Gu Changsheng and Lao Li walked forward for about five miles, at this time it was almost dark, fortunately Lao Li bought the simple topographic map around the town in the town did not have much error, there is really a small river about two zhang wide, twenty or thirty inches deep, there are more than ten stones in the river for pedestrians to cross the river, but few people pass by this path, some of the river crossing stones have been loosened, scattered in the river.

When he arrived at Xiaohe, Gu Changsheng walked quickly to the river, took a handful of water to moisten his slightly chapped lips, and then took a few sips. Lao Li was not as anxious as Gu Changsheng, he slowly walked to the river below Gu Changsheng, slowly washed his face with water, and drank with water, "Young master, this water is very sweet." Lao Li said to Gu Changsheng with a smile.

"Yes, it's sweet. Gu Changsheng echoed, while digging a small puddle by the river, and put the little green turtle on his shoulder into it, thinking that the little green turtle might also be hot today. The little green turtle didn't move after a few strokes in the water, and looked up at Gu Changsheng, it seemed that he didn't want to stay in the water, so Gu Changsheng took it out, and there were turtles who didn't like water?

"Young master, I'm afraid I have to sleep here tonight, cross this Qingshui River, and then cross the Qingmu Mountain, and then go out of the boundary of this Anping Town, there are no residents next to this area. The name of the town where Gu Changmei is located is "Anping", which means peace and tranquility, and the town has not had any major disturbances for so many years, which is also in line with this name.

I'm about to leave this small town where I grew up, it's impossible to say that I don't feel anything, and it's not right to say how nostalgic it is, Gu Changsheng's heart is relatively calm at the moment, with a slight reluctance to his homeland, and a slight yearning for the outside world.

"Well, okay, let's rest here tonight, I don't have any problems, it's cooler to sleep in the open on summer nights. Gu Changming said to Lao Li with a smile.

"Young master, let's be under this old tree tonight", Lao Li pointed to a few thick ancient trees dozens of feet away from the river, Gu Changsheng didn't know what kind of tree it was, but the old branches were not dry but there was not a single leaf on this tree. One day the path led from the river to the old tree, but now it was hidden by the flowers on both sides. Just when Gu Changsheng was thinking about it, Lao Li had already run to the old tree, cleaned up the land, and lit a fire.

Before Gu Chang's life was near, this ancient tree was even bigger than it looked by the river, but for some reason some of the bark at the root of the ancient tree was scraped off. Gu Changsheng sat under the tree, but he felt a little cold, I think it was the reason for the night, but there was warmth from the fire in front of Lao Li Sheng.

Lao Li made the fire and said to Gu Changsheng: "I want to come and the young master is hungry after a day's departure, so the old slave will go and collect some game and open meat for the young master." After Lao Li finished speaking, he lightly walked into the mountains and forests. Gu Changsheng had seen Lao Li's skills several times, but Gu Changsheng still admired Lao Li's ability to move a few feet forward with a slight touch.

Gu Changsheng sat under the tree, looked up at the night sky, the summer night was full of stars, the crescent moon was like a hook, he was drowsy when he looked at it, he simply didn't bear it, and fell asleep by leaning on the old tree.

Gu Changsheng found that he had become the old tree he relied on, but the leaves were dense and the branches were numerous, and Gu Changsheng didn't know why he was not afraid at all, as if this was him, just standing quietly on the bank of the river at the foot of the mountain.

Spring, summer, autumn and winter, wind, frost, rain and snow, Gu Changsheng has spent the identity of a tree in this green mountains and green waters, Gu Changsheng has almost forgotten his original self, he seems to have adapted to this identity, adapted to the life of a tree, Gu Changsheng did not know how many years to come over safely. That was until that day, when a hunter with a broken leg broke under the tree, everything changed.

Gu Changsheng looked at the young hunter who had fallen at the foot of his tree, and there were still wisps of blood flowing out of his bitten legs. Gu Changming couldn't bear it, stretched out a green branch, and dripped a few drops of green spiritual liquid into the hunter's mouth, Gu Changming himself not only did he do this, but also didn't know how he knew how to do this.

The hunter drank his own spiritual fluid, and the wound on his broken leg healed quickly, and four or five of his own leaves withered, but what was this, he had a tree full of leaves. The hunter kept kowtowing in front of him, laughing and crying and saying something in his mouth, and Gu Changsheng couldn't understand it. Gu Changsheng liked this feeling very much, it was a pleasure he had never had.

After that, the young hunter often came to him, sat at his feet, said something to himself, and often used branches and leaves to fan the hunter from the wind and rain. After a long time, he seems to be able to understand the hunter's words slowly, and he also understands the meaning of the word friend, the hunter said that he is his friend, Gu Changsheng likes the word "friend" very much, probably because he has always been a lone tree before, Gu Changsheng likes this feeling very much.

But the good times didn't last long, once the hunter came but brought a few more people, one of them was very sick, the hunter asked for his help, Gu Changsheng was very happy to save that person like the last time he saved the hunter, they were all very happy, Gu Changsheng was also very happy, because he liked this feeling, and he also wanted to make new friends. I'm just a few dead leaves, it's not a big deal, anyway, I'm full of leaves.

A few more people came the next day, and Gu Changsheng was cured again, and those people went back happily. Then more people came, and they beat the gongs and drums, and built a small temple under their own trees, and the hunters said to themselves that they were thanking him and that they would worship him with incense in the future.

Since then, people have come to pray for themselves every day, and they have been satisfied one by one, at first it is the sick who pray for their healing, and then gradually it is the people who are in good health who pray for their spiritual fluid, some of whom they have seen, and some of whom they have not seen, but they are all satisfied, because I regard them as friends.

Slowly, as the time went on, more and more people came, and more and more leaves fell off their trees. The hunter told himself not to give them the spiritual fluid, and those people used his spiritual fluid to exchange it for money, although he didn't know what the money was, but he also found that the eyes of those people had changed, and their eyes were full of desire, and they were afraid to see it.

So he stopped giving spiritual fluid to everyone, but only to the sick or wounded. I thought it would be okay, but I didn't expect it to be a disaster.

At first, those who did not get the ichor were very angry and left dissatisfied. Gu Changsheng was very puzzled, why was this, wasn't he their friend?

Later, Gu Changsheng found that more and more people came to beg for him, and they did not drink the spiritual liquid they were given, but took it away, and the hunter told himself that some of them were deliberately injured, and some were deliberately injured by themselves, is money really that important? The hunter said that man's greed is endless, and that he should not give any more spiritual fluid to anyone in the future.

I agreed, and I wanted to go back to the days when there were only myself and the hunter, without the voice of supplication and without greedy eyes.

But can you really go back?