Naturally, Li Xiuyuan would not tell Xu Fuduo what was in his heart. He believed that if it were Zhang Liang, the Heavenly Dao poison in this world would be silenced.
"Reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles. I think I have read a lot of books, and now I want to go out and see the world."
Xu Fu nodded, and then asked: "Where is your brother Xiaohei? What should he do?"
"Xiao Hei will accompany the Master on his travels. The knowledge he has learned by following the Master is much better than that of a rough guy like me. With the Master here, I don't have to worry about him."
Li Xiuyuan looked at Xu Fu and said with a smile: "This way, I will have time to go see this great river and mountains with you."
Xu Fu knew in his heart that he would have to take his team to the East China Sea in a few days. Only the relevant craftsmen would have to worry about building ships and going to sea.
Since Li Xiuyuan wanted to follow him, he thought the two of them could make tea and drink wine on the way and not be lonely.
Thinking about leaving and not knowing when he would be back, Xu Fu couldn't help but sigh secretly.
So, let’s go together!
But Li Xiuyuan thought that he would find a day to visit his master and entrust Xiao Hei to him.
Thinking about what I said to Xu Fu, I wondered if it would be possible to travel within these few days?
"Sir, are your luggage ready? You can have the brewed wine brought back to your house, or you can take some with you and drink it slowly on the road."
Li Xiuyuan said quietly: "It's all mine. Sir, you don't have to prepare it for me."
In his opinion, like Xiao Hei and Xiao Hei, he is always walking on his feet, and all the clothes he needs to wash and change are put in the brocade bag.
Xu Fu, on the other hand, probably had to be pulled by many carriages and headed east in a mighty manner.
"Shopkeeper Li reminded me." Xu Fu replied with a smile: "I will take this wine back tomorrow, so I will naturally have to bring a few jars with me to drink on the road."
"Surprises are everywhere in life. If you don't have a lot of wine, you must bring it with you." Li Xiuyuan laughed as he thought that he would bring a lot of wine with him so that he would not worry about wine on the road.
"Okay, let me lend you your good words! I hope our trip goes well and we can make great progress!"
Even Xu Fu was filled with infinite anxiety about this grand event in front of him.
It is said that there are three fairy mountains in the East China Sea: Penglai, Fangzhang and Yingzhou, where gods live.
If I take a group of people by boat and go there, can I really find the immortal fate that the king needs?
If you find your destiny with Li Xiuyuan...
Thinking of this, even Xu Fu himself was shocked. He finally understood that Li Xiuyuan had some things he didn't dare to say.
If you say this now, it will be a serious crime of beheading!
Thinking of this, Xu Fu hurriedly said: "Before I pick you up in the future, you must not talk nonsense, not even Zhang Liang. Everything shall be subject to the king's decree."
Li Xiuyuan looked at him and smiled and said: "I'm just afraid that Zhang Liang will know and tell someone, so won't I talk to you after he leaves? Are you not afraid anymore?"
In his opinion, if Xu Fu really didn't want to take him with him, it didn't matter. The worst he could do was go out for a walk with Master and Xiao Hei.
After speaking, he added hot tea to their cups and said with a smile: "Please drink tea. Seeing that the summer solstice is approaching, it is easy to get angry."
When Xu Fu heard this, he laughed and said: "Don't worry, I am bored when I go out alone, and the people I bring with me can't chat."
He picked up the tea cup in front of him and drank half of it.
Seeing the sunset, Xu Fu packed up his things and said goodbye to Li Xiuyuan.
Walking out of the shop, looking at the sunset on the horizon, Xu Fu murmured: "Look, spring is coming to an end, and even the flowers on the roadside are missing a few. I wonder if everything will be the same for the people of the Imperial City when he returns in the next year?"
Li Xiuyuan was stunned and said with a smile: "Will today's spring be any different from next year's spring?"
When Xu Fu heard this, he couldn't help laughing, turned around and stepped onto the carriage on the roadside, and left slowly.
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While preparing for the trip, Li Xiuyuan taught Xiao Hei and Shuzi how to practice swordsmanship. Xiao Hei gave Zhang Liang the wooden sword made from iron wood, and he continued to use his brother's bamboo sword from the Tianshan Mountains.
Shuzi couldn't feel anything at all, so she came to ask Li Xiuyuan for advice.
Li Xiuyuan thought about it and realized that Shuzi was a new sword learner and was comparable to Xiao Hei and Zhang Liang, so he asked her to sleep with a wooden sword in her arms at night to develop a feel for the sword first.
Zhang Liang had never heard of this truth, and Xiao Hei didn't expect his brother to teach his sister this way.
Then Li Xiuyuan taught the three people to slowly understand the sword skills of horizontal cutting, reverse cutting, vertical cutting, and reverse slashing, and then asked Zhang Liang to lead the two of them to slowly demonstrate in the backyard.
Just like he taught Nangong Ruyu before, he asked the three of them to integrate the swordsmanship into their own flesh and blood memory.
When the autumn wind blows up the fallen leaves all over the mountain, and when winter comes, go to Master's yard and learn to cut the snow.
Xiao Hei had learned the Shenlong Sword Technique before and defeated Watson with his strength, but now that his power was imprisoned, he was about to begin to comprehend Ruoshui Sword Intent, but he encountered obstacles.
From time to time at night, I would grind my teeth and laugh in my dreams. My brother said that the best thing is like water, but he didn't seem to understand it yet.
The sword emerges like water without fighting, but also like a heavy mountain that cannot be avoided... This principle is a bit obscure to Xiao Hei, let alone Shuzi who has just started practicing swordsmanship.
Li Xiuyuan was not impatient. He looked at the two of them and said, "Spring flowers, autumn leaves, and winter snow, you can practice snow cutting at any time."
Shuzi held the wooden sword and murmured to herself: "I can do it too."
Amid Xu Fu's uneasiness and Zhang Liang's expectations, Master took Shuzi and Xiaohei to leave the imperial city and began a new round of travel.
Li Xiuyuan sent the three of them to the city gate and told Xiao Hei: "Take care of the teacher, take care of the sister."
Xiao Hei thought for a while and asked: "Brother, is he going out too?"
Li Xiuyuan smiled and said, "Didn't I tell you my story? If I'm not here when I come back, you will stay with me."
After saying that, he bowed his hands to the master and said, "This will cause trouble to the master."
The master waved his hand and said: "With these two accompanying me, we won't be lonely along the way. You can go back."
A gust of wind came, and the carriage slowly set off, facing the early summer breeze, and gradually left the imperial city.
Zhang Liang sighed and said leisurely: "If the teacher didn't dislike me, I would also like to play with him."
Li Xiuyuan looked at it and shook his head: "You should just stay in the academy honestly. Don't go anywhere these years. You just focus on studying and practicing swordsmanship."
Zhang Liang chuckled: "So, can we go back and drink?"
Li Xiuyuan shook his head, patted his shoulder gently and said, "In two days, I will go out for a walk. It's hard for you to stay in the academy by yourself and not run out."
Zhang Liang was shocked when he heard this. He pulled Li Xiuyuan's sleeve and asked, "Brother, where are you going? This wine shop is closed? You won't leave me and Xiao Hei, right?"
The two of them took the carriage all the way back to No. 47. Li Xiuyuan cooked a pot of spiritual tea, and after thinking about it, he finally revealed his plan.
"The king asked Xu to go to sea to find the elixir. I thought about the master taking little black Shuzi on a trip, so I thought of going for a walk with Xu Fu..."
Seeing that the day is almost here, he will tell the world about this immediately, and Li Xiuyuan doesn't mind letting Zhang Liang know a day or two in advance.
When Zhang Liang heard this, he immediately exclaimed: "This guy even hid it from me. No, I have to go find him and talk to him."
Li Xiuyuan grabbed Zhang Liang and said in a deep voice: "I guessed, that's why he agreed to my request. Why do you make trouble for him? Is it possible that you want him to be beheaded by the king?"
After he finished, he continued: "After I leave, you won't be able to come in here. You can bring more wine home later and find someone to drink with you, waiting for the Master to come back."
Zhang Liang sighed and said: "You have all left the imperial city, what's the point of me staying here?"
Li Xiuyuan shook his head: "Have you read all the books your master gave you and are you proficient? The swordsmanship I taught you is already better than Xiao Hei's? Where are your studies in the academy?"
When asked by Li Xiuyuan, Zhang Liang was stunned and speechless.
After a long while, he said harshly: "Don't worry, when I become ruthless, I will even be afraid of myself."
Li Xiuyuan sighed softly and said: "I told Xiao Hei that all the knowledge he is learning now is for himself and not for me. The same is true for you."
Zhang Liang sighed and said unwillingly: "I'm waiting for you to come back."
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On the third day of the Master's trip, the summer solstice had passed.
Xu Fu finally left the imperial city with a large team of people. The number of people traveling this time was not as large as Li Xiuyuan thought, with a team of a thousand people.
Xu Fu listened to Li Xiuyuan's suggestion. The craftsmen didn't bring them with them, and the crew on the ship didn't look for them. It would be best to find them at the beach.
The person you are looking for in the Imperial City is not suitable for sailing on the sea.
Including the guards and the young men and women, there were less than 200 people, so it was still a huge convoy.
Everyone followed Xu Fu, carrying King Qin's hope for immortality, out of the imperial city and headed east.
A sunny day is perfect for a long trip.
In the mist of Chaoci Imperial City, the large group of people walked on the official road for a whole day, and finally stopped at a lakeside at ten o'clock.
The convoy camped on a grassy slope by the Bachelor's Lake. The coachman was busy letting the horses go to eat grass and drink water, and the guards were busy making fires and cooking.
After dinner, except for the guards who were on guard duty, the group had already fallen asleep. After leaving their hometown for the first time, everyone felt a deep sense of reluctance in their hearts, and more of they were looking forward to the future.
It was a moonless night, but the sky was full of stars shining on the carriage and tent, giving Li Xiuyuan the illusion that he was returning to the bamboo peaks of Tianyun Mountain.
As the night progressed, the entire camp fell into a dream.
Li Xiuyuan brewed a pot of tea and smiled when he looked at the tired Xu Fu in front of him.
He said calmly: "Is this the first time Mr. Xu has traveled far away?"
Xu Fu thought for a moment and said, "Not really. Last time, the king led his ministers through Linzi after the Zen ceremony on Mount Tai. During their stay in Huang County, the King of Qin summoned me, and was later ordered to accompany the king to Mount Lai to worship the Moon God..."
"After that, I risked my life to tell him that there are immortal mountains on the sea, named Penglai, Fangzhang, and Yingzhou... There are immortals on the island, and I am willing to go to the sea to obtain immortal immortals and offer them to the king..."
Holding a cup of spiritual tea, Xu Fu finally told Li Xiuyuan the reason for his previous trip. After getting along with him these days, he believed that the other party was a trustworthy friend.
So, I finally expressed my uneasy thoughts.
Li Xiuyuan looked at the starry sky in front of the tent, thinking about how Xu Fu would look like on the island decades later, and couldn't help but sigh.
If you have a dream, you have to pursue it desperately. He feels that he should give this guy some encouragement.
Countless monks have fallen on the road to chasing their dreams, and finally fell halfway on the eve of success.
Thinking of this, Li Xiuyuan retracted his gaze towards the stars and said softly: "If you have a dream, chase it. Even if you fail a few times, it's worth it. The premise is that you don't give up when you encounter difficulties halfway."
When Xu Fu heard this, he immediately became energetic and asked excitedly: "Is it possible that you can tell fortunes?"
Li Xiuyuan glared at him and said with a smile: "I'm not a god, how can I know what will happen to you in the future?"
Xu Fu sighed and said with a wry smile: "I actually don't have any confidence in my heart. I just think that this life will not be so wasted, right? Fortunately, the king gave me some confidence."
Li Xiuyuan looked at him and said seriously: "Doing your best and obeying destiny are my principles as a human being. I will give it to you today."
After thinking for a while, he continued: "Sometimes it is not terrible to encounter difficulties or failures. What is terrible is not having the courage to face the failure in front of you."
Xu Fu was startled and asked nervously: "You mean... our trip may fail?"
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