Chapter Twenty-Three: Burning Your Hands
Because it was the first time he came to Heavenly Court, An Zijue looked around very insightlessly. Her heart was so excited that she couldn't express it in words, Sansheng was lucky enough to be able to visit Heavenly Court!
The little fairy boy who followed the two guides traveled around this huge heavenly court for a while before he came to the outside of the old man's palace.
Next to the bluestone steps, the ancient trees are towering to the sky, the mist is swirling, straight into the sky, the thousand-year-old tree hangs 6 full of red silk, the wind blows, the silk strips of the branches will gently sway up, make a sassy sound, look at it from afar, a piece of red, very festive.
It turns out that this is the Yuelao Temple that carries the marriage of all beings in the Six Realms.
After a long time, an old man's voice came from the courtyard through a door: "Disciple, why don't you hurry up and invite all the Taoists into the courtyard." ”
"Fellow Daoists, please come in."
The two little fairies stepped up the steps and pushed the thick door open.
On the stone bench in the courtyard sat an old fairy with a book, looking lazy, his white beard fluttering with the breeze, looking as kind as an old wine jug.
Yue Lao Youyou yawned: "Say, what do you want to ask for in my Yue Lao Temple?" ”
"Hey, I said that Yue Lao, your old man is becoming more and more unkind, the old man came all the way to see you, and you don't bring good wine, and you are still so direct when you talk."
The old wine pot fell, walked directly to Yue Lao, snatched the book from his hand, and sat on the stone bench next to him, "Is the thousand-year-old wine pot still there last time?" Take it out, let's have a good drink. ”
"Oh? Is there really anything wrong with you? ”
Yue Laohu looked at the old wine jug suspiciously and asked.
"Look, brother, my face is ruddy, the heavenly court is full, my legs and feet are flexible, and my feelings are deep, so it won't be a big deal."
The old flask smiled, "If I can take another sip of your thousand-year-old wine, it should be fine." ”
“……”
The old flask is really an old flask!
Yue Lao stroked his beard and smiled: "Brother of the wine pot on the chosen day, if you want to drink, just come to Lao Jun at any time!" ”
The old wine jug also twisted his beard and laughed: "Very good, very good!" It's better to hit the day than to hit the day, right now! ”
As soon as these words came out, it caused Gu Xiyi and the others to sigh for a while, the old wine pot master is really enough, the purpose of coming to Heaven this time is obviously to find the demon and the worldly affairs, now it is good, for a pot of wine, he can forget the purpose of his own coming, tsk.
Gu Xiyi walked to the old wine jug, bent down and whispered in his ear: "Uncle Shi, the purpose of our visit this time is not to drink, the most important thing now is to find the location of the Red Dust of the Demon Venerable. One day in heaven and one year on earth, we must not delay here for too long, otherwise we will miss a big event. ”
The old flask glanced at him, "Who said the old man came to drink?" ”
Gu Xiyi was silent.
"The old man just hasn't seen Yue Lao for a long time, and he has a few words of greeting, and it is impossible to put forward his needs to others as soon as they meet, everything must have a transition."
"What Uncle Shi said is very true, but the transition doesn't have to be a bar!"
Gu Xi Yi snorted.
"Go, go, I said you kid is really in charge."
The old flask casually picked up the book on the stone table "Bang"
The ground slammed on Gu Xiyi's head.
"Uncle ......"
Gu Xiyi rubbed his head aggrievedly.
The old wine jug ignored him, and only smiled at Yue Lao: "Ignore him, hehe, Brother Yue, take out your wine." ”
Yue Lao smiled, as if he was looking at what was going on, raised his hand from his sleeve, and pinched his fingers, "If you come to beg for wine, please stay, if you come to find a marriage line, please go back." ”
"Old Yue, why?"
Gu Xiyi was stunned.
Yue Lao sighed slowly: "Since ancient times, marriage has been destined by God, so the heavenly opportunity must not be revealed, if you let it know, it will be against heaven." ”
After hearing Yue Lao's words, Streamer took a few steps forward and asked, "Dare to ask Old Immortal, is there any other way for me and others to know?" ”
Yue Lao shook his head, "The secret of heaven must not be revealed, even the highly respected Emperor of Heaven has no way of knowing, how can you and I know it casually?" ”
”
You are an old man, how can you not know the marriage in the world when you often help others pull the red rope, just kidding, hum, it's really unreliable to refuse like this!
”
Tang Xinran dismissed.
"No, although I am holding the red line, I can't turn a blind eye to those red things, I just did my instinct.
”
Yue Lao said, "If you and the others are here to look for the marriage spectrum, please go back as soon as possible."
”
"That's true!
”
The old wine pot yawned, and when he heard that Yue Lao was going to drive them away, and the thousand-year-old wine that he had been thinking about for a long time had not yet been drunk, he was a little anxious, "Since I came to you, I naturally came to beg for wine."
”
"Grandpa Fairy, we really need to check the marriage spectrum, and ask Grandpa Fairy to be accommodating.
”
An Zijue stood up, if this operation failed, then the chance of winning against the Demon Venerable would be extremely small.
Yue Lao hesitated for a moment, and sighed: "It's not that Lao Jun is unreasonable, it's just that checking the marriage spectrum is a matter of importance, and Lao Jun also knows that the purpose of you and others to check the marriage spectrum is not for your own selfishness, but we can't act against the sky."
”
An Zijue's face instantly became ugly, and she looked melancholy, it can be seen that she has always refused to take out the marriage spectrum this month, so what should I do?
Is it really non-negotiable this time?
"In that case, you might as well bring the wine first.
”
The old wine jug waited dryly for Yue Lao's wine, and Yue Lao refused to take the drinking to heart for a long time, making the old wine jug wait anxiously.
"This ......"
Yue Lao's face sank, that is the wine he has kept since he cultivated immortals, that pot of wine has always been his treasure, last time it was because of a Taoist friend who came to visit that he couldn't bear to take out the wine and share it, and he was reluctant to drink it later, and when he was addicted to alcohol, he just took it out and smelled the fragrance.
Now that such a group of people had come, if they really took out the wine and shared it, it would be more precious than drinking his blood.
Well, it's either wine or marriage, which makes him very entangled.
Seeing the reluctant appearance of Yue Lao, the old wine pot was angry and said aggressively: "Yue Lao, you old man should not regret it and don't want to take out the wine, right?"
The gentleman said, the horse is difficult to chase, and you still call yourself the old gentleman, if you lie to people, I don't know if you will be ashamed!
”
Yue Lao hurriedly opened the topic and said: "Back then, Guanyin Bodhisattva gave Lao Jun some 10,000-year-old Tieguanyin, which tasted no less than a thousand-year-old wine, so why don't I take it out and entertain all the Taoists."
”
“……”
Everyone was dumbfounded, Guanyin Bodhisattva also presented Tieguanyin?
!
Dare to ask Yue Lao, can you talk a little more?
"Old man, I don't dare to be interested in tea, I can't hide it, the old man is here for your thousand-year-old wine.
”
“…… Otherwise, Lao Jun promised to show you the marriage spectrum, but there is one condition.
”
Yue Lao paused, and then said: "Disciples, quickly go and take the 10,000-year-old Tieguanyin that Guanyin Bodhisattva gave to you as a teacher."
”
After a while, the little fairy child carried a tray out of the room, Yue Lao took the plate, put it on the stone table, pointed to the contents inside, and said: "This is the 10,000-year-old Tieguanyin, if any of you can make it into a pot of good tea, Lao Jun will consider giving you the marriage spectrum."
”
"What's so hard about that?
Isn't it just to make a pot of tea, don't worry, Grandpa Fairy, I will definitely make it into a pot of tea!
”
An Zijue said with confidence, it was just a pot of tea, which was not difficult for her, looking at the tea leaves on the table, her eyes narrowed into a crescent moon, and the opportunity to make meritorious contributions had arrived.
If you brew this pot of tea, you will be able to see the marriage spectrum!
Yue Lao twisted his beard and smiled slyly: "Okay, Lao Jun will wait to see you make this tea."
”
An Zijue lifted the tea leaves on the plate on the table, and after a closer look, this tea seemed to be not quite the same as ordinary tea leaves, alas, she curiously reached out and took out a piece.
When a small leaf is placed in the palm of your hand, its weight will be as heavy as a piece of iron.
And the leaves are hard, like a piece of pig iron, and the point is that the leaves are not green at all, but grayish-black.
The Tieguanyin on this plate is clearly iron!
Yes?
Yue Lao actually wanted to test her ability to make these iron into tea, which, this is really a bit difficult.
"Girl, please come with us over there to get water and make tea.
”
The little fairy boy pointed to the other end of the courtyard and said.
"Oh......"
An Zijue followed with the plate of iron.
After coming to the fire, An Zijue found a kettle and poured the tea into it, picked up the firewood and began to boil the tea, the fire slowly burned, for a long time, although the water was boiling, but the tea was still pushing iron, with the boiling of the water, only to hear the iron Guanyin in the pot hit the wall of the pot
Sound.
Where is this boiling tea, it is clearly boiling iron!
An Zijue looked at the raging fire, and was suddenly stunned, thinking of something.
That's right!
Since you want to boil iron, why don't you use Laojun's samadhi true fire?
!
Legend has it that Taishang Laojun's samadhi fire is particularly powerful, and it is not a problem to burn the iron to ashes.
Thinking of this, An Zijue hooked her lips and smiled, looked at no one around, and turned around, and came to Taishang Laojun's alchemy furnace, only to see a big iron cage with gold edges and diamonds on it, surrounded by smoke, and the iron cage was full of raging fires.
The fire was very strong, constantly engulfing the bottom of the iron pot on the iron cage.
Even though it was a few feet away, you could still feel your skin burning from it.
How do you get rid of the fires now?
Looking at the samadhi real fire in front of her, it gave her a headache, and in the absence of a way, she saw the flames piled aside, haha, it's really heavenly!
An Zijue picked up the flame in a bottle and took it out of the alchemy hall of Taishang Laojun.
After returning to the Yuelao Temple, An Zijue threw the flames into the fire with boiling tea, and in the blink of an eye, the fire became bigger and bigger, worthy of the Samadhi real fire, and the effect was really extraordinary!
Immediately afterward, a fresh fragrance overflowed from the teapot, and the aroma was tangy, giving people a feeling of refreshment.
That's great!
"Iron"
It's finally boiled into tea, ahaha!
An Zijue was excited and happy, wrapped her hand with her sleeve, carefully lifted the tea, poured it into the teacup, and was halfway through the pouring, the teapot lid was suddenly washed away by the white gas coming out, and the temperature of the white gas was very high, hitting her face.
She was startled, it was almost instantaneous, the teapot was knocked over, and all the tea was rippling out, all spilling on her hands.
"Ahh
”
Instinctively reacting, An Zijue quickly shook off the teapot in her hand, only to feel a hot and piercing pain on the skin on her hand.
The wound spread, and the flesh on the palms of both hands gradually shrank into a ball, slowly turning into red flesh in the shape of seaweed, and there was no intact place from the wrist to the fingers.
The pain was a piercing pain, and I felt that my whole hands couldn't move, and the blood vessels in my hands instantly bloomed, and the flesh and blood blurred.
An Zijue held her burned hands, and dense sweat continued to gush out of her forehead, this is not something that ordinary fire can cause, but samadhi true fire, you can imagine how unbearable the pain of burning that kind of skin is.