Who Moved My Mountain Chapter 18 part4

I must confess I didn't really know what image to put for this chap, nothing convinced me… Idk if you imagined Master Zhang this old, I always imagine him old but not this much… but well he looks like a nice person right? In any case, pic is of Zhang Gulao, a pretty important Taoist master of the olden days who was very eccentric and imo drank too much of the wine he brewed, no wonder he dreamt of past lives then ah… you can find more info in wikipedia 🤷🏻‍♀️     

   Yuan Yuan was silent for two seconds before she clenched her teeth then said in a small voice: "Yun Rong jiejie gave it to me."

   When these words came out, Lu He Nian and Lu Hua Nian were both surprised.

   Yun Rong?

   Lu He Nian was stunned, he lowered his gaze which had turned heavy. He really didn't expect the jade to have been given by this young lady.

   "How is it possible that it was given by Yun Rong?" Lu Hua Nian could not accept it. At that time, Yun Rong's appearance truly didn't resemble a person who could come up with a piece of jade worth ten million. Let alone able to casually hand out this kind of precious stone to a child. How was it possible, if when she opened her mouth she only wanted 5,000?

   "It was really given by Yun Rong jiejie!" Gu Yuan Yuan saw that everyone didn't believe her and became anxious. What was wrong with these adults, when she didn't want to say, they kept chasing her. When she had said it, they didn't believe. So right away she firmly1 repeated herself.

   Since the beginning, Master Zhang just listened at the side and didn't say anything. His eyes were flashing, seemingly pondering something before he asked, full of smiles: "When Yun Rong jiejie gave you this, did she say anything?"

   In order to prove that she was telling the truth, Gu Yuan Yuan slanted her head and thought carefully for a while. Then she said uncertainly: "Seems she said, seems she said this will keep me safe and sound…….. What does it mean to keep me safe and sound?"

   "Would keep safe and sound? Could she also be a person from the xuanmen?" Wan Bo who was standing behind Master Zhang muttered in a low voice.

   "Very likely she is not just a person from the xuanmen, she could be an expert!"

   Master Zhang turned and turned the piece of jade in his hand while examining it carefully. Aside from the force of the spiritual aura, he couldn't see what else was actually inside it. It was reasonable to say that to be able to use it to keep peace and safety, the charm for peace ought to have been drawn inside. Common jade could only keep a person's body temperature warm and had no capability of keeping a person peaceful and safe.

   Even he himself couldn't see it, then this person must have cultivated much more above himself. 

   "There is still a person more powerful than Master Zhang?" Lu Nan Xian asked,  unconvinced. 

   Master Zhang laughed, "Outside a person, there are more people, outside a mountain, there are more mountains. This stuff of dealing with metaphysics is also an innate gift. I have only dealt with this for a few years, relying on the experience gained while working and from others' experiences. If this talented person could lend a hand, then perhaps He Nian's life fate could be altered."

   "Master Zhang, are you telling the truth?" In a short moment, Jiang Shu Hua became emotional.

   Master Zhang nodded his head, "Naturally it's the truth. I feel that this person's achievement is far above mine."

   When this sentence came out, all the members of the Lu family became emotional. Lu He Nian's fingertips lightly tapped on his knees. No matter what, his mind could not wrap around the image of the young lady as a talented person.

   When everyone were discussing how they could find Yun Rong, suddenly Gu Yuan Yuan, who was leaning on Lu He Nian's body shouted, "Uncle, why does your body have Yun Rong jiejie's fragrance?"

   When everyone heard Yun Rong's name, they collectively turned their heads towards him.

   Lu He Nian stiffened from head to toe and his expression stagnated for a second. Then expressionlessly he released Yuan Yuan while saying: "No, you got the wrong smell." He didn't know why but with the matter of his life fate, he didn't wish for a young lady to be involved. Master Zhang once told him, if he wanted to break through his hopeless situation, he had to go through nine deaths. Why would he want to drag an innocent young lady  down2?

   "I didn't!" Gu Yuan Yuan stamped her feet. Her sense of smell was very good. When uncle refuted her, she immediately pursed her eyebrows and said: "Today, when Yun Rong jie jie held me in the nursery school, it was exactly this smell. Yuan Yuan did not smell wrongly!"

  Lu He Nian: ……. You are no longer the niece I love the most! ( T/N: Bwaahahahahhaa )

   He raised his head just in time to see his mother's suspicious gaze. He knit his brows and helplessly said: "Ma, why do you also……."

   Before he finished his sentence, he moved the hand that was holding the suit jacket, which fell to the floor. When it fell, it opened up, exposing a white and tender thing inside. Resembling a big white radish, also seemed like a wild ginseng from the mountain…..

   For a moment, a rich ginseng smell pervaded the air inside the house. 

   Lu He Nian paused, he seemed to recall Yun Rong stuffing his hand with this thing when he was about to go out from the hotel room. His brain was still thinking how he should explain this when Master Zhang who was sitting opposite him already stood up with a different expression. 

   "This is……. This is wild mountain ginseng!" By the time he reached the ginseng, his expression had slowly become pleasantly surprised. He carefully crouched down and supported the ginseng with both hands. Standing up, he observed the close stripes on the main root. Layer and layer of circle, resembling the wrinkles on the skin of an elderly. It was also big and still intact, it was very likely that the years were not short.

   The thing that gave Master Zhang endless surprise was, although wild mountain ginseng was not easy to find, nevertheless some still existed and could be found. Those ginseng later underwent processing and the spiritual aura would disappear, leaving almost nothing left, making them the same as common medicinal ingredients. However, the ginseng in his hand was still fresh and watery, just like the vegetables sold in the market in the early morning. The spiritual aura practically overflowed, begging to come out. Compared to the jade just now, this was still richer.

   Afraid this wild mountain ginseng contained all the essence in the entire Haishi Town!

   Even though Master Zhang had seen many good things, his hands holding the wild mountain ginseng still trembled. He eagerly asked: "He Nian, where did you get this wild mountain ginseng from?"

   Lu He Nian faintly replied: "A friend gave it to me!"

   Hearing this, Master Zhang felt the pit of his stomach hurt. That chunk of jade from just a moment ago was still okay. Now came another wild mountain ginseng. Both good things ,when released in the market outside, would make the xuanmen make big moves to gather them. In the end, both were given by friends. Why didn't he have this sort of friend!

1: 斩钉截铁 (zhǎn dīng jié tiě) – lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron , idiom meanin in a resolute and decisive way.

2: 下水 –  to go underwater

"Uncle, why does your body have Yun Rong jiejie's fragrance?"

Atta girl! That's exactly my question! Why does your body have her fragrance?! Hn?! Hn?! Say the truth if you have the guts, let's see for how long you can keep denying it!

I guess all of you have already seen that eye-catching green banner that made Lime think we had caught a virus when she first saw it bc of the font it uses lol. Then you are already aware that on Friday the website will be shut down in support to the Digital Climate Strike. This digital strike gives support to the physical strike that will take place all over the world and that mainly consists on people walking to their workplaces or schools instead of using fueled transport. The aim of this strike is to draw attention to the precarious situation of our climate and planet, wanting the global leaders to act now, and to demand an end to the age of fossil fuels. We will be joining because we want to raise awareness on this issue that affects all of us, and that can only be fought with everyone's collaboration. Climate change is no joke, there's no planet B for us.

The chapter that should come out on Friday will be posted on Saturday, same hour.

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