Legend of the Great Sage

The sun was shining brightly and the sky was clear.

In Ruyihou's mansion, on a 100-foot-high platform, Si Qing held a wine glass in one hand and pressed against the railing with the other, staring into the distance.

Flying Dragon Ships are suspended in mid-air. Rays of light flew from the sky.

In front of the Hou Mansion, there was a stream of people, practitioners from all over Ruyi County, first came to congratulate him on becoming a Ruyi Marquis, and to participate in or visit the next Jiufu martial arts performance.

Si Qing turned around and said with a long laugh in his jackal-like voice: "Thank you, all fellow Taoists have come from all over the world, Si Qing will do it first as a respect!" He drank the wine in the cup in one gulp.

A banquet has already been set up on the high platform, and there are a group of monks sitting there, including men and women, monks and laymen, all of them are extraordinary, there are monks from hundreds of schools, and monks from sects, there is only one standard who can sit here The golden core monk who was tribulated in the next day.

Gu Yanying was also among them, raising his wine glass and smiling slightly. Si Bao ignored Si Qing, squeezed into a table with her, and asked about Qian Rongzhi, "How is she, are you here to participate in the Jiufu martial arts performance?"

Everyone toasted and congratulated Si Qing again.

Gu Yanying said to Si Bao: "She is practicing now!"

At this moment, Qian Rongzhi paddled a small boat in the Fengshui pavilion, rippling in the sea of ​​flowers, the breeze came slowly, the sea of ​​flowers undulated, and the fragrance of flowers overflowed, just like a fairyland.

But on her face, there was no relaxation at all. While searching the sea of ​​flowers, she scolded Gu Yanying bloody in her heart.

All this was because Gu Yanying said before leaving, "I want to eat lotus seed soup!"

Qian Rongzhi had to look for it in this sea of ​​flowers. There was such a vast and boundless lotus in the first place. This should be an extremely simple matter, but this space has always been maintained in spring and summer. The lotus is always invincible. The lotus seeds are things that will not mature until the lotus flowers wither in autumn and winter.

Moreover, this sea of ​​flowers is both real and illusory. Sometimes when I see a lotus flower, I stretch out my hand but feel an empty space. I can't even fly in the sky and use my spiritual sense to explore it, so I can only row the boat to find it slowly.

She has been searching for several hours, but she hasn't even collected a single lotus seed, but she can't give up just yet. Think about it these days. Staying here to listen to Feng Shui Pavilion, Gu Yanying didn't teach her the way of cultivation, but ordered her to do all kinds of chores, and she couldn't even carry out normal cultivation.

It was as if she was trying to amuse her deliberately, making her trapped here for the rest of her life, serving as a slave and handmaiden, unable to fly. Then she would have to find a way to get out of here as soon as possible.

But Gu Yanying's last words dispelled this idea, "These days your performance is still satisfactory to the teacher, this is the last test, if you can complete it, the teacher will pass on the "Hell Sutra Changes" to you. If you can't, then you will be expelled from the sect, and you can go wherever you like!"

Qian Rongzhi could only be patient and continue searching, her mood gradually calmed down. The rich fragrance of flowers seemed to soak her body, and the snake of hell fell into a deep sleep again. Feed on her pain no longer with joy.

And she really no longer feels pain, not only the pain caused by the snake of hell, but also those anxiety and rage, jealousy and hatred, all have been subsided, she has almost forgotten that living in this world is so easy A thing of pleasure.

She stood at the bow of the boat in a daze, looked back, and heard that the Fengshui Pavilion had disappeared, and she was completely lost in the sea of ​​flowers.

Memories of the past came flooding back, my mother was washing clothes not far away, and said: "Be careful!" She stared at a small fish in the clear and shallow stream without hearing it, and missed it. Father walked home along the ridge of the field, carrying the fish he had caught from the paddy field, and she jumped and followed behind. The boy next door secretly gave her the crispy candy at home, and he came to visit her later, with a look of embarrassment and disappointment...

Did these things really happen? Then why have you forgotten?

She vaguely understands that it has something to do with this sea of ​​flowers, but are all these memories real? In other words, it's just the illusion created by this strange sea of ​​flowers. She is not sure, but her eyes are a little moist, and she feels a strange soreness in her heart. This feeling is not painful, but like tears of happiness, although bitter But sweet.

In a daze, she saw a lotus flower in the distance, withering at a speed visible to the naked eye. In a blink of an eye, there was only a solitary lotus pod left. Even the green flower stems turned yellow and withered, as if they had been exhausted during the long flowering period. All the vitality could not support the weight of the lotus pod, and with a plop, the lotus pod fell into the lake.

Qian Rongzhi didn't think much about it, and flew into the water to catch the lotus pod. Because it was covered by endless lotus leaves, the lake was dark and unexpectedly deep, and flower stems stretched out from the dark bottom , like an underwater forest.

But it couldn't hinder her sight. She saw with her own eyes the position where the lotus pod fell into. She walked around the clusters of flower stems like a fish and reached there to fish them out, but the moment her fingertips touched the mud, She shuddered, her pupils dilated.

The flower stalks emerged from the mud, stretching and growing rapidly. The force was so great that it propped her up, and she rose up, breaking through the lake surface quickly, and lotus blossoms bloomed.

She suddenly understood, sat cross-legged on the bow of the boat, closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and let the fragrance of flowers permeate her lungs.

Beside her, the lotus blossoms began to wither, and she let the lotus pods fall into the deep lake, stretch out from the silt, bloom again, from one to ten, from ten to hundreds, filling the lake surface , clustered around the boat, stacked on top of each other, completely submerging her.

There was a faint sound of sobbing, which then turned into hysterical crying.

On the high platform, Gu Yanying's heart moved, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of her lips. At this moment, the strong wind blew over the high platform, blowing her skirt and long hair. All the monks present, even the monks who became monks, couldn't help but be moved by her demeanor, secretly praised her, she is indeed the daughter of the Eagle God.

Si Qing said: "Yanying, recently I heard that your subordinate Li Qingshan has done another big thing, brazenly killing three painters' foundation cultivators."

Gu Yanying nodded and said: "I've heard that too, but it seems that those three people set up an ambush in advance to kill him, but they were not strong enough and were killed by him."

Si Qing said: "Then let him explain the matter clearly. This is in Ruyi County, and as a Ruyi marquis, I can't ignore it."

Gu Yanying took a deep breath: "Okay!" Then he said: "Li Qingshan, come here for me, His Royal Highness welcomes you!" The voice was not very loud, but it went with the wind and reached the ears of every monk. All looked at each other.

After a while, when Li Qingshan did not appear, Jia Zhen said: "It seems that the two of you don't have enough face! Speaking of today's day, he dare not come, it can be regarded as disrespectful."

Edan said: "I think he knew he had committed a serious crime and fled in fear of the crime? Commander Gu should hurry up and arrest him!"

Before he finished speaking, a blue light came through the sky, Li Qingshan said in a loud voice: "You are the one who absconded in fear of crime, and your whole family absconded in fear of crime!"