Chapter 215: I Must Be Overthinking

Three days had passed since the first winter snow, and four days since the day they were dominated by egg drop porridge.

Although some small accidents happened on the day of the egg drop porridge, which prevented Qinger from wearing the Keqing outfit he had made…

Over the past few days, under Lin Xun’s sweet talk, Jiang Qingshang was finally fooled into putting on the Keqing outfit.

The moment Jiang Qingshang stood before Lin Xun, wearing the Keqing outfit and holding a one-handed sword…

Lin Xun could guarantee it! Qinger was definitely the most beautiful Keqing he had ever seen!

Lin Xun even suspected that Keqing had literally walked out of the 2D world!

Then, as a result, Lin Xun ate beef kidneys for three days straight.

Today, Lin Xun was still lying on the lounge chair in the courtyard, looking like a salted fish whose life’s wishes had already been fulfilled.

However, Lin Xun would not be satisfied with just this!

After all, the silver-haired rich lady’s outfit was also finished; he just needed another chance to fool Qinger into wearing it.

Looking at Yaya, who was still constantly stepping on the white snow in the yard, Lin Xun thought he could perhaps dress Yaya in a certain red cutie’s outfit, give her a backpack, and have her learn a few Fireball and Pyroblast spells.

Finally, he could take Yaya out to go fish blasting.

As for Bai Luoxue, she had just been selling tofu as usual these past few days and then closing up shop; she hadn’t come to find Lin Xun.

Because Lin Xun had said he would visit her again to help her restore the most basic human emotions.

Even though Bai Luoxue didn’t know what the significance of “restoring basic human emotions” was, as long as Lin Xun would still come to see her, she felt everything was fine.

Lin Xun had some ideas lately on how to help Bai Luoxue restore her emotions, but he certainly couldn’t go see her right now.

At least not until after Luo City’s Ice and Snow Festival.

The Ice and Snow Festival was a grand winter celebration in Luo City, and Lin Xun planned to take Qinger and Yaya out to play that day.

Once they had their fun, the silver-haired rich lady’s outfit could be put on the agenda.

Logically speaking, although his current life wasn’t exactly peaceful—with a time bomb like Bai Luoxue around—it was good enough for Lin Xun.

It’s just that…

For some reason, these past few days, Lin Xun would often think of Sikong Wangxing, Zhu Ling, Wang Chen, and the others. He even had a constant feeling that he would suddenly run into them at some point.

“How could that be? I must be overthinking it.”

Lin Xun shook his head.

Wang Chen was currently at the Bodhi Holy Land, Sikong Wangxing was frail and sickly so it was impossible for her to come to Luo City, and Zhu Ling was the darling of Medicine King Valley, so they wouldn’t let her out.

It was impossible for him to see them.

Dismissing his strange thoughts, Lin Xun lay back down on the lounge chair, gently rocking under the warm winter sun.

Not long after, however, there was a knock at the courtyard gate.

Lin Xun opened the gate and found it was a runner from the Luo City government named Lu Renjia.

“Mr. Lin,” the officer Lu Renjia greeted with a bow.

“Brother Lu, is there something the matter?” Lin Xun returned the bow and asked.

“Oh, it’s like this. Zilin Holy Land wishes to spread the ‘Purple Guiding Art’ throughout Luo City so the citizens can strengthen their bodies and prolong their lives. Additionally, Zilin Holy Land has selected one hundred people to receive a Spirit Fruit and a commemorative edition of the ‘Purple Guiding Art’.”

Lu Renjia handed over a crystal-clear Spirit Fruit and a small booklet.

“Congratulations, Mr. Lin! Your luck is truly fantastic!”

“???”

Seeing the other’s envious gaze, three question marks popped up over Lin Xun’s head.

Even after Lin Xun took the booklet and the Spirit Fruit and Lu Renjia had turned to leave, Lin Xun still stood at the courtyard gate in a bit of a daze.

Selecting one hundred people out of a city of a million?

I’m that one in ten thousand?

But for someone like me, who always hits the hard pity when pulling on gacha banners and sometimes finds missing seasoning packets in instant noodles, how could I possibly hit a one-in-ten-thousand chance?

Could it be that my ‘European King’ luck has finally exploded?

Returning to the courtyard, Lin Xun peeled the Spirit Fruit, giving half to Yaya and saving the other half for when Qinger returned.

He flipped open the booklet; the beginning was inscribed with the three large characters: ‘Purple Guiding Art’.

Lin Xun held a positive attitude toward Zilin Holy Land spreading the Purple Guiding Art throughout Luo City; he even wanted to give a thumbs-up to whichever little Genius thought of this.

The Purple Guiding Art was merely an introductory Qi-guiding Method. Every Sect had its own, and they weren’t particularly precious.

But even so, no one was usually willing to make their Qi-guiding Method public.

After all, no matter how ordinary the method was, no one wanted their Sect’s techniques to become common knowledge on the streets.

But Zilin Holy Land was different.

It seemed Zilin Holy Land didn’t care about that at all.

Furthermore, with this move, the negative impact of Zilin Holy Land’s Fang Jianqiu colluding with the Great Joy Temple would likely dissipate completely.

Once the Purple Guiding Art became deeply rooted among the common Mortals, it would be incredibly easy for Zilin Holy Land to recruit various geniuses.

After all, Cultivators were human too, and they came from the Mortal world. When they wanted to practice cultivation, the first place they would think of would be Zilin Holy Land.

However, what was the meaning of this ‘commemorative edition’ of the Purple Guiding Art?

Why did every single sentence have a detailed annotation?

In reality, the Purple Guiding Art didn’t need annotations at all, as it was the very first lesson for newly admitted Disciples and was quite easy to understand.

Moreover, no matter how one practiced the Purple Guiding Art, it wouldn’t harm the body; it was like Tai Chi, suitable for all ages.

But these annotations were extremely profound.

They analyzed the Purple Guiding Art layer by layer, striking right at its essence!

It was like asking, “Why does it rain?”, “Why do men and women end up together?”, or “Why does Ultraman defeat the monsters?”

These annotations explained everything clearly, and they also included personal insights.

The annotations were all handwritten in a beautiful, graceful script.

However, this already touched upon matters of the ‘Dao’!

The Purple Guiding Art was just an ordinary technique—and ‘ordinary’ was an understatement.

Because as long as you participated in the Zilin Holy Land Disciple selection, even if you were the lowest outer Disciple—the kind who swept leaves—you would learn the Purple Guiding Art.

And after learning it and achieving basic Qi circulation, it would be cast aside. None of the Cultivation Techniques you learned later would use the Purple Guiding Art.

Because it was essentially just a basic transition from Mortal to Cultivator.

So, even if another Sect went to Zilin Holy Land to steal skills, they would ignore the Purple Guiding Art because they could derive it themselves.

But these annotations already involved the Dao!

The Dao is not something to be passed on lightly!

Zilin Holy Land would absolutely never release a version of the Purple Guiding Art with these annotations.

Lin Xun quickly caught up to Lu Renjia and took a look at the other booklets.

Only then did Lin Xun realize!

None of the other commemorative editions of the Purple Guiding Art had any annotations; only his copy was unique!