Ji Xiaocai opened her eyes, and it still took a while to realize that she was lying on the bed in her hometown in Fengming Mountain.Having slept with Gu Tailai in the wild, in small villages, and in Mount Qingcheng, he is used to opening his eyes to see different skies in various places, and now he is back home.
Outside the window is already the midwinter sky, and in the clean and slightly cold sky, a bird occasionally passes by, breaking the silence and adding a little bit of vitality.The closer it was to that day, the worse his physical condition was. At the beginning, he was only prone to sleepiness, but he slept more and more in the past few days. He could feel his demon power disappearing every moment, along with his life. Together, and he has not yet had the courage to make that determination.
One day, one day!
He knew it was impossible, but he still had the idea.He was afraid, very afraid, once he made that decision, from now on, he and Gu Tailai would go their separate ways and never go together again!
There was a "squeak" sound from the wooden door, someone opened the door and came in, and the aroma of hot rice porridge wafted into the air.Ji Xiaocai raised her head and saw the person coming, and habitually shouted: "Zhou..." After a pause, she changed her words: "Brother, you are here."
The person who opened the door had the appearance and figure of Zhou Zhaoji, but Ji Lanye was inside.
On that day, Ji Lanye was hit by the nine-fold killing array arranged by the Emperor Changyuan in Dongjun Pavilion. When he almost lost his soul, a divine power suddenly pulled him away from his body. When he woke up, he found that he was already in Zhou Zhaoji's body. middle.It was Zhou Zhaoji who, at the critical moment, used some method to switch his soul with him, and suffered the fatal blow that Ji Lanye should have received, and also the fate that Ji Lanye should have faced.
Now Ji Lanye is alive in the form of Zhou Zhaoji, but Zhou Zhaoji is lying quietly on the bed in the form of Ji Lanye, and has not yet woken up.It might sound absurd, but Ji Xiaocai couldn't laugh.
Kong Kongzi said that Zhou Zhaoji's soul was severely injured, he may wake up, or he may not wake up, no one knows how long it will take to wake up, and how he will wake up, let alone know.
After hearing this, Ji Lanye said without any hesitation, "He dare not not wake up, because I will wait until he wakes up! As for what he will look like when he wakes up, I don't care!" Ji Xiaocai realized at that time that she didn't know When did his elder brother and Zhou Zhaoji have a bond no weaker than he and Gu Tailai!
Ji Lanye put the rice porridge on the table, stretched out his hand to hug Ji Xiaocai up, put a quilt on his back to let him sit up, and then asked with concern: "How, how are you doing today?"
Ji Xiaocai nodded and said, "Well, I don't feel any discomfort." He spoke very lightly, and to this day, every movement and every word seems to exhaust all his strength, which has become a great burden.
Ji Lanye sighed, stretched out his hand to touch his forehead and said, "It's so hot that it's okay." He blew on the rice porridge a few times, scooped it up and fed it to Ji Xiaocai, who obediently opened her mouth to swallow the food.Now he has lost almost all the abilities of a monster. Apart from being weak, he must eat to maintain his life.
Seeing him swallowing hard, Ji Lanye said quietly, "Xiao Cai, have you thought it through yet?"
Ji Xiaocai froze for a moment, then said as if to escape: "Brother, I..."
Ji Lanye looked at him gently, and wiped the porridge off his mouth for him: "Xiao Cai, you should know that the time when you lose all your demon power is not far away, if you don't make up your mind to nirvana, you will really die." will die!"
This is something Ji Xiaocai only found out after she was sent home in a coma in Mount Qingcheng.
Although Fengmingshan Ji's family is in the shape of a pheasant, it is completely different from ordinary monster pheasants! The "Three Realms Tongdian" did not record it. In fact, Ji's family has had an alias "Fengchu" since ancient times.It is said that in the past when Fuxi Taihao climbed Guatai Mountain to look up at the sun, moon and stars, look down at birds and animals, and delve into gossip, he once saw a colorful pheasant on Guatai Mountain, with long and dense tail feathers and a melodious song. Seeing its cuteness, Shi named it "Fengchu".Unexpectedly, because of what he said, this pheasant actually opened its divine orifice. When Fuxi studied the gossip, he was often by his side. So far, this is the ancestor of the Ji family in Fengming Mountain and the reason for the name of Fengming Mountain.
Although since then, the Ji family has almost never produced a Phoenix Emperor, but it is still very different from ordinary monsters.Ordinary monsters who have practiced for 500 years will decide to become immortals or die after going through the catastrophe. People from the Ji family will be transformed into Nirvana when they grow to 500 years old.Ji Xiaocai's eldest brother, Ji Lanye, became an immortal monarch after 500 years of nirvana. Although the four sisters did not become immortals, they turned into four-color divine birds. It is already five hundred years old, but there has never been a sign of nirvana before. This is also the reason why his mother Ji Huangyu ordered him to go down the mountain to practice.Everyone thought that Ji Xiaocai passed the road to Nirvana later than others because of her weak demon power, but they didn't expect that Ji Xiaocai hadn't seen anything for [-] years, but it was because he inherited the traits of his ancestors, and he might be able to become a phoenix after Nirvana Emperor!
This is something no one expected!The weakest and smallest child in the family may be the most promising.
On that day when Ji Xiaocai and Gu Tailai were struck by the thunder, the demon power was exhausted, and in desperation, they used the power of the ancient Phoenix Emperor who had been sleeping in the depths of the soul but had gradually awakened, and its aura rushed straight to Xiaohan, which shocked everyone. The Queen Mother of the West who has lived in Kunlun Yaochi for a long time and does not care about world affairs.The Queen Mother of the West is an ancient goddess who is in charge of the world's crimes and punishments. Because she tried her best to prevent the punishment from the sky, she saved the two.However, the one who inherits Fuxi's aura and becomes the Phoenix Emperor is very different from the phoenix in today's court. Used.
Of course Ji Xiaocai refused, but both he and Gu Tailai owed a love to Queen Mother Xi.
However, I don't know if Ji Xiaocai's physical condition is extremely bad now because she had a close relationship with Gu Tailai, who was born as a ghost, and was caught in Dujiangyan. The conflicting forces of the two forces disturbed him, and accelerated his nirvana speed. This is also the reason why Ji Xiaocai's hair suddenly turned white and the demonic power in his body stagnated frequently.
Ji Xiaocai is now in nirvana, and the variables are huge!No one knows what Ji Xiaocai will become after Nirvana, will she live or die?Losing all her strength and turning into an ordinary pheasant, or reborn into the Jiutian Fengjun who cut off all emotions and desires, no one knows what she will see after the incense tree is lit up, so Ji Xiaocai has never been able to make up her mind to nirvana, but she can do it again Going on, what he will face is complete death!
Ji Xiaocai thought about this, and said in a low voice: "Brother, I'm sorry, Xiaocai didn't listen to your words and made it like this, which made you worry."
Ji Lanye sighed, and stroked Ji Xiaocai's white hair: "Xiao Cai, if you knew it would become like this, would you keep a distance from Gu Tailai?"
Ji Xiaocai thought for a while, then shook her head: "I can't promise, I really like Taoist priest!"
Ji Lanye looked at his only younger brother and gave him a smile: "Since you don't regret it yourself, don't worry about us, we are fine." He said, and suddenly stretched out his hand to hold Ji Xiaocai in his arms, "Little Cai, he and I are already like that, I really, really hope that you can be together well.”
Ji Xiaocai felt the body of the person holding her tremble slightly, but when she let go of him, her face had regained her composure, and there was no trace of emotional fluctuations.Ji Lanye picked up the porridge bowl and said, "I'm going to Zhou Zhaojina, think about it for yourself, if there are no accidents, there are still three days left."
Ji Xiaocai pretended to be bright and said "Yes", but when Ji Lanye put the door on the door, her mood sank again.It's not that he doesn't want to make this decision, but he really doesn't know what will happen after making this decision!That's right, in the end, he will still choose the path of Nirvana, but the countless possible changes tightly bind his feet and hands, making it difficult for him to take a step!He is afraid that he will become a heartless god who has nothing to do with the world of mortals, and he will never look at Gu Tailai again, and he is also afraid that he will become an ordinary pheasant from now on, and he will never stand side by side with Gu Tailai again. Line of qualifications!Too many ifs made Ji Xiaocai a prisoner, thinking that she would never take this path until the last moment.
Just as he was thinking, there was a sudden warmth behind him, and something blocked the window that let in the cold wind, and he was drawn into a warm chest, and his neck felt wet from the warm breath.
"Taoist..." Ji Xiaocai wanted to look back, but Gu Tailai covered her eyes with his hand, "Taoist?"
"Hush." Gu Tailai whispered in his ear, "Close your eyes, don't make a sound, I'll take you to a place!"
Ji Xiaocai felt that Gu Tailai wrapped him up in a thick quilt, then picked him up and jumped down from the window.Ji Xiaocai's leg was cut off during the scourge, and now she can no longer use it. It would be a lie to say that it is not uncomfortable, but in order not to make Gu Tailai feel guilty, Ji Xiaocai never showed any care.Although he can't leave, but with Gu Tailai here, he can still feel that he is running, jumping, and galloping in the forest!
The atmosphere of the winter mountain forest is indescribably clean and peaceful. Ji Xiaocai just leaned against Gu Tailai's chest, listening to his fast footsteps and strong heartbeat, feeling the temperature of the sun shining on her body through the branches, quietly. Quietly waiting for Gu Tailai to stop.
He kept running for a stick of incense, sometimes jumping up, sometimes falling, the branches rubbed against his body, making trivial sounds, like whispering.Gradually, Ji Xiaocai could no longer feel the existence of those branches, Gu Tailai's footsteps became smoother, and the sun shone on his face in large swaths, and Ji Xiaocai heard the sound of the gurgling stream.Gu Tailai carefully put him down, took him into his arms, and said, "You can open your eyes now."
This is right next to the Ming River in the deepest part of Fengming Mountain.The dense trees stopped here, like guards guarding the small world. The clear stream will not freeze in winter, and it flows slowly with a crisp sound. Flowers of different colors are colorful and swaying in the wind. Even the sunshine here seems to be warmer than other places.
Ji Xiaocai smiled and said, "It's Mingxi!"
Gu Tailai sighed next to his ear, and pretended to say: "Hey, I wanted to give you a surprise, but I really can't do it!"
Ji Xiaocai leaned on Gu Tailai's chest, slightly proud: "Of course, this is my territory. When I was young, I often came here to play with my elder brother! At that time, there were still a group of powerful monster wolves occupying here. I In order to drive them away, my elder brother had a fierce fight with them, and I followed, but my elder brother was seriously injured, and I was the only one left. At that time, I wanted to desperately try to save my elder brother... "When he said this, he suddenly stopped.The body behind her trembled slightly, her chest rose and fell, and Ji Xiaocai knew she had said something wrong.
"Master, I'm sorry, I..."
Gu Tailai rested his head on Ji Xiaocai's shoulder from behind, his strong arms tightly wrapped around Ji Xiaocai's body wrapped in the quilt: "Xiaocai..."
"Huh? Daoist..."
"Xiao Cai, Xiao Cai, Xiao Cai..." Gu Tailai kept yelling, but in a soft voice, he tried his best and felt extremely insecure.He held Ji Xiaocai tightly with his arms, for fear that if he let go of her, she would force her so hard that Ji Xiaocai could feel the pain even through the thick quilt.He endured silently, listening to Gu Tailai calling his name, and then felt the warm liquid from his shoulders drop little by little, wet his collar, and slide into his neck.
"Why do you like me?"
"Because I like the Taoist priest."
"Why do you have to suffer so much with me?"
"Because I like the Taoist priest."
"Why didn't you go away then?"
"Because I like the Taoist priest."
"why……"
Ji Xiaocai couldn't reach out her hand, so she could only rub her cheek against Gu Tailai's face to interrupt him: "Daoist, why do you have so many questions, anyway, I just like you, Daoist! I like Daoist, so just talk to Daoist Together, you can do whatever you want, even if you are sold, it doesn’t matter!” Ji Xiaocai deliberately joked about the vegetable market, as if it had been a long, long time ago, when they had just met, Gu Tailai Fierce and domineering, every time Ji Xiaocai was chased by a group of people in a small village, Ji Xiaocai wished to leave this fierce, bad and poor stinky Taoist priest one day sooner. She never thought that one day, even if she died, she would want to be with that person Die together!
"Xiao Cai, Nirvana." Gu Tailai said suddenly.Ji Xiaocai was taken aback, and couldn't help but turn her head, facing the firm eyes of Shang Gu Tailai.
"Little Cai, Nirvana!" Gu Tailai repeated again, "The longer you wait, the greater the impact on your Nirvana body!"
"But Daoist..."
Gu Tailai kissed Ji Xiaocai's cheek almost reverently: "Nirvana, I don't believe that the bond between us will be broken, otherwise why would I want to take you by my side when I first saw you in Luanfengang , We have been through so many things, the ancient city of Zhuye, the search for pearls in Dongting, the Fulong in Qingcheng, even the scourge of heaven cannot separate us, do you still remember that you were worried when I used the flying silver soul yuan? Others thought I was an elder Xuan, but what is the result? I am not, so I never believe that Nirvana will separate us! Even if there is an eventuality, no matter what you become, I will not let go. As I said, only you are mine , is the only thing I have, and I will never let go no matter what! If you go to Kunlun, I will go after you, and if you stop being a demon, I will wait for the day when you become a demon again!"
The stream flowed quietly, a petal fell into the water, making a slight sound, and Ji Xiaocai gave a soft "hmm"!
end
Ji Xiaocai's Nirvana Ceremony was held at Zishi a day later.At that time, when yin and yang intersected, it was the time when the aura between heaven and earth was most abundant.
At three o'clock in Haishi, the moon was as round as a disk, and a pagoda-shaped Lingshan fragrant wood was piled up in front of the Ji family's gate in Fengming Mountain. Everyone waited silently and nervously for the arrival of the last moment.
Ji Lanye stood under the shadow of the door eaves, inspecting all the preparations for the last time. Ji Huangyu and her four daughters stood together, each with a stiff expression on their faces. The third daughter, Akabane, couldn't bear the oppressive atmosphere, and turned around in place Go, I can't wait to throw myself into the fire.Not far away, there are four guiding immortals standing under the seat of the Queen Mother of the West of Kunlun, who will lead Ji Xiaocai to ascend to the Nine Heavens and enter Kunlun only after she becomes a phoenix.
The Queen Mother of the West said: "If Nirvana is the Phoenix King of Nine Heavens, all worldly love will be cut off. At that time, there will be no worries, and I will climb the fairy mountain and lead the way." It is obvious that Ji Xiaocai will turn into a phoenix and enter Kunlun. Lingshan.
There was a slight sound from the door, and Gu Tailai pushed Ji Xiaocai's wheelchair out.Ji Xiaocai had already bathed and cleansed her body, she was wrapped in plain clothes, and under the moonlight, her skin was fair and transparent, as if carved from ice crystals.He looked at the family members one by one, paused, and said: "Mother, elder brother, sisters, Xiao Cai is going now, you have to wait for Xiao Cai to come back!"
Ji Huangyu wiped away her tears and said yes again and again, and the sisters joined hands and wiped each other's tears.Ji Lanye nodded to Ji Xiaocai under the eaves.Gu Tai saw that Ji Xiaocai had finished saying goodbye, bent down, picked him up, and solemnly sent him to the high platform piled up with fragrant wood, and put Ji Xiaocai away.
"Daoist, I..." Sitting alone on the high platform, Ji Xiaocai couldn't help being frightened.Just now he was able to speak calmly because Gu Tailai was by his side, but without Gu Tailai leaning by his side, he would feel numb, his teeth chattering, and he was so scared that he almost wanted to run away.
Gu Tailai saw Ji Xiaocai's change, lowered his head, held his lips, and kissed him tenderly.Ji Xiaocai felt the heat continuously coming from Gu Tailai. Gu Tailai's lips rubbed against his lips, and his tongue entangled with his, comforting him.Ji Xiaocai couldn't bear it and reached out to hug Gu Tailai, but Gu Tailai stopped suddenly and backed out.Seeing Ji Xiaocai's unhappy expression in a silly daze, Gu Tailai smiled, and suddenly whispered into his ear, and said something. Seeing the surprised expression on Ji Xiaocai's face, he stretched out his hand to touch his face, and said softly: : "Do you remember?"
"Remember...remember." Ji Xiaocai stammered in reply.
Gu Tailai kissed him again, and said seriously: "Then Xiaocai, I'll wait for you to come back."
The fire blazed up.In the past, there was a divine bird named Phoenix, whose first text was called virtue, and whose wings were called righteousness.
Gu Tailai stared closely at the fire that shot up to the sky in front of him, the tongue of flame had completely engulfed Ji Xiaocai, the raging flames burned half of the sky into red, the Lingshan incense wood made a "creaking" sound, and a strange and strong fragrance spread In the air, make the world drunk.
There should not be such a blazing flame with the breeze in the mountains, but Ji Xiaocai's Nirvana fire surprised Ji Huangyu and the others, it was so grand, so grand, almost like a gathering of stars.
At the beginning of the ugly era, the flames had not subsided, and Ji Lanye and the others were obviously a little impatient. The nirvana of a phoenix chick has never exceeded an hour, and according to common sense, later, according to the color of the fire, one can distinguish the nirvana. Pan incarnation, Ke Ji Xiaocai has been nirvana up to now, the color of the flame is still unshakable, maintaining her true colors.Suddenly, Bai Yi exclaimed: "It has changed!"
Gu Tailai and the others looked intently, but saw the flames on the high platform suddenly turned into a crimson color, Akabane exclaimed in surprise: "Xiao Cai is going to be the same as me?" As soon as she finished speaking, the flame jumped, It turned blue again.
The younger sister Qing Wan said softly at the side: "Are you going to become a bird like me?"
Bai Yi let out a "huh" and said, "Mother, my little brother's Nirvana Fire has turned white again!"
Then, the incense wood fire light changed several colors again and again, sometimes it was yellow, sometimes it was purple, and sometimes it turned back to red.Gu Tai didn't quite understand it, he only knew that there are five colors of phoenix birds in the world, and it is speculated that the Nirvana fire also determines the color because of it, but Ji Xiaocai can't deduce what happened because of such changes.Ji Lanye came over suddenly, stood beside Gu Tailai, and said softly, "You... have some preparations..."
Gu Tailai was surprised.Ji Lanye said: "The five colors change frequently, Xiaocai may really want to turn into a phoenix." After he finished speaking, he walked back to stand under the eaves without looking at Gu Tailai again.
Gu Tailai's complexion changed several times, and he gradually calmed down. He only clenched his fists tightly, his nails that were not long at all pierced deeply into his flesh, blood dripped down, hit the mud, and disappeared.Suddenly there was a loud "cracking" sound of burning firewood, a tongue of flame suddenly shot up into the sky, sparks scattered, and the wind from all directions seemed to be attracted by something, and went straight to the burning fragrant wood.
Zi Xiao yelled: "My little brother is going to be transformed, everyone get out of the way!"
As soon as she said those words, there was a crackling sound, and countless burning incense trees were shot in all directions as if struck by thunder and fire. Soaring into the sky, straight to the sky.
At this moment, the mountains and rivers solidified, and the stream stopped. In the entire forest of Fengming Mountain, countless monsters and spirits all looked towards the direction of the colored light, restrained their voices, and worshiped.
"The Phoenix Emperor is here!" The voice of a guiding fairy sounded ambiguously.
"The world is at peace!" Another voice of the guide fairy sounded.
"Climb to Kunlun!" Another voice of the guide fairy.
"Down with the imperial demon!" The voices of the four guides rang out in unison.
Gu Tailai only felt his ears "buzzing" non-stop, his eye sockets were extremely dry, but he couldn't shed a single tear.He watched the multicolored rays of light hovering and shuttling rapidly in the air, so dazzling and powerful that it even covered the brilliance of the stars in the sky.In that ray of light is no longer his timid, shy, silly little monster who can't be pulled back by ten cows when he gets up, there is a fairy monster who can go up to the nine heavens Kunlun and go down to the world, but is heartless. Jue Xin, I no longer know his Jiutian Fengjun!
Gu Tailai was not reconciled, he didn't want to think about what was there anymore, he galloped and chased after the colorful light.
Along the way, there are prostrate and kneeling monsters and ghosts, and the voice of the guide fairy along the way is like a shadow.
"The Phoenix Emperor is here! The world is peaceful! Go up to Kunlun! Go down to Yuxian Yao!"
Gu Tailai wished to smother those annoying voices in the thick soil!
The colorful light flew for a while, and finally stopped in one place.Gu Tailai followed closely, and the dense forest stopped there. What appeared in front of him was a meadow with colorful wild flowers. The Mingxi River flowed quietly, as if it was not disturbed by the outside world.
"He stopped here, didn't he!?" Gu Tailai was so excited for a moment, his heart thumped wildly.Beside Mingxi, stood a slender figure, still dressed in plain clothes, but the aura emanating from his body was clear and holy, like a god.Although Gu Tailai approached as carefully as possible, he still heard Gu Tailai's footsteps, and under the moonlight, he turned around.
Gu Tailai was taken aback.
It was still Ji Xiaocai's face, but it seemed to have changed, the childish outline was completely gone, replaced by the gentleness and handsomeness of youth, and even beauty.Gu Tailai held his breath and stared blankly at the other party, but the other party just looked at him without saying a word.Time seemed to have stopped completely. Gu Tailai wanted to say something, but the two words came to his lips, but he couldn't utter them.
The Yinxians landed on the grass, lined up, and bowed deeply: "Jiutian Fengjun is respectfully invited to climb the Kunlun Lingshan! Please!" The last word "please" is uniform and loud!
The man turned his head and glanced at the four guide fairies, then turned his head and glanced at Gu Tailai lightly, but just one glance made Gu Tailai's heart go cold.
No desire, no need, no tie, no stumbling!
He turned away, as if intending to leave.
Gu Tailai only felt that he was about to explode due to the suffocation in his chest, so he ran up to grab Ji Xiaocai's hand without hesitation.The four guiding immortals had been on guard against his move, seeing him approaching, they used their immortal power to stop him, but they didn't know that Gu Tailai was powerful, he threw them over violently, the four of them fell into a pile and couldn't move at once.
Gu Tailai grabbed Ji Xiaocai's hand, he made such a big move, but the other party still gave him a glance.Gu Tailai became anxious, pointed to himself and asked, "You...do you remember who I am?"
Ji Xiaocai tilted her neck slightly, as if she was looking at him curiously, but her eyes were unfamiliar.
Gu Tailai only felt that his heart was completely cold, that's right, Lord Nine Heavens Feng, he was heartless and heartless, he forgot all his past, and everything was over.When he thought about it, he didn't panic anymore.Forget it, that’s right, I forgot it, but so what, let him remember it again if he forgets it, get to know each other again, come to get along again, this time he will definitely engrave himself into his three souls and seven souls forever and ever among!
Ji Xiaocai looked at Gu Tailai and frowned slightly, as if she was finally dissatisfied.Gu Tailai did not let go of him, but held his hand even more firmly: "You..." He was about to say something, but suddenly, he saw a strange expression in his eyes.That expression appeared suddenly and disappeared very quickly, but Gu Tailai still caught it.He froze for a moment, followed, and his whole body became excited.He grabbed Ji Xiaocai's hand, tried to suppress it, and asked slowly but clearly, "Human?"
Ji Xiaocai's face was reflected in her eyes, and she shook her head solemnly.
"ghost?"
Ji Xiaocai shook her head.
Could it be that I guessed wrong?Gu Tailai did not give up!
"Demon?"
Ji Xiaocai shook her head again.
Gu Tailai is in a hurry!
"... Immortal?" Ji Xiaocai still shook her head.
Gu Tailai's palms were sweating, he took a deep breath, his voice trembled slightly, and he uttered those two words with difficulty: "...Fenghuang?"
The person opposite did not move, as if he was testing Gu Tailai, time passed bit by bit, Gu Tailai felt every moment as if someone was beating his head, he was going crazy in pain, finally, he Seeing the other side, he still shook his head.
Gu Tailai let out a sigh of relief, but at the same time he became puzzled, neither human, nor ghost, nor demon, nor immortal, nor Phoenix Emperor, what is it?
The hand was suddenly shaken backwards, with great strength and a sense of revenge.Gu Tailai looked up, only to see Ji Xiaocai's face as if melting ice and snow, and said with a wide smile, "It's a big monster!"
"what?"
"My name is Ji Xiaocai, and Ji Xiaocai is a big monster! Daoist, I am now a big monster! So from now on, you will follow me!"
It was the coldest day in midwinter that year, but it had a more intoxicating warmth than the best spring!
Outside the window is already the midwinter sky, and in the clean and slightly cold sky, a bird occasionally passes by, breaking the silence and adding a little bit of vitality.The closer it was to that day, the worse his physical condition was. At the beginning, he was only prone to sleepiness, but he slept more and more in the past few days. He could feel his demon power disappearing every moment, along with his life. Together, and he has not yet had the courage to make that determination.
One day, one day!
He knew it was impossible, but he still had the idea.He was afraid, very afraid, once he made that decision, from now on, he and Gu Tailai would go their separate ways and never go together again!
There was a "squeak" sound from the wooden door, someone opened the door and came in, and the aroma of hot rice porridge wafted into the air.Ji Xiaocai raised her head and saw the person coming, and habitually shouted: "Zhou..." After a pause, she changed her words: "Brother, you are here."
The person who opened the door had the appearance and figure of Zhou Zhaoji, but Ji Lanye was inside.
On that day, Ji Lanye was hit by the nine-fold killing array arranged by the Emperor Changyuan in Dongjun Pavilion. When he almost lost his soul, a divine power suddenly pulled him away from his body. When he woke up, he found that he was already in Zhou Zhaoji's body. middle.It was Zhou Zhaoji who, at the critical moment, used some method to switch his soul with him, and suffered the fatal blow that Ji Lanye should have received, and also the fate that Ji Lanye should have faced.
Now Ji Lanye is alive in the form of Zhou Zhaoji, but Zhou Zhaoji is lying quietly on the bed in the form of Ji Lanye, and has not yet woken up.It might sound absurd, but Ji Xiaocai couldn't laugh.
Kong Kongzi said that Zhou Zhaoji's soul was severely injured, he may wake up, or he may not wake up, no one knows how long it will take to wake up, and how he will wake up, let alone know.
After hearing this, Ji Lanye said without any hesitation, "He dare not not wake up, because I will wait until he wakes up! As for what he will look like when he wakes up, I don't care!" Ji Xiaocai realized at that time that she didn't know When did his elder brother and Zhou Zhaoji have a bond no weaker than he and Gu Tailai!
Ji Lanye put the rice porridge on the table, stretched out his hand to hug Ji Xiaocai up, put a quilt on his back to let him sit up, and then asked with concern: "How, how are you doing today?"
Ji Xiaocai nodded and said, "Well, I don't feel any discomfort." He spoke very lightly, and to this day, every movement and every word seems to exhaust all his strength, which has become a great burden.
Ji Lanye sighed, stretched out his hand to touch his forehead and said, "It's so hot that it's okay." He blew on the rice porridge a few times, scooped it up and fed it to Ji Xiaocai, who obediently opened her mouth to swallow the food.Now he has lost almost all the abilities of a monster. Apart from being weak, he must eat to maintain his life.
Seeing him swallowing hard, Ji Lanye said quietly, "Xiao Cai, have you thought it through yet?"
Ji Xiaocai froze for a moment, then said as if to escape: "Brother, I..."
Ji Lanye looked at him gently, and wiped the porridge off his mouth for him: "Xiao Cai, you should know that the time when you lose all your demon power is not far away, if you don't make up your mind to nirvana, you will really die." will die!"
This is something Ji Xiaocai only found out after she was sent home in a coma in Mount Qingcheng.
Although Fengmingshan Ji's family is in the shape of a pheasant, it is completely different from ordinary monster pheasants! The "Three Realms Tongdian" did not record it. In fact, Ji's family has had an alias "Fengchu" since ancient times.It is said that in the past when Fuxi Taihao climbed Guatai Mountain to look up at the sun, moon and stars, look down at birds and animals, and delve into gossip, he once saw a colorful pheasant on Guatai Mountain, with long and dense tail feathers and a melodious song. Seeing its cuteness, Shi named it "Fengchu".Unexpectedly, because of what he said, this pheasant actually opened its divine orifice. When Fuxi studied the gossip, he was often by his side. So far, this is the ancestor of the Ji family in Fengming Mountain and the reason for the name of Fengming Mountain.
Although since then, the Ji family has almost never produced a Phoenix Emperor, but it is still very different from ordinary monsters.Ordinary monsters who have practiced for 500 years will decide to become immortals or die after going through the catastrophe. People from the Ji family will be transformed into Nirvana when they grow to 500 years old.Ji Xiaocai's eldest brother, Ji Lanye, became an immortal monarch after 500 years of nirvana. Although the four sisters did not become immortals, they turned into four-color divine birds. It is already five hundred years old, but there has never been a sign of nirvana before. This is also the reason why his mother Ji Huangyu ordered him to go down the mountain to practice.Everyone thought that Ji Xiaocai passed the road to Nirvana later than others because of her weak demon power, but they didn't expect that Ji Xiaocai hadn't seen anything for [-] years, but it was because he inherited the traits of his ancestors, and he might be able to become a phoenix after Nirvana Emperor!
This is something no one expected!The weakest and smallest child in the family may be the most promising.
On that day when Ji Xiaocai and Gu Tailai were struck by the thunder, the demon power was exhausted, and in desperation, they used the power of the ancient Phoenix Emperor who had been sleeping in the depths of the soul but had gradually awakened, and its aura rushed straight to Xiaohan, which shocked everyone. The Queen Mother of the West who has lived in Kunlun Yaochi for a long time and does not care about world affairs.The Queen Mother of the West is an ancient goddess who is in charge of the world's crimes and punishments. Because she tried her best to prevent the punishment from the sky, she saved the two.However, the one who inherits Fuxi's aura and becomes the Phoenix Emperor is very different from the phoenix in today's court. Used.
Of course Ji Xiaocai refused, but both he and Gu Tailai owed a love to Queen Mother Xi.
However, I don't know if Ji Xiaocai's physical condition is extremely bad now because she had a close relationship with Gu Tailai, who was born as a ghost, and was caught in Dujiangyan. The conflicting forces of the two forces disturbed him, and accelerated his nirvana speed. This is also the reason why Ji Xiaocai's hair suddenly turned white and the demonic power in his body stagnated frequently.
Ji Xiaocai is now in nirvana, and the variables are huge!No one knows what Ji Xiaocai will become after Nirvana, will she live or die?Losing all her strength and turning into an ordinary pheasant, or reborn into the Jiutian Fengjun who cut off all emotions and desires, no one knows what she will see after the incense tree is lit up, so Ji Xiaocai has never been able to make up her mind to nirvana, but she can do it again Going on, what he will face is complete death!
Ji Xiaocai thought about this, and said in a low voice: "Brother, I'm sorry, Xiaocai didn't listen to your words and made it like this, which made you worry."
Ji Lanye sighed, and stroked Ji Xiaocai's white hair: "Xiao Cai, if you knew it would become like this, would you keep a distance from Gu Tailai?"
Ji Xiaocai thought for a while, then shook her head: "I can't promise, I really like Taoist priest!"
Ji Lanye looked at his only younger brother and gave him a smile: "Since you don't regret it yourself, don't worry about us, we are fine." He said, and suddenly stretched out his hand to hold Ji Xiaocai in his arms, "Little Cai, he and I are already like that, I really, really hope that you can be together well.”
Ji Xiaocai felt the body of the person holding her tremble slightly, but when she let go of him, her face had regained her composure, and there was no trace of emotional fluctuations.Ji Lanye picked up the porridge bowl and said, "I'm going to Zhou Zhaojina, think about it for yourself, if there are no accidents, there are still three days left."
Ji Xiaocai pretended to be bright and said "Yes", but when Ji Lanye put the door on the door, her mood sank again.It's not that he doesn't want to make this decision, but he really doesn't know what will happen after making this decision!That's right, in the end, he will still choose the path of Nirvana, but the countless possible changes tightly bind his feet and hands, making it difficult for him to take a step!He is afraid that he will become a heartless god who has nothing to do with the world of mortals, and he will never look at Gu Tailai again, and he is also afraid that he will become an ordinary pheasant from now on, and he will never stand side by side with Gu Tailai again. Line of qualifications!Too many ifs made Ji Xiaocai a prisoner, thinking that she would never take this path until the last moment.
Just as he was thinking, there was a sudden warmth behind him, and something blocked the window that let in the cold wind, and he was drawn into a warm chest, and his neck felt wet from the warm breath.
"Taoist..." Ji Xiaocai wanted to look back, but Gu Tailai covered her eyes with his hand, "Taoist?"
"Hush." Gu Tailai whispered in his ear, "Close your eyes, don't make a sound, I'll take you to a place!"
Ji Xiaocai felt that Gu Tailai wrapped him up in a thick quilt, then picked him up and jumped down from the window.Ji Xiaocai's leg was cut off during the scourge, and now she can no longer use it. It would be a lie to say that it is not uncomfortable, but in order not to make Gu Tailai feel guilty, Ji Xiaocai never showed any care.Although he can't leave, but with Gu Tailai here, he can still feel that he is running, jumping, and galloping in the forest!
The atmosphere of the winter mountain forest is indescribably clean and peaceful. Ji Xiaocai just leaned against Gu Tailai's chest, listening to his fast footsteps and strong heartbeat, feeling the temperature of the sun shining on her body through the branches, quietly. Quietly waiting for Gu Tailai to stop.
He kept running for a stick of incense, sometimes jumping up, sometimes falling, the branches rubbed against his body, making trivial sounds, like whispering.Gradually, Ji Xiaocai could no longer feel the existence of those branches, Gu Tailai's footsteps became smoother, and the sun shone on his face in large swaths, and Ji Xiaocai heard the sound of the gurgling stream.Gu Tailai carefully put him down, took him into his arms, and said, "You can open your eyes now."
This is right next to the Ming River in the deepest part of Fengming Mountain.The dense trees stopped here, like guards guarding the small world. The clear stream will not freeze in winter, and it flows slowly with a crisp sound. Flowers of different colors are colorful and swaying in the wind. Even the sunshine here seems to be warmer than other places.
Ji Xiaocai smiled and said, "It's Mingxi!"
Gu Tailai sighed next to his ear, and pretended to say: "Hey, I wanted to give you a surprise, but I really can't do it!"
Ji Xiaocai leaned on Gu Tailai's chest, slightly proud: "Of course, this is my territory. When I was young, I often came here to play with my elder brother! At that time, there were still a group of powerful monster wolves occupying here. I In order to drive them away, my elder brother had a fierce fight with them, and I followed, but my elder brother was seriously injured, and I was the only one left. At that time, I wanted to desperately try to save my elder brother... "When he said this, he suddenly stopped.The body behind her trembled slightly, her chest rose and fell, and Ji Xiaocai knew she had said something wrong.
"Master, I'm sorry, I..."
Gu Tailai rested his head on Ji Xiaocai's shoulder from behind, his strong arms tightly wrapped around Ji Xiaocai's body wrapped in the quilt: "Xiaocai..."
"Huh? Daoist..."
"Xiao Cai, Xiao Cai, Xiao Cai..." Gu Tailai kept yelling, but in a soft voice, he tried his best and felt extremely insecure.He held Ji Xiaocai tightly with his arms, for fear that if he let go of her, she would force her so hard that Ji Xiaocai could feel the pain even through the thick quilt.He endured silently, listening to Gu Tailai calling his name, and then felt the warm liquid from his shoulders drop little by little, wet his collar, and slide into his neck.
"Why do you like me?"
"Because I like the Taoist priest."
"Why do you have to suffer so much with me?"
"Because I like the Taoist priest."
"Why didn't you go away then?"
"Because I like the Taoist priest."
"why……"
Ji Xiaocai couldn't reach out her hand, so she could only rub her cheek against Gu Tailai's face to interrupt him: "Daoist, why do you have so many questions, anyway, I just like you, Daoist! I like Daoist, so just talk to Daoist Together, you can do whatever you want, even if you are sold, it doesn’t matter!” Ji Xiaocai deliberately joked about the vegetable market, as if it had been a long, long time ago, when they had just met, Gu Tailai Fierce and domineering, every time Ji Xiaocai was chased by a group of people in a small village, Ji Xiaocai wished to leave this fierce, bad and poor stinky Taoist priest one day sooner. She never thought that one day, even if she died, she would want to be with that person Die together!
"Xiao Cai, Nirvana." Gu Tailai said suddenly.Ji Xiaocai was taken aback, and couldn't help but turn her head, facing the firm eyes of Shang Gu Tailai.
"Little Cai, Nirvana!" Gu Tailai repeated again, "The longer you wait, the greater the impact on your Nirvana body!"
"But Daoist..."
Gu Tailai kissed Ji Xiaocai's cheek almost reverently: "Nirvana, I don't believe that the bond between us will be broken, otherwise why would I want to take you by my side when I first saw you in Luanfengang , We have been through so many things, the ancient city of Zhuye, the search for pearls in Dongting, the Fulong in Qingcheng, even the scourge of heaven cannot separate us, do you still remember that you were worried when I used the flying silver soul yuan? Others thought I was an elder Xuan, but what is the result? I am not, so I never believe that Nirvana will separate us! Even if there is an eventuality, no matter what you become, I will not let go. As I said, only you are mine , is the only thing I have, and I will never let go no matter what! If you go to Kunlun, I will go after you, and if you stop being a demon, I will wait for the day when you become a demon again!"
The stream flowed quietly, a petal fell into the water, making a slight sound, and Ji Xiaocai gave a soft "hmm"!
end
Ji Xiaocai's Nirvana Ceremony was held at Zishi a day later.At that time, when yin and yang intersected, it was the time when the aura between heaven and earth was most abundant.
At three o'clock in Haishi, the moon was as round as a disk, and a pagoda-shaped Lingshan fragrant wood was piled up in front of the Ji family's gate in Fengming Mountain. Everyone waited silently and nervously for the arrival of the last moment.
Ji Lanye stood under the shadow of the door eaves, inspecting all the preparations for the last time. Ji Huangyu and her four daughters stood together, each with a stiff expression on their faces. The third daughter, Akabane, couldn't bear the oppressive atmosphere, and turned around in place Go, I can't wait to throw myself into the fire.Not far away, there are four guiding immortals standing under the seat of the Queen Mother of the West of Kunlun, who will lead Ji Xiaocai to ascend to the Nine Heavens and enter Kunlun only after she becomes a phoenix.
The Queen Mother of the West said: "If Nirvana is the Phoenix King of Nine Heavens, all worldly love will be cut off. At that time, there will be no worries, and I will climb the fairy mountain and lead the way." It is obvious that Ji Xiaocai will turn into a phoenix and enter Kunlun. Lingshan.
There was a slight sound from the door, and Gu Tailai pushed Ji Xiaocai's wheelchair out.Ji Xiaocai had already bathed and cleansed her body, she was wrapped in plain clothes, and under the moonlight, her skin was fair and transparent, as if carved from ice crystals.He looked at the family members one by one, paused, and said: "Mother, elder brother, sisters, Xiao Cai is going now, you have to wait for Xiao Cai to come back!"
Ji Huangyu wiped away her tears and said yes again and again, and the sisters joined hands and wiped each other's tears.Ji Lanye nodded to Ji Xiaocai under the eaves.Gu Tai saw that Ji Xiaocai had finished saying goodbye, bent down, picked him up, and solemnly sent him to the high platform piled up with fragrant wood, and put Ji Xiaocai away.
"Daoist, I..." Sitting alone on the high platform, Ji Xiaocai couldn't help being frightened.Just now he was able to speak calmly because Gu Tailai was by his side, but without Gu Tailai leaning by his side, he would feel numb, his teeth chattering, and he was so scared that he almost wanted to run away.
Gu Tailai saw Ji Xiaocai's change, lowered his head, held his lips, and kissed him tenderly.Ji Xiaocai felt the heat continuously coming from Gu Tailai. Gu Tailai's lips rubbed against his lips, and his tongue entangled with his, comforting him.Ji Xiaocai couldn't bear it and reached out to hug Gu Tailai, but Gu Tailai stopped suddenly and backed out.Seeing Ji Xiaocai's unhappy expression in a silly daze, Gu Tailai smiled, and suddenly whispered into his ear, and said something. Seeing the surprised expression on Ji Xiaocai's face, he stretched out his hand to touch his face, and said softly: : "Do you remember?"
"Remember...remember." Ji Xiaocai stammered in reply.
Gu Tailai kissed him again, and said seriously: "Then Xiaocai, I'll wait for you to come back."
The fire blazed up.In the past, there was a divine bird named Phoenix, whose first text was called virtue, and whose wings were called righteousness.
Gu Tailai stared closely at the fire that shot up to the sky in front of him, the tongue of flame had completely engulfed Ji Xiaocai, the raging flames burned half of the sky into red, the Lingshan incense wood made a "creaking" sound, and a strange and strong fragrance spread In the air, make the world drunk.
There should not be such a blazing flame with the breeze in the mountains, but Ji Xiaocai's Nirvana fire surprised Ji Huangyu and the others, it was so grand, so grand, almost like a gathering of stars.
At the beginning of the ugly era, the flames had not subsided, and Ji Lanye and the others were obviously a little impatient. The nirvana of a phoenix chick has never exceeded an hour, and according to common sense, later, according to the color of the fire, one can distinguish the nirvana. Pan incarnation, Ke Ji Xiaocai has been nirvana up to now, the color of the flame is still unshakable, maintaining her true colors.Suddenly, Bai Yi exclaimed: "It has changed!"
Gu Tailai and the others looked intently, but saw the flames on the high platform suddenly turned into a crimson color, Akabane exclaimed in surprise: "Xiao Cai is going to be the same as me?" As soon as she finished speaking, the flame jumped, It turned blue again.
The younger sister Qing Wan said softly at the side: "Are you going to become a bird like me?"
Bai Yi let out a "huh" and said, "Mother, my little brother's Nirvana Fire has turned white again!"
Then, the incense wood fire light changed several colors again and again, sometimes it was yellow, sometimes it was purple, and sometimes it turned back to red.Gu Tai didn't quite understand it, he only knew that there are five colors of phoenix birds in the world, and it is speculated that the Nirvana fire also determines the color because of it, but Ji Xiaocai can't deduce what happened because of such changes.Ji Lanye came over suddenly, stood beside Gu Tailai, and said softly, "You... have some preparations..."
Gu Tailai was surprised.Ji Lanye said: "The five colors change frequently, Xiaocai may really want to turn into a phoenix." After he finished speaking, he walked back to stand under the eaves without looking at Gu Tailai again.
Gu Tailai's complexion changed several times, and he gradually calmed down. He only clenched his fists tightly, his nails that were not long at all pierced deeply into his flesh, blood dripped down, hit the mud, and disappeared.Suddenly there was a loud "cracking" sound of burning firewood, a tongue of flame suddenly shot up into the sky, sparks scattered, and the wind from all directions seemed to be attracted by something, and went straight to the burning fragrant wood.
Zi Xiao yelled: "My little brother is going to be transformed, everyone get out of the way!"
As soon as she said those words, there was a crackling sound, and countless burning incense trees were shot in all directions as if struck by thunder and fire. Soaring into the sky, straight to the sky.
At this moment, the mountains and rivers solidified, and the stream stopped. In the entire forest of Fengming Mountain, countless monsters and spirits all looked towards the direction of the colored light, restrained their voices, and worshiped.
"The Phoenix Emperor is here!" The voice of a guiding fairy sounded ambiguously.
"The world is at peace!" Another voice of the guide fairy sounded.
"Climb to Kunlun!" Another voice of the guide fairy.
"Down with the imperial demon!" The voices of the four guides rang out in unison.
Gu Tailai only felt his ears "buzzing" non-stop, his eye sockets were extremely dry, but he couldn't shed a single tear.He watched the multicolored rays of light hovering and shuttling rapidly in the air, so dazzling and powerful that it even covered the brilliance of the stars in the sky.In that ray of light is no longer his timid, shy, silly little monster who can't be pulled back by ten cows when he gets up, there is a fairy monster who can go up to the nine heavens Kunlun and go down to the world, but is heartless. Jue Xin, I no longer know his Jiutian Fengjun!
Gu Tailai was not reconciled, he didn't want to think about what was there anymore, he galloped and chased after the colorful light.
Along the way, there are prostrate and kneeling monsters and ghosts, and the voice of the guide fairy along the way is like a shadow.
"The Phoenix Emperor is here! The world is peaceful! Go up to Kunlun! Go down to Yuxian Yao!"
Gu Tailai wished to smother those annoying voices in the thick soil!
The colorful light flew for a while, and finally stopped in one place.Gu Tailai followed closely, and the dense forest stopped there. What appeared in front of him was a meadow with colorful wild flowers. The Mingxi River flowed quietly, as if it was not disturbed by the outside world.
"He stopped here, didn't he!?" Gu Tailai was so excited for a moment, his heart thumped wildly.Beside Mingxi, stood a slender figure, still dressed in plain clothes, but the aura emanating from his body was clear and holy, like a god.Although Gu Tailai approached as carefully as possible, he still heard Gu Tailai's footsteps, and under the moonlight, he turned around.
Gu Tailai was taken aback.
It was still Ji Xiaocai's face, but it seemed to have changed, the childish outline was completely gone, replaced by the gentleness and handsomeness of youth, and even beauty.Gu Tailai held his breath and stared blankly at the other party, but the other party just looked at him without saying a word.Time seemed to have stopped completely. Gu Tailai wanted to say something, but the two words came to his lips, but he couldn't utter them.
The Yinxians landed on the grass, lined up, and bowed deeply: "Jiutian Fengjun is respectfully invited to climb the Kunlun Lingshan! Please!" The last word "please" is uniform and loud!
The man turned his head and glanced at the four guide fairies, then turned his head and glanced at Gu Tailai lightly, but just one glance made Gu Tailai's heart go cold.
No desire, no need, no tie, no stumbling!
He turned away, as if intending to leave.
Gu Tailai only felt that he was about to explode due to the suffocation in his chest, so he ran up to grab Ji Xiaocai's hand without hesitation.The four guiding immortals had been on guard against his move, seeing him approaching, they used their immortal power to stop him, but they didn't know that Gu Tailai was powerful, he threw them over violently, the four of them fell into a pile and couldn't move at once.
Gu Tailai grabbed Ji Xiaocai's hand, he made such a big move, but the other party still gave him a glance.Gu Tailai became anxious, pointed to himself and asked, "You...do you remember who I am?"
Ji Xiaocai tilted her neck slightly, as if she was looking at him curiously, but her eyes were unfamiliar.
Gu Tailai only felt that his heart was completely cold, that's right, Lord Nine Heavens Feng, he was heartless and heartless, he forgot all his past, and everything was over.When he thought about it, he didn't panic anymore.Forget it, that’s right, I forgot it, but so what, let him remember it again if he forgets it, get to know each other again, come to get along again, this time he will definitely engrave himself into his three souls and seven souls forever and ever among!
Ji Xiaocai looked at Gu Tailai and frowned slightly, as if she was finally dissatisfied.Gu Tailai did not let go of him, but held his hand even more firmly: "You..." He was about to say something, but suddenly, he saw a strange expression in his eyes.That expression appeared suddenly and disappeared very quickly, but Gu Tailai still caught it.He froze for a moment, followed, and his whole body became excited.He grabbed Ji Xiaocai's hand, tried to suppress it, and asked slowly but clearly, "Human?"
Ji Xiaocai's face was reflected in her eyes, and she shook her head solemnly.
"ghost?"
Ji Xiaocai shook her head.
Could it be that I guessed wrong?Gu Tailai did not give up!
"Demon?"
Ji Xiaocai shook her head again.
Gu Tailai is in a hurry!
"... Immortal?" Ji Xiaocai still shook her head.
Gu Tailai's palms were sweating, he took a deep breath, his voice trembled slightly, and he uttered those two words with difficulty: "...Fenghuang?"
The person opposite did not move, as if he was testing Gu Tailai, time passed bit by bit, Gu Tailai felt every moment as if someone was beating his head, he was going crazy in pain, finally, he Seeing the other side, he still shook his head.
Gu Tailai let out a sigh of relief, but at the same time he became puzzled, neither human, nor ghost, nor demon, nor immortal, nor Phoenix Emperor, what is it?
The hand was suddenly shaken backwards, with great strength and a sense of revenge.Gu Tailai looked up, only to see Ji Xiaocai's face as if melting ice and snow, and said with a wide smile, "It's a big monster!"
"what?"
"My name is Ji Xiaocai, and Ji Xiaocai is a big monster! Daoist, I am now a big monster! So from now on, you will follow me!"
It was the coldest day in midwinter that year, but it had a more intoxicating warmth than the best spring!
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