Just like Li Xiuyuan came quietly with Li Bai and left with Xiao Guang, without making a single ripple in the lake in Meizhou City.
Back at Beikou Gate, Li Bai went home to see his parents, carrying large and small bags of specialties.
Li Xiuyuan opened the door to sell wine, and Xiaoguang accompanied him to make tea and chat.
In the blink of an eye, the scorching heat is over and autumn is in full bloom.
"Sir, are my eyes finished?" Xiaoguang murmured to himself.
Li Xiuyuan looked at him, shook his head, and said, "Now that you have become like this, don't be impatient anymore. Didn't your master teach you to see the world with your heart?"
Xiaoguang was startled when he heard this, then he remembered something and nodded.
He replied: "I practiced with my master in the snow-capped mountains for a year. If it hadn't been like this, I probably wouldn't have lived long enough for my husband to come find me."
Li Xiuyuan frowned slightly and said, "In that case, don't worry."
When Xiaoguang heard this, he became anxious and couldn't help but said: "If I keep looking like this, how can I get home? How can I deal with sudden dangers?"
After experiencing the ups and downs in the world, Xiaoguang felt homesick. He wanted to go back to Penglai, where at least he still had a large family.
Although I learned from my master to see the world with my heart, after all, I don’t have the eyes to see easily and carefully.
Li Xiuyuan sighed and said: "Back then, your father transformed into Ah Jue and stayed at the Hongchen Inn for ten years. Your elder brother Wang Yi did the same. Why don't you learn from them?"
Xiaoguang patted his head and said with a smile: "Sir, do you want me to go back to Chang'an with you and work as a waiter at the Hongchen Inn for a few years?"
Shaking his head, Li Xiuyuan replied: "You don't have to go to Chang'an to cultivate your mind. Can't you stay here?"
"Here? Do
A wine guy? "
Smelling the faint aroma of wine in the shop, Xiaoguang laughed: "No problem, as long as Mr. is there, Xiaoguang will practice here with Mr."
Li Xiuyuan sighed: "I think Ah Jue and Wang Yiye will be very happy with your change."
"I can't stay here long. I'm afraid it will affect Li Bai's life if I stay too long. You can live here for a few years and stay with him while completing your own practice."
Li Xiuyuan said seriously: "After being poisoned, your realm has plummeted. It's just the right time to rebuild quietly here. What do you think?"
After hearing what Li Xiuyuan said, Xiao Guang was struck by lightning and was speechless for a long time.
After silently looking inward, he asked unwillingly: "I am not willing to accept it. I have suffered so much with the master, and it turned out to be like this in one day..."
As he spoke, Xiaoguang showed a look of despair on his face.
If he had no cultivation at all, it would be better to let him die immediately, which would be a clean process.
Li Xiuyuan was silent for a moment.
After a long time, he said: "I used to think the same as you. If you have no cultivation, life would be worse than death. But now I am just a mortal. Do you see me seeking death?"
"Didn't your master tell you this? Or Ah Jue and Wang Yi didn't tell you that I still have no cultivation at all, and my aura is not even as good as yours now..."
Xiaoguang was shocked when he heard this and was speechless.
He finally remembered what his master had told him in the snowy mountains. The old man in No. 47 was an old immortal, as were his master and Uncle Qingyu. Only the master was a mortal...
only
, if sir were a mortal, how could he do this?
Li Xiuyuan picked up the spiritual tea poured by Xiaoguang and said calmly: "Mortals can't practice? Are you practicing or cultivating your mind? If you don't cultivate your mind, you will die under the heavenly tribulation when you finally overcome the tribulation."
Sighing, Li Xiuyuan continued: "Just treat yourself as dead once, and then practice again. If you don't even have the courage, I can find someone to send you back to Penglai now."
After taking a sip of the spiritual tea, Xiaoguang's excited heart gradually calmed down.
It happened that he couldn't see, so he could close his eyes and think about the time he was with his master on the snow-capped mountains.
At that time, he was happy.
Just like Xiaoyue'er back then, Xiaoguang couldn't help but said in a daze after thinking about it: "Sir, can I see the master again?"
I don't know why, but ever since he became blind, he has often dreamed of his master.
He even had a premonition that one day he and his master would meet again, even though the master and the old man had already left the Tang Dynasty and this world.
Although he has become what he is now, he believes that one day he will be able to meet his master again.
"As long as you start practicing again now, we will naturally meet again one day."
Li Xiuyuan said lightly: "I'm not afraid to tell you a secret. Maybe when you start training again and leave this world, your master's cultivation level will not be as good as yours."
He knew that it was not that easy for Qingyue, Gao Yue'er and Duo'er to transform into dragons.
It may take ten years, or it may take hundreds of years or even longer. Xiaoguang has the experience of previous practice, but it is just a do-over.
one time.
Without even thinking about your cultivation, you will only get higher and stronger.
Xiaoguang also knew that his master did not hide his intentions. Thinking of the day when he could meet his master again, his heart was filled with hope.
So he asked cautiously: "Sir, what state am I in right now? How long will it take to cultivate again?"
Li Xiuyuan raised his eyebrows slightly and said with a smile: "In the realm of foundation building, coupled with your sword skills, you can protect yourself even in the world. Why are you afraid?"
"I'm not even afraid of death!"
Xiaoguang frowned and smiled: "I will be a shopkeeper here for a few years, sell wine for a few years, and look after this guy named Li Bai for you? Is he your disciple?"
In Xiaoguang's opinion, if Li Bai was not Mr.'s disciple, he wouldn't have to stay with him.
After a moment of silence, Li Xiuyuan smiled: "Datang, I will not accept any more disciples. He is just one of my students."
"This little guy's future will be more ups and downs than yours. If I weren't afraid of affecting his practice, I would be willing to stay here for ten or eight more years..."
Having said this, Li Xiuyuan looked at him and asked, "So, are you willing?"
Xiaoguang took a sip of the spirit tea and replied with a smile: "I do."
…
After Xiaoguang calmed down, he settled down in the small town to learn the art of wine-making from his husband. In the next few years, he would learn to brew a vat of fine wine by himself.
Be a qualified shopkeeper at the north gate.
After Li Xiuyuan used the elixir to temper his body to remove the poison, Xiaoguang was truly reborn.
At the moment, Xiao Guang only needs to use water to slowly restore his cultivation. It will be faster than when he and Gao Yue'er practiced on the snow-capped mountains.
Much more.
A year passed like water. Li Bai went to the school in the morning and came to the north gate to practice swordsmanship with his teacher and Xiaoguang in the afternoon.
Li Xiuyuan explained everything to Xiaoguang about what could and could not be taught.
He didn't want Xiaoguang to teach a monster one day.
When the weather was warm and the flowers were blooming, Li Xiuyuan went to Qingcheng after explaining to Li Bai and Xiaoguang.
He wanted to take advantage of the beautiful spring weather to visit famous mountains and ancient temples.
It is strange to say that the night before Li Xiuyuan left, Xiaoguang's eyesight recovered, after a whole night of excitement.
After sending her husband all the way to Changting outside the city, Xiaoguang told Li Xiuyuan the news.
Li Xiuyuan smiled lightly: "I should be in Qingcheng these few years. If you have anything, you can send me a message."
After saying that, he waved his hand and got into the carriage.
Looking at the carriage gradually leaving, Xiaoguang was speechless for a long time.
He knew that as long as his husband was willing, his eyes would be restored long ago... After delaying it for so long, it seemed that he was still tempering his character.
Li Xiuyuan on the carriage was thinking secretly, hoping that the decision he made was correct.
Since God allowed Xiaoguang to survive and happened to meet him, it means that God also wanted to give him a chance.
Or maybe God wants to give Gao Yuer'er a chance to meet his master and apprentice again?
…
In a blink of an eye, it’s summer again.
When he wasn't going to school, Li Bai would occasionally take his sister to the river to fish.
Just in the spring, my sister Yueyuan also entered the school to study.
"Brother, can we catch fish today?" Sister Yueyuan squatted by the river and looked at Li Bai and asked.
"How do I know? It depends on what we do today.
Got lucky. "Li Bai looked at his sister beside him and shook his head gently.
"That's not possible. When I went out, I told my mother that my brother was going to bring fish home today." The younger sister looked at the river in a daze.
"If you really can't catch one, buy two. I have money." Li Bai said in a low voice, for fear of scaring away the fish on the river.
The day before his husband left, he gave him a money bag containing hundreds of silver coins.
Li Bai felt happy and sad at the same time. What was happy was that he finally had no shortage of money to spend.
What worries me is that I don’t know where my husband is going, and who will I learn my swordsmanship from in the future? Fortunately, the husband told him that if he didn’t understand swordsmanship, he should ask Brother Xiaoguang.
This gave him some peace of mind, otherwise his life and death would depend on leaving with his husband.
"Brother, where did you get the money?" The younger sister was confused. She only had a few copper coins on her body.
"I'm telling you, don't tell anyone else, not even your mother." Li Bai smiled.
"Didn't I go on a long trip with my husband last year? That trip made me gain some worldly knowledge... When my husband left, he gave me some silver coins and said he wanted me to buy snacks for my sister..."
Li Bai thought for a while and told his sister some things about last year's trip.
The younger sister was so frightened that she suddenly covered her mouth. She didn't expect that her brother and her husband had witnessed murders and arson last year, things that she couldn't even imagine.
"This is too scary." Sister Yueyuan clapped her little hands and said softly.
"The outside world is far more cruel than you imagine. You are my sister, don't be afraid."
"When you grow up and enter the world of martial arts, you will understand that sometimes you cannot help but kill someone.
Chuya is just about killing and being killed. "
Li Bai practiced with his husband for almost two years, and he also understood some principles.
"Is the outside world really so scary?" Sister Yueyuan trembled slightly.
"How old are you now? There is no need to understand these principles. Just study hard in school. Hey... the fish is hooked!"
With a wave of his fishing rod, Li Bai caught a carp.
"This carp is so big. This is the first time I've seen my brother catch such a big fish." My sister Yueyuan came over with the fishing net, put it in and kept it by the river.
"I'm lucky today. Let's see if we can catch a few more." Li Bai replied with a smile.
Sister Yue Yuan squinted her eyes and laughed: "Brother, catch a few more fish. Yue Yuan told Master Xiaoguang that I would give him fish."
Li Bai was stunned for a moment and looked at his sister in a daze.
Cultivation is to sense the spiritual energy between heaven and earth and incorporate it into the body... The teacher said that being able to store spiritual energy in the body is the Qi gathering state, so it is considered to have entered the threshold of practice.
It's easier said than done.
After Li Bai met Mr. Li, he began to temper his body and practice hard until he was now at the third level of Qi gathering.
And no matter how he looked, he couldn't see through his sister's cultivation.
If she had no cultivation behavior at all, she would have been helping Li Bai fight when she was young.
Looking at the fishing lines floating on the water, Li Bai decided to ask Xiaoguang about his sister's practice tomorrow.
