Xiaoquan Mountain, the spring rain stopped, the residual raindrops crossed the tips of the leaves and fell to the wet ground, the crisp sound of the dead branches breaking, the old donkey with hooves shook its tail and walked through the familiar path, and in the shaking bookshelf, the toad Taoist pushed open the small door.

"Liangsheng, since you have already entered the country, why are you still like this, it is uncomfortable for the teacher to look at it. ”

On the side, a wisp of green smoke showed its outline, condensed into a red figure and appearance, leaning over and floating next to the figure walking in front of him.

"Childe, what's there to say?"

"Let's talk about it when we're on the road. ”

The sun dappled his shoulders, Lu Liangsheng looked at the back of his wrinkled hand, pursed his lips and smiled, and wiped the long beard on his chin, "In the future, I can also call myself an old man, haha." ”

Seeing that he was about to leave the forest in front of him, and vaguely heard the sound of the water rushing from the waterfall, Lu Liangsheng brushed aside the hanging branches, "Master, is that merman doing well here?"

"It's good to have an old man here. On the bookshelf, the toad climbed on the back of the donkey, came to the donkey's head and sat down: "Liangsheng, let's go back to Chang'an directly after that?"

Lu Liangsheng hesitated for a moment, but still walked out of the forest behind him, looking at the rising water vapor in the air, there were fish shadows fluttering and falling from the river above, and there was a sound of crashing water.

"Well, put her back in the East China Sea, it's time to go back to Chang'an, Your Majesty should start building the Grand Canal in the past few years, I don't know how, the matter of the demon star, and the gods in the sky, have also been born, and a bunch of things need to be done back." ”

With a sigh, Lu Liangsheng took the reins and turned the corner covered by the forest, the waterfall where the water vapor was rising, and the crisp female voice shouted? Swinging the tail of a fish and struggling to swim against the current, swim up the waterfall, and a red fox by the creeping pool shakes its furry ears? When I looked over, I saw an old man with a slightly rickety figure and white beard, wearing a gray wide-sleeved robe that seemed to be walking slowly and quickly, and there was an old donkey behind him? and the toad man on top of his head.

Rouge stared at the former, slowly propping up his limbs? Feeling the familiar? Swinging your fluffy tail and jumping to the ground? A dignified woman with her hair in a high bun and a plump body? Bow to the old man who came over.

"Concubine rouge? Meet the sir. ”

As a demon, the appearance is not the first place? The old man in front of him felt a sense of familiarity, and his first reaction was to know who was back.

"Get up. "Lu Liangsheng raised his hand to make a false trust? Let her get up and listen to the shouts of 'hey' from the waterfall? Crossing the fox girl who got up? Beckon the mermaid who is swimming against the waterfall over there to come down? The voice was calm and said to the rouge behind him:

"I've worked hard for you all these years, and I'm going to take her away when I come here today. ”

"Yes. ”

Rouge turned around, looked at the little fishman who swam into the waterhole and swam to the shore, his lips trembled slightly, hesitated, and bowed slightly, "Rouge has been practicing here for a long time, and he hasn't seen Mingyue for many years, and he is worried, can Mr. let him come back to Qixia Mountain?"

This red fox is not an ordinary domestic animal with no spiritual sense, and he has not seen a natural mother-child connection for a long time, how can Lu Liangsheng not understand this reason, but he still has to wait until he returns to Chang'an, and arrange things properly.

"Well, I won't be unreasonable, when I return to Chang'an this time, I will let Mingyue come back, now that a few years have passed, I should have grown a lot, and I can come back along the way." ”

"Thank you, sir. ”

Rouge wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, it was happy, and he hurriedly gave another salute, so that Lu Liangsheng waved his hand before he stopped, and then talked a few words casually, said something about the mountain, and then cast a spell to wrap some pool of water on the merman's body, put it on the donkey's back, took the reins, and called: "Let's go!"

The sound of hooves trampled in the opposite direction of the road at the foot of the mountain, crossed Xiaoquan Mountain, walked to the east, climbed over several large mountains, and came to the edge of the magic circle of the Ten Thousand Souls Array, it was already early morning two days later.

Rushing

The gentle sea breeze with a faint fishy smell rolled up the waves on the beach, Hong Lian saw the vast sea for the first time, excited "Ah!" screams, floated out of the bookshelf, embroidered shoes were lost, bare white little feet, stepped on the soft and wet beach shallow water, held a few shells, skirts were flying in laughter, the old donkey also jumped up and down after him, stretched out his tongue and rolled a shell on the ground, clucking and grinding in his mouth.

"Twitter"

The merman with the fishtail was impatient to move the sea water on the beach, his hands stretched out, lying on his back in the sea water, his long hair still pushed by the waves, his eyes wide, looking at the blue sky and white clouds, and smelling the sea water.

This is her home.

The waves pushed a little white foam on the beach, leaving a shallow watermark, Lu Liangsheng faced the sea breeze, his pale beard trembled, and he watched with his hands at the red pity, the old donkey running, and the little mermaid churning up and down in the sea and chirping happily.

On the side that was on the same level as the steps that took the step, the toad Taoist was also watching this scene, "Liangsheng, what you said in Xiaoquan Mountain, can you tell the teacher now?"

Hearing this, the walking figure stopped, and between the white whiskers stroking in the wind, Lu Liangsheng pursed his lips and looked at the end of the sky and the sea, and he didn't know how to speak for a while, and after thinking about his words, he spoke.

"Master, in fact, I don't know how to tell you, it is not easy to master the Kongtong seal, especially the mortal body, the person in the cultivation is also the mortal body in front of the artifact......

"That's why there is birth, old age, sickness and death?"

"Birth, old age, sickness and death?" Lu Liangsheng was stunned for a moment, understood what the master was referring to, and nodded: "The Kongtong seal is in the hands of the human emperor, and the first emperor went to the sea to find it, not only for the right to seal the gods, but also for immortality, however, there are very few immortals, even the gods in the sky are not immortal." ”

His voice fluttered in the wind.

“....... After returning to Qixia Mountain, he saw his hometown, recalled his past experiences, and suddenly understood some of the people and things around him. ”

The toad Taoist retracted his gaze from afar, raised his toad face and looked at the apprentice: "What do you understand?"

"That's what Master just said, birth, old age, sickness and death. ”

The sea breeze blew on his robe, and Lu Liangsheng fell silent after speaking, looking at Honglian, who was holding the conch in front of him and shouting at him, the corners of his mouth hooked into a smile.

Reopened his mouth and continued: "Immortality, immortality, how can it be so easy, it is not to eat a few flavors of innate spiritual treasures, you can get a thing, immortality is against the way of heaven, only by experiencing birth, old age, sickness and death, can you understand what immortality is." ”

The toad Taoist pondered these words carefully, and faintly felt that it made a lot of sense.

"Who told you this? As a teacher, I don't believe you figured it out yourself. ”

Next to him, Lu Liangsheng silently opened and closed his mouth and pointed to the sky: Heavenly Dao.

"That thing can talk?"

"Why can't you, I'm still talking a lot about Guiru. ”

The toad tilted his head and looked at the sky, and hurriedly chased after the apprentice: "Liangsheng, wait, what else did it say? ”

“....... Let the disciple think about it, and also said that after the future is completed, let me kick the heavenly pavilion in the flesh. ”

"Really, I don't believe it!"

"Then what does Master think it will say?"

"Where do you know ...... for teachers?"

One master and one apprentice, one after the other, strolling on the beach left a series of footprints of large and small people and toads.

The waves rolled in, and they were as calm as ever.