Xiaoyaoshanjun

Chapter 207 Be prepared for danger in times of peace
Before we knew it, it's June again.

Tian Buli and his fellow brothers and sisters sat on the edge of the cliff listening to their master's teachings.

After Taoist Liuyun finished his sermon, he looked at his eldest disciple Baihe.

"He'er, you are a crane from the Cloud Crane of Yanxia Mountain. You have lived here for generations. Among the flock, the longest-lived ones have lived for more than a hundred years."

"You have been cultivating with me until now, absorbing the essence of heaven and earth every day, eating the spiritual herbs and fruits in the mountains. Now your life span is 500 years. Why are you still unwilling to take off this winged body?"

Tian Buli and Lian Xue both looked at Senior Brother He. This senior brother seldom spoke to them, basically not at all.

Bai He quickly bent down, leaned back, and lowered his long head forward. Soon he turned into a young man wearing a feather cloak and a Taoist robe, who looked to be about thirty years old.

Tian Buli discovered that Senior Brother He's transformation technique was much more powerful than that of the rabbits. The white rabbit's transformation technique could not yet transform into clothes. It could only transform into a complete human form, and even the color of its hair could not be changed.

The bunny girl can probably transform into clothes now. Although I haven't gotten to know her in depth in recent years, I feel that she has improved a lot.

The rabbit girl's qualifications have always been the highest among the five rabbits, and she is also the most hardworking one among the five rabbits.

The laziest white rabbit, no matter how poorly qualified he is, his character is not suitable for following the path of an ordinary cultivator.

Senior Brother He kowtowed and said, "Master, although I have been able to transform into a human for a long time, I have always felt that my original body is faster and more free. I am lazy for a while, so I seldom use my human body to practice."

Taoist Liuyun nodded and said, "It's okay. You've lived in Yanxia Mountain for a long time, so you can be a crane. Whether it's a human or a crane, there's no good or bad difference."

Tian Buli vaguely sensed what Taoist Liuyun meant.

There is no good or bad, only suitable.

If you want better things, you have to become an immortal.

If you are satisfied with the status quo, you will continue to be a beast or a bird.

Senior Brother He breathed a sigh of relief and said quickly, "Yes! Thank you for your guidance, Master!"

Senior Brother He quickly turned back into a white crane. After being "instructed" by his master, he felt that being a crane was more free and easy.

Taoist Liuyun looked at Lian Xue with a calm expression.

"Lian Xue, you have been practicing for many years, have you learned any skills?"

Seeing her master considering her own methods, Lian Xue quickly replied, "My disciple has practiced the art of illusion, and now he can transform into a young girl."

Tian Buli was stunned. The psychedelic technique was to make people hallucinate, not to turn himself into a young girl. This...

Tian Buli soon understood that Lian Xue had asked the mortals at the foot of the mountain to cast an illusion, and he lost himself in the praise and gazes of others.

Taoist Liuyun said, "You are different from He'er. This year, your junior brother brought women and children to the mountain, and he was busy running around, so he couldn't break the shackles of the world."

"Although you have taken the initiative to cut off contact with everyone in your family, let the trial of the mortal world take its course."

"Since you have learned the art well, go down the mountain and come back in three months. If you don't enter the secular world, how can you know why our sect is so high and mighty?"

Lian Xue saw that the conditions for a glorious return were met, and said happily, "Yes! Thank you, Master!"

Taoist Liuyun quickly looked at Tian Buli again.

Tian Buli had an innocent look on his face, and he clearly felt that Taoist Liuyun was angry.

"Master, I know I was wrong!" Tian Buli admitted his mistake in advance.

His innocent look gave Taoist Liuyun something to get angry about, and he quickly scolded him, "What did you do wrong?"

Tian Buli said quickly: "I am greedy for the secular world. I am practicing Taoism in front of my master, but my heart is always jumping away from home. I am either going home to visit my family or taking care of them. I have forgotten myself."

Taoist Liuyun said sternly: "The root? Do you know what the root is?"

Tian Buli certainly knew that he was the foundation and the one who needed resources and improvement the most.

Whether it is a wife or children, they are branches that grow outward.

Without the roots, even if the branches survive, they will be outsiders.

Tian Buli replied: "As long as I practice well, the Tian family will still exist. If I don't practice well, the Tian family will be dispersed and become someone else's Tian family."

Taoist Liuyun said helplessly: "You, a bad disciple, are always thinking about those trivial things at home. Well, you should go back and think it through before coming back!"

"Yes! Master!" Tian Buli admitted his guilt honestly. It was obviously the problem of his senior brothers and sisters that implicated him, but he admitted it obediently for the sake of his master's face.

Soon, Taoist Liuyun returned to his room and stayed indoors.

After waiting for a few seconds, Lian Xue smiled at Tian Buli and said, "Junior brother, you have made Master angry again."

Senior Brother He took a look over here, then quickly flew up, flying freely in the sea of ​​clouds, and making a free and carefree crane cry, just like an immortal crane who had attained enlightenment.

Tian Buli said helplessly: "Senior sister is right. I have a family and a child. I can't give them up easily."

Lian Xue is a middle-aged monk who has a husband and children. She can relate to him and said, "Brother, you are right. But monks must understand how difficult it is to practice and must not slack off."

"Yes." Tian Buli accepted humbly, "I'll go practice now!"

"Go ahead." Lian Xue watched Tian Buli walk away and also went down the mountain with a smile.

Senior Brother He and Second Senior Sister have never seen any video footage of Tian Buli taking action. All they know about Tian Buli's methods is that he used violence to kill people when he was young.

I killed the senior brother from Jingshui Peak with a sword, and although I used thunder magic to kill the senior sister, I didn't kill her and the woman ran away.

Knowing that using Taoism is a form of consumption, Tian Buli rarely uses it and never shows off in front of his fellow disciples.

Especially after practicing Feiyun Taoism recently, he has restrained his edge, and after years of tempering his Taoist body, it is not as weak as before, which leads many people to not realize how powerful Tian Buli is.

Having not seen Xiao Cong for three or four months, Tian Buli quickly went to Jingshui Peak.

As soon as he arrived at Jingshui Peak, he saw a group of disciples carrying magical weapons down the mountain. Seeing this, Tian Buli fell down.

"Senior Brother! Tian Buli is here!" The leader of the team was Senior Brother Cang Gu. When Cang Gu and Tian Buli looked at each other, Tian Buli had already landed on the side of the team.

"Brother Cang Gu, I was just about to go down the mountain, so I came to see you. I wonder where you are going?"

Cang Gu and Tian Buli were on a non-interference relationship, so they replied, "This year Master Feng is coming down the mountain to perform a ritual, and Master ordered us to go and serve."

There are relatively few disciples in the Wind Vein and the Cloud Vein, and sometimes they borrow people from the Thunder and Water Veins to do things.

The relationship between the Feng and Shui veins is a bit poor, mainly because the two Taoist nuns are both arrogant, so the Thunder Vein supports the Cloud Vein, and the Water Vein supports the Wind Vein.

Tian Buli said politely, "I see. Thank you for clearing up my doubts, Senior Brother. I will be going back to my hometown, Tianjia Village outside Yanque County, and will be there this month. If you need any help, Senior Brother, just let me know. I am also willing to serve the mountain gate."

Cang Gu nodded, "Okay."

Tian Buli said: "Then I won't bother you brothers and sisters."

Cang Gu quickly led his men past the roadside and gathered with Master Feng.

Xiao Cong doesn't know how to chant yet and is of no use, so naturally he doesn't need to go down the mountain with them.

Tian Buli went up to find Xiao Cong, asked Xiao Cong what he wanted to bring back, and then wrote down various things. He also wrote down the gifts that Rabbit Lady, Black Rabbit and Gray Rabbit wanted.

Going home was just a thought for Tian Buli. He could reach home in a few minutes, but if his master hadn't asked him to go down the mountain, he really didn't want to go back and waste time.

He soon returned home, and the woman in the yard came out to greet him happily.

A group of women shouted in unison: "Master!"

Tian Buli looked at his wife and children, then turned around and glanced at the unchanging green mountains behind him and the increasingly prosperous town.

Bai Lian followed Tian Buli's gaze and said with a smile, "Master, the town has changed a lot in the past few years, especially this year. There are a lot more people here, and it's a lot more lively. Business at home is much better!"

Tian Buli walked into the gate with a smile, "It has indeed changed a lot, but it seems that nothing has changed."

Bai Lian said happily: "Yes, the sisters are still young, but the children grow up fast. They have grown taller this year!"

Tian Buli went in to talk, then walked to the hall and sat down.

Bai Lian continued to talk about recent events, "Everything is fine at home. Zhou Jiao gave birth to a boy, and the Lan family also sent people to the foot of the fairy mountain to buy land and build a small house."

When the little dot next to him heard someone calling him, he looked over here curiously, as if he heard that someone was going to build a house for him.

Bai Lian inadvertently left Xiaodian with a deep memory that will last for many years.

Adults don't care what children hear. After Tian Buli distributed nine fruits, Xiaodian was assigned to call Dou Niang to come and eat the fruits.

There are six women in the family, Xiaoyuan, Mei Xiuzhu, and Dou Niang, making a total of nine.

Tiger and Leopard were not given any fruit, and Xiaodian and his brother who was a few months old did not get any fruit either. They were very sad at once, and they would definitely remember this incident for the rest of their lives.

What Tian Buli used to bring to his family were offerings from Yanxia Mountain to his master Taoist Liuyun, and later on, they were spiritual fruits and grains grown by the little white rabbit.

Now, not only do we need to reduce the amount of investment, but we will also go home less often.

As the housekeeper and the eldest lady of the family, Bai Lian quickly came over with the account book to show Tian Buli the family assets.

The main source of income is no longer the dowries from his wives, but the money from selling bamboo and fish.

The fish ponds built in the early years and the bamboo raised all became income, followed by the money from selling moldy tofu, as well as the income from the blacksmith shop and the quarry.

Food is no longer valuable. Now people grow beans and medicinal herbs, and the surplus food is used to feed pigs, dogs, cattle and sheep.

Tian Buli found that everything was fine at home, and the nearby villages, towns and counties were still peaceful, and such major incidents did not happen every year.

People certainly die frequently, but most of their deaths are insignificant and are slowly forgotten.

Whether it's a fight between gangsters or someone's house being robbed, all kinds of things that seem troublesome are still insignificant in the overall sense.

Tian Buli looked back on the past eight or nine years and found that they could indeed be called peaceful years.

Such good days have not only lasted for the past few years, but have lasted for almost fifty years.

Tian Buli felt a little scared...

The territory continued to expand, cities sprang up, and the common people and wealthy families also flourished.

For fifty years there have been no powerful enemies at home or abroad, no internal worries, and there have been good harvests and peace every year.

With such great achievements, he is indeed worthy of being called the Holy Emperor.

But the more Tian Buli thought about it, the more scared he became.

"I'm definitely not the only one who's scared. I feel like Yanxia Mountain has been descending more frequently in recent years, and the number of times disciples have been mobilized to organize large-scale rituals has also increased. Are they training in advance to protect themselves?"

"I am not very advanced now, so I cannot see through this matter. However, if my master and uncle have taught me offensive spells in the past few years, they are probably afraid of the outside world."

While Tian Buli was listening to Bai Lian's report, he was thinking quickly about various things.

Soon, Tian Buli, who was decisive in doing things, made up his mind.

Whether or not, make arrangements in advance.

"It will be quicker to build a house in the town at the foot of Yanxia Mountain. It doesn't need to be too big, just enough to accommodate more than 20 people. You don't need to farm or anything. Don't have too many servants, just one for each person, and it's best not to bring any."

The world is still peaceful now, but it is always right to be prepared for danger in times of peace.

If the Holy Emperor ever figures things out one day and suddenly ascends to heaven, or if he gets upset and stops dealing with government affairs and chooses to go to a quiet place to practice, then the world will surely be in chaos.

With the might of heaven and earth in the hands of one man, chaos is bound to occur sooner or later.

(End of this chapter)