After making a mistake at the celebration banquet and losing a lot of face, Zhao Ran finally regained some self-esteem with a fifth-level talisman as a reward. Under Rong Niang's persuasion, he regained his courage and returned to the celebration banquet.
Dongfang Jing smiled and clinked a drink with him: "Don't be afraid of embarrassment, it's not too embarrassing. It can be regarded as adding more conversation topics for tonight's banquet and helping the wine. In the future, your colleagues will be deeply impressed by you. When you mention Zhao
The temple blessing means that he is the chief administrator of Wujiyuan, which can be regarded as a boost to his reputation. Haha!"
Zhao Ran said with a bitter face: "Senior brother Dongfang, please stop teasing me. It used to be a good thing to be in charge of promotion, but now I have become the laughing stock of others. How can I manage this three-acre land in Junshan? By the way, senior brother,
Rong Niang broke into Huangguan, didn't you remind me? You have to be kind."
Dongfang Jing smiled and said: "Rong Niang said it was a surprise for you. Haha, who would have thought it would be such a coincidence. I really didn't come here in vain tonight. I almost couldn't breathe with laughter... Okay, okay, too
Don't be so gloomy. Although I don't know what you are busy with in Shifang Jungle, promotion is a good thing after all. I give you a small gadget as a congratulatory gift from my senior brother."
Zhao Ran took a small black and white round bead from Dongfang Jing and held it in his hand. It was neither gold nor jade, but he felt that it was full of spirituality. He couldn't help but ask: "What kind of treasure is this?"
Dongfang Jingdao: "This is the tortoise eye of the black-armored turtle that Master Cai went to Beiming Sea to hunt. It can refine the spiritual power between heaven and earth and store it for one's own use. This tortoise eye itself has no obvious effect, but if it is embedded in a magic weapon
Among them, the power of the magical weapon can be greatly enhanced."
Zhao Ran was surprised: "What a treasure! How much can it be enhanced?"
"What magic weapon are you using now?"
"It's still the Aoki Mysterious Light Mask we captured when we dealt with Master Zuo Yunfeng together."
"The Aoki Mysterious Light Mask is not a good thing, but you can use it at the Huangguan Realm. If you embed it with the Black Armor Turtle Eye, you can probably use it at the Mage Realm."
After thanking Dongfang Jing, Zhao Ran thought that it would be nice to occasionally do embarrassing things, and the compensation was very surprising. Thinking of this, he looked around in the back garden, and found Pei Zhongze on the opposite side of the bonfire.
As he and Pei Zhongning were talking about something, Meng Yanzhen hung beside them.
Zhao Ran pinched his face, put on a mournful expression, and walked slowly over.
"Senior Brother Pei, Junior Sister Zhongning."
"Junior Brother Zhao, what's going on? Is there anything you're unhappy about?"
"Oh, don't mention it. I was so embarrassed and humiliated just now... I haven't recovered from it yet! Do you think it's easy for me to be promoted to a Taoist rank? I won't talk about it if I don't have a gift, but... oh, I'm always depressed..."
Pei Zhongze smiled: "I've already prepared it." He took out a stack of large banknotes from his arms and stuffed them into Zhao Ran's hands, "How can I come to Junshan empty-handed as a guest?"
Zhao Ran rubbed his fingers and found a little surprise, five hundred taels!
Pei Zhongning, who was next to him, also handed over two hundred taels of silver notes: "I asked my eldest brother before I came here, and he said you love money the most. I don't have much, so let's express your feelings. I hope Senior Brother Zhao won't take offense."
Zhao Ran felt a little embarrassed, quickly took the banknote, coughed dryly, and said: "Well, what, the main reason is that as the blessing of Junshan Temple, tens of thousands of people here are counting on me... There is nothing I can do about it.
"Junshan is poor. In order for the people to live a good life, a large amount of money is needed. Without money, the people will go hungry..."
Pei Zhongning nodded, looked at Zhao Ran, smiled and said, "I understand, Senior Brother Zhao."
Zhao Ran didn't care whether she really understood or pretended to understand, and said: "Okay, on behalf of the people of Junshan, I grant you two the honorary title of Friends of Junshan!" After saying that, he turned to look at Meng Yanzhen.
Meng Yanzhen looked at Pei Zhongning affectionately and said to Zhao Ran: "Taoist Zhao, it's really an honor to be a guest at Junshan Temple today. At this moment, I feel both happy and uneasy in my heart. Well, I also prepared a gift for Taoist Zhao...
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Zhao Ranxin said that Senior Brother Meng was very wise, so he waited for him to pay for the gift with great interest.
Just listen to Meng Yan really continue: "This gift is what I came across just now. It is a quatrain, not only to congratulate Taoist Zhao on his promotion, but also to meet Miss Pei today..."
Zhao Ran turned around and said, "There's something else going on over there. I'll go over there first and let's have a good chat later."
The butcher and Rich Shen were sitting cross-legged by the bonfire. Neither of them used wine cups. Each of them had a jar of their own wine beside them. They each held a leg of lamb in their hands and gnawed it with all their strength. The oil juice flowed along.
It kept dripping from the corner of his mouth, and it was spilled everywhere on his collar and trouser legs.
Zhao Ran came over, sat next to the two of them, looked at the bonfire, and said quietly: "The two brothers are so comfortable, but the younger brother is depressed. He was promoted to a Taoist rank but became a laughing stock..."
The butcher interrupted Zhao Ran and took out a wooden box as tall as a person from his crotch. He banged it at Zhao Ran's feet and said, "There's no need to say anything. Then, I brought you a portion."
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Rich Man Shen also smiled and reached into his arms, took out a wooden box half a person's height, put it next to Zhao Ran, and said slowly: "Brother Tu and I have made an appointment. This is my gift. It's my first time to visit your temple.
I don’t know what to give as a gift. It just so happens that you have been promoted and we will make a fortune together in the future."
Zhao Ran suddenly smiled and said: "How can you be so embarrassed, haha... In this case, I will be disrespectful."
Opening the smaller wooden box first, you will see braised chicken drumsticks stacked in layers, probably more than a hundred.
Zhao Ran's eyelids twitched and he looked at the big wooden box again. Sure enough, he saw more than ten huge smoked hams stacked in the box.
He knew that these two things seemed simple, but in fact they were delicious food carefully "refined" by the Butcher and Rich Master Shen, and they had a very good effect on assisting in cultivation. Zhao Ran had no shortage of elixirs and elixirs, but these two foods were indeed delicious.
, I thought it was very tempting to those spirit demons, so it was considered a good gift, so I thanked him with a smile.
Zhao Ran received a lot of gifts, felt very happy, and drank with the two of them. He showed off his skills of keeping the bottom of the box, making jokes and routines. He didn't take a few sips, but he convinced the butcher and Rich Shen to drink an unknown amount.
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When the butcher drank to his heart's content, he suddenly burst into tears. His painting style changed very quickly. He wiped away the tears that covered his beard, hugged Zhao Ran and cried, "Brother, it's not been easy for me all these years, ugh... it's not easy."
Already..."
"Yes, yes, life is hard and practice is ups and downs. It's not easy. Brother Tu, please don't cry, be good!"
"...Oh...no, you don't know my pain. I have a secret to tell you...don't tell it. In fact, my surname is Zhang and my real name is Yide..."
"Ah, this name... is really powerful..."
The butcher burst into tears: "I was also a handsome young man back then, wearing a feather fan and silk scarf, talking and laughing..."
"The guns and oars were reduced to ashes, I know that, but it seems you are talking about fellow Taoist Zhou, right?"
"Oh... no, during the chat and laughter, beauties came one after another... I couldn't stand it anymore, so I had to open a butcher shop and hide my name from then on..."
"Yes, yes, Brother Tu was really cool back then..."
"Please call me Brother Yide... It's not easy, it's too hard. I... Who is Brother Zhou? Let's drink together some other time!"
Mr. Shen laughed at the side, picked up the jar and drank two more mouthfuls, shouting "Happy!"
Accompanying these two brothers, they gnawed on the lamb leg for a while and barely drank two sips of wine. Zhao Ran felt a little uncomfortable. It wasn't that he couldn't drink well. The reason why Zhao Ran didn't want to drink it was because the two men directly opened their mouths to each other while drinking. While pouring wine from the wine vat, Zhao Ran listened to the sound of "gurgling, gurgling" echoing repeatedly in the wine vat, and wondered whether the two of them had taken two sips and spit them out, which made them feel nauseated.
He was talking nonsense like "You two brothers will eat well and drink well", while desperately promising the butcher: "Don't worry, I will definitely keep the secret for you..."
As he spoke, Zhao Ran stood up and left. He took a glance and saw Rong Niang and Hao Lingsu sitting in the pavilion, eating fruits and chatting. Surrounded by them was Du Xingyan.
Zhao Ran's eyelids began to twitch wildly again. The fruits these three people ate were different from those on the table. It was the Baishan Lord who rewarded Zhao Ran during this period, such as Zhuhuo Lingguo, Tianyun Bean, Lingjiang Lanxiu, and Six-leaf Muskmelon. And so on, three large plates were placed.
Zhao Ran hid all these good things in a corner of the dormitory and set up a small psychedelic formation to hide them, but he didn't expect that this girl would find them.
Feeling distressed, Zhao Ran hurried over and greeted the three of them.
Rong Niang gave way to the side and moved a seat. Zhao Ran sat down, picked up a piece of six-leaf cantaloupe and started to chew it, thinking that I would eat it first and then talk about it.