Chapter 5: The Moon in the Pavilion

Divine Realm

The Emperor of Heaven listened to a bunch of complaints from the water monarchs and river gods at the court meeting, and his ears were about to become calloused.

The floods in some parts of the mortal realm have actually threatened the mansions of the various gods in the immortal mountain, and so far, any way that can be thought of has been tried, and the floods in the mortal realm still have not improved.

After everyone finished talking, the Emperor of Heaven spoke: "I have already heard about what you said, and someone in the God Realm has already investigated this matter, and when the investigation is clear, I will give you an explanation." ”

When everyone heard the Emperor's answer, their hearts were a little more steady, and the court gradually quieted down.

The Emperor of Heaven glanced around and said, "Okay, if there is nothing else, let's disperse." ”

The crowd bowed and retreated.

The Emperor of Heaven stood up and was about to leave, when the little fairy in front of him walked in quickly from the outside and handed a silk book to the Emperor of Heaven.

The Emperor of Heaven took the silk book and looked at it, his brows furrowed.

He said to himself, "What's going on?"

Xiao Xian hurriedly replied: "Emperor Qiqi, according to the immortal who came to report back, the flood in the mortal realm is likely to be related to the Heavenly River. ”

The Heavenly Emperor asked, "Who is the immortal in charge of the Heavenly River?"

Xiaoxian thought for a while and replied, "It's the sea god Tianwu." ”

The Heavenly Emperor muttered, "Is it him?"

Xiaoxian continued: "The sea god was sick some time ago, and he has taken leave and returned to Chaoyang Valley to recuperate. ”

The Emperor asked, "Who is the Heavenly River entrusted to take care of?"

Xiao Xian lowered his head and replied in a low voice: "As far as Xiao Xian knows, Tianhe is now unattended. ”

The Emperor of Heaven laughed and said: "Okay, a huge god realm, even a person who takes care of Tianhe can't be found, and it flows to the mortal realm, and it also causes chaos in the mortal realm, won't it give people a shame when this thing is said?"

The little fairy bowed his head and stood straight to the side, not daring to say more.

After a while, the Heavenly Emperor said again: "You immediately go to the mansion of the sea god in Chaoyang Valley to see how he is, and then inform him of this matter, and see if he has any solution to take back the water of the Tianhe." ”

Xiaoxian hurriedly said: "Yes." ”

The Emperor of Heaven raised his hand and said, "Okay, let's go." ”

Then, he knelt down in front of the desk, wrote a few words on the cloth, folded it, and sent someone to take it to the mortal realm.

Without receiving the Emperor's edict, Yaojuan couldn't leave Baili casually.

She thought about it, drove the messenger bird to Chishui to deliver a letter, stayed in the bamboo hut for a long time, and the reply arrived, she hurriedly walked to the window, reached out and took down the letter in the messenger bird's beak.

The messenger bird immediately flew away from the bamboo house.

She quickly opened the letter, and the letter was still in her familiar handwriting, with a line of words written on it: "The matter of the flood of the White Oriole Clan in the mortal realm can be solved by the sea god Tianwu in Chaoyang Valley." ”

When Yaojuan was at a loss for what to do with the letter in her hand, the person sent by the Emperor of Heaven to deliver the letter had also arrived at the door of the Baili village.

She followed the people who came to report and went out, and saw the guards of the South Library Pavilion standing in front of the stockade.

When the guards saw her, they hurriedly saluted.

Yaohuan said, "Why are you here?"

The guard didn't speak, and handed the letter in his hand to Yaojuan.

Yaojuan opened it and looked at it a few times, and asked, "My father-in-law asked me to go to Chaoyang Valley to find Tianwu to explore the solution to the flood?"

The guard nodded.

Yaohuan said again: "So, I can leave here today?"

The guard continued to nod.

Yaowan smiled and said, "Then I'll go to Chaoyang Valley first, and you can help me say hello to the White Bird King." Then she swept past the guard, patted him on the shoulder, and left the oriole with a smile.

Chaoyang Valley

Yaohuan, who had hurried from the mortal realm, was anxiously wandering in front of the Tianwu Mansion, she was pacing up and down the bluestone steps, raising her eyes from time to time to look at the stone pillar in front of the door, until she was about to leave, and the person who went in to report finally walked out.

She hurriedly went up and asked, "How is it, is the sea god willing to see me?"

The guard saluted, "The master said, the princess can go in." ”

Yaowan urged: "Okay, take me in." ”

The guard stood up and bent down in a "please" gesture.

Following the guard into a room, Yaojuan saw Tianwu lying on the couch, he looked very weak, saw Yaojuan come in, raised a hand and said with difficulty: "Come on, serve tea to the princess." ”

Yao Yao hurriedly said: "Don't dare to bother, I'll come to the sea god to ask about the floods in the mortal world." ”

Tian Wu stood up and leaned back on the couch and asked, "Floods in the mortal realm?"

Yao Yao was surprised and said: "The flood in the mortal realm is raging, won't the sea god not know it?" I heard people say that the flood is caused by the flooding of the heavenly river. ”

Tianwu's face was full of shock, and he coughed violently, he stroked his chest and said in a suppressed voice: "This matter, the little god really doesn't know, when the little god took leave from the Emperor before, Tianhe didn't have any abnormalities. ”

Yaohuan asked, "How long have you been recuperating here?"

Tian Wu replied, "It's been a few days. ”

"Do you have a way to take back the water of the Heavenly River that overflowed into the mortal realm?" asked Yaohuan.

Tianwu shook his head and said helplessly: "The little god is sick now, and he can't leave the bed, and the divine power on his body is only less than half, I'm afraid there is no way." ”

Yaohuan's eyes were full of disappointment, and after being silent for a moment, she suddenly asked, "Then tell me, how can I solve the flood?"

Tianwu said in a deep voice: "The water of the Heavenly River is very spiritual, if it flows to the lower realm, it will naturally gather the rivers and lakes of the mortal realm, once it is contaminated with the turbidity of the mortal realm, it will be difficult to return to the heavenly river." ”

Yaojuan thought of the previous method and asked, "Then what if I use the stupidest method?"

Tianwu said with some uncertainty: "The little god is not clear, but there is no other way at the moment, and the method that the princess said may be able to try." ”

Yaohuan immediately breathed a sigh of relief, although Tianwu didn't say that it would be feasible, but she didn't say no, then she still had a chance.

Yaowan immediately thanked her and left Chaoyang Valley in a hurry.

The back and forth in Chaoyang Valley took two days, one day in the divine realm, and one year in the mortal realm.

When Yaojuan returned, it was late autumn in the mortal world, and between the four fields, the grass and trees were withered and yellow, and the leaves on the mountain had already fallen.

Yaohuan went to the foot of the mountain to check it out, but fortunately, the flood did not worsen, and she decided to cast a spell in the past few days to remove the flood.

Yaojuan planned to go to the White Bird King's residence first and explain to him the reason for her sudden departure.

It's only been two years, but the Oriole King has a silver beard and white hair, and he looks a lot older.

His voice was equally old.

He squinted his eyes and recognized it for a long time before asking, "The High Priest has returned?"

Yaowan looked at him in surprise for a long time before she reacted: "I have seen the White Bird King, I went to the Divine Realm to find a way to solve the flood." ”

The White Bird King's face was full of anticipation: "Can you find it?"

Yaowan nodded: "I found it, I should be able to cast the spell in the next few days." ”

The White Oriole King hurriedly thanked: "Thank you High Priest for your hard work for my White Oriole clan and tireless travel." ”

Seeing that the White Bird King had been lying on his back, and his spirit did not seem to be very good, she asked, "The White Bird King is unwell?"

The White Oriole King smiled effortlessly and said, "High Priest Xie cares, the old problem is sick, and it is okay." ”

Yao Wan saluted and said goodbye: "Then you rest, I'll go out first." ”

Yaojuan had only turned around and walked a few steps when she heard the White Bird King call to her: "High priest, slow down." ”

Yaowan turned around and asked, "Anything else?"

The White Bird King said, "I have something to ask for. ”

Yaojuan arched her hand and said, "King Baili, please speak." ”

"Don't hide it from the high priest, I am terminally ill, I am already a candle in the wind, I am afraid that I will soon be in the world, before I die, I want to entrust my two children and the whole white oriole to the high priest, and I hope that the high priest can agree. ”

Yaojuan asked, "Does the White Bird King want me to help Xuanxuan?"

The White Bird King nodded slightly.

Yaohuan thought for a while and said, "Okay, I promise." ”

The White Oriole King looked at her gratefully, and instructed: "Xuan Xuan's mother died at the hands of the demons, although he never said it, but he must have wanted to avenge his mother in his heart, and asked the high priest to stop him as much as possible. ”

Yao Jiao said suddenly: "I have learned some techniques of disambiguation in the divine realm, perhaps, I can ......"

The White Bird King interrupted her with a smile: "No need, I have been in this world for a long time, and I have been dreaming of Xuanxuan's mother for the past few days, and she is still as beautiful as when she was young...... I'm missing her a little. ”

The White Oriole King cheered up and said, "Xuanyu and Xuanyu don't know about this matter yet, and the high priest shouldn't know what to do." ”

When Yaojuan went out, she felt a heavy heart, and for the first time, she felt that in the mortal realm, there were still many things that could not be solved by divine power and magic.

After returning to the bamboo house, she opened the cabinet, found the fire spirit bead in the bag, and cast the spell according to the mantra given by her father, and then, she was pleasantly surprised to find that the fire spirit bead did not reject her divine power for the first time, and slowly rotated in her hand, emitting a warm light.

She happily put away the fire beads, washed up, and lay down on the bed.

This was her second day in the mortal realm, and the first rays of sunlight shone on her couch in the morning, she turned over, loaded the medicine she had brought from the divine realm, changed into convenient clothes, put the fire spirit bead and the flame extinguishing shaft into her baggage, and carried it on her back, and only then did she go out of the door of the bamboo house, and she bumped into a person.

She took a few steps back to try to stand still, but the burden on her body fell.

The flame extinguishing shaft and the fire bead fell outside, and the silk book that was used last time also fell out of the baggage.

It's Xuan Xuan, I haven't seen him for two years, he seems to have grown a lot taller, and there is a calm look between his eyebrows, and the whole person is becoming more and more lonely and cold.

Yaohuan carefully looked at the changes on Xuanyu's face when she saw these things on the ground, as well as the change in her face when she hurriedly came out of the bamboo house, and sighed in her heart: He didn't think that I couldn't cure the flood, and he was about to flee in a hurry, right?

Sure enough, Xuan Xuan pointed to the burden on the ground and asked, "You...... Where is the High Priest going?"

Yaojuan smiled very embarrassedly: "This, I haven't seen you for a long time, Prince Xuanxuan is here to find me?"

Xuan Ying looked at the maid behind him and said, "I heard that the high priest has returned, and he asked someone to prepare some food and bring it. ”

As soon as Xuan Xuan finished speaking, the maid stepped forward and entered the bamboo house with food.

Yao Yao hurriedly said: "Thank you." ”

She bent down to pick up the burden, naturally carried it on her shoulder, turned to Xuan Xuan and said, "I'm going to the foot of the mountain to cure the flood." ”

Xuan Xuan hurriedly said: "I'll go too." ”

Yaohuan thought of what the White Bird King had told her the day before yesterday, and said to Xuan Xuan: "No need, I'll go alone, you can go and do your business." ”

Xuan Xuan walked to the front in a few steps and said, "I'm not busy, I'll accompany you." ”

Yaohuan thought to herself: "He insisted on going with me so much, he must still suspect that I was going to escape, and he had to follow me in person to rest assured, forget it, he will follow if he wants." ”

Yaohuan said: "Okay, if you're not afraid, let's go together." ”

When she was about to reach the foot of the mountain, the wind suddenly rose, and she looked at the sky that was gradually sinking, turned to Xuan Xuan behind her and said, "You wait for me here for a while, and don't come down later, no matter what happens." ”

She thought about it, took off the burden on her shoulders, took out the flame-extinguishing shaft inside, and handed it to Xuan Xuan.

Xuan Xuan took the flame extinguishing shaft and looked at her suspiciously.

Yaowan looked at Xuan Ying and said, "Stretch out your hand." ”

Xuan Xuan stretched out his right hand, and Yao Wan wrote a few words in his palm, and asked, "Can you see clearly?"

Xuan Ying nodded.

Yaojuan continued: "Remember clearly, this is the mantra of the fire-out shaft, and if I have any accidents, there will be a fire here, and if you hold the fire-out shaft and keep reciting the mantra, the fire will be extinguished." ”

Xuan Ying stared at Yaohuan, but did not answer.

Yaohuan thought that he hadn't seen it clearly, so she took his hand and wrote it again: "You should remember it this time, right?"

Xuan Xuan suddenly said: "Even if you can't cure the flood, you have to come back safely." ”

Yao Wan was stunned, let go of Xuan Xuan's hand, and said, "Okay." ”

Before leaving, she set up a fairy barrier around Xuanxuan.

She flew up to the clouds, to the lowest place, here is like a huge lake, from the outside, the water seems to have been flowing, but the amount of water here does not increase or decrease, she felt strange, so she flew towards the center of the lake, stopped in the sky, Yaojuan found the whirlpool in the center of the lake.

It stands to reason that only living water flows, and the sudden appearance of this vortex seemed a little unusual, and she looked at the trees above her, and used an enchantment to enclose the whole water.

Yaohuan recited the spell, the fire spirit bead slowly flew out of her hand, releasing a raging fire on the water, the entire enchantment became a sea of fire, Yaojuan pressed the fire to the lake, the water on the lake began to shrink rapidly, she cut a hole in the enchantment, trying to let the steam rise into the air, but a huge column of water erupted in the middle, Yaojuan was shocked: there are people in the lake!

When Yaohuan looked closely, a shark spirit jumped out of the water with the water column.

She took the spell, stopped the cloud above the mermaid spirit, and asked, "Who are you?"

The mermaid hurriedly saluted: "I have seen the Heavenly Maiden." ”

Yaohuan asked, "Do you know me?"

The mermaid rolled his eyes and said, "The little one has only heard that only the immortals of the Golden Crow clan can cast a fire curse, and the Golden Crow clan only has one girl. ”

Yao Yao squinted her eyes and said, "You have inquired clearly! Can the flood here have anything to do with you?"

The shark spirit hurriedly explained: "This has nothing to do with me, I am just a little shark spirit, even if I want to make waves, I don't have the ability, I have been here for so long, I have never hurt a mortal, and I ask the gods to see." ”

Yaohuan thought for a while: "Xuan Xuan said that he has not seen any monsters, which proves that the shark spirit has indeed not hurt anyone, but I have heard Uncle Liyu say before that my aunt almost caused a catastrophe because she brought the Underworld Protector who pretended to be a wolf demon to the mountain, and she only set foot in the mortal world, so she has no experience, so it is better to be careful." ”

Seeing the suspicion in Yao's eyes, Shark Jing hurriedly said: "What I said is true, I was originally cultivating in the nearby sea area, but a few months ago, the surrounding ground sank into the water, and I had no choice but to find here." ”

Yaojuan asked, "Are there other monsters around here?"

The shark spirit shook his head vigorously: "I don't know about this little one." ”

Yaojuan said: "Okay, you get out of here quickly and find another place to live." ”

The shark spirit thanked him: "Thank you for the grace of the gods not to kill." ”

Yaohuan urged: "You go." ”

The mermaid hurriedly saluted: "Thank you." After saying that, it slipped away like a puff of smoke.

After confirming that the shark spirit went away, Yaojuan re-enchanted the spell, and the fire spirit beads exerted their divine power to the maximum, and the water in the enchantment continued to evaporate, turning into mist and rising, condensing into water droplets that stained Yaowan's clothes and hair, and fell on the water surface, making a crisp sound.

About half an hour later, when Yaohuan felt that she was about to collapse, the water in the pool finally bottomed out.

She opened the barrier, fell from the clouds, and after collecting the fire spirit beads, she took a closer look, and found that there was nothing under the water except yellow sand and mud.

She suddenly felt a wave of dizziness, and only then did she realize that Fang Cai's spiritual power had been consumed too much, and it had hurt her own foundation.

Yaohuan hurriedly sat down to breathe, and found that there was no spiritual power left in her body, she was in a hurry, she didn't lift it in one breath, but spit out a mouthful of blood.

When her consciousness gradually blurred, she remembered that Xuan Xuan was trapped in the enchantment not far away, and raised her hand to break the enchantment that protected Xuan Xuan with the only strength she had, and before closing her eyelids, she only saw a shadow rushing towards her.

When Yaohuan opened her eyes, she only saw the ebony rafters on the roof, and she quickly turned over and found that she was wearing the clothes of a mortal woman, covered with a silk quilt.

In a flash, a figure came in, holding a bowl of soup in his hand.

It's the little girl in the mortal realm, Bai Qi.

She approached the bed, glanced at Miao, and asked in surprise, "The high priest woke up?"

Yaojiao sat up and rubbed her forehead: "Where is this? Why am I here?"

Bai Qi hurriedly said: "This is the high priest's room, the high priest helped us heal the flood a few days ago, and then fainted, and it was the eldest prince who carried you back." ”

Yao Yao hurriedly asked, "How many days have I been lying here, and what about my baggage?"

Bai Qi walked to the table, picked up the burden on it, and replied, "Here it is." ”

Yao Jiao breathed a sigh of relief: "You mean, it was Xuan Xuan who came back with me?"

Bai Qi nodded.

Yaohuan said: "Then if you meet him, thank you for me." ”

"Good. She handed the bowl in her hand to Yaojuan and said, "This is the soup that the prince asked the stove to make, and the high priest should use a little." ”