This is the true immortal of the Taoist sect.

Upon reaching the village entrance, Li Daoxuan stopped and ordered Hongmei to walk back to the Xu family home by herself.

Watching her walk away, Nangong Yue asked curiously:

Aren't you coming along?

Li Daoxuan shook his head.

"In the eyes of the villagers of Rongshu Village, my identity is too extraordinary, and it is best not to show myself easily."

Nangong Yue seemed to be deep in thought, and this time she did not shout for war.

Hongmei returned to the Xu family in a daze. When she returned, the Xu family members were obviously stunned for a moment.

Hongmei instantly snapped out of her daze and turned to run away.

But this time, without Nangong Yue's help, how could a weak woman like her escape?

Amidst the chaotic sounds of beatings and curses, Hongmei was tied up.

The Xu family squatted on the kang (a heated brick bed) and discussed it all night. They finally decided not to kill her in a hurry, but to let Hongmei give birth to offspring for the Xu family first, make full use of her value, and then send her on her way.

Standing at the village entrance, Li Daoxuan saw all of this. He didn't interfere, nor did he have any other emotions about it. He simply turned around and went back to the low hill without saying a word.

Nangong Yue followed behind him the whole time, looking at Li Daoxuan with a curious gaze.

Li Daoxuan ignored her, walked to the big banyan tree, gently patted the thick trunk, and his eyes shone with a divine light.

He sat under this tree for more than a month, successfully condensing the five elements and advancing his cultivation to a new level. As a result, the banyan tree was also influenced by the Daoist energy and a trace of spirituality was awakened.

This is the opportunity that the banyan tree has waited for after standing here for a thousand years, enduring countless hardships.

This is fate.

There are countless giant trees like the banyan tree in the world, but Li Daoxuan happened to sit under this one. Of course, Li Daoxuan did not choose it intentionally, and the banyan tree did not have anything particularly attractive to him. It was all a coincidence.

However, since the banyan tree has embarked on a different path because of Li Daoxuan, Li Daoxuan will not abandon it.

After all, if living beings in the world are not taught and only act according to their instincts, they are very likely to go astray.

Li Daoxuan was unwilling to see the banyan tree he had influenced eventually become like the old woman of Lanruo Temple.

After some thought, Li Daoxuan raised his hand and carved a rune, and then branded his title, Daoxuan Tianzun, on it.

Firstly, it gives the banyan tree a means of self-protection, so that it won't be cut down as a precious natural treasure when it grows up.

Secondly, it serves to constantly monitor the development of the banyan tree. If it were to do something that would harm the righteous way of heaven and earth in order to break through its constraints, this rune could attract divine punishment and erase it.

After doing all this, Li Daoxuan had no more attachment to this place.

Nangong Yue stared wide-eyed at the fleeting golden runes on the banyan tree, asking with the curiosity of a child:

"Hey, what did you just do? This tree looks... a little different now?"

Li Daoxuan smiled and said:

"A tree is still a tree. The reason you see it differently is because you see what I did to it."

Nangong Yue's lips twitched, and she rolled her eyes, saying:

"Why are you talking so strangely?"

Li Daoxuan rolled his eyes and turned to leave.

After descending the low hill and walking along a country path, Li Daoxuan stopped, turned around, and said helplessly:

"Why are you following me?"

Not far behind, Nangong Yue pouted and said:

"What do you mean I should follow you? This road isn't yours..."

Li Daoxuan didn't say anything and continued walking forward with his head down.

Nangong Yue chuckled to herself, quickened her pace to catch up, put her hands behind her back, held her long sword horizontally at her waist, and asked with a grin:

"Hey, what's your name? My name is Nangong Yue..."

Li Daoxuan remained silent.

"Where are you going? It's so late, why don't you find a place to rest?"

"By the way, have you been to many places? Have you heard of Celestial City? Do you know which direction it is?"

"Would you like to go to Celestial Phenomenon City? It's said to be the largest city within a radius of ten thousand miles, a supreme divine city personally founded by the Great Emperor Hongyu..."

"Master said that in Celestial City, you can find out everything you want to know..."

"And there's more..."

Nangong Yue chattered incessantly in Li Daoxuan's ear like a fly.

He was jumping and skipping around as he talked, he just couldn't stop.

Li Daoxuan, thoroughly annoyed by the question, feigned a gloomy tone and asked:

"Stop... Didn't you say I'm a demon? Aren't you afraid of me?"

Nangong Yue paused for a moment, then chuckled and said:

"Who calls themselves a demon? I think you're a pretty good person. After all, you could even refrain from harming that beastly woman, so you certainly wouldn't lay a hand on a pretty and lovely girl like me, right?"

Li Daoxuan couldn't help but laugh and ask:

"Didn't your master teach you what taboos to be aware of when traveling the martial world?"

Nangong Yue said with a serious expression:

"Yes, there are plenty..."

Li Daoxuan was somewhat skeptical. If it were a normal master-disciple relationship, probably no master would let such a simple-minded disciple go out into the world alone. Wouldn't that be like delivering food to those villains?

"How could your master let you run away alone?"

When Li Daoxuan asked her this question, Nangong Yue clearly tried to dodge the question.

"Master... probably doesn't know I ran away..."

Looking at Nangong Yue's extraordinary beauty, which far surpassed that of ordinary people, and her martial arts cultivation level of only the fourth level, Li Daoxuan sighed and said:

"I advise you not to go to Celestial City. Someone like you might get eaten alive on the way..."

Nangong Yue, puzzled, blinked and asked:

"You mean there will be many strange beasts on this road?"

Li Daoxuan chuckled to himself.

This little girl has no idea what it means to be wicked.

He looked up at the sky and the stars, and then made a few calculations with his hands hidden in his sleeves.

Peace and tranquility prevailed, and life remained as usual.

Li Daoxuan thought for a moment and asked:

Do you know how far it is from here to Celestial City?

Nangong Yue shook her head.

Li Daoxuan then asked:

Where is your sect located?

Nangong Yue looked up and glanced around, then pointed to the east and said:

"Over there, if you go east for about half an hour, you'll reach Yanghe Town. Then, if you head north from Yanghe Town, you'll see Bixia Mountain after half a day's walk. I've been practicing martial arts on the mountain with my master since I was a child."

She explained everything clearly, revealing all her secrets.

Li Daoxuan nodded, turned around and said:

"Let's go..."

Nangong Yue's eyes lit up, and she said excitedly:

"Are we going to Celestial City?"

Li Daoxuan said expressionlessly:

"If you're not afraid, then come with me."

Nangong Yue quickly followed, smiling:

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, you're a good person, not a monster, I'll go with you..."

Li Daoxuan smiled helplessly, thinking that if he really let the girl go to Tianxiang City on her own, she would probably suffer a disaster before she even got a hundred miles away.

Since he had no destination to choose from and it didn't matter where he went, he decided to do her a favor and send her back.

Nangong Yue still thought Li Daoxuan was going to take her to Tianxiang City, and her face was still full of excitement.

She was completely unaware that Li Daoxuan intended to send her back.