In Guiyuan Sect, the demon floating in the air faced Danyangzi who was standing on the top of Qingjing Peak.
"I haven't seen you for many years. You have become so old." He smiled and spoke in a gentle tone, "I'm afraid you don't have much time left. It's really pitiful."
"Long time no see." Dan Yangzi looked at the demon in mid-air and spoke word by word, "Junior Brother Xu Kun."
The face floating in the sky was still exactly the same as it was three hundred years ago. However, the pale skin, the long hair, and the illusory body that turned into smoke all showed that the other party was no longer human.
Three hundred years ago, that high-spirited, talented young man had abandoned his human nature and turned into a demon.
The lotus-shaped mountain protection formation slowly closed above his head, gradually obscuring the stars, sun and moon above his head.
As if isolated from the whole world, when the petals completely closed, the chirping of birds and the lingering sound of immortals in the nine connected peaks all stopped. In the entire Guiyuan Sect, there was no sky above and no distant mountains below, and it became a gray and closed world.
Xu Kun looked at the sky that was disappearing above his head. "No wonder you dispersed the disciples in advance. Even Chang Ting was thrown out by you. It turns out that you wanted to lure me here, go against the mountain protection formation, and die with me."
"Junior brother, you haven't been back to the mountain gate for hundreds of years. Now that you are here, don't leave. I will take you with me to apologize to the master."
"Brother, you are still as pedantic and ridiculous as you were back then," Xu Kun laughed in mid-air, casually brushing back his long hair, "Master himself once said that everyone has his own path. Now I have achieved the status of a Heavenly Demon, and I am as old as Taixu. But your realm is stagnant, and you are about to die and disappear. Can't you see who is right and who is wrong?"
"Over the years, I have often wondered whether you, now in the Demon Realm, would still remember the years you spent with your master." Dan Yangzi stared at the demon in front of him for a long time, raised his skinny fingers and made a complicated hand gesture.
"I have lived for hundreds of years and have experienced all kinds of things in the world. I have no worries. My only regret is that I was unable to stop you and bring you back in that devil's cave. Now you are a disaster to the world and have killed thousands of lives. I will take on the responsibility and bury you here."
Within the closed magic circle, the lotus petals on the sky lit up with flowing silver lines, and the heaven and earth trembled slightly.
"Brother, even if you reverse the mountain protection formation and destroy the mountain gate yourself, it is still impossible for you to trap me here."
Dan Yangzi's hair and beard fluttered, and the Qingjing Peak under his feet lit up with a silver light. "I am not the only one who wants to bury you, the evil demon, here."
Xiaoyao Peak, Xuandan Peak, Biyou Peak, Tiezhu Peak, Yuding Peak… On the Jiulian Mountains, the peaks are lit up with silver light one by one.
"Amitabha. I am Lefan, a poor monk, here to pay a visit to the devil." A long and distant Buddhist chant came from an unknown mountain.
"The Tianyan Sect has discussed with me and I will come to meet your Heavenly Demon Xu Kun today."
"Master Wu Ding of Kunlun Mountain is here."
"Yang Ding of the Dongxuan Sect is here."
…
One after another, voices filled with abundant true energy rang out.
The silver light on the mountains and the silver threads in the sky intertwined and swirled together, gradually forming a dragnet that slowly pressed down on the evil demon of heaven and earth suspended in the center of the magic circle.
The slightly human smile on Xu Kun's face finally disappeared, and his face became gloomy and smoke shrouded his body.
The silvery white threads in the magic circle intertwined back and forth, cutting through the body that was condensed by the black smoke. The smoke dispersed and quickly closed again. After closing, it was once again cut into pieces by thousands of silver threads.
The demon's ethereal body gradually became unable to gather or disperse, and turned into black liquid, dripping between the mountains. The lotus between heaven and earth became tighter and tighter, and the gaps between the nine peaks slowly tightened, and the world seemed to collapse. The black water between the mountains had nowhere to escape, and condensed into a dark pond without any light.
"Brother, why are you doing this?" Xu Kun's gloomy voice rang out from the bottom of the black pond. "You have reversed the mountain protection formation like this. Even if you seal me, the entire sect's dojo will be destroyed by you."
Half of his pale face emerged from the black water. "We haven't seen each other for hundreds of years. I can't imagine that you would fight me to death as soon as we meet."
Dan Yangzi opened his eyes and took a look at the demon in the black water. Back then, Xu Kun was his junior fellow apprentice. He was extremely talented, outspoken, and smart. He always followed him around and called him "senior brother" very closely.
So I doted on him a lot back then. Whenever he made some mistakes, as long as he gave in and called me senior brother a few more times, I would easily let it go and even cover it up for him, even for my master.
At that time, no one noticed that a man with the appearance of a fiery red dragon could have such an extremely cold heart. In order to fulfill his own desires, he could finally be so cruel as to burn everything in the world as a sacrifice.
"The thousand-year foundation of our sect was hard-earned. Brother, in order to seal me, you destroyed the foundation of the entire sect. Is it worth it? When you go to the Way of the Dead and meet the masters, I'm afraid you will be too embarrassed to face them, right?"
Tianmo's voice was very soft and consoling, just like when he made a small mistake in the past.
"Okay, I promise you that all the demons under my command will avoid Guiyuan Sect's territory in the Immortal Spirit Realm. After all, I am also a disciple of Guiyuan Sect. How can I bear to see my sect destroyed because of me and leave those young juniors homeless?"
"Brother, I met several juniors from my school in the Demonic Spirit Realm. They are all so cute, just like you and I back then."
"For my senior brother's sake, I showed them mercy."
"Brother, please let me go and don't be so disregarding of our friendship, okay?"
Xu Kun's slow voice continued to sound.
Dan Yangzi turned a deaf ear to it, closed his eyes tightly, and concentrated on controlling the magic circle to slowly shrink inwards.
"I was just teasing you. Do you think I'm really afraid of you?" Xu Kun, who was floating in the black water with half of his head exposed, suddenly laughed. "Brother may be able to cut off his inner demons and not be affected. But do you think these ants you invited can do the same?"
The black pool water rolled and bubbled, and a graceful female body emerged from it. The woman circled around Master Le Fan and wrapped her sexy arms around his neck.
Le Fan closed his eyes, but cold sweat was pouring down his forehead.
The space began to distort at some point, and black water spread across the land.
A woman of gigantic size, with exaggerated heavy makeup on her face, emerged from the black water, raised her cane and whipped the cultivator from Tianyan Sect, "Shang'er, you're lazy again! Let me show you how I punish you!"
Bloody bodies and twisted and grotesque animals emerged one by one from the bottom of the dark water, and the chaotic space was filled with bizarre scenes.
The monks guarding the mountain peaks all showed expressions of unbearable pain.
The senior monk who had practiced Taoism for many years finally failed to control his inner demons. In a confused state, he was dragged into the black water by many enchanting witches and completely sank into the darkness.
The cultivator from the Tianyan Sect was held in the palm of his mother's hand as she grew larger and larger, and they struggled to sink to the bottom of the pool.
At this moment, the magic circle has become a hellish scene. The bright mountains are extinguished. Above the black pond, strange images are growing from human hearts. Strange red fish are swimming in the sky, strange bodies are floating in the water, and the bank of the pond is full of blood-red flowers.
The monks who had practiced hard for many years were defeated one by one by their own fantasies, and the lights of the nine peaks were extinguished. Only the light of the remaining Qingjing Peak was still struggling to hold on.
Finally, Danyangzi spat out a mouthful of blood, opened his eyes, and looked at Xu Kun in front of him with a face full of grief and resentment.
“Why are you looking at me like that, Brother?” Xu Kun laughed. He slowly emerged his entire head from the black water and floated into the air. His face was still pale, and his body was made up of black liquid, dripping ink-like drops onto the lake surface. “Your magic circle has isolated the spiritual power of heaven and earth. They didn’t lose to me, but to their own desires.”
"You've also seen that human desires should not be suppressed. The more suppressed the emotions, whether it's lust, greed or fear, the more severe they will be when they erupt." Xu Kun stretched out his pale arm from his black robe and grabbed forward.
"They all lost, now it's your turn, Senior Brother!"
Dan Yangzi, who had exhausted his spiritual energy, watched the pale hand approaching him. The reversed mountain protection formation isolated the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. The spiritual energy in his body was consumed very quickly. But it was precisely because of this that he had a little hope of sealing the powerful demon.
He destroyed the sect's mountain protection formation and years of foundation, caused so many fellow Taoists to sacrifice their lives, paid such a huge price, and ultimately failed.
Dan Yangzi, the head of Guiyuan Sect, truly felt his own old age and powerlessness for the first time.
He closed his eyes, waiting for death to come. The Tao faded and the devil grew. Perhaps everything was destiny and could not be changed.
I just hope that after my death, those children who have left the sect will not come back and be blamed by the devil.
Just as Xu Kun's hand was reaching down to grab Danyangzi, a colorful gate tower appeared on the top of Qingjing Peak.
A man stepped out of the door, and without saying a word, he swung his sword as fast as lightning. The huge sword light crossed the surface of the lake, tearing Xu Kun's body, which was condensed by sewage, into pieces, and fell back into the black pond.
"It's you again." Xu Kun's pale face slowly emerged from the black water again, looking coldly at Cen Qianshan who suddenly appeared, "You're quite cute. You've already formed a Nascent Soul in just a few days?"
"Destroying a genius makes me feel more excited." The corners of his mouth curled up with a malicious smile, "When I destroy you and get out of here, I will turn you and everyone else outside into magical pets that crawl at my feet and beg for mercy."
Dan Yangzi looked at the young man who suddenly appeared and stood in front of him to fight against the demon.
This person's skills are mysterious and his realm is extremely high. He can even force back the already seriously injured demon.
However, behind him, the void opened up, and the gods, demons, and ghosts of the six paths appeared in rotation. It was obvious that he was not using any martial arts from the fairy world, but was a cultivator of the magic path with extremely high cultivation.
Although he was a demon cultivator, he attacked Xu Kun repeatedly to prevent him from reassembling his body. At the same time, he summoned high-level puppets to carry back the cultivators who had not yet died on the nine mountains and threw them out of the colorful jade gate.
"Thank you for your help, fellow Daoist. May I ask your name?" Dan Yangzi took the elixir and adjusted his breathing briefly. Then he tried to stand up and thanked the benefactor who suddenly appeared.
Cen Qianshan was distracted during the battle. He was the head master uncle mentioned by the master. Should I call him great uncle
"I..." Although he was in an extremely dangerous battle, he suddenly felt excited when he said this, "I am Zhang Xiaoxue's Taoist partner. Leave this to me, you can get out first."
"How can that be possible? Let a young man like you fight in the front, while we weaklings hide in a safe place." The white-haired head straightened his back again and stood back in the formation on the top of the mountain.
"Please hold him back while I restart the magic circle. We will work together to seal him completely."
Xiaoxue's Taoist partner, no wonder that lonely child blossomed like a flower after coming back this time. Such a happy thing, there was no time to celebrate for her.
The huge lotus closed tighter and tighter, gradually becoming a small bud on the ground, and the world in the flower collapsed. The Qingjing Peak with its jade buildings disappeared, and the Xiaoyao Peak with its leisurely gardens collapsed. The huge golden toads on the teleportation array fell into the abyss, and the Huayu Hall that had nurtured countless young disciples fell apart. The red bricks and jade tiles, books and ancient tripods that had been passed down for thousands of years all disappeared in the destruction of the sky and the earth.
The demons that were killed again and again by Cen Qianshan could no longer form a human form. Only turbid black liquid gathered and dispersed in the air. The black liquid made a primitive and angry roar.
Cen Qianshan, who was unable to replenish his spiritual energy, was sweating profusely. Blood mixed with sweat kept dripping from his forehead, blurring his vision and making it almost impossible for him to open his eyes.
"Right now, let me hold him back, open your colorful door, and go out." Dan Yangzi said to Cen Qianshan who was fighting.
Panting, Cen Qianshan wiped the blood off his face and looked at him.
"Xiaoxue is the best child, and you are a good person for her," said the old teacher. "Be obedient, get out of here, treat her well, and don't make her sad."
"Okay, wait, I'll open the door now."
…
Mu Xue and her companions were teleported and rushed all the way back to the sect. When they arrived, many fellow disciples who had hurried back had already gathered outside the sect.
The vast and continuous Jiulian Mountains have disappeared from the earth, and the rivers surrounding the mountains have completely dried up, leaving only an empty riverbed.
The lotus formation covering nine mountains shrank into a flower bud only the size of a house. The layers of petals were tightly closed, quietly staying among the rubble. No movement could be seen or heard.
Su Xingting, the usually steady leader of Xiaoyao Peak, stood in front of the flower bud with a sullen expression, veins popping out on his clenched fists.
"Master, what's the situation inside now?" Mu Xue asked anxiously.
Su Xingting frowned and briefly recounted what he had seen.
"Not long ago, that colorful gate suddenly appeared, pushed out two or three seriously injured seniors, and then quickly closed. Now, there are only the head of the sect and the demon cultivator Cen Qianshan whose origin is unknown in the magic circle. I don't know what the situation is."
"Cen Qianshan, Mr. Cen? The colorful gatehouse?" Ding Lanlan and the others opened their mouths in surprise.
"Why did Master Cen suddenly appear in the Immortal Spirit World, and how did Xiaoxue's colorful gate end up in his hands?"
Several people turned to look at Mu Xue.
The bud-shaped barrier vibrated slightly, and a colorful exit flashed in an instant, and the wounded head was pushed out. He staggered a few steps, turned around quickly and rushed back, as if he wanted to pull someone back.
But the narrow gap in the door that was barely open was broken and quickly closed completely in front of everyone's eyes.
Mu Xue rushed to the door but had no time to go in. She punched the huge lotus petal with hatred.
"Master, where is Qianshan?"
Dan Yangzi bent over, supporting Zhuo Yu who came up to help him, breathing heavily while blowing his beard, and did not look into Mu Xue's eyes for a long time.
He just stared at the lotus formation in front of him, as if expecting it to crack once again, even if it was just a tiny crack. But after waiting for a long time, the silvery green lotus remained tightly closed, motionless, and silent.
As time passed, Mu Xue's heart slowly sank.
"What should I do? The mountain gate is completely destroyed, and so many seniors have sacrificed their lives. I'm really, wuwuwu."
"It's okay, it's okay. As long as the Sect Master is okay, we'll be relieved. Fortunately, the one imprisoned inside is only a demon cultivator."
"Yes, I was scared to death just now. How could you, the leader, and several seniors from other sects secretly do such a dangerous thing without telling anyone?"
"But why did that demon cultivator help us like this? Who do you think that was? Cen Qianshan?"
Fellow disciples who were unaware of the situation began to discuss the situation.
"I originally wanted him to go first. But that kid pushed me out at the last moment." Dan Yangzi turned his head and looked at Mu Xue, and said slowly, "The moment I was pushed out, I looked back and saw that his legs were entangled by the black liquid and pulled back into the depths of the magic circle."
He gently reached out and touched the top of Mu Xue's head, "Xiaoxue, that kid said he is your dual cultivation partner."
Mu Xue's eyes turned red at that moment, and tears flowed down her cheeks and dripped onto the rubble at her feet.
At that moment, her mind suddenly recalled what her mother had said to her when she was young.
"This secret method can protect you in reincarnation, keep your soul clear, and be worry-free for a hundred lifetimes. There is only one thing: you must never tell anyone else. If others find out, they will break the method with their words. This method is equivalent to passing it on to the first person you told it to. You will never be able to use it yourself."
At that time, Mu Xue could not understand what her mother said at all.
How could there be someone so foolish as to be willing to reveal this matter, which concerns the path of cultivation and is a matter of life and death, to others
At that time, she asked in confusion: "If that's the case, why did mother pass this method on to me?"
But her mother just smiled at her and said, "If one day, Xiaoxue, you meet someone who wants to tell this secret to others, you will naturally understand why."
Mu Xue summoned the Yingtian Cloud and flew to the top of the lotus formation. The clouds rose up, obscuring her figure and other people's consciousness.
Sitting in the clouds, Mu Xue took out the sound transmission talisman that she had given to Cen Qianshan before leaving, and started a fire to burn the talisman.
The runes lit up with lights that were connected to each other.
"Xiaoshan, how are you?" Mu Xue said softly.
The rune was silent. After a while, Cen Qianshan's familiar voice came.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Wait for me to come out."
The voice was warm and concise, calm and without any ripples, just like a casual answer he would give while sitting at his workbench.
Mu Xue's heart felt like it was pinched, and it instantly ached. She knew Cen Qianshan too well. Since childhood, the more seriously this man was hurt, the more he deliberately acted calm in front of her.
Mu Xue sniffed and tried to make her voice sound calm. "Xiao Shan, there is one thing I have not told you. Now concentrate and listen to me carefully."
A voice from the burning talisman quickly interrupted her words.
"I don't want to hear it." The voice was spoken hastily and uncontrollably, with a hint of pain in its throat. "I know that once you tell me, something bad will happen. I don't want to know."
"Qianshan, you..."
"I checked it a long time ago. Otherwise, why didn't I ask?" The voice suppressed a slight cough, "The art of reincarnation, stealing the opportunity of heaven, and violating the way of destiny, cannot be easily broken."
He said no more, and willfully severed the connection with the rune.
In the rune that extinguished the flame, only Cen Qianshan's last soft words could be heard.
"Wait for me, I won't keep you waiting for long..."
Mu Xue sat cross-legged on the clouds, with her hands in seals, waiting silently.
Her heart felt like it was being placed on fire, roasting and burning over and over again. She almost felt that compared to this kind of torment, she would rather endure the pain of being burned by the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder.
But after only waiting for half a day, I could hardly bear it anymore.
Mu Xue looked at the silent and motionless magic circle under her feet.
How did Qianshan survive the days and nights for more than a hundred years
Mu Xue's soul sat in the Huangting. She reached out her hand and gently stroked the water tiger crawling at her feet.
For some reason, at this moment, it seemed that even the water tiger in his Huangting had lost its former vitality, and lay dying beside his legs in the form of a white tiger, motionless.
She was upset and her palm subconsciously moved along the white tiger's back. At that moment, a strong feeling of pain suddenly came from the palm of her hand.
Mu Xue's heart tightened instantly. She was too familiar with this feeling. Every time she practiced the Joyful Dharma with Qian Shan, the dragon and tiger interacted to a very mysterious level, as if the two of them had become one, and they could feel his joy and his pain. Even their Huangting inner palaces could be opened to each other, allowing them to enter and exit easily.
This magical method was not obvious at first, until Mu Xue gave birth to a baby. The two met again after a long separation and tossed around all night.
That time, Mu Xue was clearly in her own Huangting, but she was able to connect to Cen Qianshan's Huangting and even watched his Nascent Soul.
Mu Xue calmed down and silently looked at the dying water tiger in Huangting. She carefully thought about it and felt that this idea seemed feasible.
Just now, although it was only a brief moment, she could feel that Cen Qianshan was in a dark and depressing environment and was suffering great pain.
Mu Xue adjusted her breathing and sat upright within the fluttering curtains beside the lake of her heart. She calmed her mind and practiced the Great Joy Dual Cultivation Mantra.
Slowly, a peach tree appeared in Huangting, and the petals fell on her hair and shoulders like rain. She opened her eyes and found that her Huangting and Cen Qianshan's overlapped.
In the courtyard with petals falling was the familiar house. Mu Xue walked into the house and saw a small baby curled up in the air. The baby's eyebrows and eyes were very similar to Cen Qianshan's. It was his newly condensed Nascent Soul.
At this moment, the little baby was floating in the air with his eyes closed and a painful look on his face.
"Qianshan." Mu Xue's soul called him softly.
Cen Qianshan's Nascent Soul just clenched his small fists, frowned tightly, and was even unable to respond to Mu Xue.
The air in the house gradually became colder, and white frost covered the ground in the courtyard. The only strong thing was the blooming peach tree, which was gorgeous and beautiful like clouds, and still bloomed indomitable in the cold wind.
Mu Xue sat under the peach tree and opened her soul's eyes in Cen Qianshan's Huangting.
Her gaze passed through the Huangting, through the dark and vast mysterious void, and saw the world where Cen Qianshan was.
There, the mountains were upside down, the earth was cracking, and countless strange illusions were floating in the air. Cen Qianshan sat in a pool of ink-black sewage with his eyes tightly closed.
The dark liquids seemed to bring him extreme pain. They stuck to his skin and slowly climbed up his body, making him unable to suppress the pain and let out a low guttural sound.
Several times, it was about to completely cover him and get into his mouth and nose, but for some reason, it was forced back at the last moment.
In front of him, Xu Kun's mask-like pale face floated in the air, and his liquid body dripped black water.
"This is the first time I've seen a contradictory human like you. You have a deep obsession in your heart, but you have been able to keep your original intention for so long. Even those old monks who have been pure and abstinent for many years may not be able to keep it for so long in front of me."
With a little curiosity, he circled around Cen Qianshan and put his pale face close to him. "Is it because you only have one desire and you are not distracted by it, so it is easier to keep it?"
"But it's just in vain." Xu Kun spread his hands, "The devil was born from human desire. As long as there is evil desire in the world, I will be immortal. And you, without the replenishment of spiritual power, how long can you last in such a closed space?"
"Give up your struggle and become my vassal. If you like that woman, I can give you thousands of her in real life, so that you can have whatever you want and enjoy yourself, and enter the bliss of the world. Isn't that better than struggling to persevere in this quagmire?"
Cen Qianshan, whose face was covered in sweat, suddenly opened his eyes. His eyes were clear as he stared at Xu Kun.
"He will never give up." Cen Qianshan said, "He will never succumb to desire like you, nor will he be defeated by the monster like you, and humbly give up his qualifications as a human being."
Xu Kun immediately stepped away, "Who are you? You are not Cen Qianshan, who are you?"
"Who am I?" Cen Qianshan said, "I am a person who has seen your humble and shameful appearance. You huddled in the temple trembling, surrendered like a stray dog, and finally exposed your conscience and sacrificed your partner who trusted you. But in exchange for this, you have the right to live in a stinking ditch forever."
Xu Kun's flawless face began to become distorted. After reaching the extreme of anger, he suddenly calmed down. He stared at Cen Qianshan and said, "I know, you are not Cen Qianshan, you are that person, the successor of Caimen."
"The life and death of human beings are meaningless in the eyes of gods and demons. You are just a Jindan cultivator. How can you see the whole picture of the universe with the eyes of an ant?" He sighed softly and laughed at Mu Xue. "Mortals like you cannot understand the world in the eyes of gods. What's the point of me explaining it to you?"
"You are not a god, but a false god who deceives the world and steals the name." Mu Xue looked at Xu Kun through Cen Qianshan's eyes, "I have been to the real temple. The hands of the gods can turn decay into magic, give life to dead things, and make people attracted to them. And you, you only use despicable means to steal souls, deceive the world and steal the name, induce people to fall, and deceive those ignorant people to become your believers."
"You are so hypocritical and filthy! You are so shameless and incompetent! How dare you call yourself a demon and let all living beings worship you. It's ridiculous. You are destined to be sealed here and never get out."
Xu Kun's mask-like face cracked into several cracks, and a greasy black liquid flowed out. The black pool on the ground rolled and bubbled, swirling and undulating.
Because he was distracted by what Mu Xue said, the black water that was tightly attached to Cen Qianshan's skin slowly loosened up without him noticing.
Come on, Qianshan. Mu Xue encouraged silently in her heart.
In the outside world, a black mass without a human shape was twisting in the air, and the voices began to be filled with anger and were unclear, no longer sounding like human tones.
"How dare you speak of me like that, you ignorant lunatic, you ant!"
"Don't think that you have defeated me just because you successfully walked out of that temple and got the colorful door. I will make you pay for it! Pay for it!"
"That's right! I'm going to leave your Taoist partner here and torture him forever, making you suffer so much that you'd rather die than live."
"You can't do it." Cen Qianshan, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground, stood up for some reason. "I've already said that he (I) will never lose to someone like you."
He opened his palms, and a glittering colorful jade gate tower appeared in the air. The dazzling colorful light pushed back the thick darkness, and he stepped into the colorful gate. The black water in the sky rushed towards the gate tower frantically, but was trapped in the completely closed small space by the closed door.
Mu Xue, who was sitting on the clouds, opened her eyes and looked down.
Above the ground, the Green Lotus Formation had completely shrunk into a flower bud the same size as an ordinary Green Lotus.
A tall and slender person, holding a green lotus in his hand, was looking up at her.
The clouds and rain dissipated, the sky cleared up, and the door of desire that stood in the way of the world was silently shattering and collapsing.
The luster of the golden crow shone down from the clouds, as if a glittering curtain woven of golden threads was spread over the world.
The dragon and the tiger come together as a pair, and flowers fly into the house. From then on, the silk curtains and embroidered quilts are in the spring breeze.
(October 21, 2020, full text)