The days pass by between fingers, and the winter solstice is here in a blink of an eye.
Qingxu asked Tang Qiuyu to bring a message and asked Li Ye to bring two jars of new wine and lead the people in the Qingshi Courtyard to Xuantian Temple to celebrate the festival with him.
Li Ye felt like he was being cut by a knife, thinking that this was the last winter solstice for the two masters in the five regions.
He understood that the three of them would not be able to wait until next autumn, and would leave the Five Domains in summer at the latest.
Xia Wutong has already lost his father, and will soon lose his mother again.
Only then did Li Ye realize that the girl in front of him, who was two years older than him, had always lived stronger than him.
After a detailed talk with Jiang Ruoyu that day, he finally let go of his pride and promised to take good care of Princess Wutong after she left. However, the promise this time was different from the answer given to Emperor Ying.
Jiang Ruoyu finally achieved her goal, and she was happy, but she didn't rush to tell her daughter. She decided to wait until the moment she left to make the matter clear.
Before that, she wanted to let the two of them get along with Yi as much as possible. If she could do it quietly, she wouldn't have to worry about it as a mother.
Although Tang Qiuyu didn't ask Jiang Ruoyu, she saw some subtle changes in Li Ye these days, and she was secretly happy.
The fate she forged from the Tianshan Mountains finally did not turn into hatred for her, and she finally guarded it until the moonlight.
Just after midnight, the group left the small bluestone courtyard and walked towards Xuantian Temple.
Li Ye pulled Nangong Ruyu's little man, and the master and apprentice walked in front, stepping on the thick snow and walking down.
As the women walked behind, Xiaohua and Xia Wutong were muttering quietly, wondering if they were thinking of taking a day off tomorrow and going to the back mountain to find food. These two little girls were also thinking about Li Ye's barbecue.
Behind the gray wall was a clear courtyard. Li Ye looked up and saw that half of the roof was covered with thick snow, and half of the snow was slowly melting.
"Master, is he cooking something delicious?"
Nangong Ruyu didn't look at the snow on the roof, she smelled the aroma in the house.
Li Ye looked down at her and smiled: "In the future, when you go out, you must learn to observe what's going on inside and outside the house, you know?"
Nangong Ruyu nodded, pointed at the snow on the roof and said with a smile: "Yu'er knows that the half of the melted snow is the master cooking delicious food, so the heat will melt the snow a little... "
Tang Qiuyu, who was behind him, seemed to have guessed what the master and apprentice were talking about. He smiled slightly and said: "You master and apprentice are really interesting. You have to watch the game carefully even on the roof where the cooking is done."
"Master said this is due to careful observation, don't be deceived by your own eyes!" Nangong Ruyu turned to look at Tang Qiuyu and explained seriously.
That look seemed to say, we are talking about serious business.
"Yes, Yu'er should practice well with the master." Jiang Ruoyu glared at her, thinking that she was teaching her disciples, why are you making fun of her?
"Master, I think what my junior brother said makes sense. We have ignored these details before."
Xia Wutong, who was following behind, looked up at the half of the snow on the roof and said with a frown.
It was only after listening to Nangong Ruyu's words that she remembered that the master and apprentice had been busy studying how to practice and how to break through the realm in these years. How had they ever carefully understood the details of this world?
Or is it because the master and the disciple have smooth sailing and no danger?
"Think about it, how can we, the master and the disciple, think about these things?" Tang Qiuyu and Xia Wutong had the same idea. The master and the disciple have indeed not encountered danger in these years.
I don’t know if it’s because her cultivation is getting higher day by day, or because the two of them have never been involved in the grievances in the world.
Thinking of what Ruyu said just now, Tang Qiuyu suddenly felt very ashamed.
Qingxu, who was standing under the eaves, looked at the group of people, smiled and said, "Is there anything else?"
"No more. The master and apprentice have only taught Yu'er this move."
Nangong Ruyu shook her head desperately, as if to prove to Qingxu that the master and disciple did not do it intentionally.
Li Ye smiled, looked at Qingxu and replied: "The mountains are vast and the sky and the earth are vast, and you can hear the thunder in the silent place. Master, you are in a good mood today!"
When Qingxu heard this, he stroked his beard and laughed, and said: "This little girl, you are teaching her. I and the drunkard are both at ease. How can we care about what riddles your master and apprentice are playing? It's freezing cold here, I care. Did you bring the wine?"
Looking at Qingxu's expectant look, Li Ye asked: "Master, don't you have wine brewed in Guanli in this house? Is it true that new wine tastes better than old wine?"
"What he is thinking about is not the wine, but you as his apprentice. He said that you haven't visited him for several days."
Before Li Ye could reply to Qingxu, a drunkard's voice came from the room.
When Qingxu heard this, he couldn't help but shake his head, looked at the group of people and said, "It's freezing cold, what are you doing standing outside?" After that, he turned around and entered the living room.
Nangong Ruyu looked up at Li Ye and said, "Master hasn't come to see me for several days. He seems a little angry."
Li Ye took her little hand and walked inside, muttering to himself that even if I came here, I would just drink tea with you? Besides, you still have three apprentices to teach.
He put the two jars of wine in his hand on the table in the living room, looked at the wine addict and said, "Master, this wine still has a few days to go. Is it going to taste better now?"
The drunkard glared at him and said with a smile: "Are you saying that it will taste better if it is kept for another year? Or are you saying that the three of us should not leave and stay with you?"
Li Ye glanced at him and couldn't help but laugh: "Master, I only talked about wine, why did you bring it up to something else... is it too much?"
The drunkard who was making tea looked at him and asked: "What's Tai Na? What's Tai Na?"
After Li Ye hesitated for a moment, he smiled and said, "That's too shameless. This Yu'er is still here, aren't you afraid of teaching her a bad lesson?"
The drunkard laughed loudly. Nangong Ruyu looked at the two of them blankly. After thinking about it, he took Li Ye and sat down by the fire pit next to the table, waiting for Qingxu to cook meat for her.
Qingxu stirred a large pot of meat cooking on the fire pit, turned back to look at Nangong Ruyu and asked, "Yu'er, are you hungry? Master cooked a large pot of pork today for you to eat as much as you can."
When Nangong Ruyu heard this, her eyes narrowed with laughter, and she replied: "Thank you, Master, Master has brought you wine."
Qingxu sighed, looked at her and smiled: "Yu'er still understands what the master wants."
Li Ye smiled bitterly when he heard this and said, "Master, why are you so calm and so well-behaved and suddenly have so many emotions?"
The drunkard reached out and patted his shoulder, soothingly saying: "Maybe this is the last winter solstice we will live. Not only him, but I am also a little reluctant to leave."
"Practice more, and come back to see if you have any in the future." Li Ye thought for a while, looked at the three of them and said seriously.
"What did you say?" The drunkard looked at him in shock and couldn't help but ask.
"Master, it is said that after practicing to a certain level, you can return to this world, but there are some restrictions." Looking at the old man in front of him, Li Ye replied softly.
"Also, disciple, who did you listen to?" Qingxu looked at him and frowned. Who doesn't want to come back to see their relatives here after ascending?
"From what my husband said, very few people can do it, or some people can do it, but they no longer want to come back."
Li Ye thought, if one day he went to Shura Heaven or other places, would he want to come back again?
If his parents and sister were here, he would definitely want to go back, but what if his sister and the others left with his husband? Just like Dongfang Yuer's family suddenly disappeared overnight and followed the woman in white to wherever they went.
At this time, he suddenly felt confused.
"No matter how much you say, you must work hard to practice, whether it is this world or another world!"
Qingxu looked at the group of people in front of him and smiled lightly.
In his mind, he was thinking like a drunkard. It would be best if he could come back and have a look, but he did not disrupt his Taoist practice because of this.
But since the three of them saw hope, they naturally had to work hard.
"National Master, we were in such a hurry this time that we forgot to ask your husband for advice. It's a pity to say that."
Jiang Ruoyu looked at Li Ye and said softly.
Looking at the three people in front of him who were about to ascend, Li Ye said softly: "I heard from Mr. that practitioners after ascending will have a chance to be reborn. I wonder if the three seniors will be rejuvenated?"
He repeated what he had said to the old ape and the old wolf in Tianshan.
When Tang Qiuyu heard this, he couldn't help laughing and asked: "Doesn't that mean that the two masters may become like the national masters?"
Jiang Ruoyu couldn't help but squeeze her hand and said with a smile: "Having a chance to be reborn, no matter what, is something worth looking forward to."
Qingxu shook his head, raised his hands and rubbed his eyes, and replied with a smile: "Disciple, you are really good at pleasing the master. It feels a little weird to think that you will become like your husband."
Ning Que looked at the different expressions of the three people in front of him and said with a smile: "Master, practice as you wish and don't be attached. This principle was taught to me by the old monk from the Great Buddha Temple. I don't know when he will be able to ascend."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Ruoyu pondered for a moment and then replied: "That's right! Practice as you wish and don't be attached. It seems that the master's practice in Buddhism is indeed very deep."
Li Ye looked at her, and after a moment of silence he said, "I think after the three seniors leave, I will take Yu'er back to Tianshan to have a look. Once I come out, I haven't been back for many years."
Upon hearing this, Qingxu asked softly: "Want to visit your master at the Great Buddha Temple?"
Li Ye replied: "I heard from senior brother that he had been to the Great Buddhist Temple in Fengyun City a few years ago and said that the master was a little older... I don't know why, but I felt particularly uncomfortable when we went to his old man's house together."
Qingxu was silent for a long time, and suddenly reached out and touched Li Ye's head, with a hint of tenderness and a hint of approval in his eyes.
"To practice a religion, you have always competed with heaven for your fate. There are so many practitioners in the five realms. How many of them were able to break through the void and ascend in the end?"
Thinking about Li Ye's words, he also thought that the three of them were going to survive the final catastrophe. They didn't know whether the three of them could survive it, or whether some of them would die and be killed by the thunder.
The old monk of the Great Buddha Temple has always been kind to others and has saved many practitioners. However, his own practice has always been stuck in the last step. He will not be able to ascend until he survives the thunder tribulation.
The final result is the same. When the time is up, there is only the result of sitting down.
"I want to go to the Tianshan Mountains again to see if I can get some adventure somewhere and help my old monk master survive the last stage. No matter what, I can't watch him die in the five realms."
Li Ye looked at the three seniors in front of him and said quietly.
Although so far, he has never even explored Fangcun Mountain alone, let alone the mysterious Tianshan Mountains.
Seeing Li Ye's uncomfortable look, Tang Qiuyu smiled and said, "What a great ambition. When do you go, Wutong and I will accompany you."
When Li Ye heard this, he looked at her and said with a smile: "Mr. Tang Chao, you should go back to the imperial city to find my husband..."
I thought to myself that my mistress doesn’t care anymore, so what are you waiting for? Hurry up and come back as soon as spring begins.
Tang Qiuyu glared at him and said with a smile: "You are only allowed to go to Tianshan to look for opportunities. Why are you not allowed to follow me and get the glory? By the way, you won't take Yu'er with you, right?"
She suddenly felt that Li Ye might take Nangong Ruyu to the Tianshan Mountains for adventure.
After a long time, Li Ye raised his head, looked at the three of them and said, "Yu'er naturally wants to come with me, just like my husband took me with him back then. Reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles. I want her to Learn to walk early.”
Qingxu listened to his answer and said with a smile: "It seems that your master and apprentice have a very close relationship. Will the beauty's family agree?"
Li Ye looked at him and smiled: "I told Yu'er's grandfather, and I guess her father won't object."
I thought that until spring came, I would still have to convince Wu Xin to go down the mountain and go home.
Nangong Ruyu looked at Qingxu, squinted her eyes and smiled: "Yu'er naturally wants to practice with the master."
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