Lan Ke Qi Yuan Text Volume Chapter 872 Lost and Gained The old man didn’t recognize the woman in front of him at all, and even couldn’t see clearly, but he gradually recalled that this feeling of unclear vision seemed to be a Planting something you should have known a long time ago is a method used by some practitioners.
Excitement and complexity blended together in Min Xian’s heart. Lian Ping’er saw various complex changes in his eyes. The last touch of excitement gradually faded away, and his eyes slowly became cloudy, and his expression and posture Become humble.
“Who is the lady? I am old and my memory is bad…”
Seeing the change in the old man’s expression and these words, Lian Ping’er was slightly startled again. Of course she could taste some of the meaning.
This made Lian Ping’er frown and look intently at the old man in front of him, seeing that the old man didn’t have much thick clothing in winter, and then looking at the cracks and dirty nails on the old man’s hands…
After thinking for a moment, Lian Ping’er relaxed his brows and said.
“How much money do you get from writing a day’s business here?”
The old man lowered his head and looked at the table. The red paper he prepared was actually not that much.
“The Chinese New Year will be here in a few days. Business will be better in these two days. If you spend more than one day, you can make a hundred cents.”
“Okay, I’ll give you a piece of gold. Today you belong to me. Come with me, Min! Senior!”
Lian Ping’er bit the last three words more heavily, and a small gold ingot appeared directly in his palm. Although it was not very big, it was at least two or three taels.
But the old man just remained silent for a moment and slowly spoke.
“It will be more expensive to go to the home of a wealthy family to write something in one day’s work, but it doesn’t cost a piece of gold. Miss, I only need eighty cents, eighty cents will be enough!”
“You! Okay, eighty cents is eighty cents, come with me!”
Min Xian’s face showed joy, he nodded in agreement, and began to organize the stall.
“Let me tidy up. Miss, just wait a moment.”
The weather was very cold, and Min Xian was not dressed warm enough. In addition, his hands were cracked in winter and he was old and frail, so he was not able to pack things neatly. Lian Ping’er frowned and looked at it, but he didn’t say much. , not to mention not stepping forward to help, and waited for a short while before the old man finished cleaning up.
“Okay, miss, where are we going?”
“Just follow me.”
“Hey.”
Lian Ping’er turned around and left. Min Xian hurriedly picked up the pole and carried two wooden boxes to follow. He was not fast, but Lian Ping’er in front obviously didn’t mean to wait for him, so he could only speed up his pace and work hard. Keep up.
After walking for almost two quarters of an hour, Min Xian was so tired that he was panting with sweat on his forehead. The only good thing was that he was finally not cold anymore.
At this moment, Lian Ping’er finally stopped. The location where she stayed was exactly the restaurant she saw when she landed in Dayun Mansion City last night.
While Min Xian was still looking up at the magnificent restaurant and its signboard, the female voice in front was already urging him.
“Go in.”
Min Xian turned around and saw that the woman had already entered the lobby. She was warmly welcomed by the waiter and went upstairs. After a moment of hesitation, Min Xian hurriedly went in with a load and saw a young boy. Er greeted him, Min Xian said quickly.
“I’m with the lady in front!”
The waiter smiled.
“I know, I know, old man, don’t carry this burden upstairs. Just put it next to the counter.”
The shopkeeper over there also raised his head and said something.
“Don’t worry, we’ll keep an eye on you.”
“Yes, yes, thank you!”
Min Xian handed over to the waiter and the shopkeeper, then squatted down and put down the pole with the help of the waiter, and then slowly went upstairs.
Upstairs, the door of the private room closest to the stairs was open. Directly opposite the door, Lian Ping’er took off his velvet cloak and sat there. A waiter was coming out. Min Xian asked the waiter. He nodded and entered the private room.
It was not cold inside the inn, and there was a charcoal stove set up in the private room. Even though the door was not closed, Min Xian felt very warm as soon as he entered.
Lian Ping’er didn’t see any movement, and the door behind Min Xian slowly closed on its own. When she saw the old man standing in front of the table, she smiled.
“Senior Min, please sit down. You don’t want me to stand up and help you sit down, do you?”
“Thank you, Miss!”
Min Xian sat down slightly uneasily, and asked carefully before the stool was warm.
“Miss, what do you want to write?”
Lian Ping’er looked at the old man with an indifferent expression, and suddenly slapped the table hard.
“Bang——”
The sound made the old man tremble in fright.
“Min Xian, are you really stupid or are you pretending to be stupid? Where has your cultivation gone? Where has your heart gone?”
“I haven’t asked you what this lady’s name is yet?”
Min Xian looked at Lian Ping’er calmly, who sneered and answered straightforwardly.
“My name is Lian Ping’er, and I have been asked to come to you. If you are willing, I can take you away today. If you still hesitate, you will not have a chance with me after today. I tell you the truth, something happened before I came here, and I don’t want to stay in Dazhen for a long time.”
Min Xian nodded, thought for a moment and replied.
“Is the person I entrust you with my mentor?”
“What do you think?”
Min Xian raised his hand.
“Min, please tell me about your experience. Miss Lian will definitely be interested. Although my memory is indeed failing, that moment is truly unforgettable.”
Lian Ping’er’s expression gradually softened, and he sat up straight and waited for Min Xian to speak. The latter smiled and began to narrate.
“In order to hold Mr. Ji back for a moment…”
Min Xian paused after saying this, and Lian Ping’er smiled sarcastically.
“Naive!”
“Hehehe, maybe, but senior brother did escape.”
“So I say you are naive. If your senior brother hadn’t arrived in time and was seriously injured to block the plan, do you think your senior brother could have escaped?”
Min Xian was slightly stunned, shook his head and did not answer the words, but continued to narrate.
“That day, when I woke up, I was taken to the top of a mountain by Mr. Ji…”
Min Xian spoke eloquently, telling how Ji Yuan brought Min Xian into his own artistic conception, how he painted, collected the alchemy furnace, and collected his physical energy, and then took him to Dayun. Fucheng, leaving him alone in the city with all his cultivation lost…
Even at this moment, Min Xian’s voice still trembled slightly when he talked about this. Lian Ping’er opposite could imagine Min Xian’s despair back then, and he could feel the scene as if he was experiencing it himself, and his heart was full of emotions. A kind of fear couldn’t help but arise.
“Just like that, the former master of immortal cultivation is gone, leaving only an old man named Min Xian who lives alone in the city after living in vain for hundreds of years like a dream… Alas!”
“The past does seem to be a dream, and it will gradually fade away like a dream. I am just a bad old man, how can I remember things that happened hundreds of years ago…”
“Then you should be very happy when I come.”
When Lian Ping’er said this, Min Xian also laughed, shaking his head while laughing.
“After being a mortal for a period of time, some of the thoughts he once had have gradually faded away. Now Min Xian just wants to live the rest of his life well and then sleep peacefully.”
“But if you come with me, you can heal your injuries, restore your cultivation, and become a fairy standing in the clouds again. It’s better than muddling along like you are now, right?”
Min Xian looked down at his hands and shook his head.
“It’s useless. I can no longer practice cultivation in this life. I still know this. Mr. Ji has taken away my spiritual roots. I can’t even sense the spiritual energy. There will be no results if I practice anything. No matter what elixir you take, it will only flow out of your body. Moreover, although Min Xian is already dead, it is not considered a lethargic life…”
Lian Ping’er frowned slightly again, and a pill appeared in her hand. As soon as the pill appeared, a faint fragrance filled the air. The next moment, she flicked her finger, and the pill had hit Min Xian’s forehead. A piece of white mist merged into its seven orifices.
Min Xian’s body was shrouded in a hazy white light, but after a few breaths, pieces of white mist seeped out from his body, just like heat dissipating in cold air, and simply disappeared.
Lian Ping’er didn’t believe in evil, so he stretched out his hand a little, and a magical energy wrapped in spiritual energy flowed into Min Xian’s Tanzhong acupoint again and traveled around in his body.
“It’s useless.”
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Lian Ping’er retracted his hand and stopped trying anything else, just staring at Min Xian seriously.
“I just want to ask you, do you want to follow me?”
Min Xian stood up and bowed solemnly to Lian Ping’er.
“I would also like to ask fellow Taoists to tell my mentor that although his kindness in educating me is profound, Min Xian has done enough for his mentor in this life. I also ask fellow Taoists to tell several senior fellow apprentices that Min Xian will never forget his classmates. Their friendship!”
“Huh, I won’t tell you this. I will only say that if you don’t come, they will treat you as a traitor who was scared to death by Ji Yuan.”
Min Xian was stunned for a moment, sat down and said nothing.
“Dong dong dong…” “Sir, serve.”
The waiter’s voice sounded outside the door. Lian Ping’er said “come in” and the door was opened from the outside. There was not much business in the restaurant this early in the morning, so the kitchen was very free. Two waiters came up with trays. When they entered, the whole chicken, preserved duck, pork and stew on the trays all exuded tempting aromas, which made Min Xian swallow his saliva.
Soon, all the food was served on the table. The two waiters were very talented and each carried two trays. A total of seven dishes and one soup filled the entire eight-person square table.
“Please be patient, sir. We won’t disturb you anymore. If you need anything, just call.”
“Good work.”
Lian Ping’er didn’t say anything, but Min Xian thanked the two waiters. The latter nodded, closed the door and walked out. Only Lian Ping’er and the watching waiters were left in the private room. Min Xian was in a daze at the table.
“What? Do you feel full by looking at it? Eat, I can’t eat it anyway.”
“Well, thank you very much for the hospitality, Miss!”
Min Xian reluctantly said a polite word, but could no longer resist the temptation. He picked up the chopsticks and the bowl and started eating without fear of choking.
Looking at Min Xian’s appearance at this moment, Lian Ping’er was even more angry.
“I don’t know what kind of ecstasy soup Ji Yuan gave you!”
Min Xian, who lowered his head to eat the food, paused for a moment. After chewing the food in his mouth and swallowing it, he looked up at Lian Ping’er.
“It can only be said that now we have different views and do not work together.”
“Humph, you have lost your fairy heart, how can you still say something like this?”
Lian Ping’er no longer wanted to waste time with Min Xian, so he stood up and walked behind Min Xian, opened the door of the private room, and walked out without any hesitation.
Min Xian didn’t look back, let alone ask for the eighty cents. He just waited for Lian Ping’er to leave for a long time before whispering quietly.
“But I have found my heart again.”
Lian Ping’er, who had already reached the door of the restaurant, paused, then narrowed her eyes and looked back at the stairs leading to the second floor of the restaurant, and then stepped into the restaurant.
In the elegant room at the stairway on the second floor, Min Xian seemed to have thought of something. He quickly got up and ran to the door and shouted in the direction of the stairs.
“Second Brother, Second Brother~~~Did that lady pay the bill?”
“Please be patient, sir, the lady paid the bill~~~”
The sound coming from the stairs made Min Xian feel relieved, and then he said to the people below.
“Little brother, can you borrow a food box? I want to pack it~~”
A waiter came up from below, looked at the table in the private room, and then looked at Min Xian.
“Old sir, are you packing now? You haven’t eaten much of the food yet, and it’s still steaming!”
“Yes, right now, while it’s hot!”
“Okay, I’ll pack it for you, but I can’t take away the soup. Please wait a moment while I go get the things.”
“Thank you, thank you!”
Min Xian thanked him repeatedly, and after the waiter came downstairs, he hurried back to the private room to eat, focusing on the large bowl of mushroom broth.
Not long after, Min Xian, who still had oil stains on his hands and mouth, went downstairs. The waiter helped him carry some oil paper bags at the back. It seemed that the restaurant did not want to borrow food boxes, but Min Xian was still very happy.
When he walked downstairs, Min Xian opened the drawers of the two wooden boxes he picked.
“Just put it inside, thank you, little brother!”
“It’s okay, it’s okay.”
The waiter put six or seven oil-paper bags into two small wooden boxes at the front and back, and the shopkeeper on the counter over there also called out to Min Xian.
“Old sir, look for Shuyuan www.zhaoshuyuan.com. The lady just left you with change. She said it was for you. Come and get it.”
“Uh, how much is it?”
“In terms of copper coins, it’s almost more than a hundred yuan.”
“Okay, that’s great!”
Min Xian’s face showed joy. He thought he would not have any money, but he was happy to take this amount.
The shopkeeper took out a small bunch of money and placed a few copper coins on the counter. Min Xian thanked him repeatedly, took the money and picked up the burden, and then happily left the restaurant.
This time maybe it was because he was full, maybe because his body was warm, maybe because he was happy in his heart, or maybe because he didn’t want the food to get cold. Even though the load was heavier, Min Xian’s steps were slow as he carried the load. Much lighter than before.
At this moment, Min Xian did not go to the street to set up a stall anymore. He seemed to be walking in a hurry. He walked across the streets and alleys in Dayunfu City for a long time. When his forehead started to sweat slightly, he entered a place that was a little off. After walking for a while, we arrived at a small courtyard surrounded by fences.
“Aguo, Aguo, look what Grandpa Min has brought back for you, Aguo~~~”
The door to the room in the courtyard was suddenly opened, and a child of seven or eight years old rushed out.
“Grandpa Min!”
“Look, look, there are good things!”
“It smells so good!”
“Hey, hey, come in, come in, there’s a lot of delicious food, it’s still hot!”
……
The laughter of the old man and the cheers of children came from inside the house, and Lian Ping’er outside the house frowned frequently. It seemed that Min Xian really would not leave. She forgot about the yard again before she left in the mist. .