Yan Zhiru nodded: "My old immortal said the same thing. His magical powers are stronger than before. He can talk to me directly, and he can also transform into a clone. He also said that he doesn't need to get up in the future and can come directly."
Lin Xiaodong chuckled and said: "If I were born in the world of precious flames and bright lights, your old immortals now have the same skills as me."
Yan Zhiru suddenly realized: "That's it."
After pondering for a moment, he asked Lin Xiaodong: "Master Lin, do you think I can achieve anything in this life?"
Lin Xiaodong said: "As long as your old immortal is here, you don't need to practice anything. When you die, your old immortal will come to guide you and you will be able to achieve the state of harmony."
Yan Zhiru stood up and bowed: "Master Lin is so kind that I can't repay you for it."
Lin Xiaodong said: "You have this fate, and you will have to solve people's problems more often in the future."
Yan Zhiru nodded vigorously: "Absolutely."
He took his daughter away.
A few days later, at night, Lin Lancui appeared out of thin air outside Zhixu Temple.
Lin Lancui's appearance changed drastically. She was no longer dressed for night travel. Instead, she was dressed in a white fairy skirt, with a lily bun on her head. She was covered in necklaces and jewels. Her body was covered with white light. Her eyes were bright and her eyebrows were sparse, and she was fragrant with orchid and cinnamon.
Lin Xiaodong opened the door and said, "Miss Lin."
Lin Lancui smiled, bowed her head, lowered her eyebrows, and bowed: "Taoist Master Lin."
Lin Xiaodong turned sideways and stretched out his hand: "Miss Lin, please come quickly."
Lin Lancui entered Zhixu Guan, looked up, and said with a smile: "Last time I came here, I was still a bandit."
Lin Xiaodong said: "To be honest, this is also the first time for Lin to meet a female snitch, which is quite novel."
Lin Lancui looked back and smiled: "I knew that Daochang Lin was alone in the mountain, so I came here blatantly. I didn't expect that Daochang Lin is so powerful in Taoism that no one in our Zhuyang Village can be his opponent."
Lin Xiaodong said: "If I had killed him directly that day, I would have avoided all the troubles that followed."
Lin Lancui said: "It seems that I really have a destiny with the Dao. I missed it, but I was lucky enough to find it again. Of course, this is all due to the mercy of Daoist Master Lin. I am very grateful."
Lin Xiaodong said: "This is also the pearl of Miss Lin's insight. If you are someone else, I would say that if you enter the world of precious flames and bright lamps, you will be able to achieve the state of unity. I am afraid that I will not be regarded as evil."
Lin Lancui nodded: "Yes, everyone is searching hard, and the road is ahead of them, but they don't recognize it."
The two came to sit down in the hall, and Lin Xiaodong asked: "Miss Lin, what's the scene like over there?"
Lin Lancui said: "I said I wanted to live in one place, but they were not willing to set up a mountain farm for each person. I thought it was too much at first, but later I saw that everyone was like this."
Lin Xiaodong said: "In the realm of Hexu, everything is illusion, extravagant and simple, without distinction."
Lin Lancui sighed: "If it weren't for Taoist Master Lin, how could he have achieved this happiness of heaven and man?"
Lin Xiaodong said: "Miss Lin is kind-hearted and has a clear sense of right and wrong. She deserves this reward."
Lin Lancui sighed quietly.
Lin Xiaodong knew what was on her mind and asked, "Why is Miss Lin sighing?"
Lin Lancui said: "I went from being a Taoist in the lower world to the realm of Hexu. I know that everything is an illusion, but I still have many regrets in this life and I can't let go."
Lin Xiaodong asked: "What regrets does Miss Lin have?"
Lin Lancui lowered her head and said: "I went up the mountain at the age of eighteen and fell into the grass at the age of twenty-five. At the age of twenty-eight this year, I have attained the ultimate dharma.
You were ignorant before going up the mountain, devoted yourself to cultivating the Tao after going up the mountain, and rushed around all day after falling off the grass. One day, you will have to experience birth, old age, illness, and death, love and hate, and parting."
Lin Xiaodong said: "Life is short, it only lasts a hundred years, so there is no need to miss it. Moreover, Miss Lin has great supernatural powers now. If she wants to experience the charm of human beings, she can travel like Lin."
Lin Lancui stood up and said: "Taoist Master Lin, the only way I can repay the kindness of preaching is through my body, so please do it!"
On this day, Luo Qin, a villager in Quanping Village, Luhun County, was walking along the Lai River and came to the place where Yu Xiangqing built the River Temple.
Luo Qin took a closer look and saw that the river temple had become a ruin. The stone turtle buried in the river by Yu Xiangqing had also been fished out and smashed to pieces.
Luo Qin pinched his waist and frowned: "Who is so wicked? This River God kept our Quanping Village safe, how come it was smashed and the River God was fished out?"
After looking around for a while, he turned back to the village and went to the home of the village chief Chen Yiji.
Chen Yiji came out to pick him up: "Brother Luo is here."
Luo Qin said: "Village chief, the He Temple was smashed by someone!"
Chen Yiji frowned and blinked: "Has the River Temple been smashed?"
Luo Qin nodded: "Well, the River God also fished it out and smashed it."
Chen Yiji pinched his waist and cursed angrily: "Who is so wicked?"
Luo Qin followed and scolded: "Yes, you said that this river temple is located in a remote place, and some people don't like it?"
Chen Yiji blinked: "That river temple was established by Yu Taoist Priest of Yundong Mountain. It is said to be in charge of preventing people from drowning in the river. The person who did this really lacks great virtue!"
Luo Qin said: "Then what should we do if another person drowns in Laihe River?"
Chen Yiji said: "I will go to Yundong Mountain tomorrow."
Luo Qin then left.
On the morning of the second day, Chen Yiji went out to Yundong Mountain.
The gatekeeper came to see him: "Who is the donor looking for?"
Chen Yiji said: "I am the head of Quanping Village. The Heshen Temple on the Laihe River was smashed. I came to your Taoist priest to discuss the matter."
After hearing this, the disciples of the Shomen came in to report. Not long after, Yu Xiangqing came out with a letter from Chang Rong.
Chen Yiji said: "Taoist Master Yu, yesterday the villagers came to me and said that the River Goddess Temple was smashed by others, and the River Goddess was also taken out and smashed."
Chang Rongshu was angry when he heard this: "Who is such a bastard?"
Chen Yiji shook his head: "I don't know. Didn't Taoist Yu say that the River Temple was in charge of the undead in the river?
Now that the temple has been smashed, Taoist Master Yu, what do you think we should do?"
Yu Xiangqing frowned, turned to Chang Rongshu and said, "Come with me to have a look."
Chen Yiji followed Yu Xiangqing and Chang Rongshu to the Heshen Temple.
The river temple was in a mess, and the stone turtle was not spared either.
Chen Yiji spread his hands: "Do you think this is a waste of money? It all comes with money."
Yu Xiangqing shook his head: "This is not a simple waste of money. Someone wants to use this place to raise some unclean things."
Chang Rong wrote: "Go back and tell your villagers, don't go to the river if you have nothing to do, let alone go into the water."
Chen Yiji stared and nodded.
Yu Xiangqing said: "I'm afraid this matter was done by someone who knows some Taoism. He will definitely come again. We will wait here.
People from the village should not come over, lest they get hit."
Chen Yiji returned to the village and went from house to house to inform him that Yu Xiangqing only left Xu Qinglu at the mountain gate, while the others came to guard her for three days.
At midnight on the third day, the rightful owner finally came.
A golden light descended, and five Taoists appeared, one long and four young.
Yu Xiangqing recognized that the person coming was the leader of the Yanming Sect of Meichang Mountain, Qi Xiuzhen, and four disciples: Xu Zongfu, Ye Jinpei, Peng Hao, and Huang Wanfang.
Qi Xianzhen said unexpectedly: "Why do friends from Yundong Mountain come here?"
Chang Rongshu looked fierce: "Did you smash this river temple?"
Not to be outdone, Xu Zongfu said: "Why are you so mean?
We were the ones who smashed it, what happened?"
Chang Rongshu shouted: "This river temple was built by our Qingrong sect!"