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

Speaking of Tang Wan'er—

It was a tragic love story.

It's a long story, but to make a long story short: Jie Dong cheated on this girl, and she found out that Jie Dong was in Linbin Town, so she came here intending to get revenge on the scumbag.

As a result, the scumbag was so self-righteous that he refused to give in, and the two ended up fighting.

The girl was also from a prestigious family, and her martial arts skills were even better than Jie Dong's.

The fight lasted a long time, and Jie Dong's stamina was failing. So, when he was at his weakest, he was stabbed through the heart. Jie Dong died. The girl, who had lived for the past few years solely for revenge, now seemed to feel empty, lonely, and cold after her great vengeance was fulfilled.

In a moment of ruthlessness, he stabbed himself in the heart.

When Zhang Zhengdao heard about this, he was in the backyard, gesturing wildly with excitement, talking excitedly as Hu Yunying recounted the news.

Zhang Zhengdao looked at the woman's lips moving in and out, and at her excited state, with spittle flying everywhere. He realized that the mysterious allure of the martial arts world lay here.

I just wonder if, after this woman becomes my Daoist partner, she will degenerate into the image of an old lady from a village entrance on Earth in my previous life?

Pity.

There are still too few entertainment activities in Linbin Town.

Not only is there no Dream of the Red Chamber culture, but you can't even find a place to listen to music.

It's practically a cultural and entertainment wasteland.

I wonder what Lingzhou City is like!

Suddenly, I felt an overwhelming longing for big cities.

But it was just a thought. Hu the Butcher's son said that house prices in Lingzhou City were quite high. Two hundred taels of silver might not even buy a house with a courtyard. To buy a large two-courtyard house, you'd need at least that much.

As he said that, he spread his five fingers apart, and then, to Zhang Zhengdao's horrified gaze, he raised two fingers on his other hand.

Seven hundred taels of silver!

Zhang Zhengdao was stunned at that moment.

Damn, it's so expensive!

Zhang Zhengdao ignored Hu Yunying and went straight to his room, where he counted the silver again.

It's less than four hundred taels of silver.

Ugh!

Zhang Zhengdao sighed deeply, feeling that the goal of his life was a long one.

Tang Wan'er is dead.

She killed the heartless man—Jie Dong, a rising star in the martial arts world. Before Jie Dong's fellow disciples could even seek revenge, she took her own life.

The three women were very excited.

These legendary tales are always a favorite topic among those in the martial arts world. Only in this way can the martial arts world be imbued with the flavor of folk legends, thereby significantly improving the social status of those in the martial arts world.

Legendary tales featuring such romantic entanglements, including murders of passion, particularly those involving the killing of unfaithful men, are especially beloved by female warriors.

No matter how old the female warriors are, they all have a girlish dream.

Back when Hu Yunying was thirteen or fourteen years old, she started dreaming.

She dreamt of her man, who was devoted to her and loved only her for life. He was also a top scholar of the highest rank, young, handsome, gentle, and affectionate.

When she turns seventeen or eighteen, the man in her dream becomes someone who loves her alone for life, and her identity becomes a scholar. Ideally, she should be in her twenties and handsome.

When she turns twenty-three, the man in her dream will make her a mistress of the house. At least he should be a scholar. It doesn't matter if he's thirty or not, as long as he's decent-looking and doesn't commit domestic violence.

By the time he turned thirty, the man in his dreams had gradually become a greasy, uncouth, unkempt, and unkempt middle-aged man with a full beard.

He's the kind of person who's good for nothing but is a womanizer.

So when they first saw Zhang Zhengdao, they were immediately awestruck.

Young and tall, Chang Ran passed the imperial examination and obtained a degree, earning a government job and owning a Taoist temple. He was also very knowledgeable about the business and was irreplaceable in Linbin Town.

Therefore, she was determined to keep this high-quality man in her grasp no matter what.

"Ah, that's how a good woman should be!"

Shu Baimei sighed.

She felt she was a woman like Tang Wan'er: passionate and ruthless, capable of both love and hate, and quick to kill.

“I still think men are too heartless,” Hu Yunying said.

Guo Lanying: "The Taoist priest is very kind."

That silly woman.

Hu Yunying felt that she should exercise her right to educate as a mentor.

“Lan Ying, you can’t judge a man by his appearance,” Hu Yunying said. “You won’t know what kind of person Master Zhang is until you get to know him better. In the end, he’s just a man. He makes every mistake that men make, and he makes mistakes that men wouldn’t make. You don’t know, but back when I was traveling the world, I personally destroyed a Taoist temple. The bald monks there took advantage of women’s desperation for children, using coercion and bribery to harm so many innocent and kind women…”

Guo Lanying: "Isn't a bald monk a monk in a temple?"

Shu Baimei interjected, "They're all the same. Bald monks and Taoist priests are inseparable."

Hu Yunying: "A scholar once said, 'If you're not bald, you're not poisonous; if you're not poisonous, you're not bald; if you turn bald, you'll turn poisonous; if you turn poisonous, you'll turn bald.'"

Guo Lanying: "Isn't this just talking about monks?"

Shu Baimei and Hu Yunying: "Monks and Taoists are inseparable."

Guo Lanying: ...

While Zhang Zhengdao was counting silver in his room, he was unaware that he had already been disgraced and ruined many times by the mouths of the three women.

Sun Zhenjian sent someone to invite Zhang Zhengdao.

The person died in Linbin Town.

However, the family members still have to pay for it.

Reputable sects are never short of money. They seize famous mountains, establish their own sects, and thus own a lot of land and have businesses to run, so they are never short of money.

The person who came to invite them was Sha Zhu, a servant of Sun Zhenjian.

Sha Zhu said that this time, the dead man's fellow disciples gave him twenty taels of silver, but the dead woman had no one to claim her body. It was still the silver that Sun Zhenjian paid out of his own pocket, and he only gave her one tael and two mace.

However, even one or two taels of silver is considered a normal price in the current economic downturn.

Zhang Zhengdao suddenly found the people of the Tianshan Sect much more agreeable.

The one who pays the money is the boss.

This deal required the help of two women, so Zhang Zhengdao needed to give them a proper talking-to before heading down the mountain. Given their tendency to cause trouble, he had to tell them the rules in advance.

After giving the two women a lesson on the professional ethics of service industry workers, the three of them carried their cooking utensils to Linbin Town.

Regardless of whether the Three Beauties of Tianshan liked it or not, Sun Zhenjian left both corpses in the square of Linbin Town.

The town's usual sacrificial rites are held here. The last rain-seeking ceremony was also held here.

"I entrust everything to the Taoist priest."

Among the three outstanding figures of Tianshan Mountain with their long, flowing beards, the eldest brother bowed to Zhang Zhengdao.

"Easy to say!"

Zhang Zhengdao returned the greeting. He didn't care at all about the disdain and arrogant attitude they had shown him at Aunt Gui's wine shop.

After the senior disciple bowed to Zhang Zhengdao, he flicked his sleeve, and a piece of silver fell into Zhang Zhengdao's hand.

Zhang Zhengdao weighed it in his hand and estimated it to be about three ounces.

I absolutely adore these spendthrift sons from prestigious families.

Zhang Zhengdao really wanted to say to him: "Please patronize my business next time, I promise you a discount."

He silently swallowed his words, then bowed with a sorrowful expression: "Young hero, you have perished. Such misfortune is unfortunate. I will obey your command and strive to help you ascend to the celestial realm as soon as possible. May you be blessed with boundless longevity—"

After Zhang Zhengdao went off to get busy with his work with a smile, the junior sister standing to the side couldn't help but chime in.

"Senior Brother, this Taoist priest has shifty eyes and is greedy for money. Why did you give him money?"

The eldest brother patiently explained, "As the saying goes, it's easier to see the King of Hell than to deal with his underlings. Besides, don't you recognize the two women with him?"

The junior sister was dumbfounded: "Two sluts."

"You wouldn't dare say that!" The eldest brother quickly covered his junior sister's mouth. "The Butterfly Fairy, Hu Yunying, is one of the ten elders of the Emei Lingying Sect. She's no less powerful than our Tianshan Sect!"

The junior sister was also surprised, but also puzzled: "How did she end up in this line of work?"

Wouldn't it be great to be a chivalrous heroine?

"I don't know, but it's definitely Hu Yunying. Alright, don't cause trouble." The eldest brother was a little impatient. He wasn't like the third brother, Jie Dong, who was so flamboyant that he couldn't take his eyes off a pretty woman.

Okay, now that's it, I'm all happy!

The tents were set up, two tents side by side. Aside from onlookers, practically no one came to pay their respects, since they weren't familiar with the people. There was no need to get involved and cause trouble.

Nobody knows if they have any enemies, and it would be bad if they were misunderstood.

The Four Heroes of Kunshan also hid in the crowd to watch the excitement.

That birdman is finally dead.

"Hmph, luckily he died quickly, otherwise I would have killed him in a few days too." The hunchbacked third brother lowered his voice, afraid that the three beauties of Tianshan would hear him, and also afraid that his own people would not hear him.

“Me too,” said the lame second brother.

“Me too,” the crooked-mouthed fourth brother nodded.

The one-eyed leader slapped the fourth brother on the head: "Damn it, you're making such a loud noise, what if someone hears us?"

The four of them chuckled softly, feeling quite relieved.

The Tianshan Sect is a prestigious and righteous sect, known for its generosity. They set up a continuous feast in front of the mourning hall and didn't accept any monetary gifts. Visitors could simply offer an incense stick and enjoy a lavish meal.

With such a wonderful event, almost the entire town of Linbin came to attend the feast.

In the evening, Zhang Zhengdao asked Guo Lanying to bring out the necessary items for dinner. The ritual robes, guiding banners, ritual bells, wooden fish, whisks, ritual mirrors, ritual gongs, the Ten Courts of Hell diagrams, peach wood swords, and other items were laid out, ready for work.