Chapter 440: Planting Lotus (1/2)

Standing on the bank of the lake, Ning Que looked back and saw the towering trees, pink walls and black roof behind the trees. Ning Que thought this would be his own home; he couldn't help but sigh like Sangsang and said, ”In the future, we will live in bigger houses.”

Sangsang was surprised. She looked up and said, ”Only the Mansion of the Princess and the Imperial Palace can be bigger than this house.”

Ning Que reached out and held her in his arms, rubbed her head in and said, ”We'll also frequently go to the Princess' Palace and the Royal Palace. If you really want to live there in the future, I will ask His Majesty.”

Sangsang leaned on his chest and smiled happily.

The light that leaked from the green leaves of old trees suddenly became a lot weaker. Ning Que looked at the sky, and saw that a few big clouds flew on the sky above and covered the blazing suns.h.i.+ne.

He pushed Sangsang away from his arms and said, ”Let's go boating.”

The distinct treatments did not make the little maid too uncomfortable. She answered with an ”oh” and walked to the newly built simple dock.

A 30 feet long wooden road stretched into the Yanming Lake,and two boats were tied in front of it. There were paddles on the stern and the boats had a roof. The boats were very new. It was Ning Que who bought the boats.

Wooden paddles cut through the white clouds reflected in the lake. The waves of the lake began to rise and they swayed to the distance. The gra.s.s in the clear water was disturbed and the fish among the aquatic plants were scared.

The boat left the dock and sailed towards the middle of the lake.

The center of Yanming Lake was a lotus field.

Ning Que was half lying on the boat and his collar had been untied. He laid in the shade of the boat and sniffed the faint scent from the wind, then closed his eyes to rest.

Sangsang stood at the stern and slowly rowed.

”Close your eyes and feel it,”

Ning Que said.

Sangsang obeyed, putting down her oars and moving near Ning Que. She leaned on him and closed her eyes. The slightly spa.r.s.e eyelashes moved gently and the yellowish hair was waved by the wind.

”What did you feel?”

”The lake wind is very cool.”

”I was talking about the Qi of Heaven and Earth.”

”It looks like... it's stronger than on the sh.o.r.e.”

Sangsang opened her eyes and looked at the lotus field not far away. Her thin eyebrows twisted.

Ning Que took a blueprint from his pocket. He pointed at the Yanming Lake which was fingernail sized on the blueprint and said, ”This lake is the left eye of the array of Chang'an. The imperial court dredged this lake last year. To the public, it said that doing this was Chang'an Local Government's request. In fact, it is the daily maintenance of G.o.d-stunning Array by the Imperial Center Administration.”

Sangsang asked, ”The imperial court agreed to us buying the house beside the lake?”

”I'm now in charge of this array of Chang'an City, so why not?”

Ning Que then said, ”The reason why I had to spend every coin, even sell some calligraphy to buy this house is this lake. This large array in Chang'an City has never been triggered, but it is running slowly. Yanming lake is the left eye of the array, the lake must naturally gather Qi of Heaven and Earth. Although the self-uniformity of heaven and earth is too strong, the concentration here cannot be too special, but it is good for cultivation.”

Sangsang nodded, but did not really understand.

”The most critical issue is that if I can really control the big array of Chang'an City, we can connect it with Seventh Sister's array.”

Ning Que said, ”At that time, there is no need to start the G.o.d-stunning Array to shock the world. I also have the ability to use the power of Chang'an City to plant someone's lotus.”

Sangsang said after thinking for a moment, ”Sounds very difficult.”

Ning Que was thinking about studying in the palace these days, and said, ”It's harder than hard.”

Sangsang said, ”Young master, I believe you can do it.”

”I hope so, but there's not much time left for me.”

Ning Que looked at the lotus field nearby, thinking that in the autumn, these lush green lotus leaves would turn into dry yellow leaves and that man would return to Chang'an. He became silent.

”Go to the lotus field over there,”

He said.

Sangsang stood up beside him and walked to the stern, rowing again.

”Let's row together…”

Ning Que started to sing.

Yanming Lake belonged to the land of the government and was not allowed to be sold. It was impossible for it to become Ning Que's private property. However, he bought the house on the lakeside. The imperial court knew his ident.i.ty and naturally would not force him to give up. The Yanming Mountain was not famous, and there were very few tourists. Therefore, Yanming Lake was in fact equal to being the private lake of his house. On the beautiful lake, there was only one boat.

Sealing up such a beautiful landscape, turning it into a private garden that can only be enjoyed by himself, and cutting off the opportunity for the people of Chang'an City to get close to it, of course, they would appear to be somewhat selfish and even morally problematic. However, Ning Que and his servant were upstarts and they had never been the kind who cared much about moral issues.

The more than ten acres of lotus fields in the center of the lake were all planted by people Ning Que hired. Now, after a few days, they were nourished by lake mud and the lotus leaves were already dense and the flowers were in full bloom.

Sangsang rowed the boat slowly entered the lotus field. There was nothing, except green lotus leaves and the pink lotus flowers. It seemed they entered a quiet maze which was entirely different from the hot summer.

The green round lotus leaves were like cattail leaves fanning the boat lying on the surface of the water. They stretched to the air and touched the boat from time to time, making the buzzing sound. The white, soft, tender and smooth like Jade petals were near the two people. They could even clearly smell the light fragrance.

Ning Que leaned on the bow of the s.h.i.+p, and looked at the lotus leaves around him. He was holding a cattail leaf fan and slightly squinted his eyes. He looked at the beauty of the lotus field while practicing meditation and used the magic that he learned in the cliff cave to build Qi. He kept breathing in and out the aura of heaven and earth to nourish the Great Spirit.

The drop of liquid of Great Spirit, which was formed in his body, was now more round and plump, and it looked liked water droplets rolling on the lotus leaf that would fall into the lake at any time.

The boat went deeper into the lotus field. The lakeside house and even the Yanming Mountain on the south bank were blocked by lotus leaves. Sangsang put down the paddle and sat down beside Ning Que, reaching out to the side of the boat and picking up a lotus's fruit between the leaves.