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Jin Lan brought Wan Ju and her two servant girls along with her. The group of people blocked most of the entrance of the hall.

The person was quite skilled. From afar, he could see that the person blocking the door did not slow down in the slightest. Instead, he directly slammed into the door. Fortunately, they did not hurt anyone when they brushed past Jin Lan and the others.

Seeing that someone had entered the palace, and it was a young man at that, Wan Ju and Bi He's expression changed slightly as they hurriedly hid Jin Lan behind them. Meng Ruhan's maid was stunned for a moment. Seeing the actions of the two, she immediately realized what was going on and followed along to protect Meng Ruhan.

Although Jin Lan and Meng Ru Lan brought along their Drapery Cap, they were still female Qi warriors after all. With a quick glance, they lowered their heads, refusing to look.

The person who entered was around seventeen or eighteen years old. He was tall and slender and tall, dressed in a blue robe with a cloud pattern on it. His jet-black hair was tied high up in a cloth made from profound light, but his facial features were extremely ordinary.

He entered the hall and went straight towards the table of the Master. When he passed by the group of female disciples, he stopped and glanced at Jin Lan who was hiding behind the Drapery Cap. Then, he walked towards the old monk who was sitting behind the table as if nothing had happened.

As Jin Lan pondered over the questions he had left behind last night, a palpitation suddenly rose up in his heart. It was as if some venomous snake or ferocious beast was staring at him, causing her to feel a chill run down her spine. She quickly raised her head and looked in that direction, but didn't find anything out of the ordinary.

Was it an illusion? She looked around the hall. It was basically the same as when she first came in, except that there was a man in a long robe in front of the table. Jin Lan looked sideways, although Drapery Cap was blocking her view, she was sure that she had never seen this person before.

The man in the robe bowed deeply towards the old monk and said in a deep voice, "I'll have to trouble Master to clear the lot for me." After he finished speaking, regardless of whether the old monk agreed or not, he handed the bamboo stick in his hand over.

Her deep and slightly hoarse voice entered Jin Lan's ears as if it was being devoured by lightning. It completely stupefied her, causing her to freeze on the spot without moving an inch. There was no trace of blood on her initially rosy cheeks. Her face was terrifyingly pale, and if not for the Drapery Cap, Madame SHen would probably be worried.

How could that be? This voice was obviously very familiar, but that face …

"Girl, madam wants you to come over." Wan Ju suddenly said to Jin Lan quietly. He did not expect to see her still standing there in a daze, turning a deaf ear. She could not help but call out softly, "Miss, girl?"

"Huh?" Wan Ju's call caused Jin Lan to become alert, but she immediately woke him up. She looked up to see Madame SHen waving her hand towards him, and could only restrain herself from thinking too, before walking over to Madame SHen's side. As she walked past the table, she couldn't help but steal a glance at that simple-minded face, confirming that she really had never seen it before.

As if he had felt Jin Lan's gaze, the man suddenly turned his head, and their eyes met. Her heart couldn't help but shiver. Her eyes were deep and jet-black like the stars shooting into the moon, and they didn't have the slightest bit of normal appearance. But in the blink of an eye, how could it be pitch-black? It was just that his eyes were calm and dim like a pool of stagnant water.

He suddenly revealed a mysterious smile towards Jin Lan, causing her to immediately look away in shock. Her heart thumped rapidly, not daring to meet his gaze.

This person was not him! Jin Lan lowered his head and clutched the handkerchief in his hand as he quickly thought: 'People who resemble each other are not rare in this world. Therefore, it's not impossible for them to have similar voices.' She must have recognized the wrong person from the very beginning.

However, he was definitely the person who was in the room yesterday! That was because when she passed by the table, she could smell a faint smell that was exactly the same as the person from yesterday! Even the incense in the hall couldn't mask the smell.

It was just that this smell was a lot fainter than the one she had smelled yesterday. She gripped the handkerchief tightly as a strange light flashed in her eyes.

Meng Ruhan walked a little faster, she took the green bamboo lot from Madame Qin's hands and looked at it carefully, her little face suddenly lit up, she pulled at Jin Lan who had just walked over and said happily: "Sister Jinlan, look, mother asked for an autograph!"

Jin Lan was a little absent-minded, but he was unwilling to let Meng Ruhan's happiness get away from him. He gathered his focus and received the slip, then read it carefully: "Yu Men Jump over the waves, the fish has become a dragon, and have become a sovereign. It was indeed the signature of a huge treasure. She couldn't help but be happy for Meng Zhanxuan in her heart.

In her previous life, when she was on good terms with Meng Ruhan, she had met him a few times. He was Meng Ruhan's elder brother, a young man with a hat as warm as jade. However, she couldn't remember if there was a high school this spring or not.

"Well? I already said that my big brother would definitely pass the examination, and now that I have obtained the blessing of the Bodhisattva, I might even become a top scholar! " Meng Ruhan chuckled as she took back the bamboo stick, and flipped it around in her hand.

"That's enough, Han'er. Don't mess around. In a bit, let the Grandmaster explain and see what the trigram says." Although she was scolding, her tone of voice did not contain the slightest bit of anger. Madame Qin's entire face was filled with laughter, reaching deep into her eyes.

Meng Ruhan was also aware that Madame Qin was not angry, she mischievously stuck out her tongue and passed the bamboo stick in her hand to Madame Qin, then pulled Jin Lan to hide by the side to bite her ear, "Look at that man, he's so strange, even Master is not willing to help him get rid of his lot, why is he still standing there?"

Jin Lan followed Meng Ruhan's gaze and saw that the man in the robe leaned forward slightly, as if bowing to the old monk, with both of his hands still holding onto the bamboo stick. If the old monk didn't accept it, he wouldn't budge, and so was he.

After a long while, the old monk narrowed his eyes and chuckled, "Benefactor's lot is requested by the Earth Treasury Hall and should be resolved by senior brother Hui Chen. Why did you come here to find the old monk? "How strange."

He did not seem to be moved at all by the old monk's words, as if he could not even look at the old monk and could not say where the bamboo stick in his hand had come from. He remained calm as he said faintly, "I have long heard of the great master's boundless magic power, the ability to occupy the lives of my past and present lives. It can be considered a cycle of karma, and I hope the great master will not reject it."

The old monk looked at Liu Ming's calm expression and his turbid eyes suddenly flashed with a trace of light. He stroked the few strands of white hair on his chest and raised his hand to pick up the warm bamboo stick placed in his palm. Carefully looking at the bamboo lot, then looking at the man in front of him, he slowly said, "Sir, this is the forty-eighth one, 'Yellow Wilds meets the Immortals'. The clouds are colorful, and the room is filled with sunlight. This lot is signed, and the Nine Revolving Pill shown on it boasts of completion. I wonder what Benefactor is seeking? "

The robed man stared at the old monk, "Looking forward."

"This lot is about getting alcohol from the Thousand Refinements Method. After a few years of sitting here quietly as an idle person, he has borrowed some good work to meet with rich and powerful people."

"How?"

The old monk laughed: "Benefactor is looking for a future, naturally it is as shown in the contract, the plan requires a lot of effort, only then can you get the result, although there are countless twists and turns, but with the help of a noble person, you still need to be wary of me."

The man then asked, "Where is the exalted person that Master spoke of?"

"If fate wills it, we will meet. Before the time is ripe, we will be far off in the horizon."

He was silent for a moment, as if he was pondering over what the old monk had said. After a while, he took out a silk bag made of coarse cloth from his sleeve.

Jin Lan was listening carefully, and when he saw the man turn to leave, his heart suddenly moved. He walked to the side of Madame SHen and spoke to her in a low voice.

Madame SHen's face showed surprise, but was a little helpless. She instructed Hui Xiu in a low voice: "Bring Miss to the cleaning room."

Just as Jin Lan wanted to push him away, she suddenly remembered that in the eyes of the Madame SHen, this was her first time coming to the Lingji Temple, so she naturally did not know where to find a clean house. She could only nod her head, leaving Bi He and Wan Ju to accompany the Madame SHen as she quickly walked out of the hall.

As soon as she stepped out of the door, she quickly scanned her surroundings, searching for the figure. The number of people who came to offer incense had gradually increased, and the path to the Earth Treasury Hall was already rather crowded. With her sharp eyes, she caught a glimpse of an azure robe flashing in the crowd. Immediately, it disappeared from her sight. Without much time to think, she took a step forward and gave chase.

When Hui Xiu saw that, she thought that she was panicking. She could not help but say: "Miss, the clean room is over here."

Jin Lan immediately slowed down his steps, turned around and explained: "Yesterday, I looked around Bi He, and remember that there's a clean house in front of us. It's not far, it's just right for us to go there." After saying that, he turned around and ran off.

Hui Xiu could only keep up, but she was not as petite and nimble as Jin Lan, and after squeezed into the crowd for a while longer, she managed to pull away from Jin Lan, to the point where she anxiously shouted: "Miss, slow down, wait for me!"

How could Jin Lan have heard about it? Fortunately, there were quite a few ladies who came to offer incense today, and most of them were like Jin Lan, with a Drapery Cap on their head, but they were all different in different colors. As such, she was not considered to be out of the ordinary amongst them.

After squeezing through the crowd for a long time, that person had still disappeared. Disappointment appeared on her face, and a trace of unwillingness could be seen in her eyes.

Originally, he was still planning to not act rashly while there were more people outside. Furthermore, she had helped him resolve the situation before, and now that the poison in his body seemed to show signs of being dispelled, she just wanted to ask him to help Madame SHen take a look, but she didn't expect him to lose someone in the end. It seemed like she could only think of another way to find someone else.

Jin Lan sighed, preparing to go back the same way as Hui Xiu and go to the cleaning room to cover her retreat. Stepping out of the crowded crowd, she walked along the corners of the Buddha halls towards the Great Hall. Her gaze continuously traveled through the crowd, searching for Hui Xiu who had been pushed to an unknown place.

The sun gradually rose as the bright and beautiful sunlight poured down from the horizon like golden powder, sprinkling onto the ground. The towering hall was covered with bluestone tiles as it burned layers and layers of shadows of varying sizes.

The further away they were from the Earth Treasury Hall, the fewer people there were who would burn incense. Perhaps he should first return to the Great Hall if he couldn't find her? She bit her lip, which meant her mother was worried again, and she quickened her pace.

Her petite figure disappeared into the shadows. As long as she passed the corner in front of them, she would be at the Great Hall. She secretly heaved a sigh of relief. Suddenly, her vision blurred, then her nose started to ache, and the Drapery Cap above her head fell to the ground.

"Ugh!" Jin Lan covered his sore nose as tears streamed down his face. He reached out his hand hazily but touched a hard chest.

She unconsciously touched it twice and was immediately scared to the point that her face turned pale. This … this was clearly a man! Jin Lan retracted his hand with lightning like speed. Just as he opened his mouth to scream out, his mouth was suddenly covered by someone …