18 Tao Yuan

Uncle Liu, whose full name is Liu Fugui. Although he is called rich, he has lived in poverty all his life. When he was young, he was a martial artist in the middle stage of Qi training. Life was pretty good at that time, but the good times did not last long. He was injured by a powerful foundation-building spirit beast during a mission. He spent most of his savings to save his life, but he was left with hidden diseases. Even so, the doctor at the time praised him for his good luck. If it had been someone else with less luck, he would have died.

Due to the hidden injury, Liu Fugui could not continue to be as active as a normal warrior, so he had to retire early and return to the village where he grew up.

Time has passed, and Liu Fugui has become Uncle Liu, who is no longer young. A few months ago, if his adopted child had not brought Bai Yuzhi back to him and cured his hidden illness with magic medicine, Uncle Liu felt that he would not have survived. Until now.

The last small house at the end of the village was left by Uncle Liu's ancestors for generations. At this moment, Uncle Liu was eating New Year's Eve dinner alone. In previous years, Long Tian would accompany him. This year, he was absent, so it seemed a little deserted, but Uncle Liu He didn't feel sad, but rather happy, because Long Tian became a disciple of Tianluo Sect. This reputation alone allowed him to earn a lot of face in nearby villages and even small cities.

Uncle Liu's previous dream was to become famous all over the world, but now Long Tian helped him complete the first step. He was proud of Long Tian from the bottom of his heart.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Uncle Liu thought it was a neighbor who came to visit, so he put down his bowls and chopsticks and opened the door to greet him. When he saw an ordinary but very familiar face, he was suddenly surprised and happy: "Tian'er, why are you back?" ?”

"Isn't this the New Year? I thought I spent the past years with you, so..." Long Tian smiled sheepishly.

In fact, with the current situation where he was being targeted by Bai Song and was in trouble, he would not take the time to come back to visit his relatives. The most important thing is to practice hard and have a higher level of cultivation to deal with the Bai Song Dynasty. But when he saw Ye Yong returning home, he couldn't help but miss Uncle Liu.

Uncle Liu is 76 years old this year. Although this is a fantasy world, and there are various heavenly and earthly treasures that can save people's lives and prolong life, but those are only things that powerful immortal cultivators and powerful wealthy businessmen are eligible to obtain. Ordinary people can live to 70 is considered a long life.

As a warrior, Uncle Liu would not have a problem living to be a hundred years old if there were no accidents. But in more than 20 years, it would not be a matter of how many times Long Tian retreats.

Some people you haven't seen for a while may never be seen again, so Long Tian chose to come back.

"Good boy, good boy." Uncle Liu reached out and swept the snowflakes off Long Tian's shoulders: "It's a long way back from Tianluo Sect. Are you hungry? It's just time to eat. Sit down quickly and I'll serve you a meal."

"Yes." Although Uncle Liu has no blood relationship with him, Long Tian has long regarded him as his grandfather.

The two of them had New Year's Eve dinner, and Long Tian told Uncle Liu from time to time what he had seen while out on missions. He didn't mention much about matters within the sect. After all, he was in Tianluo Sect. Every day he was either practicing in the Jade Pendant Space or being troubled by various things.

Especially about being targeted by Bai Song, Long Tian was even more unlikely to tell him. He didn't want Uncle Liu to worry about him.

After eating this meal for an hour, Uncle Liu drank a lot of wine because he was happy.

Late at night, Long Tian helped the drunk Uncle Liu to bed to rest, and then returned to the room himself.

The simple wooden room contained a few pieces of barely functional furniture. Although it was dilapidated, it was very clean. It could be seen that someone cleaned it every day. Long Tian locked the door and showed a smile. He vowed to make a difference before Liu Bo's death and find the treasure of heaven and earth that would allow Liu Bo to break through and become a monk.

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Early the next morning, the village was filled with joy as people played gongs and drums, performed firecrackers and lion dances.

After getting up, Uncle Liu did not knock on the door and call Long Tian. He walked out of the house. It was snowing lightly in the sky. Although the temperature was very low, it could not withstand the joy in people's hearts when the Spring Festival came.

"Fugui, we killed two strong pigs and prepared a lot of game. Remember to ask Tian'er to eat in the village chief's yard." An old man about the same age as Uncle Liu saw him going out and immediately came over.

"OK."

"Fugui, Tian'er is not young anymore. After joining Tianluo Sect, I'm afraid he will go home less and less in the future. Do you think you should let him keep a seed or something, so that after he leaves, you won't be able to So lonely."

Uncle Liu rolled his eyes at the other person: "If you want to introduce your granddaughter, just say so. Also, Tian'er is a monk first, sowing immortal seeds, can your granddaughter bear it?"

"Yes, yes."

"I'm too lazy to pay attention to you." Uncle Liu glanced at the other party's granddaughter, who was wearing an oversized vest and had a sideways growth, and shook his head silently.

On the morning of the Spring Festival, he had to pay homage to his ancestors. On his way to the ancestral hall, Uncle Liu, many people came to talk to him, and the content was almost the same. Anyway, they all focused on Long Tian's immortal race.

After all, who doesn’t want to have a monk in their family?

After dealing with it perfunctorily, Uncle Liu came to the ancestral hall and lit incense to worship.

After the worship, he turned around and prepared to go back to make breakfast for Long Tian when he found a middle-aged man wearing a long robe, with an immortal style and a monk who looked like a monk standing at the door of the ancestral hall.

Next to the middle-aged man, the village chief was also there, and introduced: "He is Liu Fugui who raised Long Tian."

"Yes." The middle-aged man looked at Uncle Liu up and down, pondered for a long time, and then nodded: "Yes, your face does have a Taoist fate."

"Who is your lord?" Uncle Liu did not dare to neglect and was very respectful.

"I won't mention my name. You raised a monk with great potential like Long Tian, ​​and your merits are immeasurable. Although I am just passing through this place, things like fate are very wonderful. This thing is given to you, so that you can You will live longer and be free from illness." The middle-aged man took out a very beautiful bead.

When the village chief and the villagers who came to join in the fun heard this, they couldn't help but look greedy and envious.

However, they didn't dare to snatch it. With the dragon sky covering Uncle Liu, they would be shameless at best and go to Uncle Liu's house more often to enjoy the treasure's fairy spirit so that they could live longer.

Liu Bocheng was frightened and refused.

"Take it, as I said, your merits are immeasurable. This treasure is useful to you mortals, but has no effect on us monks. It is not very valuable."

After all, Uncle Liu had experienced a period of life as a warrior, and he knew that there was no free lunch in the sky, but the other party kept looking at him, and he didn't dare not accept it.

"Thank you, Immortal." Uncle Liu took the bead and planned to go home quickly and ask Long Tian what it was. If it is a dangerous thing, then throw it away. If it is really a treasure, then it depends on whether Long Tian can use it. , if he doesn’t need it, he keeps it for himself.

Seeing Uncle Liu walking quickly towards home with the beads, the village chief quickly smiled and said: "Liu Fugui actually has a good personality, but he has been a warrior and is somewhat wary. Please don't take offense, Immortal."

"It doesn't matter, he will be grateful after he personally understands the benefits of the baby. Don't be greedy, otherwise bad things will happen."

"Yes." The village chief nodded repeatedly, and the villagers also expressed that they would not be greedy.

"I have some talismans here. You go home now, gather all your relatives in the living room, and stick them on the beams. In this way, the talismans can bless you and everything will go well this year."

Upon hearing this, the villagers quickly took the talismans and hurried home.

The village that had been beating gongs and drums just now suddenly became very quiet.

A bunch of stupid people.

The middle-aged man narrowed his eyes and looked at Uncle Liu, who had reached the end of the village and was about to enter the house, with a hint of amusement in his eyes.