Meet the Gentleman

Chapter 20 Essence of the Moon
Inside the wooden house.

The oil lamp burned quietly, emitting a dim yellow light.

As it gradually got dark in the hall, Feng Qingyan picked up the wick of the lamp, looked at the night sky outside the door and fell silent.

These past few days, Mr. An allowed Jiuge to make trouble, perhaps with the intention of observing him.

If Jiuge does evil, harms the people, and kills lives, even if he is a righteous god, Mr. An will suppress him without hesitation. But now, it seems that Jiuge has temporarily passed Mr. An's test, and he has allowed it to come to the academy to learn about etiquette, righteousness, integrity and shame, and so far everything is peaceful.

If Jiuge enters the academy, Mr. An will naturally find a way to help Jiuge cultivate his character and learn etiquette, righteousness, integrity and shame.

When he graduated from the academy, he would probably have become a disciple of Confucianism.

Even so, it might be a good choice.

If Jiuge is allowed to follow his nature and do whatever he wants, he will surely indulge in his desires, gradually he will have no taboos, and in the end he may become tyrannical and unjust, and the people will hate him to the core.

At this point, it had reached the opposite side of Confucianism, and its road had come to an end.

Of course, it is also possible that everything will remain peaceful and everyone will keep to themselves.

If Feng Qingyan were given a choice, he would probably choose to cling to Confucianism. Although he would lose some freedom, he would gain recognition and protection from Confucianism.

God is not invincible in this world.

Saints are the top beings.

But he is not Jiuge, so Jiuge can only make the choice by herself. If Jiuge chooses not to enter the academy, he has the responsibility to correct Jiuge's path and prevent Jiuge from going astray.

Moreover, he didn't want Jiuge to become an evil god in the end.

Jiuge is still young and cannot understand much, so he is not in a hurry to make a choice.

Moreover, the academy knew about Jiuge's existence, but his thoughts had not yet been formed, so how could they turn a blind eye? They would definitely find ways to lure Jiuge into the academy...

If the academy has such thoughts, it means Jiuge has basically nothing to worry about.

Feng Qingyan relaxed after figuring it out. He told Jiuge about the bet among the students, hoping that Jiuge could cooperate with him and help him get the twenty pieces of Xuehua Xuan.

One gold is equal to one catty, which is equal to sixteen taels, or about one hundred and sixty taels of silver.

The specific replacement amount depends on the quality of the gold and silver.

In fact, it is not that inferior snowflake paper is sold at less than one gold coin per page, it depends on who you sell it to. Because whether it is high-quality snowflake paper or inferior snowflake paper, they are all priced but not sold, and are rarely seen on the market.

If there is a scholar who needs it, he will pay a high price even for inferior snow-flower paper.

Let's assume that one page is worth one hundred taels of silver, and one knife is worth one hundred pages, so the minimum you can get is ten thousand taels of silver, and twenty knives are worth a minimum of two hundred and twenty thousand!
What is this number?
No wonder the poor disciples were completely dumbfounded.

If Feng Qingyan went into the mountains to collect herbs without Jiuge's help, he would be very lucky if he could collect herbs worth one or two taels of silver.

After hearing this, Jiuge expressed his cooperation repeatedly.

Now that everyone knows about Jiuge's existence, there is no need to hide it, and it is impossible to hide it forever.

But you can't show your face often, you have to maintain a certain degree of mystery.

"In the next three days, many students will try every means to lure you out. Remember, don't show up." Feng Qingyan couldn't help but remind him again. It was difficult to remain calm in front of the Xuehua Xuan worth more than 200,000 taels.

At this time Jiuge seemed to have discovered something and became a little excited.

Feng Qingyan was a little surprised, and then he saw it suddenly rush out, and couldn't help but shout: "Jiuge, what's wrong?"

Jiuge stopped hurriedly and kept pointing in a direction, looking impatient.

Feng Qingyan was a little curious, so he walked out of the wooden house and said, "I'll go with you to take a look."

Jiuge hurriedly led the way, but Feng Qingyan was just an ordinary person, and he was weak, so he couldn't walk fast at all. After Jiuge ran back a few times, it seemed that he couldn't stand the slow pace, so he "asked for instructions" and took Feng Qingyan away.

Huh?
Feng Qingyan looked at his feet in surprise. He was clearly standing still, but the soil under his feet was carrying him forward. The speed was not very fast, perhaps because Jiuge was worried that he could not stand steadily.

After a while, he and Jiuge arrived at a valley. From afar, they saw the moonlight flowing like water in the valley, as if the moon fell from the sky and turned into a pool of moonlight water. The whole valley looked dreamy and magnificent, giving people a feeling of unreality.

At this time, Jiuge's eyes lit up, and he couldn't wait to pounce on it and devour it.

"This is... Yuehua?"

Feng Qingyan looked at it curiously.

This scene was so bizarre that it gave people an indescribable feeling of comfort, and their hearts gradually became peaceful and empty.

"This is the essence of the moon!"

Feng Qingyan understood it after feeling it. He never thought that someone would use the "Essence of the Moon" to lure Jiuge to show up.

The value of this "Essence of the Moon" is probably no less than twenty dollars of snowflake paper.

Generous!
Feng Qingyan couldn't help but admire the courage of the disciples from the aristocratic families.

Feng Qingyan probably couldn't explain clearly how the mountain soul was born, but it definitely involved swallowing the essence of the sun and the moon.

Birds and beasts devour the essence of the sun and the moon and become monsters.

Plants and trees absorb the essence of the sun and the moon and become spirits.

When mountains and rivers swallow the essence of the sun and the moon, they become souls or monsters.

"Jiuge, you can eat it secretly, but don't show up." Feng Qingyan hesitated and said, which made Jiuge stunned for a moment, "By the way, is this Yuehua important to you?"

Jiuge moved.

"Then go ahead, and don't get discovered." Feng Qingyan said again, feeling that he was somewhat of a betrayal to the noble family.

And in the valley.

Just then, Liu Ling, Zhu Yan and others were there.

"Sir, can this drop of moonlight really induce the mountain god to show up?" Liu Ling asked with some curiosity, and then said with some heartache, "This drop of moonlight is worth no less than twenty dollars of snowflake paper, and it is extremely difficult to collect."

"It goes without saying how important the moonlight is to fairies and ghosts."

Bian Xing said with a smile, the light around him was flowing like water, as if he was in a myth, "The most important thing is that the moonlight can speed up the transformation of the mountain god, I believe the mountain god will not miss it. And transformation is the lifelong pursuit of goblins and ghosts. If the mountain god is allowed to slowly devour the moonlight of heaven and earth, I don't know how many days and nights it will take to devour..."

"What if it eats but doesn't show up?" Zhu Yan asked doubtfully.

"After swallowing one drop, it will want to swallow the second drop, the third drop, and finally it can only rely on and surrender to you, and let you drive it." Bian Xing added, "It will cost some moonlight..."

"It's not that easy, right?" Zhu Yan said after thinking for a while.

"Indeed, how can a mountain god be bribed by a few drops of moonlight so easily?" Bian Xing nodded, "However, sir, you still have a trick. You can take your time. There is no need to rush. I am afraid that the mountain god will not swallow it..."

"It turns out that the young master's real purpose is to subdue the mountain god." Liu Ling said in a daze.

"Do you think that you are short-sighted, young master?" Bian Xing couldn't help but smile and said, "It's just that he is taking advantage of the situation to suppress the disciples of the noble families."

"Qi Ming, what if the mountain god has already transformed?" Zhu Yan asked again.

Bian Xing was stunned for a moment.

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