The Blue Lotus

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Bai Gugun stared at the Lotus and mediated on a recent lesson.

*"All Beings born in the Mortal Realm have Mortal Bones and die natural deaths. Each being born of mortal flesh lives as their Spirit is Destined. Each death born of mortal bones is such.

The cycle or reincarnation is swift,for Time is short within the Mortal Realm, and Mortal Bones die easily under Time, but, a Spirit may live many hundreds of times before its Spark dies.

While an Immortal or God may be sent down within the Mortal Realm their bones remain Immortal, because of this, their deaths are different."*

Bai Gugun understands how Time and Mortal lives are different, he lived with his Mother in the Mortal Realm for most of his life, constantly moving because of how Time moved faster for the mortals then them. What he didn't understand is what happens to an immortal spirit after death.

When asked his new teachers answered with

*"Death of Spirits, has something to do with three gods:

Lord of the Southern Dipper, Lord of the Northern Dipper and the Lord of the Nether World.

Southern Dipper is in charge of the living.

The Northern Dipper is in charge of death.

And the Lord of the Nether World is in charge of the imprisonment and judgement of a person after their death, as well as, Yuanqi terrace and the Yuanqi book: every Living thing that comes to the World goes through Yuanqi Terrace. "*

Sighing deeply Bai Gugun is pulled from such deep thoughts ,as he watches his cousin A-Li come inside and begin petting the Blue Lotus while softly talking

"Little Blue why won't you bloom? My Father says you have never once bloomed within Heaven, is that true? Why little Blue? Heaven is not so bad!"

Bai Gugun shakes his head in affection at his cousin silly words and teases

"You act as though the flower will answer you back? What would you do if it did? I know! You would run away! "

A-Li puffed his cheeks in mild embarrassment at being caught speaking nonsense but his joy in having a true friend had him teasing back

" No I wouldn't! Besides how do you know Little Blue can't answer? Hmm? My Father told Mother not to worry, that the Ghost Lotus is rare and powerful, a good chance for me to learn about relationships and responsibilities to other Clans."

" Really? Huh .. my Father told my Mother not to worry too! He said The Ghost King is long dead, not even his bones survived. The Lotus can do no harm. Both boys are learning how to bear responsibility to the past and to the future."

The boys looked at the other feeling confused. Again, Bai Gugun thought about the death of an immortal spirit, and wondered if he should ask his Mother's friend,Xie Guchou, Lord of the Nether World, about Little Blue.

A-Li bit his lip in worry, and anxiously faced the pretty little Blue Lotus. In the past weeks caring for it, it had grown, before it was tightly clenched closed, as if, terrified of it's home. Now it was fuller and it's showing small gaps in between its petals, that seemed to open more each day. A-Li felt that the bloom was happy in their care, and seemed to listen to them.

"Gugun,why would our Mothers worry about a lotus? "

Feeling worried A-Li began to hum to himself, mostly under his breath, and barely audible, the tune soothing his nerves. Gugun looked thoughtful and concerned, he shrugged, before shaking his head and humming out a negative sound.