You have mastered the art of thunder and you tell me that it is in a strange world?

Chapter 328 The Unfortunate Case of Wuwei Mountain Man

The little dog demon?

When Wuhui said this name, Zuo Chen's mouth corners twitched immediately.

It couldn't be what he thought...

"Can you explain it in detail?"

Wuhui looked at Zuo Chen with a little confusion. He didn't know why, but he always felt that the Taoist priest was very concerned about this matter.

After arranging his words, Wu Hui told Zuo Chen everything that had happened recently, word by word:
"There's a kid in a nearby village recently. He's a little timid and always gets into fights, which makes the neighbors uncomfortable. What's more, he has the ability to transform into a dog. The dog he transforms into is extremely powerful and runs very fast, but you can't beat him or catch him. It's a headache."

"Has he ever hurt anyone?"

"Harming people? Not really." Wu Hui shook his head. "That dog boy has a mischievous mentality. At most, he would play some slightly bad jokes, such as throwing the shit from the dung bucket on people's faces, or playing tricks on people. He would occasionally help people from nearby villages to hunt some wild beasts from the mountains. His reputation... is mixed.

"Some people call him Dog God, some people call him a monster."

"So that's how it is." Zuo Chen's face twitched slightly, and for a moment he didn't know what expression to make.

"But the villagers came to see my master, and my master couldn't just ignore it. There was no other way, so I had to go and meet the naughty boy."

At this point, Wuhui's expression became somewhat subtle.

"Can't beat it?"

"I can't beat him... Although my master's skills are considered high enough in the surrounding area, he is still a little lacking in skills compared to that dog boy. He sprained his waist and is now lying in bed. That's why he asked us to come down to buy food."

Zuo Chen's expression became even more subtle when he heard this.

I wanted to say something else, but the waiter had already placed one delicious dish after another on the table.

Zuo Chen took a look at these delicacies, called the waiter, and ordered some more dishes.

I have to go see a patient soon, so I'd better bring some more small gifts.

The meal did not take long, and the group took their meal and left Dongshui City.

Zuo Chen introduced the boat to the two young Taoist priests, and the two young men shouted in surprise.

With the small boat, the speed of returning to the mountain was obviously much faster. The sun in the sky was only slightly tilted, and the boat had already sailed along the dirt road on the hillside to the outside of Qingfeng Temple.

As soon as Wu Gen Wu Hui arrived at the door and opened it, he heard a loud shout from inside Qing Feng Temple:
"Where have you two been? It took you so long to come back! If it weren't for the excruciating pain in my waist, I would have beaten you with a willow stick!"

After hearing the powerful voice, Zuo Chen followed the man into the room. He looked inside along the door frame and found a middle-aged Taoist priest lying on a stone platform.

He was basking in the sun, with a hot towel covering his waist, his face full of comfort. He didn't look like he was injured, but more like he was just relaxing here on vacation.

Seeing him like this, Zuo Chen also laughed:
"Hill man, are you living comfortably?"

After hearing Zuo Chen's voice, the old Taoist who was lying comfortably suddenly jumped up from the stone slab:
"Master! Hey! Long time no see! Hey! My waist!"

Wuwei Shanren had just come down from the stone steps, and before he had taken two steps, he felt a cracking sound in his waist.

His legs went limp and he almost fell to his knees in front of Zuo Chen.

Fortunately, Wugen Wuhui was quick and reached out to grab Wuweishanren.

Otherwise, his knee would probably be seriously injured.

It took a lot of effort to steady him, and Wuweishanren's old face turned a little red.

"Excuse me, excuse me." Wuwei Shanren waved his hands and said, "I am a bit old now, and my old bones can't stand the torture."

"You'd better go back and rest."

Wu Hui escorted his master back to the stone steps, and placed the delicacies Zuo Chen had given him next to the stone table one by one, introducing them to Wu Wei Shanren one by one. Wu Wei Shanren kept saying, "How can this be possible? This is too expensive."

But the dishes had already been bought and there was no way to refuse. She had no choice but to accept it and call over Mrs. Li, who was still doing housework in the house, and handed the food to her.

Mrs. Li also thanked Zuo Chen repeatedly, then began to put these things on the plates, tidying them up again, preparing to serve everyone in the evening.

Zuo Chen sat down next to Wuwei Shanren and looked around the yard.

Compared to the last time Zuo Chen came here, the yard was indeed a lot cleaner, but there was no sign of prosperity at all.

"Hermit, where are the two boxes of silver I left for you?"

"Well." Wuwei Shanren said embarrassedly: "Most of it was used to help the nearby villagers. Many people couldn't survive without a few taels of silver. I couldn't bear to see it, so I spent some of it. The rest was saved for Wuhui. He will return to secular life sooner or later, so he needs to keep some money to live on."

After all, this was Wuhui's family's money before, so Wuwei Shanren naturally didn't touch it.

Zuo Chen nodded slightly, without commenting, and just asked:

"Hermit, I just ran into your two disciples, and they said a dog boy appeared nearby. Can you tell me what happened?"

Upon hearing this, Wuwei Shanren also sighed and said, "I have fallen into that kid's hands."

He told Zuo Chen in detail what had happened in the past two days.

At that time, some villagers nearby came up the mountain specifically to look for Wuwei Shanren. As soon as they arrived, they knelt down and kowtowed twice.

He told Wuwei Shanren that a monster had appeared recently and threw shit on his face, so he asked the Shanren to kill the monster.

Although Wuwei Shanren was curious about which monster would do such a evil trick, after all, he had received benefits from the monster, so he couldn't just do nothing. So he went down the mountain and went to the village to meet the boy.

Then he was severely beaten up.

"That kid grabbed my clothes and ran around the village. I used talismans but it didn't work. I used a peach wood sword but it didn't work either. Finally, I had no choice but to use some fists and kicks, but I couldn't beat him and I sprained my waist. It was really embarrassing."

The mountain man sighed sadly:
"I didn't even have the chance to perform a ritual. If he saw this, he would point his finger at me and scold me in his dreams at night."

Zuo Chen reached out and patted his shoulder:

"Leave it to me."

"Ah? You're going to tell me in a dream that my ancestor shouldn't scold me?"

"...I mean the matter of the dog baby." "Oh oh!"

Zuo Chen finally knew who Wuhui's out-of-line words came from.

Wuwei Shanren thought carefully for a few breaths, as if he had misunderstood something, and suddenly became nervous:

"Master, this kid is just a child, he is just a bit naughty, he is not a bad kid, please show mercy to him! Just teach him a lesson!"

Zuo Chen: “…”

How come it makes me sound like I can only "kill demons and eliminate evil" and I don't understand reason.

"I know my limits on this matter."

After much persuasion, he pressed Wuwei Shanren back onto the stone slab and told him to continue recuperating. Only then did Zuo Chen reluctantly walk to the group of people who were accompanying him.

Caiyi lowered her voice:

"Master, is this the child you saved before?"

"I'm afraid so." Zuo Chen sighed: "He has merged with the body of a dog and inherited the spiritual energy of incense. How can an ordinary person compare to him?"

"But it seems that the matter is not too serious." Caiyi said: "From what I heard so far, the boy is just a naughty boy who didn't know how to control his strength and was just making trouble."

"He should be taught a lesson." Zuo Chen straightened his face: "If a naughty boy is not taught when he is young, he will easily go astray when he grows up. If he continues like this, if he causes a big trouble one day, it will be too late for regret."

"What does the Taoist priest plan to do?" Caiyi asked.

"Let's go to the Lu family first. I have a feeling they won't ignore my words. Who knows, something might have happened."

After the discussion, several people planned to leave by boat first. Wuwei Shanren saw that Zuo Chen was about to leave and wanted to get up from the stone slab to keep him.

"You, take a good rest." Zuo Chen pushed Wuwei Shanren down helplessly: "We will be back after the dinner tonight. We will have to ask you to vacate a few rooms for us to rest tonight."

"Oh, that's all right. I don't have anything else but a big yard."

Only then did Wuwei Shanren reveal a simple and innocent smile.

……

We came down from the mountain and headed towards the small town. There were no setbacks on the road and the boat reached the town in less than half a day.

After arriving at the town, Caiyi looked at the scenery around her and found it difficult to maintain her usual cheerful smile.

She looked around the town, revealing some melancholy as she saw the things that reminded her of someone she had met.

The two little kids could also tell that Caiyi was not in a good condition, and they didn't even dare to make noise or play anymore. They just carefully turned their heads away.

Zuo Chen could naturally feel that something was wrong with Caiyi. He walked over to Caiyi, took out a pot of wine from his sleeve and threw it to Caiyi.

Caiyi took it subconsciously and folded her hands in front of her
"I just bought this at the restaurant. After I take care of this naughty kid, I'll go over there and have a drink."

Caiyi nodded.

The others could tell that something was wrong, but they didn't dare to ask any more questions.

I could only follow Zuo Chen and Cai Yi silently.

After searching around the town, it didn't take long to arrive at the Lu family compound.

At this moment, the door of the courtyard was open. Lu Youwei, dressed as a scholar, was sweeping the floor. He waved the broom and sighed. He looked worried and depressed, as if a huge stone was pressing on his heart.

"Mr. Lu."

Zuo Chen called him, and Lu Youwei was so frightened that his wrist shook and the broom fell to the ground.

"Master...Master!"

When Lu Youwei looked at Zuo Chen again, his expression suddenly became extremely complicated.

There is excitement, doubt, and also a hint of worry that cannot be concealed.

"Come in quickly, come in quickly."

Lu Youwei made way, and Zuo Chen and his companions went straight into the courtyard.

After a few cups of tea, Lu Youwei seemed to be hesitant to speak, with all the words in his mind piled up in his stomach.

Zuo Chen glanced at him:
"I just came from the nearby Qingfeng Taoist Temple. There is a Taoist priest there who recently sprained his back while dealing with a dog."

Lu Youwei's face turned ugly:

"I...I'll go prepare some gifts and go apologize."

"Although it is the fault of the father if the son is not well educated, it is not enough for you to apologize alone." Zuo Chen said: "What happened?"

His lips trembled slightly, and Lu Youwei couldn't help but sigh:
"After my kid got the help of the dog god, he got really irritable for some reason. I taught him etiquette and tolerance, but he just couldn't stand other people saying bad things about him. He started to make trouble and was very violent..."

Seeing that Zuo Chen was still staring at him, Lu Youwei explained again and again:
"But my child has a good heart. He only does evil things and never hurts anyone."

"What kind of gossip did others spread that could make your son so angry?" Zhu Laoba asked directly without any hesitation.

This made Lu Youwei silent.

He held it in for a long time:
"Many people say that my son is a bastard and a monster. Actually, that's nothing. It's not too serious... But some people curse my wife..."

His face flushed, words stuck in his mouth, this scholar still didn't know what to say.

At this moment, a powerful voice suddenly came from outside the door:
"There were some bad-mouthed bastards who accused my sister-in-law of having sex with a dog. My nephew got angry and ran to teach them a lesson."

Looking back, the person who came was Lu Youwei's brother Lu Youxin.

Lu Youxin walked quickly to Zuo Chen, and suddenly he knelt on the ground with a plop, and kowtowed to Zuo Chen:

"Master, I spoiled the child too much. This has nothing to do with my nephew. If you want to punish someone, please punish me!"

(End of this chapter)