One person: Starting with the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, his grandmaster uncle emerges from seclusion.

"Have you bunch of old Taoist priests gone mad from chanting scriptures all day? When you see a man and a woman walking together, all you can think about is marriage and having kids?"

"Are your brains filled with mush? I think you're all in heat, you even find a sow attractive!"

Zhang Tianyi got angrier the more she cursed.

He pointed at Zhang Lingyu, his expression one of utter disappointment and frustration:

"Especially you! Zhang Lingyu!"

"You thick-browed, big-eyed fellow, you always pretend to be a pure and virtuous saint."

"Your own mind is full of filthy and unclean thoughts, and you dare to pin them on me?!"

"Me! You! This!"

Zhang Tianyi was so angry she laughed.

He suddenly waved his hand:

"Good! Very good!"

"Since you all love gossip so much, today I'll show you what the price of spreading rumors is!"

"boom!!!"

Accompanied by a bolt from the blue.

Zhang Tianyi was surrounded by surging lightning.

"Second Uncle, please calm down! It's a misunderstanding! It's all a misunderstanding!!!"

When Rongshan saw this, he was so frightened that his soul almost left his body.

He no longer cared about the truth and fled in panic.

"These are all rumors spread by the disciples below; we've been misled!"

"late!"

Zhang Tianyi revealed a cold smile that was utterly devoid of humanity:

"Today, you two, and those gossipy women outside."

"Nobody's getting away!"

"Thunder Magic Thousand Thunder Network!!!"

"Crackling! Sizzling!"

"Aaaaaah! Second Uncle, I was wrong!!"

The courtyard was instantly transformed into a large-scale lightning therapy site.

Xia Hemiao, hiding behind a tree, watched Zhang Lingyu and Rong Shan dancing wildly like madmen amidst the lightning.

He silently swallowed and pressed the phone camera down slightly.

I silently lit a row of candles for these two warriors in my heart.

"Tsk tsk tsk, what do you call this? This is what they call spreading rumors with a single word, but debunking them with exhausting legwork..."

As Xia He recorded the video, she silently sounded an alarm in her mind:

The gossip from real people can be deadly!

......

Smoke curled up in the backyard of the Celestial Master's Mansion.

Just moments ago, Zhang Lingyu and Rong Shan had been displaying a tragic "If I don't go to hell, who will?" attitude, but now they were squatting side by side against the wall.

The two had smoky, messy hair on their heads, and their Taoist robes were covered with black spots from lightning strikes.

They covered their heads with their hands, like two quails that had been hit by frost, not daring to utter a sound.

In front of them, Zhang Tianyi sat back down in the rocking chair.

He crossed his legs, holding a cup of warm tea that Chen Duo had just refilled, and slowly skimmed off the tea foam.

"Go ahead."

Zhang Tianyi didn't even lift his eyelids, his tone lazy yet carrying a chilling coldness:

"Which genius screenwriter wrote this script about me, an old man, dating a young woman?"

"Master... Uncle-Master..."

Rong Shan secretly glanced at Zhang Tianyi's ambiguous smile.

Startled, she quickly lowered her head again, her voice barely audible.

"It's...it's Yexing and Yeping..."

"They said they saw you and Junior Sister Chen Duo chatting and laughing in the bamboo forest, and that you even exchanged some kind of token of love (which was actually a rag doll)..."

"Then it spread from one person to ten, from ten to a hundred, and...and it got the rumor that you wanted to..."

Chapter 305 Preparing for the Ordination Ceremony!

Zhang Tianyi sat in the rocking chair and skimmed the foam off his teacup.

He took a sip, then slowly lifted his eyelids and glanced at the two brilliant strategists.

"May the business prosper, may the business be peaceful..."

Zhang Tianyi repeated the two names twice and then gave a cold laugh.

"These little rascals, they're all like wilted eggplants when they're reciting scriptures, but when it comes to gossip, their brains start working like lightning."

He tapped the rim of the cup with the lid, making a clear sound.

"Has our Celestial Master's Mansion set its KPIs too low lately? I think it's just because we're bored."

Considering this is their first offense, I won't punish them severely this time. Starting tomorrow, the job of sweeping fallen leaves on the front hill will be entirely contracted out to those who spread rumors.

Furthermore, this kind of thing must be prevented from happening again! Rongshan, you need to keep a close eye on them!

"Yes, yes, Second Uncle is wise! I'll go and assign them tasks tomorrow!"

Rong Shan nodded frantically, hoping that this man would stop taking his anger out on him.

Zhang Lingyu squatted down beside him, not daring to talk back, but his handsome face was still flushed with embarrassment.

He, a mere junior uncle, has utterly lost face today.

Just as an eerie silence fell over the courtyard.

"Click".

The sound of a branch snapping came from behind the big locust tree by the courtyard wall.

Zhang Tianyi didn't even turn his head; he simply picked up a grape from the fruit plate and flicked it with his finger.

"Whoosh—snap!"

"oops!"

A woman's soft cry came from behind the tree.

Immediately afterwards, Xia He, wearing a plain floral apron, covered her forehead and awkwardly emerged from behind the tree.

In her other hand, she was tightly clutching a mobile phone with its screen lit up.

"You've been hiding behind the tree taking pictures for ages, aren't your hands sore?"

Zhang Tianyi glanced at her sideways, his tone tinged with amusement:

"Xia He, you didn't even know to turn off the flash when taking photos secretly. Your professionalism needs improvement."

Xia He blushed and quickly put her phone back in her pocket.

Her eyes darted around, and she immediately put on a sweet smile, bringing over a plate of washed fruit.

"Your Majesty, you're joking. I just thought it was too... too educational to record, so I wanted to use it as a negative example for Lingyu later."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Lingyu, who was squatting by the wall, almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

You recorded this video to lecture me?!

You're clearly just looking for trouble!

Zhang Tianyi didn't take the fruit plate from her, but instead looked Xia He up and down and clicked his tongue twice:

"Alright, stop pretending to be all high and mighty. Delete the video and go take some fruit to the third brother."

"Alright! You can rest now!" Xia He turned around quickly and disappeared in a flash, running faster than a rabbit.

After Xia He left, only a few of them remained in the courtyard.

Chen Duo, who had been sitting obediently on the little stool, finally couldn't hold back any longer.

She stared at Zhang Tianyi with her big eyes and asked a question with a serious expression:

"Master."

Chen Duo's voice was soft, filled with pure curiosity:

"What did Senior Brother Lingyu mean by 'an old ox eating tender grass'?"

"Do they think that Master eats too much vegetarian food?"

"..."

"puff!"

Rong Shan, who was standing at the foot of the wall, suddenly covered his mouth, his shoulders trembling violently as he tried to suppress his laughter.

Zhang Lingyu buried his head in his knees, wishing he could die on the spot.

Zhang Tianyi's hand, which was holding the teacup, froze.

He took a deep breath and looked at Chen Duo's silly and cute face, feeling as if his chest was stuffed with cotton.

This girl is so innocent it's maddening!

"Cough cough."