Let’s skip what kind of warm hospitality Wei Xue received at Lin’s villa. Recently, the cyan little fox lives in the bamboo cabin on the island in the backyard. It asks for some herb seeds from Lin Luoran and starts to plant medicines around the cabin.
Lin has her own space so she feels that it’s ok to let the little fox do its own thing. Therefore, the island now becomes the base of the fox. Except for Lin Luoran, it doesn’t let anyone else step onto the island. This makes Lin feel that she is raising a baby, not just a fox who likes medicines!
Of course, in terms of temper or race, the little fox and Goldie don’t like each other. The two of them are smart enough to know that they shouldn’t fight. As a result, Goldie just stands on the roof of the bamboo cabin and doesn’t come inside. In this way, they live in peace together.
Luodong has heard of that Rong Donglin studies at the University of Chuan, and he asks Lin Luoran to take him on wee
Lin Luoran, Luodong, Rong Donglin, Yan Feng, and Professor Qi go to a small diner near the university town. Forgetting about the sanitary condition, dishes in the small diner taste good and the prices are quite low. They ordered Sliced pork with garlic sauce, Sautéed water spinach, Shredded potatoes with salted egg yolk, Boiled fish with pickled cabbage and chill, Brain and tofu stew, Pork head meat, and Cabbage and tofu soup. There are six dishes, a pot of soup, as well as a small bucket of steamed rice, which is perfect for four adults and a young boy. The cyan little fox only eats things with Reiki. It always steals the vegetables and herbs which are taken from Lin Luoran’s space from the kitchen and hides them in the bamboo cabin. The little fox eats the vegetables alone late at night. Now, these delicious dishes can’t draw its interests at all. It sits on the plastic chair and starts to clean its hair. Other young girls in the diner all whisper to ea
Autumn is almost gone. The fat crabs still taste perfect, yet leaves on trees have turned yellow. After a gust of wind, yellow leaves fall and cover the ground. Winter is coming. The cyan little fox has started to pull out grass and make its own nest. However, there is not much grass in the backyard so it has to make do with bamboo leaves fallen on the island.It’s already winter and most of the animals living in the mountains seldom go out. This makes it harder for Goldie to hunt for food. Mr. Lin has been thinking about whether he should buy some beef from the market to feed Goldie. One day, he sees Goldie grabbing a big snake. From the mud on its claws, Mr. Lin knows that Goldie has just dug into the snake’s cave. “Pah!” Goldie throws the snake to Mr. Lin. Ms. Lin screams. In a hurry, Mr. Lin casts a “Bound Spell”. Since he is not skilled in this spell, Mr. Lin almost uses up all his wood Reiki to strap this big snake which weighs over ten
Lin Luoran slices down a piece of a two-meter-long shell of the Scorpion King to do an experiment. After refined by the Strange Fire, the shell gradually melts into a pile of shiny black liquid. It is floating above the Strange Fire and changing its shape.After being refined, the two-meter-long raw material becomes one bowl of black liquid. It is the essence of the scorpion shell. The three months she spent is not wasted. She has designed a set of methods for refining armors after she completed the broken magic circle and studied the chapter of refining weapons in Introduction of Swords many times.She puts a lot of pieces of jade next to her and sits near the Strange Fire.Several translucent lights appear between her fingers. They connect her fingers and they target at the liquid scorpion shell.Lin Luoran recalls her design for the armor and controls the light. She uses the light to pull and shape the black liquid carefully.
When Lin Luoran gives the armor to her mother like giving her a treasure, she doesn’t receive her mother’s compliment. Instead, Mrs. Lin pulls her ears.“How dare you! You didn’t accompany your family at the Spring Festival. You have been in your basement since last October. Our bamboo shoots have grown from being eatable to real bamboos and then you come out… Luodong got the highest score in his school this term. He has waited for you for the whole vacation. We live in the same yard. Do you mean that even if your dad and I want to see you, we have to make an appointment first?”Lin Luoran’s ears are red. When she was five, she let go of their neighbor’s chickens and her mother pulled her ears like this. This “pulling ears” has been accompanied her as she grows up. However, when she gets older, Mrs. Lin doesn’t do this very often. It seems that she is really angry this time.“Mom, please be gentle…” Lin Luoran hides behind her father, just like
Sitting on Goldie’s back, Lin Luoran reaches the mountains behind Li’s Village soon. She asks Goldie to hover above the mountains and looks for the mountain where she found the black epiphyllum. After finding out the right mountain, she directs Goldie to land on the top of the mountain.The cyan fox is hanging on Goldie’s claw and the wind has tangled its fur. When it lands, it cannot move its limbs at first. When it can move, the cyan fox makes faces to Lin Luoran and runs into the grass nearby.Lin Luoran knows that it likes flowers and grass and it cannot stay with her now that they are in a mountain full of plants, so she just lets it play. She goes to the cliff and sees that the bluestone is still inset in the mountain.Lin Luoran casts a “Wind-riding Spell” and flies down. She tries to move the bluestone but it is deeply inset there. She couldn’t do anything before but now she is a cultivator in the level of Laying Foundation. She casts a
What should she tell Rong Donglin?Out of Lin’s expectation, Rong doesn’t even know Goldie’s name. He only worries about the safety of the Lin family because such a big hawk lives in their house. Lin Luoran remembers Rong’s stiffness every time when he sees Goldie and she has no doubt on the authenticity of his worries. At night, Mr. Lin makes a few dishes with the bamboo shoots. Rong Donglin loves these dishes so much that he feels that he has gained more energy for the translation of the bamboo sheets. The starlight today is a little dim. However, Lin is still in a good mood.It’s 11 o’clock. Rong has returned to his bedroom. Lin’s backyard is now quiet and peaceful under the moonlight.This place will become more beautiful. Lin Luoran speaks to herself when she thinks of the bluestone in her space. Lin first goes to check on the little cyan fox. It is lying in its nest, completely motionless, but its breath
The Li’s Village has already become a remote memory for Lin Luoran. The path of cultivation is rough, and she doesn’t have time to think about Li Anping and his family.Rong Donglin’s translation project is going on smoothly. Lin Luodong is back home from school early today and he comes to the bamboo cabin to do his homework. Lin Luoran is fine with Luodong and Rong spending time together. After all, Rong is trust-worthy in terms of moral quality and professional knowledge.Lin Luoran comes up with an idea when she sees that Luodong is interested in the Shui script. If Luodong decides to step on the path of cultivation later, he will be in need of knowledge about these ancient scripts. Lin Luoran may as well let Luodong study the Shui script with Rong Donglin from now on. In this way, Luodong will start to lay a foundation from an early age… Even if Luodong doesn’t choose to cultivate, knowledge will never be a bad thing. Lin Luoran leaves the
Rong Donglin has a feeling that the air around Lin’s house has become fresher lately. Between breathes, Rong’s mind and eyes are clear. His translation proceeds even more quickly. Mr. Lin has a more direct feeling about this. He can feel the Reiki molecules in the air. The willow by the lake grows so fast that its young twigs reach the lake in a few days. Lin Luoran is desperate to read Rong’s translation. However, she has to hold back her desire because something else is on her mind. She has to deal with something before going to find the Soul Wood. Lin Luoran tells her mother that she will be out for a few days. Ms. Lin is practicing the Five-animal exercises and she says nothing but to tell Lin Luoran to come back sooner.Mr. Lin only realizes that his daughter is out when she is already away. He wants to ask his wife about this but Ms. Lin’s attention is caught by the television. The journalist is talking about