The crowd flooded the winding mountain road. Lin Shuwen and Mo Yunfei clung to the iron chain railing on the edge of the cliff. Their figures were swaying in the sea of people. One second they were stepped on by children, and the next second they were stepped on by adults.
The trekking pole was knocked aside, and the staggering body would accidentally step into the gap of the stone brick steps, which might become the reason for people to scream in the next second.
"Boss, why are there so many people here!!"
"The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and people will pursue psychological satisfaction after having no worries about food and clothing, such as going to a famous temple to worship Buddha and seek wealth."
"is that useful?"
"I seek peace of mind, but most of it is just desire."
"Desire? I suspect that you, boss, are engaging in pornography! Ouch!"
Lin Shuwen suddenly turned around and flicked Mo Yunfei's forehead, causing a black line on his face.
"Desire for money! Desire for power! Really, when I see white arms, I think of nudity. The thinking of Chinese people only makes such a leap at this moment!"
"Well... I'm just an ordinary person and I don't understand what you cultured people think."
"Humph, you don't want to be a flower of the motherland anymore?"
The commotion on the mountain road is still going on. Countless believers, whether real or fake, are surging on the mountain road with demands. At the end of the sea of people, the temple, submerged under the sounds of sales and billboards, is filled with incense smoke and smoke. Under the sun,
Glittering with the light of gold nuggets.
"Oh~ Authentic stir-fried noodles~ delicious and not expensive!"
"It's an engraved amulet. The eminent monk personally consecrated it. It only costs 100 yuan!"
"This is a martial arts school taught by the master of the temple himself! Seats are limited, so those who want to sign up should hurry up!"
"It smells like copper..."
Lin Shuwen and Mo Yunfei were walking in a "clean repair" place like a vegetable market. The plaque of the temple in front of them was engraved with the master's gold pen calligraphy, which was gorgeous from the mortal world.
"Boss, I think you are a bit pretentious..."
"Really? That's right, I'm also a mortal who smells like copper."
Mo Yunfei retracted his arm protecting his head in surprise, and the big man in front of him changed direction and did not enter the temple like the others.
"Crack!"
The dead forest in front of me has been broken beyond recognition. The people gathered filled every gap. Their eager palms grasped the branches and trunks that were endowed with symbols of wealth. Unable to resist, they lost their lives in the eyes of joy. Lin Shuwen
Looking at the sign hanging on the tree trunk, the words "Money Tree" are printed in golden italics on the red base.
"..."
"What are you thinking about?"
"I'm thinking about things that have nothing to do with me."
Feng Xuyuan, who was wearing a black and white kung fu suit, stood beside Lin Shuwen, followed his gaze towards the crowded Fortune Forest, and raised the corners of her mouth.
"If you want to take one home, go ahead. Everyone is doing it anyway, right?"
"It's just an ordinary branch, yes, it's just an ordinary small tree..."
Lin Shuwen lowered his eyes and stared at the gray trees with increasing wounds. Some distant memories came to his mind, making him feel an inexplicable sadness. Feng Xuyuan looked at Lin Shuwen's complicated and changing face, like
He touched his head like an elder and said softly:
"If you don't have the ability to change, just suppress the useless sentimentality. This is the reality of the world. Sentimental mediocre people are everywhere."
"I know that even if I try to dissuade you like a child, I will only be regarded as a fool."
Gently bending his upper body, the black-clothed human expressed his apology to the trees that had been bullied by the human. He did not care about safety or dignity, he just felt that he should apologize.
"Boss, do you like nature very much?"
"Probably, I just think the grass on the roadside is pretty."
Muttering to himself in response to Mo Yunfei's question, Lin Shuwen took out a small red envelope from his inner pocket and handed it to Feng Xuyuan with both hands, who was smiling like an aunt. The black and white pendant shone in the gap.
He seemed to be greeting him.
"Long time no see. You've changed a lot."
"Handsome guys are more popular than ugly guys, right?"
"Boss, aren't you ashamed~"
"Boom!"
Lin Shuwen, who was smiling, gave Mo Yunfei a back punch on the nose without looking back. He ignored the moans of the younger brother beside him and waited for Feng Xuyuan's move.
Feng Xuyuan flipped the red envelope, put it into her waist pocket without looking at it, and asked a gossip:
"How are you and Lan Xin doing lately?"
"It's nothing. I've always misunderstood that she likes me. However, this should be her intention..."
"Oh, we had a quarrel~ Oh, look at how angry~"
"I don't……"
"Okay, okay, come and sit at my house. These two children also want to hear how you are doing~"
Feng Xuyuan pulled the pendant on her chest, her natural lustful look kept the eyes of the men around her. Mo Yunfei, who had just climbed up, looked at Feng Xuyuan's brisk back, looking at the red-faced man with a lemon-eating expression.
Lin Shuwen.
"Boss, please teach me how to pick up girls! Really!!!"
"She was talking about those two swords..."
Clenched fists severely smashed the unruly Mo Yunfei down. Lin Shuwen gritted his teeth and caught up with Feng Xuyuan with annoyance. What kept echoing in his mind was the denial of his anger:
"I didn't get angry!!"
"Yes~ yes~ Isn't it just that I was tricked by others~"
"Anyway, I didn't get angry..."
"Boss, you are especially like my sister when she is angry and arrogant."
"..."
There is a simple coffee table and a big-ass TV, and a kettle is always filled with water on the stove. Various plants are planted in the spacious room, and the wooden sofas are surrounded by pillows and cushions, which are similar to the swaying old man's chair.
A sense of the times of the last century.
Lin Shuwen was leaning on the sofa, leaning on the armrest with his elbows, covering half of his face. Mo Yunfei on the side was quickly searching for photos of his sister on his phone, with a mischievous expression on his excited face. Feng Xuyuan lay there
Sitting on the old man's chair, holding the strong tea that has just been brewed for the first time, the moist tea leaves are polarized, suppressing the space in the tea cup like a barrier.
"Look, look, this is it! Your expression now looks very similar!"
"Mei'er..."
"Well!"
Mei'er, who was on the coffee table, jumped back onto her master's lap and looked at Mo Yunfei with an innocent face. Her eyes full of murderous intent passed through her fingers, and her dark pupils made Mo Yunfei's neck shiver. He immediately stopped.
He picked up his cell phone and huddled up warily.
"If you tease me again, believe it or not, I will let you format your phone yourself?!"
"I, I, I... I was wrong, boss!! Stop!! You... I shut up! I shut up now!!!"
"snort!"
Lin Shuwen looked back at the spider plant next to the armrest of the sofa, trying his best to think about the flaws in Ye Lanxin's "acting", as if he was looking for the repeating range of pi.
"It's full of loopholes, isn't it?"
"But you can't deny that I was indeed used by her, right?"
"What? Can't a girl use some tricks to chase a boy she likes?"
"That was not what I meant……"
Feng Xuyuan added the second dose of boiling water to the teacup that was two-thirds full. The silent tea leaves were tumbling up and down, showing off their posture in the half-open and half-closed state. Feng Xuyuan glanced at the master on top of the cabinet in the distance.
portrait.
"You are referring to the power struggle between her and Ru Xin, right? I feel that Lan Xin only values your identity and ability, so your machismo is at work. It just so happens that she made a plan to win you over, and some little girls came to make you angry on the way.
After a child-like "test", you begin to feel that she has been using you, which makes you, a person of noble status, feel that your self-esteem has been insulted, right? "
"I didn't get angry..."
"It's really amazing. I used a human body to kill the leader of the Xiuying clan. I used a spirit fox as a pet. The legendary beast is connected to my soul. I am the successor of the beast that protects the country."
People. Such an awesome identity is actually plotted by a little girl. I even act like a licking dog and think she likes all kinds of flirtations with me. I can't stand it~ I can't stand it!"
Feng Xuyuan hit the nail on the head and pointed out Lin Shuwen's self-righteousness since the Yu Yi incident. It is true that he is valued by everyone and has enough abilities, but in some places he still has the mentality of a child, just like those self-satisfied "chosen people"
"Same.
"so what?"
"Then what do you need me to say? Give me an answer that you can refute? Let you regain some face?"
"I……"
He was guessed again by Feng Xuyuan, and now Lin Shuwen was holding an unknown fire in his stomach. He shouted that he was not wrong, racking his brains to think of ways to build up his self-esteem, and he was as aggressive as a jumping kitten.
Feng Xuyuan added the boiling water for the third time, the tea leaves floated and the needles stretched. Her lips were pink and blue, and her silky brows and eyes were full of gentleness.
"Isn't what you look like now what you hate? A "pure land decorated with gold powder", covering up your own arrogance and hypocrisy with extreme vanity, or a "self-righteous preacher" who wantonly defines innocence and firmly believes that he can save
Lost it?"
"Is that why you chose this place?"
Criticizing reality from a commanding height, pretending to be profound and looking back on the past. Lin Shuwen realized his recent ugliness in Feng Xuyuan's sarcasm. He was indeed no longer the ordinary writer who was self-pitying, and his mediocre self had already been arranged by Ye Lanxin.
He died in a car accident, and what remains in the world now is the powerful "Wind". He represents the strongest guardian beast, has great power, and is loved by the Vampire Queen... He has indeed transformed, but he is just a transformation.
"I'm sorry, Miss Feng Xuyuan."
Under the calm eyes of the seniors in front of her, Lin Shuwen stood up and bowed respectfully to Feng Xuyuan. Feng Xuyuan's eyebrows curved downwards. She put down the tea cup after taking the first sip, stood up from the recliner, and helped her up.
He asked Lin Shuwen and touched his head like a big sister.
"Be my disciple!"
"well?"
Feng Xuyuan blinked a few times, showing an expectant look. Lin Shuwen was a little unable to keep up with the changeable senior in front of him. He stared blankly at the expectant Feng Xuyuan, his eyes empty.
"You admitted your shortcomings by boiling water three times. It's very good. I also boiled water three times when I was a teacher. In other words, this is a test, because the moment when the tea really starts to taste good is after the third time.
The tea leaves completely unwind and begin to unleash their potential without reservation."
Feng Xuyuan stood on tiptoe and raised it to the same level as Lin Shuwen. She stretched out her hand and scraped the bridge of his nose. The sweet sound of silver bells rang in the room.
"I have been observing you for several days anyway, and I even listened to the entire conversation between you and Luo Yan. Although I am a little dissatisfied that you have become impetuous in such a short period of time, it is precisely because of your flaws that it is worth teaching~"
"that……"
"Most people will think that your bow is just for show, but I want to believe that you are really sad and angry for them. I also want to believe that the disciple I selected this time will definitely not be a bad person..."
Feng Xuyuan stared at Lin Shuwen's face, his eyes full of expectation. The young man lowered his body wordlessly. He knelt on his knees and bowed three times to Feng Xuyuan. The pendant on his chest shone dazzlingly.
With light and tears falling from the corners of his eyes, Feng Xuyuan helped his disciple up, took his hand, and the two of them came to the master's spiritual throne together.
"Master, this is my last disciple, Lin Shuwen."
Smoke and dust filled the air, blurring the old man's face. Feng Xuyuan followed his disciples in the traditional apprenticeship ceremony. Looking at the complicated etiquette, Mo Yunfei only felt a weight that transcended the world.
Perhaps the impetuousness of this world has infected the pure land, but the people who have passed it down will still inherit the weight of time. When new incense is burned in the incense burner, the swirling smoke that is about to fill the air will exude the glory of this era.