Chapter 517: One sentence offends three people

"Before I came to find you this morning, I also let Third Third Shixiong and Jiyang Jiyin make our lunch. Now it seems they have already finished eating." The Xiao Xiao Shimei said to Lin Jue.

"Why didn't you say so earlier?"

"Who knew that sleeping on the hillside after drinking would be so comfortable that we would sleep until noon?"

"That's true..."

Lin Jue smiled slightly and said no more.

The so-called immortals are those who drink when happy, sleep when tired, are carefree, and act as they please.

Between words, the thunderclouds slowly stopped outside the mountain, dissipating along the ground, and the two stepped onto the mountain ground.

It was still a small path with *ba* grass, a wooden bridge with withered grass, thick steam from the hot spring, peach blossoms blooming in the mountains, birds chirping quietly, and wild deer looking back. If someone walked to this place and looked up, they would surely exclaim that the path in front must lead to an immortal in the deep mountains.

The two and the fox walked over slowly.

Suddenly Lin Jue stopped and looked back on the steep mountain road:

"Is the Third Shixiong here today?"

The clear breeze blew through the treetops, rustling, and the steam from the hot spring was also blown away.

There was soon an echo in the forest:

"Clear night last night, thunder in Huizhou. It is said that a general of the human Imperial court was struck dead by an immortal's thunder, and fast horses galloped in the mountains to report the news urgently. Was it your doing?"

It was precisely the voice of the "Refuting Third Shixiong."

"Third Shixiong's news is truly well-informed!" Lin Jue laughed, "Is Third Shixiong also wanting to tell me that this move was not done well?"

"Wild speculation!" That voice quickly refuted, "You have already achieved the truth and attained the Dao, you are an immortal. Whether you did it well or not, what qualifications do I have to judge? Moreover, you are close friends with the Emperor of the new dynasty. It was just bringing down thunder to strike dead a general who resisted military law and caused chaos; I'm afraid that when you return to the capital, the founding Emperor of this dynasty will have to apologize to you, right?"

The familiar taste came immediately.

Lin Jue smiled and bowed to him: "Third Shixiong, long time no see."

"When have you and I met?"

"I have never seen Third Shixiong, but Third Shixiong has always seen me."

"People see plants, trees, beasts, and birds and feel they are similar. Plants, trees, beasts, and birds see people and also feel that people look about the same. What is the difference between seeing and not seeing?"

"Very reasonable."

Lin Jue raised his hand to bow. Although he faced that direction, his gaze did not deliberately look for the source of the sound.

In fact, now that he had achieved the truth and attained the Dao, if he really wanted to investigate the true body of this "Refuting Third Shixiong," the possibility of not finding it was not high. It was just that both sides had known each other for many years and understood each other. Lin Jue had received a lot of help from this Third Shixiong's ability along the way. If he had this heart, he wouldn't have been able to associate with this Third Shixiong until now.

"I happen to have something I want to ask Third Shixiong. I originally wanted to use the 'fuji' method, but since I'm here, I thought it would be better to ask in person, and just happen to chat with Third Shixiong a few more idle words."

"No need to say more, just ask directly."

"First, I want to ask Third Shixiong, after the previous Lord Tianweng abdicated, where are there still temples and statues of True Person Jiling? If I want to see him, where is the best place to go?" Lin Jue asked for advice.

"You also come to ask me this kind of question?"

The voice in the mountains pretended to be dissatisfied but still answered:

"Generally speaking, after a Heavenly Emperor abdicates, the power and incense will indeed be reduced. Unless the True Persons and spiritual officials under his seat continue to serve under the new Heavenly Emperor, the temples and statues will be removed. Only the Heavenly Emperor himself might temporarily leave statues in major palaces and temples for decades to hundreds of years because of his status as a great power of the Emperor. However, although True Persons cannot compare to the great powers of the Emperors, they are after all True Persons, and their status is extremely high. Naturally, they also have their own incense territories and Daoist fields in the human world, and their own most loyal believers.

"In such places, even if the previous Heavenly Emperor is defeated and the new Heavenly Emperor ascends the throne, and the Imperial court's Ministry of Rites and the ancestral court of Daoism order the removal of these True Persons' statues and temples everywhere in the human world, the common people don't necessarily follow suit.

"Coupled with the fact that that True Person Jiling's reputation is not worse than the True Persons of Protection and Blessing, and it is impossible to be expelled from the divine register, if you go to his incense territory, I think you can still find his temples and statues."

Lin Jue nodded and asked again: "Please enlighten me, Third Shixiong, where is that True Person Jiling's incense territory?"

"Truly dull!" That voice said, "True Person Jiling achieved the Dao in Xihai County, so naturally it is in Xihai County! That is also his hometown before he became a god!"

"So that's how it is."

"What is the second?"

"Second? Oh!" Lin Jue smiled, "Second, I want to ask Third Shixiong, where are there still traces of phoenixes in the world today?"

"The world knows that True Person Jiling is accompanied by a black dragon. After asking about True Person Jiling, now you ask about phoenixes. Are you going to take some things from the dragon and phoenix to refine pills?" The voice in the forest quickly guessed it.

The Xiao Xiao Shimei stood by, holding her whisk, motionless, expressionless, and didn't answer.

Back when she was still cultivating in the mountains, every time she passed this place on the way up or down the mountain, Third Third Shixiong would talk to this Third Shixiong, and she would always be like this.

Now it was the same.

This "Refuting Third Shixiong" was too clever, knew too many things, and was too difficult to deal with. Only Third Third Shixiong could converse with it freely.

"Third Shixiong has broad knowledge and wisdom." Lin Jue bowed.

"Is an immortal such a person who flatters?" The voice in the forest first mocked, then quickly answered, "Have you heard of a hidden immortal mountain named Yuanqiu?"

"Yuanqiu Mountain that produces Yuanqiu fruit?"

"You actually have some knowledge? That is the Daoist field of the previous previous Lord Tianweng! After the previous previous Lord Tianweng abdicated, he transformed into the Yuanqiu Ji Xianren and wandered the world, not knowing where he went." The voice in the forest said, "When the human people demolished the last temple of his at the foot of the mountain, this Yuanqiu Mountain also left its original site and wandered the world, with no fixed place. It is said that many immortal fruits and trees are planted in the mountain, and there are many ancient strange beasts."

"Since the immortal mountain is hidden in the world, how can one go there?"

"The immortal mountain has spirit, wandering the world, with no fixed place. Can't you think of anything?"

"The mountain moves silently..."

"You still have some wisdom!"

"Hmm..."

Lin Jue found it very interesting.

He heard of Yuanqiu Mountain, actually because of Yuanqiu fruit.

Back then, in the northwest of Qinzhou, when he was conquering the Leopard King, the divine general under the True Person of Protection gave many spiritual pills and immortal fruits as gifts to let him open the net. Those spiritual pills were all distributed to all the high-level experts and heroes. The most precious were two Yuanqiu fruits; he took one, and the Southern Heavenly Master took one.

According to the divine general, eating one could prolong life for a hundred years, and one would not grow old for a hundred years.

I don't know how much exaggeration there was.

In short, the temptation to Lin Jue was very strong.

Although Lin Jue had the confidence to achieve the truth and attain the Dao, there were still many old friends and elders. If he could get such immortal fruits, for example, he could gift them to Daoist Wangji, or if any Third Third Shixiong couldn't achieve the truth and attain the Dao for a long time, he could also prolong his life for a hundred years and increase many opportunities. For another example, his uncle and aunt at home.

It was just that he returned it in the end.

If he could find Yuanqiu Mountain and find Yuanqiu fruit, it would naturally be a good thing. If he could bring back seeds to plant and decorate his own Daoist field, it would be even better.

And that sentence "The mountain moves silently" had actually been heard many years ago.

At the end of the previous dynasty, many signs of the dynasty's impending destruction appeared in ancient books, and this was one of them. And at the end of the previous dynasty, people's hearts were unstable, the atmosphere was absurd, and it seemed that many civil and military officials were slacking off. Maybe these signs also contributed—the previous Lord Tianweng replaced the previous previous Lord Tianweng, the previous dynasty destroyed the previous previous dynasty, and this mountain moving silently, could it also have a bit of the taste of seeking an opportunity to take revenge?

Seeking immortal fruit was beautiful, listening to gossip was interesting, and Lin Jue showed a smile just thinking about it.

"Is there a third?"

"No..."

Lin Jue originally wanted to say no, but suddenly his heart moved, so he asked again: "I want to visit Jun Niangniang Yao Hua. Does Third Shixiong know the way?"

The mountain breeze blew through the forest again, and the rustling of trees and grass could be heard with the ears.

Silence, quiet.

Lin Jue waited for a long time, and there was no sound.

It seems this Refuting Third Shixiong, like the Langtou Mountain Mountain God, and like it was back then, still didn't dare to say much about Jun Niangniang Yao Hua.

"Is Third Shixiong still there?"

"..."

"Truly cold, Third Shixiong."

There was still no sound from the mountains.

And at this moment, he heard a bit of rolling thunder.

The fox had already stretched its neck and poked its head to look.

Only to see a small thundercloud flying rapidly from the distance.

On the cloud lay two figures poking their heads to look into the distance, and on the cloud stood a small brown-clad ghost, pointing in this direction, with a solemn face:

"Found it!"

"Can't fly! Going to get beaten!"

After speaking, the small ghost disappeared into thin air.

The thundercloud landed and dissipated. The two climbed up with weak legs, turned their heads to look around, but were full of confusion.

Fortunately, they saw their Master and Junior Uncle.

"Master, Junior Uncle, where is this? How did we run here?" Xu Yi asked.

"I still want to ask you!" Lin Jue said, "I didn't tell you to go to Maowei Village to exorcise yaoguai; how did you come here?"

"We finished exorcising the yaoguai, we finished it last night, and after dawn, to be safe, we searched the village again and burned all the places with heavy *yin* energy and where yaoguai and ghosts were hiding, and also asked the thundercloud to bring down thunder to strike them." Xu Yi said, "The villagers in the village pooled two *liang* of silver for us, and we were just about to go back."

"What did you say to Chen Niu?"

"We told Chen Niu to go back... to report to Master..." Xu Yi said, his voice getting lower and lower, already understanding, "So that's how it is, it brought us directly here to find Master."

"Where is this?" Pu Mei asked.

"This is, the mountain, under Fuqiu Peak." Lin Jue pointed to the mountain under his feet, "This mountain is Fuqiu Peak."

"It's our fault for not saying it clearly!"

"It's not your fault." The Xiao Xiao Shimei said, "This is both a coincidence and fate."

"The Xiao Xiao Shimei is right." Lin Jue also smiled, "It's just right. Since this is where my sect is, since you're here, just follow me to Fuqiu Peak to see and pay respects to your Third Shixiong Uncle."

"Oh! Okay!"

Lin Jue then turned around and smiled at the mountains: "I'd like to let Third Shixiong know, now I have also taken two disciples, these two. The eldest disciple is young, named Xu Yi, and the youngest disciple is old, named Pu Mei."

A voice came from the forest immediately:

"The *qi* of these two can still be considered pure, but their talent is not as good as you two Third Third Shixiong and Xiao Xiao Shimei, and they don't look as clever as your Xiao Xiao Shimei."

Xu Yi and Pu Mei looked at each other upon hearing this.

The Xiao Xiao Shimei also became solemn.

One sentence offends three people.

"Haha! So Third Shixiong is still here; I thought I had scared you away!" Lin Jue laughed and said to the two disciples, "Why don't you hurry up and pay respects to Third Shixiong."

"Pa, pay respects to Third Shixiong..."

"Pay respects to Third Shixiong!"

Both were very confused, but they also bowed in that direction.

There was no further response from the forest.

The two disciples were even more confused, feeling that this "Third Shixiong" seemed very strange.

A moment later, Lin Jue took them into the mountains.

On the ancient immortal mountain road, on the quiet path, voices of conversation came out:

"Master, who is that Third Shixiong?"

"He is a Third Shixiong in the mountains."

"Then what is this Third Shixiong's name? Why didn't Master tell us? Where is Third Shixiong? Why didn't we see him?"

"Haha, let alone you, I don't even know his name, and I have never seen him. I only know he is in the mountains and has known me for many years."

"Ah?"

Both disciples were very surprised.

"Master has known him for so many years, but doesn't know his name, and has never seen him?"

"Then is he a human or a yaoguai?"

"Don't be surprised, don't be rude." Lin Jue patted the two disciples' heads, "That is my close friend."

In the dense forest, the mountain gate of the Daoist temple had already appeared.