Chapter 332
On the evening of the second day of autumn, the golden crow disappeared below the horizon, and the fallen leaves were so dull that they had lost their luster. Nine-Tailed Fox and the little phoenix did not wait until the familiar big tea tree woke up.
He stood in the afterglow of the sunset, like a very beautiful painting. When the wind blew, golden leaves fell from the treetops.
They waited under the tree for a long time, until it got darker and the dew got heavier, but they still didn't see any familiar people.
"The tea tree is too tired recently, so he needs to sleep longer." Kyuubi said, "right?"
"Come and wake him up tomorrow." The little phoenix squatted on the top of Jiuwei's head, "Jia Muying also needs to sleep in occasionally."
So they waited and waited, for many mornings, until the fruit trees they had planted had yielded several harvests, until the weeds on the ground had grown and withered, until mosses had climbed up the untended stone slabs, and until years had rotted the wooden roofs.
The little phoenix grew into a big phoenix, and was successfully transformed into a human form. His human form is still as graceful and beautiful as it was thousands of years ago. The influence of those alien beasts and plants has continued to this day.
He was much calmer than before Nirvana. As he officially grew into an adult, those scattered fragments of memory began to resurrect in his mind bit by bit.
The phoenix will forget everything after each nirvana and start over again. After adulthood, it will awaken its past memories bit by bit. At the end of its life, all its memories will come flooding back, reminding it of how many years it has lived and how many separations it has experienced.
Each time of nirvana, one will gain the memory of another life. There is no limit to the phoenix's nirvana, but each time it is shorter than the last. If nirvana fails and it cannot be reborn from the ashes, the next phoenix born in the world will be a new phoenix, which will have nothing to do with the previous one.
The big tea tree has been dormant for nearly four hundred years. After the golden leaves fell off, no new buds sprouted on the tree. Phoenix and Nine-Tailed Fox would input a large amount of spiritual power into the dormant tea tree at regular intervals to maintain its immortal form, but they knew very well that there was no consciousness in the tea tree, it was just an empty shell.
The beautiful building that the three of them had built together had been repaired and restored many times over the years. It still seemed to be the same building, but with every brick and tile, every blade of grass and every tree, there were fewer and fewer traces of the original.
In the 500th year, Kyuubi decided to leave.
"Since you were able to awaken him before with your vast merits," he said, "perhaps you can do so later."
Last time, both its body and soul were destroyed but it sprouted and grew again. This time, the shell is still there, so the difficulty may be much lower.
Phoenix stayed on the mountain. He still lived in the small building and would talk to the big tea tree from time to time. He would sometimes go to the human city. Bai Ze had become famous, but it was the third generation. The Bai Ze that Jia Muying had briefly met at the gate of Bu Zhuang had already fallen asleep in the years.
Phoenix would occasionally hear news about this new Bai Ze, saying that he had eliminated fallen beasts in certain places and protected the peace of certain cities.
Phoenix found that he seemed to have gotten used to loneliness.
I'm used to friends who come and go but can't be kept, and I'm used to the lingering loneliness after the hustle and bustle.
There are fewer and fewer degenerated alien plants in the world, but the number of degenerated monsters is increasing instead of decreasing. This is probably because plants have a long life span, and new alien plants have a long growth period after death, while monsters can be "resurrected" again after hundreds of years of death.
Humans no longer call mutated beasts and plants "fallen beasts". They call the substance that causes creatures to mutate "weird", and call all mutated beings "weird beasts".
According to the Classic of Mountains and Seas, they made a detailed classification of all creatures in this world except humans, dividing them into auspicious beasts, ferocious beasts, catastrophic beasts and other categories. However, no matter what type, as long as they are infected by evil spirits, they will be uniformly judged as evil beasts.
In the thousand years that the Phoenix had been sleeping in the Big Tea Tree, it encountered a corrupted monster called Fei. The Phoenix should have killed all the monsters, but this Fei seemed not to have completely lost his mind. Tears fell to the ground from his only eye like beads with broken strings, but there was still some remnant of rationality in his eyes.
Phoenix hesitated.
The sword in his hand should have cut off Fei's neck without hesitation, but he didn't bring himself to do it.
He took Fei to find a high mountain with a similar climate to Mount Tai and close to his home. He used the abilities he had learned in two lifetimes and used all his spiritual power to seal it here. He also set up various protections and bans outside the mountain.
Perhaps one day we will be able to figure out a way to separate the evil spirits from the alien beasts. As long as this Fei keeps its remaining sanity and is not completely worn out by the formation, or destroys the formation to commit evil, it is possible that it will return to its original form. Even though the possibility is very low, if we seal it near our home, if it wants to run out and do evil, the Phoenix will be able to get rid of it before it does anything evil.
Life seemed to have returned to normal. In the following hundreds of years, Phoenix encountered several strange beasts one after another, but never found a special existence like Fei again.
In the 1,400th year of the Great Tea Tree's slumber, Phoenix left home and traveled across the wilderness. During his journey, he saw the Nine-Tailed Fox and stopped there for a short while.
Kyuubi no longer fights with him like he did when they were children. The longer he stays with humans, the more he becomes like a human. Or rather, like a human with many tricks.
Foxes are actually very smart creatures.
Seeing that Nine-Tailed Fox was living well, the Phoenix did not disturb him too much. He continued his journey until he caught a familiar scent on a mountain - not the friend he got to know after his Nirvana, but the friend he had thousands of years ago when he was the first phoenix born in the world.
On this mountain there lived a huge black snake that was several hundred meters long, ferocious and fierce. Phoenix had a fierce fight with it. The snake was badly beaten, with many big swellings on its body and many scales falling off. The huge black snake, with tears streaming down its face, shrank directly into its pitch-black turtle shell, and no matter how hard Phoenix knocked on its shell it would not come out.
Phoenix hadn't seen his old friend for a long time, and this snake had a familiar scent. Phoenix was particularly patient when it came to things he was determined to catch. The big black snake retracted into its shell, and Phoenix sat on its shell, guarding the shell and catching the snake.
Not eating or drinking for a short period of time would not affect the body of the alien beast, so Phoenix waited for him for half a year until the big black snake completely lost its temper.
Xuanwu was also convinced. Its diet was very diverse, and the birds flying in the sky were naturally on the menu. Because it was short-sighted and did not recognize that the gorgeous big bird flying in the sky had become intelligent and transformed, it tried to catch the bird as its prey, but was beaten up by the "prey" instead. The "prey" even squatted on its shell arrogantly, insisting on guarding it out.
Xuanwu's tortoise shell had been filled with food for years, but after half a year, it was already empty. It could only crawl out of the shell dejectedly, and turned its head to meet the eyes of the large bird with gorgeous feathers. It cried with a completely expressionless face and begged:
"I am wrong, senior. I was shortsighted at the time. Please forgive me..."
Phoenix looked at this snake which was completely different from the one six months ago. With his good eyesight, he couldn't find the snake's eyes for a moment. He just saw curled eyelashes when he looked from the side.
"Where is Canglong?" he asked bluntly.
He could see that this snake was not the reincarnation of Canglong. An incredible thought emerged in Fenghuang's mind - could it be that Canglong was still alive?
"I don't know who you are talking about, senior..." Xuanwu's guilty conscience was written all over his face, but fortunately his face was dark, and the phoenix couldn't see anything. However, judging from the frequency of his eyelashes twitching, he was not telling the truth. "What Canglong? I don't know him."
The phoenix's spiritual power condensed into a sharp knife and stabbed him in the face, sinking slightly: "What did you just say? I didn't hear you clearly."
"I, I, I said, although I don't know Canglong, I know where he is. Senior, please hold the knife away, I'm scared, please———" The threat from the seven inches and the panic of dying at any time made Xuanwu, who only had a scary appearance, rebel on the spot. The big black snake with a blue diamond crystal on its head burst into tears, and soon two small puddles were smashed on the ground. "Actually, you can ask me more. We, we don't need to threaten with force right away—"
He barely managed to swallow back his last tears. There was no other way; he still had to save his dignity.
Phoenix slowly scattered his knives and warned, "Don't play tricks."
Xuanwu nodded like a garlic, he changed himself to only two meters long, and did not forget to use his tail to bring the turtle body: "You come with me."
This evil spirit sounds like it has something to do with Canglong. Let Canglong solve the problem himself! It's just a weak, pitiful and helpless little black snake!
Phoenix followed Xuanwu as they walked through the twists and turns of the mountain. His posture seemed quite casual, but his eyes were always on the small black snake leading the way. If the snake made any unusual movements, he would be able to subdue or kill it in the first place.
Xuanwu had no intention of playing tricks, but he always felt cold on his back, and even his scales could not block the chilly feeling.
Xuanwu: QAQ
I wanted to get into its body right away, but there was no food inside!
After bringing Phoenix to a mountain wall, he stopped and said timidly, "Senior, Canglong is right here."
The Phoenix sensed an aura on the cliff that was even stronger than that from the black snake, but did not see any trace of the Canglong.
Phoenix frowned: "Where is it?"
"He's right inside this wall!" Xuanwu swung his tail and slapped the mountain wall vigorously, "Canglong, don't hide anymore, your enemy is coming! Don't implicate me, I'm still young and I don't want to die, wuwuwu - come out quickly!"
Phoenix: “……?”
He looked at the little black snake, which was crying and hitting the mountain wall, in confusion: "When did I become his enemy?"
“您、您不是嗎？”小黑蛇哭得打嗝，“您要不是他仇家，您幹嘛氣勢洶洶地堵我小半年！”
是朋友怎麽可能不知道他在哪兒，不是仇家又怎麽可能這麽執着！
“蒼龍你出來啊！你不要躲着我知道你在家！”玄武将山壁拍得震天響，“你朋友來看你了！你趕快出來啊！他說他不是你仇家，包真的！”
小黑蛇看起來确實不像騙人，但鳳凰眼前的山壁也确實沒動靜。
鳳凰走到山壁前，玄武慫慫地讓開，給他騰出最佳位置，鳳凰擡手将靈力注入到石壁中，在石壁中一寸寸尋找起來。
或許是避無可避，石壁上開始浮現鱗片的痕跡，鳳凰聽到蒼龍的傳音———
【鳳凰，好久不見。】
雖然來的一路上已經有了猜測，但真正聽到故人的聲音時，鳳凰還是怔愣了許久，他在山壁前站了好一陣子才輕聲回答：
“……是啊，好久不見。”
将近兩千年沒有再見，再見時一個舍棄軀殼借助山川延長壽命，一個已涅槃重生只剩大半記憶，終究不複往昔。
玄武不太懂他們究竟是怎樣的朋友，但他們倆開始交談的時候，他倒是被兩種不同的靈力同時丢到了通道外，他的龜身也順便跟着丢出來了，在他身邊像陀螺一樣轉了三圈。
玄武：“？？？”
用完就扔還有沒有天理了！
這絕對不是蒼龍的仇家，一定是蒼龍的朋友，簡直如出一脈的沒良心還欠扁！
一邊生氣一邊肚子叫得震天響的玄武憤憤地捕獵去了，他決定将龜身裏的空間用到極致，他要在每一個角落裏的囤滿食物，以後就算堵他一年，他也不帶出來的！
……
春去秋來，鳳凰在這座山上停留很久，久到玄武也終于和他熟悉了起來。
鳳凰這才知道這條看起來又大又兇的黑蛇雖然是異獸，但并沒有天生的傳承，以至于它誕生之時出了點小意外———本來應該龜蛇雙生，但只凝聚出了一個意識，這個意識更習慣以小黑蛇的身體來活動，龜身雖然相當于他的另一個軀殼，但大多只被他用作儲物，裝一些好吃的好玩的。
因為玄武的戰鬥力實在菜得慘不忍睹，鳳凰閑暇時忍無可忍，硬是要将爛泥扶上牆，抓着玄武就開始訓練，練狠了的時候，鳳凰有幸見到了讓自己哭笑不得的一幕———
玄武的蛇軀突然不動了，而擱置在一旁的黑漆漆的龜殼裏，突然冒出了龜腦袋和短胖的四肢，最後面還跟着一條小小的尾巴，這只突然出現的烏龜在瞄了鳳凰一眼後，果斷将腦袋四肢尾巴通通收回了殼裏，整個過程絲滑流暢不到一秒。
捏着軟趴趴蛇軀七寸的鳳凰：“……”
他算是發現了，玄武雖然戰鬥力不行，但逃命速度一流，簡直将“慫與茍”發揮到了極致。
鳳凰努力了很多次，玄武攻擊的本事不見上漲，但保命能力倒是一個不落，全學了個清楚明白，逃命速度更是屢創新高。
雖然學得有點偏，但每只異獸都有每只異獸的性格，鳳凰最後還是選擇了尊重。
雖然暫時與蒼龍玄武呆在一處，但鳳凰仍舊會定期回到山上去給茶樹補充靈力，維持他的軀殼不朽，也會修整小樓，讓他想回來時還是地方住。
有了曾經的故人，鳳凰好像回到了先生還在的時期，心間那種巨大的空洞感減緩了不少，終于讓他的神經不再那麽緊繃。
又過了幾百年，鳳凰重新回去給茶樹補充靈力，看到了九尾在樹下留的傳訊，九尾說他的時間到了，可他想要尋求能活到與嘉木英同源的小茶樹誕生的時代，他确定自己不甘心。
他決定用全部的力量撕開時空，嘗試着制造時空亂流，進入時間之中的狹隙，或許能夠在恰當的時間，短暫地通向未來。
九尾用自己花了百年煉制的青銅塔罩在小樓外面，将他們曾經居住的小樓帶走，他開玩笑說反正鳳凰也很久都不回來住一次，還不如将小樓讓給他，如果他在時間中的罅隙裏回不來，迷失在虛空裏，至少還有個地方住。
傳訊是單向的，所以鳳凰無法再聯系上九尾，認真一點說，這并不是什麽傳訊，而是九尾特意給他留下的告別。
鳳凰想起很久之前，先生沉睡以後，他們在小樓裏分別的前一天，鳳凰問九尾，用一生的時間去追尋十幾年相處裏的那個人的回來，值得嗎？
九尾只是反問：“問出這個問題的時候，你不就已經有答案了嗎？”
家人，怎麽會不值得。
……
從那封傳訊之後，鳳凰就徹底失去了九尾的消息，又過了幾百年，慫慫的玄武終于慢吞吞地化作了人形，鳳凰在教導着他馴服自己的野生四肢後，突然若有所感。
他這一世的時間，即将抵達盡頭。
在得知這個消息時，鳳凰的內心無比平靜，他做好了一切交接，包括在他離開後的那些時間裏，先生的軀殼要如何處理這件事。
鳳凰與蒼龍和玄武告別，蒼龍的情緒一向內斂，與山川同化後便更加深藏，反倒是被鳳凰一抓着訓練就各種逃脫的玄武哭得一把鼻涕一把淚，俊朗的容貌都扭曲到不能看。
“不用舍不得，也不用難過。”鳳凰說，“百年之後，我還會重新回來。”
于是玄武真的傻傻地等了一百年。
他甚至做好了未來見到一只紅金色絨團子的準備，還打算趁鳳凰前輩幼年時沒有記憶倒反天罡當長輩的計劃，但一百年後，鳳凰沒有來。
第二個一百年，他還是沒有來。
等第三個一百年時，玄武再也忍不住了，他循着記憶裏還未曾大改的地勢，去了鳳凰前輩曾經居住的地方，那棵鳳凰前輩無比珍視的茶樹依舊伫立在原地，只是那棟小樓不見蹤影，陣法已經很久沒人打理，上面鑲嵌的寶物靈氣都不再盈滿，至少有百年未曾補充。
玄武感到了茫然，他選擇回到山壁前，叫醒了蒼龍。
借助山川延長壽命并非沒有代價，蒼龍時不時就會陷入沉睡，短則十幾年，多則上百年。
在費了好一番功夫将蒼龍徹底叫醒後，玄武問出了他的疑惑，在一番蔔算後，蒼龍告訴他，鳳凰在經歷第四次涅槃。
玄武很疑惑，不應該是第三次嗎？
蒼龍沒有多說什麽，他只是幽幽道：“人心難測。”
玄武不太明白，因為他不怎麽接觸人類，也不太愛去人類的城池，所以蒼龍這樣說，他也似懂非懂。
“我還要繼續沉睡。”蒼龍說，“你去人類的城池裏，僞裝成普通人與他們相處三百年，等三百年後你再回來，就明白了。”
迷迷瞪瞪的玄武懵懵懂懂地下了山，挑選了一個他看起來特別順眼的城池，順利地僞裝成了一個普通人。可還沒等到三百年，兩百多年後，他狼狽地連夜回了山。
他沒有向蒼龍講述自己這兩百多年在人類王朝的經歷，但他确實變了許多，這兩百多年帶來的改變，遠勝以往數千年。
又過了百載，玄武再次見到了鳳凰，比起最初見面時那意氣風發的模樣，鳳凰沉郁了許多，他先去見了那棵許久未見的大茶樹，修補了陣法，換上了靈物，然後他和蒼龍秘密地交談了好幾天———當然，他又是被連着龜身一起丢出去的那個。
鳳凰好像和蒼龍一同準備了一個極瘋狂的計劃，蒼龍偶爾會對玄武流露只言片語，但玄武不知全貌。
可惡！什麽垃圾謎語龍！
憤憤的玄武還是老老實實依照他們倆的吩咐準備這準備那，他的自我調節能力超好，安慰自己他遲早能知道全部真相。
主打一個“冷臉幹活妥妥帖帖，但封心鎖愛”。
光是在大荒确定最終的計劃的地點，他們就花了兩百年，玄武在這個時間段裏得知一件讓他格外震驚的事，這不是鳳凰的第四次涅槃，而是第五次。
關于自己的第三次與第四次涅槃究竟經歷了什麽，鳳凰從未提及只言片語，但玄武從他日常偶爾流露的些許言行裏，管中窺豹似的得知了一些沉重的、讓人最好不要細想的東西。
他忽然意識到那兩百多年的經歷所帶給他的或許不是最殘酷的體驗，即使那些體驗已經讓他足夠狼狽。
鳳凰在最終計劃的地點用各種天才地寶改動那座山，玄武在大荒的各處收集鳳凰所需要的東西，在收集一樣作為陣法核心的物品時，玄武遇到了兩棵樹，兩棵時間已經到了盡頭的樹，一棵名為帝休，一棵名為帝屋。
他們的時間在自然更替中即将走到盡頭，而玄武所需的物品又恰巧在他們身上，他們以這樣物品為報酬，希望玄武能護送他們到達無靈之地。
玄武困惑道：“無靈之地千裏焦土，只會加速你們的離開。”
“沒有關系。”白發蒼蒼的帝休說，“我們只是想去看看。”
在生命的最後，他總是會夢見一顆遮天蔽日的樹，夢見熱鬧的集會，只是一切都蒙了層厚重的雲，看不真切，看不清晰。
“放心吧，不會賴賬。”他旁邊的帝屋也說。
草木雖然生命悠長，但與之相對的是漫長的成長期，無人看護的情況下比異獸幼崽更易夭折，他們走遍整個大荒，聚集了所有未曾堕化的異植，又在大荒選了一塊很好的位置安家，以後新誕生的草木幼崽就不必在開智之後擔驚受怕。
他們這一生已盡己所能，再無遺憾，去追尋幾千年前那遙遠的“夢”，也是他們最後決定的歸途。
玄武接下了這個請求。
他護送着這兩顆垂垂老矣的樹到達了千裏焦土的無靈之地，見到了那巨大的建木殘軀，建木殘軀上無中生有地冒出金色光點繞着他們盤旋，有一些融入了玄武眉心，他腦海裏多了關于災劫的知識，繁瑣又無序，像是命運在變化之中進行了無數次推敲，衍生出來的結果糾纏在一起。
玄武努力将這些東西都記下來，他雖然不太聰明，但他相信蒼龍和鳳凰一定會明白。
在鳳凰第五次涅槃走到盡頭時，玄武冥冥之中也感知到了自身的衰弱，他知道可以通過吃掉自己的龜身再延續幾百年，可他沒有這樣做。
化形之後那麽多年的經歷與奔波，遇到過無數或好或壞的人事物，玄武已經很累很累了，可能是因為他比較笨，什麽都慢吞吞的，所以他的壽命比其他異獸要長久，但長久的生命到最後，大都難逃倦怠的結局。
玄武将龜身留給了蒼龍。
蒼龍不惜與山川同化都要繼續活下來，他的龜身在蒼龍手裏才會發揮更大的作用。
于是，某一個陽光晴朗的午後，玄武陷入了長久的沉眠，但他卻并沒有進入到無盡之海中。
蒼龍在吸收了玄武的龜身後以龜身為媒介，強行留下了他的意識，将他投入到了尚未完成的荒山裏，成為了荒山的陣靈，哪怕玄武的蛇軀因為意識的抽離而衰朽為粉塵，龜身也只餘空殼，但只要荒山存在，玄武就不會從這個世間消失掉。
蒼龍抹掉了玄武記憶裏那些不好的遭遇與黑暗的陰影，又修改了一些細節，等玄武的意識被陣法的力量滋養着一點點複蘇後，他依舊是曾經那條兇兇慫慫、憨憨傻傻的小黑蛇，而不是對漫長時間感到厭倦的神獸玄武。
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鳳凰第六次涅槃後，才發現玄武成了荒山沉睡的陣靈，他和蒼龍爆發了有史以來最嚴重的争吵，一怒之下轟掉了蒼龍所同化的小半座山。
在滾滾而下的山石聲中，鳳凰眼裏帶上了從未有過的失望：“你強行留下玄武的意識，修改他的記憶，你有征求過他的意見嗎？！玄武是我們的同伴，是你親眼看着長大的孩子，不是你的玩具，更不是你的消耗品！”
【回歸無盡之海成為一條無知無識的白魚，又或者像白澤一樣轉世面目全非———你以為這是什麽很好的事嗎？】蒼龍說，【洗去一切舊日印記，就是全新的生靈了。】
【我強行留下玄武難道有錯？】他的情緒同樣激動，【只要荒山存在，玄武就能同存，他會永遠高高興興快快樂樂地活着，再也不會有人欺騙他傷害他！】
【你看白澤轉世成了人類，他為人類付出那麽多，可有幾次能善終？！如果時間可以倒流，我一定會阻止他化作無盡之海！】
鳳凰覺得吸收掉玄武龜身的蒼龍不可理喻，甚至偏執到有些瘋狂———
【天道要我們生我們就生，要我們死我們就死，憑什麽要聽它的？憑什麽要将自己的命運交到它手中任憑處置！】
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這場争執最後以不歡而散結束。
鳳凰依舊在大荒的各處尋找能夠構建［荒山］的材料，蒼龍也同樣，争執并沒有讓他們停下計劃，可鳳凰卻有了不一樣的想法。
他有點信不過蒼龍了。
他在［荒山］的很多地方都布置了一些隐秘的暗手，但他希望這些布置永遠都沒有用上的那天。
鳳凰第七次涅槃期間，人類遇到了一場大劫難，從此分作了東西兩部分，蒼龍培養的下屬已經成了氣候，他們進入西方，炮制了一場名為“神庭”的彌天大謊，建木在西方的傳說裏扭曲為了“世界樹，由阿斯加德、霧之國、米德加爾特三部分組成，有了“神明”的概念。
從此西方有了歷史與傳說。
只要信仰足夠，謊言即可為真，蒼龍用千年完善這個巨大的謊言，以“尼德霍格”的名義收集信仰，将自己變作了僞神明。
他的天賦是［命運指引］，只要他明确自己的目标，便能在千頭萬緒之中，找到最适合自己的那條路。
所以蒼龍用僞神明的全部力量大膽地竊取了一次天道權柄，得知形成無靈之地那場災劫的萬年之後，還有一場同樣巨大的災劫。
越發偏執的蒼龍做出了一個大膽的決定———他要在那場災劫裏，取天道而代之。
這是一場漫長的謀劃，漫長到鳳凰結束了第八次涅槃，步入到第九次時也未曾斷絕。
鳳凰已在第八次涅槃裏聯系上了東方的人類，他每一次涅槃重生後都會與人類保持或遠或近的聯系，他的天賦會使他每一次重生後都為正面的情緒動容，次次如初，從不麻木。
幸福如此，痛苦亦然。
他偶爾也會聽聞蒼龍的消息，比如他沉睡了很久後才醒來，比如他在表世界興風作浪，比如他忽然收養了一只谛聽幼崽……諸如此類，紛雜繁多。
第九次涅槃後，鳳凰感覺到了靈魂上的疲憊，他隐隐有種預感，他可能無法度過下一次的涅槃之劫。
在記憶恢複後，他去了一趟［荒山］，［荒山］位于裏表世界的屏障交界處，而屏障則在他第七次涅槃期間展開。
他從山上移栽了一棵有些腐朽的茶樹———再怎麽盡心保養，時間終究留下了痕跡。
他将這棵只有最初百分之一大小的茶樹移栽到山腳，又通過與人類官方的聯系，在做了一些利益置換後，将此處改造成了一個小鎮，他在鎮子裏種滿了槐樹，因為人類的傳說裏槐樹能招引亡者的魂魄歸來，小鎮被命名為“槐林”，意味“懷您”。
取完名之後的鳳凰啞然失笑，覺得自己可真幼稚，所以他将圍繞着槐林鎮發展起來的另一個鎮子命名為“當歸”———這可不是什麽諧音，只是一味藥材名罷了。
圍繞着荒山，百年間斷斷續續九個鎮子拔地而起，最後被歸納在一處，名為“崇明”。
因為鳳凰不願過多改動槐林鎮與當歸鎮，這兩個鎮子的經濟發展漸漸落後，經濟重心自然而然出現了轉移，但鳳凰不在乎這些。
他在槐林鎮裏制作了一棟小樓，又在當歸鎮裏建了一座店鋪，一點一滴，不假借他人之手。
記載了萬年時間的書被放到茶館裏，這對于人類來說是極為珍貴的古籍，但對于鳳凰而言，這只是能讓先生更快了解世界的工具。
鳳凰将過去還存在的事物一點點搬入店鋪中，最後是他在萬年前保留的那幅畫，被小心地放在了最裏。
他點燃了一盞青銅燈，燈裏有一點燭火不滅———如果有誰要破壞茶館，異動會第一時間傳到他面前。
人類的社會日新月異，鳳凰融入其中，看着一年年的飛速變化，倒也得了些許樂趣，他偶爾會指點一些官方的成員，但大多數時候他都住在小樓裏，過着退休一般的生活。
某一日，他冥冥之中感應到了天地意識的氣息，跟随着那強烈的指引，他從小樓的“背景牆”中取出了一顆帶着綠色紋路的珠子，珠子上延伸出一根細細的、銀白色的線，自動挂在了他的脖子上。
身體慢慢虛弱甚至已經生出了白發的鳳凰一怔，記憶深處那熟悉的力量輕柔地撫去了他的不适，竟然讓他有種掉淚的沖動。
他意識到，這或許已經到了先生在嘉木英時期所提到過的“契機”。
于是鳳凰開始了尋找，最後在一家破破爛爛的慈心孤兒院裏，見到了那棵與先生同源的小茶樹。
【我的天賦告訴我，萬年之後，我們還能再相見。】
———這竟然不是安慰他的空洞騙局。
生命快走到盡頭的時候，模糊的記憶只會越來越清晰，那麽多世的記憶混雜在在一起，他竟然還能清晰地憶起那天晚上明亮的星星。
先生同源的幼崽看起來是個沒什麽能力的小哭包，他确實得多留些東西，免得幼崽連累先生複蘇後流落街頭。
鳳凰其實有動過将幼崽帶走親自教導的念頭，但天道意識表示出了不贊同。
During the nine nirvanas, the Phoenix communicated with the consciousness of heaven and earth only a few times, but each time it played a role at the critical moment, and the Phoenix finally chose to continue to believe in Him.
He registered the small building and the shop as inheritance on the official website of the human world court, and the donor's name was signed as "Jia Muying".
He did not sign his name as "Yuchuan" out of selfishness, because those hundreds of years of carefree time were a secret he did not want to tell the little cub.
The consciousness of heaven and earth stepped in to help cover up for him and make everything seem reasonable. His communication with the consciousness of heaven and earth over the past few decades was almost equal to the sum of his previous eight nirvanas.
Everything that might expose the tea tree cub was dealt with, and Phoenix almost suspected that this little tea tree seedling was not the same offspring of the master, but Tiandao's own child.
On the day when the tea tree cub came of age, Phoenix slapped the inheritance she had prepared in front of him and said, "Sign."
This young seedling still had a childish look on its face, looking silly, and indeed easy to deceive. He was able to let down most of his guard with just a few words.
After giving the inheritance, the consciousness of heaven and earth reappeared, urging him to leave quickly. Phoenix looked at the child opposite who was unaware of anything, and her heart softened for a rare moment.
"Wait," he said.
The bead that had been hanging around his neck was flashing eagerly. Phoenix knew that this might be the key to Mr.'s recovery, but when she really handed it to him, he still felt disappointed and reluctant.
"Take it." The unbreakable silver thread disappeared without a trace after being pulled, and Phoenix stuffed it into the hands of the young man named "Yu Tu".
Without the nourishment of the bead, his strength quickly dissipated, and Phoenix felt a little regretful. He had waited for ten thousand years, but he probably wouldn't be able to see the agreed meeting.
Fenghuang rolled up the car window, and their eyes briefly met through the gap in the window.
The story begins from now on.
The story ends here.