Chapter 80 An Old Man Carrying a Pot and Bamboo Cane "You little goblin, you actually look down on your grandma Lingxiang! Let me tell you, I have been studying at Liuyunxuan for a long time. Even if Han Qingfu comes, he will praise me!" Lingxiang said proudly as she put the jade bamboo flute into her Qiankun bag. The Liuyunxuan she mentioned was the most famous brothel in Linxiang. When the old man with the bamboo stick gave Lingxiang the jade bamboo flute, he wanted her to summon the goblins to lead the way when she entered the formation, but she couldn't play any decent tune, so she went to Liuyunxuan and learned music from those women for a long time. The brothel owner and a group of prostitutes had been poisoned by Lingxiang for quite some time. Finally one day they could not stand it anymore and together with the other girls they deceived Lingxiang, saying that her musical attainments were extraordinary and would move heaven and earth. Only then did they ask this great goddess to leave. The goblins were too lazy to argue with Lingxiang and just handed two bamboo lanterns to Rendong and Yuancheng respectively. Only then did Honeysuckle realize that this big guy was actually five goblins stacked together. Each of them had arms and legs, but these arms and legs were as thin as firewood, which made him worry - how could such thin arms and legs support their bodies. "Hold on to this lantern. If you drop it, you will be lost in this formation. Don't blame me for not reminding you!" said the goblin with a shrill voice arrogantly. And just after it finished saying this, the goblin with a deep voice just said "Follow me", and the big guy split into five pebbles and rolled into the ancient bamboo forest. As he walked along, Jin Dong felt that the surroundings were extremely dark and looked extremely strange. Only the area illuminated by the lantern in his hand could allow him to see clearly. Just as he was surprised, he heard a howl behind him. He was about to turn around, but he heard Shou Cheng behind him shouting: "Don't look back!" Honeysuckle stopped quickly and just looked straight ahead.
"This is the Yin-Yang maze set up by the old man with the bamboo stick. If you turn back, you will be trapped in the formation and no one can save you." Shoucheng explained. After walking for about an incense stick's time, he saw a bright light coming from the front, which hurt his eyes, so he quickly closed his eyes. "It's the door to life, let's go quickly!" Shoucheng urged. Honeysuckle walked quickly following the sound of the goblins rolling. After a while, she saw the light suddenly become bigger, and then she found herself in front of a courtyard gate. I saw that the yard was surrounded by a fence and there were several thatched houses in the yard. These houses surrounded a magnificent palace, which looked extremely inharmonious. Just when Rendong was wondering what kind of person would turn the Taoist temple into this state, he saw an old man striding out of the temple. "Oh my, you are so kind, you are here. I thought you forgot about me!" The person who came was the old man with a bamboo stick. He was wearing a green Taoist robe and holding a green bamboo stick with a black and gold gourd hanging on the stick. His beard and eyebrows were all white and his eyes were bright. Lingxiang smiled and stepped forward, holding the old man's arm and said, "How could that be possible! I can forget anyone but you, right? Look, I even brought my apprentice here to show you, right? I'm giving you a lot of face!" Shoucheng the old man with the bamboo stick knew him, so the disciple that Lingxiang mentioned could only be someone else. He looked at Rendong, then patted Lingxiang on the head and scolded him with a smile: "You naughty monkey, if I hadn't sent the letter, you would have forgotten about me. Now you bring a young boy with you, you must have bad intentions!" Hearing this, Lingxiang shook the old man with the bamboo stick and said in a coquettish voice, "Oh, this is a coincidence, I came to show off to you after accepting a disciple. If you don't believe me, ask Shoucheng. I accepted him into Qingwei Peak yesterday." The old man with the bamboo stick naturally believed her. He just pretended to light some incense and then took her into the house. Rendong didn't know what he was going to do, so he heard Lingxiang in front of him telling him to go with Shoucheng to dig some fresh bamboo shoots, saying that they were to bring them back to Qingwei Peak later. …… Although the sect said that there would be no cultivation arrangements for the next two days, he still felt a little irritated. Ever since leaving Youran Residence, Lingxiang always did things behind his back. Although she didn't tell him everything before, at least she wouldn't do it like now, and actually go somewhere else with others. Zhao Wuyang was accepted as a direct disciple by Taoist Qianyuan, and Liu Xia also became a disciple of Elder Chengxin. They all went to their respective masters' temples. Now only Xinyi was left in the room, and it seemed that no one cared about her like him. More people, more ideas, how about... asking him? "Ahem!" Long Qi approached Xinyi and cleared his throat, but Xinyi didn't even raise her head, still concentrating on the scriptures in her hand. Long Qi then changed his position and pretended to cough twice, but Xinyi still didn't react at all. Long Qi was a little angry, but when he thought about asking something, he had to be patient and move to the window and yelled "Ouch" loudly, then looked at Xinyi with a squint. Perhaps she was disturbed by Long Qi, Xinyi sighed lightly and put down the "Chongxu Sutra" in her hand.
"If you like someone, just say it directly. Why do you have to be so confrontational every time you meet? Wouldn't it save you a lot of trouble if you just say it nicely?" Long Qi blushed when he heard that - he could see through Xinyi's stupidity, so why was the little girl still so confused? "It's not that I don't want to tell you, but that little girl...she...I'm afraid she's too shy to be frightened. What if she gets scared?!" Xinyi smiled when he heard that. He didn't know Lingxiang would be shy. He didn't know whether he was afraid that Lingxiang was shy or he was afraid of being rejected because of his shyness. "You have to break the window paper to know what's inside the house. If you only look at the candlelight, how can you know if there is someone else in the house?" "If there is no one, what should we do?" "If there is no one there, then naturally one will push the door open and enter, and take over the house." "Then...what if...what if there is someone?" "If there is someone..." Xinyi picked up the Chongxu Sutra, "then drive them out of the house and occupy it!" …… Led by the goblins, Honeysuckle and Shoucheng dug a full basket of fresh bamboo shoots. When they came back, they saw Lingxiang and the old man with the bamboo stick sitting in the yard. They didn't know what Lingxiang said, but they could hear the old man with the bamboo stick's hearty laughter from a distance. Seeing the two of them coming back, Lingxiang told Rendong to take out a few bamboo shoots. After taking them, she said to the old man with the bamboo stick: "Today I will stir-fry some black fungus and young bamboo shoots for you. Please taste it carefully to see if my cooking skills have deteriorated." Then he called Shoucheng to go to the kitchen, leaving only Rendong standing alone in the yard, along with the old man with a bamboo stick who was also left sitting on a stone bench in the yard. Although Lingxiang knows the art of alchemy, her cooking skills are far from that. The only exception is fried wood ear mushrooms with bamboo shoots, probably because she loves bamboo shoots very much. For a moment, Jin Dong felt a little embarrassed and didn't know what to do. Just as she was at a loss, the old man with the bamboo stick spoke: "I heard from Lingxiang that you are a fake five-element spiritual root?" When Honeysuckle heard this, she was stunned at first, then she clasped her fists, bowed, and said yes. "Hmm~ I guess you don't know why she brought you here!" The old man with the bamboo stick said as he stood up, "She really took great pains to do that." Jin Dong didn't know what was going on. Although he didn't know why Elder Fu Cang brought him here, how could he say that he had gone to great lengths to do so? Wasn't he here to pick bamboo flowers? "I think he wants to let you know that you shouldn't give up on yourself just because you have a false five-element spiritual root." The old man with the bamboo stick said, turning to look at Honeysuckle. "Because I am just like you, I also have a pseudo-spiritual root of the five elements." Chapter has been added (End of this chapter)