Chapter 15 Chapter 15 I’m not a glutton anymore, intermittent fasting is also good...
In an instant, Bai Lu understood.
When he was first "enlightened", under the old plum tree, Huo Xuexiang waved his hand and annotated all the enlightenment books with pinyin. He originally thought that it was limited to the books in front of him.
But I didn't expect that Huo Xuesheng had originally annotated all the books of Xuanshan Xianzong!
Seeing everyone's confused expressions, Bai Lu wanted to explain.
On second thought, there shouldn't be another disciple in Xuanshan Immortal Sect who needs to learn pinyin, so having one more strange story won't hurt.
Let this be a secret between him and his master. After all, they are the only two who need to know!
Ning Yanhu discussed it for a while but came to no conclusion, so he walked away leisurely, deciding to keep this strange incident to himself.
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Bai Lu smiled quietly for a while, then went to look up information.
The junior fellow students whispered in his ears: You see, Senior Brother Bai is so happy as long as he is not practicing...
Having pinyin did make it more convenient for Bai Lu. He first found the clan history, which recorded all the big and small events in the clan, and also included events related to Jianmei, but it did not say why the flower did not bloom.
"Hey, how about checking the book of Baicao Xuanpu!" Liang Mangu suddenly had an idea. This is the place in the sect that is specifically responsible for growing spiritual plants. In addition, it is also responsible for counting the plant species in the Thousand Mountains.
"That's right." Bai Lu checked again and came across the information related to Tianxuan Peak.
Because Tianxuan Peak built the Dan Ding, the Herb Garden was also under their jurisdiction. Sure enough, in the relevant entries, they found information about all the plants in the sect.
But unfortunately, only the specific varieties, growing years, environment, etc. of Jianmei are written here.
If we look for similar situations in the world of immortal cultivation, we will find that there are indeed some plants that can sense the emotions of their masters and undergo strange changes, which are all regarded as strange stories.
But when Bai Lu thought back to her interactions with her tutor at Shuchun Garden and the information she had just found in the book at Baicao Xuanpu, she felt that they didn't match up.
"I always feel that those Jianmei can still be saved?" Bai Lu looked at his fellow apprentices eagerly, "How about we save the Jianmei?"
Others: “…”
Liang Mangu pointed at his nose and said, "Uh, should we save Jianmei?"
He felt absurd. He didn't want to shirk responsibility, but why should he save Jianmei...
Why don't you let us be the suzerain?
Liang Mangu said solemnly: "Brother, my suggestion is that if you want to make Master happy, why not find some plum blossoms of the same variety to transplant?"
In everyone's mind, Jianmei is the one who carries Huo Xue's legend. How could they possibly save her!
Brother Bai's proposal is too difficult for them. Even a genius can't solve it.
Bai Lu held her face and thought seriously, "We do need to think of a good and suitable method, but transplantation is not a good idea. Jianmei has mutated, and the transplanted one will be different."
"Maybe there are spells that can be used to activate it? Just like in the legendary books." Meng Caiqing said, and added, "But you have to be at the foundation building stage to start using spells. Brother, you can't do it if you haven't established your foundation yet. We can help you."
Let's start by helping Bai Lu to inquire. Meng Caiqing often travels around and has familiar senior disciples in every peak. Other classmates also belong to different peaks. Everyone decided to find a knowledgeable senior sister to help Bai Lu ask.
"By the way, we can't tell you our real purpose. Things should be done in secrecy," Bai Lu said mysteriously, using an idiom. "It won't work if we tell others."
Everyone: “…”
Don't worry, brother. How can we have the courage to say...
The senior sister they were asking about was reading in the study room, her eyes almost buried in the book.
"Sister, do you know what kind of magic can make flowers bloom?"
The senior sister was dragged out, rubbed her eyes, and said with a smile: "Are you the ones who want to use it?" Her expression was inexplicably sarcastic.
Meng Caiqing pointed at Bai Lu.
The senior sister's originally mocking expression suddenly softened, and she said gently: "In every class, there are some children who have read too many storybooks and legends, and want to learn some fancy magic to please others. It's a pity that it's unrealistic."
Oh, what do you mean? Bai Lu looked at her senior sister.
"Anyway, those of you who are in the Foundation Establishment Realm can't do it." Senior Sister said gently but firmly, "To promote the growth of flowers and plants is a method of inducing the creation of nature. It sounds easy, and it seems that all the magicians in the world can do it, but in fact, it requires at least the cultivation of the Mysterious Gate Realm.
"If you want to refine such an effective elixir or magic weapon, you may have to reach a higher level. If you are from the Wood Clan, it is only a little easier. There are books in the pavilion that record the specific methods of practice, but you can't practice it, and you don't even have the qualifications to borrow those books."
Books on magic that exceed one's realm will not be lent to the disciple, lest he may cause problems after reading them, such as forcing himself to practice and becoming possessed.
The senior sister also had good intentions and asked, "If you want to please a senior sister or junior sister, you don't have to use this kind of magic. You can see if there are other methods instead, such as using illusion magic to create fake flowers. Or, you can use external forces, such as asking your teacher for help, or asking for some elixirs."
"It would be better to have real flowers..." Bai Lu was not frustrated at all, she just thanked him, "Thank you, Senior Sister, we will think of another way."
The senior sister muttered to herself in the back: "Youth Mu Shaoai, who are you envious of? Why are you working so hard?"
"How about, like Senior Sister said, learn some illusion?" Meng Caiqing asked tentatively, "Sword Master will be pleased to know that Senior Brother is sincere."
Bai Lu looked like he had an idea. He was inspired by what his senior sister said just now. He suddenly had an idea and refused, "How can I learn illusion when I haven't established my foundation yet?"
Meng Caiqing: “…” Then how dare you say you want to save Jianmei!
"Looking for help, what do you want to do, Brother Bai?" Liang Mangu joked, "You can't become an evil cultivator just to grow flowers? Sacrifice blood to plum blossoms?"
We are all at the foundation-building stage or below, so there is a limit to what we can do.
Bai Lu thought about it and said, "I need to confirm something first. Thank you all for today." He thought of the pinyin and suddenly laughed again. Well, wait until he gives the mentor something.
Everyone:?
What are you laughing at?
Uh, but the senior brother smiled so cutely that everyone couldn't help but smile, "I'm glad that the senior brother is not depressed."
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Probably no one else could have imagined that Bai Lu was asking around about flowers and plants because she wanted to put some effort into Jianmei.
Ever since Junior Brother Bai Lu entered Xuanshan Immortal Sect, all kinds of strange things have been reported, from his performance when he first entered, his choice of Dharma lineage, to his later performances and sword-riding... I don't know how much he has given the teachers and elders to talk about.
With this new news, Xuanshan has quickly become a hot topic - and the reason has also been completely distorted.
Even Xue Danxing, the head of Tianxuan Peak, heard from his disciples that Bai Lu was suspected of "premature love", and went to persuade Huo Xue: "If your disciple doesn't build a foundation yet, he will really fall from the first place to the last place."
Huo Xuexiang had never seen Bai Lu distracted or lazy during class, so he thought for a moment and said, "I think he heard it wrong."
"And do you know about flying with a sword close to the ground..." Xue Danxing had never heard of such a thing in his life. Thinking back to the time when Huo Xuexiang's talent in swordsmanship had made countless sword practitioners cry out that the world was unfair, that his disciple was like this.
Huo Xuexiang calmed down for a moment and said calmly: "He has not yet established his foundation, it is rare for him to be able to activate the flying sword."
Because of teaching, Huo Xuexiang has more topics to talk about with other peak masters on a daily basis, but he still often feels different from everyone else and that they cannot understand each other.
"..." Xue Danxing was speechless.
After a long while, Xue Danxing said unwillingly, "I advise you that the disciples should change their ways. They can't just teach fighting. Do you want me to give you some elixirs so that you can help them grow faster... Hey, don't leave."
When Huo Xuexiang returned to Dianmei Peak, Bai Lu was sitting under the corridor of Shuchun Garden.
There were tea, books, pens and a circle of crystal stones on the low table beside him. Qiusuo also sat cross-legged beside him. The scarves on the necks of the wooden puppet and the snow puppet were replaced with new ones. This time, they were the oriental patterns that Bai Lu had learned, butterflies playing with cats.
Bai Lu was reading a book with his chin resting on his hand. The early spring wind was still chilly, making the tip of his nose slightly red.
The wooden puppet picked up the water and cast a spell to heat it to warm water. Bai Lu drank it in one gulp. Her green eyes seemed to be steamed by the heat. She looked up and saw Huo Xuexiang. She seemed to have a lot to say, but she swallowed it back and said, "Master, I have a question!"
Haha, he has figured out a plan.
Huo Xuexiang didn't know how such outrageous rumors could spread in the sect. Bai Lu was clearly counting Chunyuan's efforts. He stepped forward and asked, "What?"
"When I was eating with my classmates earlier, they all said that I was a good eater and a real glutton. I subconsciously accepted it at the time!" Bai Lu said solemnly, "But what exactly is a glutton? Did they secretly scold me?"
After all, eating doesn’t seem to be particularly popular in the world of cultivating immortals. Everyone is on a hunger strike, as if they wouldn’t be immortal enough if they didn’t.
“…Taotie was originally an ancient mythical beast that was extremely greedy, so Laotao is indeed used to describe someone who loves to eat.” Huo Xuexiang explained for him.
"How do you write that word?" Bai Lu felt relieved when she heard that it was not a mockery. "It's good to be a gourmet. I'll write it in my notes."
Huo Xuexiang picked up his pen and wrote the word Taotie on Bai Lu's reading notes.
"So difficult?!" Bai Lu's face changed slightly, with extreme fear in her eyes, "Then I won't be a glutton. Intermittent fasting is also good."
"Yeah." Huo Xuexiang was not surprised at all.
"Words are just representations, and the meaning is beyond words. You are now very good at attracting spiritual energy, so you need to gain more insights."
Huo Xuexiang thought about it for a while, but still did not mention the matter of him flying the sword close to the ground.
Bai Lu looked at Huo Xuexiang: Teacher, you are making things difficult for me...
Huo Xuexiang said patiently: "In ancient times, when there was no written language, there were also cultivators. In ancient times, there was even a shepherd boy who realized the truth and attained enlightenment. If knowing more words means a higher realm, then wouldn't the old scholar have attained enlightenment?"
Bai Luruo had an epiphany: "Then I can stop studying?"
Huo Xuexiang: "...Not really, you should finish your homework first."
"I was just kidding." Bai Lu pushed Huo Xuexiang's hand away and couldn't help but say, "Master, actually, when I was reading in the library a few days ago, I discovered that you also annotated the books there."
"Yes." Huo Xuexiang noticed Bai Lu's little action and just tilted his head and said softly, "You have been here for so long, is this your first time studying in the library?"
Bai Lu: “…………”
Huo Xuexiang thought of others coming to complain again, and was afraid that Bai Lu went to the library for something other than cultivation.
Bai Lu: "It's not my fault. We only have so many books in Shuchunyuan. How can I read them all?"
"That's enough." Huo Xuexiang also imitated him and moved his hands. After that, he saw Bai Lu looking up at him inexplicably. "I'm just asking. I'll teach you when you see it."
"...Thank you, Master." Bai Lu continued to keep the secret of giving the gift. It was really difficult to keep a secret, but she couldn't tell anyone about it before it was completed.
After finishing her homework, Bai Lu reported to Huo Xuexiang that she wanted to go to Baicao Xuanpu to get something.
Huo Xuexiang thought about what Xue Danxing said again. Although he didn't believe it, he was also slightly curious about what Bai Lu was doing. He scanned it with his spiritual sense for a moment and said, "Go."
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The Herb Garden includes a valley and terraces on both sides, where various plants are grown. The sect also grows its own food - these meals are only for the disciples who are still doing intermittent fasting, and the demand is not much.
Bai Lu had long known from his fellow junior fellow students at Tianxuan Peak that the head gardener who was in charge of the Baicao Xuanpu was a senior fellow named Tailao.
But when Bai Lu arrived at Baicao Xuanpu, she did not see the figure of the senior brother, only some cows eating the seedlings in the field.
When Bailu appeared, a bull raised its head and looked over vigilantly.
"Where did the cow come from? Did the spiritual beast from Yaoguang Peak escape?" Bai Lu looked around. Could it be that Senior Brother Tailao was being lazy and didn't even know that the fields were almost eaten up?
"Head of the Garden - Senior Brother Tailao - come quickly - your medicine has been stolen!" Bai Lu shouted.
A bull in the field raised its head and spoke in human language: "Who stole my medicine?"
Bai Lu: “…”
Bai Lu was a little embarrassed for a moment, because no one said that Senior Brother Tai Lao was a demon cultivator.
"Well……"
That’s not right. Senior Brother Tailao is a demon cultivator, so what about those cows next to him?
Bai Lu was still thinking, when she saw Tai Lao said to the cow beside him: "Second Aunt, you guys eat first, I'll go and greet that junior fellow apprentice."
"Moo~"
Tai Lao walked over and changed into a human form, with two huge horns still remaining on his forehead. Demon cultivators are often proud of their original forms and like to maintain them, retaining some characteristics even when they transform into a Taoist body.
Tai Lao originally wanted to say, "What are you looking at? This field is for me to eat." As he got closer, he could see Bai Lu's green eyes clearly, so he stopped and asked, "Are you Junior Brother Bai Lu from Dian Mei Feng?"
"Yes, Senior Brother Tailao knows me?" Bai Lu was not very surprised as her own features were quite obvious.
“Naturally… I have admired Sword Master for a long time, but unfortunately…” Tai Lao didn’t finish his words. He really admired Bai Lu for taking Sword Master as his master. He also wanted to learn peerless sword moves, but he also wanted to ascend to heaven - of course, that was his idea when he first got started. Niu Gang was always naive when he first started practicing Taoism.
Now he knew that these two might have nothing to do with him.
Bai Lu had no idea of Tai Lao's thoughts. She held out a few of the Bigu Pills and Huan Yuan Pills she had saved up, and said, "Brother Tai Lao, I want to exchange something with you. Can I use these pills?"
He did not take the Qigong pills, but he did eat some Huanyuan pills and took out a few to exchange for the Tailao.
Tai Lao knew that the new disciple probably didn't have any good stuff, so he looked so pitiful, holding the pills he had saved up with great difficulty in both hands.
He also selectively ignored Bai Lu's beaded clothing.
Tai Lao no longer needed these pills after his cultivation, so it would be fine to give them to his relatives who were also working in the fields here. However, he did not accept them, but said awkwardly: "I have heard that Junior Brother Bai wants to learn the art of natural creation. Are you asking me to teach you? I can't teach you that, as you haven't established your foundation yet."
He is in charge of the Baicao Xuanpu, which includes the grain cultivation in the sect. He often uses the art of natural creation to promote it. When it comes to those who can use this art in the sect, no one dares to claim to be first if he is second to none.
Those in the sect who are at a higher level than him cannot do as much as he does.
But he absolutely didn't dare to teach Bai Lu. Bai Lu hadn't established the foundation yet. What would he do if something bad happened to the Sword Master's disciple?
"Brother Tailao," Bai Lu explained immediately, "I don't want to practice the art of natural creation. I want to exchange something."
"So you want to exchange for some exotic flowers and plants?" Tai Lao touched his horn, "Well, there are some pretty ones..."
"No," Bai Lu said, "I want to ask you, Senior Brother, if you have any diseased wheat or rice? Can you give me some in exchange?"
Tailao: “Ah?”
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Meng Caiqing struggled to get out of bed, washed up and went to report for duty. The senior sister was already waiting there.
"We are going to patrol the mountain today." Ning Yanhu glanced at her. The so-called patrolling the mountain included a lot of things, which was to tour the huge Xuanshan Immortal Sect to see if there were any violations of discipline and laws.
"Yes!" Meng Caiqing tightened his belt a little to avoid back pain after a long time, and made two cups of black bean juice for himself and his senior sister.
Ning Yanhu performed the Cloud Leaping Technique and stood on the top of the cloud with Meng Caiqing. "You often meet with Bai Lu. Hasn't he given up pursuing that fellow disciple?"
"Senior Sister, that is really a rumor, even more outrageous than the rumor that my junior brother forcibly kissed the spirit of the weapon." Meng Caiqing almost spit out the black bean juice, but she promised Bai Lu not to say anything nonsense.
Seeing her confused and guilty face, Ning Yanhu said indifferently, "What flowers do you want to send?"
Meng Caiqing became even more conflicted. It was Jianmei... If he said it out loud, it would be no different from confessing it.
Ning Yanhu was puzzled. Why was he being so mysterious? Why, did Bai Lu want to send flowers to the leader?
"Natural creation is a profound magic. He messed up everything and even went to Baicao Xuanpu. It would be better for him to practice seriously, even if it means fighting a little." Ning Yanhu looked down slowly on the cloud, taking everything in.
"This..." Meng Caiqing actually felt that it made sense. Senior Brother Bai had a talent for fighting. "After all, Senior Brother Bai meant well." She wanted to say filial piety.
Ning Yanhu was about to speak, but when his eyes wandered to a certain place, they suddenly froze, and he couldn't believe his eyes: "What, what is that?"
Seeing that the senior sister was startled by something, Meng Caiqing also panicked, "What happened? Did someone lose control of their sword and plunge into the spirit beast dung pile on Yaoguang Peak again?"
Her gaze fell on a mountain peak, and she saw a hint of rouge red burning among the dark green mountains, so red that it could almost melt the chill of early spring.
Its red is even brighter than a blazing flame, and even when viewed from afar, it looks like a sword soaring into the sky, which is unmatched by any other flowers or trees.
It’s Meifeng.
Meng Caiqing lost his voice and asked, "Brother Bai succeeded?"
Ning Yanhu exclaimed in amazement: "What did you say??!
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