Becoming a Saint by Leisure Reading - Chapter 6

Translator: NovelMultiverse | Editor: NovelMultiverse

The tip of the sword was against Chen Luo’s throat, and Chen Luo could feel the cool aura coming from the tip of the sword.

At this time, Chen Ping, who was overturned by the previous blast of an air jet, rushed towards Cai Tongchen and shouted: “Sir, that is really my young master…” Only to see two servants rush out of the courthouse and press and restrained Chen Ping to the ground. 

Chen Luo didn’t dare to move at this time, but just looked at Cai Tongchen in front of him. A clear light flashed in Cai Tongchen’s eyes and his expression became full of doubt: “Huh? There’s no anomaly in his soul?”

Saying that, Cai Tongchen’s eyes flickered again, several times brighter than before, but the color of doubt on his face only became stronger: “How is it possible? Are you really Chen Luo?”

Feeling the tip of the sword on his throat retreat a little, Chen Luo nodded: “Uncle Cai, it’s really me.”

Cai Tongchen slowly retracted the long sword, but the blue light in his eyes persisted, still staring at Chen Luo. This Cai Tongchen is a Confucian student. He used his nobility and righteousness to purify his eyes and achieve the state of “distinguishing right from wrong”. Looking at Chen Luo at this time, he did not find the incompatibility between soul and body.

After a long minute, Cai Tongchen dissipated the blue light in his eyes, showed a smile, and said apologetically: “It’s the old man who was reckless, I hope my nephew won’t blame me.”

“My uncle’s words are too serious. Your desire to protect, your  little nephew will keep it in his heart.” Chen Luo hurriedly returned a salute. It is not uncommon for others to be vigilant about him in this world of immortals.

Only–

Soul travelling is still beyond the understanding of this world.

“My nephew came back to life from the dead, so that must have been quite the adventure, right?” After some tossing, Chen Luo sat in the central hall of the back of the courthouse, and Cai Tongchen continued to inquire without leaving a gap.

“Before, the little nephew’s soul clearly left the body…” Chen Luo, who had been prepared on the way here, hurriedly told the story he had just made up–

“I seem to have entered a peach blossom forest. There is an old man in the peach blossom forest, white-haired but with the face of a child. He told me that it wasn’t my time to be there yet, why are you here now? Afterward, he wanted to drink wine with me. I don’t know why, but every time after taking a sip of wine, my mind became clearer. When I drank the whole pot of wine, he told me I should go, with a wave of his hand like this, I opened my eyes again, and I woke up…”

In fact, Chen Luo originally wanted to make up a story to match the fairy poems such as “Majestic white jade capital, 12 towers and 5 gates of the city wall “Holding a white iris, sweeping the clouds in Nanshan at night” to improve his “resurrection from the dead” story, but when he recalled carefully on the carriage before, he discovered a fact that terrified him——

The Buddhism and Taoism in this world are different from the two religions of Buddhism and Taoism in his previous life. Many legends related to Buddhism and Taoism have never appeared. For example, “Zhong Kui” previously, there was no such person in Taoism in this world. But it’s different for Confucianism!

There are Confucius, Mencius, Xunzi, Dong Zhongshu, Yang Xiong… All the great Confucians whose names Chen Luo remembers have a place in this world. Even the famous Four Sentences of Hengqu have the same number of lines in this world, which is a must-read for Confucian scholars.

Mmmm, finding a tool I can use- 1-1-1-1…

This is not yet the most devastating. What really makes Chen Luo have a breakdown is that the Tang poems and Song poems he memorized have already appeared in this world. Although some words and authors bear the uniqueness of this world, basically their meanings and phrase usage are all similar.

Finding a tool I can use- 10-10-10-10  …

However, after repeated memory confirmation, it seems that only the poems after the Tang and Song Dynasties did not appear. This Heavenly Path seems to have left a way for Chen Luo to live, but this road is not very easy to walk…

So he thought hard and finally made up such a guise of “Peach Blossom Immortal”.

”This little nephew doesn’t know who the old man is. I just vaguely remember that the old man recited a few poems when he was drunk—”

“Peach Blossom Temple in Peach Blossom Village, Peach Blossom Immortal in Peach Blossom Temple. Peach Blossom Immortal planted peach trees, and then picked peach blossoms for wine money!”

“Afterwards, I fell into a white space. And as soon as I opened my eyes, I had already returned to this world. “

Cai Tongchen nodded slightly. If he had doubts about Chen Luo before, he would no longer have any doubts after listening to these four lines. The meaning of these four lines of poetry was still unfinished, and there must be a continuation, but these four lines alone show an extraordinary quality and a free and unrestrained state. Not to mention Chen Luo had no talent for studying, even if Chen Luo’s father is alive, it will be difficult for him to say and write such words. If such a verse was not taught by an expert, where else can it come from?

“What a peach blossom immortal!” Cai Tongchen said with a smile, “Just these four peach blossom lines is enough to make one rejoice with a big cup of wine!” Read the most updated version of this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at Novel Multiverse – “NovelMultiverse dot com”

Looking at Cai Tongchen’s rising emotions, Chen Luo breathed a sigh of relief. This Cai Tongchen should be the last hurdle of his “resurrection” issue, and now it is over. He silently thanked Tang Bohu of the Ming Dynasty in his heart and then changed the topic back to business.

“Uncle, my visit this time is related to the murder in my Chen residence. The person who harmed my Chen residence is indeed an evil spirit, but not an ordinary evil ghost, but a puppet spirit. I guess the tiger demon behind the puppet spirit is related to the tiger that my Chen family captured 2 years ago. And that tiger demon may be hiding in Xixiu Mountain now.”

“This commoner pleads to the lord to activate the official seal, enclose the Xixiu Mountain, and lock the tiger demon. In addition, send another group of public officials, who will follow me to Xixiu Mountain to eliminate the demon…”

When it comes to business, Chen Luo’s way of addressing him has also changed. Cai Tongchen’s face instantly turned serious, and he frowned slightly: “Do you have solid evidence that the tiger demon is in Xixiu Mountain? If not, this officer can’t easily consume qi to search for it…”

Chen Luo hurriedly took out a stack of silver bills from his arms and offered them with both hands, saying: “There are two thousand taels of silver bills here, my Chen residence is grateful to the county and would like to contribute to Wan’an, please accept it… “

Cai Tongchen glanced at the silver note in Chen Luo’s hand, thought for a moment, and said, “It’s not enough to cover a mountain!”

Chen Luo’s heart sank slightly, and he gritted his teeth: “There are another thousand taels, which will be delivered later!”

Cai Tongchen nodded, his lips moved slightly as if he was transmitting sound. After a while, Master Li, who had a kind face, held a tray with pen and ink on it. He walked out from the back room and gave Chen Luo a greeting while smiling.

Cai Tongchen didn’t say much, took the tray, wrote a document on it, took out his personal seal, and handed it to Master Li, saying, “This spirit is already at the level of a demon, so presumably even if the tiger demon belongs to the lowest level, it is most likely of the Pure Blood Realm. There is no use to assign ordinary public guards for this mission. Old Li, we have to trouble you to go to Xixiu Mountain with Chen Luo. If the tiger demon is really hidden in the mountain, kill it on the spot!”

Master Li still had a smile on his face, and nodded: “It’s just a trivial matter, I don’t dare say trouble.” Then he looked at Chen Luo: “Chen Family Head, how about a trip with this one?”

Chen Luo hurriedly stood up and bowed: “Thank you, Master Li!”

…

The moon and the stars were difficult.

Chen Ping drove the carriage belonging to Cai Tongchen’s house to Xixiu Mountain. On the quiet wide street, the squeaking of the wheels of the carriage was very obvious.

Inside the carriage, Master Li was holding Cai Tongchen’s county magistrate’s seal in both hands, still smiling. Chen Luo looked a little embarrassed, remembering Chen Xuan’s instruction, and said, “Master Li, our family has recently collected some antiques from the previous dynasty at home. My sister said that the master has unparalleled wisdom, can I find another day to invite the master to help examine them…”

Hearing Chen Luo’s words, Master Li’s smile became even stronger, and said, “Chen Young Lady is too polite, it is my duty, it is my duty…“

Sensing the good atmosphere, Chen Luo hurriedly continued to ask: “Excuse this junior’s ignorance. Uncle Cai previously mentioned that the tiger demon was in the  Pure Blood realm. What kind of realm is it? I wish to ask for Master Li’s guidance.

Master Li heard the words, nodded slightly and said: “Chen Family Head has lived as an ordinary human for a long time, and it is normal to not know the realm of the demons. There is still some time left to go to Xixiu Mountain. Let this one can somehow give pointers to Chen Family Head.”

“The cultivation of the demon race is different from that of the human race. What they cultivate is the way of the bloodline, and what they want is to return the purity of their original bloodlines.”

“After the demons are enlightened, the first three realms are all related to blood.”

“The first realm is the Cleansing Blood Realm. The monsters in this realm continue to remove the impurities and blood in their bodies. The cleaner they are, the higher the upper limit will be in the future. In the later stage of this cultivation, they can transform into human forms, but some part of the monster’s body cannot be hidden. Such as tails, ears, limbs, etc., ordinary people can see at a glance that it is a transformed demon.”

“The second realm is the Pure Blood Realm, the blood in their body is almost pure and flawless. At this time, only those that come from the demon clan can be regarded as the real demons, because they can awaken their ‘innate demonic magic’ at this time.”

“For example, the tiger demon that harmed your Chen residence. Even if an ordinary tiger raises puppet ghosts, those ghosts will just be the lowest level among wandering spirits. But to let the puppet ghost advance to the level where it can kill people, that tiger demon has awakened the sorcery of controlling the soul’.”

“The third realm is called the Blood Refining Realm. At this time, with the further refinement of the bloodline, the demons can further improve the magic arts and turn them into godly skills. Every kind of magic art that turned into godly skill will appear on the body of the monsters as a peculiar blood pattern, that’s why these godly skills are also called the blood pattern godly skill.”

Speaking of this, Master Li’s smiling face showed a trace of disdain: “In the end, the demon clan are a group of guys who only use the abilities of their ancestors. How can they compare against our human clan which is continuously progressive which is better than my human clan, who bravely continue to forge ahead and strive to be the first, and there are also fate-defying sons that come from poor families and later rise into the ranks of nobles”

　　Chen Luo was about to answer with two sentences when he suddenly heard Chen Ping knocking on the carriage from outside the car and said, “Family head, Master Li, we’ve arrived at the Xixiu mountain…” Read the most updated version of this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at Novel Multiverse – “NovelMultiverse dot com”