Chapter 12 He may favor God and all living beings, but he will never show favoritism. ...

Perhaps it was because Jinwu didn't dislike the name "Liuhuo," or perhaps it was thanks to the peach blossom cake, but Liuhuo accepted her.

However, Hua Xun did not rest well that night.

Hua Xun lived on the east side of the palace. The jade couch and chairs were spotless, but there was no human presence, no bedding, and the fairyland was always cold and desolate.

Even though the jade bed is a divine artifact for immortals to cultivate, it was just a hard bed for her. Since she couldn't return to her original form, she could only spread her few thin clothes on the jade bed and make do for the night.

Even so, I still didn't fall asleep until the middle of the night.

The next day, when the clouds that had blocked the light dispersed and the bright sunlight shone in, Hua Xun listlessly opened her eyes.

Stepping out of the East Hall, one immediately sees Liu Huo lying comfortably on the soft, fiery red silk, grooming her feathers, with a red feather occasionally falling down.

"Good morning, Liuhuo," Hua Xun greeted listlessly.

Liu Huo blinked his round eyes and looked at the purse at her waist. Seeing that she showed no sign of opening it, he let out a "shh" and turned his head away.

Hua Xun didn't pay any attention and went to the waterfall behind the palace, carefully combing her long hair that had become frizzy from her recent travels.

After everything was arranged, the clouds to the east were bathed in the glow of the sunset.

This was Hua Xun's first time admiring the sunlight in the sky, but she didn't get to enjoy it for long before being urged on by the increasingly impatient Gu worms in her sea of ​​consciousness, and hurriedly ran towards the God Lord's palace.

The deity said that today he would teach him the method of purifying the mind.

However, as soon as Hua Xun reached the palace gate, she saw Changhao Immortal Lord, dressed in a long blue robe, standing inside the palace.

And opposite him was the God.

Unlike yesterday when he sat regally behind the celestial curtain, today the Divine Lord is sitting behind a jade desk, holding a scroll in his hand, with his long hair hanging down, his eyes slightly lowered, and his whole body radiating divine light, making him look even more like an ancient painting.

Immortal Lord Changhao politely replied, "...I have come here on behalf of the elders of the Immortal Clan."

"Why did the Divine Lord leave that female cultivator in the Jade Kun Divine Palace, and... she was just a mortal?"

Hua Xun stopped in her tracks and stood silently outside the door.

Before long, the familiar, gentle voice of the Divine Lord came: "All things have spirits, and immortals, mortals, demons, and monsters are all within the laws of destiny."

“I know that the Divine Lord cherishes all living beings,” sighed Immortal Lord Changhao, “but the Jade Kun Divine Palace is, after all, a divine realm. If the Divine Lord truly has unresolved matters with that mortal woman, it would be better to place her in the Jade Capital. I will find her a precious cultivation ground in the Jade Capital…”

The Divine Lord said, “This statement of compassion for all living beings makes no difference to me, whether it is for her, you, in the Jade Capital, or at the White Mist Cliff. Since Immortal Lord Changhao has already become an immortal, how could he have harbored any discriminatory thoughts or held any sense of superiority or inferiority?”

Immortal Lord Changhao blushed when the Divine Lord pointed out his selfishness to his face, then realized something was amiss: "White Mist Cliff?"

The deity announced in a gentle voice: "From now on, there will be no more Jade Kun Divine Palace."

Hua Xun's sea of ​​consciousness trembled slightly.

"Divine Lord!" Immortal Lord Changhao was shocked. The female cultivator had only been there for twelve hours, and the Jade Kun Divine Palace had already changed its name. He couldn't help but urge, "Divine Lord is the one who protects the Three Realms. We are afraid that the Divine Lord may be affected by this female cultivator, bringing disaster to the Immortal and Human races."

After a moment of contemplation, the Divine Lord said slowly, "Immortal Lord Changhao can put the minds of everyone in the Immortal Sect at ease. If any unforeseen circumstances arise, I will personally escort him away."

The divine lord had already spoken to such an extent that even though Immortal Lord Changhao had a thousand words in his heart, he could no longer express them.

Just then, a faint gurgling sound came from behind the palace gate.

Changhao Immortal Lord turned around and saw the female cultivator with an embarrassed expression, her cheeks flushed, and the sound actually came from her stomach.

This was a female cultivator who had never even succeeded in abstaining from grains.

Changhao Immortal Lord turned his head with a pained expression, bowed to the Divine Lord, and left.

But as he passed by Hua Xun, he paused and flicked his sleeve, saying, "You must be well-behaved here and not disturb the Divine Lord unless necessary."

After speaking, Immortal Lord Changhao shook his head, sighed, and left.

However, the middle-aged immortal lord exuded the air of an old immortal from behind.

Hua Xun glanced at the departing figure of Immortal Lord Changhao, then looked at the Divine Lord.

The deity had already noticed her arrival. Seeing her restrained expression, he raised his eyes and said slowly, "It is my fault. I forgot that you still need to eat."

Hua Xun knew, of course, that a deity like the Divine Lord had long since abstained from grains and could live for tens of millions of years simply by consuming the essence of the sun and moon each day.

She quickly shook her head: "My stomach just growls, but I can actually go six or seven days without food. Right now, I'm practicing the art of fasting."

As soon as she finished speaking, her stomach seemed to hear her words and growled again.

Hua Xun's cheeks flushed even more, and she lowered her head.

The deity chuckled gently: "The art of fasting does not need to be mastered overnight, and the desire for food is human nature." After saying this, he pondered for a moment, "You should be patient for a few hours and come to find me here tomorrow."

Hua Xun nodded quickly, then remembered something and asked softly, "Does the Divine Lord have any bedding or cotton quilts here?"

"Hmm?" The deity's voice rose slowly at the end, revealing a genuine sense of confusion. But when he saw her slightly weary expression, he realized, "That's right, a bed for resting needs a blanket."

A bed should naturally have a quilt.

Hua Xun looked at the God-King, who spoke these illogical words with an expression so calm it seemed timeless, and cautiously asked, "How long has it been since the God-King rested?" She then added, "Not the kind of quiet meditation while sitting on a couch, but lying down to sleep."

The deity pondered for a few moments before replying, "It's been a long time."

So long ago that you can't even remember anymore?

A subtle bittersweet feeling welled up in Hua Xun's heart.

With a flick of his sleeve, the deity presented a quilt radiating celestial light on the desk: "This item is called Celestial Light Silk. It can change its form at will. Use it for now."

Hua Xun gazed at the slowly flowing cloud patterns on the silk, gently stroking it as if touching soft clouds, and exclaimed in surprise, "For me?"

The deity nodded.

"Thank you, Divine Lord," Hua Xun hurriedly said, then, as if remembering something, asked, "Was the celestial silk on the Flowing Fire Bed also given by you, Divine Lord?"

The deity smiled and shook his head: "When I first saw the Flowing Fire, it was wrapped in that piece of celestial silk."

No wonder even the God-King doesn't know to cover himself with a blanket when he sleeps, Hua Xun thought to himself.

Having received such a valuable gift, Hua Xun still felt bad: "Does the Divine Lord have anything you like?"

The deity replied, "The deity has no favorites."

Hua Xun was taken aback. He recalled how the God had always been without desires, whether in the Demon Realm or the Human Realm. Perhaps this was what a god was.

God loves all beings in the three realms and all living things, but He will never show favoritism.

Thinking of this, the Lingxi Gu in Hua Xun's sea of ​​consciousness seemed to weaken, causing her mood to gradually become depressed.

It was this momentary emotional fluctuation that puzzled Hua Xun: "Divine Lord, can the Spirit Rhinoceros Gu affect a person's emotions?"

The deity's gaze was as deep as the sea as he gently looked at her brow: "Yes."

Hua Xun breathed a sigh of relief; it was indeed the love potion at work again.

She then asked, "Will the deity be affected by the Spirit Rhinoceros Gu?"

"This poison is difficult to cure, but it has no effect on me."

Upon hearing this, Hua Xun felt even more guilty.

It turns out that the deity only took her in to save her life.

The debt she owes is even greater now.

"No need to overthink it." The Divine Lord lightly raised his index finger, and a ray of golden light entered Hua Xun's brow. Several more scrolls of scriptures appeared on the desk in front of him.

"Sit," the deity said.

Hua Xun sat opposite the deity, looking at the scriptures before him.

The deity said, “This is the Pure Tranquility Scripture. I have already infused the mantra into your sea of ​​consciousness. Once you have thoroughly understood the scripture, you will be able to restrain the Spirit Rhinoceros Gu.”

Hua Xun hurriedly thanked him, opened the scroll, and was momentarily stunned by the vast amount of text.

"Don't be impatient for quick results," the deity said calmly. "Only by activating the mental incantation and supplementing it with scriptures can you achieve something."

Following the instructions of the deity, Hua Xun activated the mental incantation while mentally reading the scripture word by word, and indeed the dizziness she had felt earlier disappeared.

The Great Dao is formless, yet it gives birth to heaven and earth; the Great Dao is without emotion, yet it governs the sun and moon…

With each word she read, Hua Xun felt the mantra between her brows light up slightly.

When she read the line "When people can always be calm and tranquil, all things in heaven and earth will return to their rightful place," Hua Xun put down the sutra, feeling somewhat exhausted.

Back in the human realm, she clearly heard people reciting the Pure and Tranquil Sutra, and at the time she found it easy to recite.

Adding the mental techniques today, I found it exceptionally difficult.

She spent several hours reading even just a few lines.

However, his mind was indeed much lighter, as if many distracting thoughts had been washed away.

Hua Xun looked up at the deity opposite her who was reading a book. He was still sitting there, his posture unchanged, like a jade statue that had been enshrined on a temple altar, with no trace of life left.

"Divine Lord?" Hua Xun couldn't help but exclaim.

The statue "came to life" and looked up at her.

Hua Xun licked her slightly dry lips. She had inadvertently called out to the God-King earlier, but now she didn't know what to say. After hesitating for a long time, she remembered the scripture she had just read: "Can the God-King also control the sun and moon?"

The deity showed no impatience: "The sun and moon are the laws of heaven, and I merely maintain their operation."

Hua Xun nodded, then suddenly remembered something else: "They say a day in heaven is a year on earth, is that true?"

The deity smiled: "Yes and no."

"In the human world, the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, making a day. The same is true in the celestial world. However, in the celestial world, there is more daylight, and the sun sets once a year. This is why there is the saying that 'a day in heaven is a year on earth.'"

Hua Xun finally understood.

It turns out that some of the rumors circulating in the human world are not entirely unfounded.

"Are there still any problems?" the deity asked in a gentle tone.

Hua Xun was about to shake his head when he suddenly remembered something: "My Lord, when I was in the mortal realm, I learned the art of wind manipulation from others, but every time I used this technique, my meridians and dantian would feel a dull pain."

"Does the Divine Lord know the reason?"

The deity gazed at her, raised his hand, and a flash of divine light appeared at his fingertip: "May I?"

Hua Xun assumed the deity was going to perform a palpation, so she quickly brought her eyebrows closer to the deity's hand.

The deity gazed at the forehead brought to his fingertips, smiled helplessly, but did not correct her, gently touching her brow.

Hua Xun instantly felt a divine power enter her meridians and then circulate throughout her body.

In the blink of an eye, the deity had withdrawn his finger.

Hua Xun looked up at him expectantly.

The deity said gently, “The wind control technique you have learned lacks a foundation, and the dull pain in your dantian is also due to your pursuit of quick results. If you continue to use this technique, I fear your demon core will rupture and you will lose your human body.”

Hua Xun was stunned: "But this is..."

Baili Sheng taught her.

The remaining few words were left unsaid.

She suddenly remembered that on the eve of Baili Sheng teaching her magic, they were almost discovered by a group of demons. She carried him on her back and flew with difficulty, eventually rolling into the filthy mud to barely cover her breath.

He looked down on her, so he only taught her quick methods of magic so she could escape.

Even if it causes her demon core to shatter and she can no longer take human form.

The Lingxi Gu in the sea of ​​consciousness seemed to sense that its master was thinking about other people, and suddenly stirred restlessly.

Hua Xun felt a slight pain in her forehead and suddenly came to her senses: "Does the Divine Lord have...?" She felt a little ashamed that she was troubling the Divine Lord again, "...a solution?"

The deity pointed with both fingers: "Try again."

Hua Xun was puzzled and tried to circulate the magic power within her body, only to see the invisible magic power being guided by that divine power, rapidly flowing through her meridians.

No longer rushing and crashing through the meridians like before, but instead flowing like a gentle stream, gradually clearing the meridians and circulating throughout the body in no time.

Although the Wind Control Technique used this time was much less powerful than before, the dantian no longer felt stuffy or painful. Instead, due to the circulation of magical energy, a comfortable warmth arose.

"Thank you, Divine Lord!" Hua Xun quickly stood up to express his gratitude.

Outside the palace, the clouds and mist surged, gradually obscuring the sunlight.

White Mist Cliff darkened once again.

"Six hours have passed," the deity said in a gentle tone, "and we will stop here for today."

Hua Xun responded, bid farewell to the deity, packed up the scriptures and the celestial silk, and returned to the adjacent palace.

Since Liu Huo was not in the palace, Hua Xun lit the fluorite and returned to her room. She first spread the fairy silk on the jade couch and lay down to try it out.

It was clearly only a thin layer, yet it was so soft that it felt as if even the jade beneath me had melted into warm water, making me feel extremely comfortable.

The clouds and mist gradually thickened, and night fell over White Mist Cliff.

Hua Xun let out a soft sigh, closed her eyes, and tried to circulate the magic power within her body once more.

A moment later, he opened his eyes again.

Images of Baili Sheng gently teaching her magic, and of herself using the Wind Control Technique, and even showing Baili Sheng the joy of her progress, kept flashing through her mind.

At this moment, Hua Xun realized with a gloomy expression that every act of kindness Baili Sheng had shown her over the past ten years had been laced with murderous intent.

The Spirit Rhinoceros Gu surged violently.

Hua Xun felt a sharp pain in his mind and sat up, pressing his forehead tightly to dispel the jumbled thoughts.

Suddenly she realized that this curse was actually quite good; it could restrain her from thinking about any other unwanted people.

After calming the love potion, Hua Xun was about to fall asleep again when she suddenly saw faint clouds and mist surging outside the palace.

She paused for a moment, then tiptoed to the window and looked outside.

In the pitch-black night, the deity walked alone in a vast expanse of clouds and mist.

Everything about him was understated; his joy was subtle, as was his melancholy.

Hua Xun suddenly remembered that he said he hadn't slept well for a long time.

He is God, who needs neither sleep nor food.

And so, they walked through the remaining cloud cliffs of this divine realm again and again.

Until a gust of wind came and dispersed some of the clouds and mist.

The deity stopped and gazed intently at the vast peach blossom forest stretching across the mountains and plains of the immortal realm. His robes and dark hair swayed gently with the divine light, as if he had been gazing upon it for millennia.

After an unknown period of time, he raised his hand, and a few petals that had been blown away by the wind seemed to beckon, swirling intimately in his palm.

Hua Xun returned to bed, her mind gently swaying.

She seemed to have inadvertently discovered the god's preferences.

The deity loved flowers.

Hua Xun unconsciously squeezed the purse beside her, inside which were flower seeds she had found in her small home in Dahe Village that had been burned down.

*

Late at night, in the Qingxu Sect of the human realm.

Sect Leader Xue Yun had just finished dealing with the remaining matters of the celebration and was about to enter into meditation.

Before he could close his eyes, a divine light flashed before his eyes. Xue Yun looked up and was immediately startled. He quickly leaped up and bowed respectfully, saying, "Divine Lord."

"I wonder what important matter brings the Divine Lord here in person?"

A golden phantom image floated in mid-air, and with a wave of his sleeve, a fist-sized, uncarved spirit stone appeared on the table. The deity said in a gentle tone, "I would like to trouble Sect Leader Xue to prepare some grains and fruits in accordance with human customs."

Xue Jun was already flattered by the visit of the Divine Lord, and at this moment, she nodded in agreement without thinking. Then, remembering that the Divine Lord did not need to eat, she hesitated for a moment and asked, "Did the Divine Lord prepare this for that human rogue cultivator?"

The deity nodded: "Indeed."

The divine voice boomed, just like heavenly music.

Xue Jun's expression changed strangely. In her heart, she was unsure whether she envied the rogue cultivator or was alarmed that the Divine Lord had personally prepared food for her.

"What is the relationship between the Divine Lord and that rogue cultivator?" Xue Jun asked, mustering his courage.

The deity said calmly, “The child is suffering from pain, which was caused by my negligence. I can only try my best to make amends.”

Xue Jun was surprised, never expecting that even the Divine Lord could be negligent, but he dared not ask any more questions and hurriedly turned around to go out and prepare.

"Wait a minute," the deity sighed, as if remembering something, "prepare more pear blossom cakes and peaches."

A note from the author:

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Pear blossom pastries and peaches, so familiar! [dog head with rose in hand]