CH 136

Looking at the Master in front of him, Li Huowang held his sword with one hand and bowed to her very carefully.

"Thank you for giving me the sword! As long as I can stay alive, I will definitely repay you in the future!"

Li Huowang was not good at words. He cared more about what he did than what he said.

He knew very well who treated him well and who treated him badly.

Upon hearing this, Master Jingxin's tone became somewhat dissatisfied.

"Who said I gave it to you? I sold it to you. Don't think about defaulting on the payment. It's three thousand taels with interest, and not a penny less. You have to pay it back."

"I know you can't come up with the money for a while. So, how about this? Every time you have some money, have the post station send it over. A thousand taels of gold is not too much, and half a penny of copper is not too little."

"Okay, okay, the matter is settled. You can go now. I won't keep you for dinner. I guess you can't handle the vegetarian food in the temple. Remember to bring some snacks next time you come."

After speaking, Master Jingxin moved her fat body and turned to the house.

Seeing this scene, Li Huowang hurriedly stepped forward to stop her. He still had other questions.

"Wait, Master, I have some other trivial matters to ask."

"Ah, you are such a chatterbox. Hurry up and speak. I need to take a nap after eating." Master Jingxin seemed impatient.

Standing in place, Li Huowang pondered for a few seconds before asking, "Master, I am new to the world of jianghu and don't know much about the forces and taboos. Can you tell me something about them?"

"What's the use of telling you?" Master Jingxin scratched her belly impatiently.

"You are a heart su, so when you encounter people from other factions, what can you do? Run away."

"Just like that?" Li Huowang was obviously very surprised.

"Of course, what else can you do? Do you think you can chat with them? Didn't you suffer a loss at Zhende Temple?"

"You are a heart su, so in other people's eyes, you are no different from a red ginseng spirit. It doesn't matter what sect or what kind of person they are, if you can beat them, beat them, and if you can't, run away."

"Don't even think about joining other sects. No sect will accept a heart su who is confused. Even An Ci An is the same. If someone says otherwise, they must have ulterior motives for you."

Master Jingxin's words gave Li Huowang a wake-up call.

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"Except for you, is there really no one else I can trust?"

"No, who would help you for no reason?" Master Jingxin's triple chin shook as she shook her head.

Although he had known it for a long time, Li Huowang still felt very depressed when he heard this news from Master Jingxin's mouth.

He knew that he would not have an easy journey ahead.

After digesting this information carefully, Li Huowang raised another question that had been accumulating on his journey.

"Master, can you tell me about the cultivation methods of An Ci An? How do you obtain supernatural powers?"

For so many days, besides knowing that Aojing Sect obtained supernatural powers by sacrificing to Ba Wei, he was completely clueless about why certain people in this world could obtain supernatural powers.

"Haha~" Master Jingxin chuckled, "What's the use of asking? Even if I tell you, you won't be able to cultivate it. Can't you see that there are only nuns in An Ci An?"

"It doesn't matter. Please enlighten me."

"Well, it's not that I won't tell you, but that kind of cultivation method can't be read out loud. You have to use female script to write it out. But you are a man..."

At this point, Li Huowang didn't want to embarrass the other party anymore.

"Thank you for your guidance, I will come again in the future." After bowing again, Li Huowang turned and walked towards the door.Just as he lowered his head and carefully examined the long sword in his hands, the voice of the abbess suddenly sounded behind him.

"Wait a minute, I almost forgot. I just remembered that there's a group of people you need to be especially careful about, since you interrupted me earlier."

These words immediately made Li Huowang perk up his ears and he quickly turned around to ask, "Please tell me more."

"Remember this well, that group of people is called the Taoist sects that deceive beings."

"The Taoist sects that deceive beings?" Li Huowang subconsciously furrowed his brow, feeling like he had heard these three words somewhere before.

But after thinking carefully, he realized that he had no memories related to the Taoist sects that deceive beings.

"Hey, I'm talking to you. Why are you always so absent-minded? If you don't want to listen, then I won't say anything."

"Abbess, please explain. Why do you specifically mention them? Are the Taoist sects that deceive beings hostile to Heart Talismans?"

"No, it's not that."

"Other people have reasons for doing things, whether it's robbing or killing you. But the Taoist sects that deceive beings are completely different."

"This group of Taoist sects that deceive beings are a bunch of scammers who love to play with money."

"Hmm?" Li Huowang was a bit confused at this point.

"The Taoist sects that deceive beings are not a group of bandits who rule over the mountains, nor are they a cultivation sect. Nobody knows what they are, but one thing is for sure: they love to play and have no taboos in order to play."

"Besides playing with money, their favorite thing is to play with people."

"For example, they once pretended to be eunuchs of the emperor and fooled all the men in a city into castrating themselves. They did it just for fun."

After the abbess finished speaking, Li Huowang still didn't understand what she meant.

He asked with a hint of hesitation in his voice, "A group of gambling scammers who like to deceive people? But... what does this have to do with me?"

Ignoring how many forces are coveting him, why did the abbess suddenly talk to him about this?

"Hey, have you forgotten that you can't distinguish between reality and illusion as a Heart Talisman? If they find out that you're a Heart Talisman, what will they do to you?"

"If they know that you're a Heart Talisman, things won't be so simple."

"Even if that's the case, why would a group of mortal gamblers who like to play with money deceive me? Why is the abbess so nervous about them?"

The abbess shook her head with her eyes closed. "They're not just a group of gamblers. I don't even know where they got their strange abilities from. They're very cunning and difficult to deal with."

"Besides, their skill in deception is so powerful that even I can be fooled by them."

"Last time, a member of the Taoist sects that deceive beings sneaked into An Ci nunnery and tried to make us break our vows. Fortunately, we discovered them and they eventually turned back and converted to Buddhism."

"Remember this, the people in the Taoist sects that deceive beings are not afraid of death. If they stick to you, they will only become more and more troublesome."

"They even dared to deceive you guys?"

"Hmm! They not only dared to deceive me, but they even wanted to deceive the gods! I heard that a group of Taoist sects that deceive beings spent more than thirty years studying and managed to deceive the God of Happiness."

"The God of Happiness? The one in the Hu Family Ancestral Hall?" Li Huowang's pupils slightly contracted.

"No, that's the God of Happiness. I'm talking about the God of Double Happiness." The abbess used her black fingernails to scratch her own fat.

(Note: The God of Double Happiness is a deity in Chinese mythology who is believed to bring double happiness to newlyweds.)