5. V
After Yang Jian left, Taishang Laojun didn't speak again, but just straightened his posture and accompanied Taiyi to drink tea quietly.
After the pills were served with tea, he raised the alchemy furnace with one hand and walked back to the room, preparing the next furnace of elixir.
The courtyard was empty, and all three of them were under the locust tree.
The courtyard door closed silently and slowly.
There was a wind all around, not too big or too small, and it made a low whimpering sound through the locust trees.
The wind swept up the fallen leaves under the trees, brushing the corners of the three of them, carrying a chill.
Nezha tilted his head and wanted to say something, but he was shocked by such an atmosphere and didn't speak.
Taiyi lowered his head and took a sip of tea, raising his eyebrows slightly in the shadow of the tea lid.
Taishang Laojun bent the corners of his lips, but in the end he did not bend an arc.
The smile that didn't fully bloom hung halfway through.
He looked at Taiyi Zhenren with wide eyes and shock.
"Well, he's here." Taiyi clenched the teacup in his hand hard, and his fingers snapped quietly.
In an instant, Nezha fell asleep relying on his master.
Taiyi picked up Nezha and placed her under the locust tree, and then reached out and turned into a white velvet blanket, and gently covered Nezha's body.
He ...... How did it come? Taishang Laojun looked at Nezha, who had fallen asleep, and muttered in a low tone, as if talking to himself.
"Master, Father...... The balls are ready, and the balls can help Master and Father with alchemy! A childish voice interrupted the two men in thought.
The two of them turned their heads in unison, and saw Maruko running out with the alchemy furnace in one hand, and smiled as if they had forgotten what had just happened.
"Yes." Taishang Laojun didn't have the slightest interest in alchemy, and his answer was careless.
"Master, Father...... Maruko will not destroy Master's elixir again this time, Master must believe in Maruko! Maruko didn't notice the master's abnormality, and still nodded vigorously at Taiyi Zhenren.
"Okay, Maruko, no matter who comes later, you have to be optimistic about the elixir of the teacher!" Taishang Laojun barely cheered up and said.
"Maruko knows, Maruko must have done a good job!" After the pill finished speaking, he began to throw the alchemy furnace hard.
From left to right, right to left, there is only the sound of wind in the yard.
The sky was getting heavier and heavier, and a blue light like hell fire appeared under the dark sky, and blood-red paper lanterns swayed and flew over.
At the end of the blood-red lantern, a thin young man in a silk yellow shirt stepped on the black clouds, walking slowly, every step was imposing.
His face was pale, without a trace of blood, and his eyes were cold, like a hellish Yama.
As long as you look into his eyes, you can't help but feel weak in your limbs, and your heart is full of fear, as if your body and soul have been swallowed up by his eyes little by little.
And there was another person behind him, this person was the opposite of him, although he was dressed in white, he did not feel cold at all.
This person, with warm eyes, has a peaceful aura.
If you look at him with the same eyes open, you will feel not cold, but enjoyment.
It's as if you're on a calm lake, blowing a gentle breeze, forgetting yourself and getting peace of mind.
These two people are one after the other, one yellow and one white, but they are not disturbed by each other's temperament.
When Taiyi Zhenren and Taishang Laojun saw the comer, they all stood up from under the tree.
"Huh...... Aguanguan, you've come to see me! As soon as the pill was halfway out of the alchemy furnace, he suddenly stopped, and the corners of his lips melted into a satisfied smile, and he immediately said to the man in white.
The man nodded with a smile, took a few steps forward, and suddenly realized something, and turned his eyes to look at the young man.
The boy nodded, still walking at his own pace.
The man hadn't approached yet, but he didn't think that the pill would be hit by the alchemy furnace in a flash, and the whole person was crushed under the alchemy furnace weighing thousands of catties.
Taishang Laojun looked at the balls, his brows were not wrinkled, and he was still drinking tea.
I saw that Maruko stretched out his little short leg and kicked the alchemy furnace down, and rushed towards the man in white like a joy.
Didn't notice the other person at all.
Seeing that it was about to approach, Maruko pulled the hem of the white-clothed man's robe with both hands, sat on the ground with a fart~ strand, licked his lips, swallowed his saliva, and looked at him longingly with a pair of round eyes.
"Maruko...... The elixir for teachers. Taishang Laojun touched his forehead, his heart was broken, but he didn't have the momentum just now.
"Master, I will compensate you, you ...... Don't bother me! Maruko waved his hand at Taishang Laojun and looked at the man with slightly wet eyes.
Taishang Laojun blocked his chest with a mouthful of blood, and swallowed a mouthful of tea angrily.
"What's the matter, what are you doing sitting on the ground, aren't you afraid of the cold?" The man reached out and gently rubbed the head of the ball.
"It hurts, the balls have just been hit by the stove, it hurts." Big tears fell from the eyes of the man, and the man's heart tightened slightly.
"So what to do?" The man's movements couldn't help but be more gentle.
"Aguan Guan...... Is it okay for you to let the balls drink the water in your bottle, the balls drink your water, the balls don't hurt, the balls can get up, the water of Aguanguan is the best to drink, Aguanguan ...... "The balls rubbed the hem of the man's robe, and a small round face was covered with tears.
"Okay, okay, I'll give it to you when you get up." The man smiled helplessly and comforted him.
"I still have to be hugged by Aguanguan to get up." Maruko stretched out her short arm at the man, looking at him with a small frown.
"Okay." The man chuckled and picked up the balls and handed them a white porcelain bottle with willow branches in them.
Maruko hugged the bottle tightly and began to drink one bite after another, and at the end he burped and rubbed Guanyin's neck with a happy face.
"Master Guanyin, you're going to be spoiled by pills like this." Taishang Laojun shook his head and said.
"It's okay, just come here once a month, it's nothing to spoil and pet, this is something sent by his family this time, you pick two things first, and compensate you for two furnaces of elixir." Guanyin walked to the locust tree with the balls in his arms and placed a small brocade bag with a python pattern on the stone table next to the locust tree.
"Done." Taishang Laojun looked at the brocade bag, and his eyes were green.
"Taiyi Zhenren." Guanyin turned his head sideways and saw Taiyi and nodded, which was regarded as a greeting.
"Master Guanyin." Taiyi sneered at Guanyin and responded.
"I know, you're waiting for me, for Nezha." Guanyin glanced at Nezha, who was lying under the locust tree, and said straight to the point.
"You come to Taishang Laojun on the ninth day of every month, it's not difficult to wait for you."
Hearing this, Guanyin nodded the nose of the ball and said; "Maruko will go play by himself for a while, and then I will look for you to play when Aguanguan takes a good look at Brother Nezha."
"Okay, Aguanguan...... Can you conjure up some delicious water for me later? Maruko tilted her head and asked.
"Okay." Guanyin smiled helplessly and put the ball down.
Guanyin sat under the locust tree, a lotus flower with golden petals rose from the ground, supporting his body, and sat on the lotus platform, shining with golden light.
He closed his eyes, looked at Nezha, stretched out his right hand, made an orchid in his hand, and reconciled his index and middle fingers, frowning slightly.
"This ...... Let me think about it. Guanyin frowned, and looked at Nezha with some hesitation.
"Don't think about it, when I go back, I ask Jinzha to bring him some food I made, let him eat it, forget everything that should be forgotten, and remember everything that should be remembered." The young man, who had been silent, suddenly spoke, and his blood-colored red eyes like evil spirits added a trace of pity at some point.
"That'...... I'm sorry for you. Taishang Laojun was very surprised at the young man's opening at first, but after reacting, he looked at him reverently, as if he was looking at a respected god.
"Well, that's it. Guan, I think it's boring, so let's go first. After the young man finished speaking, his figure was no longer visible in the heavens and the earth, only a red lantern burned into wisps of green smoke, burned all the way, and turned into white hibiscus flowers.
The surroundings were quiet again, and the three awake people, one green and two white, sat down around the stone table.
Each of the three people had a cup of tea in front of them.
He ...... How did it come out today? Taishang Laojun looked at Guanyin and asked first.
"He felt uncomfortable today, so he showed his true body and came out to relax." There was no one else for a while, and Guanyin also drank tea and gossiped.
"Really...... The last time I saw him like this was a thousand years ago. Taiyi Zhenren stretched out his hand to pick his jaw, and it was rare to say without a poisonous tongue.
"Over the years, he has appeared over there a lot of times, but no one knows about it." Guanyin let out a long sigh, as if remembering something.
"Oh, think about it...... The people over there who know what he looks like should not have the best. Taishang Laojun nodded, and his expression slowly recovered to be lazy.
"It's just that, if he is willing to make a move, Nezha will be fine."
"That's right...... Anyway, the child who often follows him, I haven't seen it today, it's a good child, is it still the same as before? Taishang Laojun knocked on his forehead, and when he said this, there was a little more curiosity in his eyes.
"If it's the same, he'...... It won't be like that. ”
"Demon people and Shinto Buddhas, there are times when you can't see it, and you follow him a lot, just enlighten him all the time." Taiyi Zhenren glanced at the sleeping Nezha and said.
"Yes, Taiyi, what you said is right, but there are some things that can be solved by enlightenment?" Guanyin drank all the tea, slowly put the tea cup on the table, and said; "It's not too early, I'm going to look for Maruko, he must still be thinking about me."
"Well, when you are idle in the future, we will talk again." After Taiyi Zhenren saw him leave, he walked under the locust tree, stretched out his hand to pick up his apprentice, and left from the thirty-three heavens.
Taishang Laojun walked alone to the alchemy furnace that fell to the ground, reached out and picked up a rolling elixir, and narrowed his eyes slightly.