The old man shook his head and smiled faintly: "How did you know about Zhang Liang's assassination of Qin? Apart from me, no one in the imperial city can clear up this matter."
In the old man's opinion, even the two helpers Zhang Liang went to at the time could not have exceeded five people in total to assassinate Qin.
He really couldn't figure out where this shopkeeper, who stayed in the imperial city without leaving home, learned about this matter.
Thinking about the words they wrote on the table that day when I had my first drink with Li Xiuyuan, unless...
The old man was startled by his own thoughts.
Li Xiuyuan frowned and said, "I know the ins and outs of this matter, but I can't tell seniors either, because I also know more secrets that I can't tell, so please forgive me."
The old man was stunned. He finally believed some of his guesses, so he couldn't help but take another sip of wine.
No need for Li Xiuyuan to say more, he also knew some things.
After thinking for a while, he asked: "If the shopkeeper doesn't stay in the imperial city, why would he come to this desert land? Where is that boy Zhang Liang? Could it be that he has also followed?"
"He and his brother practiced with the Master in the academy."
After talking for a long time, Li Xiuyuan felt his mouth was dry, so he poured himself a bowl of wine and took a sip.
Then he said: "I came to the city to see Young Master Su, and I brought his wife with me by the way... Now I plan to visit Yuezhi City outside the Great Wall."
Hearing this, the old man frowned again and moved the corners of his mouth slightly.
He murmured to himself: "You brought the Crown Princess to the Great Wall. Could it be that there will be chaos in the Imperial City? Or do you know what will happen in the future?"
"Don't say it!"
Li Xiuyuan said in a solemn voice: "Master Su is Master's disciple and Zhang Liang's brother. If I can help him with some things, I will not refuse."
"Let's talk about senior, why are you hiding under this long yellow sand?"
Hearing this, the old man couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "I came all the way from the Imperial City because I wanted to go to the Tianshan Mountains in the Western Region to practice, hoping that I could find a way to leave this world there."
"Western Tianshan Mountains?"
Li Xiuyuan was shocked. Where he was born in the Five Realms, there was a Tianshan Mountain that stretched for thousands of miles.
There was also a mysterious Tianshan Mountain in the prehistoric world. Unexpectedly, in the Great Qin world, there was also a Tianshan Mountain here.
Is this a coincidence? Or is it destiny?
After being silent for a long time, Li Xiuyuan sighed and said: "Senior, hiding here is not an option after all. Why don't you leave with me and how about I help you break through another realm?"
In his opinion, since the old man's final destination is the Tianshan Mountains in the Western Regions, there is no way he can take Xiao Hei there one day.
When breaking through the tribulation, he didn't help Zhang Liang and Young Master Su casually, but he didn't have to worry about the old man in front of him.
After all, there are no detailed records about the old man in history books.
The old man who was holding the bowl and putting it into his mouth was surprised. He looked at him and asked, "Do you know what kind of thunder tribulation I have to survive? I'm not even sure I can survive it?"
"So what? It's nothing more than three-nine tribulation thunders. Is it possible that it can still kill the senior in this yellow sand?"
After drinking all the wine in the bowl, Li Xiuyuan said: "Senior, take me away from here, and I will help you break through the tribulation. If you are even afraid of the tribulation thunder in front of you, how will you face the ascending tribulation thunder in the future?"
The old man also drank the wine in the bowl in one gulp and asked seriously: "Can the shopkeeper help me survive the disaster ahead of me?"
"I promise to let you break through the tribulation, if you are already standing on the edge of breaking through."
Li Xiuyuan stood up, stretched his muscles, and said with a smile, "Is it possible that there are some treasures down here that seniors should miss?"
"There's a treasure inside." The old man waved his hand, dug out the two luminous pearls embedded in the dome, and threw one to Li Xiuyuan.
He smiled and said, "I have been searching for months, but these two night-light pearls are the only ones that can be considered treasures."
If it weren't for the fear of the sudden thunderstorm, the old man would have left here long ago, where would he be trapped under the yellow sand.
You two can go as you please, old man.
He led Li Xiuyuan, who was holding a torch, to the place where he fell. He turned the mechanism on the stone wall, and their feet suddenly started to move.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, the ground beneath their feet shook, and the two slowly rose upwards.
Not long after, a ray of sunshine fell and fell brilliantly on Li Xiuyuan's face. It was another sunny day.
"Let's go!"
The old man whipped up a breeze and rose into the sky, and the two of them left the gaping crack in the blink of an eye.
Before the two of them could get far, the huge gap quickly closed.
The old man looked up at the sunshine in the sky and sighed. He had not seen the sun in the sky for a long, long time.
If Li Xiuyuan hadn't happened to fall, he might have had to wait for several more months for snow before he tried to leave this place and go to Tianshan Mountain.
Fortunately, when he was most helpless, he was able to find a godlike wine shop owner.
He believed Li Xiuyuan's words and believed that one day he would be able to transcend this world.
The sun was a bit dazzling, and the old man adjusted for a while before opening his eyes. He looked around and saw Li Xiuyuan lighting a fire not far away, and couldn't help but smile.
But when he saw Li Xiuyuan dragging out a strange bird with a wingspan of two feet from the long yellow sand, he was frightened again. Even the old man in front of him was powerless to see such a monster.
Li Xiuyuan didn't explain anything. In his opinion, since he wanted to help the old man overcome the tribulation, he naturally had to fill his stomach first.
Fortunately, the strange bird he killed is still there. It can be used to replenish the old man's physical strength and break through the realm. I'm afraid it will be the best.
If there is anyone in this world who can help the old man withstand the thunderstorm above his head, I am afraid there will be no one else besides Li Xiuyuan.
Li Xiuyuan looked at the old man and smiled, and said: "In the morning, countless strange birds suddenly attacked me. I had to kill some of them. I was thinking that it would be a pity if I couldn't eat them all by myself."
"I didn't expect to meet senior. It's such a good time. After a while, I guess that after you eat meat and drink two glasses of wine, the thunder will come to you."
Li Xiuyuan didn't expect to meet Zhang Liang's master outside the Great Wall. He thought to himself that this was really an interesting thing. He probably wouldn't have thought of it even if he killed Zhang Liang, right?
The old man nodded and said: "With so many birds, if we take them to Yuezhi City, I'm afraid they can be sold for a lot of money."
While grilling the meat, Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said, "That's not necessarily the case. This thing can only be used by cultivators. Ordinary people can just eat it to fill their stomachs, and it's not worth a lot of money."
Naturally, he did not believe that there were more monks in Yuezhi City than in the Great Qin Empire.
"No matter, I'll eat and drink first before talking."
The old man had a determined look on his face and said, "Even if you die in a catastrophe, you still have to be a well-fed ghost and drink as much as you can."
"That's impossible, I'm here."
Li Xiuyuan poured him a bowl of wine, tore off a piece of browned and oily wing and handed it to the old man, saying, "I just ate it not long ago, I guess I won't have any appetite for the past two days."
The old man was not polite. He must have been hungry for a long time. He took the wings and gnawed them while humming a few words. Li Xiuyuan didn't hear clearly what he said.
While the old man was drinking wine and eating meat, he took three talismans and held them in his hands, thinking about how he might need them in the end.
After all, he doesn’t know what the old man’s body is like?
No matter which world a monk is in, if he does not have a powerful physical body, he is afraid that he will eventually fall to a catastrophe.
Afraid that the strange bird was not powerful enough to make the old man suddenly reach the threshold, Li Xiuyuan poured him another half bowl of spiritual wine.
"What kind of wine is this?" The old man asked curiously, smelling the faint fragrance of flowers.
Li Xiuyuan clapped his hands and stood up, stretched his waist and replied: "This is medicinal wine brewed with a lot of tonic. Hurry up and eat meat and drink. I guess it won't take a while..."
"Sounds good!" The old man picked up the bowl and took a sip. He felt a strong fire burning in his chest and abdomen. He raised his head and drank up all the spiritual wine in the bowl.
Then he grabbed the meat of the strange bird and ate it non-stop, as if
Just as Li Xiuyuan said, the next moment, the first tribulation thunder will fall in the sky.
Li Xiuyuan looked at his appearance and nodded, and said quietly: "It seems that you have already felt the powerful power of this medicine. Enjoy it, you will suffer in a while."
"Don't be afraid, you are here!" the old man laughed.
Li Xiuyuan did not reply because he had already seen the calamity clouds rolling in from the horizon.
Bursts of thunder shook the heaven and earth, frightening the wild wolves in the desert and the Qin army at the foot of the Great Wall.
Li Xiuyuan, who was traveling over mountains and ridges, was actually not that far away from Young Master Su and others.
The rolling thunder above the two people's heads finally reached the residence of Su Xinjian, the son of Prince Village.
Miss Xiangfu looked at Young Master Su and said softly: "Husband, why do the thunders keep ringing? I see that the summer has passed and it is already the beginning of autumn."
Young Master Su sighed and said, "If we go by what the teacher said, if thunder like this keeps ringing, either a mortal has provoked the wrath of heaven, or there are human monks or demons who have become spirits to survive the tribulation."
"I'm afraid this voice is outside the Great Wall. Shopkeeper Li just left not long ago. Could it be him?"
Miss Xiangfu frowned and said, "If Shopkeeper Li is going to survive the tribulation, that would make sense."
Young Master Su smiled faintly: "When he comes back, won't Madam know if I ask again?"
At this time, Meng Jiang was picking red jujubes from the tree in the yard.
Frightened by the bursts of thunder, she couldn't help but look at the two old people sitting under the eaves and asked: "Mother-in-law, isn't this thunder too weird?"
The old woman nodded and replied, "In all my life, this is the first time I have heard the rolling thunder after the beginning of autumn."
The old man on the side shook his head: "Not even a drop of rain has fallen. To use the storyteller's words, I am afraid that the monsters in the mountains have become spirits. God will not tolerate it, so it rains countless calamity thunders."
Meng Jiang brought a basket full of jujubes and placed it under the eaves. He sighed: "I don't know why I want to go outside the Great Wall and not even eat these jujubes."
The old woman squinted her eyes and smiled and said, "Don't be afraid. You can put it under the eaves to dry in the sun for a few days, and then eat it when he comes back."
Meng Jiang ordered a snack, but she was thinking about what Li Xiuyuan said to her.
I wonder if one day, like today, I will be struck by lightning from the sky, and will I be able to survive it?
On the desert outside the Great Wall.
Under a tribulation thunder that covered the sky and the sun, the old man who was about to undergo the tribulation was chopped into pieces, and his body was bleeding.
Especially the last tribulation thunder struck in unison. If it weren't for the three magic talismans that Li Xiuyuan gave him, the old man's body would have been submerged in the rolling yellow sand.
A golden light fell. Although it was not the colorful divine light that Li Xiuyuan imagined, it was enough to restore vitality to the old man's old body.
From a distance, he looks like a middle-aged man in his forties.
Looking at the old man who had changed into a green shirt and whose white hair turned into jet black, Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but laugh and said, "Senior, if Zhang Liang sees you like this, he will die and not even dare to acknowledge you."
Although the old man could not see his appearance for the time being, when he reached out his hand and touched his face, there was not a single wrinkle.
The white hair between his fingers also turned black instantly, not to mention the infinite vitality flowing through his muscles and bones.
He sighed leisurely, looked up at the gradually disappearing golden light and said, "I have been looking forward to this day all my life, but when it came true, it was like a dream again."
Li Xiuyuan also felt something. He said thoughtfully: "Life is originally a big dream, like a dream, like dew and lightning. If you want to understand it, you will naturally take it lightly."
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