He put the steaming dishes on the table, and Old He retreated behind the counter, reopened his ledger, pretending to calculate, but his eyes darted back and forth, occasionally glancing at the customers in the small shop.

  Monday Fairy, Little Ring and Wild Dog Taoist three people, at this moment all sat on the table of San Yan Gray Hair Monkey Xiao Hui, as for the new dishes, naturally also sent to this table, it's just that they all had no appetite. On the contrary, Xiao Hui was very happy, drinking wine and eating dishes with big mouth, looking very happy.

  Zhouyi Xian and the other three people's eyes were all looking at the man who was leaning against the edge of the table, not looking at Xiaohui.

  Xiao Huan fell silent for a moment, then slowly stretched out his hand and pushed the man gently. In a low voice, he called out: "Gui... Li."

  The man's body was pushed by her and moved slightly, but there was no reaction. Zhou Yi Xian and the wild dog looked at each other, both puzzled.

  The man's appearance was naturally the same as the ghostly figure they had seen before, but this person who had once made countless people tremble with fear had now become so dispirited that they couldn't react for a moment.

  Xiao Huan turned his head and said in shock: "How did he become like this?"

  On Monday, Xian blinked and shrugged his shoulders, saying: "Don't ask us two about this." He paused for a moment, then suddenly furrowed his brow, turned to the little gray still squatting on the table, and smiled, saying: "Little monkey, what's wrong with your master?"

  Xiao Hui's three eyes rotated together, looking at the old man with a Daoist aura, without any other reaction, only the tail behind him stood up and swung back and forth several times. After a moment, he suddenly spat out a "hiss" from his mouth, turned his head grandly and took a sip of wine, completely disregarding the old man who looked like a god.

  On Monday, Xian Da lost face and his face turned red with rage. "You damned monkey," he shouted, "how dare you show me your ugly face? You're looking for trouble! If you've angered my family's immortal, I'll use my immortal magic to capture you and seal you under Mount Qingyun for 1,800 years. Let's see if you're afraid then..."

  Before the words were finished, Zhou Yi Xian only heard a loud whistle, and his eyes turned black as if something was rushing towards him. Just as he was about to dodge, Xiao Huan also cried out in surprise. Fortunately, someone quickly stretched out a hand from the side and pushed Zhou Yi Xian with incredible speed, knocking the old man to the ground.

  On Monday, Xian was caught off guard and fell onto his four limbs, instantly ruining his immortal appearance and becoming utterly disheveled. However, he managed to dodge the object that was thrown at him by doing so. The object hit nothing but air, flew out a short distance, made a dull thudding sound, and smashed into the wall of a small shop before falling down - it turned out to be a roasted chicken bone.

  Everyone, including Mr. He who was standing far away watching the commotion, turned their heads to look, and saw that the three-eyed monkey was holding a chicken leg in its hand, gnawing at it with great relish, but no one knew whether this bone had been spat out by the monkey's mouth or pulled out by its hand.

  Monday Xian was furious, but he had experienced a lot and knew that this monkey was an extraordinary creature with a bad temper. Moreover, there was also the notorious bloodthirsty master Gui Lie behind it, so it's better not to provoke him, lest he wake up and cause more trouble.

  At this moment, the man who was scolded got up with a loud noise, turned his strange eyes and shouted at the wild dog Daoist: "You rascal, are you deliberately trying to kill me? Why did you push your immortal so hard?"

  The wild dog was stunned, if it were its previous temper, it would have scolded back long ago. However, now the dog-like eyes rolled around and surprisingly turned its head away, ignoring Zhou Yi Xian.

  On Monday, Xian was rebuffed and became even more enraged. Just as he was about to say something else, Xiaohuan had already chided him from the side: "Grandfather!"

  Zhou Yixian has been afraid of this sharp-tongued granddaughter in recent years, and now she shut her mouth, but still muttered something under her breath, obviously very unwilling.

  Xiao Huan didn't bother with him, turned her head to look at Xiao Hui, and smiled: "Xiao Hui, do you still remember me? I once gave you a candied hawthorn to eat."

  The little grey eyes stared at the little ring, three eyes blinked together, suddenly nodded, smiled and even swung its tail twice, I don't know if it was learned from that yellow dog "Big Yellow" on Qingyun Mountain's Dazhu Peak many years ago.

  The little ring chuckled and said, "I didn't expect you to still remember me, come here." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to beckon the monkey.

  The little grey eyes rolled around, and he reached up to his head, looking slightly puzzled. He habitually wanted to scratch his head, but unexpectedly found that one hand was holding a wine jug and the other was grasping a chicken leg, neither of which could be spared. So he simply used the chicken leg to rub against his fluffy head a few times, leaving behind a few greasy stains.

  Xiao Huan covered her mouth and smiled lightly, Xiao Hui looked at her smile, also curled up his lips and smiled, then slowly moved over, came to the front of Xiao Huan's desk, and squatted down.

  Zhou Yi Xian, a stray dog and even Old He in the distance all stared with wide eyes.

  Xiao Huan carefully observed the monkey, took out a silk handkerchief from her bosom, and frowned: "Throw away what's in your hands."

  The three-eyed monkey was stunned for a moment, "squeaked" twice, obviously not very willing. Xiao Huan gently patted its head and said, "Hurry up!"

  Xiao Hui flicked her mouth, put the chicken leg back on the plate, took another look, and just as she was about to put down the wine jug, she suddenly brought it to her lips and took a big gulp before putting it back on the table.

  Xiao Huan shook her head and smiled, saying: "How did you become so greedy." As she spoke, she reached out and pulled both of Xiao Hui's monkey hands to the front, using a silk handkerchief to carefully wipe away the oil stains on the monkey's hands. Xiao Hui surprisingly remained still, allowing Xiao Huan to arrange him as she pleased.

  It's strange to say, apart from the master Gui Li, the three-eyed spirit monkey seems to have some good feelings towards only a few other women, as for people like Zhou Yi Xian and Ye Gou, it seems that it has never looked at them with favor.

  After wiping it clean, Xiaohuan put the handkerchief aside and glanced at Gui Li with a gaze that was both surprised and concerned. She turned to Xiao Hui and asked, "How did he end up like this?"

  Xiao Hui stretched out his hand to scratch his head, "Squeak squeak squeak" and started calling out, while waving his arms. However, the people present looked at each other with wide eyes, clearly no one understood what he was saying. Xiao Hui seemed to have realized this too, and stopped.

  Suddenly, the monkey stretched out his hand and pointed at Xiaohuan, almost poking her face. Xiaohuan was startled, and the wild dog beside her was about to move, thinking that the monkey was too wild to be trained. However, he was unexpectedly pulled back by Zhou Yixian beside him.

  The wild dog was stunned and looked at Zhou Yixian, who said in a low voice, "Let's take a look first."

  All of a sudden, Xiao Hui pointed at the small ring and then her body flipped over on the table, jumping to the middle of the table. She made "squeaky" noises and gestured at the small ring with her mouth open, then her two hands moved in a curved shape from top to bottom along her body.

  Xiao Huan was shocked, while Zhou Yi Xian beside her furrowed his brow and said: "A woman?"

  Xiao Hui nodded repeatedly, then pointed at the ghost that had fallen to the ground. He immediately clasped his hands together in a prayer-like gesture and let out several "squeak squeak ya ya" cries. Suddenly, his body fell backwards, and his entire monkey form stiffened as he fell to the ground.

  Xiao Huan suddenly shouted: "Be careful!"

  Before the words had fallen, Xiaohui's performance was too invested, forgetting that this was just a small table. He had unknowingly jumped to the edge of the table and with a "plop", he fell under the table.

  Xiao Huan was both amused and worried, hastily getting up to check, but with a "tsk" sound, the monkey had already climbed back up from the ground, hands on the ground, grinning at Xiao Huan.

  Xiao Huan looked at the three-eyed monkey and saw that it didn't seem to be hurt, so she felt relieved. She reached out her hand and touched its head, and the little grey eyes blinked at her.

  Xiao Huan hesitated for a moment, then looked at Gui Li's figure again, and turned to Zhou Yixian: "Grandfather, what is this..."

  On Monday, Xian furrowed his brow and said: "Could it be that he was hurt by a woman? With his current cultivation and the power of the Gui Wang Sect, looking around the world, there are hardly a few women who can achieve this. Is it Shui Yue from Qing Yun Men or San Miao from Mo Jiao He Huan Pai?"

  The stray dog Taoist who had been sitting aside suddenly spoke up and said: "I don't think so."

  "On Monday, Xian Nu said: 'What did you say? You actually dare to say that I, uh, this immortal is wrong.'"

  The wild dog Daoist didn't look at him, a strange expression floated on his dog face as he gazed at the fallen figure and slowly said: "From what I know, he's not that kind of man who takes winning or losing very seriously. Besides, there aren't any injuries on his body..."

  Zhou Yi snorted, clearly disapproving. "That's because your skills and those of others are too far apart," he sneered. "If you only know a few tricks like a three-legged cat, winning or losing is just a normal thing for you. You always say 'winning or losing is a common occurrence in the world of martial arts'..."

  The wild dog Daoist was furious and just about to retort when Xiao Huan glared at the two of them and raised her voice, saying: "Alright, that's enough!"

  Xian and the stray dog finally shut up at the same time, but still glared at each other in anger.

  Xiao Huan thought for a moment, then nodded and seemed to have made some decision. He said to the monkey squatting in front of him: "Little Gray, you guys come with us first."

  "What?"

  Xiao Hui had not reacted yet, but Zhou Yi Xian and Ye Gou Dao Ren shouted out first. Their voices were so loud that even He Lao Ban in the distance was startled.

  Xiao Huan looked at them and said, "What's wrong?"

  The wild dog Daoist stuttered for a moment and said: "He...he has too many enemies, I'm afraid there will be trouble."

  Xiao Huan said: "I'm not afraid of anything, what are you afraid of?"

  The stray dog remained silent, but Zhou Yixian beside him was not having it. He glared at Xiaohuan and scolded, "We're not running a charity here, why do you keep taking in strangers every day?"

  Xiao Huan glared at her grandfather and said, "He's not just anyone, he saved my life in the Dead Marsh! And," she suddenly smiled with a deep meaning, "Grandfather, do you still remember how you cheated someone into stepping on dog poop over ten years ago?"

  The wild dog Daoist was taken aback, but Zhou Yixian's old face turned red with rage, and he shouted: "What are you bringing up this old account from over a decade ago for?"

  Xiao Huan hummed and said faintly, "You just remember that, anyway I can't just watch and do nothing." After speaking, he didn't pay attention to Grandpa anymore, turned his head around and took care of Gui Li.

  As they gently turned the man over, a strong smell of alcohol wafted up, and Xiaohuan furrowed her brow. But all she saw was that familiar face with its eyes tightly shut, eyebrows knitted together in a frown, as if even in his drunken state, he was still heartbroken.

  Xiao Huan silently gazed at the man's face, and suddenly a thought flashed through her mind - that day outside the Dead Marshes, this man had walked up to her fortune-telling stall and whispered something in her ear.

  "You've grown up..."

  On Monday, Xian didn't know that his granddaughter was suddenly having some wild thoughts in her heart, but he was very clear that he might have added a big trouble for himself. Under such circumstances, how could his mood be good? He turned his head back with hatred and glared at Gui Li with one eye, saying loudly: "Boss, calculate the bill."

  The old boss hurried over and smiled: "Sir, won't you sit for a while?"

  Xian said irritably, "Sit more? I've sat for a while and got into big trouble. Sitting more will only get me killed!"

  He Lao Ban suppressed a smile and said: "Thank you, sir, four pieces of silver."

  On Monday, Xian muttered to himself, and only then did he take out the silver from his bosom. Suddenly, a small grey dog ran over from beside him, took the large wine sack that was on its back and moved it to the front, waving it non-stop in front of Old He, yelping incessantly.

  Xian, Xiaohuan and others were all stunned, not knowing what this monkey was up to. However, Mr. He, who had been with the monkey for three days, knew a thing or two. At this moment, he furrowed his brow, sank into thought for a brief moment, and suddenly said: "Are you going to add wine to this wine bag?"

  Xiao Hui was overjoyed and nodded vigorously, grinning from ear to ear.

  Xian and others were stunned. After a while, Xiaohuan coughed and dryly said: "Shopkeeper, just add...add some wine for it."

  He Lao Ban was overjoyed and hastily agreed, turning around to fetch wine.

  It's said that this big wine bag is really huge, as the wine flows in, the wine bag gradually bulges up, but He Lao Ban poured two jars of wine into it, and it still wasn't full. Xiao Hui was smiling with joy on the side, while Zhou Yi Xian couldn't bear it anymore, forgetting his immortal identity, jumping up angrily saying: "Enough, enough..."

  "Whoosh!" A black shadow flew straight at him, and Zhou Yixian had experience this time. As soon as he heard the sound, he hurriedly dodged, and indeed Xiao Hui directly threw a plate over, which shattered into four or five pieces with a loud "crash".

  On Monday, Xian was about to say something again when "clink, clink, clink" the plates on the table were thrown one after another by Xiao Hui. He dodged left and right, unable to say anything else. However, He Lao saw the crisp shattering sound of plate after plate, and his heart ached instantly. Looking at the wine bag, there was actually not much left. He hastily said: "Forget it, forget it! The remaining bit of wine is on me. Monkey old master, please don't throw any more plates. This... uh... this immortal, you can just consider it as two jars of wine money."

  Xiao Hui stopped, Zhou Yixian halted his body, panting heavily, cursing in his mouth, but did not dare to approach that irritable three-eyed monkey again.

  Xiao Huan smiled slightly, turning her gaze back from the other side, and refocused on Gui Li, but didn't notice that Ye Quan Dao Ren, who had been silent for a long time beside her, was also staring at Gui Li with an eerie glow gradually flashing in his eyes.

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  Qingyun Mountain, Tongtian Peak.

  In front of the main hall of the Jade Clear Palace, under the stone steps, in the middle of the icy pool, the Qingyun Gate's mountain spirit beast, the water qilin, was leisurely flipping its body in the water. The waves were rolling and being pressed by its huge body to flow rapidly in all directions, stirring up layers of ripples, truly a magnificent sight.

  Li Xuan, a disciple of Fengxiang Valley, gazed into the icy pool on the stone steps for a moment before turning his head and smiling: "I've long heard that the water qilin of Qingyunmen's mountain is a thousand-year-old spiritual beast. Now that I've seen it, it's indeed extraordinary."

  "Brother Li is being too kind." A clear and bright laugh came from beside Li Xuan, it was Xiao Yicai, the most famous disciple of Qingyunmen's Tongtian Peak's Longmen lineage. He also glanced at Shui Qilin a few times, smiling and saying, "Speaking of which, the Spirit Beast was actually tamed by our sect's ancestor, Qingye, back in the day. Just thinking about Ancestor's demeanor makes me and other junior disciples admire him even more."

  Li Xun nodded and smiled. He came from a prestigious family of the Orthodox School, with high aspirations, but he also admired Qing Ye's master, who was a stunning genius in his youth.

  Xiao Yicai stretched out his hand and gestured towards the direction of the mountain top: "Please, Master Li."

  Li Xunqian yielded for a moment and walked away with Xiao Yicai at the same time.

  Xiao Yicai walked and said: "I don't know what important matter Brother Li has come to visit this time?"

  Li Xuan smiled and said: "Nothing much, just that my family master has a letter for me to present to Daoxuan Zhenren."

  Xiao Yizai was taken aback, his expression changing as he said: "What? Could it be that the esteemed Valley Master Yun has already come out of seclusion? I had just heard from Lu Xueqi, who had recently returned from Nanjiang, that Elder Yun was still in closed-door meditation?"

  Li Xuan smiled slightly and said, "To be honest with you, Elder Xiao, my master has just left the mountain a few days ago. He told me that he hasn't seen his old friends from Central Plains, such as Daoxuan Zhenren and Puhong Shangren, for many years, and is very concerned about them, so he wants to come visit them."

  Xiao Yizai's face changed slightly, and he immediately burst out laughing: "This is the best it could be! Cloud Old Master's immortal chariot has arrived, this is a major event that hasn't happened in our Central Plains for a long time!"

  Li Xun turned his head and looked over, Xiao Yi Cai was looking at him too, the two of them gazed at each other for a long time, suddenly they both burst out laughing, their expressions extremely joyful.

  Xiao Yizai pulled Li Xuan's hand and said with a smile, "Let's go, let's go. Today, our master is chatting with the other masters in the Jade Clear Hall. Let me lead the way and introduce you to them."

  Li Xuan smiled and said, "I've troubled you so much, Elder Xiao." After a few steps, he seemed to suddenly remember something and turned to Xiao Yicai, saying, "Right, Elder Xiao, there's one more thing I'd like to ask."

  Xiao Yizai smiled and said: "Brother Li, just speak freely."

  Li Xuan said: "Previously, Qingyunmen sent Lu Xueqi sister to Nankiang to visit our master..."

  Xiao Yicai's face changed slightly, but he quickly recovered, however, this expression still fell into Li Xun's eyes. Li Xun's heart moved, but his mouth continued to say: "When we parted that day, it seemed that Lu Shimei was lightly injured. Speaking of which, she can also be said to have helped me in the incense valley, and I am very uneasy in my heart, I don't know if her body is well recently?"

  Xiao Yicai thought for a moment and said, "Thank you, Brother Li, for your concern. Lu Shimei is in good health. Coincidentally, today Shuiyue Shu also brought her disciples Wen Min and Lu Xueqi to visit us. You'll be able to see her soon."

  Li Kun's face couldn't help but flash a hint of joy, and he nodded in response.

  Xiao Yicai looked at his expression and didn't say a word. The two of them walked upwards, but the topic of conversation had also shifted to something unrelated, chatting about trivial matters. Before long, they had already reached the top of the stone steps and arrived in front of the Yuqing Temple on Tongtian Peak.

  A magnificent and majestic huge building appeared in front of Li Xun. Li Xun gazed at it for a long time, sighed and said: "I thought that the Shanhe Temple and Xuanyu Altar in Fengxiang Valley were the best in the world, but now I see this, I realize that there are people outside of people, and there is heaven beyond heaven!"

  Xiao Yizai burst out laughing and said: "Li Shixiong is being polite, come, this way please!"

  Li Xuan chuckled and followed Xiao Yicai, walking to the front of the Jade Clear Palace, taking a deep breath, tidying up his clothes, and then striding in.