There was an awkward calm in the courtyard, one in the air, one on the ground, and two fainted, but no one made the slightest sound.

The ancient pine in the center of the courtyard still decorates the courtyard with its strange and strange posture, and the flowers in the surroundings still exude a faint fragrance, making this courtyard very elegant. But all the beautiful scenery can't affect the other mood of the person in the air in the slightest, and under the calm face, the inner fluctuations are really far from being peeped into by ordinary people. Perhaps this is the reason why he has always been reluctant to come down! Perhaps only by maintaining such a distance can he not be seen by others, and can he always maintain the majesty of the patriarch.

Looking at Li Ping, Li Huanzhang only sighed in his heart, if he hadn't insisted on letting Li Xian escort those talismans, although this child had lost his mother, he would obviously not have fallen into such a situation under Li Xian's protection. After all, no matter whether Li Xian can form a Jindan or not, with his status as a monk in the late stage of foundation building, and with his own strong cultivation, it is enough for this child to not be affected by any external affairs for more than a hundred years. And with Li Xian's heavenly posture, perhaps over the years, he has found a way to successfully cross the bottleneck of the sixth layer and cultivate all the way up. After all, whether it was Li Xian or this child's mother, Lu Xian, they were all monks in the foundation building period, and there was no reason why their children would not even be able to cross the threshold of the sixth layer of the Qi cultivation period.

Looking at Li Ping, who was silent, thinking of the scene when he was alone in front of Lao Wu's family, Li Huanzhang felt even more guilty.

"Ping nephew, in a person's life, unsatisfactory things are nine times out of ten, the difficulties in front of you are just a few small waves on the cultivation road, maybe when you look back in the future, you will feel that today's things are just some trivial things that do not matter. After being silent for a long time, Li Huanzhang finally spoke slowly.

The uneasiness in Shen Tong's heart at this time was also reduced a lot, it seemed that they couldn't detect the matter of occupying Li Ping's body at all? This made him worry a lot, and the patriarch in front of him, obviously only judging from the disposition just now, was already quite taking care of him. After all, Li Ping was just an insignificant waste in the family, an orphan who had no one to take care of.

Thinking of this, Shen Tong couldn't help but bow and said, "Thank you for the patriarch's teachings." ”

The sound of the patriarch falling into Li Huanzhang's ears was really a little stinging. This child has been shouting when he has seen him since he was a child, and now this "patriarch" is respectful, but the life in it can be imagined. Maybe it's because over the years, this child has been hit and humiliated too much, just like the one he ridiculed the old five family before, and he was very disappointed in the elders in the family?

Li Huanzhang couldn't help but think of the scene of his brotherly love with Li Xian back then, and the scene of drinking and talking in this courtyard many times, he couldn't help but lose his mind. However, Shen Tong on the side is obviously also a person who can endure his temperament, and he has been standing there with low eyebrows and pleasing eyes, but he is not aggrieved and full of grief and indignation as Li Huanzhang imagined, but is brewing the idea of how to open his mouth to go to the library pavilion.

"Nephew Ping, what have you gained from this retreat for so long?" Li Huanzhang finally broke the silence and asked.

Shen Tong couldn't help but get a little nervous, and his expression was also a little unnatural. If it was something else, he could still use Li Ping's memory to confuse it, but when it came to cultivation, not only was his face dazed, but even Li Ping's memory was pitiful. What's more, where has he been in retreat all these years, he is sharing the joy of family life with his relatives in the human world, how can he say such a thing? Just find an excuse to cover it? In the face of a monk who is a middle-level foundation builder, how can he be so easy to fool?

"What's the matter? Even have such a big dissatisfaction with me?" Li Huanzhang looked at Li Ping and was silent for a long time, and couldn't help but ask with some dissatisfaction.

Shen Tongxin tightened, his expression was a little unnatural, he groaned for a while, and he replied stubbornly: "There is nothing to gain." ”

The answer in his helplessness obviously happened to his situation at the moment, but it also shattered the little hope left in Li Huanzhang's heart. Thinking about it, Li Xian tried to break the bottleneck of the sixth layer for him, but he thought of countless methods, but in the end they didn't play the slightest role. Now his cultivation is still at the sixth layer, and naturally he has found nothing, although this situation is somewhat cruel and incomprehensible. However, cultivation is already difficult and unpredictable, and no matter what happens, it is normal.

"Nephew Ping, I have a good relationship with your father, although I am not a sibling, but I am not separated from each other. Now that your parents have also passed away, I, who is an uncle, have made an exception to tell you today if I have something inappropriate to say. Looking at Li Ping's lonely and restless appearance, Li Huanzhang continued in a deep voice: "You are not young now, since it seems that it is difficult to do anything on the way of cultivation, it is better to let go, marry a wife and have children, and extend the incense, it may not be a road to Zhuangkang." ”

After a pause, Li Huanzhang said: "A few years ago, during your retreat and cultivation, the Lu family of Divine Wind City sent someone to pass a message, saying that it was to cancel your marriage contract with the Lu family, and I have agreed to this matter on your behalf, if you have any dissatisfaction, you can say it." ”

Shen Tong's body shook, from the troops in Li Ping's memory, it seemed to have some emotional fluctuations, obviously this guy's heart also has a rather ordinary memory of the girl in white, it seems to be a feeling of obsession, and it is full of a kind of unattainable inferiority? Shen Tong's heart is also a little uneven, this world is obviously more naked than he imagined, these so-called monks are obviously more than ordinary people chase and value interests.

It's just that, even so, he can only respond: "Nephew doesn't dare!"

Li Huanzhang nodded, no matter what, Li Ping seems to have made considerable progress in his mind during his years of retreat, which made him a little happy, and then nodded and said: "If your father is still there, even if your cultivation is stagnant at the sixth layer, it is naturally a beautiful thing to be able to marry our Li family and marry a monk who is expected to hit the Jindan period." But now, with both of your parents dead, such a marriage has naturally lost its foundation. Nephew Pingxian, the marriage between our major families is based on interests, and it is expected that such a thing will occur. I'm glad you figured that out. If you meet a woman you like in the future, you can tell me, and I will personally come to your door to ask for marriage and witness the marriage for you. ”

Shen Tong replied cautiously: "Uncle, my nephew hasn't thought about marrying a wife yet, and now he just wants to think about whether he can enter the library again." ”

"Are you going to the Library Pavilion to find a way to break through the sixth-layer bottleneck?" Li Huanzhang sighed in his heart, this kid still didn't seem to have given up his cultivation!

Shen Tong didn't dare to let people see his true thoughts, so he just nodded in response.

Li Huanzhang replied: "The method of breaking through the bottleneck, although there are several records in the library pavilion, your father also tried it for you back then. And according to the clan rules, only monks in the foundation building period can freely enter and exit the library pavilion, and monks in the qi training period only have a chance to go in and choose the practice method once when they enter the sixth and twelfth floors. ”

Shen Tong nodded, but he was very desperate in his heart, Li Ping didn't even know that there was such a requirement to enter the library pavilion, it can be seen that this guy is usually careless enough about the world, no wonder he will have that kind of almost desperate mood after his parents leave, in addition to personality reasons, I am afraid it is also related to the fact that he has lived too comfortably since childhood. A young master who came to stretch out his hand for clothes and open his mouth for food suddenly became an orphan with nothing and became a waste who was bullied by others, such a huge gap is really unacceptable.

But the most important thing at the moment is, if you can't enter the library pavilion, then where can you find out those things in the underworld, and how can you find a way to find your wife in the underworld? Is it true that you have to take a risk again, go out of your body again, and go to another passage to have a look?

Shen Tong remained silent in disappointment and hesitation, while Li Huanzhang on the side reached out and stroked the long hair under his forehead, and there was a feeling of unbearability in his heart. Li Ping was so lively and cheerful when he was a child, and now there is such a huge gap, even with his experience and the city government, there are a lot of fluctuations in his heart. Li Huanzhang, who stroked his long hair, looked up at the sky, and sighed secretly in his heart, couldn't help but say: "Nephew Pingxian, there is a serious shortage of manpower in the family shop right now, if you can go to the store to serve as a steward for five years, I will count you as a meritorious service to the family, and make an exception to allow you to enter the library again, how about it?"

Shen Tong was stunned, and couldn't help but quickly calculate in his heart, delaying for five more years, for him, it would be a hundred unwilling, who knows how many things will happen in these five years? However, after thinking about it, if he is the steward, wouldn't he be able to go to other places to collect this information openly, maybe there will be a turnaround in other places, and there will be other discoveries? If he can find a way to go to the underworld, it is a big deal that he will leave the secret room immediately, regardless of his agreement of five years or five years?

Thinking of this, Shen Tong couldn't help but bow down and said, "My nephew is willing to go." ”

"In this case, after you rest for a few days, go to the steward's room to receive the task! After the term of office expires, I will take you to the Tianquan Peak Library Pavilion. After Li Huanzhang finished speaking, he suddenly pinched the trick, and the golden long sword under his feet let out a trembling roar, and flew away into the distance at an astonishing speed.