jdhmnovel Chapter 240 Xuanyuan Qiling Jue
Chapter 240 Xuanyuan Qiling Jue
"What favor do you want? Please tell me, Shopkeeper Canglan. I will definitely do whatever I can to help you."
Bai Yaoyao was not vague. These days, no matter how late she came back, the old mermaid shopkeeper would leave the door open for her and would not rest until she came back. Not only did he give her a 50% discount on the room rate, he also gave her some special mermaid dishes from time to time.
Although she was the one who gave the pastries first, Bai Yaoyao still remembered this favor.
If the help that the old mermaid shopkeeper asked her to do was within her ability, then it would not be a bad idea to help.
Canglan handed the package in his hand to Bai Yaoyao with a smile.
"It's not a big deal. A few years ago, a poor immortal couldn't afford the rent, so he gave this package to me as collateral. I recently found this pile of junk when I was cleaning my room. It's not good to throw garbage around in this secret realm of Mirage Sea, so I asked Immortal Bai to help me get rid of them after I leave this secret realm."
Bai Yaoyao held the worn-looking package in her hand, a little incredulous, "That's all?"
"Yes! That's it!" Canglan stroked his beard, "It's getting late, Immortal Bai, go back and get some rest!"
After saying that, he lay back on his recliner, closed his eyes, and ignored Bai Yaoyao.
Bai Yaoyao returned to the room with a puzzled look on her face, carrying the old package she was about to throw away.
In the bamboo forest outside the room, Xiao Xiaoxiao was sitting on a stone bench with his face pressed against the ground, thinking about something, while Chen Yingjie was walking around the stone table with obvious worry on his face.
It was not until Bai Yaoyao appeared in this space that they both turned their heads to look and then they breathed a sigh of relief.
Xiao Xiaoxiao stood up and greeted him: "Yaoyao, you're back! Why are you so late today?"
"Well, I took a detour to collect an extra shark, and then when I came back, I talked to the mermaid shopkeeper for a while, which delayed me a little more."
Bai Yaoyao raised the package in her hand, and then placed the things on the stone table.
He took out two bottles of Coke, threw one to Xiaoxiao, opened one for himself, and gulped it down while sitting on the stone bench.
I ran around all day and picked seafood all day, which was more tiring than my previous work.
Chen Yingjie saw the package that Bai Yaoyao had placed on the stone table. "What is this?"
Bai Yaoyao swallowed the last sip of Coke, burped, and glanced at the package. "Oh, this is what the mermaid shopkeeper asked me to help throw away."
"Lost items?" Chen Yingjie frowned slightly. "It's just a package. There's a place in the Crystal Palace where you can dispose of garbage. Why would they ask you to help throw it away?"
Bai Yaoyao also found it strange. She sat up straight and approached the package, guessing, "Is it something that cannot be seen in the light? That's why the shopkeeper didn't want to leave it here and wanted me to help him throw it far away?"
"How about opening it and taking a look?" Xiao Xiaoxiao beside him also looked at the package curiously. "He doesn't want this thing anyway. Since he asked you to help deal with it, he certainly won't mind you knowing what it is."
"This..." Bai Yaoyao was a little hesitant. When she was wondering whether it was not a good idea to pry into other people's privacy, she saw a flash of light suddenly appear on the originally tattered package.
The light was so dazzling that Bai Yaoyao and the other two instinctively turned around and avoided it.
When the light faded, the three looked at the stone table again. There was no package there, only an ancient thread-bound book that looked very worn.
"This...what is this?"
The three of them came closer, and Bai Yaoyao tried hard to make out the faded words on the cover.
"Xuan Yuan... Qi Ling... Jue?"
Chen Yingjie carefully picked up the ancient book that seemed to be falling apart.
"Xuanyuan Qiling Jue? It sounds like a cultivation method or a secret book." Chen Yingjie's eyes flashed with brilliance.
He gently turned the pages of the book. Although the paper was yellowed and fragile, the words on it were still clearly visible.
All I saw on the first page were a few large, vigorous characters.
"What is spiritual energy?"
Chen Yingjie suddenly became very serious. He flipped through the pages quickly, and the more he flipped, the more excited he became.
Until the end, he, who had always been steady, actually cried out, "This is a secret book of cultivating immortals! It teaches people how to refine Qi into the body, awaken the spirit and build the foundation!"
"real or fake?"
Xiuxian!
These two words are something that everyone in China has more or less longed for!
Which young person has not dreamed of flying with a sword, turning stones into gold, and moving mountains and seas!
At this moment, Bai Yaoyao and Xiao Xiaoxiao heard Chen Yingjie say that this tattered book that looked like pickled mustard greens could actually guide people in cultivating immortals!
Xiao Xiaoxiao came over and took the ancient book. After flipping through it, she exclaimed in surprise, "It's true! It describes in detail the origin of spiritual energy and teaches people how to open their spiritual orifices, refine qi and build a foundation."
Bai Yaoyao was very excited, "Then can we practice Taoism like those immortals?!"
At this time, Chen Yingjie had calmed down from his excitement. This was too strange.
It was as if just when I was about to fall asleep, someone eagerly brought me a pillow.
No matter how I think about it, there seems to be something wrong!
Chen Yingjie raised his head to interrupt the two excited people, looked at Bai Yaoyao and asked: "Miss Bai, did the shopkeeper say anything else besides asking you to help him throw it away?"
After Bai Yaoyao's excitement, she also felt something was wrong. Why did the shopkeeper suddenly ask her to help throw the package? And then the package opened by itself, leaving behind a secret book that could allow mortals to cultivate immortality and refine their bodies?
Could it be that their identities have been exposed?
Did the shopkeeper know that they were mortals without spiritual energy? And not the so-called immortals who came to this secret place to train?
Bai Yaoyao recounted the entire conversation she had with the shopkeeper after she entered the door, and none of the three noticed anything unusual.
"Forget it, don't think about it! I'll go find the shopkeeper tomorrow and ask him what he means."
Bai Yaoyao pondered over it and was really confused, so she decided to play it straight, "If this is really a secret manual of cultivating immortals, then isn't that exactly what we want?"
Chen Yingjie nodded and agreed, "I'll go with you tomorrow!"
We know too little information now and cannot make any further judgment. We will know tomorrow what the old shopkeeper is planning.
The three of them returned to their rooms, and needless to say they tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep.
Early the next morning, Bai Yaoyao, with dark circles under her eyes, left the room with Chen Yingjie. While there was no one in the lobby of the inn, Bai Yaoyao handed a bag of Swiss rolls to the old mermaid.
After Canglan took it, he smiled so much that all the wrinkles on his face were smoothed out. "Haha, thank you, Immortal Bai. Now I wake up every morning and look forward to what kind of delicious food you will prepare today!"
"Hehehe, I don't have anything else, but there's so much food here. If the shopkeeper wants to eat something different, I can still make sure that the food isn't repeated for ten days or half a month."
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Bai Yaoyao decided to get straight to the point.
"Oh, by the way, shopkeeper, the outer layer of the cloth of the package you asked me to discard yesterday suddenly broke apart, and I discovered that there was a secret book of immortal cultivation inside." Bai Yaoyao took out the ancient book of immortal cultivation and handed it over with both hands, "Did shopkeeper throw away the wrong thing?"