Junior sister, I really need to control you

"When we get back, we'll brew Fellow Daoist Xu a pot of the finest Cloud Mist Tea, and then we can have a detailed discussion. That's the proper way to treat a guest."

The cultivator surnamed Xu's expression darkened further, clearly implying something when the other party said "an impolite rogue cultivator who comes to sell things."

"Yes, yes, senior brother is right." Qi Jiushan quickly replied, cupping his hands to the Xu-surnamed cultivator, "I was too hasty, I'm sorry."

“Hmph…” The cultivator surnamed Xu snorted coldly.

After this interruption, he couldn't continue to pursue the girl's "whisper."

"Alright, alright, everyone, please follow me."

Liang Qiwu led the way, stepping on a bamboo leaf as they flew towards the mountaintop below.

The cultivator surnamed Xu was stepping on a talisman about ten feet long and three or four feet wide when he felt a sudden, powerful force strike his side. He lost control of himself and the talisman beneath his feet and fell to the ground.

"what--"

In mid-air, Li Yinsheng, who had swatted the Xu surname cultivator down with a single wing while riding his talisman crane, faced the gazes of the crowd with a completely insincere expression of apology.

"Oh dear, I'm sorry. I'm usually so focused on cultivation that I'm not very skilled at manipulating objects. Just now, that Fellow Daoist Xu was too close, and my talisman crane wasn't very easy to control..."

Li Yinsheng shrugged, indicating that it was all an accident.

The others looked at each other.

Apart from the other person from Shouyi Temple who remained silent and had a livid face, the two people from Huangzhu Temple and the other two people from the other Taoist temples all had expressions that suggested they wanted to laugh but were hesitant to do so directly.

However, beneath their suppressed laughter, they couldn't help but feel a bit surprised.

Everyone knows that Li Yinsheng's "sneak attack" just now could not have been accidental, but that Xu surname cultivator was a deacon of Shouyi Temple, with considerable cultivation, and the talisman he used was even more extraordinary, yet he was so easily defeated.

Even if you get the advantage of a sneak attack, it's not that easy. It seems that this Fellow Daoist Li's methods are truly remarkable.

A moment later, the Xu-surnamed cultivator who had been slapped down flew back angrily.

Although he didn't seem to be injured, and his Taoist robe was of excellent quality and undamaged, it was covered with leaves and twigs, and upon closer inspection, there was some dirt on it.

Those cultivators who dare to fly naturally have ways to ensure that they will not be injured even if they fall to the ground while flying.

Otherwise, if someone were to fall while traveling and lose their life, that would be a ridiculous death.

But below was a dense forest, and he fell from the treetops to the ground, inevitably ending up in a sorry state.

"You, surnamed Li!"

The cultivator surnamed Xu glared fiercely at Li Yinsheng, but dared not utter any harsh words. His gloomy old face showed not only anger but also fear.

“Hey, Fellow Daoist Xu, as you just said, Fellow Daoist Li is still young, so he is not very skilled at controlling the flying magic weapon and accidentally touched you.”

Liang Qiwu stepped forward with a serious expression, forcing himself not to laugh: "This old man apologizes to you on his behalf. Please forgive me, fellow Daoist."

The cultivator surnamed Xu gritted his teeth and remained silent for a long time before finally squeezing out the words: "...It's alright."

"Then, gentlemen, please continue to follow me." Liang Qiwu stepped forward to lead the way.

"Wait!" The cultivator surnamed Xu sprinted down on the talisman beneath his feet, stopping beside Liang Qiwu and leaving Li Yinsheng behind. "I will walk alongside Fellow Daoist Liang."

"Alright, please." Liang Qiwu nodded and led the group to fly downwards.

Then, he felt a whoosh of wind beside his ear, and Li Yinsheng, who had been riding the talisman crane at the back, overtook him and slapped the Xu surname cultivator down with one wing.

Moreover, the crane's wings precisely avoided Liang Qiwu, who was right next to it, without touching him at all.

The crowd was silent, except for the shouts from the cultivator surnamed Xu, which were even louder than before.

"An accident, an accident," Li Yinsheng said with a smile, spreading his hands again.

"An accident, an accident." Mu Xiaoyu stood aside, mimicking Li Yinsheng's shrug.

“Uh…” Liang Qiwu suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.

When he first saw the cultivator surnamed Xu being shot down, he assumed it was mostly due to a sneak attack.

Now that he was witnessing it firsthand, he realized that the seemingly simple strike was actually extremely clever and almost unavoidable.

Even if it were him, he would most likely be slapped down without any chance to fight back.

His gaze swept over the talisman crane at Li Yinsheng's feet.

Strange, this talisman crane looks like a unique treasure of Huanghe Temple. I've only ever heard that this talisman crane is extremely good at escaping, I've never heard that this thing is also good at taking pictures of people.

But no matter what, if it can teach the people of Shouyi Temple a lesson, then it's a good crane!

These people are getting more and more outrageous; they're even trying to plunder Huangzhu Temple now!

They clearly never invited them, yet they suddenly came wanting a share of the pie, and even demanded that Huangzhu Temple pay for some talismans. They are truly insatiable!

“Fellow Daoist Li, there’s no need to worry. I believe Fellow Daoist Xu is not a narrow-minded person,” Liang Qiwu said to Li Yinsheng with a smile.

Li Yinsheng nodded: "That would be best."

He glanced at the spot where the Xu-surnamed cultivator had fallen with a scream, and gave a sneer.

Are you being sarcastic and sarcastic? Are you trying to put down me to praise your talismans?

Do you think I'm some kind of easy-going pushover?

Moreover, he could clearly sense that the other party's sudden attack on him was not simply a ploy to belittle one person and praise another.

Judging from the man's expression and tone when he mentioned Xuanzhen Temple, it was probably his identity as a member of Xuanzhen Temple that was the main reason he was making trouble for him.

Li Yinsheng had not forgotten that Shouyi Temple had already publicly reserved the spiritual vein of Xuanzhen Temple in advance.

This training session of fruit picking will last for a full two weeks. He was worried that staying here for two weeks would be a bit boring, but then some fun just happened to come his way.

Li Yinsheng sneered inwardly.

You're the one who guards the temple, right? Take your time. I'm bored anyway, and I have plenty of time to play with you for the next two weeks.

Chapter 54 Accident

On Bamboo Forest Peak, in the guest room prepared for Li Yinsheng by Huangzhu Temple.

Li Yinsheng sat on a bamboo chair, looking at the emerald green tea in his hand, marveling at it.

"This Bamboo Grove Temple, even the tea leaves are shaped like bamboo leaves? But I must say, they smell quite nice..."

After the initial introductions and pleasantries, he parted ways with the others and led Mu Xiaoyu to his guest room.

This Bamboo Forest Peak is very remote, and usually only a small number of disciples from Huangzhu Temple take turns guarding it, so there are very few houses to live in.

Those disciples who were hired to patrol and exorcise demons were all crammed into a single room, and the houses were all temporary structures built using local materials.

However, given how generous Huangzhu Temple was in giving money, not many people expressed their dissatisfaction.

However simple the disciples' quarters may be, we cannot let a master like Li Yinsheng, who came to oversee the situation, suffer.

Each of them had a bamboo hut built in advance on the mountaintop, not made of the sturdy and solid Suyun bamboo, but of another kind of unknown bamboo, which was far superior to ordinary wood.

Living there, one is surrounded by a pleasant fragrance, and the house is warm in winter and cool in summer. The house is divided into several rooms with tables and desks, and disciples bring fresh tea and pastries every day.

Even in this makeshift shelter, there were calligraphy and paintings, porcelain, and bookshelves containing scriptures as decorations.

Mu Xiaoyu really liked the room and asked Li Yinsheng a question without hesitation.

"Senior brother, is this really a temporary structure? It seems even better than some of the buildings in our Xuanzhen Temple!"

Li Yinsheng rewarded his junior sister's curiosity handsomely—

As a reward, she was sent to live with the other patrolling disciples on the mountainside.

Li Yinsheng's actions were also based on careful consideration.

Firstly, it wouldn't sound good if a man and a woman were alone in a room together.

Secondly, the junior sister's daily patrols also start from the dormitory.

She lives on the mountaintop with him, but he can't possibly run from the mountaintop to the mountainside every morning after getting up and then go on patrol with her, can he?

Moreover, this means she has to get up early every day to make time for hiking.

Therefore, after Li Yinsheng's suggestion, even though she was very reluctant to part with the bamboo house, Mu Xiaoyu still tearfully chose to stay in the dormitory.

Moreover, she really wanted to make some like-minded friends. She had been in the mountains for so long, and apart from her senior brothers and uncles, she hadn't met anyone else.

However, before leaving, she wanted to finish all the tea and pastries at her senior brother's place!

Mu Xiaoyu was eating voraciously, while Li Yinsheng shook his head in disapproval.

If she ate like that, she would have become as fat as a ball long ago if I hadn't been urging her to cultivate every day.

I wonder if she ate like this before going up the mountain. If so, how come she doesn't gain weight?

Just as Li Yinsheng shook his head, Qi Jiushan's voice rang out from outside the bamboo house.

"Fellow Daoist Li? May I come in?"

Li Yinsheng nodded: "Fellow Daoist Qi, please come in."

Qi Jiushan pushed open the door and entered, quickly walking up to Li Yinsheng and bowing respectfully: "Fellow Daoist Li, I am extremely sorry for what happened today! I apologize to you!"

“Fellow Daoist Qi, there’s no need for such formalities.” Li Yinsheng helped him up.

"Fellow Daoist Li did a great job today! You slapped that Xu fellow five times on the way here. It was truly gratifying! It also helped me vent my anger!" Qi Jiushan laughed heartily.

Li Yinsheng asked with some curiosity, "Fellow Daoist Qi, judging from your appearance, you don't seem to have a very good relationship with those two people from Shouyi Temple. Why did you invite them here?"

"Fellow Daoist Li, please don't be sarcastic. You're so discerning, can't you see that those two came uninvited?" Qi Jiushan said with a wry smile.

"You really are an uninvited guest," Li Yinsheng raised an eyebrow. "I did have a suspicion about that, but I'm not too sure. After all, it's a bit too shameless of you to come uninvited."

"No one in Shouyi Temple is shameless!" Qi Jiushan said indignantly.

“Fellow Daoist Li, you are unaware of this. In the past, when Huangzhu Temple harvested its training materials, Shouyi Temple would come and forcefully sell us talismans. We couldn't refuse to buy them. Fortunately, they weren't too excessive in the past. Although they were selling talismans, the price was slightly discounted, and the quality was no different from when we bought them normally…”

"But this time they really went too far!" Qi Jiushan clenched his huge fists, his chest heaving with anger.

"How so?" Li Yinsheng asked, somewhat curious.

“Fellow Daoist Li, let me catch my breath first before I explain in detail… The two people you saw at Shouyi Temple are deacons of Shouyi Temple.”

Qi Jiushan patted his chest and said, “My Huangzhu Temple and Shouyi Temple have never had much interaction. Moreover, they are tyrannical and greedy, so we have never asked anyone from Shouyi Temple to guard them.”

"But just yesterday, those two people came uninvited, and with them came a deputy abbot of Shouyi Temple, who wanted to have a private talk with Senior Brother Liang and his companion."

"I don't know what the abbot said to my senior brother Liang, but when he came out, he was still angry, but he still agreed to let him and the two deacons stay and oversee the situation."