A month had passed since a black-horned python brought everyone a breakthrough, and it was already midsummer in the blink of an eye.
Li Ye has completed the copying of two volumes of scriptures, one volume was given to Lao Lang, and the other volume was given to Lao Yuan. Both volumes of scripture were carefully wrapped in two layers of animal skins.
Li Ye felt a little reluctant when he saw the old ape taking the scriptures with trembling hands.
Completing the copying of the scriptures means that he will leave Tianshan at any time, and from then on he will be separated from Lao Yuan and Lao Lang. If he cannot survive the nine calamities in this life, it means that it will be difficult for the four of them to get together again.
Li Ye said softly: "There is a complete volume of "Ksitigarbha Sutra" on the stone wall in the cave. Here is a complete volume of "Lotus Sutra". Seniors can pass them on to future generations, but remember not to take them with you. Overcoming the tribulation?"
The old ape was puzzled and asked: "Why can't you take it with you to survive the disaster?"
Li Ye shook his head, sighed and said: "The Po-Xu monk was so smart back then, why didn't he take these scriptures to survive the tribulation? According to him, all the items you brought with you may be transformed during the ascension. Fly for ashes.”
The old ape stayed for a long time, then sighed and murmured: "Ashes return to dust, dust returns to dust. Everything in this world cannot be taken with us there. It seems that the old wolf and I are going to survive the disaster naked. Already?"
"That's not absolute, right? You can bring some gold and silver with you. You should be able to use this wherever you go. Otherwise, wouldn't you be beggars for a while when you go there?" Li Ye said with a smile.
"This is fine. When I asked my husband last time, he seemed to have said this too. Don't worry, my husband gave me the news about Bai Susu who passed the tribulation and ascended to Bai Susu. He said that I could stay with her temporarily if I went there with Lao Lang. Some days, life is no problem.”
The old ape looked at him and said with a smile.
"That's good. I'm afraid that you won't be familiar with the place there and will have to endure a lot of hardships before you can settle down. With Mr. Bai there, you will feel much more relaxed when you first go there."
Li Ye thought of Bai Susu's graceful long hair and couldn't help but stay for a while.
The old ape put the scriptures wrapped in animal skins on the table, held the teacup, and looked out at the cliff.
He said softly: "Whether it's Bai Susu or Lao Lang and I, we all want to thank you and your husband. Without you, we wouldn't be able to survive the catastrophe successfully. Even if we ascend successfully, it would be extremely difficult to go to another world." difficult."
Li Ye looked at him and smiled lightly and said, "Maybe this is our fate for each other."
"One more thing, I recently saw you practicing sword practice with your left hand. How do you feel about it?"
"It's okay. Although it's not as smooth as my right hand, I've gradually found a way to do it."
"Except Xiaobai know about this, don't let anyone else know about it after you go back, and don't do it easily."
The old ape looked at him and said seriously.
"I think so too." Li Ye smiled faintly.
"It's not easy to walk in the world, it's always right to leave something to save yourself." The old ape frowned, as if he saw Li Ye's future.
"You will inevitably face many things alone when you follow your husband to practice in the world. Your husband will not be able to be by your side to protect you all the time. Now, leave some trump cards for yourself. You may be able to save your life at a critical moment."
The path of Lao Yuan Xin Dao cultivation is extremely difficult. In case of danger, it is most important to have a means to save one's life.
Li Ye looked at him and replied seriously: "I will remember the words of my seniors and won't let others know my trump card easily."
"Remember, only geniuses who can survive on the road of cultivation are considered geniuses. Those who die halfway are all waste."
The old ape looked up at the sky and whispered softly, as if he was educating his grandson.
Li Ye nodded calmly, thinking about what the old ape said, and thinking about not practicing his left-hand sword in front of others after returning.
After pondering for a long time, he replied: "After experiencing all the dangers on Tianshan Mountain, I feel that I am afraid of death, so I will try my best to survive, no matter what method I use."
Ever since the day when he carried Xiaobai on his back to climb the hundred-foot stone wall, Li Ye secretly told himself that he would never risk his own life in the future.
If he had accidentally made a mistake that day, both Xiaobai and himself would have died. Then there was the moment when he was quenching his body in the ice pool and almost froze to death.
He felt that he had been practicing cultivation at the expense of his own life.
Although the realm has been broken again and again, as long as any one of the processes goes wrong, the outcome will change, so Li Ye decided not to fight so easily from now on.
The sky outside Yaping is bluer than in spring, and the breeze in the mountains is not as cold as the spring breeze.
Everything seems to have never changed, and everything changes inadvertently.
The cicadas that have sprouted wings are already chirping softly on the trees, accompanied by the scenery of wild flowers blooming quietly all over the mountains.
Li Ye looked at the scenery outside Yaping, his body a little stiff.
Then I thought that in recent days, either I had my head down and copied scriptures, or I was immersed in sword practice and practiced hard, and I had long forgotten to appreciate the beautiful scenery of Tianshan Mountain.
Just when he didn't know how to express his depressed mood to the old ape, two different footsteps came from the stone path below the cliff. Listening closely, it turned out that it was the old wolf teaching Xiaobai a lesson as he walked.
It seems that Lao Lang's temper has become a little weird recently, and he will scold Xiao Bai at every turn, but for some reason Xiao Bai doesn't talk back.
They just followed him silently, walking up the rock flat one after another.
"After you come down from the mountain, you not only have to continue practicing, but you also have to learn to read and write with the little girls down the mountain. The city is not as good as Tianshan, and you can't do it with just one body!"
As he spoke, the old wolf walked into the shed with square steps.
Xiao Bai followed obediently, not daring to breathe loudly. He only occasionally raised his head to look at the old ape and then at Li Ye, and then lay down next to the bamboo chair.
Old Lang took the towel handed by Li Ye and wiped the sweat from his forehead, pointed to the scroll wrapped in animal skin on the table and said, "Is this for me?"
The old ape rolled his eyes at him, carefully picked up the scroll and put it into his arms, knocked on the table and said, "Ask him for yours, this is mine."
Li Ye ignored the bickering and quarreling between the two old men. He turned around and took out the scripture wrapped in animal skin from the wooden stand and handed it to the old wolf. He gently reminded him: "The courtesy is Qingqing, just keep it in mind." ."
After talking about what he had explained to the old ape before, he told the old wolf again.
The old wolf's smiling face suddenly darkened, and he said: "Such a good thing, you can't go there with me, and you have to buy it for a bunch of little bastards on the mountain. I don't know if they will cherish it as much as I do."
The old ape shook his head, looked at the angry old wolf with a smile, picked up a few melon seeds from the dish, and said: "This is called coming naked and going naked."
The old wolf held the scroll and said helplessly: "I'm just unwilling. What should I do if I go there and find nothing?"
The old ape thought about the same truth, and in a blink of an eye he remembered that there was Bai Susu. Wherever she was, what did the two of them have to be afraid of?
Then he said casually: "In the worst case, we'll have to start over again. What are you afraid of?"
Xiaobai, who was lying on the bamboo chair, had already covered his ears, and now he snored.
Li Ye poured a cup of tea for Lao Lang and said with a smile: "Here and there, it's all about practice. You two seniors, don't be obsessed with heretics."
The old wolf lowered his head and thought, what he said really made sense, and he woke up the man in his dream.
The old ape turned to look at Li Ye and said, "Little sir, what are your plans after going down the mountain? You won't be entangled with a few girls every day."
Li Ye was silent for a while, looked at the old ape and said, "I may stop practicing swordsmanship temporarily and go to practice Buddhism with the old monk at the Great Buddha Temple for a while."
The old ape and the old wolf were both stunned, and blurted out: "You are already so powerful, you still have to continue practicing Buddhism?"
Li Ye looked at the two of them, smiled and nodded, and said, "I have been practicing hard all this time. I kept thinking about perfecting my sword skills, and spent a lot of effort to break through the realm."
Seeing that the two of them were silent, he continued.
"Although I am also chanting and copying sutras, some of the principles are getting more and more confusing. It seems that only the old monks from the Great Buddha Temple can help me solve these many unclear principles."
The old ape nodded and replied: "Looking at your expression recently, I can understand."
Old Wolf picked up the teacup in front of him, sighed, and said: "These things I learned from Old Ape are not of any help to your practice. I only hope that you can take Xiaobai to practice together after you go down the mountain, and don't do what you did on the mountain again." Fight hard."
Li Ye smiled and shook his head, poured hot tea for the two old men, looked at Xiao Bai who was sleeping, and said softly: "I will hand Xiao Bai over to the master after we come down from the mountain, and he will teach him the principles of cultivation. "
The old wolf smiled and nodded, and replied: "With the teacher teaching him, the old ape and I can rest assured. I hope you can practice well in this world, and one day we can be reunited again."
After a moment of silence, Li Yedi smiled faintly, looked at Xiaobai lying on the bamboo and said, "Who can say clearly what will happen in the future? We are practicing here and you are practicing there. I hope everything will be fine." land."
The three of them suddenly fell into silence, and the room suddenly became much quieter. They could only hear the chirping of cicadas outside the cliff.
As the only disciple of my husband and a student of the old monk of the Great Buddha Temple, I also got the inheritance of the monk Po Xu of Fangcun Mountain by chance.
Li Ye was thinking about the various scenery he would encounter on his trip to the Central Region and the Western Region in the near future.
Lao Lang and Lao Lang were thinking about leaving Tianshan with the young gentleman they had known for a year and the grandson they recognized in the blink of an eye. The two of them would soon have to survive the catastrophe and leave.
The old man who no longer knows what separation is, now actually has some feelings of separation, which is really heart-wrenching.
The old ape who was deep in thought suddenly remembered something. He looked at Li Ye and said, "You can refine the inner elixir of the black-horned python that I asked you to place. The old man and I are here today to keep an eye on you."
"It's only been more than ten days since I broke through, can I refine the inner elixir? Will there be any accidents?" Li Ye looked at the old ape with some concern.
"What surprises can there be? At most, you can break through one or two more realms. Didn't you say you won't practice for a while after going down the mountain? This is just right. Break through the realm on the mountain. After returning to the city, you can practice Buddhism while slowly consolidating the realm." The old ape said with a smile.
The old wolf nodded and said: "That's the truth. Since you don't want to practice cultivation for the time being after coming down the mountain, you should refine the inner elixir first. If you have any problems in the future, you will face them later."
"Should we talk about it after dinner, or should we refine it now?" Li Ye looked at the old ape nervously.
