bestfiction Chapter 657: Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio - Fairy 29
Chapter 657: Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio - Fairy 29
Early the next morning, Ruyi and Zhiqiu Yiye went out to inquire about the news. They did not go far, but found a crowded teahouse to sit down, ordered a pot of tea, and drank while observing. There were many pedestrians coming and going in the teahouse, most of them were local laborers who came to drink tea and rest during their breaks, and left after not sitting for long.
Ruyi and the others waited until the waiter came over, then took out the silver and put it on the table, "Brother Xiaoer, we have something we want to ask you."
The second brother was always in the teahouse to receive guests. He was well-informed. He was used to paying for information like Ruyi. The second brother smiled and leaned closer to Ruyi. "What do you want to know, sir? I'm not bragging. As long as a guest mentioned the news in the surrounding area, there is nothing I can't remember."
Zhiqiu Yiye felt inexplicably unhappy when he saw the waiter approaching Ruyi. He reached out and patted the waiter's arm, "You can say what you want to say, but why are you getting so close? We are not asking about anything shameful."
The second brother chuckled. When he saw the fairy holding out such a large ingot of silver, he thought that the other party was going to ask for some special secret information. After Zhiqiu Yiye said this, the second brother also relaxed a lot, "Hehe, I thought that the guest... hehe..."
"I don't know what you want to ask, sir. As long as I know something, I will tell you everything I know!" The second brother was greedy for money and was afraid that the money would not be his after he told the money, so he patted his chest and made a promise.
Ruyi didn't argue anymore and directly asked the questions about the painted mural that she wanted to know. Unfortunately, the second brother thought about it carefully and shook his head to indicate that he had never heard of any magical painted murals nearby.
Although Ruyi was a little disappointed, she thought that perhaps the question she asked was too specific and that was why the second brother didn't know the answer. So after thinking about it, she asked the second brother about the major temples in Jiangxi Province that had magical legends.
This time, the second brother did provide very detailed information. Not only did he have the location information of all the famous temples in Jiangxi Province, he also gave a lot of information about less famous ancient temples in the countryside. However, the point about having magical legends was too general. Almost every ancient temple with a lot of incense and incense has similar legends.
"The temple halls and monk quarters where the murals are located in the original version of Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio are not very spacious. There is only an old monk who travels around and lives there temporarily. Therefore, we can temporarily rule out those crowded, prosperous, and famous ancient temples."
"Because the murals were originally carved on stone walls, we can also rule out temples that are located in places without mountains or rocks..."
After thinking about this, Ruyi focused on asking the second brother about small temples, old temples, mountain temples and other temples. The second brother was indeed not bragging. Even if the information Ruyi asked about was less known, he could still tell her something.
It was not until Ruyi could not get any more information from Xiaoerge that she gave the silver ingot to Xiaoerge. After that, Ruyi and Zhiqiu Yiye returned to the inn. After the two analyzed the situation, they finally selected three temples that might be the location of the painted wall.
In the next few days, Ruyi and Zhiqiu Yiye went to possible temples while practicing and drawing talismans. Although Ruyi drew so many talismans in Guobei County and consumed a lot of merit, he only took away Hu Meiniang in the end. But that was because Old Lady Huang knew the Five Ghosts Moving Technique and could drive those little ghosts. Not all monsters in this world are like Old Lady Huang, who had an ancestor who successfully escaped from the demon world and became an immortal. Not all monsters are as "lucky" as the three monsters to meet the inexperienced Ruyi.
Over the past six months, Ruyi's experience in fighting monsters has increased dramatically. He is no longer the honest man who subconsciously believed that "if you punch me, I will hit you with a palm; if you use your claws, I will use my kicks." When dealing with monsters, open fights are rare. Most of the time, he just uses counterattacks back and forth.
Even Zhiqiu Yiye has completely lost the innocence she had when they first met. Along the way, he has also encountered beautiful women demons and ghosts who either coveted his masculine energy or wanted to beg for mercy and seduce him because they were unable to defeat him. Zhiqiu Yiye went from being at a loss and having a red face to gradually growing calm and not showing any ripples at all.
"It would be even better if those female monsters looked like me..." Zhiqiu Yiye secretly glanced at Ruyi's face and couldn't help but fall into fantasy.
In the fantasy, Ruyi was leaning softly in his arms with a shy smile on her face, and her eyes were full of admiration and respect as she said to him: "Zhi Qiu Yi Ye, there are monsters, I'm so scared!" There were several monsters lying on the ground right in front of him, and he straightened his chest and said to Ruyi like a hero: "Ruyi, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, look, I killed all the monsters!"
"Hehehehehe... Ruyi, let me protect you this time..."
"Hey! Zhiqiu Yiye!" As she was walking, she heard a vulgar laughter coming from the side. Ruyi was startled. When she turned around, she found that the culprit was Zhiqiu Yiye. Seeing his dull and silly look, Ruyi shouted twice in silence. She didn't know what this man was thinking about, why was he laughing so... happily?
"Hey, wake up and stop laughing." Ruyi pinched Zhiqiu Yiye. Zhiqiu Yiye came to his senses and was about to get angry, but when he saw Ruyi's face, he immediately remembered the Ruyi he had just imagined. His face turned red and he swallowed the curse back into his stomach.
"I saw you were grinning like a fool. I thought you were accidentally bewitched. I don't know what you were dreaming about. Why are you grinning so happily?"
"Ah? Hehehe, I didn't have any dreams, no!"
Zhiqiu Yiye didn't dare to let Ruyi know that he had imagined her as a weak woman who needed his protection in his dream, not to mention that this weak version of Ruyi was still fascinated by him.
After such a long time, Zhiqiu Yiye also knew what he really felt towards Ruyi. He liked Ruyi's appearance, admired her strength, and longed for her to be close to him, but he also understood her character and knew that she was not the kind of woman who would indulge in love between men and women.
Zhiqiu Yiye didn't want to cause any trouble to Ruyi because of his love for her. Moreover, even out of pride as a fellow practitioner, Zhiqiu Yiye was embarrassed to delay Ruyi with his current level of cultivation.
"I will definitely become very powerful, so powerful that the monsters will be scared to death when they hear my name Zhiqiu Yiye!" By then, maybe I can really form a Taoist couple with my senior, and then the couple can fight monsters together to defend the way of Taoism and restore innocence to the world.
Ruyi didn't know yet that on such an ordinary day, because of her appearance, Zhiqiu Yiye, the main character in "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", made up his mind and completely changed his original fate.