In the past two days since he came back, Lu Liangsheng has been busy recovering his cultivation and seldom spoke to Min Yuerou. They occasionally talked a few times, and they only said a few hurried words. Now that she suddenly disappeared, he felt sorry for no reason.
At the kitchen door, the white hen was still flapping its wings and running around. Li Jinhua heard that Yuerou was missing, so she dropped her broom and ran over.
"Liangsheng, what happened to Yuerou? Why did she leave?"
"Mom, don't worry." Lu Liangsheng comforted his mother and turned his head to look at his sister Xiaoxian: "Besides the sword, did you take any clothes with you?"
"Hmm..."
The girl frowned and thought for a moment, then shook her braid and shook her head: "It seems not, I'll go check again."
Turning around, she lifted her skirt and stepped up the wooden steps to the second floor, and went into the room next to the stairs. A breeze blew through the courtyard. Nie Honglian came in from her original position and saw a group of people standing under the eaves with smiles on their faces. However, she saw the frown on the scholar's face and asked in a low voice:
"Sir, what happened?"
"Min Yuerou is missing." Lu Liangsheng had just finished speaking when Lu Xiaoxian, who was in the attic, leaned over the fence and shouted down, "Brother, the clothes are still there."
Zhu Ganglie stretched out his strong arms and nodded thoughtfully.
"It must be some danger."
The Taoist kicked him, and he grumbled and turned aside, spreading his hands: "If you don't like it here, just break up with us."
This caused everyone around him to glare at him.
At the door of the room, Lu Liangsheng pursed his lips and was thinking carefully, not caring about what the pig demon said.
"The clothes are still there, so it's not like you left without saying goodbye."
The scholar was sure that she had not left. Women love beauty, so she would definitely bring some clothes for changing. With a frown on his face, he looked outside the yard.
Could it be that she blames me for neglecting her
That’s not right either…
My thoughts suddenly stopped, and the images in my mind seemed to be played backwards from Lujia Village to Fulin Prefecture, Northwest China, Chang'an... until that night, when the image of Min Yuerou standing at the door holding the soup froze.
I vaguely remember saying something.
"… If I want to get married, I must get my master's consent."
"… He once said that the way of cultivation should be passed down from generation to generation, and only after he passed away can people get married…"
Could it be that Min Yuerou really took this excuse seriously? She took the sword and was going to...
…
In the bright sunshine and undulating mountains, a graceful figure clutched the scabbard of a sword and walked across the swaying patches on the ground. She wiped the sweat from her face, looked up to see how far up she was, and muttered softly.
"Not far away, the urgent ones are ahead."
He walked a distance with the scabbard in hand and saw some faded ropes tied between trees. He wiped off the sweat from his face and smiled, revealing a few white teeth. He followed the marks made by someone unknown and found the cliff with the huge rock that he had seen that afternoon.
The surrounding cliffs were covered with moss and dead vines. The wind blew through the woods, and the intertwined branches rustled the leaves.
The woman standing here holding the scabbard swallowed her saliva. Her original idea came to her mind, but now she hesitated.
"Lu Liangsheng is a cultivator. To be his master, his cultivation must be very high..."
Thinking of this, I felt a little hesitant and wanted to go back, but if I couldn't find her to eat at this time, she would definitely look for her everywhere. If I failed to do so, wouldn't I be laughed at if I went back
Min Yuerou gritted her teeth, walked to the front of the big blue rock and stood still, then she shouted at the big rock.
"Hey, can the old man inside hear me? You are Lu Liangsheng's master?!"
The voice that came out of the woman's mouth was a little trembling. The dim light inside the big rock was shaking, and the round shadow of a pancake was thrown up on the illuminated cave wall.
Below, a short figure with a bulging belly and legs apart was sitting on the ground with his face raised. His head suddenly grew bigger and his mouth opened wide, waiting for the round cake to fall.
A voice was faintly heard from the stone gate: "... Can the old man inside hear that you are Lu Liangsheng's master?!"
He shrank his head and looked at the stone gate. A round cake in mid-air fell and hit him on the head with a bang, then rolled to the ground. The Toad Taoist blinked his eyes, looking puzzled.
"Why does this voice sound so familiar to me?"
He glanced at the bread lying on the ground, picked it up, blew away the dust on it, tiptoed to throw it over the edge of the bed, then walked to the stone gate with his flippers on his back, listening carefully to the noise outside.
Outside, Min Yuerou saw that no one responded, so she shouted to Dayan again: "You are Lu Liangsheng's master, a cultivator, can you only hide in this cave and not even dare to see a woman?!"
Behind the rock, the Toad Taoist priest, who was sticking to the stone door, smacked his lips.
"I don't even know you, why would I see you?"
Just as she was about to turn around and leave, the female voice outside was heard again. Min Yuerou's eyes were slightly red as she stared at the motionless Da Qingyan.
"I know you are in there. You have the ability but you dare not come out. You are a coward!"
The Toad Taoist took half a step forward and retracted his flippers. His cheeks puffed up and the veins on his head bounced.
"How dare you compare me to a turtle!"
He turned around and waved his flippers to transfer his magic power to the stone gate, and the heavy rock slowly moved to the side with a heavy sound.
The woman standing at the entrance of the cave also stopped talking. She was startled by the sudden movement of the big rock and quickly took two steps back with her scabbard in hand.
With a heavy rumbling sound, the stone door opened, revealing the darkness inside. At the same time, sunlight shone in, falling on the short figure, and the woman standing outside in the sunlight could also be seen.
The expressions on the faces of the man and the toad were stunned for a moment.
"It's you!"
They spoke almost at the same time. How could Min Yuerou not have seen the toad wearing clothes in front of her? She had even seen it many times.
Is this Lu Liangsheng’s master
It was totally different from what I imagined, the kind of immortal with a white beard and hair, a long robe, and an air of immortality.
Over there, Taoist Toad looked her up and down, narrowed his eyes, and snorted coldly.
"I didn't look like this back then. I was an immortal, standing on a purple cloud, overlooking the mountains and rivers. I could turn my hand to make clouds and rain, and I could defeat all the monsters without blinking an eye..."
Min Yuerou hesitated and looked him up and down: "Master, you look like this now..."
The Toad Taoist looked to the side with his white belly sticking out, put his webbed feet under his chin and coughed dryly.
"Accident."
Then, the toad's bean-sized eyes glanced at the woman.
"Why are you shouting and yelling outside my cave?"
"I... I..."
At this moment, when she really saw the Toad Taoist, Min Yuerou was a little afraid to say what was in her heart. Her chest was heaving, and she was breathing heavily from her mouth and nose. After a while, she tightly grasped the scabbard, mustered up the courage to open her mouth, and said "I came here to ask Master..." but she was only halfway through the words.
The forest shook and a light sound was heard not far behind him. Taoist Toad leaned sideways and looked past the woman to see a figure slowly walking towards him, pushing aside the drooping branches.
"Liangsheng, have you recovered your cultivation?"
Min Yuerou came back to her senses and saw Lu Liangsheng standing there in a green shirt and white robe. For a moment, her face dropped and her body turned slightly to the side.
"Yue Rou." Lu Liangsheng nodded to his master, stepped on the soft soil and came over, stood next to the woman, took a deep breath, and said:
"I shouldn't have said it so tactfully that day because I was afraid of hurting you."
Min Yuerou lowered her head, and warm, wet water dripped from the tip of her nose to the ground, soaking the soil. She didn't know where she got the courage from, but she gripped the scabbard tightly and slowly raised her face, looking at the man in front of her with red eyes.
"But... but you said, as long as you said it, you said that your master must pass away before you can get married. You are a cultivator, how can you bully others... and lie to me, a woman!!"
The latter sentence was almost shouted out.
The sunlight was slanting, and the Toad Taoist priest standing in the mottled sunlight looked at the woman who was sobbing, then looked at his disciple.
At a certain moment, he thought of the woman buried in a grave in a certain mountain.
After thinking about it, he realized it was nothing more than a romantic relationship. After a moment, the Toad Taoist sighed, shook his head, turned around and walked towards the cave, waving his flippers while holding his disciple on his back.
"Liangsheng, please understand this matter carefully. How can a cultivator be indecisive?"
His tone was calm but majestic. The next moment, he stepped on the ground with his flippers and slipped on a small stone. His round body fell to the ground in fear. His tongue popped out and dragged at the corner of his mouth, and his eyes rolled up.
Well…
Lu Liangsheng and Min Yuerou opened their mouths slightly, looking at the toad lying motionless on the ground, and they hadn't reacted yet.
"I can only help you so far."
Toad lay on the ground thinking, Webhead quietly rubbed his stomach which was hurt from the fall...