Ch 202: I Don’t Believe It
“Tale of the White Snake?”
Hearing this name, everyone was somewhat surprised, because they originally thought it would be something like the Tale of the Buddha, or perhaps something about a young monk, because other teahouses all told stories of this type.
This kind of story was also the most popular in Tianlong City.
Yet this Misty Rain Tower was not telling stories about monks, but rather the Tale of the White Snake, which conversely made them feel somewhat fresh.
What is the Tale of the White Snake about?
Does it have anything to do with snakes?
Slap!
With a sound of a striking wooden block, everyone present came to their senses, looking at Li Hanzhou, wanting to hear how Li Hanzhou would tell the story.
Even the two monks who had come here to drink tea because other teahouses had no room were also interested.
“It is said that in one world, there is such a place, whose name is Mount Emei.”
“This Mount Emei, although not among the Five Great Mountains, is also one of the famous mountains in the world!”
“Throughout history, the number of people who have gone there to cultivate immortality and practice Daoism can be said to be countless.”
Listening to Li Hanzhou say this, everyone looked at each other, Mount Emei?
They had never heard of this name.
“He said it’s one world, could it be not in the Tianxuan Realm? Could he be telling a story from another world?”
And the next sentence made them feel even more incredible.
“And our story, the one we are going to tell today, is that on this Mount Emei, in a small cave dwelling, there is a white snake that has cultivated for hundreds of years. It absorbed the essence of the sun and moon, and received the spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth, so it can already transform into a human.”
“Hiss!”
The audience below gasped!
Cultivated for hundreds of years?
Isn’t that an old hag by now?
And it can also transform into a human?
This reminded them of the current Demon Race. Although the demons of the Demon Race can also transform into humans, in the Demon Race, unless they are Thousand-Faced Demons or swallow some very rare Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, those demons cannot transform into human form. They can only transform into a human shape, but their faces are still those demon faces. Although some powerful Demon Saints do look like humans, a closer look will still reveal the difference.
So everyone was very surprised by the setting of a demon of the Demon Race cultivating for hundreds of years and being able to fully transform into a human.
If that were really the case, wouldn’t the Human Race be in great danger?
So everyone quickly pricked up their ears and continued to listen.
And Li Hanzhou continued to tell the story according to the original work, Bai Suzhen’s appearance, meeting the Bodhisattva, all the way to Bai Suzhen’s imminent ascension to immortality. For the audience who usually listened to stories of monks saving the world, this kind of story was simply too attractive and too novel.
“To find out what happens next, please wait for the next episode.”
Li Hanzhou struck the wooden block, ending the story at the point where Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing met Xu Xian while strolling by West Lake.
The audience below had changed their expressions.
They had just heard the exciting part.
A Great Expert of the Demon Race who had cultivated for hundreds of years, an existence about to become an immortal, encountered a Human Race youth by the West Lake.
They had never heard such a story.
What kind of story will a human and a demon create?
They were now anxious, but when they came to their senses, they found that Li Hanzhou had already run away.
Li Hanzhou knew very well that a cliffhanger storyteller would be killed, so he ran away first.
“Come back and continue telling the story!”
“Why did he run away!”
“I want to continue listening!”
The teahouse patrons were unhappy and began to clamor.
Shangguan Wanwan, who had been listening to Li Hanzhou’s story on the stairs, also came to her senses. She had also been immersed in Li Hanzhou’s 《Tale of the White Snake》 just now. Now that she had come to her senses, she found that the teahouse patrons below had already started to make a fuss. So Shangguan Wanwan went down and smiled at everyone, saying, “Alright, everyone, if you want to hear the Tale of the White Snake, come early tomorrow. Tomorrow, at this same time, we will continue today’s story.”
“Also, if you would like to hear it again, you can also come in the evening. Today’s daytime content will be re-explained then, and you can bring your friends along then to show your support.”
Shangguan Wanwan’s eyes lit up. She felt like she had struck gold.
Li Hanzhou’s Tale of the White Snake would definitely become a hit.
She had previously thought that Li Hanzhou was a reckless scoundrel who lusted after her beauty, so he wanted to apply for the job of storyteller.
And she also knew that the storytellers who came to their shop would be troubled by Rao San’s men. She thought that Li Hanzhou would surely give up, and would not come today, but unexpectedly, not only did he come, he also told such a wonderful story.
It seems that he really did come to apply for the job of storyteller.
As long as the Tale of the White Snake spreads, their Misty Rain Tower’s business will surely pick up.
Her only worry now is that Rao San’s men will find out and come to cause trouble.
Because such things had happened before.
And seeing that Li Hanzhou had no trace of True Qi flowing on him, just an ordinary person, what if Rao San really troubled him?
At this moment, Li Hanzhou was drinking tea in the back hall, and Shangguan Wanwan came in from outside.
“Shopkeeper.”
“How was my storytelling?”
Li Hanzhou asked.
“Mm.”
Shangguan Wanwan hummed, then carefully examined Li Hanzhou and said, “Tonight, don’t go back to your residence.”
“Stay in the teahouse’s backyard and stay with me.”
Shangguan Wanwan’s words almost caused Li Hanzhou to spit out his tea.
He looked at Shangguan Wanwan vigilantly and said, “Shopkeeper, I sell my art, not my body!”
“Tsk!”
Shangguan Wanwan couldn’t help but spit at Li Hanzhou: “Who wants your body? I’m doing this to protect your safety. Xiao Zhao should have told you before, telling stories in our Misty Rain Tower will attract the attention of Rao San’s men. If you leave the teahouse and are stopped on your way home, they might take your life.”
“So stay here with me, at least I can guarantee your safety. If you go back to your residence, I can’t manage you.”
“It won’t happen.”
Li Hanzhou smiled and said, “In broad daylight, under the bright sun, if there are such lawless people doing such lawless things, Heaven and Earth will naturally have their judgment, and they will also suffer retribution.”
“You!”
Shangguan Wanwan was about to be amused by Li Hanzhou.
“You’re really a bookworm. There aren’t that many just judgments in this world. Strength, power, and money are justice. Rao San has a background in Tianlong City, and even has a great relationship with Tianlong Temple. If he wants to make you disappear in Tianlong City, it’s easy as pie? Someone like you, a scholar with no strength, he can kill you easier than killing a chicken, do you believe it!”
Seeing Shangguan Wanwan’s furious look, Li Hanzhou pondered for a moment, then said to Shangguan Wanwan with a serious face, “I don’t believe it.”
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