Wet viviparity

Chapter 161 Great Seclusion, Fox, Dog and Rat
The black-haired fox was entangled by many long arms and hung high in the building. Its legs were trembling and it was extremely scared.

Ji Ming sat in the building, greeted Tian Ye who came to visit him, and then continued to interrogate the fox.

"Who are you? Which fox society are you in?"

"I'm here to collect rent." Although the fox was captured by Qianshou'er, his tone was still very firm.

"My grandfather lived here before this building was built. Now that it has been passed down to my generation, you naturally have to pay the rent."

Ji Ming roughly understood the identity of this furry fox. A fox that had lived in the building for generations did not seem to have much roots.

Tian Ye walked around the screen, sat aside, and watched Jin Tong judge the fox with interest.

Ji Ming asked again: "Since you have lived here for generations, do you have a deed?"

"No, no." The fox said with his head held high.

Tian Ye spoke up at the right time and said, "The snakes, rats, foxes and dogs in the Baolin Tower area are all using the tiger skin of a wandering monk to do things."

"Brother Tian, ​​please tell me in detail."

"Masters like to hide in the city. They call it living in seclusion in the city.

Since you live in seclusion in the city, you cannot avoid the sufferings of worldly life and the endless trivialities.

To the great man, those hardships, difficulties and trivial matters are like mosquitoes, flies and fleas. If they are swatted away, he would lose his perseverance and become a laughing stock.

But if I don’t take pictures, I’ll feel really annoyed.

Therefore, there are some little ghosts in the market, foxes in the community, rats in the temple, etc., to create a good environment for these great people to live in seclusion in the city.

Of course, you can also use the reputation of a master to get the local underworld to turn a blind eye and do some shady little business."

Tian Ye paused here and added, "By the way, if he is really an extremely powerful master, we still have the Underworld and the Heavenly Ding Star Generals to secretly protect him in the hidden city."

Ji Ming said: "This practice has lost the original intention of the hidden city."

Tian Ye nodded and then shook his head.

"What is the heart, what is the mind, these are too complicated to be verified.

It’s better to be simple. If you can hide in the city, you are a master. If you can’t, you are just an ordinary person. "

Ji Ming was just thinking about the hidden meaning behind these words when he heard a rough voice in his ear, "You are so slow. You can't even collect the rent quickly."

On the porch in front of the building, a dark green evil wind was already falling.

Ji Ming looked at the figure in the evil wind and felt that Baolin Tower was quite lively today. He then bowed slightly and asked, "Who are you?"

"Little Taoist priest, you are from Taiping Mountain too, so pay the rent promptly and don't make things difficult for me."

"Oh~"

Ji Ming's mood had changed from curiosity to surprise, and he asked, "You dare to touch even the people from Taiping Mountain. May I ask which master you work for?"

"So much nonsense!"

Landing on the balcony, the evil wind that had lingered for a long time came howling.

But before the wind reached Ji Ming, Qianshou'er rushed out from the building, shrank to the size of a soybean, and quietly slipped into the evil wind.

The next second, a scholar in blue rolled down from the evil wind. His face was as black as purple, and it was obvious that he had been poisoned.

Tian Ye's eyelids twitched. The fox demon scholar had lost all his demon form and had already mastered the transformation technique, comparable to him who was in the late stage of Qi training. However, he was defeated in one move.

"Wait, I'm the Street Cleaner Fox." Seeing that Ji Ming didn't understand what he was saying, the scholar continued, "I'm one of the three people who made a bet with you."

Ji Ming was not surprised that Fire Dragon Master was betting with some monsters, he just asked: "It's just a small bet, why do you have to test it like this?"

Yes, Ji Ming thought it was a test and the rent was just an excuse.

"I" the blue-shirted scholar groaned, he could no longer suppress the poison, many fox shapes appeared on his body, and he was not far from death.

Ji Ming had no intention of rescuing the scholar, but remembering the book of good deeds on his waist, he asked Qianshou to remove the poison for the scholar.

A Taoist priest came in a boat from the canal beside the building, shaking a copper bell and shouting loudly: "Fox, fox, hairy, hairy."

Ji Ming stood on the upper floor, looking at the river with waves and a small boat floating in it.

"Transfiguration!" Ji Ming said to himself in his heart, "There is no vitality on him, so he should not be a transformed monster who has achieved enlightenment and refined the Yuanzhu."

"I guess you are also one of the participants in the gambling fight."

The Taoist flew lightly from the boat to the top of the tall building and threw a pill into the scholar's mouth.

"I am the Taoist priest behind the alley, thank you for showing mercy, young master."

Tian Ye became serious, stood up from the screen and said, "Where is the fox scholar who cleans the streets, the dog Taoist priest at the end of the alley, and the rat shopkeeper in the temple?"

"Here. Here."

A wealthy merchant hurried up the stairs, holding onto the handrail beside the corridor, panting, and bowed, saying, "Shopkeeper Rat greets General Tian You."

Tian Ye stood with his hands behind his back, ignoring him and only said to Ji Ming: "This rat is cunning. He has only been in the city for more than ten years, but he has already accumulated a large fortune."

Ji Ming looked at the wealthy merchant, and the more he looked, the more familiar he looked. He couldn't help but think of a short poem, so he said, "The Taoist's House of White Clouds and Yellow Cranes."

This was the poem he and Shu Si agreed to start with. However, after he said half of the sentence, the shopkeeper Shu did not react and just kept praising the poem.

Then, he changed the subject and said, "We just happened to meet today. As the saying goes, it's better to do it today than to wait for a day. Let's set the bet today and at this time."

"Good. Wonderful."

The dog Taoist praised with his arm around him.

Tian Ye knew that these three monsters must have come prepared, and he felt amused in his heart. He wondered how could the people from Taiping Mountain be controlled by a few monsters.

"Brother Zhang, what do you think?" Tian Ye's meaning was very clear. With him as the general here, there was no need to worry about the verbal coercion of these three monsters.

"Can!"

Ji Ming nodded slightly.

Gambling fights rely on on-the-spot responses, not advance preparation, and when the fight takes place is not the key.

The Immortal once said that one of them was good at finding things, so he should be the Dog Taoist, one was good at seeking wealth, so he was probably the Rat Shopkeeper, and the other was good at making rain, so he should be the Fox Scholar.

The content of this gambling game should be roughly about "finding things", "seeking wealth" and "making rain".

Finding things and seeking wealth were easy enough, but the matter of making rain had to either have something to do with the heavens, or one had to use the Five Thunders Righteousness of the Huangting Palace.

The fox scholar is obviously not the second type, so he can only be related to the first type.

Ji Ming was a little frightened, but not afraid. Although he had no connections in heaven, his status as a celestial being still gave him some face up there.

"I'll go first."

The dog Taoist stepped out confidently. With his nose, he would definitely win if they were to compete in finding something.

"No, let me go first." The fox scholar had a little idea in his mind. He was ready to have a draw as a way to repay the young master for not killing him.

The Dog Taoist and the Fox Scholar argued endlessly, and finally the Rat Shopkeeper said, "As usual, let's gamble on making rain, finding things, and seeking wealth."

Tian Ye realized that something was wrong and took out the desperate card hidden in his sleeve.

Then he gently turned over the side with the word "guilt" and secretly called on his colleagues in the underworld of the city to help.

"Compared to relationships, who's afraid of who?"

I’ll take a day off tomorrow!

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(End of this chapter)