Episode 157: Fateful Meeting

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After bidding farewell to Wang Erlang, Jiang Chen did not delay at all, and even followed the little breath left by the man in blue, tracking all the way, and after a few days, he actually came to a huge temple:

"Cihang Hall!"

The magnificent temple in front of him, Jiang Chen saw it in his eyes for a moment, and immediately felt an unprecedented huge threat, the breath of the two burst out for a moment, he only felt that his soul was shocked, almost subconsciously, a space moved, and retreated for several miles.

If it was another temple, he would still dare to enter and explore, but this Cihang Hall, unless he could further cultivate the Yang God to the realm of perfection and condensation, or be accompanied by a top master, otherwise, even with his current Dao and martial arts, he would not dare to easily enter and snoop.

Is it fear? Maybe, maybe it's the intersection of fate, and it can never be avoided!

Standing on the top of a small hill a few miles away, Jiang Chen looked at the Cihang Hall from afar, although the distance was far away, he could still clearly feel the terrifying aura emanating from the magnificent hall, and he knew very well in his heart that the owner of this aura was his fateful enemy: Cihang Pudu!

Insect life is weak, but often has extraordinary talent, once cultivated into a monster, the strength is often strong and terrifying, centipede, is one of the best!

Although Jiang Chen is now successful in cultivation, he is still not sure of winning against the monsters who have been cultivating for thousands of years, let alone the centipede essence that has been cultivating for more than a thousand years, but unfortunately, Cihang Pudu, his fateful and powerful enemy, happens to be a thousand-year-old centipede essence that has become a climate!

"It seems that if you want to defeat the enemy and win, you have to go to Lanruo Temple to ask Yan Chixia for help. In the original plot, the thousand-year-old centipede essence Cihang Pudu was killed by Zhiqiu Yiye and Yan Chixia, although Zhiqiu Yiye was heroic in the end, but he is no longer the original Zhiqiu Yiye after all, his Taoism and martial arts are several grades better than Zhiqiu Yiye, I believe that as long as he and Yan Chixia join forces, there is still a great chance to kill Cihang Pudu in one fell swoop.

Without saying a word, Jiang Chen rested for a while, and because of the encounter with the old enemy, as if breaking the bottleneck of cultivation, he had a lot of feelings, so he retreated for two or three months before turning back, during this period of time, although he has been busy tracking the traces of the man in blue, but walking outside, intentionally or unintentionally, he also heard a lot of news, including the location of Lanruo Temple, not elsewhere, in the mountains on the outskirts of Beiguo in Jinhua City.

The horse galloped all the way, not afraid of the wind and sun, but in a few days, Jiang Chen had already returned to Jinhua City, just after noon, he had been rushing for several days in a row, at this time he was hungry and tired, and he didn't pick and choose at the moment, so he found an inn in the city to eat, not to mention anything else, the hall of this inn is often the most well-informed place, he only needs to use a little means, he can hear a lot of information.

The business lamented that the world was difficult, and those who walked the rivers and lakes said that the rivers and lakes were uneven, and the scholars were indignant that the court had no way In short, in this world, even Jiang Chen, an outsider, felt powerless.

Roughly calculated, he has been in this world for three years, although he has also stepped out of the Kunlun Courtyard to do a lot of things to punish adultery and eliminate evil, but, in terms of the whole world, after all, the role is limited, after all, this is a world where demons are rampant and cultivation is prevalent, and his cultivation is far from enough to suppress the world, so naturally he cannot change the world.

"Strength, after all, the strength is not enough!" Jiang Chen took half a sip of the wine glass, always felt that the wine was tasteless, and his heart was irritable, so he put down the wine glass in his hand again.

At this time, a young scholar with a book basket walked in at the door, although the shopkeeper disliked his ragged clothes, and he was not a rich man at first glance, but since he opened the door to do business, there was no reason to refuse guests to enter the store, so he still greeted him very politely: "The guest officer, please, is it a sharp point, or a stay?"

Before he could wait for the scholar to reply, he was already busy greeting the guy and saying, "Ah Gen, why don't you come to take a salute for the guest?" and then turned to the scholar and said, "Our store happens to have an upper room."

The scholar was taken aback by the shopkeeper's hospitality, and hurriedly interrupted him, introducing himself: "No, no, I'm not here to stay, my name is Ning Caichen, and I was sent by Jibaozhai to collect the debts!"

"Ning Caichen?!" Jiang Chen took a sip of wine into his mouth, and before he could swallow it, he couldn't help but squirt out, although he knew that he would meet this person one day, but he never thought that this day would come so suddenly. However, he traveled through several worlds, and there were many such experiences, so he quickly controlled his emotions.

In the blink of an eye, I saw that the guy named Ah Gen heard that Ning Caichen was not here to stay, and his face became cold: "Collect the account?" He snorted coldly, and directly threw Ning Caichen's book basket on the ground.

"Hey!" Seeing this, Ning Caichen hurriedly ran over to pick up the book basket, and hurriedly bumped into the table where Jiang Chen was, knocking a bottle of wine to the ground, but Jiang Chen reacted quickly, reached out to catch the wine bottle, and he hurriedly said apologetically: "I'm really sorry, it's rude." ”

"It doesn't matter. Jiang Chen is not a stingy person, looking at the legendary scholar in front of him who is tied to Xu Xian, he can't help but smile and say: "Scholar, I see that you have a good face, why don't you sit down and have a drink together?"

Ning Caichen saw that Jiang Chen was dressed in black and carrying a red sword, and knew that he was a stranger who walked the rivers and lakes, so he hurriedly bowed his hand and said: "Respectful invitation, Xiaosheng shouldn't have refused, but now Xiaosheng still has things to do, so he has no choice but to understand." ”

"That's a shame. Jiang Chen didn't force it, and immediately let him turn around and walk towards the counter.

Seeing this, although the shopkeeper opened the drawer containing the money, he still spoke with a little reluctance: "I said, why are the people you Jibaozhai send to collect the accounts different every time?"

Ning Caichen sneered: "After the person last time collected the account, he was killed by others on the way, so now it is me."

The shopkeeper smiled: "Alas, anyway, if you collect the account, you will be killed sooner or later on the road, so it's better to be cheaper and I'll forget it!" Immediately, he waved his hand and said to Ning Caichen like a fly: "Don't take it, don't take it!"

"No kidding!" Ning Caichen was speechless, he hurriedly took out the account book that Jibao Zhai had booked for the shops below, but he forgot one thing. Along the way, he was exposed to the wind and sun, rain and snow, and his own body could bear it, but where could he stand a mere account book? At this time, when he took it out, it turned out to be a damp piece of rain, and the recorded figures had turned into a ball of ink, who could recognize the account by this book?

Ning Caichen flipped through a few pages of the account book, and couldn't help but feel a little numb in his scalp, and said secretly: "Oops!" But fortunately, he has quick wit, and it is not in vain that the boss of Jibaozhai promoted him to collect the account. Ning Caichen hugged the account book in his arms, pretended to be indifferent and said to the shopkeeper of the teahouse: "Boss, can I take a look at the stubs of your teahouse?" He was also afraid of the shopkeeper's disbelief, so he specially added: "This is the new rules for collecting accounts from Jibaozhai!"

It's just that this Ning Caichen is smart, but the shopkeeper of the teahouse is even more cunning, seeing the other party's flickering words and erratic eyes, he was already suspicious in his heart and asked: "Is it a new rule? You can show me the account book first!"

He didn't pay attention to Ning Caichen's defenses, and reached out to snatch the account book from the scholar's arms, Ning Caichen hurriedly blocked the shopkeeper's sight with his hand, and said anxiously: "No, you can't look at it!"

But just such a moment of effort, it was enough for the sharp-eyed shopkeeper to find that the problem was wrong, and he scolded: "What kind of account is this? It's dark and messy, and you Jibaozhai relies on this kind of thing to collect accounts?"

Ning Caichen snatched the account book back, and said helplessly: "The account book is wet, but if I can't receive the account, I won't have the money to go back."

But the shopkeeper obviously didn't sympathize with him, and hurriedly beckoned his guy Agen to throw Ning Caichen's things on the ground, Jiang Chen originally wanted to come forward to help, but when he thought of what happened next, he endured it again, it was Ning Caichen's robbery, but why wasn't it his fate?

Ning Caichen said helplessly: "Boss, you can help." ”

At this time, the shopkeeper of the teahouse came to be majestic, he walked out from behind the counter, and said with a smile: "Young man, since you don't have my account in your account book, that means I don't owe you any money?

As he spoke, he pushed Ning Caichen out of the door, but the poor scholar was already tired and exhausted after trekking through mountains and rivers all the way, where could he stop the shopkeeper's hard push, and he was about to fall, but he felt that his back was held up by a strong force, and then there was a cloud in the fog for a while, and when he reacted, he was already sitting at a table in the store, and opposite him was Jiang Chen's familiar smiling face: "Scholar, it seems that you can't receive the account today, why don't you have a drink with me?"

"This" Ning Caichen hesitated for a while, he subconsciously wanted to refuse, but looking at the table full of good wine and food, his already hungry belly but spineless "grunt, grunt" screamed, at the moment, he smiled embarrassedly on his face, and said in his mouth: "It's better to be respectful than to obey your fate, since you have repeatedly invited you, then Xiaosheng is not welcome." ”

"Ha!" Hearing this, Jiang Chen couldn't help but chuckle: "You scholar is also a little interesting, your name is Ning Caichen, right, I am a scholar of the Kunlun faction, since I invite you to drink, I naturally don't want you to be too polite, otherwise wouldn't it be disappointing?"

While talking and laughing, Ning Caichen couldn't help but eat and drink, he was so hungry. After a while of eating and filling his stomach, Jiang Chen wanted to ask him to stay, but he insisted on refusing, and called his partner Agen to ask: "This brother, do you know where there is a place near here that does not cost money for people to live temporarily?"

"Do you want to live in a place where it doesn't cost money?" Ah Gen immediately sneered with a little ill will: "Then you can go to Lanruo Temple in the north of the city!"

As soon as Lanruo Temple's words came out, Ning Caichen had not yet reacted, and suddenly a gust of wind blew, and the hot early summer seemed to have turned into the cold winter wax moon in an instant, and the people around him were also scattered in an instant (to be continued. )