Chapter 664: Bound to a Child-Bearing System, Becoming a Winner in Life Chapter 665: Background Rabbit Spirit (37)

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Protagonist:

Shen Yao

Truly a road never imagined before, stunned!

Lin Chengjing grew increasingly interested, the sweet words on her lips growing more and more, until Changsheng Daozhang had to find an excuse to leave, because he was truly short of money and had nothing to give.

Shen Yao:...

Can only say her own daughter was still too ruthless in her methods, her skill at squeezing things from others was unparalleled, hoping Changsheng Daozhang wouldn't have any psychological trauma.

Changsheng Daozhang:...

"Mother Consort, Mother Consort~"

After Changsheng Daozhang left, Lin Chengjing began to beg Shen Yao in various ways.

This little person is how old now, the money-grubbing attribute instantly exposed without concealment.

Lin Chengjing:... hehehehe

"Wait until your Father King returns," Shen Yao raised her hand and lightly tapped Lin Chengjing's little head, then instructed her to properly put away these things, and on ordinary days she must not take them out at will.

After all, Changsheng Daozhang still has some skill, the power of those talisman papers and landmine children, ordinary demons can't withstand a few blows.

Lin Chengjing blinked her eyes upon hearing this, her lively eyes spinning around, obviously still having other ideas.

Shen Yao:...

If the child isn't beaten for a day, she'll tear off the roof tiles.

But thinking of Changsheng Daozhang as this master, well, there's no need to worry about her own daughter learning badly, in the future she's afraid there will be some suffering to endure.

"You, you, if Jing'er knew her Mother Consort was hiding behind laughing, how heartbroken would she be?"

Lin Xingzhi tapped Shen Yao's forehead, thinking his wife always liked this, Jing'er now learned from her wife a full ten out of ten, truly very troublesome.

Returning in the evening without even catching his breath, he heard about Changsheng Daozhang from his wife's mouth, originally wanting to speak against it, after all Jing'er is too young, but his own daughter seeing money and opening her eyes was obviously moved, going around in a circle, Lin Xingzhi could only nod in agreement.

"Xingzhi, that's wrong to say, Jing'er is very happy now," heartbroken? Doesn't exist, maybe this little person relying on herself can even snatch a wave back.

Besides, Lin Xingzhi besides nodding in agreement can also let Changsheng Daozhang follow them on their travels.

They are at least imperial envoys inspecting, three to five years must be spent walking outside the capital, occasionally on the road occasionally some calamity, without a high person's help how can it work.

"Xingzhi, Xingzhi, husband~"

Shen Yao raised her hand to grab Lin Xingzhi's wrist, looking at him with a fawning expression.

Lin Xingzhi:...

Lin Xingzhi helplessly laughed out loud, raised his hand and lightly pinched Shen Yao's cheek, truly completely not worried he couldn't do it.

Shen Yao:... Of course

Facing such a wife who believes in him, even if there are mountains of knives and seas of fire ahead, he must tread through them.

Early the next morning, after getting up and washing up, Lin Xingzhi specially went to pay respects to Changsheng Daozhang.

In fact, his opportunities to meet this Daoist were not many.

In earlier years he was not favored, in the Imperial Harem he was always an existence like a transparent person, while Changsheng Daozhang whether during the Former Emperor's period or now, was a big shot in front of the Emperor, the two's intersection was limited to hurried glances at various banquets.

Later Lin Xingzhi had a wife and children outside, bringing his family back to the capital and entering the palace to pay respects for the first time, Changsheng Daozhang decided to take Lin Chengjing as a disciple because of her talent and comprehension (what was said then wasn't as obvious as now), this was the two's first direct interaction.

After that, Lin Xingzhi's career rose step by step, in front of the Emperor he increasingly had face and confidence, the two's interactions increased, but were limited to political matters, private matters like right now were extremely rare.

"Hehehe, Prince Jing is too polite, Old Taoist in Jingcheng often hears discussions about Prince Wang, truly making people feel admiration."

Changsheng Daozhang may not be young, but his speech is like a spring breeze, especially gentle, with his white hair and beard and a Daoist robe, he has the aura of an accomplished High Person.

That kind of speech unexpectedly pure and real, makes people believe everything he says is true.

Lin Xingzhi:...

Hiss

In a sense, Changsheng Daozhang can also be considered a strange person.

"I dare not accept Daozhang's praise, just eating the ruler's salary and serving the ruler with loyalty," Lin Xingzhi lowered his posture to the extreme, then he asked about the situation in Jingcheng? In a flash half a year, they could only receive news through various letters, the sources were too one-sided.

Changsheng Daozhang stroked his beard upon hearing this, and seriously said Jingcheng is all good, just that there are more incidents of demons and monsters causing trouble, temples and Daoist abbeys are busy to the point of being unable to cope.

Lin Xingzhi's expression was surprised and worried after hearing, "Oh? Is it so?"

Changsheng Daozhang repeatedly soothed, "Prince Wang need not fear, if truly in danger, Old Taoist cannot leave Jingcheng affairs and travel a thousand li to Jingxiu City."

"But it's the end of a strong crossbow, if not afraid that forcing too much would cause backlash, could only choose to slowly nibble and divide, Jingcheng has long been safe and sound."

This is true, who made these accomplished High Persons most disdain telling lies to deceive mortals.

Lin Xingzhi temporarily put his heart at ease, as long as Jingcheng is still under control, he doesn't want to make this trip and have his home in the far rear stolen.

The topic turned, returning to Lin Chengjing again.

Lin Xingzhi pleaded with Changsheng Daozhang to travel with them for a period, using Lin Chengjing's young age and not knowing things as a reason.

When Lin Chengjing is three years old, even if they are extremely reluctant, they won't delay their daughter's future, compared to being a Commandery Princess destined for imperial marriage alliance, it's better to be a carefree Daoist, at least her life won't be framed anymore.

Changsheng Daozhang:...

But after pondering for a moment he nodded in agreement, first Jingcheng indeed has nothing going on, just relying on the abbot of Huang Jue Si is enough to deal with those sudden demons and monsters; second Lin Chengjing's talent is outstanding, he hasn't found a particularly good successor for his mantle in a lifetime, he is also anxious; third it's hard to go out once, Daozhang wants to relax, everyone is human, who would want to stay in a high-pressure environment forever.

Just like that they hit it off, the original traveling party suddenly added an old Daoist.

Changsheng Daozhang thus took over Lin Chengjing's enlightenment matters, before Lin Chengjing was old enough to read and recognize characters, she already had to start learning how to meditate.

Lin Chengyan and Lin Chengjue seeing this were also very curious, but the two of them had abundant energy and couldn't sit still, after trying for two days they ran away without a trace.

Regarding this, Changsheng Daozhang once sighed to Shen Yao that it was his own inadequacy, otherwise eighteen years later Li Guo could have two more Daoists appearing out of nowhere.

Shen Yao:...

If she remembered correctly, Yan'er and Jue'er were going to Huang Jue Si to become Laity Disciples, so why was Changsheng Daozhang still here trying to poach people?

Changsheng Daozhang:... Fine seedlings naturally bring joy to everyone's heart, what a pity, what a pity, but in the end they were taken by those monks at Huang Jue Si.

Lin Xingzhi's affairs in Jingxiu City were finally settled; those to be escorted to the capital were handled by the Imperial Guards, and the family assets to be collected were managed by officials from the Government Office.

After waiting several more days as usual, once everything was confirmed safe, he took his wife and children away by carriage.

On the road, Changsheng Daozhang sat alone in one carriage; he rarely appeared before others on ordinary days, and even when teaching Lin Chengjing, he merely had the person called to his side to preach and resolve doubts.

Shen Yao asked doubtfully, "When Changsheng Daozhang goes out, is it like this every day?"

He neither appeared to view the scenery nor got out of the carriage to walk around; he might as well stay in a fixed place to cultivate and meditate, at least his body wouldn't be jolted.

Lin Xingzhi raised his hand and stroked Shen Yao's cheek, indicating that High Persons who had attained the Dao were always like this; perhaps this was Changsheng Daozhang's way of relaxing.

Shen Yao:... That is quite special.

The husband and wife stayed in the carriage, looking at me and looking at you, finally unable to help but laugh out loud at the same time.

Obviously, they were simply amused by their own nonsensical thoughts.

At noon, the carriage stopped to rest in a forest with lush vegetation.

Changsheng Daozhang went against his habit and chose to appear, startling Shen Yao so much that she hurriedly grabbed Lin Xingzhi's sleeve; surely they hadn't been overheard by the two of them talking, right?

'Impossible, with the system's super strong investigation and counter-investigation capabilities, no one can eavesdrop without being discovered,' the system directly ruined the atmosphere with a clanging sound.

Shen Yao couldn't be bothered to deal with the system that spoke out of nowhere, and continued to look at Lin Xingzhi with longing eyes.

This was a new pleasure Shen Yao had recently discovered; as long as she stared at Lin Xingzhi, this person would unconsciously purse his lips, blink, and his ears would turn red, being shy to an extreme degree.

"Don't be afraid, Changsheng Daozhang won't do such a thing," Lin Xingzhi turned his head and said in a low voice, then pinched Shen Yao's palm; seeing her misty eyes still there, his originally calm heartbeat suddenly quickened.

Unconsciously pursing his lips and blinking, his ears visibly flushed red.

Shen Yao:... Cute.

The atmosphere-killing Changsheng Daozhang suddenly spoke, "Prince and Princess Consort, please be careful, there is demonic energy here!"

The ambiguous atmosphere vanished in an instant; Shen Yao raised her hand to cover her mouth, feigning shock and worry, "Demons?"

Lin Xingzhi cooperatively pulled Shen Yao into his arms, then had a servant bring the three children over, with the Prince's Guards and Imperial Guards standing guard on the outside.

"Changsheng Daozhang, please take trouble."

Changsheng Daozhang waved his hand to indicate it was naturally so; since he accompanied the journey, the cause and effect with Prince Jing Wang's family could not be avoided.

In the blink of an eye, Changsheng Daozhang disappeared from the original place; the three children were amazed, wow~

Shen Yao buried herself in Lin Xingzhi's arms and instructed the system not to forget to follow Changsheng Daozhang; she also wanted to know what demon was causing the demonic energy here.

The system vanished with a whoosh, and when it returned, there was no sign of Changsheng Daozhang.

'That old man is fine, he's fighting a mountain demon back and forth,' the system said while projecting the battle scene to prove everything it said was true.

Shen Yao remained calm and said, 'Mountain demons also appear in dense forests?'

Aren't they the demons that often amuse themselves by tricking hunters and passersby in the mountains? The view before them was an endless dense forest.

The system clucked its tongue several times, indicating the Host definitely forgot that this was such a bizarre world; mountain demons no longer amused themselves by tricking the Human Race, they had now learned other methods.

Ah?

'It's just that someone made a deal with a mountain demon, using its abilities to do evil.'

Otherwise, how could the old man be so angry? Looking at the posture of both sides fighting, the mountain demon would sooner or later be driven back to the mountain forest by the old man and strictly forbidden from going down the mountain.

After all, strictly speaking, the mountain demon was being deceived and used; it itself was not an utterly evil demon (mainly related to how the mountain demon became a spirit, it was not simply a plant or animal transforming into a spirit, but was formed from the essence of the mountain forest and bound to it), it came with its own Immunity Token, and unless the impact was severe, it would not be eliminated.

Shen Yao suddenly understood; indeed so, the situation of a mountain demon becoming a spirit was special and could not be compared with ordinary demons.

But Changsheng Daozhang still hadn't returned; were they to leave or stay?

"Naturally stay, wait for the Daoren together."

It was not that they were worried about leaving first and angering the Daoren, but rather considering the many dangers they might encounter on the journey north, it was better to have the Daoren exposed before them.

Lin Xingzhi, who decided that a dead Fellow Cultivator was better than a dead poor Daoist, rubbed his nose with one hand; anyway, their patrol time wasn't over, what did a year or two matter?

Shen Yao blinked upon hearing this, mocking Lin Xingzhi with a subtle expression of teasing. This made Lin Xingzhi feel stifled and helpless; who was he doing this for?

"Of course for me, husband~"

Shen Yao relied on her tone of voice to quickly gain the upper hand, leaving Lin Xingzhi only able to swallow his anger in his heart; finally he raised his hand in surrender and admitted defeat.

The group waited from noon until evening like this, until Changsheng Daozhang returned, and by the way they had also added a fresh portion of venison.

Although Changsheng Daozhang was a High Person who had attained the Dao, he was not completely ignorant of human relations and worldly affairs.

Indeed, knowing he had delayed their journey time, he brought a gift on the way back.

The venison was handed to the servants to handle, and Lin Xingzhi walked over to ask if the demonic energy could be resolved?

"Prince, rest assured, the Old Taoist has already dealt with it; it was just a lost mountain demon, and now it has returned to its own dwelling and will not come down the mountain."

Changsheng Daozhang spoke with a serious expression, while the system in Shen Yao's brain mercilessly exposed him, 'Hmph! Trapped by a spell formation, finding it difficult to go down the mountain even if they wanted to? Lost? Clearly beaten into saying whatever.'

These Taoists and monks love to speak high-sounding falsehoods the most!

The system hated these people the most; they spoke nicely back and forth, but in the end they were not as good as the Host's own family.

Shen Yao:... Thank you for overestimating me.

They could not travel at night after dark, especially since there were many demons in this world; everyone simply rested in the forest for the night and would depart early the next morning.

"Mother Consort, Mother Consort."

Lin Chengjing, who had finished meditating, ran over to find Shen Yao to be clingy; Shen Yao held this little ball of meat in her arms, simply more comfortable than a soft pillow.

"What's wrong?"

"Mother Consort, I'm a little afraid."

Afraid?

Shen Yao thought her daughter was afraid in the physical sense; she raised her hand and touched Lin Chengjing's little head; he had no fever, and although the Qi sensation in his body was feeble, it was circulating on its own through the major and minor heavenly circuits.

Mm.

"Host, a demon horde is coming!"

The system interjected, its tone growing increasingly urgent, "Less than ten li from the Host."

Ten li of distance would take half a day by ordinary carriage and horse, but for demons it is merely a moment.

"Demon horde?"

Shen Yao noted the description in the system's words — a group of demons!

"Bat demons, chasing someone."

The system felt further description could not match seeing for oneself; it released the relevant footage. Shen Yao was unmoved, but Lin Chengjing was startled into a sudden shudder and buried himself deeper into Mother Consort's embrace.

Shen Yao: ……Hm?

System: ……Eh?

Person and System no longer paid attention to the demon horde drawing ever closer, and instead analyzed Lin Chengjing's peculiarity.

Could it be that Lin Chengjing can sense the system's existence?