Chapter 466 - The Reunion After Hundreds of Years (1/2)

Burning wet wood fire creates a lot of smoke on which people are choking. If Lin Luoran didn’t blow most of the smoke out, those inside the cave could have become “human-shaped bacon.” However, except for Lin Luoran and Ma Yiming, the rest still get their faces and hands dirty. After all, they have no idea how to do housework.

This embarra.s.sing experience brings them closer. While it keeps raining heavily outside, meat in the clay crock has already smelt great. Wild pork is very chewy. You can roast it or cook it in a crock. It is especially delicious with some tender fern stems that Lin Luoran found in the monster forest. Stewed in summer, this healthy dish warms up your heart with the fresh bitterness lingering in your mouth.

Beneath the campfire is a thin layer of soil. The taro dug up by Ma Yiming and Colin is buried right there. Feeling the stew is almost done, Lin Luoran pulls out the taro with a branch.

Growing up in the countryside of Huaxia before the New Era, Lin Luoran’s generation used to throw potatoes, sweet potatoes, and taro into the fire while the adults were burning wheat stalks. When the fire died down, the food was also well-cooked. She remembers the potatoes were crispy, the sweet potatoes were yummy, and the taro were soft… Lin distributes the black taro to the crew. “Try this. It’s delicious.”

The key to camping is to be as natural as possible. Lin Luoran doesn’t take out the utensils but cuts down a large bamboo nearby. The bamboo tube and sticks are used as bowls and chopsticks. Eating the wild pork stew with peeled burnt taro, they have a delicious and satisfying meal.

“Another bowl of stew!”

Judith wolfs the meal down. A few taros are far from enough for his appet.i.te. The rest of them only have a bowl of stew before he swallows the whole thing.

there is still some ash on Windsor’s cheeks. Touched by the warm atmosphere, she doesn’t pull Judith’s ears as usual.

Along with the aroma of food, they happily chat with each other about everything.

Having finished her share of taro, Han Weiya lowers her head. “Lin… Can I call you aunt like Shuangshuang does? If you didn’t take me out, I would never have lived such a happy life.”

Lin Luoran looks down. Don’t they live like fugitives? Even she is eager to go back to her hometown, not to mention Han Weiya. Han is just a little girl who has never left her loved ones since childhood and has never suffered.

Yet the girl looks at her with her shy but determined eyes. Why not let the girl call her aunt? It’s just an address. Lin Luoran nods. Han Weiya smiles and hands out something. “Aunt, this is my gift for you.”

A navy-blue stone lies in her fair palm. Two inches long and two fingers wide. It’s the 10000-year Hollow Azurite.

“Do you know how valuable this thing is?”

Han Weiya nods. “It turns into reiki with elixirs. This is the most wanted reiki mine for elixir makers.”

Windsor and her brother are confused. How can that small stone be a valuable treasure?

Lin Luoran understands. Han Weiya is innocent, but she’s not silly. Instead, Han is pretty smart, for she offers the stone deliberately in front of others in case Lin Luoran rejects her. It may seem improper, yet it’s a perfect time.

The girl doesn’t intend to force her. She just doesn’t want to be rejected.

Lin Luoran looks at Han Weiya’s eyes. She seems admiration, desire, anxiety, and trust, but no panic—She is determined to give Lin the 10000-year Hollow Azurite. Lin Luoran has no idea who told her about that stone.

However, because of Han Weiya, Lin Luoran finally makes up her mind.

Lin Luoran takes the stone from Han Weiya. The 10000-year Hollow Azurite in her palm is icy cold. Lin Luoran smiles. “Maybe I’m a pretty greedy aunt. Since I have this azurite, could you also give me a Bone Marrow Cleansing Elixir?”

Of course! There are only a few relics from the Danling Taoist. Han Weiya has always taken with her the Bone Marrow Cleansing Elixir. Hearing that Lin Luoran needs it, she hands the whole bottle to Lin Luoran without thinking.

Yet Lin Luoran only takes one and returns the jade bottle to the girl.

“Keep it in mind. When I find Nolan Mancia, I will build the Taoist root for you, so that you can use your personal ability!”

Except for the Windsors, who doesn’t know about personal ability?

New to the world of cultivation, the Ma siblings are shocked. Growing up familiar with cultivation, Han Weiya, who have received the doctrines of Danling Taoist in her dream, is also surprised.

Colin Weir is jealous. Those who are not from Huaxia can never have the Taoist root to cultivate. It’s destined that only a small group of people can evolve by cultivation. But it also makes their civilization decline. The rise of technological civilization on the other hand conforms to the laws of nature. It’s not about individual evolution, but the progress of the entire planet and civilization—He has reached a lot of information. But Colin has never heard that a cultivator can shape the Taoist root for others!

He immediately recalls the other ident.i.ty of Lin Luoran: Mortal Heart Fairy, the guardian of Dongting. Is it true that this girl he gets along with is an immortal in Huaxia legend?

“What are you talking about? It’s all mine if you don’t want to eat the stew!”

Judith speaks with his mouth full. His words break the silence.

Lin Luoran glances at him and suddenly smiles at Windsor. “There is a saying in my hometown that eating is a blessing. Your brother is a blessed person.”

Windsor doesn’t know why she changes the topic so fast. Colin Weir knows that compared to this savvy princess, Lin Luoran likes the foodie prince more.

Eating is a blessing.

…

The bonfire is still burning. Many of them fall asleep against the rock wall. Snoring in his sleep, Judith makes Lin Luoran keep smiling.

When everyone is asleep, Lin Luoran wakes up Ma Shuangshuang and Ma Yiming.

She shushes them and lets the siblings follow her out.

As the rain lets out, Lin Luoran brings the siblings to climb towards the top of the mountain. With the Taoist root of two elements, Ma Shuangshuang feels alright soon. After her early phase of Training Qi, she’s already got better eyesight and hearing. As she can see things in the dark, climbing is not that tiresome. However, Ma Yiming’s Taoist root is pretty weak. He finds it hard to follow Lin Luoran once she speeds up.

Moving forward on a rainy night, Ma Yiming doesn’t complain a word. He stumbles but never lags behind.

Their clothes have been drenched. Ma Yiming’s vital energy and blood were surging when they started. However, climbing at such a speed, all sounds of life disappear. He only hears his heartbeats.

Thump. Thump. Thump.

From anxious to calm, Ma Yiming feels the circulation of breath in his chest. His pores open, greedily taking in oxygen. Rus.h.i.+ng forward, he calms down. It’s amazing how his body has changed. Ma Yiming could only feel a sense of Qi before, but now he feels Reiki molecules with oxygen flowing into his pores.

The night has become a colorful world in his eyes.

Green, blue, black, gold… There is wood, water, soil. Even gold is buried under the mountains. There is no Fire Reiki molecule in the forest in the rainy night. Tonight belongs to Ma Yiming.

Lin Luoran leads the way in front of them. As she moves, she steps on the spot with the richest Reiki. That is why the siblings following behind feel so different.

Wood means life. The siblings with wood Taoist Root are being nourished by the rain.

Rain falls into a stream and penetrates the depths of the soil. Ma Shuangshuang feels she’s like a pine tree on the mountain, watered by the rain and deeply rooted in the soil.

Her Taoist Root has both wood and earth elements. According to the traditional theory of five elements, wood restrict earth, while water generates earth. Is it possible that people believe in the inter-restriction between the five elements because they haven’t found the delicate balance between wood and earth? These two elements with greater power may restrict each other, yet with less power, they can also coexist. Besides, the rainwater falls to reconcile everything. Such a special night belongs to Ma Yiming, and also Ma Shuangshuang who has a Taoist Root of two elements.

She feels her Reiki surging inside. It is looking for a way out!

How can she use it?

Ma Shuangshuang’s confused. Suddenly, the rain gets heavier, and the wind much stronger. It turns out that she has followed Aunt Lin to the summit.

At night, the Maple Leaf City is visible. The dim lights sway in the rain.

She hears Lin Luoran’s slow and powerful voice. ” Yiming, open your mind. Feel the Reiki in the world. Recite the breathing method in your mind.”

Ma Yiming leans on a pine tree. He immerses himself in this rainy night in the most comfortable posture.

“Shuangshuang, remember my Taoist hand gesture.”

Taoist hand gesture. Ma Shuangshuang’s a bit surprised. Is it the Spells of the Five Elements she has been practicing?

Lin Luoran has long and flexible fingers. Under the raindrops, they look like pieces of jade. Lin raises her right hand and puts her thumb on the first knuckle of her index finger. Her little finger then touches her thumb… Ma Shuangshuang can’t help following Lin’s move. Every time she changes the gesture, Lin Luoran’s fingertips seem to pinch the Reiki. It makes the entire set of hand gestures full of indescribable beauty.