Chapter 293 Staying in Xiangcheng on the Qiqiao Day
After resting for a few days, the group had recovered, but Zhao Wuyang still did not wake up. He just slept in a daze, mumbling a few words from time to time.
Lingxiang extremely suspected that it was Wan Gu Qiong Cang who was causing trouble, but there was nothing she could do. She couldn't enter the dream again. After all, entering the consciousness of another person's Qi Pool was extremely dangerous.
But now four or five days have passed, and it would be bad to delay any longer. Although Taoist Chi Yanzi's health has improved, he still needs to return to Yuanqing earlier so that he can be properly taken care of. So in the end, Zhenren Chengxin decided to set off immediately.
But things went against their wishes. When they passed Linxiang, Lingxiang was unwilling to leave, saying that she wanted to meet the ancients. No matter what Zhenren Chengxin said, she would not listen.
He is so young, and it doesn't matter if he has any old friends. Even if he does, now is a turbulent time. The affairs of the demon clan are enough to worry him, and this little junior sister will make him worry less.
Linxiang is a small town under Xiangcheng. Although it is small, it is extremely prosperous and wealthy, and all the wealthy businessmen and guests who come and go stay there.
Fortunately, the journey was already halfway through, and persuasion was useless. In desperation, Master Chengxin had to instruct Xinyi and Hanyang to take Zhao Wuyang and Chi Yanzi back to the sect first, while he himself took Liu Xia Longqi to protect Lingxiang.
Banxia originally wanted to return to the sect first. Liu Xia's recent behavior made her very unhappy, and somehow, she seemed to not feel the same way towards Liu Xia as before. There were always some strange emotions in her heart, but she couldn't express them.
But things went against their wishes. Liu Xia said that it would be inconvenient for Hanyang Xinyi to have four men in her group. It would be better to keep Banxia and Lingxiang as companions. Women are always more attentive than men and can serve them closely, killing two birds with one stone.
Zhenren Chengxin thought about it for a moment and felt that this was very reasonable, so he agreed. This made Banxia very angry, and she ignored him for many days.
What do you mean by looking after Lingxiang? It's good enough that she doesn't need Lingxiang to look after her! Liu Xia is really annoying!
Although she said she wanted to meet an old friend, Lingxiang never took any action. She just stayed quietly in the inn and didn't say a word until Xinyi and his group left.
How can I meet my old friends if I don't move?
That morning, Banxia got up but could not find Lingxiang. After searching for a long time, she finally found her in the backyard. But the strange thing was that Lingxiang was squatting under the bushes in the yard guarding a wooden basin.
Banxia walked closer and saw that there was nothing in the wooden basin except water, but Lingxiang seemed very interested.
"What are you doing?"
"I'm collecting rootless water."
Rootless water? What is that?
Before Banxia became a nun, she had heard that some doctors would prescribe rootless water in their prescriptions, but Lingxiang told her that the so-called rootless water was not as effective as mountain spring water. If that was the case, then what was the point of Lingxiang doing this?
Thinking of this, he asked. Lingxiang smiled and said, "Today's rootless water is different from the past. Don't you know? Today is the Qiqiao Festival."
"What about the Qiqiao Festival? How is it different?"
I remember when I was a child, I heard the elders say that the dew on the Qiqiao Festival was the tears shed by the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl when they met in the sky. But in Banxia's opinion, it was just a rumor in a storybook. She just listened to it but never took it seriously.
"It is hard to say whether they are the tears of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, but it is rumored that washing your face with today's rootless water can improve your eyesight. Fortunately, among all living beings, I have found my lifelong companion."
As Lingxiang spoke, she scooped up a handful of water in the basin. The crescent moon reflected in it was shattered by the ripples, but it came together again after a moment, only swaying with the residual waves in the water.
Banxia felt that these were just folk customs, and she had never taken them seriously. It was really not worth getting up early for this, but...
"There is so much rootless water. It seems that the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl cried a lot today!" Banxia sighed. Hearing this, Lingxiang laughed and said, "Silly girl, this is well water. I am just collecting dew here for the sake of scenery. It is not raining, so how can there be so much rootless water?"
On the day of Qiqiao, Linxiang was really lively. Men and women, in pairs or with their families, were all enjoying the joy of the festival. The vendors were shouting hard, selling exquisite jewelry, blessing river lanterns, or tigers for today, all of which were suitable for the occasion.
These are great days for making money, so how can we not work hard?
According to Lingxiang's personality, she should have come out to play on this day, after all, she liked these little toys very much. But for some reason, although she came out, she did not go to the stalls on both sides, but just wandered around the street by herself. No matter how Long Qi teased her, she just took a look.
"Something's wrong..." Long Qi approached Liu Xia and said.
"What's wrong?" Liu Xia's attention was all on Banxia. When Long Qi suddenly said this, he thought something was wrong.
Could it be that Long Qi had seen through him? That's impossible...
If it was a clever girl like Lingxiang, it would be normal for her to see it, but Long Qi...
Banxia, the little girl, didn't seem to be very smart, so Liu Xia hadn't made his feelings public yet, thinking that there was still a long time to go, and he would eventually let her understand. If it was revealed now, what if the girl was too shy to annoy him, wouldn't it be a loss?
Liu Xia was just thinking of an excuse to get away with it when she heard Long Qi continue, "Ling Xiang didn't even buy any trinkets, she didn't even look at them, she just wandered around the street like that, it's so unlike her."
After hearing this, Liu Xia breathed a sigh of relief.
"Maybe she's not interested. I heard that Miss Lingxiang prefers reading."
Book?
Long Qi took a breath, and suddenly he remembered the rare copy that Lingxiang had hidden in Xianyunju and regarded as a treasure. He suddenly became anxious, and hurriedly left Liu Xia and ran forward, working even harder to buy small things to amuse Lingxiang.
What a joke! How can we watch her go astray?
But Lingxiang didn't pay much attention to it. Even if she found a gadget interesting, she would just take a look at it and say it was interesting, and then pass it by.
Could it be that this little girl was really looking for some rare copy? Not to mention whether there was anything to sell during the Qiqiao Festival today, even if there was, no one would dare to sell it in broad daylight, right? Besides, even if someone was selling it, I couldn't buy it!
In this way, Long Qi was trying to tease Lingxiang while at the same time being extremely alert, checking to see if there was anything wrong around him, in order to prevent Lingxiang from doing anything out of line on a whim.
It’s really hard to say about this little girl.
Zhenren Chengxin followed them all the way but didn't say much. He just looked at the four people and sighed in his heart: They are so young.
After walking around for a whole day, Lingxiang showed no intention of returning. It was not until it got dark that she turned around and said, "It's time."
What time?
Just at this moment, a firework went straight up into the sky and exploded in mid-air, so brilliant that in an instant, the whole Linxiang was lit up.
"Liuyunxuan..."
Long Qi couldn't help but take a breath. Ling Xiang actually brought them to this place of fireworks and willow fragrance. It was really...
It's hard to guard against!
(End of this chapter)
