Two treasure maps

Chapter 116 Guo Meili

The tree house nestled in the green trees beside the Red Dragon Pond was like a pearl inlaid in a verdant painting. People from Guojiazhuang often came to this wooden house to rest or practice in memory of Guo Lingli. At this moment, Guo Lin sat cross-legged quietly, his figure blending into the surrounding green trees, forming a harmonious picture.

Green rays of light slowly emerged from his body, like tender leaves in spring stretching out in the sun, full of vitality and vigor. These rays of light were the wood spirit energy generated during his cultivation. They surrounded Guo Lin and provided him with a constant supply of energy.

The outside world believed that Prince Jingyuan had three spiritual roots: water, fire, and wood, but the truth was not so. He was actually a cultivator with pure wood spiritual roots, which was why his cultivation speed was so rapid.

However, in order to deceive people, the Jade Emperor deliberately concealed his true spiritual roots and disguised them as the three spiritual roots of water, fire and wood. This way, people would pay more attention to his physique rather than his immortal roots.

In his poem "Seven Words", Lu Chunyang mentioned that water and fire naturally form a balance, and yin and yang are in harmony. The longevity medicine is refined in the furnace, and the sea and the water follow the teachings to turn dry again. This sentence also shows that cultivating immortals requires the balance of yin and yang of Kan water and Li fire, but more importantly, it is easier to refine the elixir of longevity if you have a pure wood immortal root.

Coincidentally, Prince Jingyuan possessed pure wood fairy roots. The reason why he could remember everything he saw was because he understood the characteristics of the tree's annual rings and could empathize with the things around him.

Guo Lin himself originally had three spiritual roots of water, fire and wood, and his spiritual roots were damaged by Zhang Xian, so he needed the pure spiritual liquid from the Buddhist world to repair them. After the Jade Emperor knew about it, he gave the pure spiritual liquid to Jiangshan, and Jiangshan brought it back, so Guo Lin's spiritual roots have been repaired.

After seven years of practice, he was able to awaken the soul of Prince Jingyuan for a quarter of an hour, so he had already known about his life experience, but he had remained silent.

To the outside world, the Guo family has always claimed that it was because of Guo Lingli's disappearance that Zhao Yingcai refused to move out of Guojiazhuang. But the real reason was not for cultivation.

Ever since Guojiazhuang was besieged five years ago, everyone in the Guo family has realized the importance of cultivating immortals.

So, everyone in the family began to embark on the path of cultivating immortals.

Guojiazhuang by the Red Dragon Pond, as a place they are familiar with and full of spiritual energy, naturally became the best choice for them to practice Taoism.

Zhao Ying would organize the whole family to eat vegetarian food on the first and fifteenth day of every lunar month. At the same time, she also invited a statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva from the Dabei Zen Temple in Yunchan City to worship at home. Their whole family was praying that Guo Lingli would return soon, and no one ever doubted the real reason why their family did not leave the Red Dragon Pond.

After all, Guo Lin had already learned from Jiang Shan that Guo Lingli had obtained the opportunity in Taiji Palace and was currently practicing Taoism and would not be back in the short term.

He didn't expect that seven years later, Guo Lingli would actually come back, and she came back full of Buddha's light. When she came back, Guo Lin felt that it was not his child who came back.

But he did not expose the matter because he knew that there was a daughter, Guo Meili, in the family whose origins were still unclear.

If Guo Lingli and Guo Meili collided after returning, would Guo Meili's trump card also be revealed? He wanted to know what secrets were hidden between the two daughters?

Sure enough, in less than a month, the tranquility of Guojiazhuang was broken. Guo Lingli and Guo Meili, who had just returned, had a fierce conflict over some trivial matters.

This ongoing dispute left the brothers and sisters speechless. They wanted the family to be reunited, but the price of not wanting to be reunited was emotional alienation. Such disputes would consume everyone's originally close feelings.

Zhao Ying had no choice but to ask the senior monks from the Dabei Zen Temple in Yunchan City to come and perform a ritual, hoping to resolve the conflict between the two.

The arrival of the monk brought a mysterious atmosphere to Guojiazhuang. He held Buddhist beads in his hands and muttered something, as if he was communicating with some mysterious power.

Under the gaze of everyone, the monk slowly walked to the room of Guo Lingli and Guo Meili and began his ritual.

As the monks chanted, a strange scene suddenly appeared in the room. Yellow smoke and white smoke rose around Guo Lingli and Guo Meili's bodies respectively. The smoke lingered in the room, blending and changing colors as if it had life, until it dissipated.

Afterwards, when the smoke cleared, the monk said that the grudge between them had been resolved.

Others don’t know how their grievances were resolved, but Guo Lin, who has awakened to his past life, knows it clearly. After all, Prince Jingyuan told him all their communication through his dreams.

In the yellow smoke, the image of a nun with her eyes closed gradually became clear. She held a wooden fish in her hand and struck it expressionlessly. In the white smoke, a woman in white fairy clothes appeared. She had a beautiful face and noble temperament, like a fairy from heaven descending to earth.

Suddenly, the nun who was beating the wooden fish opened her eyes and shouted sternly: "You bold thief! How dare you use the evil magic of taking over another's body to enter my body!" Her voice was full of majesty and anger.

The woman in white fairy costume sneered and said, "Who are you? Which Buddhist sect are you from? How dare you step on my territory?" Her tone revealed disdain and provocation.

The nun put her hands together and chanted, "Amitabha, I am Master Jingyun, the nineteenth generation disciple of Manjusri Bodhisattva. Who are you?"

The woman in white fairy costume turned around and transformed into a nun. She put her hands together and said, "Amitabha, I am Master Rongyuan, the adopted daughter of the Dragon Girl Arhat under the seat of Guanyin Bodhisattva."

Master Jingyun said coldly: "Nonsense, you are obviously from the Heavenly Court, but you pretend to be a Buddhist. It's really despicable." Her tone revealed her contempt and anger towards Master Rongyuan.

At this time, yellow smoke had appeared around Master Rongyuan, and she said in a calm voice: "Master Jingyun, why are you and I here? You and I both know it, how about cooperating?" There was a temptation in her tone.

Master Jingyun insisted, "You are a demon, you are not qualified to cooperate with me."

Master Rongyuan smiled and said, "I am not a demon, I just have two identities. I am Xiangyun Xianjun, the adopted daughter of the Heavenly King Shen, and I am also Master Yuanrong."

Master Jingyun's eyes flickered, and he stared at her and said, "In that case, are you a god or a Buddha? Who do you serve? Why do you take over another's body? If you can't tell me all these, I can't talk to you about cooperation." Her tone revealed a caution and vigilance, and she had deep doubts about Master Rongyuan's motives and purposes.

Master Rongyuan smiled and said, "You and I both know that we are evenly matched. If we continue to fight, neither of us will gain anything. It is better for us to cooperate. This is our best choice."

Master Jingyun weighed the pros and cons and finally decided to cooperate with Master Rongyuan. Although there were still deep doubts and distrust between them, they both understood that only cooperation could achieve their respective goals. As for who would win in the end, it all depended on their means and wisdom.

Although Prince Jingyuan only appeared for a quarter of an hour, it was enough time for him to understand all the situations clearly.

Prince Jingyuan also understood a little about the origins and purposes of Guo Lingli and Guo Meili.

Isn't it just for the treasure map of the Buddhist world? He sneered in his heart. He had a deep understanding of the so-called treasure map of the 72 spirits saving the world.

Possessing the treasure map of the seventy-two spirits' salvation is not a blessing, but a disaster. He has tried his best to stay away from the treasure map, but he did not expect that his mother would also get a treasure map. While he was sleeping, it benefited others.

After Guo Lin understood the situation clearly, he made a decision. He wanted to use these two daughters to pave the way for the other three children and become their stepping stones. From this moment on, Guo Lingli and Guo Meili had become Duoduo and Yuyu in his heart who could be abandoned at any time.