There was a sound of "bang bang bang!" on the mountain road.
The black python, which was rushing left and right on the mountain road but still unable to escape the restraints of the magic circle, let out a roar. For a moment, black smoke billowed and countless branches and gravel flew into the sky.
The old monk turned his head, sighed, and murmured to himself: "It's incredible, I really can't figure it out."
Huiming looked at him and smiled: "It's not over yet, keep reading."
The old monk lowered his eyebrows and murmured to himself: "Now that the formation is complete, the demon python naturally has nowhere to escape."
Huiming replied calmly: "That's right. Isn't this the result you want?"
The old monk smiled bitterly and said, "That's right, it's just too magical."
The magic circle on the mountain path was quietly activated. Although the aura that erupted did not have the shining golden light, this invisible light was connected with Li Xiuyuan.
Whether it is in Huiming's eyes or in the eyes of the old monk, it is so magical and weird.
A huge head of the black python on the mountain road had been punctured and riddled with holes. Even so, the black python still did not fall.
Because it is also supported by the strength of the skinny old man's cultivation in the realm of overcoming tribulation.
So it looked at Li Xiuyuan and shouted coldly: "I can control a sword with Qi!"
I saw it waving its long body, whipping up an endless whirlwind, turning the ore branches on the mountain path into countless flying swords, and slashing at Li Xiuyuan.
The black python used the power of the skinny old man to overcome the calamity, and swept countless branches and gravel on the mountain road into the rolling whirlwind.
The condensed flying sword is unimaginable.
Looking at the old monk and Huiming on the mountain, they were stunned.
The countless demon-conquering swords that Li Xiuyuan had previously condensed with his Buddhist flower-twisting hands were already very terrifying in their eyes.
Unexpectedly, the flying sword rolled up by the black python was even more terrifying.
The flying swords rolled up by it in its current state of overcoming tribulation are ten times as many as Li Xiuyuan's previous demon-slaying swords.
Tens of thousands of flying swords condensed into a dragon in the formation on the mountain road. The flying swords condensed the dragon. Countless flying swords flew up and down, turning into a dragon and trying to fly towards Li Xiuyuan.
The old monk and Huiming had never seen such a terrifying situation before, and they didn't even dare to think about it.
Such as the terrifying dragon condensed with flying swords in front of him, not to mention the current magic circle, it might even destroy half of the mountain.
Facing the dragon transformed by the power of terror, Li Xiuyuan had no expression on his face.
Instead, he looked at the black python and replied: "When I kill your soul, it will be wiped out in ashes."
The black python looked at Li Xiuyuan expressionlessly and uttered: "You are already dead!"
The dragon formed by countless flying swords roared, revealing its ferocious side, and rushed towards Li Xiuyuan through the void.
Just under the cold gaze of the black python.
The old monk and Huiming were stunned.
Li Xiuyuan, who was on the mountain road, had put away the long sword in his hand at some point and replaced it with a wooden bow that exuded ancient power and simplicity.
There was a shining iron arrow on the wooden bow.
Li Xiuyuan held the bow and arrow in his hand and softly chanted: "One arrow shot down a goose in the sky, and thousands of people watched."
"Buzz!"
The Qilin bowstring let out an earth-shattering roar, and a black lightning flew out from in front of Li Xiuyuan.
Ignoring the coercion that the black python exerted with the old man's cultivation in the realm of transcending tribulation, ignoring the rolling sand and gravel and branches on the mountain road, he flew towards the dragon that was jumping in the air!
A crisp sound of arrows overwhelmed the whistling sounds of all the flying swords.
Then the dragon's body suddenly stiffened as it rushed towards him in mid-air with the force of destroying everything in the world. Then countless flying swords burst into pieces with a click, turning into fragments that filled the sky and flew away in all directions.
No, this is just the beginning!
With the blessing of the Qilin Arrow bowstring, the iron arrow went straight forward, shot through the dragon transformed by the flying sword, and then continued forward until it hit the dragon's head.
"Boom!" With a loud noise, the dragon's huge head was exploded instantly!
The black python used the old man's body to overcome the calamity and condensed the power of heaven and earth in this world. Li Xiuyuan's talisman arrows also condensed the power of this mountain and the divine power of the Buddhas in the mountain!
The dragon that pounced on Li Xiuyuan's flying sword was cut into pieces.
The black python on the mountain road was blown to pieces!
Li Xiuyuan had barely finished reciting the phrase "Thousands of people are watching with eyes", but the last one had not yet landed.
The soul-destroying black python, together with the body of the old man in the realm of transcending tribulation, burned fiercely on the mountain road, and in a short while, it would be turned into fertilizer for wild flowers in the mountains.
Putting away the wooden bow in his hand and looking at the stunned two people on the stone flat on the mountain, Li Xiuyuan grinned lightly.
He said softly: "Sorry, I scared you."
After speaking, he sat down on the stone beside the mountain path. He wanted to watch this guy burn to ashes before leaving.
Two fights this day made him feel extremely bored.
Silently he took off the handkerchief on his chest and looked at the wounds that had condensed, thinking that he could only go back to the mountain and clean them up.
Hearing an exclamation, the little monk ran all the way down the mountain, and soon came to Li Xiuyuan's side.
Looking at the extinguishing flames on the ground, he screamed: "Brother, how could you be hurt?"
Li Xiuyuan shook his head, pointed at the gold and silver coins scattered on the mountain path and said with a smile: "Be careful of burning you. I'll give these all to you, and you can also give some to your great uncle."
The little monk cheered: "Hey, Xiaobao is going to get rich now."
After resting for a while, when Li Xiuyuan took the young monk back to the Buddhist hall in the grotto, Huiming had already made a pot of hot tea.
Li Xiuyuan picked up the herbal tea on the side and drank a large bowl, then sighed leisurely.
Looking at the two of them, he smiled bitterly and said, "Don't be afraid, he is not here to cause trouble for you."
The old monk nodded and asked in a low voice: "This is great, how come it turned into a black python? Could it be that the old man is a monster?"
After practicing all his life, the old monk has never seen such a strange scene today.
The young monk shook his head. He had never seen Li Xiuyuan fighting the old man and the black python. When he got out of the Buddhist hall, a flame had already been lit on the mountain path.
Li Xiuyuan shook his head: "Either the old man was taken away by the black python, or he used his own blood to raise a demon soul. I don't want to know the reason."
In his opinion, if there are monsters, they should be killed and if there are demons, they should be destroyed. He will not care where these guys come from.
Huiming was concerned about Li Xiuyuan's injury. He looked at him and asked, "Do you want to find some gold medicine?"
"No, I have my own medicine."
Li Xiuyuan looked at Huiming and said seriously: "I have rearranged the magic circle on the mountain road, and I should protect you for another hundred years..."
Huiming nodded, looked at the old monk and the young monk and smiled: "Don't be afraid, you will be safe in the mountains."
Li Xiuyuan took out all the food he bought and the snacks for the young monk.
He touched the little monk's head and said, "I've been really tired these past two days. Please let me sleep well for a few days and don't disturb me. If you have anything to do, wait until I wake up."
The young monk took a box of pastries, opened it, picked up a piece and handed it to the old monk standing aside.
He also pinched a piece, looked at Li Xiuyuan and asked: "Brother, you won't leave here again, will you?"
"I won't go. I won't go anywhere until Sanzang comes."
Shaking his head, Li Xiuyuan touched his head and laughed: "I'm tired, so I'll stay here with you."
After drinking two cups of tea and explaining some precautions to Huiming, Li Xiuyuan went to wash up and went to his own floor.
As he said, he didn't want to do anything right now but just sleep well for a few days.
It wasn't until Li Xiuyuan walked out of the temple that the young monk took out a bag of coins from his brocade bag. There were copper coins, silver coins, and more gold coins in it.
With Huiming and the old monk stunned, the little old man carefully divided it into three parts.
He wrapped it in a handkerchief and put it away. He looked at the two of them and said with a smile, "Big brother gave this to me. He asked me to share it with my uncle and the great monk."
Huiming trembled, looked at the young monk and asked, "Were they all picked up at the foot of the mountain?"
The old monk sighed and couldn't help but ask: "Where is your brother? Doesn't he want it?"
The young monk shook his head: "Some of these were given by my brother, and some were picked up by me on the mountain road. My brother said he didn't need them."
What shocked the little monk today was not the fight between Li Xiuyuan and the black python, but when he picked up hundreds of gold coins from the mountain path, which finally frightened him.
In his opinion, the ten gold coins Li Xiuyuan gave him were already a huge sum of money.
Huiming shook his head, looked at the old monk and said with a smile: "In that case, just put it away, it will last for a long time."
Back then, he could look down on life and death, and now he could look down on money. Besides, this was given to him by Li Xiuyuan, so there was no need for any kind words.
In his heart, Li Xiuyuan is the god of this world.
Otherwise, how could it be possible for a mortal to kill the terrifying dragon and black python on the mountain road with one arrow?
The battle did not shock the monks practicing on the mountain. Only Huiming and the old monk witnessed the terrifying scene.
At this time, Li Xiuyuan, who was lying on the bed after washing, fell into a state of half-asleep.
Because he was really too tired.
In the dream, Li Xiuyuan did not slay the dragon, nor did he dream of the old Taoist priest, nor did he even dream of his own mother.
The dream returns to the time when the three-year-old Nangong Ruyu came to the mountains from the Nangong family. At that time, Wuxin, who had lost his beloved woman, came to the Prajna Temple again to practice.
For this reason, he did not hesitate to put his young daughter in the Nangong family and let his parents take care of him.
Nangong Ruyu, who lost her mother and father that year, gained a master who loved her as much as her father.
Accompanied by a little flower who took care of her life, they went to Fangcun Mountain together and traveled back and forth between Prajna Temple and Xuantian Temple.
Wherever the master is, there she is.
Li Xiuyuan, who couldn't persuade Wu Xin and was worried about Nangong Ruyu, took her and Xiao Hua to Qingzhou to conquer the water bandits along the way.
They also wiped out the bandits from Beihai in Gyeongju.
The mountain wind howled as the master and apprentice climbed all the way up Tianshan Mountain.
Braving the cold wind, the master and apprentice climbed for an hour, and finally set foot on what looked like a stone platform.
The two of them climbed hard for an hour without finding the Tianshan Snow Lotus, but found a mysterious cave.
On the cliff above the jagged rocks, the cave could not be seen from below. However, when he climbed up, the stone door appeared in front of him.
It seemed as if this stone gate had been waiting for him here for thousands of years.
Entering the stone door, the two of them walked only a few dozen feet when they felt hot air rushing towards them.
What they saw was wider and more majestic than any cave they had seen before.
The space here is unknown how deep it is. This is a place that can only appear in dreams.
It was here that he met Ouyang Dongli, the master who taught him how to make swords.
Ouyang Dongli forged the first sword for Nangong Ruyu, named: Zhanxue.
It was here that Princess Wutong broke through and was distracted. Master Ouyang Dongli broke up with the three of them and went to the top of Tianshan Mountain to survive his ascension.
The Tianshan Mountain in the dream was not just the place where his youth and his husband practiced cultivation.
It was also the place he wanted to go back to in his dream after he ascended from Beihai and left.
Bits and pieces of the past flew out messily in front of his eyes, like a thunderbolt, like lightning, without giving him a moment to rest or savor too much.
In this way, I don't know how long it took, but Li Xiuyuan murmured in his dream: "Master, where is Tripitaka?"
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