Chapter 962 After Li Qi Disappears

Many years have passed, and the seasons reincarnate, always unchanged.

It's summer now.

Summer always seems melancholy, hot and noisy.

The sky was clear and cloudless, extremely quiet, and various insects could be heard outside.

The sun gave off a strong white light, and there was an uncomfortable heat in the air, giving off the scent of summer.

The terrain of Xuanjing Mountain is steep, so ever-changing clouds often flash over the top of the mountain, thus revealing their majesty in the sunlight.

The mountain god of Xuanjing Mountain is named Niuhuang. He is a fifth-level cultivation person and is a famous powerful person in the surrounding area.

He would often tell other people around Xuanjing Mountain not to go up the mountain because it would disturb the goddess on the mountain.

It is said that there is a goddess on the mountain with short hair and a beautiful face. She looks like a brilliance, as bright as white light.

Many years ago, in Wu County, there was a man named Zhang Zhi whose wife was seriously ill. He secretly climbed Xuanjing Mountain to pray for God. On the top of the mountain, he saw a woman standing on the southeast corner of the cliff.

He walked over and found that there was only a stone there, shaped like a person.

Zhang Zhi was so discouraged that he had no choice but to say to Shitou: "You have human form, are you a god? If you can cure my wife's illness, I will thank you heavily."

That night, he dreamed that someone said to him: "I will bless you."

At that time, his wife gradually improved, so Zhang Zhi built a temple at the foot of the mountain, where he practiced witchcraft.

Legend has it that he later wrote a volume of pulse classics, a volume of soup prescriptions, and a volume of pill prescriptions, which he would teach to anyone who was willing to learn. His disciples traveled around, saving lives and treating diseases, and they were all very miraculous and efficacious.

Someone told this matter to the real mountain god Bezoar of Xuanjing Mountain, saying that Zhang Zhi's temple was at the foot of Xuanjing Mountain, but he did not worship the mountain god, and asked the mountain god to punish him for his sins.

Bezoar severely rebuked the informer and said: "He is there to treat illnesses and save lives. Even if he doesn't worship me, so what? If he does evil, even if he worships me, I will punish him the same way."

Later, when people heard about it, they all praised the mountain god for being wise.

However, for some people, these are irrelevant matters.

One day, a man and a woman suddenly appeared on the mountain.

The femininity in it is gloomy, so I seem to see the dark stones under the desolate promontory, illuminated by the pale red light of the endless day.

She was almost like a corpse lying under the shroud of ice and darkness during the long dark nights of winter.

The man is just the opposite, gentle and elegant, like the sunshine in spring, calm and handsome. Only when he stands next to the desolate woman can he dispel the gloom in her.

When they reached the top of the hill, the woman shouted: "Mother..."

Yes, these are Li Shiwei and Shitou.

After so many years, Li Shiwei is still at the fifth level, but Shitou has reached the fourth level.

Shitou has long since learned to transform into human form, but usually, he still prefers to appear in his own body, that is, the state of Shanxuan Yu.

But this time I came to Xuanjing Mountain for something important, so of course I needed to dress up and not be as lazy and casual as usual.

Shen Shuibi appeared here quietly, looking no different from before. She said, "Why are you back? Don't you have something serious to do now?"

"Mom, I'm getting married. I hope you will host it this time. After all, my father is not here." Li Shiwei said.

"Empress, we are almost ready. We hope to get your blessing this time." Shitou took a step forward and saluted.

Shen Shuibi sighed: "Can't you wait until your father comes back?"

Shitou smiled bitterly: "Mother, we just waited until now—"

Li Shiwei glared at Shitou, pulled him back, and said, "Then wait..."

However, Shen Shuibi suddenly said: "Forget it, no need to wait, you have been waiting for a long time, right? This time the stone broke through the fourth level, you just came to me. If you are allowed to go back, my mother will do too much." It doesn’t look like that. Where and when?”

Li Shiwei handed over a letter and said: "It's all written here, and... mother, Lachi, he said he has always wanted to visit you."

"Lachi...will you invite him to your wedding banquet this time?" Shen Shuibi asked.

"Of course. Laqi is a disciple of the great witch. How could he not be invited?" Shitou nodded.

He has a very good relationship with Lucky. To be precise, he is the second most helpful character in Lucky's growth.

The first, of course, is Li Qi.

Although Li Qi rarely interfered with Lucky, Li Qi gave Lucky the most important thing, which was a background.

Many times, this background can solve countless problems. As a master of Shaman Mountain, Laqi has massive resources to call upon and countless knowledge to learn.

But Li Qi didn't actually plan Laqi's learning path. He basically just let it go, as if he didn't remember how he secretly scolded Zhu Fengdan.

In the final analysis, Lucky, like Li Qi, needs to be understood by himself. Taking him with him to teach him will easily make them tremble and fearful every day, suppressing their spirituality.

Imagine that if Zhu Fengdan took Li Qi to teach him every day, given Li Qi's personality, he would be scared to death on the way. He was originally a cautious person and had to make four or five preparations for everything. If he was not forced to do so, Li Qi would never take risks.

Everyone who had dealt with Li Qi knew that this great witch would not choose to take risks as long as there was a slight possibility. When he stayed by the side of the great witch, he would definitely do whatever the teacher said.

As for Laqi, although his personality was slightly different, he was basically the same as Li Qi.

It is still most suitable for such people to let them grow up freely. Otherwise, they will only grow up to be like their teacher step by step, and will not be able to inherit and create the teacher's path.

Shitou also knew that it was precisely because of this... that the empress in front of him did not want to see Laqi.

Every time she saw Laqi, the empress would think of the great witch.

The disciples and the masters are too similar, just like Changqin Dalezheng would think of Zhu Fengdan every time he saw Li Qi. It was also because of this that Changqin helped Li Qi several times.

"Speaking of which, Laqi was also born because of the queen and Yang Ning Zhenjun. In a sense, he and the queen are also half-related." Shitou said at the right time.

Shen Shuibi didn't say much: "Okay, I will go when the time comes."

Shitou breathed a sigh of relief: "Then, we will go to Yang Ning Zhenjun first, take care, queen."

"Mother, then we will go to find aunt, how about I let aunt come here first, and you and aunt come together?" Li Shiwei asked.

"Okay, I haven't seen Yang Ning for a long time." Shen Shuibi replied.

"Then mother, we will leave first." Li Shiwei said so, and then left here with Shitou.

The young couple did not leave directly, but strolled in this common hometown for a while.

Shitou was also born in Xuanjing Mountain. He was a big stone in the local area. He was originally stupid and could not learn a word for thousands of years. Later, Li Shiwei broke the stubborn stone outside and revealed the mountain jade inside, which made it "open up".

And Li Shiwei was also born in Xuanjing Mountain. When she was born, her temperament was not as dull as it is now. She was still a very lively girl. She ran around the mountain every day and rode Niuhuang all over the mountain.

At that time, Niuhuang was only of the seventh grade.

Now, with the passage of time, the two young people are no longer young, but compared with their parents, they are still full of hope and not so pessimistic.

Sometimes, the younger generation is not so sensitive to the pain of the older generation.

Li Shiwei sometimes thinks of her father, but she still has no real feeling.

Because her father often leaves, and occasionally comes back, he will bring some tests and questions. If she answers, he will be very happy. Even if he doesn't answer, he will not get angry, but let her go back and think about it.

Therefore, when Li Qi left this time, although she knew that he was going to retrain, Li Shiwei surprisingly did not feel sad. Just like countless times in the past, her father was only leaving temporarily and would always come back.

Although she knew rationally that he might not come back, emotionally, she was not very sad, so she was not afraid of contacting those things of Li Qi.

The luggage that Shen Shuibi was timid and did not dare to pack, her father's personal belongings, etc., were all packed by Li Shiwei. She sorted them out one by one and put them in a mustard bag in different categories.

When she sorted them out, she did not think there was anything worth being sad about, so she could not understand why her mother lost her composure because of this and became like a shrunken ball.

It really looked like that. She turned back to her original form at that time.

Li Shiwei also had this form, but she did not like it. Turning into a rabbit form seemed too weak. Her personality was not like that.

However, no matter what the personality is, the body is still the same. For example, Li Shiwei's eye color will switch between black and silver. The specific way of switching mainly depends on the moon phase at that time, and it rotates according to the time of Taiyin Qi.

Li Shiwei and Shitou wandered at home. The mountains and forests around Xuanjing Mountain were very beautiful. In the distant view full of clouds, there would be a mountain with a strange color. Although it was far away and blurry, many gorgeous landscapes could be seen under the sunlight.

Although these landscapes would only appear for a moment at a specific angle and would never be seen again.

But this is the charm of the scenery, isn't it?

They walked down Xuanjing Mountain side by side. Next to the human settlements around Xuanjing Mountain, there were hot fields, and many butterflies with blue wings were flying on the tree-lined road.

In summer, it was a good time for pollination. Flowers were everywhere, showing the vigorous vitality in the Wushen Mountain area. The source of heaven and earth was extremely abundant, and all living beings shaped this nature in their own way.

The young couple came to the temple outside, where there were various inscriptions. Some witches practiced, read, and did some medical work here. They also carved statues for sacrifice, such as dragons and other auspicious animals, and even monsters. The most conspicuous one was of course the statue of the mountain god Niuhuang, and there were all kinds of exotic flowers and herbs picked.

It was more like a garden than a temple.

Shitou and Li Shiwei enjoyed the tranquility of returning to their hometown. They chatted and talked about how to arrange their wedding banquet and who to invite.

It was mainly Li Shiwei who was talking, and Shitou was actually a gentle person who was good at listening.

However, occasionally, Shitou would suddenly interrupt and say some insightful opinions, which would usually be recognized by Li Shiwei, because Shitou really made suggestions after careful consideration.

The two discussed the future in this way. For them, the future was full of light and joy. Although there was still haze in the past, young people's eyes were always looking forward.

When walking in her hometown, she would sometimes kiss him secretly when there was no one around, and put her tender lips, which were not good at doing such things, on her fiancé's lips.

Shitou, who always smiled gently and was calm and composed, would only panic at this time. He could never deal with Li Shiwei.

The wind and the sun fell softly on them, and the insects sang. This time, the singing happened to come at the right time.

Even the faint water vapor steaming up from the summer heat turned into a charming scenery.

Shen Shuibi naturally saw all this, and she saw it very clearly.

She was happy that her daughter could get out of the haze, but when she saw her daughter and Shitou like this, she still felt suffocated.

This scene even made her gasp for air.

The water, air, and light that seemed warm to the young couple, all had a dull and unbearable atmosphere at the top of the mountain. Even the insects that chirped happily seemed so harsh. The short-lived joy of these things seemed to mock Shen Shuibi's eternal life.

Shen Shuibi was like a large group of fallen leaves blown up by the wind. No matter how people caught and caressed them, they could no longer fly.

But she still stood up.

She had to pack her clothes. She couldn't look like this at the wedding banquet, which made her daughter depressed.

After a few hours, her daughter and Shitou left.

About a year later, Yang Ning came here.

She was still carefree. Although she was a fourth-rank, it did not affect her personality. She was still so impetuous and had no long-term troubles.

When she saw Shen Shuibi's appearance, she just frowned and pulled her to wander outside the domain for a while. Anyway, they were both fourth-rank, and not many people dared to provoke them.

Li Qi's retraining was a secret, known only to a few people, but his breakthrough to the second rank was in full view of everyone, so everyone knew that this was the wife of a second rank man.

This kind of wandering relaxed Shen Shuibi's mood, and she could sometimes laugh with Yang Ning.

But sometimes when she was alone, she still felt that the world was a little turbid, dim, and confused.

She didn't feel sad.

Just a little drowsy. (End of this chapter)