Mrs. Bamboo sighed softly, "After one hundred and fifty years of hard work, from a deserted island with nothing, to now there are rouge bamboos all over the mountains and plains... Taoist friends don't know that rouge bamboo is not a species that can be planted casually. It requires
Careful cultivation, special cutting and irrigation during every solar term.
It's like your own child, how can you just let it go?"
Hou Zi was silent. Rouge bamboo is not a simple plant, but a spiritual plant that needs to be carefully cultivated. Without human care, although the green bamboos all over the island will not die, they will slowly grow and change into ordinary forest bamboos.
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There is also a flowering period. Ordinary bamboos bloom every sixty years, completing a cycle of reincarnation, but nopal bamboo blooms every six years... He likes nature and forest bamboos. His only regret is that if these nopal bamboos grow wild,
The better, even if the rare spiritual items in it are rarer.
"I have been practicing Taoism for a hundred or two hundred years. Is there anything I can't see through? From the moment the Rouge Bamboo Forest was first formed on the island, I knew that this was both an achievement and a source of trouble. The lusher the bamboo forest, the greater the reputation in the outside world. I must protect this island.
The bamboo forest is more difficult.
Therefore, the intention to leave was present when the bamboo forest was first formed. I have been close to nature in this life, so why don’t I know the difference between man-made cultivation and natural cultivation?
But it’s easier said than done. To really put all this behind me, I have spent all my life’s energy and still haven’t done it.”
Hou Zi nodded silently. He could probably understand this feeling. It was easier for others to make suggestions because there was no psychological burden, but whoever raised him knew...
"I can ignore my own safety and stick to my beliefs. After all, if there is real danger, I will have the opportunity to escape.
But I cannot help but consider the safety of the other disciples on Takeshima. They do not have enough ability to protect themselves at sea, and the pirates in Cang are becoming more and more urgent. It is time to make a decision."
He stretched out his hand to caress a beautiful rouge bamboo, rubbing the slender bamboo body.
"The evacuation is true, but the cultivators from Bamboo Island are evacuating. I will not look for a second Bamboo Island and let history repeat itself, so I will probably find a manor on land, for which I have already arranged
for many years.”
Originally, I wanted to guard this bamboo island alone and then resign myself to fate, taking whatever step I took, which was a helpless compromise.
But now, I find that even if I stay here, it won't actually change anything. It's just a ridiculous persistence.
The bamboo forest that accompanies me throughout my life is of course important, but even more important are the people I need to accompany.
So, you really don’t have to waste time with us here.”
Hou Zi smiled and said, "I understand what Madam means, but please also understand the mental journey of us people; since it is a coincidence, we must not stay out of it. People can leave, but regrets cannot be cherished. This is our necessity.
Through the road.
In this current state, what does it mean to have a mellow state of mind and clear ideas? We are all groping, and we don’t want to leave a psychological shadow on ourselves because of a timidity. Relatively speaking, escorting you away is not only to protect you, but also to protect ourselves."
Mrs. Zhu nodded and said with a smile: "But I didn't expect that there are people like You and Tan Xiao in the tour group. It's really surprising. Logically speaking, with your strength, you are the most powerful within three thousand miles of the Zhihai Sea."
You can come and go as you please..."
Hou Zi smiled bitterly, "Then it can only be said to be God's will? I don't know Tan Xiao's purpose, but I am just a passerby who met by chance. It was just a coincidence that the tour group coincided with the schedule, so I came.
Well, let’s take a rest by the way.”
Sword cultivators are restless masters who tease cats and dogs. Mrs. Zhu could hear the vague meaning in his words and was not surprised.
"Really?"
"That's true!"
Watching Mrs. Zhu leave, Hou Zi shook his head. He was also very confused about this trip to Bamboo Island. He vaguely felt that there were many unreasonable and awkward things in it.
How did Takeshima survive these hundred years with such strength? With their indecisiveness, they should have been taken over by others long ago.
How could the Cang pirates with such strength turn a simple robbery into such a protracted operation?
The code of conduct of pirates is to act decisively and never delay. If someone guesses the next step of action, they are not far from destruction; that is, the control of Lihai Jiedu Mansion is poor and the organization is disordered. Change to a force with action.
Come on, we have exterminated them long ago, why do you want to leave this cancer here now?
He knew that the reason why he couldn't see clearly was because he missed something important. He started his career in criminal law and had a natural intuition in this regard, but what exactly was it?
Going further, you can already see the busy monks of Zhudao, as well as some mortals, making final preparations for leaving the island.
Among them was a beautiful woman, graceful and graceful, with a natural grace.
He walked over and said, "Waiting for the trail, does the fairy need help?"
The woman was a little surprised. She obviously knew him. A monk who could kill the leader of the Cang pirates was still a bit stressful for her.
"I don't dare to bother senior brother... Well, if you must help, then help me cut the skin and remove the seeds for this bamboo forest."
Hou Zi nodded, "Oh, these bamboos have been growing for six years?"
Following this beautiful woman, Hou Zi got started quickly. Each bamboo had to be cut a circular incision one foot upward from the root, and a specially prepared slurry was injected into it to help the bamboo bloom in six years.
Death date.
After three flowering seasons and eighteen years in this way, it can finally grow into the spiritual rouge bamboo.
This kind of operation is not complicated. The main difficulty lies in the depth of the circular incision. Deep cutting will destroy the root of the bamboo, and shallow cutting will not achieve the effect. But for a swordsman like him, it is the simplest basic skill.
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I have quick hands and a good ear, so I can chat with beauties by the way.
"Fairy's name?"
"Xiang Fei Bamboo."
"The yin and yang skills of the fairy are really exquisite. I thought that since Zhudao is dedicated to the way of plants, he must be practicing the wood attribute technique."
"The great roads are connected. There is yin and yang in nature. Yin and yang also includes the way of nature. In fact, it is the same thing. Moreover, the yin and yang of my monk Zhudao is different from the yin and yang of Taoism..."
Hou Zi was a little surprised, because he just asked casually, and did not expect the other party to give a detailed answer, because this is related to the core secrets of every Taoism, and it is something that must be cherished and valued. However, this woman seemed not to care, and even
It's intentional...
This one is the youngest among the Zhudao Tongxuan monks. Everyone calls her Little Fairy, and she has a special affinity with Zhulin.
"Practice is hard, and the island is boring. If it were me, I wouldn't be able to persist here for hundreds of years without moving."
"With the sea, green mountains and green bamboos, what's boring? As long as your mind is calm, you will naturally forget about the rights and wrongs of the world. After a long time, you will naturally be able to sit still.
In Zhudao, it is common for us sisters to stay in seclusion for several months and a half during our practice. The master is even more powerful. He is not allowed to see him even for several years at a time."
