Before Xiaodao's fairy tale could be finished, he was suddenly interrupted by a cold scolding voice.

Lin Ce followed the sound and saw a woman wearing cloth walking from the foot of the mountain. She was carrying a vegetable basket, her black hair was tied up, and she was still stained with some mud.

Even so, his temperament is pure and cold, like a lotus flower emerging from the water, which is indecent and indecent, which makes people feel respectful.

"Sister!" When the little Taoist boy saw the woman coming back, he ran over quickly, grabbed the corner of her clothes, pointed at Lin Ce and said, "Sister, I am very polite, but he is unreasonable."

"I told Qixiazhai that no guests are allowed, but he still insists on going in."

"You child." The woman reached out and knocked the little Taoist boy on the head. She turned to Lin Ce and apologized, "My child is naughty. Please don't blame me, layman."

"It's okay." Lin Ce smiled, bowed to the female Taoist priest, and said, "Jinling Lin Ce, I have met the Taoist priest. I wonder what I call this Taoist priest?"

"I'm not a Taoist priest, just call me Tang Lin." The woman shook her head with a smile, looked at Lin Ce, and said, "I just heard that the layman is here to find Taoist priest Hongyuan. What's the matter?"

Not a Taoist priest?

Lin Ce raised his eyebrows. With Tang Lin's outfit, he thought she was a female Taoist priest.

A woman who has not become a monk with a little Taoist boy?

This combination is quite strange.

"Miss Tang." Lin Ce didn't go into details and said straight to the point, "To be honest with Miss Tang, I am here for the Sutra Collection Pavilion in Guizhai."

"There is a volume of scripture called Five Elements among them. I would like to borrow it and read it. I wonder if Miss Tang can introduce me to the Taoist priest of Qixiazhai?"

Borrow scriptures?

Tang Lin glanced at Lin Ce and shook her head slightly.

No?

Lin Ce sighed, but this was also expected by him. It should not be passed on lightly. This is a rule since ancient times. It is normal for the other party not to recommend.

"Do not misunderstand me, layman." Tang Lin smiled and shook her head, "This Qixiazhai came down to aid during the Anti-Japanese War a hundred years ago. There were countless casualties, and only Taoist priest Hongyuan remained."

"However, Taoist Priest Hongyuan has not accepted any disciples. Fang Zheng and I are just sojourners. Now that Taoist Priest Hongyuan has passed away, there is no real master in Qixia Zhai."

After hearing these words, Lin Ce felt awe-struck in his heart. In the face of a national crisis, Taoist priests came down from the mountain. This is what his great Chinese native religion should look like.

but……

The Taoist priests in Qixiazhai are all dead, so how can we borrow his scriptures?

Taking it without asking is considered stealing.

Not to mention whether he would do such a thing, even if he did, it would only be a mark on his moral character, and the gain would not be worth the loss.

"Forget it!" Lin Ce shook his head helplessly and said goodbye. Just as he was about to leave, Tang Lin's voice sounded behind him again, "Wait a minute!"

"I wonder, layman, what use do you need this Five Elements Sutra for?"

Lin Ce turned around and saw that Tang Lin's eyes were serious and she didn't hide anything. He smiled bitterly and said, "I have a flaw in my destiny, and I am a person that God cannot tolerate. In this scripture, there is a way for me to delay my destiny."

"But since there is no one in Qixia Zhai, it seems that I can't get this scripture."

Tang Lin was silent for a moment.

Lin Ce was not in a hurry and just waited quietly.

"It's not impossible." Tang Lin thought for a long time and then said, "Before Taoist Master Hongyuan left, he gave Qixia Zhai to me and told me not to pass the scriptures lightly, but it's not that they shouldn't be passed on to others."

"However, I have a request."

Require?

Lin Ce looked at Tang Lin in surprise. He couldn't imagine what a woman who voluntarily lived in seclusion in the mountains could ask him for.

"The layman's name is Lin Ce. He must be from the Jinling Lin family." Tang Lin looked at Lin Ce and pulled Fang Zheng out. "His name is Fang Zheng, and he is the son of the head of the Fang family in Chuzhong, Gusu."
Chapter completed!