Who let him join the Sword Sect!

Chapter 441 An elderly son cannot contain an unborn father

"By the way, where did Ah Li go?"

"That's not true."

After Zhang Ze and his junior sister returned home, they searched around twice but couldn't find A Li. They also tried calling for help, but no one answered.

The house is spotless, and the little nest is cool and refreshing.

When I went to the pedestrian street management office to inquire, the monk on duty said that Ah Li had not set up a stall or reported any new projects in the past few days.

The dragon seemed to have vanished without a trace.

"Don't panic, let me ask a professional."

This time, for some reason, Zhang Ze didn't take out the small walnuts, but instead drew a circle on the ground.

The formation features a six-pointed star, with winds from all directions intersecting. Above, it pays homage to the Heavenly King; below, it honors the Earth Mother; to the left is the God of Wealth; to the right, it is Om Messiah (a custom version from the Thousand Machine Pavilion). Finally, an X is drawn in the middle.

After finishing the drawing, Zhang Ze placed a small Tai Sui and a small statue of Fu Ji in the center, poured in a pot of poisoned wine, and muttered strange words under his breath.

"Heavenly spirits, earthly spirits, a lump of rotten princesses, please appear! Rotten princesses, rotten princesses, tell me, who... cough, where did Ah Li go?"

Amidst an indescribable murmur of prayer, the equally indescribable Fuhime emerged from the earth.

Fuhime wore a white robe, with a starry blue background under a large magician's hat. Her blue hair flowed, and her four arms moved restlessly under the robe, pretending to be very powerful.

"Haha! Who's calling me! What business do you have with the great Moon Princess!"

Fu Ji stood with her hands on her hips, watching Zhang Ze and her junior sister. At the same time, she stretched out her little blue feet, pinched the Tai Sui, which was being offered as tribute, and hid it under her skirt.

"That's really impressive!"

The junior sister stared in shock at the sudden appearance of the corrupt princess.

She had also heard the legend about Fuhime; it came from the Thousand Machine Pavilion Elementary School.

It is said that by summoning Lady Fukuhime, one can obtain the answers to monthly, midterm, and final exams through sacrifice, thereby reaching the pinnacle of life and achieving the Starry Night ending.

It can be considered one of the ten legends of the Thousand Machines Academy.

"Of course, because this method is what I came up with," Zhang Ze replied casually, then reached into his pocket and fed Fu Ji another Tai Sui.

Junior sister, "Why did you do that?"

Zhang Ze shrugged. "No reason, I'm just bored."

Junior sister: "So, will this really give me the teacher's answer?"

Zhang Ze: "Of course not. If you actually believe Fu Ji and try to cheat, you'll just get caught on the spot by the Academic Affairs Office and made to run three hundred laps around the Thousand Machine Pavilion."

Junior sister, “…”

"Hey! Don't ignore me! I'm busy, okay? What do you need?"

Ignored, Princess Fukihime of the Moon waved her hand in front of Zhang Ze in dissatisfaction.

"Where did Ah Li go?" Zhang Ze asked directly.

"Wait, let me see..." Upon hearing this, Fu Ji immediately entered a strange state, transcending the limitations of space and geography, and connected with another version of herself.

After a moment, Fu Ji shook her head and replied, "A Li took Line 1 to the Beast Taming Sect."

"What's it doing over there?" Zhang Ze asked, puzzled.

Fukihime, "Feed the cow."

……

Since the earth vein teleportation line between Qingjing Qianji Pavilion and Cangshan Yushou Sect was connected a few months ago, traveling between the two places has no longer been a problem.

Earth vein teleportation costs almost nothing. It uses large passenger boxes to send people, with a maximum of over a hundred people per trip, running every fifteen minutes, continuously throughout the day.

The price is low, and even the poorest independent cultivators can afford it.

The shortage of land near Qianji Town has been alleviated as a result, and many industries have been relocated.

With concerns about rapid development alleviated, Qianji Pavilion had more time to formulate more detailed guidelines and regulations, eliminating many loopholes in the previous system.

This route is currently perfect, except for the lack of intermediate stops, and has many advantages.

If I had to point out something that's not beautiful, there really is one: the treacherous piracy gang in Qianji Town seems to be spreading outwards towards Cangshan Mountain.

However, despite the spillover effect, they did not steal business from ordinary people, but instead focused their efforts on scalpers and touts.

Scalpers and secondhand dealers were driven back by these pirates.

It is said that this group of scalpers and resellers have also gathered together and begun to move towards the remote areas of the Northern Territory and the Heavenly Sect, planning a roundabout encirclement to make a fortune again.

However, they probably didn't know that the second earth vein teleportation line was connected to Lingzhou, where the Heavenly Sect was located.

Meanwhile, in the north, because they are all one family, Qianji Pavilion has already started exchanging goods with Zhendong Merchant Guild.

The plan for the auction base and technology transfer has already begun.

It is estimated that once the group of scalpers and resellers have completed their arrangements and opened up trade routes between the two places, the second line of the Thousand Machine Pavilion here and the Thousand Machine Pavilion branch base of the demon race in the Northern Territory will be completed at almost the same time.

To prevent these scalpers and touts from despairing prematurely, both pieces of information are being kept secret. The current false information being released is that Line 2 is preparing to connect to Longhushan.

Meanwhile, Qianjige, leveraging Zha Shide's reputation in the martial arts world, engaged in several rounds of speculation, essentially selling off and promoting their own stock, selling off a large portion of outdated goods that were about to be replaced.
And then Lily had an idea: she added a few more zeros, producing junk that currently seemed useless and might not be useful in the future, which she then sold to these scalpers.

In a way, I did them a good deed without their consent.

Double the merit is immeasurable.

However, that's a story for later. Right now, both independent cultivators and cultivators from the six sects are marveling at the convenience of Line 1.

Making money in Qianji Town and spending it back home feels so good.

……

Cangshan Beast Taming Sect, Xiabeize area.

Ah Li, wearing a straw hat, sat on the grass, teasing the calf in front of her with a bamboo pole.

The calf had four horns on its head and unusually large ears; it was clearly no ordinary breed.

The calf tried to leap and bump into Ah Li's face, but no matter how hard it tried, it couldn't get past the thin bamboo pole.

No miracle occurred despite the immense effort; instead, the opponent was outmaneuvered by superior skill.

Perhaps it had gotten too worked up, the calf grunted and stopped shoving at Ah Li. Instead, it took off running towards the herd to complain to its mother.

However, after mooing a few times, instead of attracting the parents, he was kicked twice.

After teaching the calf the lesson that whoever feeds it is the boss, the mother cow led the calf to integrate into the herd.

"It's boring."

After bullying the child, Ah Li stretched and tried to look long and thin. After groaning for a while, she got up and planned to go play with the elephant.

While you're at it, teach those newbies how to raise elephants.

Not all of the local cultivators from Changzhou who were brought here by Ah Li and Zhang Ze went home like Monkey King; half of them chose to stay.

Several of them were very interested in the art of beast taming and also had some talent, so they joined the Beast Taming Sect and are now outer disciples.

Ah Li came with those guys. Besides herding cattle, pigs, and elephants, she's been teaching those guys some real skills.

After all, we've been through thick and thin together; it's fate.

Ah Li clapped her hands, about to transform into a golden loach and fly to Xiangshan to play, but she lost her balance and fell flat on her face.

Turning around, it realized that a rotten princess had hooked onto its calf.

"Don't leave, there's more to come, and I have something to tell you!"

This Fukihime seems to have a bit of an accent.

Upon hearing that there was some gossip, Ah Li pulled her legs back.

It sat down again on the grass and gently beckoned. The herd of cattle that had just run away came running back. The lead cow placed a basket of fruit, which it didn't know where it had gotten it from, in front of Ah Li before backing away with two moos.

After the cattle had run far away, A-Li broke off half of the golden melon and gave it to Fu-Ji, "Quickly tell me, whose melon is this? What happened to Zhang Ze? Did Elder Li get his salary docked again?"

"No, it's a village..."

Little Fu Ji held the melon, looked around to make sure no one was there, and then whispered to Ah Li, telling her all about what had happened in the village.

Ah Li would occasionally let out a gasp or click her tongue in lament that the world was going to the dogs and dragons were no longer dragons.

After finishing the basket of melons, Little Fuji wiped her mouth, stuffed the melon seeds into her cheeks, and then asked Ah Li.

"You mean, what is love?" Ah Li scratched her head. "How would I know? It's probably like Zhang Ze and Chen Qin, sleeping together in the same room every day like dogs, that's love."

Fuji asked again, "And you, who do you love?"

Upon hearing this, Ah Li counted on her fingers, listing her favorite foods as if they were her most treasured possessions, "I love cantaloupe, watermelon, fried chicken, sheet metal and steel, and jade..."

"Stop, stop!" Fu Ji quickly waved her hand. "I'm asking which person you love?"

"Humans?" A-Li frowned. "Fu Ji, you're going a bit to extremes. You can't eat people, so what would I do with my lover?"

Fukihime, "..."

After a moment, Fu Ji sighed, "Sad, I don't know what you're thinking. Well, I'm leaving."

But just as she was about to leave, Fu Ji was stopped by A Li, who grabbed her foot. "Wait a minute, I think I've remembered something about the village."

"What's on your mind? Tell me quickly!"

Like a rubber band stretched to its limit, Fu Ji bounced back and stuck to A Li's face with a slap.

"Pick the rotten princess and put her in the basket," Ah Li said.

"These are just some vague memories that came to mind recently; I don't know if they're true or false."

"Xiang once talked to me about this during the early days of the countryside."

"It seems to have said that it had always wanted to find a companion, but all the others were too young and too short-lived."

"Many times, you just fall asleep and when you wake up, everything has changed. If you invest too much emotion, you will only suffer."

"Hmm? Then why don't you do it?" Fu Ji tilted her head. "You're a dragon too, big, long-lived, square... in every way you're invincible, why don't we look for you?"

Ah Li rubbed her little bean-shaped horn as she recalled how her power had grown stronger as Zhang Ze's cultivation had increased.

Recently, Ah Li has indeed remembered many things, although many things are still shrouded in mist and cannot be seen clearly.

"Well, it's probably because Xiang and I didn't get along very well before. We would only talk when we were bored, and we would always fight when we met. I guess it's because we have different talents."

Little Fuji nodded, agreeing with the logic.

An old farmer who enjoys farming certainly wouldn't like a wild boar that's rooting up his vegetable patch.

However, Fu Ji didn't say it aloud. Instead, she brought up another matter, "But oh, I heard that in the prehistoric times, there were many huge creatures, as big as a mountain. Didn't the villagers like them?"

“I don’t like them, because they’re all idiots.” Ah Li shook her head.

"What about the other dragons?" Fu Ji started munching on the vine basket of fruit, already eating half of it as she spoke.

“The other dragons…” Ah Li held her head, “I don’t know, I can’t remember.”

"I see..." Fuhime said, raising her hand after finishing the fruit basket.

"So, Xiang has been single simply because there hasn't been a suitable one. But deep down, he's always been restless, desperately wanting to find a partner who is perfect both physically and spiritually."

"Then I'll write it like that in the report."

The self-taught journalism expert pulled out a small notebook from her body and started writing quickly.

Ah Li, who felt something was off, didn't stop Fu Ji from writing. She disappeared into the earth halfway through her writing.

Watching the vanished Fu Ji, A Li got up and scratched her butt, thinking to herself, "Should I go back and check? Maybe there'll be some fun stuff at home."

Just as it made up its mind, it heard Little Walnut's voice.

In the pavilion not far away, a small walnut machine was vibrating with a buzzing sound.

Ah Li ran over and found it was a message from Zhang Ze.

"Pick up the phone and answer," Ah Li asked.

"what happened?"

After a long while, Zhang Ze's voice finally came from the other end.

[It's alright, everything is normal here.]

……

Changzhou, Linglu Valley.

Zhu Luo is not as carefree as Zhang Ze and A Li; she hasn't come to terms with this matter yet.

After all, the situation was far too complicated for him.

The eldest son and his unborn father.

This unborn father still needs to find a kindergarten mom for his eldest son.

It's hard to take this kind of thing in stride.

In the garden under the canopy, cherry blossoms are falling in profusion, their vibrant pink petals even more striking than a few days ago.

It's clear that Mr. Xiang's romantic feelings are growing stronger.

To quiet himself down and to prevent the rumors from escalating further, the giant tortoise Zhuluo sealed off the garden and asked the rotten princess and the old camel that was always chewing to leave to the back alleys.

The small mound in the center of the garden is getting higher and higher, with tender buds on top, as if something hidden underground might break through the soil at any moment.

Since yesterday, the township has stopped speaking to Zhuluo. It's unclear whether they are angry or making every effort to prepare for a complete recovery.

Zhu Luo was a little nervous. He didn't know whether he should stop Xiang Gang if he was about to run away after waking up to pursue his rosy-pink love.

After much deliberation, Zhu Luo finally made up his mind that he should talk to the village.

In Zhu Luo's view, many things should be done step by step to give everyone some time to accept them.

You can't do it all at once, you have to start by holding hands before you can move on to the next step.

Sensing the increasingly vibrant life force within the mound, Zhu Luo walked towards the small mound.

"Xiang...can you hear me?"

"Guji..."

A faint response came from below the mound. Although it was strange and the voice was different from usual, Zhu Luo didn't pay attention to it, assuming that the village was still angry.

"I think we need to talk. I admit I did some things wrong, but..."

"Guji."

There was another gurgling sound from under the mound, but Zhu Luo still didn't pay attention and continued rambling on and on to himself.

Even when talking about everything from the beginning of time to raising cattle and sheep, the only response from under the mound was a gurgling sound.

Zhu Luo then realized that something was wrong.

"Village?" he asked again.

"Gurgle," came the reply from under the mound.

Sensing something was wrong, Zhu Luo quickly stepped forward and gently poked at the mound of earth. Unexpectedly, the mound was just a shell; with just that one touch, it crumbled away, revealing what was inside.

It's that purple-skinned, one-eyed Tyrannosaurus Rex.

The little guy seemed to be in a semi-conscious state, its big eyes glazed over. It glanced at Zhuluo and then made a gurgling sound.

As for the village, it had long since vanished without a trace.

Zhu Luo, "..."

……

A certain place in Changzhou.

Li Yueqi and Her Majesty the Catwoman, who had come here with Linglu Valley, were walking along a cliff.

Their task today is to search for and register the spiritual plants and beasts within the Hopeless Cliff area.

Because it was a meticulous task, the two did not use air to fly.

The spirit snake Qinghe coiled on Li Yueqi's shoulder, yawning every now and then and exhaling green smoke to kill the mosquitoes and flies that flew by.

At the front, on Her Majesty the Catwoman's head, a small green snake was also coiled.

Judging from its appearance, it seems to be the same species as Qinghe.

However, unlike the three-eyed Qinghe, this little green snake only opened one eye on the top of its head, while the other two eyes remained tightly closed, just like in the painting.

(End of this chapter)