"A Taoist cultivator? Young Taoist priest, you haven't mistaken the place."

The craftsman on duty at the jewelry shop today is Xu Huibing. Looking at the young Taoist priest, I don't know what's going on with him, but since he mentioned Yun Yuke's name, even though I don't know the situation, I still ask him to wait a moment.

Yun Yuke had already heard the noise outside while inside the house, so she went out without waiting for anyone to call her.

"May I ask your honorable title, fellow Daoist? I am Yun Yuke."

The Buddha has his teachings, and the Taoist has his methods. Seeing that the visitor was extraordinary, he naturally adjusted his words accordingly.

"You're too kind. I'm just here to deliver a letter. You can call me Xiao Zhang," the young Taoist priest said, taking a letter out of his backpack. "This is a letter my master sent me to deliver to you first. He and his wife led us on a journey around the world. We were supposed to arrive in Xin'an City a month and a half ago, but my master and his wife discovered some special circumstances on the way. The investigation has delayed them, so they sent me ahead to tell you some things."

Yun Yuke took the envelope and her eyes lit up. "So you're their disciple, little Taoist priest. Do you have a place to stay? I can arrange some accommodations for you."

The envelope didn't have much text on it, just a simple moon and cloud symbol.

These are the logos of my friends Wen Jiangyue and Gu Chengfeng. Regardless of the content, it's good that my friends have finally sent me news.

It's very strange that although the couple said they went to a certain sect to take on disciples and teach, they didn't say that they went to a Taoist sect.

Of course, the markings on the envelope were genuine, so the sender couldn't ignore them.

Xiao Zhang shook his head. "My master told me not to delay after delivering the letter and to go back as soon as possible."

After saying this, Xiao Zhang lowered his voice and leaned closer to Yun Yuke, "It's like this, Master said that their movements are restricted and they are not free. I was able to escape by disguising myself as a Taoist priest. I have been in Xin'an City for a while now and made sure that no one was following me before I came to their door. If anyone asks, just say that I am a Taoist priest from a sect you visited before. Taoists have a hard life and I came to their door to beg for alms."

Upon hearing this, Yun Yuke took a closer look at the other party. The Taoist robe worn by this "little Taoist" was neither new nor old, with some parts torn and patched.

It seems the other party was indeed cautious, dressed in a way that matched their identity as someone begging for alms.

"Since they are destined to come to me, I naturally cannot stand idly by."

Yun Yuke understood immediately, bowed loudly to the other party, and casually took out a few taels of silver from her person.

"Please accept this as a token of my goodwill. Consider it an act of accumulating merit and doing good deeds."

As he handed the silver to the other person, he whispered, "Turn left into the alley next door in a moment. There's a small door inside. Wait a moment at the door. Your master's wife asked me to make something for you. Take it with you."

This is a perfect opportunity. Wen Jiangyue asked me to make a hairpin last time, so I'll take this chance to have this disciple take it over to someone else.

The young Taoist priest Zhang paused for a moment, then nodded. "Just as my master's wife said. You can take one-third then."

It was rather strange that he stood at the door for so long. He didn't say much and followed the directions given earlier, heading towards the alley.

Yun Yuke went back inside and unfolded the letter. It contained only a few simple words. Wen Jiangyue briefly explained that they had encountered an unexpected situation on the way, which caused a long delay, but they were safe and could rest assured.

It can only be said that this letter avoids the important issues and contains information that is similar to what the young Taoist priest just said.

"You always do this, relying on your superior martial arts skills to keep quiet, huh?"

With no other option, Yun Yuke arranged for other craftsmen to meet her at the side gate, while she went to the underground workshop, packed a third of the batch of intricate hairpins and jewelry that she had already made, and went to the side gate as well.

Xiao Zhang had already been brought to the courtyard by his own people, but this person still remained vigilant and did not let his guard down.

Only when Yun Yuke arrived did he slightly lower his guard.

Yun Yuke told the person to go back, and then invited them to a side room on one side of the courtyard. After confirming that no one was around, she asked them a question.

"I didn't have a chance to ask at the door earlier, but you said something about your master's wife?"

Xiao Zhang scratched his head. "My master's wife said that Boss Yun will definitely take this opportunity to let me take the things back. She said that if she is right, she will let me tell you that I will take one-third of the things first."

Once inside the courtyard, he stopped pretending to be a Taoist priest and acted more like an ordinary young man.

Upon seeing the wooden box in Yun Yuke's hand, he asked a question.

"Boss Yun, is it because our master's wife commissioned you to make a batch of hidden weapons? I heard her say that she wanted to make some exquisite self-defense gadgets for our junior sisters." As Xiao Zhang spoke, he took out a small sachet from his body, just like the one Yun Yuke was carrying.

“My master’s wife said that if I have any important items, I should use this magic pouch to carry them back.”

Upon seeing this item, Yun Yuke was certain that the person before her must be highly trusted by her friends, the husband and wife. Otherwise, it would be illogical for such an important item to be so easily handed over to a disciple.

“Okay, I was just thinking that this wooden box is so big that even if we only take a third of the things, it would still be too big and too conspicuous. This will make things much easier.”

Xiao Zhang opened the treasure pouch, and Yun Yuke was about to put the box in directly, but after thinking for a moment, she took out a plain-colored bracelet from the box before putting the other items back into the box and then putting the whole thing into the treasure pouch.

“Since your journey has been dangerous, you can test the power of this ingenious bracelet along the way. This one is specially made as a plain bracelet without any carvings, so it won’t look out of place on you.”

Xiao Zhang already had some understanding of the strangeness of his master and mistress, so he was not surprised when he saw what Yun Yuke took out. He took the plain bracelet and quickly got used to the mechanism that popped out the blade.

"Thank you, Boss Yun. You and your master's wife are really good friends. You even anticipated that you would give me something first, so I don't need to refuse and can just use it."

Yun Yuke smiled and said, "After all, she's a close friend. She sent someone to inform me, so how could I not care about your safety?"

After finishing this task, Xiao Zhang was about to leave when Yun Yuke suddenly remembered something else and stopped him.

"What exactly happened to you? Do you need my help?"

Xiao Zhang hesitated and didn't speak directly.

"What? What did your master and mistress say? Are they telling you to tell me or to fool me?"

Hearing this, Xiao Zhang relaxed instead. "As expected, Boss Yun couldn't hide it from you. My master and mistress mentioned this matter. They originally wanted me to deceive you, but then they changed their minds and told me to not say anything if you didn't ask, and to decide for myself whether to tell or not if you did ask."

Yun Yuke nodded, "Don't hesitate, just tell me the truth, so I won't overthink it."

Then, Yun Yuke listened to Xiao Zhang recount a slightly frightening and dangerous situation.

"Boss Yun, do you know of any cult that lives near Yulong Mountain, about a hundred miles away?"

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