The Lotus Lantern is with you

Liujia Village is just a small village, but it is extremely lively at this time, with people coming and going, and the roadside stalls are full of small things.Looking at a street, it was red and brightly lit.

Yang Jian and Mo Chen were walking slowly on the street at this time, and the people around them had smiles on their faces. In this small village, they occasionally met acquaintances, and they walked together lively, wishing the New Year, the past year The contradictions and unhappiness in the movie disappeared.

A child in a red padded jacket, holding a small lantern in one hand and candied haws in the other, clamored to see the lion dance.

Seeing the lively scene, Mo Chen couldn't help recalling that a few years ago, they were in the night market like this. Under the eyes of the bustling crowd, they made a promise for life and death under the tree.

Mo Chen turned his head and met his warm eyes. The corners of the man's lips curled up slightly. It seemed that he remembered that night just like him.Mo Chen's heart moved, and he reached out to hold his hand.

On the side of the street, someone yelled to guess lantern riddles, and then a large group of people passed by the two of them. Mo Chen turned his body slightly to make way for them. Under the orange light, the happy smiles on people's faces were reflected. Can't help but sigh.

"I didn't expect that in just a few months, Liujia Village would resume its previous life. It is completely impossible to see that there has been a disaster here."

New houses have been built, roads have been repaired, and even the saplings on the edge of the fields are newly planted.

"After all, the Liu Family Village has not lost much. If it is in other places, I am afraid it will be much more difficult."

Mo Chen was silent for a while. The plague and demon attack had dealt a big blow to this mortal world. Fortunately, it only broke out in a local area. If it broke out nationwide, it might cause another war.

"Okay, don't think about it, Shen, the mortal world has its own laws of development, and even gods can't intervene in these."

Mo Chen didn't speak, he didn't tell the other party that the future of this world is not optimistic, but if he can live a happy day now, it's just a day.

After a while, when gongs and drums were beating, there was another burst of firecrackers, and the interface became lively. It turned out that it was acrobatics, and a golden lion danced. After that, two golden and red dragons danced, riding bamboo horses and walking on stilts. Waves of cheers.It looked so lively.

There were more and more people around him, and fortunately, Mo Chen's appearance was very different from the past, and only a very small number of people recognized him, otherwise there would be a lot of noise.

Because it was Chinese New Year, Mo Chen finally changed out of that black robe. Instead, he was wearing a light blue robe with wide sleeves hanging down to the floor and a purple flute hanging around his waist.

Yang Jian is still in the same white robe, with a light and gentle smile, which is very comfortable to look at.It's just that the warm and jade-like temperament combined with Mo Chen's coldness and softness also attracted the attention of many people.

The Meishan brothers found the two of them at a glance. The temperament of the two was really abrupt. The Meishan brothers hurried forward, and they chatted for a while. Yang Jian looked at Li Huanzhang standing behind them, I am very sorry.

"Third brother, you suffered in the Heavenly Court in the past, it's my brother who can't stand you." Yang Jian knew that if he hadn't imprisoned this person in Wushan, the Jade Emperor would not have caught this person so easily.

Li Huanzhang smiled. Among the Meishan brothers, only Kang Anyu knew about his being imprisoned in Wushan, so he didn't say anything at this time, "Second Master, you and I have been brothers for thousands of years. This is nothing, it's all in the past Seeing that you and Chen Xiang are fine, the brothers are relieved."

That day, because he knew about the relationship between the two, he was imprisoned in Wushan. He said that it was impossible for him not to complain, but later he heard about the bumps and bumps between the two, and the dissatisfaction in his heart eased a lot.

Although he was imprisoned by the Jade Emperor, Mo Chen and Yang Jian tried their best to release him afterwards, and restored his mana and vision. He knew that this brother was not really ruthless as he said to the outside world, and his relatives did not recognize him.

Hearing this, Yang Jian was moved in his heart. It was not easy for the brothers to let go of their past conflicts and reconcile with each other after thousands of years of brotherhood.

We chatted casually. Over the years, the brothers have never had a chance to relax because of the matter of the Holy Mother. Now it is rare for the Meishan brothers to get together. Naturally, they want to find a place to have a good drink, but the boss and the third child hold each other together. A few people found a restaurant not far away to drink, and thoughtfully left the space for the two of them.

Seeing this, Mo Chen smiled helplessly, but gently hooked Yang Jian's hand, and walked towards a place with less traffic.

Mo Chen suddenly remembered his previous life, during the Lantern Festival, he was sitting alone in the quiet and empty Judicial Temple, watching the bright lights in the world, the fireworks blooming in front of his eyes, the beauty was intoxicating.

But Tiangong is lonely, there is no one else except him.

"What are you thinking?" The man's gentle voice came from behind, he gently put his arms around his waist, and the warm breath came from behind, with a hint of warmth.

"I think I'm very lucky..." In the Judiciary Temple, a person is cold after all, Mo Chen chuckled, the colorful fireworks reflected in his dark eyes, looking extraordinarily beautiful.

Yang Jian was slightly taken aback, but his arms were tight.

Going back to the past and changing the future, not everyone can be so lucky. Mo Chen looked at the man beside him, but he was never satisfied. He was so lucky to be accompanied by someone.

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The lights are still on, but the singing is still there.The two held hands and walked slowly on the path. There were almost no people here, but the quiet feeling was very comfortable.

The starry sky flickered, and a soft white light suddenly lit up in the distance. Mo Shen's footsteps stopped, and under the moonlight, in the white light, the old man walked out slowly.

"Master Xuji? Why did you come here?" Yang Jian had great respect for this old man.The person who came was Xu Jizi, before he didn't say goodbye to the two of them, he went back to Chang'an alone, why did he come to this small village now.

"Is the real person here to watch the Lantern Festival?" Mo Chen was more curious about Xu Jizi. But it gives people a strange feeling.

It is said that it is different, but it is impossible to say where the problem is.Mo Chen travels between the Three Realms and Hell, and has seen all kinds of people, and he has never seen such a strange person.

This old man gave him a very ethereal feeling, like a wisp of green smoke that immediately dissipated in the air.

"Although the Lantern Festival in this mortal world is once a year, the poor Taoist has been in the world for thousands of years, and he has seen a lot." Xu Jizi stroked his beard, and said slowly under Mo Chen's questioning eyes, "Mo Chen , Pindao is here for you this time."

"Come here for me?" Mo Chen felt that Xu Jizi's words were strange, "I don't know why I bothered you to come here specially. If it's important, why don't you find a place to talk slowly?"

"There's no need to bother the two of you so much, Pindao just came to give something, you should be familiar with this thing." Xu Jizi said inscrutablely, and took out a jade box from his sleeve.

Mo Chen took it, and the jade box was cold to the bone. The mutton fat white jade was engraved with complicated patterns, and there was a sense of oppression from it. This feeling was very familiar. There was no response, just standing there quietly, as if waiting for something.

Mo Chen slowly opened the jade box, and what came into view was a chessboard with black and white chess criss-cross. It was the chessboard that Yang Jian saw a few years ago when he took him to visit Xu Jizi.

"This is...is this the one from last time?" Mo Chen was surprised, and couldn't help but look at Yang Jian, wondering what Xu Jizi meant by sending this thing. "Really, what do you mean..."

"Mo Chen." What Xu Jizi said next surprised him, how could this person know his real name.

"Pindao shouldn't have given it to you at this time, but...the three realms are in chaos. I only hope that you can understand the meaning contained in it, and don't go to..." The last few words, the voice of Xu Jizi Disappeared.

Mo Chen couldn't hear him, so he called a few times, but saw Xu Jizi's expression was a little dazed, there was a trace of golden light in his eyes, and the next moment, he heard the other party seem to be talking to himself.

"You can't say it... Sure enough... Restriction..." Mo Chen was puzzled by the words he heard intermittently, but Xu Jizi's expression was extremely ethereal. The child's figure gradually dissipated.

Mo Chen was slightly surprised, and hurried forward, only to find that the old Taoist place was empty and there was nothing there.

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The night was slightly dark, and because of Xu Jizi's inexplicable words, Mo Chen also lost the desire to continue shopping, so he and Yang Jian went back to the Liu Mansion first.

He stood blankly on the stone table in the courtyard, on which was the chessboard sent by Xu Jizi earlier, when he saw this chessboard before, he just thought it was interesting, but he didn't take it to heart on, but Xu Jizi sent it here on purpose.

The cold moonlight poured down on the chessboard like flowing water, projecting on each chess piece, black and white, with a faint halo of coldness, each chess piece was tightly attached to the chessboard, Mo Chen tried to take them off, but found that they were It turned out to be closely connected with the chessboard.

This chessboard also looks strange, there are two kinds of patterns engraved on it, this pattern looks complicated and exquisite, but it seems to have been seen somewhere, like some kind of characters.

One side is cyan, the other side is red, the two colors are intertwined, carved on both sides of the board, and finally intertwined to form a strange pattern in the center of the board.

"Shen." The man's voice got closer, and before Mo Chen could react, Yang Jian had already walked beside him.His eyes fell on the chessboard, and he couldn't help frowning, "What's so strange about this chessboard?"

"I don't know..." Mo Chen shook his head, "Jian, have you ever mentioned my real name to Xu Jizi?"

The man shook his head, and Mo Shen thought deeply, "That's strange, why does Xu Jizi know my name? Judging by his expression, he seems to know quite a lot. Jian, do you know where he came from?"

Yang Jian's brows were tightly frowned, "I don't know, I didn't spend much time with him. If I really want to elaborate, it should be during the period of Conferred God. I was seriously injured and met him in the north of Kunlun Mountain. But, He only said that he was an idle Taoist priest, whose Taoist name was Xujizi, and that he could only be called Xuji Daoist, but he didn’t say much else. Later, Master practiced in closed doors, and he taught me some Taoism. It's like a teacher, but if you want to talk about his origin, I'm ashamed to say that I really don't know."

Mo Chen sounded strange, as if the man had expected it and waited for Yang Jian on purpose. "Kunlun Mountain, why are they all related to Kunlun Mountain? Emperor Donghua disappeared for nearly 5000 years, and it was in Kunlun Mountain. Now this Xujizi is also related to Kunlun Mountain." Mo Chen stared at the chessboard and couldn't help touching it.

Unexpectedly, this touch brought him a strange feeling, which was very strong, an inexplicable... sense of belonging.But before he had time to think, some strange pictures seemed to pop up in his brain.

It was those pictures again, but it seemed a little different.Mo Chen opened his eyes wide, his eyes were lifeless, but there were traces of blood flickering in them.

The magnificent and colorful nebula, the dots of various halos, he looked at those halos, walked towards them in a daze, the angle of view changed, he seemed to be standing at a very high place, the mountains below were cracked, the earth collapsed, and the flood swallowed wantonly Everything on the mainland, until everything was flooded with blood, he had seen this scene not long ago.

"Shen... Shen!" Yang Jian finally realized that something was wrong. Mo Chen stood in front of the chessboard for a long time, but unconsciously caressed the patterns with his hands, but his eyes were dull. Is this actually a magic obstacle?

His heart tightened, he quickly pulled his hand away, and kept calling in his ear.

This call brought back Mo Chen's consciousness a little bit. He took a closer look and found that his hand had left the chessboard. The chessboard radiated a slight coldness under the moonlight, which made his hair stand on end.And those patterns became more and more familiar, exuding a faint halo.

"I remembered these patterns." Mo Chen finally remembered where he had seen them before. Yang Jian was taken aback, and subconsciously asked, "What's wrong? These patterns..."

"Jian, can you use the Jiuyuanqin?"

Although Yang Jian didn't understand, the Jiuyuanqin had already appeared in his hands. Also under the moonlight, the blue and red patterns intertwined on the corner of the body of the Jiuyuanqin. Yang Jian looked at the patterns and then at the patterns on the chessboard, and his heart was shocked , which turned out to be exactly the same.

Immediately afterwards, Mo Chen suddenly untied the purple jade flute from his waist. The purple-black body of the flute, which had patterns that had appeared little by little before, had already wrapped around most of the flute's body. He placed the purple jade flute on the Jiuyuanqin On, it goes without saying.

"The same pattern." Mo Chen said lightly, "Jian, you may not know that this Jiuyuanqin was originally a weapon of Kunlun, and this flute and chessboard..."

Yang Jian's face turned pale in an instant, and he finally understood why he always had a familiar feeling when he saw Jiu Yuanqin for the first time. Did it belong to that person?

Before he died, he had seen Ji Wukong and Kunlun, a man in white with long light blond hair and double eyes playing the piano silently. It was the one in his hand.

If this is the case, the voice heard in the illusion in the past may be the voice of Kunlun.

"This chess, could it be..." Yang Jian was a little incredulous.

"I don't know what is the meaning of Xu Jizi sending this thing, but...keep it for now." Mo Chen looked at the chessboard, his eyes were obscure, his expression was covered by his long hair, making it impossible to understand him. thoughts.

The next day, the Heavenly Court decreed that the two of them should return to the Heavenly Court.

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