Learn To Believe Me Dear Chapter 2

He had just changed his clothes when he heard crisp noises outside the window. A scrub crow with a blue back and a white belly, with smart eyes, was pecking at the window glass, and the burglar alarm installed on the window also started to sound loudly.

This kind of spiritual bird is usually domesticated by monks. I think the owner of the bird wants to see him for something. Ellian quickly turned off the alarm, opened the window to welcome the crow in, and asked politely: "Daoyou, are you here to see me? What can I do for you?"

There was a plate of washed fruits on the coffee table. He picked a few fresh cherries, white apricots and grapes and put them on a small porcelain plate and pushed them to the crow. The spirit bird shook its head, squinted its eyes and smiled: "Fellow Daoist Bai Lian, you don't have to be polite. I am the one who taught you how to cultivate the divine way at the forum just now. I have something to give you, but because my main body is in the dead end, I can't come here in person, so I can only attach a wisp of spiritual consciousness to this bird to come and see you."

The crow lowered its head, spit out a white jade tablet from its mouth, and pushed it in front of Ellian with its beak, saying: "You demon cultivators have simple minds and are easily infected by the will of believers. You are not suitable for ordinary Shinto practice methods. You should refine this karma tablet. It can find believers with deep affinity with you. You only need to make those who are destined to believe that your body is white, and the power of wish will be fed back to you. Anyway, you don't expect the power of incense and wish to improve your merits, so just change the color of the flowers, right?"

Of course, his requirements are not high, just wanting to become white!

Ellian was so excited that he almost hugged Cong Ya into his arms and rubbed him. He just stretched out his hand but felt it was not appropriate. He pressed his hand down and took the jade slip. He held out a small piece of emerald lake water and gave it to Cong Ya. He thanked him sincerely: "Master, you gave me such a good magic weapon. I don't know how to repay you. The only thing I can do is to give you the spiritual lake where I was born."

After he became a spirit, his body naturally released spiritual energy when it was doing photosynthesis and respiration, which permeated the entire lake with spirituality. Later, he simply refined the lake into a portable space and hid it in his dantian. Although it cannot be called a magic weapon, the lake water is sweet and rich in spiritual energy, and it has raised many practical spiritual flowers and spiritual fish. It can be used to enjoy the scenery and catch fish and shrimp, which is also a very practical thing.

The bush crow spread its wings and waved them left and right, smiling and shaking its head: "Fellow Daoist, there is no need to be polite. I come from the way of the gods, and I know that it is easy to go wrong when practicing the way of the gods. If I lead you down this path and then leave you alone, and let you be dragged by mortal thoughts and fall into the way of the devil, I will not be able to live with it. If you must give me something to feel at ease, why not give me a white lotus."

This is easy.

Ellian lifted the crystal fruit plate into the air, and a pool of spiritual water flowed out with a hook of his fingertips. He then dipped his hand into it, and in the blink of an eye a flower stalk emerged from his fingertips. After a few breaths, the flower bud blossomed, filling the room with fragrance. A snow-white Victoria regia flower, larger than the fruit plate and with spoon-shaped petals, bloomed in the air.

He cut off the flower stem and threw it into the spiritual water to soak it. He wiped his palm with his fingertips and the remaining flower stem was collected cleanly. The crow jumped onto the fruit plate and looked at the flower, praising it: "'Shining in the daytime, refreshing and fragrant', it is indeed a good flower to purify the mind and purify the world. Since I have led you to the path of spiritual cultivation, I will help you again---I believe that your true nature is such a white lotus."

What you say must be followed by what you do.

Ellian suddenly felt a ray of spiritual light flying into his sea of consciousness from a distant and unknown place. He could vaguely sense the existence of another person. A pure thought followed the thin thread of light into his sea of consciousness, outlining a pure white lotus.

He seemed to understand something and wanted to summon his original body to take a look, but suddenly he remembered that the scrub crow that his fellow Taoist possessed was still beside him. He couldn't let it see his pink lotus. He quickly clenched his hand again and stole a glance at the scrub crow - it had its legs hooked on the edge of the basin, stretching its neck to pick up the flower that was bigger than itself, and probably didn't see his action.

Ellian noticed that its two thin legs were trembling slightly, so he quickly reached out to hold its belly, dug out a plastic bag from under the coffee table, put the flower neatly into it, hooked it on the crow's claws, and said gratefully: "Master, I have nothing to repay you for your kindness today. If you need me to drive you in the future, I will do my best. My flower is too big, it's not convenient to carry it around, Master, please take it back in a bag."

The scrub crow laughed, nodded at him, spread its wings, and flew out of the window with a flutter.

Ellian stood at the window and watched the bird fly away, then he could not wait to close the curtains and spread out his right palm. A huge tender pink lotus slowly emerged from the palm, and the bright color spread from the center of the flower, dyeing each petal from deep to light pink, but at the outermost edge of the petals, there was a uniform, warm white edge like mutton fat.

He fiddled with the petals with his fingertips, peeling them off layer by layer for a closer look. It seemed that there was a white edge on the tip of each petal... It seemed that this divine way really worked. If more people believed that he was a white lotus, he could really turn back into the snow-white flower he had when he first bloomed, right?

When the time comes, he can put some perfume on his body, and his benefactor will definitely be able to recognize him, and then he can repay the favor!

He was so excited that the flower opened a little bigger. He held the pink lotus with white edges in his hands and looked at it again and again. He put it away only when he had satisfied his desire. He grabbed the jade slip on the table, pressed it against his forehead, and immersed his consciousness into it.

There was a different world in the jade slip. When his consciousness entered it, he saw a dark space with twinkling stars. The stars were bright and dim, randomly scattered throughout the space. A silver light extended from the brightest star to his consciousness, which was similar to the feeling when the "One Drink and One Peck" senior placed his faith in his sea of consciousness. It should be because of the faith relationship established, so it was brighter than other stars.

Then the other bright and dark stars are the future believers who have a destiny with him?

As he was guessing, a steady and heavy voice suddenly rang in his mind: "These stars are the people who are destined to be with you. The deeper the fate, the brighter the starlight. The more eagerly one hopes for the gods' help, the closer they are to you. There are also those who take the initiative to give themselves to you. Those are the easiest to entrust your faith to. Don't miss them easily."

The sound stops here.

Ellian looked up at the sky and thanked him. He took a deep breath and stretched out his hand. The brightest star fell into his palm. A string of numbers appeared above it - similar to the positioning star mark he saw on the teleportation array when he came to this small world. The star passed through his palm and returned to the air. A faint scent was left on his palm. He thought that as long as he arrived in that small world, he would be able to find this destined person by following the scent.

The moves made by the immortals in the universe were indeed extraordinary. He could not even imagine that there could be such a useful thing!

He didn't want to wait even a second, so he immediately withdrew his consciousness from the jade slip, packed up his things, and rushed out of the house without looking back.

A few streets away from his residential area, on an inconspicuous street, there is an inconspicuous street-side store with a sign on the door reading "Xuanhuang Hardware Technology Company". The store looks no different from an ordinary hardware store. The lights are not turned on during the day, and the room is a bit dark. The standard glass cabinets are filled with black minerals that people usually don't see in the city, and there are a few strange swords hanging on the wall. There is a little boy about fourteen or fifteen years old, wearing a baggy sportswear, sitting behind the counter reading a book.

The boy was handsome, but not very energetic. He kept a book called "Basic Chemistry" in his hand all day long, like a middle school student helping his parents run the store. Ellian knew the true identity of this store and this man, so he stopped far away after entering the door and greeted him respectfully: "Master Zhang, I want to rent a flying sword."

This Master Zhang was sent by the Xuanhuang Sword Sect to this small world to expand the sect's heritage. Although he looks young, he is actually a seasoned Jindan Master and a master sword-forging figure. The flying swords sold in this small shop include those he brought from the sect, but most of them are forged by him.

Two years ago, Ellian wanted to become a disciple of Xuanhuang Sword Sect, or just work as a clerk in the store, but unfortunately he was a plant incarnation and could not withstand the erosion of metal and stone essence, so Master Zhang refused to accept him. However, for the sake of being a neighbor, Master Zhang also helped him a lot. For example, the jar of spiritual wine he used to bleach flowers was brought to him by Master Zhang from the mountain gate. He would also specially buy him some nutrients, spiritual plant seeds, birds, fish fry, etc., and taught him to use his spiritual lake to engage in ecological breeding in exchange for some spiritual stones.

When Master Zhang looked at people, he revealed a pair of dark eyes, which were cold and intimidating, like an X-ray during security check. But when he slightly lowered his eyelids, the cold and radiant eyes were hidden deep inside, and his face was lazy and listless, and he casually greeted: "It's Xiao Lian, what do you want the sword for? My flying sword is made of the essence of five metals, and you are as soft and fragile as plants and trees. If you touch it for a long time, your body will be damaged."

Ellian took out the property certificate from his waist bag and put it on the counter, saying firmly: "I want to go to another world to meet a destined person. Now I only have a little breath in my hand to remotely sense the other person's body, and I don't know what the transportation conditions in that world are like, so I want to rent a flying sword from the real person to get around - it would be best if it is a white one."

"White..." Master Zhang thought for a moment, rolled up the basic chemistry book into a tube and stuffed it into his arms, then searched behind the cabinet for a while and found a translucent snow-white disc that looked like two upside-down plates, thin on the outside and thick on the inside. He placed it on the cabinet and pushed it in front of him: "If it's only used as a flying magic weapon, it doesn't have to be a flying sword, right? I watched something popular on TV a few days ago and tried to refine a flying magic weapon that can automatically avoid danger and adjust direction. This magic weapon doesn't have the sharpness of a flying sword. Why don't you try it?"

Ellian took the disc, placed his slender pink fingers on the center of the magic weapon, and tried to input a trace of true energy.

The disc suddenly increased in size several times, enough for a person to stand firmly on it. The edge emitted a circle of beautiful light like a pearl. It swayed and slipped from his palm as if it had a spirit, and flew lightly back and forth in the store.

"It's really beautiful! Is this made according to a UFO?" He was completely impressed by the appearance of this flying magic weapon. It was also made by Zhang Zhenren himself, so the quality was guaranteed. Ellian took out a handful of lotus seeds full of inspiration and slapped them on the property certificate, saying proudly: "This is it!"

Zhang Zhenren glanced at Lianzi, turned his palm and changed the jade plate into the size of a powder box and threw it to him: "These are enough for rent for half a year. The new products will give you another two months of discount. You can refund or pay more when you come back. Some small worlds are quite dangerous. Fortunately, you are bound to the 'Yuan Yang Cang Hua' client. I am not advertising for them. Yuan Yang Cang Hua's customer service is particularly good. If you encounter a situation that you can't handle, remember to shout for help. And there is---"

He reached out and tapped the jade plate, adding, "This magic weapon is called Suochen, and it was refined by imitating a sweeping robot. It can withstand a full-strength attack from a Nascent Soul Master, and in theory it should also be able to purify things like demonic energy and karma. If you can use it, write a trial report in detail and attach pictures, and I'll negotiate with the sect and give it to you as a trial product."