I'm back.

These four simple words seemed to be a response that had been expected and waited for two thousand years.

Yunqin almost thought she was in a dream and was in a daze for a long time. Only then did she feel from the breeze and the bright moon that the man in front of her was not an illusory dream like smoke and clouds, but a real person.

Time loses its meaning at this moment.

Yunqin didn't know how she took the first step.

She didn't know how she got across the guqin, how she got across the distance of ten steps, across the wind, across the clouds passing over the mountain top, and then spread her arms and threw herself into the arms of that figure, until she truly felt the real existence of the figure in her arms, until she felt the familiar warmth and heartbeat.

She was more clearly convinced that this was not just a wishful dream.

He really came back.

Yun Qin unconsciously hugged him tighter and tighter, and the Taoist did the same, hugging his wife in his arms. It seemed that his nose could smell the faint fragrance of Yun Qin's hair. After two thousand years of separation, the nostalgia for such a long time was finally eliminated. The many reactions that he would have expected, such as her being like a cat with its fur standing on end and opening her little mouth to bite his shoulder, did not happen.

No words or other actions are needed.

Just hugging each other quietly is great.

most.

Time is like a jar of fine wine.

Even the wind is gentle.

An unknown amount of time had passed, Yunqin seemed to be slightly startled, and Qi Wuhuo came back to his senses from the joy of reunion after a long separation. He separated from Yunqin, and only stretched out his hand to hold his wife's waist. Turning around, he saw Mount Tai. Several mountain gods were unable to hold back a little girl, and the little girl reached the top of Mount Tai.

This child is born with a delicate and beautiful figure. Even with the life span of an immortal, he is still just a child.

But there was a gleam in her eyes and her gaze was calm, yet extremely adorable. One could already vaguely foresee her future elegance and grace. She looked a bit like Yunqin, but her temperament and calmness were like Qi Wuhuo when he was young. She was worried that she would not practice well today and would annoy her mother, so she asked her mother to play the piano on the top of the mountain.

So he studied hard with the book in his arms, and finally finished reading this Taoist scripture.

Then he happily ran to the top of Mount Tai with the book in his arms, and saw this scene. Even Yunqin, who had been lively and naturally cheerful since childhood, blushed and felt a little embarrassed. The little girl, on the other hand, had the same temperament as Yunqin when she was young. She did not retreat or avoid, but stared at the scene with wide eyes.

The Taoist had a gentle expression. He walked up to the little girl, squatted slightly, and looked her in the eye.

Gentle: "Do you know who I am?"

The little girl stared at him with wide eyes, her face calm and expressionless, but suddenly she loosened her hand.

The volume of the Taoist scriptures fell to the ground. Bixia spread her arms and said in a soft voice:

"Daddy, hold me."

A warm smile broke out on the Taoist's face. He also stretched out his arms and held the child in his arms. Then he stood up, bent his arms and made a seat for the child, letting her sit there. One hand was stretched out to the back to stop Yunqin. Bixia seemed to still be worried that everything that was happening at the moment was just a dream that she had not woken up from. Her little hand subconsciously stretched out and tightly grasped the Taoist's clothes on his shoulders, and even grabbed a strand of his black hair.

This peaceful scene, in the eyes of the gods of the Taishan mountain range, was like a huge event like thunder in the sky. They were so excited that even their lips trembled slightly. They were in a daze for a long time before they suddenly took a step forward, half-knelt on the ground to salute, and called him "Lord of the Palace", but were stopped by the young Taoist.

Even though he stood up, he could not hide the excitement on his face. He only wanted to report the news immediately to inform the gods in the six realms in heaven and on earth that the Lord of Mount Tai had returned. When he raised his head, he saw the Taoist holding his wife and talking to his daughter. The child stretched out her hand to play with her father's black hair, seemed very interested, and even pulled it slightly.

It was a peaceful scene, but it also made the gods of the Taishan mountain range who heard the news and came to pay their respects grin.

Grab the hair of the Lord of Mount Tai, the Emperor of Heaven.

All under heaven, inside and outside the six realms.

Apart from her, no one else can do such a thing, and no one else dares to do such a thing.

…

Winter is getting warmer, and even though it is spring now, it is still warmer than the spring thousands of years ago. The roof of the old house is covered with snow, which is slowly melting into water and rolling down along the inclined eaves. When it falls from the eaves, it forms a long bead curtain and falls on the bricks on the ground, making a crisp sound.

The newly warmed wine, still steaming, was poured into the cup.

With a cup of rice wine, watching the mountains and rivers turn to spring, the gentle woman looked at the child who had returned after a long absence, watching him lower his head and talk to the well-behaved little girl. Everything seemed like a dream. Now the child already had a child.

Little Bixia, who always seemed to have endless energy, has been behaving cutely and well-behaved these days. Deep down, children have their own standards for everything in this world. For example, they must walk in the shadows and cannot jump out even a little bit, or they must knock down a branch from a tree several times, not more than once.

Deep down, the little girl thought that if she was well behaved and practiced well, this father who seemed to have returned from a dream would not leave. Even the sitting meditation and breathing exercises that she disliked the most in the past, she would be able to sit still and steady if her father taught her in person.

Queen Wa said:

"This child has been very well behaved these past few days, but I don't know how long he will remain so well behaved."

Little Bixia ran to the side of Queen Wa, stretched out her little hand and held the arm of Queen Wa, who loved Little Bixia the most in heaven and on earth. Then she raised her fair and cute little face, stared at Queen Wa with wide eyes, and whispered: "Bixia is not obedient?"

Innocent and cute, the heart of the Queen Mother Nuwa was about to melt. Even if the child was lazy a few times, she would forgive him. Sometimes, even the most willful and casual Fuxi could not withstand such a trick and could only sigh and let the child ride on his shoulders to travel around the world.

Go whale fishing in the North Sea and watch the sunrise in the East China Sea.

Everyone knows that there is now one more person on Fuxi's taboo list who should not be provoked.

Empress Wa also smiled and said, "Good girl, did you say that little Bixia was not good?"

Hou Tu Huang Di Ji Niang Niang looked at Wa Huang and shook her head helplessly. She wanted to say something, but then she remembered that her performance did not seem to be much better than that of Wa Huang Niang Niang Niang. So she was not so confident in what she was going to say. She looked at Qi Wuhuo and asked:

"Then, Wuhuo, has the god and devil transformed by the final calamity really perished?"

Qi Wuhuo nodded slightly and said, "Of course it is like this."

In a calm tone, he narrated the final outcome of the god and demon. The real body of the god and demon disintegrated and turned into galaxies, while the god and demon's true spirit and Qi Wuhuo fell to the human world. It was a game of chess that lasted for three hundred years, and it was also a battle that lasted for three hundred years. In the end, they were defeated, and the last remaining true spirit turned into a stone.

They were no longer the gods and demons who would create the next era.

Instead, it was a living being from this world that was pulled into this world by Qi Wuhuo with that sword two thousand years ago. Qi Wuhuo cleansed the stone, and then placed it on the Jade Emperor Peak of the main vein of Mount Tai, and let the earth veins flow and wash it, allowing it to completely enter this world and absorb the essence of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

“Perhaps one day, he will not be a god or devil who created the world, but a living being born in this world, and become the war god of Taishan. At that time, there should be a catastrophe that he will break.”

When Queen Hou Tu Huang Di Ji heard this, she was slightly dazed.

Looking at the Taoist in front of me who spoke these words peacefully.

Unconsciously, the young Taoist who walked the nine states of the mortal world with a sword in the past has already had such means and eyes. Qi Wuhuo noticed the gaze of the Queen Mother of the Earth, raised his eyes and asked with a smile: "Queen, what's wrong?"

"nothing."

The Queen Mother of the Earth smiled and shook her head, then said with emotion: "It's just a feeling."

"Wuhuo, you have grown up."

The Taoist replied gently, "I have lived for thousands of years, so I should do what I should do... I have also interrupted my duty of creating the world, and my power as an ancient god and demon has dissipated. The remaining foundation may give me another chance."

This time, the Taoist looked at the green mountains in the distance. The layers of dark clouds dispersed, and the sunlight poured in from the gaps in the clouds and fell on people's bodies, making them feel warm. The Taoist looked at the vibrant world and everything new, and said softly:

"The way of immortality is to value life."

"The sun is out, ladies, I will take my leave now."

Qi Wuhuo stood up. Little Bixia, who was just in the arms of Queen Wa, jumped to the ground and ran to her parents. Queen Wa looked at the child helplessly and said, "Where are you going, Wuhuo?"

Qi Wuhuo has been back for several days. Bodhi came here to pay his respects on the first day he heard the news. He has also met other old friends such as Uncle Niu, his father-in-law and his mother-in-law. Qi Wuhuo raised his eyes to look at Tianque, let the little girl sit on his shoulders, and said with a smile:

"The world is so vast, I will eventually go to heaven and fulfill the promise I made that year."

"However, before that, I plan to take my child to play in the human world to make up for the lack of my fatherhood."

The Taoist smiled and said, "The mountains are high and the rivers are long. My two ladies, I will come to bother you again someday."

"Bixia, go and say goodbye to the two ladies."

The little girl was overjoyed. She waved to the two elders who doted on her very much and said in a clear and pleasant voice: "Goodbye, Queen Wa! Goodbye, Queen Hou Tu!"

The two ladies smiled and nodded. There are many separations in this world, but for them, meeting each other is not a difficult thing. Watching Qi Wuhuo, Yunqin, and Bixia gradually disappear into the distance, the two ladies heard a voice coming from the wind, and heard the Taoist asking, "What does Bixia want to eat?"

"Tanghulu!"

"Didn't you eat yesterday?"

The little girl thought quietly.

His voice was clear, and he spoke seriously, word by word:

"The person who ate the candied haws yesterday was me yesterday, but I am different today than I was yesterday."

"So, I didn't get to eat the candied haws today."

So the Taoist couldn't help laughing and shaking his head, straightening his back, making the little girl sway. She didn't feel scared, but just laughed happily. Qi Wuhuo said, "Okay, let Bixia eat today's candied haws. Then, do you want to eat it tomorrow?"

The little girl's eyes sparkled as she said, "Then you'll have to ask me tomorrow!"

Qi Wuhuo couldn't help but smile.

The Queen Mother Hou Tu Huang Di Ji smiled and said, "Really, he is a child who is as smart as a young boy, but also as naughty as Yun Qin."

Queen Wa smiled and said, "Isn't it good?"

"If I were born with a personality like Beidi, wouldn't it be boring?"

"However, Wuhuo said that the agreement we made back then..."

She looked at Qi Wuhuo's receding back and couldn't help but feel a little confused:

"What again?"