The water mirror silences the twelve bells.
bell!
As Xiao Yan'er and Xie Jinhui's images disappeared from the water's surface, a new beam of light instantly appeared on the Butterfly Dream Bell.
Xie Jinhui has led his first disciple into the cultivation ground, where the trials that will take place will be a thorough tempering of the cultivator's heart by the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.
The squares in the basin that belonged to Xiao Yan'er gradually disappeared, and no new images of her appeared.
What happens to her next will become a personal mark, just like every other deity.
No other deity would ever inquire about or spy on this journey of self-reflection.
Lady Jieyu has driven the first girl she took in to the brink of life and death.
She took a moment to look up and gave me a meaningful wink.
With her first success, it was as if a huge foundation stone had been erected for the Fairy Maiden's Palace of True Beauty that she had always dreamed of.
As long as we continue to stir things up in the water and shape the destinies of the girls, the immortal path of Lady Jieyu will become glorious and smooth sailing.
I'm still busy casting spells on my girls—no, I mean, bestowing opportunities upon them.
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Xie Jinhui in white robes, sleeves unfurled, appearing in the compartment next to Lady Jieyu.
I couldn't help but glance in that direction.
It turned out that the girl, who was teetering between life and death, climbed a high mountain and picked a snow lotus that could cure poison.
She tossed the snow lotus to a healer who had been guarding the area at the foot of the mountain for a long time, so that the healer could go and treat more people who had been poisoned outside the snow mountain.
She herself didn't even leave behind a single leaf, intending to disappear into the vast whiteness, into the clean silence of the wind, snow, and ice.
However, she saw a god descending from the top of the snow-capped mountain.
The girl's head struck the snow silently, but her image vanished as the bell rang.
Overjoyed, Lady Jieyu shouted "Hehe!" twice, then rolled up her sleeves and splashed on the water, making dots and dots.
call!
Two were successful.
If my prediction is correct, the transformation process will suddenly accelerate.
Because Xie Jinhui had been sending the spirits into the basin at increasingly shorter intervals.
The first two, including Xiao Yan'er and the one who attained enlightenment in the snow mountain, are older than the other girls.
As expected, when more and more girls were about to achieve their goals, Xie Jinhui, like a piece of moonlight torn apart by the wind, moved back and forth on the water, becoming a blurry afterimage.
One side has just been enlightened, while the other side is making its debut.
He repeated the phrase, "Following my master, I cultivate beyond life and death," over and over again.
I looked at him and wanted to laugh, but I also wanted to take him out and examine him closely, since I couldn't let him dry yet.
Don't waste too much of your immortal power, so you can't solidify your immortal body and turn into a blinding cloud of golden dust, then come crying to me, begging, "Yuan'e, stick to me!"
I suddenly felt a jolt.
Stop overthinking. There's a girl under my command hiding in the military camp's cellar, covering her ears and huddled up, listening to the screams and groans of countless young girls turning into women amidst the sounds of men whipping and beating them.
Oh, it's alright, it's alright. This goddess has no right to interfere with what is bound to happen in the world, but I can stay with you and not look, not think, and no longer expect or yearn for anything.
After all, among those voices was someone she knew, someone who had said he was willing to stay by her side for life.
But I know that he says this to every woman, and even now, he is still saying it.
Fortunately, you don't believe him, so there's nothing to be disappointed about right now. You gave a bitter smile.
The wailing continued to escalate, and now it wasn't just women screaming and men roaring, but also wild beasts tearing at each other, hooves pounding the ground, tumbling, throwing, swords being drawn, and roaring—a chaotic and terrifying cacophony of sounds.
The girl stared in horror at the space just above, where wild beasts' hooves scratched and clawed at her head like a raging storm.
Is that crunching sound from chewing?
Was it a scream? A desperate chokehold for help when you couldn't breathe? Or a wild beast's hissing and snorting as it feasted on its prey?
Drip, drip, the red water seeped down.
I wanted to hold an umbrella for my aunt, so I looked up at the shelf.
Alas! The magical power at my fingertips only condensed into a single umbrella rib, for I knew I could no longer hold onto it.
Who put a veil over my eyes? I don't want to see.
On the second, third, and fourth day, my girl gathered up every remains of those who had died at the hands of wild beasts and those who had perished between weapons.
Flies, vultures, the wind blowing through the military camp, the sound echoing between the bones of corpses, the dreadful gray beads, the dragging bloodstains.
Men, women, and beasts alike lay quietly in the hiding places the girl had dug for them.
The girl erected a tombstone for the quiet military camp, with two characters engraved on it—"Yiwei" (meaning "one flavor").
I can't help but sigh: bitterness, emptiness, and death are also forms of life.
Because of this one dish, she met Xie Jinhui, whom she was destined to meet.
A gentle breeze rustled past the tombstone, and the soft sound of bells rang in my ears.
I exhaled and raised my stiff, hunched fingers. On the water, my side was now completely still.
Alright, alright, my task is done, but why am I not happy at all?
On Lady Jieyu's side, the last square suddenly flashed, and a moon-like light burst forth from the basin, piercing through the darkness.
The twelve bells rang in succession, and the surface of the water in the basin was now a clear, indifferent ripple, having wiped away everything, leaving not even a reflection.
Lady Jieyu and I looked at each other and gave each other a tired yet gentle smile.
Looking back on the moments when mortals became immortals, some returned to the Taoist path, some sacrificed themselves, and some saw through everything and had no more attachments.
But some things are achieved by chance in strange and unusual ways. One girl took a sip of wine, said, "I was born with talents that I can't use," and then her destiny was fulfilled.
Another one went to the palace, plucked a beard hair from the old emperor, and then gave that hair to a tiger in the mountains.
So, the old emperor dreamed of a tiger, and the tiger entered the empress's womb and became the old emperor's son.
Because of this incident, the girl indirectly saved the common people by rewriting the imperial bloodline, thus becoming a person who contributed to the future prosperity of the world, and was also qualified to be enlightened and ascended to heaven.
In short, they all suffered a lot, and most of them gained enlightenment from suffering.
However, there are also those who do not seek the Way, do not know suffering, but rely solely on chance, and because their minds are as pure as water, they naturally return to their rightful place.
The effects of those twelve drops of celestial beauty water not only made the girls incomparably beautiful, but also purified their souls.
Perhaps, worrying that they will bring chaos to the world because of their beauty is a delusion that misses the point.
On the contrary, they will surely be among the immortals, which is the true original?
I don't know, I don't know. Lady Jieyu ran off to pick lotus flowers in a mad rush of love and neglected her post.
This goddess reluctantly took over her duties, breaking a bottle and spilling twelve drops of water...
Perhaps all of this is like how I control the fate of mortals in the pot; is there someone controlling us gods as well?
It's not an empty mountain; beyond mountains, and beyond mountains beyond mountains, who is watching?
I looked up at the sky and heard Lady Jieyu deliberately stirring things up by shouting at me.
"Yuanhe, Yuanhe, look! Little Xie Shenjun has appeared in the basin again with his twelve beautiful concubines."
A beautiful woman?
I suddenly looked down.
Who cares about beautiful women!
These are the result of Xie Jinhui's arduous journey and the countless trials and tribulations she has endured with her twelve disciples.
It's a shame that you, Lady Jieyu, have been so close to the believers in the mortal world all these years, and that you've just gone through a tragic life with six girls.
How can you use such gossipy thoughts as "beautiful women" to desecrate this sacred teacher-student relationship?
But I still stared intently at the water's surface.
On the water, there is only one scene.
Xie Jinhui, with his back to us, was teaching immortal techniques to twelve female disciples who were facing me and Lady Jieyu.
It seems that in a little while, the Ascension Platform in the Celestial Realm will be busy preparing to welcome them.
At that time, Xie Jinhui will be able to lead them to officially receive their Immortal Rank status.
As I watched Xie Jinhui exude the air of a master immortal in every gesture, I unconsciously rested my chin on my hand and fixed my gaze on the water's surface.
Haha, you're much better looking than my master.
Lady Jieyu seemed to be secretly amused, so I ignored her.
But she deliberately provoked me.
"Oh, Yuan'e!" Lady Jieyu's voice was so irritating, it was like she wanted to punch someone.
"Your man descends to the mortal realm to see beautiful women, and he can see twelve at a time. Are you sure you can trust him?"
Listen to this, doesn't he deserve a beating?
But it's unnecessary!
Xie Jinhui, what do you think he is to me? So what? What does it have to do with me?
What kind of Daoist partner, man, lover, yours...
I could also call him a fellow immortal, a colleague, a nobody, a frivolous... husband...
Well, anyway.
I can call him whatever I want. Who cares about the relationship, titles, and all that other stuff that other people give me?
Since Lady Jieyu wants to use me as a taunt, then I'll smash her head to pulp, satisfying her and confusing her as well.
I kept my eyes fixed on Xie Jinhui and said, "I can see beautiful women without going down to the mortal realm, and I'll see him too."
What's wrong?!
"Yes, yes, yes, Yuan'e is still better."
Lady Jieyu must have had a stomachache while rummaging through the spirits, because she was chuckling and laughing dryly.
At that moment, a flash of light appeared on the water's surface.
Xie Jinhui turned around, and the disciples behind him became a blurry mist.
Xie Jinhui's gaze seemed to pierce through the water's surface, entering my heart and stirring up a surging tide.
I couldn't help but cover my slightly flushed face.
“Yuan’e, wait for me,” he said to my heart.
...
Outside the Xuan Yu Pavilion of Lady Jie Yu, exclamations of amazement suddenly came from all the gods and immortals.
Originally, there were six pairs of neon-lit fairy bridges, now appearing within the fourteen strings.
This kind of neon light can only appear when two people from the lower realm ascend together.
Upon seeing this scene in the air, Lady Jieyu almost leaped up and flew into the rainbow.
I was lost in thought, staring at the neon lights, so much so that when Xie Jinhui returned to the courtyard, I felt a strange sense of calm and disorientation.
"Your Highness, please excuse me for a moment."
Xie Jinhui's voice had a slightly more breathy, murmuring quality compared to when he left.
His body shimmered with light, so light it was almost transparent, which stirred within me an impulse to lock him away in a quiet jar and preserve him.
He needs to rest; he is like a piece of glass, possessing the beauty before it shatters.
Lady Jieyu glanced at the pots on the jade table in her courtyard, and a calculating glint appeared in her eyes.
She deliberately led Xie Jinhui to look at the basin, then said in an extremely firm tone, "That won't do, this is my courtyard, Your Majesty's."
Xie Jinhui seemed to have no intention of getting entangled with her anymore. He used his immortal power to send the basin to Lady Jieyu.
"Even if Lady Jieyu has no intention, I, the Divine Lord, still intend to give you this pot."
It can help you check the situation in the lower realm at any time, and it can also help you issue orders to the Twelve Fairies of True Face directly without going down to the lower realm, so they can do things for you.
The heavy basin landed quietly in the arms of the long-drooling Lady Jieyu.
The basin was pressing down on her, so she couldn't jump up, but when she ran, she was as free as if she were having a blast.
Receiving extra benefits, Lady Jieyu was blessed with good fortune and found a partner. With a string of eerie "hahahahaha" sounds, she ran out of the courtyard in a flash.
However, she suddenly ran back with a basin in her arms, clung to the yard gate, and showed a satisfied smile on her face.
"Gentlemen, this garden is not suitable for dual cultivation."
Me, him, him, him...
A burst of magical power erupted from my palm, and I threw it towards her.
boom!
Lady Jieyu, sitting on a lotus flower and holding a basin, flew to the heavens to meet her lover.
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