Chapter 5 Gifts(1)
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After a full quarter of an hour, the blue light gathered around Shang Yu's room gradually dissipated.
After a few breaths, the door was opened from the inside with a "creak", and Liu Xingbao walked out from the inside with a faint smile.
"Liu Xianren, are you coming out?" When most of the villagers saw Liu Xingbao coming out, they immediately knelt down and kowtowed.
"Immortal, I am the only old bachelor in this village who has not married a wife, and I am still a child, please accept me as an apprentice! Take me to Immortal Mountain to cultivate! The old man looked pious at this time, because of his poor family, although he was nearly seventy years old, he had never married a wife, and he actually started the idea of apprenticeship and cultivating immortals.
The smile on Liu Xingbao's face disappeared immediately, and he walked a few steps to Shang Yu's side, and asked in a deep voice, "Xiao Yu, why do these villagers bow down to me?" As he spoke, he pointed to the villagers who were kneeling on the ground.
Shang Yu reacted at this time, and immediately said, "Mr. Liu, that's the case!" They ...... "I told you about the fact that the house was shrouded in a pale blue light.
After finishing speaking, Shang Yu immediately asked, "Mr. Liu, how is my mother's illness?" He didn't believe that Liu Xingbao would be an immortal, because Liu Xingbao often said that all immortals are pretended by people, and the difference is only in the different means, and this concept has existed in his mind for several years.
"Damn! So it's because of this? Shit, that's the light that every household in our hometown will emit with a must-have item! Just because of this, I should be an immortal? It's outrageous! Your mother's illness is in the heart, I have made your mother's heart and lungs young for ten years, if you don't work hard in the future, you will be fine for decades! Liu Xingbao nodded and said.
"Immortal, please accept me as an apprentice! Okay? Although I only secretly visited Guanyin when I was fifteen years old when I passed by the nunnery, I always had a heart that yearned for the gods! The old man, who was known as the ninth grandfather in the village, crawled over on his knees and grabbed Liu Xingbao's shirt and begged, his eyes were full of piety, if Liu Xingbao was really a fairy, I am afraid that he would really be moved by pity.
"Old man, folks, everyone get up! To be honest, I'm not an immortal, I'm just an ordinary person. You don't have to worship me like that, actually! I can save people because I have a treasure, and that treasure is my family heirloom, so I am not a god at all, everyone is scattered! Liu Xingbao said angrily and funny.
He turned to Shang Yu and said, "Xiao Yu, please go to the broken temple with me, I want to teach you some knowledge at the end, it's too noisy here!" As he spoke, he shook his clothes, broke free from the old man's hand, and wanted to pull Shang Yu away.
"Immortal Master, are you so ruthless? I want to follow you so devoutly! Have mercy on me, don't you? The old man begged bitterly in the back, and even grabbed Liu Xingbao's placket again, and with a "swish", he actually tore off a piece of Liu Xingbao's lichen.
"Immortal Master, we also want to worship you as a teacher!"
"The little ones too!"
"Excuse me, Immortal Master, do you accept female apprentices?" Aunt Li also knelt on the ground and asked with a blank eye.
Although I heard Liu Xingbao say that he is not an immortal, but seeing that he usually does not eat fireworks in the world, how can there be such a large piece of light in a treasure, and he can actually envelop the house?
And these villagers were born in troubled times, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, taxes and heavy labor, even the iron kitchen knife is only one in five or six families, some families can only use stone knives to cut vegetables, even the needle and thread are very few, Aunt Li was because she came to borrow needle and thread last night to find that Shang Mei was seriously ill and fell to the ground, which is because the Yuan court controlled iron tools very strictly.
In this kind of troubled times, the immortals can take them out of the current poor life, that is the only hope in the hearts of all the villagers, at this time, there is a person in front of them who they believe that the earth immortal, how can he give up easily.
"What a reason!" Liu Xingbao was furious, pointed at the old man and said: "What kind of bullshit are you putting around, even if I am an immortal, I will not want people like you, did you go to the nunnery to worship Guanyin when you were fifteen years old?" You obviously went to see that group of young nuns taking a bath, and you are still religious? Xiao Yu, let's go! With that, he pulled Shang Yu and walked in the direction of the outside of the village.
"This ...... Do you know this? The old man's face turned red in an instant.
"Grandpa Nine actually regarded peeking at a woman taking a bath as worshipping Guanyin, hahaha!"
"Humph! Usually a serious person, then I know what kind of person you are! Disrespectful for the old! Aunt Li said sarcastically beside her, with a look of disdain on her face.
"Ahh This proves that he must be an immortal, and he can actually know what happened to me when I was a child, isn't this only an immortal who can calculate it? Immortal Master, please wait for me! The old man, whose face was originally flushed, suddenly woke up at this time, and regardless of the sarcasm of the villagers, he took the lead in getting up from the ground and chasing Liu Xingbao and the others.
"Yes! can calculate the ugly things of Grandpa Jiu back then, he must be a fairy, we chase it! The other villagers also came to their senses.
Shang Yu was about to ask Liu Xingbao how he knew about Grandpa Jiu's youth at this time, when he heard the old man's shout coming from behind him.
Liu Xingbao couldn't help but show anger on his face at this time, and said, "Xiao Yu, don't move here, I'll make them stop immediately." ”
As he spoke, Shang Yu saw Liu Xingbao turn around and flash into the crowd with extremely fast movements, and suddenly a light blue light shrouded all the villagers, and those villagers immediately stood there and stopped moving, their facial expressions and body postures were rigid on the spot, looking weird.
And Liu Xingbao's figure flashed out of the crowd, holding an oval-shaped bright silver artifact in his hand.
"Mr. Liu, is this what you call a family heirloom? What have you done to them! Shang Yu couldn't help but ask curiously.
"What a family heirloom, this is my belongings, I want them to forget the existence of me forever, just a little earlier, anyway, before I leave, I will erase your memory of me, and I have long erased that part of your mother's memory." Liu Xingbao said disapprehantly.
"What? You say that you can erase the memories in people's hearts, isn't that a god-like method? Shang Yu immediately said in extreme shock.
"Xiao Yu, after coming to you from my hometown, you are the only person who can accept my thoughts, so that I have not really gone crazy in the past few years, what immortal? People like me are everywhere in my hometown. ”
As he said this, he raised the smooth artifact in his hand again, and said, "It's just that not everyone has this kind of artifact, and this was given to me by one of my elders many years ago. I've told you so much, come with me to the temple! I want to think carefully about what will be useful to you, and I will teach you all the knowledge that is suitable for you, and it is up to you whether you can use it in the future! ”
When Shang Yu heard this, he wanted to ask some questions, but he saw that Liu Xingbao had already walked forward, so he had to follow behind with questions.
He thought to himself, "Teach me everything?" Isn't Mr. Liu going home right away? Is he going to give me a lot of books? ”
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but rejoice in his heart, Liu Xingbao had no less than hundreds of books in a small room in Juxin in the ruined temple, and Shang Yu had only been allowed to read in his room for several years, and there were many kinds of local characters in it.
According to Mr. Liu, it is the language of many other countries, and under curiosity, Shang Yu also learned to write and read several kinds, and now Liu Xingbao said that the knowledge to be taught to him made Shang Yu feel a sense of expectation in his heart.
Shang Yu was a very studious child, and when he was five years old, his father sent him to study in a private school in Quanzhou Mansion, and this year because his father led an expedition to the Western Regions again, the family could not afford to provide him with a study for the time being, so he returned home.
And several times a year, during the school break, Shang Yu would go to Liu Xingbao, and other children in the village at that time also liked to go there, because only children would like this person who is different from ordinary people.
Liu Xingbao always tells strange stories, he tells the children that the sky is not square, the earth is not round, the earth under his feet is a sphere, called the earth, and the sun does not revolve around the earth, and many of the shining stars in the sky are fireballs bigger than the sun, and everything he talks about fascinates these children.
Eight months ago, as a family member left the village, only Shang Yu, a minor child, was left in the entire Lijia Village, and Liu Xingbao's books began to become Shang Yu's favorite treasures, and Shang Yu subconsciously thought that Liu Xingbao was going to give him some of those books.
When they thought of this, Shang Yu and Liu Xingbao had already walked into the ruined temple and entered a small room in the back.
"Xiao Yu, maybe I will have time to see you again in many years, but you won't remember me after today! I want to tell you, I don't belong here, my home is in a place that you can't understand, far away, and you are the only child here who is always by my side, what you want to learn, you can open your mouth as much as you can, and I can meet your requirements! I hope you can eat in this troubled world! Liu Xingbao pulled over a tattered chair and sat down slowly, staring at Shang Yu and saying.
After Shang Yu heard this, he couldn't help but immediately said urgently: "Sir! I don't want to forget you forever, I won't mention you to anyone, let me keep the memory of you, okay? I don't want anything, I've learned a lot from you, and it's even more useful than the learning in the school! The bookkeeping method he told Lu Shaobei at Lu's Inn was learned from Liu Xingbao.
His impatience is also reasonable, in his opinion, Liu Xingbao is his most important teacher.
Liu Xingbao couldn't help but be a little surprised after hearing this, and stared at Shang Yu for a long time before he said slowly: "Xiao Yu! Since you don't want to forget me, you must grant me a request! Can you do not mention me to anyone in the future, or write everything about me in the future? ”
"Sir! I can do it, but why would you? Shang Yu asked half-incomprehensibly.
"You don't need to know this, I feel very happy to be with you for a few years, to be honest, there are very few children in our hometown who are as smart as you, who can remember and quickly understand what I have taught you, you can really be said to be a genius, but you are too upright and woody, and you may suffer in this regard in the future. Especially in these chaotic times. Liu Xingbao said this and raised the oval artifact in his hand.
"Don't talk about it, Xiao Yu! Please close your eyes, I am ready to pass on some knowledge directly to you, and you will be useful one day in the future. ”
"What is this doing, sir? You're not trying to make me lose my memory of you, are you? Shang Yu was suddenly startled, and hurriedly jumped to the side, he had seen the power of this artifact just now, and he thought that Liu Xingbao was going to erase part of his memory.
"What nonsense are you talking about? This thing can erase memories, and it can also teach people, I said that if I don't erase your memory, it won't be erased, what are you asking for? Come to me and close your eyes! Liu Xingbao said a little angrily and funny.
After Shang Yu heard this, he stepped forward a little reluctantly, closed his eyes and asked: "Sir, if the thing in your hand seems to me to be something that only an immortal has, and your use of earth magic power is not something I can imagine, in my opinion, you are an out-and-out immortal." ”
"Don't talk, be attentive, and don't move. Xiao Yu, let me tell you one last time, there are no immortals in this world, but the means are different, and the ability to grasp the land is different. ”
"All immortals are pretending to be people, they are all gods, you just need to remember my words, if you see someone claiming to be an immortal in the future, you will take a thick subway stick and look at the back of his head, damn it, see if he dies!" Liu Xingbao couldn't help but say a little funny at this time.
"Oh! I know! Shang Yu agreed.
"Don't talk anymore, keep quiet, just a tea time!" Liu Xingbao said.
Shang Yu didn't say anything more, because things that he had never been exposed to before began to appear in his mind, and those knowledge as many as the ocean actually appeared out of nowhere, which made him feel shocked and a burst of ecstasy, thinking of what Liu Xingbao said, he began to concentrate on keeping quiet.
The time of a cup of tea passed quickly, and Shang Yu did not open his eyes, but continued to stand there with his eyes closed, and his face showed a burst of intoxication.
"Xiao Yu! Wake up, I still have a few blank books to hand you! Liu Xingbao couldn't help but stretch out his hand and pat Shang Yudi on the shoulder.
Unexpectedly, the first thing Shang Yu did when he opened his eyes was to kneel on the ground and kowtow to Liu Xingbao, and said, "Mr. Liu, I hope you can let me call you Master!" ”
This time Liu Xingbao was also startled, and he quickly stood up and said, "Xiao Yu! What are you doing here? Could it be that you are like those villagers who think of me as some kind of bullshit fairy? You kid get me up quickly. As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to pull Shang Yu up.
Unexpectedly, Shang Yu shook his head and said, "No, I didn't treat you as an immortal!" It's just that I want you to recognize me as a student, isn't that okay? His eyes sparkled with sincerity.
"Oh! If so, why not, do you need to kneel? I'm going to take you as a student today, but in this way, if I have time to come and see you in the future, I'm afraid it will be many years before I don't! Here! Here are some blank books I gave you, put them away! Liu Xingbao flickered in his hand, and several books appeared in his hand and handed them to Shang Yu.
"Thank you, Master! These books are blank books, could it be that they are wordless books? Shang Yu couldn't help but ask curiously.
took the book handed over by Liu Xingbao, and after Shang Yu opened it, there was really no word in it.