Chapter 41: Wasted Effort

Nong Qingshan panicked, lest the two black sea leaves in his arms show up, which would cause unnecessary trouble.

"I believe, I believe! I've seen this hundreds of times, nothing unusual, you should go back quickly! ”

"Great, then I'm going to show you! You can see if there is a big gap between me and my master. The stone spoke to himself, his hand moving slowly in the air.

"Why are you so disobedient, didn't your master teach you not to force others to watch you do tricks?" Nong Qingshan stretched out his hand to protect his chest and turned to leave.

"Haha, look if you have an extra leaf in your arms!"

"You ......" Nong Qingshan blushed with a blue face, and immediately put his hand into his arms, and there were two black black sea leaves on the inner layer of the two layers of pockets, and he luckily hoped that the stone would not turn the leaves into the innermost pocket.

His hand froze, his worry became a reality, and three leaves appeared in his inner pocket, and it was impossible to distinguish which two were the leaves of the black sea by touching them alone.

"Hahaha, I'm right, right?" Seeing Zhiyin's uneasy face, Shi Shi was satisfied, and intensified his request for Zhiyin's cooperation, "Zen Master, you stretch out your hand, and I will change that leaf again!" ”

Nong Qingshan slowly stretched his hand out of his pocket, thinking about what to do if the black black sea leaf showed its original form.

The stone patted Nong Qingshan's chest unscrupulously, and said with a smile: "Good, come out, don't hide in someone else's arms!" ”

When he spread his palm again, a jet-black leaf appeared in his palm. The green mountains of agriculture are like ashes, and the stones are depressed and annoyed.

"How? This...... How did this leaf change color? Taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the stones, Nong Qingshan hurriedly took out the other two from his arms and threw one of the emerald green locust leaves behind him.

"Hehe, the heat is not enough! If the master is the master, the apprentice is the apprentice! The ginger is still old and spicy, and this leaf is quite beautiful......"

Nong Qingshan snatched the black black sea leaf from the stone's hand, and before leaving, he pointed to the place where the locust leaf was abandoned by him, "Look, your leaf is there!" ”

The stone walked over like a puppet, picked up the leaf, stared at it in a daze, lost in the blurred lines.

The next day, Nong Qingshan lied that he had made an appointment with a friend and had to go back to Haihui Temple, but in fact he was going to go back to Haihui Temple to test the medicine.

Nong Qingyun was shocked, and for the sake of Shennong Whip, he tried every means to keep Nong Qingshan.

However, Nong Qingshan's attitude was resolute and could not be distinguished, Nong Qingyun had no choice but to retreat and ask Nong Qingshan to stay for two more days, saying that the disciples of each branch would return to Shennong Palace within these two days to report to him the news of finding Nong Qingshan's daughter.

Nong Qingshan agreed, whether it was Nong Qingyun lying to him or he was lying to himself.

He was more confined than before, sleepless at night, just staring at the darkness in a daze.

He had never felt so tired, like seeing a mirage in the desert, chasing after it, only to find that it was all just a dream.

Knowing that good things are gone, knowing that reality is evil and hopeless, why does he go to great lengths to pursue it? What exactly is he after?

Before his eyes appeared the delicate figure of his daughter, closer and clearer, as beautiful as his wife, with crescent-like eyebrows, bright eyes, small nose, and rosy lips.

The daughter smiled and stretched out her slender snow-white hands, walked towards him from the darkness, stroked his calloused hands, and called softly: "Dad! ”

Nong Qingshan was stunned, the long-accumulated thoughts in his chest erupted like a volcano, and the raging flames lit up the entire room.

"Daughter, is your daughter really you? How are you doing now? Is there anyone taking care of you? He held his daughter's face and looked at it carefully, his eyes were as soft as the hazy moonlight, and he was at a loss for happiness in his heart.

"Dad, I want to stay by your side, let's not be separated again, okay?"

"Daughter, Daddy won't let anyone snatch you away from me again. Without you, Daddy is like the walking dead. ”

"Daddy," the daughter buried her head in his arms, and gently stroked her beautiful long hair.

When he was about to hum a peasant ballad, he found that his daughter's temperature was gradually disappearing, and her face was gradually blurred, and he pounced forward in a hurry, but fell into the bitterly cold bottomless abyss.

He woke up and found himself rolling out of bed onto the floor. He stood up tremblingly, oblivious to his bruised arms and bleeding jaw, and oblivious to the dust.

He looked around, and even though it was still dark, the scene in the room was clearly discerningβ€”it was empty, and the wonderful moment was just a dream! He only felt weak, and he collapsed to the ground with a "plop".

It wasn't until the chirping sparrow came to the window to report that his blank consciousness began to stir.

He remembered the dream just now, as clear as every fragment of his daughter in his memory, and the lingering fragrance of her body seemed to be still wafting in the house.

He reached out to grasp the scents, but they playfully slipped through his fingers.

It was when he was in a trance that half of a girl's face was revealed by the door, with delicate eyebrows, gentle and lovely, just like the daughter in his dreams, with curved eyebrows, big eyes, a small nose, and thin lips.

"Daughter!" He muttered as he walked to the door and opened it. The face slowly emerged from behind the door frame, she was Nong Qingyun's daughter, Nong Tieshu. Nong Qingshan stood motionless by the door, as if he was making a difficult choice.

"Uncle Shi," Nong Tieshu smiled as sweetly as a flower, "it's time for breakfast." I see you're still asleep, so I didn't dare to disturb you! ”

"Uh......" Nong Qingshan woke up suddenly, "It's you, Tie Shu." ”

"Uncle Shi, didn't you sleep well last night? You don't look very good, a little haggard. Are you worried about your daughter? ”

Nong Qingshan nodded, his nose sour, as if he had been comforted by his daughter.

"It doesn't matter, as long as we go out of Shennong Palace, there is no one who can't be found. You spend a few more days here, and I'm sure there's news soon. ”

"Then I'll be bothered by my eldest niece." Nong Qingshan barely squeezed out a smile, and his frightened gaze looked abrupt.

"Uncle Shi, I personally made a few side dishes, you can try them!"

"I'll freshen up, I'll be right here, you guys eat first."

"Okay, uncle, come quickly!"

In the past two days, Nong Tieshu frequently went in and out of Nong Qingshan's room, although Nong Qingshan knew that this was a little trick by Nong Qingyun who was afraid that he would leave Shennong Palace, but he liked Nong Tieshu, and even thought that if Nong Tieshu was not Nong Qingyun's daughter, he could recognize her as his goddaughter, maybe this could more or less make up for some regrets.

In the deep valley of Xiangshan Mountain, Shennong Whip, who has been standing alone for more than 20 years, lies in an inconspicuous small box, gallops for several days and nights, and comes to the bustling and noisy capital.

At the same time, the innermost box on the south side of the second floor of the Ten Lixiang welcomed its owner. So far, it has not seen the true face of its owner. Today, its owner is full of spring breeze, and perhaps it has a chance to see the real face.

The head of the winning dart game personally sent the small box to the box.

"Open it up and meet new friends!" The Lord's tone was bright, and even through the mask, you could feel his glowing eyes and the upturned corners of his mouth.

He smiled weirdly, picked up his four fingers, the lock was broken in half, and the box was open and honest.

"You're always like this, why do you have to break things?" The Lord rebuked him in a light-hearted tone, not to see that he was angry about it, but to make people feel that he could not describe the joy in his heart.

"I'm measured, and the treasure inside is undamaged." He replied nonchalantly.

"One day, you'll know how bad your habit is!"

He took out the Shennong whip and handed it to the lord.

The Lord took the Shennong whip, and his eyes were fixed on the Shennong whip like nails. At this time, even if the restaurant was on fire, he would not take his eyes off a step.

It's an inconspicuous grayish-black leather whip that shows signs of weathering, but its tenacity is still intact.

In his eyes, it was just an ordinary soft whip, with nothing special, and then the Lord stared at it for a full cup of tea.

He sat on the side, drinking tea cup after cup, and his mouth became weaker and weaker. He smacked his lips, longing for the mellow aroma of the spirit.

In an almost still time, he occasionally threw a few glances at the Lord, but the inquiring glances were never answered, and the Lord blocked him from another world.

After half an hour, the lord finally raised his head, and the Shennong whip in his hand slipped silently, forgotten like a concubine who had fallen out of favor.

"What's wrong?" He put down the teacup, and the ominous ominous appearance that had been repeated in the torment for half an hour had been fulfilled.

The Lord's hand trembled slightly as never before, and he could imagine how the face behind the mask was distorted.

"It's fake." The Lord stopped trembling and regained his composure. In this half an hour, he not only experienced the fall from the peak of joy to the bottom of disappointment, experienced the burning of anger, but also experienced the process of returning to peace.

"Fake? How so? The Lord has been looking for it for twenty years, and how can it ...... "He provoked things on earth with his sword, as if he were examining the most vile and shameless enemies."

"Hmph, after looking for twenty years, must it be true? Some people will spend their whole lives lying. The Lord did not look at the fake Shennong whip again.

He bowed his head and was silent. In fact, he didn't know much about the Shennong whip, and he didn't know where it was found or who found it.

The Jiuli Gang, the Eight Great Wind Witches, and other gangs are all directly under the orders of the Lord, acting independently, and not related to each other. Moreover, the Lord never told them the reason for giving the order, they only had to obey the order and not ask a word more.

"They thought that the appearance of the Shennong whip was only known to the palace master of their Shennong Palace, hum! Our ancestors knew this 4,000 years ago! This Shennong whip is woven from the feathers of the sacred bird, and it has been soaked in the tears of the bird for hundreds of years before it has become a divine whip that can recognize flowers and grass. ”

"The Emperor of Heaven gave this whip to Shennong, who used it to whip the herbs, identify their properties, and cure the sick and save people. As a result, this divine whip has become more and more powerful, it can refine the most poisonous poison in the world, and it can also cure all the strange poisons in the world. ”

The Lord paused for a moment, and although he had calmed down, he still said with regret: "Nong Qingshan has been deceived, and I have been deceived, it ...... There is no detoxification, only poison. ”