mtl008 Chapter 269 Teng's Rejoicing
Chapter 269 Teng's Rejoicing
"Senior Zhao...!?"
Wang Teng looked at the three familiar faces and swallowed back the words "Senior Brother Zhao" that were about to come out of his mouth.
His expression was complicated, and his gaze lingered on Wang Shuyue for a moment. If his perception was correct... Zhao Qing's wife's current cultivation level was exactly the same as his!
But he had forgotten the other person's name, only remembering that his surname was Wang.
As for the other woman, she should be the Junior Sister Gu from Dancaofang back then.
I don’t know why I lost my cultivation. It seems that Zhao Qing has not been living a very happy life these years.
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Night falls in the backyard of Zidan Pavilion.
The stone table, shrouded in mottled tree shadows, is already covered with the marks of time.
"Since I started practicing, the person who impressed me the most was Junior Brother Zhao from the Dingzimo No. 1 Courtyard back then."
Wang Teng showed a look of reminiscence on his face, took a sip of the teacup and slowly put it down.
Although Zhao Qing has already reached the Foundation Establishment stage, the other party's words "Senior Brother Wang"... no matter if it was a joke or a nostalgia.
All of this made him realize clearly that this was the time to sit down and talk about the past, but instead of bowing and calling him "senior" again...
He knew Zhao Qing's personality very well—he didn't like flattery that was too blunt.
"I vaguely remember the Shouyun Mountain Trial back then. Many disciples abandoned their fellow disciples and even killed each other in pursuit of advancement."
"Only Junior Brother Zhao saw the big picture from the small details. He spent three days in meditation at the foot of Shouyun Mountain before achieving perfection."
"At that time, I told my sister Jiao'er that Junior Brother Zhao knew how to advance and retreat and understand the pros and cons. He is truly a good man worthy of my lifelong companionship..."
Wang Teng's words were filled with sighs.
He turned to look at Gu Qinghuan and said with a smile: "It's all old news. When I saw you and my junior brother walking together, I sent my sister to Nanze."
Gu Qinghuan's phoenix eyes fluttered, and her slender hands were tightly clasped with her master's.
Talking about the past, she had nothing back then, and her cultivation was only at the fourth level of Qi training, which was far inferior to the sister of this outer sect senior brother.
Zhao Qing nodded gently and sighed, "Wang Jiao should be in Liguo Vientiane now, right?"
Hearing this, Wang Teng looked lonely. He hadn't heard anyone mention the name Wang Jiao for a long time.
The man smiled bitterly and shook his head, avoiding the topic. He then asked, "Did you come to see Wang this time to give me some instructions?"
Noticing the helplessness in Wang Teng's eyes, Zhao Qing's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that Wang Jiao was dead?
He gave Shuyue a look, indicating that she, the sect leader, should talk about the serious matters.
Wang Shuyue understood and said with a crisp laugh, "When Shuyue and my husband got married, Fellow Daoist Wang had a wedding banquet at our home."
"This time, our family came to look for fellow Taoists and wanted to invite you back to your hometown of Danxia."
Wang Teng asked in surprise, "Returning to Danxia?"
"Ah."
Shuyue leaned forward slightly, took Qinghuan's arm from her husband's hand, and said jokingly, "In a few days, my husband and Qinghuan's wedding will be a happy occasion, and naturally, Senior Brother Wang Teng cannot be absent."
More than ten years have passed, and the outer sect senior brother who is on duty in the kitchen still looks young, but a little more mature.
But at this moment, he was obviously a little confused.
Zhao Qing and Gu Qinghuan...will be getting married in a few days!?
So what have they been doing in the past ten years?
Wang Teng pondered for a moment and whispered, "The old Danxia site is now deserted..."
“Already!”
Shuyue stood up and paced back and forth, speaking slowly: "At the foot of Shouyun Mountain, the Siyou Sect was just established. Shuyue wanted to ask Fellow Daoist Wang to return to Jiaziyuan to look after the menial disciples."
Si Youzong...
The man understood, knowing that there were not many cultivators in this new sect, otherwise they would not come to find him.
Moreover, in all these years in Danxia City, he had never heard of any news about the new sect.
Just as he was thinking about how to refuse, Wang Shuyue chuckled and said, "Daoyou, do you still remember the beast tide at Shouyun Mountain?"
Wang Teng was stunned and his expression changed instantly.
He hurriedly asked, "Si You Zong, is this related to the strange phenomena in the southwest of Chu a few years ago?!"
As a former disciple of Danxia, he still remembers the events of that year vividly: the vast, sword-shaped clouds...
"White-haired Sword Immortal!?"
Almost in an instant, he connected the ups and downs of these years together.
At the beginning of the Guimao year, a beast tide broke out in Shouyun Mountain.
In the autumn of the Wushen year, something unusual happened in the sky and earth in the southwest of the Chu State. With Shouyun Mountain as its center, sword-shaped clouds filled the vast sky.
And just a few days ago, an even more massive anomaly than before surged straight into the East China Sea, plunging the Divine Blade Island into the vast ocean.
"Siyou Sect... is that person's sect!?"
That one?
who?
Wang Shuyue's bright eyes curved, and she smiled and said, "It's Shuyue's sect."
"We now live in Shouyun Mountain. We have some servants under our tutelage and are in need of someone to look after them. I wonder if Fellow Daoist Wang is willing to go there?"
Wang Teng's eyes flickered and his mind raced.
A sect leader in the Qi training stage...
A man in the Foundation Establishment Stage...
A woman without any cultivation...
He slowly frowned and said with a wry smile, "Wang will have to ask his wife's wishes before making a decision."
Zhao Qing and Shuyue looked at each other in confusion, their minds slightly moved.
Wang Teng has a wife?
I only heard the other party continue: "Yihan is refining the elixir at home, this time... should be coming soon."
Hearing this familiar name, Zhao Qing was stunned and speechless.
Isn’t Xie Yihan Pei Jin’s woman?
Could it be that my brother Wang has become the one who took over?!
He could only sigh, "After all these years of ups and downs, I've missed a feast for you and your wife."
"Yihan and I worked together in Zidan Pavilion for some time, but I didn't expect to have the chance to meet again now."
Wang Teng took a deep breath and filled the tea cups for the three of them.
Whenever he talks about his wife, he always feels sincerely grateful.
This is also the reason why he is not too afraid of Zhao Qing. What's wrong with the foundation-building cultivator?
Aren’t you still serving yourself wholeheartedly at home every day?
Wang Teng couldn't help but feel happy when he glanced at Zhao Qing's two women again.
Wang Shuyue is at the ninth level of Qi training, and Gu Qinghuan has no cultivation at all. How can they compare to his wife who has established a foundation?
Unconsciously, he straightened his back a little.
"It's a long story."
"When I met Yihan, she was still a disciple of Dancaofang and was about the same age as Jiao'er."
"It's just that Pei Jin has been keeping her by his side to teach her alchemy skills."
"After Qian Hongwei rebelled against the Four Symbols, Yihan left the sect and helped the Dantang sell pills at the Purple Pill Pavilion."
Zhao Qing looked at Wang Teng's proud face and was confused for a moment.
He didn't understand why someone was so happy to be the scapegoat?
"Ahem... um."
"That's true. Back then, Lü Zheng, Yi Han, and I were all taken care of by Senior Brother Pei Jin."
Zhao Qing started the conversation like this.
Si He's laughter echoed in his mind: "Why do you want to finish off the enemy?"
Zhao Qing: ...
I really didn't mean it.
Wang Teng's sword-like eyes trembled slightly. He slowly pushed the teacup on the stone table toward Qing Huan and continued, "Brother Zhao, did you know that the year you left the kitchen, the head of the Alchemy Hall was replaced by Chen Fan?"
Chen Fan.
Zhao Qing naturally remembered clearly that when Cheng Yue was testing his alchemy skills, Chen Fan was among the three Alchemy Hall disciples present.
It's just that Zhao Qing is a cheater and got the quota to go to the Purple Pearl Pill Tower, while Chen Fan became the chief disciple of the Pill Hall and replaced Pei Jin's position.
Pei Jin was also promoted to the position of elder.
Wang Teng checked the communication jade in his hand and said, "After Pei Jin became an elder, he handed the Purple Pill Pavilion over to Chen Fan to manage."
"As the owner of the alchemy shop, Yi Han had no choice but to continue learning alchemy skills from Chen Fan."
Zhao Qing:?
For some reason, he became curious about Wang Teng's story.
As for Shuyue... the gossip fire burning in her eyes had long been unconcealed.
At this moment, there was a noise outside the yard.
"Brother Qing!"
"Qing Huan!"
As the charming calls were heard, a bright and beautiful female cultivator came to the backyard.
Wow~!
Good guy!
The first level of foundation building!
Zhao Qing suddenly understood what Wang Teng was so happy about. It turned out that he was living off his wife... and it seemed like they had a pretty good relationship.
He chuckled and greeted, "Thank you, Junior Sister. Long time no see."
It’s interesting to say, after so many years of practice, only Xie Yihan would call me Brother Qing. It was a little hard to get used to it at first.
Gu Qinghuan also smiled, stood up and squeezed next to Shuyue, leaving a seat for Xie Yihan.
Xie Yihan sat next to Wang Teng very naturally, and inevitably exchanged greetings with Shuyue and asked about her well-being.
As for her and Wang Teng's marriage...
The woman laughed and scolded, "Brother Teng has been showing off a lot over the years."
She leaned intimately in Wang Teng's arms, as if she was feeding him dog food.
Shuyue was naturally not willing to be outdone, so she and Qinghuan stood on Zhao Qing's left and right, turning the tables.
Xie Yihan said with a smile, "Brother Teng and I have known each other for a long time."
"When I was at the Dancao Workshop, he was the disciple on duty at the Kitchen Workshop."
"Everyone knows what happened afterwards. I followed Pei Jin and helped him look after the shop here."
"At least I have learned some pretty good alchemy skills."
Zhao Qingshen nodded in agreement. He still recognized Xie Yihan's alchemy skills.
"Afterwards, the shop passed to Chen Fan, Pei Jin became an elder, and he didn't take me, his concubine, with him."
"I had no choice but to give myself to Chen Fan... I was so disheartened at that time. I couldn't just become the plaything of whoever ran the shop, right?"
"In the autumn of the Wushen year, the strange phenomenon of cutting the clouds in Danxia City scared away many independent cultivators."
"Many shops in the area have seen their business plummet."
"It was quite a coincidence. At that time, there were rumors that Danxia would move to Nanze, and the head of the Dan Hall was replaced by Lü Zheng."
"I used the resources I've accumulated over the years to purchase the Purple Pill Pavilion from Lu Zheng."
"After Danxia moved out two years ago, Brother Teng stayed and helped me run the Dan shop."
The words fell.
Zhao Qing was silent for a long time, not knowing what to say.
In fact, this result is not bad. Xie Yihan has obviously mastered extraordinary alchemy skills by following Pei Jin and Chen Fan, and is now also a foundation-building cultivator.
Wang Teng didn't even have to make any effort, yet he got a bright and beautiful wife who was at the foundation-building stage.
If this happened in the previous life, the small boss would have hooked up with the female president. Although she was a second-hand wife... she was beautiful, intelligent and pretty. It was something that ordinary people would laugh in their dreams.
As for Xie Yihan's open mention of the past, she was just talking about her ex-husband with old friends.
Zhao Qing thought for a moment and said with a smile, "Now I have recruited a group of errand boys in the stove shop, and I was planning to ask you two to look after them. It seems that I have come here for nothing."
The woman had a fair face, and her charming eyes reflected fragmented moonlight. Wang Teng had just sent her a message and mentioned his suspicions...
She jokingly said, "Brother Qing, are you thinking of becoming Yihan's boss?"
"I listen to my husband."
Wang Teng frowned slightly, and after thinking for a long time, he whispered to his wife: "In the two years since Danxia moved to Nanze, Danxia City has been in name only."
Xie Yihan pursed her lips in disgust, raised her slender hand and pushed Wang Teng's face towards Zhao Qing.
"What are you telling me? I'm just taking care of the chores. I'm not asking you to sell your wife."
Wang Teng smiled helplessly, obviously feeling a little embarrassed.
He looked at Zhao Qing with burning eyes, obviously thinking that Zhao Qing was the one in charge.
"This shop is the product of Yihan's years of hard work. Although business is a little slow now..."
Wang Shuyue laughed crisply and said, "I will buy this shop. In addition, Yihan will provide an annual salary of 20,000 spirit stones. You and your wife can still manage this alchemy shop."
"If the sect is in trouble, or if you feel tired, you two can leave at any time."
Before he finished speaking, Wang Teng's eyes widened.
He was not surprised by the relaxed conditions offered by Shuyue, but by... Zhao Qing's indifferent expression.
Could it be that Wang Shuyue is really the sect leader?!
Zhao Qing looked at the couple in front of him and smiled without saying a word.
Isn’t it just living off a gigolo, as if everyone has experienced this!
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For a practitioner, wealth, friends, Dharma and land, financial resources are definitely the most important.
As for Zhao Qing's family today, they are obviously not short of money.
Most of the resources that originally belonged to Shendao Island are in the hands of my aunt. She can support a small sect with a few disciples without worrying about expenses.
They already have higher aspirations.
Steadily and steadily help Si He gather the incense from the southwest so that there will be a guarantee for the future...even when the family of four travels together, the father can come along.
As for Yongning's position as the blood son, the actual benefits may not be as much as the profit from the spiritual mines in the four southwestern counties.
After Qinghuan was robbed, Zhao Qing had only one request for his blood son - Liang Qing could not become his blood son, and everything else was up to fate.
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late at night.
The stove house at the foot of Shouyun Mountain is brightly lit.
Shen Mo and Kong Yang prepared resources worth over ten thousand spirit stones...pills, talismans, formation plates, and exercises.
A banquet was held to provide for the small servants at the foot of the mountain, and the format was roughly similar to the Jingzhe Banquet.
There was no preaching session, but Wang Teng took the beautiful bride through the venue and talked freely.
Liu Pan stood alone on the eaves, his bright eyes looking from time to time at his fellow apprentices who were playing and drinking, and occasionally glanced at the lush mountain forest full of green willows.
Zeng Nian Ke lay comfortably beside her, playing with the jade slip of clan records that had just been engraved in his hand...waiting for Shen Mo or Zhao Qing's next arrangements.
And in Courtyard No. 1, Dingzi.
Various formations were fully arranged, and the noisy voices outside the courtyard were blocked out of the ears.
Shen Mo and Luo Xianning stared at Kong Yang with anticipation, urging him to quickly activate the Yuanyu and share their experiences of the past two days with Hong Ning.
The emerald mandarin duck jade reflected a hazy light curtain, floating up and down under the night sky.
The image on it appears a bit blurry and difficult to distinguish.
Faintly visible... Zhao Hongning leaned lightly on the bed, her beautiful eyes slightly raised in a lazy look.
"It's so late, where are you three?"
Kong Yang didn't chant in advance this time. He slapped his thigh and said impatiently: "We discovered Zhao Qing's secret!"
Hearing this, Hong Ning instantly perked up.
"What secret?"
Luo Xianning sat cross-legged on the ground, took out a large number of jade slips from her storage ring, and pondered: "About Cheng Yue's trip to Li Country, about the person behind Zhao Qing, and about the truth about Miao Jian!"
Hong Ning: ???
The woman in the light curtain was full of confusion, and even wanted to crush Kong Yang's natal Cui Yuan directly.
She naturally knew that it was because Gu Qinghuan used the Willow Immortal's Legacy that Kong Yang and the other two had other guesses about Miao Jian.
But obviously, Liu Xian's remains were given by her to Zhao Qing and had nothing to do with Miao Jian.
But at this moment, Hong Ning had no choice but to continue with the story and forced herself to show curiosity: "Really?!"
"Don't be impatient, tell me slowly!"
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Deep in Shouyun Mountain, Zhao Qing and his family gathered around the formation platform, naturally unaware that someone was secretly plotting against them.
Gu Qinghuan nestled in her master's arms, her clothes disheveled.
Shuyue and her aunt held jade slips, recording every treasure taken out by Sihe.
The white-haired girl played with Lu Qing's storage ring, her bright eyes turning into crescents when she smiled.
"Offensive formation, third level, unknown function."
Shuyue put it into the storage ring specially used for storing array disks and said softly, "An unknown array disk."
"A fourth-level talisman, probably from the Nanxian Tower, but its function is unknown."
Zhou Xiaoyi smiled as she inscribed on the jade slip: "Two unidentified talismans."
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