The old man will set off early tomorrow morning to make a break with my "senior brother" who is haunted by the ghost and the thief's heart is immortal, and I, as his disciple and the thirty-sixth generation of the Spirit Painting Sect, can only watch the old man go into danger alone, continue to be sheltered under the old man's wings, and must not participate in it.

This is a frustrating fact, but even if you are unwilling in your heart, you can only accept it.

Because that's what door rules are. And I knew that I would not be able to convince the old man to break the rules and take me.

"As for what you want to know the most, boy, there are all the secrets about the Yan puppet, and what you need to tell you, the teacher has also written it down on paper, and it is stored in that box, and after the teacher leaves and you are ready to know, you can open the box and read it." Seeing that my expression darkened again, the surprise brought by the jade pen gradually dissipated, and the old man smiled again.

I subconsciously looked at the small, sealed and locked box that was placed under the offering table.

But this time, the old man's attention was not diverted again, but after staring at the box containing the mystery of the golem for two seconds, I looked away and looked at the old man.

"Master, really...... Can't you bring your disciples with you? "Although I know that I can't convince the old man who is still stubborn and stubborn in my bones, I still don't want to give up, and I still have a glimmer of hope in my heart.

"What are you going to do with you?" The old man asked with a slight smile.

I thought about it for a moment and replied, "The disciple always thinks that this should not be the business of the master alone, but should also be the responsibility of the disciple, so the disciple wants to follow the master and you and dedicate the disciple's dedication, even if it is ...... The disciple is still young in qualifications, and he can't help anything, at least he can take care of your diet and daily life, Master, in short...... If you let you go alone, the disciple will not worry. And thousands of years ago, when the patriarch cleaned up the portal and looked for the traces of Wu Yue's family, didn't he also take Chen An's ancestor with him? Therefore, the disciple felt that it was actually not impossible for the master to bring the disciple with you. ”

"That kid, you followed the teacher, what should this family do? Don't want it? Who will protect them then? "I thought that if the founding patriarch moved out, he should be able to move the old man a little, but as soon as he opened his mouth and asked a rhetorical question, I was a little stunned.

Before I could think of the wording, the old man smiled again and said, "The door rules are the door rules, and even if you are a teacher, you can't easily break them." During the period of the founding patriarch, there was a short-lived period of painting spirits, so the situation was naturally different, and at that time, there was no such rule, which was only set by Chen An's ancestor later, so your statement is not valid, boy. ”

"Moreover, the reason why the teacher did not bring you with him is also to keep you to protect your family and protect more innocent people from harm. After all, that rebel has already annihilated humanity, and if he is forced to be in a hurry by his teacher, he will turn around and come back at any time, holding your family hostage, and more innocent people to threaten him, so boy, do you still think that you are completely out of the matter? ”

"Protecting your family and more innocent people, guarding the holy relic "Yuqing Pen", guarding this small hall, and not being invaded by evil things is already the greatest help to the teacher, and it is also your greatest responsibility as a new generation of painters......

Although it is still a little frustrating, the old man's words are indeed very reasonable, once he starts to attack Xie Yifan and those raised monsters, this yin person may indeed turn around at any time and come to me, a "soft persimmon", to create a greater threat. Therefore, instead of following the old man, it is better to stay and protect his family, guard the jade pen, and guard this small, but significant, symbolizing the temple of the thousand-year-old inheritance of the painting spirit school.

That's the best way to do it.

So I stayed, in this little hall, and the old man left alone.

Sitting quietly in front of the portraits of the ancestors of the past dynasties for a night, and suddenly coming back to his senses from a certain moment, it was no longer quiet outside, and there were faint sounds coming, obviously it was not early.

"At this time, the old man should have already left, right?" I'm not the kind of person who is very afraid of separation, but I can't tell why, but I have always been afraid of separating from the old man, fortunately, for so many years, we master and apprentice have never been separated in the strict sense, every time he wants to leave, he will talk to me in advance, and then leave quietly at a time when I don't notice, or don't say anything, just go, and find that he is not there until he knows that he has left.

And this time was no exception. No one knows when the old man left, not even the grandfather who slept with him, and others may find it strange, but I myself have long been used to it.

The old man seems to have such an ability, or magic, when he wants to leave or wants to leave, even if he tells you in advance, you pay attention all the time, and want to send it when he goes out, he can always find one, and you leave when you don't notice at all, and walk silently. This was the case only when I was there, and there was a family living in the yard, even when my grandfather shared a bed with him.

It seems that as soon as he woke up, the old man had already walked away.

When I opened the back hall door, it was already early, and the light that was cast into the hall from the courtyard was bright and even a little dazzling. Very early before I came out, the family already knew that the old man was not there, and accepted the fact that he had gone out on a long journey, instead of going to the road outside the courtyard, grandpa sat on the empty chair next to him sighed, dad shoveled the mortar that fell to the newly paved bluestone slab in the yard, without saying a word, obviously a little absent-minded, and the little daughter-in-law, after dawn, as usual, sent Xiao Li Nuo over Sister Yun sat on the sofa, also silent, and the little guy played on the sofa.

Seeing that I opened the door and walked out, the family was as listless as frosted eggplants, and finally lifted up a little energy, looked up at me, and the father in the yard also stopped moving, put down his belongings and looked at me.

"Xiao Nian, when did your master leave, do you know?" Except for me, grandpa was the only one who knew that the old man was leaving in advance, and it was after discovering that he was not there that grandpa told the news to his father and Zhang Xiaowei, and they learned that the old man had traveled far away, not to go around the door.

I shook my head, indicating I didn't know.

"Alas~ He's old, he shouldn't be his age, and he has to run around alone, at least he should give it away, your master...... It's not easy, our family owes him too much. "Grandpa has been a carpenter all his life, even if he can't do it for a long time, his brain is not good, but the carpenter's soul is still there, and he woke up to find that the old man who was sleeping next to him is gone, and the blanket that only he can use is not there.

"Grandpa, Master, he is like this, he doesn't like anyone to send it, and I haven't had anything to do about it for so many years, so don't blame yourself, it's okay, he'll be back in a few days." Seeing my grandfather sigh vigorously, I thought about it and comforted it.

"It's strange to say, I've always been awake from sleep, and I haven't slept much last night, so why didn't I hear any movement?" At this time, my father also walked in from outside the courtyard and opened his mouth, but he was about to continue, but he was glared at by his grandfather angrily, and he stopped talking.

It was at this time that he had been having a good time—at least it had been quiet, not noisy or noisy—and Xiao Li Nuo looked up and cried without warning, as if he suddenly thought of something, or understood what we were talking about.

The little guy has always been very good at bringing, basically the kind that doesn't cry, this time he suddenly opened up and cried, which naturally immediately touched the hearts of the five adults, Sister Yun hurriedly put away her thoughts, picked up Xiao Li Nuo, and coaxed with a smile.

"Nuo Nuo, did you also hear that your master is not at home, and you are reluctant to go out to travel? Obediently, don't cry, Nuo Nuo didn't cry and the master came back...... "Li Nuo has liked the old man since he was a child, and in the past ten days, it has been the old man who has taken her around to play almost every day, so at first it seemed to us that we couldn't see the old man all of a sudden, and I was not used to it after waking up, and it was normal to cry a few times."

However, I don't know why, the little guy who has never cried has a tendency to be unable to hold back when he cries this time, no matter how the family coaxes, it can't be coaxed. At first, it was Sister Yun who hugged and coaxed, but it was really hard to coax Zhang Xiaowei, and I had no choice but to change it to me, and then to my father, and finally to my grandfather, the five adults took turns to fight, and they did their best, and there was no way at all, not only did they not coax at all, but the more they cried, the more sad they became.

I tried my temperature carefully, and everything was normal, and I couldn't see what was uncomfortable at all. And with me present, especially when the back hall is still enshrined by the ancestors of the past dynasties, there is no possibility of any unclean things in the courtyard.

It took more than ten or twenty minutes for the five adults to coax a good little Li Nuo, seeing that the little guy was crying very sadly, the feeling of the adults gradually became bad, and their hearts began to become a little serious.

"Xiao Yun, something is wrong with this doll, I'm afraid it's uncomfortable, adults can't see it, hurry up and send it to the hospital to see." Looking at the little face that was crying more and more red, and even a little angry, Dad knew that he couldn't go on like this, so he hurriedly reminded him.

"Yes, yes, this girl has never cried like this, and it's really strange." After this reminder, Sister Yun, who was obviously already in a trance, came back to her senses, nodded her head again and again and said yes, then hugged Li Nuo, got up and walked outside.

Seeing that she was obviously a little dispossessed, my father hurriedly asked us to accompany her.

However, what I didn't expect was that as soon as the front foot went out of the gate, Xiao Li Nuo's back foot cried even more heartbreakingly, and his feet and hands kicked up in Sister Yun's arms, as if he was completely unwilling to leave. The further you go outside, the more high-pitched your crying becomes.

"You girl, what's wrong today! It's not good at all, and if you don't obey again, your mother will beat someone! Feeling her daughter's increasingly fierce resistance, Sister Yun suddenly stopped again, not daring to go outside anymore, and put one hand on the little guy's face to make a gesture to beat, but her eyes were so anxious that tears had fallen out.

I've never cried like this, it's not good to coax, and I don't want to go outside, and I don't know what is uncomfortable.

At this time, I didn't know why, suddenly it was like a flash of inspiration, and without thinking about it, I snatched Li Nuo from the arms of Sister Yun, who really remembered to beat someone, and at the same time, took out the "Yuqing Pen" that the old man gave me last night from his chest pocket, and put it into the little hand that was waving wildly.

And at the moment when he came into contact with the Yuqing pen, Li Nuo didn't have the slightest intention of resisting, but as if he had been waiting for this thing, his little hand couldn't wait to grasp the pen all of a sudden, and the person stopped instantly and stopped crying.

"Uh...... Is it really useful? "Even I didn't expect the effect of this thing to be so good, and I couldn't help but be stunned for a while.

At the same time, the other four adults were also stunned by this magical scene, looking at me in a daze, looking at the jade pen tightly held in Xiao Li Nuo's hand.

By the time he came back to his senses, the little one had completely stopped, not only did he stop crying, but he was even smiling, as if he had just gotten a new toy that he liked.

tried to pull the jade pen out of her palm, and sure enough, she grabbed it tighter all of a sudden, and let out a very dissatisfied hum, and her mouth was deflated and she was about to cry. Hurriedly unloaded the force and stopped pumping out, and sure enough, it suddenly stopped again.

"Xiao Nian, what is this?" The other four adults who were looking at us also discovered the peculiarity of the Yuqing pen, so Sister Yun took the lead in asking curiously.

Putting this thing into Li Nuo's hand, it will rain and sunny immediately, not to mention the crystal clear, simple and exquisite style of the Yuqing pen, which can make people feel that this is not an ordinary and simple brush.

The little one was satisfied and stopped crying, but I wanted to cry a little at this time.

This is the painting spirit has been passed down for more than a thousand years, from the founding patriarch has been passed down, the legendary painting spirit holy object, but now it has been tightly held by the fleshy little hand and refused to let go, the key is to look at this posture, for a while I will not be able to take it back.

"It's nothing, it's just a pen that the old man gave me last night to draw." Such a very important thing, I naturally can't casually say its role and the huge meaning it symbolizes, otherwise once the news spreads, I don't need Xie Yifan's yin person to grab it, I'm afraid I will already be in peace, so I had to hesitate for a while, and said with a smile.