Strange Stories

Chapter 487 Junior Sister is Back

The capital is in turmoil right now.

Wan Xinrong and others stayed in the capital. Although they had already made their attitude clear, the eunuchs in the palace and the officials of the Ministry of Rites came to invite them every now and then. In the past, they were asked to join the army and help defeat the enemy, but now they were asked to help defend the city when the enemy arrived.

Can this city be defended?

Everyone followed what Master Lin said, practiced meditation in the city and waited, and also helped the people of the capital to exorcise demons and monsters, accumulating a lot of merit and reputation.

Finally, the egret brought the letter.

"Plop..."

The egret landed among the willow trees, lowered its head and opened its mouth, and a letter fell down.

Several people were eating in the yard at that time, and Wan Xinrong reached out and took it.

When he opened it, his face immediately showed joy.

"What did you write?"

Several other people gathered around immediately.

"The Immortal said that he has already chosen a sacred mountain and a cave, deep in Fengshan Mountain. He said that if you are willing to go to the mountain to practice with him and pursue the path of immortality, then pack your bags and follow Chen Niu."

"What do you mean by you? What about you?"

"I will follow the real person."

"Aren't we the same?"

"Then how would I know you?"

Several people were noisy and noisy because of excitement.

Without much hesitation, everyone put down the letters and started packing their bags.

"The Immortal said in the letter that the living conditions in the mountains are hard, so we should make more preparations."

"So what should I bring?"

"The Immortal lives in the deep mountains, and the cave has just been built. Moreover, it is an immortal cave, so there should be no mundane things. The Immortal has become an immortal, so he certainly doesn't care about the cold, hunger or cold. But we are mortals. In my opinion, we should bring some pots, pans, bowls, and beddings." Taoist Priest Tao analyzed, "If you are not afraid of the cold, you don't have to bring any."

"The mountains are quiet and sparsely populated. I guess I'll need to bring some tools for chopping wood and repairing the buildings."

"Just take these with you for now. Fengshan isn't far away. If you need anything, you can come back and buy it."

"rational……"

Everyone quickly packed up, burned the Chen Niu Fu, and left the city.

The official road from the capital to Fengshan is very flat. It was repaired by poor people in the capital at the order of the immortal. After getting off the official road, the same is true for the small road.

After passing a few villages, there is a trail going up the mountain.

This road is quite familiar.

They were about to reach Hongye Temple, and had even reached the bridgehead of the iron chain bridge on the cliff in front of the temple. After crossing the iron chain bridge was the ancient palace in the snowy wonderland. They also knew the two stone horses standing neatly at the bridgehead with some snow on their bodies. Some of them were in a good mood and went to say hello, but the stone horses ignored them.

At this moment, the little brown-clothed ghost pointed to the other side:
"Go this way!"

It was a deep forest and there was no road.

The few people looked at each other. They all knew how capable they were and were not afraid of difficulties and obstacles. They all carried large and small bags and followed the little ghost.

The snow was knee-deep as we climbed over mountains and crossed hills.

Sometimes I walk through the woods, sometimes along the frozen streams, sometimes I look face to face with tigers and leopards in the mountains, and sometimes I look up to hear the cries of eagles and falcons.

At the beginning, you can still see a few bamboo and thatched houses in the ravine. They are the people who come to the mountain to escape the war. You can also meet young men chopping wood, scholars looking for immortals, and hermits who have lived there for a long time. Later on, there are only ice crystals, heavy snow and mountain fog.

We climbed several mountains alone.

Only then did I realize how deep the phrase “deep in Maple Mountain” was.

It was not until we followed the little ghost through a dense forest that the view in front of us suddenly opened up and a snow-covered cliff suddenly appeared in front of us.

They happened to see this scene -

There are clouds in the sky and there are people on the clouds.

There are also people in the air riding the wind.

A tall, exquisite and elegant palace is floating in the air, slowly embedding into the cliffs of the green mountains. The pine branches are covered with snow, and the clouds and mist cover the waist. What else could it be but the residence of immortals?
Several people, like the Taoist boy, were stunned.

The bags and packages in their hands fell to the ground one by one.

They saw a six-tailed white fox walking on the cliff as if it were walking on flat ground. Suddenly it turned around and saw them.

The immortals on the clouds also cast their gazes over.

"A few of you have arrived too."

The immortal on the white clouds spoke to them, and the Taoist boy flying in the air was sent into the immortal palace embedded in the cliff by a wave of his sleeves.

"How is the capital now?"

"Reply, reply to the Immortal, the 400,000-man army of the King of Yue is less than a hundred miles away from the capital. It is said that he has sent a messenger to deliver a letter of persuasion to the palace, and there is no place to defend ahead." Wan Xinrong came out and replied, "300,000 elite troops from the north will also approach the capital. Now the people in the capital are in a panic. Everyone says that the Great Jiang Dynasty is about to end."

During this period of time, Lin Jue stayed in the mountains and ignored what was happening down the mountain. Wan Xinrong and others were in the capital, so they naturally knew the temperature of the river water very well.

"Um……"

Lin Jue nodded without saying anything more.

This court should have ended long ago.

It was beyond our expectations that we could hold on until now.

"The change of dynasties is a foregone conclusion, so don't worry about it." The white cloud slowly descended, and the Taoist on the cloud said to them, "Please look at this place. It is full of spiritual energy, mysterious and peaceful, and has beautiful scenery. I will practice here for the next hundred years. If you are willing to practice here, you can choose any place, either build a pavilion or a house, or let Fuyao build a cave for you and decorate it yourself. Of course, you can build your own residence, and it is up to you to decide how to make it."

"Yes……"

They looked at each other again and were glad that they had brought the things.

Then he began to look around, at the flat land below the mountain, at the woods where he had come from, and at the cliff with an immortal pavilion embedded in it, looking for a place that pleased him.

Then everyone looked towards the cliff at the same time.

Coming to this mountain, following the immortals and practicing together, it is natural that the closer to the immortals' residence the better.

It’s just that people know how to walk on walls, which allows them to walk on vertical surfaces as if they were walking on flat ground, but they hadn’t learned it, so they didn’t know how to get up.

Just at this time, I heard the immortal say:
"There are no roads in the mountains, so it's inconvenient to travel. Once you've settled down, I'll teach you the 'divine walking technique'. You'll be as light as a swallow, and your feet will be as fast as the wind. You can walk on treetops, grass tips, and water. Then it will be much more convenient for you to go in and out of the mountains."

After hearing this, several people decided.

"Please ask Daoist Fellow Fuyao to build a cave for me under the small pine tree on the left side of the cliff. I will first build a stone house at the foot of the mountain to temporarily shelter from the wind and rain. When I have enough skills, I will build a hanging house above."

"I also ask you, Fellow Daoist Fuyao..."

"me too!"

The locations chosen by the few people were all on the cliff, around the fairy palace, but they were all below it and some distance away from it.

This made the fox happy - it could dig holes without any reservations and not only would it not be blamed, but it would even be commended and thanked.

At this time of year, there was wind and snow in the mountains every day, and the construction of the house could not be delayed. The few people did not waste time and started working immediately.

Ziyun was in the pavilion on the mountain. He pushed the door open, held the pillar, stood on the edge, and looked down cautiously.

There were tinkling sounds in the mountains, and the sounds of chopping trees and breaking bamboos.

More broken rocks fell from the cliff and made a rumbling sound when they landed at the foot of the mountain. Wan Xinrong directly gathered them using the method of turning stones into a general and piled them up to form the walls of the house. Taoist Tao and his disciples cut tree branches and bamboos, and the others moved them to build the roof. There were now houses like hermits in the mountains, which really looked like the residences of people who practiced Buddhism or disciples of immortals.

Suddenly, she looked into the distance again.

I saw an unusual swan flying in the clouds in the distance.

The master uncle has already gone to pick him up on a cloud.

"Junior sister! Why did you come back after so long? Did you obtain the thousand-year-old snow lotus?"

"I have already prayed for it. It went very smoothly. It just took some time to get to Tianshan and then to enter the temple. Then I waited for the Tianshan Patriarch to wake up and waited for a while. Then, they were too enthusiastic and invited me to stay on the mountain for a while, so I was delayed."

As the swan spoke, it flapped its wings and circled the fairy palace on the cliff for a few times. After looking at it for a long time, it flew towards the pavilion and transformed into a human form and landed at the door:
"Brother! Is this the cave and pavilion you built?"

The little Taoist boy hurried over, hugged his master, and then took two steps back to salute her:

"Master! You are finally back!"

"You're back!" The little sister asked her, "Do you miss Master?"

"some!"

"How are you getting along with your uncle?"

"very good!"

The little girl nodded without hesitation.

"Did you listen to Master?"

"some!"

The little girl still nodded without hesitation.

The junior sister smiled and rubbed her head, then looked at the senior brother again.

I saw that my senior brother was also looking at her with a smile:

"She's just like you were back then."

"That's good too."

"Yes." Lin Jue smiled, then pointed at the pavilion and asked her, "How about mine?"

"Beautiful, quiet, and secluded." The little sister said several words at once, "It looks like the residence of immortals."

"Junior sister, you are back just in time. I just built it and placed it in the mountains, and invited Wan Gong and others to come over." Lin Jue said, "Ziyun, Fuyao and I are also here for the first time. Come, let's take a look around the attic first, and let me hear you talk about your trip to the Western Regions."

Lin Jue turned and walked towards the attic.

The junior sister then followed him with her little disciple.

Another sparrow flapped its wings and flew over, landing on her shoulder, without turning back into a cat. She didn't mind and reached out to touch its feathers.

"I followed Chen Niu to the top of Tianshan Mountain. There was nothing on the mountain except the wind and snow. But when I thought about the palace and the Snow Lotus Meeting on the mountain that my senior brother mentioned, I knew that this must be the work of the gods. It would not appear in the world if the Snow Lotus Meeting was not held. But it must have an entrance and it must be mysterious."

"Then how did Junior Sister find the entrance?" Lin Jue couldn't help but wonder.

"I didn't go looking for him." The sister replied calmly, "I was waiting in the mountains."

"How long did you wait?"

"I sat there for a month."

"I see."

This is done with sincerity.

"They were touched by me and opened the palace to welcome me. They treated me warmly. But the Tianshan Patriarch was taking a 'nap', so I had to wait in the palace for her to wake up."

"And then? How did they agree to give you the Millennium Snow Lotus? What conditions did they ask for?"

"They didn't ask for any conditions, and didn't discuss anything." The younger sister's expression became strange. "As soon as I told them my purpose and took out the gift, the ancestor quickly agreed."

"Ok?"

"The ancestor said that my five qi are pure, which is rare in her life. She likes to get along with people with pure five qi. And I am the junior sister of a 'friend' she knows, so I am also a friend. Friends should be treated with sincerity." The little junior sister said calmly, paused for a moment, and then added, "In fact, it is also because of the convenience paved by my senior brother."

"It's so..."

Lin Jue smiled slightly: "Junior sister has a pure heart and pure five qi, which really pleases the gods."

"It's all thanks to my senior brother."

"That's not possible."

"Anyway, those gods are very enthusiastic. Tianshan Mountain is also full of spiritual energy, and there are different mysteries that we don't have here. If I hadn't thought about my apprentice and was afraid that my senior brother would worry, I would have planned to meditate and practice there for a year or two before coming back."

"See." Lin Jue said to her, "I told you, back then they weren't as enthusiastic as Junior Sister in entertaining me and Fuyao."

Lin Jue paused for a moment——

"Speaking of disciples, I met a destined person in the mountains these days."

"The one with whom I am destined to be?"

"It's just that I feel that I have a connection with him, but I don't know if he also feels that he has a connection with me." Lin Jue said, "In this kind of situation, it's not good for only one party to feel that there is a connection."

"Who?"

"Junior sister, just wait and see."

"it is good!"

The junior sister was very interested, but in no hurry. She just followed him upstairs and looked at the attic.

The loft is large and spacious.

The first floor is used for meeting guests, refining elixirs and drinking tea.

The second floor is for meditation and rest.

The third floor is used for book storage.

Lin Jue also left room for her.

Of course, Hongye Temple is so close to here that it cannot be used now.

We have to wait until she becomes enlightened, until her disciples accept other disciples, and until it is no longer suitable for her to stay in Hongye Temple and it is time to find another place for her to practice meditation before she can be of use.

That was many years later.

(End of this chapter)