Chapter 277 - Barbecue Party (1/2)

Chapter 277 Barbecue Party

In the sunset, Lin Luoran and the others walk on the mountain trail. They look like a group that just finished their picnic.

Of course, this is not real. Lin Luoran, the pillar of the Lin family, entered the middle stage of Laying Foundation half an hour ago. In fact, she almost reached the later stage back then. Lin was worried about her extremely rapid progress on cultivation. Since there was no chance that she could directly enter the later stage, she gave up and woke up from the tranquility.

Lin Luoran has only overcome a little difficulty on the path of cultivation, but this is enough for Mr. Lin to be proud of. All of those who have protected Lin Luoran during her tranquility are familiar with her and they are all happy knowing that she has entered the next level. They talk and laugh during the way back and they startle some birds which are also on their way home.

“Sister Lin, we have to celebrate this once we’re home!” Li Xi’er is rolling her eyes with ideas on her mind.

Lin Luoran really wants to stay indifferent and ignores Li Xi’er. However, she can’t hide her happiness and laughs, “What do you have in mind? You can do everything as long as you keep a low profile.”

Everybody turns their eyes on Li Xi’er. Li Xi’er can’t make the decision just yet. At the same time, Luodong’s stomach growls again, which reminds Li Xi’er that they haven’t eaten anything today. She blurts out, “Sister Lin, let’s have a big dinner!”

What kind of celebration is this? Lin Luoran laughs. However, the others all love this idea.

Alright. Food is indeed essential… The problem is, they have become picky because they eat vegetables from Lin’s s.p.a.ce and her backyard and meat brought back by Goldie. What should they eat tonight that deserves to be called a big dinner?

When Lin Luoran is thinking, Luodong says to Huang Weijian, “I remember that you told me the barbecue restaurant near our school is nice.”

Noticing that everybody is looking at him, Huang Weijian wants to kick Luodong’s a.s.s. Huang doesn’t want anybody to connect him with the greasy and dirty little restaurant that serves fake lamp meat. Lin Luodong! You were the one who dragged me to the restaurant and ended up having diarrhea after that! Huang Weijian thinks.

Lin Luoran makes the final decision. Barbecue! That’s it!

Li Xi’er and Lin Luodong cheer. The night isn’t here yet and Lin Luoran sends Li Xi’er and Luodong to go and find raw materials. Lin Luodong drags Huang Weijian along with him.

Mr. Lin says that the small lake they pa.s.sed by may have fish living in there. He has to go and have a look.

Yuan Ye heads into the mountain to look for some natural seasonings. All of a sudden, Lin Luoran is alone with Liu Zheng.

They take a few steps ahead. Lin Luoran sees a bush of dark purple leaves and she is excited, “Wow, look at this!”

Liu Zheng bends down and looks at the plant. He asks, “What’s this? Is it edible?”

“This is wild houttuynia! Don’t tell me you never eat it.” Houttuynia makes the best salad and it can be used in roasted fish. It used to be everywhere in the field before people start to plant it in their farms. Wild houttuynia tastes the best and it is hard to find these days.

Lin Luoran uses a branch to dig the houttuynia out while explaining the way to eat it to Liu Zheng.

Liu Zheng is awkward. He really has never tasted it before. Lin Luoran suddenly realizes, “Oh! I forget that your family is too wealthy to eat this kind of wild gra.s.s. Sorry.”

Liu Zheng smiles and says nothing. Lin Luoran is so focused on digging that she doesn’t know that her hair is tainted by mud. Liu Zheng looks at Lin Luoran and he has a hard time imagining how a cultivator in the level of Laying Foundation can dig wild herbs with so much joy. Every time Liu Zheng thinks he knows Lin Luoran better, he will discover more lovely things about her.

He feels that he can’t find a word to describe Lin Luoran, and he keeps falling in love deeper with her. He is destined to pursue this woman in front of him forever.

He is lucky if he can ever have her. If not, it’s just fate. It’s so quiet and the view around them is beautiful. It’s like they are the only two persons left in the world. Liu Zheng feels that a little elf in his heart is telling him to express his love to her. Even if she doesn’t love him back, it’s better than hesitating between to be or not to be.

Before Liu Zheng opens his mouth, Yuan Ye is back with a lot of stuff in his arm. Yuan Ye says, “Master! I’ve found many seasoning ingredients!”

With houttuynia still in hands, Lin Luoran is stunned by Yuan Ye’s tone. Did Yuan Ye want to be her apprentice because of his love for food? Lin Luoran is speechless. Yuan Ye is not the only one. All of the people who are familiar with her family are foodies. This is such a huge coincidence.

Lin Luoran looks at Yuan Ye and sees shallots, peppers, and Sichuan peppers in his arms… The mountain is covered with snow. Yuan Ye must have gone through a lot of trouble to find all of the ingredients.

Seeing that Yuan Ye is here, Liu Zheng knows that his chance of expressing his love for Lin Luoran is gone. He is himself again. Lin Luoran has already got an apprentice. The gap between him and her is too huge. The most important thing to do is to get stronger through hard work!

Soon, Li Xi’er comes back with Lin Luodong and Huang Weijian and they bring a lot of things along. Li Xi’er is carrying two colorful pheasants in her hands and Lin Luodong and Huang Weijian are carrying a black thing hanging on a stick. Lin Luoran takes a closer look. Wow, it’s a young wild pig! She wonders who caught it.

Though the pig is young, it is fat and it weighs over 100 pounds. In this case, they don’t need to find other ingredients. The pig is already enough after they break it down. Nevertheless, Lin Luodong and Huang Weijian are quite strong to be able to carry this pig.

Mr. Lin returns with a string of fish in his hand. The straw rope is freshly made and over thirty fat fish, as well as some shrimps, are hanging on it. Catching animals are just so easy for cultivators, even those in the early stage of Training Qi. It’s almost night. Yuan Ye and Liu Zheng carry the pig and they start to head home.

Lin Luoran walks in the behind. The scene of Liu Zheng and Yuan Ye carrying a pig is so hilarious. Liu Zheng is wearing his Taoist robe and he is so different from the “suit and gold-rimmed gla.s.s” guy.

Lin Luoran tries very hard to hold back her laughter. She doesn’t want to p.i.s.s off Liu Zheng.

Mr. Lin is the only one who notices Lin Luoran’s smile and he is thinking about something. It suddenly comes to Mr. Lin that his daughter is over 30 years old. He wonders what the perfect age of getting married is in the world of cultivation and he plans to ask the crazy Taoist about this.

Mr. Lin is depressed because his daughter is so mature and independent. It’s a big problem that normal men don’t match Lin Luoran.