Chapter Twenty-Four: The Shadow of the Village
A small village with no quarrel with the world, located in the paradise of the Great Wilderness Mountain. A migration of the pen and the fun and the pavilion brought them here www.biquge.info lived a quiet and peaceful life. But ten years ago, a giant beast nearly destroyed the entire village, leaving a shadow on everyone, and ten years later, the giant beast returned to avenge the ten years.
Inside the house, the light was dim, there were two sitting at the table, Xu Sheng listened to the old village chief tell the story, and he understood a lot of things at once.
"I see. He said to himself, "No wonder she was terrified of being like this when she heard the name of the monster, her parents sacrificed themselves to protect the village ten years ago, and she was only six or seven years old, and she left an indelible shadow on her mind." ”
He closed his eyes and the appearance of Lan'er appeared in his mind, although they did not have a deep relationship, but a little understanding knew that she was a poor child, although Xu Sheng's mother had died when he was born, but he had the care of his father.
But Lan Xiang is different, a child who is just about to be sensible hears the sad news of the death of his parents, what a sad thing it is.
"The people in our village are mainly farming, and martial arts are generally only taught to a few people, and the parents of that generation of Lan Xiang only passed on two teenagers but only taught some basics before an accident occurred, and another teenager also died in the disaster, and now only Li Tuan is left. ”
As he spoke, Li Duan, who was standing behind the village chief, lowered his head and sighed, "Back then, I only learned the master's thirty percent martial arts, and now after ten years, I have taught myself at most fifty percent." Hey......"
"I don't know how powerful that monster is, but I'm only sixteen years old after all, so I don't know if it's an opponent. But don't worry, village chief, I will definitely do my best to protect it. Xu Sheng said solemnly.
"Ten years ago, the master and the mother were not the opponents of monsters when they used three more treasures, and now that ten years have passed, it must be even more powerful. Xu Tuan said worriedly.
"Don't be too upset, kid. We will take out the treasure for the young man to see, the young man knows more, maybe he can repair the sword. With a glimmer of hope, the old village chief optimistically stood up and went to fetch the treasure.
After a while, he returned with a wooden box, while Li Tuan came with a round shield.
The round shield was black and the size of a small round table, but it was badly damaged, and it was full of sword marks, and it was very old.
"This ancient shield is very powerful and indestructible!" the old village chief was also proud when he introduced it.
Xu Sheng took the ancient shield and looked at it repeatedly, the shield was made of hard metal, with cumbersome formation patterns engraved inside, and there were four grooves on the back, three of which were empty, and one had a crystal block inserted on it, all red.
"This ancient shield is used on the battlefield, there should be a formation pattern engraved in it, there is a depression in the back, and a crystal that can provide energy is placed in it, once it encounters an attack, the formation inside the shield operates, and the crystal provides energy, which can enhance defense!" Xu Sheng analyzed, "It's just that there is only one crystal left, and the defense of the ancient shield has also declined." ”
"There's also a tomahawk used by Li Block!"
As he spoke, Li Block took down the battle axe, Xu Sheng picked it up and looked at it repeatedly, "This surface damage is not as serious as the battle shield, but the internal formation pattern should be damaged, and if it is driven by true qi, the condensed electricity will be transmitted to the holder, which will affect itself." ”
"There's also a broken sword, I don't know if I can use it. ”
The dusty black box was opened, and there was a war sword that had been broken in two, but the formation inside was completely scattered, and it was already a piece of broken iron. ”
Xu Sheng shook his head and said, "These weapons should be used in war, but they are not treasures, and they are still useful against ordinary beasts." ”
The old village chief's face was full of loss, and the glimmer of hope in his heart was shattered. Li Tuan immediately became angry, and said dissatisfiedly, "Why are you like this? I can still challenge you with a battle axe, I don't believe we can go and give it a try." ”
He was dissatisfied with Xu Sheng saying that they had been guarding the treasure in their village for hundreds of years, but the old village chief immediately stopped it and scolded Li Tuan.
Xu Sheng had a general understanding of the cause and effect, and he asked the old village chief for the incomplete martial arts codex and brought it back so that they could fill it in and strengthen their later cultivation.
It was already afternoon when I returned, and the village was not large, with only more than 300 people, all of whom were ordinary civilians. When Xu Sheng arrived at Lan'er's house, he saw her sitting on a small stone stool at the door, her hands clasped on her knees, and her eyes staring blankly at a certain place.
Xu Sheng walked in front of her, Lan Er raised her head, forced a smile and said, "You're back!"
Xu Sheng looked at her, not knowing what to say. Lan'er was pitiful, but it reminded him of a childhood playmate.
Liu Yiyi.
They are also about the same age, but their status is too different, Liu Yiyi is the daughter of the high-ranking of the Xu family, talented and intelligent, and her cultivation is profound, and she is favored by thousands of people.
Xu Sheng didn't know why he thought of Liu Yiyi at this time, but he really wanted to protect Lan'er, squatted down to be level with her, squinted and smiled and touched the thick and silky hair on her head.
Roar~~~
At this moment, a deafening roar came from the mountain not far behind Lan'er's house, followed by the collapse of the big tree, and several giant trees rolled down from the mountain.
Lan Er was frightened for a moment, Xu Sheng immediately stood up and looked at the back mountain, only to see that the big tree there was broken, and there seemed to be some monster infested.
The old man ran out of the house, and the villagers in other parts of the village also raised their heads and looked at that place.
"Monster! it's coming!" everyone was frightened, and Lan Er's eyes widened, and the trees in the distance fell, and the dust was billowing down.
"Don't be afraid!" Xu Sheng asked her to hide behind her, ordinary beasts would not cause such great destruction, but after a few big trees fell, there was no sound there, and it seemed to have left.
"Stinky boy, let Lan'er go!" Before everyone could calm down from the fright, Li Duan's angry voice came from behind, and he broke into the courtyard, holding a battle axe in his hand to fight a decisive battle.
"Li Tuan, what are you doing?" Lan Er saw that Li Tuan was menacing, and hurriedly stopped it.
"Stinky boy, you dare to stand on Lan'er's cheapness! Eat me with an axe!" said Li Duan, who was about to chop with an axe.
But Lan'er stood in front of Xu Sheng, she cried anxiously, she was really afraid that the axe would be cut down, and she would stop it one by one.
"Lan'er, get out of the way, my master and my wife have told me that I must protect you!" Li Tuan shouted anxiously.
"You're going to hurt me if you shake the axe now!" Lan Er said.
"Get out of the way!"
"Stinky boy, you're making trouble here again!" came an angry shout from outside the wall, and the old village chief walked in briskly with his cane, and he raised his cane and knocked it on the door of Li Yuan's head.
"Ahh
"You are becoming more and more unpresentable, dare to be unreasonable to Xu Shaoxia, and then take back the tomahawk like this!"
"Village chief, he ......"
Xu Shaoxia has injuries that need to be treated, and if you delay like this, you will take back the tomahawk. ”
"I~ this ......" Li Tuan was aggrieved, he looked at the battle axe in his hand and finally had to give up.
"That's good, apologize to him!" the village chief added.
"I ......"
"Why, are you insincere?" the village chief glared, and was about to retract his tomahawk.
"Okay, Xu Shaoxia. All the mistakes are my Li Tuan's fault, I hope you can forgive me!" Li Tuan straightened his waist, he was a head taller than Xu Sheng, took out two wine gourds from his waist, pulled out the spout, handed one of them to him, and said with a serious face: "Xu Shaoxia, after drinking this glass of wine, we are friends." If you don't recognize me as a friend, then you pour the wine. ”
"This is decent!" the old village chief touched his beard with satisfaction.
Xu Sheng looked at the tall man and wanted to laugh, although he had always hated himself, he was stupid and cute, so he took the wine gourd and drank it with his head high.
"Okay!" Li Tuan nodded with satisfaction and drank the wine as well. But the next moment, he immediately changed his face, tilted his head and laughed, "Haha, stinky boy." I'm revenge, who wants to be friends with you, I drugged this wine, you just wait for diarrhea!haha~~Let's lala~~"
He covered his mouth and laughed, danced with his hands, and then turned around and fled with his tomahawk on his shoulder.
"Stinky boy, stop me!" the village chief trembled angrily, raised his cane and chased after him. He chased him out of the door and realized that something was wrong, turned around and said to Xu Shengdao, "Xu Shaoxia, I said that the stinky boy refers to him, not you, don't get me wrong! I will definitely arrest him and come back to apologize to you!"
Xu Sheng was speechless for a while, and waved his hand to signal him to go.
In the small village, a young man fled in front, and an old man in the rear chased after him with his pants and a cane, and the chickens and dogs jumped along the way.
Soon, the young man in front of him squatted down, his face was pale, and his mouth shouted, "Oops, I got the wrong gourd!"
It was getting late, and the old man Lan boiled a lot of medicine to treat Xu Sheng's wounds, and under the candlelight, Xu Sheng took a pen and paper, and he asked for the cultivation method of Li Liang at the village chief's house, which was incomplete. He made a slight adjustment for him according to the family inheritance of Xuangong, so that he could improve his cultivation in the future.
Lan Er accompanied him, looked at the Codex with wide bright eyes, and asked after a long time, "Is the outside world fun?"
Xu Sheng nodded and said, "The outside world is big, wonderful and dangerous. ”
Lan Er supported her chin with her hand, she looked out the window, yearning for it, "I really want to see the outside world, but it's ........."
She wanted to speak and stopped, as if she thought of something sad, and looked at Xu Sheng again, seeing that he was concentrating on modifying the number of martial arts paths, and asked, "I heard grandpa say that you are a noble son, and you are the closest person to the god of war." ”
Xu Sheng shook his head, he put down the pen in his hand and said solemnly: "We all believe in the God of War, we are all his followers, we are all equal, there is no distinction between high and low." ”
"But you were born noble and loved, and I am just an ordinary woman, and I will never be able to leave this mountain and river in this life. Lan'er's eyebrows were lowered, gloomy and gloomy.
"No, everyone is the only one, and so are you, there is no one who can replace you, and you also have people who love you. I will also protect you from the slightest harm. Xu Sheng continued to enlighten and said.
"So what? Will you stay here forever? with me?"
Lan Er's eyes widened, and under the sparse bangs, she stared at Xu Sheng with an expectant expression.
In front of the candlelight, her delicate white features were dyed with a little candlelight, and his appearance was reflected in her eyes, and the anticipation in her eyes was irresistible.
Xu Sheng met her eyes, and for a moment he wanted to stay here forever, but reason woke him up, he still had a lot to do, and he couldn't stay in this small village forever.
"Lan'er, I'...... When I succeed in my studies, I will definitely take you outside to enjoy the mountains and rivers!" Xu Sheng stammered, he couldn't agree to stay here.
"Hmm. She nodded, and the expression on her face did not change at all, as if she was not disappointed at all by such an answer, or that she had expected it.
"You're coming!" Lan Er took his hand, and her soft little hand pulled him out of the house.
Outside, the stars are dotted and the moon is hanging high. Lan'er pulled Xu Sheng and ran to the back of the house and stopped at the foot of the back mountain.
Here is a meadow, flowers blooming, it is simply a sea of small flowers. In the sea of flowers, there are two tombstones standing quietly, silently.
Fireflies fluttered among the flowers, like stars in the night sky, and she took his hand and walked through the flowers to the tombstone.
"Daddy, mother. Lan'er has come to see you!" Lan'er muttered to herself facing the tombstone.
Xu Sheng looked at the two tombs, these two were Lan'er's parents, and they died at the hands of the monster with the head of the cow.
The two sat down among the flowers in front of the tomb, back to back, a breeze blew, the flowers swayed and made a salsa sound, Lan Er looked up at the starry sky and said, "When I was young, my father and mother said that they would take me to see the world beyond the mountains. But the monster attacked the village, in order to help everyone bring the weapons in the village to fight with the monsters, they went out during the day, and said that they would definitely come back, so I stood at the entrance of the village and waited, and waited until midnight, and my grandfather accompanied me to wait. But I only saw my mother swaying in the night, she was covered in blood, and there were blood stains on the ground all the way~~She~~She looked~~ saw me~~ smiled and said I~~I~ was safe~~~Woo~~~~ wanted me to live well~~~Then~~Then she ~~closed her eyes~~. Woo~~~~"
Thinking back to the past, Lan Er burst into tears, and she lay on Xu Sheng's shoulder, and tears kept falling. Xu Sheng had to gently stroke her back and accompany her quietly.
Later, Lan'er was tired of crying and fell asleep in her arms. Xu Sheng picked her up and took her back to the house, and in the dead of night, he sat alone in front of the window to revise the last martial arts path.
A small village with no quarrel with the world, located in the paradise of the Great Wilderness Mountain. A migration brought them here to live a quiet and peaceful life.
At the window, Xu Sheng stared at the beautiful night and said to himself, "You serve the god of war, and I am ordered by the god of war to protect you." A sincere person will never be cornered. ”