Xuanjian Xianzu

Chapter 25 Fruits
"Fruit?"

Li Xiangping raised his head and looked suspiciously at Li Qiuyang who was sitting cross-legged.

"Yes…"

Li Qiuyang seemed a little uneasy, holding the corners of his clothes tightly with both hands, he had cultivated for several nights and gathered a wisp of spiritual energy, conscious that the speed was not in line with the one in the scroll, fearing that the practice would be wrong, he hurriedly took the method Ask Li Xiangping.

When Li Xiangping heard the speed of Li Qiuyang's cultivation, he was so frightened that he took the Qingyuan Luneng method and looked at it again and again, carefully pondering it several times.

After a full cup of tea, Li Xiangping raised his head and asked him if he had eaten anything strange.

After thinking about it carefully, Li Qiuyang suddenly remembered an important event, and quickly replied:
"A few years ago, a few of my friends insisted on a show of courage and agreed to climb the back mountain. In the end, I was the only one who went up the mountain. I didn't see my partner on the road, and I got lost unknowingly."

"As I was walking, I saw a small green tree with six or seven bright red fruits hanging on it. The fruits were shining red and looked extremely delicious."

"I really couldn't hold it back. I picked a fruit and ate it obsessively. I walked down the mountain in a daze. After I came back, I slept for three days. My father was so anxious that he asked many people to come and see."

After listening to Li Qiuyang's speech, Li Xiangping couldn't help being speechless for a while, patted Li Qiuyang's shoulder, and said:

"From now on, it only takes a little over a year for you to gather the Xuanjing Wheel."

Seeing the look of hope on Li Qiuyang's face, Li Xiangping continued:

"But there's one more pressing matter."

Li Qiuyang was taken aback for a moment, and looked up at Li Xiangping.

"Take me up the mountain to find the spiritual root."

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Li Tongya went back to the small courtyard in Lijing, just after he stepped over the stone steps in front of the door, he saw Liu Rouxuan sitting in the courtyard obediently, with his chin propped on his hands, blankly counting the fruit seedlings in the spiritual field.

Seeing Li Tongya coming in from the door, Liu Rouxuan stood up from the stone bench, looked at Li Tongya with lowered eyebrows, and said timidly:

"Fairy Master."

"Don't be so polite."

Li Tongya waved his hand, his eyes quickly passed Liu Rouxuan's beautiful eyebrows, and said with a smile:
"I'm only six or seven years older than you, just call me Tongya."

Seeing Li Tongya's talkative appearance, Liu Rouxuan relaxed a lot, thought for a while and said:

"Brother Tongya."

Li Tongya nodded, stood up and took out a wooden slip from the wooden frame in the house, and said to Liu Rouxuan:

"This is the formula for the Fetal Breathing Realm. It's called "Qing Yuan Yang Lun Fa". You should memorize it in the courtyard first, and remember not to pass it on to the outside world."

"Yes!"

Liu Rouxuan responded in surprise, took the wooden slip with both hands respectfully, and held it carefully in her arms.

"Every day at Chenshi and Shenshi, someone will deliver food. If you need anything, you can tell that person and ask someone to bring it."

Li Tongya took the teapot, poured the tea while talking, poured two small cups of tea, and continued:
"I don't often stay in this courtyard on weekdays, but Chenshi and Shenshi will come to give spiritual rain to this spiritual field. If you have any questions about cultivation, feel free to ask."

Seeing Liu Rouxuan nodding repeatedly, Li Tongya smiled and asked softly:

"Have the utensils and clothes at home been delivered?"

"It has already been delivered." Liu Rouxuan replied.

"Then you should clean up and live in the east room, practice hard on weekdays, and don't go out before you have completed Xuanjing, have you ever studied?"

Li Tongya asked suddenly.

"I read a little when I was a child, and I have learned some words."

"Then I don't need to teach you one by one. You read it through first, and then ask me if you have any questions."

Liu Rouxuan answered yes repeatedly, holding the wooden slips and reading word by word.

Watching Liu Rouxuan buried her head to read the Qingyuan Cultivating Wheel Method, Li Tongya sipped his tea, thinking about it:

"This child has come to Lijing Village, he is not familiar with the place, and he is trapped in this yard. In the past few years, he doesn't have to worry about his exercises being leaked out."

Just as he was thinking, he heard a loud laugh, someone opened the door and entered the small courtyard.

"Third brother, why are you here?"

Li Tongya opened his mouth in surprise, but saw Li Qiuyang following behind Li Xiangping with a worried expression on his face.

When Li Xiangping told about Linggen, Li Tongya was naturally very surprised, and he kept an eye on Li Qiuyang in his heart. Together, the two of them took Li Yesheng and a few strong men from the village to the back mountain.

The season has entered late autumn, and the mountains in the back are bleak and scattered, and the leaves are falling. The beasts are fat and strong, and they are hibernating to prepare for the winter.

With the rich and vibrant reeds, the people of Lijing Village have never been very interested in the back mountains. Fish and meat are only supported by the reeds, so why go to the deep mountains to fight with the wild beasts?
Therefore, the people of Lijing Village from generation to generation just rely on the few forests at the foot of the mountain to harvest some firewood and cook with some loropetalum or June snow. These dwarf trees grow fast and are easy to pick. When I was in the house, I went to the mountains to cut wood.

So the path on the back mountain was overgrown with thorns and vines, and Li Qiuyang couldn't remember the approximate route, so several villagers opened the way with hatchets, and Li Xiangping and Li Tongya followed behind.

"Second brother, I have some doubts."

Li Xiangping took Li Qiuyang's hand and turned to look at Li Tongya.

"how?"

"You said that Si Yuanbai drew a boundary for my family, and outside this boundary is the land of other people's family. Before the rise of my Li family, that family only needs to send one child here. Who would dare not obey?"

"Then why my Li family has cultivated here for 200 years, but none of the cultivators are willing to come here? Do you really despise these mortals?"

Li Tongya touched his chin, and said solemnly:

"I've thought about this too. According to what Si Yuanbai said, there was no inspiration in this place for hundreds of years, so there is no merit for cultivating immortals, so no cultivator is willing to waste time here."

"Secondly, here is Dali Mountain. The mountain stretches endlessly. How many monsters and ghosts are there in the mountain? It is far less comfortable than that county."

Li Xiangping nodded in agreement, his face was a little ugly, and he said to Li Tongya in a low voice:

"Brother, there is a worse possibility."

"Although the Blue Pond Sect is extremely powerful, it only occupies a quarter of the Yue Kingdom. Are there no strong enemies around? I'm afraid that my Li family is on the edge of his Blue Pond Sect's power!"

"The two villages are fighting for water. Naturally, no one is willing to harvest crops on the side. This is the reason. According to Xu Wenshan, to the south is the Wu Kingdom. There are constant frictions between Wu and Yue. The relationship between the Immortal Sect behind it may not be better. Where are you going!"

Li Tongya's heart shuddered, his face was also ugly, and he said:

"It's an omission. Tomorrow, I will send people to carefully investigate around the Guli Road. The most important thing is to find out the situation of my Li family."

"I just hope that my Li family won't be the crops that Qingchizong planted on the side."

Li Xiangping gave a wry smile, but he heard Li Yesheng in front of him shouting with a few sweaty villagers.

"Master Immortal! What a big worm!"

　I can’t read the comments and comments in this chapter during the sensitive period, but I have carefully corrected the typos in everyone’s comments~ It’s Li Yesheng haha, they have been corrected, everyone seems to be unable to see my reply, let’s talk about it here~
　
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