Chapter 307 - Digging Out the Spirit Bamboo (1/2)

There are tens of thousands of acres of verdant mountains in the beautiful city of Yibin. Boundless bamboo forests cover hundreds of hills that are connected to each other.

In the east of Yibin, there is a county called Changning. Going 60 kilometers from Yibin to Changning, you’ll get to the entrance of “the Sea of Bamboo in the south of Chuan province”.

Temperatures are rising, even the wind in the city is hot. People living in the city can’t withstand the heat and all go on holidays in the bamboo forest where it is cool in summer and warm in winter.

The river is singing. Birds are chirping. Wildflowers are growing in the green bamboo forest. When tourists walk along the crooked roads in the forest, they feel as if they were getting out of the earthly world and became immortals. If you come across a girl in a green dress deep in the bamboo forest, she must look like a fairy living in the mountains.

Pa.s.sing the Worry Free Valley, you’ll find the “Emerald Corridor” of the bamboo forest. There are dozens of miles of tourist trails. If visitors walk along the trails, they’ll hear the sound of the running spring and enjoy the scenery in the bamboo forest. With the fragrance of bamboo leaves diffusing in the air, people will be very relaxed and peaceful in mind.

Right now, there are three tourists on the Emerald Corridor. The girl walking inat the front seems to be in her twenties. She is in a simple yet beautiful green dress and she doesn’t wear any makeup, which makes the forest even more quiet and enchanting. Her eyes are clear. Others can see the reflections of the swaying bamboo branches in them.

There are also two younger boys who are 15 or 16 years old. One of them is more outgoing. He is taking pictures of the scenery along the road with a DSLR and holds the three of them behind. They walk more slowly than they did at first.

If they didn’t travel together, Lin Luoran would not have known that Lin Luodong is a fan of photography. Cultivators should also have hobbies. Li Xi’er is developing the hobby of flowering. Yuan Ye likes to study spirit herbs. Huang Weijian loves to practice calligraphy. Lin Luoran herself only feels fulfilled when working in her s.p.a.ce.

A dew is rolling on the tip of the gra.s.s. Lin Luodong stays still for a while to shoot the moment when it rolls down.

“I got it. We can go now.” Lin Luodong feels sorry for having his sister and Huang Weijian waiting for him.

As for Huang Weijian, although he is a cultivator, he has never been out of Rong City. He was raised by his single grandfather in the countryside of Rong City and moved to the city. The mountains are green. The rivers are beautiful. He desperately wants to see everything and remember them deeply in his heart.

While taking pictures of the bamboo forest, Lin Luodong says: “I was wondering where mom and dad are now.”

After returning from the Tower of Babel, Mr. Lin made a particularly romantic decision of taking Mrs. Lin to travel around the world. Their first stop is Hainan. They should enjoy the suns.h.i.+ne on the beach and drink coconut waterjuice at this time. Also, they may have seafood for lunch. Mr. Lin took a lot of fis.h.i.+ng gear with him and said he was going to try real sea fis.h.i.+ng.

Li Xi’er returned to her teacher’s place. Only Yuan Ye is still at Lin’s villa. He guards the house while teaching his school brother who is a bit slow on the spells of the five elements. This month has become the real tourism month for everyone at Lin’s houseschool.

Lin Luoran chose the Sea of Bamboo in the south of Chuan province to be their first stop because of the bamboo tube that Yuan Ye made last time. The bamboo has Reiki on it. Lin Luoran can transplant the bamboo to her s.p.a.ce and the backyard of Lin’s villa. She can also use it to make containers. Maybe it can be used to refine weapons as well? It will be useful anyway.

The sun gradually rises high into the sky. Lin Luodong takes photos and makes them walk slow, so they didn’t get out of the Emerald Corridor until now.

Lin Luoran and Huang Weijian are not tired, but they have to take care of Lin Luodong. There are always a lot of village inns around scenic spots. Lin Luoran wants to pick one randomly to have lunch at. However, restaurants are not like other places. The quieter a restaurant is, the worse its food tastes. Lin Luoran has to choose one with many customers in it to make sure the food they are going to eat is fresh.

People coming to the Sea of Bamboo must try the bamboo banquet or they’ll be laughed at. Lin Luoran decides to try the local food and chooses to sit in the corner of the restaurant. Now, they only need to wait patiently for the bamboo banquet.

The first dish is smoked meat that is finely sliced. Oil on the meat s.h.i.+nes under the light. It is made of pork belly and is very oily as if it were made from oil. Lin Luoran takes a bite and finds that the meat tastes very well and is not greasy at all. It tastes even better than their homemade smoked meat when she was little.

Is it smoked with bamboo leaves?

Lin Luodong takes a few bites. The food here is not as fancy as what he eats at home, but the meat tastes well because the pig may be raised in the mountains and is not fed on fodder. The method of smoking meat is also special, which makes it tastes completely different from dishes at Lins.

“This is delicious.” Huang Weijian concludes.

A carefree waiter brings over a big bamboo tube and says: “Sir, more delicious dishes are to come!”

The joint on one side of the bamboo tube is cut off. The tube is filled with tender white tofu. The fragrance of the beans blends with that of the bamboo. Coriander on the withe tofu greatly increases the three customers’ appet.i.te. The waiter then quickly brings three plates of chili sauce, which completes the full process of serving the tofu.