Chapter 3

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　　Six　days　later.
　　At the home of Xu Taiping’s second uncle.
　　“What？ You want to sell Taiping？！”
　　Xu Taiping’s second uncle, Xu Erniu, looked at the second aunt in front of him with an expression of disbelief.
　　“Shh！…”
　　The second aunt with a fleshy face raised a finger, gesturing to the second uncle to keep his voice down.
　　“What do you mean by selling？ Becoming a servant in the Bai family village is an opportunity that ordinary people can’t even dream of.”
　　The second aunt gave the second uncle a blank look.
　　“That’s what you say, but after all, it’s becoming a slave…”
　　The second uncle was a bit Dilemma .
　　“In the Bai family, you can eat well, drink well, and use good things. What’s wrong with being a slave？ You don’t need to worry about this. I’ve already accepted the deposit.”
　　The second aunt waved her hand and made a very arbitrary decision.
　　“All right.”
　　The second uncle couldn’t argue with his wife, so he sighed softly and then nodded.
　　“Where　is　Taiping？”
　　The second aunt then asked.
　　“He’s still in the mourning hall. Today is the first seven days, and Taiping wants to keep vigil for the old man.”
　　The second uncle in mourning clothes wiped his mouth and replied.
　　“The people from the Bai family village have already arrived at the entrance of the village. You ask him to come back quickly.”
　　The second aunt gave the second uncle a blank look.
　　“They arrived so soon？”
　　The second uncle was a bit surprised.
　　“The young master of the Bai family village will go to the private school next month, and there happens to be a shortage of a book boy by his side. Otherwise, why would it be so fast？ Don’t talk nonsense anymore. Hurry up and bring that kid back from the mourning hall.”
　　The second aunt gave the second uncle a fierce glare and then urged again.
　　“But… but today is the first seven days of the old man. Shouldn’t we let Taiping stay until tonight？”
　　Second Uncle scratched his head with some difficulty.
　　As soon as Xu Taiping’s grandfather died, the couple was discussing how to get rid of Xu Taiping, the burden. However, Second Uncle still had some feelings of the past and was not willing to let Taiping go to the Bai family as a servant before the first seven days of mourning.
　　“The first seven days, the first seven days, what’s so special about the first seven days？ Is it more important than silver？ You！”
Second Aunt poked Second Uncle’s forehead with her hand with a look of being. which means hating iron for not becoming steel, used to describe someone who is disappointed with another person’s lack of progress or ability), and then whispered mysteriously into Second Uncle’s ear:
　　“Do you know how much silver the Bai family is willing to pay？ Thirty taels, thirty taels！”
　　Second Aunt’s eyes were full of greed.
　　Hearing this, Second Uncle was stunned at first, and then nodded vigorously and said：
　　“I’ll go and call Taiping right away.”
　　……
　　Half an hour later.
　　At the entrance of Qingniu Village.
　　Xu Taiping looked at the direction of the mourning hall reluctantly, and then pleaded with Second Uncle and Second Aunt in front of him：
　　“Second Uncle, really can’t I leave tomorrow？”
　　“Taiping, going to the Bai family to be a servant is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If you don’t leave now, by tomorrow, you won’t be able to go even if you want to！”
　　Second Aunt said to Xu Taiping with a big smile on her face.
　　“Second Aunt is worried that by tomorrow, she won’t be able to sell me for a good price, right？”
　　Xu Taiping looked at Second Aunt coldly.
　　Although he had been keeping vigil for the past few days, he had experienced the warmth and coldness of human relationships since childhood. How could he not know the secret deeds of his second aunt and second uncle？
　　The reason why Xu Taiping didn’t refuse or resist was, firstly, there was no way to resist, and secondly, he also felt that going to Baijiazhuang might be a good choice. After all, his grandfather had passed away and he had nothing to worry about here.
　　“You child, how can you talk to your aunt like that？ Your aunt is doing this for your own good！”
　　Upon hearing Xu Taiping’s words, his second uncle glared at him fiercely.
Don’t dawdle. Hurry up and get on the carriage. There have been reports of rat demons in this area recently. We have to reach Qingzhu Ridge before dark.”
　　At this time, the steward of the Bai family on the carriage behind Xu Taiping urged.
　　“Coming, coming！”
　　Upon hearing this, the second uncle and second aunt grabbed one of Taiping’s arms each without saying a word and forcibly dragged him onto the carriage.
Xu Taiping didn’t resist, but just felt a little cold.
　　……
Little guy, you should take a good look. This is the contract of indentation. you signed with the Bai family. From now on you are a slave of the Bai family and have nothing to do with this Qingniu Village or the Xu family anymore.”
In front of the carriage, after Xu Taiping pressed his fingerprint, the steward of the Bai family picked up the contract of indentation and waved it in his hand.
　　“Hmm.”
　　Taiping　nodded　expressionlessly.
　　“It seems the pill grandpa gave me has failed. Six days have passed and no immortal has come down to pick me up.”
　　While the steward of the Bai family was communicating with his second uncle and second aunt, Xu Taiping silently raised his head and looked up at the sky.
　　Regarding the matter of seeking immortality, he didn’t actually feel too disappointed. After all, the biggest motivation for him to become an immortal was to cure grandpa’s illness.
　　“Huh？ There is a white crane in the sky that is even bigger than a buffalo！”
　　“Where? Where?”
　　“Wait, there seem to be two people standing on that white crane！”
　　Just then, the villagers gathered at the entrance of the village suddenly let out a burst of exclamations.
Hearing this sound, Xu Taiping, the steward of the Bai family beside him, and the couple Erniu all raised their heads. Then they indeed found that a huge white crane appeared in the sky above their heads, and on the back of that white crane, there were vaguely two figures standing.
　　“Im… immortal？”
　　After being stunned for a few seconds, two words slowly came out of Xu Taiping’s mouth.
　　“It’s an immortal, it must be an immortal！”
　　At this time, many villagers also started shouting and yelling.
　　“Jī！… ”
Just then, accompanied by a crane’s cry two figures descended from the sky and slowly drifted down in front of the crowd at the entrance of the village.
　　The two were a man and a woman. One was wearing a sky-blue long gown, and the other was wearing a red dress. The man had sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, and was handsome and unrestrained. The woman’s eyebrows and eyes were like those of the Goddess of the Ninth Heaven descending to the mortal world, and her beauty made the scenery of Western Zhou pale in comparison.
　　“Sorry for the disturbance, everyone. I am a disciple of the Qingxuan Sect on Yunlu Mountain. Today, I came down the mountain with my junior sister to this place to look for a young person .”
　　The young man politely cupped his hands and saluted everyone.
　　When the people in Qingniu Village heard this, they were immediately in an uproar. They didn’t expect that these two people were actually immortals, and they were the immortals on the nearby Yunlu Mountain.
　　“May I ask, is there a young person named Xu Taiping in the village？”
　　At this time, the female disciple in red from Yunlu Mountain also cupped her hands and saluted everyone, and then asked with a smile on her face.
　　When the woman smiled, not only the men, but also the women felt a throb in their hearts.
　　“Xu…　Xu　Taiping？”
　　“It’s him, he is Xu Taiping！”
　　After being stunned for a few seconds, several villagers immediately pointed their fingers at Xu Taiping beside the carriage.
　　Most of the people in Qingniu Village knew each other, and what’s more, the Xu Taiping’s family was one of the few families with different surnames in the village, so most of them knew Xu Taiping.
　　“You are Xu Taiping？”
　　The female disciple in red took a step forward at this time and looked at the young person Xu Taiping with joy on her face.
　　“Yes.”
　　Xu　Taiping　nodded.
　　In fact, in his heart, he had already guessed the identities of these two people.
　　“Senior Brother.”
　　Seeing Taiping nod, the woman quickly turned her head to look at the young man behind her.
　　“The jade slip for transmitting skills has a reaction. He is the person we are looking for.”
　　The young man nodded and raised a jade slip in his hand that was emitting a faint green light towards the female disciple.
　　“This… This fairy, has my nephew here committed some kind of crime？”
　　At this time, the second uncle Xu Erniu finally couldn’t help but ask.
　　“Who asked you to meddle in other people’s business！”
　　As soon as Xu Erniu’s words came out, the second aunt on the side pulled him back and continued to maintain a distance of five or six feet from Xu Taiping.
　　Not only them, but at this time, the other villagers also stepped back one after another and maintained a certain distance from Xu Taiping.
　　Obviously, most of the villagers, like that Xu Erniu, guessed that it might be that Xu Taiping had committed some kind of crime, which led to the immortal coming down the mountain.
　　After all, this Qingniu Village is close to Yunlu Mountain. Even if they haven’t seen it with their own eyes, they have at least heard of the matter of the immortal coming down the mountain to get rid of demons.