Chapter 49 Listening to Gossip Birds like to live in high places. The market here is located in the valley, and the Sihai Chamber of Commerce is also very resourceful. They specially built a tall wooden tower for the spiritual birds. Go up the spiral staircase to the top floor, and you will see a large wooden platform. On one side of the platform is a huge wooden house covered with golden silk grass. If you listen carefully, you can even hear the chirping of spiritual birds. This kind of flying bird, which is intended for public use, is equipped with a light loft with a varying number of seats, depending on size, species, and grade. When Wei Wenxin bought the ticket, he only wanted to leave as soon as possible, so he discovered just before departure that this was actually the most common Twelve-seat Grey Vulture. The departure time has arrived and passengers have arrived one after another. Some acquaintances are standing together and chatting animatedly. Wei Wenxin took a quick look and found that the one with the highest cultivation level was only at the initial stage of foundation building, while the one with the lowest cultivation level was only at the seventh level of Qi Refining. She didn't have the same problems as other disciples from famous families, and felt it was okay to travel with these people. As the agreed time approached, a gray-robed fellow in the middle stage of foundation building climbed up the tower, clasped his hands together, saluted towards everyone, and said some witty words such as "Happy cooperation" and "This trip depends on your help", which made everyone happy and urged him to take out the attic and install it quickly. "It's getting late, time to set off!"
"I'm still rushing to complete my mission!" The guy didn't hesitate and rang the bell to call out the spiritual bird. The spiritual bird came out of the hut, fluttered its wings and shook its head to shake off the grass debris on its body, then opened its curved iron-gray beak and made a hoarse "ga" sound, indicating that it was ready! It was a gray-haired vulture in its prime, about three to five meters tall. It has a curved neck, a bald head, green eyes, sharp black toenails that tightly grasp the edge of the prickly platform, and shiny black feathers that droop. The widest wing feathers are even wider than Wei Wenxin's waist! It followed the instructions and prepared for the trip. It stood on the edge of the platform with its neck shrunk, staring sharply ahead, not even bothering to glance at the people getting on the bus. This is just an ordinary day for it. Seeing that it was ready, the gray-robed guy went to the back of the wooden house and took out a huge double-decker loft, which he skillfully fastened on the back of the spirit bird. After that, he began to ask everyone to take their seats according to the number plates. Wei Wenxin had never seen these things before. Although he looked calm on the surface, he was actually observing his surroundings all the time. Following the example of others, I successfully climbed onto the back of the eagle, and saw that the first floor of the attic was about ten feet wide and ten feet long, with a smooth and oily wooden floor. There are twelve cushions fixed on the floor, arranged in three rows and four columns, completely symmetrical. As for the surrounding area, there is a circle of fence. After finding his seat and sitting cross-legged, Wei Wenxin took another look at the second floor of the attic. Same structure as above and below. However, in order to ensure stability, reduce weight and lower wind resistance, the second floor is particularly small, with a side length of just over two feet. It is not possible to lie down or stand up. Because the second floor floor is only four feet away from the ceiling. Having been in this business for a long time, the guy was very experienced. After going up, he first took out thick fur to seal the railings on all four sides, then took out a soft cushion to put them on, and finally even took out a gray pillow and put it behind his back. Then he shook the silver bell in his hand to command the spirit bird to set off. The little bell issued a corresponding command, and the gray-haired vulture immediately spread its wings. Seeing this, the gray-robed guy skillfully threw a few fist-sized spirit beast pills into its mouth. With its curved beak opened, the spirit beast pill entered its stomach, and its wings flapped, the gray-haired spirit vulture flew lightly. At the moment of takeoff, everyone leaned back due to inertia and held on to the handles on both sides of the futon with their hands.
It was the first time that Wei Wenxin rode a spiritual bird of this rank, and he found that this attic didn't even have a formation to offset inertia, and his eyes widened. The vulture flew up into the sky and broke through the clouds, only to see the rising sun, the sunlight was warm but not dazzling. Wei Wenxin felt an irrepressible joy in his heart and could not help but let out a "Wow!" He wished he could get out and compete with the phoenix to see who could fly faster. This behavior is no different from that of a child going on a long journey for the first time. Everyone looked at him sideways, but no one said anything. Although she disguised herself very well, she could not hide the demeanor of a girl from a wealthy family. People did not want to make friends with her proactively to avoid getting into trouble. A gifted child like this may be quite old but still as innocent as a child. As for casual cultivators like them, their life span is mostly no more than 200 years, and they live a mediocre life all day long. Although they are the same age, their mentality is like that of old men, and the two sides will have nothing in common. Wei Wenxin's seat was on the far left of the middle row. The cold wind came in through the fence. The nun on her right, who was wearing a lotus-colored robe, immediately shrank her neck and looked quite pitiful. Wei Wenxin is not cold-hearted. He wears a fur coat just to fit in. Seeing this, she followed the servant's example and silently took out a large piece of leather to cover the fence on her side. Probably because they were worried that the low-level monks would be blown off by the wind, the fence on this level was very high. Once the leather was attached, those who were short had to stand up if they wanted to see the scenery outside. But on such a cold day, the scenery outside was commonplace and no one objected to it. Others even followed suit and sealed the other sides as well. After putting up the fence, everyone took out quilts, robes and other things and wrapped themselves up. Perhaps this kind of home state is indeed conducive to bringing people closer together, and the journey suddenly becomes warm and cozy. The cold wind that was scraping like a knife suddenly disappeared, and the female cultivator looked at her in surprise. I didn't expect that this seemingly cold and hard child of destiny, who came from a good family, would have such a soft heart. It's disgusting to isolate someone after receiving their kindness. So the female cultivator spoke softly, "What's your name, fellow Taoist?" Wei Wenxin was used to being cool in front of strangers, and was also used to strangers actively chatting her up. She nodded slightly and said, "Excuse me, my last name is Wei." He appears cold on the outside but soft on the inside, which is a very strong contrast. The female cultivator couldn't help but smile brightly, and said softly, "Hey, my last name is Tu, and I'm the sixth child in my family. Everyone calls me Tu Liu Niang." Seeing that Wei Wenxin didn't say anything and obviously had no intention of chatting, she didn't bother him any more and turned around to talk to other people. "Oh! Is this going to be another snowstorm? It's so cold!" Tu Liuniang had a pretty face. Her round, fair and tender face was tucked into her black fur scarf, making her skin look even whiter than jade. She is a celebrity in this market and almost all the passengers know her. As soon as she opened her mouth, others joined in, cursing the horrible weather and feeling sorry for themselves for having to go out on a mission in such weather. Afterwards, someone gave her a hand warmer to warm her hands, someone invited her to drink fire spirit wine to warm her body, and someone else asked her: "It's so cold, where are you going, Sixth Lady? Are you not going to do business?"
Tu Liuniang sighed, feeling helpless. "My family is going to build a new house, and my parents sent someone to bring me a letter, asking me to go back and mine stones! Well, I've already told them that although I major in earth-based skills, I'm really not good at mining stones, but they just didn't believe me and thought I was being lazy!" The experienced people immediately agreed: "Yes, the earth element is more useful for drilling tunnels and digging wells, while mining stones requires the gold element or physical training to be more efficient." Unexpectedly, this opened up another female cultivator's conversation: “Mortals inevitably have many misunderstandings about us monks, and always think that monks are omnipotent. “A few years ago, when the fruits in my orchard were ripe, the ones at the top were out of reach, so my mother would ask someone to bring me a letter asking me to go back and pick them, saying that you cultivators can fly, right? "Oh my god! I'm only in the Qi Refining stage, how can I fly? "In the end, I stuck on the light body talisman, and jumped up to pick one, then jumped up to pick another. It took me three days to pick them all. It was a huge waste. After that, I was blamed for practicing for so many years, but I couldn't even fly! I was so angry that I covered my head with the quilt and cried, but I couldn't do anything about it. "Last year, I finally succeeded in building my foundation and learned how to fly. But guess what happened? “My mother cut down the fruit trees and started growing vegetables! “When I asked her what was wrong, she touched my head and said, ‘Ah, it’s not worth delaying your cultivation for that little bit of fruit. I made you cry because of exhaustion. I feel so bad for you.’” As the female cultivator spoke, tears welled up in her eyes. "And then? Your family doesn't grow fruit trees anymore, so why did you go back?" The female cultivator couldn't hold back any longer and cried with her face covered: "My mother sent someone to bring a letter, saying that she is leaving soon and asked me to go back to see her for the last time. Wuuwuwu!" Everyone felt the same way and comforted her for a long time before Tu Liuniang sighed and said sadly: "That's right, that's why I can't bear to see my parents live an unhappy life. Even though I know clearly that they just want to suck more of my blood while I'm still alive to subsidize my useless brothers. If they want a new house, build it for them!" "Look at the bright side. You have already reached the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, and your parents are still alive. What a blessing this is! We are all blood brothers, so it doesn't matter if you treat them well. As your cultivation level increases, the relationship between the two generations will fade, and there will be nothing to worry about." Sixth Lady smiled gently and seemed to think so too. Wei Wenxin seldom came into contact with these young cultivators at the bottom of the cultivation world. He found it quite interesting to listen to their idle chatter, so he imitated them by shrinking his neck, putting his hands in his sleeves, and listening quietly. The surroundings were covered with animal skins, and the weather was not very good, so it seemed a little dark around. But we are all monks, so we don’t mind these things. After a while, someone brought up a new topic. (End of this chapter)