Chapter 72: Taoist Companion? (Two in One) Zhou Xuan, I want to fight you...

(72)

"Persimmon, don't run around."

"Orange, come back. You can't pick peaches from the Heavenly Dao tree..."

Shen Changyi finally caught the two cubs and carried them to the peach tree. He lowered his voice and said, "Hurry and stand still, otherwise you will have to wait a long time before you can see your mother."

As soon as the words fell, the two little guys immediately stood in a row obediently, with a circle of peach juice on their mouths.

"Long time no see, Zhu Xuan, thank you for your hard work in suppressing the demon."

Tiandao's tone was relieved. If Zhou Xuan had not volunteered to go to the mortal world to suppress the demons, who knows what kind of devastating consequences the demon cultivators in the mortal world would have caused to the people.

"Have you remembered your past life?"

Hearing this, Shen Changyi realized that Tiandao was also nearby.

He shook his head, his mind still only filled with his own memories. As for the memories of Zhou Xuanshi, he didn't remember any of them at all.

"It's okay. I'm sure those memories will return soon. The cave is the same one you lived in before, near your wife's cave. I'll let Taohua lead you there."

Chen Changyi exchanged a few polite words with Tiandao, holding the two cubs in his arms. "I also want to thank Tiandao for reshaping Shanglu's body, allowing my family to be reunited in the heavenly realm."

"Your service in subduing the demon is well-deserved." Tiandao sensed something, and a hint of embarrassment permeated his calm voice. "But you should return to your cave residence quickly."

Hearing this, Shen Changyi asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

Tiandao pondered for a moment and whispered, "It's hard to explain in a few words. Anyway, go quickly."

Upon hearing this, Shen Changyi immediately held the two cubs in his arms and used the Earth Escape Technique to rush to his cave. When he looked up, he was immediately shocked by the scene in front of him.

Not far from his cave, there was a magnificent golden palace.

Is this Shanglu’s cave? It’s so grand.

Shen Changyi brought the two cubs to the front of the hall. In comparison, the cave where he lived in his previous life was just a small, dilapidated house. Not only did it only have a few scattered rocks and a dead pond, but the house was also leaky everywhere. Only the doorway was barely visible, with a peculiarly shaped sword-testing stone placed on it.

It looks like a nest built by a turtledove, with only a few rough branches, simple and casual, as long as it can be lived in.

"Daddy, our new house is so beautiful!" Persimmon and Orange decisively ignored the dove's nest and ran towards Li Shanglu's palace.

Shen Changyi stared at his small, shabby house, and some vague fragments of memories seemed to surface in his mind, but when he saw the two kids running to knock on the door, he had to put it aside for the time being.

"Don't run too fast, and watch out for the steps."

He gently picked up the orange and asked the cub to knock on the door.

Orange called out softly, "Mom, open the door, I'm Orange."

As soon as he finished speaking, the palace door slowly opened.

"Phytophthora, you wasted some time picking up the persimmons and oranges. You didn't wait too long, did you?"

Shen Changyi was holding Xiaojuzi and was about to step over the threshold when he was held down by the shoulders and pushed back.

He was stunned for a moment and looked up at the other person.

Li Shanglu stared at him, took the orange from his arms, and put it on the ground, "Persimmon, take Orange inside for a walk."

"Okay!" Persimmon couldn't wait to see the new house, so he took Orange's hand and ran into the hall.

Seeing this, Shen Changyi also wanted to go in, but was pushed out by Li Shanglu again.

Confused, he asked softly, "Shanglu, what's wrong?"

Li Shanglu folded his arms and looked at him. His eyes scanned his face and he asked calmly, "Have you recovered your memories from your past life?"

Shen Changyi shook his head blankly and confessed honestly, "Heaven said that it will recover soon. I vaguely remembered something when I passed by the cave just now, but my memory is not very clear."

Hearing this, Li Shanglu said nothing, but slowly walked out of the door and closed it tightly.

"Let's go."

"Where are you going?" Shen Changyi became inexplicably nervous. He was too familiar with Shang Lu's expression. He must be angry.

But he didn't know what he did wrong. Was it because he came too late and Shang Lu was tired of waiting?

Seeing Li Shanglu walking away on his own, he quickly caught up with him and asked in a low voice, "Shanglu, can you tell me what happened?"

Li Shanglu said without turning his head, "It's okay, I'm just taking you to meet your Taoist partner from your previous life."

After the words fell, Shen Changyi froze in disbelief.

"What?"

Li Shanglu spoke calmly. She was no longer someone who could be easily defeated by a few words. She could even survive the reincarnation illusion, so what else could she not overcome?

Although I thought so in my heart, my fingertips clenched involuntarily.

"Shanglu, Zhouxuan has nothing to do with me." Shen Changyi hurriedly stepped forward to hold her hand, but was once again dodged by Li Shanglu without a trace.

A slight irritation rose in his heart.

Of course, it’s not towards Shanglu, but towards Zhuxuan.

If Zhu Xuan didn't have a Taoist companion, he would be damned if Shang Lu misunderstood and got sad.

If Zhu Xuan really had a Taoist partner, he would deserve to die even more.

Why did he abandon his Taoist companion and come down to earth seven hundred years ago?

Besides, Zhu Xuan knew very well that he would face a love tribulation in the mortal world!

Shen Changyi pursed his lips and touched her hand cautiously, "Shang Lu, where did you hear about this?"

"Yuan Xi told me," Li Shanglu said calmly, "and I didn't just hear this from him."

At first, she also suspected that Yuan Xi was lying and trying to sow discord, but she went to ask Sang He and Nian Hua, and they said that it was true.

In addition to fulfilling his duties of punishing punished immortals every day, Zhu Xuan practices in the cave or Jiutian Lake.

"Nine Heavens Pond?"

Shen Changyi felt his head itchy, as if he was trying to remember something.

Li Shanglu narrowed his eyes slightly and said sinisterly, "Yes, Jiutianchi, do you still remember it?"

He racked his brains and thought hard, but could only shake his head helplessly. He was afraid that he would only be able to remember fragments of his previous life when he reached Jiutian Lake.

The two stopped talking, and Shen Changyi followed her sullenly.

He now felt that Zhu Xuan was a bastard immortal who was doing bad things everywhere in his face.

He still remembered the last time Zhu Xuan used his body to kiss Shang Lu. Zhu Xuan clearly knew that that was not his wife, but he still wanted Shang Lu to do intimate things to him.

That’s too bad.

He did not recognize this person as his past life.

Li Shanglu stood in front of Sang He's field and called out softly, "Sang He Immortal Lord."

Sang He and Nian Hua were happily holding the cabbages they had grown when they suddenly heard her voice. Their expressions paused and they sensed a different scent.

They looked up at Li Shanglu and saw Shen Changyi following behind her with an unsuspecting look on his face.

The couple's faces turned pale instantly, and they were about to carry the cabbages back to the house in a panic. However, because they were too nervous, one of the cabbages slipped out of their hands and rolled to the edge of Shen Changyi's boots.

Sang He and Nian Hua swallowed their saliva, their hearts skipping a beat, but they had to bite the bullet and walk towards them.

"Little fairy, why are you here..."

Sang He hesitated as she stole a glance at Chen Changyi. After confirming that the face was indeed the one she knew, she bit her lower lip and bowed, "Greetings to Immortal Lord Zhuxuan. Welcome back to the heavens."

How come he came back so soon, and he was with the newly ascended fairy.

It must have been a coincidence. After all, Zhu Xuan's cave was also in that direction.

Nian Hua, standing by, also followed her in greeting, picking up the cabbage that had fallen from the edge of Chen Chang's boots. "With Immortal Lord Zhu Xuan's return, I believe his mission to subdue the demons is complete. We must have a banquet tonight to celebrate..."

Shen Changyi looked at their faces and thought for a long time, but couldn't remember who it was, so he nodded.

"Thank you. Shanglu and I will go."

It turns out that Zhu Xuan also has acquaintances in heaven.

As soon as the words fell, Sang He and Nian Hua raised their eyes in disbelief.

Did I hear it wrong?

The banished immortal envoy Zhu Xuan, who had a stern face and never said a word all day long, only nodding and frowning, actually expressed his gratitude. Moreover, from the sound of him, it seemed that he was looking forward to having a banquet to celebrate?

"I didn't say I'd go with you." Li Shanglu said calmly.

Upon hearing this, Sang He and Nian Hua were shocked again.

Sang He hurried forward to cover her mouth and apologized on Li Shanglu's behalf, "Immortal Lord Zhu Xuan, this is a fairy who just ascended to the heavens. She doesn't know the rules of the heavens and didn't mean to offend..."

Shen Changyi was stunned for a moment, then explained softly, "Don't worry so much, Shang Lu is my wife, and I haven't recovered my memories of my previous life yet."

As soon as these words were spoken, Sang He and Nian Hua froze as if struck by lightning.

"Madam? What about the Taoist companion of Immortal Lord Zhuxuan who was originally in the heaven?" Mian Hua spoke out his true feelings in a moment of haste, and Sang He hurriedly covered his mouth.

"You're crazy, stop talking nonsense!"

Sang He and Nian Hua's expressions made Li Shanglu's face even uglier. She didn't expect that Shen Changyi would directly reveal her identity.

If Zhu Xuan really had a Taoist partner in heaven, wouldn't she become the biggest laughing stock?

Thinking of this, she glared viciously at the innocent-looking Shen Changyi, and her pent-up anger surged up again.

Sure enough, everyone knew that Zhu Xuan had a Taoist partner.

At that time, Zhu Xuan actually said something to her, saying that he rarely met outsiders and that she was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen in his life.

It's all fake. The acting is so good, it looks so real!

She had never thought that she would have her eyes pecked by an eagle. Li Shanglu's face was extremely gloomy. He suppressed his anger and said calmly, "I came here to ask you two, where is the Nine Heavens Pond?"

Hearing this, Sang He and Nian Hua immediately guessed that she wanted to meet the Taoist partner in the rumors, and they couldn't help feeling a little sad for her.

After going through so much hardship to ascend to heaven, only to find out that your husband has already married in heaven. How painful it must be.

The couple felt compassion and gently pulled Li Shanglu over, saying softly, "Little fairy, don't be sad. You can ascend to heaven and escape the suffering of reincarnation. You still have many good days ahead of you..."

"Yes, and what's more, although Immortal Lord Zhuxuan looks gentle now, his temperament has become extremely cold since he regained his memory. I don't think he will treat you well. It's not worth it to be sad for such a fickle man like him."

They tried hard to enlighten Li Shanglu, speaking in very low voices, fearing that Shen Changyi would hear them.

But Shen Changyi still heard it.

Every word was heard.

He hesitated for a moment, but finally couldn't help but stepped forward and took Li Shanglu's hand, "Shanglu, let's go find the Heavenly Dao. Don't ascend, let's go back to the lower realm."

Li Shanglu shook off his hand, his eyes still fixed on Sang He. He said softly, "It's alright. I just want to see that Taoist fellow. Where is the Nine Heavens Pond?"

Sang He looked at her helplessly and could only point the direction of Jiutian Pond to Li Shanglu. "A few hundred steps east, there's a tree covered in marriage signs. Next to the tree is Jiutian Pond. That was originally the pond of the Matchmaker Immortal Lord. The Matchmaker Immortal Lord is... what you mortals call Yue Lao."

Yue Lao, Albizia Julibrissin, and marriage sign.

A certain string in Li Shanglu's mind completely broke.

So that's how it is. Zhu Xuan meets his Taoist partner under the albizzia tree every day. They tie their hands together to make a marriage sign and pray to Yue Lao to be together forever.

She looked coldly at Shen Changyi, who was pale, with his lips tightly pursed, looking like a dumb person eating bitter herbs, unable to express his pain.

Li Shanglu resisted the urge to question him, turned around and walked towards Jiutian Lake.

There's no point in scolding him, this idiot doesn't have Zhu Xuan's memory.

Shen Changyi followed closely behind her. Although nothing seemed to be happening, in fact, six of his souls had already flown away.

Soon, Li Shanglu stood under a tree full of Albizia julibrissin, staring in a daze at the bright red flower threads swaying in the wind. Countless red marriage signs were tied to the treetops and accompanied by petals, as vast as a sea of ​​smoke.

There are no julibrissin flowers, and I am left leaning against the acacia tree.

That Taoist companion must be looking at the tree in the same way, waiting for Zhu Xuan to come back.

She reached out her hand and touched the marriage sign that bent the treetop.

"I hope the person I like can express his or her feelings to me soon."

"I hope I can find someone I love this year."

"I pray to God to grant me and your beloved a happy marriage."

Li Shanglu had never written anything like this before. She had always thought that these prayer sticks for marriage were fake. It turned out that Yue Lao could see it.

Her fingertips paused slightly, and she slowly withdrew her finger.

It doesn’t matter. Even if she knew, she wouldn’t write it.

Li Shanglu was about to go see Yue Lao, but when he turned around, he suddenly saw Shen Changyi staring at the tree full of marriage signs in a trance.

Are you remembering something from the past?

Her heart ached for a moment, and she turned her face away, pretending not to see it, and walked towards Jiutian Lake.

Shen Changyi was still standing there in a daze. After a while, he realized that Li Shanglu was about to leave and hurriedly grabbed her wrist.

"Shanglu, where are you going?"

Li Shanglu said coldly, "I'll help you find a Taoist companion. After you find one, we'll keep our distance."

Hearing her words, Shen Changyi clenched his hand in astonishment and pulled her back to him, "No."

"You just remembered something, right?" Li Shanglu knew him too well. He knew every time he frowned, every time he felt melancholy, and even more so, every time his eyelashes trembled when he felt guilty.

Shen Changyi opened his mouth and fell silent.

The scene of becoming an immortal in the previous life did indeed appear in my mind.

In my memory, he stood under the tree and carefully tied a marriage lot on the top of the tree.

He tried hard to remember what was written on the signature, but he couldn't remember it.

"really."

Li Shanglu closed his eyes and shook his hand away, "Don't touch me."

Shen Changyi looked at her at a loss, and said in a trembling voice, "Shanglu, stop looking, let's go back. Persimmon and Orange are still waiting for us to go home."

"They were waiting for me."

Li Shanglu's eyes were dim and his tone was cold. She turned away indifferently without even looking at him.

"Not waiting for us."

Hateful and ridiculous.

There was a moment when she actually felt that she could spend the rest of her life peacefully with Shen Changyi.

In the end, she was the one who interfered with other people's affairs!

Li Shanglu had everything she wanted since she was a child, and she didn't need to compete with anyone. Why should she suffer such an insult for no reason?

Even if Chen Changyi really had no intention, she couldn't accept that Zhou Xuan did it even though she knew it was wrong.

Watching Li Shanglu's figure go away, Shen Changyi breathed quickly and turned to look at the tree full of albizzia trees blown by the wind.

Feeling anxious, he searched anxiously on the Albizia Julibrissin tree that was covered with red leaves. He picked away one leaf after another with his fingertips, and beads of sweat gradually appeared on his forehead.

Zhu Xuan, I will never coexist with you.

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By the Jiutian Lake, the wind blew up a layer of ripples. Li Shanglu looked around, but did not see the figure of the Taoist companion, only saw an ancient palace.

She walked to the front of the hall, hesitated for a long time, and finally knocked on the door gently.

Soon, the wooden door creaked open, and a beautiful lady walked out gracefully. She had a natural beauty and was elegant and refined, holding a snow-white cat in her arms.

"Who are you?" the other party asked doubtfully, his voice as clear as jade rinsed in cold spring water.

Even though Li Shanglu had prepared herself mentally, she was still a little speechless at the moment. She stared at him and whispered, "My name is Li Shanglu."

The fairy's eyes lit up for a moment, then she said in disbelief, "Li Shanglu, I know you, but...how did you end up in heaven?"

Seeing that she actually knew him, Li Shanglu clenched his fingers even tighter, "You know everything?"

"Of course." The fairy smiled and stepped aside to lead her in. "Come in, I just made a pot of good tea."

Li Shanglu was silent for a moment, then followed her into the hall. She was shocked as soon as she came in. The place was filled with mountains of marriage signs, so messy that it was difficult to know where to start.

"You can call me Lu Ling, which is my name in the mortal world. Fortunately, I'm not busy today. Come and have some tea. Please take a seat."

sit?

where?

She looked around, barely picked out a piece of open space to step on, and sat down behind Lu Ling.

A cup of tea was handed to him, and Li Shanglu took it but did not drink it.

A short pain is worse than a long one, so she had no mood to drink tea.

"Presumably, you are Zhou Xuan's Taoist companion in the heavenly realm?"

After the words fell, Lu Ling froze and turned back to look at her in shock, "I am not, why do you ask that?"

Li Shanglu held the tea in his hand, looked at the marriage signs, and said softly, "I just heard that his Taoist partner lives here."

Zhu Xuan often came to Jiutianchi to practice, so he must have come to see someone.

"Zhou Xuan's Taoist partner lives here with me?" Lu Ling looked at her in confusion, and said in a daze, "How come I didn't know that Zhu Xuan had a Taoist partner..."

"Everyone says so," Li Shanglu said calmly, "So, if his Taoist partner isn't you, then who is it?"

"I guess it's that white dragon spreading rumors and causing trouble again."

Lu Ling held his forehead for a long moment, then patiently explained to her, "I'm truly not his Taoist partner, and I've never heard of him forming a pact with anyone. I'm merely an immortal official in charge of mortal marriages, and the marriages of immortals in heaven are not my responsibility."

For example, she knew the name Li Shanglu because she had a marriage relationship with Shen Changyi, so she could calculate it.

Hearing this, Li Shanglu curled his fingers slightly inside his sleeves and said calmly, "So that's how it is. Why does Zhou Xuan keep visiting Jiutian Lake?"

Hearing Li Shanglu's words, Lu Ling sat in front of her and said with his chin propped up on his hand, "Zhou Xuan did come to Jiutian Lake frequently, but I dare say he was not here to find a Taoist companion."

"Then what is he doing here?"

"Well...I don't know."

Although Li Shanglu really wanted to believe her words, Yuan Xi and Sang He were so sure of what they said, and Lu Ling was always hesitating, so she really couldn't believe them.

"Yuan Xi said that many immortals have seen Zhou Xuan chatting softly with someone by the Jiutian Lake, and even bathing with the person in the Jiutian Lake."

"What!" Lu Ling slammed the table, nearly spilling his tea. "How dare you bathe in my pond?"

It was the first time that Li Shanglu had seen a woman with a temper even more impatient than her, and he couldn't help but find it a little funny.

However, as soon as a slight smile appeared on her lips, she quickly retracted it.

Lu Ling noticed her emotions and said with some self-blame, "I'm really sorry, I didn't pay much attention to what Zhou Xuan was doing in Jiutian Lake before.

Because I am so busy every day, originally there was more than one Simai Immortal Lord, but the other one was banished to the lower realms by Zhou Xuan to be reincarnated as punishment, so now I have to do these things alone."

She was so busy every day that she had no time to care about day or night. It was only today that she had some free time, otherwise Li Shanglu would not even be able to see her shadow.

However, Lu Ling still felt that Zhu Xuan had no Taoist partner.

"Zhou Xuan has few kinship ties. He lost both his parents when he was young and became an orphan. He followed his master up the mountain to seek the Tao, and he has met very few women in his life. As for the fate of immortals after their ascension, it is no longer my responsibility. I don't know. If you want to know, you can only ask the Heavenly Dao..."

Li Shanglu took a deep breath, stood up and was about to say goodbye.

"etc!"

Lu Ling suddenly slapped his forehead and stood up from his chair, "I have a way to find out what Zhou Xuan is doing in Jiutianchi."

She ran into the hall and searched for something among the pile of junk.

After a long moment, Lu Ling's eyes lit up. He pulled out a stone slab from among the sundries and said to Li Shanglu happily, "This is the Heavenly Dao Stone, one of the images of the Heavenly Dao. From this stone, you can see everything that has happened in the mortal world and the heavens."

Li Shanglu walked forward, bent down, and stared at the stone doubtfully.

Lu Ling was seen passing a stream of spiritual energy into the Tiandao Stone. Soon, the scene by the Jiutian Pond gradually emerged on the smooth stone slab.

A figure in snow-white clothes sat quietly by the pool, telling someone something.

"Today I passed by Sanghe Immortal Lord's fields. The vegetables they grow are very good, even better than Master's. I wanted to talk to them about farming techniques, but they seemed very busy. They just said hello to me and left."

"While Yuan Xi was playing in the water in his cave, he accidentally brought a flood to the mortal world. I banished him to the mortal world according to the rules of heaven. He scolded me, and his scolding was very hurtful."

"I heard that an immortal is going to hold a Hundred Flowers Banquet in a few days. I want to go, but for some reason I haven't received an invitation."

"Do you think... they don't like me very much?"

After hearing his words, Li Shanglu and Lu Ling fell silent.

"Zhu Xuan Xianjun...so he wants to attend the Hundred Flowers Banquet." Lu Ling covered her lips and whispered in surprise. "I thought he hated socializing like this. No wonder when I saw Zhu Xuan Xianjun walking around the banquet that day, I thought he just disliked us and was looking for a reason to kick us out."

Li Shanglu glanced at her and asked, "You've never spoken to him?"

"How dare I," Lu Ling muttered. "No sooner had Immortal Lord Zhu Xuan ascended to the heavens than he was appointed the Immortal Envoy for Exile, banishing over thirty immortals to the mortal realm in one fell swoop. Everyone says he can't tolerate even the slightest grain of sand in his eyes, and they're afraid to avoid him."

No wonder.

Li Shanglu found it a little funny. Zhou Xuan was indeed the type of person who was fair to the point of being annoying. Even after becoming Shen Changyi, this did not change. He treated demon cultivators and mortals in completely different ways.

When dealing with demon cultivators, his methods were extremely brutal, which was bound to make the demon cultivators fear him and dare not to act recklessly and cause chaos again. Only in this way could he successfully suppress the demons.

Who would have thought that such a person is actually a fool who is often scolded by his wife and made to cry?

However, to whom was Zhu Xuan speaking his true feelings?

The smile on Li Shanglu's lips gradually disappeared, and his gaze fell on the Heavenly Dao Stone again.

Lu Ling also became curious and reached out to touch the Heavenly Dao Stone. "Let me see who that Taoist companion is—"

For a long while, both of them were stunned in front of the Tiandao Stone.

Li Shanglu couldn't believe it and moved closer to take a look, muttering in a low voice, "No way..."

On a rounded stone slab.

The figure in the snow-covered clothes with a clear and lonely light took out a piece of cake from his arms, broke it into small pieces, and passed it to his side.

"Eat quickly."

The voice was very soft, with a hint of loneliness.

"You are the only one who will listen to me."

moment.

A small emerald green turtle slowly crawled out of the shore of Jiutian Pond, rubbed against the pastry, and began to eat it in small bites.

"Zhu Xuan's Taoist partner..." Lu Ling rubbed his eyes and took a breath.

"Is it a little turtle?"

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The author has something to say: Because I felt that if I posted it in two chapters, everyone would find it difficult to read, so I combined the two chapters into one chapter. Hahaha. I wrote it a little late, I'm really sorry.