"Old Pine Tree, look, isn't this pine beautiful? If you like it, I'll transplant it to Ten Thousand Pines Mountain. Maybe after a few hundred years, it can become a spirit and keep you company." Si Lingxi held up a photo of the Yellow Mountain Guest-Greeting Pine as she spoke to Ten Thousand Pines Daoist.
Ten Thousand Pines Daoist took the photo and smiled placidly. "How old is this pine?"
"Over thirteen hundred years."
"Still a young girl." Ten Thousand Pines Daoist shook his head with a smile. "Graceful and elegant, delicate and untrammeled."
Si Lingxi raised a brow.
Ten Thousand Pines Daoist glanced at Si Lingxi and Lu Zheng, who were holding hands, then shook his head with a smile. "The young girl is living quite well at home. Don't transplant her away."
Si Lingxi smiled with raised brows, nodded, picked up a black jade stone, and gently set it down.
After Lu Zheng's group returned from Lighthouse Country, they traveled through time back to ancient times and flew with Si Lingxi and Liu Qingyan to Ten Thousand Pines Mountain in the southern frontier.
At that moment, Si Lingxi was playing Go with Ten Thousand Pines Daoist, while Lu Zheng and Liu Qingyan watched from the side.
Neither side was particularly formal, so as they chatted while playing, Si Lingxi recalled the photos she had taken during her trip to Yellow Mountain and brought out the one of the Guest-Greeting Pine for Ten Thousand Pines Daoist to see.
"Oh, right." Lu Zheng suddenly remembered something. "This junior encountered Senior Song some days ago. Senior Song said he intended to come to Ten Thousand Pines Mountain for secluded cultivation..."
"He's in that cave halfway up the mountain." Ten Thousand Pines Daoist pointed downhill, looked at Lu Zheng, and smiled