The purple bamboo forest is filled with smoke and the fragrance of bamboo is overflowing. A gurgling stream runs around the house, crystal clear.
At this moment, outside the creek, two Taoist boys stopped Sun Hou'er, preventing him from taking another step forward. Sun Hou'er treated the layman who had never come out of the courtyard with both soft and hard tactics, but he could only get an order to expel him.
Sun Hou'er chuckled, and an iron rod appeared in his hand, a middle-grade Xuan-level iron rod. This is not his natal weapon, it is just for temporary use.
Sun Hou'er's face darkened, and then he smiled again: "I, Sun, beg you with good intentions, but if you don't agree, it seems that if this doesn't make sense, some means will be used!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Sun Hou'er dodged and raised the iron rod towards the two Taoist boys. The two Taoist boys could not react at all. If the iron rod fell, they would both die!
"Monkey, how dare you!"
A soft shout resounded through the bamboo forest, followed by a burst of Taoist power that held Sun Houer's iron rod, and then two more Taoist forces pulled the two Taoist boys back into the bamboo courtyard.
Sun Hou'er chuckled: "It's a pity that I, Sun, have been suppressed for tens of thousands of years and my cultivation level has dropped too much. Otherwise, you, a little kid, would never be my opponent!"
The layman in the courtyard said coldly: "You and I have nothing to do with each other, and I don't want to become enemies with you. Leave the Purple Bamboo Forest as soon as possible."
Sun Hou'er glanced at Ye Ling and said: "This little kid of mine was seriously injured. I don't know how to heal and can't save him, so I came to bother the layman. Of course I can leave, but I just beg you to save his life. As long as I can To save him, I will act like a cow or a horse, and I will do anything."
There was silence in the courtyard, and no one spoke.
Sun Hou'er nodded: "That's alright. Since lay people like purity, I will destroy your purple bamboo forest and make it impossible for you to have peace!"
As he spoke, Sun Hou'er raised the iron rod and hit Zizhu.
But before the stick fell, the layman in the courtyard spoke again: "You monster monkey, you are very impatient. I didn't say you wouldn't save him. Anyway, it's not my intention to refuse to save him. You leave, and I will rescue this young man." "
"Thank you very much then."
Sun Hou'er bowed respectfully, turned around and left.
"Master, the monkey is gone."
"Why is he so easy to fool? What if Master lied to him?"
"Stupid, how could Master lie to others?"
"Master will not lie to others, but he will be deceived when he meets others."
"You two, stop arguing. Although this monkey is impatient, he is also straightforward. You go and carry the young man into the courtyard, and I will look at his injuries."
"yes!"……
But it was said that Sun Hou'er came out of the purple bamboo forest, found a big tree outside, and climbed up to a high branch to rest. He didn't believe that this layman would lie to him, because if something went wrong, Sun Hou'er would never let it go.
While he was resting, a golden cicada came down from the tree. He came out of the air in front of Sun Hou'er and asked with a smile: "Is that little donor okay?"
Sun Hou'er said: "The layman in the bamboo forest said he would save him, so I have no choice but to wait here. You humans all have the same problem. If you have a little bit of ability, you will deliberately act independently and create an annoying appearance. When you look like this, you call it arrogance because of your talent. In my opinion, it’s nothing but ridicule."
Jin Chanzi did not refute, but simply said calmly: "I heard Master Guanjing say that the layman in the bamboo forest is an expert."
Sun Hou'er didn't care about his identity, as long as he could save and cure Ye Ling.
The two were silent for a while, and Sun Houer suddenly asked: "Little monk, when I was in the Holy Spirit Sect, this guy said he wanted to learn Buddhist scriptures from you, but you rejected him. Why did you take the initiative to invite him when we met today?"
"Buddha said: Don't say it, don't say it."
Jin Chanzi smiled. In fact, he felt a strong Buddhist aura in Ye Ling this time, which made him curious.
"You can forget it if you don't tell me, but if you want to take him as your slave, that's absolutely impossible." Sun Hou'er said with a smile: "On the contrary, the grandson of the old Dragon King was captured by you as a mount, you Aren’t you afraid that the East China Sea Dragon Palace will cause trouble for you?”
Jin Chanzi said: "Everything has a cause and effect. If the poor monk does it naturally, he will not be afraid of trouble."
"Since you want us to go to the West with you to obtain Buddhist scriptures, why do you come all the way to Putuo Island in the southeast instead?"
"Amitabha, don't say it, don't say it."
"You monk, you are so annoying!"
Sun Hou'er jumped up and jumped to
Other trees went up and paid no attention to the golden cicada.
Jin Chanzi did not ask for trouble, turned around and fell back to the ground and said: "We will stay on Putuo Island for a while. I hope the little donor can be safe and sound." After that, he turned and left.
"No monk in the world is lovable!"
Sun Houer turned his head as if he was going to sleep...
A burst of birdsong was noisy in his ears, and Ye Ling slowly opened his eyes. The pain on his body made him regret waking up.
But he immediately regained consciousness. Looking around, he saw himself lying in a bamboo house, wrapped in white cloth and wrapped in various medicinal herbs. The smell was pungent.
He searched privately and found the wooden sword lying beside the bed, and he felt relieved.
Not long after, a little boy came in carrying a basin. Seeing Ye Ling wake up, he said, "You're awake, it's been three days. If you don't wake up, that monster monkey outside the forest is going to make trouble again."
Ye Ling still remembered seeing Sun Hou'er before he fell into coma, and asked hurriedly: "The Great Sage is outside? Where is this place?"
"This is the purple bamboo forest on Putuo Island in the South China Sea. The monkey outside begged my master to save you."
Hearing this, Ye Ling tried to stand up, but unexpectedly, a stab of pain made him frown and almost scream.
The little Taoist boy also stopped him and said, "Don't move. Master said, you are seriously injured and need to rest. Just stay there. If anything happens, I will take care of it for you."
Ye Ling said, "Thank you, Fairy Boy. Please tell the big brother outside - Sun Hou'er, that I'm fine."
"It turns out that the monkey outside is called Sun Hou'er," Tao Tong nodded and said, "Okay, I get it. By the way, what's your name?"
"Ye Ling, please ask the disciples of Taixu Peak of Tianzong."
"Then I'll call you Taoist Ye. I'm Shanfeng, and the other one is Yuqiao. If you need anything, just call us two."
After that, the little Taoist boy went out.
Ye Ling lay on his back on the bamboo bed, looking at the roof, lost in thought. Thinking back on what happened over the past few days, I felt that I was still a little too impulsive.
"If I die like this, there are still many things I still don't understand."
Ye Ling laughed to himself, and the suppressed emotions from Tianxiang City were suddenly released, which made him feel much more relaxed.
"Land from……"
He thought of the demon woman who looked exactly like Lu Li again, and couldn't help but feel confused again.
"Is there really the same person in this world? Or..."
Ye Ling remembered Sun Hou'er's words. If he wanted to know the answer, he would need to go to the Southern Territory.
Ye Ling reached out and took out a messenger talisman from his jade finger, and told Xu Hong and others about his stay on Putuo Island to reassure them.
At night, while the two Taoist boys were sleeping, Sun Hou'er sneaked into the house to see Ye Ling. He chuckled and said, "You're so lucky, you won't even die like this."
Ye Ling smiled and said: "Isn't it the same with the Great Sage? He has been suppressed for tens of thousands of years and is still not alive and kicking now."
"That's right, we have to show those who want us dead how good we are living!"
Ye Ling asked: "Great Sage, the golden hoop on your head..."
Sun Hou'er said: "It's not a problem, I'm just playing with the young monk. When he returns to Leiyin Temple, he will naturally take off the golden hoop for me, Sun."
Ye Ling was silent, he knew that Sun Hou'er was just comforting him. With this golden hoop on his head, it is like the mountain that still prevented him from being free.
The two chatted for a long time. Sun Hou'er gave some advice on Ye Ling's practice, then stood up and left: "The young monk and I have been on the island these days. If anything happens, let the two Taoist boys come find me."
Ye Ling felt warm in his heart and responded.
For three days in a row, Ye Ling couldn't move in bed. He got a reply from Xu Hong, saying that there were some matters at Dongfanghai Pavilion and that he could not come to join him for the time being. He also asked Ye Ling to stay on Putuo Island first and not go to Penglai Island. He also promised that Xiaowu and Qilin were fine after being treated by Jiang Fan and Dongfang Haige's medical immortals, which reassured Ye Ling.
But Ye Ling noticed something fishy from Xu Hong's words. Since Xu Hong and the others couldn't come to meet up, it meant that something happened in the pavilion. Xu Hong just didn't want to make Ye Ling anxious.
"I have to recover from my injuries as soon as possible and return to Penglai Island.
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Ye Ling secretly made up his mind. Early the next morning, Shanfeng walked into the house to change Ye Ling's dressing, but found that Ye Ling was missing.
"Taoist Ye! Taoist Ye!"
The mountain wind was shouting everywhere, but Ye Ling was standing by the back window of the main hall of the small courtyard at the moment, looking at the purple bamboo forest outside, and found that the purple bamboo forest on He Taixu Peak was a kind of bamboo.
He suddenly remembered that Xiaobai had said that the purple bamboo on Taixu Peak was obtained by Master Chen Yan from the South China Sea.
While he was thinking about it, a person floated up behind him, and all he could see was: "Green gauze Taoist robe, hair tied with a hairpin. His face is as handsome as East China Sea jade, but his eyes are full of mulberry fields. He lives in seclusion in the bamboo forest, not knowing what is going on in the world." Years. But if I keep my heart for love, who can I say it to in vain?"
Ye Ling suddenly turned his head, met the man's eyes, cupped his hands and said: "Junior Ye Ling, thank you senior for helping me."
The man looked at Ye Ling carefully, then smiled and said, "Your Tao body is really rare. It's surprising that you can recover so quickly."
"Dare to ask senior..."
"When your injury is healed, let's go. I'm used to being quiet here and don't entertain many outsiders."
Hearing that the layman had issued an order to expel guests, Ye Ling didn't waste much time and just asked: "This junior is a disciple of Taixu Peak of Wentian Sect. My master's name is Chen Yan. There is also a purple bamboo forest planted on Taixu Peak, but I don't know... …”
"Chen Yan?"
The layman seemed to suddenly realize it, and said to Ye Ling: "You are Chen Yan's disciple. I didn't expect that little guy back then would also accept a disciple now."
Ye Ling took out the token of the Peak Master of Taixu Peak and said: "Master also passed on the position of Peak Master to me."
The layman looked at the token and believed Ye Ling's statement even more, saying, "It must have been more than a thousand years ago. Is your master okay?"
"My master is well."
The layman suddenly started talking too much, and invited Ye Ling to sit down in front of the hall. While making tea, he said: "Your master was just like you back then. He fought with someone in the East China Sea and was covered with bruises. He fled into my purple bamboo forest. I originally intended to drive him away, but I didn't expect him to be like the monkey outside, destroying my bamboo forest and threatening me to save him."
Ye Ling couldn't help but smile after hearing this. This was just like Chen Yan's temperament.
"If I didn't save him, he would bother me every day. In desperation, I just wanted to treat his injuries. Before he left, he insisted on digging out hundreds of purple bamboos and taking them away. He said he had never seen them in the sect. Cross the purple bamboo and take it back to show your fellow sect members."
Ye Ling couldn't help but smile and shake his head, secretly thinking that the master even found such a high-sounding excuse for robbing other people's things.
The layman poured Ye Ling a cup of tea and said, "It's been more than a thousand years, and even his disciples are so old. It seems that I have stayed here for too long."
"Thank you, senior. Haven't you asked me your name yet?"
"Li Nianzhu."
