Chapter 155 - Three years (1/2)

The appearance of Goldie at the Zhongshan Mausoleum is all over the internet thanks to instant sharing apps like “Weibo”.

If the pictures were posted by one person, people might think that the pictures were made by Photoshop. Yet, hundreds of people have posted pictures of Goldie taken from different angles, which makes Goldie’s existence a fact.

Goldie soon becomes popular. People all over the country are talking about the “mysterious hawk of the State of Huaxia”.

The local TV station hears about this and plans to make a doc.u.mentary. They film Goldie when it circles around the Zhongshan Mausoleum and rests on the roof of buildings. The TV station also invites an expert in zoology and some scholars who study Huaxia legends.

It only takes the TV station two days to shoot, invite the guests and edit the film. However, before the show is going to be broadcasted, the TV station receives a notice that the show must not be played… Why censor a golden hawk?

The journalists are confused, but they can’t do anything but keep the doc.u.mentary to themselves.

In fact, everybody is thinking about a question— is the hawk the mysterious monster in the Huaxia legends?

The crazy forward of the pictures of Goldie doesn’t stop. People find that Goldie seems to be settled at the Zhongshan Mausoleum. Except for hunting in the nearby mountains, it only circles around the Zhongshan Mausoleum or rests on the buildings. It never leaves this area.

What on earth is it looking for? — everybody who sees Goldie will have this question.

In order to have a look at the mysterious hawk, more and more tourists are coming to the Zhongshan Mausoleum. People realize that the golden hawk doesn’t attack humans and it is not afraid of humans. As time pa.s.ses, the hawk becomes a view of the Zhongshan Mausoleum.

Some tourists bring raw meat to feed the hawk. However, the golden hawk is nothing like the monkeys on Mount Emei. It doesn’t even cast a second glance at the raw meat! The hawk would rather go hunting by itself than eating one piece of meat or bread the tourists give to it…

The hawk’s feathers look like gold under suns.h.i.+ne. It soon becomes popular again on the internet because it has so much dignity. Goldie is then wors.h.i.+ped by some young people, and the less popular field of Huaxia legends research becomes hot again.

Though the Jinling TV station is not allowed to use Goldie as an advertise, heated discussions are going on in some BBSs.

In Lin’s villa on Mount Qingcheng, Li Xi’er is surfing the internet. News about Goldie is everywhere. Standing by the door, Luodong blinks and asks: “Is it Goldie?”

Li Xi’er immediately covers his mouth, giving him a hint that he should not say this aloud.

Sister Lin has been missing for half a month. Mr. Lin actually knows about what happened the night Lin Luoran disappears, but he keeps it a secret from Mrs. Lin. Li Xi’er has also received some information from her school. Her master asks her to return to the school immediately in case anything bad happens to her. Li Xi’er gives an absolute refusal.

It seems that a devil cultivator has suddenly appeared in the world of cultivation. The devil cultivator especially attacks young cultivators, which makes the world of cultivation panic. It is said that Sister Lin was taken away by the devil cultivator… Li Xi’er silently encourages herself. If she left the Lin family, Sister Lin’s parents would be in so much danger.

The superior of Qingcheng Taoist Temple, who did nothing to save Lin Luoran, has been cla.s.sified into the “bad guys” by Li Xi’er. Li doesn’t trust the Superior to take care of the Lin family.

Twenty days after Lin Luoran’s disappearance, Baojia moves to Lin’s villa. She also starts to practice the breathing methods Lin Luoran learned from Master Jia and taught her parents. Baojia doesn’t design jewelry anymore and she puts all her heart into cultivation.

Thirty days later, Mrs. Lin happens to read a piece of news about Goldie on the internet. She closes the webpage and cries. Yet she never mentions this to anyone — her daughter once told her that she was the only master of Goldie. Luoran was so thoughtful. How could she disappear in the middle of night? Now, Goldie flies around outside like a wild bird without a home. Mrs. Lin is worried, yet she doesn’t want to prepare herself for the worst.