After a long time, a sigh from the old Taoist priest came from the divine sea.
She replied quietly: "She not only needs spiritual energy, but also vitality. If she were in this Taoist temple, she would not be able to complete the second turn of Phoenix Nirvana even in three years."
"Could it be that the monster from the Demon Realm hurt him?"
Li Xiuyuan knew very well that Dongfang Yu'er had already replenished all her vitality at the time of Phoenix Nirvana. How many years had it passed?
How could it suddenly become lifeless again? Unless you are harmed by a monster.
The old Taoist priest did not answer his question, but said: "Speaking of her matter, it has some cause and effect with you... Right now, you don't have to worry about where she went..."
"He is the owner of the Taoyuan of Shura Heaven... Nangong Ruyu's mother gave this place to her back then. Now that she leaves, who will take care of Taoyuan?"
Thinking of Nangong Ruyu, Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but say one more thing.
The old Taoist priest cursed angrily: "How do you know the current situation of Taoyuan? Even so, can't she let go of this world and keep it for the rest of her life?"
Li Xiuyuan smiled bitterly when he heard this and said: "It turns out that the master took her away. This time I can finally be a hands-off shopkeeper and go to the Shura Heaven to play for a few years..."
"You've thought too much. Now the place is in a mess. You'll know after you go there..."
The old Taoist priest said quietly: "Leave here tomorrow. Your friends are still waiting for you to go back and make up your mind."
When Li Xiuyuan heard this, he was so stunned that he couldn't speak.
After a while, he asked: "Is it possible that the monster that escaped from here went to harm the entire Shura Realm again?"
The old Taoist priest smiled lightly: "Before the road to heaven is opened, there is still time, so hurry up and settle all the previous causes and effects."
The old Taoist priest didn't say anything, he just left Li Xiuyuan in suspense and stopped paying attention to his call.
Li Xiuyuan looked at the white clouds floating in the sky and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
The green vegetables in the vegetable field have just grown, but he has not eaten them yet; the old man Wang in the village invited him down the mountain to be a guest, but he has not had time to attend the appointment.
Are you leaving in the blink of an eye?
He thought he would leave at some point, but he never thought it would be so soon... The unreliable old Taoist priest waved his hand and disappeared without a trace, just like every time.
He left without saying a word to him.
It seemed that the master also believed that he would leave that quiet river.
Thinking of this, I couldn't help shouting: "You can show me a clear path. Are you still my master?"
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On this day, it was not until the end of time that Old Man Zhang came down from the mountain with Huangfu Qingyu.
At this time, Li Xiuyuan had already slept under the eaves.
Even if he leaves tomorrow, he will have a daydream in Peach Blossom Spring today, even if it is only for a short hour.
After looking at Li Xiuyuan with his eyes closed on the recliner, Huangfu Qinglian first went to the room to take a look at the three little monkeys. Now the three little guys were still sleeping, a little panicked.
He came out and looked at Li Xiuyuan and shouted: "Li Xiuyuan, why can't my little monkeys wake up?"
Li Xiuyuan opened his eyes and smiled: "Old man Zhang and Village Chief Wang ate soup to escape the tribulation. These three little monkeys are afraid that they will not be able to sleep for three months."
After that, he smiled at Old Man Zhang and said, "Do you believe that three monster monkeys will be born in this Taoist temple, and they will be under the command of you two from now on?"
Old Man Zhang laughed: "That's just right. Let them accompany the girl to the mountains to find elixirs in the future. No monsters will dare to mess with them."
Sighing, Li Xiuyuan looked at Huangfu Qinglian and said seriously: "I don't understand your practice, and I can't teach you. If you encounter trouble in the future, just ask the village chief and Old Man Zhang for advice."
"Are you leaving? Don't you care about that girl?"
Huangfu Qinglian was shocked when he heard this and blurted out: "Why are you in such a hurry? You want to leave right away? Where are you going? Where is the road?"
In her opinion, Li Xiuyuan has blown up the passage to the outside world, how will he leave?
Is it possible that there is still a way out?
Li Xiuyuan looked at her and smiled bitterly: "My friend has been taken away by an old god, and I no longer need to worry about her."
After he finished, he pointed at Old Man Zhang and said: "As for the way I left, Old Man Zhang knows where it is. I advise you not to try it, because it is also a place of death."
Sitting up from the recliner, Li Xiuyuan looked at old man Zhang sitting at the table and said seriously: "Back then, I wanted to come here from the deep river..."
Old man Zhang trembled when he heard this and was speechless for a long time.
After putting away the deck chairs, Li Xiuyuan began to put away the dried meat hanging under the eaves.
While saying: "At that time, a friend of mine sent me to a place called the Ruins of Death... He said that the end of the Youhe River is a paradise, but no one has ever been able to come in..."
Old man Zhang frowned when he heard this.
After thinking for a while, he said: "It turns out that we have always wanted to go out, and Bieyi has always wanted to come in... Apart from the fact that there is no war, what's the good thing about this place?"
Li Xiuyuan smiled: "They also want an opportunity to practice. They always think that this paradise is full of magical medicines, and they can become immortals if they enter..."
When Huangfu Qinglian heard this, she couldn't help but giggle: "I haven't become an immortal yet... The elixirs in this mountain are rare even for thousands of years. It's true."
With a faint smile, Li Xiuyuan replied: "They don't know. Just like when I wanted to come in, the world always thinks that the best things are the things you can't get."
Old Man Zhang sighed and asked, "Would you like to call the village chief up, have a few glasses of wine tonight, and see you off?"
Shaking his head, Li Xiuyuan replied: "No, let's just have two drinks. You can tell him after I leave tomorrow. It's not a separation of life and death, so there's no need."
Since the two old men in front of them have already crossed that threshold, they will reach enlightenment and ascend sooner or later, so there may not be a day when they will meet again.
Besides, Li Xiuyuan never liked having others see him off when he left.
On the day when he left Fengyun City with his husband, his wife, and Mu Mu, he had seen his mother cry all her tears. Since then, he has never been seen off by anyone again.
Coming to Peach Blossom Spring is also the same reason.
Seeing the unwillingness of the two of them, Li Xiuyuan smiled: "I will ask senior to take me to the Youhe River tomorrow, and let this guy try to see if she can attract Youchuan."
Huangfu Qinglian nodded and said softly: "Then I have to give it a try before I am willing to do it."
Li Xiuyuan sighed and smiled bitterly: "Believe me, you don't want to try it. I was swallowed by a dragon on the river last time..."
Old man Zhang had never experienced this and said it was unbelievable and he didn't believe it.
But Huangfu Qinglian was different. She had just escaped death from the belly of a dragon, and she had the deepest understanding of the fear of death.
Looking at Li Xiuyuan's calm and calm appearance, he couldn't help but be stunned and speechless for a moment.
After a long time, he reached out to hold Li Xiuyuan's hand and said with a wry smile: "Come on, make me another pot of spiritual tea."
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The spring flowers are still on the branches, and the three little monkeys haven't woken up yet after drinking the elixir that can help the village chief overcome his calamity.
Li Xiuyuan hasn't had time to brew a vat of peach blossom spirit wine from Xanadu.
Stepping through the thin spring mist, Old Man Zhang took him and Huangfu Qinglian all the way around the village, around two mountains, and came to a riverside with towering ancient trees.
Seeing Huangfu Qinglian's curious look, Li Xiuyuan sighed.
He said: "Don't look at this green water. As long as you dare to put a hand in it, I guarantee that it will turn into bones in less than an hour and a half."
Old Man Zhang nodded and said with a wry smile: "Didn't you see that there are no flowers or birds around here? Even wild beasts will not come here to look for food."
Huangfu Qinglian then looked around and murmured to himself: "I didn't expect that this is really a river of death. So, is the boat coming?"
Old Man Zhang smiled bitterly and said: "The boat we built will sink if we put it in. The boat on the Youhe River depends on the arrangement of fate."
"Yes, whether you can leave depends on whether this ship will come..."
Li Xiuyuan waved his hands to the two of them and said quietly: "Qinglian has overcome the tribulation and will not need any good elixir for the next ten or twenty years."
"Old man Zhang, like the village chief, instead of thinking about going to the mountains to find elixirs, it would be better for the village to cultivate its own elixir garden, which would be good for future generations..."
At this point, Li Xiuyuan's consciousness had already seen a small boat coming slowly from the fog...
He couldn't help but sigh: "Practice to the end is a lonely thing. Fortunately, in the next hundred years, the three of you can help each other together."
Huangfu Qinglian opened her mouth and said, "Didn't this ship not come? Why are you so anxious? Maybe you can't leave and you want to leave with us in a hundred years?"
Shaking his head, Li Xiuyuan took out two jars of apricot flower wine, gave two jars to Old Man Zhang, and two jars to Huangfu Qinglian.
He sighed: "Originally, I wanted to use the peach blossoms in this village to brew a few tanks of peach blossom wine, but the plan didn't change quickly. In life, there are always times when things don't go as planned..."
Old man Zhang drank Li Xiuyuan's spirit wine and put it away quietly without saying a word.
After thinking for a while, he asked, "Do you want me to take care of those three little monkeys for you?"
"They... they are Qinglian's cause and effect and have nothing to do with me."
Li Xiuyuan smiled lightly: "My cause and effect is the two of you, and I have paid off your debt. Don't think about me again in the years to come."
Thinking of the terrifying scene when he first came to Peach Blossom Spring, Li Xiuyuan looked at Old Man Zhang and said seriously: "In the future, when you go to all the worlds, don't think about fighting for other people's tombs..."
Old man Zhang trembled, looked at the vast river in front of him, and murmured: "The boat is coming."
Huangfu Qinglian was startled when he heard this. She followed his gaze and exclaimed: "Is there really a boat here? Why is it so small?"
Li Xiuyuan smiled: "This boat comes from Youhe River. It can only carry one person every time. An extra dog will not be enough."
Old Man Zhang looked at the slowly approaching Youzhou Ship and sighed, and said with a wry smile: "Old man, this is the first time in my life that I have seen this ship."
Huangfu Qinglian thought for a moment and asked, "Li Xiuyuan, where will this ship take you?"
"Last time, I was on a boat from the death ruins of the Demon Realm. This time, I don't know where it will take me."
Li Xiuyuan said quietly: "No matter where I go, it is the place I am destined to go. This is also the arrangement of fate."
Before he finished speaking, the boat was already docked quietly by the river, waiting for the departing people to return.
Huangfu Qinglian wanted to step on the boat to try, but Old Man Zhang grabbed him.
He was so frightened that he trembled and said: "This is the boat that the young master invited. If you dare to get on the boat, it will capsize immediately and you will die."
"Is it that scary?" Huangfu Qinglian looked at Li Xiuyuan and asked.
Li Xiuyuan bowed deeply to the two of them and said, "The world outside is very big, but the starry sky you see is too small. I hope we will have a moment to meet again."
As he spoke, he stepped onto the boat.
The boat seemed to be spiritual. It turned automatically in the absence of wind and slowly moved away in the direction it came from.
The moment the boat left the shore, Li Xiuyuan waved his hand, and three space rings came towards the two of them.
In just the blink of an eye, the boat disappeared into the mist.
A sentence came from a distance: "There will be no trace when you come and there will be no trace when you go. I am looking for a close friend in all the worlds."
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