Chapter 65: Looking up and down the universe, how can we not be happy? When we returned to the Taoist temple, it was already dusk. "Junior brother, you are finally back! You don't know that ever since I ate the meal you cooked that day, Master has lost his appetite since you left!" "Don't mention Master, I miss you all the same! I've been looking forward to your return these past two days!" "What did you buy, brother? Did you buy flour?" "It's a pity that Sixth Junior Brother has already prepared dinner tonight, otherwise I could have eaten the noodles cooked by Junior Junior Brother again!" "Or... fall down?" "Go away! Not only is this a waste of food, but Junior Brother has been walking for a whole day. Can't he take a break?" Senior Brother Six said, "The rice I cooked is almost done!" The Taoist temple was not as quiet as Lin Jue had imagined. But after walking all the way and climbing the mountain on the way back, I was a little tired. When I got here, I suddenly felt a sense of relief.
Even the little fox relaxed, bent down his upper body and stretched lazily. "Master, we encountered some strange things when we were purchasing in Yi County. We need to report them to you." The seventh senior brother said, "There may be some things that require your decision." "We'll talk at dinner." The table was still placed under the pine tree in the yard. Dinner was prepared by Sixth Brother. It can be seen that the Sixth Brother was consciously imitating Lin Jue's method and used bacon, mushrooms and dried bamboo shoots to cook soup. However, there was no flour in the temple, and he guessed that they didn't know how to make pasta, so he just cooked soup and then used the soup to soak the sticky rice to satisfy the cravings of several people in the temple. Not only was the rice mushy, the soup wasn't right either. The thickness of the bacon was the same, but it was not fried in oil beforehand, which made it less delicious. It might be that Brother Six didn't know that the bacon needed to be soaked in water first, or he didn't know how long to soak it, so he simply didn't soak it, or he soaked it but the soaking time was too short, making the meat too salty. Although the mushrooms also used chicken mushrooms, it was not just chicken mushrooms, but also some other mushrooms, and the dried bamboo shoots were not soaked well enough. Because bacon is salty in itself, and then extra salt is added. These are all very basic and common mistakes. It's okay to use it for soaking rice. Lin Jue lowered his head and started eating. Although the taste is not quite there, it is not that bad when these ingredients are cooked together. Much tastier than the original ones. "We arrived in Yi County not too late yesterday. We bought some things and happened to run into my junior brother's fellow villagers. They looked sad and miserable, as if they had encountered some evil spirits. We went over to ask them and found out that there were some evil spirits stealing silver in Yi County recently..." Senior Brother Seven recounted the whole story while eating. After he finished speaking, he presented the remaining silver. "What the rat demon said is right. Generally speaking, unless there are other reasons, it is difficult for demons to become spirits in groups. And even if they become spirits, as long as they don't want to become gods, it won't be of much use for them to take the yellow and white things in the world. If they want to become gods, the stolen money will hardly be of any use. At least it won't be used on them. I believe what it said. Behind it, there may be other demons or monsters in Yi County." The seventh senior brother said to Taoist Yunhe, "I can't make up my mind. Master, what do you think we should do?" "Ugh……"
Taoist Yunhe also frowned. His health is already getting worse, and it's really hard for him to worry about these things. "It is not convenient for us who practice spiritual magic to deal with such things." Taoist Yunhe said, "Let Xuanyi notify Qiyun Mountain tomorrow and ask them to report to the gods and let the gods investigate this matter. If people from the county find this place again, we will go down the mountain to catch the monster." "Yes……" The second brother agreed. Senior Brother Seven had no objection either. As we were talking, the meal was almost finished. "I cooked for the past two days, so it doesn't count as your cooking. You have to start counting from tomorrow." The sixth brother was cleaning the table, haggling with Lin Jue, "And you still owe me a few days." "nature." Lin Jue nodded and smiled, and went to take the things from the bamboo basket that the donkey had unloaded, so as to put it back where it should be. The first thing taken out was a pot of wine. Just then, the third senior brother came over wiping his mouth. "Third senior brother." "how?" "I know you like to drink, so today when I passed by a restaurant in the city, I bought you a pot of wine." "Ouch! Five City Rice Wine!" The third brother took the rice wine and smelled it immediately. The sweet aroma of glutinous rice is really intoxicating. "Brother, what a nice nose!" "Thank you, junior brother." "I will kill two chickens in a couple of days and cook some delicious dishes to go with this pot of wine." Lin Jue said to him, and then said sincerely, "I saw your 'Bean Soldiers' in Xiaochuan Village the other day and found them very magical. If you have time, can you tell me the key points of this magic?" "I told you long ago that it's better to learn from me. Why did you insist on learning alchemy from Second Senior Brother? It all takes time to learn. Isn't my bean soldier much more interesting than his?" "possible……" Lin Jue chatted with him for a while before turning around. He continued to move all the rice, flour, sauce, vinegar, ham and bacon to the kitchen. Seeing his sixth senior brother and younger sister washing dishes, he went up to help. As I was washing, I suddenly heard a voice behind me: "You guys are going to Yi County to catch mice, why don't you ask me to come with you? Catching mice is what I'm best at!" The sound was strange yet familiar, a little dull, and inexplicably sounded like a dog barking. Lin Jue turned around immediately.
But he saw the thin dog in the temple standing at the door, looking up at him with lively eyes. "Can you talk?" No wonder the voice sounded strange. This puppy had never been heard to speak before. No wonder it feels familiar. Because the voices are really similar. "I am a Taoist temple dog. Of course I understand the way of cultivation. Isn't it normal for me to be able to speak?" "That's true." Lin Jue couldn't help but nodded. This dog is quite hidden. Then he saw his little fox come in, looked up at him, and asked softly and seriously: "Master, can I go to the yard and play with the cats?" "?" How come it can talk now? Lin Jue was shocked. When he turned around again, he saw Sixth Senior Brother looking at him in surprise, while the Junior Sister next to him was already reaching out to catch the moon. Suddenly I felt a little dizzy. Not good! The mushrooms are poisonous! Fortunately, Lin Jue was practicing the method of taking medicine. After realizing this, he immediately calmed his mind and concentrated his mind. He practiced the method of taking medicine in his body to neutralize and dissipate the toxicity, and practiced the method of meditation in his mind to clear the hallucinations. When I opened my eyes again, everything returned to normal. The dog in the temple just came to the door subconsciously, sat down and watched them. The little fox he raised just sat beside him obediently, raising one paw to lick him like a cat. Only the junior sister was still catching the moon in front of the lamp. Lin Jue walked over silently, grabbed her arm, pulled her out, and found the fifth senior brother. "Brother, mushrooms are poisonous." Lin Jue pointed at his junior sister and spoke. After saying this, he turned around silently and returned to his room. While the poison was still in his body, he hurriedly practiced how to take the medicine. Lin Jue was not surprised by this. In fact, he had thought about this possibility. It's just that the probability is very small. In addition, because he had been practicing the "taking medicine" method recently, he had already developed a certain resistance to toxins, and he needed to eat some poison every now and then to enhance the "taking medicine" resistance. At that time, the only concern was the little junior sister who had not learned this magic. However, since this junior sister became a road worker, she was like a starving ghost reincarnated. Before he could remind her, she had already started eating.
Thinking of the presence of his fifth senior brother, Lin Jue didn't say anything. I can only say that Sixth Brother is an amazing cook. The so-called poisons in the world are mostly in yin and yang, cold and heat. They can be naturally eliminated by resisting them with unique spiritual power and harmonizing them with the principles of yin and yang. When Lin Jue opened his eyes again, not much time had passed. When I stood up and was about to go out, I ran into Fifth Brother. "Huh? You woke up so soon!" "woke up." "Fifth Junior Brother is still treating Junior Sister, Third Senior Brother, let me come and see you first." "? Aren't you the fifth senior brother?" "Oh, I tested you. It seems that you are awake." The fifth brother stared at him and said, "It seems that you have made great progress in your practice of taking medicine. You are indeed a genius in practice." "..." Lin Jue almost doubted his life. After recovering from his shock, he only asked: "Where's the junior sister?" "She has never learned how to take medicine. I cast a spell on her. It won't hurt her body, but I'm afraid she won't wake up until tomorrow." "It's okay." Lin Jue breathed a sigh of relief, but then asked worriedly, "Did I lose my composure?" "No, you were no different from a normal person when you came to see me. Even from what Sixth Brother said, you only spoke a few words to your fox and the dog in the Taoist temple." Fifth Brother said, "Junior Brother has not only successfully cultivated the method of taking medicine, but his mind is also exceptionally smart and firm." "What about Junior Sister?" "She is much more powerful than you. She almost beat up several of our brothers, saying that she was a water demon and asked us to try the 'stone-crushing' method she learned." "Now what?" "Now it looks like it has gone to heaven and is now a celestial being." "Ok?" Lin Jue suddenly perked up and said seriously, "Brother, I'll go see her first!" The Taoist priest passed through the courtyard at night. The fox ran behind. When I arrived at the junior sister's room, I saw her lying on the bed, raising her hands to the air and muttering: "I don't know how I became a deity... Well, actually being a deity isn't that great... You guys shouldn't be so formal..." Lin Jue was originally feeling somewhat embarrassed talking seriously to the dog and the fox in front of his Sixth Senior Brother and Little Junior Sister because he had been poisoned. But when he saw this situation, he immediately felt much better. The temple cannot do without its junior sister. ……
The next morning, in the mountains. Autumn has just begun, and the climate on earth has not yet had time to change, but the wild fruits in the mountains have already ripened. There are many kinds of wild fruits in the mountains, mainly peaches, plums, apricots, pears and kiwis. Although they are called wild fruits, most of them are probably planted by Taoists in the mountains or grown from fruit pits thrown away. It took hundreds of years to grow into this fruit forest that is like a secret place all over the mountains. At present, the peaches, plums and apricots have passed and have been picked by Junior Sister and Lin Jue. The ripe ones are pears and kiwis. The junior sister stood under a kiwi tree. The branches of the kiwi tree were intertwined with other branches and shrubs. There were many fruits hanging on them, and many of them had fallen on the ground, fermenting to form a rich and sweet fruity aroma. Lin Jue stood nearby, holding up his Taoist robe. The junior sister is responsible for picking them. The little fox stood on the ground, chewing the food with his mouth. After eating, he picked up another one from the ground. It seems that the junior sister has fully recovered. Apart from being a little silent and autistic, she has not been affected by the toxin. "That's enough, Junior Sister." "Hmm? That's enough, brother?" The junior sister imitated his words, but changed her tone. "That's enough." Lin Jue said, "We are not monkeys. Eating too many fruits will not make us feel comfortable." "I have to repair the road. I'm getting hungry at noon." The junior sister picked some more and then came back and put them all in Lin Jue's pocket. This kind of kiwi fruit is very small, about the size of a pigeon egg. Fortunately, when it is ripe, the skin is thin and soft, and it falls off with a light pinch, revealing the flesh inside, which is quite worth eating. Lin Jue couldn't help but look up and look at the mountain. There are countless wild fruits in the mountains. No wonder this little sister would always bring me some fruits when she came back in the evening after going out to repair the road every day. "Junior sister, you take more, and I will take less." "Ok!" The little sister agreed obediently, and used one hand to pull up her Taoist robe to make a pocket, and reached out with the other hand to grab, saying as she grabbed: "It's really comfortable up here in the mountain. We are the only ones here, and there are endless fruits to eat. Living up here in the mountain, I'm afraid we don't have to worry about going hungry!" "Fruits are not always available..." “But we can still farm!” "That's true." “It would be nice to live here forever.” "..." After dividing the fruit, the mountain road is a few steps down. The two walked together on the mountain road.
A man went to the mountains to build a road. A man went to the top of a mountain to practice. The little junior sister kept talking, eating, spitting out the food, without saying a word. Lin Jue thought that she had done something strange after being poisoned by the mushrooms she ate last night, and he felt ashamed so he didn't say anything. But when he turned his head to look at her, he saw her spitting out the skin with a thoughtful look on her face. The serious thought on his little face was quite interesting. "Brother, you say, bah, bah, we practice Taoism in this mountain, but what will we achieve in the end?" "Huh? Why do you ask this?" "I suddenly remembered." You were a god for half the night last night, right? Lin Jue thought so and answered, "In the end? Naturally, you will become a true immortal and live forever." "But Taoist Wangjizi said that even Taoists who have become 'real people' are rare. Most Taoists can't achieve anything. They can only become a, a, ugh, a Taoist with magical powers." The little sister continued to eat kiwi fruit while talking. The fruit has hair on the skin, and she wanted to spit it out immediately when it touched her mouth. "Even Taoist Wangjizi and Master can hardly be called real people." "Isn't this just like the people in the mountains studying? Most people find it difficult to even pass the examination to become a scholar, but most scholars study for more than just passing the examination to become a scholar, right?" "Then why did you come to practice Taoism, Senior Brother?" The little girl turned her head and looked at him humbly and seriously. "Why are you asking this again?" "When I woke up this morning, I was thinking, I am practicing Taoism in this mountain, what will I look like when I am old? If I can't become an immortal, at most, at most I will be similar to Taoist Master Wangjizi and Master." The little sister paused and said, "But think about it, that's also good, much better than before. I have the ability, and I won't be afraid of monsters." “Is it because of the fungus?” "!" The little sister turned around and stared at him seriously: "Brother, don't say such things!" "..." "I'm asking you, brother." "Me? Of course I want to become a true immortal and live forever." “It’s difficult…” “That needs to be repaired too.” "why?" This little girl is like a question machine. Lin Jue thought about it seriously before saying to her, "Because doing anything else is too boring." “Is being an official boring?”
“Compared to that, it’s really boring.” "Comparatively?" "Just being free and unfettered is far better than the world. Looking up and down at the entire universe, how can you not be happy?" Lin Jue paused, "If you can find a way to live forever, you will never be able to imagine what kind of world you will see after thousands of years. That's what is interesting." "Can't understand." "..." Lin Jue's eyes flashed with memories, "There are things more interesting than this." "What about finding many beautiful concubines to be your wives?" "Same." "Is it the same as eating meat and drinking alcohol every day?" "Too." "Is it the same as what Senior Brother Seven did, going to a brothel to listen to songs and music?" The little girl blinked her eyes, full of curiosity. "Huh? You knew that too!" "I'm not that stupid." "Haha, yes." "So what's interesting?" The junior sister couldn't help but feel puzzled. This was beyond her imagination and understanding. "In my heart." Lin Jue smiled and just replied. (End of this chapter)