When leaving, Nan Xiao found that a large area of moss on the stairs outside the Biyu Building had withered.
When did the moss that was used to warn the white-robed Taoist boys not to become tired in their spiritual practice withered?
Nan Xiao kept thinking about it on the way back.
The tutorial usually takes less than half an hour, but Nan Xiao has been gone for a long, long time.
She was in no hurry to go back.
She has been in Qingya Paradise for so long, but she has never had time to take a look around.
Walking through Chuandao Cliff, along the three strange peaks of Bitter Sea, Mingquan and Shenqiao, you can follow the path and turn around at the end of the road.
From time to time, she would meet some familiar faces who would greet her on the road, and Nan Xiao would respond with a smile.
Just walking forward slowly like this, Nan Xiao didn't feel tired or hungry.
From the dim light of dawn to the setting sun on the western mountains, from the wind-blown wheat waves to the springs in mountain streams.
When Nan Xiao noticed the change in time, he realized that his body was in a state of excitement.
The feeling of anger that he couldn't think about quietly grew while Nan Xiao was walking along the way.
This energy was born from the depression in Nan Xiao's heart and moved with the mountains and rivers.
Running out of energy.
Nan Xiao's body was screaming dully after walking for a day.
Hungry.
Nan Xiao lay exhausted on a green grass on the side of the mountain.
His face was wet, I don't know whether it was tears or dew.
After the strong hunger subsided, Nan Xiao sat up, reluctantly crossed his legs, and recited the scripture silently.
She wanted to seize this late feeling of injustice.
The bright moonlight is shining, and the silver waterfall shines with the gurgling water.
Nan Xiao had just started cultivating Qi, but because there was no one to guide her, Nan Xiao struggled all night. After stumbling, the Qi could still feel like it was circulating around the meridians for a whole day.
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The second day.
The morning light breaks, and the early sun shines warmly.
The breeze comes from the sky and flows along the mountain road.
Taking a handful of the clear spring, Nan Xiao drank a few sips and then washed her face.
The physical fatigue was temporarily soothed by the cold water.
Nan Xiao is going back.
The young leaves of the rice fields are swaying gently, and from time to time, happy fish jump up in the muddy water below, biting off a plump golden ear.
The bright yellow and clear morning light colors the deer. They are not afraid of pedestrians at all, and they choose leisurely among the medicine gardens and rice fields.
Occasionally, a young deer would approach Nan Xiao affectionately, but there were no plum blossom patterns on its body.
In the vast green cliff blessed land, the wind and waves were calm, but Nan Xiao's heart was in turmoil.
Along the way, Nan Xiao thought about it for a long time.
How to go about the future, how to solve the problems of cultivation, can Qi replace the divine power gained through cultivation? And the most important thing right now——
How should she survive after losing her identity as a school disciple?
Nan Xiao, who had no money at all, only had three old things besides his clothes.
The straw rope around her neck had long been removed, and the copper ring had been hidden close to her body.
The Full Moon Jade Pendant that Elder Deer used when he was in retreat may not be much of a deterrent at this time, but it may still be useful in the future.
There is also a crescent jade pendant given to her by Grandpa Lin Xiao, which once played a great role when Nan Xiao climbed the Shu Road.
Nan Xiao couldn't bear it.
However, she must survive.
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After two days, Nan Xiao returned to the three-room house and found that it had been cleaned.
The night before, after Elder Lu was deprived of his surname Zi, the disciples of the new seventh elder Zi Weiying came to take back Meihua Yaolu and the redundant servants.
In order to save the sika deer, Nan Xiao did not hesitate to take out the full moon jade pendant of the elder deer, but to no avail. The house was smashed here and there by those people, and the simple vases and tea sets were all broken into pieces.
Thinking about it, after Nan Xiao left, it was Elder Lu's old servant who was cleaning up the mess.
Elder Lu's old servant has white beard and hair, and his name is Chen Zhuo.
Because Chen Zhuo was wearing a blue shirt and was a cultivator in the realm of life spring. He had his own place to live and only came to visit occasionally.
So Nan Xiao hasn't seen him a few times.
Next time I meet you, I want to say thank you.
Lying on the bed, Nan Xiao felt a strong sense of dizziness and fell into a deep sleep after not sleeping for two nights.
When she opened her eyes, she found that she had been covered with a quilt, and the fireflies outside the window were twinkling like stars in the sky.
"you're awake."
Beside the bed, there was an old man in blue shirt sitting on a bamboo chair, it was Chen Zhuo.
Nan Xiao sat up, pushed the hair covering her eyes to her ears, and hummed softly.
"I felt the Qi when you were sleeping. I thought that as long as the life essence is enough, I can open up the sea of suffering in a few days. But the master once mentioned to me the situation of your wheel and sea. If you step into it easily, you may... Let your wheel of life collapse and disintegrate in advance. So, what are your plans next?"
Chen Zhuo looks very ordinary, similar to those ordinary old people in Banyuepo.
His eyes are cloudy, his hair is sparse, his body is thin, and even his words are vain.
Nan Xiao did not answer immediately, thought for a while, and said: "Uncle Chen, I haven't thought about it yet. I will wait until I figure out how to solve my own problems before I open up the sea of suffering. So I have control over the Qi sense. Please keep it a secret for me." .”
"Don't worry about this. What do you need me to do for you?"
Nan Xiao spoke sincerely and held the jade pendant gently, saying: "Uncle Chen, this is the jade pendant of Grandpa Lin Xiao. Although the spiritual energy inside is exhausted, it can regain its brilliance as long as it is replenished. Therefore, I would like to ask, You help me sell it, and with that money, please help me exchange it for food for the next three months and some herbal seeds with short cycles and high benefits, such as isatis root, Panax notoginseng, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Atractylodes macrocephala, etc."
The firefly outside the house came in through the window and landed on Nan Xiao's hair.
At this moment, the room was even quieter than the night outside.
After a long time, Chen Zhuo slowly spoke: "Okay, have you decided not to rely on outsiders and only rely on yourself to survive?"
Nan Xiao shook his head, his red phoenix eyes were brighter than the fireflies in his hair, he smiled sweetly and said: "No, Uncle Chen, I still have to stay in this house, not only to protect myself from the wind and rain, but also to Even this bed is big and warm, and there is a lot of wasteland outside the house. When I clean it up, I will invite Uncle Chen to come and sit there in the future."
Chen Zhuo's cloudy eyes finally showed some signs of confusion, he nodded towards Nan Xiao, and then drove away with Shen Hong.
The firefly on Nan Xiao's head was frightened by the sudden strong wind. It flew out of the window and fell into the starry sky again.
Grandpa Lin Xiao, I’m sorry.
Nan Xiao wiped the tears on her cheeks with her sleeves, closed her eyes, and tempered the breath in her chest.
Another sleepless night.
Nan Xiao accumulated enough experience to swim around the whole body for thirty weeks.
Although she was hungry, she could hold on.
She was used to being hungry.
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Early the next morning, Nan Xiao opened the door and found three large bamboo baskets and a large water tank in front of the house.
After moving the large water tank into the house, Nan Xiao checked the contents of the other three bamboo baskets one by one.
In the first bamboo basket, there were some farm equipment and kitchen utensils.
The kitchen utensils are placed at the top, including an iron pot the size of a basin, two pairs of jet black flints, three small bowls, two pairs of bamboo chopsticks, and a wooden ladle.
Under the bamboo basket, there are also things such as shovels, shovels and copper plows.
In the second bamboo basket, there are some bamboo tubes with ink marks on them, indicating what kind of medicinal materials the seeds inside belong to.
Isatis root, Panax notoginseng, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Atractylodes macrocephala, Iceberg grass, Dendrobium, saffron, perilla, thyme and pearl rice seeds...
Nan Xiao counted and found that there were more than thirty kinds of seeds, and each type was not difficult to plant.
Nan Xiao was very emotional as he prepared the seeds one by one.
Uncle Chen Zhuo is very considerate and meticulous in his work.
The last bamboo basket contained several large and heavy cloth bags. Nan Xiao opened it and found that it turned out to be extremely expensive pearl white rice.
Nan Xiao couldn't help but feel happy. She had not yet inedged herself, so she had been hungry for three days and was already ravenous.
But she didn't lose her mind.
She hadn't had a drop of water in three days and didn't dare to be reckless.
Later, use a bamboo tube to go to the clear spring in the back mountain to get some water, and then use an iron pot to cook porridge.
After moving these things to the side room, Nan Xiao ran to the backyard and was surprised to see that the five acres of wasteland had been turned over.
Under the morning light, the soil was wet and there were no weeds.
The blue wisps of the road open up the mountains and forests.
Unexpectedly, besides her brother and Grandpa Lin Xiao, there were people who were silently paying for her.
Nan Xiao burst into tears.
Not alone anymore.
