Chapter 4: Burning Strings
The jade bracelet on his left wrist shimmered with an unbridled blue glow in the sunlight. I stood under a peach tree in the Peach Garden of Huoyun Palace and raised my hand and looked at it carefully.
The fox king said that this hidden spirit bracelet is the treasure of the nine-tailed spirit fox clan in their demon world, and it has been inherited from the spirit fox demon kings of previous generations. It's just that in his parents' generation, the powerful Nine-Tailed Spirit Fox Clan was wiped out by the newly rising Blue Wolf Clan on the other side of the Demon Realm. Mu Kui, the patriarch of the blue wolf clan, led a group of wolf sons and wolf grandsons to kill the spirit fox demon king and queen at that time. The few surviving nine-tailed spirit foxes scattered for their lives, and now they are scattered all over the Six Realms, nowhere to be found.
And since his parents were killed, the only prince, Burning String, has also become the last remaining fire spirit fox in the Six Realms.
Although the scorching string was already wearing this cyan hidden spirit bracelet at that time, because he had not yet cultivated his human form, how could a red plush little fox with nine tails clearly escape from the sight of the wolves, and he was imprisoned in the black beast prison by Mu Kui not long after.
Within the Six Realms, only the Fire Spirit Fox could cultivate the Nine Heavens Divine Fire. The new demon king Mu Kui wanted to get the Nine Heavens Divine Fire as a weapon to consolidate his strength and expand his power, so he forced the young Burning String to cultivate the Nine Heavens Divine Fire Flame.
Poor Xiao Xian, the plush little fox, was not old enough to cultivate the Divine Fire, and was forced to cultivate by Mu Kui, and from time to time he would burn himself. Because of his weak spiritual power, he couldn't control the fire, and he was often counterattacked. The fiery fur is burned off, grows again, burns again, grows again, and so on.
The dark black beast hell, the never-ending fear, pain, and despair......
Just as he was talking about this miserable situation, the fox king stopped abruptly, and the words changed: "In short, this hidden spirit bracelet is very important, I accidentally left it on the Shuide Mansion yesterday, but I am afraid to think about it." You don't want to take it off and lose it!"
I glanced at him and said disdainfully, "I'm not as unsteady as you. ”
"Haha, as long as you don't take it off, you won't lose it. This bracelet has its own spiritual power, and once it is worn, unless the wearer takes it off himself, no matter how high his cultivation is, others cannot forcibly take it. ”
"You stupid fox, why don't you wear it on your hands?
"Not for you!" cried the fox, "This bracelet will absorb the wearer's aura slightly." My physique is on fire, and I'm afraid that if I wear it for a long time, it will be uncomfortable to wear it again. ”
After speaking, he squinted at me with an expression of being my savior, and continued to nag: "I am afraid of losing it, so I can only carry it in my sleeve pocket." As a result, I drank too much and lost it. So you should never take it off, remember, don't forget!"
"Got it, that's long-winded. Are you foxes so verbose?!" I quipped.
"Also, your story is not finished yet, how did you escape from the Black Beast Prison, how did you come to the Heavenly Realm, how did you change from a down-and-out demon to a Heavenly String Divine Monarch?"
String smiled lightly and faded into the wind.
"What happened after that was too complicated to explain. Besides, you cute little rabbit still don't want to listen to these dark things. ”
Even though I was wearing this hidden spirit bracelet, I still didn't dare to go out in broad daylight.
No matter how the fox mocks me for being cowardly, how can he know that my body and appearance have been seen by many people when I was still an ice sculpture. Especially Yue Lao and Yuan Feng, they spend the most time seeing me. If you are struck by them on the road, you will be recognized.
During the day, you can only stay in the Huoyun Palace. Except for practicing and going out to run errands, the other time has been sticking to me.
Fortunately, he is a fox with a regular schedule. In the middle of the night, I confirmed that he and Tianmi had fallen asleep to meet Zhou Gong, so I pulled a navy blue curtain in his study that was close to black, wrapped it around his body to cover his face, and slipped out to inquire about the situation.
The main target of the night search is the patrolling little soldiers. Quietly following them, you can often hear some of their small talk. Because he didn't dare to get too close, he could only hear a few words.
However, after a few nights of hard work, I came to two depressing conclusions after summarizing the words of the patrol soldiers, screening out the information I needed, and summarizing:
First, the Emperor of Heaven was worried that the fire and evil disease of Frozen Sky City would spread, and he had asked the gods to cast spells to seal Frozen Sky City. The current Frozen Sky City is not allowed to enter or leave except for the gods who are going to patrol.
The second is the Emperor of Heaven, the Crown Prince, the Immortals, Yan Lie, and a cadre of people, who are still persistently looking for me, the unlucky ice cube.
It is needless to say that the Demon Venerable Yanlie wants to destroy me, but I still don't understand what kind of hatred he has against me, and he wants to kill me in heaven and earth.
As for these people in the Immortal Realm, whether they want to find me and give me to Yan Lie, or whether they want to send me back to Frozen Sky City, or where they want to put me as an ornament, there is no way to know.
In addition to the news from Frozen Sky City, I also heard some gossip that I was a little concerned about.
It was when I was tracking the small heavenly soldiers all the way, and I happened to pass by the Guanghan Palace, and the fairy Chang'e in their mouth was holding the jade rabbit at the gate of the palace and muttering to herself:
"Hey, rabbit, Mu Mo, what else does this girl say is like a sister to me. Didn't you see her father's birthday banquet that day, she looked at the eyes of the scorching string. Oh, it's still a sister......"
Another time, I passed by a pond and saw two little palace ladies putting krathongs. I vaguely heard them mention words such as Burning String, Divine Monarch, and Divine Fire, so I couldn't help but stop and listen.
"I heard that the woman who was fighting the fire was very clever and cute. ”
"It's so thin and pure, I'm afraid most men will treat it as a sister. But the Burning String Divine Monarch is not a person who covets beauty!"
"But when Shenjun was a child, he was locked up in the black beast prison of the demon world to cultivate the divine fire, and he burned himself thousands of times, and no one saved him. I'm afraid I'm really moved this time. ”
"Didn't that girl faint, and she didn't save the gods. ”
"It doesn't matter if you can't save it, does Shenjun still need someone to save him now. The key is the mind. Men are easily moved by this kind of heart. ”
"What kind of mind, isn't it a demon somewhere, a bitter meat trick to rob the god monarch with our heavenly fairies. ”
......
The fox is really a peach blossom master.
After several nights of careful walking around the Heavenly Palace, the hard work paid off, and one night, I finally learned of a very exciting incident.
On the fifteenth day of this month, there will be a grand event in Putuo Mountain, called "Treasure Meeting".
Actually, I don't have any interest in the fairy family's boring fairy gatherings. It's just that when I passed by the Hongqiao under the lights of the palace at night, I was attracted by the various treasures posted on both sides of the bridge. To be precise, it was a sword that attracted me.
The fairy sword on the painting, the hilt is silver-white, engraved with a frost flower pattern, there is no scabbard, and the blade is slender like a cone-shaped ice cube. Just looking at the painting, I feel extremely sharp. Needless to say, I recognized it at a glance, it was my ice sword.
I almost screamed when I saw that my ice sword was on the list of exhibits at this curiosities.
I touched my chest, but fortunately, my little heart jumped and still fell back into place. I wrapped myself in a navy blue curtain cloak and quickly slipped back to the Fire Cloud Palace.
That night, I lay in bed, staring at the beams with my eyes open, and my mind did not stop thinking for a moment about how to get to the curiosities, how to retrieve my ice sword, and not yet to be recognized by those who had seen me.
Although I wear the Hidden Spirit Bracelet that the Burning String gave me, it can only hide my primordial spirit. People like Yuan Feng, Yue Lao, Heavenly Emperor, Wuyang Emperor, Du'er Xingjun, and others who have seen my ice sculpture before I even know it will easily recognize me.
Why don't I cover my face? But covering my face in broad daylight is really not three hundred taels of silver here, which is too eye-catching. It's a pity that I haven't been in human form for a long time, not only is my spiritual power not strong enough, but I haven't cultivated and learned the method of transformation, which is really very sad.
Another sleepless night.
The next morning, with the knock on the door and the funny "rabbit is up", I opened the door with tired and depressed steps. When he saw that I was sad, he asked me why, and I only said that I had a nightmare last night and didn't sleep well.
He stared at me intently, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was shallow and hidden: "It's strange to stay at home all day long, and not to have nightmares." In a few days, I will take you to Putuo Mountain. ”
Putuo Mountain!
My heart lit up, and I pretended to be calm and said: "Putuo Mountain, I heard that it is the dojo of Guanyin Bodhisattva, is the Burning String Jun going to take me to listen to Zen, haha." ”
"No, on the fifteenth of this month, Putuo Mountain held a rare meeting. “
He took my hand, pulled me to sit down at the table, the corners of his mouth raised, hooked his long eyes, and said, "There are many masters in the heavenly realm, and there are abundant treasures. This once-in-a-millennium event is sure to blow your mind. ”
"But there are so many people there, I'm afraid someone will recognize me. ”
"Aren't you wearing a Hidden Spirit Bracelet......"
"I ...... , the immortals of your immortal realm have also gone to our frozen sky city before. Maybe someone has seen me. Didn't you say that the Frozen Sky Elves are infected with a contagious fire qi disease, if they also suspect me, how can they arrest me?"
"With me here, who dares to touch you!" the fox clenched his fists, his voice slightly angry.
This fox is not only good at cranky, but also good at sudden anger, which is really incredible.
"I ......" Seeing the fire in his words, I really didn't know how to respond, and I held my head in my hands and made an anxious look.
"That's it, just put on your veil. Follow me, no one dares to ask you more. Seeing that I was speechless, the fox-kun's tone softened.
I thought about his words carefully, and indeed, there was no way out.
In the early morning of the day of the Treasure Meeting, the strings were dressed in a fiery red brocade robe, the long hair was pinned with a dark red hairpin, and a wisp of green silk hung on the side face of the handsome man, handsome and charming, and a little playful in the charming.
I was stunned for a while, dressed in a fiery red outfit, I am afraid that only the scorching strings can control it so amazingly.
He happily put a fiery veil on me with his own hands, and looked into my eyes with a smile while tying a knot at the back of my head: "Are your rabbit eyes so big?"
I chuckled, my heart filled with sweetness.
"You can change this dress yourself. Benjun avoids first, hehe, avoids first. ”
The door opened and closed with the fox's wicked laughter. I looked at the red gauze skirt that the fox king asked me to change into, and suddenly felt that walking together with the fiery red strings like this was really a good match and eye-catching!
In other words, the white gauze skirt I have been wearing, which was also carved by the Buddha's grandfather with Xuan Bing, is a part of my body, and as long as I wear other clothes, it will automatically disappear. If my ice sword had this function, it would automatically disappear when it was attacked, and it would merge with my body, and it wouldn't have been lost. How could Grandpa Buddha be so negligent at that time?
The two flaming reds walked out of the gate of the Fire Cloud Palace together. The scorching string led me, drove a fiery cloud, and flew to Putuo Mountain.
The first time I flew in the clouds, I found that I was a little "dizzy", and the fox drove faster in this cloud, and when I met the gods on the road, I would speed over them. I didn't even have time to read their faces. But in this way, you won't be called by the verbose immortals to stop your peers, and then chat. I think, this is very good, very good.
After flying for about half a day, I saw Putuo Mountain in the sea under the blue sky, which is truly connected by mountains and seas, beautiful and majestic.
The fox led me down to the clouds and into the mountains. We walked all the way, the ancient trees on the mountain are towering, the rui qi is entangled, the auspicious clouds are wandering, and the cranes are soaring into the sky. The palace is majestic and exquisite, the eaves are overlapped, reflecting the sunshine and clouds, which is extraordinarily magnificent. In the shade of ancient trees, layers of clean stone extend upwards.
"The Sea and Sky Buddha Country can only be walked. The fox instructed me as he pulled me up the stone steps.
Seeing that he was about to reach the summit venue, he suddenly smelled a mixed smell of pollen behind him, and several voices said in unison: "How can the Divine Monarch do it so fast, the slaves can't catch up!"
The fox looked back and smiled: "It's rude, please go first." ”
A soft and strange voice continued: "This fairy beside the Divine Monarch must be a stunning beauty with such a graceful figure, why do you cover your face?"
Before the fox could answer, another male god who looked about forty years old in the mortal world walked up to us from the bottom up, and said expressionlessly: "Burning String Divine Monarch, I haven't seen you for a long time, but are you okay?"
Seeing that the conversation was interrupted, the immortals pouted past us and walked straight to the summit venue. The smell of pollen gradually dissipated, and the fox responded: "Everything is fine, I've been busy lately, I haven't visited the emperor for a long time, the emperor forgive me!"
"That's it, how can I, Wuyang, be angry with you, this kid. ”
Emperor Wuyang Emperor Wuyang!
I remembered that Yuan Feng had mentioned this Emperor Wuyang, and he had seen me!
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but shudder and hurriedly lowered my head.
After that, Emperor Wuyang walked with us, and he had a very pleasant conversation. Still, I was so nervous that I walked with my head down, not even listening to what they were saying.
It didn't take long for us to reach the top of the mountain. The posture of Emperor Wuyang who seems to be going to participate in the meeting with us all the time makes me feel embarrassed.
While we were worried, a familiar figure of a stout man suddenly appeared in front of us. When I saw the people coming, I was so scared that I almost turned my back on it. It's really a one-way street, and the person who came is the Doom Star Monarch I used to see in the Yuanfeng Taiwo before!
Thankfully, wearing a veil to hide my frightened facial expression, I was as quick as I lowered my head so that they wouldn't recognize my eyes.
Yu Guang glanced at Du Xingjun, but when he saw him bow to the burning strings, he approached the emperor and whispered a few words. The two of them then hurriedly said goodbye to us, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.
I was relieved that my little heart, which had reached my throat, had finally fallen back to its original place.
The celestial event was really unusual, and as far as the eye could see, all kinds of immortals were rubbing shoulders one after another, bustling towards the hall of the venue. If it weren't for the strings that kept pulling me, I am afraid that I would have been scattered outside the temple gate.
In the soaring fairy atmosphere of the hall, the scorching strings knew that I didn't want to attract attention, so they led me to find a simple backlit corner and sit down.
I swept around the immortals who were talking to each other, except for the strings, none of them recognized it, and I was a little relieved.
Not long after, the pure and solemn Guanyin Bodhisattva stepped on the mighty red lotus and floated into the hall, and all the immortals were quiet for a while. Accompanied by soothing and elegant fairy music, the Bodhisattva sat down at the head of the hall.
After a few simple opening words of Guanyin Bodhisattva, the curiosities will officially begin, and the immortals will display and introduce the treasures on display in order.
A misty cloud of smoke passed, and a graceful goddess fairy held a delicate agate-colored jade pillow on the field.
"This is Meng Ji, the dream goddess, with an outstanding temperament, I don't know how many male immortals have fascinated the Six Realms. Strings leaned in and whispered to me.
Fairy Mengji raised the pillow slightly and said with a coquettish smile: "Ladies and gentlemen, this thing is called Menghuan Pillow, which is obtained by Xiaoxian after many years of cultivation. Sleep on it and dream of everything you want most......"
The immortals praised it.
After a while, the second goddess fairy on the field held a simple azure umbrella, with elegant steps, no powder, clear and lovely like a green lotus in the water. As soon as she appeared, she heard bursts of admiration in the audience.
"This umbrella is called Killing Rain. A few words were ethereal, and Fairy Mu Mo smiled elegantly.
"Fairy Mu Mo is the god of water in the heavenly realm, how can she find such a treasure that violates her own attributes, and she is especially displayed in the Treasure Meeting?" asked an immortal during the banquet with a raised voice.
"All things in the world are mutually reinforcing, competing and dependent on each other. My father, Shui De Xingjun, got this treasure in Xianshan by chance, and specially ordered the little girl to enter the heavenly court. ”
Mu Mo paused, and said: "Although this thing is to kill rain, as long as it is used properly, it can also benefit all sentient beings." My father, Shui Dexing, is in charge of the rainy season, but he doesn't hate this umbrella that kills rain. Just as the little girl is a water god, she also worships the fire spirit of the Six Realms......"
Fairy Mu Mo understood the righteousness for a while, and in the last few words, there was a trace of imperceptible pale powder on her cheeks. I distinctly noticed her slightly watery gaze.
"I'm coming, I'm coming! Huh? Is this it...... How does the old man ...... Where is this.......?"
An old man with a white beard and a wrinkled face, but really not very stable, stumbled into the main hall. A wine gourd on his waist that was full of mud and could not be seen was dazzling with his crooked body.
"Wine fairy, you......" Guanyin Bodhisattva sighed with a smile. Immediately, he came to support the old man.
The wine fairy refused to sit down with the Bodhisattva's arrangement, held the gourd high, and said leisurely: "Self-brewed gourd, self-brewed gourd, when you go in, it is water, when you come out, it is wine, it is wine, haha...... Good wine!"
.......
"His Royal Highness the Wind God Prince has arrived!" the little fairy boy outside the palace gate swept away the dust and sang loudly.
The surrounding immortals began to whisper to each other again.
"Why is the wind god here, he never likes this kind of fairy gathering. “
"Sister, Prince Yuanfeng is here, why didn't Daddy inquire about the prince's meeting, you see I didn't dress up properly! Daddy is really ......"
"Hehe, I don't know which gust of wind blew our deserted His Royal Highness the Prince......"
......
My heart began to shake violently, and my hands began to tremble. Burning String had obviously noticed my abnormality, turned his head and said coldly: "I really didn't expect him to come, I knew he would come to join in the fun, so I didn't bring you here." ”
At this point, I don't care about explaining anything to this cranky fox. I should have lowered my head so much that I couldn't lower it any longer, but I panicked and looked up at the starry eyes.
Dressed in white, he floated into the temple.
A pair of deep, moist starry eyes shot straight at me with precision, as if the face was expressionless, and it seemed like a thousand thoughts.
He looked at me as if he was unexpected, and as if he was expecting it.