Chapter 225

"I said why did you give me the kite to fly." Lin Jue looked at the sky helplessly. "It turns out there is no wind."

Then he waved his sleeve and invited a sky full of clear breeze.

The kite was already flying very high, and just as it was falling down, it immediately regained its spirit and rode the wind straight up.

The Xiao Shimei sat cross-legged on the spot, her back straight, looking up at the sky, as if she hadn't heard what he said.

"You're even calculating against your senior brother now."

The Xiao Shimei still sat motionless, watching intently.

At this moment, there was only one thought in her heart—

Could it be that senior brother's hand of calling the wind is probably worthy of being called profound, approaching perfection?

A sky full of clear breeze with a wave of his sleeve; if told to others, I fear they would also be shocked that it is an immortal's handiwork.

"How is the junior sister's learning of calling the wind?" Lin Jue held the string reel, not doing any control on the kite, just asking.

"Not as good as senior brother's hand." The Xiao Shimei could hear it now and answered honestly.

"Junior sister is good at sword art. Sword art requires close combat with people. I know a spell related to calling the wind, which is suitable for use with sword art. Would junior sister like to learn it?"

"What spell?"

"It is called Gang Qi, also called Gang Wind."

"Hmm?"

The Shimei couldn't help but frown tightly. Why is it that senior brother has already learned so many spells and learned them so well, yet every once in a while, he still has new spells?

Doesn't he sleep?

Or is it that whenever she doesn't see him, senior brother is practicing spells?

But taking a look at senior brother—

Seeing him holding the string reel in one hand and reaching out with the other, opening his five palms to feel the clear breeze on the mountain, his expression is leisurely and contented, looking unconstrained and unhindered, and it doesn't look like that.

"What are you 'hmming' about?"

"Oh!" The Xiao Shimei felt a jolt, fearing that senior brother would see through her inner thoughts, and hurriedly asked, "What Gang Wind?"

"Ah!!"

He could not help but loosen his grip.

With this loosening, when he went to grab the wooden staff again, he grabbed nothing but air.

The Xiao Shimei listened intently.

Thinking about it, it is indeed very suitable for her.

Perhaps after learning this and concentrating on cultivation, she can get one step closer to senior brother in fighting spells?

The Xiao Shimei couldn't help but think so.

And she has always been a person who loves to learn. Coming out for an outing, she was already happy. Being able to fly a kite and learn such a spell, isn't it also an unexpected surprise?

So she hurriedly sat up straight.

Even Luo Seng beside her heard it and turned his head, casting his attention over.

"This spell is based on wind. Junior sister is good at calling the wind, so it is easy to learn. Junior sister is also good at sword art. Perhaps one day you can be like a martial artist, nurturing Gang Qi and sword energy. And I am not good at this, so it is difficult."

Lin Jue didn't care about being heard by Luo Seng; in fact, he intended for him to hear it.

After getting along for a long time, he already knew his character.

He also knew that Luo Seng's martial arts had reached the peak, and with his heavy blood energy, he had nurtured a precious sword by slaying yaoguai and ghosts. When wielding the sword, there was already a faint Gang Qi, but it hadn't taken shape yet. He didn't know how much the martial artist's Gang Qi and the spell's Gang Qi had in common. If it could inspire him, it would be a good thing.

But not today, not at this moment.

Just as the Shimei sat up straight, with a serious face, concentrating, and putting her whole heart into it, preparing to listen to senior brother teaching the spell, his tone changed:

"But then again, today is for an outing, so we should be relaxing and playing. How can we talk about these things? I'll tell you when we go back!"

"?"

The Xiao Shimei was stunned for a moment.

Before she knew it, her brows were already tightly furrowed.

However, Lin Jue was already concentrating on flying the kite.

While her heart was itching, Lin Jue was feeling the comfort of the moment, and at the same time, he missed Fuqiu Peak.

Except for the master's passing last year, in previous springs, they were all enjoying the spring on Fuqiu Peak, drinking under the flowers, and sleeping under the flowers. Thinking about it carefully, isn't that an immortal's life?

At that time, he just purely felt it was beautiful.

Now that he had gone down the mountain and looked back, he felt that he probably couldn't go back anymore.

"Sigh..."

Lin Jue couldn't help but sigh.

The Shimei was still watching him sigh.

After playing for half a day, waiting for the sun to tilt west, they went down the mountain.

Walking back slowly, it was already late at night.

"Eh?"

Just as they arrived at the gate of the courtyard, they saw quite a few things placed outside the wooden door.

Walking closer to look, they were all gifts.

Some were dried persimmons and dates, preserved fruits and candied fruits, some were cured meat and ham, eggs and roosters, some were gold, silver, jade, vases, and calligraphy and paintings. Besides that, there was actually a bowl of sacrificial meat.

"This is..."

Lin Jue and the Xiao Shimei were both puzzled.

Luo Seng looked around and soon said: "I'm afraid your matter of eliminating the yaoguai has been known by people, and there are commoners coming to seek the immortal experts."

"Which one?" Lin Jue frowned. "Green Water Immortal or that yaoguai on the side of the road?"

"Don't know! I hope it's not the Green Water Immortal!"

Luo Seng also frowned. The reason why they didn't explain to the local commoners after eliminating the Green Water Immortal, and didn't even show their faces, besides concluding that the commoners could judge for themselves that the Green Water Immortal was a yaoguai from the aftermath, was that this matter hadn't ended yet, and it was inconvenient for people to know that it was them who eliminated the Green Water Immortal.

This would affect their dealing with the Long Wang.

"Did you tell that yaoguai on the road where you live?" Luo Seng asked.

"I did."

"Then it might be what that yaoguai said. I heard that he has been going to return property every night these days, asking people for forgiveness. Perhaps someone asked him, and he didn't hide it," Luo Seng said lightly. "But the shop assistant at the inn is also hard to say. Although he is smart, I have seen him drink the wine left on the guests' tables several times when I went to the inn to buy sauce meat, often drinking until his face was flushed. This matter probably couldn't be hidden in his mouth forever."

"Hmm..."

Soldiers come to block, water comes to cover.

Just then, the fox turned its head and looked outside.

Lin Jue also followed to look outside.

There were shadows moving outside.

Under the sunset glow, a tall and thin figure walked over. Seeing them, he was already afraid, and seeing another fierce martial artist beside them, he was even more afraid, so he hurriedly bowed:

"Greetings, True Lord."

"No need for formalities."

"True Lord! This small one has already returned all the money and offerings!"

"Did you tell others where I live?"

"I did," the yaoguai said weakly. "What's wrong?"

"..."

Lin Jue, Luo Seng, and the Xiao Shimei looked at each other, feeling relieved, and then sighed: "Disturbing my cultivation..."

"Ah? There's no way. This small one was already ashamed. When returning the property, I wanted to ask for their forgiveness. Someone asked about the process of the matter, so I had to answer, lest they think I was lying."

"Forget it, forget it, it doesn't matter."

"Then..."

The yaoguai looked at him weakly:

"I wonder, True Lord, can you ask the Fox Immortal sitting under you to untie the life-threatening talisman on this small one's foot?"

"Haha..."

Lin Jue laughed when he heard it: "What kind of life-threatening talisman is this? It's just a paw print that can find you."

At the same time, the fox walked up.

It blew a breath, and the mark disappeared by itself.

"I promised you before that if you returned all the property, I would give you something as a birthday gift for the Long Wang."

Lin Jue said this and took out a bottle.

In the bottle were three small Yuan pills.

Don't underestimate these small Yuan pills. Each one is the essence of spiritual liquid extracted from heaven and earth treasures, plus silver, concentrated into pills. Not only is each one a bottle of spiritual liquid, but it also has to be paired with silver, which is more complex than spiritual liquid, and the effect is naturally better than spiritual liquid.

As soon as the yaoguai took it, he took a deep breath.

The heaven and earth spiritual energy and spiritual plant essence revealed in it had already moved him. Feeling comfortable, he couldn't help but shake his whole body.

"This..."

The yaoguai looked at Lin Jue.

"Don't be surprised. I heard that the Long Wang has recently become obsessed with alchemy. You give this pill to him, and it will surely gain his attention. You can go to the cave dwelling to eat at the banquet, and maybe you can even get rewards or be reused," Lin Jue said. "If he asks you where you got it, you tell him it was given to you by our senior brother and junior sister. We will also attend the banquet and offer him a more amazing pill. Just don't tell him that we met because you were causing trouble on the side of the road; just say it was a chance encounter on the road and you asked us for it."

"Thank you, True Lord!"

The yaoguai was immediately grateful.

"By the way, you need to tell those commoners who were extorted by you not to spread the word that I live here, and don't come to disturb my cultivation."

"I will strictly follow the decree."

"Go."

Lin Jue waved his hand and let him leave.

"It seems it was indeed him who said it," Luo Seng also breathed a sigh of relief, picked up these things outside the door, and put them into the room. "No need to worry. If anyone comes to seek you another day, I'll find a reason and send them away."

"Thank you, Luo Gong."

"How do you plan to deal with these things?"

"Gold belongs to Luo Gong, silver belongs to us, food we eat together, and ornaments are placed in the room. When the time comes, leave them to the inn assistant."

"What do I want? I'll exchange them for silver for you."

"That's fine."

It just so happens to save some ingredients for the silver-eating ghost.

Besides the silver-eating ghost getting food, the few people also happened to cut the sacrificial meat, pick garlic sprouts from the courtyard, and stir-fry a twice-cooked pork, which was dinner.

The next morning.

Morning mist shrouded the earth, and the three of them had breakfast and boiled tea around the stove in the courtyard.

The morning was quiet, and the mist didn't move.

Only in the small courtyard was there a clear breeze.

Lin Jue explained the way of Gang Wind to them:

"Calling the wind is a feeling with heaven and earth, and it is the external manifestation of divine sense and spells. The mystery lies mostly in intention.

"Gang Wind is about the same, but it needs more fierce and sharp intention in divine sense, and more restraint and gushing in spells.

"Compared to the wind of calling the wind, calling the wind is softer, Gang Wind is harder, calling the wind is broad, Gang Wind is narrow and bound, calling the wind is weaker, Gang Wind is stronger.

"Junior sister already knows how to call the wind, just need to practice binding the wind, binding wide wind into narrow wind, binding soft wind into Gang Wind. The deeper the attainment, the narrower the Gang Wind, the stronger the force, and it won't scatter from afar.

"But remember, compared to the relaxation and emptying when realizing 'calling the wind', when realizing Gang Wind, you need more fierce intention.

"..."

The Xiao Shimei listened extremely seriously.

Luo Seng also often showed a thoughtful look.

It seems both of them had realized something.