On the cliff outside the shed, Li Ye stood in the shade of the cedars, although he could block some of the cold wind, but he could not stop the ubiquitous blizzard.

Ignoring the wind and snow, he waved the bamboo sword in his hand and slashed at the snowflakes floating in the air again and again.

The old ape said that he had maintained such a posture for fifteen days, and Li Ye said that he had long forgotten how many days he had stood and slashed hundreds of thousands of swords.

In these days when he was not in Xiaobai's absence, in addition to eating, sleeping, and chanting scriptures every day, he stood under this cedar and chopped snow as always.

He no longer cared whether each sword he swung had cut the snowflakes in the stroke, and he no longer looked down to see the snow particles stuck to the bamboo sword.

As long as the wind and snow come, then he will stand under the tree and stand in the wind and snow.

The old ape would come over every day to drink a few dishes of tea with him, and occasionally the two would drink an urn of wine.

Every time the old ape walked, he shook his head and said, "I met a child who was even crazier than a monk, either in the shed or in the snow." ”

Li Ye said to him with a smile every time: "If I can't cut a few snowflakes now, one day in the future, I will inevitably die under the opponent's sword." If there is no shed of tears today, there will be blood in the future. ”

He felt a sudden sharp pain in his right wrist, which was holding the bamboo sword, and the pain was so burning that he almost couldn't accurately control the trajectory of each bamboo sword.

I have pushed myself too hard these days, after all, the flesh is not steel, even steel will have a moment of fatigue.

After all, he was still injured, he lowered his head and looked at his red and swollen wrist, sighed softly, put away the bamboo sword, shook off the snow on his body vigorously, and ran the real qi to dry the moisture on his body, and returned to the house.

A few pieces of charcoal from pine branches were added to the stove, and the fire burned a little brighter, and soon there was a warm smell in the shed.

The water in the pot was also slowly heating up, and Li Ye gently wiped the bamboo sword in his hand with the animal skin, feeling that it was not a way for him to practice like this all the time.

After thinking about it, he decided to stop practicing swords for a few days, and in the next few days, he would calm down, re-communicate with the heaven and earth qi of the Tianshan Mountains, hone his divine sense, and refine his true yuan power.

The water in the pot was whining, Li Ye poured out the cruel tea from last night, picked up the kettle and poured some boiling water to wash the purple sand carefully.

I made myself a new pot of tea, and in an instant, the thick aroma of tea in the shed dissipated into the cold air.

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Noon has passed, and the time is approaching.

The old ape stepped on the thick snow, got out of the woods, and walked step by step in the direction of the cliff.

The afternoon time is always difficult, and he likes to come to the shed to drink a cup of hot tea with Li Ye and light up the lonely time in the mountains.

Before he reached the bottom of the cliff, he saw two shadows, one gray and one white, approaching him, he stopped, stood on the edge of the cliff, and looked at the two figures that were getting closer and closer.

Xiaobai, who has been missing for more than ten days, finally followed the old wolf and came back here.

The old ape lowered his body, stretched out his hand and picked up Xiaobai in the snow, touched his head and said, "You ran away quietly, and you didn't say a word to me, so we will worry about you." ”

The old wolf said hello to the old ape, shook the snow off his body, and walked hard to the cliff under his feet.

The old ape hugged Xiaobai, followed behind, and muttered: "You old thing, I haven't seen you for many days, and you don't bring anything delicious." ”

The little white in his arms whined twice, indicating a cordial response.

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Li Yezheng poured himself hot tea and put it to his mouth and blew hot air, ready to taste it.

Listening to the sound outside the shed, the door was pushed open, and the old wolf and Xiaobai in the arms of the old man who had not been seen for many days entered.

After scalding three cups, he poured hot tea and served it to the old wolf and the old ape. Li Ye pointed to Xiaobai lying on the side of the table, and scolded with a smile: "You foodie, idiot, don't say a word to me when you leave, it will cause me to look for you all over the world!"

The old ape covered his mouth and smiled, and said in his heart, When did you find it all over the world, didn't you just ask me casually?

The old wolf looked at the angry Li Ye and said with a smile: "Taking advantage of the wind and snow, I took it to the mountains for a walk, taught it some survival skills, and brought you a little surprise." ”

With a shake of his hand, a small animal skin package appeared on the tea table, and the old wolf handed it to Li Ye and picked up the teacup in front of him.

The old ape's eyes widened and he looked at the package in Li Ye's hand.

Li Ye took the package and opened it carefully, there was still a layer of animal skin inside. Before it was opened, there was a faint aroma spreading outside, more fragrant than the wild flowers on the Tianshan Mountain, and more charming than the tea brewed by Li Ye.

When I opened the second layer of animal skin, I saw that there were five pale yellow flowers quietly wrapped inside, and at the moment the skin opened, the wrapped petals were also stretched, each of which was the same size as the old ape's fist.

When Li Ye saw the open petals, his whole body trembled, and he couldn't help blurting out: "Tianshan Snow Lotus, this is the legendary Snow Lotus!"

The old ape and the old wolf looked at Li Ye incredulously, and said in unison, "How did you know that this is Snow Lotus? Who told you?"

Li Ye stretched out his little hand and gently touched the yellow petals, and muttered, "My Xiaoqing lent me a book of medicine scriptures, which has a description and drawing of a snow lotus. The snow lotus that my husband didn't pick was actually picked by the seniors and Xiaobai. It's really amazing. ”

Xiaobai was drinking tea with his head down, and when he heard Li Ye talking about himself, he screamed a few times, which means that you can't underestimate me now, and you are not allowed to scold me for being a foodie in the future.

Li Ye rewrapped the package, pushed it in front of the old wolf, and said softly: "Senior, this is too valuable, I can't accept it, please keep it for yourself." ”

The old wolf stretched out his hand and touched Xiaobai's head, looked at Li Ye and said with a smile: "This flower that grows on the Tianshan Mountain, we can't increase much strength if we eat it, Xiaobai himself has secretly eaten two flowers on the mountain, and it will be useless to eat it again." ”

"A few days ago, I heard Xiaobai say that your mother is going to give birth to a younger sister for you, and you let the blue bird take these snow lotus down the mountain, give one to your mother, and then tear up the petals of a snow lotus, and slowly feed it to the little girl who was born, which will be of great benefit to her in the future. ”

The old ape nodded in agreement. drank all the tea in the cup and put it in front of Li Ye.

Raising his head, he said: "Tianshan Snow Lotus, the legendary divine object, we have been on this mountain for thousands of years, and we have not encountered it a few times. There are five flowers here, you ask Xiaoqing to take two down the mountain, you can eat one for yourself, and the other two flowers are well kept, maybe they can be used to save lives one day in the future. ”

"I don't know how much the old wolf and I have eaten, or we won't have today's skills, so you don't have to be polite, take it well, and in the future, Xiaobai will follow you to practice and enter the WTO, which will require you to spend a lot of energy. ”

Li Ye sighed softly, looked at the old wolf and the old ape and said: "Xiaobai and I still have two seniors, who are the fate of cultivation in the previous life, I just opened my mouth to recite Buddhist scriptures for you for a few months, but you gave me too many opportunities and surprises. ”

The old wolf laughed, glanced at the old ape and then at Li Ye.

He said seriously: "If it weren't for the little gentleman, how would I have had the opportunity to hear the Dharma with this old thing? I would not have had the opportunity to hear the Tao and enter the Tao, either I would die of old age in this Tianshan Mountain, or I would have no way to let the thunder tribulation kill on the top of the mountain." You said it well, everything is destined. ”

Li Ye was in a turbulent mood and couldn't express his gratitude to the old wolf in words.

I had to say softly, "In this way, I will bring my mother under the mountain and my sister to thank the two seniors for their kindness." I hope that God will give me the opportunity to repay the two of you, Xiaobai is my brother for life, as long as it does not leave me, I will never leave it. ”

The old ape added two pieces of charcoal to the stove, clapped his hands and said, "Hurry up and boil the water and pour the tea, it's so cold this day, you have to drink a sip of hot tea to be comfortable." ”

The old wolf and Li Ye looked at the old ape's appearance, and couldn't help laughing, and even roared a few times in the little white ground that was sitting in a daze.

Li Ye filled the kettle with water, and found that the white hair of Xiaobai sitting next to him had a glimmer of crystal light, and couldn't help but reach out and touch its head.

looked at the old wolf and said: "Senior, I feel that Xiaobai has grown up a little, and he has changed his appearance after not seeing him for more than ten days." ”

The old wolf smiled, looked at Li Ye and Xiaobai and said, "This little guy stole two snow lotuses behind my back, and if he doesn't grow any longer, I want to kick it off the Tianshan Mountain." ”

"I've been cultivating with it on the mountain these days, and it's progressing a lot, and it is estimated that it won't be long before it can be reborn, after all, it's a god species from the sky. ”

The water in the pot whined as it hot. Li Ye took it and added boiling water to the teapot and added hot tea to the cups in front of him.

"Two seniors, I don't know anything, you are all about to cross the Nine Tribulations, why can't you transform yet? This question seems to have been asked to you before, and I want to ask you two more when I look at Xiaobai's appearance today. ”

Li Ye was a little confused, he thought in his heart that Mu Mu's master had already turned into a human form.

The old ape looked at the old wolf and smiled, and picked up the teacup in front of him and held it in his hand. "It's not that I can't transform into shapes, but I don't want to change shapes, and when I get used to this appearance, I always feel weird when I change my appearance. Besides, my children and grandchildren are apes, how do you want me to face them in human form?"

The old wolf touched Xiaobai's head and said softly: "The old ape and I are used to this, and we will not consider the matter of transformation until we go to another world." And Xiaobai is different, it will follow you into the WTO, and turning into a human form will eventually save you a lot of unnecessary trouble. ”

Li Ye pointed at Xiaobai and said with a smile: "Xiaobai, Xiaobai, you hurry up and transform into shape, even if you can speak first, I still expect you to help me brush the pots, wash the dishes, fetch water and sweep the floor after you transform into a shape, you can't live up to my hard work." ”

When Xiaobai heard this, he yelled at him twice, turned around and jumped off the stool, pushed the door open with his head, and went into the cave without looking back.