The two of them made soup and cooked rice. After finishing the meal, it was already Haishi. Li Ye looked at Xiaobai who was lying on the bamboo chair after eating and said, "Do you want to go down the mountain tomorrow, or stay on the mountain for one more day?"

Xiaobai, who was rubbing his belly, shouted without thinking: "I'm going down the mountain tomorrow. I want to go to the city with Xiaoqing. She promised to take me shopping to buy delicious food."

Li Ye was so angry that he walked over and gently held Xiao Bai's ear and said, "You are a foodie, what else can you do besides eating and playing? You can go back if you want. After practicing your sword tomorrow morning, go down the mountain!"

"I want to play before I get down from the mountain. It seems that I need to ask my husband to discipline you in the future. I won't let you learn from those people in the city and become lazy!" Li Ye pulled up a chair and sat down by the door.

"Ouch! Are you still my brother? You are so cruel to your own brother!" Xiaobai looked at Li Ye with contempt.

"They are two different things. It's just fun. You must not be lazy when it's time to practice. You have to understand this truth." Li Ye looked out of the house and said. "You might have to stay in the temple overnight tomorrow, and you can return to the city the day after tomorrow."

"What happened again? Didn't you say you were going down the mountain and back to the city?" Xiaobai muttered.

Looking at the dark sky outside the house, Li Ye said quietly: "Xiao Qing brought my husband and asked me to go to the Great Buddhist Temple to find my old monk before entering the city. He probably wanted to solve the problem of cultivation for me.

"

Xiaobai was stunned for a moment, thinking that this really happened.

At that moment, he stopped making any sound, closed his eyes and said, "I'm sleeping. Don't disturb me tomorrow morning. Let me sleep a little longer."

Li Ye was startled and looked back at Xiao Bai who had closed his eyes. After thinking for a moment, he waved his hand and blew out the rosin oil lamp on the table with a burst of energy.

...

In the Tianshan Mountains in late summer and early autumn, it lights up after half a day at Mao Shi.

Li Ye opened his eyes and looked at Xiao Bai who was snoring next to him. He shook his head and thought that he would let you go today.

He climbed up from the recliner, carried the wooden bucket and the iron pot to the cave to fetch water, wash and wash the rice. When he lit the fire to make porridge, Xiaobai didn't wake up.

Shaking, he took down the wooden sword sharpened by his husband from the wooden stand and walked out of the wooden house.

Standing by the cedar forest, I felt the wooden sword in my hand and thought that the iron wooden sword was indeed more important than the bamboo sword. I waved my hand and continued my daily practice.

Just thinking about the reason for going down the mountain again today, he did not practice the sword with his left hand. Instead, after practicing the sword with his right hand, he went to the entrance of the cave to take off his clothes, and washed the sweat stains on his body carefully with the cold water.

I thought that I had already taken a bath, and that going to the Great Buddha Temple was in compliance with the rules.

...

"What are you thinking about? Didn't you just eat porridge? You were distracted before you came down the mountain. I won't dare to take you out to hang out in the future." Li Ye smiled and patted Xiao Bai on the shoulder.

"I didn't think about anything. This is not my first time in the city. I am very excited. I also want to see your parents and sister. I don't know how to call them yet." Xiaobai looked at Li Ye and shook his head.

"What's your name? You are my brother. Of course, what is my name is yours? Yamashita is also your parents and sister. What are you thinking in your confused mind?"

"Oh!" Xiao Bai responded, dodged and ran ahead of Li Ye, running down the mountain.

After breakfast, the two of them tidied up the cabin, closed the woods, and headed down the mountain one after another.

Li Ye, who has been away from home for more than two years, is timid about being close to home.

Xiaobai, who entered the world for the first time, was eager to try and full of unknown joy.

When the two of them took two hours to reach the place where Li Ye had carved the words on the stone slab, Xiaobai pointed to the words on it and asked, "What does this mean? I don't seem to know a single word."

Li Ye raised his head and looked at the words he had carved on the stone slab. Without saying a word, he asked Xiao Bai to borrow the black knife and jumped forward.

After brushing for less than a quarter of an hour, he carved a few words on it again, clapped his hands and returned Heili to Xiaobai.

He said with a smile: "These are the words I remembered when I went up the mountain with my husband. Together they read: I have a long-lasting ambition, and I can descend the Tianshan Mountains with one sword."

Xiaobai followed the black sword with a good heart, and softly recited in his heart: "I have had long-lasting ambitions, and I can go down to the Tianshan Mountains with one sword."

"What does this mean? Explain it to me." Xiaobai shouted, pulling Li Ye's sleeve.

"Go back and let your husband tell you. Go down the mountain quickly and see if you can get a carriage on the official road. You can't go back on foot." Holding Xiaobai's hand, the two of them continued walking down the mountain.

Xiaobai gnawed on the dried meat, and Li Ye hummed a ditty from Fengyun City. The two of them walked leisurely on the official road towards the city. Within two miles, they met a carriage returning to the city and waved to them.

Suddenly, two people jumped on the carriage.

"Please take me to the Great Buddhist Temple outside the city first, and then take my brother back to Zizhuyuan in the city." Li Ye said to the coachman with a smile.

Xiaobai refused to sit in the car and sat outside the car next to the driver, with an excited look on his face. This was his first time riding a carriage. Nothing could describe his mood like happiness, excitement, and novelty.

"Okay, it's Zizhuyuan where Mr. Mo and his wife live in the city. I know that place." Please sit down, both of you. The coachman waved his whip, and the two black horses started running happily.

The carriage traveled very quickly, and within half an hour we saw the mountain gate of the Great Buddha Temple.

Li Ye asked the coachman to stop the carriage, jumped down, took out two silver coins and handed them to him.

He took Xiaobai's hand and said: "When you get to Zizhuyuan, tell me that I asked you to come. Give your husband and Xiaoqing's names and they will let you in. I will be back at noon tomorrow at the latest. I will talk about my business after I come back."

, Xiaoqing will tell them about your matter."

Li Ye thought for a while and decided to let Xiaobai return to the city first.

He knew that Xiaobai was thinking about playing with Xiaoqing, so he probably wouldn't go back to the city that quickly to see the old monk.

Xiaobai nodded, took Li Ye's hand and said, "Brother, you have to come back early, otherwise they keep asking me, and I don't know how to answer."

"What are you afraid of? You are a master in the city. Who dares to bully you? Come on, remember to kowtow to my father and mother for me. Do you know how to call them?" Li Ye said with a smile.

"I know, I know, don't I just call you daddy and mommy together? Who is afraid of whom?" Xiaobai's neck stiffened.

"Sit down, little sir, we are going back to the city!" The coachman thanked Li Ye, whipped his horse whip, and left the Great Buddha Temple and ran towards the city.

Watching the carriage gradually run away, he turned around and walked towards the mountain gate of the Great Buddha Temple.

"I've met Master Wuchen." Standing at the gate of the temple, the young novice monk clasped his hands together and saluted Li Ye.

Li Ye was startled, and quickly returned the greeting, asking softly: "When did I become the little master's uncle?"

"Uncle is the disciple of the abbot, so he is naturally our uncle. The abbot has already known that you are coming and is waiting for you in the Buddhist hall." After saying that, he turned around and led the way, and walked towards the temple.

Looking at the temple after two years of absence, Li Ye felt a lot of emotion in his heart.

The two walked through the two halls and came to the front of the Buddhist hall where the old monk was. The young novice saluted Li Ye again and turned to leave.

After adjusting his clothes, he exhaled quietly, took off his shoes and placed them outside the temple. Li Ye walked in gently.

I saw the old monk sitting under the Buddha statue with his eyes closed, holding the Bodhi in his left hand and turning it gently, and reciting scriptures in his mouth.

He walked to the old monk, knelt down, and shouted softly: "Master, I'm back."

The old monk opened his eyes with a smile on his face, looked at Li Ye and said, "After two years of separation, you are finally back."

"Although I am in Tianshan and cannot come to pay filial piety to the master, I am always thinking about you, master." Li Ye thought about all the doubts he had and finally had the answer, and he couldn't help but feel happy.

The old monk stood up, lit a stick of incense, pointed to the stove on the table and said, "Come and boil water to make tea."

Li Ye got up and added two pieces of charcoal to the stove. Because he was nervous, his movements were a little clumsy. With trembling hands, he added water to the kettle and gently put the tea leaves into the teapot.

With great difficulty, I picked up the two teacups and rinsed them with hot water. Then I warmed the pot, washed the tea, and washed the cups.

In a moment, the fragrance of the old monk's light, together with the fragrance of tea brewed by Li Ye, was inhaled and passed into his nasal cavity, causing him to lower his eyes involuntarily, with an intoxicated look on his face.

"Why are you so careless? Why did you make your face look like this just because you were practicing? Or was it because of your adventure on the Tianshan Mountains that you broke through to Nascent Soul so quickly?"

The old monk took the tea cup from Li Ye and frowned.

"I was struck by lightning a few times when I broke through the golden elixir, and then it became like this. I'm used to it. In the past few months, by chance on the mountain, I broke through several realms, and now it's like this."

Li Ye also picked up the cup in front of him and gently smelled the aroma of tea.

"As a result, the mental method you have practiced in the first half of "The Formless Dharmakaya" will no longer be able to hide your realm. Our previous preparations will have to be rearranged, and you will have to suffer some hardships."

Monk Li, who was holding flowers and smiling, couldn't help but feel worried in his heart.

Lowering his head and turning the beads in his hand, the old monk pondered for a moment and finally made a decision.

Looking at Li Ye, he said: "Two options. One, you leave immediately for Fangcun Mountain in the West Xuan Territory, where you can practice until the "Shadowless Dharma Body" is perfected, and then go down the mountain."

Looking at Li Ye's dazed look, he continued.

"Second, I will use elixirs and Buddhist dharma to lock your realm, leaving only the physical skills of the "Shadowless Dharmakaya". You can continue to practice in the temple and the city for a while, and you can follow Mr. Mo again in the spring of next year.

Let’s go to Fangcun Mountain together.”

"It's just that in this way, you will not only have to suffer, but you will also have to face the eyes of everyone who knows you. They will think that you have been practicing hard on Tianshan Mountain for two years, but you are still in the state of gathering energy when you come down."

The old monk looked at Li Ye and said.

Li Ye was stunned. He didn't expect that he would cause so much trouble just because he had the courage to break through.

"I can't leave for the time being. I have been away from home for two years. I have to go home and live for a while. Let's go to Fangcun Mountain with my husband next year!" Li Ye clasped his hands together and looked at the old monk and said.

The old monk nodded, looked at Li Ye with a smile and said: "There is no difficulty in the road, only choice. It is a joyful thing that you can make a choice."

When Li Ye heard this, a faint smile appeared on his face, and he looked at the old monk with a silly smile.

"Buddhist practice includes the path of wealth and the path of suffering. Since you have broken through to the realm of Nascent Soul and completed the previous chapter of "The Formless Dharma Body", you should practice the suffering method. This will have a positive impact on your state of mind and your future life in the world.

Many of my encounters have been of great benefit.”
Chapter completed!