Chapter 219 Persuasion
After hearing what he said, Wei Wenxin immediately lowered his head and stopped talking.
If she wanted to tell her uncle, she would have done so long ago.
I just asked the master for his opinion hypocritically, but it was just a euphemism to express my refusal. I hope the master will not tell my uncle about this.
and……
"Master, I won't hide it from you. I have been planting these trees for more than 20 years, since the year our master ascended to heaven. Until now, I have only told you about it."
The words were spoken politely, but the meaning was clear.
She had kept it a secret from even her master for so long, she really didn’t want to tell anyone else.
Upon hearing this, Taoist Qingyuan couldn't help but sigh.
Growing this enlightenment tea is very complicated. Since the eldest disciple was able to leave the sect peacefully for so many years, it must have been transplanted into the soil long ago and is growing well. Even if he used his toes to think, he knew that the tea tree had been planted for a long time.
But I didn't expect it to take so long.
This darling of his, whenever he comes up with something new, he would always show off in front of him first. I didn't expect that this time he had kept it to himself for so long without telling him.
Taoist Qingyuan didn't say anything. He walked out of the Quanyong Cottage and came to the outside of the tea garden. Before he could open his mouth, Wei Wenxin obediently opened a small hole in the formation and motioned for him to go in.
As long as the spiritual root of heaven and earth, such as Wudao Tea, takes root in a place with abundant spiritual energy, it will be naturally nurtured.
What's more, this tea garden is next to a magical spring, so there is no shortage of water.
That’s why Wei Wenxin hasn’t visited him for many years, but he’s not worried.
Taoist Qing Yuan flashed into the formation and saw that she had set up four layers of anti-peeping protection arrays in a row, and the exits were staggered. He couldn't help but sigh.
It seems that what happened before has left her with a deep psychological trauma.
I used to feel very upset, thinking that my disciple was old enough to no longer tell me things. Now I can understand.
The tea garden is very large, with seven tea trees staggered and at least seventy or eighty feet apart.
The ground was paved with large pieces of jasper, and the tea trees were surrounded by black jade. At first glance, the tea garden seemed quite empty.
These tea trees were cultivated together, and their growth rates are similar, all about half a person's height.
People outside the anti-peeping array cannot see inside, but people inside can see the outside world without reservation, so the light inside the array is still very good.
Taoist Master Qing Yuan saw it very clearly.
The branches of the Wudao tea trees are twisted and gnarled with a golden luster, and their dark green leaves are thick and round. When the breeze blows, the leaves collide with each other and make tinkling sounds, which is completely different from ordinary tea trees.
Looking closely, the oldest leaves had more than one-fifth of the Dao patterns already covered.
If nothing unexpected happens, the first batch will be collected in a few decades.
Once the production officially begins and the leaves mature, the time interval will be much shorter.
When the child grows up, he dares to think and act, and his excellence is unimaginable to ordinary people.
But he still felt inexplicably sad.
Taoist Qingyuan said nothing and turned and left.
Wei Wenxin grabbed his sleeve.
She was very afraid that this would create a rift between her and her master, so she wanted to tell him all her thoughts.
"Master, this material was given to me by my great master before he ascended to heaven. I don't know where it came from, and I'm afraid if I tell you, you might not agree with me doing this..."
She was indeed worried that the origin of the things might be hard to tell and that it might affect her master's reputation if it got out.
Seeing that his master was unmoved, Wei Wenxin simply let go of his hand: "I didn't understand before that if you are not strong enough, you should be more low-key. Now I have learned my lesson. I wanted to wait until the first batch of tea leaves are ripe before telling you. By then, you will have the bargaining chips in your hands to convince others."
The Wanjian Sect has deep roots and splendid leaves. There are countless branch lines within the sect. Even the branch lineage of their leader has too many to count after so many years of development.
The reason why the first sapling was snatched away by Wanfa Sect was not only because Wanfa Sect was determined and came to her regardless of life and death, but also because the materials she used had a clear source and were indeed from the mother tree of Wanfa Sect, but also because the sapling was too small and it was unknown how many years it would take to see the benefits.
The Wanfa Sect first used force and then presented courtesy, proposing to use a large amount of resources in exchange. In this way, the Wanjian Sect's face was saved, and they only had to lose a small sapling that they didn't know whether it could survive or not. It was so charming that it would make you laugh even if you were asleep. How could they not accept the courtesy?
At that time, Wei Wenxin could only hide in her master's cave like a prisoner. She was not qualified to participate in the elders' meeting, and she could not stop her uncle from making the final decision.
In the end she only got a portion of that resource.
Then everyone asked her to be sensible and content, but they forgot that the tree was hers.
The tea leaves grown from that tree had long been distributed to her, and she had the right to decide how to deal with them.
There are always adults who make decisions for her in the name of doing good for her, but they ignore the fact that she is also a thoughtful person.
No one cared what she thought.
She attributed all this to her low level of cultivation and lack of a say.
So she spoke with an extra firm tone:
"I'm still young, Master. I can't put the interests of the sect before my personal wishes. I will feel resentful and will naturally reflect on myself. Master, from childhood to adulthood, if I make a mistake once, I will ask myself not to make the same mistake again. So this time, please follow my wishes!"
Anyway, she had already started, so she was not afraid that her master would be angry with her.
"My original plan was to come back and give you the spiritual vein, and put it under our peak. Then I would go out to train. If the Wanfa Sect couldn't find me, they wouldn't dare to come and cause trouble even if they were mad as hell."
For this, she even went to the Tianji Sect to work for free.
You know, she never accepts custom orders because it's too troublesome.
Everyone has their own ideas, and they always like laymen to guide professionals. It takes a lot of energy to complete each commission, which is annoying just thinking about it.
Especially if you do these jobs for free.
That would be even more annoying.
But she went anyway.
Wei Wenxin looked at Qingyuan Daojun's face steadily. She had already made up her mind that if her master insisted on telling her uncle, she would move the tea trees immediately.
Then he quickly left the Wanjian Sect and would not return until he achieved the state of Divine Transformation.
Taoist Qing Yuan felt a heavy burden on his shoulders.
The number of sighs expressed today is probably greater than those expressed in the past hundred years.
"Then have you ever thought about how your uncle would feel if you kept such a big thing a secret and it was exposed?"
Taoist Qingxuan not only treats his junior brother well, but also treats Wei Wenxin and her fellow seniors well. At that time, there will definitely be a gap between them.
Wei Wenxin sighed, "Master is not only my master! He is also an excellent clan leader. Many times, he cannot do things according to his own will. Moreover, even if he is unhappy at that time, he will forgive me for the sake of this tea. I am also so old, I can't have no privacy at all."
You can't ask her not to have her own privacy just because she never hid anything from others, right?
Taoist Qingyuan was quickly convinced by her.
Then he raised his hand, touched his chin, and began to think - I have to do something.
Yesterday, Ermao ran under the bed to drink milk, and threw the bottle under the bed. Today, I couldn't find it even after searching for it like crazy. He asked me to call the Labrador Sheriff and asked me to ask him to help find the bottle. I laughed to death, hahaha. My friend came to my house and sat for a while. Sister Wang immediately took her to see the small fish in the tank and said proudly that her father caught it for her. I actually always felt very annoyed because they always brought the fish back and didn't care about them. I had to buy a tank for them and feed them every day. When they were hungry, they would bite my water lilies. I finally got a flower bud, but I bit it off. In the past, they also liked to buy those red goldfish back. There was no place to raise them, so I raised them in a big vase. Several small fish lived for more than half a year, and I also served them every day. Now I think that although it is hard, it is good to be able to protect her happiness. A few days ago, I saw a girl recording her thoughts on the Internet. Her father cheated on her, her mother divorced and remarried, had a new child, and became more and more impatient with her. When I recall the days when my mother hugged me and sang nursery rhymes to me when I was a child, my tears kept flowing. I think the present is pretty good. Although it is plain, at least we are together as a family and there are no conflicts. It has been raining a lot recently, and we have to turn on the lights at home in broad daylight. People from other places envy us for the high humidity and good skin here, and I envy other places for the warm sunshine and beautiful flowers. People always seem to envy what they don’t have, instead of cherishing what they have. I usually pay attention to this point, but I still can’t do it. After all, we are just ordinary people!
(End of this chapter)
