Chapter 17 The Mountain Temple Meets the Dragon
Li Shuyu's arrival did not surprise Lilanjing and Meng Ke, they looked at her nine fiery red tails, and their eyebrows were knotted with an unknown number of knots. Li Shuyu was stared at by them, and wanted to smear oil on the soles of her feet and leave, but she was grabbed by Lilanjing's tail and pulled back.
At this moment, the three of them are sitting in the cave of Mengke, this hole is located at the top of Lingyun Peak of Luoshan, there is an enchantment, the interior decoration is gorgeous, the furniture is all stone carving, there is a small waterfall in the hole, there are flowers and plants around the condensed wall-colored pool, there is a small mouth on the top of the cave, the sunlight shines in, a rainbow is erected around the small waterfall, reflecting the water mist, it looks very beautiful.
"Shuyu, what's the matter with your tail?" Lilanjing was worried, "How did you leave Lingyuan?"
Li Shuyu didn't dare to look at her, her eyes fluttered and she wanted to pretend not to hear, but she grabbed her cheek and pulled it into a face-to-face angle with her, and had to stare at her purple eyes full of worry and tell her the reason.
"This true qi is a phoenix's, he was plotted by someone to fall into the spiritual abyss, I used the purple pill to save him, when I took back the purple pill, I moved my mind, sucked a breath of true qi, and as a result, he was modified and became a fire fox with only nine tails. Lishu Yu pursed his lips and said with some embarrassment: "Because the breath that I secretly inhaled got the divine seal, the phoenix couldn't let me go, so he took me out of Lingyuan and went to the Heavenly Palace." The Zixiao True Monarch of the Heavenly Palace is a good friend of the Phoenix, and he was entrusted by someone to take me as an apprentice and become my master. ”
"Phoenix?!" Meng Ke looked at her dumbfounded, and asked in disbelief: "Shuyu, you shouldn't be sucking the true qi of the nine-tailed phoenix, right?!"
Li Shuyu coughed lightly and nodded almost invisibly.
"Little Ancestor, that's a Shangxian! If you get this breath and give birth to a divine seal, it is equivalent to entering the Qishan clan, can a group of phoenixes tolerate you?" Meng Ke blushed angrily, got up and paced back and forth a few times anxiously, before he asked her angrily: "That Shangxian just handed you over to Zixiao Zhenjun?
Li Shuyu shook his head and said aggrievedly: "Phoenix didn't tell his family about me, only Zixiao Zhenjun and Luo Xi Yuanjun knew my identity, and this forehead wipe was used to cover the divine seal." ”
Sure that the Qishan immortals did not know about the existence of Li Shuyu, Meng Ke finally put her mind at ease, and her anger subsided a little, seeing that she was still hanging her head and shrinking on the stool, she finally said in a soft tone: "Are you hungry?"
Li Shuyu nodded.
"It is said that the immortals of the Heavenly Palace are all clothed and fed, why are you thinner than before?" Lilanjing touched her bulging shoulder bone distressedly, and said with some displeasure: "It must be those immortals who saw that you were born in the mountains, so they embarrassed you everywhere, and even treated you harshly." ”
"No, I've been cultivating too hard lately...... " Li Shuyu snuggled into her arms and coquettishly coquettished with her softly: "Besides, whoever cooks can be as delicious as my sister." ”
"It's sweet in your mouth. Lilanjing slapped her on the buttocks, and then got up to cook food for her, Meng Ke saw Lilanjing leave, so she held Lishuyu's wrist and tested the true qi in her body.
"That phoenix is generous to you, and your Neidan is almost a gift from him. Meng Ke let go of his hand, maybe he was still a little angry, so he raised his hand and planted a chestnut on the door of Lishuyu's head, gritted his teeth and said: "Your sister is most worried about you, you still cause this kind of thing, although now there is a phoenix to help you suppress it, but you can't hide it for a lifetime, if someone finds out and publicizes it one day, what will you do?"
"What can I do, the divine seal has ended, and I can't get rid of it, if I am really found out one day, I will pull out the immortal root and return to Lingyuan as a fox." Li Shuyu took the fruit tea and drank it with a slurp, and said indifferently: "I also picked up this divine seal, and their Phoenix family thought that I took advantage of it, so they took this divine seal back." ”
"To put it lightly, this phoenix's pure yang true qi has changed your root bones, even if you pull out the immortal root, you can't go back to Lingyuan, stay in the place where the feminine qi is condensed, you won't live long. The more Meng Ke spoke, the more worried he became, revealing the same expression as Lilan Jing, Li Shuyu knew that he regarded himself as his own sister, so he accepted his indifferent face and seriously admitted his mistake to him.
"Brother-in-law, I was brought up by my sister, she has always spoiled me very much, and I was reluctant to scold, I relied on her favor to develop a stubborn heart now, which caused her a lot of troubles. Now provoking the Phoenix Immortal to become such a body is also a lesson for me, no matter what the result is, I brought it on myself. Li Shuyu knelt down in front of Meng Ke and said in a low voice: "Sister always worries about me, she should have enjoyed herself after marrying you, but because of me, I am troubled." Brother-in-law, if one day I fall into disgrace, Sister will please leave it to you. ”
In Meng Ke's eyes, Li Shuyu has always been the little fox in Lingyuan who stares at him and does not allow him to get close to Li Lanjing, a child who is ignorant of the world, how could he have thought that one day she would kneel in front of him and say such words similar to last words, so he immediately dragged her up from the ground, raised his hand and patted her on the head, glared and said: "Who taught you this kind of thing? It's just to pull out an immortal root, how can you be scattered, and if you can't return to Lingyuan, you will come to Camel Mountain, I will personally supervise your cultivation, and I don't believe that there is no possibility of re-illusion human form. ”
Li Shuyu was so moved by Meng Ke's words that she said with tears in her eyes: "Brother-in-law, ......"
"Ark!"
Lilanjing walked out from under the flower stand with two plates of vegetables, and when she saw Meng Ke carrying Lishuyu and reprimanded, she was immediately unhappy: "Didn't you say it just now, you still scolded Shuyu for doing something, she has been hungry for a long time, hurry up and let her go down and let her eat." ”
Meng Ke looked wronged, but he couldn't explain it, so he had to throw Li Shuyu on the stone bench, and said helplessly: "Eat, eat, eat more, your sister cooks herself, don't sleep tonight if you can't finish eating." ”
Li Shuyu sat down happily, lifted the chopsticks and feasted on the freshly cooked dishes on the table, Li Lanjing sat next to her and watched her eat with a smile, and handed her the fruit tea from time to time, asking her to eat slowly and not choke. Meng Ke sat next to him with a cold face, watching Li Shuyu and Lilan Jingqi happily, and couldn't say a word for a long time.
After the meal, Li Lanjing packed up the dishes and chopsticks and went back to the kitchen, while Li Shuyu leaned over to Meng Ke, who was concentrating on wiping the sword, and whispered, "Brother-in-law, I want to ask you for a favor." ”
Meng Ke glanced at her and snorted, "What's the hurry?"
"Can you let your falcon help me deliver a letter?"
"Send a letter?" Meng Ke stopped wiping his sword, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Where to send it?"
"Give it to Luo Xi Yuanjun, I guess she is in the demon world now. Li Shuyu lowered her voice and said embarrassedly: "Tell her that there is a snake demon who can read minds, and guessed the emperor's intentions, her affairs in the demon world have been exposed, and I want her to leave quickly." ”
Meng Ke, a mountain falcon called Breaking Wind, is not an ordinary mountain eagle, when it was still in the egg, it was brought back by Meng Ke, raised in the core of the spirit flower, infused with spiritual energy every day, and hatched out for half a year. Half a month after birth, it has abundant wings, a beak like steel, claws like sharp blades, and takes off accompanied by the sound of breaking the sky, and the message is transmitted for thousands of miles.
Earlier, when Li Shuyu was still in Lingyuan, Meng Ke often asked Pofeng to send her things, and Pofeng was more familiar with her after sending them down a few times, no longer throwing things away like at the beginning, and sometimes landing in front of her small hut to taste newly picked vegetables and fruits with her.
After listening to Li Shuyu tell the truth, Meng Ke realized the seriousness of the situation, so he no longer hid the treasure Broken Wind, and whistled a long whistle to call back the Broken Wind who was patrolling the camel mountain.
"Breaking the wind, you go to the demon realm and give this to Luo Xi Yuanjun. Meng Ke stuffed a sealed letterhead into the letterhead and tied it to the Wind Breaker Claw, and said very uneasily: "The demon world may be extremely miasma, if you sense the danger, you will come back immediately, whether the letter is delivered or not is secondary." ”
Breaking Wind obediently rubbed his palm, then jumped on Lishuyu's shoulder and took the ice sword that was used as a hairpin, flapped his wings a few times, and galloped out.
Seeing the wind breaking, Li Shuyu finally felt better, turned his head and saw Meng Ke bowing his head and whispering to Lilan Jing, knowing that he would be trained to continue to stay, so he quickly picked up a few mountain fruits from the table, and drove the clouds to other mountains to hide first.
As she flew over the temple, she couldn't help but stop.
There seems to be some big event today, and a lot of people have gathered in the temple that is quite spacious on weekdays, based on the experience of the last Tanabata Festival, Li Shuyu guesses that this situation only happens when there are festivals and celebrations.
There are festivals, there are celebrations, and it would be a pity not to go.
Transformed into a country child, Li Shuyu followed several aunts up the mountain together. The aunts looked very happy, chattering and discussing things all the way, such as this year's good harvest, the rice and wheat piled up in the barn, the children of whomever and whomever got married, and whoever's family added new children a few days ago.
Li Shuyu didn't understand all the things in the world, and naturally couldn't understand their joy, so she just followed behind and listened with a blank face. In the end, the fattest aunt noticed that she was following them, stopped and squatted down in front of her, and asked very kindly, "Little doll, why are you alone?"
Li Shuyu thought for a while, raised his head and said innocently: "They are walking too fast, I went to the forest to make it easier, and I couldn't find them when I came out." ”
Hearing her say this, the fat aunt couldn't help but feel distressed, took out a piece of baked cake from the bamboo basket and handed it to her, took her hand and said: "Your father and aunt are really heartless, such a small doll doesn't pay attention, there are so many people who go up the mountain today, what if they are abducted by bad people." ”
The aunts together were also very angry, and they accused Li Shuyu of the two irresponsible "fathers and mothers", took out all kinds of small snacks and stuffed them into her arms, comforted her not to be sad, and they took her up the mountain to find her father.
Li Shuyu happily nibbled on the baked cakes and snacks that the aunts stuffed her, thinking that whether it was in the Heavenly Palace or in the human world, children could eat better than adults.
In the discussion of the aunts, Li Shuyu learned that today is the Dengfeng Festival, a festival to celebrate the harvest, so this festival is not every year, only in the year when the wind and rain are good and the grain is abundant. This year's harvest is very good, so the officials of several nearby towns and villages discussed together, and finally set to hold a celebration today, the process of the celebration is divided into day and night, during the day, the villagers bring tribute and sesame oil money to the mountain temple to make vows, thank the Buddha and the Bodhisattvas for their protection; at night, the lanterns are decorated with lights, the dragon and lion dances are continuous, the gongs and drums and suona are joyful, and the whole night can be lively.
Along the mountain road, the field of vision gradually broadened, to the end, only to find that there is a stone paved flat open space at the entrance of the temple, the open space is crowded with people at the moment, in addition to the fathers and villagers who came to pay their vows, there are also some small vendors pushing carts, selling incense for worshiping the Buddha, candles and the candy people that children like.
In order to prevent the aunts from looking for "daddy" all over the world, Li Shuyu sneaked away from them while there were many people, blended into a group of flowers, and disappeared from their sight in the blink of an eye.
Stepping through the gate of the temple, in addition to the treasure hall, there is also a incense tripod in the middle of the courtyard that is taller than a child, which is full of incense and candles, and the thick smoke winds all the way up, and it is condensed with the white clouds in the mountains.
At this moment, there was a woman in a white gauze dress who was offering incense, she was wearing a long curtain, her long black hair was down to her knees, and she did not leave after worshipping incense, but stood there quietly with her hands folded, not knowing what she was praying for.
Li Shuyu was really curious about this woman, and scratched the cat in her heart for a long time, and finally simply walked to her under the guise of a child, raised her head and asked innocently: "Big sister, are you paying incense?"
The woman moved, lowered her head as if looking at her, Li Shuyu waited patiently for her to answer, who knew that she looked at it for a while and then turned her head back and continued to pray.
Ignore me?!
Lishu Yuden was a little unhappy, although she was bored when she stepped forward to talk to her, but she was indifferent to such a cute child, are you too cold?
Thinking like this, Li Shuyu also became bolder, and while the woman was concentrating on praying, she suddenly pulled her curtain fence, and was about to pull hard, but the woman grabbed her hands violently and said in a deep and majestic voice: "Little thing, do you want these hands?"
Li Shuyu was stunned and looked at the hands holding him, the bones were thick, the green tendons were dense, they were completely a pair of old man's hands, and they were rougher than the little fairy of the mountains and fields!
"Uncle, I was wrong. Li Shuyu instantly squeezed out two frames of tears, looked at him innocently and said, "I don't dare anymore, you let me go." ”
Who knew that the man not only didn't let go, but also clutched her tighter, he pulled Li Shuyu into the long curtain fence, looked down at her and said, "How can you have phoenix true qi?"
Li Shuyu raised his head, looked at the man in front of him with two corners on his forehead and golden eyes, and asked without tears: "Dare to ask the immortal...... Honorific name......"
"It's not an immortal, and there's no honorific title, so you don't have to be so afraid of me. The man let go of her, squinted his eyes and looked her up and down, very surprised: "I have seen Qifeng a few times, I heard that he and Luo Lin of Penglai have not yet married, your real body is not a bird and Feilin still has his true qi, but you are not his child, I don't know if you are with him...... What's the matter?"
Li Shuyu didn't answer him, but pointed to the two horns on his forehead and asked, "Then what is your real body?" I have never seen a beast with such horns. ”
"Dragon's horn, of course, you haven't seen it, after all, my brothers are well hidden. The man reached out and picked her up, forced her to look directly into his golden eyes, and smiled lightly, "This is not the place to talk, little girl, how about we change places." ”
Li Shuyu stiffened and couldn't move, rolled his eyes angrily, and asked him impatiently, "Where to change?"
The man smiled, "Sango Palace." ”