Honghuang on the tip of the tongue

"Rong Ze, are you willing?"

The cold voice echoed in the empty hall, shaking people's minds.

Yuan Shi was surprised to find that he felt the tension that he hadn't seen for a long time.The last time this feeling appeared was when he became sanctified.

He subconsciously frowned, and silently recited a mantra to suppress the discomfort.

do i want toRong Ze asked himself.

The answer is naturally-

"Yes." Rong Ze's tone was natural, his star-like eyes did not hesitate at all.

Yuan Shi thought that Rong Ze would have to think for a long time before he could give an answer, and he even thought about the conditions: as long as Rong Ze agrees, he will give him a rare magic weapon, and even help him cleanse his tendons and cut his marrow, and help him embark on the path of spiritual practice the road.

As a result, this human race agreed so easily?

Instead of being surprised, Yuan Shi's heart sank.

Suspicions inevitably surfaced, and sharpness flashed in his smoky purple eyes, and he asked calmly, "Rong Ze, do you know that the whole prehistoric world is being infested by beast hordes?"

"I know."

"Aren't you afraid?"

Rong Ze looked at Shang Yuanshi's eyes full of deep meaning generously, the corners of his mouth slightly curved, and said: "With Tianzun here, why should I be afraid?"

After a pause, he added: "If even Tianzun can't protect me, then even if I hide in Kunlun Mountain, will my safety be guaranteed?"

"You are very good at talking." After a while, Yuan Shi broke the uncomfortable silence, took a deep look at Rong Ze, and then said slowly, "However, I don't think this is the whole reason, right?"

Rong Ze seemed to have expected Yuan Shi to ask such a question a long time ago, with a calm expression on his face, he said calmly, "Heaven is wise. I do have my own selfishness in this matter."

"Oh, what is it?" Yuan Shi didn't care about his concealment, but put on an interested expression.

Rong Ze took a deep breath, he who was able to face Yuan Shi's question without changing his face just now was actually a little uneasy at this moment.

"I think... I want to take this opportunity to find my family." His voice trembled a little, which showed how difficult it was to say it himself.

"Family? Are you separated from your family?" Yuan Shi unconsciously straightened his back.

He realized that this might be a good opportunity to find out about Rong Ze's life experience.

There was a bit of bitterness in the corner of Rong Ze's mouth: "Actually, I'm not sure. Maybe they are still there, or maybe they are in another world, these are just my guesses."

Yuan Shi frowned slightly, obviously not understanding what kind of riddle he was playing.

"Tianzun, do you believe that there is another time and space that has nothing to do with the prehistoric world?" Rong Ze knew that in front of Yuan Shi, concealing it would be self-defeating, so he simply spoke out.

Yuan Shi didn't affirm or deny, but just said blankly: "Go on."

"People living in that time and space don't know what cultivation is, and they don't believe that there are gods in the world. That's where I came from." Rong Ze paused for a few seconds before continuing, "At least before I came to Honghuang, I always Thought I was from there..."

Because of the existence of the portable space, he has been speculating about the reason for his time travel, and there are some bold conjectures among them.

Later, he took advantage of Huanglong's opportunity to look for him and showed him his baby's swaddling cloth—this was the only thing that could connect him with his biological parents. The adoptive father sold it for money.

In the end, Huanglong said with certainty that this was something from the prehistoric times, and judging from the fabric and weaving techniques, it seemed that it was handed down from heaven.

So, he is really a prehistoric man, but because of some unknown reason, he traveled to modern times, and then came back again?

So, it is very likely that he was not abandoned by his parents, but was forced to separate from his family?

So, he still has a chance to find his parents?

This series of messages came one after another, making him dizzy, surprised and happy.

Accustomed to his adoptive father's harsh words and harsh words, he has a desire for a happy and warm family, almost like a fish's thirst for water.

How he imagined being like other children, loved by his parents, and a harmonious family.

However, the reality is that after experiencing another violence when he was young, he could only hug the puppy Xiaobai and cry to sleep.

He once doubted whether his abandonment was voluntary, because his adoptive father once confided the truth after drinking. When he picked him up, he was rich and luxurious, with valuable gold and jade on his hands and feet.

The adoptive father thought he was a child accidentally lost by a rich family, so he took him in, hoping to take the opportunity to make a fortune.

Until a few years passed, no one came to look for him, and his adoptive father felt that he had lost money, so he beat and kicked him even more.

As an adult, the longing for family doesn't go away.He asked many times whether there were families who lost their children back then, but unfortunately there was no follow-up.

It wasn't until Huang Long pointed out that he suddenly realized that maybe his direction was wrong from the beginning.

He probably does not belong to that world, he is actually from the prehistoric!

Regarding the speculation about his life experience, Rong Ze didn't reveal too much to Yuan Shi, he didn't mention the scars of his childhood, and he didn't mention the swaddling cloth.

This may be due to some intuition, he had a faint premonition that Yuan Shi didn't seem to trust him very much.

Yuan Shi didn't ask too much, he knew very well that this would be self-defeating and arouse Rong Ze's resentment.

It still needs to be figured out slowly, he thought to himself.

***

Since Rong Ze had no objection, Yuan Shi decided to leave as soon as possible.

The Golden Immortals who had a good relationship with Rong Ze soon learned of this, and those who could come came to practice for him in person, and those who couldn't also asked their fellow disciples to bring him gifts.

"Brother Rong, this is the golden sore medicine that Cihang entrusted me to bring you. It has the effect of removing blood stasis and stopping bleeding. And this one was sent by Junior Brother Taiyi. You don't know, he was sent by Master a few days ago. I went to help Eldest Brother, so I can’t come today. That’s right, there’s also…”

One by one, Huanglong took gifts from the universe in his sleeve, and quickly piled up a hill on the flat ground.

He scratched his head and said with emotion: "Brother, you are very popular."

But he wasn't envious at all, he knew very well that Rong Ze had an important mission on his trip, and he didn't know when he would be able to return.

Thinking of this, he felt a little sad, and sighed softly: "I'm afraid it will be a long time before I can taste your skills, bro."

Rong Ze smiled, and took out a large hanging bacon from the portable space and handed it to him: "Here, I have a gift for you in return."

After confirming the itinerary, he has been busy these days just to prepare for this.

"What is this?" Huang Long looked at the golden-colored, fat and thin bacon hanging suspiciously.

He sniffed and said involuntarily, "It smells so good."

Rong Ze smiled and introduced: "This is called bacon. It is marinated with Dangkang's rib meat. It can be preserved for a long time without deterioration. When eating, just cut a little and add it to the rice, and it will be very tasty."

Dangkang, like Bingfeng, is also a strange beast that looks and tastes like a pig.

The shiny red bacon exudes a seductive mellow aroma. Just listening to his description, Huang Long's saliva is about to flow down.

He glanced at Rong Ze, then at the bacon.Glancing at Rong Ze again, he continued to look at the bacon.

After repeating this three or four times, Rong Ze couldn't help laughing:

"Okay, I know you're greedy, I'll make it for you now, and you just learn how to do it."

"Sure!" Huang Long agreed, and immediately rolled up his sleeves as if gearing up, "Students must study hard, and the teacher will not be disappointed!"

"Wow!" Seemingly understanding their conversation, or maybe just wanting to join in the fun, Xiaobai, who had been following Rong Ze's legs, also howled, flicking his long tail wildly, spinning around in excitement .

"The little guy is also greedy." Huang Long teased, then thought of something, "By the way, it - what are you going to do?"

Ever since Rong Ze came back, Xiao Xiaobai has been very clinging to him, and the little guy will be unhappy if he leaves for a while.

Now that Rong Ze is about to travel far away, how to settle it and Dabai has become a headache.

A look of worry flashed across Rong Ze's eyes, and he smiled wryly: "Dabai, I'm not too worried. It doesn't seem to be interested in following me. With its ability, it can live a good life if it stays in Zhuyu Peak. But this fluffy..."

He glanced at the little beast that was playing with his tail, and sighed softly: "I tried to communicate with it, but I'm afraid it still can't do without me."

Just like many animals in the natural world, the 朏朏 beast follows its mother before it grows up, and it learns its predation skills and habits from its mother.

However, Xiao Xiaobai's situation is very special. He was separated from his mother when he was very young, and was infected by the energy of chaos to become a mad beast. He ran from Huoshan thousands of miles away to Kunlun Mountain. I'm afraid it's hard to survive.

But this also caused a problem: Xiao Xiaobai seemed to regard Rong Ze as his mother, and always followed her around.

Last time Rong Ze wasted a little time because he went to Yuxu Palace, and when he came back, he found that the little guy was crying very sadly, and he refused to leave Rong Ze even half a step that night, even sleeping with him in the same bed.Under such circumstances, Rong Ze was really worried about leaving Xiao Xiaobai alone.

However, it is still so small and has no self-protection ability. If it wants to go on the road with Rong Ze, it may encounter various unpredictable dangers on the way, which is even more worrying.

Moreover, even if he agrees, Yuanshi Tianzun may not be willing-his dislike for these "things with hair and horns" is well-known.

Xiao Xiaobai finally caught up with his own tail, bit the tip of the tail, and cried out in pain.

Rong Ze had no choice but to hug it and coax it softly. The little guy was soon attracted by the lollipop he "changed" and all his attention was turned from sadness to joy. What happened just now.

Seeing its innocent smile, he clenched his fists, made up his mind, and said to Huang Long: "I've decided, no matter what, since I saved it, I can't abandon it."

Huang Long nodded, took out his spiritual knowledge, and edited the message: "In this case, let me help you find out what Master said."

"Thank you, brother." Rong Ze cupped his fists at him and joked, "It seems that I should use more dim sum for this bowl of claypot rice today."

Rong Ze took out several small casserole pots, and evenly spread a layer of oil extracted from Dangkang meat on the bottom and inner wall of the pot with a brush, put indica rice and water in proportion, and simmered on high heat.

The bacon marinated in advance is cut into light and translucent slices, and spread on the rice after the water in the pot is burned out.

Crispy rice is the soul of claypot rice.A bowl of dignified claypot rice must have crispy and delicious crispy rice.

Fat is the key to forming crispy rice.

Seeing that it was almost time for the heat to heat up, Rong Ze took out an egg, cracked open the shell and poured the whole egg on the surface of the rice, and simmered until it was half-cooked, forming a golden and bright soft-boiled egg.

The small green vegetables picked from the fields in the morning are tender and crispy. After being cooked in boiling water, drain the water and spread it on the rice.

Turning off the flame does not mean that this culinary demonstration is over, there is the last and crucial step-opening the lid and pouring the sauce.

The carefully prepared sauce sizzled when in contact with the steaming hot rice.In the ears of the chef, this is the most beautiful music in the world.

"Brother Rong, can you eat?" Huang Long couldn't wait.

Rong Ze smiled and made a "please" gesture.

Huanglong scooped up a large spoonful, and on top of it was a piece of sausage that was bright red in color and transparent in oil.The sauce slowly infiltrates into the fine-grained, white and slender indica rice underneath along the gaps in the rice grains.

Just looking at it made Huanglong move his index finger.

He eagerly put this spoonful of rice into his mouth, and the sense of happiness passed from the top of his head to his toes, and he couldn't help but tremble.

The saltiness of the sauce, the chewiness of the sausage, and the slightly rough and pleasant feeling of the rice grains passing through the esophagus are mixed together, making it difficult for him to distinguish the high from the low.

Seeing him desperately grilling the rice, Rong Ze smiled, pointed to the layer of burnt rice grains that had formed agglomerates on the inner wall of the casserole, and reminded: "Try the rice crust."

Huanglong has never seen a rice crust, but he has great trust in Rong Ze's recommendation.

Then he said that crispy rice is among the top 3 delicacies in his mind.

"Is there any more?" Huang Long blinked and looked at Rong Ze eagerly.

Rong Ze made a "puchi", pointed to the remaining bowls of casserole, raised his eyebrows and said, "If you can eat it, it's all yours."

"I can!" Huanglong said firmly.

Of course, in the end Huanglong still left enough food for Rong Ze, a hard-working chef. After a full meal, he lay lazily on the grass and burped happily.

"Brother Rong, what should I do if I don't want you to leave?" Huang Long said with a complicated expression, "Promise me, come back early, okay?"

Rong Ze couldn't laugh or cry: "It depends on your master."

When mentioning Yuan Shi, Huang Long couldn't help but think of the message sent to him before the meal.

Just now he has been immersed in delicious food, and forgot to pay attention to spiritual knowledge.

"Let me see if Master replied to me," he said, he took out his spiritual knowledge, injected spiritual power, and the screen lit up.

In the next second, his eyes widened and he exclaimed: "Master, Master actually agreed!"

***

Rong Ze held Xiao Xiaobai in his arms, and his eyes showed a bit of reluctance: "Dabai, so you really don't want to go with us?"

The snow-haired strange beast sitting high on the treetop was condescending, with its nine tails swaying back and forth gently behind it, without any intention of moving.

"Okay, I get it." A look of disappointment flashed in his eyes, "I left some food for you, and your Uncle Huanglong will visit you regularly, if you are bullied—"

Speaking of being stuck here, he really couldn't think of any spirit beasts in Zhuiyu Peak and even the entire Kunlun Mountains who would dare to bully the ancient beast Lu Wu.

"Cough, no matter what, you must take good care of yourself." Rong Ze quickly changed the subject, paused, and said in a particularly sad tone, "I don't know when I will come back, maybe you will grow up by then, and I may... ...don't even recognize you."

Yuan Shi lowered his eyes.

"All in all—" Rong Ze sniffed, and the small dimples at the corners of his mouth were faintly visible, "Dabai, let's not live today, the mountains are high and the waters are far away, we will meet later."

In the smoky purple eyes of the beast, the slightly thin figure gradually moved away until it disappeared completely.

The nine tails stopped shaking at some point, hanging low behind him.

The owner of the tail looked back for the last time, and then lightly jumped down from the treetops, like a white lightning, and quickly disappeared into the dusk.

***

Considering that Rong Ze is not a practitioner and cannot use the cloud-soaring technique, Yuan Shi personally went to Zhui Yufeng to pick him up.

In the end, I happened to see the scene where the beasts saw Rong Ze off.

Fresh wild fruits, all kinds of prey, and strange herbs piled up into a hill.The spirit beasts living here express their deepest nostalgia in the simplest way.

"My darling!" Huang Long, who was following behind Yuan Shi, said to himself, "Brother Rong's fate as a beast is really incredible, the uncrowned king, this is..."

Yuan Shi glanced at him lightly, Huang Long knew that he had slipped his tongue, and shrank his neck, secretly regretting why he was so talkative.

Speaking of which, this Jade Peak should be regarded as Master's private domain. I am afraid that Master would not be happy to see such a scene, would he?

Yuan Shi's mood was indeed complicated, but the reason was different from Huang Long's guess.

As one of Rong Ze's feeding objects, he was surprised at first, but now he is completely unsurprised that the spirit beasts are too close to Rong Ze.

What he cared about was Rong Ze's attitude.

Rong Ze has been doing his best to the spirit beasts, even treating a bird with weak spirit power equally.

When they were sick, he picked medicinal materials to make medicinal food.After giving birth to cubs, he stewed supplements to milk them.

In short, no matter how you look at it, Rong Ze can't find any faults in his attitude towards the spirit beasts.

The longer we get along, the more Yuanshi believes that Rong Ze should not be behind the madness of the beasts.

Of course, it cannot be said that he has nothing to do with the current wave of berserk beasts that have plagued the whole world. There are many doubts that need to be verified, which may be closely related to his life experience.

Yuan Shi withdrew his gaze, and said expressionlessly: "Notice, we can set off."

No one dared to delay Yuanshi Tianzun's order, and soon someone called Rong Ze over.

"Heavenly Venerable."

Rong Ze bid farewell to the beasts, walked up to Yuan Shi, and saluted in a regular manner, obviously still somewhat restrained.

On the contrary, Xiao Xiaobai poked his head out from his arms, looked at the other party curiously with round black eyes, suddenly opened his front paws, and pounced in the direction of Yuan Shi.

"Little Xiaobai!" Rong Ze's complexion changed slightly, and he quickly pushed the little guy's head back into his arms with quick eyesight, and hurriedly confessed, "Please forgive me, Xiao Xiaobai is still young and doesn't know how to behave. Teach it well."

"It's okay." Unexpectedly, Yuan Shi, who has always disliked such furry and horned people, didn't blame anything for it. He just glanced thoughtfully at the cub struggling in Rong Ze's arms, and said indifferently. Said, "Let's go."

Seeing that Yuanshi revealed the matter lightly, everyone present was relieved.

When Yuan Shi walked away first, Huang Long showed the expression of the rest of his life after a catastrophe, and whispered: "Brother Rong, you are really lucky this time, Master seems to be in a good mood today. No, it should be said that he has been very happy recently, or How could he promise you to take Xiao Xiaobai on the road together?"

Rong Ze also felt sorry for him and said, "I really hope his good mood lasts longer."

After finishing speaking, the two looked at each other and smiled wryly.

Honghuang suffered such a catastrophe, and it was really an extravagant hope for Yuanshi Tianzun, who took it as his duty to protect Honghuang, to maintain a good mood.

"Don't think too much." Huang Long patted him on the shoulder, "Believe in Master and yourself, I will wait for your triumphant return."

***

For this trip, Yuanshi chose to pack lightly and simply.Except for Rong Ze, he only brought a dozen or so disciples of the fourth generation of Chanjiao, who were responsible for handling all the chores during the itinerary.

Among them, the red-haired man named Fei Yi seemed to be the leader of the group of four generations of disciples, and the rest of the disciples respected him very much.

However, his attitude towards Rong Ze is not so friendly.

The reason is very simple, as the only one in the team who is like a bird, his main task is to escort Rong Ze who knows no Taoism.

That is to say, most of the time, he plays the role of porter.

This made Fei Yi, who was born in a close relative of the phoenix—the phoenix family, very angry.

Even in the interpretation and teaching that pays attention to his origin, his follow-up is considered first-class.And now, he actually wants to be a porter for a mortal who can't even practice?

To him, this is really an insult.

However, this was a task assigned by Yuan Shi himself, and he dared not fail to complete it. He just complained to his companions in private:

"It's unreasonable. I really don't know why the master is so fond of that mortal. He can't even do the simplest cloud-soaring technique. What's the use? And his pet, named Xiaobai, is also very annoying. I always like to pluck the feathers on my master's back!"

A well-informed person among the companions said mysteriously: "I heard that this Rong Ze is not simple. Several uncles and uncles are very close to him. Maybe he followed their path."

When it comes to the Twelve Golden Immortals, even Fei Yi has nothing to say.In the eyes of these juniors, saints are too far away, and the Twelve Golden Immortals are their ultimate role models.

"Be patient, brother." The companion said to Fei Yi sympathetically, "That mortal is indeed annoying, but if you mess with him, I'm afraid there will be trouble."

"Master, I—" Fei Yi took a deep breath, swallowed the swear words, rolled his eyes, and said angrily, "Hey, I want to see why he makes the master treat him differently."

With Yuanshi here, everyone dared not delay at all, and soon arrived at the first stop of the trip, which is also the nearest teaching post to Kunlun Mountain, Heishuihe.

Heishuihe was originally a gathering place of human race, more precisely, it was a gathering place of human practitioners.

Although after the Conferred God War, Chanjiao deliberately restrained his edge and chose to live in seclusion.However, there is no airtight wall after all in the world, and the existence of teachings is still spread quietly in the world in the form of myths and legends.

There is a human race who wholeheartedly cultivates the Tao and becomes an immortal, and travels thousands of miles to Kunlun Mountain, just to worship and teach, soaring to become an immortal.

But immortals are not so easy to cultivate, not to mention those who give up halfway or die halfway - this has already screened out [-]% of them. Even if they do find Kunlun Mountain, only a small number of them can pass the strict entry test in the teaching , to become an outer disciple.

The rest of those who were not so qualified and didn't want to go home lived on the banks of the Heishui River near Kunlun Mountain and continued to dream of cultivating immortals.

These people who stayed behind may not be unable to practice.

In fact, in order to motivate and also compensate these devout Taoists, Chanjiao will send special personnel to Heishui City to teach the basic Taoism every year, which makes more and more people willing to stay.

Over time, a relatively prosperous human town, Heishui City, was formed on the bank of the Heishui River.

This time the beast horde broke out across the wilderness, and Blackwater City was the first to be hit.It was also here that Fear Liusun was seriously injured by the berserk beast.

Later, Yuanshi sent his great apprentice Guang Chengzi to come, and this barely suppressed the beast tide, and Blackwater City became the first sentry point for educating and fighting against the beast tide.

When Yuanshi and his party arrived, Guangchengzi happened to be out chasing the beast hordes and couldn't return for a while, so he sent his apprentice Yin Jiao to receive them.

Unfortunately, not long ago, Yin Jiao received a report that there was another wave of beasts appearing, and he had to go out to exterminate them himself.

In desperation, he had no choice but to find the lord of Heishui City, a human practitioner named Shi Liyan, to receive them.

Shi Liyan wholeheartedly wanted to cultivate and become a celestial being, but he was not qualified enough, so he took the examination to select the disciples of the teachings every year, and failed every year.

Now he is over sixty years old. Although his lifespan has increased due to years of practice, he is afraid that if he continues, he may not be able to join the Chanjiao successfully when he dies.

That is Yuanshi Tianzun, a great sage!If I can get a few words of advice from him, or get the spiritual fruit bestowed by him as in the myths and legends, I will definitely be able to ascend in the daytime!

Shi Liyan was so excited that after receiving the notice, he immediately summoned a lot of his cronies happily to meet this big boss among the big bosses.

***

Looking down from a high altitude, except for the winding river and the rolling mountains, there are almost no other views.

Even Rong Ze lost the excitement he had in the beginning.He sat quietly on Luanniao's broad back, holding sleepy little Xiaobai in his arms.

Wait, what is that?

Out of the corner of his eye, Rong Ze suddenly glanced at the dark and indistinct area in front of him, and his arms tightened.

"Aww?" Xiao Xiaobai was awakened by him, and opened his sleepy eyes.

"It's okay, you continue to sleep." Rong Ze patted its head and comforted it.

Others also noticed the abnormality ahead, and the team gradually stopped.