Chapter 51: Human Heart is Not Satisfied, Snake Swallows Elephant

The brilliance was bright, illuminating the ground with floating light, and all colors dancing together.

At the end of several rows of tall bookshelves, sitting on an apricot-yellow meditation cushion was a man in plain clothes and a white crown. His body had a layer of fluorescent jade light, and his originally isolated and high-reaching temperament was set off by this jade light, making him appear even more independent from the world, almost transcending the human world.

Around Chen Hang, there were several talisman artifacts circling and flying around him, like fish swimming. Tu Shan Ge took a look and saw Tong Gaolu's purple-gold demon-breaking hammer and Zhou Chuyu's Flowing Sky Ruler, etc., which were very eye-catching.

"Fellow Daoist, how did you know my cultivation improved again?"

Chen Hang smiled.

"Hasn't Master looked in the mirror?"

Tu Shan Ge looked around. Although this quiet room used for seclusion was decorated with wealth and elegance, and literary bamboo and ink paintings were visible, there was really no mirror.

He smiled, spread his hands, and used his divine power to manifest a bright mirror in the air.

On the meditation cushion.

Chen Hang looked up, and then, he frowned slightly.

"Why is it... compared to before..."

"If you don't want to be entangled by female cultivators in the future, Master, that bamboo mask of yours should not leave your body."

Tu Shan Ge laughed:

"Master was already handsome, and in this vast Dongmi State, he was one of the few, but he was too distant and cold, making people feel awe-struck and difficult to approach. Now, he has added a few points of jade-like gentle and humble temperament, which is just right!"

"There is such a change, but I don't know." Chen Hang laughed.

This change, I am afraid it was brought by "Tai Su Jade Body."

Even Tong Gaolu and Daoist Yangshan had a calm momentum like an abyss and a mountain after cultivating this method, becoming much more kind.

As for him, it goes without saying...

"There is another great benefit to this change. When the Flower Ce Ce Shen Fu recruits disciples, they look at aptitude and character first, and appearance second!"

Seeing that Chen Hang was always indifferent, Tu Shan Ge couldn't help but say:

"I heard a story from my former master. There was a rogue cultivator who won the first place in the 'Picking Fragrance Banquet,' but because his appearance was too ugly and unbearable to look at, he was personally driven out of the mountain gate by the Deputy Mansion Master of the Flower Ce Ce Shen Fu!"

"That Flower Ce Ce Shen Fu is a very prosperous second-rate sect. If Master can join it, not to mention a Jin Dan True Person, becoming a Cave-Mystic Refiner is inevitable."

"Skin and flesh are just the most superficial appearance. If the Deputy Mansion Master is really like this, it is unfair. This Flower Ce Ce Shen Fu doesn't seem to be very brilliant..."

Chen Hang shook his head. He wanted to say a few more words, but thinking that he might really need to join the Flower Ce Ce Shen Fu to cultivate the Dao. After all, this sect was one of the few forces that could absorb rogue cultivators.

Sighing in his heart, he stopped talking.

"It will be fine when you reach Jin Dan. Jin Dan True Persons can reshape limbs and create appearances at will. At that time, no matter how strange you look, it won't be too much."

Chen Hang calculated in his heart, didn't think much, and said to Tu Shan Ge: "Fellow Daoist, can you see these talisman artifacts? Please choose one from them to play with."

"Me?"

Hearing this, Tu Shan Ge was taken aback, somewhat unbelievable.

"Since we met, Fellow Daoist has helped me a lot. A mere talisman artifact is not enough to reward your achievements."

"This..."

Tu Shan Ge hesitated for a few breaths, then boldly asked Chen Hang for the Cloud-Touching Flying Boat.

Chen Hang wiped away the essence blood mark in this talisman artifact. After half a cup of tea, he dissolved his aura. Tu Shan Ge took the Cloud-Touching Flying Boat in his hand and couldn't help but smile.

He didn't like fighting, and among these talisman artifacts, the Cloud-Touching Flying Boat was the most colorful and brilliant. When driven, it was like a large red cloud, which was very pleasing to the eye and was his favorite.

Chen Hang didn't care about this. This time he came to Yuanjing, he obtained more than ten lower-grade talisman artifacts, and four mid-grade talisman artifacts.

They were: Purple-Gold Demon-Breaking Hammer, Green Ethereal Picture, Flowing Sky Ruler, and Participation Cart.

The Purple-Gold Demon-Breaking Hammer and Green Ethereal Picture were obtained from Tong Gaolu. It is said that this person held three mid-grade talisman artifacts that year, but Chen Hang only saw two types.

I don't know if the rumor was wrong, or if it was traded away in these years.

And the Flowing Sky Ruler and Participation Cart were collected from Zhou Chuyu's Universe Bag.

The former is a quite powerful offensive talisman artifact.

The latter can be used for flying escape, its speed is much faster than the Cloud-Touching Flying Boat. That Cloud-Touching Flying Boat is becoming more and more dispensable to Chen Hang.

"And Tu Shan Zhuang..."

Chen Hang said again.

"Master, Master! I have already rewarded him, no need to give it, really no need!"

Tu Shan Ge was startled and hurriedly said: "This dog thing loves delicacies and food the most. I took a hundred taels of gold from the Tong Mansion for him. Now Tu Shan Zhuang is still eating, drinking, and having fun, so there is really no need to reward him again!"

"Is that so?"

Chen Hang pondered for a moment, smiled, and said frankly: "To tell you the truth, I am just short of talisman coins for cultivation, so I won't be polite. Let's record it on the account first, and reward him separately later."

Tu Shan Ge nodded repeatedly, naturally having no objection.

And at this time.

A commotion suddenly came from outside the door...

I saw dozens of servants kneeling on the ground, begging Chen Hang to come out and see them, their voices shaking the sky.

"What's going on?"

Chen Hang's face turned cold: "Didn't we agree to return their slave contracts, distribute some gold and silver, and let them all return to their hometowns? I forgot to ask, why are these people still here?"

After beheading Zhou Chuyu, he took over the Tong Mansion.

For the servants in this mansion, Chen Hang released their slave contracts and distributed gold and silver as their foundation for life after leaving the mansion.

This behavior made all the servants grateful. After all, Tong Gaolu was accused of rebellion. If the Rong clan were to be held accountable, even if they were slaves, they would definitely not have a good end.

But when he was in seclusion in the quiet room, he still heard the sound of many people walking and talking.

At that time, Chen Hang thought it was because the gold and silver were not properly distributed, or some old people in the mansion were reluctant to leave their old land, so he didn't care.

But the scene of voices shaking the sky outside the door at this moment made him slightly surprised.

"This..."

Tu Shan Ge's face was embarrassed, and he lowered his head shamefully:

"Master, some people left the mansion, but there is a small group who refused to leave, insisting on asking to see you. This..."

Hearing this, Chen Hang understood instantly.

He revealed a cold smile, his eyes brightened, and he shook the door open from a distance.

Outside, the dozens of people kneeling on the ground saw the door open abruptly. Inside, a man with a high and clear divine posture was looking over indifferently. They were startled, then their eyes rolled, and they wailed even more miserably.

They cried miserably, even Tu Shan Ge had a look of unbearable pity on his face.

Chen Hang listened quietly for a long time, nothing more than nonsense about being reluctant to leave their old land, too little money, or having no skills to stand on their own, and would starve to death if they left the mansion.

Among them, a short and fat old man cried the most miserably, with tears and snot flowing.

"True Person, True Person! Have mercy, have mercy! This old man is over sixty, has no children or relatives, is extremely poor. If the True Person insists on me leaving the mansion, it is the True Person killing me alive!"

He moved his knees, wishing he could hold Chen Hang and cry, but was glared at by Tu Shan Ge, so he had to stop.

"If the True Person doesn't keep us in the mansion to serve, it means he doesn't care whether we live or die. How can this be the Great Dao..."

Seeing Tu Shan Ge's gaze becoming more and more unkind, the short and fat old man lowered his voice and changed his words:

"Or, the True Person can give more gold and silver... Anyway, secular things are useless to the True Person, so why not give some to me? It is also the True Person's kindness, why be stingy."

Tu Shan Ge was dumbfounded with anger. These people were not like this when they begged him earlier.

"It seems that my previous act of issuing contracts and distributing gold made you think I was a child who was not deep in the world."

Chen Hang didn't get angry, just smiled lightly:

"You said you were extremely poor, but your shell is fat and white, obviously a manager who has been pampered. Before saying these words, why not cover the jade ring on your thumb first?"

The short and fat old man was startled and hurriedly covered it with his hand.

"Three hundred taels of silver each, even in Yuanjing, is enough to stand on your own. Why is it still not enough?"

Chen Hang didn't look at him anymore, but sighed at the crowd outside: "You just feel that Tong Gaolu is dead, you have lost your past respected status, you feel unwilling, and you want to cling to me again, is that right?"

The crowd outside wanted to pretend to be pitiful and cry a few more times, but facing Chen Hang's eyes like a deep abyss, they were choked for a moment and couldn't say a word.

"See, this is the human heart not being satisfied, the snake swallowing the elephant."

Chen Hang said indifferently to the stunned Tu Shan Ge, didn't say much, and then blew a gust of wind, rolling everyone outside the house at once.

That wild wind was vast and mighty, and in an instant, it wrapped everyone, floating like feathers, rolling seven or eight somersaults outside the mansion, bruising their bodies and groaning constantly.

"Hong Hong Guanshi Qiu, this..."

Looking at the tightly closed mansion gate, someone climbed up, grinning, and tentatively asked the short and fat old man: "What should we do?"

"Humph!"

The short and fat old man was helped up by seven or eight people and snorted unhappily.

He was about to curse, when a cold murderous intent hit his mind.

His eyes went straight, his throat gurgled, and he fell backward.

"Hong Hong Guanshi Qiu!"

Everyone jumped in fright, and the scene was instantly filled with gray smoke.

Inside the mansion.

Tu Shan Ge was ashamed, knelt on the ground, and presented the Cloud-Touching Flying Boat with both hands: "Master, I did it poorly, I am really ashamed to accept this..."

"Since you and I are fellow Daoists, why do you need to perform this great gift."

Chen Hang smiled and helped him up: "I don't blame you. Fellow Daoist was born in a high-gate sect and grew up in a deep mountain and ancient forest. Although you are worldly in dealing with people, you are still too soft-hearted and difficult to calculate when encountering things."

"Alas, I have seen it today!"

Tu Shan Ge lost face and couldn't help but grit his teeth: "I will in the future—"

"Are you thinking that if you encounter any human misery in the future, you will ignore it?"

Tu Shan Ge didn't answer, just sighed: "A good heart actually led to such a situation, doesn't Master feel cold?"

"My good deeds are just actions driven by my heart. Whether others praise me or slander me, what does it have to do with me? A mere evil word is just a mosquito or fly, how can it shake my mind!"

Chen Hang's expression did not change at all, just said indifferently:

"If you don't like it, just cut it! Why think so much! If two or three sentences can change my mind, then what Dao am I cultivating!"

Tu Shan Ge's expression changed greatly, and he was speechless for a while.

"I still need to borrow the 'Jade Cell Mother Pool' from the Rong clan. You should pack up these few days. When I return, we will go back to Yangshan."

Chen Hang said: "The grievances of Yuanjing are over, it is time to sit quietly and cultivate."

Tu Shan Ge nodded repeatedly, indicating that he understood.

Chen Hang nodded slightly, turned into a white escape light and rushed into the sky, flying far away.

Not long after, he arrived above the Imperial Palace.

In a large hall, Rong Tuo, who was full of wine and food, was holding several beautiful palace maids, had taken off his upper clothes, and was about to commit adultery.

Suddenly, he heard a loud bang, rumbling like thunder, and looked up in horror, only to see a pure white escape light in the sky, vast and mighty, like a dragon or snake.

In the escape light, Chen Hang's expression was very gentle and polite, and he bowed:

"It seems I came at the wrong time, disturbing Fellow Daoist's good deeds."

Rong Tuo's face was ugly, but he could only force a happy smile, which looked very awkward.

"You know that!"

He cursed in his heart. ===== CHAPTER 52 =====