Chapter 496: Eliminating Monsters and Exchanging for Tiles

In the following days, Mount Feng also gradually warmed up with flowers blooming.

Lin Jue's place of cultivation also had more and more fruit trees, the hanging wall houses built by Wan Xinrong, Daoist Tao, and others gradually took shape, and the dry firewood under the cliff was neatly stacked up.

There was often the sound of planting trees and chopping wood in the mountains.

The situation in the world was also evolving.

Luo Gong led his army south all the way, along the Wei Shui, straight to the border between Zhongzhou and Huizhou. Correspondingly, the Yue King retreated steadily, his sphere of influence shrank rapidly, and he almost retreated back to the south of the Yangtze River in Huizhou.

However, the South was rich after all, the soldiers were well-equipped, and every time they went out to fight, there were a large number of accompanying merchants, who could provide supplies for them and facilitate the acceptance of spoils. On the contrary, the North was originally tighter. After leaving the Wei Shui, the logistics of supplies could not keep up. In addition, the soldiers and horses were tired, so they had to stop the war to recuperate for the time being.

However, in this way, it was very difficult for the South to turn over.

The world was chaotic, not disturbing the leisure in the mountains.

On the cliff pavilion, the mountain wind suddenly blew a few peach blossoms.

The Daoist, in a loose gray robe, sat cross-legged, his robe spreading along the wooden floor, with a white fox in his arms, about the size of a cat, with six tails.

A dark and thin woman stood in front of him.

"During this time, are you used to staying here?" Lin Jue asked while stroking the fox.

"Back, back to the Realized One, used to it."

The girl did not know how to address him for a while.

Calling him a god seemed distant, but calling him master, she had not yet officially entered his gate. After stumbling, she had to follow Wan Xinrong and others.

Lin Jue naturally would not care about these, just said with a smile:

"Are you familiar with the surrounding environment?"

"I am familiar with this mountain." The girl replied, "I went out with Daoist Wan and Daoist Tao to buy things several times, and I know the way to the villages outside the mountain."

"Familiar is good. It doesn't matter if you are not familiar, there is also Chen Niu." Lin Jue said, "Do you know? I let Xu Yi plant flowers in the mountain to add some color to this mountain. Only after planting them full will I take him as an apprentice."

"Know..."

The girl lowered her head. 【496-22

"To show fairness, you should also add some bricks and tiles to this place." Lin Jue did not beat around the bush, pointing his finger at the top of his head, "Look, everything here is fine, but the eaves are missing some tiles. If you can collect half a roof's worth of green tiles for this pavilion of mine, I will take you as my disciple."

The young girl actually looked up to see.

Naturally, she could not see anything like that.

"Collecting tiles..."

"It's only half a roof, don't think it's difficult. But don't think it's easy either." Lin Jue shook his head and said to her, "The rough earthen tiles on the heads of ordinary families are not worthy of this pavilion, and the glazed tiles of the imperial palace are too extravagant. In any case, you need some exquisite tiles."

It was indeed half a roof.

Because the pavilion was embedded in the mountain, half inside the cliff and half suspended in the air, it only had half a roof to begin with.

However, this pavilion was very large, so even half a roof was equivalent to several houses of an ordinary family.

The young girl immediately began to calculate.

On the terraced fields, they did not use tiles; they used thatch for roofs, as was the traditional custom, and there were no tiles in the mountains.

But this obviously required money.

And where would she have any plan to make money?

When she was in the mountains before, she worked for rich families, herded cattle for others, and on top of that, caught fish and snakes; she worked hard, but could only manage to scrape by.

"That Xu Yi can chop firewood to sell! You can also chop firewood to sell for money!" It was the white fox in the Daoist's arms, imitating the Daoist, feeling that it had a connection with her, so it always wanted to take care of her a little, "You can also catch snakes, rabbits, tigers, and leopards to sell in the city, and you can also sell them for money!"

The young girl had been listening well and thinking seriously, but was suddenly startled.

Catch tigers and leopards?

"Fuyao makes a good point. Chopping firewood can be sold for money, and catching snakes and rabbits can also be sold for money, but in this day and age, the common people at the foot of the mountain are not having an easy time, and with the return of spring and the warming weather, I fear there won't be much business." Lin Jue directly ignored the fox's mention of catching tigers and leopards and said to her, "Although it's a bit slow, it is a way."

"I'm not afraid of hardship!"

"If you want to be faster, I do have a way." Lin Jue said again, his voice leisurely.

Just hearing this voice, the fox immediately turned its head and stared at him with a serious face.

"W-what way?"

"You say you are bold?"

"I am bold!"

"You say you are not afraid of demons and ghosts?"

"I am not afraid!"

"That's good." The Daoist then revealed a smile, "I heard that not far outside the mountain, there is a village where a demon is causing trouble. If you go and eliminate it, the common people will naturally have money to give as a reward."

"Ah?"

The young girl was suddenly shocked.

She was indeed bold and indeed not afraid of demons and ghosts. Before coming here, she had also heard this immortal in front of her say that the world was in chaos and that cultivating the Dao meant dealing with demons and ghosts. After arriving here, she had also seen the spells that Wan Xinrong and others knew, as well as the spirits and monsters in the mountains, but it was limited to just not being afraid.

She didn't know any spells, so how could she eliminate demons?

"Do not panic, and do not be afraid. If you dare to go, I will naturally dispatch two armored soldiers to assist you."

Lin Jue said, reaching out and spreading his palm, where there were two beans. Facing the young girl's puzzled gaze, he said, "This is the method of bean soldiers. If you take these two beans and encounter a demon, you only need to shout the incantation and throw them out, and they will turn into soldiers to protect you and eliminate the demon for you."

As he spoke, he showed her, throwing the beans forward.

The two beans grew as soon as they left his hand, rapidly becoming larger.

Before the young girl could react, two figures appeared in the air, then landed with a boom, the armor clashing and rubbing with a clattering sound.

After standing firm, she could see clearly that it was indeed one armored soldier holding a shield and a blade, and another with a long sword at his waist and a bow and arrow in his hand. Both were tall and mighty, wearing full armor, with their faces painted in scarlet oil paint, giving off huge pressure just by looking at them, as if celestial soldiers had descended to the mortal realm.

The young girl was dumbfounded.

Until a "Good men, please return" was spoken, the two mighty armored soldiers turned back into beans and flew back into the Daoist's hand.

"Do you dare?"

"I, I dare!"

The young girl agreed with almost no hesitation.

"Good courage. Please keep this courage.

"You must know the old saying: Demons arise from people.

"If you have done no evil and have a clear conscience, if you are healthy and free from disaster, and your blood and Qi are strong, you really don't need to be afraid when encountering small demons and ghosts. Fear leads to a chaotic heart, a chaotic heart leads to a scattered spirit, and a scattered spirit allows ghosts to take advantage. If you are not afraid, your heart will be settled; if your heart is settled, your spirit will be complete; and if your spirit is complete, demons and ghosts cannot invade.

"Whether it is with demons and ghosts, with people, or even facing divine beings, it is actually the same. The more you fear, the more arrogant the opponent becomes. If you are not afraid, the one who is afraid is likely the one on the other side.

"And besides courage, you also need to use a bit more intelligence."

The young girl was nervous but also serious:

"I will remember it!"

"The incantation to summon the bean soldiers is 'Beans fall, wind rises, soldiers and horses appear', and the incantation to recall the bean soldiers is 'Body returns to the spirit bean, soldiers return to the long wall'." Lin Jue said again, "You must know that this is not just a simple spell. These bean soldiers are all good men who voluntarily followed me to subdue demons and eliminate evil. When facing them, you must address them as good men, you must have a bit more respect, and you must do righteous deeds, so that they will help you."

"'Beans fall, wind rises, soldiers and horses appear'... 'Body returns to the spirit bean, soldiers return to the long wall'..."

The little girl recited silently in her heart, stepped forward, and took the two beans from his hand, her expression incomparably solemn.

For her, this was undoubtedly equivalent to taking over the command of two celestial soldiers, the first time a plain village girl had come into contact with spells and miraculous powers before cultivating the Dao.

It was novel, nervous, and felt extremely wonderful.

"T-then I..." The young girl then said, "Should I ask the good men to beat the demon to death?"

"That depends on what mistake it has made." Lin Jue said, "You must never be extra harsh on demons and ghosts just because they are demons and ghosts."

"Then when I eliminate the demon, h-how much money should I collect?"

Lin Jue revealed a smile upon hearing this question.

It was as if he was recalling that old Daoist from back then.

And he had now reached the position of that old Daoist.

"You decide for yourself."

"Understood..."

"For this first time, I will ask Lord Wan to accompany you, but he will only lead the way for you, help you communicate with the villagers, and protect you from being hurt by the demon. You must make all decisions yourself. Remember to learn more, and by the next time, only Chen Niu will lead the way for you."

The young girl held the two beans like treasures and walked out.

There was naturally a thundercloud outside to pick her up.

Behind her, Lin Jue shook his head and continued to stroke the fox.

But he didn't expect the fox to jump out of his arms all of a sudden, first stretching, yawning, and then shaking its body, shaking its soft fur into a dance, while its six tails fanned out behind it like a fan.

"You've become lazy!"

The fox turned its head and said to him.

"Not so, this is actually more efficient." Lin Jue said, not minding, and took out a wood carving from his arms, "I only have one, but there can be many disciples."

"I'm going with her too!"

"Why? Are you worried?"

"I have a connection with her!"

"Then as you wish."

"Then as I wish..."

The fox jumped lightly and left.

Lin Jue lowered his head and continued to carve the wood carving.

Over this period of time, he had replaced almost all the bean soldiers except for the Giant God Long Bo with Longevity Many Yaoguai Wood.

This was a very leisurely process.

Now that he had achieved the Dao and become a True One, once a bean soldier carving was completed, it only needed to be refined for a day and night to turn into a bean, and it would become a bean soldier upon growing larger. The power was almost equivalent to before as soon as the refining was completed, and the power increased by daily refining was naturally far beyond the past. In terms of combat power, it was no longer on the same level as before.

However, even so, in Lin Jue's battles with powerful True Lords and Great Gods, especially the level of battle he had witnessed that day, ordinary bean soldiers were hard to be of much use.

They were destined to slowly become Dao soldiers for guarding the mountain and the Dao.

This was not useless either—

Even if you are an immortal, you can't always be in the mountain, right? If you go out for a cloud-wandering trip for years or decades, and come back to find your Daoist temple occupied by demons, wouldn't that be a joke?

Even if you are an immortal, you can't always be by your disciple's side, right?

Even if you are an immortal, you can't personally handle every demon and ghost that causes trouble at the foot of the mountain whenever the common people come to beg, right?

It is indeed true that the world is in chaos, and demons and ghosts often cause trouble for the human world at the foot of the mountain.

Whenever this happens, he lets Wan Xinrong and others take a few beans out, and they can basically capture them easily.

Compared to doing it himself, the efficiency is indeed much higher.

Especially since it doesn't disturb his quiet cultivation.

"Rustle..."

The sound of wind and carving, wood shavings flying with the wind.

Not long after, it changed to the sound of iron forging.

Lin Jue made the spirit gold given by the junior sister into several small and exquisite tokens, took a wisp of his own magical power, collected a wisp of mist from the thundercloud, injected it into them, and then let the thundercloud know, and it was considered finished.

From now on, when Lord Wan and the disciples go out to eliminate demons, besides bringing the bean soldier good men, they can also bring a token, ride the clouds, and descend thunder to punish demons.

His own Daoist temple, his own disciples, should naturally be managed slowly.