Chapter 16: The Medicine Monster
Meng Baiyu built a foundation with the boy during the day, and meditated with the white-haired old man at night, and unconsciously a few months passed, although he could not combine the two forces in his body into one, but his body had gradually improved, and his cultivation had also improved significantly.
On this day, Meng Baiyu was practicing swords alone in the back mountain, and when he was practicing to a critical point, there was a sudden strong wind around him, the trees swayed, the birds were startled, and countless leaves attacked him like swords. Meng Baiyu felt that something was attacking him, and with a twist of the sword in his hand, he made a move, cutting the blades of the attacking tree to the ground.
"Okay, good, in just a few months, the skill is so strong, it's really not a thing in the pool." A strange-looking man jumped out.
Seeing the man, Meng Baiyu was startled, only to see that the person who came was holding a black iron pestle in his hand, and his face was covered with dense red rashes, which seemed to flow thick as long as he touched them.
"You are?" Meng Baiyu asked.
"I'm a medicine monster." The strange man replied, "What about your master?" ”
"It turned out to be a medicine monster senior, you asked my master what he did?"
"You kid, are you afraid that I won't be able to eat your master?" The medicine monster said angrily, "If you don't say it, I'll find it myself." ”
The medicine monster said, looking Meng Baiyu up and down with a pair of strange eyes, but he didn't leave.
Meng Baiyu was extremely uncomfortable by this kind of staring, only to feel that the eyes staring at him were not monsters, but he had become monsters. Meng Baiyu was a little hairy and a little weak in his heart, and he just wanted to escape from this look as soon as possible.
"The seniors looked at me like this, and I felt so uncomfortable."
"Do you want to see it? If your master hadn't invited me to come, I wouldn't have bothered to look at you. As he spoke, the medicine monster suddenly raised the iron pestle in his hand and attacked Meng Baiyu.
Meng Baiyu was startled, took a few steps back, and saw that the iron pestle was attacking, so he had to raise the short sword in his hand to greet him.
"When", before the iron pestle and the short sword touched, a white light and a blue light were intertwined, and when the two lights touched together, there was a deafening sound. Meng Baiyu only felt a tingling sensation all over his body, and the short sword in his hand almost wanted to fall, and countless stars suddenly appeared in front of him.
"Good fellows." The medicine monster retreated a few feet away, "Come again." ”
Hearing the medicine monster say that he would come again, Meng Baiyu complained bitterly in his heart, he couldn't resist one move, if he came to the second move, how would it be good. At this moment, I only heard the master's voice coming: "Hahaha, don't come to harm, junior brother, you are still so anxious." But don't you feel ashamed to worry about a kid? ”
"Master." Meng Baiyu saw that there was a savior and said happily.
"You white-haired old monster, you picked up such a big bargain, I have to destroy him." The medicine monster glared at the white-haired old man in a blink of an eye.
"Senior brother, why did your face become so ugly?"
"It's not for you, apprentice." The medicine monster said angrily.
"Senior brother, since we have arrived, let's go have a drink and two drinks before chatting." The white-haired old man didn't finish speaking, so he stepped forward and took the medicine monster's hand and walked back, "Come along, apprentice." ”
After the medicine monster walked with the white-haired old man, Meng Baiyu followed lightly, but the footsteps were as light as a cat's step, as if he was afraid of making a sound, and when the medicine monster in front heard it, he would turn his head and beat himself up again.
Back in the courtyard, the boy had prepared tea and was waiting at the stone table in the center of the courtyard. The three of them walked to the stone table, and the boy said, "I've seen Uncle Shi." ”
The medicine monster laughed when he heard this: "You are still polite, unlike your junior brother, if you see me, you don't say hello, and you still start with me." ”
"My junior brother has a bad head, and my uncle is not as knowledgeable as him." The boy said.
"Aren't you afraid that he will beat you up?" The medicine monster reached out and touched the boy's head.
"Don't be afraid, he still beats me now." The boy playfully said, "When he can beat me, I won't say anything." ”
After hearing this, the medicine monster burst into laughter again.
Meng Baiyu glared at the boy: "Little Senior Brother, how did you know that someone was coming, and tea had already been prepared?" ”
"Hmph, I won't tell you." The boy snorted, "I'll call it Senior Brother from now on." ”
"Okay, big brother."
"Well, junior brother. As a junior disciple, you should pour tea. The boy handed the teacup in his hand to Meng Baiyu.
Meng Baiyu took the teacup and carefully poured tea for the white-haired old man and the medicine monster.
"It's really unusual, after taking my pestle, his face didn't change, and his hands didn't even shake." The medicine monster looked at Meng Bai Yu and said.
"Who said that you don't tremble, if the juniors don't hold their breath, I'm afraid the table is already full of tea." Meng Bai Yu said.
After pouring the tea, Meng Baiyu raised a cup and handed it to the medicine monster and said, "I've seen Uncle Shi." ”
"Good, good!" The medicine monster smiled, "Sure enough, it's a good seedling." ”
"Uncle Shi praised it falsely, the younger generation is just a sick body."
"That's just as well." The medicine monster took the teacup in Meng Baiyu's hand and said.
"Senior brother, what I said in my letter, can you take a good look at it?" The white-haired old man asked.
"Look, it's tricky, my face is caused by eating the pill that has just been refined."
"Thank you, junior brother, for testing the medicine yourself."
"I don't need to say thank you, I'm just afraid of smashing my signboard."
"Then I thank my junior brother for coming to drink tea with me."
"That's thanks, of course, but I prefer to drink." The medicine monster took a sip of the tea in his hand, "Drinking tea is like a goose walking like a duck, I can't stand it, I can't stand it." ”
"It's okay to drink, but you need to get down to business."
"Then do it now." The medicine monster couldn't wait.
"White Feather apprentice, show your hand to Uncle Shi." The white-haired old man said to Meng Baiyu.
"Yes." Meng Baiyu sat down and laid his arms flat on the stone table.
The medicine monster took Meng Baiyu's vein, and his face became solemn: "The vein is stable, but it hides a murderous intention." ”
"Is there any salvation?" Meng Baiyu asked.
"Do you want to die?" The medicine monster asked.
"I don't want to." Meng Baiyu replied.
"Since you don't want to die, you should concentrate on practicing, but you can't think about it all day long."
"I don't think much about it, I just think about my father and mother occasionally."
"But you're too demonsy."
"Demons?"
"It's your obsession."
"Uh, I see, what should the junior do?"
"Let go of your obsessions."
After hearing this, Meng Baiyu slowly stood up, moved his eyes to the wireless sky, and said slowly: "Thank you Uncle for persuading me, but if a person has nothing to insist on in his heart, then he will be like a walking corpse, what is the use of living." ”
"You person, why are you so old-fashioned, I see your remnants, don't waste my pills, it doesn't matter if you die, but your master's cultivation in half of his life is afraid that it will be wasted." The medicine monster said angrily.
This is something that Meng Baiyu didn't think about, the master lost his aura, I wonder if his body will also be harmed?
"I'm sorry, master......" Meng Baiyu said with tears in his eyes.
The white-haired old man waved his hand: "That's it, as long as you calm down and cultivate, you will be satisfied as a teacher, as for the rest, wait until you are successful in cultivation." ”
"Ugh." Meng Baiyu replied.
At this time, the medicine monster took out a pill from his sleeve and handed it to Meng Baiyu: "You have eaten this pill." ”
Meng Baiyu glanced at the medicine monster's face, and didn't dare to accept the pill handed by the medicine monster.
"Don't worry, your face won't become like mine."
Meng Baiyu took the Danyue at this time, and when he was about to release the person in his sleeve, the medicine monster said loudly: "Eat it now." ”
The white-haired old man also nodded to Meng Baiyu.
Meng Baiyu then slowly put the elixir in his mouth and swallowed it, and not long after, he fell asleep on the stone table in a daze.
Seeing Meng Baiyu faint and fall asleep, the medicine monster stood up and said angrily: "It seems that this kid listens to senior brother." ”
"My apprentice, if you don't listen to me, will you still listen to you?" The white-haired old man said.
"Senior brother really wants to do that?"
"Yes."
"Is that worth it?"
"Whether it's worth it or not, who knows, I've lived all my life, just like these two apprentices, I just hope that they can make a difference, but this white feather apprentice can't calm down, and the two spiritual powers in his body have not been able to fuse, and in the long run, I'm afraid that his life will not be guaranteed." And you and I, who have no skills, but hide in this remote place all year round, what is the use of having skills? ”
The medicine monster looked at the white-haired old man, his eyes were a little complicated, and after a while, he said slowly: "Okay then, but in this way, can you still live?" ”
The white-haired old man said lightly: "Isn't there still you, you are a medicine monster, will you let me die easily?" Besides, the evil dragon is in the world, and he can't take care of it so much. ”
"The evil dragon mentioned in my brother's letter was mentioned to me by my disciple when I arrived in Mengdu, and it would be a misfortune for the world. But I can only do alchemy, I won't see a doctor, don't count on me. ”
"If you let me die, you will take my eldest apprentice yourself, he is still young, and he must be guarded."
"Don't talk to you, wait for this kid to wake up, but I'm going to waste one of my pills again, if you really don't care about your disciple and die by yourself, don't blame me, I'm a poor bastard and can't afford to support people."
As the two spoke, they moved Meng Baiyu into the room and sat on the bed, and after each took another pill, they sat facing Meng Baiyu at both ends of the bed.
"Apprentice, you protect the Dharma for me and my uncle." The white-haired old man said to the boy who followed.
"Yes." The boy replied.
The white-haired old man and the medicine monster were all ready, and they started to work, and after a while, the two streams of blue light met and merged on the top of Meng Baiyu's head, and gradually, the blue light converged into a light curtain, and the light curtain fell around Meng Baiyu like a waterfall, soaking into his body, and his hanging head slowly rose up like a spring shoot, and finally formed a line with his body. After a long time, Meng Baiyu finally moved slightly, and let out a low hum from his mouth. After receiving the work, the white-haired old man made a "poof", spit out a mouthful of blood, and fainted.
When the boy saw this, he hurriedly ran over and cried, "Master, master, you can't die. ”
After the medicine monster adjusted his breath, he said softly: "Uncle Shi has the pill in his arms, and my nephew will take it to feed your master." ”
The boy then went to the medicine monster's arms and touched the medicine to feed the white-haired old man.
"Is the master really going to die?"
The medicine monster slowly got out of bed and reached out to check the pulse of the white-haired old man: "It's almost like dead." ”
"That's not dead." The boy burst into tears and laughed.
"Although your master has eaten my Heart Protecting Pill, his aura is excessively depleted, and whether he can survive this level depends on his mental strength. Three hours later, if he could wake up, he would be alive. ”
The white-haired old man didn't wake up, but Meng Baiyu woke up first, he only felt that his mouth was dry and his headache was splitting, so he sat up, and soon, a warm current gradually surged, and the pain gradually subsided. When the pain receded, Bai Yulai got up and walked to the courtyard, but there was no one in the courtyard, so he shouted: "Master, master!" When he didn't see an answer, he shouted again: "Little senior brother, little senior brother." Still no one answered, and I couldn't help but feel a little uneasy in my heart, could it be that something had happened? At this time, a boy's voice came from the white-haired old man's house: "Master, you can't die?" ”
"Not good." Meng Baiyu screamed, and immediately ran into the white-haired old man's bedroom, and when he arrived, he saw that the medicine monster was bowing over and pressing the white-haired old man's middle.
"What's wrong with the master?"
"Stand still." The medicine monster said loudly.
Although Meng Baiyu was anxious, he thought that he didn't know anything about medical skills, so he had to stand aside and watch. After a while, the medicine monster finally stopped, and the white-haired old man breathed a sigh of relief.
"Wake up." The medicine monster straightened up.
"Master!" The boy shouted.
"How's the White Feather apprentice?" The white-haired old man asked softly.
"Master, the apprentice is here." Meng Baiyu stepped forward, "Why did the master faint?" ”
"I'll talk about this later, but I'll help you up first."
"It's better for junior brother to lie down first." The medicine monster persuaded.
"That's fine, you guys go out, it looks like I can't die."
Meng Baiyu felt strange, why did the master faint suddenly, but he didn't know at all, how did he get to bed? The medicine? Could it be the hands and feet of the medicine monster? Just as Meng Bai Yu was about to ask, the medicine monster spoke: "Bai Yu's nephew is suspicious of me, right?" ”
"How do you see that?" Meng Baiyu asked.
The medicine monster did not answer Meng Baiyu's words, but took the boy's hand and walked out.
"Don't doubt your uncle, it's not him."
"Then why did the master faint?"
"If you ask, let me tell you as a teacher, so that you don't have to speculate. The reason why the teacher fainted was because he joined forces with your uncle to fuse the power in your body, but fortunately, with your uncle, there is no major problem now. ”
Listening to the white-haired old man's words, Meng Baiyu suddenly felt ashamed of himself, since he saw the medicine monster, not only did he not have a good impression of the medicine monster, but he was also wary of him from the heart. Could it be because the medicine monster attacked itself as soon as it came? Or is it because people are to blame? But I'm not a person who judges people by their appearance. But in any case, I was afraid of the appearance of the medicine monster.
Under the careful care of the medicine monster and the careful training of the white-haired old man, Meng Baiyu's body has recovered, and the two spiritual powers in his body have finally fused. At this time, it was already winter black fur.
On this day, the white-haired old man called Meng Baiyu and said that he could go down the mountain. Meng Baiyu was overjoyed: "The disciple can really go?" ”
"Exactly. After going down the mountain, the apprentices should cultivate diligently, and they should be low-key in their daily life, but they should not show off their skills in front of others, let alone endanger the world. Born for the common people, and entering the world for the common people, it is the rules of the retreat door, remember, remember. The white-haired old man paused for a moment before he said, "If you have the opportunity to go to Zhongzhou, you should keep a low profile, there are many self-cultivation people over there, and they are aggressive, so don't be careless, if you are in trouble, you can go to Fenglin Academy to find Dean Ouyang Mad for help, I have some friendship with him." Your beads, let him help you see them."
After the white-haired old man finished speaking, he took a piece of jade pendant from the show and handed it to Meng Baiyu: "When you see Dean Ouyang Mad, just show him the jade pendant." ”
Meng Baiyu took the jade pendant: "The apprentice must remember." ”
"Then go ahead."
"There's one more thing to ask." Meng Baiyu tear stained trunk road.
"What else?"
"After the disciple walks the world, whose disciple should he say? What is my little brother's name? ”
"Stupid junior brother, my name is not Dong, and the master's name is Dong Qian, remember, won't you ask after so long? But if you walk in the rivers and lakes in the future, even if you mention the master's name, I'm afraid that no one will know, haha, don't try to use the master's name to scare people, it's useless, it's useless. ”
Meng Baiyu glared at Bu Dong: "What about Uncle Medicine Monster?" ”
"Make it."
"Remembered." Meng Bai Yu said.
After bidding farewell to his master Dong Qian, his uncle and his brother Budong, Meng Baiyu went down the mountain.
Looking at Meng Baiyu's back, the envoy also said, "Why did Senior Brother let him go down the mountain so quickly?" ”
Dong Qian's eyes showed a trace of imperceptible hope, and he smiled slightly: "Now that his injury has healed, he naturally wants to let him go down the mountain, and I don't have extra food here to support him." ”