"Cai Zhu was accepted as a disciple by the Immortal Master of Mount Putuo. I thought it would be a long time before I would have the opportunity to come here. I didn't expect that I would come here now," Shen Luo said with a sigh as he recalled the events of that year.
"Good boy. You're giving her a pearl hairpin as a gift after a long separation? Since she's a cultivator, why don't you give her a magic tool as a gift? "Bai Xiaotian said as he patted his shoulder.
"What's important is the thought, not the value of the gift. Besides, I don't know what kind of cultivation method Cai Zhu is practicing. Even if I want to give her a magic tool, it has to be compatible with her, "Shen Luo said with a grin.
While talking, he finally chose a delicate plum hairpin. After paying for it, he put it in an exquisite wooden box and put it away.
"Previously, you said that Mount Putuo would send a disciple to receive the participants. May I know the specific location?" Shen Luo stood up and asked.
"Mount Putuo is an overseas celestial mountain in the South Sea. In the end, it's actually a large island. There are eighteen small islands in its periphery. In the past, the participants were received on the Star Island. I think it won't be any different this year," Bai Xiaotian said after thinking for a while.
"In that case, let's go directly to the Star Island first," Shen Luo said.
Bai Xiaotian nodded. The two of them came to a deserted beach. They each rode on their flying swords and turned into two streaks of rainbow light. They flew away one after the other.
It was midsummer. The sky was blue and cloudless. A gentle breeze blew on the surface of the sea, causing waves to ripple.
Shen Luo and Bai Xiaotian flew for hundreds of miles. They passed by many big and small islands and reefs along the way, but they still didn't see any trace of Mount Putuo.
"Xiaotian, you're leading us in the right direction. Why can't we see the shadow of Mount Putuo?" Shen Luo looked at the boundless sea in front of him and asked suspiciously.
"Mount Putuo is an important place of Buddhism. It's the cultivation ground of Guan Yin Bodhisattva. How can it be so easy to find? Do you still remember the 18 islands I told you about? It is also a formation that guards the outside of the main island. It can form a concealment formation. Those who do not know the entrance will only walk around the island and will not be able to enter, "Bai Xiaotian said with a smile.
"After talking so much, do you have any way to find the sect?" Shen Luo asked.
"Of course. Before we came here, the temple had already given us a token. With this as a guide, how could we not find it?" Bai Xiaotian said, waving his arm.
A red silk thread was tied around his wrist, and a fish-shaped talisman was hanging from it. At this moment, it was floating against the wind, and its tail was pointing southwest, swaying slightly.
No matter how Bai Xiaotian moved his arm, the tail of the floating fish-shaped talisman was still pointing in the same direction, unwilling to change direction.
"Why did you have this talisman, but the Imperial Advisor and the others didn't give it to me?" Shen Luo asked in surprise.
"Our Shenghua Temple and Mount Putuo are both Buddhist sects. After all, our relationship is much closer than the Great Tang government." Bai Xiaotian rolled his eyes at him, as if this was a matter of course.
"That's true … Haha, lead the way." Shen Luo heard this and nodded with a smile.
"Alright." Bai Xiaotian responded and continued to fly in the direction indicated by the talisman.
About half an hour later, on the surface of the sea not far away, a grayish-white island with a radius of a few thousand feet appeared. The trees on the island were sparse, and a thatched cottage could be vaguely seen built on the island.
When Shen Luo and Bai Xiaotian flew closer, the fish-shaped talisman that had been floating in the air suddenly dropped down.
"We're here." Bai Xiaotian's eyes lit up as he said.
"It's here?" Shen Luo looked over and was slightly surprised.
However, when he scanned the island with his Divine Sense, he quickly discovered something unusual. His Divine Sense could not penetrate the seemingly inconspicuous thatched cottage.
At this moment, a man and a woman suddenly walked out from the thatched cottage.
The moment they saw Shen Luo and Bai Xiaotian, the expressions of the man and woman changed at the same time, but they were completely the same.
The woman did not have much of a smile at first, but when her gaze fell on Shen Luo's face, a smile suddenly appeared on her face. As for the man, he originally had a smile on his face, but at this moment, his expression sank and his entire face darkened.
"Haha, what a coincidence. The ones in charge of receiving us are actually you two." Shen Luo was somewhat surprised.
It turned out that the man and woman were none other than the Great Tang Dynasty's nineteenth princess, Li Shu and Wu Ming.
"Brother Shen, why are you here … Could it be that you're also here to participate in the Immortal Apricot Conference?" Li Shu was somewhat surprised.
Ever since the incident of the Jinghe Dragon King's ghost invasion, Li Shu's admiration for Shen Luo and Lu Huaming, who were of the same age as her, was like the endless waves of the river. Now that she saw them again, she felt even more cordial.
At the side, Wu Ming looked more and more displeased, and the fists in his sleeves unconsciously clenched tightly.
"It was the State Preceptor who specially allowed me to represent the Great Tang Dynasty to participate in this conference." Shen Luo did not care too much about this, and said with a smile.
Bai Xiaotian frowned and looked at them for a while, and suddenly asked, "Shen Luo, could this be the cousin you mentioned, Cai Zhu, your fiancée? Then should I call her sister-in-law? "
"Don't talk nonsense. This is our Tang Emperor's nineteenth princess." Shen Luo hurriedly said.
"This is?" Li Shu looked at Bai Xiaotian and asked with some doubt.
"So it's Your Highness. I'm Bai Xiaotian, a participant of the Life Transformation Temple." Bai Xiaotian had long seen that Wu Ming's gaze was unfriendly when he looked at Shen Luo, so he deliberately ignored him, and did not even bother to look at him.
"Fellow Daoist Bai is the Senior Brother of the Life Transformation Temple. We are both disciples of the Zen Sect, and can be considered as half of the same sect." Li Shu cupped her fists at Bai Xiaotian and said with a smile.
"Junior Sister Li's temperament really doesn't seem like someone from the royal family. I like it. In the future, just call me Brother Bai or Big Brother Bai. There's no need to call me Fellow Daoist, haha …" Bai Xiaotian said with a smile.
"Okay. Senior Brother Bai just mentioned some cousin Cai Zhu, what is it? Is Big Brother Shen already married? "Li Shu asked with a smile.
"That is …"
"You rascal, stop gossiping. Let's get down to business first." Bai Xiaotian was just about to say something when he was interrupted by Shen Luo.
"That's true." Bai Xiaotian smiled embarrassedly.
Then, the two of them took out their credentials and tokens, and handed them to Li Shu for inspection.
"There's nothing wrong with the items. The two of you can follow me to the sect to register." Wu Ming, who had been ignored, took the items first, and said after carefully inspecting them.
"Senior Brother Wu, why don't I lead Big Brother Shen and the others there?" Li Shu asked.
"Junior Sister, don't you still have to wait here for Fellow Daoist Liu Qing? Leave this small matter to me. Don't worry, I'll surely make proper arrangements for these two brothers of yours. How about it?" Wu Ming patted his chest and guaranteed.
Li Shu glanced at the sea and the sky in the distance with a hesitant expression.
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