Utterly Ignorant

Chapter 41: Don't dwell on the past

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"Disciple understands."

Mu Lin performed a fire gesture, and the surroundings became much brighter.

This royal mausoleum has been almost completed, except that the burial objects have not been placed there yet. It looks very empty and the mechanisms have not been activated.

The soldiers were all guarding the periphery, but there were not many inside. The master and the apprentice used some tricks to make their way unimpeded and went straight to the deepest part.

They walked through the long tomb passage and entered the main chamber.

The cave was spacious and flat, so it was obvious that the dragon vein could not be here. Mu Lin looked around but did not find any other way to the dragon vein.

Master Zhechuan glanced around calmly, and a diagram of the Five Elements and Eight Diagrams seemed to emerge under his feet, and he was standing at the center of the formation.

"Lin'er, southwest."

Mu Lin walked over without any doubt and looked into the eyes of the solid stone wall.

She bent her fingers and tapped around, but she didn't find any hollow places or any secret mechanisms. She turned to look at Orikawa in confusion: "Master?"

Master Orikawa walked over and took a casual glance. The stone wall automatically split into two sides, leaving space for a door.

Master is awesome!

Mu Lin followed his master in with sparkling eyes, but it was a slope. The two kept walking down, and after walking for half an hour, Mu Lin felt it was getting hotter and hotter.

Is there magma underground? Mu Lin couldn't help but guess.

As if he could read her thoughts, Orikawa explained, "It's not magma, it's the Yang energy overflowing from the dragon vein."

“Is that so…” Mu Lin had never seen such a thing before.

Orikawa suddenly stopped, and before Mu Lin could come to his senses, he bumped into his master's back.

Mu Lin quickly took a step back, "Master, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to..."

"The dragon vein is broken." Orikawa suddenly spoke.

Mu Lin was confused: "What? Master, what did you say... The dragon vein is broken?" She poked her head out from behind Zhechuan and saw the huge, dim shadow of a golden dragon in front of her. The golden dragon was hovering weakly on the Dingshan Pillar, with a big cut on its neck, and golden light was overflowing from the broken part.

No wonder the imperial city is shrouded in a gray and decadent atmosphere. It turns out that its luck has run out and it will not last for many more years.

Mu Lin was really surprised. "This dynasty has only been established for twenty years. How could it be that it has already run out of luck?"

There are very few such examples in history, and this dragon vein is huge and can last for at least two or three hundred years. How could it be cut off shortly after it was formed

Mu Lin walked forward, and the dying dragon seemed to realize that she had no hostility and acquiesced to her approach.

"Master, the cut surface is so neat, could it be sabotaged by human beings?"

"Only mortals with great luck can do this. The dragon veins are masculine and difficult for demons to approach. Even gods and immortals must not easily destroy the dragon veins, otherwise they will be retaliated by the law of heaven."

Mu Lin thought for a moment, "Then can't we intervene?"

The dragon looked very uncomfortable, and Mu Lin couldn't help but feel a little sympathetic.

Orikawa looked at her meaningfully, "The immortals are not allowed to participate."

Mu Lin was a little disappointed, but when she looked at her master's eyes, she suddenly had an idea. If they couldn't get involved, then she shouldn't do it herself and let mortals get involved.

The golden dragon suddenly nudged Mu Lin's waist with its big nose. Mu Lin was most ticklish here, so she couldn't help but giggle and pushed its nose, "Stop it."

The golden dragon continued to arch, and Mu Lin looked at it in confusion after laughing.

"You have something it wants."

Jin Long nodded slightly, agreeing with what Orikawa said.

Mu Lin opened the Xuyu bag, and the things inside floated out one by one. Most of them were some immortal herbs for alchemy, notes from reading, and some natural treasures given by the master...

The golden dragon looked at it for a long time, but seemed to have no interest in it. Suddenly, its eyes lit up, and it touched the inconspicuous Xiuyan jade with its beard.

The dark green and translucent jade also emits a faint glow, as if responding to it.

Jin Long rubbed his big nose towards Mu Lin in a flattering manner.

Mu Lin looked at his master with a questioning look, "This was given to me by a mortal I helped in the mortal world. Can I give it to the dragon vein?"

"No problem."

Mu Lin nodded to the golden dragon. The golden dragon came over and rolled the sesame-sized jade in its eye into its mouth. Then the whole dragon coiled up into a ball and closed its eyes.

Mu Lin was speechless. She had figured out that this jade was destined to be with her. Could it be a transfer of fate

The wound on the dragon vein gradually emitted a light green light, and no longer emitted yang energy.

Never mind, saving a dragon’s life is better than building a seven-story pagoda.

Seeing that the dragon had no reaction after using her, it was meaningless to stay here, so Mu Lin said, "Master, let's go."

Master Orikawa showed considerable patience to this disciple: "Where are we going next?"

A dark light flashed across Mu Lin's eyes, "Bai Yulou."

Don't dwell on the past, but always make it clear. Who plotted against her? The mysteries surrounding Zhongli, and... Is Zhongli still alive

Mu Lin always has to confirm it again.

Zhechuan naturally let his disciple arrange everything. Before the master and disciple had even had a break in the imperial city, they set out on the journey to the south.

Mu Lin did buy a lot of local snacks on the way, such as candied haws, Poria cocos cakes, dragon beard cakes, donkey rolls, jujube paste cakes, cut cakes, Hu cakes... Mu Lin presented them to her master one by one, but unfortunately her master was not interested at all, so she could only regretfully (happily) eat all of them.

Orikawa felt that his disciple's face seemed a little rounder, but as a kind and good master, he said nothing.

On the way, I met a crazy monk wearing tattered clothes, with a wine pot hanging on his waist, chewing a chicken leg. It was really unbearable to watch! Mu Lin's mouth twitched.

"What a special monk..."

Orikawa counted with his fingers, "This is the reincarnation of Arhat the Dragon Subduer. He has a bohemian personality and firmly believes that 'alcohol and meat pass through the intestines, but the Buddha remains in the heart'. He must be here to punish evil and promote good."

The master is simply a human fortune-telling machine, and Mu Lin has the illusion that he is cheating.

Both the master and the disciple had no intention of engaging with the crazy monk and were about to continue on their way when he suddenly stepped forward and blocked their way.

"Hey, don't leave, my two benefactors!"

A pair of discerning eyes swept over the master and disciple with some surprise, and obviously recognized that they were not ordinary people.

Zhechuan looked at the monk calmly. He was a cultivator and obviously didn't like the monk. In order to avoid making the atmosphere too awkward, Mu Lin asked, "Master, what advice do you have?"

"It's not really a teaching, but I, the little monk, want to give this girl a little advice. Little girl, don't be obsessed, don't force it. The most important thing in life is to be happy! Don't you think so?"

Mu Lin shook his head and smiled helplessly: "Thank you for your guidance, Master, but I am not lost. Master and I have different paths in our hearts, so we cannot work together."

Besides, how people live has nothing to do with her. She is not really a human, but a member of the underworld and also a fairy.

"I hope the girl will take care of herself~"

The big monk was waving the tattered fan in his hand and was about to leave when he saw the master among the master and his apprentice conjure up a pot of wine out of thin air. The wine was fragrant and it was top-notch, absolutely top-notch fairy wine!

The big monk was unable to walk immediately, his obsessed eyes glued to the wine jug, not moving at all.

"Thank you for your guidance, I will give you this bottle of wine as a token of my gratitude."

The monk took the wine pot, sniffed it intoxicatedly, and suddenly sighed exaggeratedly: "Alas, the master is here, why should I worry about anything?"

He drank and staggered away.

Mu Lin thought he was interesting. "'Ji Gong', which means saving all living things, is this the name of Arhat Jiang Long in this life?"

"Well, Lin'er, don't pay attention to these weirdos out there."

"Why?"

"He gave you guidance today, and you will have to repay this favor tomorrow."

Mu Lin was surprised and asked, "You mean, his advice is very expensive?"

Mu Lin had a look of loss on his face and looked a little depressed.

The little girl still had a fussy side, which Orikawa found a little funny, and slowly said, "Not bad, but not as expensive as Master's good wine."

"Master doesn't usually make wine, but he actually kept good wine from his disciple. I don't like Master!"

"This is the gift that Immortal Lord Luochen sent to Master after he came out of seclusion. You were traveling in the human world at that time, so how did you know about it?"

"… All right."

"Forget it. If you like, Master will take you to the Luochen Immortal Lord's residence to ask for a few pots on the way back."

Mu Lin felt relieved, but he was unwilling to agree immediately: "Master, who is Immortal Lord Luochen? Please tell me about it."

This little girl always has her mind on something. Zhechuan shook his head helplessly and replied, "You must have heard of the other name of Immortal Luochen, the 'Wine Immortal'. He has an extraordinary talent for brewing wine, and the wine he brews is famous in the fairy world. However, he brews wine according to his mood, and sometimes he can only brew a few bottles in a hundred years."

"He is the wine fairy?" Mu Lin was shocked and couldn't help asking, "He is the one who smashed a few bottles of wine when fighting the enemy, causing the drunkard enemy to cry bitterly and be heartbroken, and took the opportunity to escape?"

It was this incident that made him famous overnight, becoming a famous wine fairy and fairy flower in the fairy world...

"That's right." Orikawa was speechless when he thought of this: "Luochen and I met in times of crisis. We are rare friends who can confide in each other. He can be considered your elder."

"I suddenly remembered that he had given you a gift when you became his disciple. It was a jar of girl's red wine. He asked me to bury it under the peach tree and take it out to drink when you get married..."

Mu Lin was speechless: "Lord Luochen is really out of line. He sent me wine to celebrate my marriage right after I became his disciple. It's a pity that I am devoted to Taoism and don't plan to get married!"

Zhechuan naturally didn't expect his disciple to leave. If his disciple wanted to leave, he wouldn't stop him, and if his disciple wanted to stay, he wouldn't chase him away.

Luochen sent the jar of wine just to ask Nuoye to accept a little girl as his apprentice. Maybe the girl would always have thoughts of love when she grows up, and she might be kidnapped by some rascal.

According to Master Orikawa, his disciple does not have such wisdom. She did not know what happened to her in her childhood, and she was too worried and obsessed, so it was difficult for her to consider love affairs.

Love is not the only precious thing in the world. Both the master and the disciple probably lack parental kinship, but after living together for twenty years on Baiwan Mountain in Yingzhou, they are both independent of each other and accompany each other.

This state of affairs was good, and Orikawa had no intention of changing it.

Of course, Ming Yijian, who almost dared not appear in front of him, was completely ignored by him.