The Festive Spirit Boat
So, the Azure Cloud Peak disciples who haven't been working in the Spirit Field Group for long have recently been learning something new, in addition to going down to the fields to study.
Breeding.
For this breeding project, Lingxian Sect will no longer supply spirit rice from now on.
The dinners served at the Spirit Cuisine Hall now consist mainly of dishes, with staple foods being ordinary rice and noodles purchased by the Finance Hall from down the mountain.
This is because the remaining spirit rice in the sect was kept by the Spirit Field Group for use as seeds this year.
Even Xiaoluan has been reportedly conducting experiments with utmost seriousness lately.
It conducted an experiment to fuse the bloodlines of two different Demon Beast that it favored.
Lin Xiao didn't know exactly how the bloodlines of the two Demon Beast were fused; Xiaoluan always kept it a secret.
Because Xiaoluan is too busy, Big Peach has been in charge of managing the Beast Garden and arranging work for the new disciples who come to the Beast Garden recently.
Liu Yunan, who had finally managed to relax a little these past two days, found this phenomenon quite strange.
Everyone had been urging him to quickly arrange for new disciples to join the work and share the workload, but now that the arrangements have actually been made, why does everyone seem even busier than before the new disciples arrived?
Time slipped by quietly amidst these busy days.
Three months passed in the blink of an eye.
This day marked the official start of production for the Lingxian Sect's Lock Ring.
It was also a joyous occasion for Lin Lei, the eldest Lin Household.
Despite the large influx of Xiushui Village in recent years, the public security situation has remained excellent.
Not to mention committing crimes, even petty theft, which used to happen from time to time, has completely disappeared.
In fact, during the first year after the Lingxian Sect was established, there were still some idle men and children in the area who went around to villages to do petty theft.
However, after being caught and intimidated a few times by Hu Liang, who was in charge of patrolling the area around the foot of the mountain from the Lingxian Sect, no one dared to do anything bad in Xiushui Village or the surrounding villages anymore.
And that goes without saying for tourists from other places.
Seeing the simple and honest folk here, and with a powerful immortal sect backing them up, everyone who comes here, regardless of their true nature, wears a peaceful and friendly expression.
Therefore, the Lin Household did not intend to keep Lin Lei's marriage a low-key affair, and everything was done according to the usual customs of their village.
Old Master Lin had already discussed this matter with Village Chief Du and the clan leaders of various surnames in the village when the wedding was being planned.
Therefore, before dawn that day, the Lin Household's old house was already bustling with activity.
Since the Lin Household hadn't been back to their old house in the village for a while, they usually only came down every now and then to dust the house. So naturally, they had to clean it up now.
Although the dust in the old house could be easily removed by any member of the Lin Household with a simple Dust Removal Technique, Old Madam Lin insisted that the entire house be thoroughly cleaned and wiped with water before the wedding.
According to Old Madam Lin, a house that has been uninhabited for a long time loses its liveliness. While Dust Removal Technique can make a place clean, it can't bring out that sense of life just by being spotless.
So the entire Lin Household pitched in and started working.
For today's banquet, Jiang Youfu patted his chest and promised to prepare one main dish for each table, Liu Shengsheng also prepared a substantial dish.
The others were made with the help of several skilled women from the village.
Things are different now. With the Lin Household's prestige in Xiushui Village, it's easy to foresee how many people will come to attend and offer their congratulations. Old Master Lin wasn't stingy either; with a wave of his hand, he decided that they would hold a continuous banquet!
Therefore, there are a lot of dishes to prepare.
Eldest Uncle Lin, who was in charge of purchasing ingredients, returned to the village with a convoy of vehicles loaded with them. Everyone in the village who saw it was full of praise, and they all thought to themselves that they must go and offer their congratulations when the feast started in the afternoon.
With a beaming smile, Eldest Uncle Lin carried the ingredients into the kitchen. He felt a surge of joy, thinking about how people from Ten-Li around had been amazed and congratulated him on his way back from town.
At noon, after a quick lunch, everyone prepared to go pick up the bride.
When it comes to weddings, in rural areas, those who are poor can rent an oxcart for a day from a family in the village who owns one, while those who are a little richer will go to the market or town to hire a donkey cart with a simple carriage. If the rental place hears that you are having a wedding, some will even tie red cloth flowers to the donkey.
However, Lin Lei had already planned today's wedding procession in advance.
Ever since the engagement was arranged, Lin Lei had been thinking about how he could give his bride some surprises.
The elders took care of all the banquet arrangements, so he decided to do something special for the wedding procession.
As he pondered this, he thought of their sect's spirit boat.
Of course, the Spirit Boat of today is no longer the rudimentary version that Lin Xiao casually cobbled together back then.
The Lingxian Sect's Artifact Refining Hall currently houses three spirit boats, each with a capacity ranging from ten to one hundred people, and each is exquisitely crafted.
Of course, this wouldn't have been possible without the various drawings provided by Mo Yuanjiao, who grew up in luxury, and Liao Pantu, who was well-informed, as well as the opinions of Old Master Lin, a seasoned carpenter.
However, these three spirit boats were all made by Senior Liao and others, who were the most skilled craftsmen in the sect.
Lin Lei could barely learn all the items in the sect's weapon -Artifact Refining Hall, let alone create them independently.
But ever since he decided to use a spirit boat he built himself to carry his bride, he has spent most of his time learning how to make spirit boats, apart from completing some crafting tasks for the Artifact Refining Hall.
Fortunately, the Artifact Refining Hall had a complete manual for making spirit boats. He studied it diligently every day, and had many good teachers and friends by his side who he could ask questions at any time, so his learning speed was not slow.
However, the actual production process is indeed not simple.
Fortunately, it was completed before the wedding date.
As the sun began to set, Lin Lei couldn't wait to lead his group of brothers from the sect to fetch his bride.
Lin Xiao and his group of unmarried young men boarded the festively decorated spirit boat that Lin Lei had prepared and headed to Songyang County.
In recent years, as the image of the Lingxian Sect has appeared in the sight of mortals from time to time, people's understanding of immortals is far different from before. They only have some impression of immortals when the sect recruits disciples once every few decades.
However, immortals are still quite rare.
So when the people of Songyang County looked up and saw a boat that could carry about twenty people, decorated with red ribbons and double happiness decorations, flying steadily overhead, they couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
"Mother, look! There's a boat flying over there!" a child exclaimed excitedly, pointing at the spirit boat.
In no time, people who witnessed it firsthand or rushed over upon hearing the news followed the spaceship with curiosity and anticipation.
The bride's family had been waiting at the alley entrance for the wedding procession. Upon seeing the festively decorated boat flying overhead, and Lin Lei, who had visited several times before, standing at the bow, and then seeing the large crowd following behind, the old woman turned and ran back, her face flushed, shouting loudly as she went:
"Guiqing's family! Your son-in-law has flown here by boat!" The tone was very high, it was hard to tell whether it was surprise or excitement.