Taoist Master and the Cat - Chapter 246

Although they had just come down the mountain, they often heard Su Miaomiao complaining about those matchmakers and girls. Gu Jialing just saw the grand occasion and got angry.

Xu Shou was very rational. The lady was just sitting outside doing nothing, so it was hard for him to make a move.

Su Miaomiao woke up from sleep, came to the front hall, climbed up the tree skillfully, and looked out together next to Gu Jialing.

When the gate of Qingxu Temple opened, the young lady who arrived first was supported by the maid beside her, and walked into the temple as if she had some serious illness.

Since she was pretending to be sick, the purpose of the young lady was to get Xie Jingyuan to come out to see her in person.

Uncle Sun and Uncle Wang couldn’t resist being entangled by a savage young girl. They couldn’t bear it, so they had no choice but to invite Xie Jingyuan.

“Will the Taoist master come out?” Gu Jialing asked Su Miaomiao who was more familiar with that situation.

Su Miaomiao didn’t say a word, it was the first time she met such a capable lady.

While scratching the branch, she thought that if the Taoist master dared to look at the young lady more, she would scratch his face.

In the backyard, when the two uncles saw Xie Jingyuan, they found that Xu Shou was also there, a majestic big black dog, squatting beside him like a guard.

Master Sun said hoarsely, “Jing Yuan, there is a girl who wants to see you, so you should go out and deal with it.”

Uncle Wang touched his lips that were also dry from dealing with the matchmakers every day, and said, “Yeah, we are already at this age, so how can we bear it?”

He finished making Su Miaomiao’s bed, and Gu Jialing’s bed was only 10% left, and it could be completed in half a day.

“Xu Shou, entertain them on my behalf, and be careful.”

Xu Shou nodded, and immediately, the big dog disappeared, and next to Xie Jingyuan, there appeared another “Taoist master of Qingxu Temple” who was exactly like him.

Xu Shou nodded to the two senior uncles and strode out.

Although he had Xie Jingyuan’s face, Su Miaomiao and Gu Jialing recognized him at a glance. Su Miaomiao had a smile on her face, watching the play comfortably from above.

Xie Jingyuan was not a person who cared about delicate women and Xu Shou didn’t know such things, so he took the pulse of that lady with a cold face, and said in one word that she was pretending to be sick.

The lady’s pretty face flushed, and she said, “Master, I came to propose marriage earlier, why didn’t you accept it?”

Seeing her beauty and being able to guess her family background through the silk and satin on her body and the jewelry on her head, he should be willing, right?

Xu Shou glanced at her with no expression on his face, and said, “When I become an immortal, I will marry an immortal in heaven. Even if I accept, how can you match me with a mortal body?”

A beautiful face turned red and then white, and finally she cried, as she left with grief and indignation.

Xu Shou remained unmoved, and continued to guard the front hall as Xie Jingyuan, waiting to deal with other women on behalf of the Taoist master.

On the tree, Gu Jialing flapped his wings and said, “Xu Shou’s face is really colder and stinkier than that of the Taoist master. This stink is not a smell… Forget it, you wont understand if I tell you, but if Xu Shou talks like this, will it not damage the Taoist master’s reputation?”

“What kind of reputation? As long as the Taoist master can eliminate demons, it doesn’t matter if his reputation is good or bad.”

In the following days, they watched Xu Shou offend one matchmaker after another, and one lady after another.

Those matchmakers and young ladies came from villages and towns with a radius of dozens of miles. When they went down the mountain, they would soon spread the news that no one in Qingxu Temple wanted to marry a mortal.

“Taoist Master, aren’t you angry that Xu Shou said that?” In the evening when they shared dinner, Gu Jialing asked curiously.

Xu Shou looked at Xie Jingyuan worriedly.

“No.”

Gu Jialing said in surprise, “Do you look down on beauties in the mortal world, and only wait to marry an immortal in the future?”

That time, it was Su Miaomiao who took a sneak peek at Xie Jingyuan.

Xie Jingyuan still answered in two simple words, “No.”

After dinner, Xie Jingyuan took out Gu Jialing’s new nest and Xu Shou’s kennel inlaid with black pearls.

Gu Jialing was very satisfied, and decided to take the bird’s nest to the back mountain. Even if it required penance, he had to sleep in a comfortable and beautiful nest at night.

Xu Shou also decided to take the kennel to the back mountain. He didn’t want to enjoy it, but when he saw the kennel, he would remember how kind the Taoist master was to him, and he would practice harder.

Xie Jingyuan had something else to explain, “Recently, there are too many idle people in the temple, disturbing the tranquility, so I decided to go out for a while and come back later.”

He didn’t want to disturb the temple because of the marriage issue.

Xie Jingyuan planned to leave for half a year, so Xu Shou immediately said, “I will go with you!”

Before Gu Jialing had time to speak, Xie Jingyuan refused, “Cultivation is important, you stay in the back mountain, and if there are any troubles in the temple or with the people around, you can help solve them.”

Su Miaomiao raised her head vigilantly and asked, “What about me?”

Xie Jingyuan looked at her, thought for a moment, and said, “You can come down the mountain with me.”

Su Miaomiao laughed, and the cat became lazy again.

Gu Jialing was dissatisfied, “Why can she go out with you to eat, drink and have fun?”

Xu Shou whispered to him, “The Taoist master is worried that she will cause trouble here, and the two uncles can’t control her.”

Gu Jialing was enlightened immediately, and when he looked at Su Miaomiao again, there was a trace of sympathy in his eyes.

Su Miaomiao didn’t bother to think about what he was thinking.

At dawn the next day, Xu Shou and Gu Jialing came to say goodbye to Xie Jingyuan, and then went to the back of the mountain to practice hard.

Xie Jingyuan simply packed a bag, had breakfast, greeted the two uncles, and took Su Miaomiao down the mountain.

When he left, he was almost telling those enthusiastic matchmakers and ladies that he really had no intention of getting married.