Golden Summoner

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As soon as Xia Pingan opened his eyes, he found himself in a study room. On the bookshelf next to him, there were classics such as "Laojun Liujia Talisman", "Xiyue Gong's Forbidden Mountain Talisman", "Five Sacred Mountains" , "Three Emperors" and "Lingbao Wufu", "Taiqing Vegetation Collection", "Taiqing Zhudan Collection", etc., a window in the study is open, and you can just see the scenery of mountains and rivers outside, which is very special. beautiful.

Xia Pingan just glanced out of the window, and immediately recognized that outside the study was the scenery of Maoshan. Tao Hongjing lived in Maoshan with some disciples in his later years, and was called the "Prime Minister of the Mountain".

Just when Xia Pingan was thinking about what this Boundary Bead was going to do, there were already hurried footsteps outside his study, and a voice suddenly appeared outside the study, "Master, master, there is something important, Senior Brother Huan Kai is retreating." On the top of the cave, a large piece of colorful auspicious clouds suddenly appeared, and fairy music fell from the sky, come and see..."

When Xia Pingan heard it, he was startled, and immediately thought of something. He walked out of the study room. Outside the study room, there was a man in his 30s wearing Taoist robes. He bowed to Xia Ping'an, "Master, go and have a look!"

Tao Hongjing's study was on the third floor. Xia Pingan quickly went downstairs, and saw several disciples standing on the lawn outside the small building where he lived, with their heads raised, pointing to the east sky.

Xia Pingan followed the eyes of those disciples, and saw a colorful cloud in the sky changing on a hill not far from this building. It was very miraculous, and what was even more miraculous was that the He could still hear the music coming from the sky, and the surrounding disciples were stunned, completely unaware of what happened.

"The place where the colorful clouds are located seems to be the top of the mountain where Senior Brother Huan Kai retreated..."

"Yeah, I don't know what happened, but the colorful auspicious clouds suddenly appeared..."

"There is actually Xianle in the sky, what's wrong..."

"Ah, the master has come out..." Seeing Xia Ping'an coming out, all the disciples saluted Xia Ping'an.

Xia Pingan knew what was going on as soon as he heard it. To be honest, Xia Pingan was extremely excited at this moment. It was the first time he had experienced such a legendary scene after merging so many Boundary Beads.

"Master, what's the matter with the colorful clouds and the music from the sky?" a disciple asked.

"Don't panic, it's your brother Huan Kai who got the Tao today and has already been in the immortal class, so he's leaving..." Xia Pingan said in a somewhat shocking voice.

"Ah..." All the disciples were shocked.

Xia Pingan didn't say a word, and strode quickly towards the hill where the colorful auspicious clouds appeared. Other disciples also hurriedly followed when they saw their master approaching the hill where Senior Brother Huan Kai was retreating.

The top of the mountain is not far from here. In just over ten minutes, Xia Pingan climbed to the top of the mountain. When he arrived here, the music from the sky became more obvious. The changing colorful auspicious clouds were like umbrella covers. The entire mountain covered by the sky is full of auspiciousness and shocking. There is a cave on the mountain, facing the east.

Before Xia Pingan could speak, a mellow voice came from the cave, "But the master is here, please come to the cave to have a talk!"

Xia Pingan entered the cave, while the others stayed outside the cave. Xia Pingan entered the cave, and saw a simple-faced Taoist priest sitting cross-legged in the cave, looking at him with a smile.

"Congratulations, Fellow Daoist!" Xia Pingan calmed down and saluted the Taoist priest.

"Thank you, Master, for teaching me all these years, Huan Kai was able to attain the Tao today!" The disciple also bowed to Xia Ping'an.

Xia Pingan sighed. Huan Kai, Tao Hongjing's apprentice, testified before Tao Hongjing. This incident was so famous that he did not expect that what he experienced was today's scene.

"I asked myself that I have never been slack in teaching and cultivating the Tao, and I have been diligent all the time. You have reached the heavens today, do you know if I have made any mistakes to stay in the world and have not yet attained the Tao?" Xia Pingan sighed and asked directly. solved this problem.

"Master, you have accumulated enough yin skills, and you will attain the Tao, but it will be 12 years later!" Huan Kai said.

"Why is it 12 years late?"

"Master, you compiled the "Compendium of Materia Medica" before, using leeches, mosquitoes, and various insects and animals as medicines. Although the merits are good for people, they are harmful to life. Killing lives to save lives, going farther away, harming the harmony of nature, so That's why, master, you have wasted the time to understand the form!" After Huan Kai finished speaking, with a smile on his face, he closed his eyes and lost his breath.

The entire cave was filled with a strange fragrance, and the colorful auspicious clouds in the sky outside the cave also flew directly towards the sky at this time, and disappeared into the sky in a moment, causing the disciples outside to let out a burst of excitement. A burst of amazement.

Is this the scene where the great cultivators in ancient China got rid of their form and attained the Tao?

Looking at such a scene, Xia Pingan was shocked. At this time, Xia Pingan also knew how he could fuse this boundary bead next.

After being taught by his disciples to gain the Tao first, Tao Hongjing, in order to make up for his fault in compiling the "Compilation of Materia Medica", later spent several years rewriting the three volumes of "Better Materia Medica", completely replacing it with herbs and other medicines. At the age of 81, he finally attained enlightenment after taking medicines such as worms and beasts.

For the next few years, Xia Pingan devoted himself to writing "Bie Materia Medica" on Maoshan Mountain.

After "Bie Materia Medica" is finished, written and published, the world of this Boundary Bead will be shattered.

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In the secret room, as the light cocoon on Xia Pingan's body shattered, Xia Pingan finally opened his eyes, and the light in his eyes flickered. Just at this moment, his body has undergone another change.

The "Tao Hongjing De Dao" Boundary Bead added 81 points of divine power, plus the 36 points of divine power added by the last fusion of the Green Envoy's Boundary Bead, the added divine power of these two Boundary Beads has reached 117 points.

"Finally added a new bone, and my physical strength seems to have increased..." Xia Pingan touched the top of his head and said to himself. At this moment, the bone on top of his head is no longer one, but two. It has just increased I bought a piece, "99 divine bones, each divine bone needs to add 99 points of divine power, which means that the gap between demigods and conferred gods is 9801 points, and I have now stepped on the second ladder Now, as long as there are enough boundary beads, I will soon become a higher-level god-favored person, until the last step of conferring the gods..."

After the gods in this world fuse with the boundary beads, every time the upper limit of the newly added divine power increases by 99 points, there will be an extra piece of divine bone in his body. Xia Ping'an has just gone through this wonderful process...

Chapter 869 Ghostly Office

It took a long time for Xia Pingan to fuse the "Tao Hongjing Dao" Boundary Bead. After fusing this Boundary Bead, it was already evening when he left No. 169 Binhu Street.

Although No. 169 Binhu Street was nice, it hadn't been cleaned and tidied up. There was no way to live in it, so Xia Pingan could only leave first, and planned to clean it up by himself tomorrow, and then he could move in.

Of course, for a summoner, the best way is actually to summon a servant to take care of the sanitation and housework in the villa, and also look after the house for himself, and the so-called servant is actually a person in the secret mandala. Ordinary peasant women, peasant women or craftsmen, they are all qualified for this kind of work. If craftsmen are used as servants, they can do more delicate work, but thinking that he needs at least 30 points of divine power to summon a farmer, Xia Pingan gave up the idea .

Because in the eyes of the investigation bureau, the divine power of his secret mandala at the moment is only 10 points at most, and he just consumed it in prison.

3 points of divine power, so he only has 7 points of divine power at most. If he suddenly "spends a lot" to summon a servant by spending dozens of points of divine power, it will make people suspicious, and he may become the object of investigation up.

So, wait a minute...

Xia Pingan ate dinner outside, went to a bar to drink some wine, and familiarized himself with the situation in the urban area of ​​Kelande. The bar is the place that best reflects the customs of a place. You can hear a lot of interesting things by watching the content of those people chatting after drinking too much.

After drinking some wine, it was almost ten o'clock before Xia Pingan left the bar, walked alone, and returned to his place of residence.

To be honest, Xia Pingan really hoped that when he walked alone at night or when he was drinking, he could jump out of two heinous outlaws to give himself some supernatural power. He didn't meet any villains worth shooting tonight.

Back at the Simon couple's family hotel, it was already dark, and the Simon couple also went to bed early. Xia Pingan went back to his room, took a shower and then fell asleep. He had nothing to say all night.

On the second day, Xia Ping'an came to No. 169 Binhu Street again, rolled up his sleeves, and started cleaning the villa by himself. After working for a long time, the villa was almost cleaned up. The sun should be sunned, and the life is quite fulfilling.

After cleaning and tidying up the villa, Xia Pingan found a nearby newspaper subscription point, left the address of No. 169 Binhu Street, ordered a copy of "Brandy Daily", and went to a workshop a few kilometers away to find the newspaper. A coppersmith who makes signs orders a sign.

On the third day, Xia Pingan bid farewell to Simon and his wife, moved to No. 169 Binhu Street by himself, bought some ingredients by himself, and made dinner in the villa for the first time.

There is tap water and gas in this villa. The tap water and gas here can only be used after payment. It is very interesting. The meter is just outside the villa. It is two sturdy iron boxes. Inside the iron box is a mechanical billing Device, every time you put in a coin of at least 5 dinnings, the switch of the iron box will be turned on, and the villa will be connected to water and gas. to use.

People from Keland’s water company and gas company go outside the villa every day to open the billing boxes to get money. Of course, those billing boxes may be damaged occasionally, but such things are rare, because damage to the billing boxes The crime is equivalent to robbing a bank, but the money you get is only 5 dinings. Unless you are a fool, no one will rob a bank for 5 dinings.

"It would be great if Zhaojun was here..." Looking at the few simple ingredients on the table in the empty restaurant, Xia Pingan shook his head and smiled wryly. It would be best if he could summon Wang Zhaojun. Capable, she can manage the place well by herself. If she wants to be a fortune teller, Wang Zhaojun can also be her assistant. I just gave up this idea, 1480 points of divine power can summon Wang Zhaojun, Xia Pingan can't summon at all.

After dinner, Xia Pingan remembered that he hadn't read "Brandy Daily" today. He walked out of the villa, went to the mailbox outside, opened the mailbox, and saw a copy of "Brandy Daily" in the mailbox .

After reading the "Brandy Daily", there is still no task issued by Mr. Coin. It seems that the task of the night watchman is not often available. I usually have a lot of time to do other things.

On the morning of the second day after staying at No. 169 Binhu Street, Xia Pingan had just eaten the millet porridge breakfast he had cooked when someone rang the doorbell of the villa from outside, making a crisp sound of ding dong ding dong...

Xia Pingan walked to the door, opened the door, and saw a man in his 40s with brown hair wearing light blue overalls and a yellow peaked cap standing outside the door. In one hand of this man was holding Something wrapped in cloth, a freckled young apprentice of fifteen or sixteen was standing behind the man carrying a moving ladder and a toolbox.

"Mr. Xia, I have finished the things you ordered on time. Please take a look..." The man took off his hat as soon as he saw Xia Pingan, with a simple smile on his face, and then put the hand on his hand. Open the cloth-wrapped thing, hold it with both hands for Xia Pingan to take a closer look, "This signboard is all made according to your wishes, look, are you satisfied?"

It was a signboard made of brass, more than two feet long, with a variety of styles in one foot. It looked very heavy and had a simple atmosphere. There was a line of words protruding from the brass signboard, "Phoenix Spiritual Office ".

Psychic Firm, this is the usual name of the firm opened by fortune tellers in this world, just like the names of various law firms, the most important ability of the Psychic Firm is dream interpretation and divination. In addition, this kind of firm will generally accept some special commissions like a psychic or a private detective, such as requieming a soul, finding people, and the like.

Xia Pingan also wanted to open another Zhougong Building before, but after thinking about it carefully, the name of Zhougong Building here is too strange and strange, and it is difficult for most people to understand, it is not easy for people to remember and expand business, and this name is easy He exposed his true identity, so after some consideration, he decided to do as the Romans do, and took the name "Phoenix Ghost Office".

The phoenix can be nirvana in the flames, and it is also one of the fetishes worshiped by the Chinese people. Xia Pingan hopes that he can also complete the nirvana from mortal to god and complete the plan to mend the sky when he comes to the Gods of the Heavens this time.

The man holding the copper signboard was the craftsman from the coppersmith workshop that Xia Pingan found yesterday to make the signboard. Today, he made the signboard and delivered it to the door in person according to the address Xia Pingan left.

"Mr. Bach, thank you for your hard work. I am very satisfied with this signboard!" Xia Pingan looked at the copper signboard and nodded in satisfaction.

"Then look, where is this signboard going to hang?"

Xia Pingan pointed to the wall next to the door on the right side of the gate, "Just hang it here..."

"Okay, then I'll hang this signboard here!" The craftsman said, he greeted the apprentice next to him, put the escalator he brought at the door, took out other tools in the box, and was busy at the door of the villa Get up and fix the pegs on the wall to put the sign in place.

While the craftsmen were busy, Xia Pingan came to the mailbox at the door, opened the mailbox, and took out today's "Brandi Daily".

Xia Pingan just flipped through it quickly, his heart was shocked, and he took a deep breath. He finally saw the mission sent to him by Mr. Coin on the "Brandy Daily"'s discovery revelation-one of his vigils. Man's task finally came.

At this moment, the female neighbor at No. 168 next door came out of the villa with her dog, and just in time to see the copper signboard hanging on the wall, the female neighbor stopped on the sidewalk outside with a look on her face. I looked up curiously.

"Ah, Mr. Xia, are you still a fortuneteller?" The female neighbor asked in surprise, her eyes sparkling, as if she had discovered some interesting gossip.

Chapter 8 Seventy

On the first day the firm was listed, although there was no business, the firm's reputation spread around Binhu Street all of a sudden, all thanks to Xia Ping'an's good neighbor, Mrs. Margaret.

After knowing that Xia Ping'an knew divination, Mrs. Margaret made it a topic when she went shopping in the market in the morning, tried clothes in a tailor's shop, and when she went to a friend's house for afternoon tea in the afternoon. The housewives and Mrs. Margaret's circle of friends basically know about it.

However, everyone still had great doubts about Xia Ping'an's divination ability, and everyone was still waiting to see, especially when they learned about Xia Ping'an's age and the cost of his divination from Mrs. Margaret. People's reactions are wide-eyed, and then there are all kinds of unfriendly speculations.

"Is that Xia Pingan crazy, or is he a liar!"

"Who knows, maybe that young man really has some skills, but this is the first time I've seen such a young fortune-teller. I don't know if any of you want to try it, Mo La, haven't you always wanted to find someone to do your fortune-telling for you?" What about it!" Mrs. Margaret, who was drinking afternoon tea, said to another woman beside her in the tone of a lady.

"Forget it, compared to these fortune tellers who just debuted, I believe in masters like Ansophier more. I have already joined Master Ansophier's spiritual club, and I will wait for Master Ansophier to come to Kelan again next time." De, I can go to Master Ansoffel for divination in person, and Xia Pingan's fee is not like a newcomer at all, in this business, isn't it true that the older the fortune-teller is, the more experienced he is?"

"Margaret, what does that young fortune-teller look like?" In the tea hall, another tall, plump and beautiful woman asked with interest. She glanced at Mo La with provocative eyebrows. Provoked, a smile appeared on the sexy lips, "I am the opposite of Mo La, as long as they are young people, I am interested in them. I prefer young fortune tellers. I don't have such friends around me yet. If he has ability, I can consider making him my personal fortune teller..."

The woman who opened her mouth was Caitlin, a beautiful woman in a low-cut dress with a waist, and a dazzling diamond necklace around her neck. She had three husbands, one was a businessman, the other was a banker, and the other was a woman. She is a mine owner, but it is a coincidence that her three husbands died earlier after marrying her, and they did not have children with her, so she inherited several of her husbands when she was only in her 30s. Wealth has become Keland's richest and most beautiful widow, and in such afternoon tea parties, she is often at the core without knowing it.

Mrs. Margaret covered her mouth with a fan and smiled, "Well, that Xia Pingan is a young man full of vigor. He should be under 20 years old. He has exercised very well and has a tall and straight figure. He has black eyes and black hair like the night sky. He is profound and charming, I feel that he is very different from ordinary young people, he may not be considered a handsome man at first glance, but if you look at it again, you can feel that he should be an attractive gentleman!"

"Hearing what you said, I can't help but want to see him..." Caitlin laughed, and took a sip of tea lightly.

"Kaitlin, you should really find a husband to marry. The manager of the firm last time was actually very good..." A woman next to her said.

Caitlin sighed and shook her head, "I don't think so. Being a rich and beautiful widow is much more interesting than being a wife. If I get married, I can only have one husband, but now, I can change at any time." Boyfriend, and the whole Colander knows that I am a black widow, I know what my reputation is like, those men who dare to risk their lives to marry me may not like me, but my wealth. Those people are fighting each other, it's better for me to be more free..."

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Xia Pingan's divination fee this time, the standard he set, the fee for a divination and dream interpretation is 100 talers.

100 Thaler, this fee may not be a big deal to the rich, but to the ordinary working class, it is not a small sum of money, just like Xia Pingan, when he worked as a hotel security guard, he earned a year The money is more than 100 talers.

This price is absolutely unacceptable to ordinary people.

Of course, Xia Pingan did not intend to earn the living expenses of ordinary people. The reason he opened the office was to make money to buy Jiezhu and obtain training resources. Therefore, the positioning of this office at the beginning was high-end, serving local tyrants. Xia Ping'an also knew that such a firm's business would not be very good at the beginning, but once it became famous, with regular customers and word-of-mouth, it would be easy to make money.

I just hope that the office this time will not be forced to close down before it opened much like the Zhou Gonglou last time.

Although the office has been listed, Xia Pingan is still a little apprehensive and worried, because he doesn't know whether the order to kill him from the Dominator Demon God is still valid in the Realm of the Gods, and whether there are still a group of terrifying summoners looking for him all over the world. , and his current name is still Xia Ping'an, I don't know if it's a coincidence or fate, it's too conspicuous.

If the ruling demon god's order to kill him still exists, then the danger will come at an unknown time, so, no matter what, there is only one way in front of Xia Ping'an, and he must try his best to obtain the boundary as soon as possible at all costs. Beads improve strength, and only strength is the basis for one's own survival.

On the day the firm was listed, Xia Pingan went to get a haircut, went to a well-known tailor shop to order some expensive clothes for himself, and went to a hat shop to order top hats and leather shoes. Leek, in terms of outfit and appearance, you must not let those local tyrants think it is cheap. The things you wear on your body must not be cheaper than 100 thalers.

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Early in the morning on the second day of the office's opening, the weather was fine today. Xia Pingan walked out of No. 169 Binhu Street in a neat and well-dressed manner. He took out the "Brandy Daily" in the house, then went out on the road, called a cab, and got into it.

Today is the day when Mr. Coin meets, and he will also meet his first task of becoming a night watchman. Xia Pingan attaches great importance to this task. Only when the night watchman is done well can he talk about treatment with Mr. Coin.

"It seems that I have to get a servant as soon as possible whether I spend money to hire or use divine power to summon, otherwise the office will not work if there is no one guarding it. By the way, it is convenient to buy another carriage. A divination fee is 100 A fortune teller in Thaler, traveling without a private carriage makes people feel like a liar, if you want a carriage, you have to hire or summon a driver, oops, it’s really troublesome..." Xia Pingan, who was sitting in the rented carriage, rubbed his Looking at the street scene outside the carriage window, I feel that everything is complicated, and now it is really starting from scratch.

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Less than 169 minutes after Xia Ping'an left No. 10, Binhu Street, a gorgeous white carriage pulled by two white horses stopped in front of No. 169.

The driver was not tall, but as strong as a bear, with a bushy beard and a faint scar on his left cheek. The driver stopped the car, went up the steps, and came to the door, only to notice the hanging on the door. Then the coachman came to the side of the carriage and knocked lightly on the door, "Ma'am, there is no one in this office, and there is a sign on the door that says I am out on business..."

The curtains of the car window were opened a little, revealing Mrs. Caitlin's carefully groomed face. Mrs. Caitlin glanced at the door with a slightly disappointed expression, "Forget it, let's go to rule the temple... "

"Yes, ma'am!"

The coachman got back into the chariot, flicked the reins, and the white chariot headed towards the Temple of Domination.

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After more than 40 minutes, Xia Pingan's taxi stopped, and the driver opened the door for Xia Pingan. After paying the fare, Xia Pingan looked at the oldest and most magnificent building in front of him—— Dominate the temple.

There is a square in front of the temple. From the square to entering the temple, there are 99 steps. Above the steps, a row of giant columns sets off a magnificent building full of sense of history.

At the highest point of the main entrance of the building, there is also a relief sculpture of the six-winged Peng King with huge wings spread out, looking down on all the people who entered the temple.

Seeing the statue of the six-winged roc king, Xia Pingan couldn't help feeling a special feeling in his heart.

The Realm of the Gods is a world that allows multiple beliefs. Take the Republic of Redron as an example. In this country, there are various temples, large and small, but in this world all the temples and Among the beliefs, dominating the temple is definitely the most important belief in the dominant position.

There are a lot of people going in and out of the temple, and many of them are travel-savvy. It seems that they have come from afar. For many devout believers, they start to worship outside the temple, and then worship all the way from the steps. Enter the temple.

Xia Pingan followed the worshiping crowd up the 99 steps, and finally walked into the huge temple.

Inside the temple, there stands a tall statue of the ruler. The most impressive thing is that one of the hands of the statue of the ruler holds a small tree. The tree symbolizes the entire cosmic starry sky and the law of cause and effect of all things, all of which are under the control of the supreme master.

There were joss sticks at the entrance of the temple, and Xia Pingan followed the other pious believers, lit incense, and walked towards the inside after burning the incense.

Xia Pingan did not go to worship, but walked towards a row of confession rooms in the temple. There were more than 30 confession rooms, and many people outside were waiting to enter to confess. Xia Ping arranged a team and waited for ten A few minutes later, the door of the confession room in front of him opened, and an old woman who was confessing inside came out with red eyes. Xia Pingan then entered the confession room and closed the door of the confession room.

The area of ​​the confession room is less than one square meter, and there is a stool inside, which is just enough for people to sit down. It is like a small black room. This room has been specially constructed, with the breath of divine power and formation, which isolates the inside from the outside. With all the sounds and detections, as soon as you enter the confession room, you will feel that everything around you has quieted down, as if you have come to a dark wilderness with no one in it, you can instantly calm down and open your heart.

There is only a small palm-sized window with screens in the confessional, which allows people to hear the words of the priests in the temple on the other side of the confessional. This is a place of absolute privacy.

Just a few seconds after Xia Pingan entered the confession room and sat down, he felt a person came in from the other side of the confession room, who seemed to be wearing a priest's robe, and was sitting opposite the small window, but he couldn't see his face clearly.