The Spirit World

Chapter 387 Fate

"Hey... don't you think that those two people going up the mountain are so strange..." Zheng Yipeng took a bite of the flower cake. The threads of the flower cake were pulled up, and there were some fine condiments on it, more often a kind of fresh and fragrant meat sauce. In addition to fine salt, five-spice powder, there were also shredded mushrooms adhering to the surface of the flower cake. The taste was fresh and sufficient. If you add a little secret chili powder, just bite a little bit, the fragrant oil will make a popping sound in your mouth, touching the taste buds and drawing out saliva. If you don't smack your lips, you will be sorry for such delicious food.

"It's quite strange... Just by looking at their clothes, I feel that they are not ordinary people." Li Jingyue was also eating the flower cake in big mouthfuls. His flower cake was added with secret chili powder, so it looked a little orange under the light.

"Hmm..." Ran Yi nodded. Ran Yi ate in small bites. If nothing unexpected happened, it was possible that he and Hua Gao would "respect each other".

The three of them sat in the store, looking at the sparse crowd outside the store. It was not very late, but there were only a few people on the street.

There is a night market in Bailing Mountain. Although it is not bustling every night, the snacks and collectibles are all on the west side of Bailing City, and the flower cake shop that Li Jingyue insisted on visiting is on the east side.

Disciples of Bailing Mountain are not allowed to go to places with bright lights and wine.

If someone from the Justice Department saw this and told the manager of Bailing Mountain, he would most likely be given a serious warning and receive severe punishment.

There is nothing wrong with this in itself. If someone has something to hide, he won't be able to get through the inquiry for marriage. If someone was originally a disciple of the mountain, but was suddenly blocked from getting through the inquiry for marriage, it is obvious that he has done something wrong.

"People who can ask about marriage...are not necessarily bad people, there's nothing strange about it," Ran Yi said again, eating the flower cake slowly. He couldn't stand spicy food, even pepper, he would smack his lips at the slightest bit of fishy and spicy food. His flower cake was so smooth, with crispy fruit pulp and sweet sauce.

"Did anything strange happen when you came to ask about your marriage fate?" Zheng Yipeng raised his eyebrows and motioned Li Jingyue to speak.

"Do you have any? You tell me first, and I'll tell you." Li Jingyue chewed big mouthfuls of the flower cake. His cheeks looked like a chipmunk. There was a small amount of oil in the corners of his mouth. He pursed his lips happily, and ended up making his entire upper and lower lips covered with oil.

"I came to Bailing Mountain with my parents... When I asked about my marriage... they were scared to death, afraid that I wouldn't make it..." Zheng Yipeng bit the flower cake and chewed it in her mouth. Her flower cake was a normal specialty flower cake, not so greasy, but not white either, and you could still see the golden sheen.

She said it directly without hesitation.

When they were together, they never talked about what happened before they came to Bailing Mountain. The daily practice was already tiring enough. Besides, there were differences between men and women. It was impossible for the three of them to stay together all day long. However, Li Jingyue and Ran Yi could.

"Then, when I walked over, the whole place was filled with butterflies flying around. My parents were stopped on the bridge, watching the butterflies circling around me. They were almost crying. Then, they watched me go to Bailing Mountain to test my spiritual power alone."

“Ah… you are a butterfly… I asked some fellow apprentices, they all had ordinary blue lights… and then… nothing happened…” Li Jingyue’s chipmunk-like dimples disappeared, and then he swallowed and looked at Zheng Yipeng: “I thought I was the only one who was different…”

"What are you?" Zheng Yipeng looked at Li Jingyue with anticipation.

"I am..." Li Jingyue was about to say something when he heard a "puff".

Ran Yi next to him actually laughed to himself.

"Hey... don't do that... you laughed for a long time last time..." Li Jingyue pushed Ran Yi, who was pushed and held back his laughter, then calmed down.

"How would I know why it's so funny... Really... How could someone ask for directions to a lover and be pushed into the water by a monkey..." Ran Yi ate the flower cake slowly again. He glanced outside the store and saw a pedestrian passing by in a hurry. The boss brought up the flower cakes they ordered and then went to the kitchen.

"I should have known not to tell you the truth... I should have said that there was an ancient golden dragon surrounding me, which would have impressed you."

"Are you a monkey? One monkey... or... many monkeys?" Zheng Yipeng heard this for the first time, but he did not smile like Ran Yi. Instead, he was surprised as well.

“Hmm… I don’t know why it’s a monkey… I’m not born in the year of the monkey… I’m so handsome… I don’t know how I resemble a monkey…” Li Jingyue wiped his mouth with a piece of fine cloth, put it on the table, and continued to pick up a bunch of flower cakes to eat.

"Then... I can't be a butterfly... There is no butterfly year..." Zheng Yipeng thought Li Jingyue's guess was ridiculous, but he looked at Ran Yi seriously and asked: "Where is Ran Yi? Did anything strange happen?"

"No... I only had one thought in my mind at that time, that I had to cross this bridge, and then I crossed it. I didn't encounter anything strange. How should I put it... Although I only have a gold-level talent, if other people asked, I would not say that a golden ancient dragon appeared when I was asking about my fate." Ran Yi teased softly. He sat upright to prevent the jam from dripping on his white clothes.

"Hmph." Li Jingyue turned his face away angrily and ate his portion of flower cake in big mouthfuls. The cake was stained with chili powder and oil.

"Are the others just some blue lights? Asking for fate... is it a little different?" Zheng Yipeng continued to ask and stopped eating.

"If you really want to say that... there are still some differences... for example... there are blue spiritual powers that are like fire, and there are also blue spiritual powers that are like square blocks of earth... so, it is still hard to say that they are really the same." Li Jingyue looked up, his big eyes rolling around. The roof beams were very high, and this store was considered a famous store.

"Then... do you know how the marriage-asking method works? I feel like... there's no pattern to it... how does he tell which ones can pass and which ones can't... if he can just silently pray in his mind that he can pass, then wouldn't that mean it won't work at all?"

Zheng Yipeng seemed to be very confused about the matter of marriage.

Now that it was mentioned, chatting was just chatting, and she really wanted to find out about the things she didn't know.

As a disciple of Bai Lingshan, I have never known about this kind of thing. To be honest, it is not very easy to understand. It is like something I have to face every day. I see it every day, but I have never learned any about its history. Even if I explore it at this time, I may not be able to understand it thoroughly.

“Asking for directions to marriage is a tradition left by the ancestors of Bailing Mountain… It should be recorded in the strange stories of Bailing Mountain. As far as I know, asking for directions to marriage is a very complicated stargazing Taoist formation that can discern the vague future that a person may have. Anyone who has a close connection with Bailing Mountain can enter Bailing Mountain.” Li Jingyue finished his portion with a clatter, wiped his mouth, and clapped his hands.

"Our Li family is also familiar with the Ning family, so this is definitely true. As for other secrets, I really don't know. Of course, I can't tell you even if I know..."

"I thought... it was really fate... that allowed us to come to Bailing Mountain... just like distinguishing whether a person is good or evil. If that's the case, then I don't think... it's necessarily possible to distinguish people with fate..."

Zheng Yipeng's friend was very disappointed and picked up the flower cake and ate it slowly.

Ran Yi said nothing, just listened to their conversation silently, and finished a flower cake by chewing it slowly.

"I don't know either... Before we really know, everything is possible... Anyway, it doesn't affect our entry and exit... Why are you so worried..." Li Jingyue patted Zheng Yipeng's little shoulder.

“No, there really is an example of someone who can never enter Bailing Mountain again… If you really want to count it, it was a senior brother from our Tongling Dao…” Ran Yi interrupted, picked up a bunch of flower cakes, and took another light bite.

He kept his head down when he spoke, and could not see that Li Jingyue and Zheng Yipeng were looking at him with confusion and surprise.

"how is this possible?"

"Yeah... No way... Such a big thing... How come I don't know? I am an insider in Bailing Mountain..."

"You also know it's half..." Ran Yi spoke softly, without any teasing in his voice.

"To be precise, I'm the only one who knows about this matter... But it's nothing... It's not a big deal in itself." Ran Yi raised his head slightly and glanced at them.

"Why can't we get in? Now that I think about it... my scalp is numb... If we did what he did... we would be doomed if we couldn't pass the test..." Li Jingyue stared at the leisurely Ran Yi in fear. Even Zheng Yipeng looked at Li Jingyue and nodded at Ran Yi.

"No, no... We will never do such a thing in our lifetime... We just came out to eat some flower cakes... Not that necessary, not that necessary." Ran Yi showed a mysterious smile, which made Li Jingyue's smile freeze even more.

"You've done too many bad things... Are you scared now? Hahaha." Ran Yi patted Li Jingyue's shoulder cheerfully and said with a wicked smile: "If you can't pass the fate of asking for directions and can't enter Bailing Mountain, I will tell all the mentors about your legendary experience, don't worry."

Li Jingyue's stunned look made him very happy.

Zheng Yipeng didn't recover either.

Why... would there be people who approve of the marriage and yet disapprove of such a thing? Isn't this... confusing?
If one becomes a disciple of Bai Lingshan and then cannot be a disciple of Bai Lingshan, the entanglement or shame involved is definitely enough to choke a person to death.

"So, why is it? That senior brother...how come you are the only one who knows about this?"

Zheng Yipeng simply decided not to eat the flower cake. He put it on the plate and put the plate aside.

"Actually, thinking about it now, this incident is a very strange thing... That senior brother didn't make any breakthrough in his cultivation. I was reading in the library at the time, and he was sighing on the side. I chatted with him for a few words, and he said that his cultivation had reached a bottleneck and he couldn't improve any more. He stopped at the Gold Level... But he came to Bailing Mountain at the Star Level... So, he was very unwilling..." Ran Yi spoke softly and politely, putting down the flower cake.

"And then?" Li Jingyue recovered and listened carefully, his eyes wide open.

"Then, he went down the mountain...wanted to relax, go somewhere else...relax...and then...he never came back..." Ran Yi said lightly, making Li Jingyue feel like he was struck by lightning.

"Ah!?" Li Jingyue shouted in surprise: "That's it? He just wanted to go somewhere else, but he was not allowed to go in? This person... is so... perverted?"

"What? Are you scared? Hahahaha." Ran Yi knew what Li Jingyue was thinking. He couldn't be called a particularly good disciple of Bailing Mountain. He was even more rebellious than ordinary people. If you really want to say that, he couldn't be called a bad disciple, and he couldn't be called a good disciple either. It was hard to say, but in the final analysis, he had done a lot of bad things...

If there is no pattern to finding a love partner, how does it work?

It's really like asking about marriage...it gives people that unexpected sense of accomplishment and frustration.

“I… am not afraid… There are so many people who cannot enter Bailing Mountain… The fact that I can enter… shows that I have a connection with Bailing Mountain. If not, then it doesn’t matter if I can’t enter.” When Li Jingyue said this, he felt a little scared and hurriedly said, “I do have a connection with Bailing Mountain now…”

"Yes... since it's about asking for directions to marriage, asking for directions to marriage... could it be... really about marriage asking for directions?" Zheng Yipeng clapped his hands, as if he knew something...

"Huh? Are you sure you didn't rearrange the words?" Li Jingyue looked at Zheng Yipeng puzzledly, and Ran Yi also looked at her seriously.

"No, perhaps, the two words 'marriage' and 'fate' should be thought of separately. Perhaps, 'fate' is the most important part, and the word 'marriage' may very well refer to the Ning family's husband's family." Zheng Yipeng said with interest: "I don't know if this is the right way to think."

"What do you think? Breaking down the text? Nonsense?" Li Jingyue rolled his eyes.

"Oh, so when the first generation of the Bailing Mountain Patriarch chose this name, he was bullied by Madam Bai Ling... So when he named her in commemoration, he combined the word "缘" (fate) with the word "饮" (marriage) which symbolizes the husband's family... It can be regarded as a hint to Madam Bai Ling... No matter how powerful Madam Bai Ling is, she is still the wife of the Patriarch Bai Ling... In this way, he can achieve... those little tricks in the man's heart..."

"Inhale..." Li Jingyue took a breath and said it out loud... It was a breath of cool air, his chest straightened up and then let it go.

"According to what you said... such a powerful person is afraid of his wife?"

"Well... maybe, probably... perhaps... no..."

Zheng Yipeng took a sip of tea, not daring to look at Li Jingyue.

"Let's go... let's go back early..." Ran Yi stood up.

"Okay!" Zheng Yipeng stood up.

Having said that, I can only go home early.

Now, except for those who are in the know, no one can guess how the Questioning for Directions and Marriage Bridge distinguishes people and stops them from entering the Questioning for Directions and Marriage Bridge.

After paying the money, Li Jingyue walked quickly out of the store, where Zheng Yipeng and Ran Yi were waiting for him.

"I don't want to really not be able to go back... If that happens, it will be so embarrassing..." Li Jingyue jumped quickly, and for a moment, he was as anxious as a monkey.

"Hmm..." Ran Yi didn't say anything else, but followed behind Li Jingyue. The toes of the three of them lightly tapped the high point of the street, and with a tap, they jumped far away. While they were on the road, the blue spiritual power attached to their legs, and it was not an exaggeration to say that they walked as fast as the wind.

"It's not too late now..." Zheng Yipeng was behind them: "I thought I should bring some back for my junior sisters..."

"Why didn't you say it earlier..." Li Jingyue had no intention of turning back.

Zheng Yipeng stopped talking too.

According to their pace, they only walked a short distance before they saw their destiny.

The wind outside was very strong, as if it had just started. It was about to knock the three of them over, but in an instant, the wind stopped.

The three of them looked at each other.

I don’t know what happened.

And when I looked at the direction of marriage again.

On the edge of the bridge, there was a person standing steadily.

The man's white robe was spotless, but it seemed as if there were countless black threads trembling inside.

The man seemed to be very hesitant as to whether or not to go through the process of asking for directions and enter Bailing Mountain.

(End of this chapter)