Hu Li ask him what happen with the snake and the tripes. He told her the fights with the snake as animated as he can. She watch him with dramatic action and laugh. He is happy that she is laughing instead of crying. They avoid talking about Yue Sheng Qin. It is the best not to talk nor think about him. Thus she consult Fei on moving the tree and the temple if possible. Fei said he will go up to the library and look for a spell to do it. Meanwhile he brings news that he have visit Bai Lu.
"That boy is busy. He is designing a dam that can block flooding at a county. Huan Xi and Dong Mei is staying with him."
"How is Huan Xi?"
"She is better now. Previously we placed her in the lotus flower. It repair her physical body. She is like any of us now."
"That is nice. She is now a family."
"She is likeable. No one in the sky or on earth dislike her. "
"indeed! But Fei you must help me to find a way to move the temple and the tree."
"I will but it is going to take time."
"Soon i will have one thousand wishes done and i love this temple. I want to make it last forever if possible."
"Hu Li, i don't know if it can last for a long time.'
"It will. I should have read more books when i was in the sky. Maybe, i will have the ability to move the temple and the tree."
Everyday Hu Li wait for visitors to come. Every night she sits at the stone statues and look at the village down the mountain. The night light is so attractive. She imagine what the night market sellers are selling. The wonderful fun toys that delight children and the delightful sight of people smiling. She look at the sky and wonder if Fei have find the way to move the entire space of the temple. Day and night she think of the the mountain. She is thinking if she can stop the mountain from destruction, maybe the temple and the tree will be safe.
One day, a beggar comes into the temple. He pray with his hands together while standing. He look at the scroll and take an apple on the table.
"I know you are watching me. You can come down to talk?"
She move in the scroll and step out of the scroll. He watch a beautiful woman wearing white with white hair land step on the ground gently. They look at each other and he eat the apple happily.
"Who are you?"
"I am the new mountain god. Recently ...."
"New mountain god? What is your job?"
"Take care of ..."
"You won't let TaiHuan mountain destroy, am i correct?"
"That ... so difficult. When something old is worn, new must be created."
"Nothing is difficult... only if you have the heart to do anything... anything is possible."
"No no no... anyway i am only here to ... pay my respect to you. That's all. Now i will go see other earth immortals. Good bye."
He bow and walk out. He disappear after he throw the core of apple on the ground. Hu Li look at the rude man with distaste but there is something strange that why there is a sudden new mountain god. She step outside her temple and stare at the core of the apple. The core is not rooting. Usually a god of harvest, touches anything will allow the seed to take root but this mountain god is not allowing the seed to grow. This is strange. She gently pick up the seed. Rub it in her palm. With her spell she send it floating up and she blow it.
"May you grown big and healthy."
The seed fly far and landed on the ground in the forest. It take root and busking under the sunlight. Hu Li feels satisfy and look around. Time to clean her temple.
Two days later, she finds her kitchen in a mess. Someone have come in and cook up a storm and leave the place a mess. She sigh and arrange everything back in place. Another few days later, again it happen. Thus she did not refill the kitchen anymore. She is annoyed to keep maintaining it. She even have the crockeries are keep away. Fire wood are return to the forest. She walk away with an empty kitchen.
She sit with the statue of a fox and she is swinging her legs while holding a little flower that she saw on the ground. As long as she holds the flower, it will not wither. She look around and hear the silence of the night.
"Lonely?"
She look down to see that new mountain god standing next to the statute that she is sitting on. She squint her eyes and stare down at him.
"No."
She never have such a feeling of disliking a person. Is is what it feels like not to like a person's present. She wish he go away. The new mountain god smile and said gently.
"Well you shouldn't be stingy with your kitchen."
"Ah so you are the one who mess it up and walk away."
"What? At least i take my trash with me."
"And i should be grateful to you?"
"Yeh that is the basic. Now the kitchen don't have anything except a stove. Not convenience at all. Put back everything so that we all can use."
"No."
She continue to swing her legs and watch the lights below the village. It goes quiet again. That new mountain god is gone again. So the next day, she step out of her scroll in the late afternoon, She finds that all the tags that were hanging on the tree is now on the ground. A lot of flowers have fallen too. She feel the sadness in the tree. She touch the tree trunk.
"Don't worry. You are still beautiful. You are still the only special tree on this mountain. No other trees are as beautiful as you are."
The branches shake a bit. She pat it a few more times. With the spell on her hand, she command the tags to return where they are suppose to hang. The day can be smooth without her finding her favourite statue of a fox smear with mud.