Chapter 134: An Old Soul on the Three-Life Stone
Old Daoist Liu usually went down the mountain at noon to carry water.
Originally, there was a spring behind the Mountain God Temple, but unfortunately, it had gradually dried up a few years ago. So, Shi Kuizi would carry two buckets of water up the mountain every few days.
But since Old Daoist Liu arrived these past few days, they used more water. So now he went down the mountain every day to carry water.
He had almost become a different person—he originally had a loose topknot and a long beard. But in the nearly ten days he had been at Shi Kuizi's place, his beard had been trimmed. Not shaved off, of course, but trimmed into a short beard. In addition, these few days, he did almost nothing but focus on cultivating the Water Cloud Strength that Li Yunxin had taught him, making him look slightly younger.
So the current Old Daoist Liu—probably wouldn't be recognized by someone who wasn't very familiar with him.
Three days ago, Shi Kuizi had gone to Weicheng and returned, telling him that Prefect Zhao and the three Prefectural Governors had left Weicheng, and a neighboring prefectural official was now in temporary charge. That official didn't want to stir up trouble in Weicheng, so many cases were casually closed—surprisingly, no one was investigating the cause of Captain Xing's death.
This news brought some relief to the dejected Old Daoist Liu.
But he still didn't like to talk much.
He carried two heavy wooden buckets down the mountain path, but he didn't feel tired. He just thought about the events of the past month in Weicheng, which felt like a dream—the cultivators, the demons… they came and went like a revolving lantern in that month. Now, looking at the mountain scenery, the tree branches, the small path, the sunlight, the spiderwebs between the blades of grass, and the freshly washed clothes that still smelled of soapbeans…