Chapter 2: Yuchen
Lin Lang did not immediately answer Erzhu's words, although he was a teenager at this time, but it did not represent his mind, Erzhu didn't know what he had experienced before he met Lin Lang, his words and deeds on the surface were the same as those of ordinary age, but Erzhu felt that Lin Lang's eyes flashed while thinking, and his mind was different from ordinary people, Lin Lang replied to Erzhu after a long time. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
"Hehe, I don't know." Lin Lang smiled and said, it seemed that he answered without consideration, but Erzhu didn't think so, he felt that Lin Lang should have thought about it a few times before answering.
Hearing Lin Lang's answer, Erzhu just smiled and said nothing.
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The night passed, Erzhu and Lin Lang spent the night on this cool ground, the two woke up one after another, they could hear and smell the birds and flowers, the rain and dew in the morning made the two feel a little damp and uncomfortable, the two got up and patted the dust on the clothes, and walked home.
Erzhu returned home, and did not see Tang's father and Tang's mother's usual work, male farming and female weaving, just because his sister came home, his father and mother wanted to accompany Tang Shuyao more, several people chatted and laughed, Erzhu's father and mother did not question because he and Lin Lang did not return overnight, Erzhu's father and mother did not distribute money to Erzhu in the future, and did not think about where he would go to have fun, and usually sometimes Erzhu would get up earlier than them, and before dawn the mountain picked up a hay, branches and went home to cook rice for Tang Muzi, the same as ordinary people.
But it's not every time, so it's not surprising that Erzhu doesn't see hay or branches in his hands now, because a mountain forest is not big, and the nearest ones have been collected by Erzhu and the children in the town, and they need to walk for a while, but they don't necessarily have it.
Tang's mother has no hay and branches that can start a fire, and she can't stop eating, and she won't let Tang Shuyao, who has just returned home, starve, so she can only let Erzhu go to the town to buy some food and come back, although this is a big expense for Tang's mother's family, but for Tang's mother, saving money is for life and children, and it should be to give the children some good food for the New Year's holiday, but they forget that Tang Shuyao is different from them now, although Tang Shuyao has no money, but he has something more valuable than money, just take out a weapon, you can exchange it for silver, With the improvement of Tang Shuyao's cultivation, the weapons she uses also need to be improved, and part of the strength of the immortal cultivators comes from the weapons in their hands, but there is a quality in the weapons, the difference between good and bad, the quality of the weapons is divided into: mortal level, Xuan level and after the Xuan Rank, there is a higher level of quality, but if it is a mortal level, the Xuan level can be exchanged for money, and can be bought with money, but the higher-level weapons after the Xuan level cannot be measured by money, and money cannot be bought, That kind of high-level weapons and money do not have a grade of things, this kind of high-level weapons have stepped out of the world of mortals, in mortals money can buy everything, but in the world of immortal cultivators, high-level weapons are no longer "weapons" in the mouth of mortals, high-level weapons are already as precious as "elixir", "magic weapon", "spell", and the weapons after the Xuan rank are divided into: earth level, heaven level and even higher immortal level, just like in the mouth of mortals: copper coins, silver two, gold, in the world of immortal cultivators, These weapons have been divided into grades according to grades: lower grade, middle grade, upper grade, and best grade, and the transaction of immortal cultivators is no longer called "buying and selling" but "exchanging" between the same level: weapons, pills, magic weapons, and spells.
And Tang Shuyao handed Erzhu a mortal-level weapon, she had been promoted to the point where she didn't need a mortal-level weapon, so it was useless for her, so she asked Erzhu to take the mortal-level weapon to exchange for some money, Tang Shuyao didn't come back for five years, so she thought about going shopping with Erzhu, and brought two senior brothers.
But in this kind of indisputable town, there is no so-called shop for buying and selling weapons, so they came to the city, called "Yuyang City", which is a small city, but it is much larger than the town where Erzhu is located, and they looked for a shop to buy and sell weapons.
Erzhu and a few people walked in, and Erzhu and Xiao Er of the store bought and sold.
"Hello little brother, I want to sell this sword" Erzhu said, and took out the weapon that Tang Shuyao gave him before was a long sword, of course, Erzhu didn't know the grade of this weapon, because he didn't know the grade of the weapon at all.
"Okay, guest, let me see the weapon in your hand to know what price to set" After Xiao Er heard Erzhu's words, he took the long sword in Erzhu's hand and said.
No matter what it is, it can't be the same as the price when it was sold, after all, it has been used, and it is necessary to look at the integrity of the weapon to measure how much money it can be exchanged for, and some used weapons are already scrap if they are almost damaged, and they are worthless and no one wants them at all, but Tang Shuyao's long sword is different from ordinary weapons, and the materials used to create it may be a little special, and nearly nine points are complete, at this time, there are traces on the sword body, but if you don't look carefully, you can't see it at all.
"Guest, I just saw that you have seen it, the completeness of your weapon is nearly nine points, and it can be exchanged for three taels of broken silver, please take it" Xiao Er looked at the long sword in his hand for a while, and then said and handed three taels of broken silver to Erzhu.
"This, this is too much" Erzhu exclaimed after taking the three taels of broken silver in the small second-hand, because he had never seen so much broken silver, although his father and mother did not allocate him money, but he also knew what the broken silver was, and ten taels of broken silver can be exchanged for ten copper coins, one copper coin is a thousand copper coins, and the income of Erzhu's family is only nearly one copper coin a year, which makes him not amazed, that is his family's income for three years.
"Sanwa, your weapon is too valuable, so don't sell it" This weapon is indeed too valuable for Erzhu, but he doesn't know that for Tang Shuyao, this long sword is nothing at all, and the white ring on her right index finger is worth much more than the long sword she just sold.
The ring on Tang Shuyao's right index finger is the thing called "Na Ring" among immortal cultivators, it is like there is a small space in the "Na Ring", which can be used to store things, and there is no need to store those things like those mortals who need big bags and small bags, at this time Tang Shuyao has not answered, Chen Dongming next to her smiled, that is, Xiao Erzhu is a dirt bun, he has never seen the world, this little money is just a little money.
"It's okay, second brother, it's nothing, I don't need this long sword at all now" It's just that at this time, when Erzhu was about to return the three taels of broken silver in his hand to Xiao Er, Tang Shuyao glanced at Chen Dongming and said.
"It's just, this...".
After Erzhu heard Tang Shuyao's words, he still felt that he shouldn't sell the long sword just now, and was about to say something when he was interrupted by Tang Shuyao.
"Okay, the second brother's weapon has been sold to others, and besides, isn't mine yours? Let's go shopping on the street," Tang Shuyao smiled, took Erzhu's hand and ran out of the store.
Then Erzhu shook his head at this time and went with Tang Shuyao, Erzhu and the two senior brothers accompanied Tang Shuyao to walk around the street all morning, ate the sugar gourd that both boys and girls at Tang Shuyao's age like to eat, and also helped Erzhu and his father buy some clothes, for this small city, unlike those big cities, things are several times more expensive, so the three taels of broken silver in Erzhu's hand can buy many things.
Because Erzhu's father and mother were not there, Tang Shuyao first asked Erzhu to try on the clothes he had just bought, a white dress, black pants, and black boots.
There is a sect in this Yuyang City, named "Yuyang Gate" is the name of Yuyang City, "Yuyang Gate" was established soon but there are hundreds of years, Yuyang City is not a "city" just called "City" by the world, the legend is that there is only one sect named "Yuyang Gate" in today's Yuyang City, and then because the number of disciples is increasing, slowly open up the house next to the "Yuyang Gate", and slowly increase to the size of a small city after more than ten years, it is called "Yuyang City".
And Tang Shuyao is a disciple of the "Yuyang Gate" in this Yuyang City, Tang Shuyao is not far away from his family, but he can't see each other, Tang's father and Tang's mother can only look at it from a distance when they enter the city, thinking, because Tang Shuyao and the two senior brothers are not wearing clothes with the logo of the sect, no one recognizes them as disciples of "Yuyangmen", although it is said that "Yuyangmen" lives in this small "Yuyang City", but it is also one of the countless sects, known as the "Nine Gates".
The nine sects are the nine of the most powerful sects among the countless sects, and the Yuyang Gate can be among the nine sects, so there must be a story behind it, but the world does not know that among the nine gates, it has the strength to stand on top of countless sects, and its strength can be imagined.
Erzhu and Tang Shuyao were shopping on the street, Tang Shuyao was talking and laughing with Erzhu, and almost said everything that he hadn't said in the past five years.
"Second brother, I still remember that you used to be black, but in the past few years, you have grown a lot whiter, and you are still a head taller than me," Tang Shuyao said, and the content of their conversation was very ordinary family words.
"I'm your second brother, I'm taller than you, that's how I should be," Erzhu said with a smile.
"But Sanwa has grown a lot in the past five years."
"Hehe, thank you second brother for the compliment," Tang Shuyao said with a sweet smile after hearing Erzhu's words.
It was only after this pleasant conversation that some trouble came, and in the street came a few unscrupulous teenagers, about the same age as Erzhu, and one of them took the lead and followed by several teenagers.
"Yo, isn't this Senior Sister Shuyao, we are really destined" At this time, the young man who took the lead looked at Tang Shuyao with a smile and said.
"Humph! Wu Tianhao, you get out of the way of Miss Ben, I'm too lazy to take care of you," Tang Shuyao snorted and said.
Erzhu heard what the young man said, and also learned the name of the young man from Tang Shuyao's mouth, although he didn't know the identity of the young man, but it was to see that Tang Shuyao was not friendly to the young man, and the young man was not good, Erzhu saw a look from the young man's eyes that was not smiling but lustful, which made Erzhu very unhappy.
"This son, please get out of the way, I don't want to disturb you, but I don't want you to disturb me either" Although Erzhu didn't know Wu Tianhao's identity, he knew that he should have some background, which could be seen from the way he dressed, and the followers behind him should be an entourage, but Erzhu was not afraid of these, he only knew that as an elder brother, he had the responsibility to protect his sister.
"Who are you kid? Dare to take care of the affairs of this young master" Wu Tianhao noticed the second pillar who spoke, glared at the second pillar and said.
"This son, there is not much age difference between you and me, so you shouldn't call me a kid, and besides, I shouldn't be in charge of your affairs, but I have to take care of my sister's affairs," but Erzhu replied very leisurely.
In the eyes of the two senior brothers beside Tang Shuyao, Erzhu does not have the rustic cheesiness of the countrymen at all, but he feels that he has a temperament that is not more than that of some children of big families, and at this time, Erzhu is not the same as they saw before, wearing cloth clothes, shorts, straw sandals, but the same as some children of the family, coupled with the tone of Erzhu's speech, no one can see that he is just a countryman from a small town.
"Boy, it turns out that you are Tang Shuyao's eldest brother, but do you know who Young Master Ben is?" After hearing Erzhu's words, Wu Tianhao was a little unhappy, because no one usually spoke to him in this tone, so there was a trace of arrogance in his words.
"This son, although I don't know who you are or what your identity is, I know that your father and mother raised you and cultivated you for the world to know instead of for the world to guess" Erzhu said without arrogance or impatience.
And when he heard Erzhu's words, it was not Wu Tianhao's reaction, but the two senior brothers beside Tang Shuyao were shocked, even Tang's mother would not say this, and Tang's mother could hear a trace of arrogance in Erzhu's words.
"Brother Erzhu, you can't afford to offend this person" At this time, Wu Yi whispered in Erzhu's ear, although he didn't know who gave Erzhu such courage, but he knew that Tang Shuyao had the protection of the sect and didn't have to be afraid of Wu Tianhao, but what kind of backer did he have Erzhu? Daddy in town? Wu Yi was kindly reminded by a friend at this time.
"Well, if you don't know who Young Master Ben is, then I'll tell you, Young Master Ben is the eldest young master of the Wu family in Yuyang City, my father is the elder of Yuyangmen, and Young Master Ben is also a genius disciple of Yuyangmen" Wu Tianhao also replied to Erzhu without arrogance or impatience.
Hearing Wu Tianhao's words, Erzhu was indeed shocked, this kind of identity is indeed very remarkable, Wu Tianhao said this, he is indeed qualified, but halfway through the words, Erzhu looked at Tang Shuyao, isn't this Wu Tianhao's father the elder in the sect where Tang Shuyao is located? And Wu Tianhao also said that he was a disciple of Yuyangmen, whether he was a "genius" or not, I don't know if the two pillars were added by himself, the two pillars were just thinking, no matter what Wu Tianhao's identity was, but I heard her two senior brothers say that Tang Shuyao's status in Yuyangmen should not be low, Tang Shuyao's master is also an elder of Yuyangmen, but why did Wu Tianhao dare to do this? Maybe think about it, after all, Wu Tianhao's father is an elder of Yuyangmen, and the master, who is also an elder of Yuyangmen, is just a master, different from his own father.
But what Erzhu doesn't understand is that the person who can be in the position of an elder in Yuyangmen must also have a certain degree of cultivation, and the children of the educator should also have a certain degree of cultivation, after all, he can't be like a countryman like him to say something without some consideration, Erzhu feels that like the sons of those families, they have gone to school and read books, learned some cultivation and morality, etc., should not be like a country boy like themselves, but I don't know why Wu Tianhao will talk about his father every day. The person who uses his father's fame to talk to people everywhere, but Erzhu is not stupid, because he is not afraid, he knows that immortal cultivators can't do anything to mortals, but he didn't expect what happened next.
"Haha, the kid knows the identity of this young master, I'm afraid, you give it to me, kill this kid" Wu Tianhao smiled and said, Erzhu is not stupid does not mean that Wu Tianhao is a fool, he also knows that immortal cultivators can't do anything to mortals, but it's none of his business to do it between mortals, and then urged several teenagers behind him to walk towards Erzhu.
When an immortal cultivator steps into the path of cultivation, he will feel the "Heavenly Tribulation" when he breaks through the Eight Great Stages against the sky, and killing the living beings in the cultivation realm is also going against the sky, which will bring evil sources to himself, and when he breaks through the Eight Great Stages, he will strengthen the power of the "Heavenly Tribulation", which is to increase the mortality rate for himself, so unless he has to do so, the immortal cultivator will not be against mortals and those living beings.
It's just that Tang Shuyao became nervous at this time, although she has only been in the beginner for five years, she also knows that immortal cultivators can't do it to mortals, but when she was about to make a move, she was stopped by Wu Yi, Wu Yi shook his head, meaning to ask Tang Shuyao not to do it.
Several teenagers approached step by step, but Erzhu was as immobile as a mountain, he knew that even if the person who came was not an immortal cultivator, but he couldn't fight against the few teenagers who came with him, but he had a stupid idea, this battle must be fought, for Erzhu, whether he has strength or not, but it does not mean that he cannot protect the person he should protect without strength.
At this time, Erzhu ushered in a young man's fist, he could only greet or counterattack, Erzhu didn't plan to meet or counterattack this punch, he chose to dodge, Erzhu next moment cast a strange step to easily dodge the punch of the person who came over, and several people present were puzzled, Tang Shuyao knew that Erzhu should not have practiced martial arts, because there was no money at home for him to learn, don't teach? Who will teach this country boy, she can't understand that others don't know, and people who have never practiced martial arts, how can they have such skills? But they still care about what Erzhu will do next, it's not that they will be fine if they dodge this punch.
"Good boy, it's not good," said the young man who had just punched at this time, followed by another punch.
And at this time, Erzhu's choice was different from before, not to dodge but to counterattack, Erzhu faced a punch, grabbed the young man's right hand with his left hand, and directly approached the young man's chest, the young man took a few steps back, and at this time, Tang Shuyao and the two senior brothers' eyes were even more exciting, no matter how Erzhu did it, but they were happy in their hearts, without their move, Erzhu could resolve this trouble.
It's just that after they were happy, they frowned, just now Erzhu and the teenager were just one-on-one, but at this time, several teenagers went up together, and Tang Shuyao was anxious, "You dare to touch my second brother, I will definitely find a junior brother who is still a mortal in my door to teach you" At this time, Tang Shuyao threatened, she couldn't do it, but in the "Yuyang Gate", those junior disciples who had just started were still mortals, and when they heard Tang Shuyao's words, several teenagers took a few steps back, how could Tang's mother not be afraid, Tang Shuyao was a disciple of the elders of the "Yuyang Gate", No matter what Tang Mu said, she was just a mortal.
"Humph! With me, see who dares to touch you" At this time, Wu Tianhao said, and several teenagers became bolder.
Several teenagers then stood in a circle and trapped Erzhu, leaving him with nowhere to hide.
The next scene can be imagined, several teenagers punched and kicked on Erzhu's body continuously, what people didn't expect was that Erzhu endured the pain and didn't say a word, his thoughts at this time were different from before, there was no strength to have a protection method, Erzhu thought about it, he didn't have the strength, so he took this fight for Tang Shuyao.
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The next scene made everyone's eyes wide in surprise.
"Murder! Kill! There was a shout in the street.
Because not only the people on the street, but even Tang Shuyao and a few others saw that a young man was holding a knife in his hand and stabbing Erzhu in the abdomen, and the people on the street panicked when they saw this scene.
"Wu Tianhao! I'm going to kill you, or you! At this time, Tang Shuyao yelled and pointed at Wu Tianhao and the young men who had injured the second pillar.
Tang Shuyao regretted it, regretted that she didn't make a move, regretted that she didn't care about it, what a "catastrophe" she felt too selfish at this moment, Erzhu tried her best to protect herself, but she was selfishly afraid of the "catastrophe", she cried, she held a long sword in her hand, she really wanted to kill, and she would really kill, but at this time, both of her arms were held, it was none other than her two senior brothers.
"Little junior sister, don't be impulsive, Brother Erzhu is quite seriously injured when it looks like a mortal, but don't forget that there is a panacea among our immortal cultivators, Brother Erzhu is fine" Wu Yi said at this time.
But Tang Shuyao didn't think so, although the injuries on a person's body can be good, but there will still be scars in the future, and the injuries can be good, but for Tang Shuyao, the heart disease at that time will always remain in his heart.
"Your two brothers are right, don't be impulsive, it's just a trivial matter" At this moment, a voice came, and no one could tell who the voice looked like.
No one can hear who the voice looks like, only Erzhu himself, Erzhu feels that the voice is very similar to himself, but it is different, but Erzhu feels that he can connect with a person in the crowd, and he feels that the whole person is sucked by one person in the crowd.
"Who are you? Have a finger in the pie! At this time, Tang Shuyao looked around, and didn't see who was talking just now, so he scolded.
"Who am I? You'll find out later," and then the voice of the man was heard from the crowd again.
At one time, the crowd could not know where the sound came from, but for the first time, everyone could hear where the sound came from.
Then they looked at the face, and saw a man dressed in black sackcloth, with his whole head wrapped in sackcloth, who was setting up a stall, and they could not tell whether the man was a man or a woman, because the whole person looked like a beggar, dressed in tatters, but wrapped himself tightly, and no one could see his appearance at all.
There was a piece of cloth on the ground in front of the man, and on the cloth was the words: a fortune-telling article, and another bag.
What made everyone think of it was that this person should be a fortune teller, and then everyone made way for Tang Shuyao, Tang Shuyao looked at it and wanted to say something, the man waved his hand, Tang Shuyao and her two brothers were black, and all that was left was Wu Tianhao and a few teenagers or everyone, and that person and Erzhu and Tang Shuyao all disappeared in front of everyone.
"What, what's the situation? What about them? At this time, Wu Tianhao said after seeing the two pillars disappear.
The people on the street were also the same as Wu Tianhao, they looked around and didn't see a few people in Erzhu, they disappeared out of thin air? No! The man and the two pillars were now in a forest where no one was around.
At this time, Tang Shuyao opened his eyes and saw that he and Erzhu were in a forest, surrounded by trees, flowers and plants, and the person before was standing in front of him, with his back to him, Tang Shuyao was about to speak, but the person turned around.
"Your name is Tang Shuyao? Also called Sanwa? At this time, the man turned around, Tang Shuyao saw the appearance of the person, and was shocked, the appearance of that person is very similar to Erzhu, but he is about ten years older than Erzhu, and he is much more mature than Erzhu, does this person have anything to do with Erzhu? This is what everyone else thinks except Tang Shuyao, but at this time, Tang Shuyao and the others were even more shocked by that person's words.
"It's normal for you to be surprised, but you're wrong, he and I were originally the same person," the man said as he looked at Erzhu.
Tang Shuyao was even more inexplicable when he heard that person's words, what do you mean that you and Erzhu are the same person, you are obviously two people, but they look very similar but it is impossible to be a person, but that person's next words made Tang Shuyao and the others understand, but they were very shocked.
That person's name is "Youchen", and he is also an immortal cultivator, Erzhu is just one of his "memory clones" For him, this is also a kind of "cultivation", but the method is different from others, and the other Youchen came to Yuyang City early, just because of the existence of Erzhu, he wrapped his face and didn't want people to see it, only because Erzhu was injured today that he appeared, because Youchen didn't want everyone to see a scene.
At this time, the second pillar next to Youchen was talking, and the body slowly disappeared, like weathering, the body parts of the second pillar slowly started from the beginning, turning into sand, and the second pillar disappeared with a smile, until the upper body of the second pillar disappeared, Tang Shuyao was in tears, she wanted to cry, but she couldn't cry at this time, I don't know why, her second brother, the second brother who grew up with her, turned out to be a "memory clone" Everything is fake? She can't accept it all at once, and she doesn't want to accept it all, and a person disappears in front of herself just because of the sentence "He's just a doppelganger"? No! She couldn't accept it, Tang Shuyao grabbed Erzhu with her hand, who only had the lower half of her body, she grabbed Erzhu's hand that had not disappeared, but she cried the next moment, because she couldn't catch it, Erzhu was still slowly disappearing, Tang Shuyao sat on the ground like a child of a few years old and cried and shouted "Don't, second brother, don't disappear, second brother, come back soon" But when she finished crying, her tears dried up, and Erzhu disappeared into this world at the same time, leaving only her and Erzhu's childhood memories.
At this time, Tang Shuyao looked up at Youchen, she was wondering if this and Erzhu in front of her were alone? It's still not her second brother, but she laughed in her heart, no! He is not the second brother, Tang Shuyao can see a different story from Youchen's eyes, the vicissitudes that Erzhu did not have, disappeared from the original gaze of Erzhu, Tang Shuyao looked at Youchen with only a kind of annoying indifference in her eyes, she couldn't feel the familiarity from Youchen, Youchen couldn't replace Erzhu.
"I beg you, tell me, is there any way to resurrect my second brother? There must be, right? At this time, Tang Shuyao stood in front of Youchen, unlike before, Tang Shuyao and Erzhu's height was only a head apart, but the height of him and Youchen was only up to Youchen's stomach, so she looked up at Youchen and said.
Tang Shuyao's idea is very simple, even if the second pillar is Youchen's "memory clone", it is also made by Youchen, so Tang Shuyao thinks that Youchen can make it once and can make it a second time, even if Tang Shuyao knows that Erzhu is just a "memory clone", a real human, but the person she cares about is Erzhu, it doesn't matter if he is a human or not.
"Silly girl, I'm your second brother" It's just that Youchen stretched out his hand and touched Tang Shuyao's head like Erzhu and said.
Tang Shuyao was very strange at this time, she knew that Youchen was not a second pillar, but Youchen's actions just now made her feel familiar, and she didn't dodge it, Youchen's hand was as gentle and familiar as her second brother.
It's just that what Tang Shuyao didn't know was that at this time, a voice appeared in Youchen's mind, "Please take care of her, take care of your father," what Erzhu said at that time.
Yuchen's mind replied to Erzhu, "She is my sister, I should take care of her, and so should my father."
For Youchen, although Erzhu is just a "memory clone", Erzhu is only experiencing it for himself, just like his own life, Youchen can feel that Erzhu's life is really his own experience.
At this time, Erzhu said "thank you", and Erzhu didn't know if this "thank you" was redundant, because he was originally Youchen.
It's just that Tang Shuyao still can't accept such a thing alone, although the disappearance of Erzhu does not mean that he is dead, but the disappearance of Erzhu has brought a person she is not familiar with, and she really can't accept it.
"Nope! You're not! Tang Shuyao grabbed Youchen's hand and shook it off, and strode away.
Slowly, Youchen looked at Tang Shuyao's back until it disappeared, and Youchen could feel a sense of sadness in his heart.