The sudden departure of the layman Qingming made everyone, including Li Xiuping, a little confused, but Li Xiuping could probably guess the reason for the sudden departure of the layman Qingming.
Apparently layman Qingming discovered the aura of the man in the dark and chased after him. Li Xiuping is not worried about the safety of layman Qingming. After all, even if he is really a strong man in Kunlun Mountain, with the strength of layman Qingming, he should be able to cope with it. At least he will have no problem in protecting himself.
Therefore, he, who is very powerful in the eyes of others, is actually a drag on others, and is indeed no different from others.
There is heaven outside the world, and there are people outside the world. No matter how powerful a person is, there will always be someone more powerful than him. There will be no exceptions to this point for anyone, because there can be no true "number one in the world" in this world.
After that, each sect arranged a place for Li Xiuping and others, and Li Xiuping asked the blue water unicorn to help deal with the monsters in the river, while he waited peacefully at his place for the return of layman Qingming.
Master Huo Ling is now like an old housekeeper, taking care of everything in an orderly manner, while Chu Yan and Yang Erni are like little masters.
In the past, the two little girls always liked to pester Master Huo Ling and listen to him talk about the legendary deeds in the world of cultivation, especially the rumors related to his master. However, after all, Master Qingming was trapped in the Penglai Immortal Boat for hundreds of years and had no influence on the world of cultivation. I don't know much about things, and I can't say much. Most of them are stories about my own deeds when I was young, and what I saw and heard after leaving Penglai Immortal Boat and following Li Xiuping.
At first, the two little girls never tired of listening to it, but they just listened too much and found it boring. This made Huo Lingzhen, who was used to telling stories to the two little girls, somewhat disappointed.
At this moment, after Master Huo Ling had dealt with all the matters to be dealt with, he sat alone in the yard and looked at the sky outside the yard. It actually gave people a feeling of loneliness. Perhaps any person, whether an ordinary person or a Immortal cultivators, whether they were strong or weak before, may be in a similar situation when they grow old.
After resting for half a day, Li Xiuping's condition has improved somewhat, but Master Qingming has not come back since morning, and he doesn't know what the situation is now.
Li Xiuping walked to Master Huo Ling and sat down next to him. Since Master was bored, why not go for a walk by the river. Now that those monsters were no longer a threat, taking the opportunity to fight would be good for Master's cultivation.
Master Huo Ling smiled and shook his head, saying: "I know my own situation very well. This life is at most the Nascent Soul stage, so it doesn't make much difference to recover early and recover later. Naturally, there will be no more problems in the rest of my life." What an extravagant wish, I am content to be with Mr. Li for the rest of my life."
Li Xiuping frowned slightly. This guy was indeed in a low mood at the moment. As for why he was so, Li Xiuping didn't know. He smiled and said: "Everything is uncertain, why should senior be so pessimistic..."
At this point, his words suddenly stopped, as if he suddenly realized something was wrong.
According to the practice world, the lifespan of a mortal is only a hundred years. After entering the Qi training period, one hundred years can be added to one's lifespan, two hundred years can be added to one's lifespan during the foundation building period, and one can have five hundred years of life during the golden elixir stage. If a breakthrough cannot be achieved within five hundred years, then It's the deadline.
The guy in front of me had been in the Penglai Immortal Boat for three hundred years, and finally reached the Nascent Soul stage. However, because of his encounter with Li Xiuping, his body was directly cut off. Although he was rescued by Li Xiuping, he changed his body at the same time. , the realm has also dropped to the golden elixir stage.
Li Xiuping didn't know whether the fall in realm would affect the shortening of his lifespan, but looking at what the old man meant now, it seemed that was the case. After all, if calculated based on the lifespan of the Golden Core stage, he probably doesn't have much left now. Time has passed, unless the Nascent Soul stage can be re-entered before then.
If a person wants to enter the Nascent Soul stage from the Golden Elixir stage, it is not just about hard work, but also requires various opportunities and insights. This guy fell from the Nascent Soul stage, and his state of mind will inevitably be affected. If he wants to re-enter the Nascent Soul stage, The first thing to solve is the state of mind problem, and for practitioners, the most difficult thing to solve is the state of mind problem.
Li Xiuping wondered: "Senior, could it be that..."
Master Huo Ling nodded, confirming Li Xiuping's guess.
After receiving the confirmation, Li Xiuping frowned a little deeper and said after a while: "When the layman comes back, I will discuss it with him to see if there is any solution."
Master Huo Ling smiled and shook his head, saying: "Let nature take its course, don't force it. Young Master has many things to deal with, so don't waste time on old things."
Li Xiuping said: "To be honest, senior's current situation has nothing to do with me, so I should naturally do my best."
Master Huo Ling smiled bitterly and said: "Young master, don't talk about what happened at the beginning. If the old man hadn't taken action against the young master, he wouldn't have ended up like this. And even if he wasn't the young master, the old man could only leave with the help of other people's bodies. The situation is the same. It’s not much better than it is now, and it might even be worse.”
Li Xiuping asked casually: "I have always been curious, which sect did the senior belong to before entering the Penglai Immortal Boat? Now that he has come out, have he never thought of going back to take a look?"
Master Huo Ling smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Since you have died once, you have completely cut off contact with the past life. It's okay not to mention the past."
Li Xiuping nodded, not intending to force it, but stood up and said: "I'll go to the riverside to see if I can help, and help the guy find a suitable body. After all, I agreed to it. There was no way before, but now Now that we have the ability, it’s time to fulfill our promise.”
Master Huo Ling naturally knew who he was talking about. It was just the same scorpion in the copper bowl as him. They had lived together in the copper bowl for a while before, and they were half neighbors. It's just that after Li Xiuping killed Huo Ling, he helped him refine his body so that he could escape from the copper bowl and wander around the world, but the monster was still restrained in the copper bowl.
Li Xiuping originally thought about helping it refine its body early on, but it was just that there were all kinds of troubles before. Because of the demon clan's affairs, he was either refining elixirs or forging swords every day. He was either responsible for this or dealing with that, and he was very busy.
He finally left the demon battlefield, but because of his body, his own strength is very poor. Now even flying in the air is a luxury, and he is even said to help it refine its body.
Although refining a body is not as difficult as refining elixirs and forging swords, it is not easy either. Moreover, it requires the assistance of secret techniques, which will inevitably cause a lot of losses. And Li Xiuping's current situation is not suitable for using the power in his body, because Every time he mobilizes his power, it will bring him a lot of backlash.
However, since the last time Li Xiuping came back from the secret realm of the demon clan, the situation seems to have been alleviated. He can now control the air for a short time, and the power he can mobilize is obviously more than before, but he has not fully recovered. The battle between monsters and monsters is the best proof.
If it was Li Xiuping in his heyday, it would have been impossible for those monsters to make him do this.
But now that he had just recovered his strength, he thought of agreeing to the monster beast. If nothing else, it at least showed that Li Xiuping was very committed to his promises.
Li Xiuping wanted to go to the river, so Master Huo Ling naturally got up and followed him. Although he couldn't help Li Xiuping much now, he wouldn't be a drag. He could also help take care of the two little girls at critical moments.
After all, he was a Nascent Soul monk at the beginning, but now he is doing the job of protecting other people's disciples, and he also regards it as his most important task, and enjoys it endlessly. Even he himself finds it a bit weird.
He never thought that one day he would experience these things and end up in the situation he is in now. It is really fate and there is no control over it.
Since you have determined that it is fate, you will naturally follow the arrangements of fate. When you were young, you would talk about going against nature every day. You have already recognized yourself and believed in fate through repeated experiences.
Accepting fate is not about obeying, but seeing yourself and your destiny more clearly, so that you can make the right choice when the turning point of fate comes. Only in this way can we truly change our lives.
As soon as she heard that she was going to the riverside, Yang Erni didn't show much emotion. Chu Yan was dancing and couldn't wait for a long time.
It's a pity that this place is some distance from the river, and they can only walk. The key is that her master walks slowly and slowly, which makes her a little worried that it will be dark by the time they reach the river. But she could only endure it and couldn't rush her master.
On the river bank, all forces are busy at the moment, setting up various formations on the bank to prevent any accidents. As for the blue water unicorn, there is no trace. Maybe it is in the depths of the river right now, fighting with those monsters.
Li Xiuping asked the green water unicorn to come over to help. He actually wanted to see how the green water unicorn would deal with those monsters, because they were the same kind after all.
In other words, Li Xiuping actually didn't want to kill all these monsters. Otherwise, he would tell the clear water unicorn clearly, instead of letting the clear water unicorn handle it on its own.
Handing this matter to the clear water unicorn was somewhat of a scapegoat, in order to prevent the demon clan from using this to make excuses in the future.
In fact, his relationship with the Monster Clan seems to be pretty good at the moment, so no matter what, he should take care of the Monster Clan, and at least give the Monster Clan some face. After all, these monsters are also being manipulated by humans. Forced, not out of one's own will.
Of course, the trouble caused by monsters does exist after all. This is the realm of humans after all. Those monsters live in the river, but they use the river to hurt people's lives and are surrounded and killed by human monks. Naturally, they can't blame them.
So no matter what the clear water unicorn did, Li Xiuping would not interfere, but would let the matter take its course.
