Chapter 123 The Joy of Taobao

Although the junior brothers and sisters were very stupid, the old Taoist priest still had to make up for them. In the short distance from the backyard to the middle yard, he explained to them and Wang Feiyin twice, "They are young and don't understand anything. Don't take it to heart."

He added: "It's my fault. I was so busy practicing that I forgot to teach them."

Wang Feiyin comforted him, "I understand. I think you should not waste your energy. Some difficult things in this world are destined to be impossible. There is really no need to force yourself."

The old Taoist priest twitched his lips. Does this mean that his fellow disciples are beyond help?

But he couldn't help but nod, thinking that what he said made sense.

The two looked at each other and sighed at the same time, one of them felt infinite melancholy while the other felt infinite relief.

Why are my fellow junior students so stupid?
Fortunately, my fellow juniors are not stupid.

The two of them walked over the threshold together and into the middle courtyard, where there was a bustling crowd and the popularity was overwhelming.

Although Li Qingyin's fellow disciples were stupid, they were still obedient. When they were asked to buy things from Sanqing Temple, they went to buy them.

When they arrived, they happened to see the female Taoist priests from Yuling Temple buying things.

When the two sides met, they just nodded to each other. A female priest stood up calmly and turned sideways, just blocking their sight.

The people from Yuling Temple paid, packed all the things in three cloth bags and left. Except for Tao Ji and Xuanmiao from Sanqing Temple, no one knew what they bought.

As soon as the people from Yuling Temple left, they walked forward and looked down at the things on the stall. There were not many left. Several people couldn't help but frown, "No more thunder talismans and soul-inducing pills?"

Xuan Miao was about to take out the cloth bag when Tao Ji looked up at them and said, "It's gone."

Xuanmiao stopped, withdrew his hand calmly, and remained silent.

A few people didn't take it seriously, and just muttered, "Everything we wanted to buy is sold out."

They reluctantly selected some useful pills and talismans, felt they had fulfilled their senior brother's instructions, and then paid the bill and left.

Pan Yun, Wang Cong and others had gone to gain some new knowledge early, so there were only Tao Ji and Xuan Miao at the stall.

Without the money-loving Pan Yun and Wang Cong, Tao Ji acted much more casually. When he met someone he didn't like, let alone trying to recruit them, he would just take the things from them instead of selling them.

Xuanmiao didn't care and just let him do it.

But she knew why he did that before. Those people in Fuqing Temple...

Xuan Miao frowned and asked, "Did they bully you?"

Tao Ji shook his head: "No."

The mystery depends on him.

Tao Ji blushed slightly and whispered, "I just don't like them, but they haven't done anything."

Xuanmiao retracted his gaze and said calmly: "If you don't like them, then it must be because they are not good. If you don't like them, then don't like them."

Tao Ji exhaled, "Junior sister, don't tell Cong'er and Little Junior Sister, they are keen on making money now, they will definitely blame me."

Xuan Miao nodded, "I won't tell you."

Tao Ji felt relieved and waited for the next guest with his chin on his hand.

Even if no one came, he was not in a hurry. After all, their goods would be sold out almost completely in the end, and the remaining parts could be given to the pharmacy, making more money.

There is no trouble selling things from Sanqing Mountain.

The two of them slowly replenished the goods on the stall, and the cloth bag became a little deflated again.

Pan Yun and her friends were strolling around the inner venue. It was her first time to come to such a place. It was a bit like the flea market in her previous life, but also different.

Because the flea markets in the previous life were holographic, you could shop online at home and get there with just a thought. You could place an order for something at the online flea market and have it delivered to your door by express.

Pan Yun squatted in front of a stall to look at the talismans he had displayed. At one glance, she knew that these talismans were far inferior to the ones she and Xuanmiao had drawn, and were even inferior to Tao Ji's.

It seems that what Third Senior Brother said is right. These things outside are really not as good as those in their Sanqing Temple.

Pan Jun felt relieved and turned around to look at the various raw materials on the stalls.

The most common ones are medicinal herbs.

Taoists mostly hide in the mountains and have access to more natural treasures than humans.

Some Taoists are not good at refining elixirs, and they are well aware of their shortcomings and will not easily waste good things, so they keep them and can use them for the Sanqing Festival.

It was the first time that Pan Yun and the other three saw so many pristine natural treasures, some of which had not even the mud removed from their roots.

The four of them watched with great interest. Tao Yanbai saw a wild ginseng and wanted to buy it. When he asked the price and found out it was one hundred taels, he withdrew his hand.

Pan Jun bargained for him, "This is too expensive..."

"This wild ginseng is at least fifty years old," the Taoist priest at the stall interrupted her bargaining and said, "Look, it's almost in human form, which shows how rare it is. One hundred taels, and this is because it's in the inner field of the Sanqing Festival. If it was a medicine shop, it would be at least one hundred and twenty taels."

Tao Yanbai quietly reached out and pulled the corner of Pan Yun's clothes, and nodded slightly at her, indicating that what the Taoist said was true.

When he first asked about the price, I thought he didn't understand and wanted to pick up a bargain like Third Uncle said, but he didn't.

Pan Yun looked at the lively backstage, where fellow Taoists were discussing various natural treasures, elixirs, and talismans. She asked Tao Yanbai, "Do you think this is a place where we can find bargains?"

Tao Yanbai looked around and shook his head in disappointment, "Third Uncle Master has also learned bad things from Master Uncle Master and Junior Uncle Master."

Pan Yun refused to take the blame. "This has nothing to do with me. Maybe Third Senior Brother is like this all along, and you were just deceived by him."

Miao He: "Little Master, my master is the most upright, kind, and honest person in the temple. He would never deliberately lie to us."

She said, "I think it's because times have changed. Master hasn't been to the inner court for many years. He always watches the stalls in secluded corners. He probably doesn't know that the monks and Taoists who come to the inner court now are not as ignorant as before."

Miao Zhen also nodded, "Besides, the things they took out are not as precious and rare as before, so the probability of identifying the wrong thing is not high."

Pan Yun looked around and waved his hand, "Never mind, the inner court isn't very big anyway, let's look at all these natural treasures and ask about them. If we can't buy anything, we can go to the outer court to look for Wang Cong."

"Okay, okay," Miaohe was the first to respond, "I think the outside field is much more fun than the inside field."

The four of them immediately started shopping. Miao He was right. The people selling things knew what they were selling. It was almost impossible for them to mistake ginseng for carrots. However...

It is true that the medicinal materials sold backstage are cheaper than those sold outside. Moreover, some Taoist priests know what they are selling but do not know how much it costs outside.

They just called out a price at random. Some were high, but more were low, and some were ridiculously lower than the market price.

When you encounter such a sucker, if not now, when will you kill him?
When the money was not enough, Tao Yanbai ran back to ask Tao Ji for money.

The four finally found the joy of Taobao. It was really fun to buy things, especially with the money from the flower temple, and there was no limit. The four were like treasure-hunting mice, running around, looking everywhere, and from time to time they spent money to buy a lot of things.

By the time they returned with all the rare treasures, all their money had been spent.

Tao Ji saw what they brought back, and estimated the price at a glance. He then calculated the money they brought with them, nodded slightly and said, "Although I haven't prepared them before, it's not a loss to be able to buy so many medicinal materials."

Xuanmiao took a quick glance and said, "Just let them go. You will suffer in the future. You bought such a mixed batch of herbs. Only our Sanqing Temple has enough recipes. Otherwise, you will just end up wasting money if you buy these herbs."

"Even if there is a recipe, you still need to buy the herbs separately to make it worth it. Even a Taoist temple with less financial resources cannot afford it."

Tao Ji smiled and said, "Yanbai and Miaohe are already learning how to make medicine. We won't lose money if we sell them to the pharmacy. And I see there are several kinds of beneficial medicines in it. We can make pills for them to use in their cultivation. Junior Sister has been in our Taoist temple for so long, but she has never taken medicine."

Pan Yun took a step back, his eyes widened and he asked, "Do I still need to take medicine?"

Tao Ji said unhappily, "What are you afraid of? There are so many people out there who want to take this medicine that is good for your cultivation but can't."

Even Xuan Miao nodded now, "If you practice with elixirs, your practice speed will be faster."

Pan Yun swallowed and whispered, "Isn't it said that medicine is three parts poison?"

"Humph," Tao Ji said coldly, "Those are the medicines of those people outside. The medicines in our Sanqing Temple are different. We will refine the toxicity in the medicine as much as possible. You can just take it without worry."

Xuanmiao understood Pan Yun's worries, because she had also gone through this period, so she said to Pan Yun: "When you are ready to advance, take a pill and you will understand everything."

Pan Yun nodded, "Okay."

She is an open-minded person, and even though she is skeptical, she is willing to give it a try.

Xuanmiao said: "I know you want to go out to the field, go ahead and help Cong'er sell all the toothbrushes."

Pan Yun and three others agreed.

Xuan Miao took out five taels of silver notes and gave them to them, "You don't have any money, use it to buy food. Buy whatever you want."

Pan Jun reached out to take it, and He Miaohe Miaozhen and Tao Yanbai ran towards the door.

There were two Taoist boys guarding the door.

They are responsible for guarding the gate. People in the inner area can go out, but they have to enter the inner area from the outer area. Only monks and Taoists are allowed to enter.

The Taoist boy opened the door and let them out, saying, "If you leave, you can't come in today."

Miao He: "You clearly recognized that we are from Sanqing Temple, why didn't you let us in?"

"This is the rule. Others cannot come in even if they go out."

"That's because they are all adults, and you can't be sure of their identities, but we are children, and there are only three of us in the entire backcourt. Why can't you let us in?"

The Taoist boy pointed at Tao Yanbai and said, "He is not young. There are many Taoist boys of similar age in the inner court."

Miao He: "Then you can just stop him, why do you have to stop us too?"

Tao Yanbai: …

The Taoist boy was also quite speechless, "You two are together, how can I stop only one of you?"

Pan Yun: "You don't have to stop anyone. You have already remembered him. You should know that he is in the same group with us."

"No, I'll forget it in a moment."

Pan Yun sighed and said, "So that's how it is. We forgive you."

Miao He was unwilling, "Master Junior, why should we forgive him?"

"He's so stupid, so let's be considerate of him," Pan Yun said, "People are different from each other. We should learn to accept other people's stupidity. This is also a kind of tolerance."

The Taoist boy blushed, "Who are you calling stupid?"

Pan Yun looked at him with a look of care for the mentally retarded, and said gently: "Don't be angry, we don't mean to insult you, we are just stating the facts. Don't worry, we will take good care of you when we meet next time."

The Taoist boy was very angry and was about to attack. Another Taoist boy quickly grabbed him and said to Pan Yun: "Hurry up and leave. If you want to come back halfway, you can. Just register."

Pan Yun was satisfied, and he took Miao He out with high spirits.

The voices of two Taoist children arguing came from behind, "Why did you let them go?"

"Why did you want to embarrass them? The uncles don't like Sanqing Temple, but the master has a very good relationship with Sanqing Temple. You listened to the uncles' talk and wanted to embarrass the people of Sanqing Temple. But if the matter really gets out of hand, will the uncles protect you?"

"Look, you know it won't happen, so why bother?"

The four of them walked through a five-meter-long building and pushed open the door. The world suddenly became noisy, as if they had walked from one world into another.

When Pan Jun stepped over the threshold, he couldn't help but look up at the top of the door, and sure enough, he saw two yellow talismans on it.

She couldn't help but exclaim, "Using a talisman to generate a special magnetic field, isolating the two places, so that sound cannot be transmitted through this door. Amazing. Who drew this talisman?"

Miao He shook his head. Miao Zhen took a careful look and said, "It looks like the writing of Fourth Uncle-General."

Pan Yun stood on tiptoe to look at it, and after a long while, he said, "It was Fourth Senior Sister's writing. It seems that Fourth Senior Sister has a good relationship with Fuqing Temple."

"Master Uncle has a good relationship with Master Li, so Third and Fourth Uncles also have a good relationship with Master Li."

Uncle Li is Li Qingyin, the abbot of Fuqing Temple.

Pan Yun nodded, stepped over the threshold, turned around and closed the door tightly, waved his hand and said, "Let's go eat!"

"Don't you want to find the eldest brother first?"

"He must be too busy to eat right now. Let's eat first, bring the food to him after we're done, and then watch the stall with him. Isn't that perfect?"

Miaohe and the other two also thought it was perfect, so they smiled, turned together and walked out from behind the Sanqing stone statues, then closed their eyes and held their breath.

Even so, the four of them were still choked with tears, coughed several times, and hurriedly ran out of the hall.

There are more people outside the main hall, and it is also filled with smoke and people burning incense and worshipping everywhere, but there are even more vendors selling things.

The venue was surrounded by stalls, and there were stalls on both sides of the road.

There are all kinds of things for sale, including combs, jewelry, incense, candles, paper money, gold ingots, and various foods.

There were also Taoist priests holding up banners with the words, "Disciples of the Three Pure Ones, you are not allowed to tell fortunes without asking for money."

Pan Yun was so excited that he said, "I also have a banner. It's almost covered in dust in the utility room. I will find it tomorrow. No, I must find it tonight. I will bring it here to open the shop tomorrow."

　Tail number 9
　　(End of this chapter)