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Extra one

The east wind brings warmth, and flowers are waiting to bloom.

The forests on the mountain are very dense, and although it is only three or five miles out of the city, few people dare to come to this place. Cangman Mountain is a place outside the world, and no one wants to come here except for people who are not even afraid of death. Even though the scenery here is picturesque, there is danger everywhere in the scenery.

Literati and writers all say that Cangman Mountain is one of the four strange mountains in the world. It's just that this place is different from the other three, the Ethereal Mountain of the Golden Dingguo in the Western Regions, the Wudang Mountain in the south of the Great Xi River, and Kunlun, which is known as the initial place of cultivation, are all called Immortal Mountains. Ethereal Mountain is the holy land of Buddhism, Wudang Mountain is the holy land of Taoism, and Kunlun is the holy land of the entire cultivation world, but this Cangban Mountain is the only ...... It is a holy place for many monsters.

It is rumored that many, many years ago, even the old man with the whitest beard and the most wrinkles in the city who lived in the illusory world did not know how many years ago, there were four immortal emperors in the world. A purple carrot, a green lotus, a Xuanyuan, and one is the demon emperor of the demon clan. The reason why Cangman Mountain is ranked among the four famous mountains is precisely because it is rumored that the Demon Emperor walked out of Cangman Mountain, and many demon beasts worship him as their ancestors no matter what changes.

This demon emperor is called Da Qi.

The Illusory World Eternal Residence City is in the middle of this barbarian mountain where monsters are crisscrossed, and it is a place where wicked people gather. There are also three, six, nine, and so on, and there are also various states of life.

Nanshan Street is the most inconspicuous street in the city, walking from east to west, but more than 3,000 steps. But it's just a small street of more than 3,000 steps, which can be regarded as a corner of the rivers and lakes. Since it is a river and lake, there are fights, killings, and intrigues. There is life and death, laughter and scolding.

The children on Nanshan Street must go to the school to learn art, not the Four Books and Five Classics, not the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and the poems, books, rituals, and eight poles. There is only one knowledge taught in the school, and that is how to mix the rivers and lakes.

There is a little fat man in the school, a very strange little fat man, obviously the family is poor and can't eat, but he is fat. Isn't such a person pitiful? March doesn't know the smell of meat, but he is fat, and you can see the miracle of creation in him.

The fat man has a funny name, called Du Skinny.

The fat man is less than ten years old this year, and the old neighbors on Nanshan Street say that he is fat just because of his name. Old people always say that when choosing a child's name, it is cheaper, and the child will be able to feed easily. His father and mother felt that he was called Du Thin and thin, and he could live even if he starved. So God made a joke with their family, your name is Du Skinny, and I will make you a fat man.

The fat man's family is poor, and his father and mother don't know how to practice, so they live in the city for a long time to avoid the war. Although this is the world of the wicked, most of the people living here are so poor that they are not even interested in the wicked, but they are living relatively well.

Others like to go to school, at least take care of one meal, even if they can't eat enough, at least save a meal at home, right?

Du Slender doesn't like to go to school because there are a few older kids in the school who are always bullying. He wasn't very old but strong, so he wasn't bullied much. The most important thing is that his brother Du Lu worked as a miscellaneous servant in a sect.

The world of cultivators is the world of immortals for ordinary people, so even if it is a small person who works as a handyman in the world of immortals, he will be respected when he returns to the mortal world. But there is one thing that others don't know, and Du Shoumian doesn't know, but his father and mother know.

When his only friend wasn't there, he would sneak out to find a place to spend time after school and then go home. He didn't want to see the ugly faces of those classmates, and he didn't look down on any of them except the skinny, small, cowardly An Zheng.

In the woods, Du Slender took a few more steps forward, looked back at the marks he left a few days ago, and then smiled with relief. He felt that he was a great person, the forest outside the city of the illusory world did not dare to go deep even if it was an adult, he had been walking in little by little since last year, and now he was able to walk in almost five miles away. He broke off a branch and stuck it in the ground to make a mark.

Dozens of meters deeper than the last time, he felt a special sense of accomplishment.

Although, he didn't encounter anything, but he felt very excited. Du Shousian, who was only ten years old, felt that he must not be an ordinary person, he liked to take risks, like to pursue excitement, and liked to do things that others did not dare to do.

Just as he was calculating that the time was almost up and he was about to return, he suddenly saw a person. He was startled, he didn't see this person when he was looking around just now, why did he suddenly appear not far away? That person looked to be in his twenties, wearing a snow-white robe, standing under a big tree, holding a book in his hand and looking down, as if he was fascinated.

Du Slender rubbed his eyes, and then persuaded himself not to be afraid, it was just a person. I didn't see it just now, maybe I just didn't look closely. The man was more than ten meters away from him, and it seemed that he was a very quiet bookish and handsome young man. His clothes were so gorgeous and beautiful, and there was a particularly beautiful wine gourd hanging from his waist.

Du Slender wanted to go over and ask who he was, but remembered his father's advice, don't talk to strangers casually in the Illusory World Forever City, otherwise his life will be in danger. He hesitated, but finally chose to retreat.

When he left, the young man in white turned his head to look, frowned slightly, and then sighed softly: "I haven't arrived yet, it's just a dozen steps, can't you take more than a dozen steps?" Each time you only walk a hundred steps more than the last time and then turn around immediately, I don't know if you are bold or cowardly...... It's just a dozen steps, and who knows how many days it will take. ”

He snapped the scroll shut, then vanished.

After walking a few steps, Du couldn't help but look back, and found that the young man in white had suddenly disappeared, which frightened him into a cold sweat and accelerated his escape.

The elders always say that there are monsters and ghosts in the forest, and they will turn into human forms and wait for you to approach. As soon as you get close and talk to him, he will suck your anger out and become a lonely ghost. Du Shou didn't want to become a ghost, he felt that he should be a big hero, and he must be the city lord of the illusory city in the future, punishing evil and promoting good.

Thinking about it, he was still scared, so he ran out of the forest in one breath and was relieved to see the lights in the city of the Phantom World, and then gasped and walked back. His home is on the westernmost side of Nanshan Street, not far from the city. It is not an exaggeration to describe the dilapidated three-room stone house with four walls.

"Dad, mother, I'm back!"

Du Shou Slender threw his schoolbag aside, wiped the sweat on his head and entered the door, scooped a large scoop of water from the water tank, and poured it in, feeling very cool.

No one in the room answered him, so he put down the ladle and looked into the inner room, and immediately smiled: "Brother, when did you come back?"

His brother's name is Du Lu, and he works as a handyman in a small sect. But you can wear decent and clean cloth clothes and soap boots and go home decently. His brother was ten years older than him, and he looked like a tall and strong young man. The skin is a little dark, very honest, and when you laugh, you show the white teeth in your mouth.

"I came back. ”

Du Lu responded with a smile, and then was almost hit by Du Thin and Thin who pounced. Du Slender hugged Du Lu and shook it vigorously, forgetting that the sweat on his forehead might stain his brother's clothes. And his brother loves him the most, and of course he doesn't care.

Du was thin and thin enough, and took Du Lu's hand and looked at his father. I don't know why, my father and mother are fine on weekdays, but every time my brother comes back, it will be a very abnormal performance. Cramped, uneasy, nervous, and even frightened? Anyway, the expressions of the two people are very complicated, and their eyes are also very complicated, and Du is thin and thin and can't read them at a young age. His father and mother have also said many times that they should not get too close to their brother and not hug their brother. Du Shou asked why, and his father said that his brother's clothes were expensive, and he would be scolded when he returned to the sect if he got dirty.

Thinking of this, Du Shou quickly let go of his hand and smiled embarrassedly: "I forgot, your clothes are expensive, you can't get dirty." Brother, are you in a hurry to leave? If you are not in a hurry, you take off your clothes, and I will wash you. ”

Du Lu rubbed Du Thin's head: "Of course I'm in a hurry to go, I'm going out to run errands and go home to take a look, you also know that there are many rules in the sect, and you can't go out casually." I'll just stay for a while, and I'll be back soon. I bought you sugar melons and three catties of pork. You also know that my brother is just a handyman, and he doesn't have much money per month, so that's all he can buy. I'll save up for a while, and I'll come back next time to buy you new clothes. ”

"I don't want new clothes!"

Du Slender stuffed several sugar melons into his mouth, and said vaguely in a sweet throat: "I just want you to come back a few more times." ”

Du's slender mother pulled Du Slender over, and said with a strange expression and an even more bizarre tone: "There are too many things in your brother's sect, where can you come back often." Come over to me, don't get your brother's clothes dirty. ”

Du Lu smiled, still so honest: "I also look thin, Daddy, you can cook and eat, I'll leave now, and I'll come back to see you next time." ”

Du's thin father's shoulders trembled, and his face turned pale and said, "No, no, you're busy, you don't have to come back often." We don't have anything going on at home, it's all good...... It's all good. ”

His mother also hurriedly said: "Yes, you are busy with you, don't come back if you have nothing to do." ”

Du was thin and angry: "Why? Brother, come back when you are free! Daddy doesn't want you, I miss you!"

Du Lu rubbed Du Thin's head again: "Listen to my father's words carefully, I'm leaving." ”

Du Thin: "I'll send you." ”

He took Du Lu's hand and walked out, but his father didn't hold it.

The brothers walked out hand in hand, shoulder to shoulder, and the people on the street greeted them warmly when they saw them. No matter how small the sect is, it is also a sect, and that is the world of cultivators. No matter how low-level the miscellaneous servants are, they feel much more noble than themselves.

When Du Slender and Du Lu came out of the yard, Du Thin's father suddenly fell to the ground, and his mother looked at her husband with a pale face, and then cried.

"What have we done, and why are you tormenting us like this?"

"It's all your fault, if you hadn't made up such a lie back then, how could there be such retribution?!"

His father trembled and stuffed tobacco into his pipe, lit it tremblingly, and then took a hard sip and spit it out: "Damn, I can't say anything about this matter even if I die." Although I don't know if it's us, is it...... But after all, these years have been good for us, and it is better for thin, and every time I come back, I bring wine, meat and silver. ”

Du's thin mother wiped her tears and said, "Of course I know that I can't say it...... It's all my fault, when Lu'er died of illness, you buried it secretly, what you were afraid of was that those black-hearted people in the city dug up the corpse to alchemy. When others asked me where Lu'er had gone, I casually made up a lie and said that I was going to work as a handyman in a sect in the mountains, but I didn't want to be bullied. Who would have thought...... Who would have thought that Lu'er would come back often, this ...... What can I do? ”

Du's thin father was silent for a while: "No matter what, you can't tell the skinny." ”

"You say, is this a blessing or a curse for us. When you named Lu'er, it was too rich, so Lu'er left us early. With the second child, named Skinny, there should be no more calamities. ”

Outside the door, on the earthen wall.

The young man in white sat there, reading with his head down, and said to himself, "Your son has countless riches, not because of his brother, let alone because of you, but because of himself. Do you know what kind of wealth it is? It is the salvation of hundreds of millions of people, how great is this blessing?"

But no one could see the young man in white, and certainly couldn't hear it.

The young man in white raised his head and looked, and saw that Du Slender had reluctantly returned from a distance, and he snapped the scroll shut.

"I have to wait for you, you haven't saved the people, but you have saved the people who saved the people. ”

He turned to walk, and there was a big red character behind the white clothes.

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