Chapter Twenty-Five

  On the day of Taiyi's grand wedding, all the fellow Taoist friends from the Purple Mist Palace and the great masters from all over the world came to offer their congratulations, except for the Wu tribe. Although no one from the Wu tribe attended the wedding ceremony, they did send a few senior witches with gifts before leaving.

  As for the congratulatory gifts sent by the leaders of each department of the demon tribe, they filled a huge square.

  At this time, Taiyi and Xihe came out to pay their respects to the various great powers.

  Laozi first presented a cauldron of self-refined nine-turn golden elixir, followed by Yuanshi and Tongtian who also presented several rare treasures. Boyu was standing behind them and saw that Yuanshi and Tongtian were followed by several young boys who looked like their disciples.

  "I didn't expect them to start recruiting disciples now. I'd better go take a look at who those future celebrities are..." Bo Fu thought and went to do so.

  The three of us, including Laozi, chatted for a while and exchanged some pleasantries. Then, Bo Xuan said to Yuan Shi and Tong Tian, "Who are the two people behind you? They're truly extraordinary, with great fortune in store for them."

  Yuanshi smiled and said, "It's just that my junior brother and I were idle and accepted some disciples. Come, let me introduce you. This is my disciple, Guang Chengzi. Come and meet Tian Ting Nan Fang Zhi Zhang Bo Dao You. These few are the disciples of Tong Tian Shifu, let him introduce them to you himself."

  Tongtian introduced, pulling over a guy who looked not much younger than him and said: "This is my great disciple Duobao." Then he pointed to the three girls behind him and said: "Jinling, Wudang, Guiling." He then pulled over a young man with a rather refined air: "Zhao Gongming." Behind them were three stunningly beautiful girls: "Yunxiao, Bixiao, Qiongxiao." After finishing the introductions, he stroked his beard with great satisfaction.

  Bo Yu's eyes widened as he said "I've long admired you" in a loud voice. The other disciples were fine, but that youngest of the three Qiong, who looked like she was only eight or nine years old, came bouncing over and grabbed Bo Yu's robes, stretching out her hand for a greeting.

  "Damn it, I also have to give a gift later!!! I actually forgot, didn't think that even in the wilderness, I couldn't avoid getting hit by red envelopes...". As a well-known poor demon, Bó Fú was unable to come up with any gifts or congratulatory presents for the time being. Just as he was about to lose face, he suddenly thought of the peacock feathers on his body that he could pluck out. Although they couldn't compare to the five life-bound Five Elements long feathers, there were also thirty-six short feathers separated between the long feathers.

  At this time, he gritted his teeth and pulled out nine feathers, giving one to each of the Yuanshi's disciples who were connected to Tongtian. His mouth was still smiling as he urged them to take good care of them. After all, it didn't matter to him; in a few hundred years, they would grow back anyway. However, Bo Xiang always felt that this was somewhat humiliating, giving away his feathers like this was...

  However, those few disciples didn't seem to think so, and even the Three Pure Ones were quite delighted. They instructed their disciples to return the gifts with due respect, after all, pre-heavenly treasures weren't that common. Among them, a few female disciples looked at the magnificent feathers with joy, their faces flushed red as they came forward to thank him. Bo Xiang could only awkwardly respond one by one.

  At this time, two Taoist priests from the Western world also presented their gifts, which were a lotus seed and a Bodhi seed respectively... Although they looked unimpressive, they were also considered precious gifts.

  The Zi Xiao Palace listened to the lectures, and everyone presented their gifts. Soon it was Bo Fu's turn. Before him, Kun Peng had given a set of 108 precious pearls, all of which were post-heavenly spiritual treasures. Bo Fu took out twelve short feathers, bowed his head and presented them. After presenting them, he exchanged congratulations with Tai Yi Xi and was about to cover his face and leave, saying "Others give various precious objects, but I'm giving just a feather, it's really not worthy of being a son, what a loss of face!" But he was held back by Tai Yi, who thanked him profusely for presenting such valuable treasures. Only then did Bo Fu put down his heart knot and rejoin the banquet, where host and guests enjoyed themselves to the fullest.

  After the wedding ceremony, Bo Fu was about to leave. As soon as he came out of the main hall, he saw four monsters rushing over and kowtowing: "Heaven is pitiful, today we finally found our master." Bo Fu was shocked: "When did I take in slaves? How didn't I know?"

  "Bo Fu asked: 'What's going on with you four? Why are you calling me Old Master?'"

  Those four monsters replied, "Master, in the past, you cultivated on a desolate mountain and used divine light to transform a pine tree. We are that pine tree transformed into monsters. Grateful for Master's kindness, we vowed to serve as his servants. The four of us have been searching for Master for over a thousand years, but unfortunately, we didn't know Master's name back then, so we had nowhere to look. Today, we sensed Master's demonic aura and finally found you. We humbly request that Master take us in."

  Baifu came to know that it was the pine nuts used for timing in the past, which had grown into a monster, and could barely be considered an old acquaintance. He then called them to stay in the palace built for him in the Heavenly Court and take care of it from time to time.

  Ba Bao left the Heavenly Court to travel around, and one day he came to a large river. With a sudden inspiration, he picked up a handful of mud, turned it into a pear-shaped hollow clay ball with several holes, and then used his inner energy to fire the clay into a ceramic whistle.

  Bo Fu sat on the riverbank, casually putting the ocarina to his mouth and blowing it up. The low and melancholic sound spread across both banks of the great river. He was immersed in the music he played at will, unaware that a woman had walked over from upstream and sat down on the opposite bank to listen to him play.

  The song came to an end, and Bo Fu raised his head to see the woman opposite him. Her exquisite face was reflected in the slow-moving water, creating a breathtakingly beautiful scene that defied description. He couldn't help but softly hum: "The reeds are green, green, and the white dew turns to frost. The so-called beauty is on the other side of the water."

  Against the current, the way is obstructed and long; with the current, it's as if in the middle of the water.

  The reeds are sighing, the white dew has not yet dried. The one I think of is on the other side of the water.

  Upstream it is difficult and steep; downstream it flows smoothly as if on flat ground.

  The water plants are growing thickly, and the white dew has not yet dried; they say that she is in the shallow water.

  "Upstream against it, the way is blocked and to the right; upstream with it, it seems to be in the water and swirling."

  The woman heard this and immediately felt both ashamed and annoyed. At this time, another guy rushed out from the side and patted Ba Fu: "What do you want to do with my sister?"

  It turned out to be Fuxi, and the woman was Nüwa. At this moment, Nüwa was both shy and annoyed, her face red with added beauty. Fuxi then said: "You want to do something, first pass my test..."

  Bo Yu saw Fu Xi still making faces at him and couldn't help but burst out laughing. Nüwa, on the other hand, had already turned dark and was ready to take action. Bo Yu shouted: "A good man doesn't fight with a woman!!" As he turned around and ran away, the pottery wheel in his hand fell to the ground. Nüwa's strike was delayed by one step, and Bo Yu had already escaped far away. However, Nüwa didn't hold back either, and directly struck Fu Xi...

  "It's better to die with a noble friend than to live in poverty. Farewell, Fuxi, may you rest assured." Bo Fu laughed and ran away quickly.

  On the road, Baofu's mood was pleasant. At this time, he had already reached the cultivation of Daluo Jinxian, but his personality still liked to be mischievous and fight, optimistic and carefree, often making mistakes, not having the demeanor of a profound and noble Taoist at all.

  At the right time, Bo Fu suddenly felt something in his heart, and somewhere in the vastness, there was something closely related to him. He flew all the way and finally found a large egg in a remote mountain valley.

  The large eggshell was colorful, with a natural aura of the five elements flowing within. Bo Fu watched for a long time and knew in his heart that this was where Kong Xuan originated from in this world...

  Bo Fu hesitated for a moment, then waved his hand and shot a stream of spiritual light into the egg. He said softly, "From this moment on, you are the Peacock, I am just Bo Fu bird. Now I will pass on to you the Five-Colored Divine Light, in the future your own karma is yours to bear." Afterwards, Bo Fu let out a hearty laugh and turned his gaze towards another mountain valley, with a profound meaning in his eyes...

  He quickly turned into a rainbow and left. Now the third sermon is about to begin...