Chapter 66

Lin Fan said, "The answer is hunger."

Everyone looked at Lin Fan in unison, then turned to look at Yang Xueniao, wondering if she was about to lose her temper.

Yang Xueniao nodded, "Correct, next question."

A male disciple asked in a low voice, "Junior Brother, how did you guess it?"

Lin Fan replied, "I've experienced hunger."

"During your childhood?"

"No, last month."

"I'm sorry, I didn't know Junior Brother hasn't yet reached the Foundation Establishment stage."

Lin Fan was puzzled, why did they think reaching the Foundation Establishment stage meant one must abstain from food? Anyway, the riddle was solved smoothly because Lin Fan didn't abstain from food.

Someone read the 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 male disciple quickly answered, "Pangu, he opened the heavens and the earth, he..." He stopped, afraid to continue as Yang Xueniao was about to throw a sword at him.

"Illusion," another disciple answered, but it was wrong.

Everyone discussed, and Lin Fan, looking at them, said with a sigh, "It's a map."

"A map?"

They had almost never left the mountain and had rarely come into contact with maps. Lin Fan had brought a map when he went to the Jiulang Mountains, and he relied on a map when he went to the Cangmang Wasteland with Ximen Shuai.

Yang Xueniao put the sword in her hand into the spring water, looked at Lin Fan, and asked, "What's your name?"

Lin Fan looked around and, seeing everyone looking at him, answered, "Wood stands out in the forest, smoke rises from the house... that's my name, guess it." Lin Fan smiled and walked away.

Yang Xueniao pondered, "Wood stands out in the forest, smoke rises from the house?"

A male disciple read, "The third question..."

"Everyone, go back, we're done for today." Yang Xueniao issued the order to leave without any courtesy, "Go back and learn more from your shifu." After dismissing everyone, Yang Xueniao began to focus on the riddle left by Lin Fan.

...

The highest mountain in the Purple Bamboo Forest is called Ziyun Mountain. Lin Fan climbed the mountain following the elegant path and saw a black-robed youth standing by the cliff, who else could it be but Gu Yan? Lin Fan felt that talking to Gu Yan was a bit out of tune and was about to leave, but Gu Yan sensed someone behind him, turned around, and bowed, "Junior Brother Lin Fan."

"Senior Brother Gu Yan." Lin Fan bowed back, don't be so formal, okay?

Gu Yan turned back and continued to look at the scenery. Lin Fan didn't know whether to leave or stay, so he stepped forward and stood beside Gu Yan, "The Purple Bamboo Forest is very beautiful!"

"Wind does not move, leaves do not move; when the wind moves, the leaves move." Gu Yan said, "When a strong wind comes, if the leaves do not move, they will be destroyed. Moving with the wind, borrowing the wind, though swaying, they remain as stable as a mountain."

Lin Fan understood the words, but did you go off-topic? And by a long way...

"Moving with the wind." Gu Yan closed his eyes and slowly turned his left hand, drawing a circle in the air with the hilt of his sword.

"Borrowing the wind." The sword became light as a feather, like a leaf drifting in the wind. The tip of the sword was hidden, moving left and right, swaying.

"Breaking the wind!" Gu Yan opened his eyes, made a sword gesture, and the sword shot out rapidly, piercing four sky lanterns.

Lin Fan saw the technique: moving with the wind, Gu Yan waited, using the sword to sense the wind, then borrowing the wind, seemingly losing control, but actually secretly positioning himself where the four sky lanterns aligned. It seemed simple, but it contained something Lin Fan couldn't understand.

Seeing Gu Yan's pleased expression, he bowed, "Junior Brother Lin Fan, I'll take my leave first."

"Take care." Lin Fan watched Gu Yan leave, wondering how a place for romantic strolls had become a place for cultivation.

"Lin Fan." A female voice called out.

"What?" Lin Fan turned around, it was Ye Wushuang again.

"Thunder Shocking Light Technique."

"What?"

Unprepared, Lin Fan was quickly trapped by the spell scroll. Ye Wushuang said, "Lin Fan, you used a flying sword to shoot four sky lanterns, showing off your martial prowess, disrupting the Lantern Festival. I will take you to the sect leader for punishment."

Lin Fan hurriedly said, "It wasn't me."

"Then who was it?"

"Senior Brother Gu Yan."

"Where is he?" Ye Wushuang asked.

"..." Is Gu Yan really a gentleman? Did he run away after doing something bad, leaving me to take the blame? Lin Fan said helplessly, "Wushuang, when have you ever seen me use a flying sword?"

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

"..." Lin Fan thought for a while, "Arrest me, arrest me."

Ye Wushuang really did, using the spell scroll to bind Lin Fan and guiding him to the sect hall. Along the way, everyone was discussing: what did this guy do that they didn't dare to do?

At the sect hall, Ye Wushuang whispered in the ear of Miejue Zhenren, who then asked, "Lin Fan, have you seen Wu'er?"

"No, I got lost on the way." Lin Fan answered.

Miejue Zhenren said, "She's at the South Bridge. Follow the stream, and you'll find her. Her room doesn't have a lantern hanging. Wushuang, release him."

...

Lin Fan was released. A fellow disciple squeezed over and asked in a low voice, "Junior Brother, did you see someone bathing, or did you molest someone?"

Lin Fan was furious and touched the fellow disciple's buttocks, "I was arrested for molesting a man."

The male disciple screamed and ran away.

Wushuang, I'll eventually sell you to Bai Mu as a spirit array core. Lin Fan thought, following the stream, he soon saw the South Bridge. Wu'er was not covering her face, folding paper boats by the stream.

"Wu'er." Lin Fan called out.

"Lin Fan." Wu'er was pleasantly surprised and couldn't help but touch the sachet in her chest.

"Are you free?" Lin Fan asked as he walked over, "Are you getting used to the Purple Bamboo Forest? Has anyone bullied you? Especially, has someone named Ye Wushuang bullied you?" Don't give me an excuse to take revenge.

"No, no." Wu'er waved her hands, "Protector Ye is very kind to me, everyone is very kind to me, I'm very happy here."

"That's good." Lin Fan took out a bag of peanuts, "Snacks."

"I don't like to eat... thank you, Lin Fan." Wu'er took the snacks, and Lin Fan sat down beside her, indicating that he didn't mind her ugliness, to boost her confidence. But Wu'er misunderstood, her face turned red, and she reached for the sachet in her chest several times but pulled back each time.

"Hey, you." Yang Xueniao landed in front of them, pointing at Lin Fan, "I guessed it, your name is Feng Mi."

"You can call me Bee."

Yang Xueniao was taken aback, "Then what's your name?"

Wu'er introduced, "Senior Sister Xueniao, his name is Lin Fan, a disciple of Zhengyi Sect."

"Lin Fan?" Yang Xueniao asked, "Wood stands out in the forest, smoke rises from the house. What does it have to do with Lin Fan?"

Lin Fan answered seriously, "Wood stands out in the forest, the wind must break it. When the wood is broken by the wind, doesn't it become two pieces of wood? Two pieces of wood together form the character '林' (lin)."

Yang Xueniao, after hearing the explanation, had the urge to dunk Lin Fan in water and beat him up, but she restrained herself and asked curiously, "Then what does 'smoke rises from the house' have to do with '烦' (fan)?"

Lin Fan answered, "Smoke rises from the house, everyone sees it, the house is on fire. Fire plus page! Fan!"

Yang Xueniao laughed in anger, "Do you know what fire plus fire is?"

"Flame?" Lin Fan asked.

"You're right, Flame Fire." As she spoke, a flame shot straight at Lin Fan's face. Lin Fan reacted instinctively, his body twisting like a water snake to avoid it.

"Are you serious?"

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