Chapter Ninety-Eight: Self-Realization Leads to Self-Transcendence

Since Lan Qing came to the golden light cave of this Taiyi real person, he looked at the little animals that were at ease and at ease, and the little lotus root essences who were happy and happy, he couldn't help but feel inert, but let go of the burden in his heart, and in the golden light cave of the Taiyi real person, he was cheeky and lived day after day. This Taiyi Zhenren doesn't care about him, he just cultivates on his own.

On this day, Lan Qing lazily leaned on the railing of the grass pavilion like a mess of mud, enjoying the scenery in this golden light cave. Those little lotus root essences dragged the lotus root body one by one, lined up, like a tumbler, and swayed towards Lan Qing.

On the day Lan Qing entered the cave, he was depressed and had no intention of caring for him, but he didn't take a closer look at this little lotus root essence, and he had nothing to do at this time, so he grabbed a lotus root essence and observed it carefully, looking at the clumsy body of the lotus root essence, which was divided into two sections, with a pointed head, a big belly, a thin waist, a slender upper body, and a stocky lower body. There are no feet, only elongated arms. Probably to be able to walk well, the stomach is rounded, and the eyes are like two small black dots embedded in it. It doesn't have a nose, but it has a mouth.

Lan Qing smiled and put the lotus root essence on the ground. One of the lotus root essences looked up at Lan Qing and said to him, "You look so good when you smile!" ”

Lan Qing froze when he heard this, and his smile froze on his face. A small lotus root essence climbed onto Lan Qing's body, stretched out his hand to smooth Lan Qing's frowning brow, and used his hand to hang the corners of his mouth to keep him smiling. The other lotus root essence had little stars shining in its eyes, and said in an admiring voice: "Wow, how handsome!" Then he also climbed onto Lan Qing's shoulder and kissed Lan Qing's face.

The other lotus root essences seemed to find that Lan Qing was not angry, unlike the Taiyi real person who was not smiling, so they scrambled to climb onto Lan Qing's body.

Lan Qing was a little at a loss for the little lotus root essence who was suddenly enthusiastic about him. I don't know how many times I have been kissed by this group of lotus root essences on my face, and even on my neck and the back of my neck have been kissed by this lotus root essence.

Lan Qing was a little annoyed, he got up and just wanted to get angry, those lotus root essences seemed to know that they had gone too far. All of them got off Lan Qing's body quickly, roughly. Lan Qinggang raised his anger, but there was no way to get out, he was a little deflated, and he sat down again with a slump body.

Those little lotus root essences raised their faces, and they were not afraid of death and gathered around again. Lan Qing looked at these lotus root essences with some impatience. But I found that these lotus root essences were all holding their arms up, and they seemed to have something in their hands, and their eyes showed a pitiful look.

Lan Qing's heart softened suddenly, and he sighed and said to those lotus root essences: "Is it for me?" ”

The lotus root spirits are surprisingly unanimous in pointing their little pointed heads, which is very cute. Lan Qing took something from the hands of one of the lotus root essences, and when he looked closely, it turned out to be lotus root cake. He put it in his mouth and ate it, the lotus root cake was sweet and soft, and it melted in his mouth, which was really delicious.

Lan Qing stretched out his thumb to the lotus root essence and said, "It tastes good, thank you!" ”

This praised lotus root essence has eyes that are smiling like crescents, and his mouth is grinning, and he looks very happy. The other lotus root essences pouted and stretched out their hands until Lan Qing's face came to them.

Lan Qing was startled, only then did he realize that the arms of this lotus root essence could be stretched as far as they wanted at will. He looked at the food in these little hands intently, and realized that the food in the hands of these little lotus root essences turned out to be different. He smiled and casually went to the food in his small hand, tasted it, and it turned out to be rose glutinous rice root. Lan Qing tasted a few more, there were roasted lotus root slices, crispy fried lotus roots, and even steamed buns and dumplings made of lotus root powder. Or a variety of pastries filled with lotus root.

Lan Qing tasted and tasted that he was full, he touched his stomach and said to these lotus root essences: "I'm full, thank you." ”

The lotus root essence that was not tasted by Lan Qing hung his head in frustration, and seemed to be in a very low mood. The lotus root essence who had tasted the food was surrounded by a chatter and asked Lan Qing, "Is my food the best?" ”

"Nonsense, it's obvious that I've made the most food."

"You're all wrong, or I'm the best to make, he laughed when he tasted it."

The lotus root essence, who had tasted the food in his hand, looked at Lan Qing with expectant eyes, and praised themselves to each other.

Lan Qing felt a little funny, thinking that I had already stopped arguing about the five flavors, and specially let me taste the taste, so he teased: "What you make is delicious, but aren't you lotus root essence?" Why do you like to make lotus root so much? ”

After Lan Qing asked this, he thought back to the food he had just eaten, and suddenly reacted, as if he suddenly had a sense of taste. He tasted all the different kinds of lotus root products just now. Sweet and sour, bitter and salty, he felt it all. He was a little flustered, could it be that when he was unconscious, the five-colored spirit stone was taken away? Will the inexplicable loss of mana have anything to do with this?

Lan Qing was still worrying about his own troubles, but those little lotus root essences were dissatisfied with Lan Qing's ridicule just now, and one of them said, "You are so rude to ask!" Although we are lotus root essences, we also have to survive! Could it be that you became a god and really lived by breathing air? ”

The other said: "Yes, survival of the fittest is the law of nature!" ”

Another answered: "Although fate is determined by heaven, if you don't work hard, everything is empty talk." ”

One of them followed this and said: "Although fate is determined by heaven, everything has variables, so you have to rely on your own planning." ”

There is also a saying: "It is not easy for our lotus root to become a essence, that it will have to go through thousands of tribulations, and it needs to be ignited by immortals to be able to turn into such a lotus root body." ”

Another said: "Every lotus root, whether it can be transformed into an elf or can be ascended to immortality, has a fate, but we never give up." Because we always have hope, our children and grandchildren, even if they are presented as food, they must strive to grow, to present their best posture to serve all creatures that need them. ”

One of them went on to say, "Existence is reasonable, and we may not be able to change the destiny we were born with, but we can live as well as we can." ”

Lan Qing listened to them discuss endlessly, although what he said was very reasonable, but his heart was dead at the moment, so it was also very boring to listen to, and he didn't get into his heart.

He lazily answered, "I'm also a lotus root essence!" I'm a nine-hole lotus root. ”

When the lotus root spirits heard him say this, they let out an exclamation of amazement. And they all gathered around him, and looked at him with envy. One of them sighed: "It turns out that after the lotus root essence turns into a human form, it can look so good!" So handsome! Oh yes, I've got a new motivation! ”

The other lotus root essences all chimed in: "Yes, yes! It's really worthy of being the idol of my lotus root family! ”

A little lotus root essence climbed onto Lan Qing's arm and said to him, "Big brother, you must be very powerful!" Can you cast a spell to open our eyes? ”

As soon as this little lotus root essence proposed, the other lotus root essences stroked their palms and echoed: "Okay, good!" ”

Lan Qing looked at their expectant eyes, feeling as if his eyes were burned, and his heart was burning hotly. He stood up abruptly and pushed the lotus root essences away with his wide sleeves, his face full of sadness to shake them off.

Those lotus root essences saw that Lan Qing's face was wrong, and they all stood in place in disappointment. But when he saw Lan Qing walking forward in despair, he was not angry with Lan Qing, he just followed behind Lan Qing step by step.

Lan Qing walked for a while, and when he turned around, he saw that all the white lotus elves were moving awkwardly behind him. After seeing that Lan Qing stopped, they all looked at him timidly.

Lan Qing felt a little guilty, he squatted down and said to those lotus root essences: "I'm sorry, I'm losing all my mana now, and I can't perform for you." ”

A little lotus root spirit timidly moved in front of Lan Qing, stretched out its small hand, and tugged at Lan Qing's sleeve. Lan Qing held it in the palm of his hand, it looked at Lan Qing's eyes, and said very distressedly: "Big brother, your heart hurts, it's very sad!" However, the master said that if there is light on the forehead, it will not be bad luck. The big brother has the sun on his forehead, but now it is temporarily obscured by dust! As he spoke, it stroked Lan Qing's forehead with its small hand.

Lan Qing was very moved when he looked at this group of lotus root essences, but he had no confidence in himself. However, he didn't want to see this group of lotus root essences disappointed, so he nodded vigorously.

At this time, a lotus root essence covered with a pink petal on its head stretched out its hands, supported Lan Qing's cheeks with its small hands, and said, "Big brother, the sky seems to have lost color when you laugh, but why is there no star shining in your eyes?" With such beautiful eyes, there should be a sea of stars in the eyes! ”

Lan Qinggang wanted to answer the little lotus root's words, but was interrupted by a disdainful snort. Lan Qing raised his head and saw that it was the palace master of Lingquan Palace. He hurriedly got up and saluted Yu Heng.

Yu Heng looked at Lan Qing and said, "It turns out that the main hall is happy here!" ”

Lan Qing was a little embarrassed and said: "It's useless to be born now, but I waste some time here." ”

Yu Heng seemed to listen to Lan Qing's words, he was furious, he grabbed Lan Qing's neckline, stared at his eyes, stretched out his head, his head was almost on Lan Qing's head and said: "The old man's eyes may be really blind, I saw you wrong!" After speaking, he pushed Lan Qing.

Lan Qing stumbled and almost fell to the ground. When those little lotus root essences saw this Yu Heng treating Lan Qing like this, they stepped forward one after another, climbed onto Yu Heng's body, opened their mouths, and bit him.

Yu Heng angrily threw off these lotus root essences, and due to excessive force, some lotus root essences were even smashed. The white rakes are scattered on the ground like tofu brains.

Lan Qing looked at the broken lotus root essence, a little distressed, he squatted down and picked up one of them, then stood up, lowered his head and said to the angry Yu Heng: "Palace Master, Lan Qing has disappointed you!" However, this little lotus root essence has gone through thousands of calamities before it has been cultivated to such a level, and I hope that the palace master will help you. ”

This group of lotus root essences surrounded Lan Qing and glared at Yu Heng viciously. Yu Heng looked at Lan Qing and those little lotus root essences, shook his head and muttered, "It's really rotten wood that can't be carved!" Then he flicked his sleeves and walked away without looking back.

Lan Qing put down the broken little lotus root essence, comforted the group of little lotus root essences, and let them wait in place, while he went to find him in the direction that Yu Heng was walking.

Lan Qing walked for a while, saw a simple thatched hall in front of him, and heard the sound of talking inside. He stopped and listened.

It turned out that Taiyi Zhenren and Yu Heng were talking, and they only listened to Taiyi Zhenren: "Yu Hengzi, you are not an immortal, you are not Taoist, you are still really happy without restraint!" ”

Yu Heng said a little unpleasantly: "If Yu Heng can really sing and dance by himself, he can wander by himself, unrestrained and unhindered!" ”

I only heard Taiyi Zhenren quip: "It's rare that Yu Hengzi has something to worry about!" ”

Yu Heng replied: "It's not that Yu Heng is blind, he gave this five-colored spirit stone to Lan Qing, now what is the difference between Lan Qing and the walking dead, but it hurts the witch spirit!" ”

Taiyi Zhenren was curious: "What's wrong with the Witch Spirit Immortal?" ”

Yu Heng didn't answer Taiyi Zhenren's words, but turned his head to the door and said, "After listening to this corner for a long time, let's come in and listen!" ”

Lan Qing was said to be red-faced and red-eared, and he was ashamed of himself. He approached the cottage with some trepidation. Just wanted to give a salute to Taiyi Zhenren and Yu Heng, but Yu Heng waved his hand, and said angrily: "There is no need to be polite in the main hall, you still have to see what the witch spirit immortal who has high hopes for you has become now!" ”

After Yu Heng finished speaking, he took out a quaint, plum blossom embossed bronze mirror from his arms. As soon as he cast a spell on the bronze mirror, a dim light and shadow appeared on the mirror. In the haze, you can see a mahogany bed carved with plum blossom decorations.

At this time, the picture is getting clearer and clearer, and you can see an old man, leaning forward, breathing seems to be very difficult, and is coughing hard. There were two young women serving her. One of them knelt there in a blue shirt, holding a spittoon, while the other in a yellow shirt hunched over and gently stroked the old woman's back.

Lan Qing froze. He lost his voice and said, "Palace Master, what's wrong with this Witch Spirit Immortal?" ”

Yu Heng accepted the bronze mirror, turned his head to stare at Lan Qing, pointed his finger at Lan Qing's chest and said, "This is to ask the hall itself!" After speaking, Yu Heng hugged his fist at Taiyi and said, "Yu Heng has taken his leave!" ”

Taiyi bowed his head and said: "Farewell!" ”

Lan Qing watched Yu Heng leave, thinking of the appearance of the Witch Spirit Immortal, he was really a little puzzled, he said to Taiyi: "Taiyi Immortal, Lan Qing is stupid, can you give me some advice?" ”

Taiyi Zhenren looked at Lan Qing, and said indifferently at the green outside the window: "All the world is suffering, only self-realization can cross it!" ”