Hu Li is bored and she walks the night alone in the forest nearby the temple. At night most of the animals are asleep. Only the crickets and fire flies are playing with her. In the day time, she is in the scroll, there isn't a person except for her little friends. In the day time, they sweep and clean the temple everyday. At night, they are asleep like humans. Thus Hu Li is lonely for awhile.
For the next thirty years there isn't any humans who come to this mountain. Loon Tong and Han Kong when they are free, they sit at the main hall with the scroll. They talk to Hu Li frequently and she responds with echo when she talks. They talk about the days and the boys reminiscing the food they ate in the palace. The adventures they had in the city. Sometimes, they talk till everyone is tired and take a nap.
Hu Li sit alone under a tree and stare at the moon. The stars twinkle at the night sky. A little piglet come up to her. She allow the piglet to snuggle up to her. Using her skirt, she cover the piglet like a blanket. The piglet stay with her till before the sunrises. The piglet watch her vanish in air. Started it stand up and look around. While Hu Li is back inside the scroll. She sigh and lay down on her belly. She cross her paws and look at the quiet temple. Another boring day is starting and she close her eyes and lay down her entire body to rest. After a long time, her fox ears pick up sounds of people talking. She look outside through black and white lines she see her little friends bringing in a human. She hurry to stand up and look to the side. Her eyes look down to the human, a man with a basket on his back. As they talk, she hear that he is a man looking for rare herbs on the mountain. He kneel down on the cushion provided with his hands putting together.
"Goddess i hear that this temple is divine bless and less people come here. I am a humble herbalist looking for rare herbs on this mountain. I already walk a long time and accidentally come here. I beg of you to direct me to a place where i can find a good rare herb that i can sell. I really need money for my son. He is studying hard everyday. Hope to pass and work for the government. If you grant my wish, i will return with a lot of fruits as payment for your kind blessing."
He bow on the floor three times before he gets up. Han Kong who is standing behind talk to the human as they walk out. Hu Li see a floating bubble with the words 'rare herbs'.
"Granted."
The words spin and speed out. Hu Li feels happy. Now she have to wait for the rest to come to this temple.
Hu Li waited another three months, snow is starting to drop from the sky. She carry the piglet and walk around the mountains. Her bare feet touch the snow and to her it feels at home. While the piglet feels cold but she is feeling warm from the heat that she is radiating. She sit under a tree and from a distance she see her friend is flying in with the speed of light. Before it fits the ground, it morph to a beautiful young man. Fei dust his clothes and smile at her.
"You always have to fly in with a grand entrance."
"I have to! I am the phoenix! The divine bird, the leader of all birds"
He adjust his garment and look around before he look at her again. Her white snow hair is fill with snow flakes and he reach out to sweep them off.
"How are you these days?"
"Bored. Whatelse... "
She cradle the piglet in her arm like a baby. Fei look at Hu Li and poke the piglet's snout. She look at him with her lips purse and he laugh. The piglet oink and look at Fei.
"Soon, my brother is coming out of the lotus flower. He will be stronger than before..."
"Why do you sound so bitter about it?"
"Cause he will... nothing. What is this cute little one's name?"
"Piglet?"
Fei laugh and pat the head of the piglet.
"No you have the name this cutie properly. He might be the last one who make a wish in your temple."
" Hmm since this is mount TaiHuan. Let's name you Tai Huan."
"Now little one, you have a name. Happy?"
The piglet oink loudly. They laugh and walk slowly back to the temple. As the sun is starting to raise, she is slowly starting to vanish. In a hurry she pass the piglet to Fei. He watch her vanish within seconds. Inside the temple, the once empty scroll is now fill with a white fox in it. She walk within the scroll and see Fei walk in. She smile gently and her paws are cross in front of her as she lay down her body. She did not close her eyes as she listen to Fei talking to Loon Tong and Han Kong who come inside the temple. Today is a bit noisy but she did not mind it. It sounds nice with a little noise.
A month after a heavy snow falls, unexpectedly, two man appear at the temple. One of them is the herbalist and the other is his son. They both kneel down on the cushion and bow deeply with their heads touching the floor.
"My goddess! I have return! I am here to thank you for granting my wishes!"
"Goddess! I have taken the province examination and have pass! I am here to ask for your favour to continue to bless me and my family!"
Hu Li see that another bubble with wordings appear. She smile and grant it.
It takes another five months for more people to appear at her temple. Soon she is swamp with people asking for blessing. Whenever she takes a nap and wakes up she see bubbles of wordings all floating inside the temple. She only grant those who ask reasonable wishes. While those who wish harm to others, she burst the bubble. Others who ask to see or seek justice for their beloved who are dead, she cannot do anything for it. It's beyond her power. There is a tree that is growing at the corning of the temple and soon human starts to hang their wishes on it. Loon Tong and Han Kong curve tags out of dead wood they find in the forest. The tags are given to people who have wishes that cannot be fulfilled for many years. The ink and brush is place on a small table next to the tree.