Chapter 173: The Senior Sister Cultivates the Way of Ruthlessness (Extra 2)
Chapter 173: The Senior Sister Cultivates the Way of Ruthlessness (Extra 2)
The life of a concierge (I)
Zhu Jinyu stood at the entrance of Lingshu Pavilion and looked at the gate.
Of course, even in the Central Continent, it is rare to have cultivators in the middle stage of the Golden Core guarding the gate.
Besides guarding the gate, it also has another purpose - exhibition!
The people of Lingshu Pavilion want to let everyone see what the consequences are if they offend them.
"Zhu Jinyu, you people from the Yunhai Sect got our young master captured. If we let you go, where will our face be?" said the guard who insisted on "capturing" him back to the Central Continent. "There has to be someone standing in front of us, and you are just the right person."
In fact, at the beginning, Zhu Jinyu also thought about resisting, but in the face of absolute strength, any struggle would be like a gnat trying to shake a tree.
After all, he has to choose between having his cultivation wasted or becoming a "negative example".
If he had never tasted the benefits of being a monk, perhaps he could accept being an ordinary person without any cultivation, but now he absolutely could not give up his identity as a monk.
"What are you thinking about!" Just as Zhu Jinyu was daydreaming, he suddenly heard an angry shout behind him, which scared him so much that he trembled all over.
Looking back, he found that it was the guard who had brought him back to the Central Continent. Back then, the guard was in the late Jindan stage. Because of the previous events, he had not been well received by Lingshu Pavilion in recent years.
The resources allocated to him became relatively less, and his cultivation level remained at the late Jindan stage without any progress.
Therefore, he particularly hated Zhu Jinyu and would make trouble for her from time to time.
Zhu Jinyu's own cultivation has not improved in the past few years, and there are even signs of regression.
"I'm not thinking about anything! I won't be distracted when I'm on guard." Zhu Jinyu met the other person's gaze, and the man was looking at her with a scrutinizing expression, his eyes full of disdain.
Zhu Jinyu lowered his head, feeling bitter in his heart. He knew that the other party looked down on him because he was not worthy of being a sword cultivator.
"Humph! It's better this way." Seeing that Zhu Jinyu did not resist, the guard continued to scold, "Don't think I don't know what you are thinking. You are just a useless waste.
If I catch you slacking off again, don't blame me for being rude."
Zhu Jinyu gritted his teeth and said nothing, but he didn't say anything else!
Just then, a beautiful woman came from a distance, holding a "kitten" with beautiful, shiny fur in her arms.
It was just the same appearance and peaceful smile, but it made Zhu Jinyu feel very unfamiliar.
But judging from her appearance, Zhu Jinyu certainly recognized her. She was his former senior sister - Yun Zhen.
The guard obviously recognized Yun Zhen, and without thinking, he pulled Zhu Jinyu in front of him and said in a trembling voice: "Don't come over! Your junior brother is in my hands now. If you dare to come over, I will..."
Yun Zhen frowned slightly, but she didn't stop petting the cat. She said, "I'm just here to deliver a letter. If you want the letter, pay me. Why are you talking so much?"
Before the guard could finish his words, a middle-aged man suddenly appeared at the entrance of Lingshu Pavilion. He said to Yun Zhen politely, "I wonder what this fellow Taoist's name is!"
"Yun Zhen!" Yun Zhen thought for a moment and took out Xiao Nan's letter. "Xiao Nan asked me to bring this."
Looking at the unique spiritual seal on the envelope, Xiao Jinyang knew that it was Xiao Nan's work. When he reached out to take it, Yun Zhen withdrew his hand.
"Daoyou?" Xiao Jinyang immediately explained, "Daoyou, please rest assured. The reward is easy to negotiate."
Yun Zhen directly proposed a condition: "I heard that Lingshu Pavilion is one of the most famous alchemy pavilions in the Central Continent. My requirements are not high. I have a batch of elixirs to auction. If you can do the job for me, the commission can be halved."
After hearing this, Xiao Jinyang became interested: "Fellow Daoist Yun is also an alchemist?"
"Of course!" Yun Zhen was given a bottle of pills. "Xiao Nan said that this can help him strengthen his physique and form better flames."
Xiao Jinyang took the pill and looked at it, and immediately showed joy on his face: "Master Yun Dan is very capable! Please follow me into the pavilion!"
The guards and Zhu Jinyu watched Yun Zhen and Pavilion Master Xiao walk in together.
During the first few days after Yun Zhen came to Lingshu Pavilion, those who used to look down on Zhu Jinyu suddenly became inexplicably polite to him.
But as they discovered that Yun Zhen and Zhu Jinyu were not "familiar", these people returned to their previous attitudes.
On the day the auction ended, the young master of Lingshu Pavilion unexpectedly returned, and his cultivation and alchemy skills had greatly improved.
This time, the talents of Lingshu Pavilion truly believed that these years were an opportunity for Xiao Nan, rather than a tribulation.
After Yun Zhen got the spirit stones, she directly bought a small courtyard full of spiritual energy in a nearby market and started a wine selling business.
The relationship between the Xiao family and her became better and better.
All the fights seemed to be over, and they had put aside their past grudges, as if nothing had happened before. Only Zhu Jinyu was still the gatekeeper of Lingshu Pavilion.
There were several times when Zhu Jinyu wanted to ask: When can I regain my freedom? But every time before asking, he always asked himself where to go after leaving here!
It seems that Zhu Jinyu has no better answer!
A few years later, someone came to apply for the odd job in Lingshu Pavilion.
"Why is that person's cultivation level declining instead of improving?" One of the applicants who didn't get selected last time and is now applying again pointed at Zhu Jinyu and asked, "Last time I heard that he was in the middle stage of the Golden Core, but this time it seems he has regressed to the Foundation Establishment stage."
Last time, Zhu Jinyu’s cultivation was higher than his, and he couldn’t see the other party’s cultivation, but this time he could see it.
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