It was the second year that Lu Ren joined the Investigation Bureau, and the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday was approaching. He decided to do a comprehensive cleaning of the Foreign Household Registration Investigation Bureau the day before the holiday.
The process of cleaning the main building went very smoothly. After all, Lu Ren had been working in the Investigation Bureau for more than a year at that time, and he was already familiar with the spatial layout and precautions within the Bureau.
In the afternoon, the sky was high and the clouds were light, and the weather was sunny and windy. Lu Ren planned to bask in the sun for a while in the breeze and clean up the fallen leaves in the backyard.
There are two very old osmanthus trees in the backyard. They are in full bloom, and the air is filled with a rich fragrance. The wind blows through the treetops, shaking the mottled shadows on the ground. Time is infinitely stretched and extended, echoing leisurely in this ordinary afternoon.
Lu Ren was sweeping the floor intently when he suddenly heard a "quack" sound behind him. The sound was very deep and sounded like the music played by a bass trumpet.
"This sound is quite new." Lu Ren frowned, turned around, and saw a huge toad squatting behind him. The toad was very sturdy and short, with a simple look in its eyes, and its huge mouth was chewing something slowly.
"What a strange toad." Lu Ren thought.
The toad was brown with only a golden pattern on its back. The golden pattern was very abrupt and shone brightly under the sunlight, as if someone had painted it with gold powder. Lu Ren couldn't help but take another look at it, and then he realized that it didn't seem to be a pattern, but more like a row of traditional Chinese characters.
However, before Lu Ren could see the word clearly, the toad quacked at Lu Ren again, then immediately turned around and jumped away. The toad's jumping speed was completely inconsistent with its sturdy appearance.
Lu Ren, who was studying the words on its back, was stunned for a moment, then he picked up a broom and chased after it stubbornly: "Wait a minute, I won't hurt you, I just want to see what's written on it."
But the toad did not wait for him. The toad ran all the way towards the osmanthus tree, then went around the back of the tree, jumped towards the roots of the tree, and disappeared all of a sudden.
Lu Ren, who was following closely behind, hurried forward to check.
Only then did Lu Ren discover that there was a tree hole the size of an adult's head at the root of the osmanthus tree, and the toad escaped from here.
"Strange." It was not the first time that Lu Ren was cleaning up fallen leaves in the backyard and couldn't help wondering, "Is there such a big tree hole in this place?"
Lu Ren slowly approached the tree hole and looked inside curiously. The tree hole looked very deep and dark inside, and there was no trace of the toad at all.
Lu Ren thought regretfully, "Ah, it ran away. I don't know what was written on its back."
So Lu Ren turned around and planned to go back to sweep the fallen leaves. However, as soon as Lu Ren turned around, a huge suction force erupted from the tree hole. Lu Ren was sucked back and finally fell into the tree hole, and the broom fell outside the tree hole.
The moment the feeling of weightlessness came, Lu Ren's only thought was: "No, this hole is so small, how did I get in?"
Lu Ren somersaulted several times on a steep slope before finally landing. He rubbed his old bones, which were only one step away from his frame, and stood up, looking around at where he was.
Lu Ren did not bring his cell phone during working hours, and now that it fell down, he was completely in the dark.
This is a large underground space that looks very empty. The dome above Lu Ren's head is at least ten meters away from him. In front of him is a steep slope. This should be the guy who just made him suffer. The slope, the ground, and even the dome are covered with green mosses. These mosses are lush and soft. It is because they act as a buffer zone that Lu Ren does not get hurt. Among the lush mosses, some unknown fungi are also dotted. They are colorful and make this underground world colorful.
The only source of light in the entire underground was the hole in the tree where Lu Ren had just fallen. A few beams of sunlight shone in through the hole in the tree. The humidity underground was very high, and the sunlight caused the Tyndall effect here. The few rays of sunlight were like a few light bands. It unexpectedly made this place exude a sense of holiness.
But Lu Ren was in no mood to appreciate the beautiful scenery in front of him. He looked at the slope in front of him and was thinking about how to climb up. However, the slope was slippery and he couldn't see the foothold at a glance, which was very troublesome. Just when Lu Ren was in trouble, he heard the familiar "quack" sound coming from behind him again.
It's the toad.
Lu Ren turned his head and saw the toad squatting not far from him, looking at him quietly. When Lu Ren looked at it, the toad quacked again.
The toad's behavior gave Lu Ren a strange feeling: "This toad seems to be waiting for me?" So Lu Ren went forward to check it out doubtfully. Unexpectedly, as soon as he took a step, the toad turned around and ran away quickly as before.
Lu Ren was startled and quickly chased after him: "Don't leave, at least tell me how to get out."
The toad couldn't talk, it just kept running forward. Lu Ren chased the toad for a few meters, and suddenly a huge vermilion door appeared in front of Lu Ren.
This red door is embedded in a huge stone wall, and there is a gatehouse on it. The flying eaves look dignified and majestic, and it is integrated with the stone wall. The blue-gray tiles well neutralize the weird feeling brought by the bright red door. Two red paper lanterns are quietly hung on the porch, but there is no candle inside. Two vividly carved stone lions stand in front of the door.
If it wasn't for the wrong place, Lu Ren would almost suspect that he had accidentally walked into a tourist attraction. This door was already some distance away from the hole of the tree, and the sunlight could not directly reach here, so it seemed a little dim. Lu Ren vaguely found that the door seemed to be not closed tightly, and the toad that lured him here suddenly jumped into the crack of the door.
"You can't be the same person twice." Lu Ren thought.
So he turned around and prepared to go back to climb the slope that looked very forbidding, just hoping that when he reached the top, he could successfully climb out of the tree hole that was only as big as his head.
But as soon as he turned and took a step, the red lantern hanging on the door behind him suddenly lit up, illuminating the moss in front of Lu Ren with a bright red glow.
Lu Ren turned around in surprise. In front of him was the same red door, except for a pair of red lanterns that were lit up. Just as Lu Ren was confused, he saw two stone lions standing in front of the door speaking in human language, saying, "Go in! Go in!"
Lu Ren was so scared that he took a step back: "You must be kidding. Only a fool would dare to go in under such circumstances." Lu Ren thought so and planned to quickly return to the slope.
Suddenly, the stone lion that was standing there seemed to come alive and jumped down from the stone platform. It howled, "Go in! Go in!" and rushed towards Lu Ren.
People are afraid of lions, regardless of the material of the lion. So, Lu Ren ran, and the lion chased him, and Lu Ren couldn't escape even if he had wings.
Lu Ren ran several laps in the cave but couldn't get rid of the lion behind him. Finally, in a panic, Lu Ren rushed directly into the half-open red door and closed it before the lion rushed in.
The stone lion did not chase him. Lu Ren, relieved, leaned against the red door and collapsed. Just as he caught his breath, he realized that he was in a place he had never seen before, and this place did not look like a tree hole.
He was standing on the top of a mountain, with a narrow path in front of him. The path was paved with white jade, and was carefully paved with different auspicious patterns. The mountains were filled with clouds and mist, but one could still see the sunlight shining through the layers of clouds and mist onto the earth. The fields were lush with vegetation, and there were sounds of cicadas and birds chirping, just like a deep mountain.
Lu Ren looked back again, and the red gate that brought him here was gone, and he was leaning against a thick tree.
Lu Ren, who was deceived to this place, was heartbroken: "I was fooled."
But at this moment, he heard voices coming from the white jade path. Lu Ren looked up and saw a group of women in ancient costumes, with wide sleeves and flowing skirts, as beautiful as flowers, walking in groups of three or two along the white jade path.
They were talking and laughing, saying, "We must not neglect worshipping the moon tonight."
He occasionally asked, "Are all the fruits and vegetables ready?"
Then the others responded in unison: "All right, all right."
Lu Ren didn't care if someone was filming a video. He didn't want to be trapped in the mountains in the middle of the night. If wild animals appeared in the mountains, he wouldn't be able to deal with them. So he rushed out, shouting "Help!"
This scared the girls.
A girl with peony flowers on her temples said in surprise: "Why is there a man here?"
The other girl with a sword seemed to be used to it: "Of course I need to say that." She glanced at Lu Ren's short-sleeved shirt and ripped jeans, thinking that they were torn by monsters. "He must have been caught as dinner by some monster. He was lucky enough to escape and meet us."
Miss Shaoyao smiled and covered her lips. "Is that so? You are lucky. We need to prepare for the moon worship today, so we will be busy. You can stay for one night. I will find you a job in the Eight Houses tomorrow. It will be a blessing in disguise."
Lu Ren didn't quite understand what he said: "I have a job, I just hope you can show me a way so I can go back."
Miss Shaoyao looked incredulous when she heard this: "You don't want to stay in the Eighth House?"
Lu Ren nodded, not understanding why.
The peony girl looked disappointed, but the sword girl said, "Why are you talking so much to him? He is just a dull mortal who doesn't understand the benefits of the great way."
Miss Shaoyao just sighed after hearing this and said to Lu Ren, "Well, come with me. We are going to worship the moon tonight. You can stay in the Eight Houses for one night. Tomorrow, I will take you away from Wushan."
Lu Ren didn't understand the meaning of the two people's words, but he knew that he was saved, so he hurriedly thanked them.
Miss Shaoyao led him to a side hall of the palace and temporarily placed him there: "Don't move around here. Many adults will come to worship the moon tonight. If you offend them, it will be a capital crime. Do you understand?"
Lu Ren nodded, and Miss Shaoyao walked out with peace of mind.
After Miss Shaoyao left, the palace suddenly became deserted. Lu Ren sat obediently in the side hall. Because he was in someone else's territory, he did not dare to move around casually.
The sun gradually set in the west, and the unlit palace gradually became dark. Lu Ren's stomach began to growl. He didn't eat much at noon, and after a period of intense exercise, he was already very hungry. So he couldn't help but think with a fluke: "I wonder if Miss Shaoyao will be kind enough to give me some food."
Of course not, but Lu Ren still had a glimmer of hope in his heart.
Just when Lu Ren was feeling dizzy and dizzy from hunger, he heard another "quack" sound, this time coming from outside the side hall.
Lu Ren stood up and looked out through the carved door of the palace. He saw the toad squatting outside the side hall door, calling towards the palace gate.
Lu Ren couldn't help but wonder: "Isn't this someone coming to see me?"
Then, Lu Ren heard footsteps. He saw a half-grown boy trotting in. He was wearing a white Taoist robe and had two small buns on his head. The hairband on his head swayed with his steps. He was very cute.
The child picked up the toad on the ground and said with a face full of anger: "Ah Chan, why are you running around? I won't be able to find you when I worship the moon. Master Taiyin will blame me." Then he planned to walk away with the toad. Who knew that as soon as the child took a step, the toad in his arms cried at the closed palace gate: "Quack."
The boy stopped, not understanding what Ah Chan meant, and looked into the side hall in confusion. Then he saw Lu Ren peeking at the carved door.
Don’t even mention it, it’s really scary to suddenly find a pair of eyes staring at you in the dark.
The little boy was so frightened that he fell to the ground: "You, you, you... who are you?!"
Lu Ren, who was discovered, opened the door and hurried to help the frightened child who fell to the ground: "Don't be afraid, I am a person who got lost in the mountains. I am waiting here for a sister with peony to take me down the mountain tomorrow."
"Are you a mortal?" The little boy said, declining Lu Ren's offer to help him up, and stood up on his own. He brushed off the dust on his body and said stubbornly, "You are a mortal, how strange! Who said I was scared? I just fell down because I was not careful. Since you are Sister Shaoyao's guest, stay here and don't run around. If you cause any trouble during the moon worship tonight, Lord Taiyin will not forgive you."
The little boy was small, and his forced serious expression made people laugh. Lu Ren did not dare to laugh in front of the boy, but nodded seriously.
The little boy was very satisfied with Lu Ren's respectful attitude. He took the toad and was about to leave, but he heard the toad quack again.
It was this shout that made the little boy stop. He looked at Lu Ren and rolled his eyes: "Can you make a fire?"
Lu Ren has lived alone since he was a child, and his ability to work is perfect, so of course he knows how to do it. Although he didn't know why the child asked this, he still nodded honestly and said he knew how to do it.
After hearing this answer, the little boy pretended to clear his throat and said, "There is nothing in this side hall. A mere mortal like you may not be able to withstand the coldness of Wushan at night. How about this? Come and help me, and I will kindly grant you my protection for one night. What do you think?"
Although the boy's rolling eyes exposed his little thoughts, his innocent and cute appearance really made people not vigilant. In addition, Lu Ren was still curious about what was written on the back of the toad in the boy's hand. Lu Ren stretched his neck to take a look, but the toad's back was blocked by the boy's hand and he couldn't see it clearly. All these factors combined, Lu Ren unexpectedly agreed.
So Lu Ren, under the guidance of the little boy, walked through the palaces and headed towards the little boy's territory. Along the way, there were rows of antique buildings, and everywhere was decorated with carved beams and painted buildings, colorful and beautiful, which made Lu Ren dazzled and a little dazed. The little boy also scolded him: "Follow closely, don't look around."
After being scolded, Lu Ren quickly lowered his head and hurried on his way, not daring to look again.
The boy took Lu Ren to another side hall of the palace. This side hall was different from the one Sister Shaoyao had taken him to before. The previous side hall was more like a daughter's boudoir, with a carved bed, a dressing mirror, and precious daughter's collections... This side hall was more like an alchemy room, with several rows of cabinets with drawers, and each compartment on the cabinet was labeled with the name of the medicinal material written in brush. In the middle of the side hall was a huge alchemy furnace, which was about twice as tall as Lu Ren. I don't know what metal it was made of, it was dark yellow, and reflected a bright purple light when it was illuminated.
Lu Ren was still observing the purple gold alchemy furnace in the center of the venue.
The little boy did not stop him. After he entered the side hall, he let him go. He walked towards the cabinet behind the curtain alone and started rummaging through the drawers to look for something.
The boy put the toad down and it started running around in the side hall. Lu Ren then remembered the question that had been on his mind for a long time. He asked the boy, "What is written on the back of this toad?"
The little boy was just a fire-making boy. He only knew the names of a few medicines and could not read at all. Moreover, the writing style of the characters was complex, and even people who could read might not be able to recognize them.
So he told Lu Ren in a somewhat annoyed manner: "What toad? This is Ah Chan! I don't know what is written on its back. This is written by Lord Taiyin."
After receiving such an answer, Lu Ren was still a little disappointed. He was just about to catch the toad himself to study it, but the little boy who was rummaging through the drawers had already found what he wanted.
He came out with a small ceramic bottle in his hand and handed it to Lu Ren: "Here! Take it. This is the medicine I took before I started the fasting. If you take it, you won't be hungry anymore. You can't survive without food or drink with your mortal body."
This little boy has a sharp tongue but a soft heart.
The starving Lu Ren thanked him profusely and quickly poured out a pill and swallowed it whole.
However, before Lu Ren felt full, he felt that his vision suddenly changed. For some reason, he felt that the ceiling seemed to be getting farther and farther away from him, and the purple gold alchemy furnace in front of him became bigger and bigger.
Lu Ren asked in confusion: "Why did you grow bigger?"
The little boy had a look of disappointment on his face: "Oh no, I got the wrong one, this is the Su Hui Pill!"
The little boy brought a mirror for Lu Ren to look at. It turned out that it was not the little boy who had grown bigger, but Lu Ren who had become smaller. He had now become a small child of only seven or eight years old. This frightened Lu Ren, and he kept rubbing his face. When he saw the person in the mirror doing the same thing as himself, he realized that he was not mistaken.
Lu Ren picked up the bottle in his hand and took a look. Sure enough, there were three big characters "Suhui Dan" written in neat regular script.
At this time, the little boy handed Lu Ren another bottle of pills and said, "You don't have to panic. The effect of the Suhui Pill will only last for one night. You will be back to normal tomorrow. It's a pity that the medicinal materials needed for the Suhui Pill are very precious. It's wasted like this."
Lu Ren took the second bottle of pills and saw the words "Bigu Pills" written on them. He then took it with confidence and he was no longer hungry.
Although the effect of the Backward Pill only lasts for one night, Lu Ren's clothes are too big for him now, so the little boy lends his own clothes to Lu Ren and kindly teaches Lu Ren how to wear these ancient clothes. When Lu Ren comes out after changing his clothes, he looks like a little immortal.
The little boy asked Lu Ren to go to the alchemy furnace to light the fire while chatting with him: "How did you get lost and come to the Eight Chambers?"
While making a fire, Lu Ren answered honestly, "I just wanted to see the toad clearly...what was written on the toad, but I didn't know that I would end up in such a place after chasing it."
The child nodded and said, "Achan has always been playful and likes to cause trouble in the human world." As he said this, the child looked around for Achan, but he saw that Achan, who was jumping around in the side hall, had disappeared.
The little boy ran around the side hall and searched every corner but couldn't find Ah Chan. Unexpectedly, he saw a small hole in the corner. Needless to say, this must be the escape hole dug by Ah Chan.
The little boy stamped his feet anxiously: "Oh no, Ah Chan won't run away again, right? If I can't find Ah Chan during the moon worship, Master Taiyin will blame me."
So the boy said to Lu Ren, "You and I will go find Ah Chan separately. We must catch it before the moon worship begins." He thought for a moment and reminded Lu Ren, "Remember, there are many adults visiting the mountain tonight. Don't offend them if you see them."
Lu Ren was still holding a palm leaf fan in his hand, fanning the fire: "What about this alchemy furnace...?"
The little boy snatched the palm leaf fan and threw it on the ground: "This furnace is the immortal medicine, it won't spoil so easily! Besides, why bother with the furnace at this time? It's better to waste a furnace than to disappoint Master Taiyin."
After saying that, he rushed out in a hurry with Lu Ren.
The two of them searched for Ah Chan separately, but Bazhai was so big that it would take Lu Ren half a day to walk even with his short legs. Finding a toad was like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Lu Ren was searching aimlessly while shouting "Achan", but as soon as he walked into the square, he saw two familiar faces coming towards him.
There were two figures, one green and one blue. Both of them were wearing cloaks, jade crowns and wide belts. They had faces like jade and were extremely handsome, which made people yearn for them.
Although they looked dignified and inviolable, unlike the nonchalant image in Lu Ren's impression, Lu Ren would not be mistaken even if the two faces turned into ashes: the one in green was the God of Wind, and the one in blue was the God of Rain.
Feeling "saved", Lu Ren rushed towards the two of them, shouting, "Master Yu, save me!"
Then, before Lu Ren could get close to the two of them, a gust of wind lifted him up and suspended him in mid-air.
At this moment, Lu Ren, with his small arms and legs, was paddling forward using all four limbs, just like a giant turtle.
Feng Bo frowned as he looked at the little boy in front of him and asked Yu Shi uncertainly, "Your illegitimate child?"
The Rain Master glared at the Wind Master with an insulted expression on his face: "I am a clean person, how could this happen!"
"Then why did he pounce on you instead of others?"
The Rain Master was too lazy to continue talking nonsense with the Wind Master. He raised his chin towards Lu Ren and asked arrogantly, "Kid, where are you from?"
The indifferent expression of the Rain Master did not seem fake, he really did not know Lu Ren. Lu Ren looked at the unfamiliar Rain Master in front of him, stunned for a moment, and then explained: "I am your employee Lu Ren."
The Rain Master looked at the Wind Master: "Employees? What are they? I've never heard of them."
Feng Bo also shook his head at Yu Shi, and then asked Lu Ren: "You said you knew Yu Shi, do you have any evidence?"
Lu Ren thought for a moment and said, "I know that every time the Rain Master goes out, it will rain heavily!" After saying this, he looked at the clear sky above the Rain Master's head, and then he realized, "Hey, why is there nothing happening today?"
"This is Wushan, the land of immortals, so it is naturally not affected by the rules of the mortal world." The Rain Master explained, "Besides, I am the one who controls rain. These things are known to everyone, so they cannot be considered as evidence."
Seeing that Rain Master and Wind Master didn't believe him, Lu Ren looked very sad, as if he was about to cry.
The God of Wind and the God of Rain had no interest in bullying children, but they really did not want to get involved with this child anymore.
Feng Bo said to Lu Ren, "Considering that this is your first offense, I will forgive you this time. But never do that next time." Then, he put the short-armed and short-legged Lu Ren down.
The two put Lu Ren on the square and headed towards the palace at the highest point of Wushan Mountain. Lu Ren looked at the two people's backs as they walked away, and a feeling of confusion came over him.
"Is this really the world I know?" Lu Ren couldn't help but doubt, "Even if I get down the mountain tomorrow, can I still return to my original life normally?"
Just when Lu Ren was feeling lost, a "quack" sounded behind him. Lu Ren turned around and saw Ah Chan standing behind him, calling out to him. Lu Ren's confused thoughts were suddenly pulled back to the matter of "helping the little boy catch Ah Chan".
Lu Ren quickly chased after him with his short legs, but saw that A Chan continued to run away as expected.
Lu Ren shouted, "Don't run!" as he chased Ah Chan, his two short legs dancing so hard that they almost created the wind. But Ah Chan was still more skilled, and after Lu Ren chased for a long time, the distance between him and Ah Chan did not shorten at all.
Just when Lu Ren was beginning to feel a little tired, he accidentally bumped into someone at the corner.
It was a woman wearing a gorgeous palace dress. Her hair was adorned with pearls and jade. Behind her followed two fairy servants and a group of fairy maidens who looked like peonies. They seemed to be explaining matters related to worshiping the moon.
Lu Ren's short body hit the woman's knee, and the huge impact caused the woman's body to shake. She lowered her head and looked at Lu Ren, who was knocked to the ground by the reaction force at his feet, revealing a familiar face.
It's the Flower Fairy.
But unlike the Baihua that Lu Ren knew, this Baihua was dressed solemnly, with a solemn expression and a serious look. Lu Ren saw Shaoyao who brought him to the Eight Houses behind Baihua. At this moment, Shaoyao saw Lu Ren who suddenly appeared, and her face was full of an expression of "It's over".
Baihua slowly spoke: "How could there be a human who does bad things here?" She was talking about Lu Ren, but her eyes slowly swept across every fairy present, as if she wanted to find some clues from everyone's expressions.
There was complete silence.
No one dared to bring bad luck upon Baihua. She was the most impartial and selfless fairy official in the Eight Chambers, and she was almost heartless in her duties.
Lu Ren was frightened by the coldness of Baihua's eyes. The question that just popped up in his mind now appeared in his mind again : "Even if he goes down the mountain, will it still be the world he is familiar with?"
Seeing that no one spoke, Baihua did not seem to want to waste precious time on such a meaningless matter before worshipping the moon, so she just said, "Forget it, expel this person from the Eight Chambers and throw him into the forest."
A child, in Wushan at night, was either dead or injured. But none of the fairies below dared to plead for mercy, and they all trembled in fear.
Before Lu Ren could even open his mouth to beg for mercy, he was held hostage and dragged away by two immortal servants.
Lu Ren struggled and shouted, "Let me go." However, the strength of his small arms and legs was not enough to shake the two immortal servants, and the two immortal servants didn't even relax their expressions.
However, before they had taken a few steps, another "quack" sound was heard.
It turned out that Ah Chan was squatting on the road that several people had to pass, looking like he was going to intercept them. The two immortal servants looked up at Ah Chan, and Ah Chan quacked again.
The two immortal servants changed their expressions after hearing this. They quickly put down Lu Ren in their hands and knelt down to Ah Chan in fear and trepidation, saying, "So you are the guest of Lord Taiyin. We are so rude."
After hearing this, Ah Chan quacked again. The two immortal servants then thanked him profusely and quickly got up and ran back the way they came.
Lu Ren, who was let go like this, didn't understand why , so he quickly ran to A Chan. This time A Chan didn't run away again, but obediently let Lu Ren catch him.
Lu Ren said to Ah Chan seriously, "Ah Chan, thank you for saving me once." But he said to Ah Chan helplessly, "But where did you bring me to? How come no one recognizes me? Can I still go back?"
Ah Chan did not answer him.
While Lu Ren was talking to Ah Chan, a shadow fell on his head. Lu Ren looked up and saw Si Yuan in black clothes. Half of his hair was loose, and the other half was tied into a bun on top of his head. He wore a golden crown and looked very majestic. The black clothes were solemn, and against Si Yuan's fair and handsome face, they gave him a sense of majesty as a superior.
At this moment, Si Yuan was looking at Lu Ren with his head down and frowning.
Lu Ren thought that Si Yuan probably didn't know him at this moment, and he certainly wasn't someone he could afford to offend, so he consciously made way for Si Yuan.
Unexpectedly, Si Yuan waved his finger lightly, and in an instant, Lu Ren floated in the air like a balloon.
Si Yuan said to Lu Ren, "You have a force of time and space that is incompatible with this place." He looked at the Toad in Lu Ren's hand again and sighed helplessly, "I think it was Taiyin's doing."
After saying that, he took Lu Ren and flew up. They flew over pavilions and towers, and finally stopped in front of the tallest palace among the eight halls.
Si Yuan put Lu Ren on the steps of the palace and said to him, "Go in, she must have something to say to you." Then he slowly walked to the table in the courtyard, sat down silently and started drinking tea. It was obvious that he had no intention of accompanying Lu Ren in.
Lu Ren was skeptical, holding Ah Chan and slowly walked up the stairs. He would look back at Si Yuan from time to time. Si Yuan was still drinking tea peacefully, looking very calm.
So Lu Ren bravely pushed open the door of the palace and said, "Hello..."
This was an empty palace, with white veils hanging everywhere fluttering in the wind. In the middle of the palace, a white-haired woman was combing her hair in front of a bronze mirror. Her hair was so long that it not only dragged on the ground, but also stretched out for a long distance on the ground.
His hair is three thousand feet long.
The woman heard the noise and looked at Lu Ren who was standing at the palace door. The woman had a very young face and was beautiful, so pretty that she could make fish sink to the depths and geese fall to the ground. She looked at Ah Ren and smiled happily, "Ah Ren, you're here?"
When the Toad in Lu Ren's hand saw the woman, it quacked, broke free from Lu Ren's hand, and jumped to find the woman.
But Lu Ren couldn't care less about all this. He didn't understand and asked doubtfully, "Do you know me?"
"To be precise, it's getting to know your future self."
This made Lu Ren even more confused: "My future self?"
The woman smiled and nodded. She turned to look at herself in the mirror and said with a sigh, "I am a prisoner of time."
"In the infinite time, there are infinite you. You in the last second are different from you in the next second." She sighed slightly and explained to Lu Ren, "But it's not like that for me. There is only one me in the infinite time. Sometimes I can't tell what time it is and where I am..."
This explanation still confused Lu Ren. He asked, "Then why did you ask me to come here?"
"When I met you, Wushan no longer existed. I told you about the grand occasion of worshipping the moon, and you were longing for it." The woman's eyes fell on Lu Ren, but it seemed as if she was looking at another person through Lu Ren. "As a friend, I just want you to see it with your own eyes, but my power has weakened. I can't call you back after so long, so I can only summon this you."
Lu Ren seemed to understand, but at this moment, there was a knock on the door. It was Baihua's voice: "Master Taiyin, you can start worshiping the moon."
Taiyin responded, then stood up and cast a spell. Her originally loose hair was tied into an exquisite bun, with even an exquisite hairpin inlaid on it, shining brightly.
She stood up and walked towards the temple gate step by step, her plain clothes slowly turning into solemn and gorgeous clothes. When she passed by Lu Ren, she made a gesture to him, inviting him to join her in worshipping the moon.
When the palace gate was opened, Baihua was already standing guard at the door. She said to Taiyin respectfully, "Please, Lord Taiyin, bless Naji!"
The fairies and attendants at the foot of the stairs also shouted in unison: "Please respectfully ask the Moon God to bless Naji!"
After hearing this, Taiyin raised his hand and waved, and then he saw tiny stars sprinkled towards the stage, towards Wushan Mountain, and towards the human world.
After the blessing, the Moon Worship Feast officially began. Below the steps, there was a banquet, and countless immortals were sitting at the banquet, eating immortal fruits and tasting fine wine. Beautiful immortal maidens and handsome immortal servants were walking around, pouring wine and serving dishes.
The sweet scent of osmanthus floated in the air, the field was covered with brocade carpets, and beautiful fairies were dancing barefoot, so elegant.
Lu Ren saw the little boy who was drooling while shouting "Achan" during the banquet; he saw the Rain Master and the Wind Master who were drinking to the death; he also saw Si Yuan who was drinking quietly and no one dared to approach him. Behind them was a full moon. That moon was much rounder and bigger than the one seen in the human world.
The bright moon shines thousands of miles away.
Lu Ren was a little dazed at the scene in front of him. While he was in amazement, Taiyin handed him a small cup of wine: "Try it, Yaochi wine, very rare."
The wine glass was very small, just enough for one sip. Lu Ren did not suspect anything, he took the small glass and drank it all in one gulp.
Lu Ren only remembered that he heard Taiyin say, "I hope I left you with good memories." Then his eyes went dark and he lost consciousness.
In the darkness, Lu Ren heard someone calling his name: "Aren! Aren!"
So Lu Ren struggled for a long time, and finally opened his eyes. The sudden sunlight shone directly into his eyes, making him squint. Lu Ren regained consciousness and found that the logistics team was surrounding him, and the two fingers of the Rain Master were waving in front of him.
At this moment, Lu Ren was lying under the osmanthus tree in the backyard, with several osmanthus flowers already falling on his body.
Baihua asked him, "Aren, why are you slacking off here?"
His direct supervisor, Yu Shi, said unhappily, "You were caught for being lazy! Be careful that your salary will be deducted!" Then he quickly changed his expression and said with both kindness and force, "But it's almost Mid-Autumn Festival, so I won't bother with you. We all agreed to have a barbecue at Feng Bo's and my place today. Do you want to go? You have to go even if you don't want to. As punishment for being lazy, you will have to grill the meat tonight!"
Baihua Qiangyushi said: "Don't listen to him, he actually lost a bet with Fengbo and asked him to be a waiter tonight, but he didn't want to, so he wanted to call you to be the scapegoat!"
Master Yu coughed twice, signaling Baihua to stop talking.
Baihua snorted, and only then gave face to Master Yu, and went with him to prepare to get off work.
Junfang was a step slower. He helped Lu Ren up and said, "Let's go. Everyone in the Investigation Bureau will be there today, including those great gods. You will be busy with some of them. You have to prepare early." He whispered mysteriously in Lu Ren's ear, "Don't worry, I will help you secretly."
After saying that, Junfang also caught up with the two of them.
Lu Ren was still in a trance. He recalled: "I seemed to have had a dream just now. What was I dreaming about?" He shook his head, but couldn't remember it.
The three of them had not walked far when they saw Lu Ren still sitting on the ground and not catching up, so they turned around and called out to him, "Ah Ren! I'm almost here."
Lu Ren looked at the bright sunlight in front of him, touched his head and thought: "Never mind! It seems like a good dream!"
Looking at the three people calling him not far away, Lu Ren quickly put the things in the dream behind him. He stood up, smiled and chased after them.
During Mid-Autumn Festival, family reunion is the most important thing.