Chapter 267 Don’t say bad things about us!
Before he knew it, the yellow-robed monk was sweating profusely.
However, he did not dare to blame Master Fan in his heart. After all, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had asked, and even Master Fan would have to answer, right?
I will never not answer for my own sake.
Master Fan was taking care of himself by pointing it out subtly instead of exposing it directly.
I can only say that he is worthy of being Master Fan!
He thought that he had mastered this acting skill to perfection, and that even the details of the branches, leaves and flowers had become so real that even gods would find it difficult to distinguish the real from the fake. The combination of magic and the art of summoning was clever enough, but it was okay to amuse the common people and nobles in a small place in the north, but it was not good enough in front of Master Fan.
I can’t blame myself—
When I stood up, I hadn't seen Master Fan yet. Before coming here today, I had asked the people from Juxian Mansion, and they all said that Master Fan would not join in such fun.
"Master Fan is indeed a man of great insight. I am just showing off my skills in front of an expert." The monk simply stood up and said, bowing to the prince, "But it is enough to make Your Highness happy."
The prince did not argue with him, turned around with a smile:
"This master's magic is profound and wonderful, and it has opened my eyes. I will reward you with fifty taels of silver and a piece of fine cloth."
An official nearby immediately nodded in agreement.
Lin Jue finally understood what Luo Gong said.
When arriving at the Juxian Mansion, no one with any ability would live on the two taels of silver as offerings, and here, making money is very easy.
That's fifty taels. How many people would a monster have to eat to be worth this amount of money?
I just don't know what this silver tastes like.
"Thank you, Your Highness the Crown Prince, and thank you, Master Fan." The yellow-robed monk finally breathed a sigh of relief and laughed again.
"Master, you have acquired all these skills. Next time a foreigner comes to visit, I would like to invite you to demonstrate this wonderful skill. What do you think?"
"I can't ask for it."
The yellow-robed monk agreed and clasped his hands together before Master Fan: "Master Fan is indeed very capable. I, oh, I admire you."
"What kind of skills do I have? My skills are not even a fraction of what those of my friend Lin beside me have! And today I just happened to remember that this is a wintersweet." Tianshi Fan said with a smile, and said truthfully, "It is the master's skills that are truly extraordinary. Even if a god came here, he would feel inferior to him."
How could the world believe what he said?
I just felt that Master Fan was being humble and supporting others.
Even the yellow-robed monk was grateful.
This made everyone look at Lin Jue a little more.
Only Master Fan himself knows that this is the truth.
He was also sweating in his heart just now.
Fortunately, when I came here in December last year, the wintersweets in the courtyard were just in bloom, and I remembered them all. Otherwise, with all the leaves standing there, who could tell whether they were wintersweets, plum trees, peaches, plums, apricots, or pears?
"Master Fan..."
The prince called him there again and invited him to go with him.
After hearing this, Master Fan glanced at Lin Jue from the corner of his eye. Seeing that Lin Jue looked calm and didn't look at the prince, he immediately smiled and politely declined:
"Your Highness has too many people in his entourage. I really can't stay here, not to mention I have to accompany this fellow Taoist beside me. So I won't go with Your Highness. We will just follow behind Your Highness."
"Well, I'll follow the Heavenly Master."
The prince had no choice but to move forward.
Master Fan and Lin Jue followed far behind. Luo Seng, wearing a bamboo hat and holding a sword, stood aside, playing the role of a protector. In fact, he was also watching the fun.
"Fellow Daoist Lin, do you think this person can be considered a rare and extraordinary person?" Master Fan asked Lin Jue calmly.
"This person is a master of illusion and summoning techniques. He is naturally a rare person. It is also extremely rare to be able to combine the two methods." Lin Juecheng accompanied him and explained, so he answered truthfully. However, when he said this, he frowned again, "It's just..."
Master Fan listened, and had only two thoughts in his mind:
At first, he sighed that the person next to him was indeed a true master. He could see through the authenticity of magic at a glance, and he could really see it and see the basis as well, unlike himself who relied on other means.
Then he secretly memorized the two words "illusion" and "art of summoning", thinking that if he met the yellow-robed monk again, or if he came to thank him, he would use these words to deal with him.
But when he heard Lin Jue's "but", he felt anxious again and couldn't help asking:
"Just what?"
Lin Jue frowned, speechless for a moment.
It was passed down from Fuqiu Temple and from Master Banshan. The art of drama is one of the "Seven Techniques of Fuqiu" that Master Banshan got from the immortals. It has been passed down to this day without being interrupted.
To him, theater is theater.
There is no need to pretend to be another spell.
All magic spells in the world have their own wonders. It is not necessary for a magic spell to be able to exorcise demons or shake the world to be considered a good magic spell.
The difficulty of practicing drama is not lower than other magic. In fact, most drama is more difficult to practice than other magic. It is not easy to use it well. This yellow-robed monk has learned drama very well. In Lin Jue's opinion, he is also an extraordinary person. But the mistake he made today was that he was clearly performing drama, but he said it was a "more profound" Buddhist Dharma.
Maybe he wanted to defraud more money.
Maybe I just look down on theatrics in my heart.
If it is the former, then it is a problem with his intentions. If it is the latter, then it is actually unnecessary.
My seventh senior brother is also good at acting.
But the seventh senior brother didn't think so. Instead, he liked it very much and lived a very carefree life because of it.
If you look down on yourself, how can you gain respect from others?
This yellow-robed monk was probably some strange man from the Jianghu who got this magic by accident but didn't receive the true Taoist teachings.
Lin Jue thought about it for a while, but didn't elaborate. He just shook his head and said, "It's better to say openly that what I'm performing is a trick. Maybe the gods will be impressed by it."
When Master Fan heard this, he was stunned.
His eyes widened and his steps became unsteady for a moment.
Then he smiled bitterly in his heart:
As expected, I am still a fake Heavenly Master...
I will never be able to say words like these.
I'm afraid that ordinary people would find it ordinary, but if the yellow-robed monk heard it, I wonder if it would stir ripples in his heart. Anyway, I thought it was wonderful and secretly memorized it.
Go forward again.
Most people are very respectful to Master Fan.
There were people who could chant spells to command the insects, sometimes making them line up in a row, sometimes forming a military formation, and they could also command the frogs to jump into the water one by one. No one knew if it was useful or not, but everyone was watching in amazement.
The prince was delighted by what he saw and gave himself a reward.
Someone performed the Qingfei method.
He threw a string of copper coins into the well and chanted a spell, and the coins jumped out of the well in a line and fell into his plate.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also received a reward.
Someone was able to fill an empty cup with wine and presented it to the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince was so excited that he didn't even care about his own safety and started drinking from the cup. As soon as he finished drinking, he looked down and saw that the cup was full again.
The prince drank three cups in a row, smiled and praised him, and then shared the wine with other extraordinary people around him. Luo Gong once said that he was a drunkard.
Lin Jue knew that everyone has many faces, and he also knew that which side a person shows is related to where and when he is, and who he is facing. Anyway, the prince here today, facing the many strange people in Juxian Mansion, is still a cheerful, generous and charming image.
As he was walking, Lin Jue heard someone whispering:
"Is that person the legendary Tianshi Fan?"
"That's right."
"What abilities does this Tianshi Fan have? Why doesn't he show them off to us? That will open our eyes."
"You are so brave! What is the status of Master Fan? Can he be the same as us? Your Highness the Crown Prince cannot let him perform magic casually! Moreover, Master Fan does not know these small magics and skills. He knows the great magic that can summon the divine soldiers to descend from the sky to kill the big monsters and even the monster kings. Can he perform it casually for others to see?"
"really?"
Although the two discussed in a low voice, Lin Jue heard it.
Perhaps they felt that the surroundings were too chaotic and they didn't say anything bad about Master Fan, so they just went ahead and discussed it.
"How powerful Fan Tianshi is now, I'm afraid only God knows. I only know that more than 20 years ago, Fan Tianshi was still very young. He was drinking with people in a restaurant, and suddenly he said that there was an earthquake in the south, and that the earthquake caused a forest fire. Then he took a mouthful of water and spit it out..."
"and then?"
"At that time, many people in the restaurant did not know about Master Fan's abilities and thought he was drunk and crazy. Not long after, news came that an earthquake had occurred thousands of miles south. The earthquake really caused a forest fire, but the fire had just burned dozens of miles of the mountain when it was extinguished by a heavy rain. At that time, people knew that Master Fan had the ability to reach the sky."
"hiss……"
Lin Jue heard them talking and wanted to listen more, so he couldn't help but slow down his pace.
Master Fan followed him and walked slowly, so he also heard it.
Lin Jue turned his head and glanced at Master Fan Tianshi.
However, the middle-aged Taoist was stunned, and a complex emotion flashed across his face for an instant. It was not humility, nor the calmness of the past, nor was it pride, but a touch of nostalgia and emotion.
Lin Jue thought about it for a moment and knew it——
This may be the beginning of "Master Fan".
If this is the case, you should feel as if it was just yesterday, and you should be feeling grateful for the fate and coincidence.
The voice behind me came again:
"Then who's next to him is..."
"Didn't I just hear about this? He is also new to Juxian Mansion and now lives in the same courtyard with Tianshi Fan."
"New to Juxian Mansion? What abilities does he have? Why can we, who are also new to Juxian Mansion, only live in this small room in the government office, which is similar to the guest hall of a Taoist temple, while he can live in the large courtyard outside and even live in the same courtyard with Master Fan?"
"I don't know about that..."
Suddenly another voice came from the side:
"It is said that this person is the immortal master who killed the Alligator Dragon King by the Weishui River half a year ago! Didn't you see a white fox following him?"
"what?"
"This……"
Some people around were surprised, and some looked strange.
The reason for the weirdness is simple.
Indeed, in the past six months, both inside and outside the Juxian Mansion, many people have claimed that they were involved in the elimination of the Alligator Dragon King by the Weishui River.
There were even people present who had preached this.
Someone was silent immediately.
Some people don't believe it.
"Weren't they said that the two gods were a man and a woman, and that they brought a white fox with them? How come there is only one left?"
"Yes! Aren't they said to be immortals from heaven? Why didn't they return to heaven, but came to the Gathering Immortals Palace instead? And why didn't they come earlier? It's been half a year, and they just showed up?"
"That white fox does look unusual."
"Isn't this another fake?"
"Master Fan is by my side, so it must be true, right?"
"In my opinion, those people in the palace were too cowardly and pretended to be so insincere. If they also bought a white fox on the street, maybe the officials in charge of the Ministry of Rites would believe it..."
Just as the man finished speaking, he saw the white fox following the two Taoists in front of him suddenly turn its head and look up at him.
The fox had clear eyes and a serious expression, and for some reason it looked somewhat like a human.
And it clearly heard itself saying it!
"This……"
The man didn't dare to speak for a moment.
Instead, the people around him smiled and continued:
"It's not easy to find a white fox, not to mention we have to find one that looks a bit strange. Even if we find one, it's probably going to cost us some money to buy it... Why don't we give this guy a try? Ask him to show us some magic. If we can uncover it, maybe we can be valued and live in a big courtyard with Master Fan. If he is really that immortal, I think he won't blame us, and it can help His Highness broaden his horizons. Maybe His Highness the Crown Prince also wants to know who this Taoist is and what abilities he has."
After I finished speaking, I heard no response.
"what happened?"
There were two young men, one staring ahead without saying anything, while the other curiously followed his gaze.
The fox in front seemed to know that they were talking about it. It had changed from looking back at them to turning around and staring at them, stretching its neck and looking up with a serious expression.
"..."
The two looked at each other and felt something was wrong.
But soon, the fox turned around and followed the Taoist.
"call……"
The two men breathed a sigh of relief.
But after taking two steps, he glanced around and suddenly saw that there were only Master Fan, the Taoist priest, and the Taoist protector in the crowd in front of him, but the white fox beside them was gone.
Then his gaze turned——
They saw a white fox about the size of a cat standing on the rockery beside them, very close to them, which scared them immediately.
Before they could shout or dodge, they saw the fox open its mouth and spit out a small cloud of yellow smoke, which flew straight towards them.
"Cough cough..."
The two of them were immediately choked and started coughing.
In a flash, the fox disappeared again.
(End of this chapter)
