard that there is a great spiritual cultivation sect in the spiritual cultivation world. You wouldn't say that your aunt is a spiritual cultivation master, right?"
Lin Chengdao: "Brother Shiheng is indeed very knowledgeable. Yes, my aunt is the spiritual planter of 'Quhe Mountain'. Because she was involved in an internal factional dispute, she was purged after losing and was hunted down by the other party.
He refused to let go, so he found me out of desperation..."
After recounting a past incident, Yu Qing realized that this guy was the so-called hidden family member of a cultivator in the secular world. It was his aunt who really entered the cultivating world, and it was also because of her aunt who silently provided financial support behind the scenes.
, he had a good environment to study and obtain an official career.
The incident occurred during an internal dispute in Quhe Mountain. Lin Chengdao's aunt failed in the fight for power and lost her life. His daughter, Lin Chengdao's aunt, had to abandon the sect and flee for her life. Later, she found Lin Chengdao and asked for help.
, and it was precisely because of helping his aunt that Lin Chengdao was demoted to look after the warehouse.
Lin Chengdao's official position in the Yushitai at that time was not high, but his position was important. All the exposing letters and other information entering the Yushitai had to go through his hands. His identity happened to be someone in the imperial court who wanted to please him. His family
There had been an accident and he had lost all his relatives, leaving only his aunt. Seeing that his aunt's life was in danger, Lin Chengdao, in a hurry, used his influence and the power of the court to let unsuspecting people directly kill him.
My aunt's men were arrested, and I helped my aunt escape the disaster.
Qu Heshan is not an ordinary small sect in the world of spiritual practice. How can he just sit back and watch? Naturally, he has to answer to the Jin Kingdom court.
Seeing that the matter was about to escalate, those involved in the matter mobilized their strength to settle the matter, on the condition that Lin Chengdao should bear the responsibility alone.
However, they could be considered to have mobilized their strength to minimize the major incident. Otherwise, Lin Chengdao would have been demoted to look at the warehouse.
Before Lin Chengdao was demoted, he also made arrangements for his aunt to live in seclusion in Xiyuefang.
Naturally, his aunt took this matter seriously. For example, when Xiaoxianlou arrived at Mingyu, his aunt specifically told him that there were good things here, and if you could use them for a treat, come over.
After hearing what happened, Yu Qing asked curiously: "Who helped you arrest people and help you settle things?"
Lin Chengdao's face collapsed and he couldn't laugh or cry and said: "Brother Shiheng, you have gone too far. I sincerely admit to you, you can't be like this. Some things will be over when they are over. The grudges have been resolved and people no longer know me.
It’s just a matter of words, and it’s not good for anyone to say it.”
After the two chatted for a while, the fish was ready.
A tall woman in a purple skirt came over carrying a tray. She had tall hair on her temples, bright eyes, and a beautiful face. She was a graceful woman with aura in her eyes.
Lin Chengdao was stunned for a moment, then stood up quickly and said, "Auntie, why are you here?"
Aunt? Yu Qing stood up and looked at the woman up and down with a look of astonishment on his face. This woman who looked much younger than Lin Chengdao was actually that aunt? He thought it was the old woman who opened the door before.