Chapter 106: Seven Stars Gathering, Cao Jie Meets Ruyunlong (15)

"Ruyun Dragon" Gongsun Sheng joins the group!
At the wine table, Wu Yong waved a goose feather fan with a faint smile on his face from beginning to end, toasting each other and being very tactful.

Liu Tang was an old man of the world. He spoke differently to different people. Although he seemed rude, he knew more about the world than Chao Gai, and he soon became friends with Gongsun Sheng.

As for Shi Qian, Du Qian and Jin Dajian, they were just brought in to fill in the numbers and do the work, and their responsibility was to create a good atmosphere at the wine table.

After three rounds of drinking, Chao Gai pinched his long beard and said with a satisfied look:

"What a coincidence! Last night I dreamed that the Big Dipper fell directly on my roof, and another small star on the handle of the dipper turned into a white light and disappeared. I thought, it's bad luck for a star to fall on my family. I wonder if you two gentlemen can interpret this dream for me?"

Ruyunlong and Zhiduoxing looked at each other.

Wu Yong smiled and said, "Bao Zheng dreamed that the Big Dipper fell on the roof. Today, the seven of us gathered together to start an uprising. Isn't this a sign from heaven? We will be rich and powerful at our fingertips. The other day, the two brothers Liu Tang and Shi Qian explored the way to the north. Only those roads lead to Tokyo. We need to plan carefully to ensure that everything goes well."

Gongsun Sheng said calmly, "I came from the north and walked the road from Daming Prefecture to Kaifeng Prefecture. I also verified it with my calculations. The birthday gift came from the Huangnigang Road. There is no other possibility."

Chao Gai clapped his palms, which were as big as a cushion, and said happily, "Ten miles east of Huangnigang there is a village called Anjiang. In the village there is an idle man called Bai Sheng, the "White Rat". He also came to me for help, and I helped him with the money."

"Could the white light on the Big Dipper be on this person? He must be of some use." Wu Yong paused with the goose feather fan in his hand and spoke.

Liu Tang was determined to get the birthday gift and obtain 100,000 strings of cash so that the Liangshan heroes could see his abilities. Naturally, he ran around and tried his best, and also thought of many ways to rob people to fill in the gaps left by Wu Yong.

He immediately asked: "We must find a place to stay near Huangnigang, and a place that will not attract attention, so that we can escape safely."

Wu Yong laughed: "Then this Bai Sheng family is a perfect place for us to stay."

Since Chao Gai got the news, he thought about robbing the birthday gift as a token of his loyalty to Liangshan, but he didn't have the brains to think about it so much, and couldn't help asking: "Mr. Wu, should we take it by soft means? Or by force?"

Wu Yong smiled and said, "I have already arranged a trap. We need to adapt to the situation and use force or intelligence to defeat them. I have a good plan. Do you like it? Come closer and listen to me. This is how it is..."

Chao Gai was overjoyed when he heard this, and he paced back and forth, saying, "What a brilliant plan! You deserve to be called a wise man! You are indeed better than Zhuge Liang! What a great plan!"

Gongsun Sheng also looked up to Wu Yong, as he was slightly lacking in such wisdom.

According to Wu Yong's plan, he was able to take the 100,000 strings of cash without using any weapons or magic, which was truly impressive.

That night, Ru Yunlong, Shi Qian, Du Qian and Jin Dajian settled down in Dongxi Village.

Wu Yong and Liu Tang returned to Yuncheng, waiting for the right time to seize the birthday gift.

In the fifth month of the lunar calendar, the night is dark and the stars are shining.

At Chao Baozheng's home in Dongxi Village, with a thought, a green dragon-shaped soul rose into the sky.

The dragon swam in the night sky, appearing and disappearing, sometimes big, sometimes small. The green dragon overlooked the land of Shandong with an indifferent look.

He had seen the scenery above the clouds countless times in Youzhou.

This is my first time traveling to Shandong Province in the Song Dynasty.

'My dragon soul can see people's fortunes.'

"Today I saw that scholar Wu. I saw his aura rising like clouds. It looked tangible at first glance, but nothing at a closer look. It seemed to exist from a distance, but nothing when you got close. After a while, I could smell a refreshing fragrance that made me feel relaxed and refreshed. My eyes were filled with golden color..."

'Could he really be like Zhuge Kongming, assisting Emperor Zhaolie of Han and accomplishing great things?'

'Then who is Liu Xuande, the man he assists?'

'The Shandong Yan Wangdi is famous, could it be him?'

"Chao Baozhi also has the condensed luck, but he does not have the appearance of a dragon. Instead, he is a general who can charge into battle..."

"As Master said, the cause and effect of Shandong's changes in the next ten years are all in Liangshan Lake." "Who can stir up the world?"

"I still need to observe for a while. I don't know if the leader of Liangshan can help me survive the catastrophe..."

Ru Yunlong flew in the night and arrived above Liangshan Lake. He did not go to Liangshan to peek uninvited, but just looked down from the sky.

He only felt that the lake was vast, and the rising water vapor was full of spiritual energy, which was perfect for him, the green dragon, to hide.

"As Master expected, my cultivation here is far better than the hard training on Erxian Mountain. I just don't know if I can withstand the worldly aura of Liangshan."

Ruyunlong withdrew his gaze from the water and set it on the mountain in the lake.

There is a saying: Once an emperor has an uneasy sleep at night and forgets to eat during the day, it will cause fierce tigers to hide in Wanzi City and flying dragons to gather in Liaoerwa.

In the bloody evil energy that had condensed into substance, tigers and leopards roamed around, demonic apes climbed up, crocodiles and dragons lurked, and there were countless ferocious and evil beasts of all sizes.

"hiss!"

"Although I have learned the art of calling the wind and rain, I can't do anything to such a vicious and stubborn person."

"Forget it! Let's leave for now. After we get the birthday gift, we'll go up the mountain with Chao Caozheng..."

In Yuncheng, Cao Jie heard the reports from Wu Yong and Liu Tang, and he also wanted to meet Ru Yunlong.

Immediately, he summoned the red-haired ghost and fled to Dongxi Village with the night wind.

Outside the east gate of Yuncheng County there are two villages, Dongxi and Xixi, separated by a large river.

A few years ago, Xixi Village was often haunted, so a monk taught the villagers to carve a bluestone pagoda and place it by the stream.

Chao Gai was furious when he heard the news, so he waded across the river alone, took the bluestone pagoda and erected it in Dongxi Village. From then on, the locals called him "the Heavenly King who holds the pagoda".

This bluestone pagoda is no ordinary stone pagoda. It is blessed with the power of Buddhist scriptures and the villagers' faith, so it can indeed suppress ghosts.

For example, Gongsun Sheng, who has become a cultivator in the Sun Travel Realm's Pregnant God Realm, has transformed his spirit and soul from yin to yang and is naturally not affected by the bluestone pagoda.

But Cao Jiecai was only an eighth-level night traveler, so he could only break into Dongxi Village by force.

As soon as he set foot in Dongxi Village, the ordinary-looking bluestone pagoda transformed into a tower-shaped phantom that floated in the air and pressed down on the red-haired ghost.

As the pagoda was being pressed down, it swelled with the wind. The dark door at the bottom of the pagoda seemed even deeper and unfathomable, like a bottomless pit that emitted an amazing suction force, making it difficult for people to move.

If it was an ordinary ghost, even Cao Zheng’s knife-wielding ghost would be driven out of the village.

But the red-haired ghost was no ordinary ghost. His body quickly grew taller, and his half-demon, half-Buddha face roared, and his four strong arms swung out towards the stone tower.

With a few "bang bang" punches, the tower-shaped phantom was smashed into pieces.

At this time, the dragon into the clouds just fell from the sky.

"Brother Liu Tang?"

Gongsun Sheng looked at the red-haired ghost in surprise, with an expression of disbelief.

"Haha, I think you are the Master Ruyunlong Gongsun that Brother Liu Tang mentioned. It is worth my trip to see your true appearance today. Let's meet again in the future if we are destined to."

The red-haired ghost hugged his four arms and retreated into the night...

(End of this chapter)