Thirty, back home

  In front of Xun Dao Mountain's Pre-Heaven Maze, Xun Daozi stood with a dusty and disheveled appearance, his face filled with excitement and a hint of nervousness.

  This is Xun Daozi's first long trip in the vast wilderness, after nearly two years, traveling tens of thousands of miles, experiencing a lot and gaining a lot. Now he has finally returned to his own home, standing at the door, but hesitated for a moment. Two years outside, for cultivators, it's just a short nap, but Xun Daozi felt like it had been a long time. Standing at the door

  Some people dare not enter the thought. There is indeed a feeling of "returning home with more fear" for travelers returning to their hometown.

  It's hard to believe that it has come to this. In the vast and boundless expanse of the wilderness, even a casual stroll can take decades or centuries. Yet, after only two years away, he has developed such strong feelings. For Xun Daozi, however, this mountain is truly his home, where he took refuge from the wind and rain, and lived since his early days as an immortal. He had never left before, and now, after countless years, he has finally returned. The anxiety and caution that filled every moment of his time away have made him miss this wilderness home even more, a place where he can relax and be himself without fear. Moreover, this home is no longer just for him alone; there is also the pure and kind-hearted Zhi Xian Su Xin. The quiet, unspoken life they shared has left an indelible mark on Xun Daozi's heart. As he returns now, he wonders what Su Xin will be like, standing at the edge of the maze, feeling both excitement to see his family and nervousness to see his beloved. His emotions are hard to put into words.

  In the end, Xun Daozi still stepped into the maze.

  Xun Daozi entered the valley, looked around with both eyes, and saw that every blade of grass and tree was so familiar. This feeling is really great!

  He walked straight to the bamboo pavilion without stopping, his heart eager to see Su Xin, wanting to tell her about the gains of this trip, wanting to show her the spiritual tea, and wanting to see her happy expression.

  Xun Daozi rushed down the valley and quickly approached the Bamboo Pavilion.

  At last, the bamboo pavilion came into view, and Zichu's footsteps quickened. Rushing into the pavilion, he looked around but saw no one. He then rushed to the small wooden hut, still finding no one.

  Xun Dao Zi scratched his head, where would he meet?

  Medicine field! It must be in the medicine field!

  Xun Daozi turned his head and rushed towards the medicine field opened up by Su Xin.

  The wind and thunder passed quickly, and the medicine field came into view. Xun Daozi seemed to have seen Su Yi's elegant and refined figure, carefully tending to the various rare flowers and precious herbs in the medicine field. Unexpectedly, after only two years of leaving, he already had a concern. It was unclear whether this would be beneficial or detrimental to his cultivation. However, at this moment, Xun Daozi felt that this concern also brought a kind of inexplicable comfort.

  Only a hundred feet away from the medicine field, Xun Daozi slowed down his pace and walked quietly towards the medicine field, afraid of startling the people working in the medicine field.

  The medicine field was only twenty zhang away, and Xun Daozi finally saw a white-clad figure crouching quietly on the ground, carefully doing something, perhaps loosening the soil or pruning branches.

  Such serenity, such peace, as if it should be so between heaven and earth: serene, peaceful, and tranquil.

  He slightly turned his head and saw a giant beast lying on the edge of the medicine field, its head facing the medicine field, and its tail shaking occasionally behind it. Wasn't that the rarely seen Jidao Beast or something?

  When did this guy get mixed up with Su Xin?

  Perhaps feeling the gaze of Xun Daozi, the Jilong beast turned its head to look around, and suddenly saw Xun Daozi. Its body trembled instantly, letting out a loud roar that shattered the tranquility of the surroundings.

  The figure squatting on the ground heard the sound, stood up, turned around and looked towards Xun Daozi. At a glance, he saw Xun Daozi's slightly thin figure, and immediately turned around and walked towards the field.

  Xun Daozi hastened his steps to welcome that bright and clean figure.

  The two soon gathered at the edge of the medicine field, silently gazing at each other from a distance of one zhang. The spear-dragon beast lying beside them looked at Xun Daozi with some fear, wanting to slip away, but seemed not to dare, and was hesitating.

  Su Xin gazed at Xun Daozi, who still looked a bit travel-worn, and lightly opened her vermilion lips: "Elder Brother, you're back!" Her voice was soft and gentle. However, both of her eyes curved upwards, shining brightly. Her small nose also imperceptibly twitched with suppressed sobs.

  Xun Daozi saw Su Xin, and suddenly the whole person calmed down, the restless heart also calmed down, his lips slightly opened: "Brother is back!" His voice was equally calm.

  Xun Daozi took out the barbarian beast egg from his bosom and smiled at Su Xin, saying: "Look what I've brought back." After finishing speaking, he urged the barbarian beast egg to pour everything inside it.

  In an instant, a heap of colorful spiritual grass and exotic flowers, spiritual branches and immortal fruits filled the empty space beside the medicine field. The colors flowed and shone, dazzling the eyes.

  Next to the spear-dragon beast, as soon as he saw that barbaric beast, a string of things flew out from the Ezhuli, and was startled for a moment. But when he saw these many spiritual objects, he suddenly showed a greedy look.

  Su Xin was also startled by the numerous spiritual objects, and her beautiful eyes lit up. She looked at Xun Daozi, walked lightly to the side of the spiritual object, squatted down, and carefully picked them up one by one to observe. The sparkle in her eyes grew brighter, and the corners of her mouth slightly curved upwards.

  Xun Daozi saw Su Xin picking and choosing, but ignoring himself, so he turned his head to look around. He caught sight of the timid Jidou beast beside him, chuckled, and walked towards it.

  The dragon beast saw Xun Daozi walking towards him, and he shrunk his neck even more, curled up his tail into a ball, with fearful eyes that also showed some flattering expression as he looked at Xun Daozi.

  Xun Daozi walked up to the side of the Jilong beast and saw that it had a weird expression on its face. He couldn't help but laugh in his heart, this guy hadn't been seen for a long time, yet he had learned so many expressions, he could even act now.

  At this time, seeing this guy, I also feel a sense of closeness. This guy now looks like he has no expression, but is actually quite spirited and lively, his head is less ferocious and more spirited, his scales are bright and shiny with a hint of gold, the three horns on his head have turned into a dark golden color, and at the tip of the horns, there is a faint flash of electricity. His eyes are large and full of spirit, the two whiskers on either side of his nose are over two feet long, crystal clear and soft, with a beard below, the two front legs stretched out are thick and powerful, the sharp claws in between are retractable, cold and menacing, the bone spurs on his tail are like daggers, shining brightly. Just by looking at him lying down, I can see that his head is slightly larger than before.

  Xun Daozi's mouth made a hissing sound, and he surrounded the Jie Long beast, turning it around wildly. He patted here, knocked there, grabbed its tail and swung it back and forth, pinched its horns and shook them, pulled its whiskers and tugged at them, making the Jie Long beast spin so hard it almost tucked its head into its belly, its expression even more lewd.

  Xun Daozi was teasing Jie Long Beast when he suddenly heard Su Xin shouting: "Brother, come over here!"

  Ji Daozi hastily went over, and Juelong Beast suddenly had a feeling of escaping from the mortal world. Su Xin's voice was as pleasant as a celestial music, although Su Xin's voice was originally good to hear, but never had it been so exciting for Juelong Beast at this moment, nor had it ever moved Juelong Beast like this before. Juelong Beast even felt like bursting into tears.

  Xun Daozi arrived beside Su Xin and saw that she was also categorizing the strange flowers, rare grasses, spiritual branches, and immortal fruits in an orderly manner on the ground.

  Su Xin saw Xun Daozi arrive beside him and opened his mouth to say, "The spiritual grass that Brother brought back is preserved very well, the vitality is all very flourishing, just right for transplanting. Please also ask Brother to assist."

  Xun Daozi hastily agreed.

  Su Xin pointed to a pile of pine cones beside him and said, "Please, brother, take these five-needle pine and horse-tail pine cones with you. We'll go plant them on that small hill at the bottom of the valley. In just a few years, you won't have to worry about not having any pine nuts for tea." He finished speaking and smiled, and suddenly the whole world seemed to brighten up in an instant.

  Xun Daozi carefully put the pine nuts into the barbarian Ou Zhu's storage. Xun Daozi had once mentioned to Su Xin that he liked to use pine seeds to make tea, and also talked about wanting to cultivate 'Jiulong Snow Jade Pine'. However, he lamented that all the mature 'Jiulong Snow Jade Pine' pine nuts had been eaten by him, without leaving a single seed. Su Xin told him that it was impossible to cultivate such a spiritual root as 'Jiulong Snow Jade Pine', and that there could only be one such plant in the world.

  This time, Xun Daozi was on his way to Xun Dao Mountain when he came across a forest of pines. Seeing that several of the trees seemed extraordinary, he picked all the pinecones and stuffed them into the barbarian beast's horn to bring back. Unexpectedly, Su Xin still remembered this batch and wanted to plant the pinecones first, making Xun Daozi's face feel somewhat hot.

  Xun Daozi had not yet dispersed the awkward color on his face when he heard Su Xin give a soft shout: "Little Man, go!"

  "Xiao Man?" "Who is Xiao Man?" Xun Dao's face suddenly became a picture of astonishment.

  Just then, Zhang Wang saw the spear dragon beast crawling up from the ground and running to Su Xin's side with a flattering expression. Xun Daozi was really speechless: Is this thing Xiao Man? Has this thing become Xiao Man? Is Xiao Man this thing? The pure and lovely Su Xin named this thing 'Xiao Man'?

  Xun Daozi followed Su Xin and Jilong Beast in a daze, swaying back and forth as they walked towards the bottom of the valley.