Chapter 7: Immortal Water
After the end. The old rooster raised his voice and said to Ning Chen in an even more weird voice: "Little old man, I am not hypocritical, I can only say thank you." β
Ning Chen hurriedly said no. The old rooster waved his wings and said: "Listen to me, do you know that it stands to reason that your ancestors of the Ning family can be said to be the reborn parents of our family, no matter how we repay it, it is not too much, but for nearly 600 years, we have been living next to your Ning family, but we have never taken the initiative to repay you, only after you go up the mountain, will you unconsciously lead you to various mountain treasures." But you don't go to the mountains every time you encounter difficulties, and in the end you encounter difficulties, and the final solution is only three or four out of ten, do you have some complaints? β
"How can it be, people are valuable and self-reliant, if everything will only implicate others, how can they be people?" Ning Chen said with a resolute face, "The ancestor of the Ning family: Men can shed blood and tears, but after the tears flow, they should continue to improve themselves. β
When the old rooster heard such an answer, he seemed to be unexpected, and was silent for a while, and finally said, "Your Ning family is a good person, and our Yunjin chicken is not a beast who doesn't know how to repay the favor, but just a demon's defense, big!" Your Ning family has lived in the northern foot of this Tingshan Mountain for 600 years, and has never walked out of this backing town, not to mention Xuanwu County and Zhao Kingdom, the news here is closed, and I don't know how to do it, but from the perspective of our own news channels within the demons, your human race has a great prejudice against us, there are too many demons in this world, there are all kinds of them, many demons need to live by hunting blood food, open up the spiritual wisdom, although these demons are congenital limitations, they have to be like this, but like your human race, many demons don't like or even hate them, but more demon spirits are indeed like our Yun Jinji by absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon to practice, but on the one hand, there is a language barrier, and the prejudice is deep, and the second is profitable. The old rooster paused, glanced at Ning Chen helplessly, and couldn't help but look a little embarrassed at Ning Chen, "To tell you the truth, Ning boy, do you also want to go up the mountain to hunt a few more Yunjin chickens today." Without waiting for Ning Chen to refute, he said to himself, "There are constantly people and demons who start to agitate non-my race, and their hearts will be different, you say that if we are not enlightened, like a flood of fierce beasts, ruthless and unjust, I don't know what to do, so it's okay to say so, but we are not inferior to human beings, why can't we coexist peacefully." It is said that there was once a big tree in the country of Yue to lead the sun and the moon into essence, in order to practice, entrusted a dream to the local people, seeking sacrifices, as compensation, he turned into a protector to protect the local people, the local is a large number of rivers, every year during the rainy season, the long river waters, flooding the village farmland, he turned into a levee based on himself, protected the living beings within a radius of 100 miles, human beings spontaneously set up temples to pray and sacrifice, but later were regarded as a provocation by human monks, not only decided, but also destroyed his body, and there will be water from time to time, you say that they themselves do not want to protect the people, do nothing, why not allow others to do itγ β
The whining of the old rooster hit Ning Chen's eardrums, and Ning Chen knew for the first time that in addition to the village, the county town, and the Zhao country, there was such a magical world as monks, and the immortal mansion at the foot showed that these people had the ability to surpass ordinary people, but they also seemed to be in danger of surpassing ordinary people. The influx of a large number of things beyond his cognition in a short period of time completely confused his own reason, and he could only face it in silence. But it happened to become a qualified listener, and the rooster's various complaints lasted for a while, only to find that the man opposite had not spoken for too long, and it soon knew that what he said was too far away from Ning Chen, so far away that he could not express a trace of opinion, so he smashed his mouth and apologized: "I'm sorry, I have such a bad problem when I'm old, and I can't be idle in my mouth." Ning Chen smiled, but he didn't express any opinion at the moment, and the cold scene passed quickly.
The old rooster paused, "Ning Chen, you see it's not too early at this time, can we talk about the remuneration, and then leave, your friend should be impatient to wait." After the old rooster finished speaking, he began to keep running his feathers with his mouth, as if he wanted to wait for Ning Chen to say his request first, and then he could bargain.
Ning Chen looked at the somewhat cramped old rooster in front of him, thinking of the momentum when he suppressed himself and Ning Hui when he first appeared, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but hook slightly, his empty left hand couldn't help touching his nose, and replied tentatively: "Otherwise, forget it, there is no need to talk about any remuneration, okay?"
"Well, of course it is. The old rooster seemed to be unsure of what he had heard, and after a moment of reaction, he couldn't help but raise his head and hurriedly returned to the road. Seeing Ning Chen's smiling expression, he lowered his head embarrassedly.
Seeing the performance of the old rooster at this time, Ning Hui, who was already depressed for himself and Ning Hui, finally said with a straight face. "Old-timers, it's just a joke, don't go into detail, today we went up the mountain to bother, the seniors not only did not blame, but also gave us a wealth, I just raised my hands today, how can I talk about any reward. β
Hearing this, the old rooster raised his head and carefully observed Ning Chen's expression, seeing that he seemed to really think so, it was not perfunctory. His eyes couldn't help narrowing slightly, as if he was making a decision, and after a moment, as if he wanted to express the apologies of the Yun Jinji to the Ning family before, he gritted his teeth, and said to Ning Chen again: "Ning boy, you come with me." He turned and walked towards the depths of the Moon Pine Forest.
Ning Chen didn't know why, but he thought that the old rooster should not harm him, so he followed step by step. After a long time in the grove, he really walked a lot of mountain roads today, and the shrubs here are dense and it is really exhausting to walk around, and when he arrives next to a big tree, Ning Chen can't help but hold on to this big tree he doesn't know, and gasped, but at the moment when his left hand rests on the trunk of the tree, he can't help but feel that his heavy legs are instantly cleared, and the energy consumed by the use of guidance techniques and walking on the mountain road for a long time is quickly recovered at a speed that can be felt. Only then did he carefully observe the big tree that the old rooster took him to see, this big tree was high and close to the top of the cave, the trunk was green like young leaves, not at all like the brown and yellow of the ordinary trunk, the touch was delicate as ice, if it weren't for the unique texture of wood in his hands, Ning Chen almost wanted to think that this was a rare jade tree.
"Senior, could it be that this is your reward?!" Although Ning Chen didn't know what this big wood was, it was indeed a rare treasure.
The old rooster laughed and said, "Ning boy, although you have a great kindness to us, and this big tree has only gradually been born after the completion of Yunjin Mansion, we don't know what she is, but she is too important to us, and it is up to her for the younger generations to open their spiritual wisdom." Even if you can get her away, I can't give her to you. Seeing Ning Chen's somewhat frustrated expression, he turned his mouth and said, "However, what I want to give you is related to this big tree." The old rooster walked around the big tree trunk to the back, Ning Chen just waited for a while, and then saw the old rooster come over with a small gourd the size of a palm in his mouth and motioned for Ning Chen to catch it. When Ning Chen caught the gourd, he instantly had the same feeling as holding the green tree, but it was a little weaker, and then he noticed that the gourd seemed to be filled with a lot of liquid, and there was a faint fragrance in his nose, which was somewhat similar to the moon fruit in his original hand, but it was more quiet and chic, Ning Chen looked at the old rooster with an inquiring eye.
The old rooster said to himself: "Although the fire Yunzhi is precious, it is nothing less than a deadly poison to us, if it is just these things, don't say that you complain about the old man's stinginess in your heart, even if you let the boys know, you will also say that the little old man is not authentic behind your back." I have been hesitant not because I don't want to pay you, but because I am afraid that you will ask for retribution, once the Ning family is in trouble in the future, they will come up to the mountain to find me, I can't refuse, for a long time, our relationship will definitely be known to others, if it attracts monks to encircle and suppress it in the future, not to mention that our Yun Jinji is the Ning family will also be hurt. Then he laughed at himself: "It's ridiculous that I still spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain." β
Ning Chen didn't even dare. After the old rooster saw it, he smiled and continued: "So in order to express my apologies, I sent you this "fairy water", we don't know what this fairy water is, but it is indeed a good thing, not only our Yunjin chicken, but also the creatures up and down this pavilion mountain have extremely beneficial spiritual benefits, and can strengthen the body, the importance of our Yunjin Mansion can be said to be half in this "fairy water". β
Hearing the old rooster say this, Ning Chen hurriedly replied: "This "fairy water" is too precious, Ning Chen deserves it, and asks the seniors to take it back." Besides, although Ning Chen is a rough person, he needs enlightenment and wisdom there. Saying this, Ning Chen put this little gourd fairy water in front of the old rooster with a strange look, and resolutely did not want to.
The old rooster looked at Ning Chen strangely, and after a while, he understood the reason for Ning Chen's ugly face, and couldn't help laughing: "I didn't mean anything else, but I heard that your wife had given birth to a child, so I gave you this baby and gave it to your children to use, so that he can grow up healthy and smart in the future." In fact, this fairy water is not for you, it is for your children, and you have to accept whatever you say. β
Hearing the old rooster say this, Ning Chen couldn't help but think of his wife and daughter, so he still chose to accept it.
"That's right, but I still have one more thing to explain to you, there is a lot of fairy water, you can use three or four people, I know you are very righteous, but I hope you don't give it to others, although Huo Yunzhi has a magical function, but the land of the sun still grows, but this fairy water is only available in my Yunjin Mansion, if one more person uses it, it will be more exposed. For the safety of our Yunjin Chicken and your Ning family, please keep it a secret, not only that, after today, it is best that we have not seen it at all. Luckily. The old rooster said.
Seeing the old rooster's formal advice, Ning Chen chose to agree with difficulty.