Chapter 444: Those who attain the Dao have much help

Spiritual energy lingered at the tip of his nose, and clouds and mist swirled under his feet.

The woman above laughed when she heard what he said: "The Daoist is quite honest."

"I came uninvited, which was presumptuous. Besides gifts, all I could bring was a heart full of sincerity." Lin Jue said truthfully.

"Among the guests below, quite a few came for the snow lotus." The woman said with a smile. "However, they are all people who know our roots, guests we invited, and our friends. When friends come to our home as guests and bring gifts, we have beautiful and holy snow lotus flowers in full bloom, so we naturally give gifts back to them. This is the interaction between friends. But the Daoist is a stranger, bringing gifts to exchange for our most precious snow lotus flowers, so why should we agree?"

Many guests gradually looked toward Lin Jue.

Those who were chatting with each other stopped, and many who were originally sleeping gradually woke up due to the sound of their conversation, poking their heads out from the swirling mist.

Lin Jue thought for a while and was still sincere:

"How many people in this world knew each other before they were born, or were old acquaintances before they were born? Doesn't everything have a beginning?

"If I didn't come to attend the Snow Lotus Gathering and pay a visit to you, you would probably never go to the Central Plains, and we would never know each other. So I came first.

"You and I don't know each other, so I took the initiative to offer sincerity and came to visit with gifts, precisely to make an acquaintance."

When the woman heard this, her expression softened a lot.

At this moment, Lin Jue paused and said again:

"Besides, when I was at the foot of the mountain, I heard that the people here are very hospitable, and the divine beings on Mount Tianshan are the same. I have also heard legends of mortals inadvertently entering the Mount Tianshan Snow Lotus Gathering. I think the mortals in the stories at the foot of the mountain didn't know you either. Since they could do it, I consider myself sincere and open, not a bad person, so why can't I? That's why I gathered the courage to visit presumptuously."

The woman above smiled slightly and replied:

"Those stories are true. There have been mortals from the foot of the mountain who broke in here, but mortals don't know the function of the thousand-year snow lotus, nor would they use it for anything else, so their minds are simple—

"They often just heard that divine beings live on the mountain and that the divine beings are holding a banquet, so the bold ones came. Some heard about the thousand-year snow lotus and wanted to see it, or wanted to beg for a little to treat illnesses, save people, or extend their lives. There were also those who wanted to steal a little.

"For those who want to steal, we drive them out; for those who want to be guests, we welcome them well; for those who beg for snow lotus to treat illnesses, we give a little; for those who respect us, we also have rewards. Because we know that many people at the foot of the mountain don't live past fifty years, and those who can come here, except for those with evil intentions, are all extraordinary destinies."

When Lin Jue heard this, he vaguely realized something.

The immortals on this mountain are probably truly noble.

"I seek the snow lotus, which is not a bad thing, I just want to help my cultivation." Lin Jue said helplessly.

"Forget it, forget it. I can see the Daoist's sincerity, and I can see that the Daoist is not lying here. The Daoist's gifts are too precious; we will only take one. The Daoist can be a guest here, and when you leave, we will pick a snow lotus to give to the Daoist." The woman said, "As for the thousand-year snow lotus, that is too precious. We don't know the Daoist, and there is no one here who knows the Daoist. We don't know the Daoist's character and virtue, so we won't give it to the Daoist casually."

But unexpectedly, as soon as the words fell, a voice that sounded like it hadn't woken up yet rang out from below, in the local language:

"Someone knows him..."

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice—

Only to see a rugged figure slowly climbing up from the swirling mist.

That was a middle-aged man with a bare upper body, covered in chest hair, and a full beard. He was only wearing ordinary gray cloth trousers on his lower body and holding a wooden staff in his hand.

"I know him."

After this person stood straight with the wooden staff, he hurriedly bowed to the two above, his expression respectful: "Mount Tianshan Ancestor, I know this person. He is a good person. I was once helped by him."

Lin Jue didn't understand his words, but he knew his meaning.

At the same time, he also recognized this person—

"Wuer Mu?"

That mountain spirit and mountain monster who was chased and killed by the Qinshan Ancestor back then.

Seven years ago, the Qinshan Ancestor was eliminated by Lin Jue, the Junior Sister, Lord Luo, and Fuyao. This mountain spirit returned to Qinshan and should have already sat firmly in the position of the Mountain God of Qinshan.

"You vouch for him?"

"I vouch for him."

Wuer Mu looked at Lin Jue and nodded.

The woman then fell into silent thought.

Just at this time, several voices rang out one after another from below:

"We are also willing to vouch for him."

It was in the corner of the palace, two figures in the mist, bowing deeply to the woman and the old woman above.

"I am Qi Gao. I met him on the way here and had a long talk with him all night. I feel he is not a bad person, and I am also willing to vouch for him."

A young scholar stood up over there.

"Although I only met him once, I know who he is, and I am also willing to vouch for him."

That was a middle-aged merchant.

"Hehe, I formed a bond with the Ancestor two hundred years ago, and for two hundred years, I have come every time. Since these few have stood up, I will also vouch for this True Person with my thin face."

Lin Jue frowned slightly, not knowing why.

But he still bowed to them with a solemn face.

The fox also stared at them, tilting its head.

Those ghosts smiled and returned the bow to him.

"It seems the Daoist has a good reputation abroad." The woman smiled. "Since you are a friend of a friend, you are also a friend. It is not impossible to exchange the thousand-year snow lotus with you."

Lin Jue didn't speak, listening carefully.

"However, we won't accept the Daoist's gifts. Since Wuer Mu knows the Daoist, we know who the Daoist is." The woman said, "Since the Daoist's Dharma fighting is so powerful, there is a yaoguai in the high mountains and forests a hundred miles down the mountain. It is a publicly recognized evil and vicious one, harming many people, and has come to our mountain several times to steal snow lotus. If the Daoist is a friend, then eliminate it for us. If so, we will naturally give the Daoist a few pieces of thousand-year snow lotus."

"..."

Lin Jue frowned and didn't answer immediately. Just at this time, the old woman beside the woman opened her eyes, looked at Lin Jue faintly, and said:

"How long have you been cultivating?"

"Returning to the Ancestor, more than ten years."

"Take your gifts back, we will give you a few pieces of snow lotus."

Without waiting for the woman to speak, the old woman waved her hand, and that ice-jade-like snow lotus flower floated down a few petals, riding the wind toward Lin Jue.

Lin Jue reached out and caught them.

They were ice-cold to the touch, much heavier than ordinary petals, and had a unique spiritual rhyme.

At the same time, as soon as he got them, he knew that there was more than four qian here.

Lin Jue couldn't help but freeze for a moment.

He had thought before that perhaps the thousand-year snow lotus was not that hard to obtain, but he hadn't expected it to be so effortless.

"Thank you, Ancestor."

!

"Remember, my name is Mount Tianshan Ancestor." The old woman said to him, "There is food and wine here. You are a guest here and can enjoy it at will. I hope to see you again at the next Snow Lotus Gathering."

"Good."

The old woman closed her eyes again.

That woman also smiled and said nothing.

However, many guests still cast their eyes on Lin Jue.

Lin Jue put away the snow lotus, looked back, looked at the corner in the distance for a few times, and then walked toward Wuer Mu who was closer.

The fox became a little bigger so as not to be completely blocked by this deep swirling mist, unable to see the road, and followed behind him.

"Thank you."

"..."

Wuer Mu answered in a language he didn't understand.

However, both sides knew each other's meaning.

"Since we parted, how are you now? Seeing you come to attend the Snow Lotus Gathering, you must be doing quite well in Qinshan."

"..."

"That's good..."

Lin Jue sat down and chatted with him.

When he passed by Qinshan, he helped him on a whim. Who would have thought that seven years later, this matter would come back to help himself?

Now the Golden Core materials are all complete!

The fruit of this moment is precisely the cause of that year.

After chatting with him for a while, Lin Jue stood up and walked toward that corner again.

Many guests had already withdrawn their eyes from him and continued to chat or rest. Some languages Lin Jue didn't understand, and some he did.

These divine beings and spirits on Mount Tianshan were actually chatting mostly about things in the human world:

"Dazu has been beaten back..."

"Da Jiang is splitting..."

"Biyu Kingdom is involved..."

Lin Jue walked while listening, gradually walking to the side of those few ghosts.

"I heard that the general named Luo Seng, after capturing several cities in succession, already has an army of one hundred thousand. Now, among the several lords in the north, few can keep up with him. Shu Xianwen is also very wary of him."

"Everyone says General Shu Xian is the reincarnation of the Northern Divine Lord. There shouldn't be anyone who can beat him, right?"

"Eh? The Daoist is here!"

"Is it Daoist Wuzhi? Or True Person Lin?"

Several people stopped chatting and looked at Lin Jue.

"Are you all old acquaintances?"

Lin Jue bowed and asked them.

"No, we only met that night." That official said. "Although we have all been to the Snow Lotus Gathering before, we have never been together at the same time."

"Then why did you help me?"

"Hahaha, that night we all left the post station, only the Daoist stayed in the post station. We gathered together, and after reminiscing and discussing, we knew who the Daoist was." The middle-aged merchant said, "A person like the Daoist is too rare, so we are willing to help the Daoist."

"Although we are ghosts, we were once human. The troubled times are full of suffering, how could we not know? If there are more people like the Daoist in the world, the people in the troubled times will suffer less from the invasion of demons." The official said.

"Exactly! The Daoist has virtue and conduct, and has a bond with us. Since we can help the Daoist in his cultivation, why not do it?" The scholar slapped his thigh and said.

The old man smiled and said: "We are just a supplement. The Daoist should really thank the one before."

Lin Jue had no choice but to bow to them.

The fox also learned his appearance, stood up, held its two front paws, and returned the bow to them with a serious face.

Those who attain the Dao have much help, perhaps that is it.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 445 =====