Chapter 614 Liupan Mountain
The morning dew was exceptionally beautiful. Song Chunxue knew it was a valuable substance, so she went outside to collect some after waking up.
The mountains are lush and green, and the peaks are made of loess. Unlike the rocky cliffs of Wuquan Mountain, the mountains here look very welcoming.
Just like the loess hills in my hometown, covered with low trees, yet lush and vibrant with life.
"Junior Brother Song, practicing your sword?" Dongfang Xu walked over with a smile, rubbing his hands together unconsciously. "The scenery here is quite nice."
Suddenly, Song Chunxue thought of something and took out a money pouch from her bosom and threw it over.
"Is Senior Brother Dongfang going down the mountain?"
Dongfang Xu instinctively caught it, and the moment he touched the money bag, his eyes widened like saucers.
"Isn't this a bit too much?"
"Give it back if you think you have too much."
Dongfang Xu quickly hid the bag behind his back. "There's no reason to ask for it back after giving it away. We can never have too much. This might not even be enough to repair the Taoist temple."
“I will make up for it if it is not enough. You can ask the craftsmen when you go down the mountain. The sooner it is repaired, the sooner you can rest assured, so that it will not leak when it rains.”
"Alright, my God of Wealth, he might not be back before lunch. You two will have to make do with this meal, but don't run away."
"rest assured."
"Let's go~" Dongfang Xu happily skipped a couple of times and headed down the mountain.
Last night, Song Chunxue lay in bed and saw stars through the cracks in the roof. She knew it would be unpleasant if it rained.
Moreover, the money pouch she gave her contained thirty taels of silver, which was a stone she had picked up on the riverbank that day when she was drugged.
Originally, she just thought the stone was smooth and beautiful, with a unique color, like glass, and she was bragging to Yunqiu to provoke her.
Who knew that when they went to buy dry food on the street, they tried on the jade at a jade shop, and the shopkeeper loved it so much.
She was worried that she would be scolded and kicked out, but the white-bearded shopkeeper was very excited and invited her to have tea. He said that his greatest hobby was to collect stones in the river, and he had never seen such a beautiful rainbow stone before. It was a rare find, and he readily gave her eighty taels of silver.
This small Taoist temple is only slightly larger than the one on the eastern mountain of Zhuanglang County. Eighty taels of silver can not only be used to repair it completely, but also to buy some furniture.
"Ha~"
The Taoist priest yawned and leaned against the door frame with his arms crossed.
"It's been a long time since I've had a good night's sleep. This is truly a wonderful place." The Taoist priest looked towards the main mountain range in the distance. "This is the territory of Weizhou, a branch of the Liupan Mountains. We're very close to Mount Kongtong. Have you ever heard of Mount Kongtong, Junior Brother?"
Song Chunxue's expression turned cold.
“A swindler came to my house before, claiming to be from Mount Kongtong. He said that someone had buried a curse for the destruction of families at our front gate. He talked a lot of nonsense and swindled me out of four hundred coins!”
“That was the money I earned from shoveling wormwood. It was swindled away before I even had a chance to enjoy it. I’ve been thinking about it for over 30 years. How could I not have heard about it?”
"What's even more infuriating is that after that person came, I was sick for more than half a year, all because of that lousy Taoist priest's jinx!"
Seeing her indignant expression, the Taoist priest bit his cheek and held back his laughter.
“You learn from your mistakes, you found out he was a fraud later. We’re both just lousy Taoist priests now. But speaking of which, why did you still believe me when you saw me before?” The Taoist priest laughed, “If you had driven me away that day, you might have suffered for a long time.”
Song Chunxue thought about it carefully, "Maybe it's because I've been fooled a lot, and I think you're quite capable, so I didn't ask you for money. Besides, I've long suspected that Chen Feng is suspicious."
The Taoist priest was overjoyed and finally couldn't help but throw his head back and laugh.
"Quite a few experiences of being scammed? Tell me, who else have you been cheated by?"
Song Chunxue ignored him and stepped into the courtyard. "Senior brother brought me here, there must be another purpose. Let's eat something and go out quickly. I want to take a nap when I get back."
The Taoist priest snorted, "Junior brother has really made something of himself now, speaking to me so rudely and arrogantly. Just wait and see..."
"Senior brother, I was wrong. Please punish me."
Before he could finish speaking, Song Chunxue turned around and bowed deeply to him, displaying the utmost respect.
The Taoist priest stopped, wanting to say a few words to her.
"I'm sorry, senior brother. I have been in a bad mood lately. I'll go to the clinic tomorrow and buy some liver-soothing pills. I don't know what's wrong with me lately, I just want to talk back to people. Senior brother, I really know I was wrong."
"..." Seeing her sincere expression, the Taoist priest couldn't bear it and reached out to help her up. "I was just saying it casually, and you took it seriously. I'm not that petty, you don't need to..."
But as soon as he bent down, Song Chunxue raised her head and grinned, "I was just a casual apology, why did you take it so seriously, senior brother? Hahaha."
She turned and walked towards the kitchen, saying, "I'll go boil some water!"
The Taoist priest took a breath, calmly picked up some firewood, and walked into the kitchen.
"I know what's been going on with you lately..."
"Senior brother, I was really wrong, please don't say it." Song Chunxue immediately realized that things were going badly, and her senior brother was sure to bring up Xie Zheng again.
"It's nothing more than lovesickness. It's easy to lose your temper when you miss someone too much. I, as your senior brother, wasn't understanding enough. If I had known, I would have stayed on the mountain for a few more years and learned some sound transmission talismans. I could have taught them to Xie Zheng so he could send you messages to ease your lovesickness."
"..." Song Chunxue covered her ears, turned around and left the kitchen. She was not going to boil the water.
She was still too inexperienced compared to her senior.
It's better to learn more than to live a long life.
Before long, the Taoist priest arrived carrying a pot of tea.
Song Chunxue handed him a buckwheat dough ring, which was considered a gesture of reconciliation.
The Taoist priest accepted it without further ado.
Afterwards, the Taoist priest lifted her up and stood her on the sword, then took her for a stroll around Mount Kongtong, before landing in front of a pavilion in a remote mountain valley.
"Senior brother, don't carry me next time, I can stand on my own."
"Hard to say, how about tying a rope to it?"
"..." Never mind, she's not a dog.
She walked into the pavilion and sat down. "What are you doing here? Aren't you going to Mount Kongtong to visit your old friends?"
Legend has it that Mount Kongtong is the sacred site where the legendary ancestor of Chinese civilization, the Yellow Emperor, climbed the mountain to seek enlightenment, and it is also the Taoist temple of the ancient immortal Guangchengzi. With so many Taoist temples on the mountain, my senior brother should definitely go there to burn incense.
"This is the Quanzhen Sect, no different from a monk. Besides, there's no one I particularly want to see. Do you think your senior brother is so popular? In their eyes, I'm just a rogue cultivator who has betrayed the sect."
Song Chunxue looked at him in surprise, as it was the first time she had ever heard her senior brother belittle her like that.
"Then I won't go. My senior brother isn't like that at all." She sat down cross-legged. "It's nice to meditate here."
“I didn’t bring you here for meditation. I’ve heard there are many precious medicinal herbs in these mountains. I’ve been craving mushrooms lately. I cooked a pot of mushrooms here a few years ago and I still can’t forget it. Would you like to go take a look?”
Song Chunxue was a little worried. There were many kinds of mushrooms in the mountains, but she had only ever eaten mushrooms from the old alfalfa field and dared not eat the others.
"Senior brother, can you tell which ones are edible and which ones are not? I want to live a few more years. Maybe I should go down the mountain and buy some. The ones picked by the locals are definitely edible."
"Why waste that money? The ones picked without spending money taste better. Trust me, I know that."
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