Chapter 139
Chapter 139
Lin Ruofan looked the old man up and down, but he couldn't remember his origins no matter how hard he tried. The long gaze allowed the other party to break the silence first.
"Forget that you have never met me before. Let me introduce myself to you formally. I am..."
"Stop being polite, you two!"
Before they knew it, the boatman had already stood in front of the two men, one hand on his waist, the other waving back and forth in front of them, "Would you like to go? Two taels per person, and we'll start the boat right away!"
Seeing Lin Ruofan's embarrassed expression, Wen Qi Shifang took out a spiritual stone from his pocket and threw it to the boatman, "This is all I brought, but it's very valuable, enough to cover the boat fare for both of us."
The boatman weighed the deep purple spiritual stone in his hand and looked at the two of them as if they were fools.
"You two, we are big and strong, how can we look like immortal cultivators?"
Wen Qi, who had never left Tianshui Tower for many years, had no idea about the changes in the outside world. He thought he could use things as collateral, but he encountered an accident this time.
Fortunately, there were many kind people around, so we avoided an embarrassing situation.
On the boat, the two looked at the ground gradually disappearing from their sight, and Lin Ruofan couldn't help but ask.
"Old man, how much is your spirit stone worth?"
"Before, it could probably be worth about one hundred taels..."
"..."
A spiritual stone worth one hundred taels was exchanged for four taels of silver by a 'kind-hearted' passerby, which hurt the college student very much.
"Little girl, don't worry about the gains and losses of the moment. Long-term consideration is the right thing to do. I will take you to Qingyun to find your sister. Just listen to me on the way!"
"You!" Lin Ruofan choked.
Wen Qi smiled and said, "You, a girl, have been able to hide from the eyes of the host for so long. Someone must have helped you secretly. Let me guess..."
Wen Qi's eyes rolled and he shrugged.
"What a strong scent of powder and rouge! This scent on you is not something that ordinary people can have. I have smelled it on the Fourteenth Servant of Tianshui Tower, and the place he often goes to may be..."
Lin Ruofan raised her eyes suddenly, and Wen Qi in front of her put his skinny index finger on his lips and gave her a gentle smile.
"The love and hatred between young people is not something an old man who is half buried in the earth will meddle in. It's just that someone entrusted me to take care of Lin Ruojin, so I have to go with you. You don't need to worry about the owner of the building. I guess he won't be obsessed with you anymore."
"He won't be obsessed? How do you know?"
"Well~" Wen Qi hunched his back, squinting his eyes to observe the slightest movement around him, his dim eyes moving very quickly, "I'll have to ask your good sister Lin Ruojin about this."
The words were spoken in an obscure manner. Lin Ruofan was confused but did not dare to ask more questions.
The old man had an evil look on his face, and all the accessories hanging on his body were either poisonous insects or snakes and scorpions. His gray hair was slightly curled and tied up. Lin Ruofan's scalp tingled when he saw him. Although they were in the same industry, he didn't dare to say a word.
The person they were talking about was currently being blocked in the house by Qing Wu and Xue Sui.
If she hadn't seen Qingwu holding a fruit basket early in the morning, she would have really thought that the two sisters were here to cause trouble for her again. She didn't feel touched at all, only calm.
"I really don't look down on you, but you've become like this after just one trip down the mountain. I wonder what you usually learn in Qingyun. Why don't you just go back and be your rich lady instead of wasting your time?"
There was a hint of temptation in his words. Lin Ruojin narrowed his eyes and said nothing. He just raised his eyes and glanced at Qingwu lightly. "How do you know that I was injured when I came down the mountain? Who told me?"
Qing Wu was speechless for a moment, and Xue Sui quickly changed the subject. She walked forward with a smile and wanted to hold Lin Ruojin's hand as she did before, but she was coldly avoided, and a trace of hurt expression flashed across her pretty eyebrows.
"We heard from our senior sister, so we came to visit you... She will come to see you soon!" Xue Sui said as she pulled Qing Wu over and handed the fruit basket to Lin Ruojin. "We brought fruits here, all of which are ripe and perfect. My sister and I picked them one by one!"
Lin Ruojin remained silent. She was hesitating whether to put on a happy expression and then accept it frankly. When she was honest with them, she was treated coldly and looked down upon. Now she has seen through it all and is tired.
"What? You look down on me?" Qing Wu put his hands on his waist in annoyance. "Forget it if you don't want it. We are meddling in your business and worrying about nothing! Little sister, let's go."
"No, no! Sister, stop talking nonsense!" Xue Sui pushed Qing Wu awkwardly, turned around and said to Lin Ruojin anxiously: "My sister picked the biggest one! She picked it very seriously. My sister has a bad temper and a bad mouth, but she is still a good person. She said too much last time, we..."
"Don't talk nonsense, you little girl. I didn't! Lin Ruojin, whether you want to eat it or not, I will...I..."
The two people who were arguing did not notice Lin Ruojin's expressionless expression nor did they notice the white figure that suddenly appeared at the door.
When Qingwu noticed the person coming, she hurriedly pulled Xuesui to salute. Seeing that Lin Ruojin did not move and even turned her head away indifferently, she was about to scold Lin Ruojin for his rudeness but was interrupted by Bi Ruyue waving her hand.
The moon is still as spotless as ever, beautiful and calm.
Two or three days had passed since that day's incident. When they met again, Bi Ruyue acted as if nothing had happened. She was calm and behaved gracefully.
Lin Ruojin was held by a pair of soft and cool hands, and she frowned a little uncomfortably.
"Are you feeling better?" Bi Ruyue's eyes fell on Lin Ruojin's thin body. Without waiting for the other party to answer, she quickly scanned the layout of the room and the dressing table beside the bed. "This room is dead and dull, which is not conducive to recovery. You can go out for a walk more when you have nothing to do!"
Lin Ruojin looked at her, unable to stop wondering.
What tricks is Bi Ruyue playing? Is the current change the work of Master Di Ling, or is he here to keep her mouth shut?
"Senior Sister, why did you come to see me today? Has the head master told you?" Lin Ruojin quickly put on a smile and withdrew her hand while the other party was stunned.
"As soon as I came out of retreat, I heard Master say that you were injured. After all, you are my disciple, so naturally I have to come and see you!"
"Just...come out of retreat? So, how is your health, Senior Sister? Is your practice going well? Does your head hurt from time to time?"
After Lin Ruojin finished speaking, she stared at Bi Ruyue without blinking. She thought she could find some flaws, but the result disappointed her.
Bi Ruyue's performance was too perfect. Until she and Qing Wuxuesui walked out of the room, she didn't get any useful clues.
Lin Ruojin sighed deeply, then put down the fruit basket they had stuffed into her hands and stroked her wrist which was almost healed.
The scene of Baili Shun gathering his hair and lowering his eyes while applying medicine to himself suddenly flashed through his mind...
For the first time, she realized that he looked at her with only fondness, without any impatience or disdainful ridicule. She had to admit that she was touched.
In her previous life, she never dared to expose her vulnerable self in front of anyone. She was the responsible and sensible "eldest daughter" of her aunt and uncle, and the brave and gentle "good sister" of her cousin, but she could never be a girl who would act coquettishly and willfully.
She was at a loss, she cried silently in her heart, she had never wished that someone could stand in front of her when she was hurt or in danger. She had never wished that someone could tell her that she didn't need to work so hard and wronged herself to take the "responsibility".
As Hua Baihe, she wanted to say it countless times: it’s not me, I didn’t have it, I didn’t want to say it, but in the end it became: leave it to me, it doesn’t matter.
Baili Shun would never know how much she struggled before she asked that question. Fortunately, fortunately...
Thinking of this, Lin Ruojin's frown slowly relaxed and he got up and got out of bed.
On the other side, a man was shuttling back and forth in the tall and green bamboo forest, as if looking for something. Finally, while busy, he raised his hand and cut off a piece of bamboo pole.
Seeing that there was no one around, he held the bamboo pole in his hand and took a deep breath.
"Thoughts follow the heart, spirit follows the sword, embrace the origin and keep the unity, repeat the cycle, listen to my command, rise!"
His sleeves fluttered, his spiritual energy was rampant, the bamboo pole swayed lightly in his hand, and he shouted again with great seriousness.
The bamboo pole swayed from side to side, Feng Yu began to grit his teeth anxiously, and the veins on his neck bulged suddenly.
Who could have thought that Venerable Fengyu, who has a place in Qingyun and a great reputation, does not know Qingyun's sword-wielding technique?
"Get up for me!!!"
Feng Yu roared angrily, refusing to admit defeat.
'puff--'
The spiritual energy flowed out from the hole in the middle of the bamboo pole at an unstoppable speed, and the sound it made was indescribable.
Also, a loud bang!
Lin Ruojin was about to step out of the bamboo forest when he quickly retracted his foot and turned away.
"I'm sorry." Lin Ruojin said indifferently, "I didn't hear anything."
"Stop, come back, now!" Feng Yu's face flushed, and he cut the bamboo pole into eight pieces as if to vent his anger.
The spiritual weapon was refined very successfully. There were only some details left that required Lin Ruojin to spend more time communicating with him to ensure safety. This was why Feng Yu invited her to meet him today.
"I've thought about it carefully. Since you said this is a brainless, wife-abusing, 18+ novel, then our existence itself is redundant. We survive by relying on the physical identity constructed by others in the book. So this body and this world are equivalent to a small barrier and a large barrier. We need to break the shackles of the body and the entire world, so I used the Tongtian Dial and the Soul Mirror."
Lin Ruojin was very happy about the good news, but Fengyu's expression was a little bad.
"There is something I need to tell you, and there are some problems."
"what is the problem?"
"...Once the magical instrument that can travel across time and space is activated, the Tongtian Guisu and the Soul Mirror will become disposable items, and these two items can only transport one person at a time."
The joy on Lin Ruojin's face faded little by little.
"So, my friend and I...don't we have a way to have the best of both worlds? For example, find something else that can replace the Sundial and the Soul Mirror?"
"Maybe, we can find something else to replace it, but it will take time. Can you hold on?"
Speaking of which, ever since the last incident with the master, that bewitching voice has not appeared since then, as if something in the dark has blocked that voice.
"I don't know. I'm in good condition now. We'll talk about it when the time comes. After all, she's coming soon."
"Who?"
"My friend, she is coming to Qingyun."
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