Chapter 296: The past is like smoke, it is difficult to break the immortal fate
"Fairy..."
Zhou Shi was surprised at first, and then found it funny. These two words should be in the dictionary of every charlatan.
"I know you don't believe it, but this matter, well, it's really a knot in my heart..."
"Please tell me in detail."
"Well, when I was young, my family had a lot of savings, so they hired the best teachers for me, hoping that I could pursue an official career. Unfortunately, I was really stupid, and after the age of thirty, I was still just a scholar.
"When I was thirty-two years old, I came back from the provincial examination. I knew that there was no chance of passing the examination. I felt ashamed to face my parents. When I was passing by a river, I couldn't think about it. I jumped into the river and thought about it.
"I don't know how long I floated in the river. When I woke up again, I found that I was in a clean room with only a bookcase and a futon.
"Whoever encounters this kind of thing will be in a trance, right? I thought it was the world after death, and suddenly I felt peaceful. My mother is a Buddhist and built a temple at home to worship day and night, so I also know how to meditate and enter concentration.
, couldn't help but sit down on the futon.
"That was the first time in my thirty-year career that I felt peaceful and knew what it means to forget things and myself, to be detached from everything else.
"I don't know how long I sat there, but a kid who looked like a Taoist boy came to wake me up and told me that it was time to go home.
"I stood up in confusion and left the room with him, only to realize that this was a Taoist temple. Standing at the door of the Taoist temple, I looked at the familiar door of my home in the distance and asked the Taoist boy if he could become a monk and practice in your temple.
"He said no, let's see it next time.
"I knocked on the door, and my mother came out crying to greet me. It turned out that the provincial examination had ended two months ago, and I never came back. My family thought I had died on the road!
"Moreover, my home is a hundred miles away from the place where I threw myself into the river, and there is no Taoist temple near my home!
"In a few days, it was the day when the rankings were released, and I actually won! Still ranked first, Jie Yuan!"
That means he is number one in the province... Zhou Shi thought of his ranking in the college entrance examination in his previous life, and could only secretly sigh that people have different fates.
"The adults from the state capital came to my home to congratulate me and wanted to marry their daughter to me. But with such a great thing in front of me, I recalled the tranquility of meditating in the meditation, and suddenly I felt like giving up. I have spent the past twenty years
Is studying hard really something that can be rewarded by fame?
"I declined the marriage, presented my mentor as a gift, and took my family's savings to Sichuan to start a business. Ten years later, although I gained something, it was still far from what I imagined, and it seemed that someone was secretly trying to trick me.
Son, it makes me feel like walking on thin ice every day, and I am frightened.
"One day I came home after drinking and saw the familiar Taoist temple next to my door.
"As if by some strange coincidence, I knocked on the door of the Taoist temple and saw the Taoist boy, whose appearance had not changed, came out and opened the door. He welcomed me in and took me to the room.
"I sat down leisurely, as if I was in trance for just a moment, then I opened my eyes and followed the Taoist boy away.
"This time, before I could speak, the Taoist boy said, it's not the time yet, let's see next time.
"It was two months later when I returned home. Unexpectedly, as soon as I disappeared, my uncle who was a business partner immediately jumped out and embezzled my property. It turned out that he was a spy sent by my opponent to lurk around me.
"After I removed this thorn in my side, my business naturally prospered, and within a few years I accumulated tens of thousands of dollars. However, after experiencing two immortal visions and enlightening me, and knowing that there really are immortals in this world, I can no longer settle for being a rich man.
I sold my property and came to the capital with my wife, just for..."
"Just why?"
Boss Wang's eyes were slightly dazed, he paused for a moment, and then said: "Just to find the immortal fate that once landed in the capital."
"Oh? Is there an immortal in the capital?"
"No... I asked around about the legends of immortals all over the world, and even heard about the mysterious outer sect, but except for a few seniors in the Taoist sect who were transformed into corpses and ascended to the throne, I found nothing.
"There are rumors that in the early years of the Liang Dynasty, when Emperor Wu was worshiping heaven, he was born with a strange phenomenon. Immortals came to the world, and people could see them for hundreds of miles. So I came to the capital just to try my luck. Seeing that this immortal fate is so strong
Is it possible to find out the origin of that immortal temple?"
I didn’t expect that the incident of that heaven-sacrifice ceremony would be widely spread among the people... I guess it was true that even if I couldn’t cover up the battle, it was only a hundred years ago, so of course I could find out about it.
Zhou Shi, who had seen the scene at that time from the consciousness of the corpse-carrying man, thought so.
At the same time, he also felt troubled: How to explain this illusory cause and effect? If Boss Wang had difficulty entering reincarnation because he could not find "immortal fate", wouldn't he have no choice but to destroy him physically and mentally?
"After I came to the capital, I opened an antique shop and secretly collected information about the heaven-sacrifice ceremony. Although the business grew bigger and bigger, what I collected was just gossip on the streets. It took me several years to collect information about the ceremony.
Nothing was gained...until a few days ago!"
Boss Wang's eyes suddenly became fanatical.
“Someone brought a bracelet, and I could tell at a glance that it was from a tomb, so I didn’t want to accept it.
"But the man said mysteriously that he knew I was looking for clues about the Heaven Sacrifice Ceremony, so he brought other treasures...
"That's the futon I used in the Immortal Temple!"
Zhou Shi frowned and said, "Did you read that correctly?"
"The memory of being in the Immortal Temple is silk-screened in my mind, how could I see it wrong? Moreover, as soon as I sat on this futon, I seemed to have returned to the Immortal Temple, and I fell into concentration instantly. The things used in this Immortal Temple can still be used.
Isn’t it okay if it comes from somewhere else?”
This person seems to have a lot of culture, but when he mentions the word "immortal"...
"After listening to what I said, the man handed me a piece of paper and wrote a place on it, asking me to go there and inquire about it, maybe there would be clues.
"I was tossing and turning with the note in hand. Suddenly I heard a fight in the yard. I thought it was a thief, so I hurriedly hid in the dark cellar. Unexpectedly, I seemed to be hit in the back, and then..."
"Well... can you tell me the location of the residence and the cellar?"
After Zhou Shi heard this, he made up his mind to go and check it out at dawn.
"Well, also, my family has hired two strange people. If you want to go, you'd better identify yourself first to avoid misunderstanding."
"I know." Zhou Shi expressed his understanding. After all, it is normal for a wealthy man like Boss Wang who knows a lot about strange powers and chaos to hire a few outsiders to look after his home and care for his home. "What's the address on that note?"
"
"On the west side of the city, Rongxing Tea House."
Rongxing...
Zhou Shi was shocked and heard Boss Wang say again:
"Oh, I haven't told you the name of the immortal temple yet, have I?"
"Hmm? Tell me?"
"View of Chuixia."
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"So Shopkeeper Zhou feels that Boss Wang's matter has a lot to do with the Wumu Statue. After all, the Wumu Statue brought back from Yun came from the 'Cuixia Temple'."
In the secret room of the Jiulong Hall, after listening to Zhou Shi's story, Rong Chengyu said calmly.
"exactly."
"I didn't expect that there would be a clue, and it would be faster than Luan Lao's Bu Tian Yi Gua." Li Yi said with a smile, "Then, take action?"
"Slow down." The only woman in the seat, the corpse chaser Yin Xue, spoke, "How do we know this is not a trap?"
"Xiaoxue, you can't do this." Qiu Congyun, who was sitting aside, said in a low voice.
"Ahem, I also think this matter should be done with caution, so as not to alert the snake." The sickly Wu Shiba also said, "Anyway, Mr. Luan's divination will be ready soon, we don't have to worry about this clue.
Come out in full force."
"What Xiao Wu said makes sense. Shopkeeper Zhou, after all, this matter is within your scope. Wouldn't it be better for you to handle it alone?"
Generally speaking, Zhou Shi would definitely prefer to act alone.
But after a battle with Wen Si, he knew that there were hidden dragons and crouching tigers in the capital, and that with his own ability, he could not come and leave as he pleased.
There are two masters in Boss Wang's yard, just in case...
"Well, if brother Zheng Yao is willing, I will go with him."