Chapter Eleven: The Village of Clouds

  "You must remember this state, so that in the future when you don't have the Qingyang Spirit Lamp by your side, you can still cultivate on your own and enter this state."

  Liu Bu Yi sincerely bowed to Zhen Yang Zi: "Thank you, Master!"

  Zhen Yangzi said lightly, "You don't blame me for getting you involved in this beheading rebellion, do you? Come on, I'll take you to a place where you can settle down!"

  Liu had vaguely guessed that the reason why he was suspected and framed by the bald men in the past, and fell into a great prison, seemed to be due to the contribution of Zhenyangzi.

  It was like the classical era, in a book called "Water Margin", there is such a plot. When Song Jiang and his gang wanted to recruit Lu Junyi, they deliberately framed him and had him arrested by the authorities.

  Then Song Jiang and his gang rescued people by force, seized the prison, killed corrupt officials, and forced Lu Junyi to join the Liangshan Po bandits.

  It was just this year, and it was only in Liu Bu's mind for a moment before he threw it to the back of his head. A clever person would never think about those things at this time.

  He fell silent for a moment, then said: "We Confucians will never serve bald-headed people!"

  Zhen Yangzi burst out laughing: "You don't know, now many Confucian disciples are preparing to hug the thighs of bald men!"

  "This is just a brief mention. Zhen Yangzi pointed to the distance: "That place, that's where we'll be settling down. However, this world isn't an easy place to set foot in either!"

  Sailing with a black sail boat, they traveled for another half day, until the dusk, and arrived at a village nestled in a small mountain, with beautiful scenery.

  They walked in and saw that there were many drying fishing nets at the village head, so they knew it was a fishing village.

  Not yet approaching, a burst of barking was heard, then someone shouted: "The immortal master has arrived, the immortal master has arrived!"

  The village was immediately shaken, amidst a flurry of voices, the whole village, young and old, came out to welcome. But indeed, they were all elderly or young children, the young adults were either working in the fields or out fishing.

  "The immortal master has finally arrived, now our village is saved..."

  Almost the whole village, hundreds of people gathered around, as if waiting for Zhen Yangzi's grand arrival.

  At this moment, Zhen Yangzi didn't show any sign of ruthlessness or coldness. Instead, he had a smile on his face, as gentle as spring breeze: "All of you have prepared generous gifts and asked for my help, how could I possibly refuse?"

  Liu Bu-yi didn't know what was going on, but at this moment he remained silent and obedient.

  The village elder came forward and entertained Zhen Yangzi and Liu Buji's master and apprentice with wine and food, then rested for a while before discussing the main issue.

  Zhenyangzi gladly agreed. Although the farmer's banquet was not considered exquisite, this village, nestled between mountains and water, was still quite wealthy.

  On the table, there were not only various flying birds and beasts, but also all kinds of fresh fish from the misty lake. Such natural wild flavors, in Liu Bu's world, might be enough to bankrupt a middle-class family for one meal.

  It can be said that since he was born, he has never eaten so many natural foods. This taste is something that synthetic food cannot compare to no matter what!

  "Little Immortal Master, what do you think of this wine and dishes?" The village elder from Yunlai Village couldn't help but ask as he saw Liu Bei enjoying his meal.

  Liu Bu-yi laughed and said: "I have never seen so many mountain delicacies!"

  The old man in the village sighed and said: "If we can't get through this, we'll never be able to eat these things again!"

  Liu Bu-yi immediately knew what was coming and cooperated very well by asking: "What's wrong?"

  "Alas, it's embarrassing to say. Fortunately, I still need to ask you and your master to lend a hand..."

  Originally, there was a mountain temple behind the small hill at the back of Yunlai Village. It wasn't very efficacious, and incense offerings became increasingly scarce. Gradually, the incense offerings ceased, and for over a decade, no one paid attention to it.

  But recently, some kind of evil spirit has occupied the mountain temple, claiming to be the mountain god. Not only do they demand worship from the villagers, but also require them to offer blood sacrifices.

  It started with just wanting animals like pigs, now they even want villagers to offer up their young boys and girls!

  Liu Bu Yi's understanding of this world deepened as the memories from his original body were sorted and restored.

  This world can be said to be a world of gods, with gods on every mountain and spirits in every water. However, those who openly and brazenly devour the blood of young boys and girls are still extremely rare. I couldn't help but feel shocked, looking towards Zhen Yangzi.

  Zhen Yangzi slapped the table and coldly snorted: "What kind of demon god dares to be so presumptuous? Are you going to let that demon god extort you?"

  The village elder sighed, "What can we do? That demon god has great powers and every day and night sends his mountain goblins to wreak havoc in our village, causing chaos. If not for that, we wouldn't have invited the Taoist priest here either. As long as the Taoist priest helps us resolve this demon god, our village is willing to put up money to build a Taoist temple and worship the Taoist priest!"

  "Oh?" Zhen Yangzi's expression seemed to stir.

  The village elder gritted his teeth and said, "Don't worry, Daozhang. We can build this Taoist temple even if we have to sell our pots and pans. We've already discussed it with the surrounding villages and they're willing to contribute together to support you, so you'll have a place to rest and won't have to wander the four seas!"

  Zhenyangzi burst out laughing: "Since that's the case, this village's affairs are now my affair. As for the demon god's matter, I'll settle it with my disciple!"

  He had just spoken when a villager rushed in, shouting: "Elder, it's not good! The mountain demon has come again!"

  Zhen Yangzi slapped his case and stood up, shouting: "You really dare to come, go and take a look!"

  Liu Buji hurriedly followed up, while the other villagers who were accompanying him to drink shrank back in fear.

  Just as I arrived at the village entrance, I saw two green lanterns floating and swaying from afar. As they drew closer, I saw two ghostly figures, thin and tall like bamboo poles, with pale faces as white as paper, carrying the lanterns and drifting over.

  Those with slightly bigger guts followed behind Zhen Yangzi's butt to watch the excitement. Seeing this scene, they immediately let out a loud cry: "Expensive!"

  They all ran away suddenly!

  Zhen Yangzi angrily shouted: "You demon, how dare you! Take this..."

  He jumped down and started fighting with those two ghostly creatures.

  Liu Bu was getting more and more uncomfortable, what kind of person is Zhen Yangzi? Liu Bu had seen him being majestic in the great prison, and also saw how he set up a killing formation to get rid of the pursuing experts on the Smoky Wave Lake.

  This will see the true Yangzi hehe haha, unexpectedly having a momentum of fighting against these two little ghosts for 300 rounds, and can't help but raise doubts in his heart.

  It's just that in this world, the difference between smart people and wise people lies here. Those who think they know it all may be exposed at times like these.

  Liu Bu-yi, however, simply watched with a cold eye, and after a while, he knew that Zhen Yang-zi was just putting on an act.