Chapter 252
Before having a taste of Lu Sanchun’s wedding feast, Lin Luoran meets Li Xi’er’s fiancé .
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That day, Lin Luoran sees Commander Qin out and a young cultivator is wandering at the door . Sun shines on the man through the colored glass ceiling, covering the streets around Lin’s house in golden light . The young cultivator senses the fluctuation of Reiki of the protection circle around Lin’s house, so he doesn’t dare to go inside directly .
As soon as Lin sees him, she knows that he is a cultivator in the earlier stage of Training Qi .
He is not very eye-catching . However, cultivators are nourished by Reiki so Lin Luoran has never seen a cultivator who is ugly . The young man has thick eyebrows and he looks like an honest and decent person .
“You are…?”
The young man is patient . He has long since noticed Lin Luoran yet he waits for her to send her guest away and then walks to her,
“Master Lin, I’m Tofu . I’m here to deliver the Butterflybush Flower . ”
Until now Lin Luoran recalls what she has forgotten during the last few days . She made an arrangement with him to see the Butterflybush Flower .
“Right! Tofu! Welcome! Come on in and have some tea . ” Lin Luoran doesn’t blame herself for not recognizing Tofu . The man’s bag is tainted by mud and his skin tone is quite dark, which is nowhere near the image of a piece of Tofu!
Tofu follows Lin into the house . The second he steps in, he takes a deep breath in surprise .
Master Lin’s house is filled with pure and peaceful Reiki?! Cultivators who live here are so blessed…!
Tofu is surprised by everything in the house . He checks on the house carefully and secretly, breathing the air full of Reiki . As an individual cultivator, Tofu has never seen a place like this though he is already in his twentieth . As a matter of fact, Tofu is not the only cultivator who will feel envious of Lin’s house . Cultivators from famous cultivation schools don’t even enjoy such perfect environment for cultivation . After all, Lin Luoran’s bead, which can serve as a Reiki transmitter, is one and only in the world .
Lin Luoran leads Tofu to the living room . She notices that he is nervous so she pours him a cup of hot tea .
“Thank you for coming . You must have been on the road for a long time, right?”
Tofu shakes his head . He hurries to put down his bag before taking a sip of the tea .
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There is a big bamboo tube in the bag . Lin Luoran is surprised . The bamboo tube is a bit larger than the teacup and it is emitting Reiki gently . The bamboo must be extraordinary .
The bamboo tube is filled with soil . Two spirit herbs, which look like a sensitive plant, are planted in the tube .
“Wow, thank you so much!” Lin Luoran recognizes the Butterflybush Flowers . The taller one has some purple buds, which indicate that the flower must be over 100 years old . The shorter one is 10 years old at most . Lin is already surprised that Tofu brings her two plants of the flowers, and she is even more satisfied by the taller one with the flower buds .
Of course, Lin Luoran is pleased by Tofu’s attitude . The young man must have taken a lot of trouble in finding the bamboo with Reiki in case the Reiki in the Butterflybush Flowers is lost on the road .
Tofu is relaxed when he sees Lin’s smiley face .
Lin asks kindly after knowing that Tofu is relaxed, “The bamboo tube is special . Where did you find it?”
Tofu answers with the teacup in his hand, “I dug out the flowers months ago when I heard that you want the Butterflybush Flower . The problem is that I didn’t know how to nourish it . I dug three plants of flowers and one of them had died . I went to a lot of places and found the bamboo with Reiki in the Sea of Bamboo in the south of Chuan . I brought them back and finally managed to keep the flowers alive . ” Tofu is quite talkative when he is not nervous .
Lin Luoran doesn’t mind him talking . She listens to him patiently and asks after thinking for a while, “Can you find more bamboo?”
Tofu nods . He is glad that Master Lin is interested in the bamboo . He feels so happy that his thoughtfulness has paid off .
Lin Luoran changes the topic suddenly . She asks, “What do you want in exchange of the Butterflybush Flowers?”
Lin doesn’t have an exact assessment of the value of the spirit herb . Last time when she exchanged boluses for jade, she let the buyers offer a price and then she decided to make the deal or not .
However, Lin Luoran is aware that Butterflybush Flowers are of no use to other cultivators . The prescription of the Foundation-laying Bolus has lost and the quality of spirit herbs has reduced . Except for Huang Weijian’s missing grandfather, Lin Luoran can’t think of anyone who needs the herb either .
The young man under the ID “Tofu” seems to be struggling after hearing Lin Luoran’s question .
When Lin is wondering what the man wants, Tofu suddenly kneels down in front of her and starts making kowtows . Lin Luoran is startled .
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“Master, please forgive my abruptness . I brought the Butterflybush Flowers here with only one wish . Please take me as your titular apprentice and I’ll do everything for you!”
Take him as an apprentice? Lin Luoran is in a daze . She never thought of taking an apprentice at all — Lin believes that she is not strong enough to be other people’s master . Besides, she knows nothing about the young man . How can she take him?
“You’re not going to force me into this, right?” Lin Luoran thinks to herself . She holds her anger back and says, “Get up first . This is too huge a surprise . I have no plan of taking an apprentice . I can’t say yes right now . ”
Tofu keeps his head down and repeats “please forgive my abruptness” . He refuses to get up .
Lin Luoran almost loses her temper . Why don’t you get up when you know you’re abrupt?
Nevertheless, humans are visual creatures . Lin Luoran has a nice first impression on Tofu . Seeing this, she thinks for a while and says, “Do you have any difficulties? Do you really know what a titular apprentice means?”
Tofu looks up and answers, “Yes, I do . Master, I’m not after your cultivation methods nor boluses and spells . I just don’t want to be an individual cultivator anymore . ”
Lin Luoran sneers, “I am an individual cultivator myself . You should go and find the famous schools if you want a title . I can’t help you with this . ” Tofu’s explanation is too pale . If the world of cultivation were not strictly hierarchical, Lin would doubt that Tofu had come here just to joke .
“Master…” Tofu is anxious . He starts to sweat because he can’t figure out how to explain himself .
Before Lin Luoran throws him out, she hears Li Xi’er taking at the door of the living room . “Sister Lin, do you have a guest here today?”
Li Xi’er walks pass the living room with many shopping bags in her hand . She clearly has just come back from the mall . Lin Luoran says nothing and nods to Li because she has to kick Tofu out first .
Li Xi’er walks back instead of heading to her room .
The shopping bags are dropped on the floor . Li Xi’er points at Tofu, who refuses to get up from the ground, and screams . Her voice wakes up the cyan little fox, which is sleeping on the little island in the backyard . The little fox thinks that an enemy must have come and it rushes to the front yard . Goldie, who has stayed in its golden cocoon for half a year, moves in the “shell” . The huge round shell is cracked .
Weapons of mass destruction . The scream of Li Xi’er is definitely a weapon of mass destruction . Lin Luoran covers her ears with her hands and waits for Li to stop . Then she shouts to Li, “What’s going on? Tell me!”
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Li Xi’er sniffles and looks down, which are the signs of her crying again . Li Xi’er grumbles, still pointing at Tofu,
“Sister Lin… He is Yuan Ye . He must have come here to force me to marry him!”
Individual cultivator, an earlier stage of Training Qi, forced marriage… Lin Luoran connects these keywords easily .
The cyan little fox stares at Tofu, oh, Yuan Ye, warily, and Ms . Lin rushes out of the kitchen with a knife in her hand, asking “What’s wrong! What’s wrong!” . Seeing all this, Lin Luoran forces herself to smile and says,
“Mom, let me introduce you . This is Yuan Ye, Xi’er’s fiancé . ”
Ms . Lin almost drops the knife on the floor . This is Li Xi’er’s fiancé?
The young man looks decent . Ms . Lin thinks to herself . She tidies her clothes and decides to head back to the kitchen and make more dishes .
The cyan little fox returns to the backyard relaxedly . It rolls on the ground and plays in the groves of bamboo . It thinks that living in Lin’s house is lots of fun, especially after Li Xi’er came . Drama happens here every day . Now Li’s fiancé is here . Things are getting more and more interesting!
“He lives not far from my school and he always pulled my hair and made fun of me since I was a little girl . I hate him! I don’t want to marry him…” Li Xi’er sobs while telling these “old grudges” . Lin Luoran passes her a tissue and she pays attention to Yuan Ye’s expressions while listening to Li .
He is embarrassed and anxious .
Nevertheless, Lin Luoran is now sure that this is not a forced marriage . Li Xi’er and Yuan Ye are clearly childhood sweethearts . The problem is that Yuan Ye here has acted wrongly by drawing Li’s attention by bullying her .
After Li Xi’er finishes venting her anger, Yuan Ye scratches his head and says, “Senior, I did propose the marriage to Master Xi… But I really never tried to force Xi’er . ”
Lin Luoran raises her eyebrows, “Did Xi Heng say yes to the marriage?”
Yuan Ye nods . He is not so anxious as he was .
Xi Heng values Li Xi’er very much . According to Li Xi’er, Xi Heng and Yuan Ye’s master, who has passes away, were friends, and this is the reason why he forced her to marry Yuan Ye . Lin Luoran thinks differently . Xi Heng must think highly of Yuan Ye so he is willing to let Yuan take care of Li Xi’er .
Yuan Ye went to propose a marriage and Xi Heng said yes . These two self-righteous men never asked for Li’s opinion about this . This enraged Li Xi’er and her run away .
Lin Luoran thinks for a while and asks, “Yuan Ye, do you really want to be my apprentice?”
Yuan Ye is stunned, then he nods gladly .
Lin Luoran sneers, “Don’t get too excited just yet . What if I say that my condition of taking you as a titular apprentice is to dissolve your marriage with Li Xi’er?”
Li Xi’er stops crying . She stares at Lin Luoran with her watery eyes . She thinks, “Sister Lin is so awesome! Will this work out?”
Yuan Ye looks at Li Xi’er, whose happiness is written on her face . Yuan Ye feels bitter . He thinks for a while and kneels down,
“I do! Master! Please accept my kowtow . ”
He does?! Li Xi’er blinks . The happiness has come so quickly and Li even forgets to smile .
However, Lin Luoran smiles with profound meanings — This young man is smart . As the saying goes, it is easy to fetch water when a river is near . Yuan Ye would have more chances to win Li’s love later . Lin Luoran doesn’t care much about Yuan Ye’s thoughts . After all, she needs more help to build the pharmaceutical factory .
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