Taiping Inn

Tian Shou Mountain is the location of the royal mausoleum, covering a large area. It is extremely difficult to find the ashes from it. Fortunately, Wu Xian is an expert in manipulating memory. On that day in the Nether Valley, she could make everyone in the valley forget the battle between her and Tan Taiyun. Now she can easily find the specific location from Liu Yi's mind.

As for whether Wu Xian intended to kill Liu Yi and take his head, or as she said, it was just an accident, Li Xuandu had no way of knowing and did not want to investigate further. In any case, Liu Yi must die.

Li Xuandu and Lan Xuanshuang flew directly from Yuqing Garden to Tian Shou Mountain and came to a barren mountain. Because it was winter, the mountain was bare and desolate.

According to what Wu Xian said, Lan Xuanshuang led Li Xuandu around the mountain and came to a big tree. The tree was so tall that it needed four people to hug it. The treetops were even taller. Unfortunately, the leaves had fallen, leaving only bare branches.

Lan Xuanshuang pointed to the root of the tree: "It's right here."

Li Xuandu did not let Lan Xuanshuang do it, but did it himself and dug the soil with his bare hands. Although it was freezing cold and the ground was frozen like stone, Li Xuandu's realm of cultivation was so high that even the ground poured with steel could not stop him. After a while, Li Xuandu dug out four porcelain jars, which were the ashes of four ministers, Zhang Suqing, Xu Shouzhai, and Shen Cangyan.

Although there were no names on the porcelain jars, a surname was engraved on the lids of the jars, so the identities of the four people could be distinguished.

Li Xuandu picked out the porcelain jar with the word Zhang engraved on it, held it in his arms, and put the other three porcelain jars into the "Eighteenth Floor". He decided to give Zhang Suqing's ashes to Zhang Baizhou, and the other three porcelain jars to their descendants and relatives, allowing them to bury them themselves.

When Zhang Baizhou returned home with the coffin and settled his family properly, the matter would be over. Since the second year of Tianbao, Li Xuandu's revenge had finally come to fruition.

However, it was already the end of the twelfth lunar month, and it was only ten days away from the Chinese New Year. If Li Xuandu wanted to rush back to Donghai for the Chinese New Year, then time was very tight, especially since Zhang Baizhou was not traveling alone on the wind, nor was he flying and running. With so many coffins, he had to take a boat or a car, which would take at least half a month, and more than a month to go back and forth.

Li Xuandu had anticipated this. Before Qin Su returned to Liaodong, he took back the "Flower in the Mirror" from her and gave the "Moon in the Water" to Zhang Haishi, so that he could help Zhang Baizhou return home as soon as possible when necessary.

At this time, the innkeeper had just arrived at Yuying Temple, and Shangguan Wan had also come from Yuqing Garden to help Zhang Baizhou arrange the funeral arrangements.

Li Xuandu did not go to Yuying Temple immediately, but asked Lan Xuanshuang to send Zhang Suqing's ashes there first. He returned to Yuqing Garden with the ashes of the other three ministers and prepared to arrange for people to send the ashes of the three people back to their respective relatives.

Li Xuandu was also full of emotion. No matter how he lived, he would be a handful of yellow earth after death. It was no wonder that many people in the world sought immortality, but how many people have achieved immortality from ancient times to the present?

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Zhang Haishi and Li Feiyan have returned to Qingwei Sect in Donghai, and informed the whole sect of the news that the old sect master had ascended to heaven and passed away, and that Li Xuandu took over as the sect master and the head of the Li family.

In this regard, there was not much ripple inside Qingwei Sect.

First, the opponents such as Li Yuanying and Li Taiyi had been driven out of the decision-making level of Qingwei Sect. Second, everyone in Qingwei Sect had been prepared for it. After all, you can't write two "Li" characters with one stroke. After Situ Xuance passed away, there was no one from the outside family who could take the lead. The position of the leader of Qingwei Sect would most likely be chosen from the three Li children. The key is that Li Xuandu has already reached the realm of immortality. Who else is more qualified than him?

The new leader took over, and naturally he had to make a big deal. So during this period of time, Qingwei Sect was very lively. The Qingling Palace, which had been idle for a long time, was the top priority. It was renovated from inside to outside and decorated anew.

After all, this time is different from the past. Last time Li Yuanying took over as the leader, there was an old leader above him. This leader was actually a figurehead, not much different from the deputy leader. But this time there is no old leader. The leader is the leader, and his words are final. Just like the day when the old leader took over as the leader, it must be grand.

Originally, Zhang Haishi had decided to move out of Qingling Palace, but Li Xuan disagreed. He didn't want his second brother to bother him again, because he would not stay in Qingwei Sect all the time. Most of the time, Zhang Haishi would still be in charge of Qingwei Sect. Moreover, he liked the Bajing Villa where he lived in his childhood more. So he let Zhang Haishi live in Qingling Palace and he moved into Bajing Villa. In the future, when he married Qin Su, including worshipping heaven and earth, and returning to the sect after marriage, they were all in Bajing Villa. After all, this was where the master and his wife lived, and it was more like a private house.

As for the Eight Scenery Courtyard, it does not need to be renovated, but many closed courtyards have been reopened and need to be cleaned up. This makes many people joke privately: "The young master just became a master, and he wants to be an old man to retire."

Li Daoshi originally lived in the Eight Scenery Courtyard, but now he has moved out and moved back to his own home, which is Li Feiyan's home. The couple finally live under the same roof again after many years, but their mansion is not small, so if they don't want to meet, they can still avoid it.

During this period of time, Li Daoshi was very lonely, not because of losing power. In fact, Li Xuandu did not do anything to Li Daoshi. Instead, he still let him serve as the head of Tiankui Hall because of his loyalty to his master Li Daoxu. Li Daoshi's loneliness is more like the death of relatives and old friends, leaving him alone.

It is true that Master Li has a family, but the couple has been incompatible for a long time, they don’t like each other, and their ideas are completely different. They are considered to be a couple, and they have no children or daughters, and they have no deep ties, but they are just hindering. I am old again in my face, so I am not divorced.

Over the past years, the person Li Daoxue respected the most was his senior brother Li Daoxu. This kind of respect continued from his youth to his old age with white hair, which can be said to have run through most of his life.

Over the years, Li Daoxue has been the main focus of Li Daoxue's work and obeys Li Daoxue's orders in everything. Now that Li Daoxu has ascended, he seems to have lost his spiritual pillar, at a loss and not knowing where to go.

Moreover, Li Daoshi has made things difficult for Li Xuandu several times, and he is inevitably guilty.

Because of this, after Master Li learned the news, he met Li Feiyan and handed over the affairs of Tiankuitang to Li Feiyan. Then he completely ignored the matter and did not go home, so he stayed on Penglai Island. . Some Qingwei Sect disciples often see him walking alone on the beach or looking into the sea. When others salute him, he ignores him, and his old face is revealed. He stands with Li Feiyan, so don't say anything. Some people believe it if it is a husband and wife, even if it is a father and daughter.

This made many people mistakenly believe that Li Xuan had already removed Li Daoshi's position as the head of the hall, so he became more and more frivolous and cold in the world.

On this day, Zhang Haishi took the initiative to come to Penglai Island and met Master Li standing on the beach and looking at the sea.

Zhang Haishi was not as merciless as before, and called Uncle Master for the first time.

Master Li glanced at Zhang Haishi, asked bluntly, "Is there anything wrong?"

Zhang Haishi said: "Speaking of this, we have been acquaintances for many years, so it's okay to talk."

Master Li was silent for a moment and nodded.

The two walked side by side on the beach, leaving a long string of footprints behind them.

Master Li looked at the sky with his eyes and sighed: "I have been by my senior brother for many years, and I understand his intentions best. Since I knew the destiny, my senior brother's disgustedness has begun to show signs of his world-weariness, and gradually hand over the affairs of the sect to you and Mr. Da, no longer had the ambitions of youth. When he was sixty years old, his senior brother's world-weariness was increasing day by day. He often went to seclusion and practiced in peace and practice for more than ten days. He often said, "What do you love in the world? But Just endure it. 'But I also understand that Qingwei Sect is the senior brother's years of hard work after all, so he still couldn't rest assured that he delayed it. Now that the Zi Mansion has become a great man, the senior brother can naturally leave with confidence and no longer worry."

Zhang Haishi sighed: "At age of sixty, it was almost the time when the senior brother passed away. I can only say that fortune is arousing people. The master originally said that he wanted to take revenge himself, but he also handed over the "Knocking the Sky Gate" to the Zi Mansion. It seems that I want the Zi Mansion to avenge this revenge."

Master Li asked, "When will the Zi Mansion be back?"

Zhang Haishi said: "He said he would come back before New Year's Eve and he still had to eat New Year's Eve dinner. He would go back to the Li family to worship his ancestors on the first day of the New Year, and then deal with the affairs of the sect."

Master Li nodded, did not continue to ask in depth, and said, "Although the Zi Mansion is young, he will be in charge of the Taoist sect in the future. It is impossible for him to devote too much energy to the Qingwei Sect, and you are not young anymore. In a few years, we should retire and seek immortality, so we still have to choose a junior to serve as the sect leader. I wonder if there is a suitable candidate for the Zi Mansion? "

This is also what Zhang Haishi is worried about. There are many capable people in the Qingwei Sect, but because they are too capable, internal strife is endless. After a lot of internal struggle, Li Taiyi and others were eliminated. Among the remaining people, Lu Yanbing was the most likely person to take over. However, Lu Yanbing was slightly lacking in ability and his virtue was not very good enough. The key was that the fence-bearer's reputation was really Not nice.

Zhang Haishi pondered, "Bai Juan likes this girl Qiushui very much. She has praised her in front of Zi Mansion more than once. Zi Mansion seems to be a little moved and wants to cultivate her well."

Li Daoshi smiled faintly: "Does our Qingwei Sect also welcome a female sect leader? You should be pleased. After all, Situ Xuance should have inherited the position of sect leader. If his niece can serve as sect leader, it would be considered Completed."

Zhang Haishi sighed: "This language is too early. Qiu Shui is still too young and may not be Bingyan's opponent, let's see."

While they were talking, the two arrived at the port where the Bailong Tower ship was docked.

When Zhang Haishi saw the Bailong Tower Boat, he remembered something: "I almost forgot the serious matter."