God Realm Beast Sealing House 3
Xie Guijin knew: "In Shennong's heart, although she and Xue Linchuan came from another world, they were human, that is, the descendants of Shennong, the junior among the juniors. As the ancestor, Shennong was willing to host the event simply to play with the children."
She licked her lips, composed herself, and then expressed her thoughts one by one.
“Excellent, excellent,” Shennong repeatedly agreed. “In this way, we will surely be able to capture the Taotie. Would you like to join us in the preparations?”
Xie Guijin bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I have no worries about the Chef King Competition, but there are still three ferocious beasts outside. I need to seal them as soon as possible, so I am really unable to participate in the preparation of the Chef King Competition."
Xie Guijin spoke frankly and was not afraid that Shennong would think she was directing the gods, and thus become angry and punish her.
Shennong, as expected, didn't care at all. His eyes were full of appreciation for the junior. He waved his hand and said, "Then I will take the lead in making the preparations. However, you must make time to watch the competition on the day of the competition. First, it would be a pity to miss such a lively event. Second, Taotie's money for buying a house still needs to be handed over to you."
“The Taotie recognizes you, but that won’t do.” Shennong then said, “How about I transform you into the God of Prosperity?”
"The Emperor is indeed very thoughtful. However, we should inform the God of Prosperity in advance to avoid being exposed." Xie Guijin looked at the Emperor Shennong, conveying his reliance on his elder.
Shennong the Great narrowed his eyes into slits and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I'll talk to her."
"What about the other three?" Shennong asked again.
Xie Guijin scratched behind her ear and said softly, "I dare not deceive the Emperor, I haven't made up my mind yet."
"No rush, today is only the first day. If you wish, you can rest here. You can leave after you have figured out a plan."
"Is it okay?" Xie Guijin opened her eyes wide and her mouth slightly open.
Xue Linchuan, standing to the side, also looked incredulous.
Shennong the Great teleported close and patted Xie Guijin and Xue Linchuan on the shoulder, saying, "Why not? There are no forbidden areas here. Feel free to wander around and don't be shy."
"Thank you for your kind words, Your Majesty," Xie Guijin and the other person bowed and took their leave.
The entire Lieshan Divine Realm consists of seven active volcanoes, each far apart and arranged in the shape of the Big Dipper. The craters of these volcanoes emit seven-colored medicinal smoke all year round. Legend has it that if one can smell even a wisp of this smoke, one will be immune to all poisons for life.
Between the volcanoes lies a plain of red soil, upon which grow crops such as nine-eared millet and fine millet in a pleasing, irregular pattern. The rice ears droop down to the size of an infant's fist, and the millet grains are plump and as large as millstones. Each stalk of these crops radiates a spiritual light, and it is said that if one eats even a single grain of these crops, one will never go hungry for a hundred years.
Upon seeing this, Xie Guijin and the other person's bloodlines awakened, and they lingered in the fields, reluctant to leave.
A group of lush green blades hopped and skipped closer, landing on Xie Guijin's lap as she sat cross-legged, and asked, tilting their bodies, "Who are you?"
"How rude! You should introduce yourself before asking others." Xie Guijin found the little grass cute and decided to tease it.
"Us?" the little buds chirped all at once, "We are buds."
Xie Guijin carefully lifted the buds from her knees and exclaimed in surprise, "You are the legendary auspicious calendar grass!"
Legend has it that the calendar grass was an auspicious plant during the reign of Emperor Yao. It grew on the steps of the courtyard and its growth pattern was synchronized with the phases of the moon: starting from the new moon (the first day of the lunar month), it would grow one pod each day until the fifteenth day, when it would grow a total of fifteen pods. After the sixteenth day, it would lose one pod each day until the end of the month (the last day of the lunar month). If it was a short month (29 days), the last pod would wither but not fall.
It is one of the auspicious omens in ancient times, regarded as a lucky sign of a sage king's rule, and it only grows when an emperor with outstanding virtue is in power.
"Yes, yes!" The buds jumped onto Xie Guijin and Xue Linchuan one after another.
Soon, the pods of the auspicious plant fell into Xue Linchuan's hair and shoulders. He remained motionless, afraid of hurting them. He was now a divine general of the Temple of Justice and was extremely strong.
Xie Guijin had no such concerns. She picked up a piece of wood and put it into the red river that flowed through the plains. Holding one end of the wood with one hand to prevent it from drifting away, she picked up the buds with the other hand and placed them one by one on the wood. When the wood was almost full of buds, she let go of the wood and watched the buds drift rapidly in the boiling river. She asked with a smile, "Is it fun?"
"Fun, fun!" the pods on the wood exclaimed happily.
The other buds were envious and flocked to the riverbank.
The pods on Xue Linchuan's body also jumped off in a race.
Xie Guijin got up and invited Xue Linchuan to pick up wood with her.
Xue Linchuan didn't move. He stared intently at the wooden boat bobbing up and down in the river, not daring to blink, and asked, "Will this work? Will it be dangerous?"
“No way,” Xie Guijin said, returning with two pieces of wood and handing one to Xue Linchuan. “These are ancient auspicious symbols, how could anything happen to them? Here, here.”
The pods at my feet chattered and urged me on.
Xue Linchuan squatted down and, together with Xie Guijin, each took a plank, sending all the auspicious pods onto the drifting logs.
He stared for a while, and seeing that there was no danger, he suddenly got up and left.
A while later, Xue Linchuan dragged back a huge wooden plank, which he had somehow found and could accommodate three people lying flat.
He placed the plank on the river and smiled brightly at Xie Guijin: "Come on up and play."
Xie Guijin pointed to the tip of her nose and asked uncertainly, "Me?"
“Yes, this is made of wood that I found in the divine realm. It wasn’t made by magic, so it’ll be fine,” Xue Linchuan said, gesturing for Xie Guijin to come up onto the wooden board. “Now that you’re a goddess, you don’t need to worry about getting dirty or hurt playing with this. Come on, have a go.”
Xie Guijin supported herself on Xue Linchuan's palm with her right hand, and stepped onto the wooden planks in the river one after the other.
Once she was settled, Xue Linchuan gently pushed the wooden plank, which slid downstream, causing ripples that lapped against the small wooden boats of the budding plants.
The pods became even more excited, screaming and cheering.
A joyful atmosphere rippled across the river.
Xie Guijin, who was in the middle of it, started by squatting cautiously, and gradually lay flat on the wooden board.
Looking at the azure sky, she felt as if the heavy weight that had been pressing on her heart for so long had been crushed and dissipated.
After floating around for a while, Xie Guijin pulled Xue Linchuan onto the wooden plank to play together.
After drifting around several times and having enough fun, we finally went ashore with the other tadpoles.
After cleaning their clothes, Xie Guijin and Xue Linchuan exchanged a smile.
The pods huddled together, shaking off the river water.
The system slowly appeared: "Host, do you still remember your mission?"
"You're such a spoilsport," Xie Guijin said, raising her eyebrows and pouting.
"How did I spoil the fun!" the system snapped. "I waited until you were done playing before reminding you."
"Oh, that's progress, you deserve praise." Xie Guijin said casually, stroking the pod.
"Host, you just finished playing for two days, don't you remember? Can't you have some sense of responsibility as a mission taker? Have some sense of urgency?" The system pleaded earnestly, but said without thinking, "It's like the emperor isn't worried, but the eunuch is."
Xie Guijin burst out laughing, grinning and saying, "I know, I know."
He then conjured paper and pen, and wrote on the paper: Chaos enjoys listening to the slander of wicked people and despises the words and deeds of upright people. Qiongqi preys on kind and honest people and likes to bite off the noses of wicked people. Taotie enjoys creating disasters and conflicts, and takes pleasure in destroying harmony.
If this were in modern times, Xie Guijin would say, "The reason why ferocious beasts target people is because these are all made up by people."
Having now traversed the three realms, Xie Guijin, now residing in the God Realm, wrinkled her nose and said indignantly, "Are they picking on the weak? Do they think the human race is weak?"
Xue Linchuan took the paper from Xie Guijin's hand with affection, looked at it carefully, and said, "The solution lies in the human realm. It would be best to first petition and discuss the matter with the emperor of the human realm to avoid any obstacles in our actions."
“That’s easy. We are gods now, and gods are powerful. I don’t think the emperor of the human realm will make things difficult for us,” Xie Guijin clapped his hands and said, “Let’s not delay, let’s set off quickly.”
The two were about to bid farewell to Emperor Shennong when an attendant said, "The Emperor has already instructed that you two should just come and go as you please, without any further formalities. The Emperor also said that if you two do not have a place to stay in these seven days, you may stay temporarily in the Divine Realm."
Upon hearing this, Xie Guijin and his companion decided to reside in the Divine Realm. They thanked their attendants, took their leave, and soared into the sky above the imperial city of the human realm.
Xue Linchuan, hidden in the sea of clouds, looked utterly astonished.
Xie Guijin asked, "What's wrong?"
"This seems to be the place where I grew up," Xue Linchuan said uncertainly, his gaze sweeping around.
Upon hearing this, Xie Guijin gritted her teeth and said, "System, could it be that your so-called quick transmigration is all within the same world, just divided into six different regions?"
The system is frozen and not responding.
"Never mind, let's go to the palace first," Xie Guijin said to Xue Linchuan, thinking that business was more important.
Hidden among the clouds, the two saw the Empress sitting in the Shangyang Palace, reviewing memorials.
The Empress's appearance was unchanged from Xie Guijin's memory, except that she looked slightly tired and her eyes were slightly red.
Xie Guijin asked in surprise, "Could it be that not only is the space the same, but the flow of time is also the same? Could it be that if I have spent seven days in the demon realm, it is also seven days later in the human realm?"
The system continued to play dead, refusing to answer, and it was unclear what it was hiding from the public.
Xie Guijin and Xue Linchuan stopped dwelling on the matter and both appeared in spirit form, asking the Empress not to interfere with their sealing of the three ferocious beasts, Chaos, Qiongqi, and Taotie, lest the beasts escape and wreak havoc on the six realms.
The Empress readily agreed. Unlike ordinary mortals who dared not look at the gods and would only kowtow and beg for blessings, she looked up at Xie Guijin and the other person in the clouds and negotiated with them on an equal footing.
The three reached an agreement, but the Empress hesitated to speak.
Xue Linchuan said gently, "Your Majesty, please speak frankly."
"If someone ascends to immortality and reunites with an old friend, will it be detrimental to the immortals?" The Empress hesitated for a long time before asking in a trembling voice.
"It's alright," Xue Linchuan replied respectfully, sensing something amiss.
With tears welling in her eyes and her lips trembling slightly, the Empress asked, "You...you are Ji Ming?"
The words a palace lady had once told her echoed in Xie Guijin's ears: "Jiming is the courtesy name His Majesty gave to Lord Xue, the Prefect of the Capital." She was overwhelmed with mixed feelings.
The Empress had already turned her gaze to her, and said with a pleased smile, "Then this goddess must be Miss Xie?"
Xie Guijin's mind went blank for a moment, and she roared in her heart: "System, get out here! Didn't you say before that you are a quick transmigration house-selling system, that every world is an illusion, that everything is done according to my will, that I don't need to care about the original owner's personality, and that others will rationalize my words and actions?"
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