Chapter 144: Cui Di's Love and Understanding
"In that case, let's wait a while. Thank you for your concern, Elder Fu Cang." Taoist Xuantan said with a sigh.
Seeing him like this, Maidong couldn't help but wonder what this old man was up to. He sighed and asked questions, what was he thinking?
"It's just..." Mai Dong looked at the seated Shang Qing Zhenren, "If Taoist Xuantan is waiting at the sect, I think the new disciples' training down the mountain will have to be delayed."
Since there are guests in this sect, it is indeed inappropriate to go out and gain experience.
"In that case," Shangqing Zhenren looked at Qianyuan Zhenren and said, "Why not wait for half a month? I think it will be fine."
Upon hearing this, Zhenren Qianyuan nodded and praised it.
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The boy came to report that Long Qi, a disciple of Elder Fu Cang, wanted to see him. Shou Cheng was a little surprised. Normally, if Elder Fu Cang sent someone, it should be Ren Dong. The two of them were not familiar with each other, but they had talked to each other. Now, what was the intention of sending Long Qi, who he had only met before?
However, although he was confused, Shoucheng still straightened his clothes and left Youyuan Palace - no matter what his intention was, he could not afford to offend this ancestor.
After the two sides met and exchanged greetings, Long Qi directly stated his purpose. Shoucheng glanced at the green flute on his waist. Although he was puzzled, he still went to the mountain gate with Long Qi.
Even though this little nun was a bit crazy, she did things her way. Moreover, she gave the green flute given by the old man with the bamboo stick to Long Qi, and she came in such a hurry, so there must be something going on.
The two men hurried to the mountain gate, only to see Shoucheng pulling Long Qi, grabbing a handful of soil, then throwing it into the air, and it immediately disappeared.
Long Qi felt dizzy and he didn't know how long it was before he finally stood firmly on the ground. He felt a little unsteady and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, Shoucheng grabbed him and saved him from falling to the ground.
"This is the first time I use this escape technique, so I'm sure it's a little bit awkward, but you'll get used to it once you get used to it." Shoucheng said, helping Long Qi up, "We're here."
Long Qi took a while to come back to his senses. Although he felt a little uncomfortable, the technique was really wonderful. He couldn't help but admire: "Senior Brother Shoucheng's technique is really convenient."
Shoucheng just smiled when he heard this, and stretched out his hand to signal Long Qi. Long Qi was a little confused and asked what he meant. Shoucheng pointed at Long Qi's waist and said:
"There is a formation set up by the old man with a bamboo stick in this ancient bamboo forest. If ordinary people enter, they will probably die. Didn't the little sister-in-law give you that flute? You can use it to summon the goblin who will lead the way."
Hearing this, Long Qi immediately understood why Ling Xiang asked him to come with her: this flute must have been used by Ling Xiang, so it must not be used by another man. He had expressed his feelings before, and now she gave him this flute. Was it a disguised response to him?
Long Qi was holding the flute in a daze for a while, his mind was wandering elsewhere, and he couldn't help but grinning, which made Shou Cheng feel surprised and suspicious: This little nun's preferences are really hard to understand, and she accepted even such a fool as her apprentice?
In order not to delay Lingxiang's business, Shoucheng quickly coughed to remind Long Qi. Long Qi was startled and then remembered that he still had something to do. He hurriedly asked, "I don't know how to play the flute. What should I do?"
This was a bit troublesome. Shoucheng frowned - he couldn't even play the flute...
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Lingxiang and Master Fuyin followed Zhuhuang all the way and after turning for a long time, they finally saw a small courtyard.
Those sects always like to build their temples in the mountains. Once something happens, it will be very difficult to find the people. Lingxiang really can't understand what those so-called hermits are thinking. Don't they know what the ancients said, the great hermits hide in the city, and the small hermits hide in the wild?
Look at yourself, placing your leisurely home in a bustling city, that is where a hermit should go.
Speaking of Youran Ju, she actually missed her hammock. It was so comfortable to take out a pharmacopoeia and lie on it to bask in the sun in the winter.
Just as he was lost in thought, he heard Zhu Huang say, "If you two want to find Senior Sister Hongying, it may not be easy. Kunwu Sect is very big, and we don't know where Senior Sister Hongying is for a while."
Hearing this, Lingxiang thought for a while, then gave Master Fuyin a look, who immediately understood, coughed lightly and said, "If that's the case, then there's no need to rush to look for her. The purpose of our trip is to treat Taoist Xuanhuai, so why don't you take us to your master's residence first, and then we can still find your Senior Sister Hongying in time."
It's not that Lingxiang doesn't want to say more, but now that she is under the name of Maidong, she can't point fingers in front of others and her master, right? Not to mention whether Master Fuyin wants to save face, even if it's just a show, she has to do it well, right?
But Zhu Huang looked embarrassed when he heard this. He hesitated for a long time and said, "It's not that I don't want to take you two with me, but there are a group of brothers guarding outside the master's courtyard. Not to mention you, even I can't enter casually..."
Now that Master Xuan Huai's life is in danger, he can't care about so many things.
"In that case, take the two of us and quietly approach your master's courtyard, and we can discuss the rest later..." said Master Fuyin with a frown.
After all, saving lives is like putting out a fire. If you wait any longer, you might miss the chance to rescue them.
Zhu Huang hesitated for a moment after hearing this before nodding in agreement.
"Since it's for Master, then follow me!"
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Long Qi's face turned red as he blew for a long time before he finally managed to make a few notes on the green flute. Listening to the sound of Long Qi's flute, Shou Cheng felt that the little nun's flute was indeed a hundred times better.
Just when Long Qi felt stars appearing on his head, he heard a rolling sound coming from the ancient bamboo forest, mixed with some dirty words.
After waiting for a while, the rolling sound became closer, and Shoucheng pulled Long Qi, signaling him not to blow it anymore.
Long Qi suddenly felt relieved and squatted on the ground to catch his breath. In the future, he would definitely learn to play the flute well. Now Lingxiang was carrying the Prison Ox Harp, wouldn't the two of them be a perfect match?
Just as Long Qi was lost in thought, he heard a sharp voice coming from the forest:
"Even in the long future, your flute skills won't be so bad. Even if it's Howl of Sorrow, it's a hundred times better than you."
As he was speaking, two balls were seen rolling in the forest. They were the ones that had spoken when Honeysuckle came earlier.
When Long Qi saw the goblin in front of him, he was surprised. This old man with a bamboo stick looked a little too...
It's so out of place...
The goblin was also extremely surprised. He thought the person who came was Lingxiang, but he didn't expect it to be Shoucheng and an idiot he didn't know. "Why is it you? Where did that damn girl Lingxiang go? Who is this?"
The shrill-voiced goblin questioned him for a while, and Shoucheng bowed and said, "Little Sister-in-law has something to do and cannot come here. This is her disciple. He wants to go into the forest to see Senior Bamboo Staff for something."
Long Qi finally understood that the thing in front of him was not the old man with the bamboo stick. He had said that it looked so strange, it was not a human, but a monster...
Um?monster?
How could someone actually live with a monster?
Could it be that the old man with the bamboo stick is also a monster? Otherwise, who would give him such a weird name?
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Zhu Huang walked along the way with Lingxiang and Fuyin Zhenren, but stopped in front of a bush and pulled them to squat down.
"Look," Zhu Huang pointed to a yard not far away and said, "That's where Master lives. But as you can see, there are people guarding everywhere. It's not that easy to get in..."
Looking down the mountain in the direction of Zhu Huang's finger, I saw a not very big yard. There were many people in red Taoist armor standing around it, and there were people walking around in the yard from time to time. I guess they were patrolling.
"Those are all our senior brothers, and their cultivation is very high. I dare not provoke them. If something goes wrong, I will definitely lose the fight, not to mention running away. I will be caught before I even take a step." Zhu Huang shrank his neck and said, "If it is a small fight on weekdays, it would be fine. At most, I will be caught and forced to kneel in the hall and copy the Taoist formula as punishment. But now, Senior Uncle Xuantan has solemnly said that whoever dares to take even a step will have his cultivation abolished and be expelled from the sect."
Having said this, as if Zhu Huang had already been caught, she quickly turned around and curled herself up into a ball.
"I heard that losing one's cultivation is extremely painful. My small body certainly can't bear it. If I die there, it would be a huge loss. There are still many fun things in this world that I haven't played and many delicious things that I haven't eaten..."
Upon hearing this, Master Fuyin smiled in his heart. After all, the person in front of him was just a child, who probably had never seen the world. Yet, he could still speak such childish words, with a pitiful look. He was really adorable.
He seemed to think of Maidong and couldn't help but reach out to touch Zhuhuang's head, but was slapped away by Lingxiang.
Lingxiang used all her strength in this palm strike, and a red mark immediately appeared on Master Fuyin's hand.
"It's already this late, Master, you're still thinking about something else. Put away those thoughts. We need to save people, but you don't even think about how to get in. Do you want me, your disciple, to think for you?"
Although Lingxiang was not good at martial arts, she really used all her strength in this palm strike. The "pop" sound could be clearly heard in the mountain. Even the Kunwu sect disciples who were guarding the courtyard at the foot of the mountain seemed to have heard it, and some of them actually looked up the mountain.
Lingxiang hurriedly pulled Master Fuyin to bury his body. Fortunately, the sky was a little dark, and those disciples seemed to have seen nothing. They just looked around for a long time and then stood there motionless.
Lingxiang immediately looked at Master Fuyin with a resentful look, as if all this was his fault. Master Fuyin was embarrassed for a moment, covered his hand and smiled, but said nothing.
However, Zhu Huang, who was squatting in the middle, opened his eyes wide with shock. The master and disciple were really surprised that the disciple dared to hit the master, and the master did not blame him.
What kind of master and apprentice are these...
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When the goblins brought Long Qi and the other man to the place, the old man with the bamboo cane was waiting at the gate of the courtyard. But when he saw the bamboo flute on Long Qi's waist, he was so surprised that his beard flew up and he ran towards Long Qi on his crutches. Even though his shoes had fallen off, he didn't pick them up and put them on.
When Long Qi saw the man coming with such a fierce momentum, he was suddenly startled and quickly used his martial arts to fly away.
But the old man with the bamboo cane was no ordinary man. He just stretched out the cane and casually hooked it tightly onto Long Qi's clothes, and then he pulled it off.
As soon as Long Qi's feet left the ground, he couldn't fly out. Not only that, he fell heavily to the ground, with his mouth full of mud.
Just when Long Qi felt the pain all over his body from the fall, he suddenly felt a weight on his back. He saw that the old man with the bamboo stick was sitting steadily on his back, humming a tuneless little song and picking his shoeless feet.
Shoucheng found the scene extremely funny, but he did not dare to laugh in front of the old man with the bamboo stick. He had to hold it back, which was really uncomfortable.
Just as Long Qi was yelling, he saw the old man with the bamboo stick flicking his finger at his head.
"That little girl Lingxiang actually gave my Qingfeng Jade Flute to you. Tell me! Whose family are you from? When did you two become friends?!"
After being asked this question, Shoucheng on the side could no longer laugh - this Long Qi was the disciple of the young nun, how could they have that kind of relationship? It was really hard for the old man with the bamboo stick to say this.
Just as he was about to speak, he heard Long Qi screaming in pain: "Whether I am with her or not, what does it have to do with you? Besides, how do you know that I am with her?"
Shoucheng was shocked when he heard this. From what Long Qi implied, he thought that what the old man with the bamboo stick said was not groundless?
"Oh? You little brat, you actually dare to speak to me like this, it's really rude!" said the old man with the bamboo stick, and snapped his fingers at Long Qi again.
Long Qi cried out in pain, but he was not convinced in his heart: "You old man, you came up to me aggressively and unreasonably, and you even blamed me for being unreasonable. How can this be justified in the world?"
Upon hearing this, the old man with the bamboo cane put on a savage face, knocked Long Qi on the head with the cane in his hand and said, "You little bastard, even if I am unreasonable, what can you do to me? Who told you to harm my little Lingxiang? Even if I treat you like this, it is not too much."
Long Qi was very confused when he heard this. Although he had heard Lingxiang talk about the old man with the bamboo stick before, this was the first time he saw him. Why was this old man so hostile to him? Could it be that the little girl Lingxiang said something bad about him in front of the old man?
Seeing Long Qi like this, the old man with the bamboo stick pulled out the Qingfeng Jade Flute from his waist, tapped his head and said: "When I gave this Qingfeng Jade Flute to Lingxiang, I told her that if she met someone she liked in the future, she could give this flute to her, and they would be able to live happily and harmoniously in the future. Now you have my Qingfeng Jade Flute on your waist, could it be that you stole it? Then you deserve a beating!" As he said that, he hit Long Qi again.
Shou Cheng was horrified when he heard this. If it was really as the old man with the bamboo stick said, then it would be fatal. If the master and uncles knew about it, wouldn't they blow the roof off the Wuji Palace? !
When Long Qi heard this, he felt sweet in his heart. Just as he thought, Ling Xiang must have liked him, which was why she gave him the flute.
Just when Long Qi was feeling uneasy, he heard Shou Cheng ask, "Little Nun said clearly that she was giving you this flute? Wasn't it because she had to save someone that she had no choice but to do so?"
This question immediately brought Long Qi back to his senses - that's right! Lingxiang didn't say it was a gift to him, she only told him to take it to find Shoucheng...
The old man with the bamboo stick sitting on Long Qi's back frowned when he heard this and asked in confusion:
"Save someone? Save who?"
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