Chapter 211 Gift
"The mountain is high and rocky. You have to climb a slope when you go out! The people on the other side are shouting. It takes more than half a day to walk!"
Before she could come to her senses, she heard a hoarse singing voice coming from the depths of the peach forest.
I don't know when and where the tune originated from, but it sounds ancient and natural, and if you listen carefully, you can taste a bit of wildness.
Without waiting for her to think carefully, Taoist Xingyuan walked in front, lifted the peach branches and called for her to follow.
Walking along the path in the forest, we saw a large vegetable garden next to the peach forest in front of us.
There were many vegetables planted in the garden, but they were all ordinary varieties and looked no different from an old country woman's vegetable garden.
An old woman with silver hair, wearing a short shirt, with her trouser legs rolled up and barefoot, was slowly waving a hoe.
She looked very old, with a thin body and a slightly hunched back, but she had a pair of white and tender hands.
Holding the handle of the hoe, her slender waist was like a flexible bow. After digging a bit with the hoe, she stood up and sang a line, and then continued digging.
Looking behind her on the ridge of the field, there was a wicker basket with a handful of cabbage seedlings in it, still with some soil. I guess they were preparing to plant a bed of cabbage.
There are many strange techniques and methods in the world of cultivating immortals. This is the first time Wei Wenxin has met her and she is a junior, so it is not appropriate for her to ask about these. She just follows Taoist Xingyuan quietly.
The two waited for a long time until she finished singing the song, and then Xingyuan Daojun spoke:
"Ancestor, I brought the person here."
The old woman then straightened up with a smile, looked at the two of them, stretched out her hand, and two peaches fell into her palm.
"Good boy, eat first and wait for me to plant the vegetables."
Wei Wenxin received the peach, but immediately put it into her storage ring, then rolled up her sleeves and stepped forward to help:
"Senior, I have thick skin and strong muscles, so let me do this kind of rough work!"
If it were someone else, they might not do this.
But Wei Wenxin is a kind-hearted person, and she has the child-like ancestor Jingci who calls her all the time. Over time, she has developed a habit and does not think that an elder does not need help from the younger generation just because he has a higher level of cultivation.
To be honest, the ancestor of the Tianji Sect looks weak, and if the wind is a little strong, she might be blown away.
Wei Wenxin couldn't bear it so much that he planted the cabbage so that he could get back to work.
The old woman chuckled and handed the hoe over without any hesitation.
Wei Wenxin hurried to the edge of the field and stretched out his hands to take the hoe.
The hoe was unexpectedly heavy, and Wei Wenxin was caught off guard and almost hit his foot.
Seeing that Taoist Xingyuan was looking forward to the show, Wei Wenxin took a deep breath, practiced his body-building technique, and picked up the hoe. He then began to swing it like the venerable.
"when--"
There was a crisp sound, the palm of the hand shook, and the hoe bounced back.
I didn't expect that there would be such soil in this world!
Wei Wenxin stared for a while, refusing to admit defeat. He swung the hoe again, but slowly brought it down.
Sure enough, this soil becomes stronger when it encounters strong opponents.
The hoe is just too heavy. It takes a lot of strength to put it down slowly.
Wei Wenxin then understood that the Venerable did this in order to cultivate his body.
Seeing that she had figured out the ins and outs so quickly, the Venerable praised her with a smile: "The Wanjian Sect has a good seedling of this generation."
No elder can dislike this clever, witty, down-to-earth and hard-working person.
In particular, she is kind-hearted, full of sincerity, and has an outstanding appearance, which makes people feel pleasing to the eye.
Wei Wenxin has heard similar compliments since she was a child, but she never took them seriously.
Because all her attention was spent on turning the soil.
It was quite relaxing at first, but after a while, red lotuses gathered above the head.
However, in order to cope with the huge consumption, he had to do two things at once, practicing his skills to absorb spiritual power, and swinging the hoe to refine his body. Because the blessed land was full of spiritual energy, it caused strange phenomena.
Taoist Xingyuan was too busy, and since her affairs might involve the secrets of Wei Wenxin's martial arts, the ancestor simply asked her to leave.
There were only two people left in the entire paradise.
The old man was not in a hurry. He took out a winnowing basket, sat under the peach tree, and slowly picked the beans. While picking, he raised his dim old eyes and stared at Wei Wenxin.
Most sword cultivators are very competitive, and almost all of them are stubborn.
Wei Wenxin is a typical swordsman, and a very stubborn one among them.
It took him two hours and he dug out the vegetable patch with great effort.
Then he picked up the basket again, and with shaking hands, he held the tender seedlings and planted them carefully.
It was not until she made a gesture and a drizzle fell, watering the vegetable patch thoroughly, that the Venerable waved his hand and asked her to come closer.
Wei Wenxin carried a hoe and a basket and walked out of the vegetable patch. He first performed a dust-cleansing spell to clean the dirt off his body, then walked up to her and bowed respectfully.
Once outside the vegetable patch, the hoe became lighter.
I think it was as heavy as a mountain before, it was either the effect of the formation or the power of space.
Wei Wenxin was not the kind of ignorant cultivator, and he remained calm throughout the whole process.
The Venerable called her up, shook his wrist, took off a bracelet from his body and handed it to her.
The bracelet is round and although it is made of wood, it looks crystal clear after being imbued with spiritual energy and played with by its owner over a long period of time.
"Thank you for growing vegetables for me. This bracelet is originally an ordinary item, but it has been with me for many years and has the effect of obscuring the secrets of heaven. I give it to you as a thank you gift."
I was so focused on my training that I didn't notice that so much time had passed.
Wei Wenxin blushed and waved her hands, refusing to accept it:
"The elders didn't grow vegetables for the sake of vegetables. It's the younger generation that went beyond that."
She had only been turning the soil for two hours, but it had benefited her immensely.
This is enough.
The cause and effect in the world are predetermined. If you take advantage of others without any previous cause, you will suffer misfortune sooner or later.
"Oh, that's a meeting gift! You really need this, don't you?"
"The elders give it to me and I dare not refuse it."
Having said that, we must know what is good for us.
Wei Wenxin then put down the hoe and basket, kowtowed to her, stretched out his hands, took the bracelet, and put it on his own hands in front of the venerable.
The Venerable picked up the winnowing basket and shook it a few times, scooped out the good beans and put them into the earthen jar, and poured the bad beans under the peach tree, then gave the order:
"Put it away first, and then use the method to conceal the secrets of heaven. Don't stop until I tell you to."
Knowing that the critical moment he had been waiting for for a long time had arrived, Wei Wenxin immediately did as he was told.
The Venerable closed his eyes slightly and kept calculating with his hands.
Half an hour later, he took out a handful of yarrow, and another half an hour later, he took out a tortoise shell...
Wei Wenxin didn't know how much time had passed, but sweat was already on her forehead before she saw the Venerable put away his things and nodded at her.
"Stop it!"
This method does not require too much spiritual power to operate. The reason why Wei Wenxin felt so much pressure was because the distance between them was less than two meters.
The person she was looking for was right in front of her, but she ignored him and continued with her divination.
Even though Wei Wenxin is an outsider, he can imagine how difficult this is.
Taoist Xingyuan never told her who this old woman was, but now she could guess that her identity must be extraordinary.
"Your method is indeed miraculous, but you haven't practiced it well enough. There are countless flaws when you practice it. Come, practice the method again, and I will explain it to you in detail."
No matter what kind of martial arts you practice, it always goes through one circulation after another, with spiritual energy being transported through the tendons and veins, like a long dragon with the head and tail connected. If the connection is not smooth enough, there will naturally be mistakes.
Ordinary monks would not be able to catch these loopholes, but skilled fortune tellers could find them easily.
Wei Wenxin himself was not aware of this.
Even though the Venerable told her the truth, she still couldn't find out when the mistake happened.
But when the person is in front of you, you can point them out accurately one by one, and the effect is extraordinary.
(End of this chapter)
