Chapter 6: Su Chen's Past
The impact of the river was very strong, and the flow speed was extremely fast, Xiyue hugged Su Chen tightly, not daring to relax for a moment, and there were constantly falling stones being washed in, hitting the light curtain turned by the flying feathers. Xiyue used all her strength to maintain the light curtain, otherwise the two of them would have been smashed into meat sauce by those large and small stones.
However, Xiyue's strength is limited after all, and she doesn't know how long she has been drifting in the river, she is no longer able to support it, and she is also unconscious, but relying on the last bit of will, she hugged Su Chen to the death, lest the two of them be washed away, then Su Chen will definitely die.
I don't know how long it took, Xiyue gradually became conscious, she couldn't feel the impact of the river, and the potholes under her body were very uncomfortable, she barely opened her eyes, and was surprised to find that she had broken away from the underground river, lying on a shallow, only the lower half of her body was still soaked in the water. But the water was much clearer, the flow was soothing, and not as violent as the underground river.
"Su ...... Su Chen?" Xiyue propped herself up, looked around in a panic, and finally saw Su Chen, who was still unconscious, not far away, just like her, half of her body soaked in water. She quickly got up and stumbled over. When he stayed by Su Chen's side, he seemed to have lost all his strength, and suddenly sat down on the ground, but regardless of the pain in his body, he laboriously picked up Su Chen and let him lean on his lap.
Looking at Su Chen's face again, his eyes were closed, his lips had already turned purple, black poisonous gas had covered his face, and his body was twitching slightly.
"What should I do? What should I do?" Xiyue was so confused that tears fell out of her eyes, and she kept thinking back to the classics she had read, trying to find a feasible way to save Su Chen.
"I won't let you die, you won't die, your master's revenge hasn't been avenged, you said you wouldn't die easily!" Xiyue cried out to the person in her arms, and at the same time was thinking of a way, "I hurt you, I will definitely save you!" Su Chen, I must have a way to save you!"
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration appeared, and a solution appeared in Xiyue's mind.
"That's it!" Xiyue seemed to grasp at the straw, because this was the only solution she could think of at the moment, and if it didn't work, she would be completely out of options.
In the reincarnation hall of the North Underworld, there are countless collections of books, Xiyue has spent more than ten years in this library to read a group of books, she has an amazing memory, extremely high understanding, many classics can be remembered at a glance, can be comprehended at a glance. Naturally, there are also many books on medicine, and in these books, a technique to save people is recorded, which is the method that Xi Yue suddenly thought of at this moment.
"Rebellion is the name of this technique, the rescuer takes his own life as a guide, and takes the life of the rescued, and when the spell is cast, the two must not have a rejection of each other, otherwise this technique will inevitably fail, not only the rescued person will die in Huangquan, but even the caster will be counterattacked, endangering himself. Moreover, in the process of casting, the two will be connected and will peek into the secrets of each other's hearts, so ......
"I once consulted the patriarch, and the patriarch said that if you use rebellion to save people, the person you save must be the kind of person who is very close to you and can completely trust each other. Xiyue looked at Su Chen and thought in her heart, "I think, we have also lived and died together, not to mention how close we are, at least we can trust each other completely." Su Chen, I will use this method to save you, and I promise you that no matter what kind of secret I peek into your heart, I will definitely forget it all after saving you!"
There is another drawback to this technique, which Xiyue will not consider at this moment. Because it is a "rebellion", even if it succeeds in the end, the caster will pay the price, that is, half of the longevity will be lost. The Northern Stygian Ice Phoenix is one of the four great holy clans of Shenzhou, and the phoenix itself is also a holy beast, even if it does not cultivate, it has a natural lifespan of a thousand years. Today's Xiyue only has a natural lifespan of a thousand years, but even if she only has a hundred-year lifespan like a mortal, she is willing to give up half of it in exchange for Su Chen's lifespan at this moment.
With a way, Xiyue calmed down, Su Chen's situation did not allow her to spend time thinking of other ways, the top priority was to find a safe and secluded place, and save Su Chen by "rebelling against fate".
Looking around, they were washed into a cave by the river, the river channel here is just a small branch of the underground river, it has been narrowed a lot, and the water flow is very soothing, the cave is also very quiet, Xi Yueyu made Fei Yu to investigate around, this place is also very safe, there are no other creatures.
"Here it is. Xiyue first dragged Su Chen out of the water and placed him on a relatively dry ground, and then let him maintain a five-hearted meditation posture, and he also sat down in front of Su Chen, and the flying feather flew lightly, one flying feather held up Su Chen's left hand, and the other flying feather drew a cross scar in his palm, and a few drops of black blood flowed out, falling to the ground and making a noise, and then Xiyue cut the palm of his right hand, which was also a cross wound, and the unique crystal blue blood of the Ice Phoenix clan flowed out, Xiyue did not hesitate to put his right hand on Su Chen's left hand, and at the same time silently used the mental technique of this technique, and the misty blue light emanated from Xiyue's body, spread towards Su Chen through her hand, and quickly enveloped Su Chen. At this time, where the palms of the two were close to each other, the black mist surged, and it actually spread towards Xiyue, dyeing her right hand, which was originally as white as jade, into a black like ink.
Xiyue's body trembled for a while, a mouthful of black blood spit out, and her expression suddenly withered a lot, but she was still urging "rebellion", gradually, the life elements of the two were intertwined, and the poison in Su Chen's palm was also transferred to Xiyue's blood through the cross scar in the palm of his hand, and the blood of the phoenix was a miracle medicine, and Xiyue was able to be afraid of any toxins because of her own phoenix blood to purify and dissolve various toxins. However, it also depends on the cultivation realm of the poisoning party, if it is far higher than Xiyue, then she has only one way to die.
Black Widow is in the Jindan stage, although the specific level is unknown, but Xiyue is about to enter this realm, so she can eliminate the poison of Black Widow to a certain extent.
Su Chen didn't fortify her, which made Xiyue feel happy, and she didn't know if she had not been fortified all along, or if what she said was heard by Su Chen, but no matter which possibility, it made Xiyue's heart warm.
With the performance of "Rebellion to Live", in addition to the connection between the two of them, their minds also began to communicate, that is, from this moment on, Xiyue spied into Su Chen's heart, and scenes of the past belonging to Su Chen rushed towards her uncontrollably, allowing her to go further and get to know this young man......
Shuzhou, located in the southwest border of Kyushu, to the south is the 100,000 mountains of the first mountain system of Shenzhou, to the north is Liangzhou, and Su Chen grew up in a small village near the northern border of Shuzhou, and on the other side of the mountain, there is a prosperous city.
According to the villagers, Su Chen was picked up by the old woman when she went up the mountain to collect firewood, when Su Chen was still a baby, and for some reason he was abandoned on the mountain, and when the old woman found him, he was still crying.
The people in the village always said that Su Chen had a good life, and although he was abandoned, he met an old woman who was kind-hearted but had been lonely for half her life. The uncles and aunts in the village also took good care of their grandchildren, and sent some rice and grain from time to time to help their grandchildren. Sometimes he would help take care of Su Chen, treating Su Chen and the old woman as his own relatives.
However, Su Chen was not called Su Chen at that time, he only had a nickname, called Dog Baby......
And just like that, he grew up strong.
In the summer of the year when he was six years old, one day, the dog baby was playing with the friends at the entrance of the village, and at noon, the children were going home, and they called the dog baby to go with themselves, and the dog baby said: "No need, grandma's health is fine today, she said that she can't always trouble you." ”
"Today my father went to the mountains to hunt a hare, and you called Grandma Wang to my house to eat the hare. Another child said that his name was Tie Zhu, the son of Uncle Li in the east of the village, and he was nine years old this year.
"Hare......" The six-year-old dog swallowed her saliva, thought for a moment, and said, "Then I'll go and ask Grandma, and she'll let us come again." ”
"Well, I'll go back and tell Daddy, I'll give you a back leg. Tie Zhu said happily, "You must come!"
The dog baby nodded happily, and a group of children greeted each other and went home.
On the path outside the village, a woman in her twenties was walking towards the village, with a beautiful face and a good figure, wearing a plain silk dress, with beaded flowers tied up with green silk, and carrying a small box behind her. Noon was the hottest time, and the woman walked all the way, but her breathing was light and she didn't sweat.
When the dog baby returned to her home, she saw this woman. The woman also saw him, with a warm smile on her face, and walked quickly towards the dog, the dogbaby looked at her curiously, and the woman came to him and said with a smile: "Little brother, can you give my sister a sip of water to drink?"
"Well, sister, you wait for me. The dog baby nodded, and happily ran into his small courtyard, the courtyard is made of earth and stone, not big, there are some wild vegetables hanging in it, there is a water tank in the yard is filled with water, the little dog baby went into the house and took a broken bowl, and then came to the water tank, stood on tiptoe, scooped a bowl of water from the tank, carefully carried it out, with a simple smile, handed it to the woman who begged for water to drink.
His actions all fell into the eyes of the woman, who smiled and said thank you, and slowly drank the water in the bowl.
"Sister, are you still or?" asked the dog.
"No, a bowl of water is enough. The woman touched his head and smiled.
"Ahem......" There was a coughing sound in the house, the smile on the dog's face suddenly disappeared, and she hurriedly ran back to the house, and the woman sighed lightly and followed in.
"Grandma, you are not in good health, you need to rest more. The dog baby was holding an old woman, her little face full of concern and anxiety.
"Good girl, grandma cooks for you. The old woman leaned over and walked tremblingly to the stove, and the little dog did not dare to let go, for fear of falling on her grandmother. But the old man seemed to be in poor health, and he was too tired to walk a few steps, holding on to the only broken wooden table in the room and panting.
At this time, the beautiful woman happened to enter the house, and hurriedly stepped forward to help the old man, helped her sit down, and said, "Old man, let me check your pulse." With that, he put his small box on the table, took the old man's hand, and began to take her pulse.
At first sight, the old woman was a little surprised at the sight of this fairy-like girl, but she still sat down obediently and let her cut her pulse.
The woman took her pulse seriously, her brows gradually wrinkled, this old man is old, and infected with the wind cold, has entered the heart, life is like a candle in the wind, there will be a day when it will be extinguished at any time, even if the wind cold is cured with medicine, it is estimated that the old man will not be able to survive this winter.
Do you want to tell the old man the truth?" the woman hesitated.
The old man seemed to see something in her expression, so he said to the dog: "Dog, you go to Tiezhu's house for dinner first, and grandma will come over in a while." "In the morning, when the uncle of the Li family came back, he carried a hare, and he came to the old man, and he had to ask her to take the dog baby to his house for lunch.
"Oh, then grandma, you have to come over quickly. The dog nodded sensibly, and he also wanted to eat rabbit meat, so he went happily.
When the dog baby left, the old man said, "Girl, if you have something to say, just say it." ”
The woman sighed and said to the old man: "I can't tell you the truth, you were infected with wind and cold before, and you were not treated in time, and now you are sick in the heart, although I can help you with medicine and conditioning, but the situation is not optimistic, first, you are old, your body and bones are already weak, and then you are troubled by this disease, and you are even weaker; second, even if you can be adjusted, I am worried that you are still ......."
The old man asked eagerly, "Will it be?"
The woman said softly: "I may not be able to survive this winter ......"
The old man froze, his lips moved, and he wanted to say something, but suddenly coughed, and the woman hurriedly came behind her, followed the old man's spine, stroked from top to bottom, and repeated this action over and over again, helping the old man straighten out his qi. Sure enough, after massaging like this for a while, the old man stopped coughing, but still gasped.
The old woman smiled bitterly and said to the woman: "Actually, I know my body myself, but it's just ...... It's just that I don't dare to leave, the dog baby is only six years old, and if I leave, he will have no relatives......" said the old man, sobbing in a low voice, tears flowing down her wrinkled face, and it was distressing to see people's hearts.
"Don't worry too much. The woman comforted, "Well, I'll stay for the time being and help you recuperate, how about it?"
"But ......" The old man was a little embarrassed, her family was surrounded by four walls, and she could barely maintain her life with the dog, if there were more than one person, I was afraid that she would not be able to open the pot, and she could not afford to pay for the consultation.
The woman smiled slightly and said, "You don't have to be embarrassed, I'll stay, first, to take care of your body, and second, to help you take care of the dog." As for the rest, you don't have to worry about anything, I just need a place to sleep. ”
The old man was a little moved, but he was still hesitant, and the woman said softly: "Even if you don't think about yourself, you have to think more about your grandson, he still needs you to take care of him." ”
As soon as she said this, the old woman finally made up her mind and agreed to the woman's proposal.
The woman smiled and said, "Old man, I'm going to bother you in the future, my name is Qingli." ”
"Good, good. The old woman said crampedly, "My surname is Wang, you can call me Aunt Wang, and everyone in the village calls me that." Oops, you haven't eaten yet, I'll make it for you. ”
Qingli held her down and said, "I'll come, you rest." Then she rolled up her sleeves and walked to the humble kitchen.
The old man looked at her busy figure, but his heart was sour.
In this way, Qingli lived in Aunt Wang's house, and there was another thatched house in the yard.
That afternoon, the whole village knew that there was a fairy-like girl who lived in Mrs. Wang's house, and she was one of the girls, and she had come to see Mrs. Wang's illness. And the girl was kind-hearted, and she also treated everyone in the village, and she didn't want anything.
"Miss Qingli is really a living bodhisattva!"
"She must be a fairy in the sky, who came down to save Aunt Wang. ”
"Yes, yes, how can the Bodhisattva in the temple be as good-looking as the Qingli girl. ”
......
Qingli conditioned Aunt Wang every day, so that Aunt Wang's body gradually improved. At other times, he also treated other sick people in the village, and became acquainted with the people in the village.
In her spare time, she teaches the village children to read and play with them. However, she doesn't let the children call her teacher, and always calls her sister, which is more affectionate.
There are some young men in the village who have not married their daughters-in-law, and they run to Aunt Wang's house when they have nothing to do, and come to see Miss Qingli by sending rice and vegetables. However, they have more respect for Qingli and don't have any evil thoughts.
And Qingli will go to the mountains every few days to collect medicine, sometimes a day or two, when she comes back, she will always bring some rice and wild vegetables back, enough for Aunt Wang's family to live for a while, she will personally cook for Aunt Wang and the dog baby every day.
Once, when she came back from collecting medicine, she brought back a few pheasants and boiled a pot of chicken soup. Her cooking skills are very good, and the aroma of chicken soup is overflowing, which attracts the children who are playing nearby, and Qingli simply called the children over to eat pheasants and drink chicken soup together.
That time was the happiest day of the dog's life.
Qingli lives in his house, so that the dog baby has more time with Qingli than other children, and he watches Qingli treat his grandmother's illness, and has the idea of studying medicine.
One night, he told Qingli his thoughts, Qingli was surprised and asked, "Then tell me, why do you want to study medicine?"
The dog baby said seriously: "I want to be like my sister, to be able to cure diseases and save people." ”
Qingli asked again: "Studying medicine is very hard, maybe it will take ten or twenty years, or even a lifetime, can you persevere?"
The dog baby said firmly, "Yes!"
Qingli smiled and said, "Okay, then my sister will teach you." ”
The dog nodded vigorously and smiled happily.
After that night, Qingli taught the dog baby to read and write, and at the same time taught him pharmacology and medical skills. The dog baby is very smart, very hard-working, and a quick learner. However, the science of medicine is broad and profound, and it is endless, even Qingli, and she does not dare to say that she is proficient in all the principles of medicine, so from the beginning of teaching the dog baby's medical skills, she has constantly warned the dog baby of this truth. The sensible dog baby firmly remembers Qingli's teachings and does not dare to forget them.
Such days lasted for half a year.
At that time, Su Chen thought that the rest of his life could be spent like this.
However, life and death are fateful, and some things can never be escaped.
That winter, Aunt Wang still couldn't survive and died......