Chapter 53: Brother, look! “Brother, brother!” Lin Jue was chopping wood on the mountain, and the branches fell to the ground when he suddenly heard a young girl's voice behind him. "Bang..." The hatchet in his hand continued to chop down. Turning around, he saw that it was the junior sister from the Taoist temple. Like Lin Jue, she had already put on a newly made Taoist robe. Unlike the one in Qiyunshan, this one was made of light gray fabric. She was not short, with a fair and pretty face and a small and pointed chin. She was standing in the woods below and looking up at him. "what's up?" Lin Jue wiped the sweat from his face and looked at her. The little fox beside her was holding a twig in its mouth and turned to look at her.
"Senior brother, look!" The junior sister raised her hands high, and her two white and tender arms naturally appeared from the wide sleeves of her Taoist robe. She held a few ugly pears in her hands and showed them to him like treasures. It is about the same size as a duck egg, or even as small as a chicken egg. The surface is irregular. It is a wild pear grown in this mountain. "I picked them on the way. There are so many in the mountains. They don't look good or big, but they are very delicious. When you bite them, they are full of juice and the skin disappears. And they smell very fragrant!" Lin Jue also saw it on the way here. That’s why they say the mountains are full of spiritual energy. Even an ordinary wild pear is extremely sweet. But it was far inferior to the expression on the little girl's face when she held it up to show off and share it with him. "For me?" "Of course! I'll pick more when I get back!" "Thank you, junior sister." "You're welcome, brother!" The younger sister imitated the tone of her senior brothers and put down the handful of wild pears, holding her Taoist robe in one hand. "Senior brother, look!" There was another sound, clear and crisp, echoing among the mountains. This time, the girl only raised one hand, revealing only part of her arm, and in her hand, she was holding a few stones. She clenched her fists, and the fine tendons at her wrists bulged, and her eyebrows and mouth corners also exerted force. Let go of your hand again—— A cloud of stone powder fell down with a rustling sound. "Have you learned it?"
Lin Jue opened his eyes wide. "I've got the hang of it! I've learned it! Master said I have good talent, very good talent!" The little sister hesitated, modified her words, bent down to pick up a slightly larger stone, and said to Lin Jue, "Brother, look!" "laugh……" The stone powder fell down and scattered on the ground. As if to prove that what just happened was not a trick. "I saw it, I saw it." Lin Jue nodded and smiled at her, "Great, great." "Senior brother, look!" She bent down and picked up another one and demonstrated it to him. "I saw it, I saw it." Lin Jue turned around and continued chopping wood. The little fox looked at the junior sister, then at Lin Jue, and then continued to hold the twig in its mouth, taking small steps to put it aside and gathering into a pile. "Brother, I may not be able to chop wood with you anymore." "Huh? Why?" "Master said that I have great talent, but this 'Stone Crushing' method is a rather rigid spell and requires diligent practice." "How to practice?" "Master said that we have been friends with Xianyuan Temple for generations, but we have to climb several mountains to get to Xianyuan Temple, and each mountain is very steep. The road we are walking on now was built by our predecessors from Fuqiu Temple, the same predecessors who learned the stone-crushing method. Although it goes through mountains and climbs over rocks, it is actually very rough and not easy to walk on." The little girl said in a serious tone, as if repeating, "Master said that I have better talent than them, so he asked me to repair the road and make it into stairs, and practice magic by the way." The little girl came over and put the pear on the ground. "It is said that this will make it convenient for him to visit Xianyuan Temple when his legs and feet become less agile in two years. It will also make it easier for the disciples of Fuqiu Temple to visit Xianyuan Temple in the future." Lin Jue chopped again, but couldn't help turning around after hearing this. The little girl had come behind him. A teenage girl is at the age of being pretty and delicate, fair and tender, and very pitiful. The willow-like hair didn't float because the breeze was too weak, and the figure was not visible because the Taoist robe was too loose. In fact, this junior sister was a very pretty girl, but her ordinary personality made it easy for people to overlook this point. but…… Isn't this just like working as a road construction laborer? Lin Jue couldn't help but frown. "Senior brother, look!" I was caught off guard and heard this sentence again. There happened to be a large granite rock nearby. When she saw him turning around, she immediately raised her hands and slapped the rock.
"Snapped……" Suddenly, a palm-sized grayish-white patch appeared on the rock, and when the wind blew, it turned into powder. The junior sister stared at him with eyes wide open, her eyes were so bright. "..." Lin Jue thought about it carefully and agreed with the master's decision: "Junior sister, listen to the master. Building roads is a good thing. It will benefit the present and future generations. What's more, you can practice your magic. Why not do it?" "I think so!" "Um……" “Brother, look!” “…” The junior sister left after a while. Lin Jue continued to chop wood. The only one who was with him at this time was the little fox beside him. This little fox is still in the stage of growing and learning. It is hard to say whether it regards humans as its own kind or itself as a human. It may also be that it often sees only humans around it, so it always likes to follow humans and wants to do whatever humans do. However, this is also the nature of animal cubs. This little creature has a strong sense of responsibility. Having seen Junior Sister pick up and carry firewood while Lin Jue was chopping wood, it now learns to pick up and carry firewood and pile them together since Junior Sister is gone. It can still drag thin branches, but it would be very difficult to move larger branches or pieces of wood. No matter how difficult it is, it will not give up. Anyway, I want to help. As for this little sister—— Lin Jue also asked his master. This little junior sister is the only daughter in the family. There are no boys in the family. There is always a need for work in the village, so she was raised as a boy when she was a child. This may be the reason why she is not spoiled. But the girl was not a boy after all, so her family wanted to marry her off when she was a little older. As she happened to be pretty and lovable, they paid some money and betrothed her to the eldest son of a wealthy family in the village. In this day and age, that might not be a bad thing. Coincidentally, the man died of illness before she got married. Later, a monster appeared in the village. It was a water monster who called himself He Bo. Now that the imperial court's control over the local area was gradually declining, the monster was so rampant that it demanded human sacrifices. The villagers thought she was unlucky, so they offered her to the water monster. This water monster was the one that Lin Jue had heard of when he was in Danxun County and that the old Taoist had killed. When Lin Jue first saw her, she was wearing nice clothes. At that time, he thought she came from a well-off family. But later he found out that she was wearing them for "He Bo" to see. It's also a bit ironic. However, this little sister was quite generous. She was neither frightened nor depressed. At such a young age, she had actually forgotten her former carefree nature. Lin Jue continued to chop wood. When you are thirsty and tired, eat pears.
…… The next evening, Lin Jue was sweeping the yard. The mountains were so quiet and peaceful at this time. Every time the broom was waved on the ground, it made a rustling sound that echoed far away in the forest. The clouded leopard was resting at the door. Several cats were scattered in the yard, some lying down or sitting down. A young fox mingled among them. It turned its head and imitated the cat next to it, raising one of its paws to lick it non-stop. Suddenly a beggar came in from outside. The beggar's hair was messy, his body was covered in dust, his bag was covered in dust, and his face was also covered in dust. One could vaguely make out his youthful face and the Taoist robe he was wearing. He walked into the yard as if no one was around. The clouded leopard turned its head to stare at her, and turned its head as she walked. The cats in the yard all looked at her. There was obvious doubt in the fox's eyes. "Brother!" As soon as the beggar saw Lin Jue, he walked towards him, stopped in front of him, reached into his bag, fumbled around for a while, and took out a handful of fruits. "Senior brother, look!" As he said this, he held it in his hand and handed it to Lin Jue. Naturally, my hands were covered in dust. However, the aroma of ground fruits is better than that of most fruits and is very tempting. "..." Lin Jue looked down at the fruit in her hand, then looked up at the man: "Junior sister, why are you like this?" “It’s for road repair!” There is dust on his lips, and when he opens his mouth, it is full of dust. "Why is there dust in your mouth?" "Because I use magic to grind the rocks into powder, and people need to breathe air, and when they breathe air, they drink all the dust into their mouths." The little sister said, as if she didn't think there was anything wrong with this. "Brother, take it first. Today when I was repairing the road, I saw a lot of them on the cliff. I picked them when I ran out of magic power. I picked a lot and brought them back especially for you." "Didn't you eat?" "Yes, I ate a lot. I picked and ate without washing. I don't know if I will have a stomachache." The little sister paused and said, "I want to learn the method of taking medicine that you are learning." Lin Jue had already taken the fruit from her. Holding the fruit in his hand, he turned around and walked a few steps. Before he put it into the kitchen, he heard a rustling sound behind him again. Turning around, he saw that the junior sister took his broom very naturally and started sweeping. The dust gathered in heaps under the broom.
This person doesn't seem to feel tired. Seeing her like this, Lin Jue suddenly felt something in his heart—— The appearance of the junior sister I saw yesterday morning will probably not appear again for a long time in the future. …… It was probably like this for a period of time afterwards, cultivating my spiritual power, practicing magic, chopping wood and fetching water, and doing odd jobs when I had nothing to do. There is often the sound of chanting among the lights, paper windows and bamboos. I don’t know whether the Yin-Yang spiritual method is suitable for Lin Jue. In any case, Lin Jue has a good talent. After practicing for more than a month, in the words of an old Taoist, he has achieved some Taoist accomplishments. At the beginning, because the Small Yin-Yang Method emphasized "stability and caution", the practice was to use weak energy to pry open strong energy, but at this time, the Taoism was shallow and the human body was weak, and could not withstand too strong Yin-Yang spiritual charm. Therefore, Lin Jue and his junior sister practiced mostly around midnight and noon - at these two times, the difference between Yin and Yang energy is the greatest, the strong energy is the strongest, and the weak energy is the weakest, so they can withstand it. It's okay at noon, but midnight is too tiring. These days few people stay up until midnight; most go to bed as soon as it gets dark. It is better now. After passing that stage, I can practice at any time except morning and evening. I can practice until I feel a kind of inexplicable "tiredness". I heard that in the future when your Taoism is at a higher level, you can practice it anytime, but the efficiency of the Small Yin-Yang Method will never be as good as that of the Big Yin-Yang Method. (End of this chapter)