Xuan Bao thought for a while and gestured with her hands, and soon a shining golden bead appeared in her little hand.
"Golden beads of merit." Lao Zhou raised his voice in surprise.
Looking at Xuan Bao, Lao Zhou's usually calm eyes suddenly flashed with excitement.
"Yes, it's for you." Xuan Bao stretched out her little hand, feeling really reluctant to part with it.
The golden light that appeared in the body before was later told by the old Taoist master Xuan Bao that it was her merit.
For practitioners, merit has great benefits. The more merit you accumulate, the easier it will be to advance.
Although this golden bead accounted for about one-tenth of the merit she had finally accumulated, it was really painful for her to give away the mysterious treasure.
Lao Zhou hesitated and pushed Xuan Bao's little hand: "It's too precious, I can't accept it."
Xuan Bao only knows that it is not easy to accumulate merit, but he does not know that merit is divided into levels.
Golden merit is the most top-notch and purest, and cannot be cultivated by ordinary Taoists.
If the ghost general Lao Zhou could obtain such a golden bead of merit, he would not have to experience any natural disasters or suffer divine punishment when he cultivates to the point of being upgraded to a ghost or god in the future.
"This merit bead is of no use to me right now, but Miss Seventh needs it more than I do."
"Do I need it?" Xuan Bao blinked. She really didn't know the benefits of accumulating merit.
As soon as the thought came to mind, Xuan Bao's mind was filled with the disgusted scorn of the veteran Taoist master: "The more merit you have, the faster your strength will increase. For ghosts, merit means less suffering when you advance. Even a ghost knows better than you.
"More, now I will start taking two hours every night to memorize one book a day."
"I can't even carry it."
"If you don't know, you have to remember that there is no need to discuss it."
After finishing speaking, the veteran Taoist master fell silent. Xuan Bao complained and did not respond to him, so the protest was ineffective.
Xuan Bao saw that Lao Zhou refused to accept it, and listened to the words of the old Taoist master in the space. The little boy decisively took back the merit bead.
"Miss Qi, I'm going back to Xikuoyuan." Lao Zhou bowed and floated out.
"Old Zhou looks fierce, but he actually has a good heart. Who says ghosts are scary, but people's hearts are even scarier."
Xuan Bao shook his head. The complex nature of human nature was beyond her imagination as a little kid. Fortunately, her grandmother and uncle helped her.
Xiao Keren suffered a huge stumble in Lingyun Garden. The most disheartened moment in his life was at this moment.
Running all the way to the gate of the small courtyard where he lived, Xiao Keren came face to face and bumped into someone.
"Blind!" a sharp cry came out.
"Sixth Miss." The serving maid hurriedly stepped forward to support Xiao Mingzhu.
Xiao Mingzhu raised her hand and greeted the maid's face. A clear slap sounded, and her movements were so smooth that Xiao Keren was stunned.
"Miss, please calm down. Miss, please calm down." The little maid who was beaten knelt down next to Xiao Mingzhu and skillfully raised her hand to slap her own cheek.
"That's enough." Xiao Keren couldn't stand it anymore and stopped him, and the little maid stopped her hand.
Xiao Mingzhu looked up and saw Xiao Keren with a surprised look on his face: "Third brother, it's you."
After she finished speaking, Xiao Mingzhu stood up and glared at the little maid who was kneeling beside her and slapped herself.
Suddenly the little maid was so frightened that she fanned herself even harder: "It's all my fault, it's all my fault. Please spare me this time..."
"Get up, what did you do wrong?" Xiao Keren asked in confusion.
When the little maid stood up, her left and right cheeks were swollen, which showed that she was very ruthless.
"It's nothing, I just said the wrong thing. Go back quickly." Xiao Mingzhu said calmly.
Seeing the little maid running faster than a rabbit, Xiao Keren had doubts in his mind.
"Third brother." Xiao Mingzhu pretended to pout, "I fell and it hurt."
Xiao Keren frowned. He had already reduced his strength just now, which was just a slight collision with Xiao Mingzhu.
If he had heard Xiao Mingzhu say this in the past, Xiao Keren would have stepped forward to coax her, but he was already in a bad mood at the moment, and seeing her pretentious appearance, he immediately felt disgusted.
"Go back to Yicaiyuan and ask a doctor to take a look." After saying this, Xiao Keren walked directly from behind Xiao Mingzhu.
Xiao Mingzhu was stunned. When she came to her senses, she only saw the back of Xiao Keren entering the room. She stamped her feet fiercely, turned around and left.
Xiao Keren was in a low mood and simply went back to his room to take a nap, instructing his servants not to disturb him. He slept for several hours.
When lunch time came, Dongxue went to the kitchen to get Miss Qi's meal, opened the food box, looked at Xuan Bao and smiled.
"No need to take it out." Xuan Bao ordered decisively after looking at the bowl of white porridge and two small plates of vegetarian vegetables in the food box.
Xia Yu was very smart and understood immediately: "What is Miss Seven planning to do?"
"Are those young masters in the mansion at home today?" Xuan Bao's eyes flashed with calculation.
Nowadays, Miss Seven feels that whatever Dongxue does is normal. She calmly replied: "The fourth and fifth young masters went to the academy and did not return home at noon. The other young masters are all at home."
Chunhua and Qiuyue, who were waiting next to them, both had numb scalps. Xia Yu told them about the seventh lady rushing to Yicai Garden in the morning. From this tone, her young lady seemed to be plotting against some young masters.
"Miss Qi, why don't you go to the kitchen and change some of your favorite dishes?" Qiuyue suggested.
Chunhua echoed: "At most, I can bring a few more boys with me."
"Why are you taking the boy with you?" Xuan Bao asked deliberately.
Qiuyue replied: "If the people in the kitchen don't listen, we will, just, just..."
"Just what?" Xuan Bao asked.
"Just beat them up."
"Yes, yes." Chunhua agreed repeatedly.
After getting along with each other for a long time, Chunhua immediately understood Qiuyue's meaning. It is better to deal with the servants in the kitchen than to deal with several young masters, especially the eldest son, who is the most respected by the servants in the house.
Xuan Bao chuckled and said, "Chun Hua and Qiu Yue have also made great progress, but although the people in the kitchen are bad, they are still under orders."
After finishing speaking, Xuan Bao turned around and walked out first: "Chun Hua and Qiu Yue will stay behind to look after the house. Xia Yu and Dong Xue will take the food box with them. Let's go to Big Brother's place to deliver the food."
Seeing the seventh lady leaving gracefully, Chunhua and Qiuyue were worried and helpless.
Xuan Bao took the two maids and went straight to the courtyard where Xiao Kezhong lived. When he entered, he saw that his food box had not yet been opened. The little doll sat down in a swagger and directed Xia Yu and Dong Xue to open the two food boxes and put all the meals on them.
"Oh, brother's lunch not only has a lot of varieties but also a lot of portions. I can't finish it."
I object, but I am still young and growing, and such a great and sacred task is really not suitable for a little kid like me."
Xiao Kezhong paced to the table: "It really opened my eyes. I can say that someone who comes to grab food so confidently can be seen today. Xuanbao, your shamelessness really refreshed my understanding."
