The northwest wind whimpered as it brushed across the barren ridges. The withered grass lay low and rolled along the ground with the wind. The quiet dust particles in the soil trembled slightly, then blew away into the sky and drifted to the distant mountains, as if blocked by something invisible and fell to the ground.
In the bright sunshine, the mountains are winding, the forests are green and the mountains are blue, a white silk ribbon is hanging across the sky with water vapor rising, and in the depths of the forest, birds are singing.
Chirping birds flew over a few old pines. On the gentle slope, a mountain gate stood. Among the layers of quiet pine trees, a stone staircase meandered upwards. Several pavilions could be vaguely seen. The shadows of old pine branches swayed, sweeping across the carved eaves. Occasionally, when the wind blew, bursts of bells rang from the eaves.
Ding ding…
The wind chimes swayed gently, and a child's figure passed by under the eaves. He was handsome, with a bun on his head and wearing a well-fitting Taoist robe. He carried a broom on his shoulder and swept the fallen leaves in the courtyard. He skipped through the secluded path and came to the backyard. He looked up at the lush towering trees, hummed, and then lowered his head to sweep away the leaves on the ground.
"Instead of practicing hard, you come here all the time. If I didn't know you were a tool in the hands of the master, I wouldn't let you in. Come in if you want, but why do you come here every day? What do you think this place is?! Humph... When I see the master one day, I will report you to the police."
The tender voice of a child came over the red railings and the flower beds with fluttering butterflies. A big tree with lush branches and leaves rose to a height of a thousand feet. Its roots protruded from the ground and spread out for several feet. The green branches were fragrant and the leaves were eerie. As if hearing the words of the Taoist child, the leaves that looked like peaches and bananas swayed slowly in a dance.
'Huahua~~'
The towering tree swayed gently, a light flashed from the thick trunk, the black veil fluttered, a pair of slender feet stepped on the tree roots, and she walked out slowly, dragging her skirt. The jade pendant in her high bun rang, and her slender body stretched lazily.
Huh~~
She yawned like someone else, then recalled the Taoist child's words. She curled her red lips and flew across the flower garden, startling the fluttering butterflies. She gently landed on the vermilion wooden railing and sat down. She raised her long round legs and stood on tiptoe. Her eyes were full of enchanting beauty as she glanced at the breeze who was bending over to sweep the floor.
"Little Taoist boy, go to Chang'an and tell Lu Liangsheng that I am alone here and I am so happy. If you can find him, I will be even happier."
Qingfeng stood up, looked back at her, and curled his lips: "Whose grandma are you? Aren't you ashamed? One moment you are innocent, and the next moment you are like a vixen. I don't know if it's true or not."
"Of course I'm your grandma. I'm already a thousand years old."
The woman rolled up her sleeves to cover her red lips and chuckled, which made the little Taoist boy snort. He threw the broom to the ground and said, "Clean this up or I'll kick you out!" After that, he covered his ears and went to the front yard. The sound of wind chimes became clearer, and the empty yard made him feel a little lonely.
He took two steps and sat on the stone steps in front of the attic, resting his chin on his hand and looking at the mountain gate in the distance.
"Without the master, how can we come back to live here for a long time..."
As soon as the muttering words fell, the wind chimes on the eaves rang sharply. Looking outside the mountain gate, there were faint muffled voices saying, "We're here, we're almost there." "This is it."
There were also heroic and majestic voices.
“I never thought that there would be such a secluded and interesting mountain scenery in the northwest.”
The little man sitting on the stone steps hurriedly brushed off the dust from behind his buttocks, and came to the door in a flash. He bumped into a little boy who was in a hurry. They both cried out "Ouch!" and bumped into each other, and fell to the ground at the same time.
The two children rubbed their foreheads and noses, and four pairs of eyes stared at each other, saying in unison: "Watch the road?!" Then they changed the topic and shouted in unison: "Who are you?!"
At this time, someone had come up from below, accompanied by the braying of a donkey. A mighty man in a cloak was leading an old donkey over. On the donkey's head sat a toad in a robe. On the other side, a woman in red clothes anxiously followed the pig-headed monster with big ears and a palm-leaf fan, and from time to time she took care of the figure on its back.
At the very end, there was a young boy hanging there, barefoot and wearing a short jacket, with a piece of grass in his mouth, his hands behind his head, kicking lazily.
Qingfeng stood up with his back to the inner room, and his eyes swept across the group of people, finally landing on the back of the pig-headed monster. Sensing a familiar breath, he jumped over the boy of average size in front of him and ran over: "Master!!"
Zhu Ganglie, Hong Lian and others came over. On the old pig's back, Lu Liangsheng opened his eyes, stuck out half of his face, looked at the Taoist boy who had a happy expression, and nodded.
"The breeze...sweep out a room. I want to retreat into meditation."
"yes."
When the little man saw his master who had suddenly changed his appearance, he didn't care about anyone else. He controlled the magic spell, chanting the mantra while running, and untied the restrictions of the attic where Master Lu Yuan used to meditate. He pushed open the door with a creaky sound, cleaned up the room, and helped his master get down from the back of the pig-headed monster and walked inside.
Outside, the barefoot boy who had followed him spat out the grass leaves in his mouth, watched Lu Liangsheng enter the attic, lowered his hands behind his back, twisted one foot on the ground, turned around and walked away. Gongsun Liao looked back at him and shouted, "Where are you going?"
"Why would you, a monster, ask me where this prince is going?"
Then, he raised his hand and waved casually to the people who were walking with him, "I'll leave it to you now that we've arrived. This prince hasn't had enough fun outside yet. When I'm done, I'll go back to heaven. See you! Oh, I forgot, you won't be able to see me!"
Nezha waved his little hands and gradually disappeared outside the mountain gate.
The Toad Taoist casually waved his webbed feet, slid down the old donkey's neck, jumped into the bookshelf, took out the purple-gold gourd with black stripes, rushed to the attic, crossed the threshold, popped the wooden cork open, and shook out a pill that was bigger than the gourd mouth.
"Liangsheng, eat it, it can temporarily enhance your magic power to suppress the demon star!"
In front of the big pair of characters "Heaven and Earth" on the middle wall, Lu Liangsheng sat cross-legged on the cushion, took the pill from his master, put it in his mouth and dissolved it, then he took a moment to open his eyes, "Master, you two will stay here for a while, Hong Lian."
He looked at the woman holding Yuelong beside him.
"Take good care of the master."
At this time, there was a sound of wind outside, and a woman in a black dress also came over here. She was stunned for a moment when she saw the old donkey in the yard, and a look of surprise suddenly appeared on her face. She ignored Gongsun Liao who wanted to stop her, and rushed straight to the door of the building. Seeing Lu Liangsheng sitting cross-legged, she pounced on him and became innocent again.
"Old demon! When did you come here?!"
This look made Qingfeng roll his eyes. Honglian and Toad Taoist were also curious as to why the tree demon, whom they hadn't seen for a long time, was here.
"The big tree here is my sister... I stayed here to heal her."
After giving a rough explanation, Hong Lian came over and pulled her off Lu Liangsheng, pushed her out of the door, and took the Toad Taoist and the boy named Qingfeng out with her.
"Young Master wants to enter into a state of meditation, please do not disturb him!"
As soon as they got outside, Hong Lian slammed the door shut and blocked anyone behind her, especially Qi You, not letting anyone get close. She stared at the other person without moving her eyes away for even a moment.
The two boys looked at each other in bewilderment, and then they remembered what their master had said in the past. Qingfeng stretched out his little hand: "My name is Qingfeng, is your name Mingyue?"
Over there, the little guy nodded and put his little hand together.
"Well, my name is Mingyue, and I've heard about you from you, too."
Qingfeng became happy, looked at the two women who were confronting each other at the door, and whispered: "I'm afraid Master won't need us here. Come on, I'll take you to find something fun. I'm very familiar with this place."
The two little boys looked at each other, smiled, held hands, and ran away quickly, leaving the Toad Taoist carrying the gourd on his back, not knowing what to do for a while. At the invitation of Gongsun Liao, he took out a chessboard from the bookshelf, walked to an old pine tree in the distance, set up the chessboard, and started playing chess.
Ya'er ah~~
The old donkey neighed twice, swung its tail and looked curiously at the scenery outside the mountain. When it saw a butterfly flying in front of it, it chased it with its tongue wagging excitedly, and stepped on the belly of Pig Ganglie who was sleeping in the shade of a tree. The old pig cried out "ouch" in pain and sat up, rubbing his long snout, but then he was fine again, put one leg up, and dozed off comfortably listening to the chirping of cicadas.
…
In the attic, the smoke of burning incense blew across the gold-plated words "Heaven and Earth" on the wall, and suddenly blew away the figure sitting cross-legged on the cushion in the middle.
Lu Liangsheng used his magical power to gather the Qi in his Dantian. Under his tightly closed eyelids, his pupils suddenly moved. The curling green smoke brushed across his face and drilled into his nose. His soul and sea of consciousness loosened, and faint sounds came from all directions.
"Lu Liangsheng..."
A divine voice sounded, and a ray of golden light shone down and fell on his face.