The Wheel-Turning Master.

The laurel trees are tall, with huge crowns; under the cool shade and fragrant flowers, a group of people are making a lot of noise.

Especially Sun Yuqing, who didn't look like a monk at all, actually took out some candies to share, saying that his senior brother's life was hard, and families with beautiful girls could come and recruit a son-in-law. Seeing Wang Qiuxie's unfriendly face, Sun Yuqing didn't dare to say anything more, but pulled Lin Bai and Pei Ning together, asking them to come to the bridal chamber to make trouble at night.

Lin Bai saw clearly that Sun Yuqing was just like this, and it was not a disguise. He probably developed this character because he had lived a carefree life since childhood and was loved by his teachers and relatives.

Previously, he thought that since the old master Juexin had surrounded and destroyed the great master Huashen, his disciples and descendants should be different. Later, he learned that the disciple of the Taoist Master Wuxiang, Xiangli, was in seclusion in Zhongzhou. Lin Bai guessed that the people who hunted the Taoist Master Wuxiang should also be from Zhongzhou. He thought that Zhongzhou was extremely vicious, but when he met Sun Yuqing, he realized that he had thought wrong.

The will of a high-ranking cultivator might be unshakable, but the low-level disciples below don't actually have that many thoughts, and they are all the same, just like he treats his disciples as his daughters, and Zhou Wuzhi treats Wang Sun like an old father.

After a while of arguing, Tu Mianxing led everyone eastward.

After leaving the laurel crown, you will see a small courtyard with a fence.

The yard was clean and tidy. There was an old persimmon tree. Under the tree there were chickens and rabbits in bamboo cages, a total of nine heads and twenty legs.

An old man with a white beard was standing outside the fence gate, leaning on a crutch, holding a handful of grass in one hand, and looking at Lin Bai and others with a smile.

This man's age is unknown, but he looks very old. At first glance, you can tell he is an ordinary person.

"Village elder, the distinguished guest has arrived." Tu Mianxing stepped forward and took the green grass from the old man's arms.

Lin Bai and others did not dare to look down on him and stepped forward to bow.

I just inquired about it. The so-called village elders are actually similar to the village chief. They are respected people here. Whenever there is any problem in the village, they will come here to judge.

Because there are not many people in the village and the gap between the rich and the poor is not big, there are generally no major conflicts. Stealing a chicken is a big deal, and stealing a woman is an even bigger deal.

"Dear guests, please come in." The village elder, leaning on his crutches, pushed open the fence door and invited everyone in.

The rabbit man called a few old women and brides to go to the backyard to kill chickens and ducks and prepare a meal. He also asked a few children to bring bamboo stools and sit under the persimmon tree in the yard.

The villagers who followed did not leave either. Some looked outside the fence, while others came into the yard. The naughty children climbed up the persimmon tree, and Yue Qingqing even held a rabbit in one hand and picked green persimmons and stuffed them into the rabbit's mouth with the other.

Under the persimmon tree, the village elder, Lin Bai and four others sat in front of a bamboo cage.

There were chickens and rabbits in the bamboo cage. Sun Yuqing grabbed some grass to feed the rabbits, but they didn't eat it. Sun Yuqing then took out a peach, but the rabbits simply drooped their ears and lay on a hen to take a nap.

The rest of the villagers did not sit down, even Tu Mianxing was standing.

Lin Bai and others had a lot of questions since they entered the village, such as where the villagers came from and who the Rabbit God was.

But most of the villagers here are illiterate and can't even figure out the origin of the village. Some say it's three or four hundred years old, some say it's thousands of years old. They do know exactly how many acres of land they own.

"I am the village elder of Niujia Village, and my name is Tupujiao." Although the village elder is old, he speaks clearly and is obviously not confused. He asked politely, "May I ask the names of the four distinguished guests?"

Sun Yuqing explained them one by one immediately.

"You four are from outside?" Rabbit asked.

"That's right." Sun Yuqing replied.

"What are you all here for?" Rabbit asked again.

"..." Sun Yuqing was stunned by the question. She originally followed her master to broaden her horizons, but she also wanted to seek opportunities. However, after arriving here, she found it to be an ordinary village. Except for the osmanthus tree which was unusual, everything else was ordinary. She didn't know where to start.

"We are here for leisure." Seeing that Sun Yuqing and Qu Ruyi were both idiots, Lin Bai took over the conversation and asked, "Excuse me, old man, how many years has the Niu Family Village lived here? How did they move here? Are there any documents such as manuscripts circulating?"

Tu fluttered his feet and waved his hands, and Tu Mianxing hurried into the house, took out a thick book and handed it to Lin Bai to read.

Lin Bai took it, licked his fingers and turned the pages, looking like a pedant.

But after a closer look, I found that there were no important events recorded in this broken book. Most of them were small things like whether the harvest was good or bad this year, the Yue family lost a chicken, the Tu family stole someone, etc. However, there was a record every year, which family took turns to cut down the laurel trees.

After giving the book to Sun Yuqing, Lin Bai said, "Why don't you let the old gentleman explain it in person?"

The rabbit pounced without hesitation and started pulling it up immediately.

However, the rabbits could not tell how long they had been here. They only said that their ancestors came here as soon as they woke up from a sleep. The so-called Niujia Village was actually a random name given by the ancestors when they saw cows here.

After that, the Yuetu clan multiplied and cultivated land here, working from sunrise to sunset. The villagers also wanted to go out, but every time they walked more than a hundred miles, they turned back as if they were trapped in a wall.

After a hundred years, the population of the original dozen households grew to over a thousand. But the villagers gradually discovered that whenever a baby was born in the village, an old person would die.

It was as if there was a will of heaven in everything. Because of this, new couples in the village did not dare to sleep together, and the elderly went to the back mountains to die.

Later, someone strayed into the area and taught them how to soak fish intestines in water, and the area finally settled down. But after all, there were more deaths than births, and in the village, whoever wanted to have a child had to draw lots first.

A hundred years later, a man came and planted a cassia tree. I could no longer remember his appearance, not even whether he was a man or a woman, and there was no record of him in the annals.

"The old immortal said that he was bullied by our ancestors, so he planted a laurel tree. If we could cut it down, he would let us go. But the tree grew back immediately after being chopped down by an axe, and it keeps growing year after year. Now we don't know how tall it is. We went to the mountain outside the village to look, but we couldn't see it." Rabbit flopped down and spread his hands, looking helpless.

"What did your ancestors do?" Sun Yuqing asked curiously.

"I used to live by fishing and hunting, and only started farming after coming here." Rabbit said.

"..." Sun Yuqing didn't say anything, but only transmitted the message: "The Taoist master was captured by them before he became powerful? How could a dignified Taoist master hold a grudge like this? They say that when a rabbit is anxious, it will be..."

Before he could finish his words, Wang Qiuxie had already put one hand on Sun Yuqing's head.

"What else did the old immortal say?" Lin Bai didn't know whether the person who planted the trees was the Taoist master, but there must be a reason for such an arrangement.

"Yes." Rabbit pounced and said, "The old immortal also told us to wait here to meet the destined person."

What is a destined person? This statement is vague, but Lin Bai and Pei Ning couldn't help but look at each other. Sao Hu also played this trick back then, saying that he would choose someone he liked, and finally chose Xiu Xiu.

In fact, whether there is a destiny or not depends on the fox's words. In a critical situation, it is still possible to get along with the fox. Xiuxiu and the fox are on two different paths, but they complement each other, and the road ahead will be easier to walk.

What kind of person is the Taoist looking for?
Lin Bai couldn't figure it out either, so he just asked, "I guess a lot of people have been here before, right?"

"Someone comes here every one or two hundred years, but they always fail." Rabbit sighed, causing the surrounding villagers to sigh as well.

"Grandpa Rabbit, I am the destined one, but you just don't believe me!" Yue Qingqing, who was lying on the tree trunk, shouted.

No one paid any attention to her, so Wang Qiuxie asked curiously, "How do people who come here decide if they are destined to be together? And how do they leave?"

"Climb that osmanthus tree and leave." The rabbit pounced and pointed at the huge osmanthus tree in the distance, and then said, "As for whether we are destined to be together or not, it is up to Lord Rabbit to decide."

Finally, we are talking about God Rabbit!

"Where did the Rabbit God come from? Where are the people?" Sun Yuqing asked hurriedly.

"The Rabbit God was left behind by the old immortal, but he is not a human." The rabbit pounced and looked forward, and all the villagers looked over there.

What I was looking at was the bamboo cages in front of the people. There were chickens and rabbits in them, most of which were dozing off.

"This... is this the Rabbit God?" Sun Yuqing didn't see what was so mysterious about this rabbit, but he still believed it.

"That's right. In our village, who will have the first child and who will have the last child is all decided by the Rabbit God!" The rabbit pounced and grabbed a handful of green grass, then raised his head and said, "Qingqing, didn't you say you were destined to be together? You're not a child anymore, come and give it a try!"

Yue Qingqing jumped down from the persimmon tree holding the rabbit ears in her arms and squatted in front of the bamboo cage.

"Come on." Rabbit pounced and held a bunch of grass, "Let's see what Lord Rabbit says."

"So it's divination with yarrow! I've learned that before!" Sun Yuqing suddenly realized, "Take fifty stalks of grass, remove one, and that's the number of Dayan! Hold the rest in your left and right hands respectively. Do this, and do this again!"

She gestured with an air of calculation, completely ignoring Wang Qiuxie's gaze.

"Why bother with so much trouble?" Tu Pu looked at Sun Yuqing like a fool, and just pulled out a piece of green grass and handed it to Yue Qingqing.

Then Yue Qingqing took the grass and stuffed it into the bamboo cage. The gray rabbit took two bites, chewed it a few times, and shook its head. It was obvious that Yue Qingqing was not good enough. (End of this chapter)