Chapter Twenty-Four: The Erosion Mage
Inside the Taoist temple, in a simple hut, Master Mi Erosive was staying with his master.
His master looked very old, his shriveled face was covered with long lines, and even his eye sockets had collapsed deeply, like a dried corpse that loved human flesh and blood.
The Erosion Mage would become a Taoist priest due to a mudslide he encountered as a child. More than 10 years ago, there was a small village built at the foot of the mountain, and the people in it lived by hunting in the mountains, that is, relying on the mountains to eat the mountains.
The family was part of the small village, with his father hunting, his mother farming and raising livestock, and he followed a group of older children from place to place. At that time, his greatest wish was that his father could take him to the city once to play a game with Zhang Gouzi and the monsters he boasted about. (Actually, it's the Xiaobawang game console.) )
When he was seven years old, his parents decided that he should be sent to the city to receive an education in the city. You can't be like them, living in such a remote place all your life, and being the lowest group of people all your life.
When his father told him the news, he was excited for days, and at one point he lost sleep for several nights. He had even thought of the incomparably envious look on him when he came back from the city and learned about Zhang Ergouzi and them about the things in the city.
Originally, just as he had imagined, his father had prepared a lot of novelties that he had never seen before. For example, the folded stationery box, all kinds of cartoon erasers, (the kind that turns black when wiped off) and the boxy school bag.
He has to take them to the village every day to show off, and the angry Zhang Ergouzi and others chase and kill him every day, but he is never tired of it. Finally came to the day of departure, many people in the village came to see him off, he felt that he was very angry, Zhang Ergou and they must have been angry to death.
My father drove his donkey cart slowly, and the figures in the distance became more and more blurred in his vision. It's just that he feels that the sky above seems to have changed suddenly, and his heart is becoming more and more depressed, his nose is very sour, and there is still a little bit of excitement before.
He repented, and he cried out to his father that he wanted to go back, but before his father could stop the car, there was a loud and deafening bang in the distance.
The loud noise drowned out his cries, as well as his father's vibrant eyes.
"Ono, listen to Dad, stay here Biedong, I'll go back and have a look."
At this point, he could clearly hear his father's voice trembling and choking, his father's eyes moistening.
He stared blankly at his father's back as he walked away, until it disappeared completely. Since then, it has not been seen again.
He waited and waited for three days, but he could not wait for his father. During this time, he saw white cars speeding past him, and cars flashing red lights and making a screeching sound.
Finally, he could no longer hold on to the hunger and cold, and fainted.
When he woke up again, he appeared in this Taoist temple and saw a face full of worry. He still remembers the first thing the master said to him when he woke up:
"Boy, your village was buried by a mudslide, and you escaped with a great fortune. Now that the police are outside, do you go with them, or do you continue to live with me? ”
After hearing this, he cried out loud, and didn't ask if the village was gone, so he nodded and agreed. Later, as he grew older, he learned that there was no vegetation on that mountain, and some of those had been cut down by the people below the mountain over the years, and there were several heavy rains in those days, so there was a mudslide.
The entire village, with more than 100 families, all those who did not leave the village that day were crushed to death by the mudslide.
Parents are gone, this school is naturally not able to go to school, although he was still young at that time, he didn't understand many things, but this kind of thing was enough to make him silent for a long time.
During this period, his master has been comforting him and giving him a lot of care and care like his parents. In this way, he gradually opened his heart knot.
His master also accepted him as a disciple at that time, and then began to let him learn some things related to Taoism, some by rote, and some that made him realize.
He thought it was quite interesting at the time, so it was not a problem to learn, and his master praised it. Then he got on this thief ship and followed his master around the city to cheat, this family has bad feng shui, and that ghost haunts it.
Although his IQ is not high, his EQ is not low, so he can naturally see that his master is earning money for food, so he doesn't need his master's advice, he also knows not to say much when doing things, and act according to the master's eyes.
Whenever he succeeded in deception, he always asked:
"Is what you just said true or false? Are there really ghosts in this world? ”
His master had to repeat it every time:
"Of course I lied to them, but ghosts should exist, otherwise my ancestors are lying to me."
Every time he heard his master say this, he would secretly say that he was a liar in his heart, and he was inexplicably resistant to this kind of thing, but he could only continue to make a living.
When he was older, he finally realized a problem, where was the money that his master had cheated over the years? Carefully calculated, it is also a lot of income, exorcism of evil spirits, looking at feng shui, naming, divination, and doing things...... However, their lives are still very poor.
Later, he ran to ask the master, and his master just said coolly:
"Donated."
He didn't say anything at the time, but scolded in his heart: "Grass! ”
This is a turning point, because in the days to come, his master will often brainwash him inhumanely. If there is good and good is rewarded for evil, you must do good and accumulate virtue on weekdays, and help others for pleasure, you can make money but you must not kill yourself......
I think that his worrying personality was cultivated by his master at this time.
He actually likes such days, although when he has insomnia, he will also be sad, red-eyed, and carefully reminisce about his parents, but after all, this kind of time is in the minority.
As he grew up, the master got older, and although he looked quite tough, his eyes were not as fine as before. He also gradually took over the business, and according to his master's advice, most of the money obtained from "doing good deeds" should be donated.
He became a lone ranger, a hermit master in the eyes of outsiders, and he also gave himself a legal name, the Erosion Mage. This legal name has a somewhat self-deprecating connotation, and it can be regarded as a satire of the rotten life of the people in the city.
thought that the days after that would belong to him, and the master would not be involved in anything, but one day, his master suddenly became flustered, as if he knew something terrible.
The master gave him a book with many strange symbols recorded on it, and told him to memorize the contents of the book and be able to draw each symbol.
He only felt inexplicable at the time, and jokingly asked him if his master was the treasure of the town, but his master did not answer him. I just told him again and again to memorize the contents of the book and know how to draw the symbols on it.
Not only that, but his master had to take the exam every day, and he noticed that he found that his master did not know the content above, and he had to take the book to check it when he took the test.
In fact, his master's things have long been turned over by him, including the pillow, under the bed, these details have not been missed, but he has never seen this book. Besides, if there really was such a thing, his master would have taken it out a long time ago, and he wouldn't have taken it out until now for him to remember.
What's even more strange is still to come, because in the following time, his master has accompanied him to go out to do things, and he can really feel that the atmosphere is much heavier than before.
Originally, he didn't pay much attention to it, after all, his master was old, and it was inevitable that his personality would become eccentric. It wasn't until that day that he knew the reason for all this.
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