The idol is trapped, the kite is bound, a hundred wishes are made, and the hearts of men are revealed.
Under the intense black light of the Tai Su Wu Nian Stone, Xie Jin Hui circled around me.
I couldn't catch his invisible kick, and I was furious and at a loss.
"Get up, get out of here, get up."
He jumped around.
"Yuan He, Yuan He, Yuan He."
I couldn't escape his encirclement, so I tried some more serpentine maneuvers.
"Avoid suspicion, avoid suspicion, avoid suspicion."
Finally, I slipped out of the outer perimeter of the Purple Palace. I could no longer tolerate Xie Jinhui's childish trick of pretending to be a bee.
I grabbed his collar, and a raging storm erupted.
"Xie Jinhui, use your brain, or I'll strangle you right now."
The fairy friends and maidens who had just passed by, who had been secretly laughing, now fell silent in fear.
Xie Jinhui readily agreed, bending down and bringing his face close, and said softly with a smile, "Yuan'e, if we keep avoiding suspicion, won't all the beautiful fairies in the celestial realm come and snatch me away? Please help me, please help me."
That makes sense. In order to help the Heavenly Emperor cover up his illness, he staged that scene of bewitching all living beings, which did cause an imbalance in the male-to-female ratio in the Immortal Realm. It's time to make them give up.
But why do you have to drag me along?
Oh, I'm the most trustworthy one.
My temper calmed down, I let go of him, and piled him up.
"Alright, but that's enough. You should leave now; Zu Jun's mountain of knives and sea of fire are far more terrifying than the beautiful fairy."
"Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up!"
I dared not push him again, and waved my hands repeatedly toward the roadside.
"Oh, oh, oh." Xie Jinhui walked a few steps quickly with some regret, then suddenly turned around happily and grinned at me.
"Yuan'e, see you back, Penpen!"
Basin? Oh, it's a pond.
It's easier to control him than to meet him in person.
Besides, the way he looked reading in the basin was so peaceful and adorable.
But I don't like looking at this big flea in front of me, I don't like looking at it.
I gave a perfunctory response.
"Okay, okay, okay..."
Jump as far as you can, bye-bye, Little Golden Dust.
Just then, I saw two strange birds perched on the sycamore tree next to me, clearly transformed from little fairies from some palace.
Haha, you've become clumsy, and even clumsier as a bird. No matter how anxious you are, you can't ride backwards on a branch.
They chirped and chattered.
It says: "Penpen, thank you, God, for saying Penpen will see you again."
"Yes, yes, basins? Washbasins, bathtubs..."
"A bathtub? Oh, oh, oh, hahaha, big news!"
Add, add, add...
Ah, this goddess can understand bird language.
Basins? I'll cover you both up with two basins and show you what purity really means.
Sigh, forget it. The more you get involved in this kind of thing, the worse it gets.
Hehe, this goddess is now sharing a bathtub with Xie Jinhui?
Do you understand?
However, as I returned to Qingning Pavilion high above the clouds, I felt uneasy.
I was only at ease when I saw Xie Jinhui again in the basin, truly able to settle down and read.
It seems he won the fight against the Earth Goddess, rather than being possessed by her.
Don't think I, Yuan'e, can drown in a basin of water. What can you not get tired of looking at after a while? The key is that the thing in the water is constantly pushing the limits of "Ten Thousand Love Talks".
For his sake, I can't let my fingers be tied to the brush, spending my whole life doing nothing but writing and recording.
I'm so annoyed!
Therefore, I am exceptionally quick when I go out for a walk during the day.
Just like a red apricot tree growing well in the yard, it has to climb over the wall.
It's not that it's over the wall, but rather that the wall is located in a place that's causing trouble.
I grow naturally.
Just today, I strolled back and was waving to the flowers in the yard, conveying my affection.
Then they heard a sharp call that seemed to come from the sky, like the chirping of birds.
"Yuan'e! Where are you going?"
I immediately shrank back, sensing something was wrong.
Then, I was...
If you say she's dressed like a phoenix, her feathers aren't shiny enough.
Like a pheasant?
Her temperament is still far superior... Let's just call her a magnificent, trailing kite.
In short, I was caught off guard by this fluttering thing.
Robbery isn't common in the immortal realm these days. I was completely unprepared and let this acquaintance catch me.
How shameful!
"Lady Jieyu, what do you want?" I struggled in Lady Jieyu's arms, trying to free myself without using any magical power.
Lady Jieyu, her eyes wide with burning anger, showed no sign of protecting her child and pressed down on my shoulder.
"Yuan'e, Your Highness has urgent business to attend to. Could you go down to the mortal realm and perform a day's duty for Her Highness?"
Lower bound? On duty?
Aside from one day being negotiable, everything else is beyond doubt.
reject!
Last time I descended to the mortal realm, I turned into a grasshopper...
well?
Why did you forget about revenge?
It doesn't matter. I don't want to go down to the mortal realm, even though things have been relatively peaceful there recently.
But the tasks that Lady Jieyu did were all done in a very specific and appropriate way.
She possesses the statue of a goddess built for her by mortals, and applies a "beauty-enhancing" holy water to believers that they cannot see.
This task, which would take no more than a few sips of tea in the celestial realm, could last a whole day in the mortal world, utterly boring.
I've also heard from other immortals that when mortals make a wish, they have to discern whether it's sincere or not.
If you make the wrong decision and agree to it, you'll be punished, and might even be sent to the Heavenly Execution Platform to be struck by lightning.
No way, no way. I, Yuanhe, never take responsibility.
Besides, it's just filling in for someone once. Asking me, an inexperienced celestial being, is pure nonsense.
Lady Jieyu could see my disdainful and aloof attitude, but she was really anxious. She raised her right hand and quickly rubbed her index and middle fingers together with her thumb.
My mind was suddenly clouded.
Because Lady Jieyu said that this is the action of mortals counting money, she used this code word to secretly exchange money with me many times.
However, the yard is overgrown with weeds and flowers, which is inconvenient.
I pointed upwards, and Lady Jieyu immediately understood.
In the blink of an eye, we were both on the clouds.
At that moment, I understood why she had contacted me.
When it comes to using immortal power for favors, apart from Xie Jinhui and me, Lady Jieyu has never asked any other immortal friends for help.
I am her only and the best choice that will not affect her image of integrity.
but……
In a moment of confusion, I asked the question first.
"How many?"
Lady Jieyu held up five fingers.
Pshaw, why doesn't she have six, seven, eight, or nine hairs?
At most, five hundred years of immortal power, I guess.
I'm not confident about things in the lower realms, and the price I'm offering isn't exorbitant, plus the risks are high.
I waved my hand, saying no.
Lady Jieyu was so anxious that she kept tiptoeing up Feikong Mountain, as if she wanted to jump up there all at once.
I saw through her intention and asked, "Is Your Highness's matter to be handled on Feikong Mountain?"
Lady Jieyu didn't treat me like some otherworldly fairy; she leaned closer to listen.
"Your Majesty, I want to pick a jade lotus that blooms only once every ten thousand years on Mount Feikong."
"Yuan'e, please help me."
Is a flower that blooms only once every ten thousand years really that precious?
Lady Jieyu is really making a fuss over nothing.
Now, the immortals who ask me for help...
You're just pretending, but you're not Xie Jinhui, so why should I help you according to your wishes?
I can help others.
“Lady Jieyu, I am very familiar with Feikong Mountain. Tell me where that little lotus is, and I will pick it for you for a fee.”
You go on duty as usual.
Lady Jieyu's eyes darted away, and she mumbled hesitantly, "No, open it quickly..."
Then, taking advantage of my inattention, she shoved the small jade bottle she had blessed and the mortal image-attaching token into my hands, and then flew away.
Oh dear! I dare not damage public property. If I take it, I will lose my chance to catch up with her.
I heard the last syllable of her voice, and the secret letter of blessing techniques delivered to my mind.
"Yuan'e, go, go, go! After it's done, you'll receive five thousand years of immortal power."
He weighed the bottle in his hand and thought to himself: This price is acceptable.
*
I handed the sign to the celestial official in charge of assigning duty locations in the lower realm. He glanced at me and nodded, and I assumed he recognized me.
However, he wrote down the name of Lady Jieyu in the daily duty log.
I glanced at him a couple more times; he also had a long, shiny tail and a decent appearance.
Ha, either he accepted a bribe, or...
Hehehe, what a trick.
"The location of today's manifestation is the Temple of Lady Jieyu in Butterfly Town," he said.
Butterfly Town might be a good place, but standing inside the life-sized statue, I desperately needed a place to stretch out my arms and legs and move around.
Lady Jieyu is too short, so I was bent into a double-bone bow inside and couldn't move.
In the past, I envied those gods who had divine duties. They stood on earth, receiving worship and enjoying great pomp and circumstance.
Now, all I want to do is go back to the Demon Cave and lie there, continuing to be that idle goddess.
Once they arrive in the human world, the immortals experience time just like mortals.
Initially, I saw the young female cultivator who was cleaning in the Jieyu Niangniang Palace push open the palace door.
At that moment, I was born.
Before dawn, the only people in the palace were her diligently fetching water, wiping the floor, dusting, and opening and closing the palace doors.
I saw that she was quite sleepy, so I used my magical powers to create a dream for her where she was still working, allowing her to sleep a little longer.
When she woke up and went outside carrying a grayish bucket, the sun had already risen.
Under the sunlight, I discovered that the Jieyu Niangniang Palace, which had been cleaned up with my divine power, had been revitalized with the vitality that I, as a goddess, love.
However, once believers arrive, I am confined to the authority of Lady Jieyu.
Outside the hall, the gate to the mountain opened, and I quickly reviewed the secret letter in my mind.
The first rule is—remain completely still, utterly still...
For a goddess like me who's bent like a shrimp, I've done it!
ah!
As a few scattered worshippers and morning exercisers passed by, I felt a pang of sympathy for Lady Jieyu. There weren't as many people worshipping her as she usually claimed.
Or, how about I reduce the amount of my five thousand years of immortal power?
However, I soon regretted it, so much so that I was about to ask for an exorbitant amount.
She gave too little!
Inside and outside the hall, there were three long queues.
Because there were only three prayer cushions initially, later the number was increased to six, then nine, and then twelve.
The hall was almost full, but the queue outside was still incredibly long.
The long, thick line was surprisingly quiet, but I learned from their occasional small talk that...
It turns out these were the tourists from the morning who didn't get into the temple. They went back and said something like this:
"Today, Lady Jieyu seems to be radiant and exceptionally dazzling."
Uh, did I accidentally reveal it?
They were exposed, but so were ordinary people.
I thought it would be difficult to discern sincerity, but who would have thought that once believers kneel on the mat, their thoughts and ideas are completely open to me.
But... it doesn't sound like it makes me want to summon a water bottle.
A woman knelt down; she was a quick and efficient person, and immediately kowtowed.
"I beg Your Majesty to grant me a daughter, Yan'er, who will grow more and more beautiful."
That's good, it fulfills my mother's wish.
Immediately afterwards, I heard her say that she was incredibly jealous.
"The eldest son's wife has only given birth to a slut with some alluring looks. When my Yan'er grows up, she will surely be able to climb higher than her."
Are you a bird, climbing high branches? Unless you're the moon first, hanging from the treetop.
Human status and social standing are all illusions...
She's gone. Let her go. Jealousy outweighs pleading. I won't see her off.
Another man with pockmarked face arrived, lamenting that he was too ugly to express his feelings to the young lady he had admired since childhood.
He said that the young lady was a kind-hearted girl, and if he were to get rid of his pockmarks, she would surely not care about his poverty and would willingly marry him.
He will treat her well too.
It sounds like a sincere effort, but what about the sincerity?
Alas, he actually wanted to take a shortcut by marrying the young lady and directly obtain her family's property.
He even came up with a name: Cai Cui Lou (采翠楼).
Don't overthink it!
I grant you the privilege of being with Ma Zi forever, your faces forever adorned with love.
Ah, if only I could rest my chin on my hand.
Humans have countless desires, but sincerity is often obscured by evil desires and selfishness, ultimately dying in their hearts.
pity.
Suddenly, a heart-wrenching wail came from outside the palace: "Yan'er, Yan'er, my Yan'er is missing! Yan'er, Yan'er!"
Has it disappeared?
I saw a little girl sitting under the offering table, handing me a fruit that belonged to Lady Jieyu.
"Goniqi!" (Here's some for you to eat.)
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