Chao Yan looked forward and found islands of different sizes, all pitch black. Waves of stench hit his nostrils. From time to time, he could see humanoid creatures walking up and down the islands.
"Aren't there islands in the sea?"
Chaoyan pointed to the islands and asked, "Why don't the people who fell into the sea come to the islands?"
"Those islands are the corpses of people who fell into the sea of suffering. The weaklings with weak magic power were taken out by powerful monsters before they were submerged in the sea of suffering and turned into sea water. Their souls were taken away alive, and then their half-dead bodies were used to make boats, etc.
The more 'ships' accumulate, they will naturally become islands."
"Oh my God, isn't this just the law of the jungle? It's so cruel..."
Chao Yan understood that in this sea of suffering, the weak were either drowned or captured by the strong and made into island bamboo rafts. It was really a hell where either you die or I die!
"Is it cruel?"
Shangguan De straightened up gracefully and smiled lightly, "There is no way, this is to survive. Those of us who do not correct the way are all evildoers who like to take shortcuts. Some of them will do things that are unforgivable by nature. Naturally, it will be harder than you."
It is reasonable for people who practice the Great Dao to work a little harder and pay a price for it.”
When he said this, he looked nonchalant as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him.
"What kind of shortcut is this harsh approach..."
Chaoyan disagreed with his point of view, and was about to refute, but suddenly remembered that Shangguan De was the deity of Jiuyou, so...
Thinking of this, she asked hesitantly with complicated emotions: "Brother Shangguan...did you also narrowly escape from the sea of suffering down here and become a deity?"
"Yes, otherwise how can we lead Jiuyou!"
Shangguan De turned his head to look at her, but saw that she seemed a little frightened, so he asked, "What's wrong with you?"
"It's nothing, I just think you are really ugly..."
"Oh? Why, Miss Chaoyan, do you think I am a useless man?" When Shangguan De asked this question, he was still smiling, with an elegant and handsome demeanor that was calm and composed, making it difficult to understand his mood and anger.
"It's not just that you look elegant and calm, like a gentle and gentle prince, how could you come from such a bloody and cruel place like the sea of suffering..."
"Elegant and calm?"
Shangguan De laughed and said, "Miss Chaoyan, I only cultivated my elegance and calmness after becoming a Tianzun. I'm afraid if you had met me ten thousand years ago, you wouldn't think that I am elegant and calm."
"Well……"
Chaoyan blinked, it was hard for her to imagine what Shangguan De was like ten thousand years ago. After all, she herself was only 2,000 years old and had a life span of ten thousand years! No wonder Shangguan De's moral conduct was so profound...
"Ha, let's not talk about this, Miss Chaoyan, we are about to arrive at our old place. Come get off the boat with me and have a look."
Shangguande turned around and looked straight ahead, and saw a line of light blue light in the air in front of him. When the boat got closer, he realized that it was a small island suspended in the air. The sky above the island was very bright.
It's strange, it's not red, but ordinary blue sky and white clouds, round like a blue umbrella, covering the small green island
"What is this place?"
Chaoyan followed him and saw the Rainbow Bridge thrown out from the high side of the boat, connecting it to the small island.
"The junction of Jiuyou and Heaven"
Shangguande walked onto the Rainbow Bridge, turned around and stretched out his hand to her, "Come on, give me your hand."
"well?"
Chaoyan obediently stretched out her hand, and Shangguan De grabbed her and took her to the Rainbow Bridge. Then she steadily floated off the deck on the rainbow, and slowly landed on an open space on the island.
I saw that this small island has beautiful mountains and clear waters, and it is very quiet.
Several green hills that are neither too high nor too short surround the island lushly. In the center is a large pool. A small waterfall falls from the rocks beside the pool. The rumbling sound of the water seems to be singing happily.
There are many wild flowers and grasses around. There is a small bamboo forest next to the water pool. A simple and clean small house is built near the water. It has green tiles and white walls. Half of the yard is made of sandalwood boards. It is built on the water pool and is surrounded by Zhu.
Surrounded by red wooden railings
A pine tree covers the hut next to it. From time to time there are egrets, cranes and other spiritual birds flying over the pool. Small lotus flowers are in full bloom, red, white, purple and yellow, in almost all colors.
"It's so beautiful! Brother Shangguan, where is this place? Is it your mansion?"
Chaoyan looked at the pleasing scenery all around, and suddenly forgot about the terrifying scene outside, and happily ran around the tender green grass.
"Miss Chaoyan, do you like it here?"
Shangguan De asked with a smile
"I like it. This must be where you live?"
"no"
Shangguan De raised his head and looked at the sky, and said with a melancholy expression, "It was built for an old friend. At first, this place was just a simple junction between Jiuyou and Heaven. Except for her glimmer of starlight, there was nothing else."
"Huh?"
Chaoyan walked up to him, tilted his head and looked at him curiously, and asked: "Brother Shangguan, who is your old friend? Does he like living here very much?"
"she?"
Shangguan De leaned over and looked at Chao Yan, smiling mysteriously, "If you like it, she will also like it."
"What do you mean? Do I know her too?"
Chaoyan quickly recalled the fairy friends she had met in the heaven. They seemed to be fairies in charge of the flowers and plants in the world, but none of them knew the people of Jiuyou.
"You know me, but you have forgotten everything."
Shangguan De stared at her thoughtfully. Seeing that she still looked confused and didn't understand, he changed the subject and said: "Stop talking about these boring things, come and help me take a look at how this small house is built."
Not for a fairy’s taste”
"Hey! Brother Shangguan, who is that old friend you mentioned? You haven't told me yet!"
Chaoyan, a stubborn person, could not forget what he said just now. He chased after her and kept asking: "Have I forgotten her? Then is she also a friend of mine? Why don't I remember that?
Someone already? How do you know she knows me too? Do we have similar tastes? Ah hey!"
"Miss Chaoyan talks too much, don't you feel thirsty?"
When Shangguande passed by a fruit tree, he picked a bright red fruit and handed it to her, "Come, eat some Jiuyou fruit to quench your thirst."
"well?"
Chaoyan took the fruit he gave him and saw that the fruit was round and red, but it was not an apple or anything like that. She didn’t know what it was, so she tried to take a bite. Suddenly, a fresh sweetness filled her lips and teeth, making her
He narrowed his eyes happily, "What a delicious fruit, brother Shangguan, what is this fruit called?"
"Fairy Fruit"
Shangguan De said casually as he walked. At this time, they had already reached the yard of the small house.
I saw that this small house has a pair of moon-hole carved windows and a sandalwood door. In front of the door is a path paved with bluestone slabs, with green grass on both sides and full of morning flowers of various colors.
"So many morning flowers!"
Chaoyan was naturally very happy when she saw the flowers in her charge. She ran to the roadside, squatted down and admired the small trumpet-like Chaoyan flowers, and asked in surprise: "So there are Chaoyan flowers in Jiuyou, too?"
Why don't I know when I'm in heaven? Oh, I don't have to arrange when they bloom, but they all bloom so brightly. It's really... I'm so embarrassed to call me the master of Chaoyan!"
"Ah, don't be embarrassed, girl, I ordered people to dig these out from the human world."
Shangguan De also stopped and said with doting tenderness in his tone: "As long as you like it."
"What's the point of liking it? Maybe your old friend won't like it..."
Chaoyan stood up, nibbling the fairy dew fruit in his hand, and asked: "Well...Brother Shangguan, since you said that I also know her, tell me, who is that person? Is it the Peony Fairy?"
? Or the Peony Fairy? These two fairies are the only ones who often go to the human world. Maybe you knew each other at that time? Well... But their preferences are completely different from mine. I guess they won't like it as I promised."
"neither"
Shangguande turned around and signaled: "Miss Chaoyan, please come with me. Maybe you will think of her when you enter the house."
"Huh?"
Chaoyan had no choice but to follow his footsteps and walked into the hut.
Shangguan De walked through the stone path and opened the antique small wooden door. Chao Yan followed behind and was stunned when he saw the scene in the house:
There are only clear windows inside, and there is a mahogany table and two pearwood chairs next to the window; but on the opposite wall, there are some colorful murals painted on it.
She saw the scene in the room and vaguely remembered something familiar, but when she tried hard to think about what it was, she couldn't think of anything.
She just felt an inexplicable feeling in her heart, as if this place was Chaoyan Palace, the fairy palace she was used to living in for a long time. No, it should be said that it felt more familiar to her than Chaoyan Palace, where she had lived for a thousand years.
She didn't wait for Shangguan De's introduction and advice, so she spared him and ran straight in, looking around.
The room was clean and simple, as if she had decorated it herself.
She ran to the mural and looked at it carefully. She saw a fairy in moon white, with an auspicious cloud bun, wearing orchid grass, and a green and slender grass ribbon tied around her waist. Her lotus was dancing, and her wide sleeves were flowing.
; Holding a sword in one hand, holding a baby in the other, stepping on the auspicious clouds, with a group of people kneeling on the ground, accompanied by attendants, holding high flags made of peacock feathers and kingfisher feathers, it seems that
Following this fairy
"What a familiar mural..."
Chaoyan looked at the mural, and felt an inexplicable feeling rising in his heart, like the feeling of being moved to tears, and the melancholy like seeing a long-lost relic. At the same time, an inexplicable song sounded in his mind.
Songs from ancient times: Looking at the beautiful future, facing the wind with a grand song, climbing up to the nine sky, caressing the comets, hugging the young moxa, sun alone, doing justice to the people...