Chapter 83: Busy with Repairs
Lingxiang was sitting leisurely under the eaves with her legs crossed, a bag of pine seeds in her arms. She was peeling them while looking up at the three busy people, and would say a few words from time to time.
"Hey! Put that piece of wood firmly on the floor, or water won't accumulate between the linoleum!"
"Please use high-quality fir for the beams, and make sure the mortise and tenon joints are strong! Although this isn't a palace, I can't afford golden nanmu, but it should at least last a hundred or eighty years, right?"
"Tsk tsk tsk! Don't waste the remaining wood. This is Huanghuali wood. Make me two sets of chopping boards and small tables to put under the eaves. I can play mahjong or something when I'm free."
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Long Qi had experienced Ling Xiang's bossy attitude at Youran Residence and was used to it, so he just ignored it. Xin Yi, seeing it before, naturally ignored it and focused on her work. However, Ren Dong was surprised. Although Elder Fu Cang was her master, he was still a little younger than her. She had never expected him to be so...
The eyes make the chin give orders!
When Maidong arrived, she saw Lingxiang lying in a rocking chair with her eyes closed. She had just begged for this rocking chair from the old man with a bamboo cane. The bamboo body of the chair was so comfortable to lie on.
"You, the Eight Bricks Scholar, are lazing around here while letting these three do the hard labor, and you seem to feel at ease."
Lingxiang didn't even open her eyes when she heard this, and answered lazily, "Nominally speaking, I am the master of these three people, so naturally I have to order them around. Besides, this house has been renovated, and they will live there too. Do I really want them to run back and forth from Youyuan Palace to here every day? If you go to Youyuan Palace every day, you can't be as unscrupulous as you are when you come to my place, right?"
After hearing this, Maidong felt that this made sense, so he sat down with Lingxiang and grabbed a handful of pine seeds and started peeling them.
When Honeysuckle saw this, he sighed in his heart: Birds of a feather flock together. The old saying is true.
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Wu Yuan and Chi Yanzi hurried along the way, and in half an hour's walk they would be out of the Barbarian Continent, but...
A strong wind whistled past Chi Yanzi's ear, and he dodged to the side in a hurry, only to see a dagger deeply stuck in the ground. Looking back, he saw that the black-clothed demon general had chased him here!
He was seen flying over with the devilish wind, the devil blade in his hand glowing purple. Chi Yanzi hurriedly made hand gestures, and a large stone immediately appeared around his body, and instantly broke into many stone cones that flew towards the black-clothed devil general.
The black-clothed demon general charged forward fiercely. Seeing Chi Yanzi's magic coming towards him, he hurriedly used his skills to resist. However, when the stone spikes were about to hit him, they turned into thick smoke and scattered around, making it impossible for him to see what was ahead.
Seeing that the magic was effective, Chi Yanzi hurriedly pulled Wu Yuan and ran forward. Across the border ahead was Lindong. It seemed that the people of the Demon Clan would not dare to set foot out of the Barbarian Continent.
Although he was in an extremely embarrassing situation, Wu Yuan laughed: "Old man, do you have no other tricks? Why are you resorting to such deceptive tricks?"
Chi Yanzi was completely oblivious to his words. "This Wubenxiang Jue is a way to prolong the battle. My magic weapons are all destroyed and I haven't repaired them yet. How can I possibly fight him? Do you think you can defeat him?"
"You've never seen me use my true strength, so how do you know I can't win?"
"I have never seen your true ability, but I know that you have been defeated by Lingxiang before." Chi Yanzi said without turning his head, looking at the road intently.
Wu Yuan blushed upon hearing this. "That little girl tricked me into falling for her trick. Besides, when was the last time I was defeated by her?"
"A fox monster with profound cultivation fell for a little girl's trick. If anyone knew about this, I'd be amazed. And you're still pretending to be cool, but I'm afraid you're just trying too hard to hide your shame!"
As Chi Yanzi spoke, he took out two paper figures from his sleeves and started to practice the Wubenxiang Jue. Immediately, two more people appeared beside him. They looked exactly like him. As soon as they appeared, they changed direction and ran towards the south.
"That little girl is so cunning that even a fox spirit would be tricked by her. My cultivation of only a hundred years is nothing."
Thinking of Lingxiang's face in the dream, Wu Yuan couldn't help laughing. He wondered what the little fox was doing now.
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The Xianyunju house was finally renovated before the Lantern Festival, and Long Qi and the other two moved in from Youyuan Hall. Although it was made up of wooden huts with thatched roofs, it had everything you needed and was peaceful, making it a perfect place for spiritual practice.
But Long Qi has always been curious about why Lingxiang forbade them from entering the side room and why he never saw her going in or out to clean it.
It's so weird, there must be something fishy!
Xinyi has reached the Jindan stage and his cultivation is higher than Lingxiang. Lingxiang originally wanted him to teach Long Qi and Rendong how to practice, but who knew that he didn't know Taoism at all. All his cultivation was gained through martial arts, and he only knew some techniques to improve his martial arts power.
This is hardly surprising. Most demon-hunting families in the mortal world cultivate martial arts, and the demons they exterminate are mostly low-level. If a family is fortunate enough to have a great martial artist at the level of a Martial Spirit, they can subdue mid-level demons. However, in today's world where spiritual roots are scarce, it's difficult for martial artists to reach such a high level.
Furthermore, martial arts cultivation is a limited path. From ancient times to the present, those who have reached the highest level have only reached the level of martial arts spirit. If a demon hunter wishes to further improve their cultivation, they will often turn to the pursuit of the truth of Tao, practicing Taoist methods, or contemplating Buddhist teachings.
However, although the practice of martial arts is limited, if one uses martial arts as a foundation and then practices Taoism, as long as one crosses the threshold of cultivating the mind, then the path of Taoism will be extremely smooth.
Lingxiang originally thought that if Xinyi was here, she would just be going through the motions, but she didn't expect that in the end she would still have to teach from the beginning.
That day, she asked Xinyi to teach Long Qi and Rendong how to strengthen their bodies, while she herself went to Kuncheng Peak.
When Elder Donghui heard the Taoist boy say Elder Fucang was coming, he was momentarily stunned. This Lingxiang had always acted on his own, entering and leaving his Langhuan Pavilion as if it were no one's business. Had he ever reported this to anyone?
Just as I was thinking about it, I saw Lingxiang swaggering in with her sleeves swung.
As expected, it would be strange if she asked someone to inform her before entering.
Elder Donghui just looked up and took a glance, then began to ponder the fragment in his hand.
Lingxiang didn't hesitate to speak politely. She just sat there and started talking to herself.
"Ah! Fourth Senior Brother is still reading the 'Xuantian Fragments'. Tsk tsk tsk! After reading it over and over again, it's still incomplete. If the missing piece is not there, then no matter how much you try to comprehend it, it will still be the same."
Elder Donghui said without even looking up, "If you want to read, then go ahead. Why are you trying to make fun of me? You're wasting precious time."
Lingxiang smiled upon hearing this. "Who said I came here to read? What book in your Langhuan Pavilion haven't I read? I just came to let you know. I'll be bringing my apprentice in a couple of days to choose some magic techniques."
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