Chapter 239 Leaving Shangyang City
Six years!
Zhang Wuji often comes to Shangyang City from Canglan County. The reason is very simple: the food at Lin Ye’s house is so delicious.
Although there are stir-fried dishes in the other world, the seasonings are definitely not as complete as those in later generations. Over the years, Lin Ye has specially brought some seasonings from later generations to this world.
He spent a lot of money to set up a spice shop.
Take the chicken essence in the real world for example. Chicken essence is made through chemical reactions, but in the alien world, Lin Ye asked people to collect scallops from the beach, grind them into powder, and add a little when making soup or cooking, which has an excellent effect of enhancing the flavor.
At the same time, there are many ways of making dishes in the real world. Lin Ye told the chefs in the seasoning shop the concepts of some dishes, and they improved them.
Creating a spice shop was not entirely for the purpose of satisfying his own taste buds. Over the years, Lin Ye's restaurant has expanded beyond Canglan County and has branches throughout Nanjiang Prefecture.
In Nanjiang Prefecture, every county town has a Ke Lai Restaurant, and as soon as it moves in, it becomes the most luxurious restaurant in the area.
Two years ago, a funny thing happened because of the Ke Lai Restaurant.
At that time, the provincial examination was imminent, and many scholars gathered in the capital of Nanjiang Prefecture. Since ancient times, scholars have looked down on each other, and when scholars from various counties in Nanjiang Prefecture gathered together, they were bound to compete with each other.
Scholars from various places all said that their hometowns were the best, but no one was convinced until one scholar suddenly interrupted and said something that convinced everyone.
"You said your county is good, are there any guests coming to your restaurant?"
"The prices at Ke Lai Ju Restaurant are so high. If a county is poor, people will definitely not go to Ke Lai Ju."
The words of this scholar were recognized by all other scholars.
That's exactly the truth.
Merchants are profit-driven. The reason why Kelaiju opened a store in this county must be that the wealthy people in this county can afford it.
Originally this was just a discussion among scholars, but discussions among scholars were the easiest to spread, and later even some officials agreed with this statement.
Whether a county is poor or not depends on whether there are customers visiting its restaurants.
At that time, Kelaiju had not yet opened branches in so many counties throughout Nanjiangzhou. After the news spread, many county magistrates who did not have Kelaiju personally went to negotiate with the owner of Kelaiju and invited Kelaiju to open a store in their county.
When Lin Ye heard the news from the shopkeeper, he was a little stunned. The first thing he thought of was Qianda Plaza in the real world.
It seems that my Kelaiju is similar to Qianda Plaza. The county magistrates also promised to give it cheap land and exempt commercial taxes for ten years.
The Daxin Dynasty changed its reign title to Dashang. Although the status of merchants was improved, commercial taxes were also increased. However, merchants all over the world were willing to pay more commercial taxes.
When people go beyond the minimum pursuit of food and clothing, what they need more is dignity, and they are willing to spend money to buy themselves dignity.
Lin Ye refused the preferential treatment offered by the county magistrate, but he went ahead and opened the Ke Lai Ju Restaurant. He didn't care whether Ke Lai Ju made money or not. With his advanced business philosophy, the business he ran in the past few years brought him enough wealth.
He may not be as rich as a country, but in the entire Nanjiang Province, Lin Ye considers himself the second richest man, and no one dares to claim to be the richest man.
As for Zhang Wuji, after eating at his house a few times, he could no longer get used to the food of the Shenji Sect. He would come to his house every few days to eat for free. Maybe he felt embarrassed to eat for free, so he persuaded Lin Ye to join their Shenyun Sect.
Shenyun Sect is a martial arts sect, and it is also the leading sect in Canglan County. It is very strict in recruiting disciples.
However, not all disciples of Shenyun Sect are trained by themselves. Shenyun Sect also has many guest elders. Zhang Wuji recommended Lin Ye to become a guest elder of Shenyun Sect.
Lin Ye is now a warrior in the early stage of Jingzhe Realm. If he follows the rigid requirements, he cannot become a guest elder of Shenyun Sect. But Zhang Wuji patted his chest and assured Lin Ye that as long as Lin Ye nodded, he would ensure that he could get the position of guest elder.
The head of the sect is his senior brother, and they are close brothers, with the same master.
However, Lin Ye rejected Zhang Wuji's recommendation.
Being a guest elder of Shen Yun Men, apart from receiving certain martial arts resources every month, namely some medicinal herbs and silver, there are no other benefits. He is not short of silver, and as for medicinal herbs, he does not need them now. After reaching the Jing Zhe realm, he no longer trains his body.
But the deeper reason is that Lin Ye is not that interested in martial arts. In the past six years, he has been more focused on practicing Taoism and Buddhist scriptures, and physical output... After all, it is still not as cool as a long-range magician.
"Brother Lin, don't rush to refuse. On the way here, I discussed with the head brother. If you join our Shenyun Sect, I can give you a place in the God-level Sect this time."
Lin Ye looked at Zhang Wuji with some surprise. When the Ghost King incident happened, he knew that there was a Half-Step Martial Saint in the Divine Level Sect, and he also knew the relationship between the Shenyun Sect and the Divine Level Sect.
"What can you do at the God-level Gate?"
"There are many things I can do. If you have any confusion about martial arts, you can ask the elders of the God-level Gate for advice. Of course, the most important thing is to be able to enter the God-level Gate's library. There are thousands of martial arts secrets in the God-level Gate's library. Maybe you can find the martial arts that suits you."
The Tiger Roar Power that Lin Ye originally practiced could only be cultivated to the Jingzhe realm. If he wanted to continue practicing, he would need to change the martial arts secret book.
Since he has little interest in martial arts, Lin Ye has never looked for new martial arts secrets. If he could go to a god-level gate to pick one up, it would be a good choice.
Seeing that Lin Ye was somewhat interested , Zhang Wuji hurriedly continued to persuade him, "Young people should travel more. Men have ambitions to travel far and wide. How can they stay at home all the time? When I was your age, I had a sword, a pot of wine, and a world of my own."
Zhang Wuji was speechless about how Lin Ye had been able to stay in Shangyang City all these years. This was totally unlike a young man.
But he persuaded Lin Ye to become a guest elder of Shenyun Sect not only because he couldn't bear to see Lin Ye wasting time in Shangyang City, but also because if Lin Ye agreed, he would have to go to Shenyun Sect with him for a while.
He has been going to Shangyang City for the past few years, and the head senior brother has criticized him many times. If he continues like this, the head senior brother will probably put him under house arrest.
There was no other way, so he explained to the head senior brother, but the head senior brother didn't believe him and just thought that he had a new love in the brothel in Shangyang City. But in fact, he had not set foot in a brothel since the incident with the Ghost King.
This person cannot make mistakes. Once he makes a mistake, no one will believe him even if he changes his ways.
"Then I'll agree to it?"
"Of course. This is a good thing that only we two brothers can have. If it were someone else, do you think there would be such an opportunity?"
Zhang Wuji was afraid that Lin Ye would go back on his word, so after Lin Ye agreed, he took Lin Ye to Canglan County that same day.
Lin Ye thought about it and finally agreed. There was indeed nothing wrong in Shangyang City now. Shangqing Temple and Miaoying Temple were both back on track. As for the beast Huangniu, no one knew where he had gone with the monster from Shuangmu Mountain.
I don’t know if he has managed to become the boss during these six years of being undercover.
There is another point that Lin Ye is worried about. At the beginning, the demon fairy only sealed the Ghost King for ten years. Now six years have passed and only four years are left. When the Ghost King breaks the seal and suffers a loss at the hands of the demon fairy, he probably won't dare to massacre the entire Shangyang City. However, Qingfeng Temple and Miaoying Temple will definitely not let it go.
Apart from that demon fairy, the only one who could contend with the Ghost King was the Half-Step Martial Saint from the God-level Sect.
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night!
At Qingfeng Temple, a tired figure slowly walked into the Taoist temple.
"Brother Daogu, are you out slaying demons again?"
Da Wu, who had just entered the Taoist temple, heard the voice and looked up at Lin Ye who was standing in front of the Sanqing Patriarch Hall. He explained, "Junior Brother Lin, the day before yesterday, there was a ghost in Mr. Zhuang's house outside the city. Mr. Zhuang found the Taoist temple. I went to investigate today and found that it was a female ghost causing trouble, so I sealed it off."
Daogu patted the package behind him, inside which was a porcelain jar, which he used to seal ghosts. Those ghosts that were not evil spirits and had not harmed people would be sealed in this porcelain jar, and he would send these ghosts to the underworld during the Ghost Festival.
Every year, dozens of porcelain jars are placed in the backyard of the Taoist temple.
“Don’t work too hard.” Lin Ye patted Daogu’s shoulder and said, “I’m going to Canglan County for a while, so you’ll have to look after the Taoist temple by yourself.”
"Okay, Junior Brother, are you going to Canglan County?"
"Go out for a walk. I've been staying in Shangyang City for all these years and haven't seen the outside world."
"Junior brother, you should go out for a walk. Master said that we cultivators need to travel to broaden our horizons."
Daogu had no objection to Lin Ye going to Canglan County. His junior brother was good in every way except that he was too lazy. He had been staying in Shangyang City for the past six years and had not even left the house most of the time.
"Take good care of yourself, don't overwork yourself, and don't forget what your master taught you."
After giving Daogu a few words of advice, Lin Ye left. He did not try to persuade Daogu because he knew why Daogu had changed so much in the past few years.
Daogu looked at Lin Ye's departing back and murmured, "Junior brother, I don't want to do this either, but I am the master of the Taoist temple. I have to protect the temple and avenge my master."
Qingfeng Temple is one of the nine great Taoist temples in the world.
Daogu knew clearly that other Taoist temples had been eyeing Qingfeng Temple's reputation. If he wanted to protect the temple, he had to make himself stronger. Only by slaying demons and eliminating evil again and again could he quickly improve his strength.
Also, he wants to avenge his master.
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The next day, Lin Ye left Shangyang City in a carriage, and the carriage headed slowly towards Canglan County.
In the carriage, Lin Ye lay on the specially made sofa with his eyes closed, while Tai Sui beside him was curiously looking at the scenery outside through the carriage window.
After a few years, Tai Sui's size has become half of its original size, and its color has changed from flesh color to green. When spread out, it looks like a piece of green cloth.
