Lin'an City.

At 12 o'clock in the evening, Xiaoying Island, one of the three islands in the center of West Lake, was already quiet at night. Occasionally, the lake breeze blew, and the spring leaves rustled. The lake water inside and outside the island was sparkling, and the three stone towers cast long shadows of the moonlight, which was the first scenic spot Yinyue.

A breeze blew, rippling the West Lake. However, the wind grew stronger, and the lake shimmered and rippled. A dark shadow passed by, and it turned out to be someone walking on the lake, gracefully walking on the water.

Xiaoyingzhou is not without personnel. There are people on duty in the Horse Head of Three Pools Mirroring the Moon, and the bright lights are shining like a lighthouse.

The visitor jumped lightly, flew up, and landed at the small ferry. The uncle on duty at the security booth at the ferry glanced at the visitor and pointed to the north: "They are waiting for you in the small pavilion over there."

"Thank you."

The petite black-haired girl in jeans and a white shirt nodded, but did not leave. Instead, she turned her head and looked behind her.

Unlike when she came, the new guest came quietly. A white mist rolled over the lake and soon came to the shore, revealing a slender and charming woman in Hanfu.

The security guard was not surprised at all and just kept his head down playing with his phone.

"Long time no see, Taibaiyuan."

The black-haired girl blinked and asked, "Who are you?"

"I am the spirit of Qingqiu." The Hanfu woman looked at the black-haired woman strangely and said, "We have met before. Have you forgotten?"

"When have we met?"

"When Sun Wu was destroyed and the three families returned to Jin, when the Ren family held a ceremony to worship their ancestors, all the earth spirits that had close ties with the Ren family participated in the ceremony, and you and I were naturally among them."

"That was almost two thousand years ago!" The black-haired girl Taibai Yuandi Ling was horrified: "How can you remember it so clearly?"

"I usually sleep for a long time, but I can still remember the events of a thousand years ago clearly."

"Hey, you're amazing," Taibaiyuan scratched his head and giggled, "I've almost forgotten everything. I slept a lot and forgot everything. Besides, there are so many fun and interesting things in this era. Those in the past..."

Qingqiu was speechless and asked, "Are you also invited?"

"Well, Brother Wangshu gave me the art of earth spirit transformation. I condensed my thousand years of Taoism into a human body and finally got rid of the bondage of earth spirits!" Taibaiyuan said excitedly, "But my cultivation is too poor, and the aptitude of the condensed Taoism is average. Not to mention my little self, even Brother Wangshu can't compare to me. But I am also very satisfied. I can finally go around and take a look at Hulao Pass."

Qingqiu glanced at Taibaiyuan, nodded thoughtfully, and said, "Since Wangshu is ready, let's go find him."

The two of them walked together towards the center of the island. Xiaoyingzhou has a unique terrain. It is a small island in the shape of a Chinese character "田". There are four small lakes on the island. Their destination is in the center of the island surrounded by four lakes.

Yingcuixuan and Flower and Bird Hall were both closed, but Uonuma Akiryo, where hibiscus trees were planted around the pond, was an open-air viewing platform, perfect for their gathering place.

Soon, they saw four figures sitting next to the stone table on the observation deck: Yun Wangshu in a plain white skirt, Ba, a white-haired man with a body comparable to that of a giant, Changsheng, a cold and apathetic young man, and a little bald man wearing a five-clawed golden dragon robe.

They weren't just sitting there waiting, they were... grilling fish.

There was no charcoal, so they just made a fire out of thin air; there was no grilling net, so they just used branches to stick the fish on the fire; there was no fish...

This is West Lake.

However, only Ba and Little Baldy were grilling. The two of them were holding six skewers of slender grass carp with the scales scraped off, and they were rotating them evenly over the flames. The crackling sound from the flames and the burning oil was very appetizing.

"Are you here?" Yun Wangshu pointed to the two stone benches next to the stone table and said, "Please sit down."

Tai Baiyuan walked over and sat down, watching them grilling fish and frowning slightly: "Did you catch it from West Lake?"

"Yes," said the little bald man who was grilling fish on the stone table, "the fish were all asleep. I dived in and caught them, but they haven't woken up yet!"

"Wow, how miserable! I was caught and roasted while I was sleeping," Taibaiyuan's cute face showed an expression of pity: "Remember to put more cumin and chili powder."

"So picky." The little bald man muttered and took out a seasoning bottle from behind his butt.

Qingqiu ignored Taibaiyuan. She, wearing embroidered Chinese clothes, and Yun Wangshu, wearing plain white clothes, seemed to be from the same circle, so she asked directly, "Why did Wangshu invite me here?"

"How are you guys doing? Are you still adapting?" Yun Wangshu asked.

"Thank you, Master Wangshu, for your transformation technique. I have completely freed myself from the bondage of the earth spirit and have gathered thousands of years of practice into one body." Qingqiu replied politely, "Although I am still in the process of adapting, there are no major problems at the moment."

"Yeah, it feels really good!" Tai Baiyuan raised her hands and flexed her biceps like a bodybuilder, but her figure was too petite and her muscles were not noticeable at all.

"Now I can wear a lot of nice clothes, hehe, and I can also buy children's clothes! There are so many nice children's clothes, they are cheap, and they fit me well!"

Hearing the words of Taibai Yuan, who was over 2,000 years old, the white-haired big man Ba ​​suddenly glanced at the little bald man. The sensitive little bald man immediately turned his head and glared at Ba, like a kitten with its fur standing on end, and asked, "What are you looking at! I don't wear children's clothes!"

Before Ba said anything, Taibai Yuan sighed, "Why? There are a lot of children's clothes suitable for little boys. You can also wear shoes that sparkle and shine. They will definitely look very cute on you!"

"I'm not cute!" If he hadn't been holding the grilled fish, the little bald guy would have wanted to jump up and hit her: "I am the supreme earth spirit! I am the mountain master who rules the mountains, rivers and lakes! I am the emperor of the earth who lives as long as the sky!"

Yun Wangshu: "It's going to be a mess."

"Oh oh." The little bald man quickly turned the grilled fish over.

Seeing that the Qingqiu Earth Spirit was still staring at him closely, Yun Wangshu smiled faintly and said, "I invited you here this time. First of all, I want to discuss this with you on behalf of the current dynasty."

"As the price of accepting the government's jurisdiction, you can obtain the human cultivation method provided by the government, a legal identity, and a certain amount of social welfare every month..."

"How much!?" Tai Baiyuan asked immediately.

“Minimum 2,000 per month.”

"I do, I do!" Taibai Yuan expressed his opinion immediately.

Qingqiu was speechless. Yun Wangshu raised his eyebrows slightly and continued, "In addition to these, if you are willing to join the government, you can also obtain other spells. The government will not give you preferential treatment, but it will not discriminate either. You will rely on promotion and meritorious service like other humans to obtain more and better spells."

Qingqiu didn't express his opinion, so Taibaiyuan said, "Hey... I need to work... Is there any easy job that pays well with two days of work and five days of rest?"

"have."

Yun Wangshu said: "This is the main reason why I asked you to come here. You can join the government, but you can also join one of the subordinate organizations of our government. If you join, you can also receive salary subsidies from the government. And we are all the same kind of people, you don't have to worry about rejection or anything like that."

Qingqiu asked: "What is the goal of your organization?"

"Look for the earth spirit, look for the fairy palace." Yun Wangshu said seriously: "After all, we are not human. If we want to protect ourselves in this era, uniting is our best choice."

"And we have unique advantages. As earth spirits, we have superior qualifications and high affinity with spiritual energy. With the support of human resources, we can grow rapidly. For example, Changsheng and I have now stabilized our strength at the fourth level of human transformation, and have also learned a variety of self-defense spells, which has greatly increased our strength."

"Moreover, humans are now very powerful, so we should not go against the government. Moreover, the government's constraints on us are not strong. As long as we are willing to abide by the laws in human society and do a little bit for them, they will not interfere with us."

"We can also take this opportunity to awaken more spirits and increase our power, and then..."

"Then go against the government?" Qingqiu asked with a frown.

"No, the human beings of this era are like Ye Gong who loves dragons more than gods. If gods and earth spirits like us were to interfere in the political power, it would cause a counterattack from humans... Moreover, what we seek is longevity and long life, so secular political power has no appeal to us."

Yun Wangshu continued, "But as long as our strength grows, we will have the opportunity to knock on the gate of the Immortal Palace, seek the Dharma from the Immortal Palace, and attain the Supreme Dao! Our goal is not the secular world, but the Immortal Palace that transcends the mundane world!"

After searching for more than half a year, Yun Wangshu finally understood.

Blindly searching for the Immortal Palace like this is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Only if you have strong strength and powerful forces, will you have a greater chance of finding the Immortal Palace!

At worst, the next time Ren Han came down to the mortal world, they would just rush over, surround him and capture him. The gate of the Immortal Palace would either open for them, or they would have to watch Ren Han being banished from the immortal world and transformed into a human.

To achieve all this, strength is the most important asset! Otherwise, the Supreme Being's mental pressure would cause them all to fall down, and Yun Wangshu could only watch as Ren Han, whom he had worked so hard to kidnap, was snatched back by the Immortal Palace!

Earth Spirits are exactly their best choice! Every Earth Spirit has excellent qualifications and innate magical powers. With a little practice, their cultivation will surely improve rapidly. By then, everyone will gather into a powerful force and become an extraordinary force comparable to the Immortal Palace. Then they can have an equal dialogue with the Immortal Palace, instead of begging the Immortal Palace to open the door!

"It sounds nice, but it's all for the sake of finding a man...ah!"

Although Ba looked tall and strong, he was surprisingly agile. With just a swipe of his hand, he caught all the grilled fish that the little bald guy had thrown out because of the beating.

"Looking for a man?" Tai Baiyuan asked curiously, "Who are you looking for?"

Yun Wangshu was not shy at all and said calmly, "Xian Gong Ren Han."

"Ren Han... Wow, you have the same surname as me!" Tai Baiyuan said after thinking for a moment, suddenly realizing.

Qingqiu explained: "Ren Han is the sixth-generation patriarch of the Ren family in the Eastern Han Dynasty. It was he who held the ancestral worship ceremony..."

"Hey? Is there such a person?" Tai Baiyuan tilted his head: "I don't quite remember."

Qingqiu also didn't expect that Taibaiyuan not only forgot her, but even forgot the strongest sixth-generation patriarch of the Ren family, Ren Han... It seems that Taibaiyuan has completely forgotten all the unimportant things in the past two thousand years.

"Are you two willing to join us?" Yun Wangshu asked leisurely.

"Sure!" Taibai Yuan immediately expressed his opinion and agreed with a smile.

Qingqiu looked at Taibaiyuan helplessly. She had thought that Taibaiyuan was in the same camp as her. After all, compared to Yun Wangshu's small circle of four, the two of them were alone and should unite to fight for more benefits.

But Taibaiyuan seemed to have lived for two thousand years in vain, just like a teenage girl. She agreed to everything Yun Wangshu said. Now, even if Qingqiu wanted to gain more benefits, it would be difficult for her to speak up.

However, the conditions offered by Yun Wangshu were indeed not bad, and were quite generous to the Earth Spirit. In addition, Qingqiu had not yet settled the matter with the current world, so it would be difficult to raise any requests. So, she stopped hesitating and nodded, saying, "I am also willing to work with Master Wangshu."

"That's good," Yun Wangshu breathed a sigh of relief and took out a bottle of wine from below: "To celebrate the joining of the two new colleagues, let's have a big drink."

Boom!

The loud noise of a heavy object falling to the ground immediately attracted the attention of the five people. The little bald man lying on the ground pretending to be dead immediately climbed onto Ba's shoulder and said in surprise: "What a big door!"

Suddenly, a huge and heavy black door appeared on the road outside the Uonuma Akiryo Observation Deck.

It was impossible to tell what material the black door was made of. It looked like iron or wood. There were ten circular patterns arranged on the door surface, three on the left, four in the middle, and three on the right. The lowest circle in the middle was burning with fire.

A blond, blue-eyed Westerner wearing a Victorian-style hunter outfit stood in front of the door. This blond man had an androgynous and beautiful appearance, and it was difficult to tell whether he was a man or a woman. He turned his head and looked at the six people, smiling and asking, "Yun Wangshu, are you there?"

Yun Wangshu stood up, frowned at the blond man and asked, "Who are you?"

But soon, he was attracted by the big door behind the blond man.

It was a very strange feeling.

It seemed as if there was a voice in his heart telling him that this was the gate to the fairy palace he had been looking for.

Without any reason, just a strong premonition that is almost like desire, if you push it open, you can reach the fairy palace directly!

“I’m the gatekeeper.”

The blond man asked with a smile, "Do you know who else Ren Han has communicated with besides you?"

Yun Wangshu immediately suppressed the impulse in his heart and stared at the blond man: "You...what do you mean?"

"Ren Han had spiritual exchanges with seven earth spirits in his life," the blond man said quietly, "and he actually fell in love with one of them."

"And that earth spirit, who do you think... is it?"

However, before the blond man could finish his words, Changsheng had already rushed over and raised his hand to produce two Azure Dragon Crescent Moons!

White mist also rose from Qingqiu, turning into light smoke approaching the blond man!

Ba and the little bald guy were both confused, they had no idea what was going on, how come a door and a weirdo suddenly appeared, and why did Changsheng and the others suddenly rush over to fight and kill? They hadn't even eaten the grilled fish yet!

When they saw that Taibaiyuan did not rush forward, they felt relieved, because it turned out that there was still a normal earth spirit.

At this time, Tai Baiyuan suddenly turned around and said to them, "Well, let me discuss something with you. I will give you my share of grilled fish. Can you go over and entangle the gatekeeper? I want to go around and push open the door."

It turns out you are not normal either!

The reason they didn't charge forward was because they wanted to use us as cannon fodder!

The little bald man asked curiously: "Why do you want to push open that door?"

Taibaiyuan scratched his head, showing a smile full of girlish innocence, looking at the gate and said: "Because behind that gate... it seems to be the fairyland that Xiaowoxing mentioned."

"Fairyland?"

"It's a world where there are lots of earth spirits everywhere, and the earth spirits can visit everywhere."

Taibaiyuan said: "I was tired of staying in Taibaiyuan before, but I couldn't leave. Besides, it's very dangerous outside. Xiaowoxing told me that there are many monsters in Hulao Pass and Xuzhou... So I thought, it would be great if there were earth spirits everywhere and the earth spirits could visit each other."

"I can travel everywhere. Wherever I go, the local spirits will take me to travel and invite me to dinner. If someone comes to Taibai Plain, I will take him to see Xiao Woxing. Xiao Woxing is more familiar with Taibai Plain than I am... Xiao Woxing said that they will work hard to kill the monsters, and this country will become a fairyland full of spirits in the future."

"But after I woke up, my little self was gone, and the fairyland didn't appear either."

Taibai Yuan stood on tiptoe, as if he could see the gate more clearly: "After Brother Wangshu taught me the method of reincarnation, I can finally become a human and play around. The outside world is no longer dangerous. And wherever I go, I can ask others to take me to play."

"It's just that they are not earth spirits, but tour guides. Besides, they won't treat me to a meal..."

"So... I still prefer the fairyland that Xiaowoxing mentioned."

Ba and the little bald man looked at each other and sighed.

"As usual, Baba, you charge head-on and I'll grab his legs from below."

"Um."

"Thank you!" Taibaiyuan thanked him, and when Ba and Xiao Guangtou launched their attack, she also found an opportunity to rush towards the gate!

Suddenly she was stopped by someone and barely avoided the oncoming spiral of flames. Taibai Yuan was startled and found that it was Qingqiu who saved him. He hurriedly thanked her: "Miss Qingqiu, I'm glad you're here. I was scared to death."

"I thought you really forgot everything." Qingqiu said calmly, "So you still remember the first Patriarch of the Ren Family."

"The first head of the Ren family? Who?"

Qingqiu felt both amused and annoyed: "Let me do what I want."

"Oh!" Taibaiyuan suddenly realized and said with a silly smile: "It happened two thousand years ago. I can't remember anything about him."

"Oh? Then when was the first time you met him?"

"In February of the first year of Chuping, several demons fled to Taibai Plain, so I had no choice but to ask the Ren family for help."

"You do remember this year." Qingqiu glanced at the petite and lovely Taibaiyuan and shook his head slightly.

People tend to forget things when they get old, but they never forget their love for each other.

"Since we all have something to ask for, let's go together and defeat this gatekeeper!"

Changsheng, who was beaten back, turned his palms into swords, and the wind gathered around him. He said in a dark face and cold voice: "He is the only one!"