Chapter 109: Pretentious

Chapter 109: Pretentious

Chapter 109: Pretentious

"Senior Gu, we have to let the local monks take over the Dan Sheng Temple before the outside monks invade in large numbers. This way, the Dan Sheng Temple will not fall into the hands of the outside monks."

Gu Xing stared at Gu Jinfan, who looked anxious, for a while, then retracted his gaze: "I don't believe that cultivators from the outside world can steal the luck of the Four Spiritual Realms, nor do I believe that cultivators from the Four Spiritual Realms are so incompetent that they can't even protect their own things."

Hearing this, Gu Jinfan became extremely anxious. The local cultivators of the Four Spiritual Realms were suppressed by the cultivators from outside and were unable to recover. This was something she had personally experienced in her previous life.

Rebirth is something that cannot be described in words. Gu Jinfan took a deep breath and said, "Senior, although the spiritual energy of the Four Spiritual Realms has revived, it takes time for local cultivators to grow. The outside cultivators have never broken off their inheritance. Are you sure we can really resist the invasion of outside cultivators?"

Gu Xing's eyes flickered, but he said nothing.

Gu Jinfan said again: "Senior, besides promoting medicine and preaching, have you forgotten another responsibility of the Dan Sheng Temple?"

Hearing this, Gu Xing's eyes suddenly shot towards Gu Jinfan sharply: "Who are you, and how do you know so many things?"

Gu Jinfan: "Senior, there is no need to be afraid. I just had better luck. I came across a few ruins and read some books about the deeds of the ancient times of the Four Spirit Realms."

Gu Xing stared at Gu Jinfan without saying anything.

Gu Jinfan continued, "In the Four Spirit Realms, there are not only humans, but also demons. The revival of spiritual energy is not only an opportunity for humans, but also for demons, isn't it?"

"In addition to resisting the invasion of outsiders, the cultivators of the Four Spirit Worlds must also be vigilant against the revival of the demon race. Are you sure the local cultivators can handle the situation of internal and external troubles?"

Gu Xing's chest rose and fell a little, staring at Gu Jinfan: "What do you want to say?"

Gu Jinfan: "Senior, since we can foresee the terrible situation that the Four Spirit Realms will face in the future, why don't we make arrangements in advance?"

Gu Xing narrowed his eyes: "The advance layout you mentioned means that you will become the master of the Dan Sheng Temple?"

Gu Jinfan shook his head: "The responsibility of the Lord of Dan Sheng Temple is too great, I can't bear it."

Gu Xing was somewhat surprised by this answer.

Gu Jinfan looked at Gu Xing: "I can't afford it, but there are people who can."

Hearing this, Gu Xing understood what Gu Jinfan meant and laughed, "Do you have someone you like and want to help him become the master of the Dan Sheng Temple?"

Gu Jinfan nodded: "That person is..."

Gu Xing raised his hand to interrupt her: "Girl, you think too highly of me and yourself. The next master of Dan Sheng Temple will not be chosen by me or you."

Gu Jinfan was anxious: "Senior, why don't you understand yet? It's too late to rely on the spontaneous growth of local cultivators to enter the Dan Sheng Temple."

Gu Xing shook his head and looked at her: "I don't know what you know, but I want to remind you not to be obsessed with appearances."

"The Dan Saint Temple bears the responsibility of stabilizing the Four Spiritual Realms. It has its own conditions for choosing a master, which is definitely not something you and I can control."

Seeing Gu Xing being so stubborn, Gu Jinfan felt helpless and wanted to say something, but Gu Xing just drove him away.

"Go ahead. I need to rest."

Seeing this, Gu Jinfan was a little angry. She was wholeheartedly planning for the Dan Sheng Temple and didn't want it to fall into the hands of outside cultivators, but Gu Xing was so uncooperative.

"The eighteen wooden tablets have fallen into the hands of eighteen people. Senior, do you really want to select the master of the Dan Saint Temple from these eighteen people one by one?"

Gu Xing frowned and looked at her: "Who told you that the person who got the wooden token will become the master of the Dan Sheng Temple?"

Gu Jinfan was stunned: "Isn't it?"

Gu Xing sighed, "I said that the Dan Sheng Temple will choose its own master. As for the wooden plaque..." He shook his head and looked at Gu Jinfan, "You haven't even figured out the real purpose of the wooden plaque. How can you be confident that you can choose the next master for the Dan Sheng Temple?"

Gu Jinfan was really stunned. In her previous life, she had heard the Jiang family say with her own ears that the wooden plaque was the token of control over the Dan Sheng Temple.

Gu Xing didn't want to say anything more to Gu Jinfan, so he closed his eyes and said, "Go back."

The knowledge of the previous life turned out to be wrong, which made Gu Jinfan very uneasy. He no longer had the heart to continue persuading him, so he turned around and was about to leave. However, after taking a few steps, he suddenly turned back and looked at Gu Xing.

With the ignition of the Dan Fire on the First Street and the opening of Qihuang Halls No. 1 to 9, Gu Xing absorbed more and more vitality, his health improved a lot, and his facial senses became more acute.

Feeling that Gu Jinfan's eyes were always on him, Gu Xing had to open his eyes: "Do you have anything else to say?"

Gu Jinfan looked at him and said, "The old age in you seems to have subsided a lot, and your complexion is much better than the last time I came."

Gu Xing raised his eyebrows. This girl is quite capable. She is the second person after Wei Zhenjie who can see that his old age is fading.

Gu Jinfan turned his head and looked at the open courtyard gate. Gu Xing's fortune and longevity were all tied to the Dan Sheng Temple. His health was getting better. What did this mean?
This means that the Dan Temple has quietly revived at a time she was unaware of.

Is this why he is not worried about the future of Dan Temple?
"Senior, you actually already have a candidate for the next master of Dan Sheng Temple, right?"

Seeing that Gu Jinfan was still struggling with this issue and hadn't listened to his previous words at all, Gu Xing was too lazy to say anything more to her and simply closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.

Seeing him like this, Gu Jinfan was silent for a moment, then strode away.

After Hua Changxi took the tenth wooden sign from the old courtyard in the square, he returned to the miscellaneous service hall and went to the No. 6 Qihuang Hall.

She has already occupied nine Qihuang clinics. In the next period of time, she plans to attend classes in the morning, make pills in the afternoon, and practice in the evening.

[First-class Alchemist (Top-quality Alchemy): Alchemy 7521 furnaces 7521/10000]
Hua Changxi looked at his alchemy data and decided to concentrate on improving his alchemist level.

After refining thousands of first-grade pills, she had already memorized the techniques and processes of refining pills and formed muscle memory. In just one afternoon, she had refined dozens of top-grade pills.

After putting away the pills, Hua Changxi saw that it was getting dark and prepared to go eat. As soon as he walked out of the yard, he saw Eunuch Jia and Eunuch Zhou waiting outside the courtyard.

"Why are you here? Do you want to talk to me?"

Eunuch Jia quickly replied, "Master, the director has issued an order to register all those who have been to the old courtyard in the square in recent months."

Eunuch Zhou looked at Hua Changxi carefully and reminded him, "Master, on March 29th, wasn't I ordered to ask the old man in the old courtyard to leave? Master, you entered the old courtyard that day, and many people saw you. We had no choice but to report you."

Hua Changxi frowned: "Do you know why the director wants to register this?"

Eunuch Jia and Eunuch Zhou both shook their heads.

Hua Changxi fell silent, guessing that it might be related to the wooden sign.

Eunuch Zhou looked at Hua Changxi and said, "Master, the director may have to question everyone who has been to the old courtyard these days."

"I know this."

Hua Changxi sent the two away, thought for a moment, and turned to go to the old courtyard in the square.

Every time she went to the old courtyard in the square, she avoided people. Now the only person who knew that she had taken ten wooden signs was Gu Xing. She was not sure whether Gu Xing would tell others about it. Soon, they arrived at the square.

Hua Changxi stood at the corner of the wall and did not approach the old courtyard. There was no other reason for this. She sensed that there were several groups of people hiding around the square, all eyeing the old courtyard.

I heard that the fight on First Street is over, now it's the turn of the Plaza Old Courtyard?
Hua Changxi returned to her yard with a frown, thinking that every time she met Gu Xing, he would shake his head and say he knew nothing when asked. Her expression relaxed a little.

He didn't tell himself anything, and he probably wouldn't say much to anyone else.

Hua Changxi thought that the director would not be so quick, and even if he wanted to inquire, it would take a few days. However, the next morning, Eunuch Jia came to inform her to go to the First Street Medical Bureau building to meet the director.

Seeing the director summon someone so quickly, Hua Changxi felt his importance to the old hospital and went to the First Street in full preparation.

This time when she went to First Street, she took the Pilgrimage Road in the middle of Ninth Street.

Along the way, she slowed down every time she passed the intersection where the streets met the Pilgrim Road.

She made the white-robed monk's storage Buddhist beads into a bracelet that the young lady liked and wore it on her hand. She placed all ten wooden plaques in the Buddhist beads. Every time she passed an intersection, she could sense that the ten wooden plaques would flash white light.

Hua Changxi's eyes flashed. When the wooden sign passed the intersection of Ninth Street, it would react and flash white light. This could be easily discovered. All he had to do was walk on the Pilgrimage Road.

But the Qihuang Hall is located behind the Servants' Hall and the Apprentices' Hall. Most of the people entering and leaving the courtyard are either servants or apprentices. If she was not from the Servants' Hall, she might not have noticed these dilapidated courtyards.

As for the other eight people who received the wooden plaque, unless they were from the Menial Services Hall or the Apprentice Hall, their eyes would most likely only stay on Ninth Street.

This inference made Hua Changxi feel a little relieved. She didn't want any party to target the Qihuang Hall. The fight for power and profit was too exhausting, and she didn't have the time for that.

The closer you get to First Street, the more people there are on the road.

When crossing the intersection of the Second Street, Hua Changxi stopped, looked at the two elixir fires on both sides of the intersection of the First Street, turned around, and walked through the alley of the pharmacy on the right to go to the First Street.

There was no other reason. She felt that if she passed under the two elixir fires, the elixir fires would become stronger.

Although most of her energy during this period was spent on unlocking the Qihuang Hall, she still found time to refine a few furnaces of elixir, and her body must have been contaminated with a lot of elixir.

When the Dan Fire becomes stronger, it will definitely attract other people's attention.

Hua Changxi came out of the alley of the pharmacy and arrived at the First Street.

At this moment, people were coming and going on First Street, especially in front of the Medical Bureau Building, where hundreds of people were already standing.

So many people have been to the old courtyard in the square!

Looking at this scene, Hua Changxi's expression became somewhat serious. If she could notice the old courtyard in the square, then naturally others could too. There were too many smart people in this world.

After a quick look, there were about twenty people from the Servants' Hall who had been to the Old Courtyard, about fifty people from the Apprentices' Hall, nearly a hundred people from the Disciples' Hall, and several hundred people from the Ninth Street.

Looking at the changes in the number of people going to the old courtyard from Ninth Street, Disciple Hall, Apprentice Hall, and Miscellaneous Hall, Hua Changxi sighed.

The Service Hall has the largest number of people and is also next to the square, but it is noticed that the Old Courtyard has the least number of people. Although people from Ninth Street rarely go to the square behind it, the most people have been there.

What does this mean?
This means that the higher your status, the more information you can get.

Hundreds of people were summoned at the same time and gathered together, and their status levels were immediately apparent.

People from the Ninth Street gathered into nine groups outside the Medical Bureau building according to the streets, talking and laughing, and the nine groups also walked around and chatted with each other.

The people from the Disciple Hall gathered near Ninth Street. A few of them were able to talk to the people from Ninth Street, and their expressions and behaviors were relatively calm.

The people from the Apprentice Hall and the Mentoring Hall stood on the left and right in the corners outside the Medical Bureau building. No one made a sound. They were just background boards. If someone else came, they would have to quickly move away.

Hua Changxi walked towards where the servants gathered. At this time, Gu Qiming came out of the main hall on the third floor of the Medical Bureau building with a few people and were about to go downstairs.

"Manager Hua, we are here."

Hearing loud noises downstairs, several people looked down together.

The next moment, Gu Jinfan, who was standing behind Gu Qiming, ignored etiquette and pushed Gu Qiming aside. He rushed to the fence and looked at Hua Changxi with a shocked expression as he walked quickly towards the errand boy.

"Gu Jinfan, you are too arrogant. You are so disrespectful to the director."

Mu Qingying admired Gu Qiming very much and couldn't help but question Gu Jinfan's rudeness.

Unexpectedly, Gu Jinfan ignored her and just stared at the people below.

Mu Qingying wanted to say something but was stopped by Gu Qiming.

Gu Qiming followed Gu Jinfan's line of sight and looked down, and saw Hua Changxi. He raised his eyebrows and looked at Gu Jinfan. It seemed that he didn't know that Hua Changxi had a sister?
"Has Hua Changxin returned to Beijing?"

No, that's not right. When she came back from Kunlun, the people from Taisu Palace were still trapped in the secret realm of Yaochi and couldn't get out.

If it’s not Hua Changxin, then who is the person below?
The people from the errand hall called out Hua Changxi loudly, but it didn't attract much attention. Those who heard it just glanced at him and then looked away. Everyone continued to talk and laugh.

However, the next moment, someone flew down from the Medical Department building. People downstairs moved out of the way, and then another urgent cry was heard.

"Hua Changxin!"

Hua Changxi had just walked to the front of the group of servants when she heard a shout from behind. The voice was filled with undisguised shock and inquiry. She paused as she thought of something.

At this moment, everyone's attention was drawn to them, and they all looked at Gu Jinfan and Hua Changxi in surprise.

Hua Changxi was silent for a moment, then forced a smile on his face. He turned around, looked at Gu Jinfan who was standing a few meters away, and said with a smile: "Madam Gu Qi, long time no see. I'm glad to see you again."

Gu Jinfan stared at Hua Changxi in a daze, his eyes getting wider and wider: "You are not Hua Changxin, you are Hua Jiu Niang."

Hua Changxi did not deny that she was Hua Jiuniang, and asked with an unchanged smile: "Madam Gu Qi and my Shi Niang, are you familiar with each other?"

Gu Jinfan shook his head in disbelief: "How could this happen?"

Hua Jiuniang clearly died on the Suzaku Power Transmission Platform in her previous life, and in this life, she saw her jump off the platform with her own eyes.
Gu Jinfan recalled the scene at that time. She was filled with disappointment because the Suzaku Power Transmission Stone fell into the lava river, and she did not even bother to check whether Hua Jiuniang really fell into the lava river.

Hua Jiuniang was subjected to a blood sacrifice by the demon, and there was indeed no possibility of her survival. However, she was reborn and untied, giving her the ability to save herself.

Gu Jinfan smiled. It was because of her rebirth that Hua Jiuniang’s fate of dying young was changed.

Her return is useful. Since it can change people's destiny, it can definitely change the outcome of the Four Spirit Realms being invaded by outside monks.

"Hua Jiuniang, I am very happy to see you again. Very happy."

Hua Changxi looked at her changing expression, frowned and smiled: "Me too."