Chapter 13: The Battle

The three paths are barren, and the pine chrysanthemum still exists.

Outside the walls of Shikoku, it is a desolate scene that is different from the inside of the city walls, but it is also a barren grass that is one person high all over the place. I'm afraid that if someone accidentally falls, it will be like committing suicide by jumping into the sea, and they will be drowned by the wild grass in an instant. Wild grass overgrown the path into the city, flooding the road leading to the city gate.

Under the city wall, the two people who had only been demolished early in the morning were busy working, and Yumi found that as long as a hoe was inserted into the ground next to the vegetable and pulled it a little harder, the "wild vegetables" could be brought out by the roots. found the trick, the young man started to play, the more he picked, the more addicted he became, and he didn't have much work to bulge around him.

"Hey, girl, come and rest. Grandma Y on the side suggested this while handing over the water glass. It was a cup that was clearly antique, but because of the owner's care, it was cleaner than his own.

Because it's an outsider, Yuki doesn't have daily necessities such as cups at home, but fortunately, Grandma has a son who is a soldier and hasn't come back from the expedition, so daily necessities and the like can be borrowed for a while.

"Thank you, Grandma. Putting down the wide sleeves, the somewhat clean boy took the cup with a smile without hesitation. Holding the cup in one hand and covering his face with the other, he made a gesture of raising his head and returned the cup to Grandma. After so long in the sun, the young man's face was as usual, and he did not breathe, nor did he sweat a little. It's weird.

Maybe it's because Grandma is dizzy and doesn't notice this.

"Xiaoshu is really blessed to be able to get a good wife like you before he goes on the expedition. I hope that my son can get a good wife while he is away. The old man didn't say a word and went back to his son.

"Hasn't my eldest brother been back for decades?" Yumiki said. Put the wild vegetables in the basket.

"Yes" Grandma sighed again, and then comforted "her" "But don't worry, even if you can't come back for fear of being discovered by the enemy, you husband and wife can still communicate with each other." ”

"Really?" said Yumi. Looks like it's still going on.

"So, you don't have to be sad that you can't eat or sleep every day. Grandma said with concern. After a few days of observation, she found that the bride next door, in addition to taking care of her husband's daily life, was looking at the sky in a daze every day. Occasionally, I said, "It's falling off again." ”

She knew that "she" was referring to the "air raids" that she and several old people had been gossiping about recently.

Alas, the recent children, without the control of their parents, have become more and more wild, and often come up with some strange things.

For example, this time something similar to the "drifting lantern" is a masterpiece of their spare time. You can actually fly into the sky, put some melancholy sentences or some mischievous things in the basket, and then light the candle under the lamp, and the drifting lamp will rise into the sky.

It's a pity that the target of this thing is too big, and it didn't fly far before it was shot down by the guards who found it. After many times, the young man's thoughts in the basket were replaced by a malicious wooden bucket containing footwater. Every time the people who were drenched in the ground saw such a lamp, they hid under the eaves.

That's why this drifting lamp is called a sprinkler lamp again.

Yumi just smiled, and Grandma's conversation was only about her own son and the gadgets that had risen up in the past few days. It seems that the old man is really lonely.

"Mother-in-law, when I say "falling down again", I don't mean drifting lights. Intentionally or unintentionally, he left the "wild vegetables" pile.

"Ahh The old man didn't react, he just thought that he was old and his brain was not good, so he accidentally slipped his mouth and smiled awkwardly. I'm already an old fool. Abdul O I don't know if I was still there when you came back.

Yumi looked at Grandma and began to sigh, so he comforted her. I thought of someone else.

The hour is also often pretending to sigh. is obviously a handsome young man, but he always likes to sigh and attract the attention of his two little apprentices. He will cooperate, but unfortunately it has not been very effective for Ryuto.

He didn't understand this kind of behavior when he was young, and he felt that it was impossible for a person like the master to have troubles and sorrows.

"You don't know that a parent's love for their children is deeper than sin. ”

The master answered his question, twisted his brows, stroked his heart, and sighed desolately. Listening to this sentence, the little stuffy oil bottle was silent for a long time.

From then on, every time the master sighed, Ryuto would silently throw him a banana. The master would stop roasting Prelin Daiyu to death, squatting in the corner and eating bananas silently, his lonely back made him feel a bit like a monkey.

Throughout the memory, he was a bystander. For many things, he has an attitude of observation, no questioning, no wavering, of course, no faith, only knowledge. In all kinds of stories, he is just a passing supporting character.

The life of a mortal is intertwined with sorrow and joy, which is much richer and more gorgeous than that of other cultivators.

Even if you still climb high, you are still ants.

What the master said, his own situation did not match. But life can't be regarded as a judgment question, at least it is an analysis question that has to be given to judge the reason.

After struggling like this for a few days, he understood one thing, and that was what made him appear here, and it was also the reason for the series of variables that happened later.

It wasn't his parents who abandoned him, he was abandoned by a group of people. If only the resentment is not only the parents, but all the people of Shikoku.

So to speak, that's it. The answer was found in meditation. He nodded with satisfaction, with an epiphany smile on his face, and the sky was clear after the rain.

"Alas," the master next to him was sighing again.

"Ah, mother-in-law, you're picking vegetables. A bell-like voice rang.

"Yes, the general has worked the march, a little heart, please accept the wild vegetables. Grandma enthusiastically handed the basket to the visitor. "If you see my son Adu, please bring these things to him, tell him to go out, take good care of himself, don't eat raw and cold food, pay attention to the change of weather, don't catch a cold. Also, tell him to remember to come back early. ”

The mother of the child is worried. The old man babbled and explained. It doesn't matter whether the person who came agreed to put a bag of clothes, dry food and "wild vegetables" into the hands of the other party.

The unruly expression of the person who came was a little heavy, and the trembling hands covered with green tendons were obviously not something that could be obtained in a day or two. Not to mention in Shikoku, where supplies are scarce.

Knowing that the soldiers of the four countries went on the expedition, the end could only be to die on the battlefield, and they were destined to not wait for the day when the mother and son were reunited. What is the purpose of such a loss of body in exchange?

After the matter was entrusted, Grandma said goodbye to the visitor with a relieved face. Unkempt silver hair streaked through the air.

"Ah, forgotten. Yumi sighed like his master, but it was a little out of shape.

"If you don't have depression, don't learn this kind of childish condition. "The face of the person who came at this time sank like water. The old swaggering electrical idiot turned out to be a cold-faced and cold-hearted person.

Yumi didn't think he was angry at such a ridicule, but pointed to the basket he was carrying in his hand and asked:

"Do you really want to eat this kind of thing?" to the old man's heart, he deliberately accentuated the tone of "this kind of thing".

All the expenses of the four countries are distributed in the same way. It is difficult to recognize the product without a mark. Such a featureless basket naturally cannot attract the attention of the reader.

But the focus is on the "dishes" in the basket.

The plants that Grandma called "wild vegetables" are red flowers from the other side.

Flowers on the other side, bloom on the other side.

This is an ominous flower that blooms in hell with the bones as nourishment.

Hearing this, Ryuto turned around and stared at Yumi for a long time, wanting to see him through, before he said, "You know what this is." Why don't you stop it?"

He is an outsider, not these ignorant people, and it is not strange that he does not recognize this plant in the place where he grows.

"You know why. The people of Shikoku are really ignorant, and the only thing they are taught is the 'art of plundering'. Since she knew that this strange plant was a wild vegetable. Of course, I have tasted it myself. Now that you have entered the Gu, what is the difference between saying it and not saying it. ”

There was a sharp blood red in the eyes of the silver-haired general, as if when he first saw Yuki, he was blind. But this weak young man still has a shallow smile on his lips.

Ryuto glared at Yumi for a long time before his pupils turned from red back to black and regained his composure.

He used the pupil technique, but he couldn't probe the man's heart. He knew that all variables were caused by him, but there was no way to solve them. This dilemma has never changed since we met.

He is a heartless person, and he knows it before the two met.

So he was not surprised by his unkind behavior, but if he was a step late this time, the old woman really took these things back, and he didn't care about the consequences?

If that change had not happened, the place where he was born would have been the place where he lived for eternity.

"Master, is he okay?" he took the initiative to change the subject.

"When I went down the mountain, I was still climbing the banana tree in front of the cave. But the master has instructed you, as long as you ask, you can't say it well. ”

Yuya really sighed this time. "You said goodbye that time, and the master was really sad and worried. ”

"Yes, the master understands me. Ryuto gave a blank expression. I didn't say goodbye at the beginning.

It's not the anger of violating the door rules, it's not the anger of disobeying the teacher's orders, it's just the worry of the children who travel far away.

"yes, anyway, I hope you can come back and see him. ”

Now he's gone, and there's no one to talk to.

Remembering his expression when he was gone, his eyes turned into two dots on his face, and the position of his mouth was replaced by a straight line.

With a stunned look of dementia, he looks like an empty nester abandoned by his children.

"Otherwise, I'd better stay and practice as a child. He suggested with a smile.

He didn't want to go back anyway.

Shi Yu shook his head, and his facial expression returned to his usual handsome appearance.

"No, I can't. Nearly 1,000 years old, he bit his handkerchief, and two lines of tears welled up.

"If you really want to cultivate immortals, you can go through this step to achieve true purity of heart and few desires. ”

This apprentice of his has Huigen, and it took him fifty years to get to this point.

Pure heart and few desires are only the introduction to cultivating immortals, but it is also a necessary condition for cultivation.

Yumi smiled, he has been extremely indifferent to the emotions of the people around him since he was a child. What's more, as an abandoned self, there will still be feelings of 'attachment' for Shikoku as a human being.

"Alas, maybe you're right, kid, but this form still has to go. Remember that in addition to the dust, you still have to do one thing ......", after perceiving the apprentice's thoughts, Shi Yu wiped his tears with a handkerchief, blew his nose, and prepared to start a tirade.