Li Xiuyuan looked at him and said softly: "I still have a teacher in the academy. He said he would stay with me for a few more years. I guess he will be like you in a short time... I feel very uncomfortable."

The old man was silent for a long time, then suddenly reached out and touched his head, his eyes full of gentle appreciation.

"You are right to listen to what I said. The gentleman in your academy has been practicing all his life just to look forward to such a day. But because you gave him this opportunity, he is happy, and you must be happy for him too."

Li Xiuyuan looked at him blankly, speechless for a long time.

As a transcendent existence in the world, the old man knew very well what an amazing existence the young man in front of him would be in the future, but he could no longer see it.

Similarly, he felt that the old man in the academy could not be seen either.

Because this is the world of their young people, and their own world is in another place.

"Idiot, am I still here to accompany you? Hurry up and practice, and take me to the Demon Realm quickly..." The green eagle behind him roared again.

Li Xiuyuan smiled and said: "Ying'er, I forgot about you. There is a junior brother in the academy."

"It's true that this eagle can accompany you in your adventures in the future." The old man laughed, and then continued: "Look, you have the fairy spirit stone left. I'm afraid you have to refine it for a few more days, right?"

When Li Xiuyuan heard this, he fell silent immediately, just watching the hissing blue spiritual energy penetrate into his heart and hands.

He remembered the spring day of that year, when he gathered energy and built a foundation because of the golden sign entering his body. Finally, he watched helplessly as his master left him and ascended away.

After a long time, he raised his head, looked at the old man and said, "Sometimes when I think about it, practicing is meaningless. In the end, the purpose of practicing is to say goodbye to the people around you."

Listening to his answer, the old man narrowed his eyes into two slits and suddenly said: "Can you think about it from another angle? If you don't practice, you will be a fat sheep in the hands of others. They want to sell you several times.

I can sell you a few times."

Although Li Xiuyuan understood this truth, understanding and being able to do it were two different things. The man in front of him fell into the latter category. He really didn't want to experience the scene of that day again.

"My child, practicing is a very difficult thing. It is even more rare to be able to persevere and survive in the end."

The old man continued: "Both friends and enemies of my time are all dead. Otherwise, even if I meet an enemy of that time now, I will happily have three drinks with him."

Li Xiuyuan was slightly startled. He really had never thought about connecting friends with enemies, because he could feel that one day he would seek revenge on Jun Wuyou. After hearing what the old man said, he understood that after thousands of years,

, being always lonely after all.

Life is as lonely as snow, and it turns out that I am talking about the old man today.

"Let's have a nice drink tonight. When I came back, I killed a roe deer, which is enough for us to eat for a few days. Maybe one day I will suddenly leave you."

After the old man finished speaking, he couldn't help but sigh lowly.

On the one hand, I am happy, on the other hand, I am reluctant to give up.

The spring days were finally shorter than the summer days. By the time the two of them cleaned up a roe deer and cooked the broth, the sun had already set and they saw the moon climbing up.

Li Xiuyuan went to pick up some dry pine branches from around the cliff. When he came back, he walked to the fire and put them down, preparing to barbecue for a while.

It was a rare occasion for the old man to fetch a basin of water today. He washed his face carefully and tidied up his body before returning to sit down in front of the fire and waiting to eat Li Xiuyuan's barbecue.

Li Xiuyuan took out the oil and salt seasoning and prepared the barbecue.

The idle and bored Green Eagle raised its little head and stared at the moon in the sky in a daze.

He lowered his head and thought for a while, then asked Li Xiuyuan thoughtfully: "Li Xiuyuan, why do I feel that the moon tonight is much bigger and brighter than it used to be?"

Li Xiuyuan looked up at the moon in the sky, patted Qingying on the head, and replied: "What's so strange about that? Tonight is the fifteenth day, and there is one day every month."

"If you were flying in the sky, you would look more carefully, not to mention that tonight is the fifteenth day?" Li Xiuyuan marinated the roe deer meat and added some pine branches to the fire.

While putting the marinated meat on the grill, he turned the meat on the grill and continued to sprinkle some spices on it.

The firelight lit up Li Xiuyuan and Qingying's little faces, and they were both very excited.

Looking at the roasted roe deer meat dripping with oil, Qingying said viciously: "I was frightened by you today. I will eat more meat later."

Li Xiuyuan touched Qingying's head and said with a smile: "Okay, you can eat more later, I'm afraid you won't be able to finish it tomorrow."

After saying that, he took out a jar of wine, came out, looked at the old man and Qingying and said, "Just in time, let's drink a few glasses of wine and eat some barbecue on the night of the full moon. Life is just like this."

The old man smiled, took the wine jar from Li Xiuyuan's hand, filled the cup, and said: "There is wine, meat and stories! Life is really just like this."

Qingye stretched out his head and shouted: "There is still me. When I transform, I will have to drink every day."

Li Xiuyuan glared at her angrily and said to the old man: "Senior, look at it, is it such a wild person that it still wants to enter the world?"

Qingying ignored him, walked to the pot where the mushrooms were boiling, smelled the aroma, and said with a smile: "This soup is ready to drink. Hurry up and get a bowl of soup to drink first."

Li Xiuyuan shook his head, walked over holding two bowls, and lowered his head to fill the pot with soup.

While serving it, he said: "I said Ying'er, aren't you drinking? Why are you still thinking about my soup?" Then he filled the soup from the pot and handed it to the old man and Qing Ying.

He held it with his little hand, blew on it, took a small taste, sighed, and put down the bowl.

The old man took the bowl without looking at Li Xiuyuan, blew on it, and drank slowly while holding it.

The old man and Qingying ignored Li Xiuyuan, each holding their own bowls and drinking heavily.

The old man had never tasted such delicious mushroom soup before. While drinking, he asked, "How come the soup you made tastes so good?"

Li Xiuyuan looked at the old man and said with a smile: "The sunshine on Tianyun Mountain is good and the mushrooms are delicious. I added a little spice to make the soup more fragrant."

After drinking the soup, Li Xiuyuan walked to the barbecue shelf and said: "Actually, the mushrooms here are only as delicious as the ones in autumn. The current ones are still a bit less flavorful..."

"This eagle is just too lazy. Naturally, it became even lazier after it learned how to talk. Fortunately, a senior hunted a roe deer to eat. Otherwise, he would have been hungry today." Li Xiuyuan turned over the roasted roe deer meat that was dripping with oil.

.

Qing Ying glanced at him and said with wide eyes: "Since you can hunt, why do you want me to work so hard?" This tone clearly means that women are unreasonable.

Li Xiuyuan took a knife, cut a piece of meat from his leg, handed it to the old man, then cut off another piece and handed it to Ying'er.

I also cut a small piece. I held the roast and brought it to my mouth.

Qingying took a bite, looked at the old man and said, "Senior, today's meat is really delicious." After saying that, he lowered his head and reached into the wine glass on the ground.

The moonlight in the sky quietly shone on the three of them, and the firelight under the barbecue reflected their red faces.

Li Xiuyuan finished the barbecue in his hand, picked up the wine in front of him, looked at the old man and said, "Senior, I respect you for the sake of us meeting each other in the mountains."

The old man also picked up the wine glass, looked at Li Xiuyuan and said with a smile: "Thank you for the wine, which allowed me to enjoy the happy time back then."

Qingying turned around and urged Li Xiuyuan to cut the barbecue.

Looking at the roasted golden roe deer meat, Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but said: "I say Ying'er, this medicinal wine is very strong. Don't get me drunk."

The old man smiled and said nothing, and took the barbecue from Li Xiuyuan.

Qingying blushed and glared at Li Xiuyuan, shouting: "Tonight is the 15th, there is wine and meat, and it is rare to meet seniors on Tianyun Mountain, so I just want to get drunk!"

Li Xiuyuan lowered his head and thought for a while, then took a sip and said softly: "Really? Then drink a few more drinks and see if you can't get drunk for a while."

Jump up and continue cutting the barbecue.

Looking at Li Xiuyuan who was lowering his head to cut meat, the old man grinned. He picked up the wine bowl and took another sip.

Qing Ying, who had already drank two bowls, looked at the old man who was in high spirits, stretched out his wings to pick up the bowl, walked to the old man, and the two drank another bowl.

No matter what kind of wine Li Xiuyuan drinks, he will never be greedy because he has not liked drinking since he was a child.

Sitting on the bluestone slab, looking up at the bright moon climbing into the sky, I felt pride in my little heart.

Qing Ying, who was gradually fascinated by the flowers, and the old man, whose face turned red after drinking, said: "Senior, it's a pity that there will be wine but no piano tonight! Otherwise, I would have played a song."

Picking up a piece of stone from the edge of the cliff, he knocked on the stone slab on the ground and said:

A pot of wine among the flowers, drinking alone without any blind date.

Raise a glass to invite the bright moon, and make three people in the shadow

...

We rejoice together when we are awake, but we are separated when we are drunk.

We will travel together forever, and we will meet each other in Miao Yunhan.

Thinking of my parents whom I have not seen since childhood, the small Taoist temple on Luoxia Mountain, the old Taoist priest who I don’t know when I will see again, and the old man who is about to leave before me.

Li Xiuyuan felt so worried that he didn't know how to get rid of it.

There was a trace of melancholy growing at such a young age, and I couldn't find a place to vent for a while.

Seeing the old man and Qingying enjoying themselves while drinking, Li Xiuyuan also had an idea.

He walked to the fire, picked up the wine jar, poured a bowl, and put it into his mouth.

The old man looked at Li Xiuyuan's appearance and smiled faintly: "I didn't expect you to be able to recite poetry at such a young age. I have never heard this poem before. Yes, it fits the occasion!"

Qingying also looked up at Li Xiuyuan and smiled: "I think you are going to get drunk first!"

Li Xiuyuan glanced at it without saying a word. He just drank half the bowl of wine, then cut a few pieces of meat and distributed them to the old man and Qingying in front of him.

Then he tilted his head and fell to the ground with a "Gudong!"

The old man looked at Qingying and said with a smile: "Humanity is that if you are not drunk with wine, everyone will get drunk!"

Qingying looked at Li Xiuyuan and chuckled: "Senior, now we have to cut the meat ourselves!"

...

I don't know whether it was because he drank two bowls of medicinal wine or because he missed the old Taoist priest, but Li Xiuyuan dreamed again while resting his head on the cool breeze of the mountain.
To be continued...