Moving with difficult steps, Liu Xuan returned to his hut.

"Little bastard, why are you so impulsive?"

Elder Huo walked into the room and looked at the decadent Liu Xuan, his eyes were sad and complicated.

Liu Xuan raised his head with difficulty and glanced at Elder Huo, barely squeezed out a smile from the corner of his mouth, and said, "Young man, your blood is strong, and you can't avoid being impulsive. ”

Elder Huo sighed and said, "But that's fine, your body is too weak, how difficult the path of cultivation is, it is not a bad thing for you to leave this world early and become an ordinary person in the world, at least you can live your life in peace." ”

Liu Xuan thought for a while and smiled: "You all say that I am an idiot who can only read, now I can really try, with my ability, what kind of champion can I get, and then marry ten or eight princesses, it can be regarded as free." ”

"Bastard boy. Elder Fire also showed a smile, but this smile was a little bitter.

took out a bottle of elixir and handed it to Liu Xuan, Elder Huo said softly: "Take it to recuperate, take a good rest tonight, and I'll take you out of here tomorrow." ”

After speaking, he gently patted Liu Xuan's shoulder, wanted to say anything more but couldn't, sighed deeply and left the hut.

Looking at the hut where he has lived for five years, Liu Xuan was full of emotion, he once preached to his junior brother in this hut, and played with Liu Yan in this hut, everything in the past seemed to flash in Liu Xuan's mind like a marquee, fleeting.

"I don't stay here, I have my own place to stay, I don't keep my master everywhere, I live in my own home. ”

As if smiling, Liu Xuan's heart was much more relaxed, and he sorted out a few clothes and the scrolls on the table, mixed with a few spirit stones, this was all his belongings.

A soft and familiar footstep disrupted Liu Xuan's thoughts, Liu Xuan looked up, and a delicate figure appeared in his eyes.

"Senior Brother Liu, I'm sorry. Liu Yan looked at Liu Xuan with guilt on his face, his expression was very low, and there were tears in the corners of his eyes.

Liu Xuan shook his head lightly, and said with a faint smile: "You and I met in Pingshui, you don't owe me, how can you say sorry." ”

Liu Yan choked up when she heard this, and tears flowed down her eyes again.

"Since ancient times, the ruthless hurt others, and the affectionate hurt themselves. ”

Liu Xuan laughed at himself, waved his hand and continued to pack up.

Liu Yan was speechless, just looked at Liu Xuan quietly.

Throwing aside the sorted baggage, Liu Xuan said lightly: "You go, the road of cultivating immortals is extremely difficult and dangerous, you should be careful in the future, we will meet again." ”

"Maybe, I'm afraid I'll never see each other again. ”

"Senior Brother Liu, I'm sorry. Liu Yan was silent for a long time, and said softly: "Senior brother, take care of yourself." ”

"Whoever forsakes me will not remain on the day of yesterday, and whoever disturbs my heart will be troubled on the day of today. ”

"That's life. ”

Liu Xuan sighed softly, watching Liu Yan gradually walk away, the figure was so familiar, but it was so unfamiliar.

Nothing was said all night.

After a night of recuperation, Liu Xuan's injuries have improved a lot, but there is no longer the slightest breath in the sea of qi, and his steps seem much more frivolous.

With his bags on his back, Elder Fire had been waiting quietly outside the door for a long time.

"Little bunny, have you figured out where you're going?"

Liu Xuan patted the bag on his back and chuckled: "The world is so big, where is not the place for the master." ”

"Little bastard. Elder Huo scolded with a smile: "Lao Tzu has lived for hundreds of years, you kid dare to call me the master in front of me." ”

"Okay, you're the boss. Liu Xuan smiled indifferently: "It's best to stay away from Danyang Sect, it would be better if you could leave Cangzhou." The world is so big, I've wanted to see it for a long time. ”

Elder Huo glanced at him, and said angrily: "What you kid said lightly, do you know how big Cangzhou is? With my cultivation, it will take at least half a year to leave Cangzhou." ”

"That's right. Liu Xuan raised his head and thought for a while and said, "Then you can do it, the farther away from Danyang Sect, the better." ”

"Okay. Elder Fire pondered for a moment and said, "It's a long way to go, so you'd better seal your senses so as not to consume too much of my True Qi." ”

"How can I seal it?" Liu Xuan said angrily: "I am now completely lost, and I don't have any true qi in my body, what can I seal." ”

"That's easy to do. Elder Fire looked at him and laughed.

"You won't"

Before Liu Xuan could speak, Elder Huo had already slipped his palm into his neck, and Liu Xuan's mouth opened and closed slightly before fainting.

"Isn't that simple? ”

Elder Huo kicked Liu Xuan twice with a smile, and seeing that Liu Xuan didn't react at all, he grabbed him and flew into the distance, and disappeared without a trace in a blink of an eye

I don't know how long it took, Liu Xuan woke up slowly, shook his head to make himself sober, and Liu Xuan began to look around. Surrounded by mountains and rivers, I was on the top of a mountain, and when I looked down, I could vaguely see some houses at the foot of the mountain.

"What kind of place is this?" Liu Xuan looked at the Fire Elder beside him and asked, the Fire Elder was slightly pale at this time, it should be that the True Qi consumption was too large.

"I don't know. Elder Huo shook his head and said, "But this should be the south of Cangzhou, and it is already far away from Danyang Sect. ”

Pointing to the houses that were faintly visible at the foot of the mountain, Elder Huo said softly, "The following is the secular realm, so I will send you here without setting foot in it." ”

"Since you chose the Fire Gate in the first place, you are the disciple of my Fire Elder, and now I haven't been able to protect you thoroughly, and I hope you don't blame me. ”

Liu Xuan shook his head and said, "Elder Huo has been taking good care of me all these years, how can I blame you, although I am no longer a disciple of the Danyang Sect, but Elder Huo, you will always be my master." ”

Elder Huo looked at him and sighed, "If you leave, no one in the Fire Gate will be able to scold me so happily in the future." ”

Liu Xuan chuckled silently when he heard this.

"Alright. Elder Huo cleaned up his mood and said, "From now on, we are separated from the immortals and the vulgar, so you kid can do it yourself." ”

Saying that, Elder Huo turned around and was about to leave, but Liu Xuan hurriedly shouted behind him, "Wait a minute. ”

Elder Huo waved his hand and interrupted: "It's all big men, don't make so much sentimentality, I'm leaving, you can live a good life in the future." ”

After saying that, Elder Fire flew away, and disappeared into the distance in the blink of an eye.

"You're sending me to the foot of the mountain. ”

Liu Xuan shouted loudly as he looked in the direction where Elder Huo had disappeared, his eyes full of resentment

There is no time for cultivating immortals, Liu Xuan has been gone for six years in a blink of an eye, and the familiar figure can no longer be seen in the library pavilion, and there is no one to make things difficult for the guards of the wind gate, in addition to this, the Danyang Sect has not changed in the slightest, and the news of that day's events have been blocked by the head of the sect, and all the disciples only know that Liu Xuan was expelled from the sect for violating the door rules.

Liu Xuan's departure did not cause much turmoil in the sect, the name of the bookworm has gradually been forgotten in the after-dinner chatter of the disciples, and now only the guards of the Fengmen will tell the new disciples that there was once an idiot who could only read and was often teased and embarrassed by them.

The hut where Liu Xuan lived was dilapidated, uninhabited since he left, and even new disciples would not choose his hut, lest they become idiots under his influence. Everything in the house has not changed in the slightest as the day Liu Xuan left, but the house has already been covered with thick dust.

The thin paper was still pressed under the ink table, and the beautiful little words on the paper were blurred under the thick dust. Elder Huo gently brushed away the dust, picked up the thin piece of paper and looked at the beautiful little words on the paper, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"I don't know how this kid is doing, I'm afraid he has already married a wife and had children. ”

The life span of a cultivator is much longer than that of ordinary people, and the higher the cultivation, the longer the lifespan, and when they survive the heavenly tribulation and ascend, they can live with heaven and earth. And ordinary people in the world are only a hundred years old, and in the eyes of cultivators, it is just a snap of a finger.

A soft sound of footsteps interrupted Elder Fire's thoughts, and he raised his head slightly, and a beautiful figure appeared in front of Elder Fire's eyes.

Liu Yan also saw the fire elder in the house, and hurriedly bowed and saluted. Six years have passed, and the girl's youthfulness has disappeared from her, and the whole person looks more and more mature and beautiful.

Elder Fire waved his hand and whispered, "Do you also think of this bastard?"

Liu Yan lowered her head and was silent, and in the third year after Liu Xuan left, she finally accepted Zhang Zihao. But she can't forget the scene in the council hall at the beginning, and Liu Xuan's painful and desperate eyes often appear in her mind. Whenever in the dead of night, that look would always hover in her heart, as if Liu Xuan appeared in front of her eyes and desperately asked her why she did this to me.

Pressing the thin piece of paper back under the ink table, Elder Huo said softly: "I shouldn't have said much about the matter between you, whether you choose Liu Xuan or Zhang Zihao, it is your right." "But," Elder Huo changed his words and sighed, "You shouldn't slander Liu Xuan like them. ”

"Be worthy of your conscience. ”

After Elder Huo finished speaking, he walked outside the house, Liu Yan lowered his head deeply, and his eyes were slightly red. Over the years, whenever she thought of Liu Xuan's eyes, the guilt in her heart deepened.

"I'm sorry. ”

Liu Yan's soft voice came from behind him, and Elder Huo stopped, and after being silent for a long time, he sighed deeply: "What's the point of talking about this now. ”

Looking at the hut where she used to play with Liu Xuan, Liu Yan couldn't control it anymore, and tears dripped from the corners of her eyes like beads with broken silk threads.

"Hey"

Sighing softly again, Elder Fire walked along the path into the distance, leaving Liu Yan alone to weep silently at the already empty hut

In the south of Cangzhou, there is a village at the foot of a not very tall mountain, which is very small, about 20 families. Most of the houses in the village are made of mud and look dilapidated.

At this time, it was raining heavily, and the raindrops were splashing on the mud houses in the village, and the dirt roads in the village were already full of water, and the rain fell on them and raised a mist, gradually enveloping the whole village.

Near noon, many houses in the village have risen a little smoke, in the corner of the village is a bamboo house built of bamboo, the green bamboo house and the surrounding mud houses seem incompatible, a young man in white shirt sits under the eaves with a bamboo chair, holding a book in his hand and looking intently, from time to time picking up a rather old teapot beside him and taking a few sips, like an old pedant.

The rain became heavier and heavier, and the raindrops made a crackling sound on the bamboo house, and the rain fell along the eaves like silk threads.

Liu Xuan has been living in this small village for six years, when Liu Xuan walked into the village as a homeless man, and was quickly accepted by the kind and simple villagers, who helped him build a bamboo house. Far from the bustling villages, the men in the village live by hunting, and the women take care of the household chores at home, and raise some livestock to supplement their livelihoods.

As the only literate person in the village, Liu Xuan taught some village children to read and write in his free time, and the small village did not use currency, and most of the people gave Liu Xuan some food and lunch boxes as tuition, but the villagers were backward in thinking, and many adults were willing to let their children do more housework than let them waste time to study.

Liu Xuan's teaching is very interesting, often telling children about the outside world, the children in the village are very fond of Liu Xuan, even if the family is not allowed, they will secretly come to the bamboo house to listen to Liu's story.

Looking at the heavier and heavier raindrops in front of him, Liu Xuan took the scroll into his arms, and at this time, a light breeze blew, and the rain drifted to Liu Xuan along the breeze, and suddenly the white shirt on his chest was wet.

Liu Xuan's right hand slowly crossed his chest, and the slightly reddened palm emitted a trace of heat, and in a blink of an eye, he dried the clothes on his chest, looking at the reddened palm, Liu Xuan shook his head lightly and frowned slightly.

Three years ago, Liu Xuan resumed the cultivation of the eighth layer of Qi cultivation, but when he was abolished, his meridians were damaged, which made his already weak physique even worse, and his cultivation in the past three years only allowed him to barely reach the peak of Qi training, and there was still a considerable distance from building the foundation.

The wind was getting stronger and stronger, and the raindrops were drifting down the wind to the eaves, so Liu Xuan packed up the bamboo chair and prepared to return to the bamboo house. At this time, several half-sized figures ran from a distance, shouting Mr. as they ran.

Liu Xuan looked back and saw that several children around the age of thirteen or fourteen were running towards the bamboo house wearing robes and hats, and when they saw Liu Xuanwang coming, several children waved their hands happily.

Picking up a few children into the bamboo house, Liu Xuan said with a smile: "You don't stay at home in such a heavy rain, and you want to come to listen to the story." ”

Several children took off their rain gear, and the eldest child said bitterly: "It has been raining for more than a month, and everything that can be done at home has already been done." ”

Another child, who was slightly skinny, continued: "We haven't been able to hunt in the mountains for more than a month, and we don't have much food left at home, and if the rain doesn't stop, we'll all starve." ”

Liu Xuan chuckled and looked at a few children, although the villagers would give him a little food for tuition, but everyone didn't have much food, Liu Xuan would also sneak into the mountains to hunt some prey, it was too easy for him to catch prey, but he never let the villagers find out, he was very satisfied with his current life, and he didn't want to break all this.

"I heard that tomorrow the village chief will pay homage to the immortals on the mountain, praying that the rain will stop soon. ”

"Yes, I heard from my dad that I had to kill two cows. ”

Several children talked nonsense, and Liu Xuan did not interject, quietly listening to the children's discussion.

The immortals in their mouths live in the Taoist temple on the mountain in the distance, look from the distance in the village, you can vaguely see the figure of the Taoist temple, listen to the villagers say that the Taoist temple existed a long, long time ago, there were people in the village to visit, but as long as the Taoist temple is close to the Taoist temple, it will be lost, and it will return to the village when it turns around, and over time the villagers think that there are immortals living there, and every time the village celebrates the New Year's festival, the village will worship in the direction of the Taoist temple, in order to pray for the blessing of the immortals.

Perhaps it was really the immortals who responded to their prayers, and the village has been in good weather these years. Liu Xuan went to explore the Taoist temple as early as one night two years ago, the Taoist temple is actually very dilapidated, Liu Xuan found a young man in the Taoist temple is cultivating, from the breath I feel that the young man has about six layers of cultivation, when Liu Xuan is about to explore deeply, a sharp breath suddenly came out from the depths of the Taoist temple, and the breath did not attack Liu Xuan, but only warned him that he had been discovered, Liu Xuan did not dare to continue deeper, and quietly returned to the village at night.

Retracting their thoughts, several children were still talking, and at some point they had begun to argue, and finally the eldest child shouted: "Don't quarrel anymore, let's ask Mr. Liu." ”

"Ask me what?" Liu Xuan was just distracted, not knowing what they were fighting for.

One child pointed to the older child and said, "The big cow said we should go hunting in the mountains, and I said that the rain was too heavy and it was too dangerous to go into the mountains now." ”

"Ergouzi, I think you're timid. Da Niu looked at him contemptuously and said, "Who knows when the rain will stop, we don't have food at home for two days, and it will be too late to go into the mountains when we eat it all." ”

Er Gouzi jumped up when he heard Da Niu's words, pointed at him angrily and said, "Who said that I was cowardly, didn't I just go into the mountain, and who was afraid of whom." ”

Hearing this, Da Niu nodded with satisfaction, looked at the remaining three children and asked, "Are you going?"

The remaining three children hesitated for a moment and couldn't make up their minds, and finally looked at Liu Xuan.

Liu Xuan finally understood what they were arguing about, and said with a smile: "It's really dangerous to enter the mountain with such heavy rain, but I'll go with you, and it'll be fine with me to protect you." ”

Several children looked at Liu Xuan in astonishment, and Da Niu said in surprise: "Mr. Liu, you are also going, the beasts in the mountains are very fierce, sir, you better not go, it's too dangerous." ”

The children in the village have been working since they were young, and they are already very strong at a young age, compared to them Liu Xuan looks much thinner, the people in the village have never seen Liu Xuan go into the mountains to hunt, and they all think that Liu Xuan lives on the food of the villagers as tuition, although it is a little strange why Liu Xuan's food always seems to be unfinished, but it is not too deep.

"Why? Look down on me?" Liu Xuan pretended to be angry and said: "Don't look at me so thin, I have a lot of strength." ”

Saying that, Liu Xuan also showed his thin arm to show off that little bit of muscle, which immediately attracted laughter from several people.

Da Niu patted his chest with a smile and said, "Mr. Liu, don't worry, you will definitely be fine with my protection." ”

The other children also hurriedly assured Liu Xuan that they would protect him, Liu Xuan did not refute, and after saying hello, he wore rain gear and sneaked into the mountain with a few children from the path next to the village.