Rescue Me, My Love

The Realms Rejoice

     Zhe Yan reveled in the attention he was getting.  He stayed in the den and many visitors came to see him and welcome him back.  After a week he felt stronger and decided to walk around.  The children had taken to following him.  He walked to Yanhua cave and stood before it.  Jingsi pulled his sleeve and pointed at the cave.  "That Yanhua cave!  That where Mother keep Fuqin's body and fed him blood for 20,000 years.  Mother love Fuqin very much to do that!  Fuqin love Mother too!"  "Yes, little one, they do love each other!  Now let's go take a look at your San ge's school, shall we?"  He walked slowly down the hill and around the lake.  He saw the school standing there on the hill at the end of the lake.  He walked to the house and Mi Shu invited him for tea.  "High God Zhe Yan!  Please have some tea!  Jinzi should be here shortly for lunch!"  "Tea is fine!"  Zhe Yan smelled the fresh air and smiled.  His Xiao Jin Huli had done well for himself.  Of course, he knew that Jinzi would excel and become very great.  He heard how many visitors called him the great medicine king of Qing Qui.  He was remembering when the young huli had come to train with him.  He had set himself to do well and he had!  Jinzi came to the pavilion and they had their lunch there.  "Shifu!  How do you feel today?"  "Jinzi, I am fine!  I feel good, but I will have to meditate soon to regain my power.  I was thinking of using Yanhua cave.  The energy there would aid my recovery."  "If you do, I can keep an eye on you and provide you with elixers as you need them.  I can make some recovery potions for you too."  "Very good!  Now lets go see this school of yours!"  They walked down the hill and Zhe Yan stood at the door.  He looked up at the sign over the door.  He smiled and turned toward Jinzi.  "The sign is a nice touch if I do say so myself.  Tell me more!"  "Taiyang and Zhenzhu made the sign and designed and built this school.  They are the best architects in the realms.  They even built a new palace for Queen Yan Zhi of the Ghost Tribe.  I will show you the inside shortly.  I took three classes of students;  beginners, mediocre and advanced.  I thought to teach them so the realms would have proper care.  I hope you approve!"  "I like what I see so far!  Show me your school!"  Jinzi walked him into the classroom.  Zhe Yan was nodding his head as he looked around.  "Come this way to the library.  Every medical book that you or I owned is here plus some new ones from the mortal realm."  Zhe Yan walked into the library and was totally amazed.  The library was huge.  Any medical subject had a book there.  "Jinzi, this is fantastic!  The knowledge here is phenomenal!  I might just come here myself to read!  I see you have indeed passed me!  I'm proud!  So proud!"  "Shifu, I have more!  Come look at my laboratory!  I think you will like what you see!"  He walked in and stepped aside.  He looked at the preparation area, the kitchen area for cooking medicine, but mainly the one wall with marked containers.  "Is all of that wall herbs and plants for healing?"  "Yes, Shifu!  I even set up a trade agreement with Queen Yan Zhi to obtain rare herbs and plants from the ghost realm.  I have some very rare medicines here."  "I knew the first time I saw you tending to Bai Xue when the snake attacked him that you would surpass me as a medicine king.  I'm proud of you my Xiao Jin Huli!  Very proud!  Introduce me to your students!"  They spent the rest of the day meeting students and discussing medicines and treatment methods.  Zhe Yan ate dinner with Jinzi and Mi Shu and played with his twins.  He returned to the den feeling very happy and alive! 
     Zhe Yan started thinking about his hut.  It needed rebuilding and improving.  He thought he would talk to those architect sons of Mo Yuan.  Plus he had decided he would let them redesign his hut while he was cultivating.  He sent a message to Mo Yuan.  Mo Yuan called Taiyang and Zhenzhu into his office.  They knocked on his study door.  "Enter".  "You called for us, Fuqin?"  "Yes, I have a project for you.  Zhe Yan wants his hut upgraded.  He likes simple things so he doesn't need some grand home.  Why don't you two go to Qing Qui and talk to Zhe Yan about it."  "Will you come too,Fuqin?"  "No.  I must prepare for the next leg of our tour.  I also wish to check on Xiao Hua.  I quite like that fearless little girl."  Zhe Yan was inside the den drinking tea with some more visitors when Taiyang and Zhenzhu arrived.  Mi Gu brought them to Zhe Yan.  "Ah!  The young architects!  As you know, I wish to improve my hut.  Your Fuqin tells me all I need to do is tell you what I want and you can build it."  "We will do our best!"  Zhe talked to them for over an hour and they produced drawing after drawing until he was satisfied.  He wanted a large porch built across the front, his gardens redesigned, the dining area enlarged, a bigger kitchen and a bedroom added.  Their final drawing is the one he chose.  "When can you start?"  "We will be here bright and early in the morning!"                                                                                                                          Zhe Yan was waiting for Taiyang and Zhenzhu when they arrived.  "I was told I don't need to tell you boys what to do.  I will leave you to your work.  Remember, keep it simple.  If you need me, I will be in Yanhua cave.  Jinzi can contact me.  I will leave it to you."  He jumped out and left them to their job.  The first thing they did was repair any damage the little hut had acquired during the long years of Zhe Yan's absence.  Once that was done they set about adding the extra room.  They made new doors for the rooms.  Next was expanding the dining area.  Zhe Yan hoped to have more visitors in the future.  Next they built the porch across the front.  Work went easy and they were starting on the gardens when their Fuqin paid them a visit.  They saw him coming and waved as he approached.  They bowed as he came to stand before them.  "How does it go, my sons?"  "Fuqin, we are almost done.  We only need to finish the garden, build some new furniture and provide accessories for Shushu Zhe Yan.  Do you happen to know where we could get a really nice tea set for him?"  "Actually I do."  He waved his hands and a beautiful tea set made like one of his favorites appeared.  "It is one I had made for him but he died before I could give it to him."  "Perfect!  Come and tell us what you think, Fuqin!"  Mo Yuan walked around the hut and looked at the furniture, the small things sitting here and there, the building itself.  He was impressed.  He nodded and turned to his special boys.  "You boys have done well.  I think Zhe Yan will be pleased, very pleased.  He should be coming out of the cave today.  Let's go have some tea and meet him there."  They went to the den to drink tea with Donghua and Feng Jui.  Later that afternoon, Zhe Yan emerged from Yanhua Cave flush with power and back to his own self.  He saw the boys there with their Fuqin waiting for him.  He nodded and walked over to where they were.  "Ready to meet the world now?"  "Didi, I feel fine!  Is my hut now ready to be occupied?"  "All ready!"  "Well let's go see just what you boys have accomplished!"   They walked from Yanhua Cave to the peach tree forest.  The path to the hut was better defined and Zhe Yan noticed little rock arrangements here and there along the path.  When he saw the hut he was ecstatic!  "It's wonderful!  Just wonderful!"  Taiyang bowed and pointed to the door.  "Shushu Zhe Yan, please go inside and decide if it is ok for you!"  Zhe Yan walked in and looked around.  A very nice table and stools had been set in the dining area.  He nodded.  "Did you boys make this table?"  "Yes."  "Very nice, very nice indeed!"  He walked through the bedrooms and finally out to the porch.  He saw the garden and walked through it to find rare plants, herbs growing in one area and a path that led to a bathing pool that was closed around it with fragrant vines and plants around it with thick carpets of grass there for lounging.  "You boys have really outdone yourselves!  This pool is marvelous!  No more bathing with those rude fish!  I love it!"  They all sat at the table by the jade pool and had tea.  Later that afternoon, Zhe Yan was drinking tea and wondering just what he was going to do with his time now.  Bai Zhen flew in and sat down.  "Well, old fenghuang, how do you like your new house?  I hear there is a new bathing pool in the back that is private.  I might want to try it out.  That is if you want my company, of course."  Zhe Yan smiled and stood as he pointed to the stone path leading around the hut.  "This way, you pesty spoiled xiao huli!"