Shangguan Yanran listened blankly to what Yun Qingzi said and asked: "Master, what's wrong with you? The rain has passed and the sky has cleared up now. It's easy to revive the Alchemy Sect with Master's ability."
"Haha, Master, you are getting old and tired. I am most worried that you will be bullied in the future and will not marry into a good family. Now I am not worried anymore. Master Nephew Chen is a reliable person and can put an end to my worries.
Here you go." Shangguan Yanran was so embarrassed that she stamped her feet repeatedly, and everyone laughed.
Yun Qingzi looked at Chen Mengsheng and said: "This disciple of mine has been spoiled by me. Although she is no longer inferior to me in Taoism, she is not experienced in the world, so you should worry more, nephew. I'm done with my worries. I'll go there tomorrow.
I set off for a trip back to my hometown in Sichuan. I haven’t been back for more than 40 years. From then on, I traveled around the world and lived a leisurely life as a wandering crane."
"Ah..., master, are you leaving Yanran? Yanran won't let master go." Shangguan Yanran cried like a pear blossom with rain, pulling Yun Qingzi's sleeves reluctantly to let go of the master who had loved her for more than ten years.
"Silly girl, there is no such thing as a feast that lasts under a tent for thousands of miles. From now on, there will no longer be this Aland Cauldron sect, so I will accept you as my daughter."
"Dad, Dad. Yanran will accompany you back to Sichuan."
"Silly daughter, what's the use of accompanying an old man like me? You still have a long way to go. Learn some skills from your senior brother. He is definitely an ordinary person."
Yun Qingzi turned around and said to Liu Datong: "Liu Shanren, I accept your kindness and I can't accept it. You can keep it and give it to those who are suffering. But do good deeds and don't ask about your future..."
Liu Datong agreed, but he did not expect that Yun Qingzi not only refused to accept the money, but also blamed himself, which made him even more ashamed. He took out three thousand taels of silver notes from his body and walked to Chen Mengsheng, bowed his head and said: "Master, save me
Liu Datong has no repayment for his mother's kindness. This small sum of money is just for the travel expenses of the master on his way out. The meager kindness shows his strength, but it is not a sign of respect. I hope you won't dislike it."
Chen Mengsheng didn't want it, but Liu Datong said: "If Master refuses to accept it, I will never have peace in my heart. My mother will blame me if I go home, so please accept it." He forced the banknote into Chen Mengsheng's hands.
Liu Datong said to everyone again: "We have arranged a banquet for Yun Qingzi today at Wangjiang Tower. Please be sure to enjoy it."
Xiang Xiaotian smiled and said: "You have talked so much nonsense, but this one sentence is the most pleasing to me. I'm starving. Hahaha..."
After returning from the banquet, Shangguan Yanran helped Yun Qingzi pack up the application things. Chen Mengsheng and Xiang Xiaotian were arranged in the guest room in the temple, and the two brothers were lying down chatting without anything to do.
"Brother, what do you think we should do if Wu Yazi is unwilling to help?"
"Brother, I don't know this either. I can only take one step at a time. If I really have no choice, I can only go to Luojia Mountain to find my senior uncle, Taoist Cihang. I was a little scared when I saw my senior uncle. She was the one who asked me to do it back then.
My master accepted me into Tai Chi Tu, and I tell my elder brother that I am 70% afraid of this uncle and 30% disgusted with him."
"You deserved it back then, haha. If it hadn't been for Guanyin, you would still be in the Conferred Gods Platform now."
"Brother is absolutely right, brother, I was wrong."
"Haha, I said Miss Shangguan is interested in you." Xiang Xiaotian looked at Chen Mengsheng opposite and said with a half-smile.
"I'm not a piece of wood, so how could I not know this? But now that I'm in a state of atonement, I just want to be able to..." Before Chen Mengsheng could finish his words, he heard Xiang Xiaotian snoring like thunder, so he had to smile bitterly and shake his head.
Turning over to the ground, he took the bag from the table and took out the book of life and death and the judgment pen inside. The Shangguan Yanran mentioned by Xiang Xiaotian just now, Chen Mengsheng also wanted to know the future destination of this pretty junior sister. After writing the four words Shangguan Yanran,
The book of life and death was blank without a word. This made Chen Mengsheng wonder, only these gods and evil spirits could not enter the three realms. Could it be that the junior sister...
It was just dawn, and Chen Mengsheng saw that Xiang Xiaotian was still sleeping soundly. He gently opened the door and went out. The winter morning breeze was full of coldness and desolation.
I walked through the hall and saw Shangguan Yanran standing alone in the courtyard, with tears still on her cheeks.
"Good morning, junior sister."
Shangguan Yanran turned around and saw Chen Mengsheng hurriedly wiping away his tears with his hands and said: "Good morning, senior brother, daddy is gone..."
"Uncle, he has seen through the world and is no longer disturbed by the world. That's why he left without saying goodbye because he didn't want you to be sad. Junior sister, your father wants you to be happy."
"Yes, senior brother, I know. Where is senior brother going so early?"
"I want to go to Guandi Temple, and quickly save that man's soul, so that I can go up to Luoxia Mountain to find Senior Wu Yazizun."
"Senior brother, do you know Guandi Temple?"
"Where did I meet you when I first arrived at Pingyun Mansion, but I can ask for directions. Junior sister, please go back to your room and rest for a while. I will be back soon."
"Then Yanran takes senior brother there."
"Ah yo yo, it's just the fifth watch today. Are you the senior brother or sister?" Xiang Xiaotian stretched his body and walked into the courtyard, making both Chen Mengsheng and Shangguan Yanran feel embarrassed.
"Brother, are you awake?" Chen Mengsheng said sarcastically.
"I've been awake since you closed the door and came out. It seems I should go back and sleep for a while." After saying that, he closed his eyes exaggeratedly and turned around to walk back.
"Brother, I am asking my junior sister for directions. I want to go to Guandi Temple."
"Asking for directions? Guandi Temple? Are you going to call for souls? I'll go too." Xiang Xiaotian jumped back again.
Chen Mengsheng and his two brothers were taken to Guandi Temple by Shangguan Yanran. The morning market in Pingyang Mansion had already opened, and the hawkers had begun their busy day.
"Senior brother, Brother Xiang, this is the most famous glutinous rice cake in Pingyang Prefecture. Come and try it." Before Chen Mengsheng and the others could say anything, Shangguan Yanran had already taken out her embroidered purse from her sleeves and bought three pieces of glutinous rice cake and distributed them to them.
Xiang Xiaotian picked up the Cifu cake and took a bite of it, and he jumped up. He looked at the people on the road looking at him, pretending to be fine. But his face turned the color of pig liver, his eyes bulged, and he was about to burst into tears.
Came down.
"Brother, are you okay?" Chen Mengsheng asked hurriedly not knowing what happened.
"No..., it's okay."
Shangguan Yanran couldn't hold it in anymore, she chuckled like a silver bell and said: "This Cimo Ci cake cannot be bitten. Even though the surface of the Cimo cake is warm, it has been deep-fried and the heat has penetrated it."
It won’t come out. There is hot sesame sauce inside. You have to bite a hole in the sesame cake first, wait for the heat inside to release, then inhale the sauce inside, and finally bite into it."
Xiang Xiaotian covered his mouth and sucked in the cold air and said, "My aunt, why didn't you tell me earlier? I got a big blister on my tongue. It really hurts."
Shangguan Yanran stuck out her tongue and made a playful face and said, "I didn't say it on purpose. Who told you to talk nonsense this morning!"
Xiang Xiaotian understood that this girl was treating herself just to avenge Chen Qing. "Haha, you ghost girl, I can tell you, my brothers' parents are no longer alive, do you understand that a brother is like a father? Are you bullying me?
If you marry me, I don't want you to be my sister-in-law in the future. Hahaha..." Shangguan Yanran took advantage of Xiang Xiaotian's laughter, stretched out her fingers and flicked the glutinous rice cake in her hand into Xiang Xiaotian's mouth.
It turned out to be as fast as a locust stone stuck in Xiang Xiaotian's throat, Xiang Xiaotian almost lost his breath.
Chen Mengsheng slapped Xiang Xiaotian on the back hard, and with a "pop" sound, Xiang Xiaotian spit out the glutinous rice cake, gasping for air.
"Brother, I told you that I will never dare to mess with this little tigress again. You have to take more care of yourself in the future. You may not be fooled by her one day."
"Senior brother, you, Brother Xiang, are obviously bullying me, and you still say such stupid things." Shangguan Yanran said aggrievedly.
"I've finally convinced you two. How can you be so vindictive as a child? If I had known I would have gone out to investigate alone, and my head would have been broken when you made such a fuss." Xiang Xiaotian walked forward with a silly smile, minding his own business.
After leaving, Shangguan Yanran lowered her head and remained silent like a child who had done something wrong. Chen Mengsheng held Shangguan Yanran's little hand, put his piece of glutinous rice cake in her tender white palm and said with a smile: "Eat quickly, don't
I'm starving myself." Shangguan Yanran held the Ci Mo Ci and her face gradually turned red...
Guandi Temple is now in ruins. I heard Shangguan Yanran say that people from Pingyang Prefecture used to come here for temple fairs every New Year and festivals. There were dragon lantern dancers, tricksters, and snack sellers. But it was closed just a year ago.
A fire suddenly broke out in the Emperor's Temple. The county magistrate of Pingyang Prefecture is preparing to raise some silver to rebuild the Guandi Temple next year.
Xiang Xiaotian and Shangguan Yanhong watched Chen Mengsheng keep searching for something in the scorched earth. Xiang Xiaotian couldn't help but asked strangely: "Brother, what are you looking for?"
"Liu Datong's son found the red mud here, but there is an innocent soul in that soil. Brother, junior sister, help me find where there is red mud here?"
"Brother, such a big place is full of ruins. Look, the ground here is all black, how can there be any red mud?" Xiang Xiaotian pulled the earth and rocks with his big hand and pointed at the black soil on the ground.
Shangguan Yanran thought for a moment and said, "Isn't it the five-color soil that senior brother is looking for?"
"Junior sister, do you know where this five-colored soil is?"
Xiang Xiaotian rushed to ask: "Brother, what is five-color soil?"
"Brother, this five-color soil originated from the time of the Yellow Emperor. The five-color soil refers to the five colors of soil: green, red, white, black, and yellow. Yellow symbolizes the Yellow Emperor in the middle. He rules the world because he controls the four directions with a rope in his hand.
The earth god assists; green symbolizes the Eastern Taihuo, who holds a compass and is in charge of spring; red symbolizes the Southern Emperor Yan, who holds a scale and is in charge of the summer; white symbolizes the Western Shaohao, who holds a ruler in charge of autumn.
The gold god assists; black, symbolizes Zhuanxu in the north, who holds a scale and is in charge of the water god assisting in winter. This means that the whole world is the king of earth. The five-color earth is often enshrined in temples to pray for the peace and prosperity of the country and the people.
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"Yes, Emperor Guan is the God of Wealth. There are many people here. My father and the abbot of the temple have been friends for many years. So I am very familiar with this place. Senior brother, please come quickly."