The old shopkeeper was silent when he heard this, as if he already knew what would happen today.
Today, when Xiao Hei rescued two little guys in the mountains, when Yan'er was still a little white wolf, the old Taoist priest told him that their identities were very important.
Xiaohu and Shuzi were so frightened that they were speechless.
Did you remember something? Shuzi took Xiaohu's hand and knelt down with the old Taoist priest three times.
Then he said softly: "Senior, please save my brother."
The old Taoist priest sighed, and while waving, the pure bottle placed in Li Xiuyuan's room flew out and fell into the old Taoist priest's hand.
Looking at the golden sparks shining in the jade bottle, the old Taoist sighed.
He smiled faintly and said, "You are unique in the world for being able to have the Bodhisattva personally come to you during the Great Week."
Li Xiuyuan in Nirvana has no spiritual consciousness, so naturally he will not answer the master's teasing.
But Xiaohu couldn't help but ask: "Senior, who was the Bodhisattva yesterday? Is he here for you?"
The old Taoist priest pointed at the old shopkeeper and said, "Ask him, he was in the Buddhist temple at that time."
The old shopkeeper shook his head and replied carefully: "Master, actually I don't know why that Bodhisattva is that sacred person."
The old Taoist priest smiled lightly: "Didn't you listen to that voice in the sky every day? If I don't go to hell, whoever does, it will be Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva."
Holding the jade bottle gently, the old Taoist priest seemed to be holding the face of his precious disciple, with a look of love on his face.
Looking at the old shopkeeper, he said: "His result is beyond my expectation. So I have to trouble you to stay here with him until he wakes up and come back."
The old shopkeeper hurriedly handed over his hands and replied: "The Bodhisattva has told me about this. I will accompany him until the young master completes this Nirvana."
The old Taoist priest sighed, gently stroked the jade bottle and said, "This guy is just as willful as that girl Mu Mu. Just for the sake of two little girls, he would not hesitate to force the disaster of Nirvana."
The old shopkeeper shook his head: "It's not easy for those two little guys. They were almost swallowed by the big snake in the mountains."
Xiaohu and Shuzi were confused and did not dare to interrupt. They just listened quietly.
The old Taoist priest thought for a while, looked at the old shopkeeper and said with a smile: "After you followed me, you have never thought of a good name. Since you want to practice here alone, you must have a name, right?"
When the old shopkeeper heard this, he quickly replied: "Master, please give me a name."
The old Taoist priest smiled faintly and asked: "Your surname is inconsistent with the principles and laws of my disciple. How about you take my surname and call me Hong Yuanhai?"
The old shopkeeper trembled with fright, turned over and knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and replied: "Thank you, Master, for the name."
The old Taoist priest looked at Shuzi's confused expression, shook his head and said, "He can be regarded as your real senior. When he met Li Xiuyuan in the ancient world, he was still an ancient spinning turtle..."
When Xiaohu heard this, he couldn't help but look at the jade bottle in the old Taoist priest's hand and murmured: "I never thought that sir has been to the ancient world."
Shuzi glared at him: "Brother is a disciple of the senior, so it is natural for him to go to more places."
The old Taoist priest waved a golden light between his fingers and submerged it into the jade bottle. He looked at the two of them and smiled: "Your brother has been to many places. Even this guy doesn't know everything."
Upon hearing this, Hong Yuanhai laughed and said, "The young master is a god-like figure. He is a monk who has been to the world of heavens."
Shuzi took a deep breath and asked carefully: "Senior, can Xiaohu and I leave with you? My brother asked me to wait for you."
Xiaohu nodded and smiled naively: "Brother said that senior would look for spiritual swords for me and Sister Shuzi..."
The old Taoist priest heard this and glanced at Hong Yuanhai in front of him.
The old man was startled and said quickly: "Maybe the young master didn't have the Phoenix Divine Fire when he came, and secondly, he didn't have the sword-making materials with him. The main reason is that he is not in the mood to make a sword."
The old Taoist priest nodded: "He was heartbroken last time he forged a sword on Tianshan Mountain. I'm afraid he won't be able to make it again for a long time."
Shuzi thought about the spiritual wine that her brother had brewed in the spring. She thought for a moment and asked, "I'm going to buy some delicious food and come back. How about a few glasses of the wine that my brother brewed?"
Upon hearing this, the old Taoist priest couldn't help frowning and shouting: "Then what are you waiting for? Go quickly?"
So, Xiaohu cheered, took Shuzi's hand and ran out the door.
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On this day, when the Immortal Emperor was leaving with Xiao Hei and the others.
Two faint golden lights fell on the Zhou Palace, one penetrated Qingyu's head, and the other penetrated Ashina's body.
Even the little Taoist priest far away on Qingniu Mountain in Northern Qi returned to his room and lay down to dream after a golden light entered his body.
Both of them are disciples of the old Taoist priest from Qingniu Mountain, and the Immortal Emperor has finally completed his explanation with Xiao Hei.
As a result, both Qingyu and the Queen fell into a deep sleep.
Even Li didn't know what unexpected things happened on the 47th that day.
Only Shuzi and Xiaohu were extremely excited, because they were about to leave this world with the old Taoist priest in a blink of an eye.
After listening to Li Xiuyuan's previous explanation, Shuzi took Xiaohu's hand and said excitedly: "Brother said that if we follow your master, we don't have to go through the ascending thunder tribulation..."
Xiaohu sighed and replied helplessly: "Sir, you can't go with Xiaohu."
Upon hearing this, Shuzi glared at him and said, "Didn't you hear what my senior said, my brother will go to the next era, where only the old shopkeeper can accompany him..."
Xiaohu could only nodded, pointed to the sky and said, "There are two little sisters and brother Xiaohei who have also left us."
"You are also an idiot. Qingqing is the daughter of the Immortal Emperor, and maybe Yan'er is the daughter of the empress. This is Xiao Hei's fate with them. Our chance is to be with our brother, beside the old Taoist priest."
After finishing speaking, Shuzi pinched his ears and said, "Don't talk nonsense when you get home later, or you will make your master angry and he may give you a severe beating."
Xiaohu chuckled and said, "That won't happen. I will always stay with Sister Shuzi."
Inside No. 47.
The master and the apprentice, who had entered their bodies with golden light, had fallen into a deep sleep, and they were afraid that they would not be able to wake up in two days.
Hong Yuanhai looked at the old Taoist priest and said, "There are five masters and disciples in total. It turns out that the young master and Xiao Hei have changed their physiques and pointed out where to go."
"I didn't expect that when the Immortal Emperor came, he gave Shuzi a favor. Shuzi and Xiaohu were just like the little master, but they didn't want it, so it fell on the five masters and disciples."
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ask: "Will this break the rules of this world?"
The old Taoist priest smiled lightly and replied: "This has nothing to do with you and me. If the sky is falling, we have to go to him... But Shuzi and Xiaohu have good temperaments, and they don't want any favors from the Immortal Emperor."
After speaking, he took a sip of the spiritual tea in front of him and proudly said, "Li Xiuyuan didn't have the same favor as him back then."
Upon hearing this, Hong Yuanhai immediately understood the old Taoist priest's mood.
If Shuzi said the wrong thing to Xiaohu today, the master would just slap his butt and turn around and leave, without even thinking of taking these two guys away.
He won't do anything that's not in line with his temperament, let alone an old Taoist priest.
Thinking of staying here for decades, Hong Yuanhai couldn't help but point to the jade bottle on the table and asked: "Master, is this safe in the little master's room?"
"He himself isn't afraid, so what are you afraid of?"
The old Taoist sighed, glanced at the jade bottle, and waved his hand as if explaining something important to his precious disciple, sending him into his room.
"You have the elixir with you. I think my disciple gave you a lot of gold coins, so you can practice here with peace of mind, and at the same time learn from him how to cultivate your mind."
With a wave of his hand, he set up a formation between No. 46 and No. 47, and then he waved to close Li Xiuyuan's door.
A faint golden light rose in Li Xiuyuan's room and in the two courtyards.
After he finished, he said quietly: "Remember, this is the sky falling in this world, so don't pay attention to it. Your task is just to watch him complete Nirvana."
Hong Yuanhai understood the great responsibility, so he patted his chest and said, "Master, don't worry."
The old Taoist priest smiled and said: "It seems that you and Xiao Hei have learned a lot about how to behave in Northern Qi. Not bad. Think about it, you can see the changes of several dynasties here, even my disciple can't do it."
That night, the old Taoist priest, Shuzi, Xiaohu, and Hong Yuanhai drank the apricot flower wine brewed by Li Xiuyuan in Dazhou, and even became a little drunk.
In the end, it was Shuzi who took away some of the apricot flower wine, which made the old Taoist somewhat satisfied.
After all, the wines brewed by Big Guy and Li Xiuyuan have completely different flavors.
In his words, the wine brewed by the big guy has no spirit.
Before the moon reached its peak and after packing his luggage, Xiaohu came to Li Xiuyuan's room and kowtowed three times to his husband.
Shuzi put the autumn pears she bought on the table, even if her brother couldn't eat them, it was her wish.
The starlight was just right. The old Taoist priest looked at Hong Yuanhai and waved his hand: "Next spring, let the master and disciples go to the East China Sea and tell them not to appear in this world again."
After speaking, without waiting for Hong Yuanhai's reply, he blew up a breeze and left quietly with Shuzi and Xiaohu.
The old man looked up at the stars in the sky and saw a brilliant ray of light rising from the Imperial City of Zhou Dynasty, like a meteor streaking across the sky, heading towards the nine heavens.
Shaking his head, he poured another glass of spiritual wine into his glass.
He raised his glass and looked at the bright moon, and said with a smile: "I never thought that I would become a wine shopkeeper."
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Qingyu and the Queen, who had been sleeping in the palace for two days, arrived at No. 47 in a carriage and knocked on the closed door.
The person who opened the door was neither Xiaohei nor Shuzi, but her junior sister Gao Yue'er.
"Junior sister, where is Xiao Hei? Where are the two little guys?"
Looking at the deserted wine shop, Qingyu frowned and led Asuna to the backyard.
Entering the courtyard, the old Taoist priest and Hong Yuanhai were chatting over a pot of spiritual tea.
"Master, where are my sisters? Where's Xiao Hei?" Qingyu couldn't help shouting: "What's wrong with my body? How can I be so good..."
But when he woke up one night, Qingyu, who was originally at the seventh level of the Nascent Soul, had not experienced the test of the heavenly tribulation and was already in a state of distraction.
Even the Queen has reached the realm of Nascent Soul.
The two of them were startled, and then hurriedly came to Xiao Hei and Li Xiuyuan to ask for explanation.
The old Taoist priest looked at her, shook his head, and replied softly: "Your junior sister, and I, and I guess your senior brother on Qingniu Mountain also broke through overnight."
"But the opportunity for the five of us, master and disciple, came from Xiao Hei and the two little girls who had left..."
It took half an hour for the old Taoist priest to explain to the two the changes that had occurred in the past few days.
When Ashina heard this, she couldn't help but exclaimed: "Oh my god, Sister Shuzi and Xiaohu have left us, and Xiaohei and the two little sisters have also left..."
Qingyu took a deep breath, because she knew that as long as she followed her master, one day she would leave this world like Xiao Hei.
Hong Yuanhai looked at the four masters and disciples and said seriously: "Next spring, you will go to the fairy island above the East China Sea to practice. Remember, this world will no longer be able to accommodate you."
When Ashina heard this, she became anxious and blurted out: "Master and senior sister are gone, what should I do?"
The old Taoist priest shook his head and comforted: "I will leave you the route map to the East China Sea. When you are done with the Great Zhou, come and find us again."
Qingyu also comforted her softly: "My dear, don't be anxious, my sister is still in the palace."
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Spring goes and spring comes again, when the apricot blossoms bloom again on the 47th.
The old Taoist priest took Qing Yu and Gao Yue'er to say goodbye to No. 47, Li Xiuyuan in Nirvana, and Hong Yuanhai.
The two carriages faced the spring breeze and headed towards Qingniu Mountain in Northern Qi.
Hong Yuanhai, dressed in plain clothes, sat alone under the eaves, smelling the faint fragrance of flowers in the spring breeze.
Looking at Li Xiuyuan's room, he smiled and said, "I didn't expect that I would become you."
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PS: The story of Da Zhou ends here. The next one will be Dreaming Back to the Tang Dynasty. I hope you will like it.
