Li Xiuyuan, who was sitting quietly in the small courtyard, didn't know that because of the queen's words, Emperor Qin's reward was cut in half. If he had been there, he would probably have torn up the half volume of scriptures that he had finally copied.

I didn't mess with you? Why are you doing this to me?

Are my two matches only worth five hundred gold coins? Li Xiuyuan is not short of money right now, and the old Taoist priest left a lot of gold coins for him before he left.

Knowing is one thing, not knowing is another.

From the time he entered the realm of cultivation to the time he made great contributions to the Tianfeng Imperial City, he should have become a key training target of the imperial court. However, Queen Changsun and Emperor Qin seemed to be in no hurry and wanted to temper his temperament.

When Xiaoyun came to him with a bag containing five hundred gold coins, she expected to see Li Xiuyuan looking disappointed and sad, and planned to comfort him. Unexpectedly, Li Xiuyuan, who had already been prepared, did not look very disappointed.

Instead, he smiled and counted fifty gold coins from his purse and put them on the table. He looked at her and smiled quietly: "These are for Sister Xiaoyun."

Just when Xiaoyun was about to persuade Li Xiuyuan to give up his fantasy and accept the facts before him, Li Xiuyuan gave him and her the gold coins.

This made Xiaoyun a little overwhelmed.

It's not that Xiaoyun has never seen so many gold coins. She knew that Li Xiuyuan should have gotten more, but she didn't expect that he counted fifty coins to herself without asking, which surprised her.

The Li Xiuyuan in front of her didn't feel like a little Taoist priest on Luoxia Mountain, but more like a lost young master from a wealthy family in the Tianfeng Kingdom.

Xiaoyun did not reject Li Xiuyuan's kindness, but silently collected the gold coins on the table.

"I believe you are already familiar with that Buddhist scripture. Are you a reincarnation of a god? Such a scripture has never appeared in our Tianfeng Kingdom?"

Xiaoyun looked at Li Xiuyuan and said with a smile.

When Li Xiuyuan heard this, he scratched his head and smiled bitterly and said: "Sister Xiaoyun, my mind is a little confused and I can't remember many things. Please allow me to think clearly before I tell you."

In his mind, some mysterious scenes would flash through his mind from time to time, but these scenes were like a dream to him, like passing clouds, which he wanted to keep but couldn't.

"Don't worry, won't it be a long time? You can practice peacefully here, and no one will come to disturb you, let alone encounter bandits again."

Xiaoyun was in a good mood after getting the gold coin. She looked at him and said, "Practice hard. When you grow up to be as big as my sister, the emperor will send you a high official. Don't forget your sister then."

"I actually don't want to be an official." Li Xiuyuan answered honestly.

Xiaoyun was stunned, looked at him and asked with a smile: "Then what do you want to do?"

Li Xiuyuan looked at the old Taoist priest who had left, and after thinking seriously for a long time, he said: "I just want to practice quietly, and one day I can be like my master...and then go find him."

When Xiaoyun heard this, she couldn't help but giggled and said, "You are really greedy. How many people in this world want to practice to that legendary realm!"

There was no trace of embarrassment on Li Xiuyuan's face, and he continued: "Can you tell me how many realms there are in cultivation, and what are the different abilities in different realms?"

"Didn't your master tell you in detail?" Xiaoyun said with a smile: "You must know that these are not secrets. All practitioners know it."

"My master just mentioned it to me briefly." Li Xiuyuan replied with a smile: "It's just that I didn't understand it at the time. I always thought that it would take many years for me to reach the Golden Core realm."

"Okay, I'm really scared of you." Xiaoyun laughed out loud: "For the sake of the gold coins you gave me, I will tell you some of what I know."

"You must already know the four realms from Qi gathering to foundation building, to golden elixir and Nascent Soul."

Li Xiuyuan nodded and replied: "When I reach the Nascent Soul realm, I will go out and see the world."

When Xiaoyun heard this, she couldn't help but glared at him and said with a smile: "The road to practice is long and long, and what I mentioned above is not even practice. Even if you practice to the realm of Nascent Soul, you will realize that

You just climbed a hill."

"Is it so scary?" Li Xiuyuan asked in a daze.

"Of course I do. Do you think I'm scaring you? After the Yuanying, there's the distraction. The distraction is your Yuanying's transformation into the Yuanshen. As long as the Yuanshen is immortal, there's hope of recasting the golden body."

"The next step is to break the void. I heard from the queen that some heavenly realms also call this realm the Tribulation Transcendence. However, in the Shura Heavenly Realm, you only need to go through one thunder tribulation. In some heavenly realms, it seems easy to go through it nine times!"

"At this stage, the practitioner has been able to integrate his consciousness with the vitality of heaven and earth. For the practitioner, it means that he can directly attack the enemy through his spiritual consciousness."

"You don't have to look at me like this. I have just broken through to the realm of Nascent Soul. As for the legendary realms behind, such as cave heaven, transcendence, mortal, saint, etc., even the queen did not tell me in detail."

Li Xiuyuan was stunned and looked at her blankly, speechless for a long time.

In the living room, apart from the fragrance of Li Xiuyuan's copying scriptures, there was also the faint fragrance of tea. But after listening to Xiaoyun's words, he felt as if he had broken the five-flavor bottle, and he felt very uncomfortable.

He didn't know which realm his master had reached before he could ascend, but from what the old Taoist said, it seemed that no one in this realm had been able to ascend for thousands of years, which showed how difficult the path of cultivation was.

"It's better not to think too much. Thinking too much will scare yourself." Li Xiuyuan looked at Xiaoyun and said in a daze.

"Why do you think so much? Look at me practicing slowly, haven't I reached the Nascent Soul realm?"

Xiaoyun looked at him and smiled and said: "I heard from the empress that the more you think about it, the more likely you are to have inner demons, which will be bad for your future practice. So I just need to live a simple life and break through it if I can."

Li Xiuyuan listened to these things with great interest, and after a while he asked: "Sister Xiaoyun, is there a higher realm above these realms?"

"Why do you think so?" Xiaoyun looked at Li Xiuyuan and was shocked, thinking that you were helping someone build a foundation.

Li Xiuyuan replied calmly: "Because my master just left this world, then this road must have no end, so I think there must be some higher realm."

"You haven't even broken through to the Golden Core Realm yet, but you unexpectedly thought of the realm above the Shura Realm. I'm really impressed by you. If I let the Queen know, I will definitely scold you for being crazy!"

Xiaoyun curled her lips, laughed and cursed.

Listening to Xiaoyun's laughter and scolding, Li Xiuyuan smiled even more innocently: "I just want to know, what if one day I reach a certain realm in practice?"

Hope is in the world, who says it is impossible? A life with hope is a meaningful life.

Li Xiuyuan didn't know who he had heard this saying. It was either an old Taoist priest or the memory of his previous life. This was his own opinion. Anything that could not be explained was considered to be the practice of his previous life.

Just like he can recite Buddhist scriptures by heart, just like he can cut down the sky full of peach and apricot blossoms with one sword, just like he can stunning the envoys of Silver Moon Kingdom and Tianfeng Kingdom with one arrow.

He believed that this was his innate ability, rather than his cultivation in this life.

Because in this life, he only learned the Taixuan Sutra and the way of runes from the old Taoist priests, and he also had the thin golden fonts like swords and axes.

And he couldn't tell Xiaoyun this in detail.

"I have never seen anyone as curious as you in Tianfeng Kingdom." Xiaoyun chuckled.

Li Xiuyuan chuckled, then spread his hands and said, "I'm not curious, I'm eager to learn."

When Xiaoyun heard this, she couldn't help but look at him and laugh: "Then I really hope that your practice will break through to Nascent Soul as soon as possible. From now on, I will rely on you to take care of my sister."

"Sister Xiaoyun, if you are by your side, you will get more training resources. You will definitely be able to break through to a higher realm. I believe you can do it."

Li Xiuyuan thought about the day when he had mastered great supernatural powers. His white clothes fluttered up into the sky, the clouds cleared and mist dispersed, and a beam of light fell down. He stepped on the clouds and broke through the void to find his master... He couldn't help but feel shaken, and he couldn't compose himself for a moment.

"I can... I can definitely do it!"

"My queen is still waiting for me to go back. I won't talk to you anymore!" Xiaoyun patted her and stood up to leave.

Li Xiuyuan was thinking about his own thoughts. When he saw Xiaoyun getting up to leave, he got up to see off the guests. Walking outside the hospital, looking at the hot summer day, he asked softly: "Silver Moon Kingdom won't come back for the third competition, right?"

"I heard from your Majesty that the envoy from the Silver Moon Kingdom has returned to the country, and they said they would agree on a third match in three years!"

The girl who was afraid of the sun had disappeared without a word.

"Three years from now? I don't know where I will be at that time? I don't know to what extent my cultivation has broken through?"

After closing the door, Li Xiuyuan turned around and walked into the house.

At the moment, he eats and drinks by himself, and spends his useless time with the door closed, so he can complete his practice with peace of mind. This is also a rare quiet period for him after coming down from the Taoist temple.

Right now, he spends half the day practicing swordsmanship, half the day copying sutras, and at night practicing the Taixuan Sutra. He feels that he can break through to the legendary golden elixir realm in less than a year.

"If Master doesn't ascend, you should be happy for me, right?"

After all, the old Taoist priest didn’t know how much effort he had spent. Li Xiuyuan’s physical skills were only getting longer, but there was no sign of gathering Qi. Once he finally gathered Qi, he allowed the master to ascend and leave in one day.

Everything was like a dream.

...

When Xiaoyun returned to Empress Changsun and told her that Li Xiuyuan had given her fifty gold coins, even she felt incredible.

"Everyone only thinks there is a small amount, so how can there be any reason to send it out? Does this little guy want to bribe you?"

The queen looked at Xiaoyun and asked with a smile.

Xiaoyun was startled, looked at the queen and said with a smile: "Why is he bribing me? I have no money and no power... Madam, you haven't seen him, that guy didn't even open his eyelids, he just counted.

Give me fifty coins, as if they were fifty copper coins."

"In this case, it can be cultivated properly. Maybe it will be of great use in the future!"

Queen Changsun looked at Xiaoyun and said quietly, in her opinion, whether it is external or internal, you need a few trustworthy people around you. It is not easy to meet a guy who can write well and is not greedy for money.

Of course you can't let it go.

Xiaoyun looked at the queen's serious look and couldn't help but ask: "But there is no place for spiritual practice in this palace. Doesn't the empress want to send him to the mountain?"

Empress Changsun glanced at her with a smile and said with a smile: "That's not impossible. I have to talk to the emperor about this and see what he thinks. Don't worry."

Xiaoyun lowered her head and thought for a moment, then looked at Queen Changsun and replied: "I asked that guy what he wanted to do in the future, and he said he didn't want to be an official, but just wanted to practice... I hope that one day he will reach a higher level and go to

Looking for his master."

"Oh? This is even more rare. A guy who doesn't love money, doesn't want to be an official, and is dedicated to cultivation, there are not many people in the Tianfeng Kingdom."
Chapter completed!