The Taste of Ghosts in the World

Above the head is the glow of the sky, the colors are flowing, extending out boundlessly, it looks extremely magnificent.

Qi Mu looked around, but only felt that the surrounding white was dazzling, and it felt very unreal.

"Have you ever been to the God Realm?" He asked Feng Baisui beside him.

"came."

"It was like this before?"

"I don't know." Feng Baisui curled his lips, "I've forgotten it a long time ago."

While talking, a voice came from ahead——

"Since you two are here, why don't you walk around with me?"

Looking up, a person stood in front of them with hands down, with a kind smile on his face.

"you are?"

"Just call me Lingji."

Lingji turned around and led the way, introducing them as he walked.

Qi Mu felt that it had been a long time, but seeing that the sky was still bright, he couldn't help asking, "How long does it take for you to get dark here?"

Lingji shook his head and said, "There is no dark night in the God Realm."

"But this is Nine Heavens, right? Those rays of light..."

"That is the orb of the God Realm. It is placed on the top of the tallest tower, shining in all directions, so it is always like daytime here."

"Baby Pearl?" Qi Mu followed the rays of the sun and looked far into the sky, half of the exposed tower tip could be vaguely seen in the sea of ​​clouds.

At this time, a group of little girls in red clothes ran over laughing, and when they saw Lingji, they surrounded him and greeted him in a hurry.

"Lingji Lingji! Didn't you check the orb today?"

"went."

"Then... change yourself and show us!"

"Not today." Lingji smiled and shook his head, "I still have guests."

"Guest? What guest? We haven't seen a guest for a long time!"

Lingji then introduced Qi Mu and Feng Baisui to them one by one.

"This is Candle Dragon."

"This is Yuan Ling."

As soon as they heard the name of "Yuan Ling", some children immediately called out: "I know Yuan Ling! You live in the spirit world alone, right?"

Qi Mu nodded, "It used to be like this."

"Is the spirit world fun?"

"Not fun."

"Then why do you still live there?"

Qi Mu smiled and blinked, "So I ran out."

A girl took his hand, pulled him down, leaned into his ear and whispered, "Why are you with Zhulong?"

Qi Mu was surprised, "Is it strange to be together?"

"The last time someone came here, he said that he was wanted."

Before Qi Mu could explain, another girl asked, "What is wanted?"

"It's... a game."

The girl who asked the question just now was slapped by her companion and complained: "What are you talking about! Why can't they be together? They were together in the first place!"

"Do they play together often?"

"No, no, it's another kind of being together."

"Which one is together?"

"It's... the kind in the world!"

Hearing what she said, all the children gathered around.

"What does 'together' mean in the world? Is it fun?"

The child pursed his mouth, "How do I know! Ask Yuan Ling."

The children all turned their gazes to Qi Mu, and being stared at so earnestly, Qi Mu could only say awkwardly: "'together' means... um..."

Really not knowing what to say, he glanced at Feng Baisui for help, and the latter directly took him over, and said honestly and bluntly to those children, "That's what we are."

The children froze.

Qi Mu hurriedly dragged Feng Baisui away, while the children stayed on the ground and looked at each other.

"Do you understand?"

"Um...understood..."

"what does that mean?"

"That's... that's what he said! How stupid!"

Hearing the conversation coming from behind, Qi Mu couldn't help laughing, and looked back quietly, only to find that the little girls who were wearing red clothes just now had all turned into boys wearing blue clothes.

Seeing his surprise, Lingji explained: "Both men and women are skins, and there is no gender distinction in the God Realm, so it will change at any time."

Qi Mu's eyes drifted to Lingji subconsciously, "You are the same?"

"……Yes."

"Then why don't you change?"

"Those children couldn't control their own changes because of lack of spiritual power. I can still control them."

"Oh."

Qi Mu nodded, and continued to follow Lingji. After walking for a while, he tugged on Feng Baisui's sleeve, and whispered, "Why did you say he became a man when he came to pick us up?"

Feng Baisui raised his eyebrows, "How would I know?"

"Ask." Qi Mu encouraged him.

"You ask yourself."

Lingji's hearing is very good, of course these little tricks can't be hidden from him, so he turned around and asked, "Is there any problem with you two?"

Qi Mu smiled at him and poked Feng Baisui.

Feng Baisui gave him a sideways look, but asked again.

"Why are you a man now?"

Lingji froze, "This..."

Qi Mu then asked: "Is it a rule that you must be a man when you see a man?"

"That's not... It's just that I am more inclined to men."

"I see."

Qi Mu looked at Feng Baisui and smiled, but didn't speak.

Feng Baisui nodded, and directly said what was in his heart: "Yes, it is discrimination."

Lingji quickly explained: "I don't mean to discriminate."

"Just now you said that the body of a man and a woman is just a skin, but it is more masculine."

"Men... are indeed more convenient."

"That's discrimination."

"..."

Lingji opened his mouth and wanted to argue, but he was afraid that they would catch him again, so he simply shut up.

Qi Mu suddenly remembered something, so he asked him: "If outsiders live in the God Realm for a long time, will they also become genderless?"

"The aura in the bodies of demons, ghosts and people is not pure enough, so they don't know how to do it."

"What about us?"

"meeting."

"..."

Lingji took them around hastily, but there was actually nothing to see, everyone was busy with their own affairs, the entire God Realm was empty, except for the group of boys and girls just now, they hardly encountered anything people.

"It's almost time for us to go back, and we won't bother you anymore." Qi Mu said to Lingji.

Lingji asked to stay: "Don't you want to stay for a while?"

"No." Qi Mu smiled, "I'm still very satisfied with my current skin, and I don't intend to change my gender for the time being."

"Do you want to go back to the spirit world?"

Qi Mu shook his head.

"That's where you were born."

Qi Mu still shook his head, "But it's not a place I can miss."

Lingji glanced at the sea of ​​clouds in the distance, then turned around and said, "The person in the tower asked me to tell you, although Yuan Ling does not belong to any one world, it is a life conceived by the three worlds, so it is everywhere. your home."

"Thank you." Qi Mu smiled faintly, "But for me, there is only one place that can be called 'home'..."

Lingji didn't try to persuade him any more, just nodded, and turned to Feng Baisui, "Zhulong hasn't appeared in the world for a thousand years, and now there is a vacancy for the god, do you want to..."

"I don't want to." Feng Baisui interrupted him very simply, and put his hand on Qi Mu's shoulder, "Where he is, I will be there."

Lingji asked hesitantly, "The human world... is better than the God Realm?"

"I don't know." Qi Mu said, "Compared to the God Realm, human beings have very little spiritual power and their lives are very short."

"Then why do you still miss it?"

"Humans don't have eternal time to kill, so they live more carefully, work harder, and know how to cherish more than creatures in any world. I think... this may be what attracts me in the world."

Lingji was stunned for a while, before speaking again, with the same smile on his face.

"Then I'll give you two a ride."

His words gradually disappeared in his ears, and when Qi Mu came back to his senses, he found that his feet had already stepped on the ground, and when he looked up, there was a shimmering lake in front of him—the Long Lake he was very familiar with.

He looked back at Feng Baisui, who held his hand silently, both of them felt a little emotional, should this be the place where they have lived their entire lives, or should this experience in the human world be included in each other's long life journey into the torrent of time.

"came back?"

A familiar voice sounded above the head, and the hanged ghost was sitting on the treetop, with an unconcealable surprise on his face.

Qi Mu nodded towards him, "Well, I'm back."

"Very well," smiled the Hanged Man, "nothing happened."

……

After standing by the Long Lake and talking for a while, Qi Mu wanted to go home and have a look first, so he said goodbye to him.

Walking along the edge of the lake for a while, suddenly something moved in his pocket, Qi Mu was puzzled, and took it out to see, it turned out to be the pearl oyster that released the soul.

"Oops, forgot about it."

As soon as Qi Mu finished speaking, the clam shell in his hand jumped out of his palm, turning into a slender and tall Dragon Prince.

"Yuan Ling..."

As soon as he was about to speak, he was held down by Qi Mu, and he looked around carefully. Fortunately, it was getting dark at this time, and there was no one by the lake, and the spectacle of the oyster transforming into a human was not discovered.

"I'm really sorry that I brought you into the world." Qi Mu apologized with some guilt.

"It's okay." The second prince smiled gently.

"Second prince..."

"Have you forgotten my name since I haven't seen you in a hundred years?" A trace of loneliness flashed in the second prince's eyes.

"Uh..." Qi Mu looked at his former friend, who was still gentle, but seemed to have lost the intimacy of the past, "I'm sorry... Ao Feng."

After thinking for a while, he said, "From now on, you can call me Qi Mu, I like this name better."

"Okay." The second prince smiled in satisfaction, and gave him a light hug, "Finally I can tell you well, long time no see."

As soon as these words came out, the familiar feeling from before came back in an instant, and Qi Mu said softly: "Thank you for your hard work, I have delayed you for a hundred years..."

"Nothing, I voluntarily."

Qi Mu's eyes were a little hot, Ao Feng gave his 100 years for him, and even put aside his practice. He didn't know how to make up for these [-] years.

As if guessing what he was thinking, Ao Feng patted him on the back, and immediately felt two very unfriendly eyes staring directly at his face, which hadn't moved away since just now.

Glancing at Feng Baisui with an extremely stinky face, he let go of Qi Mu calmly and took half a step back.

Feng Baisui pulled Qi Mu in front of him, and reached into his pocket.

"What are you looking for?" Qi Mu asked him.

"I forgot something too." He said, pulling out his hand, and there was a small water lily in his hand.

"This is...?" Qi Mu instantly thought of the little lotus.

Feng Baisui threw the lotus flower on the ground, and when it was about to hit the ground, the water lily turned into a child with a bun. He rolled on the ground and stood up nimbly.

This child looks exactly the same as Little Lianpeng, but the cleverness between his brows and eyes is incomparable to the little wood of Xiao Lianpeng.

"Master Zhulong." Da Lianpeng called obediently, looked at Qi Mu again, blinked his eyes, "This is Lord Yuanling, right?"

Qi Mu nodded.

"It's so beautiful." He raised his face and sniffed, "It smells as good as before!"

"Pa—" Feng Baisui slapped him on the head, "Shut up."

"Why are you beating him?" Qi Mu hurriedly pulled the big lotus to protect him, and the child had a backing, so he immediately made a face at Feng Baisui.

Feng Baisui gritted his teeth unhappily, gave him a sideways glance, and simply ignored him.

The big lotus pod opened its eyes and asked Qi Mu, "Lord Yuan Ling, where is my brother?"

Qi Mu was stunned, and after a while he remembered that the little lotus was still in You Yi's sleeve.

Big Lianpeng thought he didn't understand, and explained with gestures: "It's that stupid and stupid kid, about this tall and wide..."

Qi Mu rubbed his head, "You're not a brat."

"That's different." Big Lianpeng said proudly, "I'm his brother!"

Qi Mu thought the two brothers were really interesting and couldn't help laughing.

"It's almost time for me to go back." Ao Feng said, "I don't know what my father will be like when Hunlu's search warrant is issued."

"Well, you go back quickly."

Ao Feng looked at the big lotus again, "I'll send him back by the way."

Qi Mu thought for a while, nodded and said, "That's fine." Then he lowered his head and said to the big lotus, "You follow Prince Long to find your younger brother."

"Yes!" The big lotus pod looked very happy.

"Where is his brother?" Ao Feng asked.

"Should be with You Yi Lingguan, can you find him?"

Ao Feng nodded without hesitation, "Yes."

Qi Mu smiled, handed the big lotus to him, and said again calmly: "Thank you, Ao Feng."

Ao Feng shook his head and said softly, "Qi Mu."

The first time he called this name, he found that the two words seemed closer than "Yuan Ling", "Do you want to go to Dragon Palace with me?"

"I won't go for the time being." Qi Mu shook his head and said, "I want to wander around the world first during this time."

"That's good." Ao Feng didn't invite again, just said: "As long as you come, I will be here anytime."

"it is good."

Watching the one big and one small slowly disappear from sight, "Let's go," Qi Mu patted Feng Baisui, who was not always looking well, and said with a smile, "Go back and see our home."