Notes on Longevity

Chapter 150 The warm spring sun touches hearts, the green-clad man speaks of past conquests.
Springtime is bright and sunny, the sun is shining just right.

The wooden house remains the same, and the sea of ​​flowers is still in full bloom. However, in front of the wooden house, a man in green stands under the eaves, looking at several men in front of the green grass with great confusion.

She woke up early this morning, before dawn, at the wooden table on the first floor. As the saying goes, the time before sunrise, when the spirit of heaven and earth is concentrated, is the perfect time for cultivation.

Although her days were numbered, she had already formed habits over hundreds of years. However, she was very curious about these people who claimed to be from the Qin family of Yu'an. Their young master was friends with Taihua and Daoyisheng, and they even said they were inviting them into the city, claiming they had prepared a silk shop for her.

"I wonder if the young master is here? May we see him?"

Dao Yisheng recognized the speaker; he was the student who had taken him and Taihua to the inn earlier.

"He's injured and can't move around easily." The woman in green wasn't refusing; she genuinely couldn't move. However, the young scholar assumed she didn't trust him, which was why she said that.

He smiled and said, "Miss Green, please rest assured, we are really not bad people. Besides, I have met Young Master Dao, he will understand once he sees me."

The woman in green looked at the boy and smiled, "He is really injured and can't see right now. You should go back and thank him for me."

Seeing that the woman in green was so insistent, the young scholar thought that perhaps what she said was true, so he said, "Should I go and fetch a doctor?"

"No need, thank you for your kindness, but his eyes will be fine in a few days," the woman in green politely declined again.

The student had no choice but to shake his head and give up: "In that case, we'll head back now."

"By the way, here are the keys to the shop. Once you've recovered, Young Master Dao, just go there directly. If you encounter any trouble, feel free to come to the Qin family."

Just as the young scholar was about to leave, he remembered that he hadn't given the key to Green Robe yet. Even if he didn't agree now, he might change his mind later and give the key to Green Robe directly, so she could go whenever she wanted.

The man in green hesitated for a moment before declining, saying, "I thank you all, but I am already busy and will have to decline your young master's kindness."

She actually wanted to go, but she couldn't do two things at once because she had to take care of Daoyi.

Since the man in green insisted, the student had no choice but to give up, saying, "Then I'll take my leave."

He bowed to the man in green, then turned and led the group away along the path through the sea of ​​flowers.

The woman in green watched their retreating figures, a touch of melancholy creeping over her. If only I had more time...
Why didn't you agree to their request?

As she was feeling melancholy, Dao Yisheng's voice suddenly came from behind her, startling her.

“I promised Master Taihua I would take care of you, so I don’t have time to run the shop anymore.” The woman in green turned to look at Dao Yisheng, sighed softly, and asked, “Why did you get out of bed?”

"Don't worry, I'm recovering quickly. I can already see some things blurry." Dao Yisheng smiled, walked to the side of the woman in green, stretched out his body, and felt the perfect sunshine and warm spring day.

"Hoo." Dao Yisheng put down his hand, coughed lightly twice, and looked at the reddened sun in his eyes with his blurry eyes: "It has to be the perfect spring, neither arrogant nor impatient, everything looks so good."

Green-clad woman frowned slightly as she looked at Dao Yisheng, her heart churning with emotions. Centuries had passed, and she still didn't recognize him. She remembered when Dao Yisheng was still a tree; she often spoke to him, and although she received no response, she was still happy. But now, he was right before her, flesh and blood, able to speak, and able to see her clearly, yet she still felt like a stranger.

He was inexplicably dazed. Last night, she felt that Dao Yisheng was the tree she was looking for, which was why she lost her composure. So what about now?
If one has a physical body and can answer, then where does this sense of unfamiliarity come from?
She thought and thought. She didn't know.

For a moment, she couldn't tell whether she was looking for the tree or Dao Yisheng.

Green-clad sighed and finally sat down on the wooden platform under the eaves. Dao Yisheng, hearing the sound, followed her blurry vision and sat down beside her, asking curiously, "What's wrong? Something on your mind?"

"I guess so." The woman in green fiddled with her fingers, letting her thoughts wander freely.

"What's on your mind? Tell me, and I'll see if I can help you find a solution." Dao Yisheng rubbed his hands together, looking ready to go into battle.

The woman in green felt a little happy looking at him, but her face was full of worry. "Forget it. Master Taihua said that your mind is still that of a child, and you can't solve my problem."

Dao Yisheng grunted in response, then frowned and tilted his head to look at the man in green, his face full of shock and disbelief. "What do you mean? Is that what he told you about me?"

"Yes. You even said you wanted me to take good care of you." The woman in green turned her head, looking at his exasperated appearance, all her thoughts vanished at that moment, and she smiled slightly.

"That guy is awful! He's so much younger than me and he still dares to call me a child. When he gets back, I'm going to teach him a lesson."

Sure enough, it really is just a child.

Dao Yisheng's appearance buried all her disappointment and sorrow deep in her heart. She thought to herself: Actually, this is not bad. Whether it is that tree or Dao Yisheng, at least in the end it is the same.

She breathed a sigh of relief, gazing at the bright sun in the sky. A spring breeze stirred a thought within her.

She turned to look at Dao Yisheng, who was also silently staring at the sea of ​​flowers. She lowered her head and thought for a moment, then finally decided to ask him, "By the way, I heard from Daoist Taihua that you saved me because we are the same kind of people. Is that true?"

"That's right. Besides, you haven't done anything heinous, so I can't just watch you get killed."

Dao Yisheng's words were very straightforward, which made the woman in green pause slightly. He really was outspoken.

The woman in green gave a wry smile, then asked, "But how do you know I didn't do these things?"

Dao Yisheng was stunned; his mind went blank. Finally, he scratched his head awkwardly and said, "I heard it from the Qin family."

"The Qin family?" The woman in green remembered that the people who had just come seemed to be from the Qin family, but that didn't matter anymore. "The Qin family doesn't know whether I did it or not. Maybe I talked about someone behind their back when they can't see me?"

"No way." Dao Yisheng said with some surprise, "But you don't have a murderous aura on you, but rather a light and elegant fragrance. You don't seem like someone who has killed anyone, you don't seem like it."

Dao Yisheng's childlike tone amused the woman in green. She hugged her knees, buried her head in them, and turned to look at Dao Yisheng with a smile: "Actually, I really have killed someone."

(End of this chapter)