Chapter 20: The Dead Man Who Hanged Himself
"Two dogs! Two dogs, wake up! ”
In the fog, my body only felt shaking badly, and I opened my eyes with difficulty, but I found that there was desolation all around, and I was shocked, didn't Yang Yuanshan and I get out of the road of no return? But soon, I saw a familiar scenery not far ahead, wasn't that the Yin Cliff? So, I've gone from the point of no return back to reality?!
Yang Yuanshan shook me anxiously, and when I saw him beside me, I immediately felt warm in my heart, fortunately, Yang Yuanshan and I were fine, just fine.
But Yang Yuanshan's face was obviously not very good-looking, his breathing was heavy, his face was pale, and his voice was weak, but even so, he was still worried about me, I hurriedly grabbed Yang Yuanshan's hand and said, "Mr. Yang, I ......"
I just wanted to speak, only to find that my breath was also so weak, and my words were intermittent and indiscontinuous.
"Well, you finally woke up, so I can have an explanation with your grandfather, Ergou, you don't have to talk first, when the sun rises later, as long as you are exposed to the sun, it will naturally dissolve the yin qi around you, alas, after staying at the point of no return for so long, your physique can still hold on, it's not easy, go, I'll take you to the top of the mountain." Yang Yuanshan smiled with satisfaction, then supported me, and staggered towards the top of the mountain.
At this moment, I seem to be still like a dream, everything that happened at the point of no return, I can't believe it, at first I almost lost myself at the point of no return, and I thought I was the person over there, although I woke up in time halfway, I still encountered more trouble, that is, the ghost lady, the book says that life is like a dream, and now I am considered to have experienced it......
"Mr. Yang, your face is ugly, are you ......" I don't know how bad Yang Yuanshan's situation is now, and I don't know what to say, but my heart is full of just a deep sense of guilt, if it weren't for me, Yang Yuanshan wouldn't have become like this.
"I'm fine, when I get to the top of the mountain, I just need to meditate and recuperate for a while, and my strength will recover." Yang Yuanshan said lightly, but he never mentioned the destruction of his Dao Law, I thought about it, but I didn't dare to say it, for fear of hurting Yang Yuanshan's heart and my own heart.
Climbing to the top of the mountain, I looked at the fish belly white gradually rising in the east, I knew that the sky was about to dawn, I was waiting for the sun, Yang Yuanshan said, once I bask in the sun, the yin energy on the body will be dispersed, and he needs to meditate and recuperate.
"Mr. Yang, if you meditate like this, will you be able to restore your Dao Dharma?" I still couldn't help but ask.
I have never been able to let go of the destruction of Yang Yuanshan Daoji.
"How can it be so easy, the foundation is destroyed, even if I can recover a little, I can't condense for a long time, it won't be long after, it will still disperse on its own, Taoist practice, roughly divided into two kinds of outer Danshu and inner Danshu, the outer Danshu is the external assistant technique, it is a talisman, a formation, and the inner Danshu is to use the body to alchemy, its inner Dan Gong, is the foundation of practice, once the inner Dan Gong is destroyed, it is difficult to condense again, practice for many years, in vain, but it doesn't matter, you can get rid of the demon Weidao, even if you give up your life, As a cultivator, I don't hesitate to do it, Ergou, you don't have to worry about it, if someone else asked me to save it, I would do the same. Yang Yuanshan seemed to see through my thoughts, and after he was cross-legged, he comforted me softly and said.
"Mr. Yang, I don't understand the outer Dan technique and the inner Dan technique you said, but I can guess that you have practiced for so many years, it must be very difficult, I didn't expect it to be all ruined because of saving me, I am really sorry for you......" I didn't finish speaking, my voice was already choked...... "Mr. Yang, in fact, I am a mountain village boy, it is not worth your doing, you will have to do a lot of big things in the future, there are many things waiting for you to do in the world, however, it is all because of me...... It's all because I ......."
Finally, I couldn't help but lie on Yang Yuanshan's arm and cry bitterly.
"Okay, you're a man, why do you wipe your tears at every turn?" Yang Yuanshan shook his head haggardly, and then said lightly: "I once accepted an apprentice, I remember that when I accepted him, he was about the same age as you...... You're the most casual kid I've ever met! ”
Seeing Yang Yuanshan glaring at me as if he was melancholy and angry, I held back my muttering for a long time, and finally wiped away my tears, but immediately asked curiously: "Mr. Yang, what about your apprentice?" Why doesn't he be there for you to help you? ”
"He ......" Yang Yuanshan replied casually, but as soon as he mentioned a word, there was no follow-up, and his face was even more ugly, as if he had unspeakable hardships, and after a while, Yang Yuanshan did not continue, but slowly closed his eyes and meditated quietly to recuperate.
The sun is rising, a warm breath is shrouded in my body, the haze of many days seems to be swept away at this moment, and my cold body, there is gradually a little temperature, Yang Yuanshan said well, this sun is really a good thing, basking in the sun, the whole person's spirit is slowly getting better.
The old people in the village often say what yin and yang gossip, maybe yin and yang are inherently opposites, and if the yin is too heavy, it will be driven away by yang, well, it should be like this.
I didn't expect that I could fall asleep in the sun, and I also had a dream, in the dream, I, and my grandfather, and Yang Yuanshan, we were eating dinner in the yard, laughing and talking about interesting things in life, the sunset on the horizon, a peaceful and warm scene.
But in the end, I was woken up by the harsh mountain wind, the morning was fine, but in the afternoon, the wind on the mountain was much cooler, and it was also very strong, when I opened my eyes, I saw the sunset, but in front of me, there was no warm scene, I smiled bitterly, and at this time, Yang Yuanshan also slowly opened his eyes, his complexion was obviously much better, but I deeply knew that even if he recovered well, he was just the same as ordinary people.
If you use the number of Dao spells, you can only borrow the magic from the sky like in the road of no return.
It's just that I don't dare to ask Yang Yuanshan, how much life has he lost by borrowing the law to enter the point of no return, if I can, I would rather give him some of my life to make up for the guilt I feel about Yang Yuanshan in my heart.
"Although we successfully escaped from the point of no return, but at the moment the grievances between the two of you and the fox clan have not been resolved, not only that, but the grievances between you are deeper, in order to avoid the recurrence of the disaster, we must rush back immediately, and then make plans." Yang Yuanshan sighed lightly, got up with his eyes on his back, raised his head and quietly glanced at the slanting sun on the horizon, then turned around and walked down the mountain.
I didn't say a word, and hurriedly patted my ass to follow.
When Yang Yuanshan and I returned to the village, it was completely dark, and the time of the day passed with my eyes closed, and when I walked to the door, I was shocked to find that the courtyard door was wide open.
Are you waiting for me to come back? Well, I secretly comforted myself, it must be so, there must be nothing.
But when Yang Yuanshan and I walked into the courtyard, we found that the door of the hall was also wide open, and inside, there was a black light blinding, not even a kerosene lamp was lit, which was strange, my heart also began to beat wildly, and before I reached the door of the hall, I shouted loudly: "Grandpa! Grandpa, are you home? Grandfather! ”
While shouting, he strode into the hall, in the house, it is still the familiar smell, the smell of grandpa's dry tobacco, even if grandpa is not at home for three days, there will still be a smell of dry tobacco that has been precipitated for decades at home, I may be used to smelling it, once I smell this breath, there is an inexplicable sense of intimacy.
"Light up!" Yang Yuanshan, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said in a cold voice.
"Oh!" I didn't know why, but I hurriedly and skillfully found the location of the oil lamp, and took out a match and struck it, and as soon as I lit the lamp, a withered yellow light instantly filled the whole hall, and at this moment, I turned my head sharply to look, the ...... Under the roof of the inner room, there was a hemp rope hanging on a beam, and the hemp rope was circled, and on the circle, it was ...... There was a man hanging on it......
My heart suffocated suddenly, my legs were weak, and I almost passed out, but fortunately, Yang Yuanshan stretched out his arm in time to hug me, but at this moment, in this situation, I cried loudly!
Because, hanging on the hemp rope is a dead man, a dead man who hanged himself, and that dead man is my grandfather who has been dependent on me for more than ten years......
How did grandpa die?
Looking at my grandfather's painful and distorted expression, his fuchsia face, his outstretched tongue, and his wrinkled hands, weakly drooping at his sides, my mind went blank, and the only thing I could think of was that I couldn't believe what I was seeing!