Chapter 54 He Qing suddenly fell asleep
Duan Chenhui stayed to recuperate. He had observed the Valley of Ten Thousand Monsters. It was a large space, equivalent to a small world, but there were very few monsters living here. They ate spiritual herbs to fill their stomachs every day, and they would become big monsters in time.
Duan Chenhui walked to a small waterfall and saw a rabbit following him. He turned around and saw the rabbit pretending to eat grass. Duan Chenhui smiled, walked over and pulled apart the white hair on the rabbit's back, and sure enough, he saw a lotus seed hidden inside.
"Master Demon King, are you following me?"
"No, I just came out for a walk." After being discovered, He Qing simply jumped out and sat on a small somersault cloud.
Duan Chenhui nodded and walked back. He Qing also followed him back, this time openly.
"Are you really a god? What is the fairy palace like?" He Qing followed him and asked him.
Duan Chenhui answered in words he could understand: "Like the imperial palace, but they are floating in the air, surrounded by waterfalls, rainbows and clouds, and fairy birds flying around."
"It's exactly the same as what I heard." He Qing nodded and looked at the long ponytail on his head. If he had hair, he would definitely tie it into a long ponytail like this.
"Who told you that?" Duan Chenhui also wanted to know who else this goblin He Qing knew.
"It's Uncle Song." He Qing pointed out the old pine tree.
Duan Chenhui looked back at him. It seemed that the oldest person He Qing knew was only the pine tree, but Songnian often said that He Qing was older than him... He was embarrassed.
But He Qing doesn't look like a big monster who has experienced a lot.
It was not until this day that Duan Chenhui finally knew the answer.
After He Qing fell asleep, he couldn't be woken up, so Songnian carefully put him in the cradle and covered him with a small quilt. The little goblins around him gathered around and asked, "Why is He Qing sleeping?"
"Are we still hanging out?"
"Don't go out, it's dangerous outside." Songnian stroked his beard, "He will probably sleep for a long time before waking up, and you will all be grown up by then."
Duan Chenhui looked at He Qing in the basket: "He often does this? Why?"
"I don't know either. Maybe it's because of lack of luck. You've seen it too. He lived for 10,000 years but was still a lotus seed. He didn't sprout." Songnian was a little worried and walked around the cradle. "Is this not going to work? I heard that seeds that cannot sprout will die."
After hearing what Songnian said, the other fairies started crying.
"Wow, is He Qing dead?"
“Not dead yet!”
Duan Chenhui looked down at Lianzi and said, "He saved me, why don't I take him to heaven to have a look?"
Songnian stared at him, his eyes full of worry: "Then you swear in your heart that you will not hurt him."
This request was not excessive. Duan Chenhui raised his hand and said, "I, Duan Chenhui, will never hurt He Qing. I will send him back when he sprouts."
Songnian then nodded: "Okay, remember to bring him back after he sprouts, this is his home."
"Okay." Duan Chenhui picked up He Qing, put him in a basket, and covered him with a Tiancan handkerchief. "My injuries are almost healed. Thank you for your care."
"Okay, I'll take you out." Songnian said, "When He Qing sprouts, come to the end of the world and call us."
Duan Chenhui nodded, and a group of little fairies began to bid farewell in tears.
"He Qing, you must come back!"
"It feels like a long time since we last met!"
"Idiot! That's not how you use this!"
"Woo woo woo anyway I like to use it!"
Songnian pulled Duan Chenhui with a pine branch, and in the blink of an eye they reached the end of the sky. Duan Chenhui looked back at the clouds and sunrise over the end of the sky, and the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons was nowhere to be seen. He felt around, but he couldn't even feel where the entrance was.
Songnian put his hands behind his back and said, "Then let's make an agreement here." After he said that, he turned into a huge pine tree and stood guard at the end of the sky.
Duan Chenhui said goodbye to him: "See you next time." After he finished his greetings, he picked up the basket and flew up to the sky on a cloud. In the blink of an eye, he disappeared.
*
The news of Duan Chenhui's return quickly spread from the South Heaven Gate all the way to the Ninth Heaven.
Someone came to greet Duan Chenhui, congratulating him on being fine and escorting him in.
One of the generals saw the basket he was holding and asked, "What is this?"
Duan Chenhui raised the basket and smiled: "It's a lotus seed."
"Lotus seeds? Can they be used to make soup?" This was the first thing that came to the Kitchen God's mind.
Thor was speechless: "It's obviously not for making soup! But what is it?"
Everyone looked at Duan Chenhui. Duan Chenhui lowered his head and took off his handkerchief. Everyone leaned over to take a look. Wow! Such a white and round lotus seed!
"Can you tell where he came from?" Duan Chenhui asked.
"I don't know..." Everyone counted on their fingers and shook their heads, "It looks like he's not a simple person. Do you plan to raise him?"
"Yes." Duan Chenhui raised his head and looked upwards, "I want to use the spiritual pool of the outer world."
Everyone was shocked: "You want to use the spirit pool, but you don't know the nature of this little goblin."
Sun Star Lord thought for a moment and said, "He's not really a goblin... He seems to be 10,000 years old?"
"..." Everyone finally reacted, although it was indeed very rare.
Sun Star Lord: "Maybe because he is just a seed? Just like the thousand-year-old lotus seeds in the human world, it has been dormant for a thousand years because the conditions are not right for it to germinate. For a cultivator, this is also one of the tribulations."
Everyone thought it made sense.
Duan Chenhui also thought so: "Then I will take him up first. If the Immortal Emperor comes to find me, I will say that I have something to do for the time being."
"Hey, go ahead." Sun Star Lord patted him on the shoulder.
Duan Chenhui thanked them and flew straight up.
The Star Lord of Ride stroked his chin and thought that he was so free in the Heaven Beyond Heaven that even the Immortal Emperor couldn't control him.
*
Duan Chenhui arrived at Tianwaitian.
A crane boy ran over and said, "General, you're back!"
"Well, how's it going here lately?" Duan Chenhui said as he walked to the spirit pond.
He Tong reported to him: "After the general descended to the mortal world, Taibai and Qingjun had a fight. He fought in the clouds and his scales fell off!"
"Well, tell them that I will use this spirit pond for a while, and let them find a place to go by themselves."
"Yes." Crane Boy looked at his basket curiously, turned into a crane and flew away.
Duan Chenhui squatted down and put He Qing down. He Qing did not sink to the bottom, but floated on the water. Duan Chenhui touched him, picked a leaf from the side and put He Qing on the leaf.
Duan Chenhui stood up and formed a barrier in the spirit pond before he went to visit his old friend with peace of mind.
He stood in front of the clouds, watching the white dragon and the blue dragon fighting in the clouds.
As soon as Bai Long saw him, he shouted, "Wait! Stop! Duan Chenhui is back!"
Qinglong took a look and retracted his claws. They flew down and turned into human forms. Taibai opened a folding fan and smiled nonchalantly: "You are really doing a thankless job. You will be feared by the Immortal Emperor again."
Duan Chenhui looked at the poem above, turned around and said, "Go back for a drink? You are so heartless. What if I can't come back?"
Qinglong was dressed in green and said as he walked: "I have calculated that you will be safe. That demon king is no match for you."
Taibai interjected: "I've also calculated it, you cough--" He was about to say something when Qinglong stepped on him.
Taibai kept silent. Duan Chenhui was curious: "What do you want to say?"
"The secret of heaven cannot be revealed." Taibai thought, isn't it just the Red Luan star moving, why can't he tell it.
Duan Chenhui didn't mind their concealment. He had already reached the end of his cultivation and could know the cause and effect of many things at a glance. Sometimes it could be a little... boring.
Qinglong changed his words: "What did you gain this time?"
"I picked up a lotus seed." Even when facing Taibai and Qinglong, Duan Chenhui did not intend to tell them everything about He Qing.
"One lotus seed is not even enough to make soup." Taibai was not interested in lotus seeds. Instead, he said, "I heard there is a black carp in the lotus pond of the Bodhisattva. I would like to raise it."
"I thought you only liked white." Qinglong glanced at his white clothes.
Taibai: "I am trying to reconcile yin and yang... I will go and get it back one day, but if it doesn't look good, forget it."
Duan Chenhui suddenly wondered if He Qing would like carp. Would it be okay to put one in the spirit pond to keep him company?
The three of them came to the courtyard and Duan Chenhui invited them to drink.
Taibai drank a cup and teased with a smile: "Is this from the Fairy of Flowers? She is quite thoughtful, she doesn't even have us." Could it be that the red thread is connected to the Fairy of Flowers?
"Yes." Duan Chenhui thought for a moment, "Next time I refuse, I will return the favor."
“…” It’s too white, it seems like something has gone wrong.
Qinglong was not such a gossiper. He stepped on Taibai again to tell him to stop talking nonsense. Taibai silently shut up and talked about another matter: "This time we Taoists won. The Immortal Emperor said that he would hold a peach banquet when you come back. Do you want to go?"
"I still have to give you some face." Duan Chenhui suddenly felt something. When he looked up, he saw a lotus seed flying towards him.
"General! Where is this place? When I woke up, I thought I was captured by a monster." He Qing rushed straight into his arms.
Duan Chenhui felt a pain in his chest and his old injury almost recurred. He Qing’s lotus seed was indeed very hard. He looked down and found that it was not only hard but also bigger. Was this the power of the spiritual spring?
"This is the paradise beyond the fairyland." He picked up He Qing. He Qing was now as big as a country egg, and seemed to be smoother, rounder... and more delicious.
Taibai took a look and asked, "Your illegitimate child?"
Qinglong stuffed his mouth with some snacks: "It's obviously a lotus seed. Duan Chenhui is not a lotus seed spirit, how could he produce lotus seeds?"
"Well... then it can lay black dragon eggs." Taibai changed his words. Qinglong glared at him. Taibai lowered his head and drank tea silently, "I won't say anything more."
He Qing discovered two strangers and quickly hid in Duan Chenhui's clothes: "General, who are they?"
Duan Chenhui touched He Qing and introduced him: "The one in white is Taibai Dragon Lord, and the other one is Qinglong Lord."
He Qing stuck his head out and glanced at them: "Hello, uncle."
Taibai & Qinglong: They haven’t been called “uncle” for many, many years!
"Are we very old? Call us brother!" Taibai grinned and tried to pinch He Qing, but was blocked by Duan Chenhui.
Duan Chenhui said: "He hasn't sprouted yet, you can call him grandpa."
Taibai immediately retorted: "Then you are also a grandfather."
"..." Duan Chenhui suddenly died.
He Qing nuzzled Duan Chenhui's chest and said, "The general is obviously a thousand years younger than you!"
Taibai & Qinglong died suddenly.
Taibai was stunned: "Little guy, is this your natural magical power?" Even the Immortal Emperor couldn't tell how old they were!
"Yeah." He Qing puffed out her chest.
"..." Duan Chenhui suddenly felt that he was very old, only a thousand years old... He pressed his forehead, picked up the Hundred Flowers Wine and fed it to him, "Can you drink?" Hundred Flowers Wine is actually very nutritious.
Duan Chenhui felt that the He Qing was unable to sprout because it did not have enough nutrition.
"Sure." He Qing plunged the entire lotus seed into the white jade wine glass and absorbed the Hundred Flowers Wine in the blink of an eye. "I feel a little dizzy..."
"Don't drink so much at once." Duan Chenhui quickly picked him up and shook off the wine on his body, then put him on a handkerchief to rub dry the water stains.
"Why are you so silly?" Taibai shook his head.
"You were even more stupid when you were a child." Qinglong said something heartbreaking.
Taibai stood up and laughed: "I'm going to go see the Immortal Emperor." Then he ran away.
Qinglong shook his head, looked at the lotus seed and asked: "This lotus seed..."
"Do you know what it is?" Duan Chenhui asked him as he wrapped the lotus seeds in a handkerchief.
Qinglong pondered for a moment, and finally shook his head: "It's fate that you met him." He stood up, "I'll go look after Taibai."
"Go ahead." Duan Chenhui didn't ask any more questions, "Don't let him play tricks on the Immortal Emperor again."
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