“So, Xu Xian?”

“No, that wasn’t me.”

“You are Bai Suzhen’s benefactor?”

“She does call me that.”

“Then you are Xu Xian!”

On Longhu Mountain, Zhang Ruosu’s lips twitched as he stared at Wei Yuan in front of him.

He felt like some kind of fantasy was shattering.

He’d also kept *The Legend of the White Snake* under his pillow as a child. If this guy in front of him was Xu Xian…

The feeling of shattered dreams would be too tragic.

The old Taoist felt like he might risk his life to fight this Xu Xian.

“Good thing you’re not…”

Zhang Ruosu muttered, thinking of Nü Jiao and Jue.

To be honest, he wouldn't have been caught today.

He’d already discovered Wei Yuan’s good deeds at Jinshan Temple online. It was a stress-induced habit, referring to a certain Celestial Master who, after being injured, would drive the 'Yellow Turban Warriors' to automatically search for special events online regularly and periodically, and avoid them in advance as a biological instinct.

Even though the livestream was very blurry, he recognized Wei Yuan at a glance.

He could recognize this guy even if he turned to ashes!

And even if he turned to ashes, he'd worry about getting a call in the middle of the night.

Saying something like, *'Fellow Taoist Zhang, let me introduce you to two friends.'*

Then, *bam*, pull out the Lord of the Netherworld.

The old Taoist wouldn't care if this kind of nonsense happened to someone else, but when it came to Wei Yuan, he always felt it would happen one day. So, he divined twice and was about to run away, but was delayed by something suddenly, and he couldn't escape, getting blocked by Wei Yuan.

Thus, the previous scene unfolded.

This kid actually came without even making a call.

Too cunning, he didn't trust the old Taoist so much.

Did he think that if he called in advance, the old Taoist would hide and not see him?!

Yes.

He would.

The old Taoist sighed, sat on the chair, rubbed his temples, and said resignedly, “Yes, yes, yes, *The Legend of the White Snake*, Bai Suzhen, a native of Jiangnan, over two thousand years old, is there anything else troublesome? Tell me all at once.”

Wei Yuan said, “There is indeed one more thing…”

The old Taoist was dumbfounded, “There really is?”

Wei Yuan nodded affirmatively, “Since you’ve said so, I certainly can’t be polite.”

Zhang Ruosu: “…………”

Actually, you could be polite.

So, Bai Suzhen and Yuanjue roughly recounted what had happened in Jiangnan.

At this time, Wei Yuan strolled around Longhu Mountain and saw the little Taoist A Xuan from afar. The temperature in this autumn was already turning cold, but the little Taoist still rolled up his sleeves, trying hard to sun his melon seeds.

After learning that A Xuan's own melon seeds could be used to replace Feng Siyu’s crab roe melon seeds.

The old Celestial Master didn't hesitate to sell out his junior brother.

As for the extent of this workload…

It had probably reached the point where Wei Yuan suspected that this old Taoist was suspected of employing child labor.

……………………

West Kunlun.

After Nü Jiao successfully paid and after the multi-angle, multi-perspective video of Wei Yuan's gift-giving event.

The West Queen Mother's avatar finally agreed, barely letting Nü Jiao know what happened in that magic realm. Nü Jiao expressed great satisfaction, and the West Queen Mother's avatar also barely reached a consensus of interests.

“So, when Yuan's personality reverses, he’s like this.”

Nü Jiao exclaimed in surprise, quite satisfied, “Much better than his current personality.”

“But…”

Nü Jiao raised her eyebrows, suddenly a little puzzled, “With this kind of personality, with his appearance and martial arts, it’s impossible that he’d still be a virgin at twenty-three in the Song Dynasty, especially in Jiangnan, a place full of talented scholars and beautiful women.”

A place that could make Liu Sanbian linger in painted boats and pavilions with his lyrics and music.

This matter seemed a bit strange.

The West Queen Mother said lightly, “…When he reincarnated into a fantasy realm at the age of seven, he encountered a special opportunity.”

“That was a cultivation method that required a pure Yang body to practice.”

Nü Jiao raised her eyes in surprise.

There was silence in the air. The Kunlun gods beside her holding tea twitched at the corners of their mouths, their eyes and noses fixed on their hearts, lowering their heads as if they hadn't heard anything.

The West Queen Mother didn't say anything.

But the West Queen Mother seemed to have said everything.

Without a doubt, the so-called special opportunity must have been arranged by the West Queen Mother.

The white-haired fox girl's eyes fell on the dignified woman's face, her aura slightly sharp, with a non-smiling smile.

“So you were secretly pulling the strings.”

Nü Jiao looked at the West Queen Mother, the atmosphere seemed a little tense. Just as the Kunlun gods felt that they were almost frozen by this momentum, the atmosphere suddenly relaxed, and then Nü Jiao suddenly smiled and nodded, “Although I don't like your way of doing things.”

“But in this matter alone, I think you did the right thing.”

The dignified woman’s lips curled up:

“That's how it should be.”

The two women smiled gracefully, the atmosphere peaceful and beautiful.

While Wei Yuan was completely unaware.

Two ‘bad women’ had reached a high degree of agreement on each other's opinions, as well as recognition of the basic strategy of maintaining Wei’s chastity.

“But… what exactly is the final point of your first trial?”

Nü Jiao asked the most crucial thing with a smile and an unchanged expression.

All the previous actions, even reaching a consensus with the West Queen Mother's avatar in front of her, were to find out this point, and then ‘sell’ the information to Wei Yuan.

As for the price.

Of course, it was ‘free’.

At most, let this younger brother gratefully thank herself, and then know that his sister is the most reliable person, it’s not much.

The West Queen Mother's avatar glanced at her and said:

“It doesn’t hurt to tell you.”

“Actually, it’s very clear now, that is to find out what happened back then.”

“The story of the White Snake flooding Jinshan was originally a real event that happened back then.”

“It’s just that there were no Wei Yuan and Jue in Jiangnan back then. Other than that, the general details are similar; the Jade Scroll should have sensed that the evil spirits who guided the flooding of Jinshan in the dark were acting again. Jiangnan had a calamity, so Wei Yuan experienced that history.”

“And his real test is to resolve the disaster in the real Jiangnan.”

Nü Jiao frowned, “What happened back then has been so long ago, it’s too difficult to find out again, and besides, who did it, don’t you know?”

The West Queen Mother's avatar said lightly, “If it were the main body, perhaps I would know.”

Seeing that she couldn't get any information, Nü Jiao asked again, “What if he passes?”

“If he passes…”

The West Queen Mother's avatar narrowed her eyes and said:

“Then perhaps in the future, this Kunlun Mountain Master will not only be the Kunlun Mountain of the human world.”

The smile on Nü Jiao's face slowly faded, while the West Queen Mother's expression was calm.

The Kunlun gods' thoughts froze.

Finally realizing the weight of this sentence.

His wrist moved, and the teacup he was holding fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.

……………………

Jiangnan, Jinshan Temple.

After the White Snake left, the clouds and mist that should have completely dissipated were now strangely churning, and then it started to rain again, drizzling. The rain grew heavier and heavier, and then, at the bottom of the Yangtze River, which flowed through these cities, a black shadow suddenly flew past.

Waves surged.

The water flow accelerated, and it rained a lot in autumn, but the rainfall of this heavy rain was unprecedented.

It was almost as if it was going to completely submerge Jiangnan.

Longhu Mountain.

Wei Yuan swiped a bag of melon seeds from A Xuan and had the wheelchair slowly return. Then, he saw the old Taoist with a complex expression, sighing, “It’s difficult, difficult. It happened a thousand years ago, and it’s really too difficult to find out clearly now. Not to mention the records in the archives and classics, all kinds of clues have been destroyed.”

“Even the riverbeds of the rivers back then have changed too much in these thousand years.”

“It’s almost impossible to find the culprit of that year like this.”

Bai Suzhen bowed her head and said, “Celestial Master, have mercy…”

The old Taoist helped her up. To this old man, there seemed to be no distinction between demons and humans in his eyes, only regret, “It’s not that the old Taoist is unwilling to help, it’s just that with my ability, I can’t do anything.”

He was really not good at dealing with such situations, and looked at the Wei person next to him who was eating melon seeds, his eyelids twitching.

This kid brought it on himself.

The old Taoist gritted his teeth secretly, and immediately unceremoniously shifted the blame, saying:

“Wei Yuan, you are knowledgeable, do you have any way?”

“Huh? A way…”

Unexpectedly, after Wei Yuan pondered, he actually nodded in agreement.

Then, he looked at Bai Suzhen, whose eyes were red, thought for a while, and held out three fingers, saying:

“But there are three things that I want you to promise me in advance.”

Bai Suzhen immediately agreed without hesitation.

Not to mention three things, even three hundred things, she would only hesitate now.

Wei Yuan pondered, “First, Bai Suzhen, you cannot act recklessly by relying on magic.”

“Second, you must go to dredge the turbid Qi in the earth veins when you have free time.”

Zhurong, as a god of the four directions, was backlashed by the turbid Qi. Wei Yuan was a little worried about the human world, so he made this request.

For the first thing, Bai Suzhen’s nature was not to do evil arbitrarily, and for the second thing, she had already been dredging the turbid Qi of the earth veins for a thousand years, so she agreed to them one by one.

“And this third thing.”

Wei Yuan’s voice paused, and he softened his tone:

“If you have free time, you might as well go to Jinshan Temple to take a look and see if the old tree under the Buddha bell in the south is still lush.”

“It’s okay, you can go up the mountain after you feel that Xu Xian’s remaining obsession has dissipated.”

Although Bai Suzhen didn’t understand the meaning, she still took a slight breath and nodded solemnly in agreement.

She pointed to the sky and swore.

Then, she looked at Wei Yuan nervously and said:

“Benefactor… how do we find out who the culprit was back then?”

Wei Yuan put the melon seeds on the table, slowly sorting out the information, and said:

“First of all, in your rage, you were able to flood Jinshan, which exceeded your magic power.”

“Someone must have been fueling the flames in the dark.”

“And the Yangtze River system is directly connected to the East China Sea.”

Bai Suzhen nodded.

Wei Yuan retracted his palm and said:

“So it’s very simple.”

“Very simple?”

“Yes.” Wei Yuan said plainly:

“For this kind of thing, you only need to go directly to the East China Sea and ask Gonggong.”

ps: Today’s third update…

The word count is three thousand words… dizzy, dizzy, I still have to do what I said.

But tomorrow there can only be two updates…