The stars move quickly, the sun and the moon fly by.
In the blink of an eye, the weather is getting colder and colder, and from autumn to winter, it is bitterly cold.
It was a difficult year. Floods in the summer severely damaged agriculture in the south, and at the same time, the Northland also suffered from severe drought.
It is not difficult to understand. The dragon of water and vapor that was supposed to travel north was trapped in the south, and it rained continuously like the sky was pouring.
Firstly, it was too late when heading north, and secondly, a large amount of water vapor was lost in the south. Even though the gods later opened a way to send it to the north, it was not enough to receive the usual amount of rain.
During the lean years, there were floods and droughts, and in winter it was bitterly cold, leaving a big mess for the new emperor who ascended the throne.
People's livelihood is far more difficult than before.
This is a sign of changes in the world. Not only Gong Mengbi feels this way, but also other foxes will say unintentionally, "The world is difficult and the prosperity is no longer good."
Even in the human world, foxes need to eat, drink, and make a living. The more difficult it is, the more pious the people become in offering sacrifices to the gods.
Most likely, there is no way out in the human world, so we have no choice but to seek help from gods and Buddhas.
Gods and Buddhas do not eat, but foxes do. Even foxes are having a hard time at this time. Even if they have some tricks, they can't make a living by doing so.
It's winter solstice in a blink of an eye.
The Huzi courtyard is decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations.
Ning Caichen and Ma Junji took a break and went home to celebrate the festival with their families. The monthly salary offered to them by Gong Mengbi is very high. Such salary is enough for them to improve their lives and concentrate on their studies.
If teachers themselves can’t survive, how can they think about teaching students? Gong Mengbi only wanted them to work hard, so he did not begrudge money. Even during holidays, we have to give them gifts.
This winter solstice, only one person received half a month's extra monthly salary.
During such a big festival, the homeless foxes celebrated by themselves in the Fox Courtyard.
After more than five months of study from June to November, these foxes are already very different from before.
Gong Mengbi taught well and didn't just impart knowledge.
Expanding the fox's horizons and enlightening his heart are what he has been doing.
If your vision is narrow, you will have to spend your whole life energy, and there will be no extra energy to see a wider world.
If a fox's practice stops at flowing out, his life will not be long. Only when you enter the rank will your longevity increase significantly.
If you don't practice, the trivial things every day will be enough to make the fox's Taoism retreat day by day, until it can no longer retreat, and it will die in the end of life or in disaster.
It is often said that there are nine great kalpas for fox cultivation. In fact, it is not that you are destined to go through nine kalpas before you can achieve enlightenment, but that it is not easy to practice, that is, you will encounter various difficulties.
Those mountain fox cultivators are so ignorant that they don't even know what is important and what is not important. They wallow in the world. If they are lucky, they may achieve something, but most of them disappear without a trace.
In Huziyuan, Gong Mengbi taught them what was advance and retreat, what was benefit and loss, communicated experiences, shared knowledge, taught practice, and gradually the trend was reversed.
Necessary control is naturally indispensable, but they must be convinced by the reasoning and the pros and cons.
A considerable part of the fox's fate has naturally disintegrated during this period of practice. The enrichment of vision and the change of mentality have even solved many bad ties.
From the initial change in human form to influencing people's popularity, to now worshiping heaven and gods, accepting energy and keeping gods, foxes are becoming more and more human-like, becoming more and more separated from the beast's temperament, and gradually gaining popularity.
Most of this popularity came from the influence of the two teachers. Even Ning Caichen and Ma Junji often couldn't tell whether they were teaching foxes or humans.
When Gong Mengbi heard their sighs, he often smiled and asked: "In terms of heaven, what is not human?"
For people themselves, maybe they are not human if they look different. But as far as the sky is concerned, the people are the people, and the people are also the people, so there is no difference.
Whether one is considered a person or not is obviously not judged by his image.
The foxes celebrate the winter solstice and have a banquet. Although they don't have the cooking skills of Fatty Kang, they can still make edible meals.
But the most important thing is not the banquet, but the performance in front of the gods named by Gong Mengbi.
On the great day of the winter solstice, perform rituals and sacrifices to the gods in front of the Empress of Mount Tai in order to repay the kindness.
Because of this incident, all the foxes entered a tense and exciting atmosphere.
Vixens can be seen everywhere, either blowing the wind, driving away objects, or performing magic tricks, all performing magic in front of gods in preparation.
Only the fox prisoner in charge of the banquet looked envious and pitiful.
Before the night banquet performance, Gong Mengbi received greetings from afar.
There was a wisp of elegant floral fragrance lingering around him. Gong Mengbi smiled knowingly, found a quiet room, closed his eyes and answered the call.
The room is full of sweet fragrance, the fire is warm and the flowers are fragrant, it is the invitation of a good lady.
Gong Mengbi transformed into the scent, looked at Liang Ji and Liu Sheng, and said with a warm smile: "I feel relieved to see that everything is fine with you."
Liang Ji smiled and said: "Brother Lao has been traveling around a lot these days, and I have achieved some success in the method of cold scented pills. Since it is a festive season, I will invite Brother Gong to come and get together."
Since the last time the ghosts and gods from the city came to investigate the death case of Wu Ning County City God, Liu Sheng has been wandering around with Liang Ji, running around to collect the flowers of the four seasons and the rain of the four seasons.
Among them, the most difficult one was the white peony. Because the season was over, I asked Granny Shi for divination and found it in a valley before the flowers faded.
After Granny Shi passed away, it was Gong Mengbi who looked at the sky, calculated causes and conditions, and gave them guidance.
Liang Ji has gathered together the four clear water vapors: rain in the rain season, dew in the white dew season, frost in the frost season, and snow in the light snow season.
Among the four elite flowers, the white peony, white lotus, and white hibiscus have all been refined, leaving only the white plum blossom.
Although traveling around for the past six months was hard, both Liu Sheng and Liang Ji enjoyed it.
Liu Sheng's originally decadent body and martial arts became even more powerful. Liang Ji's popularity and cold fragrance had made her visible in the daytime, and she was not afraid of the sun.
Gong Mengbi sat with them for a while and then gave instructions: "You go to Dalei Mountain. There are plum blossoms planted by Senior Seventh Cultivator in Dalei Mountain, and there are many white plums among them. They have received the aura of the mountain and are worthy of use."
Liu Sheng took out the recommendation letter hidden in the bag, which Gong Mengbi asked for from Granny Shi. Old Man Qixiu was originally from Qingxu Guan, and Granny Shi had always had a good relationship with Qingxu Guan, so it would not be a problem to recommend someone to practice.
Gong Mengbi took this letter and thought of Granny Shi, and felt a little sad for a moment.
Gong Mengbi didn't stay long, and now the fragrance was gone, he couldn't eat or drink, and it was a waste of Liang Ji's magic power, so he said goodbye soon and prepared for the night banquet and performance.
At night, Gong Mengbi led the fox crowd to worship the Taishan Empress and the Jade Fairy Goddess.
It's freezing cold, and foxes are now transformed, looking like they're wearing thick coats.
Even Gong Mengbi was wearing a fiery red cloak with a white winter coat underneath.
－－－－－－Digression－－－－－
I was quite busy today and I was so tired. When I came back in the evening, I fell asleep while sitting on the sofa drinking water. There is another chapter that should not be finished until 12:30, so I will post it for revision and not read it yet. The transition is over and it’s time to enter the main line.
7017k
