Chapter 132 [Spirit Pearl] Continuing the Hundred-Year Agreement
When Ye Mushi woke up, it was already very late and the Lantern Festival had already begun.
"Did I sleep too late?" He got up and put on his clothes.
"No, I've slept enough. I'll have the energy to play later." Lu Lishen looked at Ye Musi lovingly.
Ye Musi knew what Lu Lishen was talking about and his face turned red unconsciously.
"Where are Feiyue and the others?"
"They went too. Master, don't you want to go with them, and then..." When he said this, Lu Lishen couldn't help but curl up a wicked smile.
"Don't talk nonsense!"
Lu Lishen obediently shut his mouth and waited for Ye Musi to finish getting dressed before they went out.
The Lantern Festival is divided into three parts. The first part is that no matter who comes to visit the Lantern Festival tonight, they need to wear a mask, and then let lovers find another lover.
The second part is at the hour of Hai, when a stage is set up in the center of the town. The master of ceremonies selects a pair of lovers to represent the town to receive the lanterns. As this year's miracle doctor and the doctor's husband, they write inscriptions, make wishes, and release sky lanterns.
The third part is that under the attention of everyone, the two people hold another lantern without words and go outside the town to the residence of the miracle doctor. They place the lantern in the middle of the yard to pray that the spirit of the miracle doctor in heaven can protect them and not suffer from illness.
Because it is to increase the meaning of affection and test whether the other party can find the loved one and recognize the loved one, the masks are all made of uniform wood.
Lu Lishen put it on Ye Musi. At first glance, his master really blended into the crowd, but his white hair was rarely dazzling. Under the light, it also reflected a light yellow light, making him look like he had grown yellow hair.
"Master, help me put it on." Lu Lishen said with a smile after he finished explaining the process of the Lantern Festival.
"How do you know so much?" Ye Musi said as he tied the rope.
"I have never told Master that I was born here."
Hearing this, Ye Musi paused. This was the first time he'd heard Lu Lishen mention his birthplace. When he'd taken Lu Lishen in as his disciple, he'd asked where his hometown was, wanting to take him back to see it. But when it came to this, Lu Lishen remained silent, saying nothing. He'd stopped asking, assuming Lu Lishen had forgotten, or perhaps had always been a homeless wanderer. It didn't matter, he figured. Now that he'd accepted his place of worship, Hidden Valley would be his home, and the house in the West Hills would always be Lu Lishen's safe haven.
"It's far away from here, and I've forgotten a little." After putting on the mask, he looked into Ye Musi's eyes, "Master, I want to take you to my home after the Lantern Festival is over."
"Okay." Ye Musi agreed.
"Master, let's go, walk faster, walk farther. I'll count from one to ten, then to a hundred, and I'll come find you." As he spoke, he began to count, "One, two, three—"
Ye Musi took one last look at Lu Lishen and went in the opposite direction from him.
In fact, he felt that since they were bound by a marriage contract, this first link seemed useless to them, but he also wanted to experience the local customs, so he didn't say it out loud.
As he walked, he bought a small rabbit lantern, thinking that he would give it to Lu Lishen when he found him.
As Ye Musi walked, he felt a little hungry, so he bought some cakes. He walked and walked, and he didn't know where he ended up. He came to the lake and looked at the bright moon hiding under the water, which made him want to go down and fish it out.
He sat by the corridor, thinking it was far enough. He waited, he sat here waiting for Lu Lishen, feeling inexplicably expectant.
A breeze blew by, lifting the ends of his hair. His hair appeared silvery white in the moonlight, as if given life by the moon. Everyone around him looked at him.
"Brother with white hair, buy me some flowers." A child wearing a wooden mask like him walked up to him holding a basket of flowers.
Ye Musi knew medicinal herbs and magical herbs, but he couldn't identify the flower seeds. After picking for a long time, he didn't find any flowers.
"Brother, you have to take the red flowers with the white clothes you are wearing, otherwise it won't look festive at all and the girl you find won't like it."
Ye Musi laughed out loud, took the flowers recommended by the child and paid for them.
He didn't know whether Lu Lishen liked it or not, but he liked it very much.
"Thank you, brother. I wish you and your sister a baby soon!"
With that the child ran away.
Ye Musi sat there, smelling the fragrance of flowers, waiting quietly. Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of three people out of the corner of his eye. Even though they were wearing masks, the figures of the three people were so familiar to him.
Those three people were Lan Feiyue and the other two who went out with them.
Ye Musi's white hair was very conspicuous. Lan Feiyue saw Ye Musi at a glance. She was wondering, didn't he say something was wrong?
"Valley Master, don't think I won't recognize you just because you're wearing a mask. Why are you sitting here alone? Where's little Ali?"
"He got separated and came to find me."
"Oh! I know this. It's the first part of the Lantern Festival for lovers." Lan Feiyue said with a smile, but in her heart she was thinking, I can't just send her away with an important matter to discuss. If she is unhappy, is she the kind of person who will get in the way? She is not.
Ji Wang's gaze was always on Ye Musi. He was wearing a mask and his expression could not be seen. Ye Musi only felt that his gaze was a little cold, and Tiandao was probably still angry.
But he didn't do anything, and then he thought of the hits Lu Lishen had given him and got angry.
"Jiwang, don't be angry."
Ji Wang didn't say anything. He had long since stopped being angry. Although he was in the body of a child, he was still a person who had lived for who knows how many years. Ye Musi had only lived for thirty years, and with the body he gave him, it was only a hundred years, so he was a junior.
Not angry, not worth mentioning, but he silently cleared all his good feelings in his heart.
"It's okay, Valley Master. He hasn't been angry for a long time. I coaxed him into submission. Hahaha." Lan Feiyue looked like she was about to praise me.
"Well, a gentleman should not bear grudges against a villain. I won't be angry anymore." Ji Wang said.
"You? A great man doesn't remember the faults of a small man." Lan Feiyue touched Jiwang's head, "You've got it reversed. A small man doesn't remember the faults of a great man."
Since Wang didn't say anything, he was really speechless.
Hua Lingzhi said, "Since this is the first stage of a relationship, let's go quickly. Otherwise, when Lu Lishen comes and sees us here, he might become reluctant to let us go."
Ye Musi felt a little embarrassed, but he heard Lan Feiyue say, "That's right, let's go, Valley Master will see you later."
After saying hello, Lan Feiyue took Hua Lingzhi's hand and left, and Ji Wang followed her voluntarily.
Before Ye Musi had time to say hello, the three of them squeezed into the crowd and he was left alone again.
The cold wind blew, and he was wearing thin clothes and felt a little cold, but his heart was warm and burning. He leaned against his back, and suddenly a hand stretched out in front of his eyes, blocking his vision.
"Guess who I am?"
Ye Musi smiled.
"Ali."
"You guessed wrong." said the person behind him.
"Who is that?" Ye Musi didn't understand what Lu Lishen meant.
"Husband, please call me husband."
"It turns out that it was my husband who came looking for me." Ye Musi raised his hand and pulled down Lu Lishen's hand, then turned around and met the phoenix eyes hidden under the mask.
Lu Lishen turned over and walked into the corridor, sat next to Ye Musi, and took his hand.
"Is this a flower?"
"Yes, there are also lanterns." Ye Musi picked up the little rabbit lantern beside him and handed it to Lu Lishen, "This is for you."
But Lu Lishen took it calmly and put it aside, frowning.
Seeing this, Ye Musi thought that the other party didn't like it and felt a little disappointed.
"The wind was so strong just now that I made you wait here for a long time. Your hands are so cold. Let me warm them up for you." Lu Lishen rubbed Ye Musi's hands gently. Feeling that this would not warm him up quickly, he simply put his hands into his neck. Although he felt the coldness, he did not feel uncomfortable. Instead, he felt that this would cool him down.
"soon."
"It's almost midnight. It was already midnight when we came out."
It turned out that he had been out for an hour, but he still felt that time passed very quickly.
Lu Lishen picked up the red flower and put it on Ye Musi's ear.
"This red flower should be paired with Master." He smiled, his hand sliding down slowly. "The red flower should be paired with the wife. You gave me the red flower, so you must marry me as your wife."
"Okay, I'll marry you as my wife."
"I really want to kiss you. This mask is so troublesome."
Once you put on the mask, you cannot take it off, unless it is the Lantern Festival. Otherwise, taking it off will be a violation of the oath, and you will be separated.
"I'll let you kiss me as much as you want when we get back." Ye Musi said lovingly.
"The little rabbit lamp is so cute. Master is just like this little white rabbit. I really want to move it. Master will satisfy me, right?"
He shook his head helplessly, leaned forward, and clasped his hands on Lu Lishen's neck.
"You, why do you always think about these things?"
"I want to make you happy. Are you happy with me doing this?"
"Yeah, I'm happy."
After a brief exchange of affection, the two went to the center of the town.
The stage has been set up here and there are people surrounding it.
The emcee on the stage was wearing a velvet cloak inlaid with jade, and a wooden mask like theirs, but only half of it, revealing his long white beard. His eyes were sharp and majestic. He had been hosting the Lantern Festival for nearly thirty years.
Lu Lishen held Ye Musi tightly and squeezed to the front, where Lan Feiyue and the other two happened to be.
"Valley Master, what a coincidence." Lan Feiyue exclaimed, "Little Ali told me that you guys had something to discuss tonight and wouldn't be coming."
Lan Feiyue had to mention saving the world in front of Lu Lishen. Who made him think he was so ignorant?
"Something really happened." Ye Musi said with a smile.
He said this, completely unaware that his white hair and ethereal aura were so conspicuous that they caught the attention of the emcee. His mask crumbled into dust and vanished.
When the host saw Ye Musi's face, he was shocked, but quickly calmed down.
"Hey, my mask..." Ye Musi touched his face and looked at Lu Lishen whose mask had disappeared, with a look of confusion.
Lu Lishen took Ye Musi's hand and led him onto the stage amidst cheers. Lu Lishen said softly, "The person chosen by the emcee will have their mask removed and serve as this year's representative of the Divine Doctor and Divine Doctor's husband."
Ye Musi understood, but they were both men, and wasn’t the miracle doctor a woman?
"This year's miracle doctor and her husband, the miracle doctor, wrote an inscription for the sky lantern!"
Just when he was puzzled, the emcee held a sky lantern and handed it to Ye Musi, who took it. The emcee then held the pen and ink and handed it to Lu Lishen.
Lu Li thought deeply for a while, then picked up his pen: Let us be in perfect harmony, continue our promise for a hundred years, and love each other without a doubt.
"We will be together forever, and continue our promise for a hundred years. We will love each other without a doubt!" Lu Lishen put down his pen and said. He met Ye Musi's eyes.
Ye Musi was deeply moved by Lu Lishen's words. He took the pen, slid the tip of the pen gently across the red paper, and wrote down his wish: "I wish to walk with you, year after year, until we grow old together."
The two's vows echoed on the sky lanterns, each revealing deep emotion and hope for the future. The audience was moved by this genuine emotion and erupted in warm applause and cheers.
"The sky lanterns will carry your wishes and fly into the sky. The heavens will remember and bless you."
Ye Musi and Lu Lishen slowly raised the sky lantern, which swayed gently in their hands, and the flames illuminated their faces.
"Release the lantern!" Following the host's command, the two of them let go at the same time. With the help of a breeze, the sky lantern slowly rose into the air and flew higher and higher.
Ji Wang watched the lantern disappear into the night, his heart remaining silent, but the coldness in his eyes had melted, replaced by a faint warmth. He had received Ye Musi and Lu Lishen's wishes.
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