Chapter 145 True Martial Arts Master
“Our family has few affairs and not many social interactions. If this little thing can tire me out, then all the training I’ve done with Granny this year has been for nothing.” Daiyu put down her bowl. “Since Granny isn’t going there either, why don’t we go to Kongyun Temple tomorrow?”
Yuan Hongqu felt a jolt in her heart. How could she have thought of this place? Who told Daiyu about this Taoist temple?
"I've heard that the rituals at Kongyun Temple are excellent. I'd like to go and light eternal lamps for my mother and younger brother, and hold a ritual for them," Daiyu said in a deep voice.
The New Year is also a time for family reunions. How could she not feel secretly saddened seeing thousands of families celebrating together while her own family was all alone?
How could she not miss her mother?
Daiyu had no other way to remember her mother, and her mother's grave was not in the capital.
After much thought, this is the only way.
“Alright, let’s go to Kongyun Temple.” Yuan Hongqu said with certainty, holding Daiyu’s hand.
Yuan Hongqu glanced at Lan Su. She had never witnessed Lan Su's skills before. Lan Cong said that Lan Su's martial arts were even more advanced than hers. Was that an exaggeration?
Could this seemingly harmless little girl be a martial arts master?
Several head maids were arguing about whether to accompany their young mistress to Kongyun Temple or to the Rongguo Mansion to deliver gifts tomorrow when they heard the maid who usually looked after the kittens in Jiaoyun Garden run out carrying a cat.
"Girl, Miao'er went to pounce on the parrot and scared it away."
That cat was a tiny Persian kitten a few months ago, but now it's been fed so much that it's chubby and quite domineering.
Daiyu could barely lift the heavy kitten.
A few days ago, a cockatoo was brought to us. It had a golden sunflower-shaped crest on its head, white feathers all over its body, and was very clever.
Daiyu was teaching the parrot to recite Tang poems and found it very interesting.
Seeing that the parrot had attracted Daiyu's attention, the cat felt neglected and kept trying to pounce on it. Today, when the maids weren't paying attention, the cat actually succeeded.
"Did you see where it flew off to?" Daiyu asked nervously. The parrot was quite amusing and very good at mimicking speech. She had been playing with it every day for the past few days, and her heart jumped when she heard that the parrot was missing.
"It flew out of the window in a flash, it must have flown into the courtyard, right?" the maid replied nervously.
Before she could finish speaking, she saw a blur before her eyes, and it seemed that someone was missing from beside the girl.
Just as the maid was about to recount the situation, a gust of wind whistled past her, and a person seemed to descend from the sky, landing beside the young lady.
"Miss, she's back now." What Lan Sushu was holding was none other than the cockatoo that the maid had mentioned earlier had flown away.
This parrot has a sickle-shaped beak that is extremely hard, capable of cracking even the hard shells of nuts. It is usually quite docile, but in an emergency, its beak becomes a weapon. This is why the cat tried to pounce on the parrot several times without success.
However, at this moment, the parrot was in Lan Su's hands, as docile as if it had been tamed, its little head pressed against Lan Su's hand, showing great affection.
Lan Su handed the parrot over, and the little girl quickly picked up the birdcage, fastened the chain, and the parrot, perched on its perch, flapped its wings a few times. Seeing Daiyu, it began to chatter and complain:
"Girl, I'm terrified! Meow meow is going to kill the bird... Meow meow is going to kill the bird..."
Daiyu gently stroked the parrot's feathers reassuringly.
"I'll give you some dried fish from Miao'er in a bit, and then I won't give it any dried fish for a month, okay?"
"Dried fish! Dried fish!" The gluttonous parrot forgot everything but remembered the dried fish, which made everyone laugh.
"Go ahead, take away a month's worth of dried fish from Miao'er, and give all the dried fish to the parrot," Daiyu instructed with a smile.
The cat scurrying around under my feet was still meowing sweetly, unaware that it wouldn't be getting any dried fish for the next month.
"Lan Su's kung fu is truly amazing. No wonder your brother said that his martial arts are inferior to yours. I think he's exaggerating. What do you mean by inferior? He's clearly far behind," Yuan Hongqu teased.
“Granny Yuan, my brother has too many things to do, which has delayed his practice, unlike me who has nothing else to do besides martial arts.” Lan Su hurriedly comforted Lan Cong.
"You two siblings are both extremely rare."
Yuan Hongqu felt much more at ease. With such a martial arts master by their side, where couldn't they go? With Lan Su's abilities, if anything were to happen, she could carry Daiyu away, and probably no one could catch up with her.
The maid took the parrot away, while Daiyu, holding Lansu's hand, looked on with admiration.
"I felt a gust of wind beside me, and before I could react, I saw Sister Su on the roof. I was about to clap and cheer when Sister Su suddenly flew back! Sister Su, what kind of skill do you have? Did you learn it from a fairy?"
This was the first time Lan Su had been looked at with such admiration by such a beautiful young girl. She was usually very open-minded, but at this moment she was actually a little embarrassed.
“Miss, I used to slack off when practicing martial arts, and my master would always chase me and beat me... After being chased for so long, I did manage to master other skills, but I did manage to develop my lightness skill.” Lan Su’s face was slightly red.
"Haha, that's because you have a natural talent for it. I used to take medicine as soon as I could eat, but I still can't tell the difference between angelica and peony. People say that long-term illness makes a good doctor, but I've certainly not become one." Daiyu said enviously, "Granny, perhaps..."
“No, otherwise, this is not something you can learn.” Yuan Hongqu saw through Daiyu’s thoughts at a glance. You are a lady from a prominent family, like a fairy, Lin Daiyu. It’s enough to learn some martial arts to strengthen your body. As for lightness skills, forget about it.
"Granny~" Daiyu tugged at Yuan Hongqu's sleeve, her voice even sweeter, "Sister Su can fly so high, so gracefully..."
“You are a young lady of the Lin family. Even if you can fly, you can’t.” Yuan Hongqu hardened her heart. She really couldn’t imagine what it would be like if Daiyu learned light-body skills.
Daiyu sighed softly, "Alright then, I was thinking how wonderful and pleasant it would be to fly in the sky like the wind." Her voice was faint, tinged with a touch of melancholy.
Seeing Lin Daiyu so sad made Yuan Hongqu feel even more sorry for her, but she still refused.
“Young lady, this skill of mine is extremely difficult to master, not as simple as it appears to you,” Lan Su said. “The hardships I’ve endured to learn this skill are probably more than the medicine you’ve taken since you were a child!”
"Why don't we wait until spring and have Lan Su teach the girl to ride a horse?" Yuan Hongqu suddenly had a brilliant idea.
“Yes, young lady, riding a horse feels like flying in the wind. Especially if you have a fine steed, it's like lightning when it runs,” Lan Su added.
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