Chapter 4 Decisions
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A man and a woman sit at two ends of a wooden table in a bamboo hut with smoke floating all around.
The two men looked very different in age, but they wore the same style of robes, white and silver, with iconic symbols on the side of the long sleeves.
The one on the left was an old man with long eyebrows and white hair. Though his eyes were closed, but he radiated an aura of grandeur and integrity.
And sitting opposite the white-haired old man, it is Chen Yue's teacher, the source of the mysterious female voice.
" sister, since we decided to let Chen Yue follow that boy, you don't have to care."
"Senior brother, This boy, Li Bai, is not as good as we thought, but if he is really as our ancestors' letters say, then he is really very important to us!"
The white-haired man opened his eyes and smiled. Then he stood up slowly and turned his head to look out of the window at the bamboo forest.
"sister, although you and I are in people's eyes is a reclusive immortal, but after all is not a real immortal, just get more time than ordinary people."
The white-haired man paused for a moment, then went on.
"There is a way of nature in everything, but we should follow the path of pedestrians. For young Li Bai, we should do our best."
"But brother patriarch, since the foundation of our religion, we have been working hard for generations to see the way of heaven, haven't we?"
The white-haired man suddenly burst into laughter, which shocked the sister who thought he was always calm.
What about you, brother?"
"The sister is still in those years into the religion or late, not my real character, of course, this is not to mention."
The white-haired old man turned to face his sister again, without a smile, and said in a calm tone.
"Since the establishment of our religion, there have been many generations of talented people. Why only the ancestors have risen to become immortals?"
"I've been thinking about that for a long time, but I can't figure it out."
" sister, do you still remember the last words in the letters written by our ancestors?"
'The last word?
The woman was silent for a moment, as if remembering something.
"If you want to be immortal, you have to learn how to be human first."
"So it is, thanks a senior brother to answer!!"
The white-haired man smiled and waved his hand and went on.
" sister, after today, I will be in seclusion for training. After that, I will leave the religious affairs in the charge of your brother wuxu."
"Senior brother, if so, what happened after that young li bai?"
"I give you a jade rune. If anything is beyond your control, crush it."
"The white-haired old man suddenly smiled.
"Besides, the Yunzhuang boy has been following him and should be able to control most of the situation."
The woman took the white - haired man in the hands of the jade, nodded, ready to retire.
"By the way, what was the name of the religious boy Wuwang received a few years ago?"
"Lu Yun."
"Call Lu Yun here."
The woman nodded, turned and left.
The white-haired old man turned back, looked out of the window at the bamboo grove, and smiled.
'Old man, if you are still alive, come back and meet me.'
Li's village, Li's house.
Li Bai rubbed his eyes and slowly sat up in bed.
The sun outside the window made him feel blinding, but he tried to adapt.
Although he had fainted suddenly last night, he did not know why he was in a much better state of mind after rest.
"Brother Li Bai, you are awake."
The wooden door of the room was opened slowly by a girl in a water-color embroidered dress, and she came in slowly with a teapot in her hand.
Li Bai knew who it was, of course. However, compared with the day before, her outfit was obviously a little more gentle.
Li Bai was stunned for a moment.
"Brother Li Bai?"
"Oh, Yue 'er, why did you get here?"
Chen Yue smiled slightly, seems to understand what, also don't say.
"Uncle Yunzhuang was worried that you had not recovered, so he let me have a look."
"The courtyard is so quiet, is father and uncle out again?"
"Uncle yunzhuang and uncle li have gone to aunt yao's grave. Let me wait for you to go there with you to find them when you wake up."
Although Li Yuncun had just mentioned his mother to Li Bai the day before, it was quite a different feeling when he heard her name again.
In Li Bai's childhood memory, there was no trace of his mother, and even the name Yao was rarely mentioned.
'Mom, are you all right up there? '
On a hillside not far from the southeastern outskirts of the Li family village, Mr. Li and his brothers each gave a salute before a stone tomb.
"Elder brother, you don't have to worry too much, we two brothers so decided, presumably she is also in favor of."
"It's a pity that what Yao Xue had hoped was that Li Bai could grow up carefree."
For Li Yuncun, his identity as a father and as a village owner are not in conflict in most of the time, and he has never been tangled or considered between the two. However, although he struggled in his heart, his will as a village owner is still greater than his will as a father.
After Chen Yue waited for Li Bai to recover, the two of them left the house and headed for the southeast exit of the village.
On the way, Rip met some people he knew in the village. He thought they would be dissatisfied with the fact that he had fainted at the festival, but he did not expect to hear all the words of kindness, and he was touched.
"Li Bai, is that better?"
"Thanks to Grandpa, I'm much better."
Li Bai turned around and saw that Grandpa Wang was almost as dressed as usual. The only difference was that his hand, which should have been holding the wine gourd, was empty.
"Why do you look so familiar?"
"Grandpa Wang, I'm Chen Yue. I haven't seen you for many years. How are you?"
Grandpa Wang looked at Chen Yue carefully again. He seemed to think of something and laughed in vain.
"So it's you, girl. Yes, it's changed a little over the years."
Grandpa Wang did not chat with Chen Yue much, and turned to look at Li Bai.
"Heard your uncle's back?"
"Yes, last night."
Grandpa Wang listened and laughed again, and shook the fan in his hand twice.
"Last night I didn't come to the ceremony. When you see your second uncle, help me say hello."
When Grandpa Wang saw Li Bai nodded, he smiled and walked away.
Li Bai looked at the old man away from the figure, he shook his head helplessly, he was ready to move on, but found that Chen Yue was in a trance.
Chen Yue felt Grandpa Wang was very strange, specifically where strange, also can not say.
"Yue 'er, what's on your mind?"
"Huh? No, just things from when we were kids."
Chen Yue immediately put away his thoughts and smiled at Li Bai.
They did not waste any more time. They walked toward the hillside, and when they left the southeast entrance, they saw their father and second uncle standing on the hillside in front of his mother's grave.
Li Bai stopped and stood behind them.
"There you are."
After agreeing to both of them, Rip never looked away from his mother's stone tomb.
'Mom, uncle in the outside wandering for these years, he finally came back, this our family can finally get together, please be in heaven must bless. 'Then he knelt down on the stone slab in front of the tomb and silently knocked his head three times.
"Li Bai, after my discussion with your father, there is something I want to know about your opinion."
standing behind Li Bai Chen Yue heard Yunzhuang uncle said so, they understand that her master expected not bad, Li Bai brother should soon leave the village.
"Uncle, what's the matter?"
"I want you to go to Qingzhou with me."
"Go to Qingzhou...?"
At the moment of hearing this question, Li Bai felt very shocked at first, but after the shock, he had a little more strong foreboding.
Li Bai always had a feeling that there was a voice in his deepest heart that told him that the decision he made at this time would affect his whole life.
"Brother Li Bai."
Chen Yue poked Li Bai's back quietly with a finger behind his back.
Li Bai shook his body, withdrew his thoughts, and answered without thinking.
"Go!"
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