Chapter 14: Heart Defense
Qi Xuansu left Yuxu Palace in a daze. When he came to his senses, he was standing by the Kunlun Yao Pool. The clear lake water reflected his face, as if he was lost.
Qi Xuansu stared at the reflection in the lake water and sat slowly on the lake embankment.
Then Qi Xuansu found that there was an extra face in the reflection of the lake.
Qi Xuansu suddenly looked back and Yao Pei followed him, standing behind him.
"Suyi." Qi Xuansu did not get up, "Why are you here?"
Yao Pei is just indifferent to his feelings, not stupid, and there is no problem with normal communication.
"You were in a state of dismay after you came out of the monastery." Yao Pei said, "It seems that what the Earth Master said to you."
Qi Xuansu didn't speak, so he was the default.
Yao Pei did not ask what the Earth Master said, but asked, "Why are you depressed?"
Qi Xuansu said: "Suddenly, I felt that all the past was like a big dream, and it was a dream woven by others for me."
Yao Pei said: "There are all kinds of yesterday, such as death yesterday, and all kinds of today, such as birth today. Others can only weave your past, and the future is still in your hands. The past is determined, the future is uncertain, and things that are not determined are difficult to calculate. Maybe the person you are talking about has made plans for the future, but there is one more sentence, the plan cannot keep up with the changes."
Qi Xuansu looked at Yao Pei in surprise: "It's rare that you can say so many things in one breath."
Yao Pei said: "It's also rare for you to be so discouraged."
Qi Xuansu said: "Buddhist talks about cause and effect. The cause of yesterday and the result of today. The cause of the previous cause is determined, can the consequences still change?"
Yao Pei said: "There are consequences after the consequences, and there are causes before the causes. Do you think the consequences are the final result? Are the causes you see the initial cause?"
Qi Xuansu was stunned for a while: "Are you playing a maneuver with me?"
Yao Pei carried his hands on his back and looked at Kunlun Yaochi: "I just want to remind you with kindness."
Qi Xuansu looked at Yao Pei and suddenly felt that Yao Pei was a little unfamiliar and somewhat unfathomable today.
However, when Qi Xuansu thought about it, Yao Pei's words seemed to make some sense. In the more than 200-year history of Taoist sect, Qi Xuansu was neither the beginning nor the end, but only a part in the middle.
Qi Xuansu was about to ask in depth, but Yao Pei didn't want to talk in depth: "I'll say that, you can think about it slowly."
After saying that, Yao Pei turned around and walked towards Yuxu Palace.
Qi Xuansu finally stood up and watched Yao Pei leave.
After this incident, Qi Xuansu temporarily lost the energy to face the Earth Master, nor did he go to Zixiao Palace, so he simply went back home.
During the election, it was difficult for Donghua Real People and Cihang Real People to get out of here, so many things must be left to Qi Xuansu. Now that the election is over, Donghua Real People and Cihang Real People no longer have to be confined to the Golden Palace. Even if there is any sudden incident, they can handle it themselves, and they can't make the difference.
Therefore, Qi Xuansu does not have to stay in Zixiao Palace, and it is no big deal to go home directly.
Because Qi Xuansu had dismissed all the Taoist people in his family before, the huge mansion was empty, without a single figure or a little popularity.
Qi Xuansu came to the patio behind the main hall, dragged a lounge chair casually, lay on it and closed her eyes and slept in order to seek peace of mind.
I don’t know how long it took, but a burst of noise broke the silence of the mansion.
Xiao Yin is undoubtedly the one who can make this noise.
Sure enough, after a while, Xiao Yin ran over and saw Qi Xuansu being lazy on the recliner. Xiao Yin was not polite. He jumped high and rolled in the air for two and a half weeks, and then landed accurately and fiercely on Qi Xuansu's stomach.
Only Qi Xuansu's martial arts body can withstand Xiao Yin's harm. If it were someone else, at least half of his life would be lost.
Qi Xuansu naturally couldn't sleep anymore and opened her eyes: "Xiao Yin, didn't you ask you to find Wu Niang?"
Xiao Yin rode on Qi Xuansu: "I'm going to find Wu Niang, but Wu Niang is very busy and wants to help Lao Jiang prepare for the ceremony of promotion. I can't get involved, so I'm bored alone, so I come back."
Qi Xuansu gently patted her: "Your name is also what Lao Jiang is? You are not big or small."
Xiao Yin rolled on Qi Xuansu's body and kicked Qi Xuansu: "What's not called Lao Jiang? Is it called Grandpa Jiang?"
"Isn't it easy for you to call Grandpa Wan before? Why don't you call Grandpa again now?" Qi Xuansu pulled Xiao Yin off himself and placed it on the ground.
Xiao Yin said: "It was the past, it was the present, so can it be the same?"
Qi Xuansu didn't talk to her about this and said seriously: "Xiao Yin, you are back just in time. I have something to ask you."
Xiao Yin carried his hands on his back and was old-fashioned: "You can ask, but I may not answer." I don't know who I learned these words, but it sounds like a big shot.
Qi Xuansu said: "Xiao Yin, if I weren't me, would you still recognize me?"
Xiao Yin blinked: "What do you mean that you are not you?"
Qi Xuansu carefully said: "That is to say, I am not the person I am today, I am not the person in the Western Regions Taoist Palace, I am not the person in the Palace of the Wanxiang Taoist Palace, I am not a little master, I am not even a high-ranking Taoist priest, I am just a... a seventh-grade Taoist priest.
"Of course, I can't afford to live in Taishangfang's mansion. There are no special treatments. At most, I can rent a small yard in Haichanfang. Not to mention entering and leaving Zixiao Palace and Zi Mansion, even Xuandu may not be able to enter. I can't take a luxurious sky mansion. I can only sit on an ordinary flying boat with a hundred taiping money, and the room is cramped. There is no dragon meat, no "drunk life and dreaming of death", but I have to run for hundreds of taiping money.
"Of course, there is no pseudo-immortal cultivation, not so many... friends, Luo Shen, Long Xiaobai, Yan Yongzhen, Chen Jianchou, and even Wu Niang, Donghua Real Person, Cihang Real Person, Tianshi, Lao Lin, and your grandfather, Grandpa Wan, Aunt Bai, etc.."
Qi Xuansu hesitated for a moment: "But Lao Pei and Lao Ji should still have contacts, but they can't be considered friends, they must be considered seniors."
Xiao Yin was a little stupid. After a while, he asked, "Where is Lao Zhang? Where is Qi Niang?"
Qi Xuansu said: "They are still here."
Xiao Yin said: "Of course I am here too."
Qi Xuansu seemed to be relieved, and his tone was even a little gentle: "Xiao Yin, we are just discussing an if, and you don't have to comfort me on purpose."
Xiao Yin said, "Old Qi, I actually understand what you mean."
Qi Xuansu looked at Xiao Yin.
Xiao Yin continued, "Old Qi, the first time we met was at Guiguan. At that time, you were holding Bu Yue, without flying boats, without a mansion, not a real person, not a fake immortal, and even without Lao Zhang."
Qi Xuansu coughed lightly.
Xiao Yin said: "I don't think so, everything is pretty good."
Qi Xuansu sighed and lowered his eyes and said, "What if I had always been like this? There is no such thing as it happened later..."
Xiao Yin suddenly shouted loudly: "Old Qi!"
Qi Xuansu looked at Xiao Yin.
Xiao Yin looked serious: "If you had always been Lao Qi, who had first met at Guiguan, maybe there would be no Fenglinzhou, Nanyang, Yujing, and Western Regions later, maybe we would not be like today."
Qi Xuansu and Xiao Yin looked at each other.
"But." Xiao Yin said loudly, "We have now experienced Fenglinzhou, Nanyang, Yujing, and Western Regions. Even if you have become Lao Qi from Guiguan today, there is nothing, but Fenglinzhou, Nanyang, Yujing, and Western Regions between us will not disappear. I am still me, you are still you. You are still Lao Qi."
Qi Xuansu was silent for a long time and slowly smiled.
Although Xiao Yin was in a confusing way, Xiao Yin was right.
Qi Xuansu raised Xiao Yin high: "That's it, that's it."
Xiao Yin kicked his short legs: "Let me down."
Qi Xuansu let go of Xiao Yin. Although he was not old, he was still very comforted.
Xiao Yin said: "Old Qi, this is not like you. Why is it sentimental? It's like a delicate lady."
The women of Lao Qi's family, from Qi Niang to Zhang Yuelu and then to Xiao Yin, are not delicate ladies, but have strength and means.
Qi Xuansu sighed: "I was exposed by a few words in my heart, and I broke my mind's defense. I felt like a clown who was self-righteous in every move, and I couldn't let go, I couldn't get out of it, and I couldn't see it. But now it's much better, thanks to you and your sister Yao."
"Ah?" Xiao Yin looked surprised, "Who is Sister Yao?"
Qi Xuansu said: "It is Qi Niang's granddaughter, whose surname is Yao and her name is Pei. She just happens to be the same generation as you, so you have to call her sister."
Chapter completed!