That year, I cultivated a human form, and the first Buddha I happened to meet was A Yiduo. He looked at me and laughed warmly. “Tens of thousands of years from now, a dynasty called Zhou will arise in Dongsheng Shenzhou. The Zhou Rituals: Illustrations of Musical Instruments says: the ya se has twenty-three strings, the song se has twenty-five. One adorned with precious jade is called a bao se, while one painted with brocade-like patterns is called a jin se. You are but a little udumbara flower who has cultivated a human form, yet you lack a quiet and gentle nature. Fortunately, your voice isn't too unpleasant, so I'll call you Jin Se...”
That year, I had just survived my tribulation, enduring the heavenly lightning of this round of cultivation. I transformed from a child into a handsome, refined man of exceptional bearing and brilliance. In a mere thirty thousand years, I had already endured three tribulations. They say that apart from the ancient Xuanyuan clan, I alone, Chong Hua, grandson of the Celestial Emperor, can advance my cultivation by undergoing a tribulation once every ten thousand years...
That year, the Second Young Master of the Li family said, “Our family's new bride, beside the flowering path, leans against a tree as she adorns herself. Blossoms in shades of color dot the branches, glistening with scattered dewdrops. Guanyin Bi, tell me: is the flower's shadow more lovely, or does the beauty of the woman bring out the flower's color?” But I replied, “Newly plucked peach blossoms sway, their brilliance shimmering. Spring winds and rain rush past, and all too soon the old days are lost. Let the past be past; new colors have taken its place. Second Young Master, can you promise me a peaceful life? Now all I truly have left is my identity as a member of the Zhangsun clan, the wife whom the Second Young Master of the Li family formally courted and brought home in an eight-person bridal sedan. Could that death some time ago perhaps earn me a favor from you?”...
Through countless twists and turns, across tens of thousands of years, Jin Se waits for Chong Hua!
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