Fire Cloud Cave.
After leaving ancient Shu State, the Nine Heavenly Immortal Woman came here to find her former disciple Yan Huang of the Yellow Emperor to play chess. This lasted for forty-nine days.
Yan Huang was speechless. This matter had nothing to do with him. However, the Nine Heavenly Immortal Woman refused to leave, so he, as her disciple, could not chase her away and had to accompany her.
Seeing her sit for forty-nine days without showing any signs of fatigue, it seemed as though she could sit for another forty-nine days.
The Jade Emperor, who had been using the excuse of seclusion, could only come out to meet her.
"The Jade Emperor has known about what you have requested," he paused and said. "In the past, Yu Huang Fu Xi obtained guidance from the Elder Yunfei under a peach tree, which is why he made the Yu Huangqin using peach wood. It should be mentioned that Yu Huang owed the Phoenix tribe a cause and effect."
He meant to draw a line. "What connection does it have with the Yu Xing of the Yao tribe and the human Yu Xing?" he asked. "The Nine Heavenly Immortal Woman knows that this person is a generous person and will not keep score. She patiently awaits his explanation."
Yu Xiu really can't be as shameless as Zhun Ti. After a moment of thought, he said, "Caring for the elderly is something the Three Emperors wanted to do but failed to accomplish, but she has done well. Now, the fortune in the south is growing stronger and stronger, it seems that the will of heaven is not ending for the Phoenix tribe... I can tell this to my younger sister. Whether it succeeds or not, and whether that person can finally escape from the secular calamity, I cannot guarantee."
The Nine Heavenly Immortal Woman nodded gently, "Okay."
......
Nandu City.
Uncle Ben was busy with the affairs of the city defense, Deng Chanyu had nothing to do, so she continued to dress as a white-clad young master and wander around the streets, searching for inspiration to firmly combine the fire and five-color stones.
The waterways in the southern capital were dense, and as she walked along the riverbank, thinking of the scene of picking up the five-color stones from a few days ago, she led her horse to a stop by the river to watch.
As she watched, she noticed an old lady in the distance.
The old lady was dressed in tattered clothes, her face full of wrinkles. At this moment, she was holding an iron rod as thick as a bowl and grinding it on the stones with a "Duang, Duang" sound.
Deng Chanyu: "..."
Old Lady: "..."
She only knew that Ziyang Zhenren in Journey to the West was an immortal from Song Dynasty, who then crossed over to the Tang Dynasty's Zhu Zi Guo to give a sweater to some queen. She didn't expect that there was also a time traveler in Fengshen Gong!
She was filled with curiosity. She loosened the rein, allowing Biaozi to go off to drink water nearby, and then she walked slowly towards the old lady.
Whether it's a coincidence or not, just saying a few words, there's no loss.
"Madam, what are you doing here?"
The old lady had a hearing impairment, and it took her two repeats to hear clearly.
"Old woman, I want to grind a needle for my daughter who is married."
Deng Chanyu snorted inwardly, confirming her suspicions. This should be the old lady who crossed over from the Tang Dynasty, but she hasn't met the old lady who hasn't met Li Bai yet.
"No need for you to grind..."
The old lady was very persistent: "No, you don't need to grind... Ah, as long as you are persistent, there will be..."
Deng Chanyu interrupted her: "Not at all, my meaning is that you don't need to grind it. Just a street away, do you know the Deng family Mercantile? There, they give away rice, flour, oil and whatever needlework items for free. You can go there to get them. This iron rod is quite thick. Keep it well for later use when you beat someone up or something. Do you think this is reasonable?"
The old lady: "..."
What a tall person! I just want to hit you!
The old lady was also quick-witted and quickly came up with a different explanation: "Others are giving it away, that's their karma. I've heard that this is called 'the mind is sincere, the spirit is present,' so that my poor daughter can live a peaceful life, this is the only thing I can do for her. As long as you work hard enough, an iron rod can be ground into a needle!"
Deng Chanyu was speechless. She had gone around in circles and ended up making the old lady say the famous saying.
She didn't say anything else, but stood quietly watching the old lady grind the rod "DuangDuang" slowly and carefully.
To tell the truth, there was a unique rhythm between the old lady's every move and every static moment, as if there was some profound truth hidden in it. Her previously restless mind, which had been disturbed by her advanced dual form transformation, began to settle down gradually.
"Old lady, let me help you grind it."
The old lady seemed to have been waiting for this sentence for a long time, standing up and directly handing her the big iron rod.
Deng Chanyu took out the effort to pick up the fire train and wanted to try whether she could quickly grind it off. However, as soon as the iron rod made contact with the stone, the strength in her arm disappeared like a stone ox entering the sea, and the iron rod only lightly rubbed against the surface of the stone. Her fingers slipped, and she almost dropped it, almost hitting her toes which were especially sensitive.
"Hmm? That's really strange..."
She had never encountered such a situation before and didn't believe in fate. She tried grinding it again, but it was still the same. It seemed that when she ground the iron rod, she became an ordinary person.
Although there was no premonition of any destiny or cause, she knew that today's encounter was definitely different. The iron rod and the stone were probably some kind of treasure.
She took a deep breath and focused, carefully sensing the friction between the iron rod and the stone. Slowly, she also discovered a hint: her strength had not disappeared, but had been dissipated by the stone in a peculiar manner.
She gathered her strength, trying not to let the stone dissipate it, and then gradually increased her efforts.
Then she also remembered the old lady's state of moving and stillness when grinding the needle, which was Yin and Yang or the five elements? Her basic knowledge was too lacking, so she could only rely on guessing.
Even though she felt her strength was limitless, there would come a time when, acting like an idiot with an iron rod grinding stone, she would become exhausted.
When she raised her head again, she found that the sky had already turned dark. Unconsciously, she had been grinding for four hours.
The old lady, who was once thin and emaciated, had transformed into an elderly woman wearing a woven gold-green ramie jacket with a tied waist, decorated with yellow ostrich egg silk skirt, and high-bottom flower shoes.
The old woman's face was rather benevolent. Pointing at the iron rod, she spoke word by word, "On the day when the iron rod is ground into a needle, come to the Lishan Mountains to find me."
With a faint smoke, the old lady disappeared, leaving Deng Chanyu standing there in a daze, along with Biaozi, who was lying down to rest nearby.
Lishan Mountains? Lishan old lady? Li Shanlaomo?!
The Li Shan Laomu who made the Three Sages of Buddhism - Guanyin, Manjushri, and Samantabhadra - regard her as their junior?
Deng Chanyu rubbed her shoulders, her arms were sore after grinding the iron rod for half a day, but her heart was mostly excited.
Li Shanlaomo had a high rank, and there were many speculations about her in the past life. Some suspected that this old lady who liked to take female generals as her disciples was the reincarnation of a saint, and it seemed that there was only one female saint in these years......
Am I really the most outstanding female general in this era? Has Li Shanlaomu taken notice of me too? I had the urge to cross my arms and laugh twice, but I forced myself to hold it back.
I don't know why she's looking for me, but I have to hold onto this thigh.
"Biaozi! Wake up! Wake up! Go back and find Qiao, have her make me some food. I won't sleep tonight either, I'll just grind the needle here!"
She tried to move the stone, but it wouldn't budge. The stone seemed to be rooted in the ground. Not even with a thousand pounds of strength in her arms, let alone ten thousand pounds, she couldn't move this thing.
She had no choice but to grind the stone here!
No doubt, grind away!
