I am a fairy

Chapter 117: The Master of the Moon Palace
Under the screen.

Jiang Chao's arrangement was very effective. It tried to suppress the unhealthy trend of taking elixirs in that era, and also steadily spread the astronomical warnings step by step.

However, Jiang Chao discovered a problem.

Jiang Chao: "What's the situation with this Guichen year? How can this happen in a sixty-year Jiazi year?"

Wangshu said as a matter of course: "Who said a full Jiazi is sixty years?"

Jiang Chao was stunned for a long time. Perhaps it was because the paper fairy spoke too confidently, and its data storage and memory were far superior to the human brain, which made Jiang Chao become unconfident.

But he quickly confirmed that he was not mistaken: "Don't fool me, if a Jiazi is not sixty years, then what is it?"

Wangshu: "A Jiazi is one hundred and twenty years."

Jiang Chao: "That's not right, how can it be 120 years?"

Wangshu: "That's one hundred and twenty years."

Jiang Chao: "Who decided this? It wasn't you who decided this, was it?"

Wangshu always likes to make this kind of overbearing decision, saying "I am qualified to define everything", which makes Jiang Chao very suspicious.

Wangshu: "It has nothing to do with me. This place has been like this for a long time. It's called since ancient times!"

This situation is actually not difficult to understand. Many mortals know it, but Yun Zhongjun is high above and does not touch the mortal world.

He is actually unaware of many situations and things that are considered common sense in the mundane world.

Jiang Chao: "People here have always used the 120-year Jiazi system to record years?"

Wangshu: “Yeah, is there a problem?”

Jiang Chao: "How can you use it like this? Isn't this just nonsense?"

Wangshu: “I think it’s pretty good!”

Wangshu said: "One hundred and twenty years is great. There are ten heavenly stems and twelve earthly branches. There are obviously one hundred and twenty combinations, but only sixty are used."

She gave her assessment: “Uncomfortable.”

Jiang Chao and Wangshu explained why sixty combinations were used, as well as the Yin-Yang principles of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches. However, artificial intelligence appreciated the rigorous arrangement of numbers more.

Wangshu felt that since there were one hundred and twenty combinations, one should use one hundred and twenty, otherwise the rest would be useless. Since only sixty were needed, why not just design sixty in the first place?

Jiang Chao couldn't convince her and was almost convinced by her.

However, Jiang Chao said again.

"Sixty years is set as one Jiazi because people in this age group are at most in their fifties or sixties, which makes it convenient to count the years."

"It's definitely not reasonable to set it at 120. It's a bit too long."

She said, "I can make it up to a hundred and twenty for them."

Jiang Chao: "Do you really think you have a book of life and death, and that you can live longer by adding something to it?"

Wangshu: "The human body can live up to a hundred years, but most people's bodies break down before that time. But if they are willing, I can set it to 120 for them."

"For those whose life span is less than 120 years, I will make up for their life span."

"If you have worked for 60 years above ground and are still willing to continue working, you can come to the underground and work for me for another 60 years. I will provide you with cans for free, as well as other benefits."

"That's exactly one hundred and twenty years. That's just right."

"Eh."

"And it just happens to fit your yin and yang theory. Isn't that perfect?"

"Mr. Yunzhong, your Yin-Yang method is indeed very useful."

Jiang Chao discovered that Wangshu always came up with a lot of clever ideas.

A truly weird idea.

Jiang Chao stopped talking nonsense with Wangshu: "When did this Jiazi method of dating appear? Let's check whether it appeared at the very beginning or changed from a certain period of time."

Jiang Chao always felt that there might be something wrong here.

Wangshu: “Okay.”

But then, Jiang Chao discovered another important thing.

"correct."

"I remember they always said that the space station fell down sixty years ago?"

Wangshu nodded and told Jiang Chao: "Yes, sixty years ago?"

Jiang Chao: "Then according to this method of dating, it's not more than 60 years ago, it's more than 100 years ago?"

Wangshu: “Yes!”

Jiang Chao: "Why didn't you..."

Jiang Chao stopped asking halfway through. Wangshu generally would not take the initiative to answer questions that he did not ask.

No wonder Jiang Chao always felt that the grottoes and stone statues were older than he imagined. They had not been exposed to wind and sun for decades, but more than a hundred years.

Moreover, if it was sixty or seventy years ago, there must be elders in Xihe County who know about or even experienced the fall of the space station. For example, the old Yin-Yang Taoist priest may have experienced it personally, or may know someone who witnessed it.

result.

It seems that this is not the case at all.

There was no one inside or outside Xihe County who had personally experienced it, and everyone treated it as a myth.

Jiang Chao had never thought about it carefully before, and he had a fixed mindset that a Jiazi period was a cycle of sixty years, which was exactly the time for a person to grow old from birth.

But who knows that for the same noun, his cognitive concept is completely different from the cognitive concept here. A Jiazi here is actually 120 years. How can an ordinary person live that long?

Jiang Chao looked at Wangshu and said, "So, you didn't do anything in the past one hundred years?"

"Wangshu, if you had started the plan earlier, wouldn't I have everything when I woke up?"

Wangshu: "No one listens to the weather forecast, so why should I work so hard?"
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Riverside.

The river workers carried sand and gravel and reinforced the river embankment. They worked for a whole morning and then dispersed.

But while eating, most people were quietly peering into the distance.

The Tiangong people, who were dressed exactly the same, gathered together, took out the mud that was a mixture of mountain dragon ash, river bottom sand, and river center water, performed the art of turning mud into stone, and then used strange "magic tools" to erect a structure like tendons and bones.

The river workers held the hot cakes that had just been distributed in their hands, watching the Tiangong clan in the distance turning mud into stone, and watching the man with the scary mask holding a magic weapon that emitted scary sparks and sounds.

The river workers were all nervous and exclaimed repeatedly.

"Oh oh oh!"

"Look, look, look."

"Don't look at it anymore. You youngsters really don't know how high the heaven is and how deep the earth is. If you look at it carelessly, your eyes will get sores."

Some river workers were so startled that they even dropped their biscuits on the ground, but they picked them up, patted them and stuffed them into their mouths, still staring into the distance.

"These people are truly amazing craftsmen!"

"Do you think I can become a master craftsman?"

"You think so beautifully."

The riverside changes almost every day.

Looking around, a long dragon covered with "gray skin" that was several miles long gradually appeared in front of everyone, integrating the old and new embankments.

Gradually, the locals changed the name of this place to Longdi.

Even.

The embankment has not yet been completely built.

The river workers looked at this earth-shaking change and talked about it.

"This dragon embankment has a foundation and bones, now all it needs is flesh and blood."

"I guess there are still some spells that haven't been cast yet. Those Tiangong people are mysterious and powerful, right?"

"I heard they can even call upon dragons to help."

"What on earth is the purpose of creating a dam with this kind of magic?"

But this also led to some bad rumors.

Across the river bank, the other side was also busy.

There were crisscross paths between the farmlands. The farmers were busy planting the seedlings in the last few fields while looking towards the river bank.

While busy, we also talked about what was happening over there.

"Did you hear that?"

"That's more than just something I've heard. I went to see it. Wow, it's the first time I've seen a dam built with magic. There are bones inside the dam. Is it made of fine iron?"

"What kind of thing has bones made of fine iron?"

"A dragon, it must be a dragon."

"I heard that the reason for building the dragon dike was that there would be a flood this year. The sorcerer predicted this, so he called in the divine craftsmen."

"Where did you hear that?"

"That's true, otherwise why would they build this dike for no reason?"

Some people spoke mysteriously and solemnly.

The man said, "If it is just to prevent floods, is it necessary to build such a dragon dike? Look, the dike is made of ash spit out by mountain dragons, sand taken from the bottom of the river, and bones made of divine iron. What kind of dike is built like this?"

"Have you seen it?"

"Who has seen it?"

The villagers asked one after another: "What do you mean?"

The man looked around and said, "I heard that it was used by the gods and witches to suppress dragons. Otherwise, why is it called the Dragon Dike?"

Various rumors about Longdi, dragons, the Yangtze River and floods spread everywhere in an instant. Although nothing can be felt now, more and more people believe it.

This has also led to more and more people offering sacrifices to Yun Zhongjun, the Dragon God and the Yangtze River.

Even the Tubo Temple in Luyang was crowded with pilgrims.

Peony garden.

The witch looked at the fat Taoist priest who suddenly came over, sweating profusely.

I asked him, "Why are you here if you are not practicing in the temple?"

As soon as these words came out, Taoist Ao's face turned red and he wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Jin Ao was obsessed with taking shortcuts and achieving immortality, but he went astray day by day and made the witch laugh at him."

"Thanks to the guidance of the divine wizard, I was able to stop myself from going too far."

The witch came straight to the point: "Why did you come here today?"

Taoist Ao said truthfully: "I went to the countryside yesterday and heard from the villagers that the water level in the river this year has risen a lot compared to last year, and last year was higher than the year before. I went to the riverside and saw that Tiangong was building the Dragon Suppression Dike."

"I felt uneasy, so I consulted the oracle in front of Luyang Tubo."

Divine wizard: "Oh, what did you figure out?"

The wizard didn't think that the fat Taoist could calculate anything with his ability. After all, the scope and time limit of the divination spell for asking for rain were limited.

Taoist Ao raised his head and said, "But before the divination was successful, Luyang Tubo gave me a warning."

The witch's eyes moved slightly: "What did Luyang Tubo say:"

When Taoist Ao spoke, his chest shook slightly, his neck muscles tensed, and his voice became sonorous and powerful.

"In the year of Guichen, the world underwent a great change."

"A group of dragons emerged from thousands of mountains and rivers, headed for the Yangtze River, and then rushed to the sea, hoping to defy the will of heaven and transform into dragons."

He looked at the wizard seriously and moaned in a low voice with his throat suppressed.

Then he prostrated himself on the ground and prayed to the gods.

"Jin Ao also wants to do something."

The witch looked at Taoist Ao and asked, "Do you want to become an immortal, or do you want to achieve immortality?"

Taoist Ao wanted to make some excuses, but in front of the wizard with the appearance of a god, he could only become an honest man.

"Divine witch, how can a mortal be without selfishness?"

"Since I have entered the Dao sect, I naturally always hope that one day I can become an immortal and achieve immortality."

"but."

"I am also from Xihe County, Lucheng County, Yinzhou. I was born and raised here."

"How can we bear to see it destroyed by the mighty river and turned into a swamp? How can we bear to see our fellow villagers suffer such a disaster?"

The wizard nodded and said no more about the matter.

"Just focus on guarding the Luyang Temple. The temple may seem irrelevant to all this, but without the help of the Earth God, how can we change the shape of the land and build the Dragon Dike?" "Your greatest achievement is to guard the temple well."

"I have already done what I should do, and the Lord of God has already issued a decree to inform me."

Taoist Ao heaved a sigh of relief: "So Yun Zhongjun has already arranged all this, so we can rest assured?"

The wizard turned around and took two steps forward.

Under the mask, the clear eyes looked at the fat Taoist priest, making the fat Taoist priest a little at a loss.

The fat Taoist was apprehensive: "Witch, what did Jin Ao say wrong?"

Divine witch: "The heaven and earth changed dramatically, and groups of dragons emerged from thousands of mountains and rivers."

"This is not a matter of one person or one place. It is a change of heaven and earth, and a dragon in thousands of mountains and rivers."

"How can you rest easy if you want to change your fate?"

"Heaven's will is clear, and God's will is glorious."

"We are but ants in the mortal world. How can we resist the might of heaven and earth? Let alone the dragons in the thousands of mountains and rivers, even if it is just a mud dragon that emerged from Yunbi Mountain, you have witnessed its power to call the wind and rain and run through mountains and rivers."

"Is that something we can just sit back and relax and not worry about?"

"What's more, this time."

The wizard stepped forward step by step, which also put great pressure on the fat Taoist priest.

"A group of dragons emerged from thousands of mountains and rivers, headed for the Yangtze River, and then rushed to the sea, hoping to defy the will of heaven and transform into dragons."

"How can we rest easy with such a thing?"

"Fortunately, the God has come to the world. We can use his power to go against the will of heaven. However, how can destiny be changed so easily? If we are even slightly negligent, I am afraid disaster will come immediately."

The witch's words expressed the pressure deep in his heart.

Taoist Ao realized that he had said the wrong thing and immediately lowered his head.

"Jin Ao knows he was wrong."

The witch said: "Guard the community temple well. You also need to help arrange things for the Tiangong clan and the river workers. If you can do this well, you will have made a great contribution."

The day.

Taoist Ao brought the Taoists, disciples and many believers from the community temple to the river bank to help cook and distribute meals.

They also helped build sheds so that the river workers could have a place to rest.
Although Taoist Ao did not reveal too much, some things still spread out.

On the river bank, the river workers were talking with solemn expressions and excitement, but there was also some fear in their words.

"Have you heard that Taoist Master Jin Ao has calculated that the Yangtze River will be restless this year!"

"What do you mean by restless? There is a dragon causing trouble, and it is not just an ordinary dragon."

"Could it be the dragon in the Yangtze River?"

"The divine wizard and the master craftsman built this dragon dike, and it really was to suppress the dragon."

"With this dragon dike, even a dragon cannot break through it."

"Then we must be more serious and make this embankment more solid."

Not only did this encourage the river workers to work more diligently, but even people from the surrounding towns and villages came to help after finishing their work in the fields, and the construction of the Dragon Dike proceeded faster.

Even the original project was expanded, and the embankment was planned to be built more solidly.

It's not just like this in Lucheng. The same thing is also happening in Xihe County and Jingu County. Xihe County has the Yin-Yang Taoist priest, and Jingu County has the He Taoist priest to help.

Although there are various rumors, they do not bring anything bad, but instead push things to a positive side.

There is a sense of unity among the people on both sides of the Yangtze River.

Since ancient times.

This area is a hard-hit area by floods, and the situation has only improved in recent years.

But the legend about the flood is always engraved in people's hearts.

At this moment, they were all reflected.
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The wizard watched the steel skeleton that the Tiangong clan was gradually erecting by the river, and the mold of the dragon embankment was gradually revealed.

I think it's about time.

She prepared to ask for a meeting with Yun Zhongjun and ask when the other dragon would come.

That one.

The dragon that truly gave flesh and blood to this critical position of the levee.

In the peony garden.

The shamans had prepared everything. Wine, incense, flowers, tea and other offerings were placed in front of the wooden statue of Yun Zhongjun. The witch hung a curtain on the altar, and the shaman entered and sat inside.

Inside the altar, the shaman put on the mask of the god and began to chant incantations.

My eyes went dark, and I heard pleasant music in my ears, and pictures danced in the darkness.

Places appeared before the eyes of the wizard.

Heaven, earth, and the underworld.

She saw the gods of the earth in the community temple accepting incense and offerings from mortals, saw the backs of dragons rolling in the rivers, and saw ghosts and gods shuttling through the darkness.

Afterwards, her gaze, through the power of the divine appearance, penetrated the earth and even saw the scenes of the underworld.

A river with red spider lilies blooming on both sides, and a small iron sand hell filled with fire and red light.

At last.

The picture froze in darkness.

There was nothing here, as if there was only pitch darkness and nothing could be seen around.

"What is this place?"

"Netherworld?"

"Or is it a spiritual realm somewhere in the human world?"

At least before this, the divine wizard had never seen this place, even if he had only caught a quick glimpse through the power of the divine soul traveling to the sky.

But the wizard seemed to see vaguely some deep caves, and a strange sound came from the darkness. The sound was full of rhythm, as if some terrifying monster was crawling.

“Praise, praise, praise, praise…”

The sound was getting closer and closer. The wizard finally locked onto the target and looked into the distance.

"The sound came from over there."

The wizard stood in the darkness, waiting quietly. The sound was getting closer and closer, and flickering fire could be vaguely seen in the darkness.

The thing was extremely fast and arrived in front of the wizard in a moment.

In an instant, the face under the wizard's mask changed slightly.

"this?"

"What is this?"

In the darkness, she saw a mythical beast passing by.

The mythical beast has a body like a dragon, but a head like a lion.

The light in the darkness came from its head.

It seems that this "divine beast" also has the magical power of making its eyes glow?
The curved limbs and sharp claws crawled forward quickly in a wheel-like shape, carrying with them an earth-shaking force. This was the sound that the shaman heard.

"Hoohoo!"

The other party came closer.

The wizard finally saw the other person's appearance clearly and even heard the other person's breathing.

The eyes of this "divine beast" are not glowing; instead, it is this "divine beast" that is breathing out flames. The terrifying flame is burning inside its head, emitting light outwards.

In addition, there was intense smoke continuously coming out of the ears on both sides.

The wizard and the "divine beast" looked at each other and were also shocked by each other's terrifying posture.

If the Ba Xia in the water gives people the feeling of being as unpredictable as a big river, although it possesses the powerful destructive power to call the wind and rain, most of the time it remains dormant in the water and does not show its strength.

This mythical beast is completely different. Its violent posture is displayed nakedly in front of you, showing its power without any concealment.

One is water and the other is fire.

Finally, the divine beast brushed past the wizard and gradually disappeared into the distance.

The sound gradually faded away and everything returned to darkness again.

The witch looked at the direction where the "divine beast" disappeared, unable to control himself for a long time.
"What kind of mythical beast is this?"

"Is it also a dragon species?"

Although the other party had a lion-like head, the wizard clearly saw some characteristics of a dragon on its body, so he made such a guess.

Suddenly, the wizard came to his senses.

Only then did she remember that she wanted to see Yun Zhongjun, but she didn't know where Yun Zhongjun was now, so she could only pray and ask Yun Zhongjun to lead her there.

After the prayer was finished, a soft voice came into the shaman's ear.

"skyline!"

"Moon Palace!"

The voice was vague and emotionless, and it was even hard to tell whether it was a man or a woman.

Then, the darkness before my eyes completely dissipated, and everything became clear.

The clear sky and white clouds continued to move away as her sight expanded. Even in the corners that she could not see, she could feel the white clouds in the distance slowly flowing.

Pulled by an invisible force, she floated towards the sky.

The wizard recalled the voice he had just heard and immediately realized that he was heading to the place where Yun Zhongjun was.

"Is Yunzhongjun in heaven?"

"In the Moon Palace?"

But look at the scene in the sky.

It's still daytime and the moon hasn't come out yet. How can I get to the Moon Palace?
But soon, the wizard discovered that the ground beneath his feet was changing and moving, and the bright day above his head turned into bright night.

A bright moon replaced the scorching sun during the day and appeared above our heads.

"moon."

Although he didn't know how this change was achieved, the wizard still went towards the sky, getting closer and closer to the bright moon.

From afar, the bright moon in the sky became bigger and bigger, like a round of light covering the top of the head.

After she passed through layers of clouds, she also saw something else floating in the sky, but it flashed by so quickly that she couldn't see its shape clearly.

Last time she actually saw a shadow floating high up, and she saw it again this time, but she still didn't know what it was.

"That should be the palace in heaven!"

The scene changed, and the wizard landed in a mysterious place.

Everything here is silver-gray, the earth is dry and barren, and it does not look like a human world at all.

She floated forward, not knowing how far she had drifted, before she finally saw the scenery beyond the desolation.

Magnificent layers of palaces and temples appeared before our eyes. Although grand, they still looked cool and deserted.

Inside and outside the palace, there are crystal clear laurel trees, each one as tall as a sacred tree from ancient times, and some of them are blooming with flowers.

In the fairyland where it was so quiet that even the sounds of falling petals and rippling dust could be clearly heard, the wizard vaguely heard sounds coming from the palace.

The wizard listened attentively.

Then I knew it was Yun Zhongjun's voice.

"Yun Zhongjun seems to be talking to someone."

"Could it be the master of this Moon Palace?"

The wizard landed in front of the Moon Palace and walked through the empty fairy palace and the steep steps.

Looking up, I vaguely saw a figure on the corridor of the high platform.

Across such a long distance.

She finally saw Yun Zhongjun wearing divine robes.

In this place which is so far away from the human world that no one knows how far away it is, the wizard stood at the steps of the fairy palace, with the ancient sacred tree behind him. He looked up at the shadow of the god.

At this moment.

The original concept in the wizard's mind that Yun Zhongjun was an ancient god and immortal saint suddenly changed from a slightly vague outline to a solid shape.

The god standing in the fairy palace and the figure sitting and talking with her in the human world seemed to have become two different people.

(End of this chapter)