Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly saw a flash of fire in the forest ahead.
Li Xiuyuan was delighted and quickly walked towards the light.
After two days of crawling around in the mountains alone, I finally encountered human traces in the mountains. No matter how close I was, it was also my instinct to survive in the wild.
Before he could get close to the fire, a voice came from his head: "Who is coming?"
Li Xiuyuan was stunned and felt the cold wind rushing down his spine. Looking closely, he saw two figures next to the fire, looking at him warily.
"Don't be nervous, I just went into the mountains to collect herbs." Li Xiuyuan quickly explained.
After hearing this, the two men, one large and one small, looked at him carefully. The man standing in front of the boy slowly put down the long knife in his hand.
He patted the little boy behind him and told him to relax. He smiled and said, "There are many wild animals in the mountains, but we had a false alarm."
"Sorry for causing trouble to you two." Li Xiuyuan stepped forward and clasped his fists in reply.
The middle-aged man in a coarse blue shirt was quite bold, waving and saying: "Come here, the night wind is cold, it's not easy for everyone in this deep mountain and old forest."
Li Xiuyuan thanked him, then walked forward and sat next to the fire.
The middle-aged man had been sizing up Li Xiuyuan and couldn't help but sympathize with him when he saw that his legs and feet were inconvenient.
Sitting by the fire, Li Xiuyuan learned during the chat that the father and son lived at the foot of the mountain and made a living by hunting. Although their lives were not rich, they could maintain food and clothing.
Moreover, the little boy looks similar to Li Xiuyuan, but he is also an experienced hunter. As his father has been in and out of the mountains many times, he has much more experience in the mountains and forests than Li Xiuyuan.
Li Xiuyuan also reported his family status. After learning that he was actually a disciple of the academy, the middle-aged man was slightly surprised. The little boy became more curious, and his bright eyes kept wandering around Li Xiuyuan.
The middle-aged man said: "This boy of mine also wants to enter the academy to practice, but there is no way, so he admires you practitioners quite a lot."
These words reminded Li Xiuyuan of what he had experienced over the years, and he couldn't help but feel deeply for it, and reached out to touch the child's head.
"In a few days, I will talk to the teacher and see if I can think of a way to admit you to the academy for training."
Li Xiudi, who felt sympathy, suddenly looked at the father and son and said.
As he was talking, the little boy's stomach growled unexpectedly. Li Xiuyuan was stunned, suddenly smiled, and then took out a few pieces of dried meat from the package he carried with him and handed them to the father and son.
The boy was moved, but he didn't reach out to take it. Instead, he looked at the middle-aged man, who smiled and said, "Eat it. Didn't this young gentleman say that he would introduce you to the academy to practice?"
The little boy laughed when he heard it, took the dry food and wolfed it down.
The middle-aged man and the little boy were very excited. Neither of them expected that Li Xiuyuan would be willing to introduce his son to the branch academy. In the eyes of the father and son, even if he started as a handyman, they would be extremely happy.
Li Xiuyuan looked at the father and son and smiled and said, "I will go down the mountain tomorrow. Then you can go with me to see the teacher and see what he says."
When the middle-aged man heard this, he quickly clasped his fists and thanked him, looked at him and said, "The young gentleman is a good man. We have asked people to inquire for more than a year, but we can't find a solution."
Li Xiuyuan smiled and said: "I can't make the decision on this matter. I have to ask the teacher tomorrow."
When the young man heard this, he came over and said with a smile: "Brother, my name is Wei Qing. How am I nine years old today? This is my dad Wei Hu."
Li Xiuyuan was startled, looked at him and smiled: "What a coincidence, I am one year older than you, you can call me brother from now on, my name is Li Xiuyuan!"
"Brother Xiuyuan, well, Wei Qing will hang out with you from now on!" The little boy laughed fiercely.
Li Xiuyuan smiled, looked at him and said, "It's for cultivation, not for fooling around!"
"Yes, practice with brother Xiuyuan!" The little boy laughed.
After chatting for a while, the three of them fell asleep around the fire. Li Xiuyuan did not dare to sleep too deeply, and was in a light sleep state until he added some branches to the fire in the middle of the night, and then he fell into a deep sleep.
One night passed, and when Li Xiuyuan woke up, he smelled the aroma of porridge.
The father and son who got up early had already cooked porridge, and after waiting for Li Xiuyuan to wake up and have breakfast, the three of them walked down the mountain.
Although there was no big gain, he had just been out for two days. He wanted to go back and have a look, explain to the master, and ask about this young man.
On the way down the mountain, Li Xiuyuan chatted with his father and son, and found out that the academy was also at the junction of Dachu and Yinyue. The mountain behind the academy was called Tianyun Mountain.
It's just that the mountains are high and the roads are dangerous, stretching for tens of thousands of miles. No hunter has ever dared to go deep inside.
It is said that if you go further in, you will find the territory of monsters. In all likelihood, you will never come back.
It was already half past time when Li Xiuyuan took Orion and his son back to the outside of Wangyue Stream. The master was sitting under the tree making tea and reading a book. Looking at the three people walking over from a distance, the Master couldn't help but be stunned.
Is there anyone else in this mountain?
Li Xiuyuan introduced the father and son to his husband, and told him about the little boy Wei Qing's situation. After the master felt Wei Qing's pulse, he couldn't help but laugh.
"Although he is young, he has gathered energy, and his body is also strong. He is a seedling of cultivation. But I no longer accept disciples. How about I follow you to the kitchen to chop firewood first, and then take part in the spring examination of the college after building the foundation?"
The master has no intention of recruiting disciples at the moment. He is entirely focused on Li Xiuyuan, hoping to find an opportunity to ascend as soon as possible. But since Li Xiuyuan made the request, he couldn't refuse, so he could only come up with an idea.
When Wei Hu heard this, he quickly stepped forward to thank him and said with a smile: "As long as he can enter the academy, let Wei Qing start as a handyman first. He has a strong body!"
Wei Qing also stepped forward to salute the Master with his hands crossed, and said with a smile: "The student has seen the teacher!"
The master was so happy that he couldn't help but smile and said: "We still have to stay on this mountain for some time. You go home first and come to the college to find us after the Mid-Autumn Festival..."
The master and Li Xiuyuan had the same idea, they both wanted to take advantage of the beautiful spring weather to collect more medicinal materials.
When Wei Hu saw that Gao Xing was not good enough, he took Wei Qing and kowtowed to the master.
When the master saw that he was disappointed, he quickly rummaged through his treasures, picked out a bunch of herbs, divided them into three parts and handed them to Wei Hu, saying: "Boil water for him to temper his body three times, once every ten days, one hour at a time."
Li Xiuyuan patted Wei Qing on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Practice hard. When you finish tempering your body, you will probably be in the middle stage of Qi gathering."
Upon hearing this, Wei Qing, a tiger-headed man, squinted his eyes and said with a smile, "Have I ever been as powerful as my brother before?"
Li Xiuyuan looked at him and smiled: "That's for sure."
Wei Hu took Wei Qing and left happily, and made an agreement with Li Xiuyuan to come to the academy to practice after the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Li Xiuyuan went to collect some spring water, cleaned the collected herbs, dried them in the sun, and waited for the water to dry before putting them in a sprinkling tank.
The Master looked at him and asked, "You haven't gone hunting in the mountains these past two days?"
Li Xiuyuan looked at him and smiled, then took out two pheasants with a flick of his hand. "I was only focused on collecting herbs, so I didn't have time to hunt cats. Wei Qing's father helped me hunt cats when I went down the mountain."
"Do you want to starve the teacher to death?" Master laughed, poured out the remaining tea in the pot, and replaced it with a new pot of tea.
Li Xiuyuan looked at him and smiled: "Who doesn't know that the teacher is great, how could he starve you?"
The master looked at him and asked: "How did you spend the night in the mountains these two days? Are there any signs of loosening of your realm?"
Li Xiuyuan replied: "The first night was in the tree, and the second night was with the father and son. I'm afraid I won't be able to survive the summer until I break through."
When the Master heard this, he nodded with satisfaction: "It's a matter of course, but it's not up to you."
"Teacher, I plan to rest here for two days, and then go into the mountains to stay for a few more days. Running here all the time is a waste of time. The key is that I can't pick a few herbs."
Li Xiuyuan was looking forward to encountering a giant monster and testing his swordsmanship and skills. Even if he was unable to defeat him, he would still have the skills to escape.
"Do you want to try the monsters in this mountain? Let me tell you, don't even think about it until you reach the Nascent Soul Realm. They are not existences that you can compete with now."
Li Xiuyuan sighed and replied unwillingly: "Can't I just take a look from a distance?"
The master was angry and glared: "How many lives do you have to see?"
"I'm ten years old!" Li Xiuyuan shouted.
"If you practice diligently, you may not be able to break through the Nascent Soul realm when you are thirteen years old. Then you can go crazy in this mountain." The master ignored him and reached out to fill their cups with tea.
Li Xiuyuan thought about it and realized that this was also the case. After he figured it out, he no longer struggled. He moved a small table out of the house and placed it under the tree. He took a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and poured a pool of thick ink over tea. He wanted to copy the scriptures.
In Tianfeng Kingdom, he copied a volume and left it to Queen Changsun. He still owed Xiaoyun another volume. He thought about passing by there one day and returning the favor.
The master did not expect that Li Xiuyuan would sit down and copy the scriptures, and couldn't help but ask: "By the way, aren't you a Taoist priest from Luoxia Mountain? When did you start practicing Buddhism again?"
Li Xiuyuan was startled and blurted out: "When I was in the Tianfeng Kingdom, the envoys from the Silver Moon Kingdom brought..." He told his master what had happened before.
The Master looked at him in disbelief and asked, "You just read it once and then you remember it?"
Li Xiuyuan nodded and replied: "I don't know either. I just read it once and felt very familiar, as if I had read it a thousand times..."
"Xiu Yuan, is it possible that you are the reincarnation of a god and can't you practice?" The master doesn't believe that there are geniuses in the world. You must know that the most obscure thing in the world is the Buddhist scriptures, and no one can achieve the state of memorizing them.
"The master I left said the same thing."
Li Xiuyuan raised his head and glanced at the Master, smiling lightly.
...
Tianfeng Kingdom, in the Yunqi courtyard where Li Xiuyuan once lived.
Dongfang Yu'er and Chu Feiyan who came to visit were brought here by Empress Changsun. They sat in the living room and recalled some of Li Xiuyuan's days.
While Xiaoyun was making tea, she whispered softly: "I shouldn't have let the little Taoist priest follow me to get married in the first place, otherwise his leg would not have been broken."
Thinking of this, Xiaoyun's eyes gradually turned red, and she couldn't help but take out a silk scarf and wipe the corners of her eyes.
Empress Changsun sighed and said quietly: "Who would have thought that this young master from the Demon Realm would suddenly appear and ruin our big event?"
Dongfang Yu frowned slightly and asked, "Has Li Xiuyuan been living in Tianfeng Kingdom?"
Empress Changsun sighed and said: "The little Taoist turned out to be living on Luoxia Mountain not far from here. On the day he came down from the mountain, he met a bandit... Fortunately, he let us check him out and later helped us. I won the battle between Er Sheng and the Silver Moon Kingdom."
"That's right. The little Taoist priest's handwriting is really beautiful. It's a pity that he only copied one volume of Buddhist scriptures to the empress. I don't know when the volume he promised me will be fulfilled."
Xiaoyun looked at the spring light outside the hall and sighed softly. She knew that this little guy would probably never come back, and even if he saw her again someday, it would be impossible to go back to the old days.
"That guy can also copy Buddhist scriptures?" Dongfang Yu'er asked in disbelief.
