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Feel your skin. Is it a few inches thicker?

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It was July in the height of summer, the sun was shining brightly, the wind seemed to carry fire, and the lotus blossoms in the courtyard pond were wilting under the sun.

Tan Yin sat on the green stone by the pond, wiping the sweat on her forehead with a handkerchief and silk, occasionally playing with the red-headed carp in the pond with a willow branch, and occasionally exchanging pleasantries with the chattering girls around her.

It was a large courtyard, and in the center of it there was a huge fountain made of white stone, with ever-changing columns of water and a rainbow of light, which many people marveled at for the first time as they saw such a new and magical thing. There is also a rockery, a pond and a small bridge, and in the pond there is a large lotus flower, red and white, beautiful and touching.

Across the pond there is a simple and elegant seven-story tower, the eaves fly up, on which hangs a bronze wind chime, the wind, the crisp sound of the bell is very pleasing to the ear. Under the tower there are two men in white guarding the door, although simple clothing, but the cuffs are embroidered with gold patterns, showing a different kind of exquisite.

The girls had seen enough of the fountain, but they all looked at the two white-clothed men from across the pond, and some speculated, "Do you think they are mortals or are they immortals from the fox clan?

Although these girls have been chosen by the immortals, they are still curious and naive about everything when they first come to an immortal's cave.

"I think they're just a few chosen servants from the mortals, just like us... why would a real Immortal look after the door."Some of the girls seemed to know more about this place, and said solemnly, "If you ask me, let's not yakking and yapping too much, this is the realm of the immortals, don't upset the immortals and disturb their cultivation."

As expected, the crowd quieted down for a moment, but they were all young girls, the youngest being thirteen, the oldest being only sixteen or seventeen, all of them lively and talkative, and fortunate enough to have been chosen by the Immortals to come to the Immortal's cave to serve the Immortals, and, if they were extremely lucky, even to be able to cultivate along with them, so which one of them wasn't excited? After a short pause, they started to chatter and talk again and again, looking at everything that was interesting, the slightest flying cloud, the petal of a flower, and even the gorgeous bird of paradise flying over their heads, all made them discuss for half a day.

Tan Yin had been sitting on the green stone for half a day, her back was sweating under the sun, and when she looked up at the color of the sun, she saw that half of the noon hour had passed, and the girls had been in the courtyard for half an hour, but the Fox Clan had not yet sent anyone to come to lead them and arrange for them to be assigned to their duties. As she continued to wipe her sweat with a handkerchief from her sleeve, she heard one of the girls laugh and say, "Look at the lotus flowers in the pool!

It turned out that the lotus flowers growing in the pool were not extraordinary, and at this time of the day when the sun was strong, the white lotus flowers gradually turned pink, and the pink ones gradually turned white, and the color of the petals changed gradually, as if in a dream. There are several bold girls close to the edge of the pool, reaching out to scoop those lotus flowers to play with.

The two white-clothed men guarding the tower on the other side must have paid attention to this place for a long time, because they saw someone picking the lotus flowers to play, and immediately said aloud: "This is the immortal's cave, wantonly laughing and joking into how the body system! Every flower and grass here has its own spirit, how can you pick them without authorization?

The girls were so scared that they threw away their flowers and hid in the crowd, Tam Yum got up, patted the dust, bowed to the other side, and asked, "Please ask you two, when will the Immortals come?

The two white-robed men were very arrogant: "You can wait, what's the hurry?

The girls complained in a low voice, "They are so fierce ...", "they are pulling their noses up to the sky ...".

Who knew that the two men had particularly good ears and heard these two complaints, and immediately became angry: "Who said that just now? The first time I saw this was when I was a student at the University of California at Berkeley.

The girls were silent, no one moved a bit, the two men in white were not relenting, one of them even walked towards here, as if they wanted to go around the pond to catch people.

Tanyin bent down to pick up the white lotus that fell at his feet, put in front of his nose to sniff, this windy and sunny cave suddenly burst into a gust of wind, the lotus flowers in the pond by the hurricane blown to the west and west, the girls were blown out of the hairpins, some were blinded, and each screamed in fear.

The wind whistled, flying sand and stones, the wind chimes on the seven-storey pagoda tinkled and dinged, and suddenly dinged twice, and two strings of them were blown down by the wind, and they hit the heads of the white-robed men who were guarding the door in an unbiased way, which immediately smashed them to the point that their heads were broken and bloodied, and they cried out loudly in pain. The girls could not have imagined such a sudden change, and could not help but be dumbfounded.

Is making a lot of noise, suddenly heard a burst of extremely pleasant and very beautiful cries from the top, followed by a small golden light collapsed, the gale suddenly stopped, Tan Yin raised his head, and saw a huge bird of paradise hanging in mid-air, plume like white snow, the tail of a few golden tail feathers dragged a very long, swaying and swaying, the momentum is extraordinary.

On the back of the bird leaned a man in soapy clothes, the collar and sleeve edges are embroidered with dense golden patterns, very luxurious. He looked down curiously, and after a long time, he opened his mouth with a smile, "Did something happen?"His voice was soft, but his tone was slightly flippant.

"Immortals!"Finally, someone reacted and let out a low cry, and the next moment everyone knelt on the ground, bowed to the ground, and said in unison, "Greetings to the Immortal."

Clothes fluttering, the man in soap clothes lightly landed on the ground, hands together, also performed a salute: "All the sisters do not need to be polite, please rise."

... Sister, sister?

The girls had a head of sweat, and the bold ones secretly raised their heads to look at him. His long black hair was pulled back casually, and although his clothes were expensive, they appeared particularly casual on him. Legend has it that the immortals are all excellent characters, even if they are not good, they should be beautiful, but this immortal looks ... ahem, really let a person forget at first glance, as if the side of the two guarding the tower of the subordinate looks more than he has some characteristics, there are a few of the girls who have the highest aspirations for the immortals in the bottom of their hearts secretly disappointed.

Tan Yin silently surveyed him from head to foot, then from foot to head, and finally her gaze fell on his left hand, this kind of scorching summer sun, his left hand was actually wearing a black silk glove.

She stared at his left hand for a long, long time. Suddenly, she also folded her hands together, saluted him, and said in a low voice, "Could it be that you are His Highness the Great Monk?"

The great monk only felt that her voice was light and slightly hoarse, very different from the tenderness and elegance of the ordinary girls. He could not help but turn his head to look at her, and saw that she was holding a white lotus in her hand, and for a moment, he could not tell whether the hand was whiter or the flower was whiter. Although this girl is not a beauty of the country, but the gentleman, let a person feel very comfortable.

He has always loved to be close to beautiful women, so he couldn't help but smile and say, "Your Highness" can be omitted. Did you pick the flower? It's not bad, this flower is very suitable for you."

Seeing that he looked ordinary and his words were even more frivolous, no one wanted to believe that he was the high ranking monk of the Fox Clan.

The monks of the Fox Clan are not the same as the monks of the mortal world. All kinds of ceremonies in the clan are presided over by the monks, and apart from the elders, it is the monks who have the most noble status, and the so-called Great Monk and Couple is not his name, but these three words represent his status, and he is the highest status among the monks of the Fox Clan.

Once they thought of the legendary great monk was like this, the girls had a hidden impulse to cover their faces and run wildly.

Tan Yin smiled faintly at his praise and did not say anything. The two white-robed men guarding the pagoda didn't care about the blood on their heads, they also immediately folded their hands and saluted, "Greetings to the Great Monk Couple."

With these words, his identity was confirmed, and the girls were in an uproar.

The monk was shocked to see their bloodied faces and frowned and said, "What is this blood all over my face?

The tower guards hung their heads and said, "In reply to the great monk, the blood on my face was caused by a strange wind that blew down the wind chimes on the tower just now, and we were unable to dodge it.

The monk was still laughing: "A strange wind? It's not a dream, is it?"

The tower keeper will fall wind chimes to him, the big monk see wind chimes tail copper ring break very peculiar, can not help but use their hands to touch, smooth to the touch, clearly was cut by a sharp instrument. He slightly pondered, put the wind bell into his arms, and did not pursue the matter, but instead looked back at the dozen young girls in the courtyard and asked, "What are these many sisters doing in the Zifang courtyard?"

"To answer the words of the elder monk, they are the wonderful daughters of good families chosen by Mr. Tong Hua from Yuan City. A few days ago, several batches of maids of honor who had reached the age of twenty-two were released, and seeing that manpower was tight, Mr. Tong Hua chose a batch of newcomers to come in first."

The monk laughed while looking at the girls, all of them were all hibiscus-faced and willow-bodied, and there were even a few absolutely gorgeous ones inside, which was very pleasing to the eyes. As he watched, his eyes turned back to Tan Yin, who was still holding the white lotus, her white fingers gently stroking the petals, and the scene was naturally very beautiful.

He would look at the white lotus with a few petals missing, and then look at Tan Yin's snow-white hand, and couldn't take his eyes off of it, while saying under his breath: "Tong Hua has a lot of business, it's hard to think that he still remembers this, and it is really his nature that is hard to be changed.

The words have not yet fallen, then heard a person outside the courtyard interface said: "You feel your own face skin, is not again a few inches thicker.

Said walked into a white gentleman, followed by two stunning maids, a cup of pen and ink, a cup of white paper, all of a sudden people only feel that the sun was compared to the sun. Rumor has it that the fox clan has a reputation for beauty, and the previous great monk made the girls wonder if their eyes were broken, but now this immortal gentleman appeared out of nowhere and gave them instant confidence.

This is the paradigm of an immortal! What an elegant and handsome immortal, even his hair was glowing.

The big monk really touched his own face, very serious: "It seems that it is indeed a little bit thicker.

Tong Hua smiled bitterly and walked over, he couldn't talk to this person seriously, well, in fact, no one in the tribe has ever been able to talk to the big monk seriously for a few minutes, he loves to tell jokes and interrupt, and often tells the kind of jokes that make people's body cold.

"I have to arrange my duties. If you have anything to do, you may go, if not, please go."Tang Hua was nonchalant in driving him away.

The big monk just refused to leave, and his eyes were shaking on the girls' faces and bodies, and the girls who were sized up by him all buried their heads so low that they could not shrink into small balls.

He said, "I'm in need of a capable maid, so let me pick one first."

When the people heard him say this, they buried their heads even lower.

The big monk smiled and paced over to him, looking at this one and then that one, every girl avoiding him, except Tan Yin who looked at him from afar, smiling, looking civilized and generous.

"You're the one."The big monk walked to Tan Yin, picked up the white lotus flower she had just dropped, and put it in front of his nose to smell it gently.

The lotus in the Zifang Pond is of a peculiar variety, a seed he personally asked for from the Meishan Monarch one jiazi ago, with petals numbering ninety-nine, each of which is eighty-one, one piece no more, one piece no less. This unfortunate white lotus, I don't know which ruthless little villain tore off two or three petals, look so sad.

"What is your name? How old are you?"The big monk looked at her quietly, his face was plain, but his eyes were very bright, as if he could speak.

In the midst of all the celebratory low sighs, Tan Yin's voice sounded unusually light.

"I am Ji Tan Yin, seventeen years old. It is my good fortune to be able to serve His Highness, the Great Monk."