Chapter 67: The Purple Bamboo Forest (Middle)

  Lin Fan said with a smile, "The answer is an empty stomach."

  Everyone is staring at Lin Fan together, and then they all look at Yang Xuejiao, are you going to blow up?

  Yang Xuejiao nodded: "Correct, next question."

  A young monk asked in a low voice: "Younger brother, how did you guess it?"

  Lin Fan replied: "I've gone hungry."

  "When I was little?"

  "No, last month."

  "Sorry, I didn't know you hadn't established your foundation yet, junior brother."

  Lin is annoyed and puzzled, why do you think that building a foundation must involve fasting? Anyway, thanks to Lin's non-fasting, the riddle was solved smoothly.

  Someone recited a second riddle: "I have a sea without water, a shore without sand, a city without people, and a mountain without earth. What am I?"

  A young monk hastily replied: "Pangu, he opened up the heavens and earth, he..." He didn't dare say any more, as Yang Xuejiao was just about to throw her sword at him.

  "Illusion." A disciple replied, but it wasn't.

  Everyone was discussing it, Lin Fan looked at it and hated that he couldn't make a good guess: "It's a treasure map."

  "Map?"

  They had hardly left the mountains and had almost no contact with maps. Lin Fan brought a map to Jiulang Mountain Range, and Ximen Shuai went to Cangmang Absolute Land, also relying on the map.

  Yang Xuejiao put the sword in her hand into the spring water to soak, looking at Lin Fan and asked: "What's your name?"

  Lin Fan looked around and saw that everyone was looking at him, so he replied: "Wood shows wind destruction, house inside smoke... is my name, guess it." Lin Fan smiled and walked away.

  Yang Xuejiao thought for a moment: "The tall trees are broken by the wind, and smoke is rising from inside the house?"

  "The third question..."

  "Everyone, go back, work is done." Yang Xuejiao bluntly issued an eviction order: "Go back and learn more from your master's wife." After driving everyone away, Yang Xuejiao began to focus on thinking about the riddle left by Lin Fan.

  ……

  The highest mountain in the purple bamboo forest is called Purple Cloud Mountain. Lin Fan followed the elegant meaning to climb the mountain and take a look, but saw a black-robed young man standing at the edge of the cliff against the wind. Who could it be if not Gu Yan? Lin Fan felt that chatting with Gu Yan was really out of tune, preparing to make way, didn't expect Gu Yan to sense someone behind him, turned around and looked, bowed his head: "Lin Fan, younger brother."

  "Old Master Gu." Lin Fan bowed his head, can't you be less polite?

  Gu Yan turned around and continued to enjoy the view. Lin Fan walked up and stood beside Gu Yan: "The purple bamboo forest is very beautiful!"

  "When the wind does not move, the leaves do not move. When the wind moves, the leaves move." Gu Yan said: "A strong wind comes, if the leaves do not move, they will be destroyed. By following the trend and borrowing from it, although swaying unsteadily, they are as stable as Mount Tai."

  I understand what you're saying, but don't you think you've gone off topic? And by a long shot...

  "Follow the trend." Gu Yan closed his eyes and slowly rotated his left hand, a treasured sword emerged from its scabbard, with the hilt as the center, drawing a circle in mid-air.

  "Borrowing momentum to move." The treasured sword became light and fluttering, like a falling leaf drifting with the wind. The tip of the treasured sword was contained yet not revealed, moving nimbly left and right, shaking and swaying uncertainly.

  "Break through and attack!" Gu Yan opened his eyes, pinched the sword key, and the treasure sword flew out quickly, piercing the four Kongming lanterns.

  Lin Fan looked out the door, moving with the momentum of ancient rocks waiting in ambush. He used his treasured sword to sense the presence of the wind, and then borrowed its momentum to move, seemingly losing control. In reality, he was quietly hiding in a line of four lanterns. This may seem like child's play, but it actually contained something that Lin Fan couldn't understand.

  Gū Yán's face lit up with joy, and he bowed his head: "Lin Fan, shidi, I'll take my leave first."

  "Slow down." Lin was annoyed as he watched Gu Yan leave. This was supposed to be a dating spot, how did it become his training ground?

  "Lin Fan." A female voice came over.

  "What's wrong?" Lin Fan turned his head back, and it was Ye Wushuang again.

  "Thunderclap Flash Technique."

  "What?"

  Lin Fan, who was caught off guard, was quickly subdued by Fa Juan. Ye Wushuang said: "Lin Fan, you used your flying sword to shoot at the four Kongming lanterns, showing off your martial arts skills and disrupting the Lantern Festival. You will be taken down and handed over to the sect leader for punishment."

  "It wasn't me."

  "Who is that?"

  "Old Rock Senior Brother."

  "Where is it?" Ye Wushuang asked.

  "...... Is Gu Yan really a gentleman? Or is he someone who knows he's done something wrong and runs away with his head held high, leaving me to take the blame? Lin Fan asked helplessly: "Wu Shuang, when have you ever seen me wield a sword?"

  "You have a bamboo sword." Ye Wushuang replied.

  "... Lin Fan thought for a while: "Catch it, catch it."

  Ye Wushuang really caught him, used a spell to tie up Lin Fan, and led Lin Fan towards the Zong Temple. Along the way, everyone was discussing: What did this guy do that he didn't dare to do himself?

  Arriving at the ancestral temple, Ye Wushuang whispered something in Mie Xing's ear. Mie Xing asked: "Lin Fan, have you seen Wu Er?"

  "No, I've been walking around in circles and got lost." Lin Fan replied.

  "Mie Xing Zhen Ren said: 'She is at Nan Bridge, you can see her by walking along the stream, and there are no lanterns hanging on her sedan chair. Wu Shuang, let him go.'"

  ……

  Lin Fan was released. A brother squeezed over and asked in a low voice: "Younger martial brother, did you peek at her bathing or make an indecent assault on her?"

  Lin was furious and slapped one of the men's buttocks: "I'm being arrested for molesting a man."

  The young monk let out a loud cry and turned around to run away.

  Si Wusong, sooner or later I'll pack you up and sell you to Bai Mu as a scapegoat. Lin Fan thought to himself, continuing along the small stream, soon he saw Nan Bridge, the mist didn't cover his face, one person was folding paper boats by the stream.

  "Misty." Lin Fan hailed.

  "Lin Fan." Yu Er was overjoyed and couldn't help but touch the sachet in her bosom.

  "So idle?" Lin Fan walked over and asked: "Are you still used to being in the Purple Bamboo Forest? Have you been bullied by anyone? Especially, has someone named Ye Wushuang bullied you?" Don't give me an excuse for revenge.

  "There's nothing wrong." Wuer hurriedly waved her hand: "Ye Huofa is very good to me, everyone is very good to me, I'm very happy here."

  "That's good." Lin Fan pulled out a bag of peanuts: "Snacks."

  "I don't like to eat... okay, thank you Lin Fan." Wuer took the snack and Lin Fan sat down beside her, indicating that he didn't mind Wuer's ugliness at all, which was meant to boost Wuer's confidence. But unexpectedly, Wuer misunderstood, her face turned bright red, she wanted to take out the sachet from her bosom several times but then withdrew her hand again.

  "Hey, who's that." Yang Xuejiao landed in front of the two, pointing at Lin Fan: "I've guessed it, your name is Feng Mi."

  "You'd better call me honey bee."

  Yang Xuejiao was taken aback: "Then what's your name?"

  "Wu Er introduced: 'Xue Po Shifu, his name is Lin Fan, he is a disciple of Zhengyi Sect.'"

  "Lin Fan?" Yang Xue asked in doubt: "The wood is burning and smoke is coming out of the house. What does it have to do with Lin Fan?"

  Lin Fan replied seriously: "A tree that stands out in the forest will be broken by the wind. If a tree is blown down by the wind and becomes two pieces of wood, are they not still two pieces of wood? And if two pieces of wood are put together, isn't it just the character for 'forest'?"

  Yang Xuejiao listened to the explanation, had an urge to press Lin Fan into the water and beat him up violently, restrained herself, curiously asked: "What's the relationship between the smoke coming out of that house and Fan?"

  Lin Fan replied: "The house is emitting smoke, everyone takes a look, and the house is on fire! Add fuel to the fire!"

  Yang Xuejiao was furious and asked with a smile: "Do you know what fire added to fire is?"

  "Fire?" Lin Fan asked back.

  "Correct, Flame." As soon as the words fell, a flame shot straight at Lin Fan's face. Lin Fan reacted instinctively, his body twisting like a water snake to dodge it.

  "Are you serious?"