Chapter 22
The breeze in the stream cave at night is cool and refreshing, making people feel very comfortable.
Jin Moli twitched her fingers slightly, slowly opened her eyes, a flash of white light appeared in her eyes, and in the blink of an eye, her gaze returned to its usual brightness.
Lingxi noticed the commotion and came over, asking with concern, "Jasmine, how are you?"
Jin Moli blinked, seemingly still a little unaccustomed to it.
After a while, Jin Moli exclaimed in surprise, "Master, I can...see so far!"
"I can still hear... noises... from the village."
Lingxi smiled faintly, her experience telling her, "Your spiritual energy has successfully entered your body, naturally strengthening your five senses. Congratulations, Little Jasmine, you have successfully taken the first step in cultivation."
"but……"
Lingxi paused deliberately, causing Jin Moli to look over nervously, afraid that she hadn't done something right.
"Jasmine can go take a shower first and relax."
As Jin Moli listened, she had just taken a shower and breathed a sigh of relief as her high spirits subsided when she suddenly smelled an increasingly strong stench.
"Where...it stinks!"
Jin Moli sniffed around her nose, then looked down and realized the smell was coming from her own body, causing her to freeze instantly.
Her eyes darted around, remembering what her master had told her to take a bath earlier.
Her fair and flawless face flushed completely red in an instant. She lowered her head and whispered, "Master, I'm going to take a bath."
After saying that, the girl quickly got up and ran into the house.
Lingxi, who remained where she was, withdrew her concealment spell and watched her disciple running wildly without regard for her image. She laughed rather unkindly, "Why are you running? What haven't I seen? Why would I laugh at her?"
Su Yuan chuckled: "Take that smile off your face before you speak."
Lingxi's smile widened instantly.
Aren't apprentices just for teasing?
...
Sunrise and sunset, a few days passed in just a few rounds.
Lingxi and Jin Moli each took a corner to cultivate around the Xingling Grass.
"Woof woof~ woof woof..."
"Woof..."
Suddenly, the silence was broken by the anxious cries of the two creatures.
Jin Moli had only been cultivating for a short time, and upon hearing the noise, she immediately stopped her practice. Seeing that her master was still cultivating, she quietly left the spiritual energy barrier on her own.
"Shh, Ryougi...you guys...keep your voices down."
Jin Moli first silenced the Yin and Yang, and Taiji and Yin Yang also stopped moving upon seeing this.
Ryougi bit Jin Moli's pant leg and tried to pull her forward, but the puppy was too weak and couldn't move her. Ryougi ran a few steps forward and, seeing that she didn't move, came over and pushed her again.
After two round trips, Jin Moli understood where they were taking her!
Jin Moli followed along out of curiosity.
The Yin and Yang duo led the way, and as they walked, they were attracted by the weeds on the side and started to nibble on them.
As we walked into the vegetable garden in the backyard, the two dogs barked again.
When Jin Moli took a look, she was dumbfounded. The vegetable garden, which she had checked last night and found to be perfectly intact, was now crawling with all sorts of insects.
The lettuce in the field is almost gone, with only one-tenth remaining.
The tomatoes and cucumbers growing on the vines are still intact, but insects are constantly crawling up the leaves, eating them. If it gets any later, there probably won't be anything left.
The three chicken feed bags were full, indicating that they had already eaten a whole batch.
Jin Moli's mind went blank at that moment. She swallowed hard. Under her heightened vision, the insect's constantly waving mouthparts and its colorful, wriggling body were as if they were being magnified in front of her, allowing her to see everything clearly.
She felt a little uneasy.
"Master."
"Um."
Lingxi had arrived unnoticed, and upon seeing the terrible state of the place, her face instantly darkened.
Her vegetable garden!
Lingxi: "Disciple, take Liangyi and the others and go somewhere far away."
Jin Moli nodded, picked up the puppy, and went to the side.
As soon as they left, Lingxi immediately released her aura. The pressure of the late-stage Qi Refining Realm immediately caused the insects, which were enjoying their meal, to flee in all directions as if they had encountered their natural enemy.
What remains is a patch of eroded, pitted vegetable garden.
Lingxi sighed and rubbed her forehead. It was all her fault; she had forgotten to replace the exorcism array, which led to this incident.
A magic array made of ordinary stones needs to be replaced every two or three days.
This is really troublesome.
Lingxi bent down and selected a few pebbles from a pile of pre-selected stones. After rinsing them with her true energy two or three times, the pebbles rose into the air.
Using pebbles as dots and spiritual energy as ink, a complex and intricate pattern is instantly drawn.
Before Jin Moli could even see clearly, the stones fell in different directions, and a simple expulsion formation was formed.
Su Yuan: "You can find some jade stones, which can retain spiritual energy for a longer time."
"Easier said than done, jade is so expensive!"
Lingxi's wallet is limited; she'll consider it again when she has more money.
When money was mentioned, Su Yuan silently shut up and went into seclusion.
I don't know when I'll wake up again.
Jin Moli ran over quickly, "Master... what was that just now?"
"This is the expulsion formation. There are many more things to learn from you later." Lingxi was still young, and she had become addicted to being a master, so she was quite engrossed in it.
Only her first apprentice didn't mind; Jin Moli was even more stubborn than Ling Xi was when she was in school.
During the day, he listened to Lingxi explain the cultivation techniques, and at night he worked even harder to cultivate.
Speaking of cultivation techniques, Lingxi was also helpless. Back then, they were directly input into her mind and could automatically be converted into meanings that she could easily understand.
When teaching disciples, one must thoroughly understand the "Primordial Qi True Scripture," and it must be the original scripture before teaching it to disciples.
Lingxi had a terrible headache a few days ago, but thankfully she had Master Yun's help.
She went to find him and, following her explanations, thoroughly understood the meanings of the words she didn't understand.
She was even more diligent than when she took the college entrance exam.
Once everything was sorted out, Lingxi's understanding of the cultivation technique deepened.
Even if there are shortcuts, without delving deeper, one will always remain on the surface and find it difficult to make progress.
Only in this way can we be considered fully prepared and teach smoothly.
Jin Moli nodded repeatedly, not at all bothered by how much she had to learn, and excitedly said, "Master, ... I will learn it soon..."
Lingxi: ...
Actually, it's okay to take it slow; there's no need to rush.
But she remained rational and didn't dare to say it aloud.
Oh well, let her be.
Lingxi slowly strolled back to her original spot, about to continue her cultivation, when her drooping eyelashes paused, and she looked closely.
The translucent fruits of the water chestnut shimmered in the sunlight.
The tiny fruit has grown into a ripe fruit.
They hung there, crystal clear, with seven or eight fruits on a single water lily, truly touching Lingxi's heart.
The expansion plan for the herb *Hedyotis diffusa* has officially begun.
...
Linxi Temple
A villager came to offer incense and asked the old Taoist priest to predict his son's marriage prospects.
Master Yun said calmly, "Tell me your zodiac sign and date of birth."
There was a piece of paper in front of them; the villagers could read and wrote down their son's information.
Old Daoist Yun glanced at it, his fingers constantly calculating. After a moment, he opened his mouth and said, "May the Heavenly Venerable grant you boundless blessings. Your son's perfect match has arrived; it is a match made in heaven. Such a good marriage is rare. You should just patiently await the happy event."
Everyone in the surrounding villages and even towns knows that Master Yun is an unparalleled fortune teller.
What he said is probably true most of the time.
Upon hearing this, the villagers smiled broadly, their simple faces crinkling with joy. Without a word, they paid for the divination, made some donations before leaving, and then leisurely descended the mountain.
Lingxi, who had been sitting in the courtyard for a while, watched the fortune-telling process and her curiosity was piqued.
He lifted his leg and entered the hall.
When Lingxi first offered incense, she saw the statue of the patriarch enshrined in the hall.
Perhaps it's because the incense isn't burning brightly enough.
Lingxi couldn't discern any spiritual light or mystery; it was no different from any other mortal object.
But she still respectfully offered incense to the ancestor.
Master Yun lowered his eyes and carefully packed his belongings. Only when he caught sight of the figure at his feet did he look up at the newcomer.
Upon seeing that it was Lingxi, Old Daoist Yun was overjoyed and immediately sat up straight, about to greet her.
When he saw that the other person was about to offer incense, he paused, quickly took the incense, lit it, and respectfully handed it to Lingxi.
After greeting Lingxi and having her offer incense, Master Yun turned and left the main hall. He quickly stepped forward and asked, "Immortal Master, is there some verse you need to explain?"
Lingxi's lips twitched when she heard the word "Immortal Master".
That's right. Now, people in the village who have seen her no longer call her "Master," but rather "Immortal Master."
Lingxi ignored it: "Daoist Master, there's something I don't understand that I'd like to ask you, and it might be a little offensive."
"Of course, Immortal Master, how could you offend this old Taoist? You're joking."
In that case, Lingxi asked directly, "What method did you use to calculate the marriage you just calculated? And how much of the result is true and how much is false?"
"Master, this method is simple. It only requires the application of the Eight Characters of Destiny and the relationships between the Five Elements and the Ten Gods to roughly deduce the method."
When it came to Taoist teachings, Lingxi was already a bit confused after hearing half of it, but with her years of experience as a poor student, she had to pretend she understood even if she didn't.
As expected, Lingxi looked serious and responded from time to time, which fooled Master Yun.
He got more and more excited as he talked.
"In the realm of fortune telling, one can also use Qimen Dunjia..."
"As for the result," Elder Yun first asked Lingxi a question, "Immortal Master is trustworthy, and the answer is in my heart."
"I believe you."
Lingxi said firmly.
After embarking on cultivation, he came into contact with Jin Moli, who was born with spiritual eyes. It wouldn't be surprising if he encountered other talents afterward.
His firm attitude gave Master Yun a sense of confidence. He said excitedly, "Only my former abbot knew about this before. I have never told anyone else."
He was about to reveal his entire secret: "I can..."
Lingxi already intended to take him as her disciple, and since the Xingling Fruit was ripe, she didn't want to listen to other people's secrets for nothing. So she interrupted Old Daoist Yun and said directly:
"Since that's the case, I won't listen for nothing. Daoist Yun, would you be willing to become my disciple?"
Lingxi's unpredictable actions left Master Yun, who was still figuring out how to make a good impression, completely dumbfounded.
The words he was about to say were left unsaid until he heard what Lingxi said.
Should we take him as our apprentice?
He still vividly remembers when the Jin family's granddaughter became an apprentice some time ago.
At this moment, Lingxi wants to take him as her disciple!
The usually composed and dignified Daoist Yun showed a joyful expression at this moment, and knelt down before Lingxi with a thud in front of the Three Pure Ones.
"Master, please accept my bow."
The Taoist temple has been passed down to this day, and he is the only one who has done so.
He became Lingxi's disciple, but Lingxi did not make him give up everything as a Taoist.
Perhaps, Yun Qingzi can carry forward the Linxi Temple and ensure the continuation of its Taoist tradition.
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