"How can my generation be a Penghao person, looking for immortals and imitating the Tao, and the old way is gone. "The strange tune is fading away. In front of the courtyard gate, Li Qingxuan knelt down on his knees and bowed nine times in succession. He wiped away his tears and said in a low voice, "Master, take care all the way. "Since the master left, in addition to meditating and practicing in the past few days, I have been practicing swords.

During this period, Li Qingxuan only went to Gusu City once, and he went to the city to buy some things. In addition, I went to the cemetery where my parents were buried together and burned some paper money ingots. On this day, Li Qingxuan went to his uncle's house as a guest and drank a little wine. Since his uncle Zheng Yu's family lived in Fengqiao Town on the west bank of Taihu Lake, every time he returned to the bamboo house on Qionglong Mountain, he had to take a fishing boat back.

Li Qingxuan personally operated the boat, crossing the lake, the waves were rolling, the wind and waves were blowing, and he felt a little open-minded for a while. After turning Gusu for a long time, I have always been a little depressed, but now I am in a relaxed mood. Li Qingxuan was on a whim, and he didn't care about the few small boats scattered on the lake, and when he carried the boat, there was a long howl!

The wind is hunting, the whistling sound resounded on both sides of Taihu Lake, the birds and beasts on both sides of the strait are frightened, and even the fishermen on the boats are all stunned. "Hahaha......" Li Qingxuan only felt a lot of joy in his heart, and couldn't help laughing.

In the middle of the heart, in the spiritual consciousness, I suddenly felt that something at the bottom of the river seemed to be approaching, and there was a faint crisis. Shocked, Li Qingxuan gathered his mind, and his left hand was already on the hilt of the green steel sword at his waist. The next moment, the river was surging, and the hull of the ship was swaying lightly, but I saw a handful of black shadows gradually emerging, getting bigger and bigger. After a while, a turtle the size of five or six zhang emerged from the water.

The lake fell, and the huge body became more and more distinct. Li Qingxuan was surprised, he didn't want to have such a huge turtle in this Taihu Lake, and when he was vigilant, the huge head of the turtle suddenly clicked three times, and he said: "The old turtle meets the real person, and dares to ask the real person to make a chance, the old turtle is willing to do a leg with the real person, or take care of the home, and he is also willing." ”

Although it was the first time he had seen a different cultivator, Li Qingxuan was still a little shocked when he saw the appearance of the old turtle and his words. Especially with this huge body, the sound is also the sound of an urn, but the volume is not small, and the lake trembles.

"Are you worshipping me?" the old turtle said: "Exactly, I hope that the real person will be fulfilled, the old turtle has been practicing for more than 300 years in this Taihu Lake, and since he opened his spiritual wisdom, he has practiced diligently, but he is not allowed to correct the law, and he has never been allowed to enter the yuan womb, turning into a human form, the years have passed, and he feels that his life span is not long, or there is a thunderstorm coming, and he hopes that the real person will have mercy, and I will follow around." ”

"I have never known you, how do you want to follow me?" Li Qingxuan adapted to getting along with this old turtle, but he was also a little surprised, he had never seen this old turtle, but where did he find this old turtle......? ”

Li Qingxuan secretly said in his heart, but he didn't have any ability in his own family, and the time he had to step into cultivation was short, so he shook his head and said: "You are looking for the wrong person, and I don't have any cultivation realm, you ask for guidance, you shouldn't come to me." Since you have lived all these years, you are also very wise, if you travel in all directions, you may have a way out, why wait here?"

"There are many people in this world who have cultivated to a higher realm than me, so why do you want to ask me for a young man who is just a beginner?" "Go yourself, don't disturb my boat." In Li Qingxuan's eyes, the breath on this old turtle is pure, and he wants to be an honest meditator, as an alien, it is very rare to meditate in this lake for hundreds of years, so he is not willing to be evil to it. had to persuade him to find a way out.

Seeing that Li Qingxuan was about to leave, the old turtle seemed to be a little anxious, and stretched out his head, but held the stern of the boat. "You old turtle, what are you doing? You are also hundreds of years old, why are you so unreasonable, why don't you let go quickly, do you think my sword is not good!" Li Qingxuan reprimanded, and the green steel sword on his waist was already holding his right hand together.

When the old turtle saw this, he shrank his head, but he was still unwilling to say: "I and other aliens practice very hard, and you are a bodhisattva, so take the old turtle." The old turtle has been practicing for a long time, he is pure, he has never done anything evil, and he has saved people's lives, so he has some merits, and he feels that he is a little stronger than other cultivators of the same kind, why don't the real people want to pity me?"

When Li Qingxuan heard this, he knew that if he didn't say it thoroughly, this old turtle was afraid that there would be resentment in his heart. So he sighed: "You old turtle, you have lived for hundreds of years, so you don't know anything." I consciously can't teach you, and I don't want to delay your cultivation, so I won't accept you, why do I look down on you?"

"Besides, the Fa does not pass on the six ears, you are an alien, what I have learned is also taught by others, I can't nod my master, how to teach you, if I don't teach you, you will definitely have a grudge in the future, even if not, you follow me around, no results, what's the point?"

"You are a creature in this Taihu Lake, and I am a neighbor, if you want to have a discussion, you don't need to follow me, if you come to visit, I will only treat you as a fellow Taoist, so it will not hurt the feelings, wouldn't it be better?" Li Qingxuan said bitterly, the old turtle came to his senses, and finally thanked him and left.

Li Qingxuan also sighed, he had heard the master say that it was difficult to practice differently, and now he saw that the old turtle had been rare for hundreds of years, and he thought that the master and his old man had been searching for immortals and visiting the Tao all his life, and he also lacked the guidance of a master, so he said a few more words.

Fortunately, this old turtle still has some wisdom, but he can also understand the good intentions, and it is not in vain after all. Li Qingxuan met the old turtle and talked to himself, but he frightened the owners of the other small boats on the lake, and when he saw the huge giant turtle, he fled early. I don't know what kind of legend I want to leave behind.

Li Qingxuan returned to his small courtyard and continued to practice, and two more days passed. In the early morning of this day, Li Qingxuan meditated on the boulder on the edge of Taihu Lake, devouring the first wisp of purple smoke in the morning, but saw the river rolling in front of him, revealing the black head of the old turtle. There is a little helplessness in my heart. Fortunately, there was no one near here, so as not to frighten the villagers.

This old turtle also has a bit of meaning, he has only been seen for a few days, so he came to visit, but he listened to Li Qingxuan's words, but he was a little too eager, but it was not surprising to think of what it had done before. Poof! Li Qingxuan was about to say something, but when he saw the old turtle stretch out his head and vomit, he didn't know what he had spit out. Li Qingxuan looked at it for a while, but he couldn't quite understand it.

"A small courtesy, not a respect, I hope that real people will not be disgusted. "The old turtle is worthy of living for a long time, and the human world is very clear. "You and I met for the first time, and I will accept it this time, but it will not have to be like this in the future. Li Qingxuan realized that he was giving a gift, and he was slightly stunned, but he didn't refuse.

Shaking his head and waving his sleeves, he swept away the clump of aquatic plants, only to see that it turned out to be a mussel shell. The mussel shell is about the size of a hat, and it looks like it is some years old. "Is this a river mussel?" Li Qingxuan looked at the old turtle and asked.

The old turtle nodded and said: "The real person is willing to be my friend, the old turtle has nothing good to give, this mussel is a hundred-year-old mussel in Taihu Lake, which gives birth to the Yuan Zhu, collects the essence of the water, can help practice, nourish the Yuan and replenish the Qi, and is pure and pure, it is a natural spiritual thing." ”

Li Qingxuan opened it as he said, and sure enough, among the mussel shells, there was a bead the size of a baby's fist, the bead was warm and moist, and the color was clear. What's even more rare is that Li Qingxuan held it in his palm, and he could really feel the abundant water essence in it.

"This yuan pearl is stored in the mussel shell, the essence can be preserved, if the real person raises it in the water, it can also have some benefits. The old turtle said again. It is a very heavy gift, Li Qingxuan hesitated slightly, put the yuan bead back into the clam shell, and asked in a deep voice: "This yuan bead is very valuable, it is really good for me, but I don't know how to return the gift to you......

The old turtle said: "It is the blessing of the old turtle to be able to have fellowship with real people, and real people don't have to be like this." "That's it, my sleeves are empty, only what I have learned is of some use, you have been in this Taihu Lake all the year round, although you have lived for more than three hundred years, but you rarely move, and you want to see and hear and have a feeling. ”

"I'll tell you some of the essentials of the Tao and the teachings of the first saints. I've heard that if you and other aliens often listen to reason, it will also be helpful in your cultivation, and you are born with wisdom, and if you can get something, it will be considered my return gift. The old turtle didn't reply, but nodded hurriedly, looking a little excited.

So Li Qingxuan jumped on the bluestone that he was meditating on in the morning and talked to the old turtle about the truth in the book. The old turtle was really a natural wisdom, and after a while, he was addicted to it and seemed to have gained something.

The old turtle crouched in the water, and from time to time he could see joy, shake his head, and make a splash. Li Qingxuan sat high on the bluestone, his voice was clear, and his tone was frustrated, which was not reasonable. It's like a teacher of apprentices. It adds a strange scene to the shore of Taihu Lake.