Chapter 446: The simplest method is all that is needed "I heard that this Snow Lotus Meeting was originally set up for viewing thousand-year-old snow lotus, and snow lotus will be distributed at the meeting. As long as you are invited, you can go to the meeting with gifts. If you are not invited, you will not be stopped as long as you are sincere." Lin Jue sat on the donkey and talked to himself, "It's a pity that I didn't ask clearly that night what gifts those people brought." "It's like a wild boar drinking party!" The fox on top of the horse's head spoke the truth, but its voice was as soft as a mosquito's at this moment. "Disrespectful, that's the mountain god." "Mountain God Drinking Party!" "The Mountain God Banquet." "Just call it a drinking party!" The fox's voice was clear and his tone was stubborn. Lin Jue smiled and said nothing more, continuing to think about the question - "What should I give to obtain the snow lotus?"

Lin Jue brought a lot of treasures on this trip, but of course, none of the materials for the golden elixir in the fox's belly could be missing. The others were either not precious enough or difficult to give away. After all, Lin Jue was going on a long journey, so he traveled light. He only let the fox swallow the mother-of-pearl box, and put a bag of things in a cloth bag, most of which were useful things. All the useless ones are placed in the capital or Hongye Temple. Naturally, the wood of longevity cannot be given as a gift. Those were the remains of the Queen Mother of the East. If you give too little, you will seem stingy; if you give too much, you will be afraid of changes. After all, even some ordinary wood with tenacious life can take root and sprout again with just a branch, not to mention that this is the immortal wood that is famous for its vitality, longevity, and difficulty to die, and it has finally come true. Lin Jue was not afraid. Firstly, the Queen Mother of the East would not be able to turn over in a short period of time, and I would not give her a chance. Secondly, he is seeking an opportunity to achieve enlightenment. Once he succeeds in achieving enlightenment, even if his level of Taoism cannot match that of the Queen Mother of the East in a short period of time, level of Taoism has never represented ability, and the size of ability does not necessarily completely determine the outcome. There is also the theory of mutual promotion and mutual restraint. With the power of a flower blooming in an instant, he is fully confident that he can suppress the Queen Mother of the East. He will then go to find her first. How could he be afraid that she would come to find him? While I was thinking, I had already arrived at the foot of Tianshan Mountain. A road was faintly carved out in the grassland, with tire tracks and hoof prints, and the grass was obviously lighter. The Taoist rode a paper donkey and walked along the road. But I couldn't help turning my head—— A few dozen steps away from him, a figure more than ten feet tall and covered with stones was walking forward silently, with the same goal as him. There was also a half-length old man with a cane sitting on his shoulder, panting. The two seemed to know each other, but also seemed to have met by chance. The old man saw that the man was tall and strong, so he gave him a ride. "What should I give to obtain the snow lotus?" A clear, thin voice sounded above the donkey's head, repeating Lin Jue's previous murmurs. Then, all of a sudden, it turned into a white shadow, jumped onto the green grass, and grew to the size of a cat. “You’ll know if you just ask!”

There was endless green grass, and the fox's toes touched the ground. Then another white shadow jumped out lightly, drawing a graceful arc in the air. One step is halfway there. Just as it fell, its toes lightly touched the tip of the grass, without even touching the ground, it then jumped up lightly like a fish swimming in water, as if it had no weight, and landed far away. The fox looked up at the stone man. Its sound came in the breeze: "Are you made of stone?" The fox's eyes are innocent, and so is his voice. I think Tianweng will not fail to answer such a question. The stone man also lowered his head and looked at it: "Yes……" “Are you a mountain god?” "God of Qiushan Mountain." "Are you going to attend the Snow Lotus Society?" "Yes……" "What gifts did you bring?" The fox tilted his head and looked at them seriously. "A piece of stone." "What about you? Are you an old earth god?" "Two thousand years old ginseng." The old man looked at him with a smile, "I am the earth god of Hamu." The fox continued to ask, "What do you want to give so that the gods on the snowy mountain will give you a thousand-year-old snow lotus in return?" "..." The mountain god turned his head, and the old man also turned his head. The two looked at each other and smiled. "Hahaha, this isn't barter, how can you just give as much as you want in return?" "How can I be sure of that?" "understood!" After the fox asked this question, he turned around and jumped back without any reluctance. Just a word of thanks floated in the wind, still clear and delicate, without any impurities. Sometimes complex problems require only the simplest solutions. "Taoist! The fox asked you!"

As soon as the fox jumped back, he chirped to him. "I heard……" Lin Jue smiled slightly and saluted. The other two also returned the greeting. When you reach the foot of Tianshan Mountain, there is a road going up. It took half a day to reach the mountainside. Just as the scholar's story said, four "men" in white helmets and armor stopped him. Although they are called "people", they actually just have human bodies and stand like humans. One of them has a snow leopard's head, two have falcon's heads, and one has a mountain goat's head. Their helmets are also specially made. One of the Snow Leopard soldiers said something to him. Lin Jue didn't understand, so he bowed and replied: "My name is Lin Fangjue, my courtesy name is Wuzhi, I came from Dajiang Huizhou to participate in the Snow Lotus Society." The four of them looked at each other, looked carefully at Lin Jue, looked at the paper donkey under him, looked at the fox beside him, and finally looked at Chen Niu who was pointing the way. They didn't make it too difficult and quickly got out of the way. "Please come in, guest." Lin Jue understood this sentence. Walking further up the path, we entered the clouds and there was snow on the ground. The temperature dropped rapidly and the cold air around me turned into fog. I don’t know how long I walked, but the mist in the distance gradually dissipated, and a magnificent golden palace was faintly visible from it, like a palace in heaven. There were people guarding the palace gate, registering the guests coming and going. There was no obstacle at this level. Lin Jue followed the example of the monsters and gods before him, left his name, and walked in. The ground looked like rocks on a snowy mountain, gray and black, with accumulated snow, stairs, and mist. At first the mist was very light, and you could see the road and the snow. The further you went in, the thicker the mist became, as if you had walked into a cloud palace and couldn't see the ground clearly. At the same time, in this misty fog, Lin Jue also felt a unique spiritual charm, pure and clean. "Look!" Suddenly the fox made a sound. Suddenly, a lot of snow lotus grew on the roadside ahead. Different from the elegant colors of ordinary snow lotus, they look like jade, with flower stems like jasper and petals like white jade. The stamens cannot be seen because they have not yet bloomed, they are just buds. They grow out of the mist, and their roots cannot be seen, as if they grow in the clouds. A man and a fox were also walking in the clouds. "Will this be held today?" "Will this be open today? Fox goes to ask again!"

The fox jumped away again without hesitation. He jumped into the cloud and his figure sank. He must have accidentally jumped into a hole, and then jumped out with the wind. After a while, the fox came back. "They told me that it blooms in the summer! Snow lotus flowers will bloom when they bloom. The mountain is too high, so there is no fixed date, so they bloom all the time! They bloom every day until the flowers fade!" "Fuyao is really amazing." Lin Jue praised and sighed sincerely. "That's awesome!" "They also said that we should go over there!" The fox looked in one direction. "There are twenty palaces on this mountain, and each one has snow lotuses planted in it. The snow lotus will bloom in the palace where the snow lotus blooms. This year, it will bloom over there. Let's go over there!" "Thanks to you." "Yes!" Lin Jue smiled slightly. No wonder so many adults like to ask children for directions. There are also several palaces there, but they are not difficult to find because only in one palace the snow lotus flowers are blooming, while the others are either buds or even the buds and flower stems are not visible. There were still guards standing at the door. "Lin Jue, a Taoist from Yishan in the Central Plains, has come to attend the meeting with gifts." Lin Jue said something, but the guard ignored him, so he walked inside. At this moment, his eyes were full of novelty. The novelty made me think of the story the scholar told me for the first time. As a cultivator with extensive experience, I still found it novel when I arrived at the palace of the gods in Tianshan. If the story was true, how would the ordinary merchant in the story feel when he quietly followed the monsters and gods into such a palace alone and saw so many monsters and gods, a place like a cloud palace? How brave does it take to come here? One step forward and you will reach the palace. I saw that this palace was much larger and more spacious than ordinary palaces. Except for what seemed to be a road in the middle, all I could see was clouds and mist, and the rest of the palace was covered with blooming snow lotuses. These snow lotuses are as big as washbasins and are full of charm. However, there seems to be some open space in the snow lotus. Because Lin Jue saw many figures on the ground, some were sitting cross-legged and practicing alone, some were lying down to rest, almost invisible in the fog, and some were gathered in groups of three or five to chat. “Are these thousand-year-old snow lotuses? "Or……" Turn your head and look straight upward. There were two figures sitting above, both wearing gold and silver. One was an old woman, sitting in the middle, and the other was a woman, sitting on the side. There were several other figures standing beside them, bowing and talking to them, and next to them, there was a palm-sized ice jade snow lotus in full bloom, the aura of this flower was amazing. "Another guest?"

Many figures looked towards Lin Jue. "Lin Fangjue, a Taoist from Yishan in the Central Plains, has come to attend the meeting with gifts." Lin Jue saluted upwards. "what?" Doubtful voices were heard all around and above. You must think this person looks unfamiliar. "Have you been invited?" The woman above asked. "I came here because of your reputation." Lin Jue said, presenting gifts with both hands, "This is our first acquaintance, so I'd like to offer you a piece of wood essence, a pound of spiritual gold, a bottle of spiritual elixir, and a magic weapon." "Do you know my mother's name?" "I don't know." "You don't even know your mother's name, and you're attending the meeting?" "I have admired you for a long time." "You have come here from so far away. Have you admired my mother for a long time, or have you admired the snow lotus on the Tianshan Mountains for a long time?" The woman above asked again. Her voice came clearly, as if she could see through his inner thoughts at a glance. Many pairs of eyes were looking at Lin Jue. Lin Jue wanted to say a few polite words, but after thinking about it, he said truthfully: "I am here for the Millennium Snow Lotus." There are so many monsters and spirits here, of all shapes and sizes. Are they all here to meet the spirits on Mount Tianshan? Or are they all here to gather and talk? Lin Jue didn't believe that no one came for the Millennium Snow Lotus. (End of this chapter)