After returning from my cultivation journey, I built a farm through fortune telling.

Chapter 3 Encountering a Fellow Daoist Under the Ancient Ginkgo Tree
Pure wood spirit root talent is truly remarkable! Only three hours have passed! And he's already at the first level of Qi Refining!

—Who understands the joy of transmigrating to the world of cultivation and then back!
If it weren't for the deep of night, Bai Lu would really want to shout out—Mom, our Bai family is about to rise to great heights!

However, her emotions were so intense that she almost lost her breath. The rookie egret was terrified and quickly calmed herself down. Suddenly, she felt a special kind of spiritual energy from plants brush against her cheek. As she opened her eyes, she grabbed the branch that had brushed against her cheek.

"Oops, you've got me!"

A childish voice came from the trunk of an ancient ginkgo tree not far behind, accompanied by a giggle.

The egret turned to look at it, and saw a very tall ancient ginkgo tree, its trunk so thick that five people could not wrap their arms around it. According to the identification tag on its body, it was already 2,500 years old.

"You're so naughty, what if you scare ordinary people?"

Gu Yinxing loved to laugh, shaking her leaves as she laughed, the fallen leaves swirling as they landed: "You're not an ordinary person. I only started playing with you because I saw you'd already mastered Qi cultivation. I didn't even acknowledge you when you first arrived!"

"So, you're quite principled!"

"That's for sure!"

The ancient ginkgo tree was quite proud, shaking off another scattering of leaves: "The host said that we plant spirits are different from ordinary people. If we play with ordinary people, we'll get entangled in karma, and it will be difficult for us to become spirits!"

The biggest difference between a spirit and a demon is whether they can transform into human form. The higher their cultivation level, the longer they can remain in human form. In their world of spirits, being able to speak does not mean that one has become a spirit.

"Host?"

Bai Lu raised an eyebrow. There was a Sanqing Temple on Sanqing Mountain, where there were indeed Taoist priests practicing. However, she didn't know if these priests were truly accomplished, since she had little experience in this area in modern society.

Until Gu Yinxing spoke, she naively believed that she was the only one in the world who could cultivate!

"Yes, our current abbot is Qingxu Xiaodaoren. He's such a nice guy, always chatting with us to keep us company. But a month ago he went to participate in some event, and I haven't had anyone to talk to for days! Little one, what's your name? My name is Yinxing, isn't it nice? It was Qingxu who gave me this name!"

This name.
How easy it is to get up!

Master Qingxu should have a place in the world of name selection.

Judging from this, the ancient ginkgo tree must have developed sentience not long ago.

"That sounds beautiful," the egret chimed in against her conscience. "My name is Egret, just call me Lulu!"

"Little Egret!" The ancient ginkgo tree shook its branches. "Your name is beautiful too!"

"Thank you," Bailu said with a smile, then her eyes darted around. "Where are the other young Taoist priests at the temple? Aren't they here to keep you company?"

"All the young Taoist priests who could cultivate have been taken away by Xiao Qingxu—Shh! Xiao Qingxu told me not to tell outsiders about this! Can you just pretend you didn't hear anything?"

"We've talked so much, how could I be an outsider? I thought we were friends! Don't you want to be friends with me?"

"No, no! I was a witness when you were practicing Qi cultivation under my tree! We should be friends! Just like me and Xiaosong, Xiaoshan, Xiaobai, Xiaoyang, Xiaozhu, and Xiaogui!"

Wow! You have so many friends! I can't even count them all!

"I can count them! One, two, three, four, five, six! I have six friends! You little brat, have you not been studying properly?"

"You're still the best!" the egret praised.

Ancient Ginkgo: "Hehe—" Who says that being old means you can't be innocent?

Our ancient ginkgo tree is very simple. After the egret asked a few questions, it found out the mountain where its friends were. It even asked if it wanted to invite them over for a visit.
"Right now, I just want to be your friend."

The egret quickly refused. She wasn't naive enough to think that these plant spirits had actually come here as guests. They must have some kind of communication magic. The egret's cultivation level wasn't high enough to communicate with them silently. If she were to communicate aloud, well—who would dare!

That would scare all the ordinary people on this mountain to death!
"You like me that much!" Gu Yinxing swayed shyly, then stretched a twig out to Bai Lu: "Then let me give you a little gift. These are my fruits; Xiao Qingxu sells them for a high price!"

The ancient ginkgo tree generously gave her ten ginkgo fruits the size of a fist!

Even with Bai Lu Dou in her arms, she could feel the rich spiritual energy emanating from it, but it was still somewhat inferior to the spiritual fruits she cultivated in the cultivation world.

But in modern times, this is truly rare, no wonder it's so expensive!
"Little egret, do you want to go take a shower? The impurities you expelled from your body smell really bad!" As she spoke, the ancient ginkgo tree gathered a branch to cover the trunk, just like a human covering their nose with both hands.

Egret: "."

Are you serious about this sudden change in attitude?

But she still took the Taoist robe out of her bag and walked towards the public restroom not far away. Not long after, Gu Yinxing saw a bald young Taoist nun walking towards her.

It exclaimed in surprise, "Little egret, we cultivators don't need to shave our heads! We're different from those bald monks! It doesn't look good!"

"Bald monk? We Taoists don't get along with those monks?"

"I don't know! Anyway, Xiao Qingxu always scolds them whenever she comes to my place!"

Bai Lu couldn't suppress her laughter any longer. This Master Qingxu was really something, using that ancient tree as a dumping ground for his emotions?

"Little Egret, someone's here! It's just an ordinary person, I can't speak!"

Gu Yinxing lowered her voice and neatly tucked all her branches back in.

The egret sat cross-legged on the rock, slowly putting the ginkgo nuts into its backpack, when it heard a girl panting, "I'm exhausted! Oh? Fellow Daoist, starting your cultivation so early?"

They were two young men and women, both dressed in Taoist robes, carrying bags, holding hiking sticks, and carrying flashlights. They were clearly genuine tourists who had gone up the mountain yesterday, stayed there, and came early this morning to wait for the sunrise, not fake Taoists.

Tourists dressed in Taoist robes came one after another to the mountain to film videos. Upon seeing someone wearing a Taoist robe, they would all call them "fellow Taoist," regardless of whether they were actually practicing Taoism.

The egret blended in unnoticed, but what was striking was that she had gotten up so early to meditate, even though it was only a little past five o'clock—a true enthusiast.

Bai Lu didn't argue, but instead put on his hat and laughed, "Yes, fellow Daoist, shall we go together?"

The two men didn't ask much about Bai Lu's bald head, afraid of touching on her medical condition or privacy. They sat down opposite her with open arms and asked, "Fellow Daoist, you're here so early! Have you eaten?"

Bai Lu only ate one meal on the high-speed train, and wasn't full at all, so the two of them warmly invited her to join them.

The egret's gaze, however, fell on the small black shadow on the woman's shoulder. It was an unborn baby, and when it saw the egret looking at it, it immediately bared its teeth at her, revealing sharp black teeth that looked quite fierce.

"Have one, it's delicious! It's fate that we met, fellow Daoist, please don't be shy!"

(End of this chapter)