Beginning of summer, half past Chen hour, cloudy.
After finishing the porridge cooked by Li Ye, Li Hongxiu and Mu Mu were sitting at the table outside the wooden house after cleaning up. The gentleman opposite was pouring tea cups for the three of them.
At the same time, he told Li Ye who was sitting opposite him: "When you have time, go to Taoist Priest Xuantian Guanqingxu. I won't say much else. Again, take care of yourself."
Li Ye nodded and handed an envelope made of animal skin wrapped in a piece of white cloth to the gentleman.
Blushing, he said, "I thought about it all night, but couldn't find the right one, so I picked up a gem and gave it to her. This thing was also given to Master Niang and Mu Mu when we were in Fengyun City."
The gentleman nodded, took the package and put it away, smiling: "If you pass by the Royal Academy, I will go and see this little girl first."
"It's causing trouble for you, sir." Li Ye replied softly.
Mu Mu stared at Li Ye with a pair of red eyes and asked, "Is it the young lady from the general's residence that the master's wife often mentioned? Has Mu Mu seen her?"
Li Hongxiu touched her hand and smiled: "You were still with Li Ye on Tianshan Mountain when she left. How could we have seen each other? This time we can see this little girl your brother likes when we go back."
Mu Mu turned around and glanced at Li Ye, then thought for a while and said nothing.
"She is a few years older than you. You have to call her sister." Li Hongxiu continued.
Mu Mu said "Oh!" and then looked at Li Ye, who nodded.
She reluctantly replied to Li Hongxiu: "Okay, Mu Mu knows."
At this time, Mumu was almost in tears.
Looking at Mu Mu's appearance, the husband wanted to say something more, but finally gave up after thinking about it.
He picked up the cup, drank all the tea in the cup, sighed, and said, "It's getting late, let's set off." After that, he lifted his feet and walked down the stone cliff.
Seeing her husband stand up, Li Hongxiu pulled Mu Mu to stand up and walked down the cliff.
Li Ye followed behind and waved to Mu Mu: "Mu Mu, be good and listen to your master's wife."
At this time, Mu Mu, who had endured it for a long time, finally couldn't bear it anymore. She threw away Li Hongxiu's hand and fell on Li Ye.
She burst into tears and burst into tears no less than she did when they were separated on Tianshan Mountain that year.
The difference was that that year she lay on Li Ye's back and Li Hongxiu's body.
At the beginning of summer this year, she fell into Li Ye's arms.
Li Hongxiu turned her head to look at her husband and sighed quietly.
Li Ye also sighed quietly while holding Mu Mu.
Although he was reluctant to let go of Mu Mu, he could not help Mu Mu either in terms of life care or practice guidance. It was only right to let Mu Mu stay with his husband.
Although Mu Mu also understands this truth, as Li Ye said, it is one thing to understand, but it is another thing when things happen.
In her world, apart from Bai Susu, she only has Li Ye in her heart.
"Mu Mu, don't cry. You are an adult now. If I can't come back in two years, you can come here with my wife. Maybe you will already be a master in the Nascent Soul Realm by then."
Helpless, Li Ye could only pat Mu Mu's back gently and whisper in her ear.
After crying desperately for a quarter of an hour, Mu Mu's voice became smaller and smaller as Li Hongxiu pulled her over and took out a silk scarf to wipe away her tears.
He asked softly in her ear: "Do you want Master Niang to carry you?"
Mu Mu shook her head, hugged Li Hongxiu and sobbed softly.
Li Hongxiu looked at Li Ye, gritted her teeth, waved to him, then took Mu Mu's hand, turned around and walked down the cliff.
"Sir, Mistress, if you are not in a hurry, you can rest one night at Xuantian Temple today and leave again tomorrow."
Li Ye looked at the three people walking down and shouted loudly.
The gentleman waved his hand: "I know!" The speed of his feet did not stop, and he continued to go down the mountain.
Li Hongxiu saw Mu Mu crying so hard that he bent down, picked her up and walked down the stairs.
The spring breeze is passing away, and people are drifting away...
Li Ye returned to the stone table, sighed quietly, raised his hand, and placed the iron piano in front of the table.
I caressed with my fingers, wanting to play a song to say goodbye to my husband, my wife, and Mu Mu...
There is a saying: I just saw separation, now we are separated again.
My heart moved, and I burst into tears.
When he flicked it with his fingers, it was not "Yangguan Sandie" that was used to send off Tang Qiuyu and Xia Wutong, but "Nine Songs" that even he himself was not very familiar with and had never even played or sung before.
...
You don't say anything when you enter and you don't say anything when you leave.
Riding on the returning wind carries the cloud flag.
Happy to have new acquaintances,
Don't be sad because of separation.
Lotus clothes and luxuriant belts come and go suddenly.
...
The sound of the piano follows the wind, and the singing penetrates the clouds.
Having already descended from the stone cliff, Mu Mu heard the sound of the piano as she gradually faded away.
Although she didn't understand the meaning of the singing, she knew it was Li Ye playing the piano to see her off, so she couldn't help but cry harder.
Li Hongxiu, while coaxing Mu Mu on her back, asked her husband: "Husband, what piece is this little guy playing this time? Why have I never heard it before? It's so sad and sad that it makes people feel uncomfortable."
The husband frowned. He didn't expect Li Ye to play this piece of music.
This song was something he had never played before. It would be impossible to understand the artistic conception of it based on Li Ye's current state of mind.
While walking on the mountain path, listen carefully.
After a long while, the husband said: "This is a melody that describes parting. It's normal that you haven't heard it before. This is not a music from the five realms. This song and lyrics combine the inevitable pain of separation in life through the melody. singing......"
The teacher was patient and patient in explaining to Li Hongxiu, as if he was teaching a new student to learn piano music.
While listening to her husband's explanation, Li Hongxiu nodded and replied: "I didn't expect that this little guy is not only getting better and better in physical cultivation, but his musical cultivation has also surpassed mine."
The husband smiled bitterly and said, "That's because you have experienced so many separations without him."
Li Hong's sleeves froze, looking at the man in front of him, and nodded heavily.
"Mu Mu, don't cry. It's a big deal. Master Niang will take you here again in two years. You are familiar with this journey." Li Hongxiu softly coaxed Mu Mu to come.
Mu Mu nodded and remained silent.
...
The mountain passer-by Li Ren has disappeared, and Li Ye on the mountain has fallen into the artistic conception of the music.
From the separation of Tianshan and Mu Mu, the young lady left without saying goodbye, to the departure of the little fat man and his party from Tang Qiuyu, to the separation of himself and his parents.
Farewell to Nalan Yu in Zhongyu, Tang Qiuyu and Xia Wutong in early spring, and today Mu Mu and his teacher and his wife left.
The experiences of these years were like scriptures in a Buddhist hall. Pages were turned by the wind and emerged in his mind one by one...
I think back to the beauty of my trip to Tianshan Mountain at the beginning of that year, my first breakthrough on Tianshan Mountain, my first encounter with Mumu on the grassy slope, and my meeting with Xiaobai in the mountain stream.
Making tea and discussing Taoism with the old ape in the wind and snow, and giving lectures to the old wolf on the top of the mountain.
Ye Wuya was furiously chopped off in the Great Buddha Temple, bandits were driven away by flying arrows on the Fuchun River, Tianjiao smiled proudly in the imperial city, Yuanying was killed with a smile on the way to the west...
Along the way, although it is not earth-shattering, it is also sincere...
At the end of the song, the strings turn sharply, and the sound is not as sad as the forward sound.
When Qin was in a hurry and his love was deep, he closed his eyes and roared.
"I have long had the intention to reach the sky, and I will descend the Tianshan Mountains with one sword!"
With a "dong" sound, the last note popped out, and Li Ye opened his eyes...
A mountain breeze blew by.
Less leaning...
Just listen to the loud noise of "Boom!" in front of you.
But it was a cedar tree ten feet away in front of the cliff, broken in the middle, and the break was like a sword passing without leaving a trace!
The sound and the piano merged, the person and the mind merged, the blood and the Qi merged. The last touch of the piano sound actually condensed the eighth level of his "Formless Dharma Body".
Separating the true essence of the true body into the flesh and blood, the true energy was released, and the sound waves of the strings were used to cut off the cedar ten feet away.
After many years, he once again felt the vague and insignificant true energy in his body.
Under the dual perceptions of love and hate, separation and joy, he was able to comprehend the eighth level of the "Phaseless Dharmakaya" and break through the cultivation of the physical body to the early stage of the eighth level.
Caught off guard, he couldn't help but murmur: "More joy comes from new acquaintances, but no sadness comes from parting."
The breakthrough happened unexpectedly.
Cultivation is indeed a very personal matter.
He stood up on the cliff, looked at the vast mountains, and shouted with all his strength: "Sir, I have entered the country!"
Sir, I have entered the country...I have entered the country!
Sounds are heard in the empty valley and echoed in the mountains.
After walking several miles, Mu Mu also jumped off Li Hongxiu's back and walked, but a voice came from the sir's ear: "Sir, I have entered the country!"
Mu Mu also heard the voice and couldn't help but look up at her husband and asked: "Sir, what did my brother mean by shouting?"
Li Hongxiu also looked at his man with confusion on his face.
The teacher smiled, looked at the two of them and said, "This guy, the pain of separation actually made him break into the eighth level of physical cultivation. It's incredible."
Mu Mu nodded and said thoughtfully: "Brother is still the best."
Li Hongxiu said angrily: "This kid is a monster, a monster!"
Mu Mu nodded again: "Well, my brother is a monster!"
The gentleman looked at the two women in front of him, shook his head, and said with a smile, "It's important to be on your way."
On the mountain road of Fangcun Mountain, the sun is just right and summer is approaching.
...
...
Li Ye on the stone cliff had already put away his iron harp and brewed a pot of tea again. He was holding the eighth-level mental method of "The Formless Dharma Body" in his hand and was pondering over it carefully.
Refining Qi with living beings, uniting Qi and blood, and being able to escape from the mortal body...
At this time, he had long forgotten the words of flattery and humiliation, and only thought in his mind that he had mastered the eighth-level technique, so the day of perfection would not be too far away.
As for the ethereal ninth level, you can completely save it and practice slowly after returning to the Central Realm.
He really wanted to shout to the world again: "Zhongxuan Realm, I'm coming back!"
He was young and frivolous. Although he was born with a channel connection and had no obstacles in his practice, he had always had a smooth journey since practicing with his husband. Even when he practiced alone on Tianshan Mountain, he encountered many obstacles.
However, what he didn't expect was that he, who thought he had reached the early stage of the eighth level in the cultivation of "Shadowless Dharmakaya" and would be able to get off the mountain in less than two years, encountered the greatest resistance in this realm, which is the easiest to practice. .
It wasn't until one day many years later, after he encountered the catastrophe of life and death, that he understood the truth that spiritual practice is like sailing against the current.
As Ouyang Dongli often says:
Eighty-nine times out of ten things in life are unsatisfactory.
Good dreams are the easiest to wake up from.
Since ancient times, no one has been separated from anyone in life.
Since ancient times, who can always have a happy life?
