A big dream happened in this world. During the winter solstice, the old man who came back from Penglai returned to the snow-capped mountains.
Jue'er hadn't seen her master for a long time, so when she saw the old man coming home, she naturally liked him so much that she quickly boiled water to make tea.
The old man didn't expect that nearly a hundred years had passed, but his disciple's innocence had still not been washed away, and he couldn't help but feel a little sad.
Li Xiuyuan looked at the old man and smiled: "Where are seniors Qingyu and Gao Yue'er?"
The old man took out a simple space ring, which was engraved with complex patterns. At first glance, it seemed that it had gone through thousands of years of vicissitudes.
"The master lent me this. It can store living things..."
With a loving look on his face, the old man looked at Juier in front of him, carefully took out a blue egg as big as a wooden basin and placed it on the table.
He stroked her gently and said, "This is Qingyu's girl..."
Jue'er was shocked when she heard this: "Why did my sister turn into an egg? Brother, will Jue'er be like her?"
Li Xiuyuan sighed: "This is not an ordinary egg, this is a dragon egg. When she hatches, she will be a little dragon."
"On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival that year, there was a battle in front of Weiyang Palace... You, Qingyu, and Gao Yue'er broke through the realm overnight. By then, the dragon was already accompanying the moon. It's a pity that you didn't see it."
"Oh my god, Jue'er is going to become a dragon just like my two sisters. Where is my junior sister?"
Jue'er was happy for her opportunity, but worried about Qin Xiangyu's future.
The old man sighed: "She is with Xiao Yue'er in Penglai. She has her own path. Your path is to follow Qing Yu and Gao Yue'er."
Li Xiuyuan took out a letter and handed it to the old man.
Said: "There is a Divine Dragon Island in the South China Sea of the Divine Dragon Continent. Senior, if you have the chance to go there, my master Long Qingfeng and another senior will practice here, and my brother Xiaobai..."
The old man was shocked when he heard this. It was not until today that he knew that his young master had actually been to the legendary Dragon Continent.
There is also an old man named Shenlong as his teacher. Is this a heaven-defying existence?
Jue'er was stunned upon hearing this, and after a long time she asked, "Is my brother also a divine dragon?"
Li Xiuyuan gently stroked Qingyu's dragon egg, as if he had returned to that time.
He murmured: "Senior, I suffered a lot in my cultivation back then. Xiao Hei was an undead dragon soul back then. It was a coincidence... Fortunately, my cultivation was shallow at that time and I didn't refine him..."
The old man was startled. He first carefully put away the dragon eggs on the table, and then sighed: "No wonder you have such a deep love for each other as brothers. You have gone through so many hardships."
"Xiao Hei was willful at that time and secretly ate the great elder's sacred spring. If he was even close to being caught, he would be cooked and eaten."
Li Xiuyuan smiled proudly: "If I hadn't returned to Shenlong Continent, he would have been dead."
Juier exclaimed: "So my brother is really a dragon?"
Li Xiuyuan looked at her and smiled: "I was once a divine dragon and a divine bird and phoenix, but now I am just a mortal."
Only the old man knows this secret, and only he knows that his young master is a legend in the world.
Jue'er shook her head and asked in disbelief: "Can mortals also cultivate immortality?"
"I want to try it."
When Li Xiuyuan saw Duo'er making tea, he was no longer anxious. Instead, he looked at the old man and asked, "Senior, did you come down from the mountain and buy some vegetables?"
The old man smiled and said, "I bought a lot of things you like to eat and put them in the kitchen."
Li Xiuyuan smiled and said, "You guys have tea, and I'll cook the hot pot. We'll have three cups today."
At the last moment, Li Xiuyuan wanted to leave time and space for the master and apprentice.
Seeing her brother leaving, Jue'er couldn't help but hold the old man's hand and timidly shouted: "Master, I'm so scared."
The old man patted her hand: "What's there to be afraid of? Master will accompany you to the Shenlong Continent to start your new practice."
"Even the young master's precious disciples, Xiaobao and Xiaoyue'er, don't have such an opportunity as you.
Ah, it seems that the young master really loved you back then. "
The old man sighed and said, "Because of you, the young master has not left Chang'an for decades. It's really hard for him."
In the old man's memory, Li Xiuyuan had never stayed in one place for decades.
Jue'er sighed: "He is my brother."
The old man shook his head: "Then he loves you too much. Think about it in this life, when has he ever taken care of you or scolded you?"
Juier shook her head and said nothing.
Thinking back carefully, her brother really did everything according to his own will. Even when he recruited the monk to go up the mountain, he never said anything wrong to her.
As I thought about it, I couldn't help but be stunned.
But Li Xiuyuan, who was cooking soup in front of the stove, was thinking about ending Juier's relationship in this world tonight.
After some thought, I went to
The soup dripped with divine springs from the two sacred rivers, Youhe and Styx.
He also dried the radishes he planted that year and boiled one of the elixirs given to him by the old Taoist priest in the desert in a pot.
Back then, the Bodhisattva asked the old Taoist priest to give him four elixirs. He cooked one for Sanzang and Xiaobao, and another one tonight, and two more.
This pot of divine soup and elixir should turn Jui'er into a cocoon and turn into a dragon.
While he was cooking, he suddenly couldn't help but chattered: "Master, this is the winter solstice in my world. Would you like to come and have a bowl of soup, and let me leave with three dragon eggs?"
Suddenly there was a wind on the snow-capped mountains, and a gust of breeze entered the living room. The old Taoist priest sat in front of Hong Yuanhai and Duo'er.
The old man was shocked and immediately fell to his knees: "Old turtle has seen the master, why are you here free?"
The old Taoist priest waved his hand to help the old man up from the ground, and said with a smile: "Who else can there be besides my careless precious disciple?"
Jue'er was startled and stood up to greet the old Taoist priest.
I couldn't help but ask: "Senior, are you my brother's master? Are you also Jue'er's master?"
The old Taoist priest trembled and quickly shook his head: "I will not accept any more disciples. You are already this guy's disciple, which is a good opportunity."
The old man quickly explained: "Jui'er must not be rude. Master has only one apprentice, your brother."
"Master is here just in time. Take a jar of the spirit wine I brewed in the prehistoric world to celebrate the festival today."
While they were talking, Li Xiuyuan came in with a hot pot. When the old man saw it, he quickly placed the small stove in the middle and asked him to set up the hot pot.
The old Taoist priest glared at him, waved his hand, and a jar of spiritual wine flew out from Li Xiuyuan's divine sea.
Holding it in his hand and slapping it away, the old Taoist priest took a sniff and sighed: "This is a jar of spiritual wine from ancient times. Even I have never drunk it a few times."
Li Xiuyuan thought about how Zhu Yan had secretly taken away several large jars of spiritual wine and how many times his master had gotten drunk.
But he didn't expose the master's little thoughts.
Instead, he smiled and said: "This pot of meat is the dried green dragon meat that was about to turn into a dragon in the East China Sea, and the spiritual radish that the disciple planted back then. Master, you are in for a treat."
The old Taoist priest shook his head, poured a glass of wine into the cup, and drank it in one gulp.
After recalling the endless power of years in his mouth, he smiled and said, "Your wine is not delicious. You are using wine to seduce my master and do hard work for you."
Li Xiuyuan nodded, thought for a moment and said, "Next time, I will ask the senior monk for help."
After that, he gave each of the three a bowl of divine soup without the chili pepper and placed it in front of the three of them.
He looked at Jue'er and said, "Today is the winter solstice, and my master is also here. I will use this bowl of soup and a glass of wine to see you, Qing Yu, and Gao Yue'er off."
Zuo'er was shocked, hugged Li Xiuyuan's hand and said, "Brother doesn't want Zuo'er anymore?"
"No, your time has come."
Li Xiuyuan sighed, held her hand and explained: "I can't go to the Dragon Continent right now, and neither can my seniors. I can only ask Master to come and give you a ride."
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After some words, Duo'er suddenly realized: "So Duo'er's master is a god?"
The old Taoist priest was so angry that he smiled and cursed: "I am not your master, he is."
Duo'er chuckled: "You are my brother's master, so naturally you are also Duo'er's master." When it comes to being unreasonable, Duo'er is no worse than Li Xiuyuan.
Li Xiuyuan was too lazy to pay attention to the two of them, but picked up the wine glass and said, "Here, I wish you a safe journey."
After drinking a glass of spiritual wine from the ancient world, even the old man Hong Yuanhai was in a trance. He looked at the red-faced Dui'er and sighed.
Said: "This is the spiritual wine that the young master brewed in the ancient world. It is a unique treasure in all the heavens and all the worlds."
After Jue'er took a sip, she couldn't bear it any longer, holding the cup and drinking up the wine in one sip.
Then he replied: "It turns out that my brother is also a god."
Li Xiuyuan sighed and put the last two elixirs into Juier's hands.
He said, "This is the elixir that I accompanied Sanzang to obtain scriptures. I met a Bodhisattva and a Taoist priest on the road. My sister kept it and shared it with my two sisters after you transformed into a dragon."
When the old Taoist priest heard this, a strange smile appeared on his face.
He took a sip of the soup and asked, "Then you didn't take the elixir that the old Taoist gave you?"
Li Xiuyuan shook his head: "It is useless for disciples to eat it, so naturally it will be left to those who need it."
Pointing to the half-drunk soup in front of the old Taoist priest, he said: "There is also a plant in this soup, and there was another plant that Sanzang and the young monk ate."
When Jue'er heard this, she quickly put the elixir away.
Looking at Li Xiuyuan, he murmured: "Brother, we have all left. How can you, a mortal, live in the Tang Dynasty?"
Li Xiuyuan sighed: "You
After everyone left, I could settle down and go to Yuhua Temple to read the Buddhist scriptures that Tripitaka had brought back. "
The old Taoist priest pointed at the soup in front of Jue'er and Hong Yuanhai and said, "While it's hot, don't betray my disciple's wishes. I guess you, Old Turtle, will break through after drinking it."
When the old man heard this, he suddenly had mixed feelings and was speechless.
Juier held the soup and drank it. After thinking for a moment, she said, "Thank you, brother, for giving Juier the opportunity to become Little Dragon Girl."
Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but sigh as he thought that Qingyu was still making tea with him yesterday, but today he had turned into a dragon egg.
Looking at the two of them, he said, "When you arrive at Shenlong Continent, practice well."
There was so much to say that he didn't know where to start.
Looking at the old Taoist priest in front of him, he smiled bitterly and said, "Master, I got lost while walking and forgot everything you said."
The old Taoist priest laughed: "Yes, you are an idiot."
Seeing that he was about to leave, Jue'er couldn't help but hold Li Xiuyuan's hand and asked: "Brother, can Jue'er still see you?"
Li Xiuyuan pointed at the old man in front of him and said, "As long as you are with senior and sister Qingyu, there will be a day when we see each other again."
Just after Xu Shi, Duo'er complained that she was too sleepy and wanted to go back to the house to rest. The old man also cupped his hands with the old Taoist priest and said, "I'm not good enough, I have to go to meditate."
Li Xiuyuan took Duo'er's hand and was speechless for a moment.
It took a long time to hold back a sentence: "My sister is back to her former self."
Jue'er was stunned for a moment, then walked out of the living room with a smile and headed towards the house behind.
After the old man also left, the old Taoist priest looked at Li Xiuyuan and sighed: "Why bother?"
Originally he wanted to curse a few times, but when the words came to his lips, the old man changed his tone: "You are hurt every time. It's not like you have never been in pain. Are you an idiot?"
Li Xiuyuan looked at him and chuckled: "This is the human world, there must be some human warmth, right?"
In Li Xiuyuan's view, he had been very restrained. Neither Zhang Duobao nor Wang Xiaoyue left an unforgettable mark on his heart.
Except for the young man who suddenly broke into his eyes back then.
Girl, this is Juier who calls him big brother.
Think about it, this girl has lived in front of him for almost eighty years.
Thinking of this, Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but murmured to himself: "It seems that the disciples who stood at Wangchuan Bridge for a hundred years were not so sad."
"Then have you seen enough? When do you plan to leave?"
The old Taoist priest felt sorry for his disciple, and just thought that if it didn't work out, he should leave quickly. Why bother if he had to look at it one more time and hurt it one more time?
Li Xiuyuan shook his head: "The person I'm waiting for hasn't shown up yet. Don't worry. I'll be in Yuhua Temple and slowly read the scriptures that Sanzang brought back."
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One night in the mountain wind and snow, I drank the most magical divine soup in the world and drank the spiritual wine from the deserted world.
The old man Hong Yuanhai returned to his middle-aged appearance overnight, with his white hair turning black.
Holding Xiao Jui'er, who had turned into a dragon egg, in his hand, the old man came to the living room and handed the dragon egg in his hand to Li Xiuyuan in front of him.
"Take out the other two little guys as well." Li Xiuyuan sighed.
Under the watchful eye of the old Taoist priest, he took out a small jade bottle and poured two drops of divine spring onto the two dragon eggs.
Touching the dragon egg transformed by little Jue'er who was as white as jade in front of him, he said: "You have suffered a lot in this life and have tasted the pain of losing your father. I hope that after you transform into a dragon, you will not fall into the world of mortals again."
Hong Yuanhai didn't know what kind of sacred water this was and didn't dare to say anything.
The old Taoist priest sighed and said with a smile: "Your two drops of divine water are enough for them to practice for hundreds of years."
Li Xiuyuan and Hong Yuanhai clasped hands and said, "Senior, please work hard for another few decades and take good care of the three of them."
Hong Yuanhai glanced at the old Taoist priest and replied in a solemn voice: "Sir, take care."
The old Taoist priest thought for a while and asked, "Is there anything else you want to explain?"
Li Xiuyuan took out a ring and said with a wry smile: "Just use the dragon meat jerky here to make soup for Shuzi and Xiaohu. I have no use keeping it."
The old Taoist priest nodded: "Your female disciple's mother and sister can be used."
Li Xiuyuan waved his hand and said, "Let's go, let me sleep a little longer."
Hong Yuanhai put away the three dragon eggs on the table and stood quietly aside.
The old Taoist priest was so angry that he hit Li Xiuyuan on the head hard and cursed: "You are an idiot!"
After saying that, a breeze blew up and took Hong Yuanhai away.
Moving outside the hall, Li Xiuyuan looked at the winter plum blossoms blooming in the wind and snow, and thought for a while, next spring, he could bake the winter plum tea again.
Looking at the hazy sky, he murmured to himself: "The sky is high and the road is far away, everyone should cherish it."
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