135,—the thirteenth cannon fodder—(1/3)
After settling the matter with King Jinba, Taomi returned directly to Wuyi Mountain. She fulfilled Caiyin's wish. Although there were some twists and turns in the process, the settlement was still perfect. All the time after that was her own.
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"Caiyin, you are finally back. Look at these things." As soon as Taomi entered Wuyi Mountain, she was pulled into the cave by Hu Meiniang before she could enter the cave.
"Mei Niang, did you create all this?" It was obviously a cave overgrown with weeds when she left, but now it has changed drastically.
There are two wooden beds, beautiful silk curtains, a stone table, tea sets on the stone table, and calligraphy and paintings hanging on the walls. Although they are not famous calligraphy and paintings, they make the entire cave look like a room.
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Hu Meiniang stood in the middle of the cave, "I bought these when I went down the mountain. I saw that they were arranged like this in other houses, so I not only made one for myself, I also made one for you. Do you like it?"
"I like it very much, thank you Mei Niang." Thinking of her means that they have not gotten along in vain for so many years.
Taomi looked around, because this was a cave, and there was originally only one stone bed. It was more than enough for her and Hu Meiniang to sleep in their rabbit bodies. Now there were two large wooden beds, even if she and Hu Meiniang slept on one with their human bodies.
The bed is also available.
Moreover, there were originally no entrances or exits in the cave except the entrance door. Naturally, there was no place where sunlight could come in. But now after entering, she felt that the inside of the cave was obviously much brighter than before. She turned around and saw that Hu Meiniang was about to enter another room.
A hole was dug out in one wall, and a wooden shelf was installed on it, which is exactly the same as the window.
"Mei Niang, where did you get the money to buy these things?"
Even if these things are not famous products, they still cost a lot of money. Hu Meiniang has never been in this world, so where can she get the money to buy these things?
Hu Meiniang smiled slyly, "When I first went out, I saw someone pawning a porcelain vase for a bag of silver, so I dug out the porcelain vase from the soil over there, washed it and compared it with that person's pawn.
The porcelain vase is even more beautiful. I exchanged it for two bags of silver. I used that money to buy these things. I only spent one bag, and now I still have one bag left."
As she said that, Hu Meiniang took out the money bag and shook it with her hands. Taomi looked at it and found that it was indeed a lot of money. If Hu Meiniang had used the money to buy these things, it would be fine. "Meiniang, what are you talking about?"
Where did you dig out the porcelain bottle?"
She has been here for hundreds of years and has never heard of the existence of a tomb?
"It's the place not far from here. It wasn't me who discovered it at first, it was Uncle Shen. But I promised to buy him wine, so he gave me the porcelain bottle."
Tao Mi now understood why Hu Meiniang smiled so slyly just now. It turned out that she had taken advantage of Uncle Shen, but that was a thing of the past. Uncle Shen had been refined from ginseng for thousands of years and was used to traveling all over the world.
It's not just wandering around the mountains. It's fair to say that Hu Meiniang saw a porcelain vase. There might be many more treasures there if Hu Meiniang didn't see it.
"Mei Niang, how do you feel when you go down the mountain this time?"
As soon as Taomi said this, Hu Meiniang was no longer as excited as before. She sat on the bed and fiddled with her fingers, "I...I went out with the hat you gave me, and I...don't
Do you know what would happen if those people saw my mark?"
"Meiniang..." Taomi sat next to Hu Meiniang, "If you like the outside world, don't care about the looks of those people. In the end, those people are just people who have little relationship with you. People who are close to you are not
I will care about your appearance."
"Really?"
Taomi nodded, "Look at me, I have lived with you for more than a hundred years, have I ever disliked the mark on your face? And Uncle Shen, didn't he let you pull his beard?
Ji Jing and the others, we are your relatives, let the people outside say whatever they like, as long as you are happy."
Hu Meiniang didn't say anything. She stretched out her hand to hold the mark on her face. Can she really not care?
Taomi's words can only go so far. Even if she is not Caiyin, she has lived with Hu Meiniang for so many years. When she first came here, Hu Meiniang really taught her how to practice attentively, although those things she
They already knew it, and there was no need for her to teach him, but she really had nothing to say about Cai Yin being kind.
So she would be happy if it could help her resolve her knot.
When Taomi woke up the next day, Hu Meiniang was no longer around, only a letter beside her. After reading it, Taomi smiled.
Hu Meiniang left. She said she wanted to see the outside world. She knew that cultivation could not be complacent, but she no longer cared about those people's opinions, so she did not have the courage to go out. Now she decided not to care about those people.
People's opinions changed, so she went out.
At the end of the letter, Hu Meiniang said that she might not have a return date, and that if she missed her, she could go to her at any time.
Although Hu Meiniang said this, Taomi never thought about going to find her. She could live well alone. I believe that when they meet again, she will be a completely different Hu Meiniang from yesterday.
"Cain, you're finally back. During the time you were away, no one went to buy me a drink. Now that you're back, go and get me some good drinks." With that, Uncle Shen brought me back.
The wine gourd was stuffed into Taomi's hand.
"Uncle Shen, now you know what's mine." Taomi swung the wine gourd, but there was no sound. This was in line with Uncle Shen's style, not a drop of wine was left.
"Yes, yes, Cai Yin is the best. I also asked those people to go to the tavern you mentioned to get drinks, but what they got back was the same thing as you." Uncle Shen thought about it carefully.
It's definitely a different taste.
Taomi smiled and was not in a hurry to get a drink. Instead, she sat down on the stone next to Uncle Shen and said, "Uncle Shen, how many years have you been practicing?"
"I don't even remember how many years I have been practicing. Why do you ask?"
"It's nothing, I'm just asking casually. You have been like this since I became conscious. You are considered an older generation here. I have never seen what a person who has become an immortal looks like."
Although every world is similar, she still wants to know more about this world.
"Oh, you young people, you just don't have the right thoughts. You think about running outside all day long. How can you become an immortal? Look at me, you have been in the mountains for so many years and you still haven't become an immortal. You are still early.
Just work hard." Uncle Shen, who was dressed in red, also showed a rare expression of deepness. He really seemed to be an elder who was teaching the younger generation attentively, which was completely different from his previous careless appearance.
In Wuyi Mountain, there is no existence like Jinba Dharma King. Most of the monsters are still cultivating hard. There are also many monsters who respect Uncle Shen. It is said that Uncle Shen has been practicing for thousands of years. In addition to liking to drink
Apart from drinking a little, I don't have any bad habits, and I haven't done anything harmful to the world. It seems that I am about to become an immortal, but there is no sign of it now.
"Hey, why don't you go get a drink quickly? Do you think you want to starve me to death? Go, go, go." Uncle Shen waved to Taomi, looking very impatient.
Taomi stood up and said somewhat helplessly, "Okay then, I'll get you a drink now."
As for why the wine she drinks is different from other wines, it can only be said to be a human problem. The father of the owner of this shop is a famous winemaker in this area, but for some reason he offended a powerful man.
It was a human being. Taomi stopped by and delivered the evidence to the desk of another more powerful person.
Coincidentally, the person who imprisoned the boss's father was in the same party as the enemy of the one who sent the evidence to Taomi. It was such a coincidence. Taomi promised that there was no investigation. It was really just a passing incident.
That’s all.
"Miss Cai Yin is here, is it still a bottle of wine today?"
"Yes, this is the money for the drinks." Taomi put a cloth bag on the counter.
The boss knew what was inside without looking at it, so he quickly pushed it back to Taomi, "Miss Caiyin, you have been a great favor to our family, how can we ask for your wine money?"
Taomi smiled and said, "You don't have to be polite to me. It's not me who drinks this wine. This is given to you by the guest. Just accept what you win."
As she said that, Taomi took the wine gourd brought by the waiter and left the tavern.
The boss looked at the cloth bag in front of him and waved his hand to the waiter. He knew that the thing inside was a ginseng beard without looking at it. Over the years, his family had soaked these ginseng beards in wine as Tao Mi said.
, whenever someone is sick, he takes it out and uses it once, and the pain is immediately cured the next day. His father is over 70 years old, and he is still in high spirits without any illness or pain.
He had seen this Cain girl when he was a child, and now he would see her once every few years, but her appearance had not changed at all, which made him doubt that she was a fairy and would never grow old.
Their family is extremely lucky to be able to meet a fairy.
Taomi met Wuyishan directly after coming out of the tavern. She met the tavern owner and his family just because of a coincidence. As for being able to have an in-depth relationship, of course it was because she had carefully inspected the people she had met and experienced many things. Although
There's no guarantee that she won't make mistakes, but it's generally fine. If she was a greedy person, how could she have been able to hang out with him for so many years?
"Uncle Shen, the wine you wanted."
Uncle Shen took the wine gourd from Taomi's hand, couldn't wait to open it and took a sip, and then showed a relaxed expression, with a look of enjoyment on his face, "Thank you Caiyin, this is the taste, you little monsters will fight back
Why doesn’t it taste like this?”
"I don't know about that." Will she say that these are wines made from your beard? You don't know what the wine is made from part of your own body.
But I think even if Uncle Shen knew about it, nothing would happen. After all, sometimes when she was hungry, Tao Mi had seen Uncle Shen bite her own fingers and eat them. Anyway, it would grow back soon.
Perhaps this is the difference between animal sperm and plant sperm. Plants can regenerate, but animals only have one life. No matter whether an arm or leg is lost, it cannot grow back.
"In the future, I will still let you go drink."
"Uncle Shen, I'm afraid I won't be able to fetch drinks for you in the future. I have to go down the mountain too."
Uncle Shen looked at Taomi and put down the wine gourd, "You're going down the mountain again, Caiyin, Uncle Shen told you, you come back this time with a much heavier smell of blood than when you came back last time. If you
If you want to become an immortal, you can't kill too much, otherwise even if the Bodhisattva wants to save you, the bloody energy in your body will not reach the heaven."
Taomi was slightly startled. She didn't expect Uncle Shen to be so sharp. He could even tell that the bloody smell on her body was different from the last time she came back?
"Uncle Shen? How did you see it?" This should be difficult to see. Besides, she herself didn't feel any changes between her and before she went to kill Dharma King Jinba.
Uncle Shen just smiled, a very mysterious smile that could be compared to the Mona Lisa's smile. "The authorities are obsessed with the beholder."
No matter what Uncle Shen said, Taomi still went down the mountain. She didn't want to do anything when she went down the mountain this time. It was just that Bai Suzhen was probably about to give birth. She had asked Bai Suzhen to help her carry such a big baby because of the toad and toad sperm.
I have to return the pot now.
Bai Suzhen had not yet given birth when Taomi arrived in Qiantang. After the two met, Taomi found an inn to stay. She really wanted to know what Uncle Shen meant when he said, 'Those who are in charge of the authorities are obsessed with it, and those who are on the lookout can see clearly'.
She has experienced many worlds, and she knew that she must have changed a little, but she didn't expect that in just a few months, Uncle Shen would notice the difference between her and before.
So how does she compare with her now and before she came to practice?
Have the changes become even greater?
To be continued...