Chapter 3 (1) Changbai Puppet Gate

  The Heavenly Lake of Changbai Mountain is surrounded by strange peaks, with a gap between the Tianwen Peak and the Longmen Peak on the north side. The lake water overflows from this gap, flowing through the Chongchao River (also known as the White River or the Heavenly River) between the steep cliffs, and then flows northward through the 1250-meter-high cliff, with a thunderous momentum, accompanied by a deafening roar, falling into the deep valley below, forming a 68-meter-high waterfall. This is the magnificent Changbai Waterfall, which is the first scenic spot of Changbai Mountain.

  It was here that a sect of the Cultivation Realm stood, and this sect had been in existence for thousands of years. By the time ordinary humans began to set foot in this place, the cultivators used some Daoist methods and techniques to set up various obstacles, making it impossible for ordinary humans to see the majestic gate beside the waterfall.

  Lin Xingbai was touching the warm waist skin of a girl for the first time. Unlike girls like Xiuyu, who wore more and more clothes, afraid to reveal even a little skin. However, this moment passed extremely quickly, and they soon arrived at the Taoist temple.

  "The Changbai Puppet Gate" was written on the stone tablet standing in front of the gate, and behind it were layers of houses with different styles, which had been left for many years, obviously this sect has a long history.

  Seeing that it was the Puppet Gate, Lin Xingbai's heart moved, wanting to know if all the puppet techniques in the world originated from Da Wu Bi Suo. Perhaps this Puppet Gate had a connection with Da Wu Bi Suo. Lin Xingbai's mind was filled with doubts, but the girl beside him was just a junior fellow disciple, and he estimated that she wouldn't understand much either, so he didn't ask her.

  Gong Xiaolu applied some magic tricks in her hand, broke through the ban and entered the Changbai Puppet Gate.

  Upon entering the gate, it was found that although there were architectural styles of various dynasties, modern-style houses were still the most numerous. Gong Xiaolu explained: "There are more modern disciples, everyone is used to living in modern houses, so it became like this."

  Jing Xiaolu walked along the way, and indeed encountered many young men. Nowadays, cultivators rarely wear Taoist robes; instead, they wear casual clothes, jeans, suits, or strange postmodern attire that is unconventional and varied.

  Lin Xingbai was shocked in his heart, more than 50 years have passed, modern people wear clothes that are so strange, back then he and others wore clothes, just those few styles, no need to change, this era is not bad, at least much better than the serious and dull 50 years ago.

  Along the way, Gong Xiaolu encountered young men whose eyes lit up one by one, boldly and shamelessly staring at her beautiful legs. This made Lin Xingbai sigh that the youth of this era were indeed thicker-skinned than those over 50 years ago.

  For over fifty years, the group's individuals have been secretly gazing at young women, but they dare not stare recklessly. However, Lin Xingbai enjoys this and gazes at them openly; if he didn't even dare to gaze, that would be pitiful.

  Gong Xiaolu ignored all this, walking to a rather old attic, the red paint peeling off, looking like it had been for quite some time. Gong Xiaolu walked up to the attic and knocked on it, then cast a spell.

  The person in the attic was startled, and an old man with dim eyes came out. The old man wore a pair of presbyopic glasses and wore an old-fashioned Zhongshan suit, looking like an old man from some school's duty room. On this old man's body, Lin Xingbai clearly felt that his true yuan power had increased by two hundred years.

  It seems that the Xiūzhēn realm still has some real power, at least some of the predecessors in the Xiūzhēn realm have considerable abilities. Lin Xǐngbái made this judgment and applied some witch tribe's techniques to hide his own strength on himself. The old man wearing the old flower glasses looked at Lin Xǐngbái for a moment, but didn't see through his true abilities, so he stopped looking.

  "Leaf is good." Gong Xiaolu smiled sweetly and said, Lao Huajing smiled: "How, have you completed the upgrade task?"

  Gong Xiaolu nodded, took out the two bear paws from her bag, and handed them over. The two bear paws were proof of completing the task. Lao Huajing smiled: "Not bad, you completed the task so quickly, it seems your skills have improved again."

  At this point, Gong Xiaolu's pretty face turned red.

  "It's a pity that your master and the seniors of your school have all gone on a cloud tour now, and it's estimated that they won't be back for some time."

  "Your next step in advancing your skills might have to wait until your master returns to teach you."

  Lao Hua Jing said so, and Gong Xiao Lu naturally had nothing to say. It seemed that they could only wait again. After bidding farewell to Lao Hua Jing, Gong Xiao Lu walked towards his own house. The space here was vast, so each disciple had their own set of houses, of course, the area wouldn't be too large.

  The room was decorated in a very European style, with faint floral patterns on the floor, smooth walls, and European-style furniture. The living room had floor-to-ceiling glass windows. Xiaolü was exhausted from the journey and went to take a bath first, leaving Lin Xingbai alone in the living room.

  Lin Xingbai sat in the living room, listening to the sound of the water, feeling a bit restless. Lin Xingbai was not a saint after all, and besides, the Wu tribe's kung fu didn't have anything to do with cultivating one's character.

  The Wu tribe values primitiveness, boldness, and is completely different from the Taoist way. Lin Xingbai would often secretly think about his neighbor's eldest daughter Xiuyu 52 years ago, sometimes stealing glances at his young wife, and this time hearing the sound of splashing water, he naturally had some thoughts stirred up.

  After a while, Gong Xiaolu came out wearing a crisp and refreshing white shirt after taking a bath. The white shirt was tied at the waist, revealing a slightly exposed waist, with hot shorts on the lower body, and her white, tender thighs were clad in icy high heels.

  After bathing, Gong Xiaolu's skin was slightly flushed all over her body.

  The beauty of this moment made Lin Xingbai's eyes widen, and he secretly thought that this was what a pretty girl who knew how to dress up looked like. If it were fifty years ago, even if they were prettier, they wouldn't know how to dress up, and their charm would be reduced by who knows how much.

  Gong Xiaolu was enjoying Lin Xingbai's gaze at her, she was a girl destined to be the focus: "Okay, you helped me once, now I'll help you." Gong Xiaolu sat in front of the computer, about to retrieve the data: "Having been closed for over 50 years, it's estimated that computers wouldn't understand it."

  "I'm going to borrow some materials." Downstairs, Xiaolü immediately went out and after a while, the sound of slippers stepping on the floor came again. The door was pushed open, and in Xiaolü's arms were a large pile of materials: "Come and get them, these are the materials."

  Lin Xingbai casually beckoned, and the materials flew over to him. It turned out that they were a series of books, with titles such as "Closed Cultivation Realm Understanding the World Guide 1", "Closed Cultivation Realm Understanding the World Guide 2" ... and so on, all the way up to thirty. There were thirty volumes in total, each one thick and substantial.

  Gong Xiaolu swung her slender legs, and the dazzling beauty of her legs made Lin Xingbai somewhat distracted. Gong Xiaolu said: "The social changes in the past one or two hundred years are really too great, exceeding the changes of the past thousand years. For a time, many cultivators who came out of seclusion could not understand this world."

  "So, gradually, someone summarized this set of closed-door cultivation true boundary understanding the world must-knows, which is specially for you old predecessors who have come out of closed doors. After reading these thirty volumes, I estimate that you will basically understand the changes in this world."

  So it was, Lin Xingbai felt relieved and enlightened.

  Gong Xiaolu agreed so readily at the time also because of this reason, if she had to be bothered to teach bit by bit, it would have been exhausting.