After hiding in a bamboo house and copying scriptures for a day, Li Xiuyuan was not disturbed at all by the cheers of the competition in the square.
Since rejecting the Master's offer to join the academy as a formal student last winter, he has given up participating in various activities in the academy. He is here just for the quiet practice environment.
However, even if he has decided to become a human being, he is still inevitably disturbed by the world.
"A woman came to the academy today to look for you!"
The husband returned to the bamboo house, picked up the kettle and poured himself a cup of tea. He looked at Li Xiuyuan and said, "I asked her to talk to her tomorrow. She said that the bamboo house does not accept female guests at night."
Li Xiuyuan was stunned, looked at the master and asked in confusion: "Where in this world do I know any woman? Has she found the wrong person?"
The master put down the tea cup, looked at him and said with emotion: "She said she came from the palace of Tianfeng Kingdom and was the maid of Queen Changsun. Do you think she found the wrong person?... I have arranged for her to go to the Yingbin Building Let’s take a rest, we’ll talk about anything tomorrow.”
"I have just dealt with a dozen bandits, and they are impatient to send people to find me? This time they even sent an acquaintance here. What do they want to do?"
The master smiled slightly, looked at him and said, "She probably doesn't know that Qin Qianshan hired a murderer. I can see that she has something to do with you."
Do you want to see me? But Wanli came to the academy from Tianfeng Kingdom? Li Xiuyuan wondered whether Queen Changsun had encountered some trouble that could not be solved?
However, after what happened to Jun Wuyou and Qin Qianshan's murder, he no longer had any affection for the Tianfeng Kingdom.
"Then let's meet, I won't leave the academy anyway." Li Xiuyuan said with a smile: "As the teacher said, with my little cultivation, I might be caught and made a fat sheep as soon as I get off the mountain. "
"It's good that you know that the academy is the safest place for you right now." The Master smiled and said, "But one day people will have to travel around the world, so speak carefully tomorrow and don't offend others."
In the Master's view, although he does not want to be involved in the fate of the world, he still has to make a few friends, otherwise this life will not be very interesting. He does not want his disciples to be a boring person in the future life.
Li Xiuyuan was silent for a while, a bitter smile appeared on his thin cheeks, and said softly: "Then I will have a good talk with her. By the way, it has been a year since I left Tianfeng Kingdom."
"What's going on with the eagle today? He hasn't come back even after dark!"
The master looked at the sky outside the bamboo house, shook his head and said.
"That guy must be playful. After all, he hasn't transformed yet, so he can't change his wild nature?"
Li Xiuyuan followed the master's gaze and saw that the sky was gradually getting gloomier, the autumn wind had begun to rise, and it was getting dark faster and faster.
"Chirp!"
While the master and apprentice were chatting, the cry of a green eagle sounded in the sky, and a shadow fell from the sky and flew into the small courtyard.
"You greedy thing, you still know how to come back?"
The master looked at Ying'er and cursed with a smile.
"Cuckoo!"
The green eagle threw the hare under its talons to the ground, flapped its wings and had fun with the master.
When Li Xiuyuan saw it, he smiled and said: "This one is very fat. It seems to weigh about ten kilograms. It is enough to eat tonight." After that, he picked up the rabbit from the ground and took care of it.
Master touched Qing Ying's head and said, "You have to come back early when you go out. Don't let us worry about you, you know?"
Qingying heard this. He rubbed his wife and shouted "Gu Gu!" twice to show that he understood.
The Master touched his head and smiled: "Be obedient and let that boy take you to the Demon Realm. You will be able to practice to the point of transformation. This is a chance of immortality!"
Upon hearing this, Qingying followed the bamboo house and roared "chirp!" twice, as if to express his merit to Li Xiuyuan.
Do you think I'm awesome? When I'm full, I'll catch one and bring it back to you.
"Teacher, make a fire, and I'll roast it!" Li Xiuyuan took out the cleaned hare, placed it under the eaves, and sprinkled spices on it to marinate it.
"Don't worry, the fire has been lit a long time ago." The master looked at Li Xiuyuan and said with a smile, "In a blink of an eye, it's winter again."
When Li Xiuyuan heard this, he looked at him and smiled: "It's early, isn't it the Mid-Autumn Festival yet?"
The master gently touched the green eagle's wings and said, "That's fast, one year is easy!"
"Teacher, you are a person who wants to live forever. Don't be hurt by these years." Li Xiuyuan looked at him and smiled. Seeing that the master didn't answer, he asked again: "How was today's competition?"
"Thousands of students competed, and half of them were eliminated. The test will be repeated tomorrow."
The Master turned around, looked at him and smiled.
Li Xiuyuan smiled and said: "Let me tell you, there are so many disciples in the academy, how can there be a shortage of a little handyman like me?!"
"If I hadn't helped you, I guess the law enforcement elders would have come to arrest you and come to the stage today." The master couldn't help laughing when he thought of Zhang Feiyu's unwilling expression.
"We will knock him down when we get on stage." Li Xiuyuan put the marinated meat on the fire in the yard and roasted it. After a while, oil dripped down and made a slight sound.
"Cuckoo!" The eagle shouted happily.
"You haven't eaten enough yet, you've been out all day!"
Li Xiuyuan glared at it with disgust and gently turned the barbecue. He looked at the Master and asked, "How many people do you think will pass the retest tomorrow?"
"Tomorrow? Who knows." The master said calmly.
"Let them go! I'm not interested in that." After saying that, Li Xiuyuan went back to the house and brought out half a jar of wine, and then took three cups and placed them on the table under the eaves.
The Master calmly watched Li Xiuyuan walking in and out, thinking about the little guy who dragged his disabled left leg and ran into his classroom to listen to the class last year, and couldn't help but feel a touch of sadness.
He smiled and said: "Xiu Yuan, don't pay attention to the ups and downs in the academy. As long as I am here, no one will dare to bully you."
In Master's heart, he had long regarded Li Xiuyuan as his own grandson, so he didn't bother to pay attention to those old guys in the academy.
When Li Xiuyuan heard this, he was stunned and didn't reply. He just squatted down and continued to turn the meat on the grill.
The master looked at him in a daze, and continued after a moment: "We can still talk some sense to them in the academy. Once we leave the academy, there is no reason to talk to them. You also know this."
Li Xiuyuan picked up the roasted hare meat and put it on the table under the eaves to cut it. He looked at the Master and said, "Teacher, let's eat meat. Let's have a drink. The eagle will come over."
Saiyuan picked up the wine jar, poured wine into three glasses, and handed one cup to his master.
Upon hearing this, Qingying staggered and ran under the eaves, stretching his head into the wine glass on the table.
Tiansheng cut the hare meat into small pieces, picked up a few pieces from the plate in front of it, patted it and said, "Next time if you want to eat barbecue, just grab two more. Is one not enough? Your belly is too big. ."
When the master heard this, he couldn't help laughing. "This is also a foodie, and there will be another foodie coming over in a few days."
Li Xiuyuan said: "When Wei Qing comes over, I will temper his body properly. Then I will have to ask the teacher to teach him properly. I am only responsible for supervising him."
The master smiled and said: "He is natural...this wine is so far away...this meat is delicious!"
...
In the academy’s welcoming building.
Xiaoyun looked at several disciples from Tianfeng Kingdom with a solemn look on her face.
Next to Qin Yiyuan sat Chen Qiuyu and Wang Dashan, next to Xiaoyun sat Qin Feiyan and Shangguan Yun, and there were several disciples Qin Yiyuan did not notify.
"So, Li Xiuyuan's legs are really disabled?"
Looking at the disciples of Tianfeng Kingdom in front of her, Xiaoyun asked in disbelief.
Chun Yiyuan looked at her and replied: "All the students in the academy know this. He goes to the academy kitchen and backyard to chop firewood every morning."
"This guy, I thought he was dead, but I didn't expect him to be hiding here chopping firewood." Xiaoyun laughed upon hearing this.
"Sister Xiaoyun, you must have underestimated this boy!" Qin Feiyan, who was 28 years old and wearing a white dress, looked at Xiaoyun and said.
"That's right, I heard that guy didn't even give the dean the respect." Shangguan Yun, who was fifteen years old, wearing a green dress and with a face like an oval, also said.
Wang Dashan looked at all the living beings, shook his head and said: "Now that he has become Master's disciple, naturally he doesn't need to pay attention to the dean!"
"What's going on? Let me tell you." Xiaoyun looked at Qin Yiyuan and asked.
Qin Yiyuan was stunned, looked at her for a while, and then replied softly: "This matter started when the second prince brought us to the academy last year..."
After spending half an hour, Qin Yiyuan told Xiaoyun what happened last year.
"I didn't expect that just following Heqin's team out would make him suffer so much. I'm afraid he will never return to Tianfeng Kingdom again."
When she thought of the arrogant appearance of the second prince of Tianfeng Kingdom, Xiaoyun knew that Li Xiuyuan was determined not to go back with her. Think of this.
He couldn't help but sigh quietly. No wonder Li Xiuyuan's teacher had such a cold attitude towards him today.
If it were him, I'm afraid it would be the same.
I'm afraid that Overlord Chen's life-saving kindness to Li Xiuyuan has also disappeared because of Qin Yishan's actions.
It's just that at this time, Xiaoyun didn't know what Qin Qianshan did to Li Xiuyuan, because Qin Yiyuan didn't dare to say it in front of her.
This is a matter for the second prince, and he must be responsible for it himself.
"How was your competition today? How many of our Tianfeng Kingdoms can pass the academy's competition this time?" Since Xiaoyun knew about the academy's competition, she had to know the result.
"All of us have passed, and there are still a few people who haven't come tonight." Qin Feiyan looked at her and replied.
Upon hearing this, Xiaoyun nodded and said with a smile: "Are you confident about tomorrow? The Queen has placed great hopes on you."
Upon hearing this, Shangguan Yun smiled and said, "Thanks to the Queen, we should be able to pass."
"That's good, everyone, work hard. When I get back, I will report your affairs to the King of Qin and the Queen. This will be good for your respective families."
In order to encourage the students on her side, Xiaoyun also used Empress Changsun's tricks.
"We will work hard. I heard from the elders that all students who pass will be fully trained by the academy in the next ten years." Wang Dashan looked at Xiaoyun and said excitedly.
Qin Feiyan smiled and said: "You are a newborn calf in Dashan and you are not afraid of tigers. You will have to wait until the last moment the day after tomorrow to find out."
Xiaoyun smiled and said: "Then come on."
...
The next morning, Li Xiuyuan continued chopping firewood in the kitchen backyard after breakfast, as if he didn't hear the roar of the crowds in the square.
At the moment, he is deaf to what is going on outside the window and only reads the books of sages.
"Little Taoist priest, I'm here to see you!"
At the door of the kitchen backyard, Xiaoyun's laughter came.
"I still need you to come and see me? If you come to see me once, I will lose several years of my life." Li Xiuyuan looked at her and said angrily.
Xiaoyun was stunned, looked at him and asked: "What happened? How could you treat me like this? My sister was not bad to you back then."
Xiaoyun took out a bag of snacks, placed it on the table under the eaves, stared at him and asked.
"Sister Xiaoyun, you are good to me, but some people in Tianfeng Kingdom hate me to death, otherwise I..." Li Xiuyuan moved a stool to her and continued to chop wood.
Xiaoyun didn't hesitate and said with a smile: "Okay, you come back with me. No one dares to bully you when I'm here. Who are you among these handymen?"
Li Xiuyuan looked at her and smiled: "I am already a cripple, so I will not go back with you. I have become accustomed to the life here. Is the queen in trouble again when you come to me this time?"
"How did you know that the queen was in trouble? Who told you?" Xiaoyun looked at him and said in disbelief.
Li Xiuyuan smiled lightly and said, "If the queen hadn't been in trouble, you wouldn't have come to the academy to find me."
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