Chapter 274: Brother, is you living so well in the capital?
The mountain road was steep and it was inconvenient for the stone horse to walk on it. There were also tree branches above blocking the way, so Lin Jue had to get off and walk.
Gradually approaching the red leaf viewing point on the top of the mountain.
Brush it!
A white shadow flashed in the forest!
The fox jumped back, its body became a little bigger, holding a pile of small stones in its mouth. It put them at Lin Jue's feet and tilted its head to look at him again.
Lin Jue looked down and turned it over with his feet. He saw a smooth stone sculpture, about the size of a palm. He could vaguely make out the outline of a cat.
"What's this?"
Lin Jue withdrew his gaze and continued forward.
Go up a few steps and you will reach the chain bridge.
Opposite is the Red Leaf Temple with snow falling.
I remember that the mountains were green during the transition from spring to summer, and colorful during the transition from autumn to winter. Now, the mountains are covered with snowy forests, and the roofs of the ancient temples are also covered with snow, which is undoubtedly another kind of charm.
On the other side of the chain bridge, there was a civet cat that had been observing them curiously. When it saw them, it ran over to the bridge to greet them.
"This is it." Lin Jue turned around and said to the two stone horses, "Although this palace is not as big as the Guanxing Palace, there is a pure and spiritual aura in the mountains. Although my junior sister is not a fairy yet, she is also a true Taoist with good practice and cultivation. In addition, we have always done things with a clear conscience, and this place will not be tainted by any dirty air. It is a good place for pure cultivation."
The stone horse was silent, not saying a word.
The colorful beaver on the bridge raised its head and stared at them silently, while the fox was running towards it in small steps.
The two little ones are jumping in the air like lion dance.
Only Lin Jue still stood there: "But this iron chain bridge has been in disrepair for a long time, I am afraid it can't bear your weight. If you want to settle down and practice here, you can only stay on this side of the bridge."
As soon as the words fell, the two stone horses took a step, turned around, turned their backs to the palace, faced the road down the mountain, and stood on both sides of the iron chain bridge, one on the left and one on the right.
It's actually quite neat.
Lin Jue took a closer look——
Snow fell on the iron chain bridge and on the back of the stone horse. The iron chain bridge and the palace behind it are both old, and the stone horse also has traces of wind, frost, rain and snow, which looks surprisingly harmonious. If you don't know, you might think that this pair of stone horses are here and belong to this palace.
"Go this way!"
The little devil appeared again, pointing at the chain bridge.
"understood."
Lin Jue then took his bag and walked towards the bridge, and said to the stone horse behind him: "You can practice here. You can also run in the mountains at ordinary times. There is no shortage of wind, frost, rain, snow, spiritual energy of heaven and earth, essence of the sun and moon. But you can't run in the city anymore."
The stone horse did not respond, and Lin Jue also went onto the bridge.
After walking across the iron chain bridge, Lin Jue saw that on the open space outside the Taoist temple, on the edge of the cliff, there was actually a row of stone sculptures, which seemed to be used as railings. Even under the pine tree, there was a circle of stone sculptures, as if forming a flower bed for planting trees.
There are many types of stone carvings, mainly cats and dogs, as well as clouded leopards and tigers. From left to right, there are only rough outlines at first, but then they become more lifelike and more charming.
With a creak, the door of a private room opened.
A female Taoist in thick clothes stood at the door and looked at them.
"Senior brother is here?"
Lin Jue withdrew his gaze from the stone sculpture after hearing this, and asked with a smile: "When did Junior Sister start making stone sculptures?"
"It's cold in the mountains. There's nothing to do except practice, so I just got some stones to play with." The little sister replied, "It's not a stone sculpture, I made it with my hands."
When Lin Jue heard this, he suddenly laughed.
I suddenly remembered what my senior brothers said when we were in the mountains: Taoists who practice in the mountains will have a lot more free time once they have mastered the art, so in addition to magic, they need something to pass the time.
He also remembered that his junior sister once asked him why other senior brothers had hobbies but she didn't.
Wasn’t this also found?
The best way to tell time is often change. This scene seemed to remind Lin Jue that so much time had passed without him noticing.
Lin Jue shook his head: "It just so happens that Junior Sister fell in love with stone sculptures, and I also brought two friends to Junior Sister, which are two stone sculptures."
"what?"
The junior sister followed his gaze.
I saw a vast expanse of whiteness in the sky and earth. The other side of the chain bridge seemed to have changed a little, but also seemed to have not changed much. Upon closer inspection, I realized that there were two more stone sculptures.
It's just that they blend so perfectly with the scenery of the world that you can't even notice them at first glance.
"They are two stone horses. They were originally in the capital, but later they could no longer stay there and ran wild outside. They often ran rampant on the streets of the city. I tamed them a few days ago." Lin Jue said, "Now it's just right to place them here with my junior sister."
"Stone horse? Can it run?"
The junior sister pointed at that place blankly.
"I don't know if it's due to the spiritual charm of the capital, or if it's because of the long time, the wind, frost, rain and snow, the essence of the sun and the moon, they have become spiritual, not only can they run, but also run very fast." Lin Jue said, "If Junior Sister needs to travel one day, ask them for help. They can run much faster than paper donkeys, but they are a little louder and bumpier. If there's nothing else, let them practice here. If nothing else, even if they just stand there, it's a kind of decoration for the Taoist temple."
"..."
The junior sister's eyes were wide open with a gleam in them. She looked at Lin Jue, then at the two stone horses on the other side of the chain bridge. It seemed that she wanted to see how the stone horses ran and also wanted to ride them to experience it.
"besides--"
Lin Jue said to her again:
"I also met a fellow Taoist called White Egret. If my junior sister has anything to say to me in the future, or wants me to buy something in the capital, but is too lazy to go there in person or ask someone to bring the letter, I can ask this fellow Taoist called White Egret to bring the letter to my junior sister. It will come to my place from time to time. I can also ask it to bring letters for my junior sister sometimes."
As he said this, a egret flew down lightly and landed on the cedar.
The colorful beehive raised its head, staring intently.
The junior sister also looked up and couldn't help but say, "It's good to learn how to gather beasts and tame birds."
"If we go to Second Senior Brother's place in the future and let Fellow Daoist Bai Lu find the way, we can also ask it to carry messages between us and Second Senior Brother." Lin Jue said.
"Brother, you've thought it through!"
"Um……"
Lin Jue walked into the Taoist temple's Moving Mountain Hall and burned three incense sticks to the founder. Then he turned around and, as expected, his junior sister was following him with her back to him. She was peeking out to look at the stone horse across the chain bridge.
It seems that she is really interested in this.
Lin Jue smiled and asked her with concern, "How are you doing in the mountains alone, Junior Sister?"
"Oh!" Upon hearing this, the junior sister immediately turned around and became serious, as if someone was checking her homework.
“It’s still okay!”
“What’s okay?”
“It’s just great!”
“What do you do every day?”
"Every day? I practice meditation, practice magic, practice my old magic, practice the new wood escape technique that my senior brother taught me, feed chickens and cats, and grow vegetables." The junior sister answered while counting the details.
"Is there nothing else? What do you eat every day?"
"There is nothing to do on the mountain. It's very cold and boring than on Fuqiu Peak. No one cooks. I just eat eggs and porridge every day." The little sister scratched her head and asked, "Brother, where are you in the capital?"
"It's almost the same. Practicing every day, learning spells, comprehending spells, carving bean soldiers, it's almost the same as on Fuqiu Peak." Lin Jue also said, "Luckily, I have Luo Gong. When I have free time every day, I cook one or two meals for us to eat. If it weren't for Luo Gong, I and Fuyao would probably be too lazy to cook."
"Oh……"
The little sister breathed a sigh of relief, then took another deep breath and glanced at him quietly: "Brother, have you finished carving the bean soldiers?"
"It's early."
"So...what spells did you learn?"
"I am comprehending the art of controlling objects."
"Object Control Technique..."
"I haven't figured it out yet, but I'll be there soon."
In fact, Lin Jue also found time to learn the Solar Spirit Fire and Wind Returning Techniques, because one of these two spells was a variation of fire magic, and the other was closely related to calling the wind, so he learned them very quickly.
It was the wall-breaking technique that took some extra time.
But he didn't say it.
His junior sister was more cautious and unwilling to fall behind, so he was afraid of irritating her. By then, she would practice hard alone in the mountains and die of exhaustion without anyone knowing.
"Brother, where is the pickled cabbage you made for me?"
"Not yet." Lin Jue said, "The New Year is coming soon. I came here to ask you to go to the capital to celebrate the New Year. It's too cold in the mountains."
"Go to the capital? Great!" The little sister agreed without hesitation, then she was stunned again, "Then what about the chickens I feed?"
"Save some food, you won't freeze to death."
"Oh……"
"Have you written a letter to your brothers?"
"I want to write, but I haven't yet. I'm waiting for my senior brother to write together."
"I guess that's the case." Lin Jue said to her again, "Master Fan found a spirit for me that can help us deliver letters to several brothers, but it can't be delivered to Fuqiu Peak. Therefore, we can only wait until the beginning of next spring to ask a Huizhou merchant who is passing by to deliver it to the eldest brother. As for the other brothers, you can send them after you write the letter."
"Brother, did you write it?" The little sister said without hesitation, "Show me what you wrote!"
"I didn't write it."
“Show me when you write it!”
“You can write whatever you want.”
"Let me see what my senior brother writes first!"
"Go pack your things."
"You agreed?"
"Nothing..."
It is rare to hear any conversation in the Taoist temple deep in the mountains.
Not long after, the junior sister locked the Taoist temple, and the senior brother and sister went down the mountain again.
After crossing the iron chain bridge, the junior sister circled the stone horse several times, her eyes full of curiosity. However, the two did not ride the stone horse, but paper donkeys.
The news that Lin Jue had subdued the stone horse had already spread throughout the capital. If he rode the stone horse back to the capital, he was afraid that the Star Observation Palace would come to him to ask for it back. By then, there would be a lot of wrangling whether he gave it to him or not, so he didn't want to bother.
Then they saw a donkey staggering along a snowy and desolate mountain road, and two men in Taoist robes heading towards the capital.
"Brother, here it is."
The junior sister handed over a boiled egg, which was already cold.
"what?"
"My dinner with Xiaohua."
Then, while peeling the eggs, she said to Lin Jue, "Brother, you are alone in the capital, are you not bullied by anyone?"
"It's snowy, so stop talking."
"Oh……"
But when she arrived in the capital, things were obviously different from what Junior Sister had expected.
Of the two neighbors in the courtyard, Master Fan was very polite to his senior brother, and Mr. Pan, who was rumored to have a bad temper, was even more respectful. He even became respectful to her when he heard that this female Taoist was one of the two Taoists, a man and a woman, who had killed the Alligator King by the Weishui River.
The little sister just felt...
Senior Brother found two disciples in Beijing?
Even when the two of them walked through the streets of the capital, there were people who bowed to the senior brother from afar and called him "Master".
The junior sister was a little dazed.
I knew that my senior brother was living well in the capital, but I didn’t know that he was living so well in the capital.
She counted the days and realized that only a short time had passed since she left the capital and returned to Fengshan.
(End of this chapter)
