After Li Xiuping left Jiuyuan Mountain, he headed southwest, and then landed in a small county in the southwest.
The county seat is called Qingyang.
Hu Jiu controlled the sword and followed Li Xiuping, because he didn't know what to do or where to go except following Mr. Li.
And along the way, he also discovered that although he was only in the Qi training period, he seemed to be able to control the flying sword at will. It was like a dream.
He had a feeling that by following Mr. Li, he would definitely get greater benefits besides the sword, but he couldn't figure out what Mr. Li was doing in such a small county, so after he left, he He opened his mouth and asked: "You...Mr. Li, what are we doing here?"
Li Xiuping seemed to realize that there was a guy behind him at this time, and said with a smile: "This is where I grew up. Now that I'm back, I have to come back and take a look."
Hu Jiu glanced around and nodded clearly.
Li Xiuping walked straight forward, and Hu Zhu followed Li Xiuping with the sword in hand.
Li Xiuping said as he moved forward: "Try to use your mind to put that sword into your own spiritual sea."
Hu Jiu was stunned for a moment, and then he did what Li Xiuping said. He was surprised to find that such a long sword suddenly disappeared and then appeared in his spiritual sea, hovering over the spiritual sea.
Hu Jiu looked stunned.
Li Xiuping smiled and said: "If you encounter a powerful enemy in the future, you can use your mind to drive it and save your life. However, it is best not to take it out at ordinary times, so as not to be remembered."
Hu Jiu nodded and said, "I remember."
He still seemed a little unbelievable and asked, "Mr. Li really gave me this sword?"
Li Xiuping smiled and said: "You have been included in the spiritual sea, what do you think?"
Hu Jiu said hurriedly: "Thank you very much, Mr. Li. Mr. Li is very kind. I, Hu Jiu..."
Li Xiuping directly raised his hand to interrupt: "Stop it, I've already said it. Before I return the meal to you, there must be many people who want to treat me to a meal, but there must be many people who can still treat me to a meal in that situation. Not much, you’re lucky.”
Hu Jiu was stunned for a moment, then grinned.
Li Xiuping said: "Now that Jiuyuan Mountain has been disturbed like this by me, this sect's promotion event will definitely be ruined, and the recruitment of disciples will definitely be cancelled, so what are your plans?"
Hu Ji was stunned.
Li Xiuping continued: "After I stay here for two days, I will go north. It is very likely that I will go directly to Taiyimen, so I can't take you with me."
Hu Jiu nodded and said with a smile: "Then I will follow Mr. Li for two days."
Li Xiuping nodded and then stopped.
What appeared in front of everyone was a restaurant. The restaurant was open and business was good. The reason was naturally that the owner of the restaurant had been replaced, but the Shuiyunjian signboard was still there.
Li Xiuping walked into the restaurant and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper, are there any Hu Dou?"
A waiter came over and said with a frown, "Does the guest want beans?"
Li Xiuping nodded and said, "I remember that the most famous thing here was the strange-flavored beans. Why, it's gone now?"
The guy shook his head and said, "No more."
As he spoke, he looked at the two young men in front of him.
Li Xiuping stood up and said, "Since there is no such thing, I'll take my leave."
The guy frowned deeper, then curled his lips and said, "Who is he?"
After that, he continued to greet other guests.
When Li Xiuping walked out of the restaurant, Hu Jiu looked back at the restaurant and asked, "Mr. Li, do you want to eat beans?"
Li Xiuping shook his head and did not answer, but said: "Things are different and people are different, it is nothing more than that."
Hu Jiu looked confused.
Afterwards, Li Xiuping bought some paper money and incense candles, then left Qingyang County and walked towards the south. Then he came to the place where he lived. The small river was still there, but the blacksmith shop by the river had long disappeared. Overgrown with weeds.
Li Xiuping walked straight to where the blacksmith's shop was, looking left and right without expression or doing anything.
However, Hu Jiu could clearly feel that something was not quite right about Mr. Li's current situation, so he did not bother him.
Li Xiuping stood alone for a while, then walked toward a hill in the west with the incense paper money.
Halfway up the hill, there is a large maple tree growing. It is autumn, so the maple leaves have turned fiery red. Under the maple tree, there is a solitary grave. The strange thing is that the grave looks like It was regularly taken care of. Not only was there not a single weed, there were even paper money incense candles that had just been burned in front of the grave.
When Li Xiuping walked to the grave, he didn't seem to expect that his master would still have people coming to visit him after he left.
Li Xiuping didn't think much, and knelt down in front of the grave, then took out the paper money and incense candles one by one, took out a pot of wine, and poured two bowls of it.
He first lit the incense candle, then burned all the paper money, then raised a wine bowl and said with a smile: "Old man, to be honest, I don't have much impression of you, but I remember that you like to drink soju from the east of the county. Fortunately, although the liquor store has changed people, the shochu is still there, but there are no Hudou in Shuiyunjian, so we'll make do with it."
"After you left, I did a lot of things, many earth-shattering things, and I think they should not be considered as disappointing your expectations. Of course, in fact, until now, I don't fully understand you. Sometimes, I even feel that you are just You are a real god, but I came back from the south this time, and I can basically confirm that you are not."
He smiled slightly, tilted the wine bowl in his hand and sprinkled it on the ground, then picked up the other wine bowl and drank it all in one gulp.
Li Xiuping put down the wine bowl, exhaled, and continued: "Old man, our master and disciple had nothing to say before, and now that I am speaking alone, we have nothing to say."
As he spoke, he took out a long sword and said: "I forged this, how about it? Don't be dissatisfied if it's better than you. This is a divine sword. Even the one without a scabbard you forged can't compete with it." This one is comparable to mine. Of course, if it weren’t for the materials you collected and the hatchet you forged, this sword wouldn’t have existed, let alone me…”
"Forget it, forget it. If you don't say this, you won't hear it. Drink and drink."
As he said that, he continued to pour wine, and then he spilled one bowl on the ground and drank one bowl by himself. Maybe he drank too much, maybe he really had something to say, so although he stopped talking, he still kept chattering to that person. , sometimes talking about his own experience, sometimes talking about what he has seen and heard, sometimes also talking about some of his doubts.
Hu Jiu just stood there, not disturbing him, just waiting quietly.
He didn't know how long he had been waiting. He only knew that the guy had been chattering there from noon to dusk. After finishing the soju he bought from the county town, he used the wine flask on his waist. Then Hu Jiu discovered that the wine The jug was really unusual. The guy kept pouring it, half of it was sprinkled on the ground, and the other half was drank into his mouth. From noon to dusk, the wine jug never seemed to be exhausted.
Then Tianhe, it was dawn, Mr. Li was fine, but as a monk in the Qi training stage, he really couldn't bear it. If he didn't eat or drink, he might faint from hunger.
Fortunately, when it was almost noon the next day, several people suddenly came towards us.
This group of people didn't seem to expect that there would be anyone here, so they all frowned at this moment, obviously not knowing Li Xiuping and others.
Li Xiuping naturally didn't know these people, but he knew their identities, Ye Xingsi.
Ye Xingsi has unique clothes, and Li Xiuping can recognize him at a glance.
Li Xiuping asked: "Are you from the Night Travel Division?"
A man nodded, looked Li Xiuping up and down, and then asked with some uncertainty: "Are you Mr. Li?"
Li Xiuping nodded.
Seeing Li Xiuping nodding, everyone looked shocked.
Li Xiuping said: "I have worked hard for you all these years."
The person who asked the question before shook his head hurriedly and said: "This is Young Siming's order, and he only comes here to clean it every once in a while, which is not considered hard work. Originally, we proposed to erect a monument for Mr. Ou Ye, but there was no order from it. , we don’t dare to make decisions without authorization.”
Li Xiuping nodded, looked back at the lonely grave, and said faintly: "Everyone is dead, and it doesn't mean much whether they erect a monument or not. Let's just leave it like that."
The man smiled and said: "Actually, it's okay if there is no monument. Nowadays, no one knows who is here."
Li Xiuping asked: "Has your young master Siming come back?"
The man nodded and said: "I came here once last year and stayed for a few days before being recalled. It should be because of the sudden invasion of the Xia Dynasty."
Li Xiuping nodded, then glanced at Hu Zhu who was standing aside, and said, "It will be a lot of hard work from now on."
Everyone hurriedly said: "It should be."
Li Xiuping walked directly down the hill towards Qingyang County.
Hu Jiu was following behind, but he still felt that Mr. Li was a little different from the rumors. Especially in the past two days, he felt that Mr. Li had simply changed. If he hadn't seen this Mr. Li with his own eyes before, When Mr. Li took action, I really couldn’t believe that he was the one who made the entire cultivation world fearful.
After entering Qingyang County, Li Xiuping smiled and said, "I'll treat you this time."
Hu Jiu was stunned, but Li Xiuping had already walked into a restaurant, so Hu Jiu could only follow behind, wondering if he should be more active when paying the bill later, so that he could get Mr. Li's treasure again. ?
But as soon as the idea came up, he hurriedly threw it out.
Just give it up when it's good. You should be satisfied if you can get such a sword and become friends with Mr. Li. If you are still greedy, I'm afraid you will only get nothing in the end.
But Hu Jiu never expected that at this time, in this world, there would be people who dared to trouble Mr. Li.
As soon as the two of them entered the restaurant and sat down, a girl came over, slapped a whip on the table, and said extremely arrogantly: "I have taken a liking to this position. You guys can find another place."
