Chapter 25 Fruit

"Fruit?"

Li Xiangping raised his head and looked at Li Qiuyang who was sitting cross-legged in confusion.

"yes…"

Li Qiuyang seemed a little uneasy, holding the corners of his clothes tightly with both hands. After practicing for a few nights, he had condensed a wisp of spiritual energy. He felt that his speed was not up to par with the one in the scroll, and he was afraid that he would mess up his practice, so he quickly took the method. Ask Li Xiangping.

When Li Xiangping heard about Li Qiuyang's cultivation speed, he was so frightened that he took the Qingyuan Wheel-raising Technique and looked at it again and again, and pondered it carefully several times.

After a full cup of tea, Li Xiangping raised his head and asked if he had eaten anything strange.

After thinking about it carefully, Li Qiuyang suddenly remembered something important and quickly replied:

"A few years ago, several friends competed for courage and agreed to climb the back mountain. In the end, I was the only one who went up the mountain. I didn't see my friends on the way and I lost my way unknowingly."

"As I was walking, I saw a small green tree with six or seven bright red fruits hanging on it. The fruits were shining red and looked very delicious."

"I really couldn't hold it back, so I picked a fruit and ate it in a daze. I walked down the mountain in a daze. After I came back, I slept for three days. My father was so worried that many people came to see it."

After listening to Li Qiuyang's words, Li Xiangping couldn't help being speechless for a while, patted Li Qiuyang's shoulder and said:

"Now it seems that you can condense the Xuanjing Wheel in just a little over a year."

Seeing Li Qiuyang's face full of hope, Li Xiangping continued:

"But there's something more important."

Li Qiuyang was stunned for a moment and looked up at Li Xiangping.

"Take me up the mountain to find the spiritual root."

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Li Tongya returned to Lijing's small courtyard. As soon as he stepped over the stone steps in front of the door, he saw Liu Rouxuan sitting obediently in the courtyard, holding her chin with her hands and counting the fruit seedlings in the spiritual field.

Seeing Li Tongya coming in from the door, Liu Rouxuan stood up from the stone bench, looked at Li Tongya with lowered eyebrows, and timidly said:

"Immortal Master."

"No need to be so polite."

Li Tongya waved his hand, glanced quickly from Liu Rouxuan's beautiful eyebrows, and said with a smile:

"I'm only six or seven years older than you, just call me Tongya."

Seeing Li Tongya looking easy to talk to, Liu Rouxuan relaxed a lot, thought for a while and said:

"Brother Tongya."

Li Tongya nodded, stood up, took out a wooden slip from the wooden frame in the room, and said to Liu Rouxuan:

"This is the secret formula for the Fetal Breathing Realm. It is called "Qingyuan Lun Yang Method". You must memorize it in the courtyard first and remember not to spread it outside."

"yes!"

Liu Rouxuan responded in surprise, took the wooden slip with both hands respectfully, and held it in her arms carefully.

"Every day at Chen and Shen hours, someone will bring meals. If you need anything, you can tell that person and ask someone to bring it."

Li Tongya took the teapot and poured the tea while talking. He poured two small cups of tea and continued:

"I am not often in this courtyard on weekdays, but Chen Shi and Shen Shi will come to give spiritual rain to this spiritual field. If you have any questions about practice, just ask."

Seeing Liu Rouxuan nodding her head, Li Tongya smiled and asked softly:

"Have the household utensils and clothes been delivered?"

"It has been delivered." Liu Rouxuan replied.

"Then you can settle down in the east room and practice hard on weekdays. Don't go out before you have achieved Xuanjing. Have you studied?"

Li Tongya suddenly asked.

"I read some when I was young and learned some words."

"Then there is no need for me to teach you one by one. You can read it through first and then ask me if you have any questions."

Liu Rouxuan responded repeatedly, holding the wooden slip and reading it word by word.

Watching Liu Rouxuan lowering her head to read the Qingyuan Wheel-raising Method, Li Tongya sipped his tea and thought about it:

"This child has come to Lijing Village, is unfamiliar with the place, and is stuck in this courtyard. He doesn't have to worry about his skills leaking out in the past few years."

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard a loud laugh and someone pushed the door open and entered the small courtyard.

"Third brother, why are you here?"

Li Tongya spoke in surprise, but saw Li Qiuyang following Li Xiangping with an uneasy look on his face.

When Li Xiangping told the story about the spirit root, Li Tongya was naturally surprised and kept an eye on Li Qiuyang. Together, the two of them took Li Yesheng and several strong men from the village to the back mountain.

The season has entered late autumn, and the mountains behind are desolate and scattered, with fallen leaves. The beasts have grown fat and strong, and are hibernating in preparation for the winter.

With the rich and vibrant reed marshes, the people of Lijing Village have never been very interested in the back mountains. They can only rely on the reed marshes for fish and meat, so why go to the deep mountains to fight with the wild beasts?

Therefore, generations of people in Lijing Village only rely on the few forests at the foot of the back mountain to cut some firewood and use some wormwood or June snow to cook. These short trees grow quickly and are easy to pick. Only building I only went up to the mountains to cut wood when I was building a house.

Therefore, the path on the back mountain was overgrown with thorns and vines, and Li Qiuyang couldn't remember the general path, so a few villagers took hatchets to open the way, with Li Xiangping and Li Tongya following behind.

"Second brother, I have some questions."

Li Xiangping took Li Qiuyang's hand and turned to look at Li Tongya.

"how?"

"You said that Si Yuanbai has drawn a boundary for my family. Outside this boundary is other people's land. Before the rise of my Li family, that family only needs to send one child to this place. Who dares to disobey?"

"Then why, after our Li family has been working here for two hundred years, no immortal cultivator is willing to come? Do we really disdain these mortals?"

Li Tongya touched his chin and said solemnly:

"I have also thought about this matter. Listening to what Si Yuanbai said, this place has been without spiritual power for hundreds of years. Therefore, there is no qualifications for cultivating immortals, and no cultivators are willing to waste time here."

"Second, here is Dali Mountain. The mountains are endless. How many monsters and ghosts are there in the mountains? It is far less comfortable than that county."

Li Xiangping nodded in agreement, his face looked a little ugly, and he said lowly to Li Tongya:

"Brother, there is a worse possibility."

"Although the Qing Po Sect is said to be extremely powerful, it only occupies a quarter of the Yue Kingdom. Isn't there any strong enemy around it? I'm afraid that my Li family is on the edge of his Qing Po Sect's power!"

"Two villages are competing for water, and naturally no one is willing to plant crops on the other side. This is the reason. According to Xu Wenshan, to the south is the Kingdom of Wu. There are constant frictions between Wu and Yue, and the relationship between the Immortal Sect behind it may not be better. Where to go!"

Li Tongya felt a shiver in his heart, his expression became ugly, and he said:

"But it was an oversight. Tomorrow we will send someone to carefully investigate the area around Guli Road. The most important thing is to find out the situation of my Li family first."

"I just hope that my Li family won't be the crops that Qingchi Sect randomly planted on the side."

Li Xiangping smiled bitterly, but he heard Li Yesheng in front of him shouting with several sweaty villagers.

"Immortal Master! What a big worm!"

I can’t read this chapter’s posts and comments during this sensitive period, but I’ve carefully corrected the typos in everyone’s comments~ It’s Li Yesheng haha, they’ve all been corrected, it seems like you can’t see my reply, so I’ll share it here~