After the three of them finished lunch, Mu Mu and Li Hongxiu took the dishes and chopsticks to wash.
The gentleman wiped the stone table clean, Li Ye put the small tea stove on it, and took out the tea box from the room and placed it on the table.
"In the morning, I went to see the abbot, Master Mingyi, with your wife and Mu Mu."
The husband looked at Li Ye who was warming the pot and washing the cups and said softly.
"Sir, did you go to see the abbot? When did he return to the temple? Why haven't I heard Brother Minghui mention it?"
Li Ye asked curiously.
The teacher looked at Li Ye quietly, and after a while he replied: "I want to call him Master Mingyi, but you'd better call him senior brother instead!"
After speaking, he picked up the kettle and started making tea by himself.
"What did you do today?"
After washing the dishes, Li Hongxiu brought Mu Mu back and sat down around the table.
"Brother swept the ground for a long time." Mu Mu said with a smile.
Li Ye looked at Li Hongxiu and Mu Mu, then turned to look at the gentleman making tea, thinking about how to answer.
After a moment, he said: "I swept the stone steps and the square outside the mountain gate three times today. Because there is a Dharma assembly in the temple and there are many pilgrims coming, I didn't practice sword practice."
"Brother, it's hard work sweeping the floor!" Mu Mu looked at Li Ye and shouted distressedly.
"Senior Brother Minghui asked me to go to the main hall to attend the Dharma assembly. I said there was no one to sweep the floor for me, and then he turned around and left. ... Today at noon, there were twice as many people eating in the dining hall than usual. It was really hard work. I’m the senior fellow apprentice in the dining hall.”
Li Ye looked at the three of them and told them what happened one by one, without any sign of trouble.
"Only repetitive and monotonous things can cultivate people's character. I feel relieved that you are practicing in Prajna Temple. There are many masters here, and practitioners in the Five Realms don't dare to come here to run wild."
The gentleman carried the teapot and poured hot tea for the three of them.
Li Ye smiled and scratched his head awkwardly.
Li Hongxiu thought for a while, looked at him and asked: "Can you cultivate your state of mind by sweeping the fallen leaves in the square? Is it as simple as that and I can take Mumu to try it another day?"
The husband glared at her and replied, "This is Ye'er's own practice, why are you meddling in it?"
Li Hong's sleeves were stunned, and she thought to herself, she couldn't take Mumu to sweep the floor by herself. Maybe the pilgrims would misunderstand why the two women came to Prajna Temple to sweep the floor.
"Master's wife always wants Mu Mu to practice and have a peaceful mind. I haven't practiced sword practice for a long time. Brother will go outside the yard to pick up some leaves and play with the sword with Mu Mu, okay?"
Mu Mu pestered Li Ye and started acting coquettishly.
Li Ye took out a handkerchief and wiped her face and mouth. Frowning, he said, "Mumu, don't you have a scarf? Why don't you wipe your mouth every time after eating?"
Seeing her indifferent expression, he shook his head helplessly.
He continued: "Sir and Mistress will rest for a while, and I will accompany you to the back mountain to play."
"Sir, I met with the abbot and the senior brother today. I wonder what you talked about?"
Li Ye let Mu Mu go and looked at the husband intently.
The teacher looked at him and said softly: "Master Mingyi has agreed to your identity. Although it is a bit sudden for Master Hui to recognize you as his junior disciple, it is understandable considering the inheritance of Poxu Monk."
Li Ye was stunned, thinking that he had just become the little master uncle in Prajna Temple?
"When you complete the cultivation of the sixth level of the Formless Dharmakaya, he will ask Master Minghui to teach you the seventh level of mind."
The Master looked at him and said quietly, he was also proud of his disciple.
Li Ye nodded and said, "Senior brother Minghui has already told his disciples! I'm not in a hurry."
He was about to say something, but he didn't expect to hear something that shocked him immediately.
"Master Mingyi said that as long as you have the energy, you can enter and exit the Sutra Pavilion in Prajna Temple at will. You can read and copy the Buddhist scriptures inside as much as you like. There are also many practice methods for you to choose from."
Sir said calmly.
The small courtyard suddenly fell silent, and Li Ye was shocked when he saw his husband's calm face.
Li Hongxiu was also stunned, thinking that Prajna Temple was a mysterious temple in the legends of the Five Realms, and it had collected countless fascinating cultivation methods over thousands of years.
But the little guy in front of him actually impressed the abbot master so easily, allowing him to come and go freely, read and practice various Dharma methods at will.
Only Mu Mu didn't understand what happened. He just stared at Li Hongxiu and then at Li Ye.
Then he looked at his husband and asked: "Sir, is it great to have free access to the Sutra Pavilion of Prajna Temple?"
The gentleman looked at Mu Mu with a smile in his eyes. "Of course it's great."
Li Hongxiu was so shocked that she couldn't speak. She naturally believed what her man said.
Looking at Mu Mu's innocent look, she finally couldn't help but said: "Mu Mu, this is more than amazing. I think your brother is the only one in the five realms who can do this. I'm afraid even if he has practiced in Prajna Temple for hundreds of years Monks cannot enter or leave the Sutra Pavilion in the temple at will."
The gentleman nodded slightly to express his agreement with Li Hongxiu's statement.
Li Ye raised his head and looked at his husband. He was silent for a long time before hesitating and said: "Even so, I don't think it's time for me to enter and exit the Sutra Pavilion at will."
"No matter what, I have to practice the current technique to perfection before thinking about it, otherwise it will mess up my current cultivation state of mind."
Li Ye shook his head gently. Before completing the practice of the Formless Dharmakaya, he would not practice other methods. This would mess up his own state of mind.
The gentleman looked at him and nodded gently.
Said: "The way to practice is to not be impatient or impatient. There are many choices on the road to practice. If you are not careful, you will mess up your state of mind and ruin your practice."
"Disciple can't circulate his true energy now. Even if there are legendary techniques from the five realms in the Sutra Pavilion, he can't practice them. It's better to practice the Formless Dharmakaya honestly."
"I'm also looking forward to taking my snow-cutting swordsmanship to a higher level this winter. Although I can't cut off fifteen snowflakes with one sword like sir, I'm very satisfied if I can cut off five."
Li Ye held the tea cup with a look of yearning on his face.
Under the autumn sun, Li Ye's face was still light gray, but his whole body was bathed in a faint golden light.
The Master looked at the disciple in front of him and smiled with satisfaction.
Pointing at Li Hongxiu, he said, "If you can practice like Ye'er, you can cross that threshold in less than ten years."
Li Hongxiu's eyes lit up, she held his hand and said, "Really? You can't lie to me. Even Shangguan Wushuang's master is in the state of distraction now."
"That's it?" Mr. looked into her eyes quietly.
When Li Ye heard this, he was also stunned, and then he covered his mouth and laughed.
Mu Mu didn't understand at the side, so she had to hold Li Ye's hand and ask quietly.
In the end, Li Hongxiu figured it out and looked at his man with a blushing face.
He said in a low voice: "Of course not, but isn't this a threshold in front of you? Everyone has said that after passing this threshold, your practice will be faster."
Li Ye held Mu Mu's hand but still said nothing.
Mu Mu looked at Li Hongxiu, who was blushing and holding his breath, with wide eyes, puzzled.
The husband sighed softly, knocked on the table lightly, and said: "I heard from Tang Qiuyu that she broke through before Xu Jingyun. It has been three years since the New Year, but she is still distracted now. What do you think? ?”
Li Hong was stunned and speechless.
The husband thought for a moment and added some tea to her cup.
He said thoughtfully: "The path of practice is like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat. You can't rest even for a day. Do you think Ye'er has ever relaxed for a moment since he started practicing with me?"
"Not to mention anything else, he struggled on the line of life and death several times. Look at the practitioners around you. Who is as hard-working and conscientious as him?"
Li Ye didn't expect that his husband would make trouble for him, so he had to scratch his head.
He murmured: "Sir, Mistress, I'm just used to this kind of life. If I were free, I might be at a loss."
The gentleman waved his hand and ignored Li Ye. He took a sip of tea from the cup and said, "Let's go have a rest and let Ye'er lead Mu Mu to the back mountain to practice swordsmanship."
After saying that, he got up and walked into the house.
Li Hongxiu glanced at her husband, then at Mu Mu and Li Ye, then got up and followed her husband into the house.
Li Ye turned off the small stove on the table, stroked Mu Mu's hair and said, "Mu Mu, let's go play in the woods at the back of the mountain. Maybe we can pick up some mushrooms and wild vegetables."
Mu Mu jumped up when she heard this, and with a strong movement of her feet, she lay on Li Ye's back.
She said coquettishly: "Brother, you haven't carried Mu Mu on your back for a long time, so just carry me."
Li Ye was stunned, turned his head and glanced at her, thought for a while and said: "Mu Mu, you are seven years old, you can't be as willful as you were when you were a child! If the senior brothers in the temple see this, it will be difficult to explain. "
Mu Mu curled her lips and replied: "No, even if you grow up, you will have to be carried by your brother. You promised my master to take care of Mu Mu."
Li Ye felt a headache when he heard this and was too lazy to reason with Mu Mu, so he had to carry her and run towards the back mountain.
Without the Xuantie Armor and carrying Mu Mu on his back, Li Ye couldn't feel the weight at all. In less than a quarter of an hour, the two of them got into the woods behind the Prajna Temple.
Mu Mu looked at the piles of mushrooms in the grass with sharp eyes, and screamed: "Brother, stop quickly, there are mushrooms in the grass."
Li Ye ignored her and continued to take a few steps forward before putting her down.
Pointing to a few big trees, he said: "There's no rush to pick mushrooms. Let's practice sword practice first, just like we did on Tianshan Mountain. We'll go pick them up after practicing sword practice. It's already early."
Upon hearing this, Mu Mu took out the black wooden knife that her husband had sharpened for her with a "swipe" sound and held it in her hand.
Looking at Li Hong, he said: "Mu Mu is very powerful now. Don't cry when my brother gets beaten."
"I told you on Tianshan Mountain that these leaves and pine needles are the swords in our hands. If you can pierce these swords through my clothes, you will win. Two years have passed in the blink of an eye. Let me see you. The sword in your hand."
Li Ye chuckled lightly, picked up a handful of pine needles from the ground and closed them with the leaves. With a wave of his hand, the sword shadows in the sky flew towards Mu Mu, who was a few feet away.
"I haven't moved my hands and feet in two years. My brother's swordsmanship has indeed become much better. It's just a pity. Mu Mu is also very good now!"
Mu Mu smiled and spoke, but her hands did not stop.
Using his true energy, he turned the leaves in his hands into flying swords and stabbed Li Ye, while waving the wooden knife in his hand to block the hundreds of pine needle sword shadows swung by Li Ye...
Looking at the tiny figure jumping among the trees, it felt like I was back on the Tianshan Mountains. At that time, Mu Mu was not yet four years old, but she was able to fight against him.
After thinking about it, Li Ye suddenly asked: "Mu Mu, how many years have you been following Mr. Wang? Did he teach you how to practice swordsmanship?"
Mu Mu jumped while swinging her sword, glanced at Li Ye, tilted her head and replied: "Of course I have to teach you!"
Li Ye was stunned. The bamboo sword he held in his hand stopped for a moment, looked at her and asked, "I didn't even teach you at all. As long as I practice the most basic sword swing and fencing, I actually teach you first?"
At the moment when Li Ye was in a daze, Mu Mu quickly scattered the pine needles and leaves in her hands, and proudly replied: "Because I am Mu Mu!"
Li Ye gently clenched his fists and looked at Mu Mu, who was like an elf, with a warm smile in his eyes.
He smiled and said, "Just because you are Mu Mu?"
Before he finished speaking, he felt a chill on the sleeve of his left arm, and a leaf pierced his white robe like a flying sword.
