No matter how earnestly Bai Ruo begged, it was not something she could just say.
After Ji Yuan sighed, he immediately felt the difficulty of the situation.
"Get up first and calm your turbulent energy. Let me think about this matter."
Seeing that she was still kneeling, Ji Yuan deliberately made his voice colder.
"Why, can't you pay it back if I don't help you?"
The change in the immortal's voice made Bai Ruo dare not act rashly. He stood up quickly, not daring to leave the circle of three "anonymous" characters around him. He just sat down on the spot to stabilize his original breath, gather the demonic energy, and stabilize the broken tail that had just reconnected with the main body.
Although the tail was separated by magic instead of being broken destructively, if it remains unstable for a long time it will actually cause the tail to be broken.
For Bai Ruo, he is now in a state of nervous anticipation, but for Ji Yuan, he feels that all the troubles will eventually fall on himself.
This is the consequence of meddling in other people's business, but if he were given the chance to choose again, he would probably still meddle in this matter. Ji only regrets that it was too late for him to do so. It would have been much better if he could do so ten or even five years earlier. But this is also a false proposition. Not to mention that time cannot go back, he would not even have come into this world at that time.
Ji Yuan would never take the White Deer Girl directly to the City God Temple. Bai Ruo had just caused chaos in the underworld, and now Ji Yuan was taking her to the underworld. This was too unlucky.
To be honest, even clay statues can get angry, let alone the gods of the capital of Dazhen. Even if the possibility of a fight is not high, it will definitely not look good.
Ji Yuan's brows were furrowed in thought. He was not only thinking about Bai Ruo's request, but also thinking about how to resolve the issue.
In Ji Yuan's heart, fairies like Bai Ruo already have true feelings, and their views on sentient beings are no longer those of ordinary fairies. Instead, Ji Yuan hopes that she can achieve enlightenment.
Suddenly, Ji Yuan had an idea and looked at the white deer girl who was carefully and slowly absorbing the surrounding spiritual energy.
"Even if you go to the underworld, the City God of Gyeonggi Prefecture may not be able to fulfill your wish. My face is not worth much. It is too risky and not worthwhile to sacrifice my practice for this."
Bai Ruo listened to Ji Yuan's words, her face full of sorrow and she was speechless, but Ji Yuan's words still suggested a possible turn of events.
"Your idea is definitely not appropriate. I have another clever idea. Perhaps I can let you go into the underworld to meet Zhou Niansheng, and maybe you can stay together for a while before coming out of the underworld!"
Is there such a way
Bai Ruo was stunned and couldn't believe it.
"Master...is there any other way like this?"
"Of course there is, but Miss Bai Ruo will have to work like a slave for a while. Well, we also have to make up a lie and erase your identity as a 'monster'!"
When he said this, Ji Yuan smiled at her.
"It's also thanks to you that you kept your composure from beginning to end and didn't reveal your true form in front of the gods."
"I'm afraid of being sentenced..."
Bai Ruo answered hesitantly. Although he was confused, looking at Ji Yuan's serious expression, he felt a little expectant in his heart.
. . .
Two nights later, around the third or fourth watch, a night watchman passed by near the land temple in the west of the city, banging a clapper.
The sound of the bangzi is slow at first and fast at the second, and it is made in rhythm with the night watchman's beating.
“Boom… boom, boom, boom.”
The night watchman shouted: "It's freezing cold~~"
“Boom… boom, boom, boom.”
"It's freezing cold~~"
After shouting a few rounds, the night watchman rubbed his arms and hurried forward. The lantern he was holding swayed slightly due to the rubbing of his arms.
"Hiss...ho...it's really cold. Let's finish the game and go back to sleep!"
Less than a cup of tea's time had passed after the night watchman passed by, when outside the quiet land temple, a crisp sound of footsteps was heard.
The sound was similar to that of horse hooves hitting the ground, but it was also different, and it seemed more quiet and clear.
A giant deer as strong as a horse was tramping on the road in the city. The deer had no horns and was completely snow-white. Its fur fluttered slightly in the cold wind, and its body was glowing with a faint white light. Its tail swayed from time to time with the rhythm of its steps.
Ji Yuan held "Imperial Theory" in his hand, with a fairy sword hanging on his back. He sat on the deer's back and read the book in his hand carefully. As the white deer moved forward, Ji Yuan's body shook occasionally, and he didn't know whether it was due to the content of the book or the bumps of the white deer's hooves.
After a while, the white deer walked step by step to the outer gate of the land temple.
During this period of time, there are definitely no pilgrims, the temple keeper and workers have already gone to bed, and the temple door is naturally closed.
The moment the white deer stopped in front of the temple gate, Ji Yuan put down the book, got off the deer's back, held the book and bowed towards the land temple.
"I, a wandering monk, have come to pay a visit to the God of Land in Gyeonggi Prefecture. I hope the God of Land will show up!"
The sound of Tao slowly penetrated into the ground. After about four or five breaths, a breeze blew up from the ground, and a man in brocade clothes with a very tall and strong physique appeared in front of Ji Yuan.
The man was holding a huge rattan staff and had curly black and blue beard. Even without a hat, he was probably a head taller than Ji Yuan. Judging from the black and blue color of his eyes, he was definitely not an ordinary ghost or god, but an orthodox mountain and water god who was also a worshipper.
"My goodness... this appearance is far from the image of the Earth God..."
It was the first time that Ji Yuan saw the God of Land in Gyeonggi Province in person, and the shock was huge.
The God of Land was also observing Ji Yuan. The man was dressed simply and had a black hairpin on his head. He did not show any special powers or divine aura, but he was definitely quite accomplished. His pair of eyes were as calm as a deep well, as if he could see through the Spring and Autumn Period. Even the white deer he rode was extraordinary, with an air of immortality.
Seeing that Ji Yuan was still bowing, the God of Land also returned the greeting to Ji Yuan.
"I wonder what this fellow cultivator wants from me?"
Ji Yuan looked apologetic and looked at the white deer behind him before answering the land god.
"Ji has also come to report his crime to the land god. This is a long story. Can you find a quiet place in the temple so I can tell you slowly?"
The God of Land looked at them carefully again, then nodded slightly, stretched out his hand and led them to the side of the temple wall, and the light of Dharma filled the ground.
"Please, come to my house and have a chat."
Following the God of Land, they passed through the light on the ground and arrived at the Land Palace deep in the earth. After a brief novelty of earth escape, Ji Yuan started his mouth escape in front of the God of Land.
Ji Yuan vividly tells the story of a man who, while mounted on a horse, often heard himself reading some poignant love stories from the "Heterodox Biography", which moved his heart, and who quietly left when the man was not paying attention to find true love in the mortal world.
The story has only changed some details, but the general plot remains unchanged. The love between a human and a demon has been transformed into the love between a human and a fairy deer. The true love is still as touching as ever, but some of the disgusting parts have been greatly reduced. More importantly, this is a fairy deer and "there is someone on top of it."
The sentences were sometimes fast and sometimes slow, and it took Ji Yuan a full hour to finish this adapted story. During this time, Bai Lu shed tears several times, and the God of Land also saw it.
"To be honest, I just found the white deer. She has neglected her cultivation for decades and even developed some demonic energy, but she has never harmed mortals. I couldn't bear to see the white deer give up her pursuit of the Tao, so I cast a spell to save her when the Earth God tried to stop her. But now she is missing her husband..."
Ji Yuan sighed and told Bai Lu what he wanted from then on.
After listening to this, the God of Land remained silent for a long time. He looked at the white deer and saw traces of its tears.
"Ah... In other words, Miss Bai Ruo is willing to be regarded as a demon, and wants to enter the underworld to accompany Zhou Niansheng until his life span is exhausted, and then she is willing to be refined by the soul?"
"Exactly!"
Ji Yuan smiled bitterly and shook his head, but he said yes, and then the poem came out smoothly:
"Looking at each other facing the moon, I only envy the mandarin ducks instead of the immortals, alas!"
The God of Land, who was sitting on a big chair at the root of a tree in the mansion, took a sip of the tea on the table.
"I have seen a lot of love between mortals, but over the years, there are not many who can compare to the fairy deer Bai Ruo. Mr. Ji doesn't want Bai Ruo to die like this, right?"
Ji Yuan smiled bitterly.
"If not, why would I come here to ask for help? It's hard to find a good relationship, and true love is hard to find either. I hope the God of Land can accompany me to the City God Temple. We are both gods of the capital, so they should give him some face."
Creatures like the God of Land are connected to mountains and waters and care about them. They treat all creatures in mountains and waters equally and are less prejudiced even against monsters, not to mention that it is a fairy deer.
From the way the God of Land sighed several times as he looked at Bai Lu, Ji Yuan could tell that this time it would succeed!