Strange Stories

Chapter 529 Dragon Scale Flying Blade
The dark clouds rolled in and spread endlessly.

When the younger sister sensed that her brother had returned, she immediately changed into a swan and flew over. She stood on the cloud with him and watched the disciples below exorcise the monster.

"Brother, do you know? These three people are already quite famous in the mountain." The little sister pointed down and said with a smile.

"Under the mountain?"

"At the foot of Fengshan Mountain, within a hundred miles." The younger sister said, "And there is a tendency to spread to the surrounding areas. At least many people in the capital have known about them, and now the news is spreading to Qinzhou."

"That's not narrow."

Fengshan Mountain stretches for hundreds of miles, and the area surrounding Fengshan Mountain is another hundred miles away. This range is not really narrow.

As for the capital, it is not surprising.

Originally, there were always dignitaries from the capital who came to Fengshan to seek immortals and Taoism, and also came to Hongye Temple to burn incense. If there was a demon in their house and they came to Hongye Temple for help, the junior sister would give it to three disciples and let them go to the capital to eliminate the demon and steal the business of Zixiao Palace and Yushan, then the reputation would spread easily.

"Yes!" The little sister nodded. "At the beginning, I would keep an eye on them while they were exterminating the monsters, but now I am completely relieved. In addition, the Zixiao Palace has taken over the capital and is very diligent. They have almost eliminated all the big and fierce monsters near Qinzhou. The only ones left are some small monsters. In my opinion, we can now completely hand this place over to them."

"The progress and growth of these three people are also very fast."

"Yeah, I've grown up in the blink of an eye."

Lin Jue couldn't help but glance at his junior sister.

What he meant was that before the chaotic times had just settled, demons and monsters were rampant, the task of exorcising demons was more difficult, and the monsters encountered would be more ferocious and dangerous. However, as the world becomes peaceful and the situation improves, it will slowly become like when they were young, with fewer demons and monsters, and even fewer big demons and monsters. As time goes on, there will even be some people in the world who have never seen demons and monsters, and will think that demons and monsters are very rare. Things that happened just a few decades ago will sound to them as distant and vague as stories from hundreds or thousands of years ago. Some people with particularly extreme ideas will even simply not believe in demons and monsters.

Correspondingly, the disciples' skills, experience and knowledge are growing, and it will become easier and easier to cope with them.

Even decades later, it is very likely that a situation similar to that of some of the great masters of Fuqiu Temple will appear. There will not be many monsters in the world that can rival them, and they will not have to work hard for the power of fighting, and at the same time, they will not have so many opportunities for them to become famous.

What the junior sister lamented was that they grew up too fast.

Indeed—

When we first met in the mountains of Yunzhou, the mountain girl of about sixteen or seventeen years old has now grown into a graceful young lady. In the secular world below the mountain, she should have been old enough to get married. Even if she and her uncle-master went out together, it would be difficult to tell who was older without looking at their temperaments.

Because the junior sister also looks very young.

Even Xu Yi and Ziyun had grown from teenage boys to teenagers. When they wore Taoist robes, carried long swords, and rode paper donkeys down the mountain to eliminate monsters, they looked quite chivalrous.

The difference between women and men lies in the sighs of Junior Sister and Lin Jue.

But if you look closely, what the two of them were lamenting was actually the same thing.

"Brother, have you heard? The southern expedition failed again and stopped halfway." The younger sister said to him, "But Huizhou has been completely conquered by the northern court. Now the King of Yue only occupies a few states in the south of the Yangtze River."

"I heard about it while having tea on the road."

"Senior brother is quite leisurely."

"If you are not at ease after becoming an immortal, what is the point of becoming an immortal?"

"That makes sense." The little sister imitated his tone and then asked, "What do you think, senior brother?"

"Jiangnan is rich and can hold out for a while, but it has no power to counterattack. It is only a matter of time before the whole country is unified."

"Guess what I think?"

The junior sister flicked her whisk and turned to look at him.

In a trance, he seemed to have more of an immortal demeanor than Lin Jue.

"What do you think, Junior Sister?"

"Although the King of Yue has been preparing for many years and is very popular among the people, Lord Luo is very imposing and has the potential to rule the world. Although the south of the Yangtze River is rich, the north is more powerful. Although there are no gods to intervene on both sides, the King of Yue has been able to hold out for so long, so he must have had the help of capable people."

"Junior sister, what you mean is..."

Lin Jue frowned, as if thinking about something.

"When Sixth Senior Brother was in Huizhou, he was very close to the officials under the King of Yue. Senior Brother, do you still remember that the officials under the King of Yue often sent him silver and money as gifts? It is said that later the King of Yue showed respect to the wise and patronized Senior Brother's Taoist temple several times. Senior Brother was finally moved by him and went to help." The little sister did not keep us in suspense and said directly, "The last time we went back to Fuqiu Peak, Sixth Senior Brother was the closest to Fuqiu Peak. He had also mastered the magic of walking and feather transformation. It only took him a short walk to go back to the mountain. But he did not come to meet us. Senior Brother, what do you think is holding him back?"

"I see……"

Lin Jue nodded and muttered to himself.

This is another difference between women and men.

Men are more independent and free-spirited, and talk less. Although Lin Jue has been keeping in touch with his senior brothers through letters since he came down the mountain, he only writes when he has something to say. Normally, they live their own lives. He can only know the general situation of his senior brothers, but not the details. If his senior brothers deliberately avoid and conceal things, he will be even less clear.

Women are different. They talk more and are more caring.

The younger sister's interactions with him and her senior brothers are undoubtedly closer, and they know him in more detail.

"It is also possible that Sixth Senior Brother knows about our relationship with Lord Luo, so he deliberately avoids us to avoid embarrassing us in front of Lord Luo." Lin Jue frowned and thought for a while, "But it is more likely that he already knows that Emperor Zixu has taken over the Nine Heavens and Emperor Yujian has bowed his head. He anticipated something and does not want us to be too deeply involved with him when he helped King Yue, so as to avoid being associated with him."

"Brother, you guessed it right. I think so too." The little sister nodded calmly, not saying that it took her several days to figure it out. "I wrote a letter to Sixth Brother."

"What did you write?"

"It's very simple. Tell him that we are very powerful and have connections that go far away. If he can't handle it, he can burn the old ox talisman or come to us. We can protect him from any worries in heaven or on earth."

"Haha! Well said!" Lin Jue laughed, "Did he write back to Junior Sister?"

"He first talked about something else to comfort me, saying that he was the one who specialized in spirit writing, and now he turned to divination. He could see farther than us, and was better at predicting good and bad luck than us. He knew his safety better than us." The little sister said, "Anyway, he knew what was going on, so we shouldn't worry." "Is that so..."

Lin Jue's smile gradually slowed down and disappeared.

As they were talking, the three men below had finished exorcising the monster, took the silver and money offered by the rich man in the village as a thank-you gift, and rode back on their donkeys, carrying their swords on their backs.

Ziyun inherited the bewitching bell from her master, and also inherited her master's hobby and habit of hanging the bell around the neck of the paper donkey. Xu Yi and Pu Mei followed her example and bought bells from somewhere and hung them around the necks of their own paper donkeys. When the three of them walked on the road, the donkey's footsteps swayed, and they and the bells swayed with it, ringing non-stop.

Someone else noticed something was wrong and looked up at the sky.

"These people are going back. Senior brother, let's go back too." The younger sister said, "Although the south has not been pacified yet, the capital has been somewhat peaceful since this year. I'd like to tell you about it."

"it is good!"

Lin Jue reached into his sleeve, pulled out a few strands of dragon whiskers, and handed them to his junior sister: "Junior sister, please keep these strands of dragon whiskers from the black dragon beside Master Ji Ling."

"so much."

"Besides Junior Sister, there are other Senior Brothers." Lin Jue said with a smile, "If that's not enough, there are more."

As for those dragon scales, he already had uses for them.

Since the second disciple below is becoming more and more proficient in the art of controlling objects, weapons made of ordinary steel in the mortal world will naturally not be enough when it comes to subduing demons and monsters, so I will first take two dragon scales, mix them with spiritual gold and make her a few flying swords, so that the demons in Qinzhou can feel the spiritual charm and power of a real dragon and broaden their horizons.

Others are kept for future use or even to be passed down.

correct--

In order to store these treasures, as well as the increasing number of treasures that may come in the future, a storage pavilion must be built on the cliff in the mountains.

"Um……"

The thundercloud flew quickly into the distance.

The three people below seemed to have finally made up their minds and began to trot on their paper donkeys towards the mountains.

……

After one month.

The Taoist was sitting in the attic, and in front of him stood his second disciple, who was becoming more and more heroic as he grew older.

"I see that your ability to control objects has improved a lot, but compared to the magic that your senior brother specializes in, the ability to control objects is more picky about flying swords and weapons. You can use the sharp knives and swords of the mortal world to deal with ordinary monsters, but as your cultivation level increases and you deal with more powerful monsters, it will not be enough."

"The method of controlling objects also includes the method of offering sacrifices and refining. I can continue to offer sacrifices and refine." Pu Mei said, "Master said that if there is something that can accompany me from the beginning of my practice to the attainment of the Tao, then even ordinary gold and iron can be transformed into a magical weapon. Even an ordinary bamboo stick can be transformed with me into an extraordinary magical weapon."

"That's right." Lin Jue smiled slightly, very satisfied with this disciple, "You can understand this point, it seems that whether it is the mind or the Tao, you have entered the door of cultivation."

He paused for a moment:
"But there is a natural difference between using a divine weapon and an ordinary sword. Since you have been refining it, why not use a divine weapon from the beginning? Your master has suffered this loss before. He used a flying sword for a long time. Because he had killed so many demons and monsters, the flying sword had already gained its own spiritual charm. But later, due to insufficient materials, he had to add gold essence, melt it and recast it, and then he had to refine it again. It was a real loss."

"So there is such a thing..."

Pu Mei was stunned, obviously not expecting this.

This is Master’s experience.

Then she said in embarrassment and frankly: "Master, I don't have it. I only have the long sword given to me by my uncle."

"Is this something you should worry about?"

"what?"

"Ugh……"

I am too stupid a disciple. I really don't know what it means to have an immortal master who is famous and good at fighting.

"I have made six dragon scale flying blades for you based on your usage habits."

Lin Jue said this and waved his hand.

Six flying blades floated out from his sleeves and slowly appeared behind him. Silently, they spread out like a pair of wings. Amidst the fairy air, chivalrous spirit also came to his face.

Pu Mei was stunned by this scene.

"These six flying blades are made of the scales of the West Sea Black Dragon and the finest spiritual gold. They took half a month to forge. If you use them to fight the enemy, they are enough to hurt the big monster without any sacrifice.

“Although it is difficult for it to pose a threat to the True Man and True Lord at present, if you start using it from now on, sacrifice to it, and grow with it, if you need to use it to deal with the True Man and True Lord one day, then you will definitely become a true Taoist by then, and it will have already followed you to transcend the mundane world, far exceeding the current material limitations.”

When Pu Mei heard this, he was stunned again.

The Black Dragon of the West Sea? True Lord?
Not to mention these, even the word "big demon" is too far away for her.

And when these words appeared together with the six flying blades in front of her, they naturally added a different brilliance to it, and made her feel that these six flying blades were not worthy of her.

But the master seemed to want to give it to himself!!

"Of course!"

The master smiled and patted her shoulder. "If I only give you the treasure but not Xu Yi, I'm afraid he will be unbalanced. Therefore, you have to work harder in your practice and build a storage room in the lower left corner of this attic. Then tell him that this is your reward for building the storage room."

(End of this chapter)