Luxelakes
Changxia finally sent Xie Fengxue back to his own room.
On the way, he met Master Xun who had just left the house. He glanced at Changxia, then at Xie Fengxue who was lying on top of her, half covering his eyes with his sleeves, and kept muttering: "Don't look at anything indecent, don't look at anything indecent."
Chang Xia didn't respond to his question and asked, "What are you doing in the middle of the night?"
Xun Ansheng became more interested when he talked about this. He opened his eyes and said excitedly, "The moon is beautiful today. I'm going to look for it."
Confucianism advocates the study of things to gain knowledge, that is, to thoroughly understand the principles of things and thus understand the universe. Confucian scholars also often study flowers, water, and bamboo.
Changxia didn't expect that Xun Ansheng also had this habit.
So she waved her hand and said, "You stay here first, I'll take my brother back to his room."
Xun Ansheng was again indecent and didn't look.
Xie Fengxue's room was at the end of the corridor. There were not many people there, and even the sounds of birds and insects were much quieter there.
Changxia put Xie Fengxue on the bed, and for a moment he felt that the world was a little quiet.
Xie Fengxue was sleeping quietly in front of her.
As if involuntarily, or as if inspired by something, Chang Xia placed her hand on his face, stroking it from his forehead to his eyelashes, then to his nose and mouth.
This person is undoubtedly good-looking, with eyebrows that are as sharp as mountains, thin lips and affectionate eyes, and even the faint mole on the eyelid is just right.
It was exactly what she wanted.
It had been a long time since she had gazed at Xie Fengxue so quietly.
Changxia remembered what Xun Ansheng had just said about the moon.
She thought she was challenging her senior brother.
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The next day, Changxia got up later than usual. When she went downstairs, the other three people were already gathered around a table, and Li Bai was eating breakfast.
Xun Ansheng was bargaining with Xie Fengxue.
"There are still many places in the southern border that I haven't taken Xiao Libai to visit. It's not appropriate to go to Luhu so early."
Xie Fengxue said mercilessly, "Sir, you've been taking us on a wandering trip around the Southern Territory for over a month."
Xun Ansheng muttered softly, "One month isn't long at all."
Xie Fengxue glanced at him sideways without saying anything.
Xun Ansheng was defeated: "Okay, okay, I'll listen to you and go to Luhu Lake."
Only then did Xie Fengxue slowly pick up the breakfast on the table and start eating.
Normally, he should have been fasting for a long time during the Fusion Stage, but who told him he was a cultivator from Yunting? Every Yunting disciple had a wish to eat three meals on time.
Chang Xia greeted the three of them, sat down in the only empty seat, and asked Xun Ansheng, "Master, what did you come up with yesterday?"
Xun Ansheng said, "If I could figure out the truth so easily, I wouldn't be a teacher, but a sage. Accumulated earth forms a mountain, accumulated water forms a river. You only see my rapid ascent, but you don't know that I studied for over a thousand years before that."
He continued, "Young people nowadays are the same. They take it step by step. They go to the opposite sex's room in the middle of the night without any engagement or ceremony."
After saying that, he glanced at Changxia.
Changxia appeared to be as calm as a mountain, but secretly kicked Xie Fengxue.
Xie Fengxue didn't even shake his hand holding the cup, and suffered the loss.
Li Bai was still chewing her bun seriously.
After a chaotic morning, they were finally ready to set off.
The pavilions on the clouds are built in the clouds, but Lu Lake is not in the lake.
The entrance to Luxelakes is in the sea.
Back then, the founders of Luhu said that the word "sea" was too big and they couldn't contain it, so they turned the sea into a lake - after all, the territory of the demon race compared to the entire human race was just called the Eternal Day Sea.
However, for some reasons, Yong Zhouhai is now called Chi Zhouhai.
Luhu disciples raise sea beasts and place them in the shipyard, where they carry passengers out to sea. Confucianism advocates teaching without distinction, and the sea beasts they ride are not classified by class; only the liking of the passengers is considered.
This means that if a sea beast takes a liking to you, you can ride on it and sail out to sea. If many sea beasts take a liking to you, you can choose the sea beast in turn. If you are unlucky and no sea beast takes a liking to you, then unfortunately, you will have to try your luck again tomorrow at the shipping company.
It was said that many students had been late for school and lost credits because of this. Lehu Pavilion, which was responsible for raising sea beasts, received numerous complaints from students every year, but they never changed their ways.
Changxia and the others are obviously the type that get along very well with each other.
Li Bai's eyes widened as she looked at the three or four rows of huge aquatic products in front of her.
A whale was performing a water-spouting show for her, a crab was waving its claws in front of her, and there was even a large shell opening and closing. Li Bai vaguely saw a handful of colorful pearls inside.
She looked hesitant: "Senior Sister, it's so hard to choose."
Chang Xia said: "Then just close your eyes and point to one at random."
Li Bai did as she was told.
Finally, there are whales.
Four people sat in a row on the whale's head. The whale was quite excited and immediately performed a jump for them.
Li Bai felt so excited that she hugged Chang Xia and cried out loudly. It was a pity that Xun Ansheng, an old man, had to go through such a shock with them at such an old age.
Each sea beast has a special secret code for opening the sea. When it travels to a certain distance, the secret code on the whale's forehead begins to emit light, and it seems that something in the sea is responding to it. The mechanism array emerges from the bottom of the sea, and the vermilion corridor separates the sea water on both sides, revealing a passage.
Li Bai jumped off the whale reluctantly.
She stepped on the corridor and found it stable. Looking back, she found Changxia and Xie Fengxue supporting Xun Ansheng on the left and right.
Chang Xia said in a daze, "Master, you didn't want to go back to Lu Lake before. It turns out it was because you were seasick."
Fish dizziness to be exact.
Xun Ansheng waved his hand and said, "Please take me back to the small bamboo building."
Changxia and Xie Fengxue had been to Lu Lake many times, so they naturally knew where the small bamboo building was.
Unlike land-based sects, Luxelakes is a sect connected by secret realms, with its main buildings situated within each one. Once the ancestors conquered these realms, they used supreme spatial magical powers to connect their entrances to the core of Luxelake's formations, requiring entry through a secret code. It could be said that the real Luxelakes are scattered throughout Cangxuan, while the one in the sea serves as the "gate" to each secret realm.
Some of these secret places are open to the public, while others are not.
The small bamboo house is the latter type.
Changxia led Libai to continue walking forward. The sea water hit the corridor and the waves exploded on the railings, but the water droplets did not splash on them at all. Libai saw fish swimming in the water and jumping into the sea.
At the end of the corridor was a huge sun and moon wheel. Changxia turned the sun wheel three times, the moon wheel three times, and the star wheel three times. The sky suddenly darkened, and the stars began to swirl and twist, forming strange and magnificent shapes. Li Bai felt a moment of weightlessness, but returned to normal after a while.
Looking around, the boundless ocean had transformed into a mountain range covered in lush bamboo. A gentle breeze rustled the bamboo forest, and the green waves reminded Li Bai of the ocean just now.
The only difference is that there is a small bamboo building standing in the middle of the bamboo forest, which is Xun Ansheng's residence.
"Actually, the corridor and the sun and moon wheel just now were all illusions, used to facilitate the process. When the sea beast's secret code matched the secret code in the sea, we were already in the formation space. Those few dials were just a gesture. What really sent us to the small bamboo building was the mark given by Master Xun on our bodies."
Chang Xia supported Xun Ansheng with one hand and pulled Li Bai with the other, explaining, "It is said that there weren't so many fancy things in the past. It was only later that the people from Luhu asked Zuo Qin to make them. They said it was so grand."
Li Bai:?
Is this still possible?
Back at his own place, Xun Ansheng was clearly in much better shape, now strong enough to no longer need Chang Xia and Xie Fengxue's support. Stroking his beard, he said, "That was when I met your Uncle Zuo. When I was still an ordinary student, your Uncle Zuo was already famous all over the world."
After saying that, he tapped Li Bai on the forehead.
"Try using summoning magic."
Li Bai did as she was told and discovered a map had appeared in her palm, with dozens of golden bubbles of varying sizes on it. Curious, she wanted to touch it, but Chang Xia quickly stopped her.
"This is the internal miniature teleportation array used by the disciples of Luxu Lake. Click it and you will be teleported away."
Li Bai exclaimed: "It seems to be even more magical than Yunting's."
Changxia and Xie Fengxue: ...
Xie Fengxue felt that he couldn't tarnish the reputation of Yunting's formation, so he said, "This is a new technology that only appeared more than two thousand years ago. Zuo Qin took the job, and Luhu paid for it.
The head of Yunting didn't give money to build it, so they still use the old teleportation array.
Furthermore, although the Cloud Pavilion is large, it can still be covered by a sword for several days and nights. The secret realm of Luxe Lake is vast, how can one measure it on foot? Moreover, the calculations of this teleportation array, which everyone can use at any time, are extremely complex, and the array itself must be huge. The barren mountains in the Luxe Lake secret realm are not a big deal, but every inch of land in the Cloud Pavilion is precious.
The pear-white and black pupils looked at him brightly, and Xie Fengxue suddenly couldn't continue his story.
He simply gave up and said, "Well, actually there is a material that can only be found in a secret place in Lu Lake. They asked for an exorbitant price, and the leader didn't want to suffer this loss."
Li Bai said "Oh" and said, "Then I will practice sword more today. When I become stronger, we will go and seize that secret realm."
Now it was Xun Ansheng's turn to be speechless - it seemed that they really didn't take him, the Master of Luhu, seriously.
He coughed twice as a reminder.
Li Bai reacted and said, "Let's take Grandpa back too. The other people in Luhu are too mean. Grandpa will suffer."
Xun Ansheng: ...Although, I feel really comforted.
Changxia lowered her eyes and played with the tassel necklace hanging around her waist, thinking that it would be great if it were really that easy to snatch it away.
Luxelakes is home to many intelligent people, whose wisdom is enhanced by reading, and who therefore have many interesting ideas. Of the thirty-three secret realms, apart from the small bamboo building, the other thirty-two are all filled with their own little thoughts.
Changxia raised his eyes and saw Xun Ansheng laughing and joking with Li Bai, and then lowered his head again.
The only thing those Confucian scholars thought of in common was probably to worship this person as a real deity.
After all, the statue will not compete with them for power.
They stayed in the small bamboo house for a few days, chopped bamboo, ate bamboo rice, dug bamboo shoots, secretly drank the wine buried by Xun Ansheng, and read his newly compiled book. After doing all the bad things, Changxia and Xie Fengxue took Li Bai to the next secret place.
Their next stop was the Dawn and Dusk Pavilion.
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