Seeing the clear and gentle voice and the vast sea of ​​flowers that seemed like something he had seen in his dreams, Qi Wuhuo knew that it was an old acquaintance. He looked at the woman over there, and his gaze swept over to Su Yue'er who was also wearing silk and satin beside her. The latter was staring at the Taoist over there as if she had seen a ghost, and the turbulent waves in her heart could be seen on her face.

Qi Wuhuo thought for a moment, then bowed slightly and replied, "So it's Princess Qiongyu."

Princess...

It is a polite but unfamiliar name.

The light in Li Qiongyu's eyes seemed to fade slightly, and a gentle and elegant look appeared on her face. She said:

"It's rare to see you here, Master. I have been troubled by your help with my studies."

"Please come up and have a chat."

Su Yue'er was beside Li Qiongyu, watching the sea of ​​flowers spreading over there. She saw the Taoist priest grow taller and his appearance mature. She could still vaguely see the boy who lived in the small village at the foot of the mountain three or four years ago. However, his temperament was completely different from the stubborn boy at that time.

I wonder what he has been through in the past few years?

She was really scared to death just now.

Princess Qiongyu has not been in good health and seldom goes out. But today, after Prince Qin left, she said that autumn is a good time to enjoy the flowers. She also said that there are large flower fields in the palace and if some time passes, the flower-viewing season will be over, so she came here to enjoy the flowers and brought a zither with her.

After playing the piano for a long time, I saw the Taoist coming again.

Only then did he stop.

If Su Yue'er hadn't known that Princess Qiongyu had come early.

She almost thought that the princess came here specifically to meet this Taoist priest.

The laughter and call just now seemed normal, but they also seemed to have a different flavor from the past.

Su Yue'er shook her head vigorously to get rid of the thought.

No no no!

impossible!

This is Princess Qiongyu, the empire's most talented woman who is gentle, compassionate and kind, yet decisive in major matters. She is also a legendary beauty. Her every move represents the royal family. How could she do such a thing?

It must be because I have read too many popular storytelling books recently.

That's why I have such thoughts.

Really crazy thoughts!

The Taoist came up, bowed slightly and greeted him. Li Qiongyu looked at the Taoist in front of her, smiled, and said gently: "What a coincidence."

"I didn't expect to see you here."

"I never thought that I would meet the princess here."

Li Qiongyu's eyes were gentle, and she said:

"Master, please take a seat. Here are some autumn snacks and tea. Just sit quietly for a while and enjoy the scenery."

Qi Wuhuo sat on a chair, looking at the sea of ​​flowers outside. He always felt that this sea of ​​flowers was similar to what he saw in his dream. After a while of greeting, they talked about things that were not related to the border, such as romance. Li Qiongyu said, "I want to talk to the Taoist priest about Wei Feng... Yue'er..."

Su Yue'er had been in the capital for several years, and with her father's teachings, she immediately realized that these were not things she should listen to. If she knew too much, she might be in danger of death. She immediately stood up, found an excuse to make another pot of tea, and left in a hurry.

After Su Yue'er left, there were only two people left here.

The woman in front of him circled the cup with her fingers and said seriously, "So, today the Mighty King summoned the Phoenix, and with you here, Taoist Priest, if I'm not mistaken, he should be planning to go to war, right?"

"Oh... You don't have to look at me like that. I can see more things in the palace than you can imagine. I understand the truth that a single fallen leaf can tell the coming of autumn and a single glimpse can reveal the whole picture. If the mighty king leaves the capital to conquer the four directions, he will definitely need someone to guard the rear and slowly dispel all the hatred and resentment."

"He will probably choose Wei Feng."

"He doesn't want what happened to our fathers to happen again to our generation."

"After what happened back then, no one in our generation is a winner..."

"But I don't trust Wei Feng."

Li Qiongyu looked at the sea of ​​flowers in the distance and said softly, "I am worried that he will choose to ascend the throne. While I am still by his side, I may be able to remind him and give him some advice, but I can't be with him forever, and he won't always be a child who listens to his sister."

"If you sit too high, people around you will inevitably flatter you, and you will become more and more self-centered, more and more arbitrary, and less willing to tolerate others telling you what to do."

"I'm worried that even blood relatives will turn against each other one day."

"I'm also worried that he will become the kind of [Human Emperor] that I hated the most when I was young."

Li Qiongyu told the Taoist about her concerns, but did not express her other thoughts or requests, because she knew that the Taoist in front of her also cared about the world, and knew that after he understood these things, he would naturally make a choice. She smiled slightly and said:

"It's just a little worrying. Life is so long and no one knows what the future will be like."

"I'm sorry to have made you listen to so many of my complaints. Come..."

Li Qiongyu poured a cup of tea for the Taoist priest, and Qi Wuhuo said, "Thank you, Princess."

She looked at the man in front of her, her large and gentle eyes reflecting him. In her dreams, he was also this age when they met before, but in her dreams, he was very heroic, with the sharpness and bookish air of a scholar, but now he was calm and clear; he smiled calmly and said:

"There is no outsider between you and me, so why should we be so distant?"

"I know you were worried that Yue'er was here and that you might be too intimate with me."

Qi Wuhuo paused, then smiled helplessly and said, "Miss Qiongyu is still as smart as she was back then."

Li Qiongyu shook her head, her expression dignified, but her tone was full of joking and teasing, and she said: "You are still too distant. I was with you before you died in the dream. How come, at this moment, you are unwilling to even call me by my name, Master Wuhuo?"

We are indeed lifelong friends.

The Taoist laughed. He held the tea in his hand and said naturally, "Qiong Yu is right."

"That's more like it."

Li Qiongyu smiled, still graceful and calm, and turned her head to look at the sea of ​​flowers in the garden, admiring the flowers and the scenery. Qi Wuhuo said goodbye, and Li Qiongyu stood up to see him off, saying gently: "There is no one else in this sea of ​​flowers. I built it according to the scenery in my dream. I didn't expect that I would have the opportunity to enjoy the flowers and chat with you."

They walked through the sea of ​​flowers on both sides, casually chatting about ordinary things. The Taoist held a whisk in his arm, with a calm expression. The princess still had a gentle voice and was graceful. After walking for several hundred meters, Li Qiongyu stopped, smiled and agreed to meet again some other day, and watched the Taoist go away.

It was not until the Taoist priest went far away that he slowly exhaled and turned around.

She thought for a moment and walked on the road the Taoist had just walked. She lowered her eyes slightly and walked back with a slight smile. Her aquamarine shoes stepped lightly on the stone slabs. Her right hand dropped down and her fingers gently brushed the petals. Her fingers were white and slender, and seemed to be playing a musical instrument, or jumping lightly on the petals like a little man.

Li Qiongyu sat back in the pavilion in the sea of ​​flowers, holding her tea, took a deep breath, and her expression gradually became calm as usual.

Su Yue'er sat at the far end of the sea of ​​flowers, resting her hands on her chin as she looked at the princess who revealed a hint of girlish demeanor.

As a girl, she noticed that the county lord showed a little abnormality. She didn't know why, but she sighed and whispered in her heart: "It's so close... He is my fiancé."

Obviously just a little bit...

If at that time...

I don't know why, but I suddenly felt a little depressed and regretful, and it was very uncomfortable to hold my breath.

…

When Qi Wuhuo returned to the storage room with snacks and flowers from the palace, he saw that there were extra guests. He saw the scholar in green with a smile on his face, but he looked like a fight might start at any time. The old green ox came back, but he shrank aside obediently. Randeng sighed.

Qi Wuhuo asked: "What's going on?"

His eyes swept across the scholar in green, and he immediately noticed the change in the atmosphere in the room. He pushed the door open with caution and walked in. He saw the incarnation of Queen Wa and the great magician Xuandu with slightly red eyes. Apart from these two, the other person surprised Qi Wuhuo a little, but when he thought about it carefully, it seemed natural.

The Taoist said slowly:

"Jade Emperor, Zhang Xiaoyu."

…

Qi Wuhuo was not surprised by Zhang Xiaoyu's sudden visit.

As an ally, if he did not come to find Qi Wuhuo after the previous big dispute, it would be a problem. Zhang Xiaoyu brought many gifts to Queen Wa, and his attitude was very good and quite gentle, with an apologetic tone. There is no doubt that he was influenced by his predecessor, and his favorability towards Queen Wa was directly maxed out, even exploded.

However, when he faced Fuxi's true body, he seemed to have tried his best to barely suppress the urge to directly pry open Haotian's foundation, draw out the Haotian Sword, dig a hole and bury Fuxi on the spot. After exchanging greetings with Queen Wa for a while, Jade Emperor Zhang Xiaoyu stood up, and Qi Wuhuo also stood up naturally.

Queen Nuwa looked at them.

The young Taoist said, "My Lady, Xiaoyu is busy now and needs to return to Heaven. I will go and see him off."

Zhang Xiaoyu was stunned: "Ah?"

I'm busy? I came down here because I dealt with something today!

No, I managed to sneak down here with great difficulty, and I haven’t eaten yet?!

You took so many snacks, share them with me...

Queen Wa was surprised and asked, "Are you leaving in such a hurry?"

Zhang Xiaoyu: "No, I..."

The young Taoist put his hand on the young Jade Emperor's shoulder and said, "Xiao Yu, you are very busy, right?"

Zhang Xiaoyu: “…”

The corners of his mouth twitched.

I, I...

I can bear it!

The corners of his mouth lifted up little by little, revealing a smile, and he said, "Yes, Madam, I am very busy."

"So I'll come see you later."

Queen Wa looked at Qi Wuhuo, sighed, said nothing, and just nodded gently.

She seemed to know everything, but she never tried to stop it.

Qi Wuhuo and Zhang Xiaoyu walked out of the storage room and slowly walked on the streets of the human world. Neither of them spoke for a while. After a while, Zhang Xiaoyu said, "I'm sorry."

The Taoist asked, "What are you sorry for?"

The Jade Emperor in casual clothes said, "Of course it was something that happened before. Fuxi should have a great weight on the human world, but for me, killing Fuxi is the most important thing. From the perspective of the heavens and the six realms, it doesn't matter what Fuxi does. The most important thing is not having Fuxi."

"He has committed too many sins of murder. He is a god who has caused great trauma to the people of the six realms. We cannot believe such a being even if he says he has repented. It's like a murderer in the human world who has slaughtered hundreds of people. If he suddenly says one day that he has repented and has been doing good from now on, would you believe it?"

"No."

"Not only that, but you won't let him appear near a crowd, right?"

"We do the same with Fuxi."

Zhang Xiaoyu and Qi Wuhuo walked through the human world. They turned into a flash of light and flew over this place. They came to a small hill outside the human world. Zhang Xiaoyu brushed his sleeves and a pavilion appeared on the hill. There was a stone table below and a chess game on the stone table. Zhang Xiaoyu said, "Emperor Xi is the biggest trouble, but he is not the only trouble."

"Now the fortune of the human world is gradually growing stronger. Emperor Xi is striving for three hundred years, but during these three hundred years, the gods from the outside world will not stop. They will naturally have their own preparations and plan to attack the human world after Emperor Xi leaves after three hundred years. I will do my best to contain them."

Qi Wuhuo asked unceremoniously: "Can you contain them all?"

The Jade Emperor remained silent, sighed, and said with his eyebrows drooping:

"Don't make fun of me, Wuhuo."

"After all, I am not Haotian. I feel bored to death flipping through these files every day. I can curb some of the extremes and check the judiciary, but the Southern Pole Changsheng Emperor is different. In addition, although the Gou Chen Emperor calls himself the Yutianwai Tian, ​​he was also one of the Four Imperial Gods. The tribes and gods that have been passed down for tens of millions of years must still be thinking of him in their hearts. It will take thousands of years to reverse this situation."

"In other words, this is not a problem between you and me, but a problem that has been passed down through the five calamities since ancient times. It is the tangled web of interests between the immortals and gods. It is extremely difficult to cut a gap in three hundred years."

He counted them one by one with his fingers, and his head was overwhelmed.

Qi Wuhuo also had a headache when thinking about the internally divided world and the destiny that needed to be rebuilt.

The Jade Emperor leaned on the railing and said, "However, the reason I came to you is because I already have an idea, but I don't know if you are willing."

Qi Wuhuo folded his arms, leaned against the red pillar, and said:

"But I just happen to have an idea that may help break the impasse."

"Even if there is no way to break the impasse, there is still a buffer. I just don't know if you are willing to help."

Zhang Xiaoyu and Qi Wuhuo looked at each other.

"What do you have in mind?"

"Hmm? My lineage is not the first in the world, so why don't you speak first?"

"I am the Jade Emperor."

"You cried in front of me."

"That, that's because my will is not yet stable, and it's still disturbed by many residual emotions from the past, so it doesn't count!"

"You cried in front of me!"

"I, I can fight Fuxi!"

"You cried in front of me, and you cried very hard."

The young Taoist crossed his arms, looking down at his powerful friend who was also very good at fighting. Zhang Xiaoyu's mouth twitched, and he felt like an arrow had hit his heart. He felt that there would be no bigger dark history and weakness in his life than this sentence, so he sighed and said, "Well, let's each take a step back and write down our own plans."

"Let's see whose is better!"

"If I am the same as you, you can let me stay here for a meal."

The two men looked at each other, took out a jade slip, turned their backs, and wrote their own strategies on it.

Simple and sharp, he then turned around and threw the jade slip in his hand over.

The Jade Emperor saw the words on the jade slip written by the young Taoist priest.

Extremely fierce and sharp.

The young Jade Emperor's mouth curled up slightly.

Qi Wuhuo looked at Zhang Xiaoyu's jade slip.

I can't hold it in any longer.

But on the jade slip, he saw four large characters written in a flamboyant style.

[Me too]!

Me too?!

The young Taoist priest, who acted calm and composed outside, did not need to act calm in front of the Jade Emperor, who looked about the same age as him, but was also drunk, had made a covenant with him, and had "teased" the gods of Tianshuyuan together. He immediately grabbed the Jade Emperor's forehead with his backhand and used the Heaven-Flipping Seal, and the corners of his mouth twitched:

"Fellow Daoist, may I ask what is the solution to this [I am the same]?"

Are you kidding me?!

The young Jade Emperor laughed and said, "Fellow Daoist, please look carefully."

"Shh... stop pulling my hair!"

Qi Wuhuo lowered his eyes and opened his Dharma eyes, only to see four words slowly glowing with light, gathering together and transforming into two characters, sharp and majestic. So the two people's jade slips were placed together, both of which had mysterious characters on them, exactly the same, extremely rich, and seemed to contain boundless calamity -

[Conferred the Gods].