Chapter 8 Reacquainting Yourself with the World
Seeing her looking forward to it like this, Gu Zichun couldn't help but deliberately sell Guanzi. I saw him walk unhurriedly to the stone table and pour himself a cup of herbal tea to drink.
Seeing him like this, Tang Wanwan had no choice but to turn his hope to the fox, who knew that it was also such a hanging!
Tang Wanwan suddenly lost his breath, snatched Gu Zichun's cup, and poured the tea he hadn't finished drinking into the pond.
"Eh, what are you doing?" Gu Zichun wanted to grab it, but he was still a step too late.
"Deliberately arouse people's curiosity and not satisfied, people like you and such foxes are simply too annoying!
"Are you really angry? Oh, my good sister, isn't my brother afraid of scaring you, okay, don't be angry, I'll tell you. ”
Gu Zichun touched Tang Wan's head, and pulled her to sit on the porch together, just telling the fox to be vigilant, not to be aware of the sudden attack by his parents, otherwise he would never want to go out of the valley again in his life......
"Here's the thing. Gu Zichun straightened his voice and continued: "It is said that not long after our father and mother got married, they once got lost when they went out to collect medicine and passed through this Hidden Moon Valley. When they came to a hill, they suddenly heard a strange noise......
"What's the noise?"
"Oh, it's just some spirits surrounding them and trying to eat them. ”
"Ah, really?"
"You see you still don't believe it, among them are the gray vine monster husband and wife. They grow up over time, and they are the most powerful spirits in this area, and everyone else has to listen to them. ”
"At that time, my father and mother tried desperately to escape, but the gray vine monster was very fast, and then they were surrounded by other spirits in the mountain, and they were about to be eaten......
Gu Zichun motioned to Tang Wanwan to pour a glass of water for him, and Tang Wanwan was listening energetically, so he hurriedly poured it to him and looked at him eagerly to drink: "And then?"
"Then they held hands and closed their eyes and waited for death, but as soon as they closed their eyes, they heard a wail around them, which sounded terrible!"
They hurriedly opened their eyes and looked, hey, a white-bearded old man was standing not far from them, smirking at them!"
"Uh-huh!" the fox suddenly snorted loudly, and then a white eye went straight to Gu Zichun.
"Oh, don't. Hehe, I repeat, it was a kind old Taoist who smiled, that is, the master of this fox, and rescued his father. ”
"Fox... Master?"
"Yes, my master. His old man has cultivated the Immortal Dao, and when he ascended, he gave me to the master of the family. ”
"Then why didn't he take you with him to ascend?" Tang Wanwan was a little puzzled.
"That's because the fox still has an unfinished mission, and after it is completed, he will also go to the master, okay, Miss should listen to Childe continue. ”
Gu Zichun smiled and continued: "Later, the gray vine monster was lowered, just because it had never harmed people before, and the fox master spared their lives, but he was afraid that they would come out to harm the living beings in the future, so he imprisoned them here forever, and always told them that they couldn't get out of the "one acre and three points of land" in the Hidden Moon Valley. ”
"Okay. The fox sat upright and took over Gu Zichun's words: "My master asked that your parents are orphans, and it was only because they used to practice with a healer that they became husband and wife. ”
"And seeing that they were of good character, and that they were good to others, and that they were a family from all over the world, they gave them an elixir, that they and their children might live to be three hundred years old..."
"Three hundred years old, damn it, wouldn't it be an old monster!"
Tang Wanwan suddenly interjected, although he had known that Gu Zhifeng and the others were already a hundred years old, they still felt a little shocked when the fox said it!
"No, it's only when they live to be two hundred and sixty years old that they will grow old like ordinary people, and before that they can be young forever. ”
"It's just... They are not allowed to practice martial arts, and if they don't, they will lose this extra life and become ordinary people again. ”
Hearing this, Tang Wanwan looked at Gu Zichun thoughtfully......
"Yes, I like to practice martial arts, what's the point of living so long, in fact, I want to be an ordinary person, at least she ......"
Gu Zichun was suddenly silenced, as if he was reluctant to mention it......
Tang Wanwan understands that everyone has a past that they don't want to mention, so she didn't plan to get to the bottom of it.
The fox also understood, so he continued with the previous topic: "Master and I were originally the guardians of this Hidden Moon Valley, but because Master was about to ascend and the two heads of the family came here by chance, Master sent me and his husband and wife to guard here together, and passed on a talisman to each of them, but this talisman was not ordinary, it was imprinted on the two of them. ”
The fox took a breath and continued, "As for their offspring, they will also grow the same talisman when they are born, so the spirits never dare to show up. ”
"They are all afraid of this talisman because it has a lot of mana. It's just that once the sealer practices martial arts, the mana of that talisman will gradually weaken until it disappears. ”
After speaking, he looked at Gu Zichun again.
The reason why he was lying not far from the gray vine monster that day was actually injured, and he was attacked. So the fox was very worried about him.
The spirits here are not allowed to come out, and outsiders are not allowed to enter, so they are generally very angry, and they hate the Gu family who guards them even more.
Gu Zichun smiled, he didn't take it seriously.
Tang Wanwan felt that he was a little funny, if it was her, he wouldn't be so stupid!
"Don't tell your father and mother that you know all this, I'm afraid they will worry about you, after all, you are not a real Gu family, and you don't have that talisman to protect you. ”
Gu Zichun suddenly said seriously, he had already figured out Tang Wanwan's life experience.
Tang Wanwan nodded: "I know." ”
"Actually... Don't be afraid, the reason you were attacked by the Greyvine that day was because you didn't bring anything. ”
"What's that?"
Hearing the fox say this, Tang Wanwan was a little puzzled.
"Didn't you bring the bead?"
"You mean... The pearl of the night?"
"Well, it's not a night pearl, it's a soul pearl. With it, no demon will dare to come near you. ”
"As soon as you say it's really yes, that day I saw that the purse containing the beads was a little dirty, and handed it to Xiaorou along with the beads, and asked her to help me clean it. ”
"I used to wonder about it, but now that I think about it, it turns out that there is something special about this bead. ”
"Yes, if this bead were to be contained in a bag beside it, it would not be able to block the light it emitted, and only this special bag could make it both effective and contain its brilliance. ”
The fox said so, and repeatedly explained that Tang Wanwan could not easily take out this pearl to show people, for fear that he would be looked at by the insiders......
"Then will my father and mother have to live here in the future and not move out?"
"Yes, that's their responsibility, it's just that I have different pursuits, and I don't want to be like them. ”
Gu Zichun looked into the distance, and there was desolation in his eyes that he couldn't read.
"That's also your responsibility as a member of the Gu family, since Master has chosen you, you can't shirk it!"
The fox was a little angry, this boy came back like a different person since he came out of the valley for the second time, it didn't know how it could be, but it had to stick to the master's instructions, and that was its responsibility.
"Brother, have you ever thought about it, when your parents are not there, who should continue to wait in this Hidden Moon Valley, I don't have a sigil on my body, I can't replace you, and my father and mother only have you as a child. ”
"I understand a little now, this Hidden Moon Valley is another space, gathering all the demons and monsters, if there is no one waiting in the future, then these spirits will inevitably break the barrier and run out to harm the common people, do you want to see it?"
"I don't want to see it, but I don't want to live my whole life. ”
Gu Zichun was a little frustrated, and turned his face to look into the distance: "Master Fox must have a way to find a guardian again, right?"
"You're right, but your parents may not agree. ”
"Well, I promise you that I will never practice martial arts again from now on, but while my father and mother are alive, I want to fulfill my own wish first. ”
Gu Zichun kept staring into the distance as he spoke, as if there was his fetters there......
。。。。。。。。。。
The days passed quickly, and Tang Wanwan had reached the age of marriage.
It's just that she has often been in a daze alone recently, not thinking about her upcoming marriage, but thinking about Gu Zhifeng's future.
Since the conversation with Gu Zichun and the fox a few years ago, she feels like yesterday every time she thinks about it.
She felt that God must have sent her a little girl of the 21st century here with his intentions, and she wondered if she would be the next candidate.
It's just that I don't have that talisman, and I don't have that longevity gene, and the only thing I have is that soul bead......
She was a little entangled, she still wanted to go back to modern times and return to her adoptive mother Tang Lian.
Mother must have had a hard time without her, right?
Gu Zhifeng and they are also going to marry her off, it is a place far, far away from the Hidden Moon Valley, perhaps, they are for her safety.
After all, it is impossible for the bead to stay with her all the time, and it is impossible for the fox to accompany her twenty-four hours a day, she does not belong here, so they are going to send her away, right?
The thought of this makes her sad. Gu Zhifeng and the others must also be very sad.
They couldn't bear her, but they had to marry her, she couldn't stay with them forever, after all, she didn't have that talisman, and she couldn't live past them.
One day, when their daughter is old, they are still young, and they are afraid that she will not be able to stand such a blow, so they have no choice but to let go and give her a happy second half of her life, right?
Tang Wanwan sometimes thinks that if there is really no way to go back, she really wishes she could have such a talisman, she doesn't want to leave them!
Except for Tang Lian, they were the only ones who treated her well, and she was willing to inherit their responsibilities and become the next guardian of this huge and deserted Hidden Moon Valley, but all of this was too unrealistic.
"Oops, it's annoying!"
Tang bent and ravaged her hair, almost crazy, startling Xiao Rou, who brought her snacks in, and hurriedly put down the tray in her hand and came to rescue her hair.
"Miss, don't be like this, the valley lord and the lady will be worried. ”
"I'm fine!"
She tugged at her crumpled hair, then grabbed a piece of pastry and shoved it into her mouth, which she found to be a decompression, and she needed something too much to relieve it.