Chapter 20: The Phoenix
The Seven Treasure Glazed Sect is mainly divided into five major areas, with two gates inside and outside. The first is the Liuli Field, which is the mimic cultivation ground for the disciples of the Seven Treasure Liuli Sect, the second is the Ziliu Hall, which is the residence of the direct disciples, the third is the teaching and learning office, the fourth is the Lanliu Hall, which is the residence of the soul masters attached to the Seven Treasure Liuli Sect, and the fifth is the Black Wind Terrace, where the outside soul masters recruited by the Seven Treasure Liuli Sect mainly live and cultivate. In addition, in some remote places of the Seven Treasure Glazed Glass Sect, there are also some ordinary people, who are responsible for laundry, cleaning and other chores.
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Feng sat by the wooden barrel, washing his clothes vigorously, raising his arms from time to time, and wiping sweat on the clothes on his arms. Her little hands had become red and wrinkled from the long hours of soaking and scrubbing, but she had no time to complain, she had to wash the three large basins of clothes before dark, so that she could exchange enough points for food to be exchanged.
She looked up at the sun from time to time, and for some reason, she was very fond of the sun since she was a child, and she liked flames. Whenever she is sad and helpless, she will look for something that will shine, and after watching it for a while, she will feel better.
Her pale face was even paler in the sunlight, and her body was covered with patched clothes, and although she was nine years old this year, she looked as thin as a five-year-old child.
Alas, she sighed, when is such a day a head?
She had to get up every day before dawn to take out the garbage, and then she began to sweep the floor, clean up, and eat until noon, "coo" she patted her stomach, tied her trouser belt tighter, and then sped up the speed of washing clothes.
She only eats two meals a day, one at noon and one at night. In addition, she has less than 6 hours of rest a day, and she has to work non-stop the rest of the time.
After doing the work in the sect, she has to work at home, her father is a drunk, and when he gets drunk, he smashes things, sometimes beats people, wakes up and starts eating, and after eating, he continues to drink, and then falls into a cycle.
Whenever Feng thought of his father, her eyes would glint with hatred. If it weren't for his drunken habit of beating people, his mother wouldn't have been beaten and paralyzed by him.
She raised the cane in her hand, gritted her teeth, and beat her clothes so hard that the water splashed on her from time to time, but she didn't care, and knocked on her clothes viciously, as if she was beating her father, and as if she was rebelling against the injustice of life.
Now that the whole family is shouldered by her as a nine-year-old child, she sighs every time she thinks about it.
It's not that she's not willing to bear the pain of these lives, it's just, it's just, it's just that she feels bitter every time she sees other children her age coquettish in front of their parents.
After washing the clothes, she lifted the laundry tub with great difficulty and staggered to the middle of the yard, where there were three rows of hangers, and she had to sort them before drying them.
When she finished drying her clothes exhausted, she shook a little. After sitting down and resting for a while, she slowly got up, but she felt that her whole body was hot and her whole body was dizzy.
She shook her head and slowly moved into the room, and as soon as she entered, she heard the sound of furniture falling to the ground. Her face changed drastically, and she staggered into the bedroom without having to fit her body.
As soon as Feng Liao opened the door of the bedroom, he was stunned by the scene in front of him.
A tall, stubble-stubble, alcohol-soaked man raised his rolling pin and kept whipping a woman lying on the bed, unable to dodge and spitting blood from her mouth.
The man was still whipping, and from time to time he fell down due to the vigorous beating, and he muttered in his mouth: "Kill you waste!" You know that you are lying in bed all day long, and you don't know how to cook for Lao Tzu, you know that you eat white food, and you are a waste!"
Feng screamed and rushed up to push the man away. The man was already shaky, and he fell to the ground as soon as she pushed him, and he screamed a few times, then scolded loudly, and struggled to get up.
Feng'er ignored the man, she threw herself to the woman's side, picked her up, and looked at the wounds on her body. There were tears flowing from his pale face, there were many wounds, his whole body was bruised, blood was spilled from several serious places, the skin and flesh were turned up, and a few pieces of his skin were sunken from time to time, obviously broken bones.
The woman was dying, her skinny hands trembled and raised, and she cried and put her face on it, "Mom! Mom! You'll be fine! You must hold on! I will go to the doctor, you will be fine!" As soon as she turned around, the woman in her arms burst out with great strength, she grabbed Feng's hand, and her lips were closed.
Feng Liao hurriedly said, "I'm not leaving, I'm not leaving, Mom, what are you talking about?" she lowered her head, hugged her indiscriminately, and cried and listened to her mother's words.
Feng Liao couldn't hear what she was talking about, Feng Liao hurriedly looked at her, and at this time, the woman's eyes suddenly widened, and suddenly a huge burst of power pushed her away.
She fell to the ground, and just as she wanted to get up, she saw the man stab the knife into her mother's body, she screamed, and then screamed "Mom!
She rushed up and snatched the woman out of the man's hand, then pushed the man away, the knife slipped to the ground, and the man fell to the ground again.
Feng hugged the woman in her arms, blood overflowed from the woman's mouth, foam surfaced from time to time, and her chest twitched from time to time. Feng hugged the woman in her arms, looked at the bleeding woman helplessly, she pressed her hand on the wound, she pressed the wound desperately, but the blood kept flowing out of her immature and thin hands, she cried helplessly, "Help! Is there anyone to help! Please!
The man struggled to get up, and he said viciously, "You slut, dare to beat me! I'll kill you!" he rushed over and raised the bottle in his hand.
Feng looked at him hatefully, it was all him! If it weren't for him, their lives wouldn't have been so difficult! Mother wouldn't have been paralyzed! Not even seriously injured now! Her whole body was hot, and she felt like she was going to explode. Feng gritted her teeth, closed her eyes and opened them again, at this time Feng's eyes were fiery red, she raised her arms in a trance, and then she felt the heat of her whole body gushing out through her palm.
A burst of fire flashed, and the man was covered in flames, rolling on the ground and begging for mercy, letting out a terrible scream.
Although Feng Li didn't know what was going on, she felt much better now, and her whole body was not hot, so she didn't pay attention to the struggling man. She picked up the woman with difficulty and staggered out the door, but she was too thin and hugged her mother without seeing the threshold, and tripped over the threshold and fell to the ground.
She protected her mother, and her body fell heavily to the ground, and her mind shook. The woman spat out a mouthful of blood, hugged the woman, and cried, "Mom, Mom, you must hold on! Hold on a little longer! Don't leave me! Don't leave me! I will work hard! Please, don't leave me! I can't live without you!" she hugged her hard and staggered out of the room.
The temperature of the person in his arms gradually lost, and Feng pressed the wound with his hand to prevent it from coming into contact with the air, as if this would make the woman in his arms better, but the woman in his arms gradually became cold, and her pupils gradually expanded. Feng covered her wound helplessly, knelt beside the woman and cried bitterly.
A golden light suddenly shot out from outside the door, and the trembling of the woman in her arms gradually disappeared, and the wound stopped bleeding. Feng raised her head, tears blurred her vision, she hugged the woman, knelt down to the person, kowtowed, and said, "Please, please save my mother! I will make you a cow and a horse!
"You put her down first, I'll take a look. A gentle voice sounded, Feng settled down a little, she slowly put the woman from her arms, she looked at the person, her eyes were full of gratitude, "Thank you! Please, save my mother!"
The person who came was Qian Lingxue, she and Qianlang went to the Seven Treasure Liuli Sect to see the awakening of the martial soul, Qianrenxue mentioned some special circumstances about the characteristics of the martial soul, Ning Lang indulged in her novel formulation, she looked at Qianlang dancing with her hands, pursed her lips, and walked away alone, she was walking around in the sect, and suddenly felt that something was calling her in front of her.
So she hurried to the echo at full speed, and in front of her was a low alley, which was full of standing water, and she walked to the very edge, and as soon as she entered the door, she saw a girl holding a woman crying, and she hurriedly exerted the power of an angel to stabilize the patient in her arms.
She probed the power of angels into the woman's body. The bad situation made her frown, the woman's internal organs had been exhausted, and there was a fatal wound in her heart, even she had no way to recover. She withdrew her soul power, shook her head, and said apologetically to the girl, "I'm sorry, her injuries are too serious, I, can't do anything!"
Feng was shocked when she heard this, she shook her head desperately, prostrate herself, knelt at the feet of Qianrenxue and kept kowtowing, "Please, please, save her! I beg you! I will make you a cow and a horse, I..." The blood remained on the top of her head, Qianrenxue grabbed her, pursed her lips, and said slowly: "I really can't save it! I can't do anything! The reason why your mother is alive is that she still has an obsession, you better listen to it!"
Saying that, Qianyue couldn't bear to turn her head, and injected the soul power and angelic power of her whole body into the woman's body, the woman opened her eyes suddenly, coughed a few times, there was a strange brilliance in her eyes, and her face became ruddy, but the whole person exuded a thick dead air, Qianyue knew that she was returning to the light, and once this stage was over, she would die immediately.
Feng Liao hurriedly hugged the woman, the woman put her hand on Feng Liao's cheek, smiled softly at her, and then said lightly, "Feng'er, I'm sorry! I can't accompany you!"
Feng shook her head, she was choked and speechless, and kept sobbing, the woman continued, "I'm dying, you have to live well after I die, you have to live well!"
Feng Ning choked and said, "No! No! I want you to stay with me all the time! I don't know how to go on without you! Mother, I beg you, don't leave me! I will be obedient! Please! Don't leave me!"
The woman shook her head and said softly, "Feng'er, you have to be strong! I'm not here, you have to take care of yourself! Promise your mother, okay?"
Feng Liao cried and shouted, "No, I don't want to take care of myself, I want you to take care of me! I just need you to accompany me! You will definitely get better!"
The woman coughed a few times, and said patiently and softly: "Feng'er, be good! Mom knows that Feng'er is the best! Feng'er can live well without her mother! Mom believes in you! You won't let Mom worry, right?"
Feng'er was speechless at the moment, she buried her head in the woman's chest, and kept nodding her head, "Mmmm, mm, mm!"
The woman smiled, then turned to Qianrenxue, her eyes flashed with hope and begging, and she pleaded in a low voice, "Childe, I beg you... Help me... Take care... Feng'er, beg...."
Qian Lingxue's whole body shook and nodded heavily. She remembered the scene of Bibi Dong dying in her arms in the illusion, she felt the same way, and her eyes were red for a while, she stepped forward, half-knelt in front of the woman, and held her hand, "Don't worry! I will treat her well in the future, and I will take care of her as the dearest person!"
The woman sighed, put Feng'er's hand and Qianyue's hand together, and before she could fully buckle it, she let go of her hand and closed her eyes.
Feng said in a panic: "Mom, Mom, Mom, don't scare me, Mom, Mom, don't leave me, how can I live alone! Mom!"
Feng's eyes darkened and he fainted. Qianyue hurriedly hugged the phoenix. As soon as she made contact, her eyes were red a few degrees again, Feng Li was really too thin! Light and almost weightless, she gently injected her soul power into Feng Li's body, combing her breath.
Feng Li felt that she was constantly falling, it was dark around her, there was nothing, she cried, she begged, and finally gave up the struggle in despair, suddenly she was hugged, she looked up and saw that it was Qianrenxue! Qianrenxue hugged her, her whole body glowed with golden light, she felt that she was full of warmth, and her resentment was also calmed. In a trance, she heard someone calling her.
She struggled to open her eyes, and vaguely saw Qianrenxue, and she found herself lying in a room. Thinking of something, she slammed into the body, but she was dizzy because of the too big movement, but she ignored these and looked at Qianyue in a panic, "Childe, where am I? Where is my mother? Have you seen my mother?"
Qian Lingxue helped her up, poured her a glass of warm water, and motioned for her to drink. Feng Liao hurriedly heard the news of her mother, and she asked, "Childe, I beg you! I know you are a good person! Can you tell me where my mother is? I beg you!"
Qian Lingxue sighed, her heart moved, the ring in her hand flashed white, and a coffin appeared beside her.
Feng sat weakly on the bed, she was stunned for a while, and then struggled to get off the bed. She knelt in front of the coffin, slowly pushed open the lid of the coffin, looked at her mother, burst into tears, and covered her mouth with both hands to prevent herself from crying.
Qian Lingxue thought of Bibi Dong, although she was not good to her, but at least she was still paying attention to her silently, and she also knew her suffering. But Feng'er no longer has a mother, and she will never see her mother again. This is worse than her, she sighed, squatted down, hugged Feng'er, "If you want to cry, cry out!
Feng'er finally couldn't help it, and hugged Qianrenxue and cried bitterly. Qianrenxue hugged her with her backhand, but she remembered the scene of Bibi Dong falling beside her, and she thought of getting along with Bibi Dong in her heart, and she couldn't help but have red eyes.
After a long time, Feng'er calmed down. She raised her head and said hoarsely, "Childe, I want to bury my mother." “
Qian Lingxue nodded, she put the coffin away, and then helped Feng'er to get up, but Feng'er struggled and couldn't get up.
Qian Lingxue thought for a moment, put her on the chair, and then squatted down and carried her. Feng'er hurriedly struggled, and Qian Lingxue said: "Feng'er is good! Mother entrusted you to me before leaving, and you will be my sister in the future, I will take good care of you! Let's bury my mother first, okay?"
Feng Liao remembered her mother's entrustment before she died, and couldn't help but feel sad, she nodded, obediently hugged Qianrenxue's shoulder, and gently got on Qianrenxue's back.
Qianyue carried the phoenix on her back and walked out of the hillside, she put down the phoenix, took out the shovel, and prepared to dig a hole.
Feng'er struggled to get up, stubbornly looked at Qianrenxue, Qianrenxue touched her head, and smiled, "You rest first, there is a brother, let me do this kind of thing." Feng'er blushed but still stubbornly looked at Qianrenxue, Qianrenxue shook her head helplessly, and then took out a small shovel from the ring, "Then let's dig together!"
Feng'er nodded, took the shovel, and dug a hole with Qianrenxue, after they dug it, put the coffin into the hole, and then Qianrenxue walked to the trees on the side, the sword of holy light flashed, a big tree was cut down by her, her wrist flew, and a wooden tablet was formed.
She held the wooden tablet, then carved the "Mother Fengshuang Curtain" and engraved the names of the two on it, then filled in the soil and bowed three times to the wooden tablet.
After Feng bowed, he looked at Qianrenxue, pursed his mouth, kept grabbing his clothes with both hands, and finally lowered his head and shouted: "Brother!" Qianrenxue responded with a smile, then hugged Feng gently, and said gently: "Brother knows that you are uncomfortable, but you don't want to be too sad! Isn't it?" Feng nodded, but tears rushed to flee his hometown, dripping to the ground.
"Actually, Mother didn't leave us, she just stayed with us in another form. You look up and look, "Qianrenxue patted the phoenix."
Feng raised her head, and Qian Lingxue pointed to the stars in the sky, "Did you see it? Mother is watching us from above." Besides, it's not like we can't see our mother anymore. “
Feng looked at Qianrenxue puzzled, Qianrenxue smiled and pinched Feng's face, and said: "When we die, we will also be able to see our mother, my mother just went to live there first, and when we leave this world, we will meet our mother there" Qianrenxue looked at her gently.
Feng nodded, looked at the starry sky, was silent for a long time, and suddenly she said: "Brother, you can help me change my name, I don't want to be called Feng, that's what he called, and in the future, you will be my only relative, you can help me pick a name." ”
Qian Lingxue nodded, she looked at the stars in the sky, and said: "My sister is a phoenix soaring for nine days, I will lift you high, just call you a phoenix!"
Feng Nihuang lowered her head shyly, she pulled Qian Lingxue, "Brother, am I really so good, will you always hold me?"
Qian Lingxue hugged her and said firmly: "That's for sure! You are the phoenix soaring in my sky! No matter when, I will always hold you!"
Feng Nihuang's ears turned red, and then her eyes darkened, and she said with a pout: "But, but I don't have a martial soul." Can't help my brother with anything. ”
Qian Lingxue smiled: "Even if there is no martial soul, Nihuang is also my phoenix." What's more, you said you don't have a martial soul?"
Feng Nihuang raised her head and said excitedly, "Really? Can I really have a martial soul?"
Qian Lingxue smiled and said: "I believe in my brother! Nihuang is very talented! It's just that your martial soul awakening is different from ordinary people, and you need a special martial soul awakening ceremony, and I will help you re-awaken your martial soul after a while, and then your martial soul will awaken." ”
Qianrenxue was not joking, because the echo that Qianrenxue sensed before was Fengnihuang. Divine martial souls can feel the existence of martial souls of the same level, that is to say, Feng Nihuang is likely to be a god-level martial soul! It's just that god-level martial souls are different from ordinary martial souls and require special rituals. Moreover, the god-level martial soul is too strong, Feng Nihuang is very weak now, and her body is not enough to accommodate the god-level martial soul, so she did not reveal the martial soul.
Feng Nihuang was pleasantly surprised: "Really, thank you, brother!" She hugged Qian Lingxue excitedly, it has always been her regret that she did not awaken the martial soul, every time the martial soul awakening conference she would secretly hide in the distance, looking at the person who carried out the martial soul awakening with envy, and now her brother actually told her that she could carry out the martial soul awakening, which is really good!
She thought of something, her eyes were crimson, her face was red, and she looked at the grave, she secretly made up her mind in her heart, and hugged her a little tighter.