When it was time for lunch, the busy village was quiet again, and there were hardly any pedestrians on the road, save for the occasional two loud howls from the dogs tethered to the door.

Xing Xie came to the only restaurant in the village, and was warmly led to a seat by the shopkeeper Xiao Er.

"A plate of beef in sauce, a plate of mixed cucumbers, tired. Xingye smiled gently.

"Brother Star Evil is polite. Xiao Er nodded, walked out halfway, turned back and asked, "Don't you want wine, just a pot of water?"

"Yes. "The star evil answered.

Maybe it's because the weather is too hot and dry, and there aren't too many people coming to the restaurant to eat, Xing Xie yawned slightly, thinking about what to write in the letter for a while, saying that the recent situation seems to be a little too boring, and the junior sister often complains that he is dull, as if he is coping, and the sentence in the last reply to the letter that the people who read are all stunned are very dissatisfied. This time, let's write about what she wants to see. Thinking of this, Star Evil couldn't help but laugh.

Because it was a cold dish, it was served quickly, Xing Xie picked up the chopsticks, and just twisted up a piece of beef, the door of the restaurant was pushed open with a "bang", and a young man came in from outside the door.

"This one is a bit of a face. Xiao Er was a little surprised, but he still greeted him warmly.

"Haha, I'm out of town, I'm here to find someone. The man waved his hand, bypassed Xiao Er and walked straight towards Xingxie, and sat directly opposite him without asking.

Xing Xie looked at the man in front of him, put down the beef in the chopsticks, and a smile appeared on his face, this smile has many meanings, there are surprises, there are misses, and there are happiness.

The man in front of him, with his long messy hair covering his eyes and a cyan beard on his chin, looked like a wanderer from Luotuo at first glance. The man laughed too, and he stretched out his scarred hand, untied the two long knives from his waist, and placed them on the table.

"Little Er, bring a pot of wine, ask for the best wine. The man shook his hand, and a small piece of bright gold ingots fell into the arms of the stunned Xiao Er.

Xing Xie got up, saluted respectfully to the man, and said, "It's been a long time, senior brother, I miss you very much." ”

The man nodded, watched the Star Evil sit down, reached out and rubbed the Star Evil's head, and smiled, "I miss you too, little one." ”

"Senior brother, are you going back this time?"

"yes. The senior brother picked up the chopsticks, sandwiched a slice of sauced beef, put it in his mouth, and said vaguely, "When I went back, I passed by here and wanted to come to see you, but I didn't expect you to know the Dao realm, so you pack up and come with me." ”

Xingxie's face turned strange and said, "Isn't it a little too rushed?"

"This beef ......" the senior brother muttered, seemingly not very satisfied, "Little Er, bring the saucer vinegar!"

"Okay!" Xiao Er replied dryly, and at the same time put a pot of wine on the table.

"What? can't bear to be here?" Senior Brother took the wine and poured himself a full bowl, he pushed the flask towards the Star Evil, and the Star Evil waved his hand.

"I've been here for two years, the people here are simple, the people are hospitable, and they treat me like family. ”

"Haha, isn't it the girl whose family you have fallen in love with here? Poor our little sister is still dreaming of a concubine in the city. Senior Brother's voice suddenly rose, stroking his palms and laughing, Xingxie's face was embarrassed, and there was a rare trace of panic, "Senior Brother, don't talk nonsense, how can this be ......?"

"Of course it's nonsense, I've watched you two grow up, I know very well what kind of person you are, I just don't want you to always look like this, obviously only sixteen years old, so calm in everything you do, where is the appearance of a young man. The elder brother said, taking a big sip of wine.

Xing Xie lowered his head, touched his nose, and said with a smile: "I'm used to it, I can't change it......"

"Speaking of which, I haven't been back for a few years, it's time for that little guy to become a little beauty, and I don't know how far that little rabbit cub in the eternal night has cultivated, and I really miss them. The teacher has been traveling all year round, and it is estimated that he will not see his old man this time. ”

"And Uncle Shi..... It's supposed to be in the city, right?"

Senior Brother's expression suddenly became exciting, he seemed to think of some terrible and hateful existence, gritted his teeth and said: "Sooner or later, Lao Tzu will give him to ......."

It was a small lunch, but the two brothers ate for a long time, and they talked about a lot of things, from interesting stories when they were children, to their experiences growing up so far, to their future plans. Xingevil also decided to take advantage of this opportunity to go back and have a look, but before leaving, he still needed to leave a day to do something for the village.

When the morning sun slowly rose over the horizon, when the men began to pick up their hoes and prepare to work in the fields, when the women drove their children to the school, when the hurried steps of the teacher appeared on the path again, there was no longer a young man in white reading on the stones beside the reeds.

The Star Demon is gone, not saying goodbye to anyone.

The people in the village thought of the outsider who came the day before yesterday, and the way the star evil was busy in the village yesterday, and then they remembered that the young man had already said goodbye to them.

On the official road at the entrance of the village, the senior brother looked at Xingxie's pale face, obviously he hadn't rested well all night, and asked curiously: "What did you do all day yesterday?"

Starevil shook his head and didn't answer. He did too many things yesterday, helped a few farmers pick hundreds of catties of rice, cooked some meals for several old people in the village, left some money, took the grandmother next door who had no children under her knees to his clean and spacious house, gave the black boy a book of poems about love, and talked for a long time to a few girls who blushed when they looked at him from afar.

"You child, you have been kind-hearted since you were a child, your way ...... I'm afraid that there are not many people in the world who can finish it, it's too difficult. The senior brother shook his head and sighed, and walked forward, he walked a few steps, and found that the star evil did not follow, so he turned his head strangely, only to see that at the entrance of the village not far away, hundreds of people gathered in the dark, regardless of men, women, old and young, with a reluctant look on their faces.

Xing Xie was speechless, he raised his hands and eyebrows, bowed, and bowed to the villagers.

Finally someone cried out, this stalk throat sound is like a fuse, suddenly caused a cry, these two years people are used to this warm and kind teenager, although everyone knows that sooner or later he will leave, but they are deliberately to avoid this problem, now this teenager is really leaving, many people feel like they have lost something, this reluctance, like parents looking at their children who go out on a long journey, I don't know what year to see each other again.

The star evil raises his hand, bows again, raises his hand again, and bows three times.

It is a great gift to parents.

"In the past two years, thanks to the care of my father and fellow villagers, Xingxie is grateful, everyone take care, Xingxie will come back to visit everyone. After the star demon made the big salute, he got up and kept up with the pace of the senior brother.

"Senior brother, I know that this road is long and arduous, and no one has even succeeded in reaching the end in ancient and modern millennia, but I want to try, for the sake of these people behind me, for more people in the world. The senior brother didn't speak, he looked at the young man beside him, rare, the young man's clear and soft eyes burst out with such a firm light, reflecting the rising sun, there was a dazzling feeling, "I can't see children starving and cold, I can't see old people begging on the streets, I can't see people struggling to fill their stomachs, once a cultivator is enlightened, he can say that he is beyond the world, and he has nothing to do with this world." But I want to cultivate the heart of a saint in this mortal world. ”

This is the ambition and self-confidence that a young man should have, and the senior brother wanted to sigh that his little junior brother had finally grown up, but halfway through his mouth, he realized that this guy had always been like an adult, and he couldn't help but swallow that emotion back.

The morning sun was slightly warm, and the clothes of the two brothers were plated with a layer of hazy gold, maybe it was still early, and there were no passers-by on this official road, except for the occasional few insect chirpings on the roadside, it was unusually quiet.

Xing Xie walked on the road, suddenly remembered something, and asked, "Senior brother, after the Ming Dao, what is the realm?"

The senior brother replied: "In fact, when it comes to the Ming Dao realm, it is divided into three realms: upper, middle and lower. There are many people in this world who have practiced all their lives, but in the end, they have lost their own way, because they don't know that life is cultivation. Practitioners, first of all, know the Tao and know the reason, this is the Ming Dao realm, and then walk in the world, insight into all things, and confirm their own Dao, this is the realm of the cave world, and then there are a very small number of people who go further, they yearn for it, advocate virtuous virtues, or pursue the ultimate of their own path, this is the realm of Shang Xian, in the end, few people in this world can reach the ultimate of the Dao, transparent to their own bodies, bright and pure, like gods, this is the last realm, the realm of pure sheng. ”

"There are so many cultivators in this world, seventy percent of them have stayed in the Ming Dao realm all their lives, and the remaining eighty percent have stayed in the cave realm, but the cave realm is already a very remarkable existence, the power of one person can be better than thousands of people, and the cultivators who have reached the Shangxian realm are all the existence of the deterrent side, just in terms of military value, in the Sunset Empire and the four major families must be valued, as for the peak of the Jingsheng Realm, in this world, it is estimated that only the patriarchs of the four major families and two or three people in the Sunset Empire can reach it, it is too far away. Senior brother, you learned the Tao at the age of sixteen, and you can be regarded as a rare genius. ”

Xing Xie shook his head and said calmly: "Senior brother, you also said that the world is vast, and I heard that the cultivation wizard can only realize the Tao at the age of ten. ”

"Yes, there is a young man in the Qionglong family, born with a clear way, five years old in the cave world, and now he is only twelve years old, he is already a sage, this kind of son of the sky is not the existence that should exist in the world. ”

"Teachers often say that you should have a sense of reverence for heaven and earth, and sure enough. Star Evil thought about what his wandering teacher said, and it was really very reasonable.

"Haha, senior brother, I'm just too arrogant, I came out to walk for a few years, and I suffered a lot of losses. ”

"So, Senior Brother is already in the Cave World Realm?"

The senior brother smiled and didn't answer, he looked up at the golden morning sun in the distance, his long messy hair covering his eyes, making it impossible to see his eyes. Xing Xie also laughed, although he couldn't see the eyes of the senior brother, he felt that the senior brother must be very proud at the moment.