"Then let's walk around the Hibiscus Pond."
Lu Liangsheng turned sideways and raised his sleeve to close the door of the main hall. He walked out of the eaves and spread his hands towards Sun Wukong who was coming over there, and his figure disappeared into the skylight.
Far outside the mountain gate, the reeds swayed in the wind, ducks quacked in the lake, and the shimmering water reflected an old man with white hair and beard, walking slowly along the shore with his hands behind his back and a monkey less than four feet tall beside him. Glancing at the lake light, Lu Liangsheng asked, "What do you want to say to me today, Great Sage?"
"Why didn't you tell me about the stars coming down to earth?" On the side, Monkey King kicked the stick and carried it to his shoulder. "Such a grand event, you didn't even tell me about it. Do you think you look down on me? When they fought their way up to heaven, the Gong Cao and the stars would be so scared when they saw me, Sun. "
Thinking it was something else, Lu Liangsheng was stunned after hearing it, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Don't be upset, Great Sage. There were too many things piled up at that time, and I forgot about it for a while. Is this why you came here today?"
A circle of water puddled up on the lake surface, and the ducks swam away in shock. The monkey held the stick on his shoulders with both hands, looked back, and saw a long black shadow winding towards him from the water gate. He said casually, "Of course not."
The water surface splashed, and a black shadow swam over, breaking through the high water splashes. In the sunlight, half of its long body was revealed. When the hornless dragon head looked over, its pair of scaly claws were like human hands, which were closed as far as possible in the middle and bowed.
"I have met the Imperial Master."
Lu Liangsheng returned the greeting, and the old dragon nodded its big head and slowly sank to the bottom of the water. When the water surface calmed down, he turned around and lowered his eyes to look at the monkey.
"What does the Great Sage want to say?"
"Demon star..." Sun Wukong stopped, turned the golden cudgel in his hand twice, and then banged it against the soft mud on the shore. He squatted down, squinted his eyes and looked at the water reflecting the sunlight, and told Lu Liangsheng about Nezha's trip to the Five Elements Mountain.
"He asked me to tell you that this matter is far from over. The fragments of the demon star are scattered all over Kyushu. If you don't look for them, they will come looking for you. This is also because those stars in the sky have already made a backup plan. If they fail, the scattered demon star fragments will gather again."
When a bug crawled across the tip of a leaf, its steps suddenly stopped. Lu Liangsheng frowned and looked sideways at the monkey squatting by the lake.
The Third Prince Nezha... The Fragment of the Demon Star... Come Back...
Words filled his mind like an explosion. Lu Liangsheng clenched his palms, tightened them, then loosened them, and asked him in a low voice.
"Well, did you say when you'll come?"
“I don’t know.”
"Where is that Nezha the Third Prince?"
"He's going to play around. He might come to Chang'an, or he might go somewhere else."
That day, Nezha told Sun Wukong more than just this, he also told him about what happened next, "Lu Liangsheng, in my opinion, forget it. You can't hold on. Not to mention the demon star, how can you repair the hole you smashed in the sky? You are not Nuwa."
yes…
Not only the demon star, but also the hole created by the demon star. Finally, he has to complete the Ten Thousand Spirits Formation. The complete Jedi-Heaven Connection is far beyond the scope of Lu Liangsheng's ability. Even the Void-Severing Realm is difficult to achieve.
But it has not been easy along the way. At this point, Lu Liangsheng couldn't convince himself to quit.
"I appreciate your kindness, Great Sage."
Lu Liangsheng closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and continued to move forward, stepping over the insects climbing the tips of the leaves and looking at the sky full of white clouds. "If the evil star reunites, I will break it again. As for mending the sky... I'll take it one step at a time. The way of heaven will not leave people with dead ends. There is always a way to go."
"What about the dead end?" The monkey stood up, holding on to the stick.
Lu Liangsheng thought about it, looked up at the sky and smiled: "That is also a road. If you walk out of it, isn't it a way to survive?"
Behind him, a short figure came over carrying a stick. He tapped Lu Liangsheng with his hairy hands, raised his chin, pointed at himself and said, "Don't forget to call me when the time comes. Let's go!"
He snapped his fingers, and his body glowed with golden light for a moment, then turned into a strand of hair. It twisted twice in the air and floated into Lu Liangsheng's wide sleeves. The wind blew on the surface of the lake, causing ripples. Then, the voice of the old dragon was heard from the bottom of the lake.
"Although I don't know what you are talking about, if you can get there, Master Lu, please give me the order."
Lu Liangsheng raised his hand, thanked him, stood alone on the lake for a while, turned around and went to the imperial city. Passing through the bustling and noisy streets, watching the people coming and going, he felt as if he was in another world.
The deeper your cultivation is, the more you know, and the heavier the burden becomes. It is true that living in the mundane world is not as comfortable and carefree as those monks who have renounced human feelings.
You choose your own path, so you must finish it no matter how hard you try.
Listening to the various hawking and shouting sounds around him, Lu Liangsheng smiled self-deprecatingly, walked past here, arrived at the imperial city, took a carriage and went straight to the palace, got off the carriage and was led by the eunuch into the side hall of Wen Zhao to wait for the end of the court. As an imperial teacher, he could not directly participate in the court affairs to a large extent, and he had no rank in the court. However, with Lu Liangsheng's hearing, he could hear the political affairs discussed in the court even if he was two miles away.
The buzzing noise of people turned into clear human voices in the ears, mostly about how to deal with the aftermath outside, or how to deal with the people outside. Gods and ghosts should be kept in mind and revered, and they are not suitable for governing the country. Both Lu Liangsheng and Yang Guang knew this very well.
After listening for a while, Lu Liangsheng took two sips of tea and put it down. The court in the main hall had already been dismissed. Yang Guang heard from the eunuch that the imperial teacher was waiting here, so he waved away the court officials who were about to stay, and hurried over here with his robe in hand to pay his respects.
From what happened in the past two days, Yang Guang felt an unprecedented crisis. For an emperor on earth, the matter of gods in heaven was originally incompatible with his character. But it also gave him a stronger will. If the gods wanted the Sui Dynasty to be destroyed, he would never let them do as they wished.
The only regret was that the Kongtong Seal brought back by the National Master could never make him the Human Emperor. Even when he took it and held it in his palm, there was no reaction at all.
The two men, who were both teachers and friends, sat down. Lu Liangsheng actually came over this time to see the aftermath. After all, it was such a big fuss, and he still wanted to hear how it would be handled in a reported manner.
"Grandmaster, I have just discussed the matter of ending it with the ministers in the court. As Grandmaster said before, those who died in vain were ultimately one of the reasons for my Sui Dynasty. If I don't compensate their parents, wives and children, I will really feel guilty."
"Then... what about those generals who were possessed by the stars? Most of them didn't die, and they were possessed by the stars and rebelled. Too many people saw it."
"Yes... this... I have also been thinking about this, but it is also because of this that I know that there are so many heroes in this vast Kyushu. If I can use them, I still want to win them over one by one and keep them in my hands."
"Your Majesty has a broad mind, and I admire that."
After a casual compliment, Lu Liangsheng said a few more words and prepared to leave. After all, he came here just to take a look. As for the matter of the demon star, he had just learned about it from Sun Wukong, and there was no solution yet. He would not talk about it for the time being, so as not to make the emperor worry, which would then make him unable to sleep all night.
"Your Majesty, this matter is over. You should go and have a good rest. I have something else to do and will return to Wanshou Temple first."
"I am sending you off, Imperial Master." Yang Guang extended his hand, his tone much more relaxed, and escorted him out of the palace gate, smiling and bowing: "The stars from the sky have descended to the world, thanks to the Imperial Master's efforts to save the Sui Dynasty from collapse."
'hehe… '
Lu Liangsheng walked to the white stone steps, chuckled, turned around, and also bowed: "Then your majesty, just govern the country well, I will take my leave!"
Yang Guang chased to the edge of the stone steps, watched the hunched-over imperial teacher walk below, and then laughed in a hearty voice.
"Haha... Imperial Master, just watch carefully and see how I govern the country well. I will definitely not disappoint you!"