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

He has a fierce appearance, but a shrewd mind.

Zhang Zhengdao cupped his hands in greeting to the Four Heroes of Kunshan.

"Four heroes, please visit Peach Blossom Temple sometime. I'll treat you to drinks!"

The one-eyed man immediately burst into laughter: "That's great, I promise I'll go. I like you, you're a good Taoist priest, you're the one who saved us just now?"

"I only pulled you ashore; you saved yourselves."

Zhang Zhengdao laughed as he spoke, flicked his whisk, and strode away.

The Four Heroes of Kunshan exchanged glances.

“We just flew out of the water and then crashed to the ground!” said the lame second brother.

The hunchbacked third brother nodded in agreement: "This Taoist priest is incredibly strong!"

The crooked-mouthed fourth brother laughed: "No matter how strong you are, can you be stronger than me? I can lift a tripod like a tyrant."

The one-eyed man cursed, "This is a life-saving grace, I must repay it!"

"That's right! We are the Four Heroes of Kunshan!"

The other three agreed in unison.

Just then, four swordsmen in white robes and skirts walked by on the bluestone path on the shore. They looked at their disheveled appearance and burst into laughter.

The old man with the thirty-cross sword, Jie Dong, laughed the loudest: "Haha, the Four Heroes of Kunshan have become the Four Chickens of Kunshan, four drowned chickens. Haha, what a disgrace!"

"Watma!"

The one-eyed man couldn't help but spit on the ground, but looking at their dignified and upright demeanor, he swallowed his anger. A scholar can be humiliated, or he can be killed; it wasn't worth it.

"let's go!"

The eldest brother, One-Eyed Dragon, shouted angrily and turned to leave. The other three followed, each turning to glare fiercely at the four members of the prestigious sects.

If I can't beat you, I'll glare at you until you die!

"Bah, what the hell!"

Old Thirty-Cut Swordsman Jie Dong spat on the ground.

The girl jumped away in disgust and pouted at the eldest brother, who was relying on his long beard, saying, "Brother Bing, look at Third Brother... rude!" She even stuck her tongue out at the third brother, Jie Dong.

"Alright, third brother, let's find an inn to eat at and also find out about our master's whereabouts."

"Yes, Senior Brother!" Jie Dong, clasped his hands in a fist salute, then said, "Junior Sister, come with me, let's go see the peanut candy sold at that shop up ahead..."

"Great! Great!" The girl clapped her hands and cheered, happily preparing to follow Jie Dong.

"They are good people!"

Just then, a childish voice came from behind them.

The four of them turned around and saw a slightly dark-skinned and thin girl looking at them with a serious expression, repeating the same sentence she had just said.

"Those four are good people!"

“Girl, with their horrible looks, can they be considered good people? Haha…” Jie Dong laughed loudly, as if he had heard an extremely funny joke.

"I just fell into the water, and they were in such a sorry state because they were trying to save me!"

Lu Xiaohua raised her face and glared at them defiantly.

"I won't allow you to speak ill of them!"

Jie Dong grew impatient and looked down at Lu Xiaohua.

"You think I won't talk just because you tell me not to? My mouth is my own, I can say whatever I want, it's none of your business!" Jie Dong felt that this young girl was being a bit ungrateful.

I am one of the four most famous beauties of Tianshan, you little yellow-haired girl, you're nothing.

"If you insult them, I'll insult you!"

Lu Xiaohua is stubborn.

"Hey, I'm fucking..."

"Alright, third brother, let's get down to business!" The eldest brother snorted, flicked his sleeves, and turned to leave. The second brother followed him.

That leaves Jie Dong and his junior sister.

Jie Dong pointed fiercely at Lu Xiaohua, then turned to his junior sister and said, "Let's go too. We shouldn't stoop to the level of country bumpkins; it's bad luck!"

Every day, martial arts figures come ashore in Linbin Town and then wander around aimlessly.

Fortunately, Linbin Town is relatively large.

It's not too bad compared to a county town, after all, it's a place with very developed waterways and some docks. Although it can't accommodate large cargo ships, it can still accommodate merchant and tourist ships to stop and replenish supplies, making it an ideal place.

Recently, the Sword God reappeared, and his first stop was Linbin Town, where he stayed for a long time. After the news spread, more and more martial arts practitioners came to visit him.

This is similar to the tourism industry today.

Zhang Zhengdao also plans to take advantage of this opportunity to promote his Peach Blossom Temple.

What is the essence of the tourism industry?

Famous mountains and rivers, none can compare to Peach Blossom Mountain.

The towering buildings and mysterious Taoist temples—Zhang Zhengdao said that apart from successfully praying for rain, there was nothing else to brag about. Even if the rain was successful, the people of Linbin Town would only say that they had persuaded the Dragon King, and that it was the Dragon King who brought the rain.

Look at what you're saying!

This Sword God, on the other hand, has mediocre martial arts skills, but he's famous!

When he was studying on Earth, Mr. Hedong wrote a piece called "Record of the Little Stone Pool". He recalled that he had traveled hundreds of miles to Yongzhou in southern Hunan, only to find that it was just a small pool of water made of stones.

The key point is that this small puddle was actually dug out by hand later.

This is outrageous!

This wasn't the first time he'd fallen for such a trick. At the famous Huaqing Pool, Zhang Zhengdao spent over a hundred silver dollars, intending to admire the women's bathing area, but... his composure crumbled.

The puddles are unbearable to look at!

Even so, it still managed to fool wave after wave of tourists, who flocked to the site and enjoyed it immensely.

Using the fame of the Sword God to create cultural landscapes is like using Yueyang Tower or Tengwang Pavilion on Earth. It's not that the buildings are beautiful, but that famous people wrote articles about them.

As long as someone is a celebrity, even their thatched cottage can become a scenic spot.

As the saying goes, scenery becomes more beautiful for people, and people add color to scenery.

"Bring me your sword!"

Zhang Zhengdao was in high spirits, thinking about this brilliant idea, and shouted it out.

No one responded to him.

The Taoist temple was quiet today; even the female ghost was gone.

My house was robbed?

Zhang Zhengdao was shocked and hurriedly ran to his bedroom. He pulled out a large jar from under the bed, opened it, and looked inside. The silver coins were still there, hard and solid.

Only then did I feel relieved.

He went to Hu Yunying's room again. The sword that the Sword God had once possessed, called the Moon in the Mirror, had been kept by Hu Yunying as collateral for the release of his sword.

When they ran to Hu Yunying's room, she was gone, and so was her sword.

What the hell...

Did that spendthrift woman go out and have a wild time with a sword?

What a precious sword! What if it gets broken?

The moon reflected in the mirror is indeed the symbol of the Sword God.

Wherever the moon appears in the mirror, there will surely be a sword god.

Back then, the Sword God not only made a great name for himself with this sword, but also defeated the other three masters and became the leader of the Four Masters.

Even though Hai Tianfu's Longquan sword was sharper than the Moon in the Mirror, the Moon in the Mirror's fame always surpassed that of the Longquan sword because it was entrusted to the wrong person.

The spendthrift woman Hu Yunying, along with her apprentice Guo Lanying and the female ghost Shu Baimei, actually ran off to town.

With so many martial arts figures present, how could a renowned female martial arts heroine like herself possibly miss this opportunity? She definitely had to show her face in front of them.

Zhang Zhengdao naturally also realized their ulterior motives.

This is just a gathering of a bunch of thugs who should be hanging around.

Just thinking about that scene gave Zhang Zhengdao a headache.

It wasn't just Zhang Zhengdao who was suffering from a headache; the residents of Linbin Town had been experiencing excruciating pain for a long time. Ever since the number of martial arts figures increased, fights and brawls had been happening in the streets every day.

Those with minor injuries suffered broken arms or legs, while those with more serious injuries were dragged out and buried on the same day.

He didn't even hold a temple ceremony; he just died.

When scoundrels die, no one is going to give them a grand funeral. At least, Supervisor Sun wouldn't be willing to spend money on these rotten people.

Zhang Zhengdao felt a sharp pain in his heart, almost unable to breathe, when he thought about how many business opportunities he had missed and how much money he had lost.

Even thugs are human!

Even a dead person has the right to be buried!

Even a江湖人士 (jianghu figure) deserves a copy of the *Taiyi Jiuku Duren Jing* (Scripture of the Great Unity for Saving People from Suffering). Zhang Zhengdao really wanted to argue with Sun Zhenjian. The price was negotiable.

If you're going to do wholesale, you can buy one or two taels of silver per head.

Unfortunately, Sun Zhenjian refused to pay any money.

"Pah! They get stingier as they get older, and the stingier they are, the older they get!"

Zhang Zhengdao was indignant.

It was precisely during this time of indignation that a major incident finally occurred in Linbin Town.

Jie Dong, the third of the Four Beauties of Tianshan, was murdered.

A sword pierces the heart.

Then they left words on the ground.

—The murderer, Tang Wan'er.