Lin Xiaodong stood by the pool and closed his eyes, feeling the rich energy of water in the air, feeling relaxed and happy.
The strongest place was underwater, at the point where the waterfall fell. He couldn't help but smile: "Sure enough, there is something good!"
He decisively took off his Taoist robe and jumped down.
The water in the pool was bone-chillingly cold. Fortunately, Lin Xiaodong was born with a water body. Otherwise, he would have cramped if he jumped in. He floated on the water, took a deep breath, and dived into the water.
There are bubbles where the waterfall falls, and the bottom of the water is covered with hard pebbles. There is a green slate in the middle, which is crystal clear and is emerald.
"Another treasure!"
Lin Xiaodong hurriedly pulled away the pebbles, picked up the slate, and surfaced it.
After wiping his face, he came to the shore, raised the slate and looked at the sun to take a closer look. It was made of ice and was as big as a book.
"If this was refined into a treasure, its power would be unimaginable!"
Lin Xiaodong was so happy that he quickly put on his clothes and went back to the mountain happily.
In the evening, all the named disciples rested separately. Lin Xiaodong closed the door, took out the stone slab, put it into the wordless scripture and planned to refine it, but he encountered a problem.
The jade is too big, and it takes a lot of cultivation to refine it. If you spend mana to refine it now, you will have to postpone the rescue of the villagers.
Thinking of Jiang Yongning, Yu Huiying and the enslaved villagers, Lin Xiaodong had no choice but to give up: "Let's talk about it later."
A few days later, Guo Chuxiu received a letter from home. After reading it, she was stunned for a long time. Then she went to the back garden alone and found Taoist Linquan.
When Linquan Taoist saw that it was Guo Chuxiu, he was very confused. Since she came to the mountain, she has devoted herself to pure cultivation and never caused trouble. She is a good seedling worth cultivating. She doesn't know why she came to see him today.
"Master, I, I want to take leave and go down the mountain."
Guo Chuxiu looked lonely.
Linquan Taoist saw this and asked, "What's wrong? Did something happen at home?"
Guo Chuxiu shed tears: "My family sells silk. Half a month ago, my father's goods were robbed by bandits!"
"Is there such a thing?"
"My family owes someone else silk worth five thousand taels of gold. My father told me to go home and not allow me to practice Taoism again!"
Guo Chuxiu shed tears. She devoted herself to the Tao and studied hard. She was no worse than Lin Xiaodong. It was a pity that something like this happened.
Taoist Linquan sighed softly. He, the leader, could not afford five thousand taels of gold. He stood up and said, "Follow me."
Guo Chuxiu followed Taoist Linquan to his residence. Taoist Linquan opened a cabinet and took out a red package. When he opened it, there were golden pieces of gold inside.
"Here are five hundred taels of gold, take it.
The teacher is also a Taoist and does not have much money."
Guo Chuxiu shed tears and shook her head: "Teacher, I can't have this."
"Take it, it's the teacher's consideration."
"Thank you teacher!"
Guo Chuxiu bowed to Taoist Linquan, wiped his face, and returned to the room with the package.
The other registered disciples were doing their homework as usual. Pan Xiaoxing asked Lin Xiaodong quietly: "Why isn't Senior Sister Guo here?"
Lin Xiaodong shook his head: "I don't know."
After finishing her homework, Pan Xiaoxing took Lin Xiaodong to Guo Chuxiu's room, but saw that the building was empty and everything had been moved away.
"ah?
Where is Senior Sister Guo?"
Pan Xiaoxing asked with eyes wide open.
Linquan Taoist walked into the courtyard and said, "Senior Sister Guo has gone down the mountain."
"Going down the mountain?"
"Hey, something happened to your senior sister Guo's family. She owes someone a lot of money. Her family asked her to go back."
Taoist Linquan sighed softly.
"go back?
Senior Sister Guo, aren’t you coming back?
How much money does she owe someone?
Let’s give it to you on the mountain!”
Pan Xiaoxing stared anxiously.
"Five thousand taels of gold."
Taoist Linquan shook his head.
"Five thousand taels?"
Everyone was frightened. For cultivators, food, clothing, and housing were enough for them. The entire sect couldn't even afford two thousand taels.
"What can we do?"
Pan Xiaoxing's eyes turned red.
Lin Xiaodong lowered his head and rolled his eyes, thinking: "I won't be able to refine this jade for a while, so I might as well sell it."
So he raised his hands and said to Linquan Taoist: "Master, I also want to go down the mountain. I haven't been home for several months."
Linquan Taoist nodded: "Go ahead and come back soon."
Lin Xiaodong went back to his room to pack his things. Pan Xiaoxing followed him in and swallowed with a red nose: "What can Senior Sister Guo do? She works so hard..." Lin Xiaodong turned around and asked: "Do you know where Senior Sister Guo lives?"
"I don't know. I only know that her family sells silk in the county town. My father said that she was robbed by robbers. How disgusting!"
Pan Xiaoxing shook his head.
Lin Xiaodong thought about it. The silk seller was robbed and owed five thousand taels of gold. He had a daughter at home and could already find out.
"Don't worry, your senior sister Guo will be fine."
Pan Xiaoxing blocked her nose and asked, "Are you going down the mountain too?"
"Well, I'm going home."
"Then you come back early. You are not here, and neither is Senior Sister Guo. There is no one to talk to me."
Lin Xiaodong went down the mountain and rushed to Baodi County.
Two days later, when I arrived outside the city, I first went to the place where Lu Hongda was building a garden. I saw that the villagers were all there, in ragged clothes and very thin.
"hateful!"
The time was not yet ripe, so Lin Xiaodong cursed and turned around and went into the city.
Baodi County is a small town with a population of 100,000. The streets are quite bustling and lively. Lin Xiaodong is in the mountains every day. Now walking on the streets, he feels like he has descended to the human world.
I found a noodle shop in a small alley, ordered a bowl of noodles, and took the opportunity to ask the waiter: "Brother, do you know which silk shop was robbed by bandits in the city?"
The clerk waved his hand: "I've never heard of this, but you can go to Fenggu Street and have a look. All the shops selling silk are over there."
"Okay, thank you."
After dinner, Lin Xiaodong went to Fenggu Street. As expected, they were all shops selling silk, and there were many young ladies and young wives on the street.
"Hello, may I ask, which silk shop was the one whose goods were robbed?"
Lin Xiaodong asked a store clerk.
The waiter pointed to the diagonally across the aisle: "That's that, that's Luyuan Silk Shop."
Lin Xiaodong looked back and saw that the door of Naluyuan Silk Shop was closed and locked, the windows were smashed, and there were eggs and vegetable leaves hanging on the signboard.
The waiter asked: "Why, his family also owes you goods?"
Lin Xiaodong shook his head and asked, "What about this family?"
"It is said that the old man was kidnapped by people from Hongde Clothing Store."
The guy said.
Lin Xiaodong stared: "Ah?
How can you arrest people so casually?"
"Then what can you do? If you can't pay me the silk you owe me, it would be polite to arrest me. The owner of Xianghui Garment Shop went too far. He just kidnapped the daughter of that family in front of her father and wanted to marry him.
I treat her like my third aunt."
The clerk also felt it was a pity, and shook his head and said: "I have seen that daughter. She is a good-looking girl, young and has a good temperament. It would be a pity to marry that pig!"
"What?"
Lin Xiaodong stared at his neck, changed his voice, and asked, "Xianghui Garment Shop?"