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Chapter 98 I am truly sinful. How about I marry both of them at the same time?

Shen Yi's gaze toward Xiao Qing took on a strange quality. If Bai Suzhen was so devoted to Taoism, why didn't he just pursue Xiao Qing himself?

"Xiaoqing, stop fooling around."

Bai Suzhen patted Xiaoqing's hand and gently scolded, "These tears were collected by Fellow Daoist Shen. Without these tears, how could Fellow Daoist Shen become an immortal?"

"It's not entirely about becoming an immortal."

Shen Yi waved his hand and explained, "These eight are tears of life. To become a true immortal, one needs eight kinds of tears: birth, old age, sickness, death, love, hate, separation, and parting."

"Tears of Life?"

Xiaoqing looked completely bewildered.

"To put it simply, if I collect ten of these Tears of Life and refine them into an elixir, I can become the kind of human immortal I mentioned before. But if I collect all eight kinds of tears, I can be ranked among the immortals."

To put it bluntly, true immortals have been given official positions and passed the civil service exam, while human immortals are merely like auxiliary police officers. For example, this Pudu Immortal was originally a demon in the story, and Fahai could make him dizzy just by chanting scriptures.

Pudu Immortal: ...

"I understood this time!"

Xiaoqing's eyes darted around, and she immediately sidled up to Shen Yi, reaching for the jade bottle in his arms. "Give me four! I'll live forever with you!"

She wasn't particularly obsessed with becoming an immortal, nor was she interested in any kind of immortality, but since she could become an immortal anyway, she might as well become a human immortal.

Shen Yi sidestepped, protecting the jade bottle: "You wish."

"Don't forget, you still owe me a magic pill."

Xiaoqing said, "You still haven't given me that magic pill from before."

"Alright, alright, if that's the case, you still owe me a life."

Shen Yi retorted, "Without my elixir, you would have been dead long ago."

As the two were arguing, Bai Suzhen gently shook her head and handed the teardrop back to Shen Yi: "Young Master Shen, I cannot accept this tear. The Bodhisattva instructed me to collect it myself. If I were to take yours, I would be failing the Bodhisattva's profound intention."

"Since that's the case, how about this?"

Seeing her resolute expression, Shen Yi stopped refusing and put the beads back into the bottle. He pointed to the umbrella shop behind him and said, "Although my shop is not big, there are a few empty rooms in the backyard. If you don't mind, the two young ladies can stay here. It's easier to collect tears in the various aspects of life in Qiantang County than to live in the wilderness."

Tears of life are not difficult to collect, and he did not insist that Bai Suzhen owe anyone a favor. If she were to incur a huge favor, it would affect her cultivation.

"Great! Living here is much better than living in the barren mountains! Sister, look, there are willow trees and a lake here!"

Just as Bai Suzhen was about to decline, Xiaoqing readily agreed.

She glanced helplessly at Xiaoqing, then at Shen Yi's slightly smiling eyes, and felt a sudden panic. She subconsciously said, "Then... I'm sorry to bother you, Young Master Shen."

"I won't bother you, but please wait a moment while I get ready."

He turned and went into the backyard, took out a brush from his sleeve, dipped it in some cinnabar, and drew several runes on the inside of the courtyard wall. Then, he made hand seals and uttered a low shout, "Open!"

The runes on the courtyard wall suddenly lit up, and the entire wall seemed to come alive, silently shifting three zhang to the west, creating a large open space. Immediately afterwards, the soil on the ground churned up on its own, and the remaining wood and bricks that Ba Liang and Lian Qiao had been working on earlier flew into the air from the pile of materials, combining, splicing, and stacking themselves in mid-air.

In less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, three brand-new houses stood neatly within the courtyard wall. Bai Suzhen stared at them intently, while Xiaoqing's mouth dropped open: "What kind of magic is this?"

"This is my unique skill—the Seamless Stretching Spell."

Shen Yi patted non-existent dust off his hands. "Just a little trick."

Xiaoqing: ……

Is that what you call a petty trick?

"Shopkeeper! Is the shopkeeper there? It's raining heavily, I've come to buy an umbrella!"

As everyone was chatting, a shout came from the shop. Lian Qiao instinctively walked towards the shop, while the others couldn't help but raise their eyebrows.

Upon entering the counter, Lian Qiao noticed a young man in a blue robe standing in front of her. He had a handsome face and an air of scholarly refinement. A few strands of his hair were wet from the rain and stuck to his forehead, making him look somewhat disheveled.

"Li Gui!"

Lian Qiao's eyes widened. "You still dare to show your face in front of me?"

"Li Gui?"

The young man looked bewildered, pointed to himself, and said, "Are you calling me? My name is Xu Xian, Xu as in betrothed, and Xian as in immortal. I am not called Li Gui."

"Are you kidding me...?"

Just as Lianqiao was about to have an attack, she suddenly realized that Li Gui could only tell the truth now and could not lie at all.

Could this person in front of me really not be Li Gui? But he looks so much like him!

"By the way, Li Gui is my maternal uncle!"

Xu Xian slapped his forehead. There was nothing he could do; he always called him "Uncle," and suddenly hearing someone address him as Li Gui, he really couldn't react for a moment.

"Tsk, what kind of umbrella would you like, sir?"

Although she realized that the person in front of her was not Li Gui, Lian Qiao was too badly hurt earlier and couldn't give this face a friendly look, not to mention that the other party was Li Gui's nephew, so they must be birds of a feather!

"Uh, the cheapest kind, as long as it can keep out the rain."

Xu Xian felt a little embarrassed. Without the silver given to him by Bai Suzhen in the original story, he was now penniless.

Lian Qiao didn't say anything sarcastic. She took an oil-paper umbrella from the shelf and handed it to him. Xu Xian took the umbrella and was about to bend down to get the money when he caught a glimpse of the direction behind Lian Qiao and was stunned.

At the entrance to the courtyard, Bai Suzhen, holding an umbrella, slowly walked out from the backyard. Raindrops fell around her, and through the mist, her face, as bright as the moon, seemed to have stepped out of a painting.

Lian Qiao followed his gaze and coughed lightly, "Hey, Xu Xian, you bought the umbrella, aren't you going to pay yet?"

"Huh? Oh, oh, oh!"

Xu Xian snapped out of his daze, his ears turning bright red. He hurriedly opened his umbrella, pulled out a few coins from his pocket, and placed them on the counter. "Thank you so much!"

After saying that, he rushed into the rain as if he were fleeing, and after running a few steps, he couldn't help but look back.

"It really is that foolish scholar who helped Fahai copy scriptures at Banbuduo!"

Xiaoqing walked over, her face instantly darkening. "It's him! My sister's elixir was stolen because he helped Fahai break the seal!"

As she spoke, she rolled up her sleeves and was about to rush out, but Bai Suzhen grabbed her arm: "Xiaoqing, don't be impulsive."

"elder sister!"

"He was just a mortal, and he was being used by Fahai without even realizing it."

Bai Suzhen shook her head, her gaze fixed on the figure that had disappeared into the rain, and said calmly, "Besides, it was Fahai who stole the elixir, and it has nothing to do with this scholar."

Xiaoqing stomped her foot: "But I just can't stand it!"

"Judging from his appearance, he's probably already forgotten about what happened half a step ago."

Shen Yi thought to himself, it seems that there is no deity controlling Xu Xian behind the scenes. It's just that Xu Xian and Bai Suzhen will probably not be able to be together in this life because of my interference.

Alas, I am truly sinful. Perhaps I should marry them both at the same time?