When Li Hongxiu walked out of the cave with small steps, the sun had already set.
Touching his forehead with one hand, he went to the sink at the entrance of the cave to get some snow water to wake himself up.
I walked lazily to the table in front of the room and sat down. I looked at the gentleman sitting in the room drinking tea and said, "Oh, I felt sleepy after finishing my breakthrough again, so I lay down inside. Unexpectedly, I fell asleep all afternoon."
The husband poured hot tea for her and asked Mu Mu, who was sitting on the side, to bring it out to Li Hongxiu. He smiled and said, "Your breakthrough is a trivial matter. Ye'er has also reached a new level. Work harder and try to break the elixir and transform into an infant before going down the mountain."
Li Hongxiu looked at Mr. Li, her face flushed, and nodded gently. He took the tea brought by Mu Mu, touched her head and said, "Oh, this time I go to Tianshan, I actually owe you two little guys a favor."
"Little Mumu, when you and Ye'er go down to the Tianshan Mountains and come to Fengyun City, you'll live with me. I'll buy you whatever you want."
Upon hearing this, Mu Mu nodded vigorously to him, squinted her eyes and smiled: "Mu Mu hasn't gone down the mountain yet, sister, you have to take me to have fun."
When Li Hongxiu heard this, he laughed and said, "No problem, you can eat and wear whatever you want."
Bai Susu looked at Li Hongxiu, a little surprised, and said, "Miss Li, do you want to go down the mountain?"
Li Hongxiu held the tea in her hand, took a sip, and replied helplessly: "Yes, I have to go back to the city before the heavy snow closes the mountain. I still have a building that needs someone to take care of it. I didn't give any instructions when I came out. How long will it take for them to come?"
After hearing this, Bai Susu nodded.
"There's nothing I can do. I'll have to go back in a while." Li Hongxiu looked at her husband quietly.
Mu Mu, who was held in Li Hongxiu's arms, patted her like a little adult and said, "It's okay, you go back first. My master, my brother, and I will come down to see you."
That means we won't leave you alone.
Li Ye came over at this time, glanced at Li Hongxiu, and said to the gentleman: "Sir, the fire is almost done and the meat is marinated. It's time to barbecue."
The husband asked Li Ye to come into the house and drink tea before baking.
Turning his head and looking at Bai Susu, Mr. Bai thought for a while and then said: "Master Bai, it's getting late, and we have to have a barbecue for dinner. Tonight you and Mumu will have to stay in the cave for one night, and Ye'er and I will be there." What do you think of living in this wooden house?"
"As for whether you are willing to move here in the future, it's up to you two masters. The cave is very spacious, and there will be no problem in housing more people."
Little Mumu looked at the master eagerly outside the house, which meant that she obviously didn't want to leave.
How could Bai Susu not understand what this little thing was thinking. Then he smiled and said to Xingsheng: "This will cause trouble for sir. If Mumu is willing to live here, we will go up the mountain to get some daily necessities tomorrow."
After hearing what the master said, little Mumu lay contentedly on Li Hongxiu's body, stopped moving, and watched the people in the room talking.
"Miss Li, work harder. My husband and I will help you these days to break the elixir and transform into a baby before going down the mountain. It is not easy to reach a higher level in practice." Bai Susu said while drinking the tea in her hand.
When Li Hongxiu heard Bai Susu's words, she couldn't help but be happy, and clapped her hands on the table: "Going to Tianshan this time is really the right thing to do! I wanted to celebrate, but unfortunately I have finished the wine I brought."
The husband smiled and said, "You don't have to drink to celebrate. While you are sleeping in the afternoon, we will brew the wine and finish the barrel. After a few days of drying, you can take a medicinal bath. You can probably drink the fruit wine before going down the mountain." "
Mu Mu hugged Li Hongxiu and shouted that she was hungry and wanted to have a barbecue.
Li Ye put down the cup in his hand, put on his shoes and left the cabin, calling Mu Mu to go to the grill fire. He wanted to roast some marinated meat to feed Mumu first.
"Brother, wait for me. I'll go with you." Mu Mu also ran out of the house wearing her shoes.
Bai Susu was anxious and shouted: "Why are you in a hurry? Run slower."
Li Hongxiu laughed and made fun of Mu Mu's gluttony.
Mu Mu, who was teased by Li Hongxiu, was not angry. He turned to look at her and stamped his feet and said, "Sister, aren't you hungry?"
"Of course I'm hungry too, that's right. Then I'll bake it with you. Just stay still and wait to eat." Li Hong said with a smile.
Mu Mu bit her lip, pointed at the incomplete fire and said, "Sister, hurry up... Mu Mu is hungry."
Li Ye looked at her appearance and couldn't help but waved: "Mumu, come here, I'll bake it for you to eat first."
Upon hearing this, Mu Mu sat down next to him obediently, propped up her chin and stared blankly at the barbecue on the fire.
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The people on Tianshan Mountain are happy and happy, but the people at the foot of the mountain are far away from home.
Shangguan Wushuang of the General Mansion left Fengyun City with his master after the Mid-Autumn Festival and headed to Phoenix Mountain in the West Xuan Territory.
When passing through Sifang City, they found the Territory Lord's Mansion and stayed with Dongfang Yu'er for a few days. The two agreed to wait until Shangguan Wushuang came back from Phoenix Mountain, and then they would go back to Fengyun City to find Li Ye to settle their accounts.
Sifang City is much more prosperous than Fengyun City. The two young ladies held hands and visited all the famous places in the city.
Dongfang Yuer bought a lot of food for Miss Wushuang to take with her on the road. The journey from the Eastern Region to the Western Region was very long, and there was a Central Region in between.
When it was time to separate, the two young ladies felt sorry for each other again and cried their hearts out.
Li Mingzhu accompanied Dongfang Yu'er to send Xu Jingyun and Miss Wushuang out of the city gate, and then took the reluctant little sister back to the Domain Lord's Mansion.
Touching her daughter's head, Li Mingzhu said quietly: "You are still young, just stay at home and practice the exercises Mr. Mo gave you. When you grow up, go find them again."
Dongfang Haotian and Li Mingzhu are both masters, and there are also guest ministers in the house who have profound spiritual practice. Dongfang Yuer has good spiritual resources at home.
The little sister hid in her mother's arms, nodding her little head, thinking that this was the best she could do.
The young lady and the master traveled through the wind and frost, and finally crossed the Central Territory before it started to snow, and arrived at the foot of Phoenix Mountain at the border with the Central Territory.
When they reached the foot of the mountain, the master and the apprentice abandoned the car and climbed the mountain. The young lady saw at a glance the towering mountains and the rugged mountain road was already covered with a layer of white frost.
Xu Jingyun told the young lady that if it were a few days later, it would be difficult to walk on the mountain road with snow.
The Phoenix Sect is in the belly of Phoenix Mountain, and it took the two masters three hours to reach the entrance of the sect.
At a glance, I saw thousands of stone steps in front of me, like a long snake, winding around the mountains.
There were withered yellow leaves falling in the cold wind, lying slowly on the black stone steps without making a sound.
Xu Jingyun looked at Shangguan Wushuang and said, "The founder of the Phoenix Sect spent all his money, spent ten years, and hired hundreds of craftsmen to carve out these stone steps on this extremely hard cliff."
"This is the mountain road that has protected the Phoenix Sect from the wind and rain for many years. It is your first time to walk on this road. It is a bit dangerous. You walk in front and I will follow behind."
Let the young lady go in front and Xu Jingyun follow behind to prevent the young lady from slipping and falling.
There were thick iron chains on both sides of the stone steps, and the two masters held on to the iron chains to climb up.
It took the girl an hour to climb the thousand steps. Looking up, there was an archway in front of the two of them, with three gilded characters "Phoenix Sect" engraved on it.
When the two male disciples guarding the mountain gate saw Master Xu Jingyun, they quickly came up to greet them. Xu Jingyun is the tenth elder in the sect, and all the old disciples of the sect know her.
Xu Jingyun returned the gift to the two and introduced them: "This is my disciple, Shangguan Wushuang." He called Wushuang and saluted the two senior brothers.
Miss Wushuang looked at the two senior brothers in green robes and stepped forward to clasp their fists: "Shangguan Wushuang, I have met these two senior brothers. Please take care of them in the future."
When the two senior brothers saw a little junior sister coming, they were very happy and came forward to greet her.
He said: "We are brothers, mine is an elder brother, his name is Linghu Mingyue, and he is my younger brother, Linghu Qingfeng. From now on, we can just call them senior brothers Mingyue and Qingfeng."
Mingyue pointed to her shorter brother and introduced him to Wushuang.
The young lady nodded. She remembered the appearance of the two brothers. This was the first senior brother she met after entering the Phoenix Sect, so she naturally had to be polite.
Saying goodbye to the senior brother guarding the mountain gate, the young lady took the master's hand and walked all the way inside.
Xu Jingyun looked at the little sister who was curious about the baby, patted her hand, and said softly: "Phoenix Mountain is different from Tianshan Mountain. Tianshan Mountain is majestic and covered with icebergs; Phoenix Mountain is famous for its rugged beauty. Each of the two mountain ranges has its own unique characteristics. benefit."
"I am only an elder in name only on the mountain. I don't care about anything and I have not accepted any disciples. After all, you are still my first disciple. You will live with me in the future. There is no need to look for another place."
In addition to the magnificent meeting hall, scripture library, elixir hall, and training hall of the Phoenix Sect, most of the other places where disciples live are relatively casual. After all, practicing here is the most important thing.
There were male and female disciples greeting Xu Jingyun along the way, and the young lady also looked around. After all, it was her first time entering the mountain, and everything inside was new to her.
The Phoenix Sect is very big, but there are not many people. There are many mountain peaks inside. The master and the disciple followed the mountain road inside the sect and came to a lake. They saw that there were still lotuses inside that were floating gently with the mountain breeze. The ground swayed.
There is a stone bridge on the lake, which is connected to a two-story wooden house on the opposite side. Xu Jingyun took the little sister's hand, walked around the fir trees by the lake, crossed the small bridge, and walked towards the wooden house.
From the outside, the wooden house doesn't look big. When the little sister entered, she realized that although the sparrow was small, it had all the internal organs. The first floor has a living room, a kitchen, a study room, and two guest rooms. The second floor is a platform made of pine wood, a small flower hall and two bedrooms.
Although Xu Jingyun has not returned to the sect for more than a year, disciples from the sect still come to clean and ventilate the room from time to time.
Xu Jingyun threw the baggage on her back on the table in the flower hall, moved a lounge chair from the house, placed it under the eaves outside the room, and lay down on it carefree.
He looked at the young lady and said, "I'm exhausted today, so just eat some dry food. I'll look for something to eat tomorrow."
"My room is on the left. You should be on the right. If anything happens, just shout and I will hear you."
After saying that, he closed his eyes and rested his mind.
The young lady ran into the room on the right and saw that in addition to a large bed, there was a square wooden table with four stools, and a wooden cabinet for storing clothes.
There is a wooden frame near the entrance, with a wooden basin and a bronze mirror for washing. Next to the lake is a large carved window. When you open it, you can see the lotus leaves swaying gently in the lake.
The young lady was very satisfied and put her luggage into the wooden cabinet. She shook off the quilt on the bed and smelled it. There was still a little smell of the sun. It seemed that some senior brothers and sisters had come to clean it up.
After leaving the room, he looked at the long wooden table in the middle of the tea room, with a bluestone and carved tea tray on it, as well as a small stove for making a fire and a tea set for boiling water.
Then he stretched out his head and called out: "Master, do you still have tea in your bag? I want to make a pot to drink. I have been thirsty and uncomfortable all the way up the mountain."
Xu Jingyun snorted and said it was in the bag.
The young lady then found a fire stick, lit the broken wood in the stove, watched the flames burning, took the copper kettle on the table, and went downstairs to fetch water to boil.
At this time, the sky was already dark, and there were scattered stars hanging in the sky.
