Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is the last month of summer. Luo Yun and his entourage finally temporarily stopped the long journey of collecting medicine in Qinling and began to embark on the return journey, this time it was a real return, and the destination was Yunshan. On the return journey, when he passed through Zhongnan Mountain again, Luo Yun finally couldn't suppress the strong curiosity in his heart. Before dawn, he climbed over the top of the mountain, greeted the sunrise, and looked at the distant capital Chang'an.

Before the morning sun jumped above the horizon, the sky was clear, although the weather was clear, and there were neither clouds nor morning glow in the distant sky. But there is always a faint mist in the morning light between the mountains, and the first rays of sunlight penetrate behind the layer of Haoya's light-faced dance dress that shrouds the handsome girl named Chang'an. Luo Yun admired the delicate skin of the girl in the haze, like a mirage that appeared in the sky, no matter how wide your eyes were, you couldn't see how white and greasy the delicate skin under the light veil was, but it made people reverie and nostalgia.

Will always take a look.

In mid-June, Luo Yun met Yuan Wu and Bai Yang again. Luo Yun, who wanted to go back to Yunshan directly, was insisted on staying by the ancestor to watch their next wine-making activities. Although he was desperate to go home, Luo Yun was still a little excited to be able to witness the almost legendary thing of ape brewing. has been with the ancestor for so long, and the mellow fragrance in the green jade gourd can be often tasted by Luo Yun after dinner and before going to bed. This also made him, a person who had never drunk before, fall in love with this anointing elixir. I have to admit that the drink "wine" does have its magic.

"Liquor" is the only beverage that has a completely different taste despite different brewing methods and raw materials. But it is a drink that the ancient human beings, not only the ancestors of China, but also the people of different races and civilizations living in various parts of the earth, have created their own drink. In ancient times, the word "wine" was not used, and at that time, the word "unitary" was read as "wine". If you look at the Chinese word sea again, you will find how much Chinese love wine, and how many words are used as "酉". And these words are all related to wine. '酉' is a pictogram that refers to the jar-shaped bottle used to hold wine in ancient times. Then...... 'ferment' refers to the way of making liquor, 'pairing' refers to the combination of raw materials for making liquor, 'brewing' refers to the manufacturing process of liquor, and secondly, there are: drunk, alcohol, reward, drunk, drunk, etc., all of which are related to wine. There are many, many of these characters, and people are not stingy to describe this creation in more vivid words.

Just like the smell of alcohol, whether you drink alcohol or not, you can't avoid the presence of alcohol.

People who are addicted to alcohol and glasses tend to always show a more authentic version of themselves. The prosperity of the Tang Dynasty is also the prosperity of culture, and I have to admit how much wine has played a role in this. Which of those writers who have written edicts and circulated in the world does not drink, and how many of them are addicted to alcohol.

It's far away, go back to the cave where Yuanwu brews. To Luo Yun's surprise, the Ancestor was not like a hodgepodge, so the various medicines they collected were mixed together to let them ferment naturally. Not to mention the ones collected by Yuanwu and Bai Yang themselves, the types of medicinal materials collected by Luo Yun with Yuanzu alone include herbs and ores, and they are all extremely rare and rare. Coupled with the ordinary herbs and melons and fruits collected by Yuan Wu and Bai Yang, they together almost cover most of the content of "Shennong's Hundred Herbs". If this is really put together, it must not be wine, but a decoction that is difficult to eat.

Sorting hundreds of materials into categories is a meticulous task, and it is an impossible task for Luo Yun, who has no medical foundation. Many of the things that he thought were plants were ores, and many of the things that looked the same as plants were actually stones. So he could only work as a porter to help move the things that Bai Yang had divided together. Luo Yun was busy communicating with the ancestor about their next work, and then, Luo Yun realized that he still thought that the white ape brewing was too simple. This is really a huge project, and its detailed division and system operation are astonishing to mortals.

According to the different raw materials of liquor, the nine sons under the ancestor are in charge of one category. Then, according to the brewing time, that is, the beginning of the brewing season of spring, summer, autumn and winter, the monkey grandchildren of the ancestors under the nine sons have their own categories. For example, Yuanwu and Baiyang are responsible for making fruit wine in autumn. In this way, there are hundreds of kinds of wine-making products produced by the white ape family. And the white ape is busy making sake all year round. However, although from the perspective of the ancestors, the white ape is really an alcoholic, and must drink every day. But the amount of sake brewed every year is so large that even the white ape can't drink it all, no matter how large it is. Therefore, in addition to the white ape, these sweet liquors also have those strange beasts in the mountains who have just opened their wisdom and are in charge of a class of heavenly and earthly treasures. Like the poisonous snake that Luo Yun has seen, and the pangolin that guards a spiritual root are all among the distribution of fine wine.

Of course, the best sake produced every year is in the hands of the white ape. This has to mention one thing that Luo Yun has always felt very magical, that is, those gourds that hold wine in the hands of the ancestor. That is, the jasper gourd produced by the purple green vine coiled around the waist of the ancestor. Undoubtedly, this gourd contains the best of the best wines. According to Luo Yun's observation and inquiry, he learned that the ancestor had more than ten such wine gourds in his hands, which were packed with various kinds of agar syrup and jade liquid. Then the nine sons of the ancestor each got seven, one in the hands of Yuan Wu, and one or two in the hands of the other monkey grandchildren. In the end, after Luo Yun helped hand the wrapped medicinal materials to the ape who carried them, the ancestor also gave him one.

The jade gourd obtained by Luo Yun was as large as a papaya, and its appearance was as smooth as jade. If you don't hold it in your hand, you almost feel that this is a piece of jade carved jewelry. Looking through the sunlight, the gourd seems to be transparent, and you can see the cyan juice flowing like a whirlpool in it, and the aroma of the wine overflows through the body. Open the mouth of the gourd, you can see the green gas floating out, seven inches above the mouth of the gourd, condensed but not scattered, gathered but not converged.

Luo Yun took a sip, and the wine he drank for the first time was inside, nourishing the yin and moisturizing the lungs, and the cough and asthma he suffered from in his childhood was the best. The wine gourd has been playing with it in his hand for a long time, Luo Yun likes it very much, and wants to find a rope to tie around his waist, but he has no long things now, so he can only talk about it after returning home. He bowed to the ancestor: "Thank you for the gift from the ancestors, for a few months together, Luo Yun has gained a lot, and I am not very grateful." ”

Raising his head, the ancestor made a gesture to him. Luo Yun sighed and shook his head helplessly: "The seniors are very loving, and Luo Yun also wants to live in seclusion in the mountains and forests, and no one accompanies the seniors to travel the mountains and rivers and see the scenery of heaven and earth." But it's a pity that the younger generation is still young, and the worldly fate is not over, so it can't be left here. Bowing again, Luo Yun saw that the ancestor's face was displeased, but he couldn't: "Senior, Luo Yun lives in Yunshan. It is the home of the younger generation, and there are still elders in the family, who dare not travel for a long time. Willing to build a grass house by the warm water pool where they met for the first time, if the seniors have time to pass through Yunshan, the younger generations are willing to cook tea and wait. ”

The ancestor saw that Luo Yun had made up his mind, although he looked helpless, he was also open-minded. waved his hand and nodded at Bai Yang on the side, and then left Luo Yun and walked back to the cave alone. Luo Yun waved at the back of the ancestor, and then let Bai Yang pick him up and rush towards Yunshan. It came and went in a hurry.

This time Luo Yun didn't fall asleep, Bai Yang's size was not as good as the ancestor, he held Luo Yun with two hands, and Xiao You could only run behind. He walked for about two hours, during which Luo Yun did not speak, and kept trying to remember the route and look for things to sign. In the evening, before the golden crow fell on the mountain, Luo Yun finally returned to the familiar cloud mountain. Just as he walked, surrounded by a group of apes, he and a white ape looked at each other indifferently by the edge of the fruit forest next to the pool.

Bai Yang didn't let go of him and turned around and left, so Luo Yun had the opportunity to ask a question he found on the road. "Bai Yang, are you pregnant with a child?" ”

White apes are all dressed in leather clothing. Males like Yuanzu and Yuanwu only wear the lower half of the body and the upper body is shirtless. And the upper body of Bai Yang is also wrapped in fur, which shows that the white ape family has really evolved to the level of primitive humans. But along the way, Luo Yun, who was held in Bai Yang's arms, vaguely felt that not only the two breasts, but also Bai Yang's small size was swollen. At this time, he took a closer look at it face-to-face, and found that Bai Yang's abdomen was really bulging, so he asked.

As Luo Yun expected, Bai Yang's hands gently stroked his stomach, and the expression on his face was like all mothers in the world, loving, gentle, and serene. Luo Yun smiled and congratulated: "Congratulations, my Yunshan is not far from your cave mansion." We're neighbors, so we'll be sure to let me know when the baby is born. Seeing Bai Yang nodding, Luo Yun also nodded goodbye, and took Xiao You to the moon on the way home. Feeling cowardly in his hometown, he didn't say goodbye for so long, I don't know if Aunt Mei will punish him.

The same starry sky, hundreds of miles away in Chang'an City, Zhongnan Mountain. Outside a small temple built on a mountain, a young Taoist priest wearing Qingdero and a cloud crown is looking up at the sky. The starlight shone in his eyes, and his black pupils seemed to become another night sky, shrouded in stars. Suddenly, I don't know whether it was the starry sky in the sky or the starry sky in my eyes, a fiery red light shone by. It is inconspicuous in the starry sky, but it is keenly captured by the Taoist priest. Startled, the Taoist priest raised his left hand and pinched his fingers to calculate. As soon as the results of the mental arithmetic came out for a long time, I was frightened again, and my expression was still in disbelief. Turning around, he walked back to the temple, took out a brass armillary sphere in the room, and leaned over to calculate it. As soon as the conclusion came out, the Taoist priest couldn't help but be stunned and sighed.

"What is Huang Guanzi worried about?" A clear and elegant voice came from outside the temple, and the Taoist priest known as Huang Guanzi was startled when he heard it, and then he was overjoyed, and ran out of the room quickly, bypassing the armillary sphere, "Master came at the right time." Hurry, hurry, the stars have changed, the stars have changed! ”

There are no lights in the mountains, and although the banks shine in the sky, they cannot illuminate this small mountain view. Huang Guanzi rushed out to watch, only to see a Shi Lingfeng standing on the edge of the cliff. The inverted wind in the mountain came from the bottom up, driving the wide cyan Taoist robe to sway, but the middle-aged Taoist looked leisurely into the distance as if he couldn't feel the violent mountain wind. It was pitch black, and I couldn't see it clearly.

"Why is Huang Guanzi so impatient, he has even lost his efforts to cultivate his mind."

Huang Guanzi took a breath and adjusted his expression slightly: "Master, the apprentice was watching the stars at night just now, and suddenly saw a fire shining, and after careful calculation, he found ......"

"It is found that the disaster star will come out, the fire will be the main yang, and there will be a great drought in the heavens and the earth. The fire flashed near the purple microstar, and the person was either walking in the water or ...... There was a great drought in Guanzhong. It's like three years of Zhenguan. The middle-aged Taoist priest finished speaking lightly, brushing his beard leisurely, not caring how serious he was saying.

"Now that the master has discovered it, is there a way to crack this calamity?" Huang Guanzi didn't care as much as his master, and asked eagerly.

"Huang Guanzi, I asked you to come to this mountain to cultivate your body, but now it seems that your efforts have been in vain. Not to mention that the will of heaven is difficult to do, we cultivators should know that the way of heaven is difficult to hide. Moreover, the calamity star has only flashed, and has not really come into the world, where can you find it, and even if you find it, how can you crack it? However, if we wait until the Calamity Star actually comes, the disaster has already appeared, and it will be too late for anything. The middle-aged Taoist priest turned to look at Huang Guanzi, and said in a tone that was not without a hint: "We spy on the will of heaven, but we can't do things against the sky. If you see the auspicious rui, everyone will be happy, and you can only do your best to see the disaster star. Do not cling to anything. The way of heaven is impermanent, and the knowledge is always clear. I don't know what is usual, and I act in vain. Any calamity outside the body is a test of heaven and earth for our cultivation, and we cannot try to escape it. ”

Huang Guanzi listened to the master's teachings, although he knew it in his heart, but he still couldn't let go of the people of Li who were about to suffer a disaster, and his expression was slightly gloomy. The middle-aged Taoist priest caught a glimpse of the look on his face, and sighed leisurely: "That's it, you have become a volcano commander for your teacher, and you have also served as Shilang of the Taishi Bureau, this mortal world cannot be avoided after all." As soon as the rest is over, you will play the master, and there will be a great drought next year, so I hope he will prepare as soon as possible. Do your best, only listen to the destiny of heaven. There is no way to avoid the calamity that should come. Chunfeng, you must not be obsessed. ”

"Yes, the disciple must follow the teachings of the master."