A Tale of Encounters with Immortals: A Peach Blossom Temple in the Martial World

The three of them remained silent throughout the journey.

Hu Yunying and Guo Lanying were both people of the underworld, and naturally had witnessed many killings and being killed. But the fact that there was such a tragic experience behind the killings made them feel uneasy.

However, being a female knight-errant, her emotions dissipated when she arrived at the Peach Blossom Temple on the mountain.

If everyone in the martial arts world were so sentimental, they would all be long dead.

Killing is my martial art; what does it have to do with me as a person?

This is probably the consistent way of thinking among people in the martial arts world!

Actually, Zhang Zhengdao didn't have much to say.

Helping this unfortunate father and daughter avenge their deaths was ultimately driven by the kindness in my bones.

This is an inner demon.

Based on the defensive characteristics of men on Earth and the tropes of online novels, we should uphold the following principle: put aside the desire to help others and respect the fate of others.

In this feudal world, just as Master Lu said, the only two words between the lines of official history are "cannibalism." This is a cannibalistic society.

Therefore, the fate of the scholar Kan and his daughter was not accidental, but inevitable.

Those ruling classes who are rich but heartless and prey on the people can never be completely killed.

Even if their rule is overthrown, the next dynasty will begin the same cycle again.

The people are prosperous and suffer.

When the country falls, the people suffer.

On Earth, far-sighted and idealistic officials and intellectuals have long defined the nature of this society. The same applies in this other world; there's no difference.

Sociality is universality.

Even if I break through my cultivation level in the future and am summoned by the Heavenly Court to become an official there, I must uphold this view of history and values ​​in order to ensure that I can survive for ten thousand years, ten thousand years, in both the mortal and immortal realms...

Upon arriving at the main hall, Zhang Zhengdao plopped down and extended his hands to the two women.

After hesitating for a long time, Guo Lanying finally took out one or two taels of silver from her bosom and handed it to Zhang Zhengdao.

"How did we still get discovered?"

She couldn't understand why Sister-in-law Gui had given her the money behind her back.

I glanced at it with a hint of reluctance.

"I'm saving this for your dowry."

Zhang Zhengdao spoke earnestly and patiently.

"When you get married in the future, I will make sure you have a grand wedding, so that you can't even afford a few quilts. Don't worry, leave it to me, you can rest assured."

While talking to Guo Lanying, Hu Yunying lifted her foot and walked towards the inner courtyard.

"stop!"

Zhang Zhengdao stopped it in time.

"Hand it over!"

Zhang Zhengdao extended his hand to Hu Yunying, opened his palm, and beckoned her.

Hu Yunying retorted angrily, "All you ever think about is my money. Are you obsessed with money? I don't want a dowry. This is my dowry. If you want it, you have to marry me."

She also took out a tael of silver from her bosom and threw it at Zhang Zhengdao.

Zhang Zhengdao caught it and wiped the sweat off the silver.

"You are confused!"

Zhang Zhengdao said with a sense of disappointment and frustration.

"Why would a woman like you need money? Does the Taoist temple lack food or clothing for you? You have plenty of food and clothing, so what do you need so much money for?"

Hu Yunying glared angrily at Zhang Zhengdao without saying a word.

I'm so angry!

Zhang Zhengdao said, "If those so-called Four Masters see you one day and find out you have silver on you, wouldn't they kill you and rob you? You won't escape death!"

Hu Yunying: Bah! The Four Masters can't possibly steal a tael of silver from me?

Zhang Zhengdao said, "Don't say I didn't warn you. You saw that Sword God guy last time, wasn't he one of the Four Great Masters? Look at what he's wearing. He's been wearing the same white clothes for days. They're dirty and wrinkled, it's obvious he doesn't have money to change them. If he knew you had money, who else would he rob if not you?"

"what--"

Hu Yunying felt like she was going crazy. "Am I a child? Aren't you being childish? Are you trying to fool a child? How old am I? Three?"

A head full of question marks.

"And another thing... if those scumbags outside find out you're rich, they'll find all sorts of ways to swindle you out of your money, and while they're at it, they'll also steal your feelings, make you have their children, and then abandon your wife and children..."

Hu Yunying:? ? ?

"Therefore, a woman should never have money. Having money changes one's fate, and a tragic fate begins when a woman becomes rich..."

"for you!"

Hu Yunying didn't want to listen to his nonsense anymore. She had already given Zhang Zhengdao the two taels of silver, yet he still had so much to say. She angrily went into the backyard and hid in her room.

"This woman, I've provided her with food and lodging, I'm practically offering her sex, and she still dares to hide money from me." Zhang Zhengdao glanced at Guo Lanying, who was staring at him expectantly.

So he continued to lecture her.

“Look at this, all the money we earn is hard-earned. How much did we make from just the Kan scholar's family? Four taels of silver, and with the two of you, it's only six taels. What can six taels of silver do? Can it repair a single pillar of the Taoist temple? Can it build a latrine for the temple? No… Our goal is to build the most magnificent Taoist temple complex on Peach Blossom Mountain… to develop tourism on Peach Blossom Mountain. After all this is completed, we can sit back and collect money. At that time, I will give you silver, ten taels at a time, no… one hundred taels at a time… Your dowry will be so grand that it can stretch from the top of the mountain to the bottom… A magnificent wedding… making all the wealthy families in Linbin Town envious… No, making all the wealthy families in Lingzhou City envious of you. You will be the richest one…”

"Thank you, Taoist priest... I'll listen to you!"

Guo Lanying bowed to Zhang Zhengdao and then turned and fled into the Taoist temple.

Zhang Zhengdao: ...

I was having a great time talking to you, and I was really enjoying my PUA tactics with you, so why did you leave?

Backyard wing.

The master and apprentice were having a private talk.

"Are you out of your mind? That money is hard-earned, and you think you can just give it to us like that? Humph, I think he's just a money-grubber. All that talk, does he think we're children? How naive."

Hu Yunying was still angry.

The money I worked so hard to earn, I felt so heartbroken that I could hardly breathe if I gave away even a single penny.

Moreover, they gave him a tael of silver at once.

"You just spoil him!"

What a disappointing apprentice!

"I...I just wanted to repay him. Actually, even if he hadn't asked, I would have given it to him anyway."

Guo Lanying said in a low voice.

"Is this how you repay him?" Hu Yunying snorted. "Men with money turn bad. Didn't you see the way he looked at Sister Gui yesterday? Who is Sister Gui? A widow, a widow, even though she's... somewhat attractive... and although she's somewhat... kind-hearted, and although she runs a winery and her income... is not bad... but she's still a widow, and her eyes are practically spitting out hooks... Bah, when I become his wife, I'll definitely give her a hard time..."

"Master...do you...really want to marry...the Taoist priest?"

Guo Lanying felt her heart pounding with excitement... no, her whole body was pounding with excitement.

She wants to compete with her master for a man...

Ugh, this is so difficult!

“Of course, it’s not easy to find such a high-quality man.” Hu Yunying said with a smile, “You don’t know, these days, the men in the martial arts world who have even a little skill are so greasy, it’s really awful. The incompetent little puppies… are too naive and ignorant, they can’t even provide basic material support. At least Master Zhang has a Taoist temple, he’s ambitious, and he even passed the ordination exam, he’s a cultured man, his future children will be smart.”

These were words that Zhang Zhengdao often used, and Hu Yunying overheard them and was subtly influenced by them.

"But...but...I also want to repay the Daoist Master..."

For the sake of her own lifelong happiness, she no longer cared about her master.

"The Taoist priest helped me get revenge before, and I promised him... that I would repay him with my body... Master, considering that you watched me grow up, please take care of me this time too..."

Hu Yunying:...

His face turned dark.

This apprentice is quite the PUA expert.

What a clever scheme! What a cunning schemer!

These few words reveal the true nature of a disciple who has been planted with greenery, making it crystal clear.

The first meaning is that the Taoist priest agreed to my offer of myself.

Zhang Zhengdao: ...

When did I agree to that?

The second meaning is that you watched me grow up, which means you are old and no longer have the advantage of age. As you get older, having children in the future will become a problem.

The third meaning is that she is the apprentice, and a master should take care of his apprentice. Otherwise, it would be considered as stealing a man from his apprentice, which would be ridiculed by the world as an old woman fighting with a young girl for a husband.

Nonsence--

Mad!

Hu Yunying's face turned from red to white, and then from white to green.

"Traitor—"

With just one shout, a loud "bang" was heard.

Guo Lanying turned and ran, making sure to slam the door shut behind her as she ran.

Zhang Zhengdao had no idea what the master and apprentice were doing in the backyard. He was polishing the silver coins, arranging them one by one into a jar, and then putting them back under the bed in the room.

There's really nowhere good to put it.

Money really does give a man courage; it feels so reassuring to have it so heavy!