LADY LIN'S FIRST-EVER JOURNEY...

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Chapter 101 Pact

Catch the golden hawk?

Li Xi'er is stunned by Lin Luoran's courage. After Lin urges her again, Li Xi'er rummages through her belongings anxiously and finally thinks of the fish-wire magic weapon on her wrist... Right!

Li Xi'er makes some gestures and infuses Reiki into the fish wire. It flies up from her wrist and rushes at the hawk on her command, jingling. The hawk completely focuses on Lin Luoran and has no time to deal with Li's loud "sneak attack".

The hawk doesn't take this thin string seriously. It reaches out to the string with a claw. However, the "fish wire" doesn't just break apart as it imagined. Instead, the string crawls on the claw and ties the hawk up in no time. The fish wire seems to be endless. Not only the wings of the hawk, but its sharp claws and beak are also tied up. The amazing thing is, the more the hawk struggles, the tighter the wire becomes. There is nothing the hawk can do with it.

This aggressive golden hawk loses its ability to fight, and it can't simply fly away because its wings are strapped too. The hawk is falling down into the valley. Suddenly, Lin Luoran grabs the hawk by its claw and carries it to the terrace.

Li Xi'er feels that she is dreaming. She throws herself on Lin Luoran and wants to grab Lin's sleeves. Unfortunately, Lin is wearing a sleeveless dress. Li can find nowhere to put her hands, so she stares at Lin Luoran with wet eyes, "Sister Lin, thank god that you are ok!"

Lin Luoran looks at Li's puppy eyes and sees from Li's appearance that she has also suffered a lot during the last three days. People tend to get closer when they are in the same adversity. Lin and Li have got separated from the team, and they may have to spend the whole month in the secret land together. Thinking of this, Lin Luoran can't fake her usual indifference anymore. Still, she has no idea what to say when Li's eyes are drowned in tears. Minutes later, Lin finally resolves her embarrassment and asks, "Are you hungry?"

Li Xi'er is pouting. She nods hard but then shakes her head, "Not hungry... I'm thirsty..."

This terrace is so isolated, and drinking water is indeed a problem. Thinking of this, Lin Luoran takes a bottle of water out of her Universal Sack. Seeing that Li Xi'er is drinking water as fast as she can , Lin Luoran asks in surprise, "I remember that there are food and drinks enough for a month in the Universal Sack."

Li Xi'er is awkward. She answers in a low voice, "I put several sets of clothes in my sack..."

It's natural that girls love to dress up so Lin Luoran intends to let this topic pass. Li Xi'er has had enough water and says pitifully, "Sister, I want to take a bath..." Li has seen Lin wave her hand carelessly and build a bridge over the sea. She thinks that Lin can make some water drop and let her clean herself up.

Lin Luoran looks at Li's dirty little face. Since she was the one who threw Li to the terrace, Lin sighs and casts a "Cleaning Spell". A gentle wind blows and takes away the dirt on Li's body.

Li Xi'er is thrilled and she almost wants to give Lin Luoran a kiss. Li takes a bunch of palace costumes out of her Universal Sack and picks one. Li puts on the clean clothes and insists on giving a lotus-white Tang dress to Lin Luoran as a gift.

Lin Luoran lifts the golden hawk in her hand and indicates that she can't change clothes while carrying it. Li Xi'er pats herself on the head and says, "Sister, let me carry it. This bad thing has been bullying me for two days, and I have to let it have a taste of my power!"

Lin Luoran smiles and doesn't look down upon Li's childish actions.

Li's fish-wire weapon straps the hawk tightly with one end around Li's wrist. Perhaps because of the unique design of the magic weapon, it doesn't take too much strength for Li Xi'er to carry this huge hawk. The poor golden hawk swings in the valley with its head down, and it looks very much like a kite. Its skin under feathers is definitely red since blood is rushing to its head due to hanging upside down!

The palace costume Li Xi'er gives to Lin Luoran is of high quality. The stitches are exquisite, and two plantain lilies are embroidered on the sleeves. This dress does match the Snow Sword better than the sleeveless dress she is wearing... In fact, this is the White Fairy's thought. Though hidden in the Soul Stone, the fairy knows everything that happens outside. She has been despising Lin Luoran's dress designed by the famous designer and she sneers now and then at the indecency of this age, which really drives Lin Luoran crazy.

According to the White Fairy's requirements, this palace costume is certainly below standard because there is not a Dust-free Circle on it. Anyway, the dress is decorated with some classical characters and its style is fairly nice for the fairy — how about trying it on?

Li Xi'er keeps swinging the hawk and staring at Lin Luoran with eager eyes. Lin puts on the palace costume behind a water curtain she makes. After the water Reiki disperses, Lin Luoran stands right in front of Li Xi'er. Her dress flutters against the strong wind in the valley, which makes her look like a fairy who is about to fly up to the palace in heaven.

Li's mind goes absent and her hand, which is holding the wire that straps the hawk, slips. The "fish wire", actually a magic weapon called "Bundling Rope", is extensible. The hawk falls down into the valley. Lin Luoran is speechless. She hurries to reach out to the Bundling Rope and pulls the golden hawk up...

Lin Luoran stares at the hawk which is almost scared to death. She says frankly, "I'd like to have you as my servant pet. What do you think?"

Li Xi'er blinks. She can't understand why Lin Luoran just talks to a hawk. Alright, even this hawk is strong, it is only a big bird. Why does Sister Lin want to have it as her servant? Can a hawk work?

Being hanged head down, the golden hawk feels dizzy. It wants to tear these two creatures apart but it can't move its wings. It's weird that the hawk never sees any intention of harm in Lin Luoran's eyes. However, it certainly can't understand the words Lin just said. The hawk rolls its eyes and nods its head to beg for mercy.

Lin Luoran laughs, "You are too young to understand me. I'm being impatient."

The golden hawk can't talk, so it certainly can't object to Lin Luoran's offer. Lin takes the chance and bites her finger. She casts a spell silently, draws a magic figure in the air with her blood, and pushes the figure into the hawk's head... This is the pact that cultivators use to recruit spirit animals as their servants, and the figure drawn with blood is called blood pact. Blood pact is the strictest bond between cultivators and their servants, so it is usually used to deal with fierce animals.

The golden hawk senses the impending of a strong force and instinctively wants to resist. As one of the spirit animals, it has an extraordinary perceptivity. Though its talents are not awakened by now, the hawk knows that this force will take away its freedom... However, will the powerful "creature" here throw it down into the deep valley if it keeps rejecting?

Thinking of the feeling of hanging head down, the hawk is softened. While the hawk hesitates, the blood pact is completed rapidly so that it is too late for the hawk to resist any more!

What? Why the creature seems to be more kind and friendly? The golden hawk is now still too simple to realize that it is experiencing the normal reaction after the master-servant blood pact comes into effect. The hawk stares at Lin Luoran with doubtful eyes.

Once the pact is made, Lin Luoran is able to sense the emotion changes of the golden hawk. She tells Li Xi'er to draw back her Bundling Rope because there is no longer any need to tie up the hawk.

Li Xi'er is stunned by everything that just happened. She can't understand why Lin Luoran hurt her fingers. Nevertheless, Li is impressed by Lin's power, and she is confident that the two of them are able to tie up the hawk again if it doesn't submit. Thus, Li Xi'er draws back the Bundling Rope.

As expected, the minute the hawk is free, it comes right at Li Xi'er and tries to peck her with its beak. It has been bearing grudges against Li for tying it up for so long.

Li Xi'er screams. She forgets about the plan she just made and goes hide behind Lin Luoran.

"Goldie. I give you the name Goldie. Would you like to follow me on the path of cultivation?" Lin Luoran uses her spirit to convey her thoughts into the hawk's head. The hawk is surprised by the voice in its head and it can understand, strangely.

Goldie? My name is Goldie? Though it doesn't know what "name" is, it is aware that it refers to its name. Goldie only has basic emotions like pleasure, anger, sorrow, and joy, and it can't speak. To answer Lin Luoran's friendliness, it walks closer to her, trying to rub its head against her. Li Xi'er is frightened and almost falls down the terrace.

"How! Sister Lin, how can it understand you!"

Li Xi'er is very surprised that the golden hawk doesn't act fiercely as she expected. Still, she hides behind Lin Luoran and dares not to come closer to the hawk.

Lin Luoran smiles, "Xi'er, Goldie is obedient, and it will help us get out of the valley later!"

The hawk will help them get out of here? The doubts in Li's big eyes almost give Goldie an emotional outburst. Li Xi'er sticks her tongue out and decides to shut up.

Chapter 102 Hawk in the Sky

With a loud howling, a hawk flies out of the deep valley.

Sky of the Lost Land is so blue. River runs and forest flourishes. Deer are drinking water and tigers are catching sheep. Everything is so peaceful and harmonious.

Looked down from the sky, the view here is even better... Humans always bear the dream of flying, which is the reason why space becomes so attractive and fairies in myths who ride on clouds are worshipped.

This is entirely different from flying on a plane.

Lin Luoran looks down from the back of Goldie and has the feeling of a real cultivator. Cultivation, cultivation, what is the purpose of cultivation? Isn't it the joy of flying around the world?

Li Xi'er is screaming. If she weren't in the mid-air, she'd like to stand up and jump because nothing else can express the thrill in her heart.

She was born in a mortal family. When she was seven years old, her master found pure gold nature in her and then she was taken to the school to cultivate. Living in a secluded mountain, this little girl grew up to be innocent. As a talented cultivator, she always enjoyed the best things the school could provide. Therefore, Li Xi'er never had to compete for anything, and she was not aware of the sinister side of the human heart — the school asked nothing from her but to focus on cultivation. Her parents lived an affluent life in the mortal world, and a bright future was waiting for her.

Li's personality is perfect for cultivation, but she is not progressive enough!

Li Xi'er has the one-in-a-century pure Taoist root. Her school certainly doesn't simply hope that she can enter the level of Laying Foundation. Besides, with the nature of gold, she must gain more sharp vigor to match her nature. Otherwise, the gap between her state of mind and her physique will become an obstacle on the path of cultivation.

However, Li's life has been going so smoothly compared with her peers! She never had to do things proactively, nor did she ever work hard, until she met Lin Luoran. Li is in the medium stage of Training Qi, and Lin is in the later stage. Their levels of cultivation are similar, but there is a huge gap between their strengths. Also, Sister Lin can cast water and wood spells, which means that she has at least two natures!

Sitting on Goldie's back, Li Xi'er enjoys the beautiful view and the will of fighting rises in her heart. As a mixed-nature cultivator, Sister Lin has cultivated herself to become so powerful. Li realizes that she should also work harder from now on.

Li Xi'er never intends to be the best. She only hopes that if anything like this happens again, she will be able to get herself out of the trouble instead of being trapped on the terrace and waiting for her brothers and sisters to come and save her...

Lin Luoran doesn't realize that she has exerted such a huge influence on this innocent little girl. If Lin knew this, she would think it a good thing. The path of cultivation is so long, and it will really be sad if she becomes the last female cultivator in the world.

"Sister, look!"

Li Xi'er screams, pointing at something below them.

Lin Luoran looks in that direction and sees a forest. From above, all she can see is that fruits are hanging on the trees like stars in the sky. Lin can't tell what kind of fruit trees there are, but the entire mountain is covered by those trees.

Looking at Li's expressions, Lin Luoran knows that this little girl is hungry. Li loves food and never tries to hide her nature, which always remind Lin Luoran of Baojia, who may be losing her mind because of the boredom of staying in the house by Mount Qingcheng. Lin Luoran laughs. She can't steel her heart against Li Xi'er.

Besides, Goldie is wailing. It must be thirsty after all the fighting and struggling.

Lin Luoran tells Goldie to find somewhere to land. Goldie's back is two meters wide, and its wings are over seven meters long. It is big enough to carry two people and fly, so it surely needs an open area to land.

Goldie circles around the mountain and finds an open field. It rushes down. Li Xi'er is so scared that she grabs Goldie by its feathers and Lin Luoran also has to cling to its neck, or else she may be thrown out.

Goldie chirps and slows down. Being able to sense its emotions, Lin Luoran is amused. Goldie rushes down like this only to get back to Li Xi'er for swinging it head down in the mid-air. It is really an intelligent hawk.

Lin Luoran and Li Xi'er see that this is a forest of peach as they get closer. Big and pink peaches are hanging on the trees. They can smell the fragrance of peaches from afar.

The smell is so pleasant!

Lin Luoran jumps down from Goldie's back and helps Li Xi'er down.

The peach trees are about half the height of a man so Goldie can reach to the peaches with an effortless jump. However, this silly hawk has a better idea — it spreads its wings and flaps. Its wings, which the "Golden Blade Spell" can't even cut through, knock many peaches off the trees. Before Lin Luoran gives any order, Goldie picks a big one and staggers to Lin Luoran. Li Xi'er, who dislikes Goldie, finally starts to love it because of its cuteness...

Li Xi'er wants to pick a peach on the ground, but Goldie just stares at Li and flaps its wings to stop her... While exclaiming that Goldie treats Lin and herself so differently, Li Xi'er pouts and goes to another tree, picking the biggest and ripest peach. She bites the peach with anger!

Though the peach seems to be hard, it is in fact juicy. Li Xi'er bites the peach so hard that the juice splashes all over her face, which makes her even angrier!

Goldie chirps and flaps its wings because of Li's embarrassment. Lin Luoran giggles. This silly hawk is actually mocking at Li Xi'er...

Also, Goldie arrogantly opens a little window on a peach with its beak and easily sucks all the peach juice, just to piss Li Xi'er off.

Lin Luoran gets a feeling that both of Li Xi'er and Goldie are so cute, no wonder they can stay in a stalemate on the terrace for two days. Lin peels the peach Goldie gave her and takes a bite. The peach is so sweet and tasty... If she plants it in her space, will the peach evolve to something like peento which is written in myths?

Although it will take a long time for the peach to evolve, she may as well plant some. Lin Luoran gathers a few peach pits and puts them in her Universal Sack.

The White Fairy loathes: "How dare you put these things next to me!"

Seeing that Li Xi'er and Goldie are having fun provoking each other and have no time to notice her, Lin Luoran starts to communicate with the White Fairy with her spirit.

"Thank you, fairy, for teaching me the spells to rein animals, or else I won't be able to tame Goldie." Though Lin Luoran is able to get out of the valley by riding on the sword, she is more than happy to have this aggressive but cute hawk by her side.

"You are lucky to meet this young golden hawk. It will grow stronger. Just wait!"

Lin Luoran agrees. She is grateful to the fairy and fears her at the same time. In the first place, she only needed to learn the Sword-riding Spells in order to get out of the valley. Still, the White Fairy gave her the precious introduction of weapons. Besides, why did the fairy teach Lin to tame Goldie?

Lin Luoran never believes that others will treat her well for no reason. The more the White Fairy gives, the more she must want from Lin. Lin is sure that the White Fairy's requirement is not simply to take her out of the valley.

Lin Luoran hesitates for a while and chooses to tell the fairy about the value of the Weapon Introduction. The White Fairy can't help smiling:

"Is it valuable? That introduction belongs to the School of Zu Mountain. Things of the others never mean much to me. You don't have to thank me so much."

Chapter 103 Monkeys on the Peach Mountain

The introduction is connected to Wen Guanjing?

Lin Luoran is embarrassed. She knows that the White Fairy doesn't feel like talking about her purpose right now, so Lin stops pursuing.

Suddenly, Lin Luoran sees that Goldie flies into the sky and it seems to be alerted. Li Xi'er is also done eating peaches and she runs towards Lin Luoran.

Lin looks up. It turns out that a bunch of long-haired monkeys just run down from the mountain. They swing among the trees and are heading here very fast.

In fact, this peach mountain is those monkeys' territory. Peaches growing on the top of the mountain taste the best, and even the monkeys sometimes grudge eating them. A baby monkey first detected that Lin and Li were here, so it ran back to send the message. Thus, the army of monkeys now are arriving.

These monkeys come menacingly. However, they are scared of Goldie and stop at a distance. The leading monkey looks fierce, and it clearly hates to give up. It thinks for a while and starts to pick up peaches on the trees, throwing them at Lin and Li.

The army of monkeys all do the same, trying to drive Lin and Li away.

Screams of the monkeys fill the air, and peaches and leaves are all over the place. With the huge amount of "armor", the attack of the monkeys is quite serious.

Of course, these peaches can not hit Lin Luoran, but they do provoke Goldie. Goldie spreads its claws and is about to tear a monkey apart, and Lin Luoran stops it from doing this.

With the Bundling Rope on her wrist, Li Xi'er is also able to dodge the peaches. She thinks that the monkeys are so cute, and she agrees with Lin Luoran that Goldie should not attack them.

Seeing that Goldie is angry, the leading monkey whistles. The army of monkeys all drop the peaches in their hands on the ground and run away together.

"Sister, the monkeys are so cute. Shall we follow them to see where they live?"

Li Xi'er is playful and immature. Lin Luoran agrees to Li's suggestion because she wants to explore the secret land.

Lin and Li are both able to jump among trees, so there is no need to ride on Goldie. They follow the monkeys at a distance unhurriedly.

Looking back from time to time and seeing that two people and a hawk are following them, the monkeys get angry. They scream, trying to intimidate the chasers and go even faster.

Lin and Li follow the monkeys and climb over a mountain. The forest is so thick that they have to slow down. By the time they reach an open area, the monkeys are nowhere to be found. Li Xi'er gets anxious, but Lin Luoran tells her to stay quiet.

Goldie has been spying in the sky, and it leads Lin and Li to the monkeys.

They arrive at a waterfall surrounded by stones in strange shapes. Lin Luoran hears the sound of running water. She pushes the tree branches aside and sees no monkey. Still, Goldie hovers over the waterfall and refuses to leave.

Lin Luoran looks at Li Xi'er. The two of them say with one voice,

"Water Curtain Cave?"

"Water Curtain Cave!"

It's funny that they think of the same thing at the same time. Lin Luoran leads Li Xi'er to go ahead. As expected, the army of monkeys rush out of the waterfall, covered by water drops.

The monkeys all look serious with stones in their hands. Lin Luoran touches her face. She and Li Xi'er are just being childish. Have they caused too much trouble for the monkeys?

"Forget it. We will disturb them if we break into the cave." Lin Luoran tries to persuade Li Xi'er to leave, and a tall old monkey walks out of the waterfall. It has silver hair, and it walks upright with the help of a young monkey. It looks exactly like an elder person!

It appears that the old monkey is in poor health. Still, it makes a bow to Lin and Li to show politeness. Lin Luoran is stunned.

The old monkey makes a shaking gesture to invite them in, which stops Lin Luoran from leaving. Also, since the old monkey came out, the army of monkeys have let their guard down though they are still holding the stones.

No one who grows up reading Journey to the West can resist the attraction of Monkey King in the Mountain of Flowers and Fruits. Li Xi'er never thinks much and she only knows to follow Lin's lead. Finally, Lin Luoran fails to stop herself from yearning for the view. She tells Goldie to wait for them nearby and follows the old monkey into the cave behind the waterfall with Li Xi'er.

Walking through the waterfall, water drops are all over Lin's hair, which makes the hairpin on her head more glittering and stunning.

This is a natural path. Being behind the waterfall, this path, which is enough for three people to walk side-by-side, is wet. Lin and Li both lift their dresses.

The old monkey walks in the front to lead the way and sometimes looks back at Lin and Li. Lin Luoran has noticed that the old monkey will pant if it walks fast, so she deliberately slows down so that the old monkey can take it time.

The old monkey seems to know Lin Luoran's thoughts. It turns around and waves its hand, like saying that it is able to walk faster. Nevertheless, it chooses to go along with Lin Luoran and slows down, too.

Two monkeys and two persons walk down the path for quite a while. Li Xi'er is a little afraid of the silence. Lin Luoran has a keen feeling that according to the direction they are heading to, they seem to be going deeper into the mountain.

Do the monkeys live inside the mountain? Imagining the environment, Lin Luoran loses her interests in those dark caves. However, after making two more turns, they arrive at a door made of stone. The old monkey gives the door a hard push. Light comes from the other side of the door.

Lin Luoran follows the old monkey through the door, and the view in front of her eyes almost takes her breath away.

This is truly the masterpiece of nature!

This is an open cave, or to say, a cave house, to be more specific! It is around 200 meters square and 10 meters high. Sunlight pours down from the above so the cave house is not dim at all!

Stalactites are hanging on the roof. A huge tree grows in the center of the cave house. The tree is leafy, and its trunk is over 4 meters thick. It is almost as high as the roof. Sunlight shines through the leaves onto the stalactites, and the dappled shade looks too beautiful to be real.

The thick trunk is hollowed and it is made into a house with lots of windows. The old monkey is inviting them to the treehouse!

The old monkey makes a gesture of "please", and Lin Luoran and Li Xi'er follow it inside.

Air in the treehouse is fresh and there is a faint smell of fruits. It doesn't look like the house of a monkey. In fact, in Lin's view, the old monkey has no difference from human except that it can't speak the language of human beings.

Lin and Li sit together with the old monkey on the wooden chairs. Later, they hear the noise of monkeys and look out through the windows. It turns out that the other monkeys are all here. Also, they are carrying all kinds of fruits and a few leading monkeys send the fruits in.

Peaches, pears, bananas... Lin and Li even can't recognize some of the fruits.

The old monkey starts coughing again while eating fruits. Lin Luoran wants to return the favor of the fruits and she pities this silver-haired old monkey. Therefore, she can't help seeing the inside of the monkey with her cleared eyes...

What? There is plenty of Reiki flowing inside of the old monkey. Is it a so-called beast cultivator?

Chapter 104 Monkey Fruit Wine Is the Best

Beast cultivators belong to a different kind from human cultivators. People always talk about killing beasts and demons, and the "beasts" refer to cultivators of other species while "demons" refer to human cultivators who study evil spells and step on the path of temptation.

If Wen Guanjing was here, he would never follow the old monkey into the cave and he would decisively swing his sword and kill it. However, Lin Luoran and Li Xi'er have never heard of such taboos, which is their difference of concept from Wen.

As a matter of fact, this old monkey is bold because it is wounded. The monkey believes that even it uses all its strength and manages to kill one of the human cultivators and dies together with her, however, the other one will definitely slaughter all the other monkeys. Therefore, the old monkey decides to take the risk and invite the two female cultivators to the cave house. It prepares to let them take everything they want as long as they don't hurt the other monkeys. The old monkey thinks that lives of the monkeys are more important.

As expected, the two female cultivators seem to be nice because they didn't attack the monkeys at the first sight. The old monkey is thinking about what to give will make the two human cultivators leave in peace... However, it is alerted again because it senses that Lin Luoran is probing it.

Inside of the old monkey, there is not only Reiki but also a shadow around its lung.

"Are you wounded?"

The old monkey is stunned. However, it can't deny the truth since she has already seen the shadow. The old monkey nods.

Li Xi'er feels bad. She looks at Lin Luoran with wet eyes, and then looks away.

Lin Luoran is silenced. The nature of wood centers on vitality, and she knows a healing spell from Spells of the Five Elements. She never tries to cast the spell before, but according to the book, this spell will at least consume half of the Reiki inside of her — there are so many beasts and monsters in the secret land, and she is lucky to be able to tame Goldie whose talent is unawakened. It will be so dangerous for herself if she uses up her Reiki.

The old monkey is relaxed since Lin Luoran doesn't pursue. It claps its hands and the monkeys waiting outside bring three stone cups into the house. The fragrance of wine comes along. Li Xi'er exclaims,

"It's the monkey fruit wine!"

"You recognize it?" Lin Luoran asks curiously.

Li Xi'er nods and tells a story to Lin Luoran in low voice.

The school which Li Xi'er is from is also located in a mountain. As a lively little girl, Li Xi'er often went to play on the mountain, and she sometimes made fun of the animals living there. One day, she found the den of some monkeys and took almost all the monkey fruit wine they made. Those monkeys went to make trouble at the gate of Li's school every day. Then Li's master heard about what she did and commanded her to give back the wine.

Lin Luoran is amused by the story. Li Xi'er is always able to do things that put others in dilemma.

However, it seems that the "monkey fruit wine" means a lot to the monkeys?

Lin Luoran picks up the stone cup. The color of monkey fruit wine is clear amber, and it has a fragrant and rich smell... There is something flowing in the wine. Is it Reiki?

Lin Luoran is surprised, but she can't help taking a sip. The wine combines the flavors of fruits and alcohol, and it tastes so good. More importantly, the Reiki inside of her is nourished after she drinks up the whole cup of wine!

The monkey fruit wine is spirited!

While Li Xi'er keeps filling her stomach with wine, Lin Luoran thinks of something else. The monkey fruit wine is mild, which is perfect for her parents and Luodong's health.

One has to give and take the risks in order to gain. Lin Luoran cares the most about the health of her family members. One "Healing Spell" in exchange for some monkey fruit wine seems to be a good deal. Since she is aware that the old monkey can understand human language, Lin Luoran asks directly,

"If you can give me some wine, I may have a cure for your wound."

The old monkey is tempted. The wound on its lung has been bothering it for a long time. It has tried all kinds of spirit herbs but none of them worked. If this female cultivator can really help it with the wound, giving her some wine will mean nothing. The old monkey nods to Lin.

Lin Luoran is frank. After asking Li Xi'er to protect her while she casts the spell, Lin Luoran begins to recall the gestures of the "Healing Spell". First is to draw half of a full moon in the air... The whole spell consists of 108 hand gestures, which is the highest-level spell Lin Luoran is able to cast.

The secret land is filled with pure Reiki, so the spell is much stronger when she casts it here. After finishing making all the 108 hand gestures, green light has gathered on Lin's fingertip. The green Reiki molecules are so dazzling that the army of monkeys outside of the treehouse starts to scream again.

Lin Luoran is almost exhausted. Illness and death are natural, so spells relevant to healing are very arduous. The Tao of nature is fair. It is said that when some cultivators managed to make some elixirs, they would also be cursed to make no more. The Elixir Curse is the nature's anger at humans who try to meddle in life and death.

The green light becomes brighter, but Lin Luoran starts to sweat. Li Xi'er and the old monkey both look at Lin with concerns. The White Fairy, who is staying in the Universal Sack, is displeased — does this mean that this junior cultivator has the Taoist root of three natures? The fairy now loses hope in her previous plan. A cultivator with the Taoist root of three natures wouldn't even be able to get in any school back in the age when spells were prosperous. The White Fairy even doubts that Lin Luoran may have taken some elixirs to retain her youthful look. According to her quality, there is no way that she can enter the later stage of Training Qi when she is in her twenties... Especially, Lin said that the world of cultivation is already declined.

Lin Luoran now has no idea that she has changed the fairy's mind. The brimming wood Reiki on Lin's fingertip nourishes this hollowed old tree. When casting spells, cultivators should use the Reiki inside of them to direct and make use of the Reiki in the air. However, "Healing Spell" is a high-level spell which can only be smoothly cast by cultivators who have completed the level of Training Qi. Lin Luoran doesn't know about this. She exerts herself to cast the spell, and the Reiki inside of her is drained — except for the fire Reiki which has been separated.

Lin Luoran finishes the Healing Spell by completing the other half of the full moon she drawn in the air. The rolling green light now is in the size of a peach pit. Lin points to the old monkey and the green light merges into its lung.

The Healing Spell doesn't show instant effect. After all, it is a spell in the level of Training Qi, not a magic performed by high-level cultivators. Still, the Healing Spell is able to stop the cough, and those pure wood Reiki filled with vitality will continue to heal the wound of the old monkey in the next few days.

Lin Luoran sits on the wood chair and rests with her eyes closed. The old monkey also closes its eyes and feels its health condition. It is grateful to Lin Luoran. The old monkey pats on the little monkey beside it and tells it to fetch something.

Chapter 105 Here Comes the Bear King

"Sister Lin."

Li Xi'er calls gently. Lin Luoran opens her eyes and sees the little monkey holding a stone cup filled with monkey fruit wine.

The difference is that the color of this cup of wine is much deeper than the last one. It is almost red and contains lots of Reiki... Right. Lin Luoran, who is still weak, thinks of the joke about "tea", "nice tea", and "best tea".

With the joke lingering in her head, Lin Luoran drinks up the wine. A few minutes later, a stream of warmth flows all over her body. The Reiki she used to cast the "Healing Spell" are gradually being replenished. Lin Luoran is surprised. The monkey fruit wine is like the magic juice in video games which can fill up the characters' mana bar!

The secret land stays open only for a month, and according to the jade pendant in the Universal Sack, Lin and Li are still too far away from the others. The time limit stops Lin Luoran from staying at one place for too long. However, when she is thinking of taking some wine and leaving, the scream of monkeys comes from the outside.

The old monkey stands up immediately and rushes out the treehouse regardless of manner. Lin Luoran is still enjoying the aftertaste of the wine, but she can't stop looking out through the window — Li Xi'er covers her mouth with her hand and screams. Lin Luoran squints.

It turns out that some monkeys just return to the cave. Their liveliness of throwing peaches at Lin and Li is gone because they are injured. The leading monkey is badly hurt. One of its arms droops down powerlessly and it's covered with blood. The arm is definitely broken.

The old monkey is able to stop the bleeding, and the other monkeys will recover from the injuries by drinking some monkey fruit wine. As for the broken arm of the leading monkey, it will be ruined if the bone fracture is not fixed.

Lin Luoran sighs and walks out of the treehouse. She breaks off two similar branches from the tree and finds a string. She sets the bones of the leading monkey in place and puts the simple splint on its arm.

"Tell it that it has to wear the splint until the bone is healed, understand?" When Lin Luoran binds up its arm, the leading monkey seems to be in a lot of pain. What are the things on the corner of its eyes? Are they tears?

The old monkey uses body language to deliver Lin Luoran's instructions to the leading monkey. The leading monkey nods to express its gratitude to Lin, and its eyes are filled with kindness.

Lin Luoran never intends to be a savior. It's only that people always talk about the fact that monkeys are closely related to humans because both of the two species are primates. Besides, Lin Luoran doesn't dislike monkeys. She is glad to do them a small favor.

The arm of the leading monkey doesn't hurt so much now, and it uses gestures to tell something to the old monkey. The old monkey looks serious, and its eyes turn red. Then, it rushes out of the cave in Lin and Li's presence.

Li Xi'er wants to follow the old monkey out, and Lin Luoran also can't let the old monkey die since she hasn't got the wine she earned. She can't just take the wine from those powerless little monkeys!

Both of them go out very fast because they now know the way. Soon, Lin and Li hear the sound of running water. Within a few minutes, they arrive at the waterfall.

After walking through the waterfall, Lin Luoran is relaxed when she sees the thing which is confronting the old monkey — she has been worrying that perhaps Goldie is the one who has hurt those monkeys because she stays in the cave for too long.

Certainly, it's not Goldie that stands opposite to the old monkey. It is a two-meter-tall black bear which is carrying a large stick!

Ok, what is the grade of state protection that black bear is under? Lin Luoran can't remember the detail for now, but this is not important. The point is why the black bear comes to the cave of monkeys with a large stick!

Seeing that the black bear is strong and armed and there is Reiki flowing inside of it, Lin Luoran assumes that the wound of the old monkey was caused by the bear... However, if the old monkey couldn't beat the bear when it was healthy, it may die fighting the bear now that it is wounded.

Lin Luoran feels that she is being passive. At this time the black bear makes an attack. Perhaps bears are not smart enough, after all, it dares to attack first when the old monkey has got two more backups.

To be more specific, it has got only one backup — Li Xi'er has eaten a lot of fruits and drunk the "monkey fruit wine", and she is used to playing with monkeys. Li likes those cute monkeys so much that she won't let the old monkey get hurt again!

As a result, Li Xi'er makes a sneak attack against the black bear when it is busy waving the stick! However, the bell on her fish-wire weapon rings so loud that the bear manages to dodge her attack. The "fish wire" drops into the water. When Li Xi'er pulls it back, a big fish is actually struggling to get rid of the wire...

Lin Luoran now worries that she may end up as stupid as Li Xi'er if they stay together for too long.

"Sister, let's help the old monkey!"

Li Xi'er fails to hit the bear. Then she thinks of this powerful elder sister of hers and asks for Lin's help. Lin Luoran has been taking care of her all the time, so Li Xi'er believes that Lin will settle this effortlessly. Yet, Lin Luoran shakes her head,

"Sister, I have used up my Reiki to cure the wound for the old monkey. It depends on you now."

Li Xi'er is stunned. She now remembers that it is true that Lin Luoran just exhausted herself, and she is so ungrateful to ask for Lin's help now!

However, the black bear is so tall and strong. Before Li Xi'er makes another attack, she recalls the scene which she fought with Goldie on the terrace and starts to doubt herself. Can she beat this black bear?

Li Xi'er, who always chickens out when things get tough, now loses all the confidence!

While Li is hesitating, the old monkey takes a hit of the bear and falls down into the water. The water instantly turns red because of the blood it sheds. Li Xi'er can't tell if the old monkey is still alive.

Li grasps the Bundling Rope harder and bursts into tears.

She thinks of the scene that Lin Luoran threw her onto the terrace on the cliff and fell down the deep valley. Though Sister Lin turns out to be fine, Li Xi'er blames herself for not being brave, mature and swift enough to grab Lin back then.

With tears hanging on her face, Li Xi'er jumps forward. She throws the Bundling Rope to strap the bear and makes some gestures with her right hand at an unprecedented high speed. By the time the black bear rushes at her, Li shouts: "Papery Wing!" She uses the same spell that Lin Luoran used to cut the rabbit meat.

Though the spell is not that lethal, it is the first step that Li Xi'er has ever taken. Lin Luoran breathes a sigh of relief. The White Fairy, who is still in the Universal Sack, laughs.

"You are being too nice. Why do you bother to worry about a cultivator of another school?"

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