Chapter 10: The Sea of Stars
Xiang Jin Lai had nothing to do, so he wandered around the Luoshan Sect. The sect is elegant and chic, quiet and peaceful, the neat lawn covers most of the ground, some large-leaved apricot trees on the lawn are tall and straight, covering the shade one by one, and there are servants who are preparing meals for the three masters while enjoying the shade.
Yuemi people have three meals a day, and dinner is particularly important, so the servants are just after noon in the dinner all kinds of green vegetable accessories are prepared one by one, Boya they have been discussing things in the cabinet until noon in the morning, and have never eaten, and Yuemi country from the lord, officials at all levels have a pragmatic and efficient style, especially those who can enter the cabinet are high-grade officials, and they are also the core team of Gao Yang, no one said polite words, and everyone is eager to implement their tasks.
Yuemi Guofa's income is extremely high, compared with officials of the same level and the other four major powers, they are more than ten times that of them, and those above the third grade are even higher. Therefore, the officials here are very honest, but they do their best, it is not that they have no desires, such as fame and fortune, which is inevitable, reputation is their own, but also the family, and the interests are the same, this is the wealth of the ancestors, so that future generations can live comfortably and prosperously, at this point, monks or mortals, are endlessly pursuing their obsessions. Isn't the ideal and the goal just an obsession? It's like his cultivation path has been turned away, and he still clings to it and refuses to give up. That's his obsession.
He was thinking wildly, unconsciously walked to a gazebo, there were three people around a low table sitting cross-legged on the mat, there were a few pots of rice wine on the table, drinking and chatting, it turned out to be the three brothers of Boya, they talked for a long time in the room and felt bored, so they came to the pavilion, saw that they were still talking about things, Xiang Jin was about to walk away to go elsewhere, but heard Boya call him: "Come and sit, we are almost talking"
"The juniors are rude, the three seniors forgive me!" said Xiang Jinlai as he walked over.
"Don't be a senior, I'm a young man, and I don't have a daughter-in-law yet!" Wu Youqi pretended to be serious.
Xiang Jinlai has always looked at him cynically, and his temperament is very jumpy, this seriousness is really a bit powerful, Wu Youqi looks like his senior brother Boya, although he is not chic and handsome, it can be regarded as decent. Helian Yu is tall and big, but his face is like a crown of jade, and he is indescribably handsome. But the strong man is not angry and arrogant, and Boya and Wu Youqi have a different temperament.
"Senior brother, Jin Lai is indeed a child, don't scare people, come and sit down, drink and chat together." Helian Yu never spoke tepidly, although he didn't say a few words to Xiang Jin along the way, he also followed the two senior brothers to call him Jinlai.
"The wine is brewed by your family, right?" Wu Youqi asked, holding a pot of wine in his hand, looking at Xiang Jinlai with his eyes.
Xiang Jinlai took a closer look, only to see that this pot is a small pot of rice wine in half a catty, but the body of the pot has a small word, nodding and saying yes, his family's wine is called Xiangjiu, his father named it after Xiang, intended to make the ancestral business, the family is strong, although the current heirs are not prosperous, but there are high hopes, hoping to spread in the future.
When Xiang Jin sat down, he arranged for the servants to serve the meal, and it was still early in the evening, but they were really hungry and didn't care about it. After a while, the meals were all served, and a few pots of wine were taken again, but Wu Youqi specially let his subordinates take his treasure, which was Qiguo spirits, a kind of high-grade liquor, Xiang Jinlai also drank it, although he loved to drink, but the amount of alcohol was shallow, he drank this wine once, he was drunk, and then he never drank it again.
"Although your wine is good, but it is too mild, this kind of liquor is mellow and intoxicating, it is the favorite of my generation, drunk, fluttering, I like that kind of half-drunk state, have you ever had?" Wu Youqi took a pot of wine in his hand and asked Xiang Jinlai.
"Back to the seniors, the younger generations have this feeling when they drink a pot of rice wine!"
"Hahaha" Wu You laughed very happily, and he still didn't believe that a person who made wine could drink so shallowly.
"I've tried your rice wine, and after drinking three jars, it's like water is full, it's not that I can't drink it, I can't drink it!" said himself, smiling proudly. The smallest of Xiangjia wine is this kind of small pot, the larger pot holds one catty, and the altar is full of three catties of wine.
Hearing him say this, I couldn't help but admire him greatly, he was easier to find resonance with people who love to drink, and soon the two of them discussed all kinds of wines in the world. The two of them looked at it and ignored it, and also talked about some sect affairs, trade, trading houses, merchant ships, etc.
Before I knew it, it was night, the meal had already been removed, and several people drank a lot of wine, Boya and Helian Yu were not as massive as Wu Youqi, but the spirits were also drunk more than a pound, and the senior brothers had not drunk and chatted for a long time, and they all tacitly refused to leave, Xiang Jinlai still had more than half a pot of spirits left in his hand, but he was drunk and smoked, You Ziqiang held on, only to see that his eyes that were about to close suddenly opened again, he saw Boya and they walked to the lawn, each looked up at the sky, and took a sip of wine from time to time.
Xiang Jinlai also walked over under curiosity, but this time he stood up and walked over a little sober, and asked, "What are the three seniors looking at again?"
"Xinghai" Boya said! Wu Youqi and the two nodded, it should be!
"Xinghai?" Xiang Jin seemed to have heard of it, but he didn't understand what it meant.
"It's no wonder you don't know, there are few people who are strong below the Three Mirrors, only by reaching the Three Mirrors can you travel to the stars with your mind, there is a more pure Force in the depths of the Star Sea, although the Three Mirror Monks themselves can't reach the depths of the Star Sea, but they can travel with their minds. If you want to reach the deeper part of the Star Sea, you have to ascend to the Four Mirror Ancestors, but even the Origin Ancestors have limits, because there is a layer of resistance between the outer starry sky and our world, which seems to be a legendary enchantment, but I heard the master say that our ancestor Nanli tried many times when he was at the peak of the original ancestor, and he never broke through, and his old man called it a star cover!
"Starshade?"
"Yes, the Lord Star is like a cover. This starry sky is an boundless, endless sea of stars, and all we humans can explore is the corner of this vast sea of stars, and we don't even know where the alien race that attacked us four hundred years ago came from. Therefore, my monks are in this sea of stars, and this realm is insignificant. It has been more than 400 years since Patriarch Nanli left, and I don't know where he has been......?
"Looking for an answer, what are you looking for?" asked Xiang Jinlai.
"Don't talk about it!" Boya didn't seem to want to talk about it.
Xiang Jin Lai also looked up at the sky, the sky was full of stars, dense, he was thinking about when he could also travel in the starry sky and see what the scenery was like in the sky!
At this time, I saw that Wu Youqi and Helian Yu both seemed to be closing the closing to recuperate, one stood with his hands behind him, closed his eyes and looked up at the sky, and the other sat cross-legged on the ground, also looking up at the sky, Xiang Jin Lai couldn't help but be very curious about what he was doing at this time?
"They're in a fugue, the Force is more refined in the starry sky, they're cultivating in the body!"
Xiang Jin looked at them with envy and looked at them with blank eyes.
"Have faith, since you have decided to practice, it will inevitably be difficult in the future, but the word "firm" must be firmly remembered, where the heart desires, where the body goes!"
"Thank you seniors for your advice!" nodded solemnly to Jinlai, who knew that it was Boya who was dialing him.
In this way, Xiang Jinlai stayed in the Luoshan Sect for four days in a row, and often saw the three of them in the four days, in addition to their daily practice, they also had a lot of time to chat with Xiang Jinlai, and occasionally talked about some spiritual matters, Wu Youqi and Helian Yu also knew that Xiang Jinlai was preparing to go to the extreme west, and they also admired his courage, and instructed them to do some things to practice, just in case of emergency. Xiang Jin Lai has gained a lot, and he also tries to keep in mind what he doesn't understand, and slowly realize it after enlightenment.
Early the next morning, Boya asked his subordinates to take him to the parlor and said that he had something to tell him. When I arrived in the living room, I saw that the three of them were all there, and before I could say goodbye, I only heard Boya speak first: "Jin, the merchant ship is ready, and it will be ready to leave in two hours, and a few of us are here today, so it can be regarded as practicing with you!"
Xiang Jinlai was moved, they originally met in Pingshui, but the three of their brothers and sisters could do this for him, and he felt that no words of gratitude were as good as this friendship.
"Okay, don't say polite words, you and my three brothers are very close to each other, just when we make a good relationship with each other, I believe that there will be a day to see in detail!"
"The three predecessors are noble, remember below! If you succeed in cultivation in the future, you will definitely be rewarded!
"Jin Lai, I brought you some wine to drink on the road, it's a long way, you will be lonely if you don't drink!" Wu Youqi said with a smile!
"This is for you, for self-defense!" Helian Yu threw him a sword, he always spoke briefly and directly, and Xiang Jinlai knew his character after being in contact with him for a long time.
"Thank you seniors, juniors are welcome!"
"Lao Jin will send you on the ship, that merchant ship is our Luoshan Zong, the ship boss is a disciple of our Luoshan Sect, he will take care of you, here is a package for you to hold, no need to open it, it is some gold leaves and broken silver, you will use it!"
Xiang Jin Lai was surprised, because he knew that the gold leaf could be exchanged for more than a hundred taels of silver, and it was hard currency everywhere, which was taken into account by Boya. He also knew that Boya didn't like to be polite, so he generously accepted it! Immediately Boya and the others said some matters to pay attention to in the sea voyage, etc., and then seeing that the time was almost up, he took the initiative to speak: "The three seniors are cherished, and the younger ones will leave!"