"Sister Mary, aren't you tired sleeping like that?"
Seeing Mary's bewildered expression, Lin Yu asked her with amusement.
"Ugh, I'm so tired, I'm going to sleep for a bit more."
Mary rubbed her cheeks nonchalantly, tapped Lin Yu's forehead with her index finger, and walked towards Lin Yu's bed.
"It's almost time for dinner, don't go back to sleep."
Looking at the darkening sky outside, Lin Yu tugged at Mary's sleeve.
"Hmm~ Call me again later~"
Mary lay dazed and limp on Lin Yu's bed, her hand unconsciously pulling the blanket next to her to cover herself.
Lin Yu looked at Mary, who had fallen asleep again, her peaceful sleeping face, and shook his head helplessly.
They really don't treat him like an outsider.
"Master"
Lin Yu stepped out of the room and saw Uncle Nine sitting in the courtyard, enjoying the cool air and drinking tea.
"Um"
Uncle Nine leisurely took a sip of tea and responded with his eyes closed.
Lin Yu looked around and realized that Wen Cai Qiu Sheng had not yet returned.
After glancing at Uncle Nine, who seemed completely unconcerned, Lin Yu decided to leave the two of them alone.
Those two are incredibly cunning; they'll only cause trouble, but they're unlikely to get into any real trouble.
Then Lin Yu also brought over a rocking chair and lay down comfortably, imitating Uncle Nine's posture.
He's been cultivating for so long, he needs to relax a bit.
Then the music started playing and the dancing continued.
Lin Yu slumped limply in the rocking chair.
As the rocking chair swayed rhythmically, Lin Yu felt like a baby in swaddling clothes, being gently soothed.
The lingering sunset gently draped over Lin Yu, and a wisp of breeze brushed against his cheek, like a clear spring flowing through his heart, gradually dispelling the fatigue he had accumulated during his cultivation.
Lin Yu narrowed his eyes slightly and let out a comfortable breath.
At that moment, he suddenly understood why his master sat there every day.
Lin Yu never expected that this incident could make him forget his troubles and return to himself.
As he relaxed more and more, Lin Yu's consciousness gradually emptied, leaving only his most primal enjoyment.
He now seemed as if he were about to drift away from the mortal world slowly, carried by the gentle breeze.
A gentle breeze propelled him to the clouds, where he seemed to see the crimson clouds, dyed red by the setting sun, right before him, within reach of his hand.
At this moment, Lin Yu seemed to have entered a profound and mysterious state.
Zhuangzi's "Free and Easy Wandering" involuntarily came to mind.
The "illusory image of Kunpeng" that he saw in the Primordial True Explanation slowly awakened from the depths of his memory and hovered above his sea of consciousness.
" In the Northern Ocean there is a fish, its name is Kun... which transforms into a bird, its name is Peng..."
The scriptures resonated in his heart like the deep tolling of a bell. With the rhythm of the scriptures, the aura around him became long and profound, like a boundless Northern Ocean sea, encompassing all things, yet with undercurrents surging.
The vast expanse of red clouds in the sky were also drawn by the energy generated by Lin Yu's enlightenment, gradually changing shape.
"Um?"
Uncle Nine, who had been drinking tea nearby, noticed Lin Yu's Lin Yu state and stared at him in disbelief.
This sight left Uncle Nine speechless, so much so that he forgot to swallow the tea in his mouth. He had never seen anyone attain enlightenment while simply lying down and enjoying themselves.
That's way too easy. Have some decency.
Uncle Nine was filled with joy when he saw that his disciple had attained enlightenment.
But then, his muscles instantly stiffened, as if bound tightly by an invisible force. Even the rocking chair, which had been gently swaying, froze in place as if under a spell.
Uncle Nine stared wide-eyed, held his breath, and gripped the handrails tightly, afraid that he might make the slightest noise and disturb his beloved disciple who was concentrating on his enlightenment.
At this moment, his heart was filled with contradictions and torment.
On the one hand, he was overjoyed that his disciple had reached such a profound level; on the other hand, he had to restrain his excitement so as not to affect his disciple's progress in cultivation.
And he was holding onto the rocking chair tightly to keep it from shaking, while Uncle Nine maintained that gazing posture the whole time.
As time ticked by, a fine layer of sweat even appeared on Uncle Nine's forehead. He felt he was about to burst, but he gritted his teeth and persevered, not daring to make a sound.
He had heard from those seniors that enlightenment is an extremely cautious process, and some people's enlightenment can be interrupted by even the slightest sound.
He didn't know about other people's enlightenment, nor had he ever attained enlightenment himself, but he knew that enlightenment could not be interrupted, otherwise, at best, all previous efforts would be wasted, and at worst, one would die and one's enlightenment would be lost.
So even though it was difficult for Uncle Nine to maintain this posture, he remained completely still.
As for Lin Yu, he felt like a free little bird, soaring through the sky and earth with the gentle breeze.
He soared upwards, feeling the vastness of the world.
Gradually, he felt himself truly transform into a bird, and he grew larger and larger, as if the clouds in the sky were his wings.
In Uncle Nine's eyes, a terrifying phenomenon gradually materialized behind Lin Yu: a huge, fish-like creature with wings was slowly forming behind him.
This strange phenomenon, from the moment it condensed, exuded a powerful aura, and ordinary people would only feel genuine terror upon seeing it.
Although he had never seen it before, as a Daoist who cultivated himself and had read many books, Uncle Nine recognized the terrifying phenomenon behind Lin Yu at a glance.
A famous saying involuntarily came to his mind, "One day, with the wind, it rises straight up ninety thousand miles."
"Oops!"
Uncle Nine had a bad feeling!
Meanwhile, on the other side, a similar strange thing was happening.
Lin Yu was meditating in the courtyard, while Mary in his room was also sleeping restlessly.
The blanket that was covering me perfectly suddenly flew to the corner of the wall for some reason.
Mary vaguely felt a chill and instinctively reached out to grope around for blankets.
After searching for a long time, they still couldn't find the blanket.
Mary was starting to feel sleepy, and her mind was gradually clearing.
She groggily opened her eyes, wanting to see where the blanket had fallen.
They found the bed empty; the blankets that were perfectly fine before were now in the opposite corner.
Mary rubbed her eyes in disbelief, thinking she was still half asleep.
But upon closer inspection, the blanket was still there.
Even if she's a restless sleeper, she wouldn't have thrown the blanket that far, would she? Mary looked around the room in confusion.
Finally, she got up, went over, and picked up the blanket.
Just as she pulled the covers back up and closed her eyes to go to sleep, she suddenly felt a lightness on her body; the blanket that had been pressing down on her had suddenly disappeared.
Mary suddenly opened her eyes and saw that the blanket had moved to the corner again.
"Who!"
"Come out!"
Mary finally realized what was happening, her eyes filled with fear and a hint of confusion.
Just as Xiao Li was about to continue scaring people, Uncle Nine appeared just in time.
"Uncle Nine"
When Mary saw Uncle Nine appear in the room, she felt as if she had found a backer; the scene just now was indeed a bit strange.
"It's alright, Xiao Yu is currently focused on enlightenment. Just stay quiet in the room and don't disturb him."
Uncle Nine comforted Mary.