After the wine was gone and everyone dispersed, the old ape finally passed out drunk, and with the help of his husband, he walked step by step back to the cave under the cliff flat.
Li Ye helped the half-drunk Tang Qiuyu back to the cave, gave her his resting place, helped her sit down on the stone platform, and returned to the shed to clean up the mess.
I washed the dishes, wiped the table clean, washed my face and brushed my teeth, then sat on the stone table and started to boil water and make tea.
When the husband returned from sending the old ape off, Li Ye had already boiled the tea and was about to pour it into the cup.
The gentleman looked at Li Ye with calm eyes, and after a moment of silence he said, "You must have suffered a lot... over the past year."
Li Ye raised his eyebrows slightly and replied: "It's not hard work, I also found my own opportunity."
After hearing these words, the gentleman's somewhat solemn expression finally relaxed and he said softly: "It seems that you have learned to face difficulties by yourself, so good."
Li Ye smiled and replied: "I got the space ring left by Monk Poxu. There are a lot of resources in it. Sir, do you want it?" He did not tell Mr. Sword in the Stone because he thought it was the old ape. s things.
The husband was startled when he heard this, and thought to himself that this old monk was also interesting. After he attained enlightenment, he did not forget to leave an opportunity for those who would practice in the future.
"Since it's your chance, just keep it. If you don't need it now, it will be of great use in the future. I was thinking of finding you a space bag, but I didn't expect that you already got the space ring. If it's very good."
"Don't tell anyone about the ring and resources, including Mr. Tang and your parents. In short, the less you know, the better. You have to know the truth behind the crime."
The gentleman looked at the tea cup in front of him and blew gently.
Li Ye nodded and said: "I was in the fifth level of the golden elixir before. After taking the elixir, I dropped to the first level. Now I have practiced to the second level. It's just that the formless body cannot continue to practice because there are no subsequent techniques."
"Just let nature take its own course when it comes to your realm breakthrough. Don't be anxious. After you go back, you can spend some time with your family. At most, we will leave for Fangcun Mountain next spring."
The gentleman tapped his fingers lightly on the table.
Li Ye thought for a while, poured out a small pile of herbs from the bag behind his back and put it on the table. He looked at his husband excitedly and said, "Sir, look, I found something good today."
The husband grabbed one and put it in front of his eyes for a closer look. He exclaimed in surprise: "Dendrobium dendrobium? I've been looking for it on the mountain for a long time and haven't seen it. You are lucky."
"Sir, please take these first, and I will continue to search. I have to stay in the mountain for a while longer. Firstly, the time to promise to the old ape has not yet come, and secondly, I want to hone my realm again."
"No problem, I will stay here with Tang Qiuyu for a few days and then go back. Your three classmates are also on Tianshan Mountain, and Li Hongxiu is watching them there. I will take these dendrobiums back first, and I will give some to your parents. It should come in handy.”
Mr.'s eyes were full of joy.
"Sir, do you want the three of them to go to the Central Territory with Mr. Tang? That makes me feel relieved."
Li Ye missed Fatty Tang and Xiao Ju Hu Ge.
"The three of them are quite qualified and can persist in climbing Tianshan Mountain. I asked Li Hongxiu to use medicinal herbs to temper their bodies in the past few days. After a few days, they will go down the mountain and follow Mr. Tang to Qingcheng." Mr. said.
Li Ye hesitated for a while, then looked at his husband and said, "How is Mumu doing at the foot of the mountain?"
"She is very good. She can eat and sleep. She learned to play the piano from Li Hongxiu. She read and wrote with your mother to hone her character. We will consider making a breakthrough in a few years."
The gentleman's face looked a little solemn. "No one cares about her in the mountains, but in the secular world we have to think more about her."
Li Ye sighed and said, "There's nothing we can do about it for the time being, but all I need to do is stick to my heart so that I won't let down Bai Bubu's original entrustment."
"What do you want to practice on the mountain in the next few months? Is there anything you need me to do?"
The gentleman pondered for a moment and asked with a frown.
Facing Li Ye, who had retreated from the fifth level of Jindan to the first level and was about to break through to the third level, he suddenly felt that he didn't know how to teach the disciples in front of him.
Li Ye stared blankly outside the house and said with a smile: "Since I have decided to leave here, I will look for more medicinal materials, wait until the summer flash floods to hone my sword skills, and copy two more volumes of scripture. arts......"
In fact, Li Ye wanted to tell his husband that he actually didn't want to do anything, but he was afraid that his husband would scold him for being lazy, so he randomly found reasons for himself that seemed good.
"The old monk from the Great Buddha Temple gave me a message, asking you to go to his place first after coming down the mountain, and then go home. I don't know why he did this. Since he said so, you should do as he said. "
The teacher stretched his waist, stood up, walked to the bamboo chair and lay down, closed his eyes, and then said softly: "You are good, I actually learned to weave these chairs without teaching you, although it is a bit rough. "
Li Ye walked to the table and blew out the lit rosin, then took down the scriptures from the wooden stand and walked gently to the ground outside the shed to meditate.
He knew that his husband had been running around all day and had a drink with Lao Lang, so he was probably tired.
The moonlight shone dimly on the cliff. He opened the scriptures and chanted softly...
Tang Qiuyu in the cave had fallen into a deep sleep, and Xiaobai was lying on the side snoring.
If she wakes up at this time, she will find that the scriptures on the stone wall seem to come alive in the quiet sound of Li Ye chanting scriptures. The scriptures all over the wall are shaking gently, and the entire cave is shrouded in a faint layer of light. In the Buddha's light.
...
The spring breeze gradually picked up the flowers and bloomed... One night passed, the hungover Tang Qiuyu woke up and found that the morning light had penetrated into the stone wall of the cave.
I secretly thought to myself that drinking was really a waste of time. Yesterday, I was thinking about comprehending the meaning of swords in Shibi scriptures at night. I never thought that after a meal of wine and meat, I would sleep until dawn.
He took out a white cloak from the storage ring and hung it on his shoulders. He slowly walked out of the cave and leaned against the door of the wooden shed, looking at the beautiful scenery outside the cliff and Li Li, who was wielding a sword under the cedar tree with his eyes closed. Night is no different from a child practicing Buddhism for the first time.
Without any inner strength, he gently swung the bamboo sword in his hand again and again, as if to cut away the gentle spring breeze...
"This is really interesting." She admired sincerely as she leaned against the door and watched for half an hour.
"It's interesting." The gentleman was sitting at the table making tea, and the porridge in the pot was already steaming.
Tang Qiuyu wrapped herself in a cloak and entered the shed, sat down opposite her husband, and asked gently: "Can he practice swordsmanship like this? I have never seen a practitioner who practices swordsmanship without a trace of true energy."
The teacher ironed a cup for Tang Qiuyu, poured hot tea, and remained silent for a moment before saying, "I once demonstrated in front of him how to chop off falling snowflakes with a wooden sword, but I didn't tell him how to practice."
Tang Qiuyu nodded and said: "It is indeed not a good thing to practice too early."
Seeing that she didn't understand what he meant, the husband had no choice but to continue.
"My original intention was to let him practice again after two years, but I didn't expect that I had been separated from him for more than a year for some reason, and he actually let him learn the ropes and practice his own snow-cutting method. It seems that I can no longer We need to teach him how to cut snow."
"Why not use an iron sword?" Tang Qiuyu suddenly asked.
"Why not use an iron sword?" The gentleman's hand holding the teacup shook and he almost spilled the tea.
Looking at Tang Qiuyu, he said: "When it snows, you will naturally understand. If you don't understand the relationship between swords and snow, and you strike rashly, at most some snow slag will fall on the sword, and there may not even be any snow slag." ."
"And what I want him to do is chop a whole snowflake into two. He's been able to chop one off, and next winter he might be able to chop off three or more with one sword."
Tang Qiuyu was a little stunned and murmured: "There is no snow right now, how can we prove this truth?"
"It's simple. After breakfast, I'll ask Ye'er to pick up some pine needles and bring them back. The two of you attack each other with pine needles to see who can chop off more pine needles without letting the other's pine needles prick your clothes."
"This is just a game he and Mu Mu practice playing. You can try it."
Tang Qiuyu thought for a while, picked up the tea cup in front of him, took a sip gently, and said to his husband, "I want to try it."
The husband looked at her and smiled and said: "There are some things in the world that do not depend on whether you have the ability to do it, but whether you want to do it. His current level of practice is like an ant to you, but if you only think about the sword It may be a little difficult to defeat him in this attack, and I also want to see the result of your two attacks."
Tang Qiuyu opened his mouth to say something, but paused for a long time, but said nothing.
...
After three people and one wolf had breakfast, the husband asked Li Ye to pick up a bunch of pine needles in the woods. He casually grabbed a handful and handed them to Tang Qiuyu. Then he looked at Li Ye and said, "You have a few tricks with Mr. Tang, and she will control the real thing." The strength of the energy won’t hurt you.”
Li Ye nodded, looked at Tang Qiuyu and nodded. Said: "Thank you for your advice, Mr. Tang."
After saying that, the two distanced themselves, Li Ye stood under the cedar tree, and Tang Qiuyu returned to the wooden shed.
Li Ye still had the bamboo sword in his hand.
Tang Qiuyu took out his long sword.
Tang Qiuyu held his breath and calmed down. His true energy circulated, and a pine needle flew out from his fingers like a flower.
When Li Ye stood under the tree, he had already closed his eyes, concentrated on breathing, let go of his consciousness, and concentrated on the space one foot in front of him.
I saw the bamboo sword in his right hand slash out, and with a flick of his left hand, a stream of pine needles shot towards Tang Qiuyu.
Tang Qiuyu smiled and waved the iron sword in his hand, easily cutting the flying pine needles into two pieces. Looking up, he saw that the pine needles he shot had fallen at Li Ye's feet.
With a start in his heart, three pine needles flew towards Li Ye in the shape of a pin, and two pine needles flew out of Li Ye's hand.
As expected, Li Ye's bamboo sword knocked down Tang Qiuyu's pine needles again, and the two fought to a draw.
Tang Qiuyu was anxious and swung his left hand quickly, shooting out more than a dozen pine needles at Li Ye in any direction.
Li Ye's swing of the bamboo sword was just like the unstructured sword technique in the early morning, cutting off Tang Qiuyu's pine thorns one by one.
Tang Laiyu was so angry that he threw out all the pine needles in his hand, and shot them at Li Ye with his true energy like a rain of flowers all over the sky.
Li Ye felt the sudden and violent attack, and he threw out all the pine needles in his hand and shot them towards Tang Qiuyu's location.
Li Ye felt the danger in front of him and protected his body with the fifth level of "Phaseless Dharmakaya". The bamboo sword in his hand was swung at high speed under the perception of his spiritual consciousness.
Unknowingly, Ruoshui Sword Intent and Zhanxue Sword Technique were fused together. It forms a defensive fortress that cannot be penetrated by water...
After a long while, I heard a deep sigh from the other side, and Tang Qiuyu muttered: "I'm not convinced!"
Li Ye was startled, opened his eyes, and looked at Tang Qiuyu who was in a daze across from him and the gentleman who was smiling and saying nothing.
