I studied abroad in modern times

"Senior brother, are you joking?"

Although the fat senior brother's expression was humble and warm, Zheng Fa's response was very cold.

It was impossible to go back - the ship was really going to turn around, and he could offend a whole bunch of people.

This senior brother's words seemed very insincere.

The fat senior brother smiled slightly awkwardly and winked at the other senior brother next to him.

The senior brother immediately handed over a small, square box.

"This is?"

Zheng Fa had some expectations.

Sure enough, when I opened it, there were piles of gold.

At a rough glance, there are about fifty or sixty taels.

"Thanks to Junior Brother, our book sales are very good - I originally wanted to split up with Junior Brother, but now that we are both members of Senior Sister Zhang and have become a family, let alone that."

Zheng Fa was silent for a moment and asked, "Senior Brother, how much would that book cost in the Jiushan Sect?"

"It sells for eight taels in the market." The fat senior brother whispered: "It costs four taels to purchase the goods, and we earn six taels of gold from one book..."

Zheng Fa nodded. These three senior brothers were more measured than he thought.

Then there are almost sixty taels of gold in this box—the extra twenty taels of gold earned by these three people are all here.

Zheng Fa thought for a while, took out two taels of gold from it, and then closed the box again.

"I'll just keep this money."

The fat senior brother had a smile on his face.

Then I heard Zheng Fa say again: "Please also ask three senior brothers to return the remaining money in this box, two taels each."

"ah?"

"Isn't it okay?"

"If you give this money to junior brother, you will naturally dispose of it, but... give it back?"

"Give it back."

"Junior brother, you are really... good!"

The fat senior brother looked at him for a while, and the smile on his face seemed to fade a little. He actually stopped talking to him about his family, and simply walked out of the room with the box in his arms.

After walking a few steps, a senior brother next to him asked: "Why are we leaving?"

"Still not leaving? This Junior Brother Zheng is not easy to fool!" The smile on Fat Senior Brother's face gradually disappeared and he said solemnly.

"ah?"

"Why do we give him money?"

"Apologise?"

The fat senior brother shook his head: "It's just a big hug! We talk about Senior Sister Zhang every day. Does Senior Sister Zhang recognize us? This junior brother has really been taught by Senior Sister Zhang. If we give him money, aren't we the same as doing things for him? of?"

The junior brother suddenly realized: "Let him join us in the same trap!"

"Bah!" Fat Senior Brother kicked him: "That's called helping each other in the same boat!"

"Then why are we leaving?"

"This junior brother is so proud. He is not willing to hang out with us for this little money. He is not the same as us!"

"I understand, he wants to be a good person."

"No, he is taking our money and trying to be a good person."

After finishing speaking, the fat senior brother looked at the box in his hand and gritted his teeth.

"Are we really going to pay it back?"

"I'll pay it back first this time. I want to see if Senior Sister Zhang really values ​​him!" Fatty Senior Brother sneered: "Who doesn't understand Senior Sister Zhang's temperament? Who has she been close to? I'll wait for me to figure out the money. Let’s find out the details of this person!”

…

"Jiushan Sect has arrived!"

There was a burst of cheers in the corridor, and Zheng Fa couldn't help opening the door and walking downstairs. There were people on the deck.

Several new disciples greeted Zheng Fa one after another.

Because of Fat Senior Brother's repayment of money, Zheng Fa has become a bit more popular among this group of people recently.

"Zheng Fa!" Zhou Qianyuan waved to him from the end of the deck: "Look, Jiu Shan Sect."

Nine continuous towering peaks appeared in front.

The one in the middle is particularly high, much like the ninth mountain that Zheng Fa climbed.

The remaining eight are divided into two sides, like its two outstretched arms, surrounding a valley.

There is a valley mouth surrounded by the two arms, and there is a turbulent river outside the valley mouth.

Zheng Fa always felt a little familiar looking at it——

If these nine peaks are regarded as city walls, then this river is equivalent to a moat.

If we guard the entrance of the valley, this place will be easy to defend but difficult to attack, but I don't know how Jiu Shan Sect can defend against those monks who can fly into the sky and escape from the earth.

Zheng Fa and others' boat shook slightly and slowly landed in the river at the mouth of the valley.

This is a pier. There are so many boats on the pier and it is extremely lively.

Even the shore is bustling with people coming and going.

There was only one place that was a bit empty - a figure that looked familiar to Zheng Fa stood there.

It was Senior Sister Zhang.

Senior Sister Zhang saw Zheng Fa and nodded towards him, as if beckoning him to come over.

Behind him, Fat Senior Brother stared blankly at Zheng Fa walking towards Senior Sister Zhang.

"That's Senior Sister Zhang!" his companion shouted.

"I've seen it!"

"Then have you ever seen Senior Sister Zhang smile so happily?"

"..."

"Then let's touch his bottom?"

"...Don't reveal my name before you die." The fat senior brother walked away.

Zheng Fa looked at Senior Sister Zhang's flowery smile and then at her outstretched palm, feeling speechless.

This person is not here to pick him up.

I'm here to push for manuscripts.

Zheng Fa handed over the exercise book he had written. Senior Sister Zhang tiptoed in her hand, nodded with satisfaction and said, "I'll take you to where you live."

The two of them left our pier side by side. Senior Sister Zhang suddenly asked: "What did you buy on the way?"

"?"

Zheng Fa looked up at Senior Sister Zhang.

Senior Sister Zhang glanced at him and said, "Why do you think I asked you to bring more money?"

"Sister, do you know this?" Zheng Fa took out "Zhang Zhenren Lun Fu".

"This is a compilation of my lectures at Fufa Pavilion." Senior Sister Zhang said, "If you sell a copy, I will get a tael of gold."

...Are you really the protective umbrella of those three criminals?

"Only if I take the money according to the rules can they dare to make money according to the rules." Senior Sister Zhang seemed to know what he was thinking and said calmly.

"...Senior sister also knows about what happened on the ship?"

"What's going on? I don't know, I can guess it. I first scared you when I got on the ship, and then locked you in the cabin to sell things. The new disciples didn't dare to offend these people, and they thought they were not easy to mess with, so they bought them all."

"..."

"Don't you think that the decline of spiritual energy is something that happened in the past few years?" Senior Sister Zhang glanced at him: "Old disciples have bullied new disciples and squeezed oil from people like you who don't understand anything for a long time."

Only then did Zheng Fa understand.

He had always wondered before, one or two hundred taels of gold was a lot, but it was nothing to a cultivator—how could it be worth the risk for the three senior brothers?

It turned out to be a routine!

What kind of style does this Jiu Shan Sect have?

"There are rules. They won't do anything - as long as you bite the bullet and don't buy it, they won't really do anything to you." Senior Sister Zhang seemed to have seen his thoughts.

Zheng Fa thought about it. Although those senior brothers were rough, they did not seem to do anything harmful to anyone. If their cold faces at the beginning were excluded, this group of people actually seemed to be quite law-abiding.

"Why is this so?"

He still couldn't understand.

"After the spiritual power faded, the lower class disciples became more and more resentful... Compared to killing people and seizing treasures, the sect can tolerate asking for money."

Zheng Fa was silent.

Senior Sister Zhang turned to look at Zheng Fa and suddenly said: "I was also deceived by Senior Brother."

"What happened next?"

"Later, those senior brothers went to sell books for me." Senior Sister Zhang said calmly. She walked to a small courtyard and stopped: "As long as you are strong enough, you can ignore these."

When Senior Sister Zhang left, she said to Zheng Fa: "With the decline of spiritual power, the Immortal Sect is by no means a good place. If you can't deal with these people and things, I have misjudged you... Now, these are just for you. A little bit of practice.”

…

The next day, when Zheng Fa opened the door, he found the fat senior brother squatting at the door of his courtyard with a bitter look on his face.

"Senior brother, what are you..."

"Senior Sister Zhang said, Junior Brother, you are new to Jiu Shan Sect and you want me to guide you for a few days." Fat Senior Brother said in a sad tone, not like he was willing to do so: "Today we will go to register your life tablet and receive your skills..."

...Why do you feel that the person that Senior Sister Zhang wants to sharpen is this Senior Brother?