In the blink of an eye, Rhine and Aurora arrived in the capital of the Eastern Empire.

  It was a bustling marketpce, alive with hustling merchants and lively crowds. People weaved through the streets, vendors shouting to advertise their wares, filling the air with a melodious chaos.

  As Rhine gazed at the familiar Eastern faces, he felt a brief sense of nostalgia.

  Aurora, though new to such a lively pce, was wide-eyed with curiosity, turning her head in every direction.

  “Fresh pears! Sweet and juicy pears for sale!”

  A street vendor pushed a cart full of pears through the crowd, calling out as he passed by Rhine and Aurora.

  The vendor saw the two children with gorgeous clothes and extraordinary faces. They were rich at first gnce. He bent down and said with a smile:

  "You two don't look like locals. You must be foreign guests. Would you like a fresh pear?"

  "Okay." Rhine bought two pears and gave one to Aurora.The two of them ate the pears. The pears were indeed extremely sweet, tender and juicy, leaving people with endless aftertaste."It's delicious!" Aurora praised with a thumbs up."As long as you like it!" The pear vendor said with a smile.

  At this time, a Taoist wearing a tattered Taoist hat and a tattered Taoist robe just walked in front of the car. Seeing Rhine and Aurora eating, he also became greedy.

  The tattered Taoist touched his pocket, but it was empty, without any money, not even a copper coin.

  Seeing this, the Taoist begged the vendor:"Your pears look good, they must be delicious. Can you give me one?"

  The vendor said righteously:

  "No. If I give the pears away, how can I get money to sell them to others? I am just doing a small business, don't beg from me."

  Although the vendor said so, the Taoist still refused to give in:"I said, your pears are too expensive. I really can't afford them, can't I just have a taste?"

  "You have hundreds of pears in this cart, I only want one from you, it won't be a loss to you."

  "Just give me the smallest one, the smallest one! I won't ask for more."

  The pear vendor was stubborn. Seeing the Taoist pestering him, he also got angry:"Go, go, go, don't stop me from doing business if you don't want to buy! What's wrong with not giving it to you?"

  The two people's voices were so loud that they attracted all the people on the street.

  Rhine and Aurora, who had just finished eating pears and were about to leave, were also attracted by the quarrel and cast their eyes on the pear vendor and the Taoist.Rhine looked at the Taoist priest and the angry vendor, with a thoughtful look on his face, as if he recalled something.

  What a familiar scene...

  "Teacher..." Aurora was a little surprised to see Rhine suddenly stop.

  Wasn't the teacher going to find the founder of the Witch Society? Why did he suddenly stop and care about the pear vendor?

  Could it be that there was something special about this pear vendor or the poor Taoist priest begging?With such confusion, Aurora once again cast her eyes on the two people arguing.At this time, a crowd of people had already gathered around the two people to watch the excitement.

  Someone advised the peddler:

  "I think you might as well take the smallest pear, give it to the poor Taoist priest, and just send him away."

  "Yeah. It's just a pear, so that the Taoist priest won't pester you and affect your business."

  "I heard that most of these wandering Taoist priests have special powers. If you don't give him the pear, he might use some evil magic to retaliate against you!"

  The pear vendor had been hesitant about whether to give the Taoist priest a pear to calm things down. But after hearing the advice from others, he became furious and rebelled:

  "It was the Taoist priest who pestered me first. Why should I please him?

  "In the future, if this Taoist priest pesters others again, should others give in to him?"What's wrong with me not giving him pears? He can just beg from others, maybe some kindhearted person will help him."

  Seeing the peddler's firm attitude, the Taoist priest suddenly threw away his tattered Taoist robe and sneered:"Haha, since you don't give me any, it doesn't matter.

  "But if you annoy me, don't cry and regret it ter!"

  The peddler knew that the Taoist priest was threatening him to retaliate, and he was furious and was about to curse.

  "Stop, stop arguing!"

  A crisp female voice sounded.

  The onlookers cast their eyes in the direction of the voice, and saw a girl with blonde hair and blue eyes standing there, with obvious exotic features in appearance.

  "Isn't it just a pear? I'll buy one."

  Aurora spent money to buy another pear from the peddler and gave it to the Taoist priest.

  She didn't like this Taoist priest, but didn't want to see the peddler selling pears being harassed all the time, so she just showed kindness.

  "Little girl, thank you! "

  The Taoist priest took the pear from Aurora with a smile and ate it in big mouthfuls, praising it as he ate:"It's delicious, delicious. It's a good pear."

  After a while, the pear was eaten up, leaving only a core.

  "Okay, you have finished eating the pear, can you leave now?" Aurora advised and then warned, "Don't harass others like this again. He gave you the pear out of kindness, and he wouldn't owe you anything if he didn't give it to you."

  Unexpectedly, the Taoist priest did not leave, but smiled, looked around at the crowd, pointed at the pear vendor, and said:

  "Thank you all for speaking up for me just now. It's a pity that the miser didn't listen to your advice.

  "I'm a monk, I won't be stingy with good things like that miser.

  "It just so happens that I have delicious pears here, so I might as well share them with you. Please come and taste them together! "

  Everyone was stunned for a moment, and their expressions were bewildered.

  No?

  If you have your pears, why don't you eat your own?

  Aurora also looked at the Taoist priest in surprise, wondering what he was up to.

  Seeing the puzzled people around, the Taoist priest smiled and raised the pear core left over from eating it just now:

  "Don't I need a seed?"

  After saying that, the Taoist priest dug a small hole in the ground, put the fruit core he had just eaten into it, covered it with soil, and asked the person next to him for some hot water and poured it into the hole.

  Everyone gathered around the pit curiously, wanting to see what would happen.Only Rhine remained silent, as if he already knew what was going to happen next.

  After a while, a tender bud emerged from the soil and grew rapidly. Within a few seconds, it grew into a big tree with lush branches and leaves.

  The big tree instantly blossomed and bore fruit, and many rge and fragrant pears hung on the branches.

  These pears were all plump and looked no worse than the pears sold by the vendors before!"Come on, everyone, eat, everyone. Don't be polite!"

  The Taoist priest picked up the shovel, chopped it for a while, and cut down the pear tree.

  Everyone rushed up, picked up the pears, tasted them with big mouthfuls, and ate them very proudly.

  "Good pears, fresh and juicy."

  "Indeed, it's delicious."

  Everyone praised while eating. The Taoist priest who sold pears saw this scene and smiled, not knowing what he was proud of."So that's how it is. He begged for a pear because he needed the core as a seed. As long as there was a seed, the Taoist priest could use magic to quickly grow a pear tree."

  Aurora thought of something and muttered:

  "Why didn't he just say it directly? He just wanted a seed. He could just ask the customer who had eaten the pear for a pear core!"

  "No, that's not the case, Rhine said lightly.

  "What does the teacher mean?" Aurora looked at Rhine in confusion.

  "These pears were all stolen," Rhine whispered.

  Aurora's eyes condensed, and she immediately understood something.

  The pear vendor who had been selling pears before was also mixed in the crowd, stretching his neck and staring, looking at this wonderful magic, and even forgetting his own business.

  He was swept up by a group of people and walked forward to see the difference between the pears transformed by this magic and the real pears.

  Unexpectedly, the Taoist priest recognized him at a gnce: "You, don't eat my pears!"

  "It's okay. If you don't want to eat them, then don't eat them." The vendor had no intention of taking advantage of this and snorted angrily, "Anyway, I have a cart of pears myself."

  After that, the vendor left the crowd and walked towards his pear cart.

  What he didn't notice was that the Taoist priest looked at the vendor's back, with a slight smile on his lips.

  "Okay, okay, have you divided the pears?"

  The Taoist priest saw that everyone had taken the pears from the pear tree, and he also stuffed a dozen of the rgest pears into a cloth bag, and then left in a hurry.

  "Why is he leaving so quickly?" Seeing the Taoist priest leaving in a hurry, everyone was a little confused, but they didn't care.

  "Aurora, let's follow the pear vendor just now."

  After Rhine finished speaking, he led Aurora around a corner and saw the pear vendor head-on.

  "Where are my pears? Where are my pears? Where are they all!"

  Only to see that the pear cart that had a full just now was now empty!The pear cart was missing a handle.

  "My pears!" the vendor burst into tears.

  "I was hoping to sell these pears in the city, get some money, and go back to honor my old mother!"

  The vendor threw himself on the empty pear cart with a missing handle, tears streaming down his face.

  At this time, one of the onlookers shouted:"I just saw that the pce where the Taoist priest left was a pear tree that was cut down and turned into a handle."

  The vendor suddenly realized:"The Taoist priest used magic! The pears on the pear tree just now are all mine!"

  He was furious and turned around to settle accounts with the Taoist priest:"Where did the Taoist priest go? I am a small businessman, and all the pears are lost at once. How can I live? He stole my pears, I must settle accounts with him."Many people in the market also coveted the vendor's pears, but didn't want to pay for them. He was proud of eating the pears given by the Taoist priest. Now seeing the hawker's angry look, everyone ughed from ear to ear.

  "I'm talking to you, just admit that you're unlucky. That Taoist priest has already run away."

  "Didn't I say it before? Most of these wandering Taoist priests have special skills. You dare to provoke him, and you'll be retaliated."

  "That's right, you should have listened to your buddy before and given him a pear to settle the matter. Why is it like now, even the business is gone?"

  "In life, it's better to have less trouble than more. Wouldn't it be better to give him some advantage at the beginning? With your stubborn temper, you will suffer a big loss sooner or ter."

  The onlookers made sarcastic remarks one by one, and many of them thought the hawker looked very funny and mocked him.

  Of course, some people sympathize with the hawker's experience and think that he has suffered an unprovoked disaster.

  The hawker was angry and sad:"Why? Is there still a w?"He has special skills, so he can't use them in the right way? He wants to bully me, an honest civilian doing a small business! I want to report to the authorities, I want to report to the authorities! "

  Everyone advised the peddler,"This matter involves ghosts and magic, only someone can handle it. If it is not a major matter, the government will not care. You just consider it your bad luck!"

  "Yes. Just consider it your bad luck. Don't mess with these talented people in the future."

  "What's the use of finding the Taoist priest? He has such ability, how can he be afraid of you?"

  "Yes, you only lost a cart of pears this time. If you mess with him again, you may lose your life!"

  The peddler cried with red eyes, thinking that he didn't make much money after coming to the city, but lost a cart of pears. Thinking of his old mother at home, he was overwhelmed with emotions and grief in his heart.

  "The government doesn't care about this matter, but I will! "

  Suddenly, a slightly childish but extremely firm voice rang out from the crowd.

  The vendor looked closely and saw that it was the foreign child with silver hair and gorgeous clothes who spoke.

  Rhine came over and comforted the vendor,

  "We ate your pears just now. The pears tasted delicious and far exceeded the price we paid. Since we have received a favor, how can we not repay it?"

  Rhine grabbed the vendor and said sternly,

  "I will take you to find the Taoist who stole your pears and give you justice!"

  The vendor wiped his tears, forced out a helpless smile, and said to Rhine,"Thank you for your kindness, customer. Don't comfort me. Everyone says that the Taoist ran away a long time ago. How can we find him?"

  The people around him also started to make a fuss,"The Taoist has some skills. Dare you offend him again?"

  "That's right. I think the Taoist is very skilled, and he must know some magic to curse people. "

  "Child, I see that you have an extraordinary appearance and should be the son of a wealthy family, but after all, you are a foreigner, and you don't know anyone here. Listen to my advice and don't get involved in this matter. Lest you risk your life and property."

  Rhine just smiled, as if he didn't hear the advice of others, and pulled the pear vendor."Don't worry. I know a little bit about magic. Now I will take you to find the Taoist priest."The vendor was stunned: "The Taoist priest ran away a long time ago... Uh, child, do you know where he is?"

  "I know." Rhine nodded and said,

  "Even if he runs to the ends of the earth, to me, it's the same as if he is right in front of me. This world, to me, is just an inch of nd."

  The vendor was skeptical, but he still followed Rhine to the street corner. Aurora followed behind them.

  The crowd watching was also amazed and followed.

  "I want to see if this kid is just pretending to be mysterious or if he has some skills."

  "If we can find the Taoist priest, it will be a good show!"