That night, from the time of Xu to the time of Hai and even until midnight, there were several thunderstorms in the night sky of Peach Blossom Spring. Even the little monkey hiding in Huangfu Qinglian's house kept chirping.
Only Li Xiuyuan remained unmoved, lying quietly on the bed, thinking about his own thoughts, and dreamed before Hai hour.
There is nothing to worry about when the villagers are in trouble, that is all the matter of the village chief and Old Man Zhang.
Originally, these opportunities belonged to Huangfu Qinglian, but now she gave them to the monks in Peach Blossom Spring. This favor and cause and effect also belong to her and have nothing to do with Li Xiuyuan.
Logically speaking, he just had a causal relationship with Old Man Zhang, and he decided to end it tomorrow.
As for whether the old man can cultivate his own elixir garden in the mountains behind the Taoist temple in the coming years, that is not something he has to think about.
One night passed, Li Xiuyuan took the three little monkeys for a tour of the village.
In the small market, I originally wanted to buy some food for the three little monkeys, but I found that the villagers here were bartering for things, and the gold and silver coins were all useless.
Finally, out of desperation, I had to take out a magical medicine, buy a pile of last year's corn, and some cakes, and carry them back to the Taoist Temple.
Back in the Taoist temple, Huangfu Qinglian had just gotten up.
Watching the three little monkeys holding corn and gnawing it, and listening to Li Xiuyuan's words, they started giggling non-stop.
"The villagers will either only collect the spirit stones for their families to practice with, or they will exchange them for what they need. What is the use of your gold coins?"
Li Xiuyuan shook his head, too lazy to pay attention to her, and went to water the vegetable field behind the house to catch insects.
He doesn't know how long he will stay here, nor does he know
When will the guys from the Shura Heaven Territory go on the road to heaven together?
In short, he had the illusion that time seemed to have stood still.
Old man Zhang had been busy all night and was sleeping in the house. After finishing the work in the vegetable garden, Li Xiuyuan simply leaned on the lounge chair under the eaves and enjoyed the long spring scenery in front of him.
Huangfu Qinglian took three little monkeys to the back mountain to find a place, saying that they wanted to open up a spiritual medicine garden of their own.
Dongfang Ruyu in the room still showed no sign of waking up.
Out of boredom, Li Xiuyuan simply found cinnabar yellow paper in the main hall, took out the items he used to write talismans on and put them on the table.
I started writing stroke by stroke.
He promised Huangfu Qinglian that he would leave a few for her to use when she was going through the tribulation in the future, and he would also leave a few for Old Man Zhang and the village chief.
Firstly, it can be used to divert energy, and secondly, it can be used to prepare for emergencies.
It was not until Shenshi that he cooked a pot of black dragon broth, and even the little monkey who followed Huangfu Qinglian to play in the back mountain came back.
Old man Zhang just got up and washed up, went to the kitchen and found Li Xiuyuan who was making soup, and asked, "Do you want to call old man Wang up?"
"Of course I have to call the village chief."
When it was almost done, Li Xiu took off the fire, closed the lid of the pot, clapped his hands and walked out, saying at the same time: "Simmer for a while, and you can eat it when the village chief comes."
Returning to the main hall, he looked at Huangfu Qinglian who came in and said: "While everyone is here, take out the black dragon meat and cut it in half, let the village chief pick it up, and roast the rest into dried meat."
Huangfu Qinglian nodded and asked, "Where's your half?"
Li Xiuyuan thought for a while and replied: "Like you, I also have to bake the meat into jerky, and I have to be busy all day and night."
morning
Lying under the eaves and basking in the sun, he forgot about it. It was spring now, otherwise it would be a pile of smelly meat if it had been left for a few more days.
When Huangfu Qinglian placed the huge dragon head in front of Old Man Zhang, even the old man who had seen the world was so frightened that he could not speak.
Pointing at the two of them, he exclaimed: "You are slaying a dragon..."
"It's not that scary, it's just a black dragon... If it doesn't attack us, I won't deal with it. I'll leave this thing to you to deal with."
After that, he pointed to the dragon meat on the ground and said, "Take half of this stuff to the village and let the village chief arrange it. You and Qinglian will roast the rest into dried meat. You can cook it and eat it when you have nothing to do in winter." "
Old Man Zhang was so frightened that he didn't say anything. He just rolled up his sleeves and got busy with Huangfu Qinglian.
More than half an hour later, when Huangfu Lianlian lit a fire under the eaves and started grilling meat, the village elder arrived belatedly.
He looked at it from a distance and called out: "Old man Zhang, where is the baby you gave me?"
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At Youshi, Old Man Zhang was so shocked that he was speechless.
Not to mention the huge dragon head on the ground, they were just two old men who drank a bowl of soup, ate two pieces of meat, and drank three glasses of spiritual wine.
They each went to the main hall to find two futons, and sat down under the eaves, speechless.
Even the three little monkeys, because they drank too much soup, Huangfu Qinglian fed the three little guys and ate two pieces of meat, then they lay on the ground in front of the main hall, their bellies turned upside down, and they stopped screaming.
After collecting the pots and pans, Li Xiuyuan returned to the front of the hall to barbecue.
Looking at Huangfu Qinglian, she smiled and said, "Is it possible that you want these three little guys to embark on the path of cultivation and become three little ones?"
Isn’t it a monster monkey running rampant? "
Huangfu Qinglian chuckled: "That's not bad. At least while I'm here, they can go to the deep mountains and forests to help me find elixirs and pick fruits."
Li Xiuyuan was speechless, wondering, could you wait until they transform into humans, practice with you, and then ascend together?
After all, when Xiao Qing was able to transform, it was all thanks to the help of Hua Tianyu from the Demon Realm. Neither he nor his wife knew the secret method of the Demon Realm.
Not to mention the two old men in Peach Blossom Spring, dreaming.
Liangyi was busy for another hour, and when Huangfu Qinglian was almost cooked, black clouds suddenly appeared in the sky.
Li Xiuyuan stood up and stuffed a talisman into the hands of the two old men on the ground.
He said quietly: "You are counting as you go through the tribulation. The last thunder... will stick to your head... This is all I can do..."
Without saying a word, the two old men flew towards the back mountain one after the other.
If they want to survive the disaster, they don't dare to stay near the Taoist temple.
Li Xiuyuan had no intention of following them. This was the practice of the two old men themselves. It was not the first time that the two of them had experienced a tribulation, so there was no need for him to worry about it.
Huangfu Qinglian, on the other hand, felt worried when he saw the three little monkeys on the ground. He put down what he was doing and came over to touch the little ones gently.
He looked up at Li Xiuyuan and asked, "What should we do with these three little guys?"
"I don't know, just leave it to fate."
Li Xiuyuan thought for a while and said: "I wrote some talismans for you on the table in the main hall. You can keep them yourself. You can use them to overcome tribulations when I am not around in the future."
Huangfu Qinglian let out a scream and ran into the main hall.
go.
Not long after, thunder rolled in the sky, and thunder rang out from the mountains behind.
Even when Huangfu Qinglian couldn't help but scream, the three little monkeys lying on the ground still didn't wake up and even snored.
Huangfu Qinglian couldn't bear it and carried the three little guys into her house.
Li Xiuyuan took a look at Dongyu Ruyu in Nirvana, and saw that this guy was motionless, not even shining with golden light. He was obviously in a deep sleep together with the little monkey.
Thunder rumbled in the sky, and Huangfu Qinglian couldn't talk to Li Xiuyuan. They had to keep a pot of fire. Huangfu Qinglian only looked forward to roasting his own meat.
She didn't want to stay up late, and Li Xiuyuan probably had to bake it until midnight.
From You hour to Xu hour, the calamity thunder in the sky kept ringing.
It wasn't until the two rays of colorful divine light fell that Huangfu Qinglian breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Li Xiuyuan and said with a smile, "For the best, someone will accompany me into the mountains to find the elixir in the future."
Li Xiuyuan looked at her and smiled: "Believe it or not, from now on, they will be more anxious than you."
Huangfu Qinglian sighed and said quietly: "It's not easy for them either. If you want to help them get through this, I'm afraid they really won't be able to survive it."
Li Xiuyuan disagreed, shook his head and said, "I'm not a god. I can help them this time, but what about next time? Can they still rely on you?"
This is a very cruel and realistic problem.
Huangfu Qinglian lowered her head and thought about her past, and then thought about everything in the present, and asked herself gently in her heart, who will help her overcome the difficulties one after another in the years and months to come?
Thinking of this, she couldn't sit still.
Looking at Li Xiuyuan, he said seriously: "How about you take me with you, and I will try to restore you to a higher state before you go to heaven?"
"If you go, you will die. There is no need."
Li Xiuyuan replied quietly: "If you live here, ascending is only a matter of time. If you follow me, that will be the result of death and no life."
"Is it that scary? You're not alone."
Huangfu Qinglian looked at him and asked unwillingly: "So many people, knowing clearly that they are going to die, are they going to do it even if they risk their lives?"
Li Xiuyuan nodded: "Like Old Man Zhang and the village chief, they also have no hope of ascending to heaven. They spend their entire lives just hoping for a chance to ascend to heaven."
"Even a monk in the extraordinary realm may not be able to survive until the last moment, let alone your current level of cultivation. In three to five years, at most, you will be at the level of Old Man Zhang's level of cultivation after he has overcome the tribulation."
He didn't want to say more. Li Xiuyuan believed that Huangfu Qinglian could make his own choice.
He didn't even want to take Hua Tianyu or Ximen Lone Star with him, let alone Huangfu Qinglian in front of him.
While the two were chatting, the village chief and Old Man Zhang returned to the main hall.
The village chief collected the dragon head and half of the black dragon meat on the ground, and left in a hurry, saying that he wanted to go home and see what the arrangements were for tomorrow.
After all, it was an old man like the village chief who had crossed this threshold that he had been waiting for his whole life. He was excited on the one hand, and also hurt a lot on the other.
It is estimated that he will have to rest for ten and a half days before he can return to his peak condition.
Li Xiuyuan asked Huangfu Qinglian to give the runes he prepared to Old Man Zhang.
While grilling meat, I told him: "This
You and the village chief will each take half of these talismans and keep them for self-defense in the future. I probably won’t write them down in the future..."
He didn't know when to leave, so he could explain some things in advance.
Old Man Zhang carefully put away the talisman, looked at him, sighed leisurely, and laughed: "If Old Man Wang knew this, he would definitely laugh at me for being a Taoist priest all my life."
Speaking of a rune, Li Xiuyuan thought of his teacher Gui Guzi who had left. Thinking about it, he couldn't help but shake his head gently.
He smiled faintly: "I met an old Taoist priest back then. He was just like my father. We lived together for many years..."
"Like you, he can only write some evil-proofing talismans, peace talismans, house-destroying talismans, etc. Until he ascended and left me, he probably didn't enter the talisman path."
Old man Zhang was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help but ask: "So, are you really a little Taoist?"
"Absolutely. The villagers at the foot of the mountain called me the little Taoist priest at that time... Later, I went to another place and learned Taoism from a teacher who was not a Taoist priest..."
After a moment of silence, Li Xiuyuan smiled: "So, you don't have to sigh."
Huangfu Qinglian listened quietly and didn't speak. She had finished her own thing.
Seeing Old Man Zhang's uncomfortable look, he couldn't help but smile and said: "Old Man Zhang, you just broke through the tribulation. You should celebrate happily and don't compare with him."
Li Xiuyuan waved his hand: "You all go and have a rest while I finish roasting these meats."
Huangfu Qinglian in front of her was tired, and Old Zhang was covered in injuries. He was not in a good mood and was not suitable for chatting and reminiscing.
Old man Zhang was stunned and suddenly speechless.
Huangfu Qinglian clapped her hands,
He stood up and left, not forgetting to remind: "Old man Zhang, you have to keep those talismans."
