Chapter 8: Children Are Hard to Shape (3)
On the third day, Penglai Peak.
"I heard that in addition to damaging the Worry-Free Heart Pool and Worry-Free Pavilion on Yingxue Peak yesterday, you also shook Situ Chang's beloved koi to death? By the way, did you still lift the roof of the aftertaste? Xue Jing remembered the news that came this morning and smiled heartily. At this time, she was still wearing a purple robe, with a fox collar and a scarf, graceful and wealthy, and she was holding a cat in her arms.
"You can't really blame me for that." Xia Mu looked left and right, well, there is no hole to drill! It's really a good thing not to go out, but a bad thing to spread thousands of miles.
The damage to Yingxue Peak was due to the need for cultivation, and that venue was originally prepared by Situ Chang for himself, so there was nothing to say.
But in the Aftertaste Hall, it was a pure accident, and the hole in the roof of the key house could not be regarded as made by himself, it should be smashed by the disciples of Yingxue Peak.
Didn't you just kill a few fish and fall a few trees during the day, and besides, you didn't mean to, as if you had to make some deep hatred, you provoked violently when you were eating, and shouted for revenge. The people came to the door, and Xia Curtain couldn't hide from it, and with her temper, she really didn't have the habit of hiding things.
This is not the beginning of learning swordsmanship, so he can only use Chang'an to protect himself. Although under Situ Chang's guidance for a day, he knew a little bit how to control the spiritual power of immortality a little. But it's really just a little bit, so after the whole fight, in addition to scaring off those children, I blew a hole in the roof of the aftertaste hall by the way.
But fortunately, it didn't hurt anyone, which is a blessing. I still remember that when I was running away, I saw Elder Sun of the Aftertaste Hall crying......
Alas! I have a headache when I think about it, I don't know if Yuweitang will let me in tonight?
"Haha...... Don't worry, there's nothing that happens overnight, take your time. I'll take you to Elder Tan's medicine garden in a while, medicine is not separated, it's all you have to learn carefully, don't be annoyed. ”
"How dare you! Obey Lord Xue Feng's orders. Xia Mu said respectfully.
"I don't have to be so formal, just be comfortable." Xue Jing patted her shoulder lightly, with an affectionate expression.
Xia Mu still felt very moved, I heard that Xue Jing was Situ Wankong's senior sister, according to her seniority, even Situ Lan had to call her uncle. From the first time I saw myself, I stood up three times and twice to defend myself, although I don't know why, but in this other world, the people who can protect themselves, Xia Mu is grateful.
Following Xue Jing to Tan Youyun's medicine garden, he saw her squatting there carefully picking up the medicinal herbs that the disciples had just picked.
"Elder Tan is the person who is most familiar with medicinal materials in our Penglai Peak, and the precious medicinal materials she grows herself are also hard to find among all major sects and families. You should follow her today to take a good look. Xue Jing patted Xia Mu's hand like an elder.
"Okay." Xia Mu nodded obediently.
"Miss Tan, let me help you, is there anything I can do?" Xia Mu asked as he ran to the medicine garden with an excited face.
Chinese traditional Chinese medicine, I was also very interested in it for a while when I was a child, because there was an old aunt in the welfare home, and her health was not very good, so she would always make all kinds of home remedies to boil Chinese medicine. At that time, Xia Mu didn't like those black potions, and they smelled uncomfortable, let alone drank them. Until one day, a little playmate who was good to him fell ill. was first sent to the hospital, but the treatment was ineffective for a long time, and it was impossible for the welfare home to keep paying for him to fill in the bottomless pit like this, so he pulled the person back.
Xia Mu still clearly remembered that the little playmate who was usually tiger-headed and tiger-brained was lying on the bed like a withered and covered body with abscesses, and no one dared to approach him, let alone play with him. Even the summer curtain is just a glass window to see the inside of the house. The dean had already given up on treatment, but the old aunt hadn't given up.
Day after day, I don't know where to get a bunch of grass leaves, and she said that they were life-saving Chinese medicine. Cooking in the small yard every day, and then snatching the little playmate and picking it up without being dirty, and putting it in his mouth one by one.
Xia Mu was almost scared to death at that time, she saw her little playmate drink and vomit for a while, and rolled her eyes, but the old aunt just didn't let go, and thought about rushing in and dragging her away. Xia Mu even felt that it would be better to die like this than to suffer such a sin. But at that time, I was not very old, how could I be so obsessed with death, and who didn't want to live well?
Later, day after day, the little playmate did not die, slowly, and gradually raised back to human form, and after more than half a year, he recovered from a serious illness as if he was fine.
At that time, Xia Mu really believed what the old aunt said, even if the grass smells bad and is hard to drink, as long as you can use it, it is a life-saving medicine!
"Miss Xia is here, huh...... If you want to help me, then help me water all the seedlings in that medicine garden first, and then weed. Tan Youyun is not polite, after all, there have been several encounters before, and they are still very happy to see each other and fall in love with each other.
His thoughts were pulled back, and Xia Mu grinned sincerely, "Okay." ”
Then she studied every movement of Tan Youyun very seriously, and did it carefully little by little, for fear that she would accidentally step on her baby medicine garden.
But after squatting so carefully for a long time, it is inevitable that your legs will be soft and swollen, and even your hands will tremble a little. One carelessly, his finger slid over a blade of grass, and quickly, a drop of blood oozed out and fell into the black dirt in the medicine garden. Xia Mu hurriedly sucked it with his mouth, but fortunately, the wound was not big or deep, and the bleeding stopped all at once. Therefore, I did not take this matter to heart and continued to work.
It wasn't until after lunch, when Tan Youyun and Xia Mu returned to the medicine garden again, that they heard a terrifying scream across the sky, and even the birds overhead were so startled that they took off again and again.
"What's wrong?" Tan Youyun asked.
The screaming and screaming was a little female cultivator under her hand, thirteen or fourteen years old, with a frightened look as if she had seen a ghost, crying: "Elder Tan, go and take a look!" Pharmacy ...... The medicine seedlings in the medicine garden are all dead! ”
"What?!" Tan Youyun was almost unstable under her feet, you must know that the medicinal seedlings were planted by herself two months ago, and they are all cherished famous seeds, and they are usually difficult to find seedlings! There are even many seeds and seedlings that she has spent years trying to find, some of which are found from steep cliffs or mountain streams and dense forests.
Xia Mu hurriedly stretched out his hand to hold it, and his heart was beating suddenly, thinking to himself could it be the nursery I stayed in the morning? But I didn't do anything to them? But he could only comfort him: "Don't worry, let's go and have a look." ”
As soon as the two ran closer, sure enough, the medicinal seedlings that were still alive and well in the morning were all wilted on the ground at this moment, hanging their heads, and some of them had already withered and blackened.
"Why is that?" Tan Youyun was about to cry.
"The disciples don't know either!" The little disciples who were guarding the medicine garden knelt on the ground and cried and said, "The disciples are taking care of this medicine garden as usual, but as soon as they walked to this small medicine garden, they found that they were all withered, so they immediately found you, the elder!" ”
Tan Youyun almost knelt down in front of the withered medicine seedlings, and went to check them one by one, but there was really no one left alive, but she couldn't find any reason.
Xia Mu also followed behind to take a closer look, and couldn't think of any reason, but suddenly a thought flashed through him - the blood that accidentally scratched his finger this morning!
But this terrible thought was immediately dispelled, impossible! No way!
It was just a dream last night, and it was just a dream! There can be no problem with your own blood! He is not a highly poisonous thing, and it is absolutely impossible to kill this piece of medicine with only a drop of blood!
But no matter how unwilling she was to face it, that outrageous thought lingered in her mind again and again. In the end, she said goodbye to Tan Youyun before it was dark, after all, she was so sad and sad now, and she couldn't help herself, so she had to go back and check it.
After returning to the guest house, he gritted his teeth and pricked his fingers, secretly squeezed out a drop of blood and put it into a small potted plant at the door, staring at it with a thunderous heartbeat, but he didn't expect that a few seconds later, it was really-withered to blacken, and died directly!
Xia Mu was stunned for a moment and then swept the small potted plant to the ground and smashed it, pinching his arm into a black blue, only to realize that this time it was really not a dream.
Her blood is really poisonous! Is there really any unclear relationship between himself and the demons? But why don't you have any impression at all?
After nightfall, the tossing and turning summer curtain came to the shrine of the Holy Maiden on the Linyue Peak alone.
That dream last night was too real, and she especially remembered Situ Lan's ruthless appearance, who actually wanted to kill herself because her blood was poisonous. And then today it was confirmed that there was indeed a problem with his blood! How can she still sleep peacefully.
There are no professional blood test instruments in this world, and Xia Mu can't tell why she is like this, but her panic and anxiety make her unable to calm down. So she took Changsheng to come here alone, and for some reason, she felt that maybe she could find the answer she wanted in this forbidden place.
I still entered the barrier calmly, without any resistance, and it was still so quiet here! There was no sound other than the sound of himself 'staggering' around. And after entering this time, Xia Mu didn't have the previous sense of fear, and calmed down a lot, as if he was just coming to an old friend's house as a guest.
Carrying a lantern and a food box, he walked slowly, not in a hurry. When he arrived at the gate of the shrine, he gently put his hand on the heavy wooden door, and the door opened with a creak.
Entering the shrine of the Holy Maiden, a familiar feeling became clearer and clearer, and everything here seemed to be perceptible to every grass and tree, every corridor, and behind every door. Xia Mu thought to himself: Didn't you remember the terrain here the last time you came in with Situ Lan. Aren't you a road idiot? When did your memory get better?
He smiled self-deprecatingly and came to the main hall, from where Chang'an was taken out last time. Light all the candles in the hall, and shine brightly.
Xia Mu's mood gradually eased a lot with the bright light, and he put out the wine jug and wine glass he had brought in, sat down on the soft couch, and poured two glasses, one in front of him, and one on the opposite side.
"Situ Wankong, right? Hello, I'm Xia Mu. I always thought that if you were here, you would know where I came from and how I could get back, right? Tonight...... I just wanted someone to talk to, but after thinking about it, I'm here. I hope it didn't bother you, but if you're really still here, you've been trapped in this world for fifteen years, wouldn't it be nice to have me to talk to you? ”
Natsumu raised her glass and spoke earnestly into the air, as if there was an invisible person sitting across from her.
"I've heard a lot of your stories lately, but it seems that everyone's version is different, with mixed and negative reviews. It's really strange, I think it's funny that you are just you, but you can give birth to so many different legends in this world. Some people say that you are the god of war, a hero, a heroine among women, and the guardian of the vicissitudes of life in the world, while others say that you are selfish, willful, and trapped the moon buds and clouds after falling into the devil, and even the whole world. I don't know what the truth of the matter really is? But I have to say that I envy you and sympathize with you. I envy you for fifteen years after you passed away, and there are still people who remember you, even if you are silent, even if many people are reluctant to mention you. But if it were me, no one would know who Natsumu would be after fifteen days of death. But at the same time, I think you are quite pitiful, it is glory, reputation, slander, it is nothing more than people according to what they think in their hearts, combined with a little legendary story of yours pieced together, they just want to say what they want, as for what the truth about you, I don't think many people care. ”
"But now, they want to make me the next saint. Hehe, don't you think it's funny, do you think they're blind like I do? It's just an ordinary person like me who doesn't know where to come from, just because I can enter the enchantment you set, and it just so happens that I can blow this Chang'an of yours, hahaha......"
As he spoke, he had already eaten three glasses of sake, and his face began to flush.
Xia Mu put down the wine glass at this time, took Chang'an out and continued to say to the empty seat: "They told me that you can play a requiem to transcend the undead at the age of three, and at the age of five, you also created your own demon subduing song that can kill ordinary level demons and ghosts with music, and at the age of ten, you actually made a ghost song to seal the high-level demon spirits, until you were twenty years old, you created a magic song to break the demon as a trick, and you used your own soul to urge the magic weapon to fight against the top demon lord, am I right?" Ha ha...... Come on, I'...... Blow it to you, I can't compare with you, but I really appreciate it, it's been with me for so long......"