After saying goodbye to the little beggar, Feitian, the leader of the fairy world, chased in the direction where the team of men, women and children beating gongs and drums walked when he first entered Jiaozhi City. Immortals are immortals, and they just caught up in the blink of an eye. The procession of gongs and drums entered a temple, and he followed closely. Just as he was about to enter, he was stopped by a guard at the entrance of the temple with a scimitar.

"Who is it?" the captain of the non-commissioned officers at the head shouted.

"Oh, I'm here to worship. Feitian, the leader of the Immortal Realm, hurriedly smiled and said.

"Where are you from, why did you come to my Suzaku country to worship the Vermilion Bird Divine Beast?"

"I'm from South Vietnam. ”

"Show me the arm of your left hand. When Feitian, the leader of the Immortal Realm, heard this, he had no choice but to expose the arm of his left hand. The captain of the sergeant at the head glanced at his arm, saw that there was nothing unusual, and said a word and let him in.

"Come on in, the worship service is about to begin. After hearing this, Feitian, the leader of the fairy realm, walked in without saying a word. When he walked into the temple, he found that in the center of the temple was a clay statue of a vermilion bird, and the clay statue was so lifelike that it looked like it was alive. At this moment, a middle-aged man with a uniform figure and wearing a vermilion robe held a wooden handscroll in both hands, walked up to the Suzaku statue, opened the handscroll, and read aloud:

"I am the Grand Master of the Vermilion Bird Country, today is the fifteenth, it is an auspicious day to worship the Vermilion Bird Divine Beast, please all the people of the Vermilion Bird Kingdom in the hall and I kneel down to worship the Vermilion Bird Divine Beast with me, and the kneeling ceremony is now officially begin!" As soon as the words fell, the middle-aged man knelt down with everyone to worship the Vermilion Bird Divine Beast, and muttered to himself in his mouth: "Respected Vermilion Bird Divine Beast, the people of the Vermilion Bird Country have bowed down to you, please bless the Suzaku Country with peace and security, smooth wind and rain, prosperity and strength!" After that, everyone kowtowed three times reverently, and Feitian, the leader of the fairy world, followed according to the gourd painting scoop.

After the kneeling ceremony, the Grand Master of the Vermilion Bird Kingdom asked the two apprentices on his left and right sides to each pick up the two teapots placed in front of the Suzaku statue and walk in front of everyone, and each of them took out a small vermilion cup from their arms. I saw that the two apprentices of the Great Master of the Vermilion Bird Country each poured a vermilion watery liquid from the teapot into everyone's small cups. When the leader of the immortal realm Feitian saw this scene, he was very puzzled, and hurriedly asked, "What is this?"

"Oh, this is the Suzaku Holy Water of our Vermilion Bird Country, after drinking it, it can enhance people's physical strength, and people's hands and feet will become numb, and their movements will be much more flexible than before. "One of the apprentices of the Grand Master of the Vermilion Bird Country is the same as the Dao.

"But I don't have a cup!"

"It's okay, I've got it here. After speaking, the apprentice of the Grand Master of the Vermilion Bird Kingdom took out a small vermilion cup from his arms, poured a full cup into it, and then handed it to him. Feitian, the leader of the fairy realm, carefully held the cup filled with Vermilion Bird Holy Water with both hands, and after taking a small sip, he said to himself: "Hey, why does this Vermilion Bird Holy Water taste bitter? How can you drink this?" After hearing this, the person next to him whispered in his ear: "Bitter must also be drunk, if you dare to spit out a mouthful, after being discovered, those soldiers guarding the door will come in and arrest you, and then put you in prison, and you will be beheaded the next day." After hearing this, Feitian, the leader of the fairy realm, was so frightened that his face changed, so he drank the Vermilion Bird Holy Water in this small cup and swallowed it into his stomach.

After drinking the Vermilion Bird Holy Water, the Grand Master of the Vermilion Bird Kingdom announced that he could leave the Vermilion Bird Temple. Some of the people stayed where they were, while others went home. The leader of the fairy realm, Feitian, looked around for a while, but didn't notice anything unusual, and felt bored, so he turned around and walked outside the Vermilion Bird Temple. When he walked to the door, he suddenly remembered a few questions, so he smiled and said to the captain of the soldiers guarding the Qinglong Temple: "This military brother, I have a few questions I want you to ask, I wonder if you can tell me?"

"What a problem, please say. The captain of the sergeant at the head said politely. The leader of the immortal realm, Feitian, cleared his throat and said, "What's going on with this Vermilion Bird Holy Water?"

"Every year on the fifteenth day of the first month of winter, the Suzaku Congress sends five hundred strong men to go deep into the center of the Vermilion Bird Forest, where there is a small lake about four or five zhang long and wide, crystal clear, and there is a small vermilion flower growing on the edge of the lake, this small flower has a very strange shape, the same as the legendary Vermilion Bird Beast, so our people here call it the Vermilion Bird Flower. Of the five hundred strong men, one hundred of them picked the Vermilion Birds, and the other four hundred each took two wooden barrels prepared in advance, filled them with water from the small lake in most of the wooden barrels, and then carried them back to the city with flat poles. When you return to the city, you pour the water from the lake in the center of the Suzaku Forest into your own iron pot, and then put the picked Suzaku flowers into the iron pot and boil them over a fierce fire, and the originally clear lake water becomes vermilion, which is the origin of the Suzaku holy water. The captain of the sergeant at the head explained 1510.

"Do you have to use the water from that small lake in the center of the Vermilion Bird Forest to make the Vermilion Bird Holy Water?"

"It's okay to use water from your own well or river, but the boiled water has no taste, and some people add sugar to it, and the taste becomes sweet. And the water used in the lake in the vermilion bird forest is bitter when boiled, and no matter how much sugar you put in it, it is bitter. ”

"What's the difference between boiling water from your own well or river and the lake water in the Suzaku Forest?"

"If you boil your own well water or river water, it doesn't have any effect, but if you boil it with lake water from the Suzaku forest, you will get a fever all over your body after drinking it. Speaking of this, the leader of the soldier captain, the leader of the fairy realm, Feitian's body suddenly changed, his face was flushed, the blood in his whole body boiled in an instant, his body seemed to be expanding, and he suddenly felt that his whole body was full of strength.

"What's going on? My face is so hot!"

"Hehe, this is the magic effect of the Vermilion Bird Holy Water. However, it will take an hour before you can get back to normal. ”

"I see. Yes, I heard that there is an ancient divine weapon flame sword in Jiaozhi City, I don't know if this is true or not?"

"This is just a legend, even if there is such an ancient divine weapon, we mortals will not be able to get it. ”

"But I heard from a scholar who set up a stall in front of the Vermilion Bird Restaurant to sell calligraphy and paintings, saying that there are many people in Jiaozhi City who went deep into the Vermilion Bird Forest and climbed the Vermilion Bird Pagoda in order to find this ancient divine weapon, is this true?"

"This is all in the past, and the people who climbed the Suzaku Pagoda have all fallen from the pagoda, some of them are not in serious trouble, and some of them have dislocated their hands and feet. And those who went deep into the Vermilion Bird Forest, basically no one survived. ”

"Then why did your Vermilion Bird Kingdom still send five hundred strong men to go deep into the Vermilion Bird Forest on the fifteenth day of the first month to pick the Vermilion Bird Divine Grass and take the water from the small lake?" asked Feitian, the leader of the Immortal Realm, puzzled.

"On the fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, it is a day to worship the Suzaku Sacred Beast, and on these two days, the Suzaku Forest will become as usual, and the temperature will be pleasant, so you can enter it with confidence. During these two days, the king of the Vermilion Bird Kingdom will send heavy troops to guard the surroundings of the Vermilion Bird Forest to prevent unauthorized entry into the Vermilion Bird Forest to pick the Vermilion Bird Sacred Grass and take lake water. If there is an intruder without permission in the past two days, they will be killed if they are caught. ”

"Oh, I see. Can you visit the Vermilion Bird Pagoda on the fifteenth day of the new year?"

"There is no limit to this, but you can't climb the Suzaku Pagoda, and once you fall, you will bear the consequences. ”

"Thanks for informing, I'm leaving. After Feitian, the leader of the fairy realm, clasped his hands into fists, and the captain of the soldiers at the head made a gesture of "please".

After Feitian, the leader of the fairy realm, left the Suzaku Temple, he asked the passers-by on the road where the south gate of Jiaozhi City was. After learning the location of the south gate of the city, he quickly rushed to the south gate of the city. Just as he was about to walk out of the south gate of the city, the guard at the gate raised a meniscus long-handled broadsword and blocked his way.

"Why are you going out of the city?" the captain of the sergeant at the head shouted, his expression very serious.

"Oh, I'm a civilian from South Vietnam, and this time I'm out of the city for something important. Feitian, the leader of the fairy world, hurriedly said with a smile.

"Expose your left arm and let me see!" After hearing this, Feitian, the leader of the fairy realm, had to show his left arm, only to see the captain of the soldiers who was the leader take a look at it and said, "Go out." However, you must hurry back to the city at three o'clock in the hour. Otherwise, if you are caught, you will be killed. ”

"Thanks, Brother Jun. After Feitian, the leader of the fairy realm, finished speaking, he couldn't wait to rush to the Vermilion Bird Pagoda. When he passed through the Vermilion Bird Forest, he found that outside the Vermilion Bird Forest, there were soldiers every three zhang away, and these soldiers were wearing vermilion armor, holding a crescent-shaped vermilion long-handled broadsword, and there was a Suzaku statue on the helmet, which was very powerful and domineering.

"Sure enough, heavy troops were sent to guard it, and it seems that this Vermilion Bird Forest will not be able to enter today. Let's go to the Suzaku Pagoda to find out the situation. Feitian, the leader of the fairy realm, said to himself, and then walked towards the Vermilion Bird Pagoda, which was about a hundred zhang south of the Vermilion Bird Forest. When he walked to the foot of the Suzaku Pagoda, he found that this Suzaku Pagoda was no different from an ordinary pagoda, except that there was an extra Suzaku statue on the pagoda.

"Let's go back to Cochin City, and ask the scholar or the little beggar in front of the Suzaku Restaurant in the city. Maybe something can come out of their mouths. Thinking of this, Feitian, the leader of the fairy world, decided to return to Jiaozhi City, find the scholar or little beggar in front of the Vermilion Bird Restaurant, and ask what happened.

When Feitian, the leader of the fairy world, rushed back to the Vermilion Bird Restaurant in Jiaozhi City, he found that only the scholar in front of the door was still setting up a stall selling calligraphy and paintings, and the little beggar at the door was gone.

"Remember me?" said the leader of the fairy realm, Feitian, in front of the scholar.

"Yes. I don't know why Mr. came to me this time?" said the scholar politely.

"Well, there was a little beggar at the door before, why don't you see anyone else now?" Feitian, the leader of the fairy realm, finished speaking, and pointed to the left side of the gate of the Vermilion Bird Restaurant.

"The little beggar is gone, probably somewhere else. ”

"And when will he come back here?"

"I don't know about this, this person's whereabouts are uncertain, and it's hard to find. yes, what are you looking for him?"

"Oh, it's just a personal matter. Okay, I'm leaving, I'll visit you another day. When Feitian, the leader of the fairy realm, said this, he hurried to the east gate of Jiaozhi City, and then led his group of subordinates to leave Jiaozhi City, and returned to a place a hundred miles away from Jiaozhi City to meet the leader of the Divine Realm.