Chapter 176: Out of the Water Hibiscus
The ancient locust tree spirit looked at the gladiatorial arena where the dust had not yet fallen, and was about to reply, but found that he was only facing the afterimage of the deity Zhuang You left in the air.
"Minibus, Long Yan, you have worked hard, go to the gladiatorial arena to help a bunch of old locust trees. The deity Zhuang You unloaded the Yuan Force, fell into the courtyard where the cowherd was located, and said to the little beast and Long Yan who were the spectators.
The little beast nodded, turned its face and gave Long Yan a look, and then urged Yuan Li to fly away in the direction of the gladiatorial arena.
And Sanmei looked at the little fat version of the deity Zhuang You in front of her, and she had long doubted his identity. Earlier, he had stripped himself out of the swallowing vortex and sent him to the guest room of the Teapot Immortal Mansion, and she had doubts about the familiar scene in front of her. In particular, she instinctively sensed the fluctuation of the Yuan Force of the Xuanmang Sword, and became more and more firm in the idea that the little fat man was the deity Zhuang You.
"Which one do you kid sing? It's so hard to hide from me. As Sanmei spoke, the person also swept straight to the deity Zhuang You and punched him the shoulder.
The deity Zhuang smiled wryly and said, "Before, I encountered a little danger, and I was really forced to do so. Now that Xiao Xiao is injured, there are some places that still need your help and convenience. ”
The ethereal snake Xuan Xuan looked at Sanmei, who was persuading the cowherd, and a hint of schadenfreude appeared on his face, but he felt a little bored in his heart.
"I lied to my account before, and I will calculate it with you when I have the opportunity in the future. You'd better solve the trouble in front of your eyes first. ”
The deity Zhuang You looked over with the gaze of the ethereal snake Xuanxuan, and saw that Sanmei had coaxed the cowherd master properly, and immediately walked over.
"Sanmei, you can take Brother Niu's children next door. I have something to talk to Brother Niu about alone. The deity Zhuang You walked behind the cowherd, patted him on the shoulder, turned his face to Sanmei and said.
The ethereal snake Xuan Xuan pursed the corners of his mouth, and wanted to ridicule the deity Zhuang You for a few words, but when he saw Sanmei's stopping eyes, he swallowed the words that came to his mouth back into his stomach.
The cowherd hesitated for a while, wanting to keep a pair of children by his side, but seeing the resolute eyes of the deity Zhuang You, he had to sigh and acquiesce in his approach.
When Sanmei walked to the gate of the courtyard with the child, the ethereal snake Xuanxuan glanced at the little fat version of the deity Zhuang You with reluctance, but could only follow Sanmei's footsteps and leave.
"Brother Niu, you don't have to worry, although I don't know what difficulties you encountered, I will definitely take care of it to the end. The deity Zhuang You looked at the cowherd's somewhat red and swollen eyes, and said comfortingly.
Unexpectedly, the cowherd shook his head into a plucking drum, and the tears that had just been collected poured out like a river of despair. The deity Zhuang You ran out of ideas for a while, and he didn't know what words to pick to appease.
In a hurry, after a slight hesitation, Zhuang You, the deity, decisively mobilized a trace of Yuan Force from the sea of qi, and took advantage of the cowherd's defenselessness to knock him unconscious.
"Brother Niu, they all say that men don't flick when they have tears. The way you look makes people feel uncomfortable. What has happened to you?" the deity Zhuang You put the cowherd who had passed out to the ground.
He stood up and walked around twice, struggling in his heart, and finally decided to search the cowherd. He felt that this was the best way he could get a full picture of why the cowherd was crying.
So, he unleashed his Yuan Force, moved the cowherd to the quiet room where he was cultivating, and then added a layer of protection to the stone door.
As the palm surging with Yuan Li landed on the cowherd's Heavenly Spirit Cover, his mind also followed the invasion of Yuan Li and drilled in.
At the moment when too many fragments of memory flashed through his mind, he suddenly had a trace of sympathy and pity for the cowherd's infatuation. He raised his eyes to take a look at the stillness of the void, and immediately summoned some blue light to probe the mind that had invaded the cowherd's memory.
"Buzz-"
A buzzing sound of crowded air sounded, and a curtain of light appeared in the air in front of the deity Zhuang You. A moment later, the woman who haunted the cowherd appeared in the light curtain.
Looking at that beautiful and refined woman, the deity Zhuang You couldn't help but admire, and felt that the cowherd's beauty was not shallow. As he tried to delve into the depths of his memory, a pain lurking in his heart instinctively prevented the past from reappearing.
"It seems that he is a man who has been soaked in bitter water. I don't even want to think about the past. Zhuang You sat cross-legged behind the cowherd and said to himself.
Even so, it didn't make him soft-hearted, but instead piqued his curiosity. It was only when he passed through that layer of instinctual obstacles that he unleashed a trace of chaotic power and blue light. He didn't want to do the slightest damage to the cowherd's memory.
Watching the light curtain show time rewind rapidly, he couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief. For him, a second-grade Heavenly Master of the Xuanyuan Realm, being able to quietly probe the memories of others is indeed a laborious job.
At this time, he once again realized his lack of Yuan Force cultivation and actual combat experience. Thinking of Wu Kui's self-explosion before, if it weren't for the dark red energy crystal left to him by Hongjun Ancestor, it is estimated that he would have been seriously injured and could not afford to fall to the ground by now.
"Brother and sister-in-law, give me the old cow. I'm willing to exchange the land on the sunny slope of Longxugu with you. ”
Hearing the sound from his heart, Zhuang You retracted his thoughts of going away, he raised his head and glanced into the light curtain, and suddenly found that the cowherd was begging for him to be "brother and sister-in-law".
"Cowherd, this is what you said, don't complain about being a big brother and not thinking about brotherhood. Who let you and my own brother, I can't treat you badly, so I will give you the few acres of land in the mountain behind Longxugu. And those guys who do the work, you take them with you. However, our brothers will be separated from today. ”
When these words sounded from his heart, the eyes of the deity Zhuang You surged with anger. A discerning person knows at a glance that the eldest brother of the cowherd has driven his younger brother out of the house in disguise.
Just when Zhuang You was complaining about the cowherd, he saw a white-haired old man hiding in the shadows, and he saw everything that happened to the cowherd.
After careful study, the deity Zhuang You gradually confirmed the identity of the old man. He is the mountain god near Longsugu. Therefore, having received the favor of the cowherd and his parents, he secretly protected him and was ready to help him.
Knowing the identity of the old man, Zhuang You continued to search for the cowherd's memory. When he saw the cowherd driving the old cow to the cowshed in the mountain behind Longxugu to settle down, he gradually figured out the intentions of his eldest brother and sister-in-law. They had wanted to starve the cowherd to death along with the old cow.
The few acres of land that the cowherd brother said were bare, and at a glance, he knew that he could not harvest much grain throughout the year. Just when the deity Zhuang You was worried about this, the old man of the mountain god urged Yuan Li to help the cowherd change the rainwater environment of the back mountain.
Since then, the cowherd has lived a leisurely life of herding cattle and farming every day. But the good times did not last long, and when the autumn harvest season came, the eldest brother of the cowherd saw that the few acres of thin land planted by the younger brother had more grain than him, so he had the intention of taking advantage of it again.
"Brother Du, before giving you these few acres of land, I used a lot of fertilizer. You have a good harvest this year, thanks to me and your sister-in-law. You can't eat so much food alone, so take care of me and your sister-in-law. Your sister-in-law is pregnant now, and she won't be able to plant the land next year. ”
To the surprise of Zhuang You, the cowherd happily agreed without thinking about it. Seeing that the cowherd gave up the grain he had worked so hard to grow to his eldest brother, Zhuang You was a little helpless about his kindness.
Immediately afterward, another miserable scene appeared in the light curtain. On the snow-covered summits, the cowherd and the old cow huddled in the windy barn to keep each other warm. The old man of the mountain god couldn't bear it, so he conjured up an injured rabbit and led him to a dark hole in Longxugu that was like spring all year round, and let him live.
When winter turns to spring, the cowherd is also used to life in the dark hole. One day, the old cow risked his life and climbed to the top of the dragon's beard. The cowherd remembered the safety of the old cow, so he went up the rock. When he walked on the top of the hill, he suddenly found that the scenery of the top of the hill was very good, and it was slightly different from the scenery under the hill.
Just as he was admiring the scenery of Guding, following the footsteps of the old cow left on the ground to find the past, a beautiful figure in the heavenly pond jumped out of the pool. Seeing the figure like a hibiscus out of the water, the cowherd's memory froze.
The deity Zhuang You raised his head and looked at the beautiful figure in the light curtain, and also knew from the memory of the cowherd that she was the daughter of the ninety-five emperors of the immortal world.
Next, the light curtain appeared the happy situation of the cowherd and the young woman singing with the wife. And the young woman who was good at weaving taught her weaving skills to the mountain people in the villages near Longsugu. Since then, the life of their young couple has been getting better and better. These were naturally jealous of the cowherd's eldest brother and sister-in-law.
They secretly stalked and found out that the young girl was weaving with the help of Yuan Li. So, they went back to the village to spread rumors that the young girl was a snake spirit.
In this way, some good deeds offered incense and prayed to heaven to send down thunder to punish the cowherds and maidens whom they regarded as ladyboy lovers. And Ying Xiang, who was the god of thunder, came, and he detected her identity from the fluctuating power of the Yuan Force emanating from the young girl, so he returned to the immortal realm to report to the Ninety-Five Emperors.
In the anger of the Ninety-Five Emperors, he beheaded the Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals who were guarding the South Gate, and also ordered several of his sisters to bring them back to the Immortal Realm.
But seeing that the young daughter was about to give birth, her sisters had no choice but to discuss countermeasures, and let her third sister change her appearance to return to the immortal realm to receive punishment on her behalf.
Looking at the information obtained from the cowherd's memory, the light curtain was blank. The deity Zhuang You subconsciously realized that those things were all learned by the cowherd from the narration of the maiden. After the young woman gave birth to a pair of children, their young couple lived happily ever after two years.
When the third year came, the Ninety-Fifth Emperor found out that the third daughter had changed her appearance and was punished on behalf of her daughter. In a fit of rage, he sent the Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals to the Nether Realm to capture the maiden who was in Longxugu back to the Immortal Realm.
When the young girl was captured by the heavenly soldiers and generals of the fairy world, the deity Zhuang You saw the sad scene. The taste of parting from life and death reminded him of his father and mother, as well as the scene in Wolongpo.
This pain of sympathy made the deity Zhuang You cut off the search for the cowherd. He understood what had happened, and found the source of the cowherd's tears. He wanted to make the herd happy no matter what trouble he encountered.
Now that he had made up his mind in his heart, the deity Zhuang You did not hesitate to move forward, but removed the protective prohibition of the ashram, and prepared to gather everyone to express his thoughts and mobilize them to participate together.