Chapter 4 The Heart of the Cause and Effect of the Autumn Equinox
Just like last year, the weather gradually cooled after the autumnal equinox, and Li Yunsheng arrived as promised, but this time he was alone.
This year, he harvested wheat from the field alone, sold the old yellow cow at home, and sent some furniture and utensils to people from the same village. He ground the white flour with the newly harvested wheat, made a meal of oil splashed noodles that his father Li Shanzhu liked, and put it in front of the grave. The evil monk's mantra came true, and Li Shanzhu left after all without waiting for the autumnal equinox.
Under the Long Peak.
After a year, Qinyang Prefecture has recovered a little vitality with the strong support of Tianyan Kingdom. Although it is not as vibrant as before, it is a world of difference compared to the "ghost town" a year ago. Especially this originally sparsely populated Wanglong Peak has become popular because of this incident. The wilderness land a year ago has become a famous place with taverns and teahouses. At this time, Wanglong Peak was cut in half and no longer has the majestic atmosphere, but it also corresponds to the saying "If the mountain is not high, it will be famous if there is immortal."
There was an inn at the foot of Wanglong Peak, but Li Yunsheng still lived in the broken thatched hut. He didn't know what he needed to bring to the fairy mansion. Apart from the two new clothes that Li Shanzhu had made for him with a tailor, the heaviest one on his body was the fifty kilograms of white flour, which was also what Li Shanzhu told him during his lifetime - even if he went to the fairy mansion, he would not be hungry.
There was also the white porcelain bottle. It was strange. After he got home, he looked at the white porcelain bottle again, but there was no strange phenomenon. It looked like an ordinary bottle.
About three days later, a handsome little Taoist boy knocked on Li Yunsheng's door.
"You are Li Yunsheng?"
The little Taoist boy had a serious expression and asked calmly at the door.
"yes."
The Taoist robe on the little Taoist boy was exactly the same as the old Taoist and his group that day. Li Yunsheng immediately understood that it should be someone from the Immortal Palace to pick him up.
"Your token?"
Then Li Yunsheng took out the iron plate that the old Taoist gave him that day and handed it over. After confirming it, the little Taoist nodded seriously and said, "Well, this is right. Get it clean, come with me."
In one incense stick, Li Yunsheng packed his luggage and followed the little Taoist boy out of the door.
"I don't know yet, fellow Taoist... what to call it."
Although Li Yunsheng is only thirteen years old, he looks like an adult in terms of character and height, so it is really embarrassing to call a child who is only as tall as himself, "Fellow Daoist".
"Gongsun Yu, but you have to call me Senior Brother Yu."
The little Taoist boy turned around and said solemnly.
"Okay, Senior Brother Yu."
Of course, Li Yunsheng would not care about these things with a child, but instead thought that this child was innocent and interesting.
Unexpectedly, Li Yunsheng was really willing to call his senior brother obediently. Gongsun Yu was stunned, and then raised his fair and pink face with satisfaction and said, "Yes, you are much more polite than those who came before."
"That senior brother Xiao Yuer, where are we going now?"
“Go and take the boat.”
“Boat?”
Gongsun Yu's answer made Li Yunsheng a little confused because this radius of hundreds of miles is full of mountains and hills, where did the waterway come from?
"Why are you still standing there? The boat is about to leave. I missed this boat and will have to wait for another year next time."
Just as Li Yunsheng was hesitating, Gongsun Yu had already left him far, so he had to quickly follow Gongsun Yu's footsteps. However, he was surprised to find that Gongsun Yu seemed to be walking innocently, but in fact he walked very fast! He could only keep up with him by running almost the whole journey. In less than half an hour, Li Yunsheng was already panting and sweating, and Gongsun Yu didn't even breathe.
"If you really enter Qiu Shui Gate with your qualifications, it will be very hard."
Gongsun Yu looked at Li Yunsheng panting and shook his head with a serious expression like a little adult, "But since you call me senior brother, I will naturally take care of you in the future." As he said that, he took the fifty kilograms of white face from Li Yunsheng's back and carried it on his body, his movements were as relaxed as if he was holding a piece of clothing.
Li Yunsheng did not refuse or felt embarrassed. At this time, he had completely admitted the gap between the two and could continue to run fast for half an hour. This was something he could only do after taking those three candy pills.
After running like this for half an hour, Li Yunsheng felt that the straw sandals on his feet were loose. Just as he was about to bend down to clean up, Gongsun Yu said with a childish voice: "We are here." He stretched his two short arms forward and made a move to pull the door out of thin air towards the air in the mountains.
Li Yunsheng was curious about his strange behavior, and suddenly a cool breeze blew over his face. The wind was accompanied by the crying and smell of fish. Inside the little fish seemed to open an invisible door. Inside the gate was a world with a completely different scenery from the Tianyan Kingdom. Under the extremely clean sky was a vast sea. The sound of waves swelling on the shore actually reached Li Yunsheng's ears from that door. The blue mountains could be seen on the other side of the sea. The most conspicuous one was the giant ship docked by the coast pier, and the size of this ship had exceeded Li Yunsheng's cognition and even imagination.
"Let's go, get on the boat."
Gongsun Yu waved at him calmly with his expression. The world and the ship in front of him seemed to be commonplace in his eyes.
"After crossing this gate, the cause and effect of the world behind you will be completely cut off."
Li Yunsheng stepped over the door with half his foot, and Gongsun Yu in front of him suddenly looked at him with a serious look on his face.
Hearing this, Li Yunsheng couldn't help but look back at the world behind him. The somewhat turbid world actually made him feel a little worried. He remembered the prosperous market in Erlang Village during the Chinese New Year, the lotus who grew up with his childhood sweetheart next door, the stove that was newly built last year, and the pear tree with a bit sour fruit in front of the door.
But he still stepped over his other foot.
Although he didn't talk much, he looked dull. Compared to his father and grandfather's attitude towards the search for immortals, he heard Li Shanzhu talk about how he closed his eyes desperately on the day of his grandfather's forty birthday countless times, and the crying before his father left. He was actually very angry in his heart - why can "you" take my relatives away in front of me? Why can I have no choice but to do anything? He has read many books and asked many gentlemen when he traveled around to search for immortals with his father, but there is still no answer. They told Li Yunsheng that this is fate, and you must not violate it.
But he always felt that this was a very perfunctory answer. He wanted a more clear answer, and the world behind him obviously could not give it to him.
Seeing that Li Yunsheng finally stepped over, Gongsun Yu's face, which had been calm, flashed with surprise, and then nodded and said, "You are very good." Seeing that Li Yunsheng was confused, he continued, "I have a senior brother named Wang Fulai. He also stepped over the door with one foot, but it took more than a year for the "second foot" to come over."
"Why did it take so long?" Li Yunsheng said curiously.
Gongsun Yu smiled and said, "I asked him, and he said that he suddenly wanted to eat the fish head that day. He really wanted to eat it no matter what. He also said that the fish in their hometown only swims to them every four years, and his mother is the best at cooking this kind of fish. The white and tender fish head stewed under the bright red chopped pepper for three hours. It tastes so delicious that he doesn't want to be a god, so he waited at home for a year and only came back after eating this fish."
"Your senior brother is really an interesting person." Li Yunsheng did not find it funny or surprised when he heard this. Instead, he evaluated it seriously, which was somewhat beyond Gongsun Yu's expectations.
"You just said I'm very good because I entered the door very quickly?" Li Yunsheng continued.
Chapter completed!