Because the cellar had not been dug yet, Li Xiuyuan did not want to go to the city to meet Dongfang Yuzuo and his party.
He arranged for Hua Tianyu and his two daughters to go to Tianfeng City to prepare some things. They made an appointment to meet at Tianfeng City at noon tomorrow and set off to Tianmen Pass together.
Nangong Ruyu also needed to go into the city to explain to Li Yun and Dongfang Yu'er, so she had to follow them into the city first.
Therefore, Li Xiuyuan stayed in Luocaixia Mountain for one more day to fulfill his agreement with Old Man Zhang.
Early the next morning, Li Xiuyuan took the three of them to the village at the foot of the mountain to pick up the horses, and sent the three of them to the intersection.
Hua Tianyu looked at him and smiled bitterly: "You are too pretentious, you don't want to see anyone."
Hua Chenyu, on the other hand, looked at Kai, looked at him and smiled: "If you don't want to see me, then I won't see you. It's not like I have to see him."
Nangong Ruyu led the horse and nodded to the master, looked at him and said: "Master, Yu'er and Sister Hua are waiting for you in the city. We will meet at the North City Gate tomorrow."
Li Xiuyuan looked at her and smiled: "You are greedy, so you have to prepare some snacks yourself. There will be nothing to eat in the academy!"
Hua Tianyu and the others jumped on the wildebeest, looked at him and said, "What are you afraid of? My sister is here, isn't it? Don't keep nagging like a woman."
With a wave of his hand, Li Xiuyuan sent the three people away.
He returned to the wooden house, took a hoe, and buried something in front of the high platform.
...
When he returned to the Taoist temple with his hands behind his back, the villagers at the foot of the mountain had already dug the cellar and were waiting to move some stones to build the wall in the afternoon. Li Xiuyuan breathed a sigh of relief.
He took some of the wine brewed in the spring. Although he went to Ding'an City to drink, he wanted to bring some to Gui Guzi, his teacher in the Great Wall.
Li Xiuyuan, who had been tired for two hours, sat at the table, lit a fire and made tea, thinking about how to prepare an elixir for Old Man Zhang to break through the realm at night.
Looking at Li Xiuyuan sitting at the table, Old Man Zhang smiled and said, "Have they all left? Why did you stay alone?"
Li Xiuyuan was startled, looked at old man Zhang who was wiping sweat with his hand, and said with a smile: "There are people in Tianfeng City that I don't want to see, so I asked the three of them to go into the city to prepare..."
"It's true, if you don't want to see me, then don't see me." Old man Zhang looked at him and smiled and said, "Let the village set up a carriage to take you there tomorrow, so that you can be in peace."
Hearing this, Li Xiuyuan couldn't help laughing and said, "This is great. If we hate seeing each other, it's better not to see each other."
Old Man Zhang thought for a while, pointed to the back of the room and asked, "When will General Chen's wine be delivered?"
There’s no way to drink this newly brewed wine, right?
Li Xiuyuan poured him tea and replied gently: "It will take a few days, you can send it to him."
Old Man Zhang knew that Li Xiuyuan did not want to cause trouble to Overlord Chen, so he could only say: "In this case, this favor will be lost to me, old man."
Li Xiuyuan looked at him and smiled: "I mean, is he considered an outsider? It's best for such a favor to fall on you. I run outside every day..." After that, he pointed to the mountain and laughed. .
Old Man Zhang looked at him and sighed, thinking not to mention Luoxia Mountain, even the Shura Heaven Realm was too small.
Li Xiuyuan shook his head and drank the tea in his hand.
...
After the rice was cooked and a pot of concoction was cooked, Li Xiuyuan came out and looked at Old Man Zhang and said, "I won't drink anymore for a while. I'll try to break through the realm tonight..."
Old man Zhang trembled. He lowered his head and sighed: "I'm completely relying on you."
Li Xiuyuan shook his head, looked at him and said, "Having said that, you still have to work harder in the future, at least break through to the point of breaking through the void. Don't let down the great way of cultivation."
When Old Man Zhang heard this, he couldn't help laughing.
He raised his head and glanced at the peach tree outside the hall, looked at him and said, "This is the truth. Why haven't you thought about using this peach blossom to make wine? Is there something wrong with this peach blossom?"
Li Xiuyuan glanced at him and said nothing for a long time.
"I think the peach blossoms are too greasy and sweet. The apricot blossoms are lighter and won't take away the fragrance of the wine." Li Xiuyuan ignored him, but looked at the peach blossoms about to bloom on a tree outside the hall and said lightly.
"I see Miss Yu'er has been practicing swordplay in the yard for a whole day. I wonder how her practice is going?" Old Man Zhang asked.
"Not so good? I think she should be able to feel the traces of one or two falling peach blossoms." Li Xiuyuan recalled the scene yesterday and replied lightly.
Old man Zhang was startled, looked at him and asked, "Not so good? What's going on?"
Li Xiuyuan looked at him, thought about it seriously, and then replied: "If she uses brute force, she won't be able to understand it at all. With her intelligence, I think she should have some understanding."
Li Xiuyuan said this in a low voice, just talking to Old Man Zhang gently. But in Old Man Zhang's heart, even if a seed fell, he thought it was time to practice his sword.
After all, with his level, not to mention Li Xiuyuan, not even Overlord Chen could defeat him.
Li Xiuyuan looked at the petals falling in the yard and made a lifting gesture.
He said softly: "Since she can feel the traces of one fallen flower, she can naturally feel the traces of two fallen flowers, or even more..."
"I see. It seems that after you leave, I will have to practice this sword technique!" Old Man Zhang looked at him and said.
"Don't you have a few spiritual swords in your hands? There are fallen leaves and flying flowers and snow here every year. Which season can't you practice?"
Li Xiuyuan closed his eyes and quietly felt the petals of one or two flowers passing through the main hall and floating in.
Old man Zhang was stunned and replied with a smile: "There are fallen leaves and flying snow. It seems that I have to stretch my muscles and bones, otherwise I will become a waste."
Li Xiuyuan, who had his eyes closed, shook his head and said softly: "She has already felt the traces of their falling, and she can naturally feel more. What she lacks now is just time."
He didn't say anything, as long as Nangong Ruyu was given more time, what did these fallen flowers mean? Even the drifting snow in winter can be cut away with one sword.
"It seems that I will have to think in this direction in the future..." Old man Zhang suddenly felt that he was a little too lazy and glanced at Li Xiuyuan helplessly.
Li Xiuyuan naturally knew what he was thinking, and said quietly: "You have more years, practice slowly, why are you in a hurry?"
Li Xiuyuan did not open his eyes, but repeated what he said before.
How similar were the words he said to the old Taoist priest back then?
Since I can sense the falling process of one snowflake, I can naturally sense the falling process of more snowflakes.
If one day doesn't work, just use two days.
If one winter doesn't work, it will take two winters.
I am only nine years old, and I have traveled all over the Asura Heaven Realm and practiced all the way there.
Flying flowers in spring, heavy rain in summer, fallen leaves in autumn, falling snow in winter...
Let me ask, which one can’t I use for practice?
Li Xiuyuan did not tell anyone about his practice with the old Taoist priest in the mountains, because at that time, Na's tendons had not yet been repaired, the golden lottery had not yet entered his body, and the master had not yet ascended.
His words made Old Man Zhang show a pensive look on his face, silently thinking about his future practice.
I was not practicing swordsmanship, but I actually started a romantic relationship with an old man.
Li Xiuyuan looked at the dazed old man, pointed in the direction of the kitchen and said with a smile: "I've prepared the medicine for you. Eat first, then drink the medicine, and try to break through the second level at night."
The elder who came back to his senses looked at him quietly and said softly: "I suddenly felt a little excited!"
...
The night was long, windless and rainless.
Zhang Rulao achieved his wish and reached the middle stage of distraction, like a dream.
The path of spiritual practice is like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat. This is an ironclad law in the world of spiritual practice.
Since he started practicing with Li Xiuyuan, he has been on the way forward, although he is reluctant to let Li Xiuyuan leave him.
"I didn't expect that old man, I just went up the mountain to help you look at the Taoist temple, and I actually had hope of immortality..." Now that he had hope, he had no reason to give up.
"You can practice here with peace of mind. I hope you can at least break through one level again when I come back in a few years!"
Even though Li Xiuyuan said this, he actually didn't know how many years it would take him to come back.
Old man Zhang looked at him, sighed softly, and said, "I have already cooked the porridge. After you finish it, we will go down the mountain to the village and rent a carriage into the city."
Li Xiuyuan looked at him and replied: "If anyone comes to this Shura Village to cause trouble for me, tell them that I have gone to the Shura Battlefield and they are welcome to come find me there."
When Old Man Zhang heard this, he snorted angrily and said: "There is a big formation here, as long as we don't cause trouble! At worst, we can hide in the village."
Li Xiuyuan laughed: "I've taught you the methods of this formation. Just open it when you are in danger."
Old man Zhang nodded, looked at him and said: "You are right. When encountering difficulties, you will naturally have to open the formation. I hope they will not come to trouble me, this old man, otherwise they will have to go to Tianfeng City to find General Chen."
Li Xiuyuan looked at him and said: "I have taught you those things in the world a long time ago. Now I have nothing to teach you."
Old man Zhang shook his head, looked at him and replied: "When you go, the sky is free. You have to take care of yourself outside. Next time you come back, bring Xiao Long'er back."
Li Xiuyuan smiled and said: "That's natural. This time the situation is special. It won't happen next time."
The two of them finished the pot of porridge quietly, and then headed down the mountain one after another.
Thinking that I had worked so hard to plant trees and prune branches, but I didn't even eat a single spring apricot, I couldn't help but feel a little depressed. He said to himself: "I don't know how many years have passed since I left. When I come back, will the apricot blossoms remain the same?"
Old man Zhang who was walking in front was deaf and didn't hear what he said. He just said loudly: "In a few days, there will be a mountain of spring apricots here!"
Li Xiuyuan was stunned and thought to himself, didn't you mean to make me angry?
The spring breeze on Luoxia Mountain blew towards him along the cracks of apricot blossoms on the mountain, whining and tickling the man who was about to leave.
Old man Zhang walked in front and said: "Since ancient times, there has been no banquet in life. As long as you want us to have a good time outside, everything will not matter."
Li Xiuyuan followed him, looking at the mountain where he had lived and practiced since childhood, thinking silently in his heart.
I haven’t eaten the spring apricots that are everywhere in the mountains and fields yet, but I will come back.
He was thinking that one day, when he would break through to a higher realm and no one from the Shura Heaven would come to trouble him again, he would come to this mountain to live in seclusion and live a free life for a few years.
"We'll talk about the rest later. Wait until I come back from the Shura battlefield. Maybe I can help you break through to Poixu?!" Li Xiuyuan replied quietly.
"That's a huge happy event. I have to step up my practice." Old man Zhang, who was walking in front, laughed with joy.
Saying one thousand and teaching ten thousand are not as important as one's own practice.
He knew that his life could not be wasted on Luoxia Mountain. He wanted to take Xiao Longer to the Shura battlefield to pursue his dream.
Old man Zhang who was walking in front sang a ditty. He was in a good mood and picked a wild flower by the roadside. He laughed and said, "It's great to see everything revive in spring!"
Li Xiuyuan looked at the mountain of apricot blossoms that were about to bloom, and felt a faint sadness of separation in his heart, just like the stubborn flowers hanging on the branches that refused to leave.
But he murmured in a low voice: "If anyone knows where Chun is, call him back and live with him."
Looking back again, there is only an outline of the small Taoist temple shrouded in the spring mist and flowers...
