"Li Yunyao, deputy sect master of Tianyuan Shenwu Sect, led a team to visit."
After saying this, Xingying immediately stopped, and her expression was obviously a little cautious.
At the same time, he was secretly looking at Li Mu.
Seems to be waiting for his instructions on the matter.
"He's the deputy master of the Shenwu Sect."
After hearing this, Li Ma smiled and said: "Sure enough, you can only learn to work hard after losing support. If I have been guiding you from the side, her ability to achieve Lian Gang now will probably be the limit."
Xingying lowered her head and waited patiently.
At this moment she...
In other words, almost everyone in the Star Martial Temple is worried.
They were worried whether their palace master would abandon the Xingwu Temple and return to Tianyuan.
After all, Tianyuan and Taibai are his hometown.
There are his parents, relatives, and friends.
That piece of land is the place where he was truly born and raised.
"Let her come."
Li Ma said: "Zhang Dongwang, just ask him to wait."
"yes."
Xingying immediately agreed.
But the worry in my heart only increased.
From the fact that Li Mu chose to see Li Yunyao first instead of Zhang Dongwang, the imperial envoy who brought a huge crisis, we can judge what was more important in his mind.
At this time, there were bursts of excited sounds from the door.
"Palace Master."
"Palace Master, you are finally back."
"That's great. I know that with the power of the Lord of the Palace, the world is as big as it can be."
It was Shi Shihu, Xing Hui, Xie Longcheng and others.
"Um."
Li Ma responded: "Xingying has just told me about the Xingwu Temple in general. In the past month or so, you have done a good job."
"It all depends on the palace master's control and guidance of the overall situation."
Shi Lihu and others bowed and saluted at the same time.
"Let's go, the Star Martial Temple will operate according to this model."
Li Midao.
Immediately afterwards, he thought of something: "Let Lin Langya come to see me in two hours."
"yes."
Shi Lihu and others responded respectfully and retreated.
They came here to report to Li Ma the affairs of the Xingwu Temple for more than a month, as well as some major events that required his decision-making.
But now the palace master has listened to Xingying's report, and there are no new instructions, so naturally they can't disturb his practice for a trivial matter.
Especially Shi Shihu, who knows Li Ma best, he knows very well what the Star Martial Temple means to him.
An organization for obtaining spiritual resources.
Perhaps there are other factors involved, such as inheriting his martial arts, developing it into a holy place, improving local people's livelihood, etc.
But these goals are secondary.
The core of everything must be centered around the goal of benefiting his practice.
In this regard, Shi Shihu, Xie Longcheng and others are also very supportive.
In such a world where thousands of great powers are integrated into one body, only when Li Mu becomes stronger can the Star Martial Temple usher in a broader space for development.
So they will do their best to work towards this goal.
If possible, try not to disturb the palace master.
Of course, reporting on some major events and major expenditures is naturally essential.
It has nothing to do with Li Mu’s trust.
Rather, they must find their own interests.
Only in this way can the Xingwu Temple continue to develop on this land for a long time.
In this way, the warrior system can escape the fate of being a supplement to the star refiner system and serving as cannon fodder for reconnaissance.
…
Shi Shihu and others quickly left, and Li Ma was sitting in the courtyard, sitting on a wooden rattan chair under a large parasol, quietly reading a report on the construction of hundreds of miles of infrastructure around Hualong Mountain.
Not long after, Xingying stepped into the courtyard with a beautiful figure.
It is Li Yunyao.
It has only been more than a year since we last met, but the personal temperament of this girl, whose real age is only twenty years old, has already undergone great changes.
She lost a little bit of her original youthfulness, liveliness, innocence and cuteness, and a little bit more mature and steady that was not in line with her age.
but……
This maturity and stability were instantly broken by Li Mi's words.
"coming."
Li Ma smiled and put down the report: "Sit down."
Li Yunyao, who originally had a stern face and seemed to want to "raise an army to prosecute", suddenly turned red and a trace of mist quickly appeared in his eyes.
But then she thought of something again and forcibly suppressed the mist in her eyes.
He even turned his head, not wanting to look at him.
Obviously angry with him.
Li Ma glanced at Xingying.
She immediately bowed knowingly and retreated.
Soon, only Li Ming and Li Yunyao were left in the courtyard.
"Let me tell you a story."
Li Ma did not greet him anymore and turned his head. Li Yunyao, who was standing stubbornly, said calmly: "There was once a person whose parents both died of illness when he was fifteen years old. From that day on, he suddenly realized that life is so...
He thought of many ways to change this situation, but he was unable to change it. In the end, he chose to practice martial arts. He wanted to rely on martial arts training to change the weakness of life, rely on martial arts training to promote the evolution of life, rely on martial arts,
Let’s see...how far human beings, this kind of life, can evolve.”
Li Yunyao was startled.
"But at that time, he was not taught by famous teachers and had never been exposed to martial arts. What he had was an unwillingness to give up and a strong will that would never give up. With blood and sweat ten times that of ordinary people, he succeeded others.
He was practicing martial arts when he was sleeping, he was practicing martial arts when he got up to go to work, he was practicing martial arts when others were taking a lunch break, and he was still practicing martial arts when he was walking at night."
Li Ma said calmly: "Day after day, year after year, regardless of the continuous spring rain, regardless of the scorching summer, regardless of the howling autumn wind, regardless of the heavy snowfall, or the cold weather, he searched for information and rummaged through ancient books.
Visit martial arts masters, walk through wilderness, climb mountains, cross rivers, go deep into ancient forests, fight wolves, tear apart tigers and leopards, hunt pigs and bears, step by step, climb up the road of martial arts arduously and resolutely, and move forward."
He looked at Li Yunyao: "Sixteen years are like one day, until Dan Jin."
Li Yunyao heard what Li Ma had said before and thought it was the growth history of a peerless martial saint. However, when she heard that after sixteen years of hard training, this person had only achieved Dan Jin, she felt a little overwhelmed.
Almost laughed.
only……
Ms. Li did not smile.
Just looking at her so calmly.
Li Yunyao felt a little uncomfortable when he saw her, so she calmed down her expression.
But then, she thought carefully...
Sixteen years as a day!
Sixteen years!
Who can persevere for sixteen years in such a harsh and ascetic environment?
And if someone can really persevere in this harsh environment for sixteen years, what kind of firm goal and will should he have?
"In the real world, there is no reward for hard work, and in the real world, there is no such thing as great success. Sixteen years of hard training left countless hidden dangers and injuries on his body. At only thirty-one years old, his body has collapsed and is on the verge of death.
In the event of death, one can only use the power of the Hunyuan Dan to regain the vitality lost over the years, so that the life that longs for evolution will not come to an end at the age of thirty-one."
Li Midao.
When Li Yunyao heard this, she couldn't help but be silent.
Thirty-one years old.
In order to evolve life, I chose martial arts, and the result...
At only thirty-one years old, my body has been completely damaged.
this……
what is this?
Putting the cart before the horse?
"Then he..."
Li Yunyao opened her mouth and wanted to ask.
To her question, Li Ma also gave an answer simply and neatly.
"he died."
His tone was so calm that he seemed to be really telling a story.
"At the moment when the elixir is held, the hidden danger breaks out, the qi and blood are reversed and the person dies."
"ah!?"
Li Yunyao couldn't help but exclaimed.
"Tell me, if...he was allowed to live his life again...would he regret his choice and continue on this evolutionary path that may still fail and lead to death in the future?"
Li Ma looked at Li Yunyao and asked: "Even...in this life, he has a mother, elder sister, younger sister, relatives and friends..."
Li Yunyao was startled, as if she had realized something, her face suddenly turned pale, and her delicate body could not help but tremble slightly.
"伱......"
Li Ma did not speak any more, but calmly picked up the teapot, poured a cup of tea, and tasted it quietly.
As for what he tasted...
There is nothing mysterious about it.
Tea is tea.
For him, a thirst-quenching drink.
It is no different from water or drinks.
The reason for drinking tea...
Just because there is tea on the table.
convenient.
Li Yunyao, who couldn't help but tremble slightly all over, looked at Li Ma, who was sitting quietly, but her appearance had obviously changed regardless of her age. Suddenly, her heart was filled with an unspeakable sadness.
This kind of sadness made her unable to control her emotions at all, and she couldn't help but burst into tears.
She just looked at Ms. Li, feeling so weak and helpless at this moment.
Li Ma did not comfort her or persuade her, she just waited.
Wait for her to come out of this emotion on her own.
No matter how good the relationship is, one ultimate topic cannot be avoided - birth, old age, illness and death.
Children will watch their parents die.
A wife will watch her husband pass away.
Friends and family will watch their best friends pass away.
In this world, nothing is immortal.
There is nothing eternal in this world.
When this happens, all people can do is learn to accept it.
Although Ms. Li practices martial arts to avoid this kind of thing happening, but...
He was also mentally prepared to face and accept all this at any time.
The silence in the field lasted for several minutes.
Li Yunyao, who couldn't stop crying and was in a state of great joy and sadness, suddenly swayed and fell down weakly.
Seeing this, Li Ma stood up, stepped forward and reached out to take her, and held her up.
Li Yunyao looked up at him, her eyes filled with tears as she looked at this figure whose appearance had obviously changed but whose aura was exactly the same as the one in her mind.
"elder brother……"
She screamed unconsciously.
"Um."
Li Ma also responded, stroking her hair gently.
"elder brother!!"
The next moment, Li Yunyao could no longer control the sadness in her heart. She threw herself on Li Fei and cried loudly.