The brilliant fireworks exploded overhead, and Chu Yu's expression was stunned, looking at the immortal monarch in a thin shirt in green clothes.

"Master?"

She called out uncertainly, "Why are you here?" ”

Yin Wanci's side face flickered in the fireworks.

"I've never seen the Lantern Festival in the mortal world."

He narrowed his eyes and said softly: "It's okay to look at it once in a while." ”

Chu Yu still felt incredulous.

You must know that her master is rarely even Ling Xuefeng.

Seeing him at a bustling town celebration is like seeing a pearl of the night on a meat bun stand.

"Is the master worried about me?"

She lowered her head and pulled at the corners of her clothes embarrassedly: "I was going to go back after another stick of incense, really." ”

“……”

Yin Wanci bowed his head slightly, which was regarded as a tacit acquiescence.

He's not good at lying.

Wanting to come to see the Lantern Festival was also an excuse he came up with after thinking about it for a long time.

Although he agreed that the apprentice would travel with Song Chengjin tonight, how could he really rest assured.

So, Xianjun hid his body as before, and followed her from a distance.

didn't listen to the conversation between the two, only ensured that the apprentice was safe and all within his sight.

Unexpectedly, when he arrived in Lotus Leaf Town, there was only one apprentice.

The person who took the initiative to invite her missed the appointment.

Yin Wanci watched the little apprentice go from pretending to be happy to hiding alone and being sad, and he had the heart to show up to comfort him, but he didn't know how to explain why he was here.

Until he got closer and heard the apprentice say, "Wait."

can't even fulfill the promise he made, this kind of person is not worth waiting for at all.

Yin Wanci frowned slightly.

If the apprentice wants to see the lanterns.

…… He, who is a master, can also accompany her to watch.

"Is there anything else you'd like to visit?"

He spoke softly.

"Wait." Chu Yu shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Master, I'm not very convenient now. ”

Have you to wait any longer?

Yin Wanci sighed softly.

If someone else had encountered this, they would have walked away a long time ago.

His little apprentice is still too naïve and simple.

Yin Wanci didn't want to scold her even half a point, he gently touched the back of the girl's head, and said "yes" in a low voice.

Minutes and seconds passed.

The two sat side by side on the riverbank, the water flowing slowly in winter, and the lotus lanterns were slowly floating down from the upstream, dotted with stars, as if to light up the entire river.

Most of the people who put lanterns on the riverside are loving couples, laughing or lingering, and even the cold air is stained with a trace of warmth.

The east wind blooms thousands of trees at night, and blows down, and the stars are like rain.

There was a lot of people around, only the two of them quietly looked at the fire tree and silver flowers.

It seems that the prosperity and noise around them can't flow into their eyes.

"Look, it's a shooting star!"

The crowd did not know who found out first, and they all looked up in joy and made their wishes sincerely.

Chu Yu counted down in his heart.

10, 9, 8, 7......

Mission accomplished!

She switched states for a second, and happily pulled the robe of the person next to her: "Master, there are meteors!" ”

Yin Wanci's pale eyes were still worried, and after listening to his apprentice's words, he raised his head blankly.

The meteor dragged its long tail across the sky, so bright and dazzling that even if the fireworks filled the night sky, it could not hide its light.

"yes, I'm going to make a wish too!"

The little apprentice closed his eyes and folded his hands: "I hope that my cultivation and that of my master can get higher and higher day by day, I hope that the strawberries on Ling Xue Peak will become sweeter year by year, and finally I hope that the master can lose some hair." ”

Infected by her, Yin Wanci couldn't help but chuckle.

"Everyone else makes one wish, why did Zhao Zhao make three."

No matter how many times I saw it, Shizun's smile was as pleasing to the eye as ever, like a clear and cold moon reflected in the water.

"Then just the first one."

Chu Yu gave up the strawberry and his uncle's hair in a deep grief, and just after making his choice, he suddenly remembered a very important matter.

"Oh no, oh no, I forgot that I can't say what I want."

Very double standard.

After rational analysis of the rumors in Lotus Leaf Town, he was skeptical, but he was convinced that "making a wish to the meteor can improve his cultivation" was not even a rumor.

She felt a real sense of loss: "What a loss...... By the way, Master, do you have a wish? ”

Yin Wanci nodded: "Yes." ”

"Then you must not say it."

Chu Yu reminded him: "If you say it, it won't work." ”

Yin Wanci looked at the little apprentice who had recovered his mood gently.

Actually, his wish is very simple.

It's nothing more than that I hope Zhaozhao's life will be worry-free and smooth, and if she has plans to find a Taoist partner, she also hopes that she can meet her lover.

……

The closer it was to midnight, the more people grew along the riverbank.

There are lovers in the world, who don't want to stay together.

They held the river lanterns in shame and expectation, and the banks gradually became crowded.

Chu Yu intimately gave up his place for them, and walked to the town with Shizun in the lights.

In order to avoid running into the crowds, she walked up the riverbank, intending to enter the city through another uninhabited path.

The mountain road was steep, and Yin Wanci took her hand again.

"I know why there's no one on this road."

After half a pillar of incense, Chu Yu pointed forward embarrassedly.

- At the top of the river, there is a waterfall that rushes down from it.

The water splashed rapidly, stirring up a hundred waves.

Originally, he planned to follow the local customs and give up flying in the sky in mortal towns, but now it seems that he must fly.

It's not that she didn't lead the way well, Chu Yu thought.

It's all the waterfall's fault, so good why it grows here.

Yin Wanci touched her head: "It's okay." ”

"No one will be able to see us when we fly over."

Chu Yu followed his master to stand on the long sword, and before he could stand firmly, several heavy bells suddenly sounded in his ears, marking the beginning of a new day.

The bell rang too loudly and urgently, she didn't react, and the cat head lantern in her hand fell from a high place, and she was instantly swept into the water by the waterfall.

Cat - Cat - Head ——!

Woo, she kind of likes that lamp.

"Do you want me to bring it up?" Yin Wan asked.

The small lanterns drift along with the current, and they will flow into the lake, where they will meet the hordes of river lantern troops.

"Thank you, Master, but forget it."

Chu Yu said regretfully: "It entered the water, even if it was taken out, it would definitely not be so bright......

"But there are a lot of lights for sale at the lantern fair."

She quickly left the cat's head in the river behind: "We can pick another one!" ”

*

The festival is coming to an end, and the town is not as bustling as it was before.

Large lanterns are displayed in the middle of the town, but only a few tourists stop to watch.

It's not entirely a bad thing, but when there are fewer people, you can enjoy the lights on both sides of the road better.

The vermilion palace lamp is solemn and luxurious; The carp lamp flutters in the wind; In the finely carved marquee, small scenes come to life.

The two passed by one lantern after another, and when the girl stepped forward to watch, Yin Wanci stood in place, waiting for her quietly.

Chu Yu poked the whiskers of the carp lamp, and sighed that Shizun was really calm - compared to him, he was like the kind of curious fairy who never went down the mountain all year round and wanted to touch everything he saw.

"This lord, buy a lamp for the young lady next to you."

The vendor at the stall greeted warmly: "I have Dilian lanterns, mandarin duck lanterns, and Xizi lanterns, all of which are the best sellers tonight!" ”

The two of them have a dusty temperament and beautiful appearances, and along the way, they have actually gained the attention of many passers-by.

Most of them took a sneak peek and didn't dare to come forward to talk.

If only Chu Yu is alone, it's okay, her beauty has the fireworks in the red dust, smart and bright; And Yin Wanci's expression was cold, as far away as the clouds on the horizon, as if it would be blasphemy to take one more look.

Seeing that the two nobles had no intention of being angry, the hawker mustered up the courage to continue the rainbow fart: "The two are so compatible, they are simply talented and beautiful, and they are a good couple." ”

"You're mistaken." Chu Yu waved his hand: "We are not that kind of relationship. ”

Yin Wanci also shook his head lightly, not caring much.

But seeing that the little apprentice seemed to like lanterns very much, he said softly: "Are there ordinary lamps for sale?" ”

"Yes, yes!"

The vendor carried a large box: "There are rabbit lamps, carp lamps, bead lamps, which one do the guest officers want?" ”

In the end, Chu Yu chose a new cat headlamp.

Carrying a glowing cat head with bright eyes and tail, she felt that the trip to the lantern festival was very successful.

The crowd dispersed, and the lights dimmed.

As the end of the trip, she took her master across the bluestone road on the street and came to the third wonton stall at the end of the alley.

This is the treasure shop that Kang Baolin once recommended, Chu Yu asked for two bowls of small wontons, and decided that if it was not delicious, he would educate the junior brother who lied and deceived people after returning to the sect.

The shop is not big, but it is clean and tidy, and the grandmother who makes the wontons is full of white hair, and kindly brings two blue and white porcelain bowls to the two.

Yin Wanci sat on a wooden bench in the mortal world, opposite a little apprentice wearing flowers.

"This was given to me by a stall owner's sister who passed by before the master came."

The little apprentice raised his chin proudly: "I think it's super good-looking!" ”

The wontons just out of the pot were steaming, and a faint white smoke rose from between the bowls, hazy, only the crimson hydrangea on the girl's head was particularly clear.

She held chopsticks, smiled with crooked eyes, vivid and kind.

"Ah, this one is delicious."

The apprentice was pleasantly surprised: "Master, you can also taste it." ”

Yin Wanci couldn't count how many years he hadn't eaten mortal food.

Nine hundred years, or a thousand years?

Looking at the girl's hopeful eyes, he gently bit down on the hot ravioli.

The delicious soup stimulates the taste buds and slides down the esophagus into the stomach.

At the other end of the table, the little apprentice was seriously adding lots and lots of chili peppers to the bowl.

"Don't put too much of it." The shopkeeper's grandmother raised her head from the stove: "My chili peppers here are particularly spicy." ”

"Don't worry, grandma! I'm very spicy. ”

"A lot of people have said that before." Grandma smiled so that the wrinkles on her face were clustered together, and she brought her a bowl of red bean soup: "Drink this if it's spicy, don't choke." ”

Yin Wanci watched this scene quietly.

The apprentice seems to have an innate ability to easily talk to anyone.

She helped the mortal grandmother clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and stopped the children passing by and asked them where they could buy the lamps in their hands.

Beside her, it was as if she had touched a world that had never been explored before.

Ordinary, noisy, complex, warm.

……

It turns out that this is the world.