Chapter 276: Fox Gifts Couplets
There was a stone pot on a small stove, and three people were sitting around it, with a fox and a colorful civet cat next to them.
The pot was filled with sour radish and old duck soup. The sour radish was already dark in color, and there were two whole ducks with a few dried mushrooms added. The edges were covered with golden-yellow fat. Next to it were vegetables, spring onion meatballs, and fermented dough, which were used for the second half of the cooking process.
In the steam, each person pulled a duck leg.
The little sister stood up again, took a spoon, and first filled a bowl of soup for herself, and then served some to her brother and Luo Seng.
"Where did Mr. Luo go the past few days?"
"I'm also in the city, hanging out with some gangsters. I can get some news from them." Luo Seng held up the bowl and walked forward. "Thank you, Taoist Master Liu."
"what news?"
"There are news from the capital and outside, such as the demons in the north, the wars on the border, and the descendants of the King of Yue and the governor of Huizhou are ready to make a move in the south. I don't know how much is true and how much is false." Luo Gong said to Lin Jue while holding a bowl of soup, sighing and shaking his head, "To be frank, it's nothing more than a discussion of how many years this court can last."
"What do you think, Mr. Luo?"
"me……"
Luo Seng hesitated for a long time, but still shook his head: "The ice is three feet thick, but it didn't freeze overnight. The collapse of a building didn't happen overnight. This court is completely rotten."
Lin Jue saw deep regret in his eyes.
Suddenly I thought of those years——
This Mr. Luo comes from a family of generals. When he first came to the capital, he was full of ambition to serve his country.
But now I feel such emotion.
The junior sister had a calm expression. She held the bowl and lowered her head. She blew out a puff of white smoke. She put her mouth close to the edge of the bowl and puffed lightly, and there was a sound of "slurping".
The old duck and the old-style pickled radish are boiled together for a long time. The soup base is rich, fresh and sour. It is very delicious and boiling hot when it enters the mouth. Even when you swallow it, you can feel the warmth in your throat, and it warms your heart.
Mr. Luo sighed and said, "My dream of living in the capital when I was young is probably coming to an end."
"Is Luo Gong going back?"
When the junior sister heard this, she looked up at them.
"If I can't realize my ambitions in the capital, I will have to go back, but not now." Luo Seng still shook his head and hesitated for several times before blurting out, "I can't bear to leave."
"Um……"
Lin Jue knew that many people these days had a dream of going to the capital, and the literati were the most important.
This is because this was once the most prosperous dynasty in the world, the largest and most prosperous city in the world, and the center of heaven and earth. All government orders were issued from here, all folk customs and money circulated here, and countless civil and military celebrities from ancient times to the present have left their names in history here.
Many people dream of coming here, staying here, or even dying here.
However, for a person like Mr. Luo, living in such an era, Lin Jue thought that he would either serve the court and leave a good reputation for the rest of his life, or leave his name in history somewhere else.
Anyway, he has already made his name famous, and everyone in the world knows the name Luo Seng. It is impossible for him to remain unknown.
"Today is New Year's Eve, let's talk about this next year." Luo Seng said, "In the past few days, I have often heard about your story among the people in the capital."
"Those two stone horses?"
"There are the two stone horses, what happened in the Juxian Mansion that day, and your return of courtesy to Taoist Master Tao who performed flying knife tricks. It has become a good story." Luo Seng paused, "Some people also say that white cranes have often flown to Fan Tianshi's house during this period of time. It is said that Fan Tianshi not only lives with monsters, but also interacts with cranes. Hahaha..."
When he said this, he was already smiling.
Lin Jue also smiled.
These people can't even tell the difference between egrets and white cranes.
So the three of them ate the meat and drank the soup with big mouthfuls, including a fox, a civet and two old ducks. Then they put in some vegetables to blanch, and even threw in some dough to cook.
For a moment, Mr. Luo could only sigh again, saying that only the Taoists in the mountains knew how to eat.
While eating, there was a sharp scream outside.
The junior sister, the fox, and the colorful civet cat stopped what they were doing almost at the same time and turned their heads to look.
Outside the house was the street, and one could no longer see where the shriek came from. All one could see was a winding trail of smoke in the sky, which had not yet completely darkened, and then a loud bang was heard.
A ball of colorful stars exploded in the sky.
This is human magic.
"Fireworks are being set off." Luo Seng said, "Let's go out and have a look after we finish eating, and then come back to get drunk. The fireworks in this capital are more beautiful than anywhere else, if nothing else."
"Right on my mind."
The three of them worked together and cleaned up the mess in no time, even drinking up all the soup.
I didn't know how many bowls of soup I drank, I just felt my stomach was shaking when I walked. When I reached the door, it was completely dark and the sky was full of fireworks.
The Taoist in Taoist robes, the warrior with a long sword on his waist, as well as the white fox and the colorful cat, stepped out of the threshold one after another. The colorful light above their heads cast their shadows on the ground. Even though the three people and two beasts were accustomed to magic and had experienced many battles and fights with demons, they still couldn't help but stop and look up.
"This is what Third Senior Brother said, 'The more prosperous the scene, the less prosperous it is, right?'" The younger sister turned her head and said to Lin Jue.
"It's not necessarily that there will be fewer and fewer events, but it's just that this dynasty will see fewer and fewer events." Lin Jue said to her, "Thanks to Master Fan, I have news about the Five Elements Spiritual Method. With your talent, little junior sister, plus the elixirs that my second senior brother and I have refined, as long as you don't give up the idea of becoming a true god, you will eventually be able to cultivate immortality. Even if this dynasty is gone, there will still be the next dynasty, and there will still be a prosperous era."
The little sister couldn't imagine how long it would take, so she had to look up at the sky carefully.
She didn't follow her brother until he took a step forward.
Ahead is the nightless sky with bright lights and colorful fireworks.
There were people striking iron flowers with their bare chests, and with a blow of the hammer, stars flew all over the sky, and fireflies shone like sparks. How could they be weaker than the magic of a Taoist priest?
There were people guessing riddles, selling snacks, performing dragon and lion dances, and performing acrobatics.
At this time, all the literati and ladies from noble families took to the streets.
Lin Jue bought three lanterns and held them in his hands. Although he was full, he still bought some snacks and stopped at different lively places.
They even saw people from Juxian Mansion.
Some people turned into tigers and shuttled through the streets. Some people painted on the wall, drawing the bright moon and a fairy. Then they swung the brush and the bright moon really sprinkled moonlight. The fairy flew out with a halo following the guidance of the brush, and after flying for a while in the sky, it turned into a point of light and disappeared.
Some people poured water on the ground and cast hooks to catch fish. Some people spit out fire and turned into fire dragons swimming in the night sky.
There were people cheering and fascinated all around.
Some people were in a trance and recalled that a few years ago in Yi County, Huizhou, they saw a Taoist priest rubbing grass into fireflies and scattering wheat ears into butterflies, which was also very fairy-like.
In a trance, I seemed to see two of the three Taoists, but they looked a little different.
I wanted to chase after him, but there were so many people around me and the light was dim, I lost sight of him in a moment.
The three continued to wander the streets.
Lin Jue also saw what Senior Brother Seven had mentioned, the man selling palace lanterns and hairpins at a stall on the street.
It was a copper hairpin, but what was hanging on it was not a phoenix or butterfly, but a small palace lantern the size of a thumb. It seemed hollow on all sides, but it was sealed with extremely thin bamboo strips. The people in the martial arts world pinched a little light, chanted a spell and put it into it, and the palace lantern naturally glowed, as if a small lamp was hanging.
This was probably the most prosperous and lively New Year's Eve that the senior and junior brothers and sisters had ever celebrated in their lives.
Even when walking, seeing the pink walls and green tiles, classical eaves and lanterns hung in every house on the roadside, Lin Jue was reluctant to leave in the night that was not dark all night long.
From the bustling and noisy to the quiet and deserted, I stopped on the street and couldn't help but think of the past.
But prosperity can only wait until next year.
I had no choice but to shake my head and go back to the yard.
After drinking and talking for a while, it was almost late at night before they returned to their room.
Lin Jue tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep, so he lit the night lamp and covered himself with a bearskin blanket. He then took out the ancient book and casually flipped to the latest page.
"Wow..."
The method to control things is to control them with thoughts.
There are many ways to summon and wave things around in the world, such as moving cups and changing cups, pushing objects, and in addition to taking objects from a distance and exchanging objects from a distance, most of them are simple applications of the method of controlling objects. There are also many ways to control objects in the world, such as spell control, blood control, and sword control, which are also simplified versions of the method of controlling objects. The only real method of controlling objects is to control objects with thoughts and do whatever you want.
Beginners need to attach magic power and control objects with their mind. The strength of the power depends on the depth of magic power and the strength of intention. How much you can control objects depends on your distraction. Whether you are flexible or not requires a lot of practice.
When you have practiced to a high level, you can control objects with ease.
This method is not easy to practice. It would be best if you could first learn the methods of spell control, blood control, and sacrifice control.
Lin Jue pinched the page of the book.
This was the first thing he gained after arriving in the capital, and also the result of his understanding throughout the twelfth lunar month.
From now on, there is no need to chant spells to control objects, just follow your thoughts. Without the restrictions of spells, not only is it much more flexible than before, but the number of objects you can control will also be greater, and the power will also be greater.
What is most worthy of Lin Jue's attention is that the real method of controlling objects has not only been broken down into two simplified versions: curse control and blood control, but there is also a method of sacrificial control.
People who practice ritual control cannot control random objects. They can only control an object that they often practice according to a specific method. However, they can control objects with their mind like blood control, and like spell control, they don't need to draw blood talismans and will not be disturbed by heavy rain and forests. The only disadvantage is that all skills are on that one object. If it is lost or damaged, you have to start from scratch.
Since Lin Jue activated the method of controlling objects in the ancient books, he naturally also obtained this secret.
If you use the method of controlling objects to control the sword that has been refined, the power will naturally be stronger and you can control it more freely.
Even after being refined for a long time, the magic weapon may have spiritual charm. Or the user is outstanding in virtue, or the master is very powerful and the magic weapon has obtained the master's spiritual charm. Or after slaying too many demons and monsters, the treasure may have its own spiritual charm and may even be able to fight the enemy on its own, and the master only needs simple commands.
In this way, even the impact of distraction is reduced to a minimum.
And this should be the subtlety of the method of controlling objects.
And Lin Jue has already planned it out -
After the beginning of spring, he went to Maple Mountain to recast the twelve flying swords and three long swords, adding gold essence, just in time to use this method of sacrificial refining.
Before I knew it, I felt sleepy.
The long street outside was still brightly lit, but it was completely silent.
"There are so many wonderful things in this world tonight, but nothing can compare to getting drunk and sleeping by the fire."
Lin Jue sighed, then lay down and fell asleep.
Unexpectedly, the next morning, as soon as he went out, he saw his junior sister standing at the door, staring up at his door.
"What are you looking at?"
Lin Jue turned his head and looked at his door.
But I found that at some point, a pair of couplets had appeared on the left and right sides of my door frame, and there was also a horizontal scroll above my head.
“Did you post it?”
Lin Jue looked at his junior sister curiously.
"No."
The junior sister shook her head blankly.
"Posted by Luo Gong?"
"I asked Luo Gong, and he said that it wasn't true. He said it should have been posted by the fox living in the yard, not Fuyao, but the other two foxes." The little sister said, "Luo Gong said that foxes also celebrate the Spring Festival."
"This……"
Lin Jue couldn't help but laugh when he heard this.
Then continue to look——
First couplet: Careful cultivation leads to a bumper harvest
Second line: Diligence and thrift will keep the family for many years
"what?"
It was surprisingly consistent with the life I had been living in the past month since I came to the capital.
Didn't I carve bean soldiers and study magic every day? It seems that I haven't left the capital, but I have gained a lot? At the beginning, there was no extra money at home, so didn't I live frugally every day?
There is also a horizontal banner: Wealth is coming in
Lin Jue didn’t know whether the “foxes” in the yard were giving him sincere blessings or they also wanted to get rich, but he found it quite interesting anyway.
(End of this chapter)
