In the darkness, pieces of lotus petals fell from the sky, purifying and nourishing everything in the world in an instant, but they could not nourish his body, let alone fall into the palm of his hand.
A gust of mountain wind came at night, blowing the dense forest as if a door opened at that moment, revealing the back of a young man.
The young man's clothes fluttered in the wind, but he stood quietly between heaven and earth.
The slowly rotating green lotus in the sky dropped lotus petals, and the light rain filled the sky. Some fell into the mountains to nourish all things in the world, and some were absorbed into the young man's body.
Seeing the most magical and spectacular scene in the world, Li Xiuyuan shouted: "That's my Qinglian, why does it nourish others!"
However, the young man only faced him with his back, no matter how much he yelled, he never looked back.
Until the golden light in the sky gradually stopped, until the huge green lotus gradually became smaller while rotating.
Finally, when Li Xiuyuan was stunned, the green lotus in the sky turned into a ray of green light with a "whoosh!" and disappeared into the head of the young man.
Li Xiuyuan, who was transformed into a mountain, finally couldn't help shouting with all his strength: "That's my Qinglian!"
Quietly, the forest slowly closed at the moment Qinglian disappeared, as if it had never opened.
At that last moment, the young man standing at the end of the forest turned around...
The mountain breeze blew quietly, making the bunch of wormwood on the eaves of the living room rustle.
Li Xiuyuan opened his eyes and found that he had not returned to the house, but was huddled on the recliner, covered with a thin animal blanket.
Looking back, the oil lamp on the table was about to burn out, but a pot of spiritual tea had just been brewed.
Looking at the figure sitting at the table, Li Xiuyuan lifted up the animal blanket and sat up, sighing faintly.
Asked: "Senior, I had two dreams in one day. Are they both about my future?"
Sitting in front of him was an old monk whom he had not seen for a long time. The old monk reached out and poured two cups of spiritual tea into the cup.
Holding it in his hand, he said after a moment of silence: "I don't know, even your master doesn't know where your path is, will it suddenly change..."
Li Xiuyuan's expression changed and he said in a daze: "No matter how much I change, I can't become like Mu Mu who doesn't recognize me, right? The Qinglian that became me left me and submerged into someone else's body..."
The old monk frowned and said seriously: "Did you see that person's appearance clearly? Or is the you at this moment not the you at the last moment? What is truth and what is illusion?"
Li Xiuyuan became even more confused when he heard this, and murmured to himself, "Is it possible that everything I saw is fake?"
The old monk took a sip of spiritual tea and said slowly: "The past is hard to grasp, but you have been to the Tang Dynasty a thousand years ago. The future is hard to grasp. The future is the most unpredictable..."
In an instant, Li Xiuyuan remembered the time when he was beating Goudan in the Dog Town in Tianluo City. The old Taoist priest told him that that was a certain moment in the future...
If that is the future, does it mean that I have been there before and changed some things, so that the future will not happen again?
Or will it happen again in the future?
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ask: "Senior, before I met you on the Shura battlefield, I had been to the future, and that's where I met my master."
The old monk glanced at him and was silent for a long time before replying: "Yes, what do you want to say?"
Thinking about yesterday's two different dreams and the pure green lotus, Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but ask: "I have already been to a certain moment in the future. Does it mean that I have changed some things in the future?"
"I understand that the past cannot be grasped, because the past has passed, so no matter how long I stay in the Tang Dynasty, I can't change anything..."
"But the future is full of uncertainty. Can we say that every moment now can change every moment in the future?"
If this was the case, Li Xiuyuan had no choice but to admit it.
After all, he is not a god, and the master wants him to take a different path of self-cultivation.
It’s that the front is full of uncertainty
Sex, he still had no choice but to bite the bullet and go on.
The old monk was stunned, as if he remembered something, then shook his head slightly, sighed and said: "It is precisely because of the uncertainty that the future is worthy of your pursuit and expectation..."
When Li Xiuyuan heard this, he couldn't help but laugh: "Senior, you are trying to play Zen with me!"
The old monk was so angry that he laughed and said: "Come on, come on, do you want me to call the old Taoist priest? Come on, let him tell you what is now and what is future?"
"Forget it, I'm going to make a sword later. My sword with the runes on it broke. I have no choice but to open a furnace and make a sword."
Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but ask: "I don't have any materials on me, only a magic sword with some runes engraved on it. In this way, will the daggers, arrows, and future runes I cast have any Demonic energy?"
The old monk did not answer his question, but asked: "When the evil spirit entered your body, did you cause harm to the world like the demons in the abyss?"
Li Xiuyuan chuckled: "Xindao, does this count as answering my question?"
Thinking of this, he simply became heartbroken and shouted: "How about Senior just teach me some magic runes and let me practice both Buddhism and Demons, and create a rune that no one can understand."
When the old monk heard this, he burst out laughing and said, "The old Taoist priest and I can no longer understand your current appearance. I don't have magic writing."
After speaking, he took two pieces of metal and put them on the ground, and said calmly: "The old Taoist asked me to bring you one. One is cinnabar and the other is meteorite. They are good for casting your talisman arrows..."
Li Xiuyuan then remembered that there was no cinnabar in the arrow making this time, and he couldn't help but have mixed feelings for a moment, thinking that although his master was sometimes unreliable, he still loved him.
You can never rely on the Master for everything, otherwise the Master will be practicing for you.
Thinking of this, Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but grin: "Senior, you know that I am very poor now and have nothing on me. I will honor you and Master when I find treasures in the future."
The old monk sighed and said with a smile: "It's not easy for you to come from the Tang Dynasty. How can the old Taoist priest and I care about your things?"
Li Xiuyuan wanted to say something more, but the oil lamp on the table suddenly went out, a ray of skylight appeared outside the living room, and the old monk disappeared before his eyes.
Just like a breeze entering the Buddhist hall, it comes without a trace and leaves without a trace.
Picking up the cinnabar on the ground, Li Xiuyuan laughed. Before Chu Feng woke up, he was going to fuse these two treasures with the piece of iron used to make the sword yesterday.
After washing up, I came to the back of the house. The sun had not yet climbed up the mountain.
He took out all the silver coins on his body, mixed the two pieces of metal the old monk gave him with yesterday's materials, and two different divine fires burned at this moment.
The best thing you can do to forget about your current troubles is to find something to do.
The best thing for him right now is to forge swords and arrows.
Ding, clang, clang, clang, clang, clang, clang, clang, clang, clang, clang, clang, clang, clang, clang, clang clang, Li Xiuyuan, who got up early, swung his hammer and kept banging in the morning breeze, waiting for Old Man Zhang to go down the mountain, waiting for Chu Feng to wake up from his dream.
It was already half past Chen hour. At this time, there were already more than a hundred arrow embryos on the ground beside Li Xiuyuan's feet.
Including the unfinished materials, he estimated that he could make about two hundred iron arrows this time.
This is a unique arrow embryo in the sky and on earth. He doesn't know how powerful the final talisman arrow will be.
Hearing that old man Zhang was having breakfast in Zhang Luo Chufeng in front of him, Li Xiuyuan stopped temporarily, went to the front to wash up, and then came to the living room.
He wanted to find something for Chu Feng and Old Man Zhang to do instead of squatting behind the house and watching him forge swords.
Chu Feng looked at Li Xiuyuan, who was full of fireworks, and couldn't help but ask: "You have been knocking behind the house so early in the morning, aren't you going to repair the village's array?"
Li Xiuyuan shook his head: "My sword is broken. I don't have the tools to make a new one. I can also make some iron arrows."
Chu Feng suddenly understood and nodded, and then laughed: "Aren't you afraid of Li Yun on the mountain, Jun Buyu from Tianfeng City, and others looking for you to make swords?"
Old man Zhang came in with a pot of porridge, looked at Li Xiuyuan and asked, "What are you going to do today?"
Li Xiuyuan reached out and took the pot, placed it on the table, and filled a bowl of porridge himself.
After thinking for a while, he replied: "Call Li Yun and Chu Feng, and spend two days taking care of the green fruits on the mountain."
Chu Feng asked in confusion: "Why?"
Old Man Zhang sighed, looking at Li Xiuyuan who was silent and just eating porridge.
He replied to Chu Feng: "There are too many green fruits on the tree, which will affect the harvest. The smaller ones have to be removed... This is not really a physical job."
Chu Feng then nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, for the sake of breaking through last night, I will help you."
Li Xiuyuan was not happy when he heard this and said coldly: "I have given you what you want. If you are not happy, you can get out now and go find your Princess Qingyue."
Old man Zhang could find a few villagers to do such things as harvesting green fruits. He asked Chu Feng and Li Yun just because he didn't want these two people to bother him.
If he got serious, Li Xiuyuan would wave his hand and tell these guys to get lost.
When Chu Feng saw that Li Xiuyuan was angry, he couldn't continue to be serious with him, so he had to eat porridge honestly.
Old man Zhang knew Li Xiuyuan's temperament and did not speak during the meal. He just finished the porridge quietly and took the pot to wash it before returning to the living room.
He looked at Li Xiuyuan and laughed sheepishly: "Um, why do I feel like I'm still a little bit behind?"
Li Xiuyuan was lighting a fire to make tea. After listening, he stretched out his hand and squeezed one of Old Man Zhang's hands. After searching for a while, he laughed.
"It doesn't matter. In a few days, I'll make another pot of broth to replenish you. That's almost it."
Hearing this, Old Man Zhang's eyes suddenly turned red, and two lines of tears flowed down.
Chu Feng, who was frightened at the side, quickly asked: "What's going on? It's not easy for you to break through that threshold. Even in the Shura Heaven Realm, there are not many monks at this level."
The elder sighed and wiped away his tears with the corner of his sleeve.
He said quietly: "I just thought of my dead wife and my children... I should have died with them back then, but I never thought that I would practice all the way and live to this day."
When Li Xiuyuan heard this, he was silent for a moment.
Although those past events were none of his business, they were still a wound in his heart.
Now Old Man Zhang accidentally opened the wound again. After much thought, he couldn't think of any good solution. After all, how can one live in this world without danger?
He is no longer in this world, and the cause and effect here should not involve him. However, when he thinks about some things, he always feels a little unwilling.
After being silent for a long time, Li Xiuyuan replied: "When I finish casting the iron arrows, I will repair the magic circle in the village."
Chu Feng was waiting to drink tea, looked at the two of them and smiled bitterly: "I can't help you with anything, I can only help you hunt for green fruits. By the way, my old sister may come here to find you."
Li Xiuyuan suddenly had a headache after hearing this. While making tea, he complained: "She is already married, so she can't stay in the Demon Realm properly?"
Chu Feng laughed: "If she hadn't been married, she would have come here with me."
Before Chu Feiyan and Hua Tianyu came to trouble him, Li Xiuyuan decided to work day and night to cast the inscribed sword, dagger, and iron arrows as soon as possible.
He must have two inscription knives so that he will not cause trouble to himself in the future.
The short sword will be used to save life in the future. The iron arrows can be cast first and the runes can be slowly engraved on them later.
Even so, after calculation, I am afraid it will take ten or eight days of hard work.
Fortunately, after Chu Feng broke through the realm and got what he wanted, he no longer bothered Li Xiuyuan and followed Old Man Zhang to the mountains to harvest green fruits.
However, Li Xiuyuan calculated that Chu Feiyan from the Demon Realm and Jun Buyu from Tianfeng City would not bother him for the time being.
But he missed one person, a person who was not under his control.
After a busy morning, he saw that all the iron arrows had turned into arrow embryos, the engraved knife had been tempered twice, and the dagger had taken some prototypes under his constant tempering...
It was almost noon, and Old Man Zhang and Chu Feng were probably cooking on the mountain and ignored Li Xiuyuan.
But there was a sound of carriages in front of the door, and Xiaoyun's chirping shout: "Little Taoist priest, come out quickly, I'm here to see you."
Li Xiuyuan, who was quenching the dagger between his arms, couldn't help but sigh when he heard this. Good guy, why did he forget about his empress.
He can ignore her, but he can't stop this guy from returning to Tianfeng City and coming to cause trouble for him.
Looking at the dagger in his hand, he shook his head and thought, "Have I just started?"
This is as simple as the demon army coming. You hid in the academy at the same speed. You didn't give people any time to react, and just rushed over without giving a thought.
Putting away the short arrow, Li Xiuyuan walked out from the back of the house, stood on the steps and watched the eldest grandson coming from the wind, followed by the blushing Xiaoyun behind him.
He shook his head and said quietly: "I am in a mountainous place and I cannot be a queen."
For some reason, he had a dislike, disgust, or growing dislike of dealing with the Emperor and Queen of the Tianfeng Kingdom.
The favor I made back then has been paid off long ago, so why do you bother bothering me again and again?
Changsun didn't expect Li Xiuyuan's attitude to be so bad, and couldn't help but be stunned.
He frowned and said, "Why, do you want to avoid me? Or are you afraid that I will be too poor to pay you?"
Li Xiuyuan shouted to Overlord Chen, who was standing far away and guarding the carriage: "Brother, come here for tea. This is my home."
After saying that, he turned around and went into the living room to get a spring of water and light a fire to make tea.
The eldest grandson was stunned. She didn't expect that Li Xiuyuan ignored her words and called Bawang Chen to come over. She couldn't help but sigh in her heart.
Said to Xiaoyun: "Ask General Chen to come over and sit down together."
Xiaoyun said oh, then waved to Bawang Chen, and then followed Zhangsun into the living room.
When Overlord Chen entered the living room and sat down next to Li Xiuyuan, Li Xiuyuan was not in a hurry to make a pot of spiritual tea for the three of them to taste.
Instead, he looked at Xiaoyun and asked, "I haven't prepared anything to eat here. Do you want to go hungry when you come here at this time?"
