Chapter 4

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　　“What crime has been committed？”
　　The female disciple in red heard this and laughed “puchi”, then waved her hand and said：
　　“We didn’t come down the mountain this time to subdue demons. We came to pick up this young man Xu Taiping and take him up the mountain.”
　　“Up　the　mountain？”
　　Everyone, including Xu Erniu, still looked confused.
　　“Xu Taiping has developed a spiritual bone and his name has been entered into the immortal registry. We have come today to take him up the mountain and have him worship under Qingxuan.”
　　The young man explained to everyone with a calm expression.
“Worship under… A student of Qingxuan’s. Then in the future, wouldn’t he… wouldn’t he also become an immortal? My Xu family… the Xu family is going to have an immortal?
Upon hearing the young man’s words, Xu Erniu was like being struck by lightning and stood there dumbfounded, muttering to himself non-stop.
　　The two disciples of Qingxuanmen, a man and a woman, ignored the villagers and stretched out their hands towards Xu Taiping in unison.
　　“Little Taiping, come with us. From now on, you will be the little junior brother of our Seventh Peak.”
　　The female disciple in red said to Xu Taiping with a sweet smile and a soft voice.
Upon hearing this voice, Xu Taiping inexplicably felt a warmth in his heart and had the illusion of regaining his family in a trance.
　　“Wait　a　minute！”
　　Just as Xu Taiping was about to hold the hand that the female disciple extended to him, his second aunt behind him grabbed his arm and stopped him.
　　“Two… two immortals, you… you can’t just take my family’s Taiping away like this. He is the pillar of our Xu family. In the future, he is going to take the imperial examination and bring glory to our Xu family.”
　　The fat Second Aunt looked at the two disciples of the Qingxuan Sect with a smile on her face, and there was a look of “reluctance” in her eyes.
　　Hearing this, Xu Taiping felt even colder in his heart.
　　From childhood to adulthood, this Second Aunt of his had only regarded him as a money-losing good and a bad luck star. When had she ever had the expectation of him bringing glory to the family？
　　The two disciples of the Qingxuan Sect didn’t know the inside story and thought that this Second Aunt was really just reluctant to let Xu Taiping leave, so she said this.
　　“A mere secular number one scholar, how can he be compared with our Qingxuan Sect disciples？ But since you are Taiping’s uncle and aunt, this golden bowl can be regarded as our meeting gift this time.”
　　The young disciple of the Qingxuan Sect took out one from his sleeve and then handed his hand to Xu Taiping’s Second Aunt.
　　“No…”
　　“This immortal！”
　　Just as Xu Taiping was about to tell the truth to the disciple of the Qingxuan Sect, unexpectedly, the steward of the Bai family suddenly jumped off the carriage, grabbed his arm with one hand, and held the deed of sale in the other hand and shouted loudly： “This Xu Taiping has been sold into our Bai family by his uncle and aunt. It is clearly written in black and white. He has already become a member of our Bai family. This golden bowl should belong to our Bai family！”
　　Who wouldn’t be greedy for the gift from the immortal？
　　Hearing this, the young male and female disciples of the Qingxuan Sect frowned in unison.
　　“Two immortals, he’s talking nonsense. I just sent Taiping to work in his Bai family, not to sell himself into slavery！”
Fatty’s second aunt was furious. While defending herself, she stepped forward to snatch the deed from the steward’s hand.
　　“That’s right. My nephew is already a disciple of the immortal family. This deed with your Bai Village must be voided！”
　　As he spoke, Xu Taiping’s second uncle also joined the scramble.
　　“Stop　it　all！”
　　Seeing the chaotic scene, the male disciple of Qingxuan Sect couldn’t help but shout angrily.
With his shout, an invisible pressure spread out from his body, making him look like an angry tiger. Xu Taiping’s second aunt and the Bai family’s boss were both scared out of their mouths.
　　“Taiping, is it true that you were sold into slavery in the Bai family？”
　　After everyone quieted down, the female disciple in red of Qingxuan Sect stepped forward to Xu Taiping and asked with concern in her tone.
　　Xu Taiping looked at the female disciple and then nodded.
　　“Hmm.”
As soon as the words came out, he suddenly felt a sense of relief as if the shackles and restraints on his body had been released.
After getting Xu Taiping’s reply, the female disciple in red looked at him with obvious more pity and sympathy in her eyes.
　　“You ungrateful wretch, how can you talk nonsense like this？ All these years…”
　　“Let go.”
　　The fatty’s second aunt was about to step forward to grab Xu Taiping, but the red-clothed girl beside her flicked her long sleeve, and a strong gust of wind blew out from her sleeve, directly pushing the obese body of the woman away.
　　”You… you are immortals, but you also have to be reasonable, right？ I… I…”
　　The woman was obviously frightened by the supernatural power of the red-clothed girl. Although she was still quibbling, her feet were constantly retreating.
“Immortals, two immortals, I have a contract of indentation signed with that Xu Erniu here. It’s written in black and white with a red handprint. This Xu Taiping is now a member of my Bai family, and the two of them can’t deny it!
The money-grubbing steward of the Bai family handed up the indress in his hand at this time.
　　The young man of Qingxuan Sect reached out and took the deed, glanced at it, and then raised the corner of his mouth, looking at Xu Taiping’s second uncle and second aunt with a sneer and said：
　　”A disciple of my Qingxuan Sect is only worth these mere thirty taels？”
　　When the young man said that the couple sold Xu Taiping for only thirty taels, the red-clothed girl beside him suddenly pouted in anger.
　　”You two, for these mere thirty taels, you sold your own nephew, and now you actually dare to ask us for benefits？ I think you are looking for a beating！”
　　The red-clothed girl has a fiery temper and loves to fight for justice. As she spoke, she was about to wave her sleeve again.
　　”Fairy, spare our lives! Fairy, spare our lives!”
　　Xu Erniu and his wife quickly pleaded for mercy.
　　“Junior Sister, don’t forget Master’s instructions.”
　　The young man in the green shirt then patted the girl’s shoulder and looked at her deeply.
　　Although the girl still had an angry look on her face when she heard this, she still took her hand back.
Since this indenture is not fake, in your opinion how much silver is appropriate if our Qingxuan Sect wants to redeem the person?
The young man in the green shirt looked at the steward of the Bai family with the indress in his hand.
　　“This… this…”
　　The steward of the Bai family stammered. After hesitating for a long time, he gritted his teeth and raised three fingers and said, “Three, three hundred taels！”
　　“Is a disciple of the Qingxuan Sect only worth these mere three hundred taels？”
　　The young man sneered again when he heard this.
　　As he spoke, he took out a bulging cloth bag from his sleeve and casually threw it to the steward of the Bai family.
　　“This！…”
　　The steward of the Bai family opened it and saw that the bag was full of ingots of gold with full fineness. Suddenly, he was dumbfounded.
　　The villagers beside them, including Xu Taiping’s second uncle and second aunt, all let out exclamations when they saw this bag of gold ingots.
　　“Is　it　enough？”
　　The young man asked with a smile.
　　“Enough, more than enough. These golds are enough to exchange for three thousand taels of silver！”
　　The steward of the Bai family, holding the bag of gold ingots, nodded excitedly.
　　Upon hearing this, the couple Xu Erniu and his wife beside them turned deathly pale in an instant.
　　They didn’t read much, but they still knew the difference between three thousand taels and thirty taels.
　　“You two immortals, this silver shouldn’t be given to the Bai family. We, we’ll just take the meager thirty taels from them！”
　　Fat Second Aunt pounced towards the young man, but the young man seemed to be able to shift his form and shadow, causing her to miss and fall headlong to the ground.
　　“Taiping, Taiping, quickly tell these two immortals that the three thousand taels should belong to your second uncle！”
　　Seeing that Fat Second Aunt missed, Xu Erniu rushed forward to pull Xu Taiping.
　　“Swish！”
　　Unexpectedly, Xu Taiping was held by the hand of the girl in red, and with just a flicker of his figure, he stepped back five feet to the west.
　　Seeing that they couldn’t get started from this side, the money-grubbing couple Xu Erniu and his wife turned and pounced on the steward of the Bai family. While shouting “The silver is ours”, they wrestled with the steward of the Bai family and the two servants.
　　“Taiping, your mortal fate has been resolved. Are you willing to follow us to the Cloud Cottage and seek the immortal fate together？”
　　The young disciple of Qingxuan Sect tore up the indenture contract in his hand and then stretched out his hand to him.