Chapter 139: Detecting Spiritual Roots

Secondly, the young master of the Sima family beat a man to death just because of a servant's mistake. It can be seen that the young master of the Sima family has a despicable character.

He has no tolerance at all. Such a person is really not worthy of being a gentleman.

"Grandma, can I and my disciple live here for a while?" Zhang Fulong asked. He had some ideas in his mind.

"The Taoist priest doesn't mind. We can live here as long as we want."

Grandma welcomed Zhang Fulong and his friends to stay. They all eat in a big pot. There is no shortage of food for two people. Everyone can share enough for two people.

"I would like to thank you for taking me in. I still have some money left. I hope you won't refuse."

Zhang Fulong took out a stack of silver notes from his sleeve and handed them to his mother-in-law. Zhang Fulong didn't know how many there were, but it should be 10,000 taels.

Some of these silver notes were given by Shen Ziyi's father, and some were given by Mr. Gu.

The Shen family and the Gu family are both wealthy, and Zhang Fulong felt bad if he didn't take some, so he took it. He never thought that these banknotes would play a role here.

When the mother-in-law saw that Zhang Fulong handed over so many banknotes, she was also frightened for a moment, and hurriedly asked: "What does the Taoist mean?"

The mother-in-law kept Zhang Fulong, not to take his money. She was short of money, but she was not the kind of person who would take money as soon as she saw it.

The mother-in-law returned the banknotes to Zhang Fulong, so Zhang Fulong said to her mother-in-law again: "Don't think too much, this is a little gift from the poor Taoist.

What's more, the poor Taoist is walking in the world with his disciples. Money is nothing but a thing outside of his body. Instead of keeping it useless, it is better to give it to useful people."

Zhang Fulong handed the banknotes to the mother-in-law again. The mother-in-law felt Zhang Fulong's sincerity, and this time, she did not return the banknotes.

The mother-in-law took the banknote and bowed to Zhang Fulong: "I thank the Taoist priest for his help on behalf of the children."

Zhang Fulong accepted the mother-in-law's bow, because he knew that if he didn't accept the mother-in-law's bow, she would not feel at ease even if she took the money.

Later, the mother-in-law asked Zhang Fulong if they had any taboos when eating. Zhang Fulong said that they had no taboos and ate everything. So the mother-in-law told the two adults to go out and buy some meat to improve the children's meals.

Zhang Fulong said nothing about this, because he knew what the mother-in-law was thinking.

The mother-in-law said that she bought meat to improve the children's meals, but in fact, she used it to entertain Zhang Fulong and Shen Ziyi.

There were only some wild vegetables and coarse grains at home, and it was really embarrassing to use this to entertain Zhang Fulong, not to mention that Zhang Fulong gave her so many banknotes, so she should show some appreciation.

And it was not easy to say this directly in front of Zhang Fulong, so she used the children as an excuse to ask someone to go out and buy meat.

Zhang Fulong knew what his mother-in-law meant, and he did not refuse. It was not because he was greedy, but because Zhang Fulong knew that if he did not refuse, the children would be able to eat some meat, and if he refused, everyone would have to eat wild vegetables.

Therefore, sometimes being too modest is not a good thing, and you must decide based on the person and the situation.

There was meat in this meal tonight, and even if there was only a little, the children ate it very happily. Everyone was very careful, fearing that a drop of soup would be spilled.

It was not surprising that the children were like this, because they could only have such a meal during festivals, so they cherished it very much.

This meal was not a delicious dish, but Zhang Fulong and Shen Ziyi also ate it very happily. Many times, it is not that you will be happy only if you eat well, but it depends on who you eat with.

Especially Shen Ziyi, before when he was at home, when it was time to eat, either his mother fed him or helped him put all the dishes in the bowl, and he just took it and ate it, and he ate whatever he wanted, and no one ever competed with him for it.

Unlike now, Shen Ziyi had never experienced the feeling of a group of people eating around a big pot. Each person took a bite, and most of the pot was gone in an instant. It looked very rude and impolite, but it had a unique flavor.

In the days to come, it was basically like this. With the improvement of food, the children's faces became much rosier.

All this was thanks to Zhang Fulong's generous donation.

A week after living here, early this morning, just after dawn, Zhang Fulong heard a noise coming from outside the door.

Zhang Fulong got up and walked out of the room to see that it was the grandmother and the others. Behind the grandmother, there were seven or eight children. Zhang Fulong remembered that these children were all about six years old.

After seeing Zhang Fulong, before Zhang Fulong spoke first, the grandmother spoke first: "I'm really sorry to disturb the Taoist priest's rest."

Zhang Fulong shook his head: "It doesn't matter, the poor Taoist has woken up a long time ago. Where are you going to take them so early?"

Zhang Fulong was puzzled. On weekdays, only three adults got up early, and the children got up after dawn.

And now only a small number of people were called, so Zhang Fulong couldn't guess what the grandmother was going to take them to do.

The grandmother explained to Zhang Fulong: "Today, a sect of immortal cultivation will come to Jinyang City to recruit disciples to test their spiritual roots. The old woman wants to take the children to try their luck. If any of them have spiritual roots, it will be their blessing, and they don't have to suffer here with the old woman."

Zhang Fulong suddenly realized that this was the case. No wonder the grandmother chose six-year-old children.

It was also because Zhang Fulong had been away from the secular world for too long. He basically didn't pay much attention to such an important matter.

However, he looked at these children and found that none of them had spiritual roots. Zhang Fulong was hesitating whether to tell this to his grandmother.

If he told his mother-in-law in advance, she would have saved them from going there, but this would have made her very sad.

If he didn't tell her in advance, she would have gone there and would have been disappointed in the end.

It seems that the result is the same, but the effect is different.

The former makes her lose hope directly, while the latter makes her lose hope gradually. The meaning is different.

"Teacher, can I go with them to check my spiritual roots?"

At some point, Shen Ziyi also got up and appeared behind Zhang Fulong. Shen Ziyi asked Zhang Fulong.

Although Shen Ziyi can practice, he has never known what his spiritual roots are. Every time he asked Zhang Fulong, Zhang Fulong would avoid him.

What his spiritual roots are has become a knot in Shen Ziyi's heart.

"Ah? Didn't the Taoist's disciples detect what his spiritual roots are?"

Shen Ziyi asked, and before Zhang Fulong could answer, his mother-in-law was surprised.

How could this be? She saw that Shen Ziyi had already succeeded in his practice, so why hadn't he confirmed his spiritual roots?

Also, why didn't Zhang Fulong test his disciples' spiritual roots? Was there any hidden reason behind this?

The mother-in-law couldn't understand the hidden reason.