[Journey to the West] Monkey, be good

"Immortal Monarch, I'm the little fairy who burns fire in Tushita Palace, Qingmang." The boy in green shirt climbed up the mountain and bowed to this immortal gentleman on the roof.

It's really not good to expose the roof tiles in front of outsiders. I jumped up, landed lightly, straightened my clothes, turned around and said, "Immortal envoy, please come inside."

Qingmang glanced at the shabby room of this fairy, although he didn't show disdain, but he didn't want to see it very much.He took a step back and said politely: "No need, Qingmang will leave after passing a word."

"Oh?" Ben Xianjun looked back at him, understood in his heart, and said with a smile: "I never do things that are difficult for others. Since the fairy envoy does not want to enter, he can say it outside. I don't know why you came here. Why?"

Qingmang handed over something in his hand.

Zitong stepped forward to pick it up, and after seeing the words on it, he showed it to me, and he whispered: "Your Majesty, this is the invitation card from Taishang Laojun."

"Invitation card?" Ben Xianjun took the invitation card and looked at it. It clearly said "Chengxian Yuanjun is sincerely invited to go to Tushita Palace to participate in the restart ceremony of my alchemy furnace".Ben Xianjun touched his chin with his index finger, stared at those words, and asked: "The ritual of restarting the pill furnace... what kind of ceremony is it?"

Qingmang explained: "A few years ago, the alchemy furnace of my family was smashed by someone. It has just been repaired recently, and the furnace will be reopened for alchemy tomorrow. It is called the "Restart of the Alchemy Stove" ceremony."

"So that's how it is." Ben Xianjun suddenly realized that he was about to nod, but felt that something was wrong, so he asked with a smile: "That... the pill furnace that was knocked down by the Monkey King 500 years ago, hasn't it been repaired long ago? Why? Now…"

"..." Qingmang remained silent.

"Your Majesty, you don't know something." Zi Tong said beside him, "Old Lord's alchemy furnace was pushed down again by Su Changxiu 300 years ago, and this time even the bottom of the furnace was gouged through."

"Hehe, that's how it is." I smiled lowly, feeling a little more curious about Su Changxiu in my heart.Putting the invitation in my sleeve, I said: "I have thanked Laojun on behalf of Cheng, and I will definitely go tomorrow."

After Qingmang left, Ben Xianjun and Zitong shared an ear room, and took a rest early.

During the first month in the human world, I was busy moving mountains and controlling waters, and immediately went to participate in the Conferred God Ceremony after returning to the Heavenly Court, without taking a short break.Until now, I finally had half a day free, so I fell asleep soundly as soon as I touched the pillow.

A night without dreams, refreshed the next day.

Zitong has not woken up yet.

Children like to sleep, seeing that it was still early, I didn't delay going to Tushita Palace, so I simply went to sleep with him, and went out to the mountains by myself.

Yesterday, I was only busy picking up hay, and I didn't even have time to take a look at the scenery of Xishan.Looking at it today, I found out——

In fact, there is nothing to see in Xishan.

Although Xishan is a fairy mountain in the fifth heaven, it is not even half as beautiful as the "Old Raven's Nest" under the "Wangjun Mountain" where the immortal lived in the lower realm.Everywhere is bare, except for the grass or grass, like a barren mountain that has been uninhabited for a long time.

I am used to seeing the colorful flowers in "Wangjun Mountain". Now I am not used to seeing the desolation of Xishan at first glance. I think that I must open up the wasteland in front of the gate when I have time in the future. Plant some flowers and plants to relieve boredom and pastime.

However, although the scenery of the West Mountain is a bit worse, it is not completely worthwhile.

Ben Xianjun found a clear spring not far behind the three thatched cottages. The spring water was crystal clear, gurgling and flowing, and white smoke was growing on the water surface.Ben Xianjun reached out and scooped up a handful of spring water. The water temperature was slightly hot, smooth as pure jade, and he took another sip. The taste was clear and sweet, very refreshing.

"Good water, good spring." Ben Xianjun praised, and finally calmed down some of the depression and dissatisfaction caused by the Jade Emperor's cheating and cheating in his heart.

The wind passed, and the blue waves on the water surface were slightly rippling, and when it was still as before, this spring water was like a huge flat mirror measuring one foot square, and the face of the fairy was reflected in the mirror.

After turning into a human body, this fairy has never looked in the mirror.Yesterday someone outside the Yuqing Palace praised me for my handsome appearance, and the Jade Emperor also said that I have lost weight. I just listened to it and didn’t take it seriously. In fact, I don’t know what I look like now.

Looking at the reflection at this moment, Ben Xianjun was slightly taken aback.

The man in the water was dressed in a moon-white gown, his eyes were long and narrow, and his facial features were well-crafted, with sharp outlines.The color of eyebrows and lips are extremely light, and the black hair that reaches the waistline is casually picked up and tied loosely behind the head with a moon-white headband, giving him the appearance of a rich man.

It is indeed a bit exaggerated to say that this face is "one in a million", but if I stand in the crowd, it should not be hard to find.

No wonder the Jade Emperor and his elders said that the fairy had lost weight as soon as they met.Facing the reflection on the water, I touched my slightly pointed chin, sighed deeply, and felt melancholy in my heart, and said: "I don't feel sensual, and I have indeed lost a lot of weight. It's not much different from changing my face."

Melancholy is melancholy, I am quite satisfied with my current appearance, but squatting by the spring and looking in the mirror for a long time, but I always feel that something is missing.

It wasn't until I walked back to the thatched hut that I accidentally found a jade bone fan at the bottom of the Baibaojia, and I suddenly realized that, yes, I lost a folding fan that literati and inkmen used to play coquettishly, otherwise I am sorry for my current pair of fans. The appearance of Yushu facing the wind.

Ben Xianjun "唰——" unfolded the fan, held it in his hand and shook it, and there was a breeze, which was quite comfortable.However, the fan is empty, there is no poem or painting, and it is inevitable that it will lose some elegance in the hand.

At that time, Zitong had already woken up, and Ben Xianjun asked him to fetch ink treasures, spread the fan on the desk, picked up the brush and dipped it in the paint, and swung it around, a large piece of pink immediately appeared on the blank fan surface.

"Your Majesty, what are you painting?" Zitong asked.

Ben Xianjun made the last stroke, picked up the fan, and blew on it, "The peach blossom forest in the old raven's nest, my hometown."

"Peach...cough, Peach Blossom Forest?" Zitong spoke bluntly, and said without hesitation, "This is obviously a three-year-old child's random graffiti. It doesn't look like a flower."

"Cough! Cough!" Ben Xianjun coughed and said seriously: "Zitong, this is imagery art. The situation in the painting can only be felt, not expressed in words."

"Oh." Zitong said in admiration, "Your Majesty is amazing."

Zitong is so innocent, and he firmly believes in what this fairy said, which makes me feel guilty and blush.In fact, I don't know how to paint, but this kind of thing... how can I admit it?

Ben Xianjun responded with a faint "um", put away the fan with a "pop", folded it in the palm of his hand, and said solemnly: "It's getting late, I'm going to Tushita Palace, if you're free at home, you can Pull up the weeds in the field in front of the door."

The Tushita Palace is in the 33rd heaven, and it will be far away if you walk step by step. I have to attract a cloud and fly there. I met many fairy families on the way, and it seems that I should also go to the Tushita Palace by appointment.I don't know how many people Laojun invited to the banquet this time, even the nameless "Flower Guardian Messenger" I, the Immortal, received the invitation. Could it be that everyone from the entire Heavenly Palace has arrived?

Since I have just ascended, I am not familiar with fellow Taoists. Often I know them, and they don't recognize me.However, Ben Xianjun still greeted them one by one very politely.If you meet someone with a good temper, you will nod to me, and if you meet someone with a bad temper, just pretend you didn't see me.

This immortal gentleman is thin and hearty, and he does not have the same knowledge as them. After Yuelao, he handed in a letter of worship and entered the Tushita Palace.

After entering, I was a little surprised to find that the official positions of the invited gods were all above the third rank, such as Taibai Jinxing, Yuelao, Barefoot Great Immortal, etc., and only I was a loose immortal who was so small that he had no rank.

I'm afraid there are other strange things in it, but if it comes, it will be safe, and I should join in the fun.

"Thank you all the gods for coming to my lord's alchemy furnace restart ceremony, everyone please follow me." Qingmang came to fetch us to the alchemy room under the order of the old lord.

Laojun's alchemy room is more shabby than the three thatched cottages of this fairy, and there is nothing but a stove.

At this time, Taishang Laojun was squatting in front of the stove to light a fire. He added firewood to the hearth with his left hand, and fanned the stove door with a cattail leaf fan in his right hand, but only choking black smoke came out of the chimney, and no one could see it. flames.

The Nadan furnace is as tall as a person, the whole is red gold, with reliefs on it, and the three legs stand on the ground. The bottom of the furnace is a little dark after being baked for a long time, but it does not affect the appearance.

What affects the appearance is the patches of red, yellow, blue and purple on the stove.

Ben Xianjun guessed that it should be that Laojun couldn't find the materials for casting the pill furnace when repairing the furnace, so he had to take some other things instead.

Thinking about it, this alchemy stove has been overturned many times, and it has been repaired again and again. After thousands of years of twists and turns, it has not been scrapped. It should be regarded as a good stove with a strong and unyielding character.

The stove is fine, but the delay in lighting is a big problem.

Taibai Jinxing said: "Old gentleman, is your firewood damp, why don't we try another one?"

Taishang Laojun didn't turn his head back and said: "There is smoke coming out, which means that it is about to die, wait a little longer."

As soon as the words fell, there was a "huh--" and the three-flavored real fire in the furnace burst out for several feet, and it burned vigorously.

"Look, it's over." Taishang Laojun stood up with a smile, took the wet handkerchief Qingmang handed over, and wiped the pot ashes on his hands and face.

"congratulations."

"congratulations."

"congratulations."

For a moment, all the voices of congratulations were heard in the alchemy room, and the official, the immortal, could only stand at the outermost part of the crowd and echoed, "Congratulations, congratulations."

"Xiaoxian prepares a small gift, which is not a respect."

"Shangxian, this is a congratulatory message written by me, I hope you accept it."

"This pair of Yu Ruyi is from the East China Sea..."

"..." I felt that I was missing something when I went out, but now I finally realized that I forgot to prepare a congratulatory gift.When I first came to Heaven, I was invited by the Taishang Laojun, one of the Sanqing, to participate in his alchemy furnace restart ceremony, but I came empty-handed, which is extremely rude!

When I was in a hurry, Qingmang had already arrived in front of me with a box of rice.Ben Xianjun took a look into the box, and there were already several night pearls, a pair of jade ruyis, and a painting...

"That..." Ben Xianjun laughed dryly, "Hehe."

Seeing Qingmang standing beside me and not leaving, all the immortal friends cast their eyes over one after another.

"Who is he?"

"I don't know, you just ascended yesterday?"

"Yes, the last one came yesterday. At that time, the Great Sage was still asking him something..."

"Xianjun." Qingmang weighed the box and signaled the fairy to put the gift in.

Heaven has been so open recently?Can you collect money from members in an open and aboveboard manner?What about the rules?What about the law?

"Little Immortal... I don't have much in my body, and I don't have anything valuable to give away." This Immortal said truthfully, and his words were sincere.

"These days, it's a shame to attend a banquet without bringing money, haha, I'm dying of laughter."

"Really! A few days ago, the two of Xihai Longjun and Longmu got married, and the entire house couldn't fit in the entire family's money."

"Why did Mr. Xihai Long get married again? Didn't they just get married last year?"

"Get married and leave, and then we will get married after the divorce. Xihai Longjun was so poor in the past, but now, tsk tsk, he gets married once a year, and he has already made it to the rich list of heaven by collecting money!"

"..." Ben Xianjun smiled awkwardly and politely at a room full of fellow Taoists, reached into his left sleeve with his right hand and touched for a long time, then took out a peach the size of a bowl, wondering: "I only have one peach here. Taozi, if you don't dislike it, then it's the right to be a congratulatory gift."

"Hey——this is the first time I see a golden peach!" All the immortals stared at a golden peach held in the palm of the immortal, and stared straight.

Ben Xianjun smiled lightly and was about to put the peaches into the box, when suddenly a hand pinched Ben Xianjun's wrist.

The other party's fingers are long and slender, with distinct joints, but the strength is just right, so that I can't pinch it lightly or heavily.Ben Xianjun paused, moved his gaze upwards, scanned the golden wristband and a piece of red clothes all the way, and finally met the golden eyes of the monkey.

Just now when I entered the gate of Tushita Palace, I have already seen a monkey in red.The great saint is so majestic that he attracts attention no matter where he walks, and it is difficult for people to look away at a glance.But at that time, he was having a lively chat with several immortals, he was afraid that if he didn't see me in the corner, he would be making fun of himself, and I didn't come forward to say hello.

This immortal gentleman was only concentrating on concentrating his energy, using his magic power to give birth to a peach as a congratulatory gift to Taishang Laojun, but he didn't notice when the monkey came over.

"Great Sage." Qingmang saluted the monkey.

Ben Xianjun's wrist was pinched, and it was inconvenient to bow his hands, so he nodded to the monkey and said, "Great Sage, what do you mean?"

"His congratulatory gift, I'll give it to you. Nuo, it's for both of us." Monkey said, he took the golden peach out of the fairy's hand, and then threw two golden peaches into Qingmang's box. A small gray stone.

The stone was smashed into the box, and there were two sounds of "dang" and "dang", which was not very pleasant.

Qingmang's face twitched twice following the two sounds, showing displeasure, but he didn't dare to attack the monkey.

The monkey returned the golden peach to the fairy.

Ben Xianjun moved his right hand which was being pulled, and said: "Great Sage, this hand...how long do you want to hold it?"

The monkey was stunned, let go of his hand, and moved his lips slightly as if he wanted to say something, "Happy... hi..."

At this time, there was a dog barking, "Wow!" Then the crowd became restless, and someone shouted: "Ah! Where did the mad dog come from! The mad dog is biting someone!"

Ben Xianjun turned around and plunged into the crowd, squeezed to the front to have a look, okay!

A giant black mastiff half as tall as a man was pounced on a fairy wearing a blue Taoist robe, opened his bloody mouth, and salivated wildly.The tail of the dog like an iron broom was buzzing with sparks, as if the tail was on fire.

The poor fellow Taoist was thrown to the ground, his face was pale with fright, he was trembling, and he closed his eyes and muttered: "Brother dog! Brother dog, stay here! Misunderstanding, this is a misunderstanding~~~"