Soon someone came, it was Hui Yuan again, and he shouted fiercely:
"What are you fussing about? Are you itchy?"
Chen Qingzhu looked extremely hungry:
"I'm starving! Please give me something to eat!"
"Please ask Senior Sister to tell the abbot that I was wrong that day. I am willing to listen to her!"
Upon hearing this, Huiyuan immediately went to report to the abbot.
The abbot seemed to want to leave Chen Qingzhu alone, and almost an hour passed before he came to see her.
"Have you thought about it?"
Chen Qingzhu nodded eagerly:
"As long as I can eat well, dress well, and live well like Senior Sister Huiyun every day, I'm willing to do anything!"
The abbot smiled with satisfaction and asked someone to bring her food.
This time she was given a few meat buns and a bowl of thicker porridge.
From the attitude of Jingci Temple in the past few days, it can be seen that they regard her as a good commodity to be cultivated and have no intention of killing her.
As for drugging, aphrodisiacs are not cheap and will not be used on a "soft-hearted" person like her.
What's more, even if the drug was given, there had to be a male customer. It was snowing heavily, and the snowy road was difficult to walk on. It was not convenient to send people down the mountain, and no one came up the mountain to have fun.
She ate the food with confidence, wiped her mouth, and then began to complain about being given only this kind of food.
The abbot saw her shallow appearance and felt that she was under his control. He started to make fun of her:
"Huiyun is the most popular person in the nunnery. If you want to compete with her, you must have the same ability as her! You haven't even performed the rituals yet, and all you have is food."
Chen Qingzhu frowned, as if thinking about something, and then said impatiently:
"Then when will Master let me go to perform the rituals and meet the nobles?"
The host looked at her critically:
"Your current appearance is not pleasing to the nobles, so take care of yourself for a while. As for where to live, wait until you are well and can perform the ritual before changing your residence."
"If you want to live a good life, you should learn from your Senior Sister Huiyun during this period of time to take care of your health."
He is well aware of the boss's promises to employees and is also very careful with his money. He will never give extra bait to the fish he has already caught.
"Then I will go find Senior Sister Huiyun right away."
Seeing Chen Qingzhu so active, the abbot was secretly proud of his own clever tactics.
Little did they know that all this was part of Chen Qingzhu's plan.
*
Seeing Chen Qingzhu coming to learn "skills" with a flattering look on her face, Huiyun frowned and looked at her for a while, then said, "That's it."
Then I really told her the relevant things.
The first thing he did was to ask her to go to the kitchen to get some goat milk, soak it in it every morning and evening, and apply it on her face, hands and feet. He also taught her a secret of sex skills and asked her to practice it diligently when she returned home.
He personally pointed her out, made sure she had learned it, and then sent her away.
She didn't talk much, but what she taught was all crucial. She didn't seem to have any concerns about "teaching her apprentice and starving herself to death", which surprised Chen Qingzhu.
This Huiyun seemed to be different from what she imagined.
Thanks to Huiyun's straightforwardness, Chen Qingzhu only needed to go to her place for quarter of an hour every day for classes, and could practice for the rest of the time.
Probably in order to help her recover quickly, Jingci Temple provided her with three adequate meals a day, with meat and eggs, and also gave her two cans of goat's milk.
After eating better food, her cultivation state was actually better than before, and it made up for the time she had to spend performing at Huiyun's place every day.
It snowed every day for the next few days, and the snow on the mountain path became thicker and thicker. No one went up the mountain, and people on the mountain couldn't go down. There was no danger at all for Chen Qingzhu.
This was also the reason why she was willing to be so hypocritical with Master Ci'an.
The days were peaceful and five days passed quickly.
One night, Chen Qingzhu was suddenly startled by a sharp cry.
"Master! Please don't!"
"Master, no!"
Chen Qingzhu frowned slightly. What evil thing was this old nun Ci'an doing again?
Crying is not uncommon in Jingci Temple.
After being here for many days, she saw nuns from Xiyuan being beaten almost every day.
Jingci Nunnery does not keep idle people. There are fifty or sixty nuns in total, among whom about twenty are from the Discipline Hall, that is, the thugs in the nunnery.
There are a dozen or so good-looking girls who are there to entertain customers.
The remaining twenty or so people had to do the basic tasks of sweeping, washing clothes, carrying water, chopping wood, collecting firewood and cooking, as well as digging the land, growing vegetables and raising livestock. When they were not doing these things, they had to sew, embroider and weave cloth, and they were busy all day long.
Every morning Huiyuan would bring the fat and strong nuns from the Discipline Hall to check on the completion of the previous day's work. If she found anyone was lazy, she would whip them.
How she fights depends entirely on her mood.
Chen Qingzhu could hear cries and begging for mercy every day.
But this time the crying was particularly frightening.
After decades in the world of cultivation, she is no longer a gentle and kind person.
But the people she saved at Jingci Temple could very likely help her overthrow Jingci Temple in the future. As long as it didn't put herself in danger, she wouldn't mind going to take a look.
She opened the door and looked around, and found that no one except her dared to come out to see.
Following the direction of the sound, she poked a hole in the window paper and peeked inside.
Ci'an and several nuns from the Discipline Hall were in the room. Three of them were holding down the disheveled woman who was struggling frantically, and were trying to tear off her pants and spread her legs.
The other woman approached with a red-hot iron in her hand, scaring the woman who was being held down so much that she continued to make terrified grunting sounds even though her mouth was stuffed.
Ci'an became impatient and scolded:
"Okay, why are you howling? It's your own fault that you got sick! Hurry up and get it done so you can go back to sleep!"
The last sentence was urging the nun holding the branding iron.
The man was obviously an experienced hand as well, and without hesitation he put the branding iron on the private parts of the woman who was being held down.
"what--"
Even with her mouth blocked, the woman still let out a shrill scream.
Green smoke came out, and Chen Qingzhu could smell the odor of burnt flesh while standing beside the bed.
As if one time was not enough, the nun holding the branding iron took the second and third pieces and continued to burn the body of the woman who was being held down.
This time, the woman couldn't bear the severe pain. She let out a short scream of pain and fainted.
"Leave one person to look after it, and the rest of you can go back and rest."
Seeing that Ci'an and others were about to leave, Chen Qingzhu also quickly left and returned to his own utility room.
Fortunately, it was night and no one noticed her footprints.
Two days later, in the afternoon, Chen Qingzhu heard the noise coming from the room that night again.
Huiyuan was directing several nuns from the Discipline Hall, carrying the woman who had been burned by the branding iron that night and was walking towards her.
One of them sighed as he walked:
"It's obvious that she can't make it! In this cold weather, pinching her ankles through her pants can keep them warm!"
Another person laughed and said:
"It's so warm, take it home and warm the bed!"
"Bah! What bad luck! You took her back to warm the bed!"
A few people walked up to Chen Qingzhu, chatting and laughing.
He walked past her, pushed open the door, and threw her directly into the straw pile in the storage room where she lived.
Before throwing it away, Huiyuan bent down and took away Chen Qingzhu's quilt, saying:
"Don't let her dirty this nice quilt again."
"What is this for?"
Chen Qingzhu has to ask for the right answer.
Huiyuan glanced at her:
"You're lucky. Someone made room for you just a few days after you arrived. Master said that you'll be living in Huijing's room from now on. Pack up and move in!"
Huijing was obviously the woman's name.
"It's cold... so cold... I beg you, please ask Master to get me a doctor..."
Huijing prayed in a weak voice.
Huiyuan spat impatiently:
"You shameless bitch, you have a dirty disease that you want to see a doctor! You have no shame, but we at Jingci Temple still have some respect!"
After saying that, he led a few people to stride away, walked into Huijing's room, dragged out a quilt, sheets and other things, and threw them on the snow. Someone else took tung oil and prepared to pour it on the snow, obviously intending to set it on fire.
Chen Qingzhu walked over in time to stop them:
"It's going to burn anyway, why not cover Huijing first."
Huiyuan sneered:
"You're so kind. Okay, just carry it over to her yourself. We don't want to get our hands on this filth again."
Chen Qingzhu came back with the quilt and saw the old nun with scars on her face who had brought her food last time, feeding Huijing water with a coarse porcelain bowl.
"Thank you, Senior Sister Hui'an!"
Huijing thanked him weakly.
Only then did Chen Qingzhu realize that her name was Hui'an.
Hui'an took the quilt from Chen Qingzhu without saying a word and covered Huijing tightly. He then grabbed a handful of snow from outside, wrapped it in a cloth, and applied it on Huijing's forehead.
Chen Qingzhu couldn't help much, so he went to Huijing's room and continued practicing.
Before her cultivation reached the first level of Qi Refining, she could do nothing.
However, the next morning, she still shared her porridge with Huijing.
He stuffed another egg into Hui'an's hand.
"Senior Sister Hui'an, please eat an egg to replenish your body."
Chen Qingzhu only realized after being able to move freely these days that ordinary nuns like Hui'an usually do rough and tiring work, and not only do they eat poorly, but the portions are only enough to fill their stomachs.
Three steamed buns a day were the only dry food, and the rest was thin porridge made from wild vegetables, pumpkin and a little brown rice.
Before, giving her two steamed buns every day meant that she herself would go hungry.
Hui'an didn't answer the call, nor did he pay any attention to her. He just kept busy with his own business.
Chen Qingzhu insisted on giving it to her, so she stopped and said coldly:
"I won't eat the dirty food they give me."
He seemed to think she was dirty.
Chen Qingzhu was not angry, she was just pretending anyway, there was no point.
"Senior sister is wrong. How can good food be dirty? Only humans have dirty hearts and evil minds."
Her face showed no emotion, but Hui An was a little embarrassed. After a while, he said:
"I don't blame you... It's your freedom to choose whatever you want. We are all poor people, so who can despise anyone else?"
Although his tone was a little awkward, it was much softer than usual.
Most people in the world blame victims for not being perfect. Hui An is clearly not that kind of person.
Chen Qingzhu was satisfied:
"Senior sister is a good person. Good people will be rewarded."
When she takes control of Jingci Temple, she will definitely make use of Hui'an.
People who are kind and have bottom lines are always safer to use than those who are cruel and ruthless.
Hui'an laughed sarcastically:
"How could a good reward end up like this?"
Having said that, he still carefully blew the porridge to cool it down and brought it to Huijing's mouth.
There was no point in saying more, so Chen Qingzhu returned to his room and continued practicing.
She had a feeling that she would be able to break through to the first level of Qi Refining tonight.
Tomorrow, everything will be different.
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