Chapter 494: Returning to Mount Feng

"I can endure hardship!

"I can do work!

"I am not afraid of being dirty or tired! I also have strength!

"I eat very little..."

The girl did not know what to say, so she had to count the few advantages she had without confidence. The basis was probably the stories and legends of people who entered deep mountain Daoist temples to cultivate, chopping wood and fetching water every day, or burning fire and refining pills for gods, and muddle-headedly seeking spells and longevity.

But it would have been fine if she didn't count them. Once she counted them, she felt even less confident.

Probably she also guessed that whether it was being a disciple of a god or cultivating and learning spells, these things were not tested. But she did not know that cultivating and learning spells were indeed different from things like chopping wood, fetching water, burning fire, and refining pills, but it was also wrong to say that it had nothing to do with the quality of eating hardship and enduring work. And the god in front of her, when he first entered the mountain to learn the Dao, also started from these things.

Looking up, she only saw the Daoist in front still sitting freely.

"The little lady dares to come looking for us at night, I think she must have courage. The little lady climbed this high mountain in one breath, I think she must be healthy and strong. The little lady lives alone in the village, these days, we have also seen it on the mountain, she is indeed eating hardship and enduring work." Lin Jue said to her, "But since the little lady said that some people in the village are good to you, and you are brave and strong, and those two rogues a few days ago didn't dare to bully you, why are you so anxious to leave this place?"

"This..."

"So someone is still bullying you."

"..."

The girl lowered her head and did not speak.

Lin Jue knew as soon as he saw it.

One must know that simplicity and primitive ignorance are often related. Even if this place is a paradise and a pure land in the mortal world, how could a single woman without parents not be bullied?

The reason why she is brave and strong is exactly her way of survival.

Otherwise, please look, among the women of this era, how many have her personality?

Her mother ran away, her father went out and did not return, she made a living by working in the village, grazing cattle for the villagers. It really reminded Lin Jue of the young man in Shu Village back then.

It was just that her situation was worse than that of Lin Jue back then. There was no uncle who took over the father's responsibility to raise her, the villagers were not as friendly as the wealthy Huizhou where Confucian merchant culture was prevalent, and there were no books to read. The only point better than Lin Jue back then was that she did not have an uncle with a serious illness to treat.

"You have the talent for cultivating the Dao, and regardless of how your talent is, since you have fate with me, I am willing to take you as an apprentice." Lin Jue said, "But it is not so easy to be my disciple, and cultivating the Dao and learning spells is not as simple as you think. Moreover, with the world in chaos, to be my disciple, it is inevitable that you will truly deal with monsters and ghosts. Are you prepared?"

The girl heard this and was shocked. She did not dare to believe it, and hurriedly said: "I am not afraid of monsters! Nor am I afraid of ghosts!"

"I hope you are truly not afraid."

"I am not afraid! I am also not afraid of being tired!"

"You go back, pack your things. If there is anyone you want to say goodbye to, go and say goodbye. If there is anything you want to complete, do it all. Tomorrow at noon, I will still be waiting for you here." Lin Jue said, "Wait until I bring you back to my place of cultivation, and then according to your performance, I will see whether to take you as an apprentice."

"Okay! Okay..."

The girl immediately bowed and kowtowed, but before she finished speaking, she found that the Daoist in front of her had disappeared, leaving only the white fox beside her sitting upright, tilting its head and looking at her.

But a clear breeze blew, and the white fox also disappeared.

Only a bright moon remained in the sky, moonlight sprinkled down, and every mirror of the terraced fields was sparkling.

Even though she had been looking for immortals for several days, she was still stunned on the spot, surprised and strange, and did not come back to her senses for a long time.

If she were as smart as Lin Jue back then, she would probably guess that this god was specifically waiting for her here today.

Unfortunately, she was not, only feeling that it was not real.

There are many god stories between the mountains, which may have been accumulated slowly over many years, and have been passed down from a certain day in history to the present.

For example, in the past few days, the village has had three god stories in a row.

An old man who did good deeds all his life and was respected by everyone went to persuade the unfilial person who starved his parents to death, but was beaten to death. At the funeral, a god turned into the appearance of an orphan girl in the village and sent gold;

The rogue who starved his parents to death and beat the village elder who came to persuade him to death truly met with heavenly condemnation and was beaten to death by thunder;

The orphan girl in the village, whose appearance was even turned into by a god, suddenly said goodbye and thanked the people who were close to her and helped her when she woke up one day, saying that she had fate with the god and the god wanted to take her away.

The first two things were seen with their own eyes, so they had to believe them. This third thing, however, was inevitably the possibility of the girl's wild imagination, so they could only half-believe it.

Some even said she was possessed.

It could not be blamed on others.

Even Pumei herself, after waking up, doubted that what happened last night was just a dream.

Until she said goodbye to everyone, thanked those who helped her, and brought her luggage to the mountain, she saw a dark cloud flashing with electric light and thunder descending in the sky, which was waiting for her.

Under the gaze of many people, the girl stepped on the thunder cloud and slowly rose into the sky, as if becoming an immortal.

"Is everything packed? You don't know when you will come back next time." The Daoist on the cloud asked.

"I don't have anything..."

The little girl answered like this, but kept looking down.

The terraced fields below were layer upon layer, carrying clouds and mist rising and falling, the village houses were looming, and her eyes were also shining.

It seemed that her eyes were not just reluctant.

"What are you thinking about?"

"No, not thinking about anything..."

The little girl immediately took back her gaze.

"Slap..."

Lin Jue reached out and patted her head: "If you want to enter my gate, the first lesson is that you cannot lie, especially not to the elders of the master's gate or the brothers and sisters."

"..."

The little girl's eyes flickered, and then she pointed: "I want to burn down that family's house!"

"Hmm? Why?"

"That family is very hateful. It's a father and son. The old one is a bachelor, and the small one is also a bachelor. Seeing that I am alone, they always want to bully me!"

"You had this idea when you were down there, right? Afraid that I would think your character is not good and not take you as an apprentice, so you held back." Lin Jue looked at her with a smile.

"Yes... yes..."

The little girl was a bit afraid and said timidly.

This girl's personality was quite different from Xu Yi's.

However, this kind of fierce personality of repaying grudges, not to mention whether it is suitable for cultivation in the mountains, anyway, it suits Lin Jue's appetite.

"Although people who cultivate the Dao are required to be calm in their hearts and have clear thoughts, holding grudges is ultimately not a good thing, and it is easy to wear oneself out. Setting fires is also not a good thing, and it is easy to cause disaster." The Daoist on the cloud taught her.

The little girl just nodded honestly and prepared to forget it, when she saw the Daoist flick his sleeve—

Whoosh! A gale suddenly rose in heaven and earth!

That house below was originally made of mud and stone walls and thatched roofs. How could it withstand such a gale? The roof was lifted by the gale, and the tables, chairs, furniture, bedding, and beds in the house were all rolled up by the wind, straight into the high clouds and mist, not knowing where they were blown.

It just so happened that only that house suffered disaster.

The little girl was stunned again.

This skill of raising mountain winds with a lift of the hand, if not a god, what could it be?

"Want to learn?"

"Hmm... want..."

"You are still far from it." Lin Jue laughed, "It's time to leave."

"Hmm..."

"Stand firm." After Lin Jue finished speaking, he said to the thunder cloud under his feet, "Travel slowly."

"Boom..."

Amidst the rolling muffled thunder, the thunder cloud flew toward the northeast.

The little girl on the cloud suddenly tilted her body, could not help but let out a cry of surprise, and finally did not fall down, but also had to actively squat down, unable to stand up.

At this moment, the thunder cloud was indeed flying much slower than before, and much more stable, but no matter how slow or stable, it was not as quiet and comfortable as the ordinary clouds and mist drifting slowly with the wind. For a mountain village girl who had not even ridden a horse, it was too fast.

Too fast, too fast.

This speed made her heart beat wildly, and the gale blowing in her face in the air also distorted her facial features, and her breathing was suppressed and difficult.

Moreover, this was high altitude, there was nothing around, and below were rolling seas of clouds and undulating mountains. Once she fell, it would be an unimaginable fall and shattering to pieces, making people not dare to open their eyes to look, and naturally unable to experience the freedom of riding clouds and mist.

Only excitement and fear.

After a long time, after adapting, she had a few points of the freedom of the vastness of heaven and earth. "Remember, my surname is Lin, given name Jue, and it is called Fuyao. You have not entered my gate yet. I have another disciple in the mountain who is preparing to be taken in. He is a few years younger than you. Let's see who can enter my gate first. However, no matter who is the first disciple and who is the second disciple, when you meet Fuyao, you must call her senior sister."

"Got it."

After the little girl finished speaking, she found that the fox was staring at her.

"Senior Sister Fuyao..."

The little girl called out timidly.

"Hmm!" The fox actually opened its mouth and spoke human language, "I also have fate with you!"

"Don't look at its simple heart, but it is older than you, and it has been following me to cultivate longer than you. The one who turned into your appearance that day was it. Speaking of which, your fate with it is even before mine." Lin Jue said to her.

"You listen to the fox more! The fox will take you to play! Fun!"

"..."

The little girl changed too much in a short time, and did not know how to respond for a while.

Half a day later, the mountain range below had passed a thousand layers.

There was another little ghost in brown clothes in front of the thunder cloud, pointing forward—

"Go this way!"

The speed of the thunder cloud slowly decreased.

The temperature in Qinzhou was not as warm as in Yunzhou, but by this time it was spring, the ice and snow were melting, the mountains were turning green again, and mountain flowers were blooming, adding some colorful colors to the mountains.

The thunder cloud slowly descended.

The mountains were still towering, the cliffs were still vertical, a classical palace was embedded above, and the clouds and mist were still circling its waist, only there was no snow on the ancient pine branches protruding from the cliff.

Flowers were blooming everywhere on the mountain, sparse and orderly, red and pink.

One could hear the sound of ding-ding-dang-dang coming from the mountain. Looking closely, it was the caves that Fuyao had dug out on the cliff according to the positions chosen by Wan Xinrong and others before. Now that their divine walking technique had been successful, they began to drill holes above, below, left, and right of the caves, and inserted pillars, which should also be imitating the classical pavilions above, imitating the hanging wall temples and palaces in the world, supporting pillars and beams, building eaves and balconies, and making palaces and pavilions.

It could be imagined that there would be many hanging pavilions and palaces on this cliff in the future.

There were also teenagers in their teens busy in the mountains, moving small trees that had just bloomed a few peach blossoms from afar with their own strength, planting them in the mountains, panting from exhaustion.

The mountains had already been planted with large areas of spring flowers by him.

This scene made the little girl stare in a daze.

"This place is called Mount Feng, close to the capital, and it is my place of cultivation, about four thousand miles away from Yunzhou." Lin Jue turned to look at her, seeing the confusion and instability in her heart at a glance, just like himself and his junior sister when they first went up, and he naturally knew how to deal with it, "You just stay here first, I will arrange things for you to do."

How could she not be confused?

Four thousand miles, only half a day.

Yesterday she was still in the terraced fields of Yunzhou, today she arrived in the deep mountain fairyland. Yesterday she was still a village girl without support, today she was riding clouds and mist, almost about to enter the gate of a god.

At the same time, the people below also seemed to hear the vague thunder sound above, looked up, saw the dark cloud, and also saw the figure on the dark cloud.

When he left, Lin Jue drove the white cloud away, immortal and floating. Now he changed to a dark cloud, although gloomy, but lightning kept flashing inside, and there was no evil spirit, but rather majestic and righteous. ===== CHAPTER 495 =====