If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 250 Blessed Land
The next day, early in the morning.

"Hey, Zhu Lingjun, are you here to see me today?" Xiaoyu asked in surprise.

She studied the secret book of teleportation given by Li Xianzhi all night and went to bed at daybreak.

Before I woke up, there was a sudden "bang bang bang" sound of knocking on the door.

She put on her dress without combing her hair. She just wiped her face with a wet towel, opened the wooden door with mottled green paint, and saw Zhu Yitao and several yamen runners standing outside the door.

The bailiff was also carrying a mahogany box.

"I came to see you yesterday evening, didn't you know?" Zhu Yitao asked back.

"I came back late and no one told me." Xiao Yu stepped aside and extended her hand to invite him, "Ling Jun, come in and talk. I don't have tea or hot water here, but I can buy you a bowl of soybean milk from the snack stand outside."

Not only was there no tea, there weren't even any chairs or tables in the main room.

"No need." Zhu Yitao pointed to the mahogany box behind him and said, "Yesterday evening, Eunuch Luo came to the county government office with the reward given to you by the king and asked me to give these things to you.

Let's settle the account face to face, sign and seal it, and that's it."

"The reward given to me by the king? Why?" Xiaoyu didn't react for a moment.

"Didn't I help you deliver the deer demon's head to Luodu at the beginning of the month to present it to the king and the Eastern Envoy? This is a return gift and also a reward."

Zhu Yitao pulled out a beige folder from his sleeve, walked up to Xiaoyu and opened it, "Look carefully, this is the gift list.

The king gave you a box of three taels of Huawuxiang.

There are twenty pairs of gold ingots, each weighing twenty taels, forty in total, which is a total of eight hundred taels of gold."

At this point, Zhu Yitao showed obvious envy on his face, "In addition, there are 40 rolls of palace embroidered satin, and 80 newly compiled books such as "Book of Songs", "Analects of Confucius", "Book of Rites", "Book of Changes", and "Spring and Autumn Annals".

He closed the letter and handed it to Xiaoyu, pointing to the oxcart behind him, "It's all on the cart, you can check it.

In addition, the Eastern Envoy also gave you a piece of calligraphy, which was placed in the box together with the ingots."

"Your Majesty is so kind to me, I..." Xiao Yu subconsciously wanted to put on a show, but when he looked around, there was only Zhu Yitai, the yamen runners, the neighbors who were looking out from nearby, and the breakfast stall.

These people don't need to see her perform.

"Where is Eunuch Luo?" she asked.

If he wants to perform, he should perform to Eunuch Luo. After all, Eunuch Luo is the one who returns to Luodu to report.

"He left. He left yesterday evening." Zhu Yitao said.

"But you said he only arrived in Tianmen Town yesterday evening." Xiaoyu asked puzzledly.

"That's right. Eunuch Luo arrived at the yamen in the evening, but he didn't even drink tea. He put down his things, gave a few instructions, and immediately left Tianmen Town." Zhu Yitao said.

"Hey, yesterday was September 15th, the Shudong Martial Arts Conference, didn't you know?

You should take Eunuch Luo to Qinghe Villa to let everyone know the king’s love for me.” Xiao Yu complained.

Zhu Yitai's expression twisted, "So you feel regretful, because you regret not being able to show off in front of so many martial arts heroes?"

"It's not to show off, but to let all the heroes understand the king's determination against the evil." Xiao Yu said seriously.

Zhu Yitao had a strange look on his face, and murmured, "When I saw Eunuch Luo leave, he looked tired, nervous, hurried, and anxious. It seemed as if he was intentionally avoiding you, not wanting to see you, and wanted to cut off all ties with you."

His voice became softer and softer as he spoke, and the last sentence was almost audible only to himself.

Xiaoyu's eyes flashed, and without responding to him, she walked to the red box, untied the strip that said "Gift from the King", and then lifted the lid.

"Sigh~~~"

The surrounding yamen runners and neighboring vendors were dazzled by the golden light and let out low cries of surprise.

Xiaoyu picked up the scroll placed on the gold ingot, opened it and saw four big words: Slay demons and eliminate evil.

Zhu Yishi's eyes lit up, and he quickly walked to the calligraphy. He couldn't help but praise loudly, "Great calligraphy, great momentum, and great righteousness! Master Dongfang is indeed a great Confucian master. Every stroke of his pen contains a pure and vast aura of righteousness."

Xiao Yu glanced at him from the corner of her eye, "Your Excellency also understands the noble spirit?"

Zhu Yitao said angrily: "I am a disciple of Confucius. How dare you, a barbarian, say 'I understand'?"

Xiaoyu chuckled, activating the Confucian righteousness in his soul.

Although weak, it resonated with the righteous spirit revealed in the four words "slay demons and eliminate evil", making her exude the same vast and pure righteousness of heaven and earth as in the words.

Others just felt that she suddenly became righteous and unyielding, which made them respect her subconsciously.

Zhu Yitao was like being punched in the heart, "This is impossible! I have studied for thirty years and I still haven't developed a noble spirit. How can you, how can you?!"

Xiao Yu smiled faintly and said, "How long has it been since you last read?"

"I" Zhu Yitao was stunned for a moment, then his cheeks turned red, his face showed shame and anger, he turned around and strode away.

The yamen runner put down the box, and quickly took the books and cloth from the ox cart and placed them on the steps at the door. He bowed to her and quickly followed Zhu Yitao.

Xiao Yu's smile disappeared from her face. She stared at Zhu Yitao's slightly embarrassed figure and sighed softly, "Haoran's righteousness has flaws!"

Zhu Yitao is the one who should cultivate the righteous spirit. She and Wen Zhiruo are also qualified. She uses the mental formula to take shortcuts, which is somewhat unworthy of the righteous spirit.

She has been in Tianmen Town for some time and has some understanding of Zhu Yitao.

Zhu Yitao has not conducted in-depth research on Confucian classics in recent years, probably because he has too many practical things to do and does not have enough time and energy.

This type of doer needs extraordinary power to change the world.

If you only care about your own studies but have no merit for the common people, you do not deserve to be praised as "great noble spirit".

——When you become the "Tao Lord" who can command the vitality of heaven and earth, then you can consider this matter!

Xiao Yu shook his head, put aside the distracting thoughts in his mind, and said: "Xiao Qiang, the Great Moving Technique! Move the things into the main room."

"Master, you want me to show up in broad daylight?" The jade bone bell swayed gently.

"The immortal has seen you, so why can't mortals see you?" Xiao Yu said.

Since she said so, Xiaoqiang naturally no longer hesitated. He jumped out of the bell and turned into a cloud of light gray smoke, wrapping the mahogany box. The box entered the ghost path and disappeared from everyone's sight.

"Wow, what is that? It looks like a ghost."

"The box is missing, Fairy Yu, what magic did you use?" someone exclaimed, and someone else asked.

Xiao Yu smiled and said, "It's just a small strange technique."

Eight hundred taels of gold was a windfall, so Xiaoyu used the "ghost dog moving technique" to move the box to a place thirty meters underground in the main hall and hid it there.

Ghosts may not be able to pass through walls.

If there is a ghost path in the underworld that can cross the walls of the world of the living, it can create the effect of passing through the wall.

But if there is no ghost path across the wall, the ghost cannot pass through the wall and needs to go through the main door or climb through the window.

Even ghosts may not be able to pass through walls, let alone drill deep into the ground at will.

Just because the underworld is underground doesn’t mean ghosts can burrow into the ground.

As I said, only with ghost paths can ghosts move. Without ghost paths, ordinary ghosts cannot burrow into the ground.

Fortunately, Xiaoqiang is a "local dog".

The "earth" here refers to the earth of the five elements.

The demonic demeanor "mountain" that awakened from its blood represents its attributes.

Even if it is a "local dog", it cannot burrow into the ground at will.

Last night, Li Xianzhi gave her two books on the art of moving things. Since she had already studied the theory thoroughly during the day, it was particularly easy for her to practice late at night, and she was able to directly transform Xiaoqiang into a "moving ghost".

It is a local dog that can send boxes underground, but it cannot get into a wooden box (if the box is tightly sealed and there is no gap for it to drill into).

Xiaoyu also needs to sacrifice four ghost dogs of gold, wood, water and fire before he can practice the real "Ghost Moving Technique".

She doesn't plan to find four more dogs. For now, one "local dog" is enough.

Her main focus is Zong Erbu's "Great Transport Escape Technique".

She has practiced too many sword techniques and mastered too many sword intentions and main gods, so it is relatively easy for her to choose the main god with the five elements attributes.

For example, the main god of black fish is of water attribute, and the main god of flowers is of wood attribute.

But her mental power is limited (her soul power is limited), and she can only condense one main god at a time. To practice the Great Moving Escape Technique, she needs to condense five main gods at the same time, and she must have enough energy to avoid losing control.

Half an hour later, Qinghe Villa.

"I heard that you got rich, and the king gave you a box of gold ingots?"

As soon as Xiaoyu entered the door, Aunt Liu came over.

Aunt Liu is not an extraordinary person and does not know how to exorcise ghosts, but she also joined the army to fight ghosts.

But she doesn't have to follow the leader of Minshan into the ghost country.

"I gave the king a pair of deer antlers. How much gold do you think Chi Lingzi's deer antlers are worth?" Xiao Yu asked back.

Aunt Liu thought for a moment and said, "Do you still remember Xu Dahao from Yunzhong Feihe? I heard that he spent two hundred gold coins to buy a tiger bone from the Faneng Temple. It was just the bone, without the tiger meat."

The antlers of Chi Lingzi are the most essential part after the demon pill. Their value is hard to estimate, but the king must have made no loss.

"The point is not the gold, but the king's attitude." Aunt Liu whispered.

"I don't care about gold, but you only ask about gold when we meet." Xiaoyu said.

"It's not that I care, it's that everyone is talking about gold ingots." Aunt Liu said.

Xiaoyu waved her hand to indicate that she didn't want to talk about this boring topic anymore.

She looked around and wondered, "Why is the yard so empty? Where did everyone go?"

"The yard is empty?" Aunt Liu glanced at the Tianmen gang members who were carrying supplies.

"I'm asking about the 'hero' from Shudong who received the bronze medal." Xiao Yu said.

Aunt Liu said, "On the hill behind the villa, the prince is leading them to familiarize themselves with the environment of the ghost country."

"What is your mission? Don't you need to adapt to the underworld environment in advance?" Xiaoyu asked.

Aunt Liu said, "Master Fufeng asked us to use peach wood to make barriers, fences, etc., and then apply cinnabar on the surface of the peach wood.

When the day comes to exterminate ghosts, we will build a camp outside Lianghe Beach to serve as the 'ghost extermination base camp'.

We only need to stay at the 'Taomu Camp' base camp and do not need to enter the interior of Guaizi Mountain."

"What effect will peach wood have when combined with cinnabar?" Xiaoyu asked curiously.

"Didn't you know that peach wood and cinnabar can drive away evil spirits? Combined with Master Fufeng's runes and formations, it should be able to stop ordinary evil soldiers." Aunt Liu said.

Western Shu is mountainous, and there is a small hill behind Qinghe Villa.

At this time, the small hill had turned into a ghost den, and the area within a radius of ten miles was dragged into the underworld.

Xiaoyu and Cheng Jijiu stood at the back door of Qinghe Villa.

Just take two more steps forward and you will immediately enter the gray fog.

Looking in from a distance, she could not see the hills and slopes, but she could catch a glimpse of the vague shadows of buildings in the gray mist.

"Cheng Jijiu, why does it look like there is a building in there? Is it my eyes, or is it an illusion?"

Although asking this, Xiao Yu actually knew very well in her heart that although the image of the building was blurry, it was definitely not an illusion, nor was it her eyes playing tricks on her. She activated the Heart Sea Technique, using the spiritual eye of her heart in conjunction with a pair of physical eyes, and was not playing tricks on her at all.

Upon hearing this, Cheng Jijiu was surprised at first, and then he exclaimed: "Miss Yu is indeed gifted, she can directly see the blessed land in the underworld from the living world.

Yes, there is indeed a palace inside, the 'Fuwang Palace'.

Do you want to go in and take a look?
His Royal Highness Prince Fu has heard of the young lady's reputation and wants to meet you in person.

The blessed land was opened at Mao time, and when the heroes entered, the old man, Prince Fu, even asked the prince, "Why didn't you come?"

Xiao Yu was surprised and asked, "Why is there a blessed land here?"

Cheng Jijiu asked in return: "Qinghe Villa has mountains in front and water in the back, and the earth veins extend all the way to Tianmen Town. This hill is like the dragon head of the earth veins, commanding the popularity of millions of people in Tianmen Town. It is almost the top Feng Shui treasure land in the north of Tianmen Town. Why can't it be a blessed land?"

(End of this chapter)