"Smack~" Lan Lan was directly knocked to the ground by this sudden stick, and blood flowed on her head.

"Kill you witch." The man was still holding a stick in his hand, constantly beating Lan Lan, and when the neighbors on the side saw this scene, none of them came out to stop it, but they all pointed at Lan Lan and kept scolding.

Lan Lan was beaten, curled up on the ground, covering her bleeding wounds, but the man's stick still kept beating on her, the shabby cotton robe was beaten, and a lot of cotton wool leaked out, stained with the blood of the wound, and finally adhered to her body.

"All things are born of air...... Ten Thousand Laws Return to the Sect ......" the old Tao quietly recited the mantra, gathering his fingertips

A large group of rats rushed out of the house, pounced on the man who was beating Lan Lan, and began to bite hard.

"I'll go!" The man was jumped, let go of the wooden stick in his hand, and slapped the rats on his body desperately, hoping to shake them off.

The neighbors were also frightened by the scene in front of them, and hurriedly took a few steps back and hid far away.

"It was this old Taoist priest who did it! He's a demon too! A man who looked like a merchant shouted, and the crowd immediately looked at Lao Dao, and found that Lao Dao's fingertips raised a puff of blue smoke, surrounded by a small ball, and was fluttering following Lao Dao's fingering.

The crowd began to boil, and many people thought of the losses caused by the rat infestation, and couldn't help but show a fierce light, and stepped forward to beat Lao Dao and Lan Lan, while Lan Lan, who was lying on the ground, raised her head, tried to open her swollen right eye, and looked at her grandfather.

She didn't know what she had done wrong, and she didn't know what her grandfather had done wrong, she only felt the burning pain on her body, and people kept throwing stones at her, and the joint of her ankle was beaten by the man until it broke, and the pain almost made her faint, but she still gritted her teeth and held on, she didn't want to be beaten like this, and she didn't want to die with hatred like her mother, she wanted to know why, why her parents and grandfather would be treated like this by the world?

But Lao Dao did not run away, but looked down at Lan Lan, and a bleak wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

I'm really old...... You can't even protect a child...... This [puppet technique], I can only use it one last time...... The wisp of residual breath in front of Lan Lan's forehead...... Just keep a thought......

Lao Dao actually knew that his life was short a few months ago, and these people who practiced the law and practiced magic could sense the passage of their lives and calculate the day when their lives were coming.

On that day, he was pricked by a needle but had no blood, which was a reminder from God, and Lao Dao hoped that when he was dying, he could make some contribution to the world and leave a good name for Lanlan......

But I didn't expect it to end up like this...... It's really a creation and a man, and it's supposed to be like this......

At the moment, Lao Dao closed his eyes tightly, transported the qi of his body, gathered here, when the oil ran out, under the siege of everyone, he forcibly exercised the [puppet technique] again, and the mice on the ground instantly jumped up, jumped on Lan Lan's body, and held on to Lan Lan's clothes, these nearly 100 mice kept pounced on Lan Lan, and finally all attached to her body, as if covering her with a thick layer of protection.

Since the spearhead has been pointed at themselves, then they should also let Lan Lan go...... Lao Dao comforted himself like this in his heart, raised his head and glanced at Lan Lan again, with incomparable regret and guilt welling up in his heart......

At this moment, a stone flew towards Lao Dao and smashed on his temple......

Suddenly, everything in front of him began to blur, and his body didn't seem to hurt so much, and the old Taoist's eyes gradually closed......

"Smack!" A slam hit Lan Lan hard, and the few mice that were hit directly flattened, but they still grabbed Lan Lan's clothes and refused to let go.

"What a wicked sect!" The man couldn't help but scold.

"You can do it, that master let us kill this old one, and leave the little one alone." A thug grabbed the man who was beating Lan Lan.

"Phew! You're in luck. The man spat out, dropped the stick, and turned away.

……

After a long time, the people's beating of Lao Tao gradually stopped, perhaps because they were tired, and left here one after another......

"Grandpa......" Lan Lan dragged her twisted and deformed left foot, limped towards the old road, and helped him up.

"Grandpa...... Don't sleep, Lan Lan can't leave you......"

Lao Dao's body was already cold, and his limbs began to stiffen.

"You said, you still have to watch Lan Lan grow up...... watched Lan Lan get married...... Waiting for Lan Lan to give birth to a big fat boy for you, when your great-grandson ......" Lan Lan picked up Lao Dao and whispered in his ear.

"Grandpa, wake up...... Lan Lan begs you to wake up............ Don't be like Lan Lan's parents...... Just leave Lan Lan ......"

Suddenly, a memory in my heart was awakened, which was what my mother had said to Lan Lan ten years ago......

"This is a treasure left to you by your mother, don't show it to outsiders."

"It's an elixir in it, you have to wait until you are an adult to eat it, and you can't eat it secretly until then, unless you ......"

"Unless Lan Lan is injured, very heavy, like Dad, about to fall asleep......"

"Until then, Lan Lan will be able to eat it."

Mother's last words resurfaced, echoing in Lan Lan's ears,

Elixir! Elixir!

Lan Lan seemed to see hope, she put down her grandfather and limped towards the old mansion.

……

The blood in front of Lan Lan's forehead dripped on the iron box, slowly soaking in,

Then, the floating lock of the iron box was slowly opened, and Lan Lan hurriedly took out an elixir from it and put it into her grandfather's mouth.

In this way, Lan Lan hugged her grandfather and waited for a long time, until the sun went down and the night came, but her grandfather still didn't wake up, just like her father back then, the elixir did not appear to bring the dead back to life, but just let despair come later......

"Hey!" A man kicked Lan Lan, at this time Lan Lan knelt on the ground, holding her grandfather in her arms, and was about to fall asleep, but this sudden kick completely woke her up, and the grandfather in her arms also fell to the ground, Lan Lan hurriedly reached out to pull, but was stopped by the man.

"Hey, what do you want to do?" Lan Lan recognized them, they were the 'peasants' from before.

“？”

"This old man is a demon, and the people of the city decided to cremate him to prevent future troubles. What are you doing here? Sleeping with a corpse in your arms? I think you're a demon too! ”

"No, no, Lan Lan is not a demon......

"Humph! I don't care if you're a human or a demon, we're going to pull this corpse to cremate now, don't pull it! The man ripped Lan Lan away and dragged away Lao Dao's body.

"Don't, my grandfather is still alive, I've fed him the elixir, you see." Lan Lan took out the iron box and handed it to the man. "My grandfather will come back to life, he will."

Lan Lan handed over the iron box like this, her eyes full of pleading and hope.

"Smack!" The man waved his hand and flicked open the tin box, falling to the side, and several silver beads rolled out and scattered on the ground, reflecting the silver brilliance.

"Aha~ Look at your strange beauty, I didn't expect you to be a stupid girl, Xiandan? Just these few iron beads are elixir? Coax the ghost to go. As he was talking, the man kicked Lan Lan hard and kicked her in front of the elixir, and when she saw this scene, several people on the side also laughed.

"Hehe, it's a pity, it's a pity, I didn't expect this girl to be so stupid." A man stepped forward and pinched Lan Lan's face.

"That's good, my brothers will tie her up and play with her." A man behind them proposed.

"You kid is really, let's get down to business first, and it's not too late to come back and catch it!" The man turned around and kicked him, picked up the corpse of the old man and was about to leave.

"Don't! I beg you not to do this, my grandfather will wake up, really. Lan Lan was still pleading with them, but those people were indifferent, just laughing and kicking away Lan Lan who was sticking up, and moving on.

……

…… Before adulthood?

Lan Lan remembered her mother's words again, looked at the bruises and blood clots and scabs all over her body, as well as the left foot that was no longer curable, and lowered her head silently......

Pick up all the elixirs scattered on the ground and swallow them all.