NOVEL NEXT Proofread by Zhu Yuan
I began to count the days. Every day, I watched the sunrise and sunset and waited for Bai Xiaoshan to come back. Emperor of Donghua went to the Ziwei Garden in the North Pole and I didn’t know what he was doing there with Pak Tai. I hadn’t seen him since I returned to Qinghua Garden that day. Fairy Pine said that they were close friends, and they often studied Taoism together. Emperor of Donghua hadn’t been to Ziwei Garden for a long time. Therefore, they must have something important to do.
In the absence of Emperor of Donghua, I could enjoy the Clear Spring Pool exclusively. This was the only thing that I enjoyed. However, when Bai Qingqing retaliated against me, Emperor of Donghua could not rescue me in time, which disappointed me. Fortunately, Bai Qingqing and I were able to mend fences through the mediation of Fairy Qianbi.
I became bored in Qinghua Garden. Together with Bai Qingqing and Fairy Qianbi, I went to Daode Tianzun’s Palace, and planned to help him delouse the ox. I was going to flatter him by praising his unusual hobbies, and see what happened to Spring after staying in the oven for one day.
“Bai, are you here to feed the fire again?” Daode Tianzun rode on the ox and saw me from a distance.
I smiled, went straight over to pat on the head of the ox and said: “I’m here to delouse the ox!”
He stroked his beard and smiled, but apparently he didn’t believe what I said.
I looked around and asked: “Hey, where’s Spring?”
He looked towards the door and said: “He has smelled you! He would be too stupid if he still stayed here!”
I twitched my mouth. He was really a weak pheasant!
“By the way, Bai, last time I told you that I had a beauty pill for you. I nearly forgot it. Come on, I’ll give it to you right now!” He took out a small gourd from his pocket, poured out a multicolored pill and handed it to me. He looked at me expectantly with his eyes glittering like a child.
Daode Tianzun, why did you dislike my appearance?
Bai Qingqing gloated: “My sister, you must take it right now! The beauty pill is not prepared for everyone! Alas, if I weren’t born beautiful, I would certainly ask one from Daode Tianzun!”
I was depressed. Bai Qingqing would take advantage of me every time she caught the chance!
Fairy Qianbi reached out her hand and waved, and several large characters appeared in the air: “Li, you should take it!”
They all looked at me expectantly, so I forced myself to swallow that pill without any hesitation.
After taking it, I covered my face with my hands, and then saw a bunch of colourful light emitting through my fingers. I closed my eyes and felt depressed. It was likely that I would become a monster!
After a while, Daode Tianzun gestured for me to take off my hands. I refused to do so at first, but Bai Qingqing pulled apart my hands forcefully.
I looked at Daode Tianzun. He smiled joyfully and said: “Bai, that is what you supposed to look like! Now, you are more pleasing to the eye. How could you come back with such a face after the reincarnation? You’re so lucky that I have the beauty pill! “
I was once again discriminated by him! Although I was not an impressive beauty, I was still pretty. Why did he have prejudice on me?
I touched my face and didn’t feel any difference. Then I turned to look at Bai Qingqing, only to find her staring at me in great astonishment!
I leaned forward, smiled and said: “Hey, am I so beautiful that you’re shocked by me?”
Bai Qingqing calmed down immediately and pooh-poohed me when she saw my proud face. She said uneasily: “Since Emperor of Donghua, the most handsome guy in the world didn’t shock me, you can only surprise me in your next life!”
I snorted at her. She must be shocked by my beauty! In order to verify my guess, I took out a small mirror from my pocket. However, I was frightened by the fuzzy face of the fox in the mirror. It turned out that I accidentally took out the “monster-revealing mirror” made by my father. I took a deep breath and found another one. Looking at it carefully, I froze for a moment. Was this me? The effect of this beauty pill was too exaggerated!
The face in the mirror was only a little similar to my original one. It was a completely strange face to me, so to speak. If I used to be a pretty girl, then I became an exceedingly gorgeous beauty, even more beautiful than Bai Qingqing. I was more gentle and lovely, but the charm was faint. This face was like a pure and glamorous white peony, which was clear and bright. However, looking at this face, I fell into a trance. As if I had seen it a long time ago, I hated it from the bottom of my heart.
I stared at the mirror for a long time, and Daode Tianzun asked me: “Bai, are you satisfied?”
I pursed my lips and didn’t reply to him.
“What’s up?” Fairy Qianbi conjured up a few words in the air, and there was a hint of doubt on her expressionless face.
I looked up at Daode Tianzun and asked sullenly: “Can I change it back?”
He almost fell off the ox. After a pause, he sighed: “God, you are, like, the worst judge of ladies ever.”
I closed my eyes, ignored his words and said: “I think my original appearance is better. Can you help me change it back?”
He also ignored my words and said: “Bai, don’t take things too hard!”
I tugged at the corner of his trousers and begged him: “Your Majesty, if you don’t change it back, I’ll put Spring into the oven again!”
As these words were spoken, there was a sudden noise at the gate of the palace. It seemed that someone fell over.
Daode Tianzun looked at the gate, then turned to me and sighed: “Bai, I only have beauty pills. It is impossible for me to change it back!”
I regretted it deeply. I shouldn’t have swallowed that beauty pill! Bai Xiaoshan said that an extremely gorgeous woman was a curse and no one wanted to marry her. I would never get married!
I walked out of the palace with great sadness, and I was even not in the mood to make fun of Spring, who sneaked into the palace as I left. I felt deeply sorry for myself.
It was really rare that Bai Qingqing said nothing, but she turned to look at my face frequently, and it seemed that she was going to say something. I didn’t want to worry about her. As long as she didn’t judge me, I would be grateful!
Fairy Qianbi walked beside me silently, looking at me apprehensively from time to time.
“Sister Peony?” Suddenly, I heard a familiar voice. When I looked up, I saw Fairy Peach Blossom coming towards me, a pair of beautiful eyes staring at me with tears.
I was surprised and attempted to leave, but she stopped right in front of me, grabbed my hand and said excitedly: “My sister, are you finally willing to return to Baihua Palace? I knew that you would not leave me!”
I looked at her for a while and didn’t know what to say at that moment. Should I tell her that I was not Fairy Peony? But Emperor of Donghua said clearly that I was. Should I say I was Fairy Peony? But I was definitely not! It was such a big headache!
“Sister Peony, you haven’t been back to Baihua Palace for more than two thousand years. All fairies are there today and they miss you so much. Shall we go back together?” Although she was speaking to me in the tone of asking, but actually she was dragging me to Baihua Palace.
“Fairy Peony? You are Fairy Peony?” Bai Qingqing stared her big eyes and asked in surprise. All of us walked fast to keep up with Fairy Peach Blossom.
“Emperor of Donghua said that I was Fairy Peony in my previous life,” I answered reluctantly.
Shocked, she stood there for a while, and then quickly caught up with us. She murmured: “That explains it!”
After a long time, Bai Qingqing came up to me with a smile and said: “My sister, I have no idea that you are still attached to Emperor of Donghua. You’ll have a bright future!”
I looked at her with puzzlement. Then Fairy Peach Blossom interposed: “You’re so attached to Emperor of Donghua. I’ve persuaded you for so many times but you never listen to me! Why are you attracted by him? He’s like a smelly and emotionless stone! You’re the most beautiful fairy in Baihua Palace. There are countless male fairies who want to be favored by you. Every one of them will be more considerate than Emperor of Donghua.”
I was completely confused by them, so I asked weakly: “Are you talking about me?”
But they obviously ignored me. Especially Bai Qingqing, she had already come to the side of Fairy Peach Blossom and began whispering to her. Fairy Peach Blossom also chatted with her excitedly, as if she had met her bosom friend. Fairy Peach Blossom’s face turned red with excitement!
I was very pleased that Bai Qingqing finally met her kindred spirit, so I kept silent with Fairy Qianbi and headed for Baihua Palace.
Before I got there, I already smelled the fragrance of flowers overflowing the palace. There were various flowers. The fragrance slowly swept through my whole body, and I felt that it was quite familiar to me. When I stepped into Baihua Palace, I saw the endless sea of flowers, with hundreds of flowers blossoming and competing for beauty. The scenery was breathtaking.
In the middle of the sea of flowers, a group of fairies danced in the wind, with fallen petals fluttering like butterflies.
I was stunned by the scene before me and thought: It would be wonderful if I could live here! This was indeed a fairyland!
“Sister Peony, thank goodness you’re back! We miss you so much!” Seeing us entering Baihua Palace, the fairies who were dancing in the garden stopped and came to me.
I looked around and found that Bai Qingqing and Fairy Qianbi had already gone away. I hung my head down. I’d better not live here! It was too stressful to live in a place with so many fairies!