Aunt Qi packed half of her things, Linglong just said, "What are you doing with those? I'm carrying a sword and a change of clothes."
Aunt Qi didn't know what to say for a long time.
She wished she could eat, drink, wear, and bring all the things in the yard to Linglong.
"Aunt Qi, don't clean up." Linglong told her to sit down, and took out a envelope of money wrapped in hemp paper: "I leave this for you."
Aunt Qi froze and sat down slowly.
The only ones Li Fulin wanted to take away were his apprentices. Those who were doing handyman on the mountain couldn't be taken away. Ordinary people are different from those who practice Taoism. The road to Beifu City is not close, and the road is full of dangers. Ordinary people cannot go there.
Li Fulin's arrangement for them was to give each of them a sum of money and take them down the mountain to the town, where they could settle and live. What Li Fulin meant was that if they returned to Liushan, these people could still return to the mountain to continue their lives. If they... maybe don't come back, this money is enough for these people to live in peace.
Others were also reluctant, but they were all satisfied with the arrangement. Because they have worked on the mountain for many years, they also understand the difference between ordinary people and those who practice Taoism. The place in Beifu City is too far away, and those who practice Taoism will spend a month on the road, and that place is not suitable for ordinary people to live, so they can't go there. Some people who work on the mountain came back to Liushan with the idea of not being afraid of hardships and asking the gods. It is said that people who wanted to go up the mountain to seek the Tao had fallen to their deaths at Yubeipo.
But where is this road so easy to walk? Some people only understand this truth after they go up the mountain. If they don’t have that understanding, even if they stay on the mountain for a long time and watch other people practice every day, they just can’t figure it out.
Since you can't seek the Tao, where in this world can't you earn a living
Aunt Qi was different.
She went up the mountain for a long time, and was rescued by Li Fulin and brought to the mountain. Even the eldest brother was hugged by her when he was a child, fed and washed diapers, let alone the others. Later, as the other disciples grew up, Aunt Qi took care of Linglong's yard exclusively, and she also helped with other people's affairs, but she did less.
There should be no place for her to stay at the foot of the mountain, and it's probably not safe for a woman to carry money.
Although Linglong is a little careless, she has a good relationship with Aunt Qi, and the relationship they get along year after year is different from others.
"I'm planning to entrust someone to take care of you first." Linglong said: "The shopkeeper Zhang who runs the inn at the foot of the mountain is very kind, honest and loyal, and has also received the favor of Master. You can live there first, and his family will take care of you. Anyway, he opened the inn in a big place. , There are also meals next to the inn, and it is convenient to cook and eat by yourself. When we settle down in Beifu City," Linglong paused: "If we come back in a year or so, then I will pick you up the mountain. If it takes a long time to come back Come, I will find someone to pick you up and live in Beifu City."
Aunt Qi is also different from others to her, Linglong thought, she can't just see Aunt Qi lost in the middle of the road. Anyway, she will take care of Aunt Qi while she is alive, and she will take care of the funeral if Aunt Qi is gone.
Aunt Qi lowered her head and wiped her tears, and replied after a long while: "Okay."
She really can't bear it.
But I have no ability, but the master and apprentice are all capable people up and down Huiliu Mountain. A capable person walks in a different way from ordinary people. She is just an ordinary person and cannot walk that way.
I used to think that she could guard them and live like this day by day, and my wife was very peaceful.
But this separation, who knows if there will be a time to see each other again? She is not young anymore, she seems to be over fifty. These years have been considered peaceful, but if fifty or sixty people live, who dares to say that the King of Hades will come to call one day? Maybe this separation is a farewell forever.
Aunt Qi didn't fall asleep for half the night, she dozed off at dawn and had another dream. It seemed that I was very tired in the dream, but after waking up, I couldn't remember the situation in the dream at all.
She got up and went to the kitchen to help and cook a meal. Others in the kitchen also knew that this might be the last meal they cooked on the mountain, and they were usually lively, so they didn't talk much today. Everyone's things are almost packed. Li Fulin is not stingy when giving money, money is of little use to cultivators, but ordinary people can't live without it for a day.
After having breakfast together in silence, everyone began to prepare to go down the mountain in silence. Take everything that should be taken away, and leave what is left behind. The house is locked and the yard is empty.
As Li Fulin thought before, not all disciples went with him. Some disciples from the outer sect said that they hadn't returned home for several years, and they were thinking about their family members, so they wanted to go back and have a look.
This is actually the meaning of wanting to leave the sect cryptically. If you just go home and have a look, then you should make an appointment to meet up again in Beifu City. But they didn't say that, obviously they just didn't plan to meet again.
Li Fulin was not surprised, nor was there any disappointment, so he simply agreed, and gave each of these disciples something, it was a master-disciple experience after all. Two people gave swords, and the rest gave one or two pills.
All the way down the mountain, because Mo Chen's cultivation level has not recovered, he is not walking fast. When they arrived at Shanxia Town, after Aunt Qi and the others settled down, two more people bid farewell to Li Fulin. They also had some foundations before becoming teachers, and they have learned a lot of real skills on the mountain in the past few years that they could not touch before. They have long wanted to go down the mountain, and this time is also an opportunity.
For them, Li Fulin also graciously let go.
For him, people live forever, and the world is so big, who would be trapped in one place for a lifetime? With so many people in the world, who and who can stay together from birth to death? However, they all gather because of the situation, and they will disperse when the fate is exhausted.
Li Fulin didn't stop others from finding another way out. In the future, if these former outer disciples encounter difficulties, they will help him if they can. But there is also one thing, now that they have left, they can no longer act in the name of returning to Liushan. No matter whether they do good or evil, whether it is a small matter or a big one, this point must be clearly distinguished.
They didn't stay in the town, and continued on their way. When it was dark, they arrived at a small town by the river. There were not many people here, and the houses were sparse, so it was not considered prosperous. The group of them rested at the Taoist temple outside the city, and had some plain noodles in the evening. Although the people in this Taoist temple are ordinary people, they know a little bit about cultivating Taoism, and they know that Li Fulin and his party have extraordinary backgrounds, so they want to entertain them wholeheartedly.
Fortunately, these people in Huiliu Mountain are only staying here temporarily, and they don't mean to be picky about these.
The atmosphere was bad that day, and no one spoke much. Linglong was so enraged by those who left halfway that she refused to eat. Zhai Wenhui watched, but couldn't persuade them. They went back to their rooms at night, and he went to find someone with a few peaches.
The peaches are perfectly ripe, and when the skin is peeled off, there is a pack of sweet water, so soft that you don't need to chew.
Linglong bit the peach and said, "It's too much. When they went up to the mountain to learn the teacher, what they said was all hype, and they almost swore that they would never change their minds. It's not going well now. One or two are afraid." Being dragged down, I dodged far away."
Zhai Wenhui persuaded her: "Master is not angry, so you want to open some. People have their own ambitions. If you force people to stay, but they feel resentful in their hearts, what's the point? Besides, don't you think that there are fewer people and fewer people? Those who have different intentions are gone, and the people we left behind are more friendly?"
Linglong thought about it, this is true.
In the past, when there were few people on the mountain, the brothers and sisters lived close together, and they were even more intimate than now. Later, there were more and more people, there were distinctions between inside and outside, and some people were secretly grouped together, and getting along was more of a matter of face and affection.
"You're right." Linglong said, "If you want to leave, hurry up, you'll be clean after you leave, so you don't have to worry about it before your eyes."
Zhai Wenhui smiled and peeled another peach for her: "I don't want to leave, I'm still thinking how sooner or later Master will be in a good mood to accept me as his personal disciple."
"Hurry up." Linglong said, "Besides, you are no worse than me in learning and practicing now, and the elder brother has also taught you a lot."
It is said that they are personal disciples, but in fact Li Fulin seldom taught his disciples personally, and Mo Chen received the most advice. Counting down, Linglong and the others are usually taught by senior brothers.
"Is the senior brother's injury a problem?"
"It's okay, isn't it okay to hurry today? Master said that it will take about a month to heal."
Zhai Wenhui nodded and said, "Eldest brother should have recuperated well, but this time is too unfortunate."
But no, anyway, it's really unfortunate that an injured person can't take a good rest and has to go on the road.
After eating the peaches, Zhai Wenhui washed her hands with water, seeing that Linglong was in a better mood before going back. The place in the Taoist temple is not big, Linglong is a girl, so she lives in a single room, and other people live together.
Mo Chen and Xiaodong still live together.
Xiaodong was stared at by the big brother practicing kung fu, but he didn't feel bitter at all. Although traveling is hard work, there are inevitably many inconveniences in the borrowed place, and there are two or three groups of people walking along the way, but Xiaodong doesn't care.
The two sat side by side, Xiaodong let out a sigh of relief, turned his head and opened his eyes to look beside him.
Mo Chen sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and looked peaceful. The candlelight cast on his face, the wind blew the candle wick and shook it, and the light and shadow on his face were also turbulent, light and dark.
Xiaodong is worried about the problems of the elder brother.
What about the scales? It doesn't grow out of people's bodies for no reason. Although it is said to be gone now, it can't be treated as if it never appeared.
Thinking of this, Xiaodong felt a little flustered.
He didn't have the time to think about his own problems, and he was wholeheartedly thinking about his senior brother.
He didn't understand this matter, and he didn't dare to discuss it with others.
Go back and ask your brother if you want to tell Master about this matter, Master will always have a solution than them.
While thinking, Mo Chen also opened his eyes.
There was a layer of golden light flashing across his jet-black pupils, which seemed a little more bewitching and strange for no reason.
Xiaodong froze for a moment, then felt that it was probably reflected by the flickering candlelight. (to be continued)