Chapter 33: Uprooted
I am neither a Taoist nor a Buddhist, but I have learned a lot of Taoism from my grandfather, and there is no apprenticeship during the period, and I am not an apprentice of my grandfather, presumably they are also afraid of my grandfather's cultivation, so I sang such a big play...
It turns out that the purpose is this, but it's enough to save face, just go and help them do two things, not three...
In fact, if it weren't for the presence of grandpa and Zhong Kui, there would be no room for bargaining, let alone two things, even if I was asked to do a hundred things, what could I do...
"Okay, I promise—" Before Grandpa could speak, I preemptively said.
"Hehe, let's go..."As soon as the words of King Qin Guang of the First Hall of Yama fell, he instantly disappeared from the open space in front of him, and the remaining nine halls of Yama also disappeared.
Only Zhong Kui was still standing in front of me looking at me, although he was ugly, at this moment I felt that his face was extremely kind.
"Thank you to the ancestors for saving your life...", I hurriedly bowed my hand and said sincerely.
"Hey... The family is not interested in this..."Zhong Kui's loud voice sounded.
"Don't worry, they won't let your grandfather take care of you, I'll take care of you, hold..."
The token is black on one side and white on the other, but there are no lines or Chinese characters...
"I also have two old acquaintances below, if you really encounter something difficult to solve outside, you can let them help you, as long as you have a thought, they will naturally come to help you..."Zhong Kui continued.
"There are a lot of affairs, I should go too, take care of your life..."Zhong Kui left this sentence and disappeared from front of me.
"Let's go, go home and sleep..."Grandpa walked forward as if he was fine, dropping a word.
"This..."I have to admire grandpa's calmness, grandpa can still deal with such a big thing calmly.
I hurriedly put away the token that Zhong Kui gave me, and stepped forward to inspect Ruxuan and Chasing the Wind.
Both of them were not lightly injured, but fortunately, they were not fatal injuries, and they should be fine after cultivating for a while, but they were just a face-to-face with Yama, and the two were injured like this, grandpa was uninjured with one enemy and three enemies, what kind of cultivation is grandpa?
I hurriedly put the two into the Soul Ring, picked up Uncle Zhang Wu, who was already unconscious on the ground, and quickly followed my grandfather.
Although the Ten Palaces Yama has retreated, my back is still a little weak, this kind of power is too terrifying, I can't help but speed up my pace...
After settling down Uncle Zhang Wu, grandpa didn't say anything more to me, left a sentence of "let's sleep...", and walked towards the bedroom by himself.
I don't want to ask anything, after all, it's already more than four o'clock in the morning at the moment, and I'm originally full of energy, presumably because of internal injuries, and at this moment I took off my guard and no longer had the strength to do it, so I fell asleep on the bed...
When I woke up, it was already noon, and my body was still a little tired, but I checked it with my alchemy, and my body was fine, so I got up and walked towards the courtyard...
But I saw my luggage in the yard, and it was actually a big bag that I usually use.
There was a sumptuous meal on the table, and my grandfather was already sitting at the table at the moment, and there was no one else in the room, and Uncle Zhang Wu had already left, and it seemed that he was waiting for me.
"Come, after our grandfather and grandson finish this meal, you can go out and break in..."Grandpa said very calmly
Yesterday's events are still fresh in my memory, and if it weren't for that, I wish everything that happened yesterday was just a dream.
My steps were a little heavy, not because of an injury, but because I knew that I had to leave my grandfather and go out on my own, because I had promised Yama to do two things for them, and Yama deliberately emphasized that I would not let my grandfather interfere in my affairs in the future, and at the moment, my departure seemed to be the best and only way.
If it weren't for my grandfather who kept serving me vegetables, maybe I would just eat a bowl of rice.
"You can learn what you should learn, and it's up to you how much you can do." Grandpa put down the dishes and chopsticks and said softly.
"But, grandpa—" I was interrupted before I could finish my sentence.
Grandpa said, "There are so many neighborhoods, I'm not lonely, you don't have to worry about your body, you're still young, go out and have a look, okay, let's go..."
"You and I are going to say goodbye to everyone?" I asked tentatively.
"Don't delay me, leave as soon as you're done, everything is packed for you, and I'll let the others know." Grandpa suddenly snapped.
I know grandpa's temper, I've never said the same, yesterday I killed the ghost, grandpa didn't blame me, it's a blessing...
"Let's try it now," Grandpa said, using his soul power to take the stone shield that I had been unable to penetrate, and put it on the roof.
"Don't be in a daze, don't try to cheat, I can see it." Grandpa continued.
At this point, what else can I do, in fact, I also want to see if I can break through the stone shield with one blow now, so I have to summon a finger knife, and my mind drives the finger knife to fly towards the stone shield...
I was thinking about how to penetrate it all the time, but it only left scratches on its surface, but at the moment I didn't want to pierce it, but life always backfired...
"Uhhhh
"Not bad," said Grandpa with relief.
"But grandpa, there's not a hundred steps here," I quibbled.
"With your current cultivation, don't say a hundred steps, even five hundred steps This stone shield can be penetrated, okay, don't make excuses, let's go..."
Yes, in fact, the moment the finger knife penetrated the stone shield, I knew in my heart what level my ability had reached, but I still had a trace of luck, a trace of luck to stay.
At this moment, I had to get up silently, pack my bags and kneel in front of my grandfather.
"Grandpa, take good care of yourself," I said, holding back tears.
"Okay, okay, what kind of system is the big man's mother-in-law, mother-in-law, go ahead, you can take this money..."
With my current perception ability, I knew that my grandfather had given me 30,000 yuan, and I just wanted to excuse myself...
Grandpa then said: "There is nothing lacking here, this money is waste paper in my hands, it is different when you go outside, it is always good to have a little money with you, don't save it, use it if you want...".
"Grandpa," I shouted again, teary eyes.
"Get out of here...", Grandpa raised his foot and kicked my buttocks, but Grandpa's strength was very light.
No, carrying his bags and holding the money given by his grandfather tightly in his hand, he walked towards the outside of the village step by step, but he never waited for his grandfather's figure.
It wasn't until I walked far away that the location of my home was beyond my perception that my grandfather appeared at the door of the house, muttering: "Baby, don't blame grandpa, this is your life...".
I walked many times out of the village, and the longest time I left was to go to the martial arts school, and the other times I went to the town to buy some daily necessities, and sometimes I would help the people in the village to carry some, and every time I counted the time of going back and forth accurately.
I walked absentmindedly on the mountain road, this road was basically stepped out by me, I had the best physical strength before cultivating, this road was the best way to get in and out of the village that I explored later, and some of the places I also repaired with a hoe, just to be able to rush back to the village before dark, so that the neighbors who were waiting for me to carry things would not wait too long.
I haven't walked since I cultivated, because no matter whether there is a road in front of me or not, it is no longer an obstacle for me, except for the time when I sent it to the early summer, but that feeling is completely different from now.
It's time to leave this place completely, and when I'll be able to come back is completely far away... I just want to reminisce about the old days along the way.
I don't regret embarking on the path of cultivation, but I am still a little annoyed when I leave in this way, it feels like my grandfather has helped me bear the sins, and I originally wanted to take my grandfather out with me and enjoy the excitement of the outside world.
I learned a long time later that I was naïve...
Although I deliberately slowed down, I was on the road in less than an hour, and instead of stopping to wait for the passing bus, I continued to walk towards the town, maybe this was the last time I walked on this land, thinking to myself...
When it was almost dark, I came to the town, and asked the car to the city to leave tomorrow morning, so I found a small hotel and stayed, I was distraught and didn't have the heart to eat, I used to come to the town to eat several cages of xiaolongbao, and at the moment I couldn't whet my appetite.
Just lying on the bed in a small hotel, without practicing, just looking at the ceiling in a daze, sleepless all night...
As soon as dawn, I got up, simply washed up and walked towards the station, in fact, according to my current cultivation, even if I run into the city, it is faster than this car, but now it is different from my home, surrounded by primeval forests, no one can see me even if I toss around, if I run outside like this, if I am seen, I guess I will be arrested as a monster and studied.
So I honestly came to the station to take the train, and after getting on the train, I found a place by the window, and finally enjoyed the scenery outside the window...
In fact, I am still a little confused about this outing, I have lived in a mountain village since I was a child, I have no worries about food and clothing, and I am even more carefree when I go to the martial arts school, and now I have suddenly stepped into society, it can be said that I have no social experience at all.
I thought about it last night, no matter what happens when I get to the city, I can find a job first, this is different in the village outside, you have to ask for money for everything, as for the two things promised to Yama, I didn't ask what they were at the time, presumably Yama won't say, and I don't know when I will be asked to do it, at least I have to be able to survive outside.
I was reluctant to spend the money my grandfather gave me, and I would have to provide for my grandfather in the future, so I thought about it, and as the car drove on the bumpy mountain road, I actually fell asleep...
The road was quite smooth, the car finally arrived at the county seat at lunchtime, surrounded by people who came to the county town from the town to catch the market, maybe I was here when I was very young, but I can't remember clearly, the last time I came to the county was when I graduated.
With my vague memory, I found a small restaurant at random, ordered a fried rice and ate it casually, it didn't taste very good, compared to the natural ingredients in the village, it was really heaven and earth, but I was really a little hungry, after all, I hadn't eaten for so long.
The purpose of my trip was to go to the city, where I would go to school in the early summer, but I didn't plan to go to her, I wanted to wait until I got a little better in the city.
After eating, it's still early, it's too early to find a place to live at this time, look at some of the tattered clothes on the body, decided to go to the market to see, I still have thousands of dollars in my bag to study is the money saved by part-time work, grandpa's money is reluctant to spend, I am still willing to spend my own money, look at buy a suitable set of clothes, by the way to see if there are cheaper hotels nearby...
I asked someone casually, it turned out that the market was not far from the side, what I wore since I was a child, and I had fixed those few sets of clothes at school, I had never seen so many types, although the city where I stayed in the martial arts school was relatively developed, but the militarized management of our school made me never go to the city, and I looked along the way in the car when I graduated.
Maybe I was used to wearing clothes at school, so I didn't choose those clothes that were too fancy, so I bought a pair of casual camouflage pants, a black T-shirt, and then picked out a jacket that I don't know what brand I didn't know.
As soon as the new clothes were changed, the worn shoes on the feet looked a little dazzling in comparison, so I had to choose a pair of boots with a stronger tactical style.
It's really a person who relies on clothes and horses to rely on saddles, although the boots cost another hundred yuan, or under my soft grinding and hard bubbles, and the boss bargained for a long time to get it at this price, but it cost more than 400 yuan at once, I can't help but feel a little distressed, but look at the new self in the mirror, and I think it's worth it.