2. Yin Difference [Catching Insects]
There are many legends about Meng Po, and many people or gods say that she has rained down the auspicious sky in the world since she was born, which is a heavenly omen.
There are also many legends, all of which are simulated in the world, but since there is such a statement, there is probably some speculation exposed.
Some people say that Meng Po was a vegetarian all her life, did not like meat, and did good deeds all her life, crossed countless ghosts, and finally achieved complete merit and was able to soar.
But only a very small number of people who are old will know that Meng Po was born from dreams, and she was born and raised by the underworld, so she has the name of a land girl.
The earth and the emperor, at that time the underworld was still a barren, she was the first goddess born from the underworld, therefore, also called the emperor, later generations have many people called her the emperor's mother-in-law, but after so many years, now most people call her Meng Po Niangniang.
Meng Po greeted Xie Bi'an, and then a sad look appeared on her gentle and kind face, "The position of the Immortal Monarch has been vacant for many days, and the Underworld Dragon Chapter has never had a master, and the underworld is about to be chaotic, but there is no god who can suppress the riot." β
Fan Wusu's days as an Impermanent Divine Monarch weren't longβat least compared to an ancient god like Meng Po, who had been born since the beginning of the Underworld, he didn't even live as long as the last time Meng Po had sewn the phoenix crown with her own hands.
Even the stubborn little grass fairies who still looked very immature outside the Hades Mansion and climbed the walls of the Hades Mansion were all older than him.
It is also because of this that although he also subconsciously knows that the recent Hades are not very peaceful, he doesn't know what the reason is - these things, if you have to trace them back, I'm afraid few gods will know.
"The Heavenly Emperor in the sky has just received the king's seal," Xie Bi'an's face was hidden behind the dense tea mist, and it was a little indistinct, "The Wu clan has escaped from the world, although the golden qi in the sky is there, but there is a black mist faintly entwined in it, and the purple qi of the underworld has never risen." β
"yes." Meng Po's eyes were still smiling, but her words were somewhat heavy, "The little phoenix that went out of the underworld ten thousand years ago sacrificed itself and turned into a red lotus karmic fire to block the supreme three thousand demons from breaking through the underground king city for the first time, and now the flowers are blooming all over the ground, and the weak water river is rising again - I'm afraid the fire will be extinguished." β
"The phoenix that went out of Hades?" Fan Wusu put down the teacup and finally found a topic that he knew something about, "I've heard a little about this, and the trumpet flower on the side of the Santu Bridge always likes to talk about these things." β
The Santu River is the only place where there are no flowers blooming on the other side of the bridge along the Huangquan Road from the Difu Gate, but there is a group of very beautiful and lovely trumpet flowers growing there, and they have nothing else to do on weekdays, just watch the souls walk by on the bridge, listen to their life past, talk for a while, and then wait for the next person with a story to walk by.
That is to say, in the entire underworld, there are actually very few things that they don't know - even in the heavens, on the feast of the day when the flowers of Hades bloom once in a hundred years, those things that the gods can't say to others will also reach their ears along the wind.
Fan Wusu looked at Xie Bi'an with a smile and a chin to look at him, and suddenly came to his senses, and subconsciously took a sip of tea, then cleared his throat and said: "No one knows where he came from, but one day, the little ghost who patrolled suddenly found the phoenix egg floating on the water on the Lechuan River, and there were two adult phoenixes that had been dead for many days where the phoenix egg stayed - but it didn't seem to be pureblooded." β
"I heard that on that day, the demons and ghosts in the Lechuan River were very quiet, and the whole underworld was very calm, and the ghost couldn't bear the fire on the phoenix's corpse, so he could only fish up the phoenix egg, and the moment he handed it over to Chang'an, it broke the shell, and then spread his wings and flew up, and the red lotus karmic fire set off by his wings even made the most yin place in the underworld show beautiful fire clouds."
Fan Wusu recalled the things that the trumpet flower told him, as if he was talking to himself, and he could see the grand scene of the day through Xie Bi'an in front of him.
He didn't find that scene in the library of Hadesβeven all the records of the little phoenix were gone.
Xie Bi'an probably also thought of the scene at that time, and couldn't help but have a smile on his face, "It is indeed a rare scene in the underworld, but everyone is not very happy." β
The underworld is yin, most of the gods and ghosts living in the underworld still like yin and hate yang, so beautiful scenes are rare, everyone loves but because of the fire that can almost blind the eyes to stay at home, it is really a little sinful.
"It's just that I heard that since then, the Phoenix King Changge of Dao Nantian has come down in person in a phoenix dress to greet the little phoenix?" Fan Wusu was very interested in these things - he didn't want to let go of anything that had a relationship with Xie Bi'an in the past and he didn't know.
But no matter how he investigated this matter, he could only know some words from the mouth of the trumpet, and the more detailed things were gone.
"Yes." Xie Bi'an replied softly, and then his voice gradually lowered two tones, "After that, there will be few opportunities to see him return to the underworld." β
Fan Wusu was suddenly shocked in his heart, and even looked at Xie Bi'an's eyes with nervousness.
"That little phoenix was also brought to Chang'an by hand," Meng Po let out a long sigh and waved her hand gently, "The phoenix can't survive without Buddha bones and sycamore branches, and the first time the ghost found the phoenix egg, he went to inform Chang'an." β
The corners of Fan Wuxu's mouth twitched stiffly, and he subconsciously asked, "Why did you report him?" β
Meng Po stopped and looked at Xie Bi'an.
Xie Bi'an smiled, as if he didn't take it seriously, "Amnesty, you haven't forgotten it, I was born as a Buddha bone." β
Fan Wusu stared at the cup in his hand expressionlessly, his bones turned white, and he squeezed out the words almost word by word, "The missing backbone on your back was taken out for that phoenix when it was born." β
He swallowed the second half of the sentence hard, almost unable to control the idea of tearing off Xie Bi'an's clothes and kissing his back.
"Don't be angry just yet." Xie Bi'an softly soothed and rescued the teacup that had cracked from Fan Wushu's hands, "His parents and I ...... There is kindness to the whole underworld. They exhausted the phoenix yuan in order to save the child, gave up the opportunity for nirvana, and rekindled the heavenly fire that was about to be extinguished for the first time, blocking the three thousand demons. β
Fan Wuxu's eyes were red, and the corners of his lips were pursed, but he was helpless: even if he was distressed, it would be useless to be angry again, and at that time, he didn't even have zΓ i.
Seeing that he gradually calmed down, Xie Bi'an breathed a sigh of relief, "Those two are Qingluan with eight golden feathers, although they are not purebloods, they are much more powerful than purebloods. They summoned me before they died, begging me to save the little phoenix, and I couldn't help but say yes. β
The Phoenix Clan was much more proud than the Dragon Clan, and the two Eight Feathered Luan Kings lay on the ground almost mourning, holding blood and tears, and spit out the only small sycamore branch from their mouths - if it weren't for the end of the road, they would never let a phoenix baby be born in a dungeon where there is little light.
Fan Wusu was also silent when he heard this, and his feelings of licking calves were naturally moving, even if he was by Xie Bi'an's side at the time, he was afraid that he would not refuse - after all, it was a pair of children whose parents would rather pay for two lives before they died.
"Why did that phoenix sacrifice?" Fan Wusu didn't ask any more, but asked something else.
There are very few people who know about this matter, but everyone who knows must have buried this matter in their hearts, and has never told others, "I heard that the little phoenix was not able to achieve nirvana after his death, and the Phoenix King Changge also closed the door of the Dao Nan Tian Feng Palace, and the Phoenix clan has been in a slump since then, and no one has stepped out of the Dao Nan Tian step. β
"His name is Creek City." Xie Bi'an opened his mouth lightly, stretched out his hand and pointed to the two realms mountain in front of the bridge that was blocked by heavy fog and could not be seen clearly, "He likes Xishan that can grow perched branches and sycamores on his body, and when he is in the underworld, he will spend a large part of his time playing around with Xishan's body." β
"He didn't have a surname, and over time, he simply followed Xishan's surname and named it Cheng."
"The Phoenix clan has a difficult heir, and in recent years, the pure-blooded phoenix and phoenix have not had a single one after the long song escaped," Meng Po shook her head, "Tens of thousands of years ago, the Feng clan was prosperous, and all the descendants who were born without the shape of a phoenix were not qualified to enter Dao Nantian, if I remember correctly...... Xicheng has a phoenix body except for the moment when he was born, but it has never appeared again, right? β
ββ¦β¦ Right. Xie Bi'an hesitated in response, "Xicheng has the bloodlines of the Heaven Devouring Whale, the Hidden Mouse, the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox and the Phoenix, and it can survive in the four worlds of heaven, earth, sea and underworld, but it is also indispensable...... The second time he appeared in his phoenix form, it was on the eve of his imminent fall as a karmic fire in his own incarnation. β
There was a sudden silence in all directions, only the slight noise made when the tea cups collided, and after a while, Meng Po's eyes vaguely filled with some tears, and they disappeared in a blink of an eye, leaving only a long sigh, "The old body seems to remember that when the child came to Hades, he liked to sit on the Nai He Bridge with a smile and talk to those lonely souls and wild ghosts who couldn't step on the Nai He Bridge." β
"The Phoenix clan has always been xenophobic, no matter how strong the bloodline in Xicheng is, in Dao Nantian, except for Fengwang Changge, no one likes him." The tea in Xie Bi'an's hand was a little cold, and he refused Fan Wuxuan's action of refilling the cup for him, stood up and loosened his muscles, "I once went to Dao Nantian to see him, the Phoenix clan has always been arrogant and class-clear, and it is difficult for each other to have any chance to talk to each other - Ah Cheng grew up in the underworld since he was a child, and he is used to being unrestrained, and he is not happy in Dao Nantian." β
Even as a well-known phoenix who was born on the weak water river of the underworld, in Daonantian, even if no one dared to say it because of Changge, he was somewhat disliked for Xicheng in his heart.