Legend has it that a long, long time ago, a lotus seed in the Heavenly Yao Pond accidentally fell into the mortal world, and it took root and sprouted in a small puddle on a deserted island.

This lotus flower lives alone in the quagmire of an isolated island, blooming at sunrise and dancing in the wind, and sleeping with the stars at sunset, without feeling lonely.

On a certain day, a migratory bird flying south passed by here, dropped a piece of fresh bamboo root, and was buried in the ground by the soil. The vitality of the bamboo roots is strong, and in the spring of the second year, a spring bamboo shoot breaks through the soil, facing the moist river breeze, and soon grows to the height of Lingyun. In this way, this lotus and bamboo are convenient for the island to lean on each other.

Time flies, the years are long, the riverside is full of aura, and finally one day is sunny, and Qingzhu actually has spiritual sense. As soon as I opened my eyes, I happened to see the dancing lotus flower, and it unconsciously fell in love with this beautiful style.

And Lotus often envies Qingzhu's slender Lingyun posture, and the two talk happily every day, and their feelings secretly breed.

One day, Qingzhu suddenly said to Lotus: "Last night I suddenly had an epiphany, and I was about to enter the next long sleep retreat, and when I woke up, I would probably be able to transform into a human form." ”

"Really? Congratulations. Lotus was surprised and delighted, and then said gloomily, "It's all because I only know how to look at the stars and the moon on weekdays, and I don't practice diligently, otherwise we might be able to enter the Tao together and turn into a human body together." ”

Hearing this, Qingzhu comforted her and said, "I don't know how long I will retreat this time, you are a lotus seed born in the Yao Pond, you are born with extraordinary spirituality, even if you cultivate diligently from now on, you will definitely be able to transform into a human body before me." ”

"Well, then I'll try. ”

The two encouraged each other a few words, Qingzhu escaped into a long sleep, and Lotus began to practice diligently as she had never been.

But none of them thought that this parting was the difference between life and death.

When Qingzhu finally woke up from the chaos and successfully turned into a human body, what he saw was that the lotus flower was uprooted and thrown on the shore at will, the lotus leaves withered and scorched, the petals scattered, and the most precious lotus heart had disappeared.

Qingzhu was in great pain, kneeling beside the dried stems and leaves of the lotus for three days and three nights, and finally made a shocking decision - he implanted his rhizome into the roots of the lotus, and gave her all his spiritual power, so that she could regain her beautiful posture.

It's just that in this way, the green bamboo without spiritual power has become an ordinary bamboo again, and it has no consciousness of its own.

But his roots and the roots of the lotus flower are inseparable from now on, you have me, and I have you.

"That's it. Bai Yunfei closed the book and respectfully handed it to Lu Yaozhi, "That's what is recorded in the book about the origin of lotus bamboo. ”

What he handed to Lu Yaozhi was a book of the universal basic spiritual plant understanding of the immortal cultivation world, "The Book of Ten Thousand Grasses".

Lu Yaozhi objected to Tang Wenxuan's way of telling them everything, and when they raised the question of why the lotus bamboo grew so strange, he threw them a book without saying a word and asked them to refer to it by themselves.

In his words, it is "to read 10,000 books, to travel 10,000 miles", just knowing that it is useless to go out and listen to people, but not knowing that it is useful for reading books and absorbing effective information.

"It's so touching. Xiang'er was moved to tears by the love between Qingzhu and Lotus, and her eyes were full of regret and reluctance when she looked at Lotus Bamboo.

"Hey, it's sour. Lu Yaozhi hissed and twitched the root of his teeth, and said with the book in his hand, "Who made up this thing, it's really time to revise it-bump, Jinji Building, how can I have this thing." ”

After that, he hurriedly threw it out, as if there was a plague in the book.

"Mascot, this book ......" If he remembered correctly, this seemed to be picked up by Shen Xingluo when he asked him to go to Mingjin Pavilion, and then he forgot to give it to her for a while.

Shen Xingluo blinked his eyes and acted innocently: "I never buy his things." ”

Produced by Jinji Lou, it must be a waste product, and the gold content is not as good as their fake elixir, so she won't want to see it. Well, it's good to pass the time when you're bored once in a while, but it's best not to let others know.

"Bad girl. Lu Yaozhi silently said with his mouth, "I'll help you carry the black pot again." ”

Shen Xingluo smiled proudly, his face beaming.

"Uncle Shi, I didn't expect you to like to watch these. Xiang'er's tone was complicated, and the eyes that looked at Lu Yaozhi were even more complicated.

Lu Yaozhi is really speechless.

"Child, you are too naïve," Lu Yaozhi pretended to be heavy, "and you really should listen to your senior sister's version, and ensure that you are not half moved." ”

The following is an excerpt from Shen Xingluo's version:

On a certain day in a certain year, a certain fairy passed the lotus pond and was surprised to see that the jade lotus in the pond was growing gratifyingly, and he salivated. So he dug one and washed it in the pond, and skewered it with bamboo to eat.

Who knew that this lotus root was useless, the taste was sour and difficult to eat, so angry that the gods threw it down directly. Because the lotus root and bamboo are contaminated with the fairy spirit of the gods, they have taken root in the soil and come back to life.

It's just that because the bamboo is worn in the lotus root, their roots grow together, and over time they penetrate each other, and the two become one thing.

Hearing these words, Xiang'er was really embarrassed: "Senior sister, your explanation is still easy to understand." ”

Lu Yaozhi: ......

Shen Xingluo stroked his hair blown by the wind, and said modestly: "Where is it, what is 180 million years ago, who knows what the truth is? ”

"I don't know, you still have a nose and eyes. Lu Yaozhi snorted.

"People are smart, there is no way. ”

One sentence almost made Lu Yaozhi's nose crooked, how can there be such a thick-skinned person in the world?