Tang Chao looked at him and nodded, and replied seriously: "Xiaoju and I are afraid we will never return to Qingcheng."
Li Xiuyuan thought for a while and said, "I have already transformed your and Xiaoju's physiques. From now on, you can practice slowly and don't be impatient."
After drinking the divine spring, Tang Chao and Xiao Ju could wait for the day when Brother Minghui would become a holy monk, even if they could not cultivate to the level of Nine Tribulations.
As a result, there is no possibility for the two of them to achieve a higher level of cultivation in the future.
After all, in his opinion, even after cultivating to the realm of nine tribulations, flying through the void is also the beginning of another suffering.
With this in mind, he finally made the decision not to deliberately improve the cultivation of those around him.
Drinking the spiritual tea mixed with the divine spring left enough cultivation resources so that Tang Chao, Xiaoju and others would no longer worry about cultivation resources in the days to come. This was what he wanted to do.
While he was talking, the butler walked in with Murong Ming, who was about fifty years old and wearing a black robe.
As soon as Tang Chao saw the guests, he immediately got up and went to the back hall.
Not to interfere in Li Xiuyuan's affairs means not to get involved in anything within the dynasty. This is the rule Li Xiuyuan set for him.
Since there is no need to worry about food and clothing, there is no need to step into the sewage of the Imperial City.
"Excuse me, where are you from, senior? What do you want from me?"
Li Xiuyuan waved the housekeeper to leave, looked at the person in front of him and asked quietly.
Murong Ming did not expect that the legendary imperial master who ascended in the day was so young, and he was clearly a young man with no cultivation, which surprised him greatly.
Although he was surprised, he did not forget the etiquette. He clasped hands with Li Xiuyuan and said, "I am Murong Ming from Qingcheng, and I am now the sect's guardian elder..."
Li Xiuyuan was stunned for a moment, then reached out to pour a cup of spiritual tea and placed it gently in front of him.
He said quietly: "Did Elder Murong see the official letter I wrote to Qingcheng? What do your leaders think?"
Although he thought about everything that might happen, he never expected that the other party would send elders to the imperial city to find him. Could it be that he wanted to negotiate?
I wrote it clearly in black and white, so how could there be any room for negotiation?
Murong Ming took a sip of the spiritual tea, sighed heavily, and said helplessly: "Qingcheng is deeply sorry for the rebellion that happened in the Imperial City, and hopes to make compensation."
"As long as the Imperial Master does not light the fire to Qingcheng, we can put forward any conditions. We can discuss it if we have anything to say."
In Murong Ming's opinion, maybe there was an expert behind the imperial court, otherwise he wouldn't have killed Qingcheng's Nine Tribulation Elder Su Qingyue with just a wave of his hand.
Unexpectedly, Li Xiuyuan shook his head and replied coldly: "You want to negotiate terms? That's fine. Please tell your leader that as long as he can bring my hundred dead brothers back to life, I will pretend that nothing happened. "
Murong Ming did not expect that the other party would block his way with just one word. After hearing the words, the smile on his face disappeared.
It wasn't that he was deliberately being pretentious. In fact, he saw the announcement of the Imperial City at the city gate today. I don't know how many people died in the entire Imperial City.
Just the skeleton on the iron arrow on the south city gate proves that death not long ago brought the smell of blood to the imperial city.
Without even thinking about it, he knew that a large-scale liquidation must have occurred in the Imperial City these days.
I couldn't help but panic when I thought that this liquidation would be going to Qingcheng soon.
Then he frowned and said, "It was just Elder Su who commanded a group of elders without telling the master. Now that the imperial city is safe and sound, I guess..."
"If I don't come back, you Qingcheng may become the number one sect in the world!"
Li Xiuyuan's voice became colder and colder, and he said without mercy: "Unless all the dead people are brought back to life for me, Qingcheng will send me the heads of those elders to the imperial city!"
After thinking for a while, Li Xiuyuan continued: "Not only in Qingcheng, but also in Phoenix Mountain. After spring, I will go there myself."
There was a roar, like a thunder exploding on Murong Ming's head, leaving him speechless for a long time.
He didn't expect that the young national master at his age would be so difficult to talk to. He thought to himself, how dare you, a mere mortal, challenge two major sects? Where did you get the confidence?
At that moment, he asked unwillingly: "Master National Master, is it possible that you can still take your respected master with you to Qingcheng?"
From Murong Ming's point of view, the imperial master in front of him was just an ordinary mortal. If he didn't have a master with hands and eyes as bright as the sky, why would he be running rampant in the imperial city?
Li Xiuyuan was stunned. He didn't expect this guy to misunderstand that there was a master behind him.
Then he smiled lightly and said, "Why, Qingcheng is also afraid sometimes?"
Thinking that a gentleman would not bully the darkroom, why should I use others to scare you?
Then he replied: "Don't worry, I will only come with my two brothers..."
"However, when I step through the mountain gate, the price Qingcheng will pay will not only be the seventeen elders with blood on their hands!"
Upon hearing this, even Murong Ming became a little angry.
I thought to myself, since you don’t have a powerful master behind you, even if you bring an army of 100,000 from the imperial dynasty, we won’t be afraid of you, right?
In the deep mountains and old forests, can the army resist the monks who were born in this world?
Thinking of this, even his attitude became a little colder. He looked at Li Xiuyuan and said, "Does the Imperial Master want to bring an army to conquer my Qingcheng?"
Li Xiuyuan was stunned when he heard this, and thought to himself, I haven't thought about using the Imperial Imperial Army yet? Do I need to deal with you?
Thinking of this, he immediately shouted: "Where is the butler? Come see the guests off!"
When the butler who was waiting outside the flower hall heard this, he quickly entered the flower hall, looked at Li Xiuyuan and asked, "What are your orders, Master Imperial Master?"
"Send off guests!" Li Xiuyuan said coldly.
Murong Ming was also stunned for a moment. He did not expect that the young man in front of him would be so decisive. He asked the housekeeper to drive them away without saying a few words.
Not to be outdone, he thought for a while and said: "It is said that the master's wife is the elder Tang from Qingcheng, right?"
When Li Xiuyuan heard this, he couldn't help but scolded sternly: "If it weren't for Master's Wife, I would discipline you and leave no chicken or dog in Qingcheng!"
When Murong Ming heard this, he was so angry that he walked out of the flower hall. He couldn't stay any longer.
He was afraid that if he couldn't help it, he would slap the young man in front of him to death.
After leaving the gate of the Imperial Master's Mansion, a cold sentence came from the air: "Remember, if I come in person, all the monks in Qingcheng who are distracted or above will be killed!"
There was a rumble, like a thunder, hitting Murong Ming heavily on the head. Seeing the heavy door of the Imperial Master's Mansion slowly closing, he was so angry that he could not speak for a long time.
This time, Li Xiuyuan was also angry.
He originally planned to go alone with Xiao Hei, but decided to lead 50,000 forbidden troops to besiege Qingcheng. As he said, he wanted to clear out all the elders above the Qingcheng Tribulation Realm!
I want an explanation from you, and since you don’t want to give it, I will give you an explanation!
He wants the monks from the five realms and the sect born in this world to never dare to step into the imperial city from now on.
After hearing the commotion, Tang Chao came out, looked at Li Xiuyuan with a cold face and asked: "Brother, is that guy angry?"
Li Xiuyuan looked at him and sighed, and said leisurely: "Qingcheng is not here to negotiate with me, but to show off their power."
Tang Chao sighed and said helplessly: "The leader's brain is broken. How long has it been? Does he still want to ascend?"
"This matter has nothing to do with you and Xiaoju. It's a grudge between the emperor and I and them."
Li Xiuyuan said coldly: "When spring comes next year, Qingcheng will no longer have elders who are above the calamity realm. It's okay if we don't want such a sect!"
When Tang Chao heard this, he couldn't help but shudder. He felt that Li Xiuyuan in front of him was a bit colder than the wind and snow outside the window.
Li Xiuyuan glanced at him with a frown and said, "What are you afraid of? These nonsense are none of your business!"
After all, the brothers who died had no contact with the Tang Dynasty, and he didn't have to mourn for the dead, unlike himself, who just couldn't cross the river.
Tang Chao looked at him innocently and said, "No matter what, I was once a disciple of Qingcheng."
Li Xiuyuan was speechless for a moment, thought for a moment, looked at him and said, "So? Do you want to cut off your robes and seats with me?"
Tang Chao was silent for a moment, and then said loudly: "Oh, these are two different things."
Li Xiuyuan sighed and didn't bother to argue with him. Instead, he looked around. The Imperial Master's Mansion here was not bustling and bustling in those years, but it was so deserted like this year.
Looking up at the somewhat hazy sky outside the window, I couldn't help but murmur softly: "Falling flowers and flowing water are gone in spring."
Waving his hand, he hurried Tang Chao out to find Nalan Yu and come to the Imperial Master's Mansion for a drink in the evening.
Fortunately, the brothers from back then are still here.
Otherwise, such a cold world would be too boring. It would be better to stay on Luoxia Mountain and wait to eat spring apricots.
That night, Li Xiuyuan personally cooked a pot of monster meat for hot pot.
It was cold and freezing, and there were only Tang Chao and his wife in the flower hall, plus Li Xiuyuan and Nalan Yu. Compared with the Imperial Master's Mansion in previous years, it seemed particularly lonely.
The four of them ate monster meat from the heavens and drank the black bean wine brewed by Xiaohua in the wild city of Ding'an. Xiaoju was so shocked that Xiaoju said no, a fire was burning in her stomach. It was estimated that she would have to break through again tonight.
Taking a piece of monster meat from the hot pot, Nalan Yu ate the meat and drank wine.
While looking at Tang Chao, he asked: "Did someone come to the mansion today to cause trouble? Otherwise, my brother would not be so kind as to invite me to drink."
After taking a bite of monster meat, Tang Chao was so spicy that he was sweating all over.
While shouting happily, he took a sip of wine, looked at Nalan Yu and said with a smile: "The law enforcement elder from Qingcheng came to the National Preceptor's Mansion. He probably gave his brother a beating. If he is angry."
When Nalan Yu heard this, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Who is it? Isn't it the first elder of Qingcheng? After the spring comes, brother, I will accompany you to Qingcheng to level the demonic mountain."
Looking at the appearance of the two of them, Tang Chao couldn't help but sigh, looked at his wife and said, "This matter has nothing to do with us, let them figure it out."
Xiaoju knew that Li Xiuyuan was feeling bitter, but after all, she was once a disciple of Qingcheng.
So I had to grab another piece of meat, looked at Li Xiuyuan and asked, "Brother, I won't be struck by thunder at night, right?"
Li Xiuyuan shook his head, looked at her and said with a smile: "Sister Xiaoju, if you are going to be thundered, that is what happened in the summer, so don't be impatient."
After drinking half a jar of black bean wine, Nalan finally became drunk and started talking nonsense. Tang Chao was so frightened that he helped him go to the guest room to rest.
Xiaoju was also a little drunk, looked at Li Xiuyuan and asked: "Brother, do you want the housekeeper to tell Sister Hua?"
Shaking his head, Li Xiuyuan replied softly: "No, Sister Hua knows that it's okay for him to come to my place. You should go back to the house and meditate. It will probably break through in less than an hour."
Xiaohua didn't say anything. She called the servants in the house to clean up the remaining wine on the table, and called Tang Chao to help her go back to the house to meditate, waiting for the moment of breakthrough to come.
Li Xiuyuan was the only one left in the flower hall. On this cold night, he gave up wine and made tea, looking at the snowflakes gradually stopping by the empty window, and at the last quarter of the moon gradually climbing into the sky.
Sighed softly.
He said in a daze: "Mom and sister, I miss you."
After following his husband to the Tianshan Mountains, he couldn't remember how many times he spent New Year's Eve at home with his parents and sister. He couldn't even remember how long it had been since he had been with his husband, teacher, wife and others.
A ray of starlight fell into the garden and fell quietly on Li Xiuyuan from the window.
Feeling this long-lost starlight, Li Xiuyuan, holding the spiritual tea in his hand, sighed softly.
It's a cold night, and tomorrow will be spring again.
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