
"Hmm? Where's this?" mu Lian's murmured.
His last memory was that Mu Lian showed the plants he had collected with Ling Zizhou, Xu Jing and Xu Ke to Mu Haocun.
"Oh yeah, after that I went to bed. I forgot this is the dreamland I often see," said Mu Lian exhaling a long breath.
Every time he entered this dreamland, Mu Lian was always in a confused state. After trying to remember back then he can calm down.
The scene he had recently always seen; the meadow spread as far as the eye could see, the cloudless blue sky with a gentle breeze that made Mu Lian sleepy, and herbs that were very familiar to him floated here and there.
The calming condition prompted Mu Lian to do meditation. And strangely, Mu Lian felt that it was easier to concentrate in a dreamland than out there.
Medication is much more effective than out there. The feeling of going to shatter the invisible wall was much easier for Mu Lian to feel, as she felt right now.
...
"Good morning" said Mu Lian.
Ling Zizhou's hand stopped stirring the stir-fry inside the wok. Mu Lian was astonished why Ling Zizhou did not immediately return his greeting,
"Hey? You okay?" ask Mu Lian.
"Ah, i-yes. Good morning," Ling Zizhou replied feeling an awkwardness to Mu Lian's aura.
Ling Zizhou often saw Mu Lian meditating during the afternoon field practice. But his aura was not as strong as when Mu Lian had just woken up early in the morning.
It remains a mystery to him to this day. In order to confirm his conjecture, Ling Zizhou paid more attention to Mu Lian during the afternoon field practice.
And his conjecture was precise, Mu Lian's aura wasn't as strong as it was this morning. Ling Zizhou kept thinking about the mystery until his meeting with Xu Jing.
"Hey, it's not usual for you to let me win" Xu Jing said as she watched Ling Zizhou, who kept looking dreamy while she was currently serving her sentence.
Ling Zizhou was shaving his leg feathers using Xu Jing's dagger. Feathers are a pride for men, shaving the feathers is just like shaving off their self-esteem.
However there was no reaction shown by Ling Zizhou at the moment. This made Xu Jing exasperated at not being able to see Ling Zizhou's annoyed face.
"Hmm? You're just lucky today. By the way, you believe not if someone feels stronger when that person just wakes up?" ling Zizhou said as he glanced towards Mu Lian who was observing the plant with a feather ball on her head.
Ling Zizhou made sure that Mu Lian did not hear her talk with Xu Jing. His eyes met with Xu Ke, making Ling Zizhou hurriedly shift his gaze.
"Just waking up? That's weird, uh but I've heard that meditation can be in any form. Such unorthodox methods are usually only used by certain people who are few in number, can only be counted on fingers" Xu Jing said.
"Unusual methods well. What else is that? Never mind, make it dizzy" Ling Zizhou said.
It is not his nature to think about something mature. Acting impulsively was his style so Ling Zizhou was focused on his legs at the moment.
"..." - ".(Ling Zizhou)
Ling Zizhou was stunned to find that both of his legs were already 'bald'. Then saw the feathers lying on the edges of his feet.
"Oh? Your reaction is very slow," Xu Jing said with a grin.
"@&%$#%%! XU JING B!!"
"YAHAHA"
Ling Zizhou chased after Xu Jing as he unsheathed his dagger towards Xu Jing. Mu Lian turned her head towards the two youths who were starting to make noise.
"The night is getting late, we should go back," said Mu Lian Sambl put the harvest that night into the dimensional bag.
"En," Xu Ke said, driving Mu Lian home.
On the way home, Mu Lian discussed their travel plans tomorrow. Xu Ke stated that the locations they could explore were getting fewer and fewer, most of which they had already explored.
The location that Xu Ke was referring to was the location inside the invisible shield as well as the protection of magic tools. Unless Mu Lian participated in the exploration held every month with a location far enough away.
"I don't know, Grandpa. But for the time being maybe I will undergo closed cultivation. Thank you for bothering to drive," Mu Lian said farewell before disappearing into the wagon.
Xu Ke continued to smile until Mu Lian disappeared from his sight then his smile turned into a wry smile.
"It is certain that Xu Jing will be disappointed to hear this news," Xu Ke muttered.
And sure enough, Xu Jing seemed a little unwell after hearing the news. Xu Jing seemed to be daydreaming for a whole day before Ling Zizhou finally lost the spirit to bet with him again.
"You're why the hell?!" ling Zizhou said. (Translate: Are you okay?)
"Hmm?" xu Jing said, her eyes unfocused.
"That's right! If the illness why come out all the way instead of just at home?!" ling Zizhou said. (Translate: You're sick. Go home and rest)
"ill? What pain? I am healthy walafiat. I don't know why either," Xu Jing said.
"Now is that?! Your body, your body, you don't know what's wrong with your body?!" ling Zizhou said. (Translate: Don't be. Check your body if you don't know. You have to love yourself)
Xu Jing just kept quiet. Not getting a reaction from Xu Jing, Ling Zizhou carried his frustration until the next morning.
The food was a little messed up because of it. It tastes too sweet, some feel bland and so forth.
When asked what Mu Lian was really about, Ling Zizhou told Xu Jing. Mu Lian diagnosed Xu Jing as simply exhausted and gave her herbal tears formulated specifically for Xu Jing's condition.
And fortunately, after getting the herbal tea concocted by Mu Lian herself, Xu Jing returned to her normal state.
The days went on as usual. Six months had passed since Mu Lian and the others were trapped inside the True Cave.
And starting a month ago, Du Luhan as well as the other sect head together decided to hold an exploration group welcoming party.
So that in this sixth month, they also held a welcoming party, invitations have been distributed, preparations have been made since 2 days ago.
Suddenly it was their pleasure so no one would bother to change the habit.
What shocked Mu Lian was the appearance of Meimei and Meng Zhi in the Northern Meeting Warehouse at breakfast. Both look very cheerful and miss everything.
"Lian! Oh, my God, you're getting. Here, I miss you so much. It feels like we haven't seen him in a long time" Meimei said, trying to avoid the topic of height.
"Ahem, Mei jie? Ah, yes. I've missed you too" Mu Lian said back at Meimei's embrace.
"May jie is great, long time no cultivation appears increased greatly," Mu Lian said. Everything quiet. Understanding himself to be mistaken for Mu Lian immediately shifted the topic.
"Oh, yes. There is an invitation to the exploration group's welcome party, the show will be held tonight" Mu Lian said.
"They've started exploring again? So excited! Here, try to tell me about the incident when I was not around," Meng Zhi told Ling Zizhou.
"Oh, I'm busy," said Ling Zizhou who could not escape the death lock on Meng Zhi. Want to try as hard as anything, Ling Zizhou still can not be separated from Meng Zhi.
"Cruf, Zhi ge. Ah Zhou was busy with his playmates," Mu Lian said making Meimei and Meng Zhi even more interested in hearing Ling Zizhou's story.
Ling Zizhou also had to sit all day at the North Meeting House to tell what events Meimei and Meng Zhi missed. Ling Zizhou was released when the welcoming party was about to begin.
Meanwhile, Mu Lian, Xiaobao, Xiaohua, Xiaoleng, Xiaojia, Xiohan and Xiaoqiu had already gone out to help with the preparations for the event after finishing lunch.
Because the day was special, Mu Haocun shortened the duration of the children's learning and negated the fieldwork. At least they should help their neighbors prepare for the event.
"Beautiful sister, here's the pitcher!" xiaohan said as he handed the jug containing the juice of fruits to a beautiful woman.
"Sister, is it really how to put it up like this?" xiaoqiu said in a cute pretentious tone to a beautiful woman as well.
"..." - ".(Mu Lian)
Xiaohan and Xiaoqiu looked more hyperactive than usual among the beautiful women. The women were members of a gossip group as well as recipe-seekers of Mu Lian cuisine.
The beautiful brothers did like something cute so they immediately liked Xiaohan and Xiaoqiu.
Though usually, it was Mu Lian who became the moons of those beautiful brothers. Oops, it seems like Mu Lian was too quick to draw conclusions because before long, the attention of the beautiful sisters turned to Mu Lian.
"Miss Lianlian!"
"Miss Lianlian"
"Ah, miss, cuteness overload!"
"As usual, Miss Lianlian is graceful as an angel,"
Very quickly, Mu Lian surrounded the beautiful sisters, leaving Xiaohan and Xiaoqiu stunned.
"Yes, Lian jie is so popular!" Xiaoqiu.
"..." - ".(Xiohan)
Fortunately Xu Jing calmed the crowd and reminded that the event should start in 8 more hours so that everything again completed their respective tasks.
"Errr, Xu Jing's. Where you been? I'll just come with you" Mu Lian said as she was about to explain why Ling Zizhou had not been able to accompany her since this morning.
"Can! Here, we check the ingredients," Xu Jing said starting to walk across the tree next door.
"Actually I want to tell you why Ah Zhou didn't see you this morning. Zhi ge had completed his closed cultivation so Ah Zhou was held back to recount the incident that Zhi ge had missed all this time," Mu Lian said.
"really?! I can't wait to meet him! Is Zhi ge going to join the welcoming party?" ask Xu Jing. Mu Lian nodded.
Xu Jing also looked more excited looking forward to his meeting with Meng Zhi. He took Mu Lian to check the joint food storage warehouse, which was specially built for the common good.
And useful for events like this. So the results of hunting as well as gathering foodstuffs while exploration are divided into two, one is stored for groups each one is again stored in a combined storage warehouse.
"Ah Jing's!" said a tall young man.
"Is there anything less?" xu Jing said ascertaining what there was lacking. If there is a group, they will donate a portion of their group's private warehouse.
"There were quite a few.." the young man mentioned anything less then brought Mu Lian back to the Xu clan residence to bring about the flaws.
Having already followed Xu Jing, Mu Lian followed him until Xu Jing's task of delivering materials was complete. This Mu Lian did to comfort Xu Jing who had not been able to meet her best friend since morning.
Throughout the afternoon, Mu Lian accompanied Xu Jing until finally, when the event was about to begin, Ling Zizhou came with Meimei and Meng Zhi.
Ling Zizhou looked like a student who had just finished working on a replay, the light in his eyes dimmed and looked extremely limp.
And just this time, Ling Zizhou was overjoyed to meet Xu Jing. Ling Zizhou soon joined Mu Lian and Xu Jing.
"Is that Ah Zhou's playmate?" Meimei.
"A funny puppy. Agree! I agreed to their friendship!" said Meng Zhi.
"..." - ".(Meim)
"Ah, Senior Meng!"
Just as Meng Zhi finished expressing her agreement towards Ling Zizhou's friendship with Xu Jing, everyone who was there noticed Meng Zhi's arrival and approached her.
Not forgetting to greet Meimei, Meng Zhi's dao partner. To the group that came from the Zhongjian world sect, they were no strangers to this dao pair that was before them.
Meng Zhi could not escape from the people who were eager to greet him. There was at least an hour Meng Zhi chatted with the people before Du Luhan finally told her to start the welcoming event.
"Oh, why am I suddenly this stupid?! Understandably, being in front of a legend makes me misbehave, let's just start the show!" said a thick-browed middle-aged man.
The embroidery on his sleeves made of silver thread showed an extremely gallant image of a tiger. Xu Jing explained that this middle-aged male sect was a follower of the Baihu clan.
"Don't say what I want to say!" ling Zizhou said exasperatedly. Xu Jing simply smiled.
Fortunately, Ling Zizhou did not start a romp with Xu Jing. The two soon split up to see who could taste all the spicy dishes in this party without even a single drink.
Mu Lian joined Meimei who managed to get out of the crowd's limelight, leaving Meng Zhi to handle her alone. Both of them also enjoyed the food and enjoyed the cheerful atmosphere that night.
The welcoming party began when sun-marking flowers bloomed and finished after welcoming and hosting an exploration group that made it home safely.
The point of the evening's event was to be grateful for the exploration group that made it home safely. It doesn't matter whether they bring home food or not.
Unfortunately, the purpose of the evening's welcome was not achieved because after waiting until the flowers showing the time of midnight bloomed, the exploration group had not been seen as well.