In the early morning of the next day, when the sky was bright, Wen You'er was woken up by a tight knock on the door in a daze, muttered and got out of bed, and as soon as Fang opened the door, Xiao Yun grabbed his arm with one hand and pulled him out.

"Senior sister again, the master said, today we will start refining the body, go to the White Dragon Cave to fetch water back, we must fill a big tank before dark!" Xiao Yun pointed to a row of large water tanks in the corner of the courtyard with one hand, and handed Wen You'er a big white steamed bun with one hand.

Wen You'er took the steamed bun in a row, yawned a few times in a row, rubbed his eyes, and looked at the row of large vats, only to see that the row of more than a dozen large vats were all half a zhang high, the two of them were surrounded by thick and thin, and they looked exactly the same, very boring, and a few wooden barrels in the corner of the wall, neatly stacked together, were also extremely boring.

"Don't go, I'm going to sleep. Wen You'er took a bite of the steamed bun in her hand and spit it out with a "wow", "What rotten steamed buns? Quickly throw away the steamed buns, turn around and go back to the room.

"Hmph!" Hearing a cold snort from the top of his head, Wen You'er looked up, and when he saw the person who made the sound, he also recognized that it was the elderly senior sister Liu Min who had met in the Shenshui Pavilion yesterday, and was standing in the corridor on the second floor at the moment staring at the two people downstairs, with a slightly ugly face.

"Xiao Yun visited Senior Sister Liu Min. Xiao Yun clasped her hands into fists and bent down towards the second floor to salute.

Liu Min didn't pay attention to Xiao Yun, just stared at Wen You'er and said, "Pick it up." ”

Wen You'er raised her head and looked at Liu Min for a few seconds, retracted her gaze and yawned, ignoring Senior Sister Liu Min, and continued to walk towards the room.

Liu Min frowned, jumped down from the upper floor, and deliberately exerted his strength when he landed on the ground, which shook the ground in the courtyard into dust, and Wen Youer and Xiao Yun were unstable under their feet, and they both sat on the ground.

Seeing this situation, Xiao Yun turned over and jumped up, picked up the steamed buns on the ground, grabbed Wen You'er's arm on the ground, and pulled Wen You'er to escape from the yard as if he were flying.

Running half a mile along the mountain road without looking back, and not seeing Liu Min chasing after them, the two of them stopped, sat on the ground with their butts, snorting and panting, and ran violently, Wen You'er's stomach also "gurgled" uncontrollably.

Xiao Yun handed the deformed steamed bun in his hand to Wen You'er again: "Eat, although it is indeed very unpalatable, this is not an ordinary steamed bun, it is full of treasures." ”

Wen You'er looked at Xiao Yun suspiciously, then at the flat steamed bun in front of her, and then thought of Yi Xiaotian and the big balls of sugar fish, and her eyes were a little moist.

Who has been lying together for so many long nights? Who has always tried his best to protect himself with all his wounds? Is it the new friend in front of him? Or is it the old man who is far away?

Wen You'er took a bite hard, and ate the huge steamed bun clean with a foul mouth, and a full burp almost vomited out, until tears flowed out of her eyes.

Seeing this, Xiao Yun felt very funny, and pointed at Wen You'er and laughed. After laughing, he said very seriously: "Senior sister again, do you know that Senior Sister Liu Min is your and my senior sister, very powerful, especially good at pharmacology, this steamed bun is made by Senior Sister herself, it is said that after eating for three years, you can wash away the impurities of human flesh and bones, you must eat it well." ”

"Ah?!Eat for three years?!" Wen You'er's eyes widened, his face full of horror.

"Well, the master said, Senior Sister Liu Min originally traveled and practiced outside for many years, but she was specially sent back by the master to take care of the two of us, and the three meals a day for the next three years were all arranged by Senior Sister Liu Min. Xiao Yun had a hint of pride on her face. Wen You'er's eyes widened even more, and even her mouth was wide open, unable to speak for a long time.

"Okay, you wait for me here, I'll go back to the pavilion and get the wooden barrel, let's go to the White Dragon Cave to get water." Without waiting for Wen to answer, Xiao Yun trotted all the way back.

After a while, Xiao Yun ran back with four wooden barrels, threw two to Wen You'er, and continued to run all the way east along the mountain road, without saying a word to Wen You'er. Wen You'er looked at the two small wooden barrels in front of her inexplicably, at a loss, and sat for a while, but finally lifted the two wooden barrels and walked slowly in the direction that Xiao Yun ran.

White Dragon Cave, ten miles east of Qingyin Pavilion, hidden in the dense bamboo forest a huge karst cave, the entrance of the cave is more than two zhang high and wide, less than one zhang deep, not so much a hole, but more like a gate, generously open in the mountain forest, the center of the ground in the door, a bathtub size pool, a palm size spring at the bottom, bubbling with water bubbles.

Xiao Yun trotted all the way along the mountain road to find here, her mouth was dry, seeing such a clear spring, she drank a few sips with her hand, and hurriedly filled two small wooden barrels with spring water in both hands, and trotted all the way back. Halfway through the run, he met Wen You'er, who was walking casually in the direction of the White Dragon Cave with his head drooping, his upper body robe spread out, revealing his white belly, but the two small wooden barrels were tied with belts, and he twisted the belt in his hand, dragging the two wooden barrels on the ground all the way.

Wen You'er just opened her mouth and didn't have time to speak, but she saw Xiao Yun wheezing and wheezing, running over like the wind, without paying attention to herself at all.

Stopping and stopping like this, I met Xiao Yun running around no less than seven or eight times along the way, and Wen You'er finally walked to the White Dragon Cave. Seeing the pool of crystal clear spring water, I couldn't help but play with my spirits, threw the wooden bucket aside, took off my clothes and shoes and jumped into the pool, rolled and paddled the water, and played by myself, I don't know how long I played, I was also bored and sleepy, and simply leaned on the edge of the pool and slept lazily, during which I was also in a daze and saw Xiao Yun repeatedly take water several times.

"Again, again, wake up, it's getting dark, we should go back. Xiao Yun filled two wooden barrels in her hand for the last time, waking up Wen You'er, who was sleeping soundly by the pool.

"Oh. Wen You'er yawned, stretched hard, got up from the pool, hastily dressed, and wanted to leave. Inadvertently looked up and saw that Xiao Yun's clothes were wet, sweating like rain, breathing quite rapidly, and she looked very tired.

Wen You'er suddenly felt embarrassed, hehe smiled, picked up the wooden bucket at his feet, threw it into the pool and filled it, and lifted it one by one with all his strength, "Uh-huh...... Division...... Sister, let's go" Wen You'er blushed, and struggled to walk out of the cave.

Xiao Yun smiled and followed Wen You'er out of the White Dragon Cave, and found that the two wooden barrels in Wen You'er's hands were dripping and leaking water, but she didn't say anything, just walked slowly, and her expression gradually relaxed.

In the mountains and forests at dusk, in the soft sunset sun, a faint mist is shrouded in the winding and lengthy bluestone paths, as if from illusory antiquity, leading to an ethereal future.

Wen You'er was in front, walking very slowly at first, and as the barrels in his hands kept ticking, he was getting easier and faster. And Xiao Yun still followed all the way not close or far, and gradually gritted her teeth......

Seeing that the sky was about to get dark, the two finally returned to the Qingyin Pavilion, Xiao Yun held her breath, lifted the last two buckets of spring water above her head, poured them into the first big vat in the corner, and sat on the ground with her butt paralyzed. Wen You'er then remembered the wooden bucket in his hand, looked down and saw that there was not much spring water left in the two buckets, and the ticking was still leaking outward, so he quickly ran back to the house and took out a stool to stand up, and just poured the small half bucket of residual water into the tank, but it was all overflowing with a "bang", spilling Xiao Yun on the ground and half wet.

"Hmph. A cold snort seemed quite familiar, so startled that Wen You'er almost fell off the bench, and Xiao Yun also reflexively swished up from the ground and looked at the place where the sound came from. I saw that Master Shui and Senior Sister Liu Min were walking out of the hall door, and the cold snort was from Liu Min.

"Master, senior sister. Wen You'er and Xiao Yun whispered timidly.

"Hmph. Liu Min snorted coldly again. Shui Yi didn't speak, walked slowly to the big water tank, saw that the water tank was full, nodded slightly, and then reached out and stroked it lightly on the water surface, looked down at Wen You'er, but shook his head again. "Dinner. Shui greeted Liu Min and went straight into the room.

The atmosphere was a little depressing, Xiao Yun whispered a few words in Wen You'er's ear, and also led Wen You'er to bury his head and enter the room, and sat silently on the square dining table next to the water one by one. Before long, Liu Min brought out a few plates of side dishes, a stack of baked cakes, and sat down in front of the water.

"Eat. Shui Yi took a chopstick and ate it first, Liu Min also picked up the dishes and chopsticks and ate by himself, only Xiao Yun and Wen You'er still lowered their heads, motionless, and didn't dare to raise their heads.

"Smack!" Shui Yi slapped his chopsticks on the table: "Eat, eat." ”

Wen You'er quietly raised her eyes to look at Xiao Yun, and Xiao Yun squinted at Liu Min, and Liu Min pretended not to see her, turned her eyes away, and continued to concentrate on eating. Xiao Yun was helpless, retracted her gaze and gave Wen You'er a look, took a deep breath, half raised her head, picked up the chopsticks, sandwiched a baked cake, lowered her head and nibbled on it. Wen You'er didn't seem to understand the meaning of Xiao Yun's eyes, and the gluttonous worms in her stomach had already been hooked by the fragrance in front of her, and when she saw Xiao Yun eating, she picked up the chopsticks with one hand, kept putting vegetables in her mouth, and grabbed a big baked cake with the other, gobbling it up, and her mouth was full of oil. Seeing this situation, Xiao Yun couldn't help but secretly glance at Shui Yi and Liu Min again, and saw that both of them stopped their chopsticks, staring at Wen You'er who was eating ugly in a daze, and couldn't help but bury her chin on her chest again.

The air seemed to freeze for a moment, and Shui Yi was the first to speak: "Min'er, it seems that your little junior sister is very satisfied with your cooking skills, hahahaha...... Yun'er, you eat it quickly, otherwise you will be robbed of it in a while, hahahaha......" Shui Yi's laughter finally broke the tense atmosphere, and the four masters and apprentices ate happily.

After dinner, Wen Youer and Xiao Yun ran outside for a day, very tired, and after worshipping the master again, they went back to the house to rest, only Shui Yi and Liu Min were left in the room, Liu Min was busy cleaning up the pots and dishes, and Shui Yi was sitting aside and playing with the teacup in his hand, thoughtful.

After Liu Min was almost cleaned up, he added hot water to a glass of water. Shui Yi opened his mouth and said, "Min'er, in your opinion, what are the qualifications of those two girls?"

Liu Min was a little surprised, the whole Emei up and down, who doesn't know that Master Shui Yi is smart, although the entry is only more than 200 years, but in terms of cultivation, he has long been recognized as the number one master in the door under the head of Tianxing, even if it is Uncle Xun Yu who has more than 400 years of Taoism, it is not comparable, what is the qualification of the two yellow-haired girls, they can naturally see it through at a glance, how can they ask themselves?

"The master should not make such jokes with the apprentice, I am afraid that he will not torture the apprentice. Liu Min lowered his head and replied in a low voice.

"Haha, how can it be difficult to be a teacher. Shui Yi motioned for Liu Min to sit down, poured a cup of tea and handed it to Liu Min, and then said: "Judging from the roots and bones, those two girls are indeed blanks without a thousand miles, and the teacher will definitely not be wrong about this and does not need to ask you." ”

Liu Min took a sip of tea and looked at the water: "The apprentice has been studying the art of food alchemy for many years, searching for spiritual energy ingredients in various places, and then he was summoned back to the mountain by the master to take care of the two girls three meals a day, and naturally it was deduced that the two junior sisters must have something extraordinary." ”

Shui Yi also took a sip of the teacup: "That's it, I have lived on this Emei Mountain for more than 200 years, although I occasionally go out, but I have never smelled the fireworks outside the mountain." That Xiao Yun girl, although she is from a big family, but her temperament is extremely tenacious, she can withstand loneliness and hardship, and she is also extremely attentive and the way of cultivation. Besides, that's warm...... As a teacher, I want to ask Min'er about you, after all, Min'er, you have traveled from south to north in the past few decades, but you can be regarded as having read all things in the world. ”

Liu Min frowned, thought for a moment, and then replied: "Judging from the observation of the apprentice this day, this senior sister Wen You'er seems to be in cultivation, as if there is something missing, or something more. ”

"What's more, what?" said Shui Yi, puzzled.

"I can't say it...... I think there are some different experiences in the market before I get started...... Well...... I heard that Senior Sister Wen You'er didn't bring it back from Uncle Xun Yu, why didn't the master ask Uncle Xun Yu to see it?" replied Liu Min.

"Looking for the feather old man...... Hum. Shui frowned slightly, snorted coldly, drank all the tea in the cup, and the white light in the room flashed, and there was no figure.

Liu Min got up and walked out of the room, looked up, and vaguely saw a white streamer, heading towards the northeast.