Chapter 259: Cultivated into a High-Ranking Person

"Zhenren, Zhenren!"

The chief official looked at Lin Jue in shock: "The yaoguai king in Runze County was eliminated by the Zhenren?"

"There was also my junior sister, a protector of mine, my Fuyao, and the help of many heroes of the world," Lin Jue's tone was calm and humble, but he said it truthfully.

"A man and a woman..."

The chief official's eyes swept over Lin Jue and his junior sister.

He was shocked in his heart and then looked away.

"A white fox..."

He lowered his head and aimed at Lin Jue's feet. There was a white fox sitting upright, but it was turning its head to look around.

"Hiss!"

All the characteristics in the rumors matched.

At this time, he was holding the letter and still couldn't believe it, but he had to believe it, so he had to open his eyes wide.

Even for a moment, his legs were a bit weak.

Because in his view, the Long Wang in the rumors was ten or twenty feet long, no different from a true dragon. It could cause trouble for so long without being eliminated, and there were so many yaoguai soldiers and generals. Only immortals could eliminate it.

In the rumors from all over the place, especially the people of Runze County, weren't they treating these two as immortals?

Not to mention those rescued people.

Although he worked in the Ministry of Rites and dealt with gods, how many opportunities did he have to see gods in person? Among those big and small gods, how many could eliminate that yaoguai king?

The young official beside him was completely stunned.

He originally thought that this was a high-ranking person with true Daoist practice, and even Daoist Jiang of Zhenjian Palace wrote a letter for him personally, so his Daoist practice must not be shallow. That's why he brought him to the chief official. But he didn't expect that the rumors he often heard a few months ago, and even the stories he had talked about to other friends, had now walked in front of him.

This is probably...

Can compare with those Heavenly Masters in the Ju Xian Fu, right?

The young official couldn't help but aim at the chief official beside him.

But he saw that the chief official's expression, besides shock, gradually showed some strangeness.

There was no other reason, but in the past six months, more than ten people had come here, claiming that the elimination of the Long Wang in Runze County had something to do with them.

Some were bold people who didn't know where they came from, and their statements were various—

Some claimed that their relatives and friends were harmed by the yaoguai king, and they went to the temple to pray to the gods. Not long after the prayer, immortals descended to the mortal world, brought heavenly soldiers and generals, and eliminated the Long Wang. So they felt that this matter had something to do with them, saying they came to inform the imperial court, but actually hoped to get some rewards. It was really hard to distinguish true from false.

Some claimed that they had seen the two immortals with their own eyes, and they were the ones who invited the immortals to eliminate demons, or they had pointed the way for the immortals. It was also hard to distinguish true from false.

Others were even bolder, simply saying that they were entrusted by the immortals to come and receive the reward on behalf of the immortals, saying it as if it were true.

But the Ministry of Rites would not believe this kind of thing.

Or they said that the immortals and heavenly soldiers and generals were invited by their own practice.

The Ministry of Rites would not believe this kind of thing either.

There was no other reason, but in the Ju Xian Fu, there were already "strange people and scholars" who had put forward this kind of statement. Even if the Ministry of Rites wanted to believe it, they would believe these people in the Ju Xian Fu first.

I don't know what expression these people would have if they met this immortal high-ranking person in the Ju Xian Fu.

The chief official's expression couldn't help but become more strange.

Naturally, he didn't dare to stop talking.

"The Zhenren traveled to the capital and wanted to affiliate with the Ju Xian Fu. This is naturally the blessing of the people of the capital and our blessing. Like the Zhenren, there are still a few Zhenren and Heavenly Masters with such abilities in the Ju Xian Fu. This official will try his best to make the Zhenren live with them, so that they can have something to talk about in their spare time, or play chess and taste tea, and invite each other to travel around the world."

Invite each other to travel around the world...

This made Lin Jue stunned for a moment.

Then he said to the chief official: "In this way, my affiliation with the Ju Xian Fu is no problem?"

"How can there be a problem? Where can there be a problem?" The chief official's attitude had long since changed, and he was respectful. "No matter what the problem is, this official must pave the way for the Immortal Master."

"What process should I go through?"

"Zhenren, don't worry, just leave the certificate," the chief official said. "It's just that such things still need to be reported to the Vice Minister of Rites and Guanxing Palace, registered in the book, and the Zhenren's name tag needs to be made, and the Zhenren's residence needs to be discussed, so it will take some time. If the Zhenren already has a place to stay, just tell us the location. If not, please stay in the residence of the Ministry of Rites for a few days."

Sure enough, it was the same as what Lord Luo said.

Fortunately, he had already found an inn.

"We are staying at the Anju Inn, and all three upper rooms are ours," Lin Jue told him.

"Recorded."

The chief official was still respectful and said to the young official on the side: "Have a better eye, why don't you hurry up and send the Zhenren back to the inn!"

Immediately, he received a grateful look.

After the young official sent the two out, he couldn't help but have a headache about which mansion he should ask this Zhenren to live in.

It is not easy to live in the capital, and now there are not many residential courtyards left in the Ju Xian Fu, and a few strange people and scholars have been recruited recently, so it is even tighter.

Those ordinary houses don't need to be mentioned, and the remaining courtyards are also divided into large and small ones.

Also because housing in the capital is tight, and most of the strange people and scholars in the Ju Xian Fu don't bring their families, and don't have maids or servants, the Ju Xian Fu doesn't provide places for strange people and scholars and monk/Daoist high-ranking people to enjoy themselves. At first, it just provided a "at least not worse than borrowing in temples" environment for strange people and scholars. Therefore, no matter how big or small the courtyard is, it is actually shared by several strange people and scholars.

If you want to live alone, there are only three ways: granted by the Emperor, gifted by dignitaries, or purchased by yourself outside.

If the courtyard is large, it's fine. Even if you live together, it's spacious, and there is even a lake to visit. If the courtyard is small and you live with others, it's a bit cramped.

If you ask this Zhenren to live in a small courtyard with others, even if it is better than borrowing in a temple, I am afraid it will make him unhappy.

Others also have the ability to eliminate yaoguai kings. After all, no Fan Tian Shi has ever eliminated a yaoguai king at a place and time so close to him. The chief official had to be more cautious.

If he lived in a large courtyard, he was afraid that some people would not be convinced.

Even if it is one of the Heavenly Masters in the Ju Xian Fu, you can't live in a large courtyard by yourself as soon as you come to the Ju Xian Fu.

The young official sent the two out of the office, but saw a tall martial artist wearing a bamboo hat standing outside with a blade, and couldn't help but be shocked. After knowing that this was the Zhenren's protector, he breathed a sigh of relief.

He only said that he deserved to be an immortal high-ranking person, and even the protector was so majestic and extraordinary.

The official explained to them all the way:

"In the past, strange people and scholars from all over the world came to the capital. If they affiliated with the Ju Xian Fu, they had a place to settle down. Even if they didn't do anything every month, they had two taels of salary. If the imperial court had matters of gods, ghosts, yaoguai, and magical arts, they would come to the Ju Xian Fu to ask for people. If the strange people and scholars made efforts, naturally there would be other offerings. It's just that there are too many people now, so not everyone can have a place to settle down. You must have powerful skills."

"What kind of skills are considered powerful?"

"Eliminating demons, inviting gods and controlling ghosts, mysterious changes, all kinds," the young official said. "Zhenren, don't worry, we will definitely arrange a good place for the Zhenren."

"Hmm..."

But what Lin Jue cared about most was the two taels of salary.

Two taels a month, not much, not little.

If it were ordinary people in the mountains, digging for food in the fields, there wouldn't be many places to use money, and two taels of silver would be enough for a long time. But if you live in the city, you have to buy everything with money, so it's not enough.

However, thinking that the Ju Xian Fu supports thousands of people, and they can get two taels of silver a month without doing anything, in the case of not eating empty pay, the imperial court has to spend more than 100,000 taels of silver every year, so he felt that this money was also a not small expenditure. Especially in these days.

But for Lin Jue—

This is not enough for the Silver-Eating Ghost to eat.

He came to the capital with his own purpose, but coming to the capital is also a good opportunity to provide the Silver-Eating Ghost with a stable and high-quality food source. After all, in other places, he might be able to earn a sum of money by eliminating demons in a very short time, but in the long run, the yaoguai who do evil will not be enough.

Only in the capital are there countless yaoguai.

Lin Jue didn't ask this official, but planned to ask Lord Luo after going back. At this time, he just asked:

"I heard that there is a Sutra Pavilion in the Ju Xian Fu, which collects many ancient books and books left over from the time of the Yu Dynasty prime minister to the previous dynasty and then to this dynasty. I don't know how to borrow them?"

When the young official heard this, he said "as expected" in his heart.

He didn't dare to show anything on his face, just answered honestly:

"The Yu Dynasty prime minister did build several Sutra Pavilions, and they also hid many books. It is said that they contain the way to become an immortal, but they are not something ordinary people can understand, nor are they something that can be taken and read at will."

"It is said that the Yu Dynasty prime minister was an immortal who descended to the mortal world. He set up magical arts in the Sutra Pavilion, and later divided the name tags of the Ju Xian Fu into four types: wood, copper, silver, and gold. All strange people and scholars who enter the Ju Xian Fu can only get a wood tag at first, and can only change to other name tags after eliminating demons or sharing worries for the imperial court, so as to attract some monk/Daoist high-ranking people to work for the imperial court."

"I don't know if the magical arts set by the Yu Dynasty prime minister are still useful, but since the previous dynasty, several Sutra Pavilions have been framed by the walls of Guanxing Palace, and now they are all in Guanxing Palace."

"If you want to read them, you still have to hold the name tag of the Ju Xian Fu as before."

"It is also divided into those four types."

The young official said, and secretly looked at him:

"This is the rule since ancient times."

"No problem, no problem," Lin Jue was reasonable. "It should be like this, so that those cultivators will work for the imperial court."

"The Zhenren knows."

Just then, an inn appeared in front.

"The inn is here."

"Good, good, good." The young official looked around. "After I go back, I will ask a clerk to come over and wait at the door. If the Zhenren has anything to do in these few days, no matter what it is, as long as you need or want to ask me, just tell this clerk."

"No need for that. If there is really anything, I will let my Fuyao go to the government office to find you," Lin Jue said. "Besides, we are Daoists and are not used to such things."

"Listen to the Zhenren."

"Just call me Daoist," Lin Jue said. "Not everyone can afford to be a Zhenren of our Lingfa Sect."

"Yes..."

The young official nodded repeatedly:

"After we arrange it properly, I will come to find the Daoist as soon as possible. According to my estimation, it should be within three days."

"Three days..."

"It's just my estimation. If there is anything else, I will also come to inform the Daoist as soon as possible, or ask the Daoist for advice."

"You've worked hard!"

"Goodbye."

The young official then retreated.

Lin Jue saw that his changes before and after were so great, and at this time he was so respectful to a Daoist from a small place like him, and couldn't help but feel a bit emotional.

It turned out that unknowingly, the young scholar who had just left the mountain village to seek the Dao had now cultivated into a high-ranking person in the eyes of others.

"Heh..."

Lin Jue laughed and walked into the inn.

"Sutra Pavilion..."

In his view, unless the founding prime minister of the Yu Dynasty was really an immortal who descended to the mortal world and then became an immortal, otherwise three dynasties were about to end, and the magical arts should have expired.

Framing the Sutra Pavilion into Guanxing Palace and letting those Daoists take care of it, hmm, the Daoists of Guanxing Palace themselves should not have much magical ability. They should rely more on the power of gods to deter the small, which is also a supplement after the magical arts and formations expire, right?

I don't know if my wood escape can get in?

Lin Jue smiled and shook his head, not wanting to think about these. ===== CHAPTER 260 =====