Early the next morning, Tang Qiuyu took Xia Wutong, whose eyes were red and swollen, to have breakfast. Xiaohua sent the four of them to the entrance of the back mountain of Xuantian Temple and explained a few words to Nangong Ruyu.

Then, a group of four people embarked on a journey to conquer Fangcun Mountain.

On the first day, Li Ye did not go deep and came to the cave where the sword was made just after noon.

This was Tang Qiuyu and Xia Wutong's second time here, but Nangong Ruyu followed Li Ye several times.

Li Ye went down to the shore to fetch water and came back to clean the tables, chairs and stools in the cabin. Nangong Ruyu followed Tang Qiuyu and Xia Wutong and learned to cook. The four of them walked for more than two hours and were already hungry.

This was Xia Wutong's first time going into the mountains to collect herbs. Even in Qingcheng, she had never felt so adventurous.

This was already the first day for the four of them to enter the mountain, and it was also the first day for Tang Qiuyu and three others.

After spending an hour cleaning, the three of them finally had lunch near noon.

Seeing the embarrassed appearance of the three of them, Li Ye smiled and said: "This is the most comfortable day we will live in. From now on, we will sleep outdoors in Fengdin."

Tang Qiuyu looked at him and said, "Did you do the same thing when you went into the mountains with your husband?"

Li Ye thought for a while, looked at her and smiled and said: "My husband and I have it easier. We can just find something to eat, and we don't need to set up a tent at night. If there is a cave, we can live in a cave. If there is no cave, we can just find a big tree to lie on."

"Master, is he a monkey?" Nangong Ruyu handed Li Ye a small bowl and prepared to eat.

Li Ye said with a smile: "If you walk on the ground, you will encounter snakes and insects. Is Yu'er afraid?

Nangong Ruyu thought for a while, looked at him and said, "Master is not afraid, and Yu'er is not afraid."

"Sister, are you afraid?" Li Ye looked at Xia Wutong, who was filling the bowl with rice, and asked with a smile.

Xia Wutong thought for a while, looked at him and said to Tang Qiuyu: "These matters should be solved by junior brother, and don't bother senior sister."

When Li Ye heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned and looked at Tang Qiuyu blankly.

Tang Qiuyu glared at him and said with a smile: "Don't ask me about this, our master and apprentice have no experience in spending the night in the wild."

Li Ye shook his head, thinking that he had brought three novices out and had to teach them experience from scratch and take care of the three of them.

Thinking about it carefully, it would be a good idea to take advantage of Fangcun Mountain to collect herbs and teach the three of them the experience of living in the wild. When they go to Tianshan, they will not be in a hurry, otherwise they will be exhausted and scared and will not be able to complete the Tianshan crossing.

The three of them murmured while eating, and Li Ye naturally ignored them. He lowered his head and finished the rice in his bowl, poured another bowl of soup and drank it, and then put some vegetables into Nangong Ruyu's bowl.

"From now on, you have to learn to take care of yourself when you eat, do you understand?"

This was the first time that Li Ye didn't pick up food for the little girl during the meal. He felt that he should teach her more principles.

"Don't worry, Master. Yu'er and Sister Wutong will catch a snow chicken and roast it for you tomorrow."

Just like Mu Mu back in the movie, the little girl misses the barbecue cooked by Li Ye.

Li Ye looked at her and smiled: "Our main task is to collect herbs, not hunting."

Li Ye looked at her and frowned slightly.

Seeing that the master and apprentice were about to quarrel, Tang Qiuyu patted Nangong Ruyu's little hand and said, "When you encounter wild animals in the mountains, you can kill a few of them. Yu'er will not starve."

Li Ye shook his head and said with a smile: "If we encounter a larger beast, I'm afraid it will be enough for us to eat for ten days and a half."

He thought of the black-horned python that Xiaobai and the old ape brought back from the Tianshan Mountains. He didn’t know how long they had eaten it, but Xiaobai gave half of it to the old ape’s cave. Even so, Xiaoqing also brought back a lot of it when he went down the mountain.

Less dried meat.

"I will sleep in the cave tonight, and Mr. Tang and you three will sleep in the wooden house. It is very safe here and no wild animals will come at night."

Although he no longer needed to forge weapons, Li Ye still wanted to go in and stay for a while, feel the dragon's energy, and try to refine the dragon soul of that day in his body.

Nangong Ruyu looked at him and asked, "Do you want Yu'er to accompany the master?"

Li Ye smiled and said: "Yu'er will accompany Sister Wutong and Mr. Tang, and let my sister tell you a story."

Nangong Ruyu turned to look at Xia Wutong and asked seriously: "Sister, will you tell Yu'er a story?"

Xia Wutong was stunned, looked at Li Ye and said, "Look for your master. If that doesn't work, let my master explain it to Yu'er.

Li Ye took the three of them around the cave for more than an hour, but they couldn't find the elixir. Instead, they asked the two girls to pick a lot of wild flowers.

Fangcun Mountain has just woken up from winter. Everything is recovering and growing. Even if there are early fruits, they will have to wait until summer. Now we can only pick some fresh wild vegetables.

Fortunately, the two girls did not complain. Xia Wutong only needed to follow Tang Qiuyu, and Nangong Ruyu only needed to stay with Li Shen, and there would be no more demands.

At dusk in Qianshan Mountain, the four of them returned to the stone flat in front of the wooden house.

With the leftovers from lunch, the four of them filled their bellies. Li Ye cooked a pot of wild vegetable soup and added some dried meat to feed the three women.

Before Tang Qiuyu could chat with him, Li Ye ducked into the cave to feel the remaining trace of dragon soul in the dragon's skeleton in the square.

Nangong Ruyu went in a few times, got tired of playing, and stopped following him.

Tang Qiuyu looked at Li Ye's back and asked Nangong Ruyu, "Yu'er, can you enter that cave?"

Nangong Ruyu nodded: "Yu'er has gone in to play several times. It's not fun. There is a fire pond and a cold pond. The master doesn't allow Yu'er to go to the winter vacation pond. It's very cold."

Xia Wutong looked at her and asked, "Is there no other fun place?"

Nangong Ruyu looked at the two of them and shook her head desperately, and said with a smile: "If it's fun, Yu'er will go in with the master."

Tang Qiuyu nodded, thinking that if it was fun, how could this little guy endure loneliness? He might have gotten in early.

After asking about the situation in the cave, the master and apprentice stopped worrying about Li Ye. After making two cups of tea, the three of them returned to the house to rest.

...

The next day, the four of them pushed all the way deep into Fangcun Mountain.

As we continued to go deeper, the towering ancient trees gradually became more numerous and denser, and the light that could penetrate through the leaves became scarcer. A primitive and mysterious aura surrounded the four people.

"Master, have you and Master been here before?" Nangong Ruyu asked.

"Yes. That happened several years ago." Li Ye replied softly.

"Junior brother, why do I feel that something is creeping in? Isn't this Fangcun Mountain too mysterious?"

Xia Wutong, who was following behind, asked softly.

Tang Yu squeezed her little hand and said with a smile: "We have just entered the mountain and you are already scared? I should have told you and Xiaohua to stay at home."

"Are you afraid before we reach the Tianshan Mountains? You don't have to follow me and Yu'er to cross the Tianshan Mountains next time." Li Ye shook his head and laughed helplessly.

"Why am I afraid? I just feel a little bit creepy. Fortunately, the master is here." Xia Wutong held Tang Qiuyu's hand a little tighter.

"Fangcun Mountain, Yu'er is here!" Nangong Ruyu shouted, not sure if it was to encourage Xia Wutong or herself.

"Yu'er, do you want to call out all the beasts in this mountain?" Li Ye asked with a smile.

Xia Wutong looked at Li Ye who was walking in front and asked, "Junior brother, so you are already very familiar with this place?"

"No, I'm following Mr. and I've only been here twice."

Li Ye turned around, looked at her and smiled.

"Can you find the herbs we want?" Tang Qiuyu asked softly.

Taking a deep breath, Li Ye turned around and looked at the two of them and said, "Just a little more. You are not short of money. Just pick some and take them home to temper your body, right?"

Li Ye thought that he would pick some for Xiao Hua at best, after all, no one in the family needed them right now.

"I need to collect some more and give them to the emperor's brother and sister-in-law when I get back." Xia Wutong said reluctantly.

"Brother, what do you have? You can't do without these herbs." Li Ye looked at her and smiled.

Tang Qiuyu said as he walked: "Don't talk too much, just think about where you will spend the night tonight!"

Due to the tall trees and thick leaves, the four of them felt that the sky was getting darker.

Li Ye laughed and said: "We have only been walking for less than three hours, and it is still early. There seems to be an abandoned stone temple ahead where we can spend the night."

Tang Qiuyu nodded and replied: "It's good to have a place to spend the night. It's better than sleeping in the wild."

"It's just that after tomorrow, we will learn how to set up tents. The spring rain may come down anytime!" Li Ye said while holding Nangong Ruyu's little hand.

Tang Qiuyu couldn't do anything about what Li Ye said. After all, he was in the wild, so he could only say: "It depends on the situation. We bought things for tents at the foot of the mountain."

"Okay, best, everyone can squeeze in a little bit when the time comes. It's better than getting wet in the rain."

When exploring Fangcun Mountain, he would not be afraid of encountering wild animals, but the spring rain that came and went without a trace was the biggest headache. The last time he and his husband came in the summer, they didn't encounter much rain.

"It depends on your luck. Maybe we can encounter powerful monsters here. Monsters that are full of treasures are rare to see, right?"

Li Ye thought again of the black-horned python on the Tianshan Mountains. It was a treasure.

Tang Qiuyu said: "If we put it this way, if we can hunt monsters, wouldn't we boil them into concoction and use them to break through the realm in the future?"

"Yes! But it's not possible right now, because you have just broken through." Li Ye said with certainty.

"Let's try to be careful. Wutong and Yu'er don't get too far away." Tang Qiuyu looked at the two of them and said in a serious voice.

The four of them walked forward and saw the endless stone temple in front of them. Nangong Ruyu said with a smile: "There is no need to set up a tent tonight, Yu'er doesn't have to get wet in the rain."

"I can't tell, but there is really a place to rest!" Tang Qiuyu was not that particular about where to live. After all, she and Xia Wutong often traveled abroad, and occasionally staying overnight in a ruined temple was common.

"Hurry! Let's cook dinner before it gets dark." Li Ye waved his hand and took Nangong Ruyu to collect dry firewood and prepare to light a fire.

Tang Qiuyu took Xia Wutong to the stone temple, picked up a few stones, built a simple stove, and prepared to light a fire for cooking and boiling water.

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To be continued...