Who asked him to cultivate immortality!

Shoutian County, Guhuai Town, abandoned temple.

In the south of Jizhou, heavy rains poured down, and the green grass had already been turned into mud by the rain. The green leaves stood vertically in the rain, washed away lifelessly by the rain.

The sky was dark and oppressive, as if darkness would come down at any time.

The scholar looked in a hurry, wearing a raincoat and a hat, holding a book wrapped in cloth in his arms, running wildly in the pouring rain.

When he saw the abandoned temple not far away, his eyes lit up, he hugged the book tightly in his arms, quickened his pace, and ran over.

Huhu——

The scholar was panting from exhaustion and closed the doors and windows tightly. Although the temple was dilapidated, it was not leaking, which was a blessing among misfortunes.

He opened the package and checked whether the books had gotten wet. Perhaps because of the good protection, the books were still dry.

The scholar lit the oil lamp and read it softly with the help of the dim oil lamp.

A beautiful figure suddenly appeared behind the scholar. With a charming smile on her lips, the beautiful figure patted the scholar's back.

When the scholar saw Qian Ying's appearance, he seemed to be fascinated and laughed involuntarily.

After the heavy rain, the exhausted scholar left the abandoned temple.

…

Three figures dressed as scholars were walking in the muddy ground, one foot deep and one foot shallow, looking quite embarrassed.

"Why is this road so difficult?" One of the scholar figures complained.

Another figure rolled his eyes: "Let's make do with it. Don't be dissatisfied. Isn't this condition much better than when we were in the dense forest?"

"Right."

The third figure explained: "I heard that it rained heavily yesterday, which has not happened in ten years. It poured water thoroughly in Guhuai Town, and the river water overflowed the river bank. I heard that it will rain again tonight."

"Tsk, I feel like this is not a good sign."

Lu Yang pointed at the temple and said with a smile: "That's just right. There is a temple in front. Although it is a bit broken, the Buddha statue should still be there. You can go and pay homage while you spend the night."

"Reorganize the plan. According to the existing intelligence, the other party is very vigilant and will not show up easily. Moreover, the other party is a ghost and has excellent escape techniques, so it is not easy to be caught."

"The female ghost's strength should be in the foundation building stage, but the specific level is unknown."

"If a female ghost appears, you must wait until you are sure that the other party will not escape before you catch her!"

"Our current identity is that we are scholars who have entered the Imperial City to gain fame. We stay here for one night and take this opportunity to lure the female ghost to show up!"

"So far, we haven't received any news of the female ghost killing someone. Don't kill her when you catch her."

"I had no experience going out before. Ever since I saw my master imprisoned, I have learned the importance of using a false name in the outside world. This way, it will not disgrace the Taoist people. Let's check their names again. My name is Lu Yiyang .”

"My name is Long Jingzhou."

"My name is Li Hao."

The three of them considered it together and felt that there was nothing wrong with the plan, so they controlled their aura to the extreme, disguised themselves as mortals, and walked into the temple.

"This temple is so clean." Meng Jingzhou was surprised. He thought the floor would be full of dust and spiders would spin webs in every corner.

The situation inside the temple was far beyond his expectation. The temple was as clean as if someone had cleaned it.

The only regret is that the upper body of the Buddha statue in the middle is missing, making it impossible to worship.

Li Haoran found dry firewood from behind the Buddha statue, which should have been left by the person who stayed here last time.

He piled the firewood together, found some hay, took out the flint and steel from the bag, and used the hay as a guide to light the firewood pile.

Li Haoran warmed his hands over the fire and showed an extremely comfortable expression: "Huh - I'm alive."

Lu Yang took out a few steamed buns from his bag, skewered them with wooden skewers, and grilled them over the fire.

When the outer skin of the steamed buns turned slightly yellow, Lu Yang broke open one of the steamed buns, and the aroma mixed with the heat hit his face.

Meng Jingzhou walked around the dilapidated temple and returned to the main hall: "In addition to the main hall, there are two rooms. It's just right for each person to have one room when he goes to bed later."

"good."

The three of them gathered around the fire, eating steamed buns and pickles, while lamenting that the road ahead was not easy.

Lu Yang was filled with worry, and even the steamed bun in his hand no longer tasted good: "I don't know if going to the Imperial City this time will be smooth sailing. I heard that monks are everywhere in the Imperial City, and it's difficult for us mortals to get ahead there. It’s more difficult.”

Meng Jingzhou waved his hand: "The number of monks in the Imperial City is not as exaggerated as you think. It is good to have one monk among twenty people. It is so difficult to become a monk. The spiritual root alone will filter out 99% of the people."

There is one monk among twenty people. This ratio is already extremely shocking. No large city in the Central Continent can achieve this ratio.

"Although we don't have spiritual roots, we have knowledge. We have all kinds of articles at our fingertips, and we also have different views on current affairs. We will leave Shoutian County tomorrow and go to Beijing to take the exam to gain fame, gain recognition from the Holy One, and seek an official position. It is not impossible things."

Not all high-quality officials in the Great Xia Dynasty were monks, but some were mortals.

Meng Jingzhou pointed at Li Haoran with the steamed bun and said: "For example, Brother Li, he recited "The Thousand Character Essay" at the age of five, wrote poems at the age of seven, lyrics at the age of eight, and articles at the age of ten. He is talented and his articles are wonderful, as if he was born in heaven. Mr. I am full of praise and praise you as the best student I have ever taught.”

Li Haoran smiled reservedly: "Brother Long is ridiculous. It's just that Mr. wanted to inspire me, so he commented like this. On the contrary, Brother Long, instead of inheriting the family business, wanted to make a career in the Imperial City. This Self-confidence and the confidence that comes from it are something that Brother Lu and I cannot compare to."

The three people praised each other in various ways, and then they opened up the sage's book, reading it with great interest. They felt that the sage's writing was really good, and it was worthy of being a famous article that could be passed down through the ages. If they could write an article like this, they would die without regrets. .

Meng Jingzhou yawned and ruthlessly attacked Lu Yang's dream: "Okay, stop dreaming, go to sleep, we have to get up early tomorrow."

The three of them walked into their respective rooms as they had agreed while eating steamed buns.

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou went to sleep in the rooms on both sides respectively, while Li Haoran stayed in the main hall and slept in front of the half-sized Buddha statue.

In the darkness, three beautiful figures stared at Lu Yang and the others, their eyes emitting a faint green light.

"Three more people have come, and their yang energy is strong. I really want to know what they feel like..." Qingyi Qianying chuckled.

"Yes, yes, it's been a long time since I've seen a scholar with such strong yang energy. Although it is said that scholars who read the books of saints and sages for a long time can cultivate a great righteousness, but it's rare to see them like these three people." Hongyi Qianying licked her lips, full of temptation.

Baiyi Qianying was relatively young and said quickly: "Two sisters, please be careful not to absorb all their yang energy and look at the problem from a sustainable perspective."

"When they feel comfortable once, they will come a second time. By going back and forth, we absorb more yang energy than if we absorbed all the light at once."

"I know, I know, Xiao Qi'an is not old, but he is the most verbose. We both know the rules and will not do anything that will lead to investigation by the righteous path. We are the unlucky ones. We still understand this truth. "

"We split up. We two go to the two rooms next to each other. Xiao Qi, you stay here and take care of this guy named Li."