Myriad Paths

In the Guanghan Palace, accompanied by countless boats, the Tianhe River, and the huge silver tree, it presents a beautiful scene.

Under the treetops of the silver tree, there are countless moons hanging. The quiet and cold air emitted by these moons turns into breezes of light and dust, lingering next to the Milky Way floating in the void, setting off countless small boats. Know where to go.

From time to time, these small boats would turn into phantoms and disappear, and it was unknown which world they went to on the lunar surface, but they would always come back.

It is revealed in the sky and does not fall into the ordinary flowers.

It's so deserted, but it's the same in a cold place.

Look at all the flowers falling from the sky, the floating trees, the dew in the sky, the ice wheel turning, the cold light soaking in, overlapping, and suddenly I don’t know where I am. The moonlight is like a speck of snow, the rays are shining brightly, the toad waves are shining brightly, and the osmanthus flowers are shining brightly. The palace is fragrant, the vastness is cold, the snow is light and the frost is clear.

Amidst this scenery, in Guanghan Palace, the banquet began.

A fifth-level official from Luofu Mountain reached out and patted it, only to see fruits of various colors and tableware, all arranged in a mountain. The feast was about to begin, and the flowers were like brocade, shining in the morning light.

I saw another person get up, take out the scissors, click twice on the talisman, cut out paper figures, and then throw them into the sky, they suddenly turned into countless maids and waiters, serving the feast, a piece of fairy brocade, all made. The atmosphere is lush and green, the attendants are moving colorful banners, all wearing red makeup and jade belts, the embroidered feast has just started, the fragrance is golden, the colorful clothes are light, and the wine is recommended.

Another person used his magical power, and countless musical instruments suddenly floated out of the air, including bells, chimes, drums, zithers, yus, panpipes, pipas, harps, and so on.

There is no one playing the instrument, but it is swinging in the air by itself, playing beautiful music. The strings are tinged with the fragrance of dragons, and the sound is echoed by the orioles at the bottom of the flowers. The sound of gold, stone, silk and bamboo can be heard on the top of the mountain. The rhythm, style, and rhythm are all smooth. The clearness and turbidity change, Lu Lu calls out, and sings on the pond. The sound waves stir up the water, like a fish jumping.

Then Master Chang Xi tapped his fingers gently.

Following a soft sound, he saw a twelfth yin in the sky directly above the palace suddenly tilting.

The moonlight was like water, falling from the sky, but when it fell halfway, I could already smell the aroma of wine. A Milky Way came to this place at the right time, and when it merged with the moonlight, a rich aroma suddenly bloomed out. Some cultivators present For those who were worse, their faces suddenly turned red from the wine, their cigarette covers were green, and they were already drunk.

But I saw another fifth-grade man standing up. He had a big belly and looked rich and kind. He was wearing a Taoist robe and holding a gourd in his hand. He had rosacea and big floppy ears. His body began to grow in size and became as big as a star. In his hand The gourd naturally grew bigger, and then it caught the river of wine falling from the sky, which was enough to flood the world.

The gourd seems endless, taking in a sea of ​​wine.

Someone below was dissatisfied and shouted: "Old Wangtou, do you want to be alone?"

The rich Taoist priest laughed loudly: "This is the wine made by Empress Chang Xi by using the moonlight to carry the thoughts and sorrows of all living beings. How can I do it if I don't drink to my full this time?"

But as he said this, some people also stood up and started fighting with him. Several fifth-level people stood up to fight. Various magical powers that were harmless but interesting were shining in the sky. Although it was fierce, it felt like a drinking game. .

After finally driving away the wealthy Taoist priest, several people scrambled to grab the wine, and even played with the magical wine order.

The juniors below don’t have to worry. Some of the remnants of the wine as it flows down the river are enough for them to enjoy. It’s the adults’ business to fight over it.

Fourth-grade people such as Granny Mei are not in a hurry, they have other things to do.

Now that Great Witch Chang Xi has taken action, Empress Luofu is not stingy. She also waved her sleeves and burst out with anger.

The yin and yang are transformed, and the qi enters the layers of the human body, so the trees shake down, the windy marshes are wide, the waves are clear, and the fish are startled. Tens of thousands of golden lotuses bloom in the sky, bamboos are tall in the lush forest, and spiritual flowers bloom. In the season of young buds, purple calyx Nourishing dew, inducing vomiting and spreading fragrance, it feels like you are in a foreign land.

Spirit flowers, spirit grass, ganoderma lucidum, spirit bamboo, all kinds of grass and trees are in full bloom, some have fruits, some bloom, some bloom leaves, some have stems, all can be eaten raw, the bamboo shoots are shelled and sliced ​​by yourself, the spirit flowers are flying, and the fruits are washed The table is clean, not shabby, it can even be said to be a very luxurious vegetarian feast, and everyone can eat it.

The banquet started, and everyone below was enjoying it happily. Even Li Shiwei was thinking of ways to defeat the other seventh-grade disciples, and competed with others for the drinks falling from the sky. Many young people of seventh-grade were flying in the air, beside the Dharma of the Mighty One. Traveling is like an adventure. If you succeed, you will get these drinks and spiritual materials, and you will get everyone's cheers and envious eyes.

Yang Ning was not idle either, she also joined the fifth graders in their drinking ceremony, and her level was quite high, even more so. No one else could compete with her, and they even joined forces to drive them away.

Shen Shuibi didn't go to fight for it. She just sat next to Empress Luofu and occasionally talked, acting like the marginalized person she always was.

As for Empress Luofu and Yue Mu Chang Xi, they looked at Li Qi next to them.

Li Qi seemed to have entered the vast emptiness, and his expression seemed to have fallen into some kind of...inexplicable sadness.

Different from the joy of others at the banquet, Li Qi is now feeling that many things he told Chang Xi in the past, Li Qi's feelings at that time are reappearing at this moment.

It was as if he was experiencing those things again. It was obviously something he had already experienced, but it was like making wine. The raw materials were the same, but the taste was different.

The 'happiness' and 'joy' of those times are tasted again now, but there is a... faint sadness.

Because Li Qi discovered that these happiness seemed so insignificant.

It can really only be described as insignificant.

Shen Shuibi's ecstasy when she accepted him, her many matters in Chang'an, her tranquility in teaching Li Qi how to play the flute in the Holy Flame Realm, and even how she almost missed something because of staying in bed, including her experience in the underworld, and her nervousness when she gave birth to Li Shiwei. , so many so many things, so many accumulated emotions...

These emotions have not changed. How Li Qi felt at that time is how he feels now. Master Chang Xi's wine completely reproduced Li Qi's emotions at that time, allowing Li Qi to personally feel and recall every bit of his psychological activities at that time. .

Yes, these emotions at the time have not changed, what has changed is Li Qi.

The intense emotions I felt at that time were felt again at this moment, but I just felt that... the matter was too small.

Yes, things are too small.

Even the moment when Shen Shuibi agreed to be with Li Qi, the ecstasy that Li Qi felt when he felt it again could not cause him to make waves again.

The mood hasn't changed, it's just that Li Qi's world has become bigger.

Children will cry and be happy because of the quarrel with the little girl next door, but when they grow up and think about it later, they will probably just smile in relief.

Students become impulsive because of their momentary entertainment star status, but middle-aged social animals rarely do this.

It's not because who is smarter than the other, but because for a child, Xiaoya is most of his world, while for a student, that star is all his entertainment life.

His world is so big, and when such a big world experiences fluctuations, the reaction will definitely be huge.

A social beast may not be smarter than a student, but the world of a social beast is larger than that of a student, so these things will naturally occupy a smaller proportion in his world.

Li Qi suddenly realized that this was the measure.

To put it bluntly, all human emotions are ultimately due to insufficient capacity.

These emotions and events themselves have not changed, but the proportion they occupy in your world has become smaller. When you come here a few more times, you will find that what once touched 100% of your emotions, now you can no longer be interested. Including the so-called suffering and hatred, you can call this change numbness, but that's about it.

The earth can accommodate the joys and sorrows of all people.

But many people can't tolerate their own joys and sorrows, that's why there are so many things.

As for Li Qi, his capacity has grown a lot unknowingly, so much so that he can not only accommodate all the joys and sorrows of a person, but he won't even cause any trouble.

In other words, his emotions no longer match his capacity.

The longer Li Qi experienced in the distorted time and space, and the more time he was recalled, the less important his previous short life, his love and hatred, became.

Li Qizhen realized one thing, that is - time can heal all emotions, whether it is love or hate.

and……

Now, he doesn't have enough love or hate to support his empty sense. The entire life he has experienced, excluding retrospection and distortion of time and space, has only lasted about a thousand years.

How can the accumulation of thousands of years compare to the nearly 100,000-year process of looking back and distorting time and space?

Li Qi raised his head and woke up suddenly.

The shortcomings of distorting time and space are not only working behind closed doors, but also soothing people's Taoist minds, causing Li Qi to be like this.

Li Qi didn't want this. What's the difference between this and The Walking Dead? The so-called forgetfulness of love is not essentially forgetfulness of love.

But at this time of Li Qi, Empress Luofu took action again. This time she was no longer gentle, but tapped her finger and knocked Li Qi on the head.

This time it was quite serious, not as a joke, but with a real anger. She repeated again: "Li Qi, don't think about that anymore, this is a family dinner."

Li Qi was frightened and immediately stood up to accuse him.

But Shen Shuibi pulled Empress Luofu's sleeve at this time.

Empress Luofu glanced at the rabbit, and then sighed: "Oh, Li Qi, you are a smart child, but you are too stubborn. You always like to force yourself with some insignificant things, and Zhu Fengdan doesn't like to care about you..."

"I don't want to say too much about you, but I hope you can think about it carefully. If you are obsessed with one thing, can you really see the whole world clearly? If you can't see the whole world, how can you guess the world? "

"Just like now, you are obsessed with the thoughts in your head, but do you think what you are thinking about is more important than this family banquet?" Empress Luofu asked.

Li Qi didn't know the answer, but at least he knew that he should not think about it now.

So, he put aside these thoughts, stood up, and invited Shen Shuibi to watch the pursuit of the juniors. In the sky not far away, Li Shiwei and the seventh-grade students were following the gravitational belt of the moon, flying and flying, competing to catch up. As it falls, it naturally evaporates and condenses, reducing the size of the wine droplets.

Of course, the size has been reduced, but a wine drop is also the size of a human head. Thousands of them fall together, like a heavy rain. Coupled with the aroma of wine hitting the face, it is actually quite difficult for the seventh-grade people.

On the one hand, they don't have to drink. The taste alone makes them drowsy. The wine is so red that they have to find a way to catch the drops. It's really difficult. From time to time, you can see someone being hit by a drop of wine and getting drunk on the spot. Fell over and then down below, where the sleeping people were piled in a row and laughed at.

But some people opened their magic weapons and used their magical powers to take the precious wine back, and some even fought over it, because the density, speed, and even quality of the wine in different places are different. There are naturally many people in good places, but only a few people go to difficult places.

This is a fine wine brewed by Moon Mother Chang Xi herself. Even if she doesn't drink it, she has to decorate it and take it home. It's not easy to get the third-grade stuff.

The atmosphere was quite lively, and there was no real fuss. Everyone was just joking and laughing, and some of the weaker ones were knocked unconscious by the wine and fell into a sweet dream.

Shen Shuibi did not hesitate, just stood up and followed Li Qi over.

Li Qi and Shen Shuibi resigned and went not far away to watch how Li Shiwei performed.

This feeling is a bit like a parent visiting a child's school sports day.

Watching the two people leave, Empress Luofu looked helpless.

"If you're not a female college student, just get used to it. You have another one." Chang Xi joked.

"The other one? Forget it." Empress Luofu looked at Yang Ning, who was already drunk and hitting someone with her fists not far away, and the look of helplessness on her face became even more serious.

On the other side, Shen Shuibi and Li Qi walked side by side, found a small boat brought by Guang Han, sat on the small boat, and watched the banquet farce next to them.

Even now, the two of them are still on the fringes of the party.

However, Li Qi looked at the noisy scene over there and suddenly said: "Yu'er... your weight in my heart has become lighter."

"Everything has become lighter in your heart, not just me." Shen Shuibi then answered.

This answer made Li Qi turn around fiercely and look at Shen Shuibi.

Is this really...so, did she always know?

However, Shen Shuibi leaned on Li Qi at this time: "But don't worry about these little things. Everything will eventually become ordinary. You have been out for too long. It is quite normal. Stay at home more and you will be fine." alright."

"Is this so? Well, I have made a great contribution this time, which should be enough for our family to escape the war for a long time. When the time comes, we will go to Yunfang Great Witch. After all, he is Shi Wei's master. Although he has not I am a disciple, but the teaching is still very careful. Let's stay there for a while and teach Shi Wei." Li Qi said.

"If you decide, that's fine." Shen Shuibi didn't raise any objection, and she didn't care about this kind of thing.

That's fine. (End of chapter)