Chapter 98: Apricot blossoms in the clouds, yin and yang in harmony (please order the full version)
“Meow!”
Seeing a stranger suddenly come, the stubble that had just grown on Li Hu’s head stood up. , threw the yellow apricot in his hand, lay on the ground and arched his back, ready to let out a sharp meow.
Li Qinglue flicked his fingers, and the breeze carried the apricot flesh to the side, and softly comforted him: "Ah Hu, don't be afraid, this is my friend. Just call him Senior Niu."
Li Hu hesitated for a moment, stood up, tilted his head and recalled for a while, then unskillfully raised his hand towards Niu Xinjing: "Senior?"
Niu Xinjing looked down at him, slightly surprised: "Is this child raised by cats?"
Li Qing nodded and said: "That's right. After the big cat died, he was picked up by me. Since he was destined to be with her, he took him with him and gave him a name, Li Hu. .
"Fellow Taoist came at just the right time. The Chengyuan purple apricots in my house just matured yesterday. Taoist friend Jiang Xuan from Tianyun Mountain was also a guest at my house."
"I thought, it is rare. Since you two have come from afar, why not hold a Chengyuan Fruit Party and invite two fellow Taoists to taste it?”
Li Qing laughed, peeled off the yellow apricot peel and stuffed it to Li Hu: "Thank you so much, fellow Taoist Niu, for your kindness. I would rather obey your order respectfully."
Niu Xinjing led the way, Li Qing held Li Hu's little hand, and stood next to him. There were four milk cats nestled on the blanket, and they were walking through the forest together.
Going forward for about two miles, the ordinary apricot forest comes to an end. Further inside, there is the apricot tree.
From the first-level low-grade Tuyuan apricot, to the middle-grade Huangyuan apricot, and then to the top-grade Ziyun apricot, they follow the trend of the spiritual veins and rely on the spiritual energy nodes to grow in an orderly manner.
It was the apricot ripening season at this time, and many Niu clan members were busy picking fruits. When they saw the ancestor Niu Xinjing, they only said hello in a hurry, and then turned around to continue their work.
"Fellow Taoist, how are you doing with this fruit?" Niu Xinjing asked proudly.
Li Qing looked at the fruits and praised with a smile: "The fruit is fresh and full of spiritual energy, so naturally it is excellent."
Niu Xinjing laughed, picked a Tuyuan apricot, and went He took off the skin and core and stuffed it into Li Hu's hand: "Here, senior gave it to you, try it."
It's not that he is stingy and reluctant to give something better. It's just because the child has a mortal body and is too young to receive major supplements.
Li Hu was a little embarrassed. He looked up at Li Qing and saw him nodding, so he whispered: "Thank you!"
Then he broke the earth element apricot into six irregular parts, gave the small ones to the cat, kept the middle ones, and gave the big ones to Li Qing: "Eat!"
Niu Xinjing smiled: "This cat, He doesn’t care about food at all.”
Li Qing ate the apricot meat with a smile and rubbed Li Hu’s head: “This little guy is very clever.”
That’s it. In an apricot forest, a large pink cloud suddenly reflected in the distance, floating in the breeze along the hills.
"Wow..." Li Hu couldn't help but look distracted.
Li Qing took a closer look, where was that cloud? It is clearly a large area of apricot blossoms.
The mountain breeze blows gently, and the flowers and rain are flying in abundance, like tiny feathers, reflecting the clear sky in pink.
Niu Xinjing stroked his beard under his chin: "Look, fellow Taoist, that is my Chengyuan purple apricot forest. It blooms once every ten years, bears fruit once every ten years, and matures only after another ten years."
"The ones near the outside were picked last season, and now is the flower season. The ones that are ripe this time are the innermost ones."
"Fellow Taoist, don't look at the apricot blossoms all over the sky. , but in fact they don’t bear much fruit. I have three hundred fruit trees, divided into three seasons, and I can only get two to three hundred Chengyuan purple apricots in each season.”
Li Qing watched it from a distance for a while, and then said: "The ten sceneries of snow peaks, apricot flowers and clouds are truly worthy of their reputation."
Niu Xinjing gestured to Li Qing to ride in the wind with him: "This scene is best viewed from above. It's perfect..."
Li Qing took Li Hu and the milk cats into the air, observing the scenery while following him to the deepest part of the apricot forest, a large "return"-shaped house. This large mansion is where the Niu family belongs. As mentioned before, the Niu family was founded by Niu Xingjing and has no other clan members.
The people living here today are either his Taoist companions or his direct descendants. More than one hundred and seventy years have passed, and we no longer know how many generations have lived together.
Niu Xinjing summoned a junior, first took Li Hu and Naimao to settle them properly, and then led Li Qing to the lake pavilion in the center of the mansion.
At this time, in the pavilion, there was a red-robed Taoist with red beard and hair and eyes like copper bells, who was reviewing the chess game.
Seeing Li Qing, the Taoist cleared the chaos of the chess game and stood up. Without waiting for Niu Xinjing's introduction, he said, "I have met my fellow Taoist, the poor Taoist Jiang Xuan, who practices in Tianyun Mountain. I wonder where Youxian Township is?"< br>
Li Qing did not dare to neglect: "I have heard of Brother Tao for a long time, and I am fortunate to meet you today. I come from the Li family in Qinghe Valley by Xuefeng Lake. Brother Tao can call me by my name, Li Qing."
Tianyun Mountain is a spiritual mountain further north of the Zhou family's Qixingtan. There is a degraded third-level spiritual vein in it, which is occupied by five serious monks in the late stage of foundation building.
This Taoist Jiang Xuan is one of them. Before Li Qing built the foundation, he heard about his deeds.
It is rumored that he once participated in the secret realm competition between Da Zhou and Da Le. His violent fire element spells burned to death no less than two foundation-building monks, and there were also several sect prides among them. .
The shadow of a tree is like the name of a person. Faced with such a strong man, Li Qing cannot help but pay attention to it.
Jiang Xuan laughed loudly and said, "It's only due to fate that I got such a bad name. In fact, I have always been kind to others."
Li Qing did not answer this.
Niu Xinjing hurriedly led the two of them to sit down on the stone bench in the pavilion: "Fellow Daoist Li, Daoyou Jiang is my old friend, and he is the most warm-hearted."
He also introduced Li Qing to Jiang Xuan: "This Friend Li, with you Normally, he builds the foundation by himself. His skills in spiritual cultivation and alchemy are both extraordinary." Jiang Xuan raised his eyebrows when he heard this: "Fellow Daoist, there are many people in my world today. After borrowing the Foundation Establishment Pill, I have no energy and dare not break through. It’s really unpleasant!”
Li Qing couldn’t accept this. After all, he also borrowed the Foundation Establishment Pill for his first Foundation Establishment, and it was still a stone. Bad pill.
Niu Xinjing, on the other hand, was very uncharacteristic of a great monk of Foundation Establishment and rolled his eyes: "What are you doing here? What happened to me taking the Foundation Establishment Pill?"
Jiang Xuan laughed loudly: "It's okay to take the Foundation Establishment Pill, but if you took a fake one, it's worth talking about."
Li Qing couldn't help being shocked: "This Foundation Establishment Pill is also fake. ?”
Niu Xinjing smiled bitterly and said: “In the past, I mistook fish eyes for pearls and almost died...”
Li Qing thought for a moment: “Since Zhu The foundation is fake, so Taoist Niu should have built the foundation on his own?"
Niu Xinjing was disappointed: "How can I have such qualifications? I just relied on the secret technique to follow the path of Yin and Yang. It’s just a crooked way to build the foundation of the road..."
Li Qing thought of the opponent's "achievements" of starting a family by himself, and couldn't help shaking his head and laughing: "A blessing in disguise, how could you know it was a blessing?"
Niu Xinjing was stunned for a moment: "What's the story of this?"
Li Qing himself was stunned. He rummaged through his memory for a while before telling the story to the two of them.
“It’s a blessing in disguise, how could you know it’s not a blessing?” Niu Xinjing murmured, “Misfortune, cause and effect, cycle... One yin and one yang is called Tao, and the so-called yin and yang is not just the two qi of yin and yang?”
Li Qing frowned and was about to speak when Jiang Xuan next to him looked solemn and made a "silence" gesture towards him.
After another half a while, Niu Xinjing's true energy suddenly rose up, exuding bursts of pink and overwhelming aura, which made people feel restless and their blood surge up when they heard it.
(End of this chapter)