Taoist Master and the Cat - Chapter 237

Although Xie Jingyuan hunted the fox, because he was too young, Xiao Heng subconsciously thought that he might have used some kind of trickery. So if the cultivation level of the two was compared, even Xie Jingyuan would not be as good as him.

He was thinking a lot, and Gu Jialing had already asked, “What demon?”

“It’s just a 500-year-old scorpion.”

Five hundred years!

Not to mention Su Miaomiao and Gu Jialing, even Xu Shou could only escape for his life against the five-hundred-year-old poisonous scorpion! However, because the three of them knew that Xie Jingyuan had the strength to deal with three thousand-year-old demons at the same time, so when the Taoist master said that the poisonous scorpion was only five hundred years old, the three demons showed an expression that said that it was indeed easy for the Taoist master to subdue that demon.

When Xiao Heng saw it, his heart sank quickly.

He could feel that Xie Jingyuan also had some thoughts on Su Miaomiao, but he boasted of his background and financial resources, and so did not regard Xie Jingyuan as an opponent. Judging by the smiling faces that Su Miaomiao gave him in the past two days, it was much more than Xie Jingyuan.

But was Xie Jingyuan’s cultivation so high?

“We stayed in Fucheng for so long and it’s time for us to go on the road.”

After paying off the money, Xie Jingyuan left his seat and bid farewell to Xiao Heng with a distant expression.

As soon as he left, the three others followed.

It took Xiao Heng a while to realize that even if Xie Jingyuan liked Su Miaomiao, the Taoist masters of Qingxu Temple couldn’t get married, which was revealed to him by Mr. Su himself.

Thinking so, Xiao Heng chased after Su Miaomiao in a hurry, and stopped her when she was about to step into the carriage.

Xu Shou was already sitting in the driver’s seat. Seeing him, he frowned, jumped down, and stood with Xie Jingyuan and Gu Jialing, staring at Xiao Heng vigilantly.

The parting was imminent, but Xiao Heng couldn’t care about it anymore, he looked at Gu Jialing, then cast his eyes on Su Miaomiao. His fair and handsome face quickly turned red.

Su Miaomiao looked at him in astonishment.

The last time she saw that face, it was the Taoist with red ears!

Xiao Heng had already opened his mouth, but because he was nervous, he stuttered a little, “Miss Su, I, I, I liked you the first time I saw you. If you want, I want to go back with you and personally propose marriage to your father.”

As soon as those words came out, Gu Jialing opened his mouth in shock, and Xu Shou was also a little surprised. Unexpectedly Xiao Heng was not simply interested in Su Miaomiao, but wanted to ask for marriage.

Xie Jingyuan lowered his eyes, waiting for Su Miaomiao’s answer.

Su Miaomiao finally stopped thinking about the red ears, took a look at Xiao Heng, and directly refused, “I don’t want to marry you.”

Xiao Heng’s blushing face suddenly turned pale.

Su Miaomiao ignored him and was about to get in the carriage, but Xiao Heng blurted out, “Why don’t you want to marry me?”

Of course, Su Miaomiao had many reasons.

First, a demon had a different path. If she married Xiao Heng, she may be punished by heaven.

Second, even if she would not be punished and she could really marry, she only wanted to marry the Taoist master.

Thinking so, Su Miaomiao looked at Xie Jingyuan.

After looking at each other, Xie Jingyuan quickly lowered his eyes.

Xu Shou and Gu Jialing’s attention was focused on Xiao Heng, a silly Taoist master who actually liked the cat. So they naturally didn’t notice the eye contact between their Taoist master and the cat.

Xiao Heng saw it clearly. Since Su Miaomiao already had her own crush and didn’t care about his background and financial resources at all, he could only accept it.

Frustrated in love, Xiao Heng turned and left silently.

The group of four got into the carriage one after another.

Xu Shou was driving the carriage outside, and inside, Gu Jialing tutted at Su Miaomiao, “There is actually a Taoist master who wants to marry you, but he is just bewitched by your beauty. If he knows that you are lazy, greedy, cunning and overbearing, he will never like you again.”

The few words he used were full of derogatory meanings in people’s eyes, but Su Miaomiao was such a cat. So she didn’t feel offended, and just looked at Xie Jingyuan with a smile.

Xie Jingyuan: “…”

Just when he was worried that Su Miaomiao would say something inappropriate in front of Gu Jialing, she reached out to him and said, “Taoist Master, you can give me my ten thousand taels of silver now.”

Xie Jingyuan gave Su Miaomiao and Gu Jialing ten thousand taels of silver each, and Xu Shou’s share was reserved for Qingxu Temple because he refused to take it.

In addition to money, Xie Jingyuan also had to fulfill his promise to give the three demons a gift each to show his gratitude.

So, they passed by another bustling county town on their way, and the group of four went for a stroll in it.

There was a store specializing in the sale of furniture in the city where Gu Jialing saw the legendary Babu bed.

“It’s not a bed, it’s like a house.”

Gu Jialing circled around the Babu bed, wishing to buy it right away and bring it back to Qingxu Temple.

Su Miaomiao was not very satisfied with that Babu bed, because it was not made of Jichimu wood, and there were no precious stones on it.

Since she didn’t like it, Gu Jialing also gave up that Babu bed in order to prove that his vision was equally high.

Xie Jingyuan drew the structure of the Babu bed, and suggested, “We can buy wood and I’ll make a small bed for you each, and the money saved can be used to buy gems.”

Xu Shou felt that the kennel that the Taoist master made for him was already very good, and he refused to let the Taoist master spend any more money.

But the gratitude gift still needed to be prepared. So when Su Miaomiao and Gu Jialing ran into the jewelry store to pick gems, Xie Jingyuan also picked out a box of high-quality black pearls for Xu Shou.

“You keep it aside first, and I’ll help you embed it when we get back.”

Xu Shou took the pearl box with both hands, and tears appeared faintly in his black eyes.

Gu Jialing came over, looked at his black pearls, and said with disgust, “They are too ugly.”

Xu Shou was satisfied. He liked black, black looked the best, and the Taoist master was also very discerning.