Before Lin Hao woke up from his stunned state, he saw Cheng Lao kneeling in front of him, he didn't care about the pill in his hand, and hurriedly helped Cheng Lao up, "Cheng Lao, why are you?" At this time, Cheng Lao was already in tears, Lin Hao reached out to wipe it, "Cheng Lao, why are you crying?"

Cheng Lao laughed and said, "Lin Xiaoyou, I'm not crying, I'm laughing and crying." Then Cheng Lao talked about his own experience, Lin Hao didn't stop it, it seems that Cheng Lao also has his own story, he listened quietly on the side, Liu Yue and Ruan Ling'er didn't know where they went, and they were not in the Dan room at the moment.

It turns out that Cheng Lao is also a hard-working person, his real name is Cheng Ming, when he was young, he longed for the outside world, regardless of his parents' obstruction, took most of the family's savings and embarked on the road to the imperial city alone, although he was lucky not to meet robbers or the like, but a few months of turnover, the savings from the family have long been spent, just when he was poor and about to starve to death, he met a fleet of trucks from a big family in Beijing, the eldest lady accompanying the team was kind-hearted and took him in, Cheng Ming was also young and immature at the time, and saw the young lady's rather delicate face and was shocked by love at first sight, and expressed to the young lady that he was willing to become the descendant of the family, the eldest lady was a little sympathetic to Cheng Ming's experience, and after thinking for a while, she agreed.

After coming to the capital, Cheng Ming was immediately fascinated by the bustling and prosperous life in the capital, and was determined to get ahead in the capital and do a great career, the dream is beautiful, but the reality is extremely cruel, every day as a subordinate The heavy work consumes his fighting spirit little by little, until that day, the love letter he wrote to the eldest lady was searched out by the housekeeper, and the news was known by a gentleman's cousin, who directly took a group of servants to beat him half to death, just when the cousin wanted to break Cheng Ming's legs, fortunately, even if the eldest lady arrived, Cheng Ming saved his legs, but it was impossible to continue to stay, After the eldest lady gave him some silver taels, he was kicked out, so the cousin naturally wouldn't just let Cheng Ming go, and directly snatched Cheng Ming's silver taels, pulled the miserable Cheng Ming to see the government, framed Cheng Ming for stealing his family's finances, and used the stolen silver taels as evidence, the adult didn't even say a word and didn't even ask what happened, and sentenced Cheng Ming to seven years in prison, and I have to say, this gentleman is really idle, it's a young master of a family, and he can't get along with Cheng Ming, but then again, what if he is really idle?

Because his injuries were not treated, he fell ill in prison, and for seven years, he had to endure not only the oppression of his fellow inmates, but also the pain all over his body. These seven years have been like a nightmare for Cheng Ming.

Seven years later, Cheng Ming was released from prison, the long-lost sunshine did not make him feel the joy of freedom at all, on the contrary, he was penniless and had to worry about the food every day, there was no family, and the merchants were willing to accept him, a person who had been in prison, so he was reduced to a beggar, every day like a walking corpse, competing with wild dogs for leftovers, and sleeping with livestock at night.

You must know that Cheng Ming was only in his early thirties at that time, and he was in the golden age of a man in his prime, but at this moment, he was like an old man who was about to die, and it turned out that life could be so realistic.

I don't know how many years have passed, that day, Cheng Ming, who was still sleeping, was woken up by a beggar friend next to him, "Cheng Ming Cheng Ming, don't sleep, there is a good thing!"

The numb Cheng Ming was awakened by the noise around him, and at a glance, the magnificent scene of the empty alleys around him made his exhausted soul deeply shocked, and on the high platform in the center of the square in the distance, a middle-aged man dressed in gorgeous clothes stood majestically, and a furnace-shaped artifact glittering with purple gold was placed in front of him.

As the middle-aged hands flew over, everyone in the audience showed reverence, Cheng Ming could never forget the awe in the looks of those people around him, among them, there were businessmen and wealthy people with thousands of dollars, there were unbeatable young ladies and young masters, there were high-ranking family giants, officials and royal families, he saw the kind eldest lady at the beginning, and at this time she was ** , The young master who caused himself to fall into prison also became a majestic middle-aged man at this time, and even saw the head of the family who had only seen it from a distance at that time, Cheng Ming suddenly laughed at himself, this world, after all, is the world of the strong, what wealth and status, will eventually bow to strength, only by becoming a strong man can he get the respect of others, and only by becoming a strong man can he control his own destiny, just as other beggars were crazy to rob the royal family to congratulate the food distributed by the breakthrough of the Xuan Rank, Cheng Ming dragged his crippled body and left the imperial city silently, since then, he has been bumpy around, visiting famous teachers, and wanting to knock on the door of Dan Dao with sincerity, this was tantamount to an idiot's dream to him at that time, which Danshi would give alms to a beggar?

Suffered countless blank eyes and beatings, Cheng Ming was disheartened, felt that life had lost hope, and was ready to die, but there was no endless road, an accidental kindness, Cheng Ming rescued a lame monk who was about to starve to death, and the careful care for a few days made the monk quite moved, he took out an old book from his arms and handed it to Cheng Ming tremblingly, and then swallowed his last breath.

After burying this kind-hearted monk, Cheng Ming opened the book, which seemed to be an essay of a Dan master, with some experience in refining pills, Cheng Ming was overjoyed, like a treasure, while wandering, while hungry and thirsty to read day and night, with this half-hung pill book, Cheng Ming, who had mediocre qualifications, really refined the pill, although he had not opened the mud pill palace at that time, this was the result of insisting on personal perseverance, because of this, when Cheng Ming wandered to a certain city, he was favored by a small local family and intended to recruit, and this feeling of being valued made him sad and happy, After decades of ups and downs, he finally had the feeling of being reincarnated as a human for the first time, he gladly accepted it, but it didn't take long for the small family to be swallowed up by the big forces, but because he was able to alchemy, he was lucky to save a life, taking advantage of the lax guards of the big forces, Cheng Ming fled overnight, although he lost his support at this time, but the whole person's mental outlook was refreshed, plus some of the savings he had accumulated over the years, Cheng Ming decided to go home to support his parents, but when he returned to his hometown in high spirits, he found that things had long been wrong, the village was no longer there, and the devastated scene in front of him made his heart tremble, according to the memory of his youth, Cheng Ming ran wildly, When he came to the place where he had been dreaming of for so many years, the two dusty spiritual positions in front of him made Cheng Ming's mind blank, he had endured so many hardships and ups and downs over the years and still did not shed a single tear at the moment, he was in tears at the moment, and his son wanted to raise but did not wait, there is nothing more sadddy in the world than this, Cheng Ming huddled in the corner of the house with the spiritual position of his parents in his arms, and the cold wind at night made him shiver, this was the first time he felt lonely.

I don't know how long it took, when a rickety old man pushed open the door and appeared in front of him, the dazzling sunlight made him feel like a world away, "Ming boy, is it you?"

The old man's hoarse voice woke up the dazed Cheng Ming, "You are Uncle Clan." ”

The old man led Cheng Ming to a simple hut in the village and poured Cheng Ming a glass of water, "Child, how have you been doing outside all these years?"

The old man's kind face suddenly made Cheng Lao's nose sour, feeling like a runaway child, he told the old man about his experience over the years, the old man sighed uncontrollably, stretched out his hand and touched Cheng Ming's head, "Child, it's good to come back, it's good to come back, I've suffered you all these years!"

This sentence was like the warm sun in winter, Cheng Ming's tough guy-like heart softened instantly, like a wronged child crying in the arms of the old man.

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After that, the old man slowly talked about what happened in the village, Cheng Ming's parents accumulated depression and illness within three years of his departure from home, and passed away one after another, and then there was a drought in this area, and the robbers were prevalent for a while, the village was looted many times, and the villagers fled to death, and some old people in the village were old and couldn't escape, so they simply stayed, fortunately, those robbers still had some conscience, and saw that the village had no oil and water to fish, so they no longer came to wreak havoc. After so many years, these old people have also passed away one after another, just the year before last, the old wife who had been with the old man for many years also passed away, and now, only the old man is left in the whole village.

After listening to the old man's words, Cheng Ming decided to stay, put the alchemy aside, and live the life of an ordinary farmer every day, he regarded the old man as his parents and took care of him, this kind of ordinary day made Cheng Ming feel extraordinarily satisfied, but the good times did not last long, the old man died of illness in the third year he stayed, and Cheng Ming really became an orphan at this moment, but after so many years of tempering, he is no longer the reckless and willful teenager he was back then, the wrinkles on his face, the white temples on his forehead, Cheng Ming has no worries, the world is so big, he wants to go and see。

It was this trip that he got acquainted with Ruan Jingtian, who was also wandering outside, the two hit it off at first sight, became brothers, and traveled together, hunting for treasures, killing bandits, and relieving the poor, these years were Cheng Ming's most satisfying years, five years later, Ruan Jingtian received the news of the death of the old head of the clan, and decided to go home to succeed the head of the family, so he sent an invitation to Cheng Ming to return to the clan with him, Cheng Ming was indeed a little tired, he thought about it, and agreed.

Since then, Cheng Ming has made a home in Yancheng and made a small offering in Ruan's house.

"Lin Xiaoyou, the old man's words are a bit too much, please forgive me!" Cheng Lao couldn't help but sigh.

"Cheng Lao is too worried, don't get in the way!" Lin Hao handed over a cup of tea, forgetting the pill that still exuded residual warmth in his hand, forgetting how he easily practiced the pill, forgetting that he had become the first person in the Great Xia Danshi, the whole person was immersed in the memories told by Cheng Lao, and his heart was quite shocked, Cheng Lao's experience was plain and bumpy, there was no wind and snow, no heroism on the battlefield, and no guidance to the glory of the country and the attention of thousands of people, some just endured, yielded and struggled, but isn't this a true portrayal of the survival of all the little people in the world?

It is true that this world is a world where the strong are respected, and it is a world where strength is supreme, but this does not mean that the weak have no dignity, the weak have no blood, no persistence, they are also flesh and blood, and they also dare to fight against fate. For the first time, Lin Hao admired such a small person as Cheng Lao, and at the same time felt ashamed, didn't he ignore Cheng Lao because of his mediocre qualifications?

Today, Cheng Lao invisibly taught Lin Hao a lesson, no matter how high your strength is, no matter how strong your ability is, even if you really reach the peak of this world one day, you should not underestimate the people of the world. The puppet was angry and dared to ask the Son of Heaven to bend his waist.