Three thousand years later.

I am an acacia tree, growing in front of the Yuelao Temple at the foot of Kunlun Mountain.

I don't know how long I've been here, except that ever since I became conscious, I could see that every day there were countless pilgrims who liked to tie some red silk with writing on my branches.

Every time the wind blows, the red silk dances with the wind, and anyone who looks at the scenery will find it wonderful.

But I don't think so, after all, the tree that was tied was my ......

What's more, the acacia flowers I bloom are the most beautiful in the world.

The temple in the temple is very good-looking.

He always liked to wear a red dress, tie his long hair casually behind his head, and stand in the shade of my tree to talk and laugh with the pilgrims.

If you are visiting the temple for the first time, you will definitely recognize him as a bohemian boy.

But he doesn't seem to be as happy as others seem.

Whenever the pilgrims in the temple were gone, and the excitement was gone, he would put away his smiling side, help me untie the red silk from the branches, and then look at me for a long time, until late at night, when he would not leave.

If I could speak, I would have to ask him what he was so sad for.

Isn't the incense in this temple very good?

With so many pilgrims, does it still make him worry about his livelihood?

Humans are too complex, and what they're thinking is not something I can figure out with a single tree.

One late at night, I was awakened from my sleep by the sound of a shudder under a tree.

I struggled to open my sleepy eyes, and saw that Miao Zhu was holding a small jade bottle, pouring some unknown liquid into the base of my tree.

The liquid flowed out of the jade bottle, and Miao Zhu looked at me in a daze for a long time, and there were words in his mouth, but his voice was too low for me to hear clearly.

I just remember that he seemed to be calling something "velvet...... ......"

With that, he left.

And I haven't seen him since.

Does he not want this temple?

But since he left, the children inside are still there, and they still take good care of the things in the temple.

But I haven't seen a new temple in the temple.

And after he left, no one came to help me get rid of the annoying red silk.

Maybe that's why, I miss him.

On the 100th day after the temple was gone, there was something unusual about my body.

I was able to get out of the tree!

That's right, I used walking, and I gave birth to a pair of legs.

Under the moonlight in summer, the Yuelao Temple still stands there silently, and the acacia tree still grows in front of the temple unharmed. There were bursts of cicadas chirping from the side, making people feel that this night was normal.

Alone, I stood in front of the acacia tree.

It's extraordinarily abrupt.

I was puzzled but curious and touched my face, hands, legs, and feet.

Am I in human form now?

But the acacia tree is still there.

It's not that I'm uncommon and weird. I've lived for so many years, and I've seen a few goblins.

But they are all human forms that have been directly transformed from the ontology, why is it that I am the only one, separated from the ontology!

Don't...... I'm not an acacia tree now?

So what am I?

I'm dead?

No, the acacia tree is fine......

Yes! It's annoying! What the hell is wrong with me!

A man's voice came from behind "Velvet ......", interrupting my thoughts.

I turned to look at him, but he turned his face away from me.

With a wave of the man's hand, I had an extra pink gauze skirt on my body.

Oh...... I didn't have any clothes on......

"Who are you?" I asked him.

"I'm Yue Lao." The man replied.

I frowned and tilted my head to look at him.

The man in front of me is long, wearing a red dress, and his appearance is much more beautiful than the previous temple blessing, no matter how I look at it, he doesn't look like an old man.

"You're lying." I said, "I've seen Yue Lao, and he's much older than you!" ”

The man was not annoyed, but looked at me funny: "Have you seen the old moon?" ”

"Hmm." I nodded and pointed to the Yuelao Temple on the side, "There is Yuelao in that temple." You can go and see it, it's an old man. ”

The corners of the man's mouth curled up in a beautiful arc: "That's for the world to see." If the world saw that the gods they worshipped were like me, they might not believe it. ”

Looking at his smile, I was stupid.

It turns out that a person can be so beautiful when he laughs.

"Do you believe that I am an old man this time?" The man asked me.

I nodded stupidly, if Yue Lao was really so beautiful, yes.

"Let's go, then." Yue Lao said.

I was stunned: "Where to go?" ”

"Take you back to the Heavenly Realm."

"Why?" I asked, looking at the acacia tree behind me, remembering my previous question, "Oh, yes." Since you are an immortal, then you must know why I was separated from my body, right? I leaned over to him with wide eyes, "You know what? ”

Instead of answering my words, Yue Lao waved his sleeves and turned me into an acacia flower, which he put in his sleeve and flew away.

I lay down in his wide sleeves, which shook as the wind blew, and I was dizzy and soon fell asleep. But before I fell asleep, I decided on one thing: I had to ask what was going on in my body. Also, why did he take me away?

In my sleep, I felt something touching my face, softly, as if I was afraid that it would hurt me.

I slowly opened my eyes and saw the man who claimed to be Yue Lao sitting on the edge of my bed.

He watched me wake up and withdrew his hand.

I looked at him suspiciously, but he didn't explain, as if nothing had happened.

I grunted out of bed and sat up and looked at everything in the room.

Carved wooden bed ...... And also...... Well...... Wooden furniture......

Well, I've just become human and don't know these things yet.

However, while I don't know what all these ornaments are called, I feel that they are quite like that.

I got out of bed barefoot, curiously touching the wood.

"What is this?" I picked up a wooden thing with four legs and asked Elder Yue.

"It's a chair." Yue Lao sat on the bed and looked at me with a smile.

"What about this?" I pointed to the thing standing next to me with a drawing of flowers.

"That's a screen." He said again.

"I know this!" I happily picked up the object I knew, "This is a cup." I've seen Miaozhu drink water with it before. Am I right? ”

I looked at Yue Lao, only to notice a hint of unnaturalness in his eyes.

What happened to him? Am I wrong, or does he not like the cup?

I strangely put down the cup, walked back to the bed, sat down, put my face in front of Yue Lao, and stared at him, trying to see what was wrong with him.

Yue Lao reached out and gently pushed me down the shoulder, pushing me away from his face.

"You're a girl, and you're not allowed to be so close to a boy in the future. Got it? Yue Lao looked at me solemnly, like an old gentleman who used to come to the temple to burn incense.

"Oh." I nodded ignorantly.

Although I don't know why he said that. But I know that most of the old man's education is useful.

"Ah, yes." I looked at him, "Do you know why I didn't go straight from a tree to a human?" I've seen other goblins like that before. ”

"You're not like them." He said.

"What's the difference?" Aren't they all living things?

"You grew up at the foot of Kunlun Mountain, in front of the Yuelao Temple, and absorbed the essence of heaven and earth, the incense of good men and women, so you are not an ordinary goblin." Yue Lao said a serious thing.

I nodded in understanding. I don't know why, anyway. Since he said so, so it is.

"Then why did you bring me back?" I asked him again.

"Because I'm your master." He said.

"Master?" I don't understand.

I don't remember when I had an extra master.

What's more, last night, I was the first day I saw him.

Yue Lao nodded: "Since you have grown in front of the Yue Lao Temple for three thousand years, I am your master." ”

"Good...... bar. I nodded, "Division...... Tutor...... Do you know where that temple went? Since I became conscious, he has been guarding the Yuelao Temple. But a few days ago, for no reason, he disappeared. I pouted, "I don't know, after he left, I didn't think I did." ”

Yue Lao looked at me, and the unnaturalness in his eyes flashed again: "Do you want that temple blessing?" ”

"Hmm." I looked at Yue Lao with wide eyes and said angrily, "After he leaves, there will be no one to untie the red silk for me." You don't know, those silk ties to me, it's weird. ”

When Yue Lao heard me say this, his face seemed to be a little lost.

"He left." He said.

"Leave? Where to? ”

"Go where he's supposed to be."

"Will I see him again?" I couldn't help but rub against Yue Lao's side again, but this time, he didn't push me away.

"If there is fate, we will meet." Yue Lao's face was serious, not worthy of his face at all, "Okay, you can rest." Yue Lao stood up from my bedside, "I'll take you around here tomorrow." ”

I nodded, and he reached out and stroked my hair and walked out of the room.

I rubbed my head in confusion.

This is the first time anyone has done this to me.

To be honest, it feels pretty good~

He's like...... Father? Those leprechauns seem to be called that, right?

The next day, I was awakened by a crisp sound.

I opened my eyes and saw a fairy standing beside my bed, dressed in white clothes and looking kind and lovely.

"What did you just call me?" I rubbed my eyes and sat up.

"Xiangsi." She took down the towel from the basin and handed it to me to wipe my face.

I took it, held the towel in my hand, and looked at the little fairy with a serious face: "Acacia? I'm not called Acacia, I'm Acacia Flower Essence. ”

The fairy smiled, and simply took a towel to wipe my face clean for me: "Xiangsi is the name that Yue Lao helped you with." ”

Oh well. Since the master called me so, then I have no opinion. But...... I'm not a red bean, why is it called Acacia?

"Alright." The fairy in white, dressed me up, pushed me in front of a shiny, big thing, and said proudly, "Looks good, right?" My combing skills are the best in Yuelao's Mansion. ”

I looked at the person in the thing and nodded.

It's really good-looking.

The man was dressed in a pink shirt and had a jasper hairpin on his head. The two grape-like eyes on the palm-sized face blinked, the straight nose, the small mouth, and the smile was sweet. What's even more wonderful is that there is an acacia flower between her eyebrows, which doesn't look like it's painted, but like it was born.

"Who is she? Good looking. "I asked the fairy, pointing to the people there.

The fairy stroked her lips and chuckled: "That's you." ”

I?

I looked over.

It seems that it is really me, and when I move, she also moves, exactly the same.

I rubbed the acacia flower decoration on my forehead hard, but I couldn't wipe it off.

"Don't wipe it." The fairy touched my hand, "You brought it with you." ”

I lowered my hand and nodded dumbly. No wonder it looks like it grew there.

"What is this? So amazing? "I leaned over to the big shiny thing and studied why I was in it.

"This is a mirror, and Yue Lao specially asked someone to find a piece of crystal to help polish it." The fairy smiled and looked at me stupidly.

"Good stuff!" I touched the object called "mirror" and sighed from the bottom of my heart, "It's a little big, tsk, if only I could carry it with me in my sleeve." ”

The fairy dragged me away from the mirror and straightened out my messy clothes: "You can go and ask Yue Lao, in case he is happy that day, maybe someone will re-block the little one for you." ”

I nodded, thinking she had a point.

"What's your name?" I asked her. You can't keep screaming like a fairy, can you? Listen to the old demons say, in this sky, there are a lot of fairies and fairies, if I call them all fairies, won't they be mixed?

"My name is Ah Jin." The fairy replied with a smile.

Ah Jin. I meditated in my heart. It's a good name.