Chapter 272: Is the Third Third Shixiong Living So Well in the Capital?

The mountain road was steep, the stone horses were inconvenient to walk, and there were branches blocking the way above, so Lin Jue had to get down and walk.

Gradually approaching the Fengshan Hongye Guan on the top of the mountain.

Swish!

A white shadow flashed in the forest!

His fox jumped back, its figure grew a bit larger, holding a small stone in its mouth, placed it at Lin Jue's feet, and tilted its head to look at him.

Lin Jue lowered his head to look, and at the same time turned it with his foot, seeing it was a smooth stone carving, about the size of a palm, vaguely able to see the rough outline of a cat.

"What is this?"

Lin Jue withdrew his gaze and continued to move forward.

A few steps up, they arrived at the iron chain bridge.

Opposite was the snow-covered Fengshan Hongye Guan.

He remembered that when spring and summer met, the whole mountain was green, and when autumn and winter met, it was colorful. Now it was a snow forest all over the mountain, and the tiled roof of the ancient temple was also covered in snow, which was undoubtedly another kind of charm.

On the opposite side of the iron chain bridge, a colorful civet cat was already poking its head to observe them. Seeing it was them, it ran to the bridge to welcome them.

"This is it." Lin Jue turned to the two stone horses and said, "Although this palace temple is not as big as the Star Gazing Palace, there is a clear spiritual aura in the mountain. Although my junior sister is not yet an immortal, she is a true Daoist with cultivation and attainments. Plus, we have always had a clear conscience in our actions, and this place will not be stained by any filthy aura. It is a good place for clear cultivation."

The stone horses were silent, not saying a word.

The colorful civet on the bridge was craning its head, staring at them without a word, while the fox had already run towards it with small steps.

The two little ones jumped in the air, like dancing lions.

Only Lin Jue still stood in place: "It's just that this iron chain bridge has been in disrepair for a long time, and I fear it cannot bear your weight. If you are willing to settle down and cultivate here, you can only be on this side of the bridge."

As the words fell, the two stone horses moved their steps, turned their bodies, backed towards the palace temple, faced the road down the mountain, and stood on both sides of the iron chain bridge, one left and one right.

They were actually aligned very neatly.

Lin Jue looked carefully—

Snow had fallen on the iron chain bridge, and snow had also fallen on the backs of the stone horses. The iron chain bridge and the palace temple behind were somewhat old, and the stone horses also had traces of wind, frost, rain, and snow, looking unexpectedly harmonious. Those who didn't know might think that this pair of stone horses was originally here and belonged to this palace temple.

"Go this way!"

The small ghost appeared again, pointing to the iron chain bridge.

"I know."

Only then did Lin Jue bring his luggage, walk onto the bridge, and say to the stone horses behind him: "You can cultivate here. You can also go to the mountain to gallop. Wind, frost, rain, snow, heaven and earth spiritual aura, sun and moon essence, these things are not lacking here. But you must not gallop in the city again."

The stone horses didn't respond, and Lin Jue also got on the bridge.

Walking across the iron chain bridge, Lin Jue saw that on the open space outside the Daoist temple, on the edge of the cliff, a row of stone carvings was actually placed, as if used as a railing. Even under that pine tree, a circle of stone carvings was placed, as if circling a flower bed for planting trees.

There were many types of stone carvings, mainly cats and dogs, as well as clouded leopards and fierce tigers. From left to right, at first there was only a rough outline, and later they became more and more lifelike, more and more spirited.

With a creak, a room opened its door.

A female Daoist wearing thick clothes stood at the door looking at them.

"Third Shixiong brother is here?"

Hearing this, Lin Jue withdrew his gaze from the stone carvings and asked with a smile: "Since when did junior sister start making stone carvings?"

"The mountain is cold. Besides cultivation, there is nothing to do, so I have to get some stones to play with." Junior sister answered, "It's not stone carving, it's something I felt out with my hands."

Hearing this, Lin Jue suddenly smiled.

He suddenly remembered that when they were on the mountain, the senior brothers said that when a Daoist cultivated on the mountain, but after entering the door of cultivation, they would be much more leisurely, so besides magic, they had to have something to pass the time.

He also remembered that when his junior sister asked him why other senior brothers had hobbies, but she didn't.

Didn't she find one too?

The best way to describe time is often change. This scene seemed to be reminding Lin Jue that, unknowingly, so much time had passed.

Lin Jue shook his head: "Just right, junior sister loves stone carving, and I also brought two friends for junior sister, which are two stone carvings."

"What?"

Junior sister looked in the direction of his gaze.

Only to see the world was all white, the other side of the iron chain bridge seemed to have some changes, and seemed to have no changes. Looking carefully, she realized there were two more stone carvings.

It was just that they blended appropriately with the scenery of heaven and earth, becoming one. At first glance, she didn't find them.

"They are two stone horses. They were originally in the capital, but later they couldn't stay in the capital and ran outside to run wild, often running amok on the streets in the city. A few days ago, they were subdued by me." Lin Jue said, "Now it's just right to settle them here with junior sister."

"Stone horses? Can they run?"

Junior sister pointed to that side blankly.

"I don't know if it was caused by the spiritual aura of the capital, or if it was because of the long time, being washed by wind, frost, rain, and snow, and soaked in the essence of the sun and moon, they have gained spirituality and become spirits. They can not only run, but also run very fast." Lin Jue said, "If junior sister needs to hurry one day, ask them for help. They will be much faster than the paper donkey, just that the movement is a bit big and bumpy. If there is nothing to do, let them cultivate here. Not to mention anything else, even if they just stand there, it is a kind of decoration for the Daoist temple."

"..."

Junior sister's eyes were wide open, with brilliance inside, looking at Lin Jue, and then at the two stone horses on the other side of the iron chain bridge, as if she wanted to see how the stone horses ran and wanted to ride them to experience it immediately.

"Also—"

Lin Jue said to her again:

"I also made friends with a white egret. In the future, if junior sister has anything to say to me, or wants me to buy something in the capital, and is too lazy to run in person, and too lazy to entrust someone to bring a letter, you can ask this white egret friend to bring the letter to me. It will come to junior sister's place to turn around from time to time. Sometimes I can also entrust it to bring letters to junior sister."

When he said this, a white egret flew down lightly and landed on the snow pine.

The colorful civet looked up, staring intently.

Junior sister also looked up and couldn't help but say: "It's good to learn the Method of Gathering Beasts and Controlling Birds."

"In the future, if we go to the second senior brother's place, let the white egret friend find the way, then we can also ask it to bring letters between us and the second senior brother." Lin Jue said.

"Third Shixiong brother is thoughtful!"

"Hmm..."

Lin Jue stepped into the Ban Shan Hall of the Daoist temple and burned three sticks of incense for the founder. Only then did he turn his head. Sure enough, his junior sister was following behind him, but she was facing away from him, craning her neck to look outside at the stone horses on the other side of the iron chain bridge.

It seemed she was really interested in this.

Lin Jue smiled and cared about her: "How is junior sister doing alone on the mountain?"

"Oh!"

Hearing this, junior sister turned her head immediately, looking stern for a moment, as if someone was checking her homework.

"Doing okay!"

"What is okay?"

"It means not bad!"

"What do you do every day?"

"Every day? Cultivate and meditate, practice magic, practice the original magic, practice the Wood Escape Method that senior brother just taught me, feed the chickens and cats, and grow vegetables." Junior sister answered by counting.

"Anything else? What do you eat every day?"

"There is nothing to do on the mountain, it's cold, more boring than on Fuqiu Peak, and there is no one to cook. I eat eggs and rice porridge every day." Junior sister scratched her head and asked back, "What about senior brother in the capital?"

"About the same. Cultivate every day, learn magic, realize magic, carve bean soldiers, and it's about the same as on Fuqiu Peak." Lin Jue also said, "Fortunately, there is Lord Luo. Every day when I am free, I also cook one or two meals to eat together. If there were no Lord Luo, I and Fuyao alone, I guess I would be too lazy to cook."

"Oh..."

Junior sister breathed a sigh of relief, then took a breath, looking at him quietly: "Third Shixiong brother, have you finished carving the bean soldiers?"

"Still a long way to go."

"Then... what other magic did you learn?"

"I am realizing the Object-Control Art."

"Object-Control Art..."

"Haven't realized it yet, but soon."

Actually, Lin Jue had also taken time to learn the Solar Spiritual Fire and the Wind-Returning Art, because one of these two spells was a variant of fire magic, and the other was also closely related to calling the wind, so he learned them very quickly.

It was that Wall-Separation Art that took more time.

But he didn't say it.

His junior sister was more competitive and unwilling to fall behind. He was afraid of stimulating her, and then she would practice hard on the mountain alone, and if she died of exhaustion on the mountain, no one would know.

"Third Shixiong brother, where are the pickled vegetables you made for me?"

"Haven't made them yet." Lin Jue said, "It's almost New Year, I am here specifically to ask you to go to the capital for the New Year. The mountain is too cold."

"Go to the capital? Good!" Junior sister agreed without hesitation, then was startled, "Then what about the chickens I feed?"

"Keep enough food, they won't freeze to death."

"Oh..."

"Did you write letters to the senior brothers?"

"Wanted to write, didn't write, waiting for senior brother to write together."

"I guessed it would be like this." Lin Jue said to her again, "Master Fan found a yaoguai for me, who can help us send letters to several senior brothers, but he can't send them to Fuqiu Peak. So we can only wait until next spring to ask a Huizhou merchant on the way to send them to the eldest senior brother. As for the other senior brothers, after you write the letter, you can send them."

"Third Shixiong brother wrote?" Junior sister said without hesitation, "Let me see what you wrote!"

"Didn't write."

"Let me see when you write!"

"Write whatever you want to write."

"I'll see how senior brother writes first!"

"Go pack your things."

"You agreed?"

"Nothing of the sort..."

It was rare for a Daoist temple in the deep mountains to have a few more words spoken.

Not long after, junior sister locked the Daoist temple, and the senior brother and junior sister went down the mountain again.

After crossing the iron chain bridge, junior sister circled the stone horses several times, her eyes full of curiosity, but the two didn't ride the stone horses, but rode the paper donkey.

The news of Lin Jue subduing the stone horses had already spread in the capital. If he rode the stone horses back to the capital, he was afraid that the Star Gazing Palace would come to ask him for them. At that time, whether he gave them or not, it would be a hassle, and he was too lazy to be troubled.

Then he saw a donkey shaking and swaying on a desolate mountain road in the wind and snow, the two wearing Daoist robes, heading towards the capital.

"Third Shixiong brother, here."

Junior sister handed over a boiled egg, which was already cold.

"What?"

"Dinner for me and Little Flower."

Then she said to Lin Jue while peeling the egg: "Third Shixiong brother, you are alone in the capital, were you bullied by anyone?"

"Heavy snow, talk less."

"Oh..."

But when they arrived in the capital, things were clearly different from what junior sister thought.

In the courtyard, there were two neighbors. That Master Fan was very polite to senior brother, which was fine, but that Master Pan, who was rumored to have a bad temper, was even more respectful. Even when he heard that this female Daoist was one of the two Daoists, a man and a woman, who eliminated the Tuo Dragon King by the Wei Shui River, he became respectful to her too.

Junior sister only felt...

Third Shixiong brother found in the capital? Two Dao brothers?

Even when the two walked through the streets of the capital, there were people from afar bowing and saluting to senior brother, calling him True Person.

Junior sister was a bit dazed.

She knew senior brother was living well in the capital, but she didn't know senior brother was living so well in the capital.

And she calculated the days, from the time she left the capital and returned to Mount Fengshan, it had clearly not been long. ===== CHAPTER 273 =====