Chapter Five Meng Po Gate

A few days later.

An inn beside the official road.

I picked up a noodle with my chopsticks with great interest, bit it off slowly, then picked up a bean sprout, bit it off slowly, and ate it slowly. Wujiu said that these two bamboos are called bamboo sticks, or tendons, and are called chopsticks in folk culture, and are used when eating. But when I was a civet cat, I could eat everything with my claws. Even if there were some things that had to be eaten with chopsticks, I would still use my claws to force Wujiu to feed me. Who knew that when I really used it now, the chopsticks that Wujiu used so elegantly, I had to learn from Feiyang for a long time, and finally became proficient, so I naturally had to pick up noodles one by one to enjoy it.

I am enjoying myself here, but everyone who comes in looks at me a few more times. They are really mortals who are surprised by the rare things they see. Fortunately, there are not many people in the inn. I am mediocre at the moment, and Feiyang is as cold as ice, with a long sword on his waist. Everyone just looks at me and finds a place to sit down and eat.

Wujiu said a long time ago that places like teahouses and inns are the easiest to hear interesting things. The last time I was able to find my master's Dingfengzhu from the Hangshui River, I heard people in a teahouse in Bianjing talk about the strange wind and waves when the boat passed the Hangshui River. Most mortals thought that it was a manifestation of gods or monsters, but who knew that it was actually a bead that was accidentally left from the fairyland? It's a pity that I didn't bring the bead back to my master's cave in the end. Wujiu gave it to a little red carp in West Lake.

Just give it away. My master gave my sister Shan Gui a jade box of beads, many of them, not to mention the Dingfeng Bead.

Well, my Wujiu is amazing. He has nothing but a Wujiu Bi. But that year in the Black Pool, the Black Dragon, who was about to ascend, even used his inner elixir, but still couldn't get within three feet of Wujiu. Even the Queen said that Wujiu is the most hidden immortal, and has reached the realm where he doesn't need to rely on external things.

What does it mean to not rely on external things? Is it like Chen Feiyang said, can Wujiu turn dreams into reality at will?

When I think of Wujiu teaching Feiyang, I think of the trace of consciousness he left in Wujiu Bi. Wujiu smiled faintly and said, Meng'er, my Meng'er, you have passed the human body calamity, right?

If Wujiu really sees me, what will happen to us? Alas, Wujiu, are you in the God Realm now?

"What are you thinking about? Looking at a noodle and feeling worried?"

How could I tell him that I was thinking about my Wujiu? So I just pushed the blame on my master.

"Didn't I tell you? My sister Shan Gui is going to marry Hua Weijun from the fairy world, the prince of the fairy, yes, also my master."

"What's there to worry about?"

"Why not? I'm a generation lower than my sister Shan Gui. The eldest brother said that after my sister gets married, I can't call her sister anymore, I have to call her master's wife."

Fei Yang, that bad guy, actually laughed and looked at me with a smile. I rolled my eyes at him and ignored him. I ate the noodles that made me worried for a long time, chewing them into pieces to vent my anger.

"Okay, okay, I'll give you an idea."

"Oh? Do you have any other ideas to break them up?"

"No, no, we can't break them up. If this marriage is done, you won't suffer any loss."

"You have to call your sister Master's wife, how can you not suffer any loss?"

"Of course not. Meng'er, the right way in the world has always been: Heaven, Earth, King, Relatives, and Teacher. In other words, relatives come before teachers."

"So?"

"So? So, you and your mountain ghost sister are relatives, your master is your teacher, and the seniority of your sister is more important than that of your master. When you see your master later, you can call him brother-in-law."

Brother-in-law? Oh my God! I vaguely felt that it was impossible for the world to place such importance on the sister. Perhaps the "relative" did not refer to the biological sister? However, before I had time to think about the relationship between the brother-in-law and the master, Feiyang continued.

"Also, besides your eldest brother, do you have a lot of fellow apprentices?"

"Yes." My eyes lit up, as if I saw a bright future.

"Then next time you see your eldest brother, second brother, and even your youngest fellow apprentice, you can ask them to call you Auntie. If they dare not, let your brother-in-law deal with them."

Auntie? I do!

My eyes were as bright as when I was a civet cat. I looked Feiyang up and down, and I was afraid that I would make him feel scared.

My God, this husband is really... too knowledgeable.

I reached out and touched his nose, "Oh, that makes sense. Your wife's sister is the prince's consort of the immortal king. In this way, you are related to the immortal kings in the immortal world, right?"

He was stunned for a moment, then nodded, "My wife is really smart and can draw inferences from one example."

We smiled at each other.

At this time, there was a sound of carriages stopping outside, and there was a noisy voice. It seemed that several groups of people had agreed to meet in front of this inn and stood outside the door to chat. Thanks to my sly ears, I actually heard about the Wujiu jade from them.

"Hey, don't you know? It is said that Mengpo Sect has even issued a Mengpo Order. All the big and small sects affiliated with Mengpo Sect must track down the whereabouts of Mingyue Jade at all costs."

"I know, even us small shrimps have received the Mengpo Order? Hehe, in addition to the Duchengguan Battle that drove the northern barbarians out of the Central Plains, this is the second Mengpo Order issued by Mengpo Sect in history."

I glanced at Feiyang and wanted to tell him about this, but I saw that his smile had faded and his eyes looked outside the door. I guess he also heard the conversation outside the door. Well, Feiyang, a mortal, can have such a good hearing. I'm afraid his cultivation is really not low.

The man who spoke at first obviously stopped and lowered his voice, saying to the other man, "Changchong, I heard that the leader of Mengpo Sect was defeated by Mingyue Jade Bi. Do you really dare to wade into this muddy water? Be careful that the white eel will really become a dead worm!"

"Second brother, don't talk nonsense about this. Mengpo Sect has almost become the largest sect in the martial arts world in the past 20 years. His leader is the sworn brother of the current emperor. It is said that he can use the Qingjiao sword to appear and disappear. Not to mention that he can't do it himself, even if he does, he should be able to catch it easily. How could he be defeated by Mingyue Jade Bi?"

"Hehe, otherwise? Who has seen the Qingjiao sword? Who among the living people really dares to stand up and say that he has seen him? What is his name? What does he look like? Maybe he is not as good as a gray loach like me."

The one called the white eel paused for a few breaths before answering, "Speaking of the leader of the Mengpo Sect, rumors in the martial arts world say that he is a young man. Even though he debuted at the age of sixteen and has been in the martial arts world for more than ten years, he is nearly thirty years old. But when people in the martial arts world talk about him, no one can accurately describe his appearance. Some say he is handsome and indifferent, some say he is fierce and domineering, and some say he is insidious, cunning, cruel and murderous, but some say he has kind eyes and a kind heart, and would rather betray himself than others. All the legends added together make this man's appearance not only unclear, but even more vague. It's still the bald pen man who records the martial arts world that said it well. I'm afraid that the Mengpo Sect has no leader at all! The Mengpo Sect members come out to travel in the martial arts world, all under the banner of the leader."

"Look, there is no such thing as the leader of the Meng Sect and the Qingjiao Sword. Hehe, the Mengpo Sect simply wants us, the new followers, to die."

"Second brother, don't get drunk early in the morning, be careful not to talk nonsense and cause trouble."

"Hey, where am I talking nonsense? Ask big brother. This is what he got from the messenger when he went to receive Mengpo's order the other day. The messenger said,..."

A deep voice sounded, and the tone was refutable.

"Don't talk about these things on the road. Let's go in and have a rest first. Since we have attached ourselves to Mengpo Sect, we must obey Mengpo's order. It is important to hurry to Kunlun as soon as possible."

Mengpo Sect? This name is very unique. I don't know who the leader of the sect is. He actually named it Mengpo. I don't know what it means? Is it reincarnation? Or is what this sect does to make people forget all their past?

I have never seen Mengpo, but Wujiu traveled through the four realms, so he must have been to the ghost world. When I accompanied him on a boat tour of Dongting Lake, it was boring all night, and I was afraid of water and refused to go outside the boat to see the scenery, so he told me a lot of interesting things about the ghost world.

It is said that Meng Po was a god who violated the divine law many years ago and was punished by the divine world to be sent down to the mortal world, where he had to watch the ups and downs of the world on the Naihe Bridge without reincarnation. Most people think that she is a kind old woman, but in fact, everyone sees the Meng Po he wants to see, and no one has ever seen the true face of Meng Po.

Wu Jiu smiled strangely when he said this, and looked at me meaningfully. I gritted my teeth and held him with my claws, insisting that he tell me what Meng Po looks like. Wu Jiu had no choice but to continue talking, but he said seriously that the Meng Po he saw looked like me. I was depressed and couldn't help but bite him hard several times. It's just nonsense. Meng Po would turn into a civet cat and give Meng Po tea to people crossing the Naihe Bridge? That would be really weird.

I was counting noodles here thinking about Meng Po, but the group had already come in and asked for wine and meat and started eating. There is a huge difference between that way of eating and mine, but I still savored the taste for a long time after I ate the last noodle.

The food of mortals is still quite delicious, why would they fight for a wood like Lingzhi that tastes bad? Really, Lingzhi is just a little more fairy spirit than ordinary mushrooms. Why would they sacrifice their lives for that little fairy spirit? These people really don't know how to settle accounts.

Speaking of settling accounts, I looked at Feiyang, and then pushed the bowl of plain noodles that I had eaten up, "Feiyang, I want more, um, I don't want plain noodles, I want that."

I pointed to the big chunks of beef on the table of the group of people. That thing looks quite like meat, but the aroma is very different from that of meat. There is no fresh fragrance, but the smell of many herbs, seeds, etc. mixed together. Can such a thing taste good? No matter what, I have to try it anyway.

Chen Feiyang shook his head, "I'm sorry, Meng'er, I didn't bring enough silver this time."

"What is silver?"

Feiyang took out a small piece of silver-white thing and showed it to me, "This is it. We use this to pay for other people's food."

I was a little puzzled, "Is it this thing? Wujiu used a yellow thing to pay, and he never brought it with him. It was there when he touched it. That's right! The bigger this thing is, the more food it can be exchanged for, right?"

I laughed and chanted two spells in a low voice. With a flick of my middle finger, the small silver in Feiyang's hand immediately became the same size as the beef.

"Is it okay this time? Feiyang, I want to try that strange meat."

Chen Feiyang frowned and weighed the silver, "Meng'er, the weight of this silver has not changed."

Then try again, I pinched another spell and flicked it towards the silver.

Chen Feiyang still frowned, "It's too heavy. I'm afraid it's about the same amount of gold."

"Gold? Oh, I see. Wujiu probably used the alchemy. But, Feiyang, I don't know how to do it." I casually used an illusion, and saw the large piece of silver in Feiyang's hand began to turn into gold, darker, then lighter, darker, then lighter, why can't it turn into the color of the thing I remember Wujiu used?

Feiyang put the thing in his hand on the table, "Your illusion is not the alchemy, can it last forever after the transformation?"

"No, I have always been lazy and unwilling to work hard. There is only so much fairy spirit. After using it up, I have to meditate and practice again."

"Then, if we use this thing to pay for the meal, it will eventually turn back into silver?"

"Of course, the alchemy will not change, but the illusion is not real."

Feiyang said apologetically, "In this case, Meng'er, let's forget it. It's not easy for the innkeeper to work hard all day to change some silver. If you want to try something new, I will take you to taste it after we arrive in the capital."

I rolled my eyes at him, waved my hand, and the thing that was neither gold nor silver turned back into his original silver, "Okay, you have the final say."

As I was talking, a large ingot of silver slammed on the table in front of me.

The man who was talking about Mengpo Sect outside the door just now sat down without any courtesy and shouted, "Waiter, bring two pounds of beef for this girl." After that, he winked at me with a playful smile and said, "The girl's Taoism is really great. Would you two be willing to go to Kunlun with us, the Seven Heroes of Jianghai?"