Sparrows were chirping and jumping on the eaves. The children below listened to the old man's words, trotted forward excitedly, opened their mouths to shout, but suddenly remembered their father's teachings, suppressed their excitement, and imitated their eldest and second brothers and cupped their hands.
"Li Xuanba greets the old gentleman."
"Not naughty anymore?"
Looking ahead, Lu Liangsheng smiled and turned around. Between the waving sleeves of his sleeves, something seemed to cut through the ground, pushing away the weeds inch by inch, revealing a clean ground made of white rocks. Then, Li Xuanba, who was standing over there, felt a vibration under his feet. The place where he was standing and the feet of the old man opposite him suddenly cracked and rose up from the ground at a speed visible to the naked eye, rushing into the sky. In the blink of an eye, the surrounding land temples and the streets in the city in the distance became tiny in sight. Wisps of white clouds floated before his eyes, and pedestrians on the street moved around like ants.
The air had never been so fresh, causing Li Xuanba to take several deep breaths. After all, he was still a child. He ran to the edge of the stone peak and looked down at the world below. He even saw his own mansion, which was in chaos. He gathered people and his father rode his horse at full speed with a sword slung over his shoulder.
He couldn't help but shouting down, "Dad, second brother!" He turned around excitedly and looked at Lu Liangsheng with white hair. He raised his hand and spread out his palm. On it was the stone in the yard. For a moment, he forgot to ask why he agreed to take him as a disciple.
"Old man, I want to learn! Can you teach me this too?!"
“One must not be greedy.”
Lu Liangsheng walked to the side, the wind blowing on his face, his beard fluttering slightly in the wind, "The Taoism is naturally the same, you have to find the talent that suits you."
As he said this, he turned his head to look at Li Xuanba carefully, and after a moment, he suddenly raised his hand to touch him. In the past, except for his second brother and mother, if anyone else reached out his hand like this, he would either dodge or hit them with a fist. But now he quickly closed his eyes and even leaned forward slightly.
… If the old man wants to touch it, let him touch it, it won’t lose any meat.
Feeling a warm feeling caressing his head, Li Xuanba's thoughts gradually disappeared. An unprecedented warmth and tranquility flowed through his heart.
After a moment, he opened his eyes, raised his skinny face to look at the old man in front of him, Lu Liangsheng withdrew his hand expressionlessly, turned his back, and his beard fluttered.
"Xuan Ba, both the characters in your name Xuan and Ba are extremely strong, especially Xuan. You can't use a random title, otherwise it will be damaged. Your master will make the decision on his own and change Xuan to Yuan. The word Yuan contains many meanings, so it can carry the name of Ba. In addition, I will teach you a method called "Hunyuan Tiangang Jue". However, I think you are too playful and won't learn it well, so I have sealed it in your head. When you want to learn it, just think about it carefully."
head
Li Xuanba subconsciously touched his head and banged his forehead twice. As for asking him to change his name, it didn't matter. Xuanba and Yuanba were almost the same anyway. As long as he didn't change his surname, his father would definitely not agree.
"Then... Yuanba thanks the old... thanks the master!"
Over there, Lu Liangsheng turned around, still with no expression on his face. He just looked at him, stretched out his hand to help Li Xuanba up, and flicked his robe sleeves to the outside. The surroundings suddenly fell down madly, leaving a blur. In an instant, his vision stabilized and he returned to the open space in front of the ruined temple.
"Yuanba, come here." Lu Liangsheng said to the children who were looking at him in surprise. The hand behind his back turned into a purple gold gourd. The moment he took it in front of Li Xuanba, it turned into a golden hammer the size of a human head.
"Take it and do something for me."
Li Xuanba took the golden hammer and weighed it in his hand. It was too light. Since it was not a gift for him, he did not care too much about it.
"What is it, Master?"
"Come over here and listen."
Over there, Li Xuanba, who was listening attentively, nodded repeatedly, even his eyes curved into crescents, and grinned, "Okay, Master, wait for the news."
Soon, he excitedly waved and left with the golden hammer in his hand. Lu Liangsheng looked at the children walking on the street. There was a flutter in his sleeves, and a black shadow jumped to the ground, standing in the grass that was almost as high as him, with his hands clasped behind his back and his eyes squinted.
"How could you give away my gourd? Do you know that it was grown on the Kunlun Immortal Vine? Many people wanted to snatch it from me at all costs."
The footsteps coming from the side extended upwards. Lu Liangsheng was still looking over there. Without responding to his master's words, he suddenly laughed out loud.
"Master, don't you think this is a bit sinister?"
"If they are not insidious, are we going to fight them to the death?" The Toad Taoist nodded slightly. When he heard the buzzing sound, he opened his mouth and stretched out his long scarlet tongue to wrap around a flying insect, quickly dragging it into his mouth. He continued, "Those gods are more insidious than each other. If you want to deal with them, you have to be even more insidious. If you can't even survive, how can you talk about dealing with them?"
Lu Liangsheng curled up the corner of his mouth into a smile, picked up the toad on the ground and put it on his shoulder.
"Master's words are becoming more and more reasonable."
On his shoulder, the Toad Taoist turned his head and snorted: "When has the master ever said something that made no sense? By the way, do you know the "Hunyuan Tiangang Jue"? Why haven't I seen you use it before?"
"That's because there is none at all. The names were all made up. What I passed on to him were just some bodybuilding methods. If I really want to teach him Taoism, now is not the right time. Even so, I feel a little guilty."
"..." Toad Taoist looked at his disciple in silence, "Why feel guilty? Maybe the child will thank you."
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Xuanba, who was running far away, stopped, turned around and bowed respectfully towards this side, "Thank you, Master!" Then he turned around and ran away again.
The Toad Taoist spread out his flippers.
"Look."
Lu Liangsheng walked out of the wild grass and looked at his master's divine look with a smile and sighed, "Let's quickly settle this matter."
Thinking of this, he hid his figure and went to the other side of the street. He quickened his pace, passed through the noisy market, returned to his apprentice's house, took the Qilin cloak from the bookshelf and put it on. Then, he jumped onto the roof, dragging his robe with a rustling sound, and flew towards the high places around him. Magic power emerged in his eyes as he looked in the direction of Li Xuanba.
…
The long street leading to the land temple was deserted. The sound of horses' hooves spread out, and the shouts of "Gee!" rose and fell. Li Yuan, who was riding in front, suddenly saw a figure running in front of him. His beard trembled and he shouted, "Evil son, come here quickly!"
With a son like this, he was really worried all day long. Even if it was just a slight bump, ordinary people couldn't stand it. If it went wrong, it would be a lawsuit involving a person's life. As the governor of Taiyuan, he couldn't be partial to him, right? But if he really had to torture his own son, he couldn't bear it.
After venting his anger, Li Yuan felt a little better when he saw him walking towards him with his head lowered. He immediately turned sideways to look at Qu Yuanfeng, Li Jing and others who had followed him, feeling a little embarrassed.
"General Qu, Pharmacist, I want you to come with me. I will apologize to you on behalf of this evil boy."
Out of the corner of his eye he saw his son approaching, he turned back and his smile faded into a serious one.
"Apologize to the guests!"
Over there, Li Xuanba, whose hair was still messy, lowered his head, still mumbling what the old gentleman had just said to him. Hearing his father's stern tone, he raised his face with dissatisfaction, picked up the golden melon and raised his hand casually.
"I'm sorry..."
His lazy eyes swept over Qu Yuanfeng, and when he fell on the second face, his eyes widened unconsciously. Above the head of the young man he had never seen before, he vaguely saw golden smoke rising slowly from the top of his head. Thinking of the old man's words, the corners of his mouth broke into a smile.
Over there, Li Jing on horseback nodded and smiled at him, saying, "It's okay." At the same time, his eyes fell on the golden gourd in the child's hand, and he felt the flow of magic power.
"Young Master, you have an extraordinary appearance, and the weapon in your hand is also rare. I wonder if you can take a look at it, Master?"
Li Yuan frowned, and only then noticed the golden hammer in his son's hand. He was about to ask him where he got it, but Li Xuanba took two steps forward, his grinning mouth becoming even more ferocious.
"Okay, if you can catch it, it's up to you."
Li Shimin, who was familiar with this expression, knew his third brother's temper, and hurriedly shouted: "Pharmacist, don't answer—"
The moment the words came out of his mouth, Li Xuanba swung his arm, and the golden gourd flew out of his hand, whistling in the air, and turned into a residual shadow under the skylight and rushed straight towards Li Jing.
Over there, Li Shimin's voice was still ringing. Li Jing thought that this kid was just stronger than ordinary military generals. However, the moment his palm touched the golden melon hammer, three words suddenly popped up in his mind.
"I was careless..."
Bang!
The iron hammer pushed away the palm and hit Li Jing's forehead directly, creating ripples. His hair was scattered in the shock wave, and his whole body flew out from the horse's back. In the sight of everyone, it seemed that a phantom flew out of Li Jing's body, straight up into the sky, over the city wall, and fell outside.
Li Xuanba stared blankly at the figure that fell to the ground, not knowing whether he was dead. He lowered his head and rubbed his hands vigorously, muttering.
"It turns out that beating someone up is so cool."
…
Lu Liangsheng stood on the rooftop of a tall building. The wind blew, and his robe fluttered. His eyes, filled with the light of Dharma, watched the vague shadows in the air passing through the city.
He stepped forward, chased after the opponent, jumped onto the city wall, used the flagpole for leverage, and floated down into the air. He looked at the shadow of a person rolling on the ground a little further away, and heard an ethereal voice coming from above.
Like he was furious.
"Lu Liangsheng!!"
In mid-air, Lu Liangsheng did not answer. On both sides of the Qilin cloak he was wearing, his wide sleeves fluttered without wind, stirring up a strong wind, rustling... The woods and rice fields outside the city swayed wildly.
—The world is hidden in the sleeves.