Touching his rumbling belly, Lin Qingzi immediately rushed to the bazaar, bought some daily necessities, and hurried out of the city.

This city is the closest black city near Linjia Village.

This black city is a small city under the Tianxuan Sect, the largest sect in the immortal world.

In the Tianxuan Sect, there are a lot of monks, because cultivating immortals means that you can cultivate that mysterious immortal art.

Lin Qingzi also has a yearning for cultivating immortals, but this is simply a luxury idea for the poor.

For the poor, being able to eat enough is considered a good thing.

Lin Qingzi bit his lip, turned his head, glanced at the huge black city, and couldn't help sighing.

It seems that the prosperity here is incompatible with him.

After walking for nearly an hour, on the edge of the pond less than a mile away from Linjia Village, Lin Qingzi saw a small injured green snake.

Snakes are not terrible creatures in the fairy world.

In the fairy world, the bodies of gods and demons alone are incomparably huge.

Therefore, mortals in the fairy world, whether adults or children, have never had much fear of snakes.

Lin Qingzi cautiously walked to the little snake's side.

When he looked closely, he found that the little green snake was motionless.

His body was gray in color.

Is it hungry? Lin Qingzi was a little unsure, he immediately found a branch and picked the snake body.

But he found that the snake was crawling very reluctantly, his mouth was half open, and he was not spitting snake letters.

Acting so slowly, looking like this, it seems that he is sick, Lin Qingzi seems to realize that the situation is not right.

When he confirmed that it was safe, he picked up the little green snake, put it in a cloth bag, and brought it back to Linjia Village.

In Linjia Village~

Lin Qingzi put the daily necessities on the table.

Qingzi, what is in your cloth bag, a hunchbacked old man said slowly.

It's a snake...... Lin Qingzi resignedly opened his mouth, as if he was afraid of the old man's blame.

Surprisingly, the hunchbacked grandfather did not blame Lin Qingzi, but coughed, and he said lightly: "Take it out and take a look." ”

Hearing this, Lin Qingzi became even more nervous, he had been dependent on his hunchbacked grandfather since he was a child, and he knew his character.

The hunchbacked grandfather may want to stew this snake to make a delicious meal again, Lin Qingzi said secretly in his heart.

He blinked, and immediately took out the little green snake.

Seeing that the snake was weak, the hunchbacked grandfather's eyes couldn't help but light up, and said: While it hasn't swallowed yet, kill it with a knife, and you can still cook a delicious meal at night. ”

Hunchbacked grandpa, you are going to kill again, Lin Qingzi knew that it would be this kind of ending.

However, can you not kill it, it is already sick, Lin Qingzi looked at the little guy who kept churning on the table with some distress, and couldn't bear to say in his heart.

If we don't kill it, it won't live like it is dead now, and if we kill it, we will have meat at night.

Meat, you know? The hunchbacked old man's eyes lit up.

Haven't you tasted meat in a long time? Lucky enough today to have a meal of snake meat.

You'll kill him later, and we can enjoy it in the evening."

Lin Qingzi nodded a little reluctantly, and immediately put the little snake in his pocket.

Hunchbacked grandpa, I went to the village to borrow a sharp knife, our blunt knife can no longer cut the meat, he rolled his eyes and looked at the hunchbacked grandpa.

The hunchbacked grandfather nodded and said, "Go ahead, go ahead!"

Lin Qingzi immediately trotted all the way, but instead of running to the village, he went out of the village.

At a stream in the woods outside the village, Ye Lin took out the little snake and said, "Little snake, it's not that I don't save you, it's just that grandpa wants to kill you, and I can't stop it." ”

Now, you can only stay in this stream, Lin Qingzi's expression was a little lonely, and he couldn't bear to look at this little green snake.

I can't kill those rabbits and voles for you, because I don't like to kill very much, Lin Qingzi muttered to himself.

After a while, his eyes lit up, but I can provide you with clean water.

He immediately found a low-lying place, placed some stones, and carved out a certain space in this area.

In this space, those large fish and some movements cannot be crossed, which not only ensures the safety of the snake, but also ensures that he can live.

After carefully putting the little snake into the low-lying ground, Lin Qingzi hurried back to Linjia Village.

"What about snakes?"

Seeing the somewhat embarrassed Lin Qingzi come back, the hunchbacked grandfather couldn't help asking.

Grandpa, the snake......

I slipped while I was walking, and it slipped into the pond, and I ...... I can't catch him, Lin Qingzi's face was slightly red, and he lowered his head and said.

Hey, the passing years are not good, the passing years are not good......

The hunchbacked grandfather didn't punish Lin Qingzi for doing things badly, but he was extremely reluctant to eat snake meat.

After all, both he and Lin Qingzi hadn't eaten meat for a long time.

The mortals of the fairy realm are the lowest race, because they can only cultivate the land, and they do not have a strong body to compete with these gods and demons.

As a result, many mortals can barely make ends meet.

For them, they could only rely on picking some fruits and wild vegetables from the mountains, and occasionally a little bit of silver, and they all went into the city to buy some daily necessities.

These daily necessities include clothes, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar and so on.

And when you enter the city, it is one of the few in a year, and you can't go to the city every day.

Forget it, you go and wash those greens at night, and our grandfather and grandson will eat greens and radishes.

Okay, Lin Qingzi showed a hint of an innocent smile on his face.

His smile was extremely bright, and he did not complain in the slightest despite the fact that he was going to eat green vegetables and turnips in the evening.

Since then, after the farm is busy every day, Lin Qingzi always finds time to go to the grove to see the snake.

It is also strange to say that the little snake can swim slowly in clean water.

In the end, under the care of Lin Qingzi, the snake actually swam flexibly in the water.

Two years later~

There was a faint sadness on the young man's face, and he clutched a letter of introduction tightly in his hand.

The hunchbacked grandfather is gone, and he saves money on weekdays just to be able to raise a letter of recommendation for me.

The young man's voice was a little choked, and tears kept rolling in his eyes.

He sat on the edge of the stream, with his two bare feet lying by the stream.

In that stream, a little green snake kept wrapping around the young man's legs, but this little green snake did not hurt Lin Qingzi.

He feebly picked up a pebble and threw it at the stream in the distance.

Poof, water splashed and splashed in his face.

At this moment, the boy could no longer control his emotions, and his tears burst out of his eyes, merging with the droplets.

Tears and drops of water slowly streamed down his cheeks.

He choked up and said: "Grandpa said, let me not be sad, don't be depressed, he doesn't like me to be depressed, let me cheer up." ”

The young man wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, and there was a hint of determination in his somewhat moist eyes.

I don't cry for grandpa...... The boy seemed to be cheering himself up.

It's just that the more he is like this, the tears can't help but drip down.

Since he was a child, he has never seen his parents, and he has heard from the villagers that he is a wild child picked up by his hunchbacked grandfather.

Since childhood, he has lived with his hunchbacked grandfather.

He likes the nagging of the hunchbacked grandfather, and he likes the hunchbacked grandpa to care about himself.

Whether it's doing farm work or eating vegetables, as long as he is with his only relative, he will feel very satisfied.

The sunshine of life should be colorful, even shining.

But in the young man's heart, he understood that his sunshine, everything about him was given by his hunchbacked grandfather.

The boy's eyes were blurring, and he could no longer see the stream clearly.

At this time, he just wanted to cry completely, and he wanted to release the unhappiness in his heart.

It took him a long time to barely control his tears.

He glanced at the little snake in the pond lightly, and said, "Xiaoqing, grandpa is right, in the village all my life, I will always be just a village man, and I will never be promising." ”

In this life, he has lived too hard, and even if he dies, he still doesn't worry about me, and I won't let him worry about me.

Lin Qingzi slowly took out the crumpled letter of recommendation, which was stamped with the great seal of Tianxuanzong.

This is an opportunity for my grandfather to exchange his life savings for me, I will not give up, I want to study immortal arts.

The young man's face showed a hint of determination, and he immediately removed all the stones from the embankment in the pond, and said, "Xiaoqing, I'm afraid that I won't have time to take care of you in the future, I'm leaving." ”

The little snake was charming between Lin Qingzi's legs, as if he was reluctant.

Feeling the little snake's affectionate actions, Lin Qingzi couldn't help but sigh slightly in his heart.

Don't be like this, I'm even more sad if you do this, he said slowly.

He grabbed the little snake, fed him some insects, and then said with a faint smile: "This is the last time I feed you, and you will have to be independent in the future, this small pond is not suitable for you." ”

The snake kept wrapping around Lin Qingzi's arm, and it spat out snake letters.

After feeding this meal, you should also follow the stream and go to a wider place, maybe where is the place where you live, the boy sighed.

At this moment, the two talked quietly like close friends.

After a long time, Lin Qingzi put the little snake into the pond.

Then, his gaze resolutely looked in the direction of Linjia Village, a place where he had been for many years.

This is where he was born and raised, and there is something to remember for the rest of his life.

The boy took a light step without looking back, and walked towards the outside of the dense forest.

His goal was to pass through the Black City and then reach the Heavenly Xuanzong.

In the black city, the young man exhaled deeply, it had been two years since he was last here.

In the past two years, Heicheng is still prosperous, and there has not been much change, but the boy has also grown a lot taller.

His body is a little thin, but his height is not low.

Lin Qingzi carried the burden on his back and continued to walk in the direction of the city.

Without silver taels, I can't live in an inn, I should still find a place to do miscellaneous things and accumulate some belongings, otherwise it will be a little difficult to leave the black city, Lin Qingzi has his own plans in his heart.