Chapter 13: Extraordinary
New Delhi is more of an amplified version of the town of Ramo than a city, where development seems to have been stuck in the last century, when cowboys were everywhere.
All the buildings here have a clear sense of age, and there are traces of weathering and sand everywhere, and a slightly stronger wind blowing will bring up a piece of loess sand.
Chen Xiu slept until about seven o'clock, had breakfast at the motel, and then called a taxi through the innkeeper and took it to the outskirts of New Delhi.
The former owner of the antique shop lived in the suburbs.
It took nearly 20 minutes for a taxi to reach the suburbs, which are basically indistinguishable from the countryside, and many of them are large farms as far as the eye can see.
A few minutes later, the taxi pulled up in front of a farm.
Chen Xiu got out of the taxi, looked around, and didn't see any signs about the specific address, so he had to walk to the owner of the farm first.
The taxi drove away, bringing up a cloud of dust.
"Anyone?"
Chen Xiu shouted loudly as he walked inside.
The farmer's house was open, but no one could see it in front of the house, and no one answered him even if he asked so loudly.
He had no choice but to continue walking inside, until he reached the front of the house, and finally someone answered him.
"Who is it?"
The voice sounded a little old, but it was unusually loud.
Then an old man with gray hair came out of the warehouse, still holding a wrench and vice, and a large black grease stain on the work apron in front of him.
Apparently the other party was just repairing some kind of machinery.
The old man saw Chen Xiu at a glance, with some doubts on his face: "Is there something wrong with you?" Youngster. ”
"Good day, old man."
Chen Xiu greeted first, expressing the most basic politeness, "I'm looking for an old gentleman named Gewen Qiao, he lives in this area, do you know where he lives?" ”
The old man couldn't help but look him up and down a few times, and said, "I'm Gwen Joe." ”
Perhaps it was because Chen Xiu had shown a good image from the beginning, although Ge Wen seemed to be the kind of stubborn old man who was wary of strangers, but after knowing the reason why Chen Xiu had come to find him, he still invited Chen Xiu into the house and sat down.
"Let's have a glass of hot milk, the climate in New Delhi is not as cold as Tanar, it's very cold here, drink some hot milk to warm up."
Ge Wen put a cup of steaming milk on the table in front of Chen Xiu, then sat down on the sofa beside him, picked up the cup in his hand and drank it in a big gulp.
In his cup is home-brewed oatmeal beer.
Chen Xiu thanked him, picked up the cup and drank it, and drank a few sips of hot milk, and a warmth gradually began to spread from his body.
"So you're coming to me for these things, aren't you?" Gwen put down his cup and looked at the few brakes on the table.
"Yes." Chen Xiu nodded, "I wanted to seek answers, so I came here." ”
As he spoke, he picked up a brake coin and stared at it carefully, his eyes dark.
"I could feel that there seemed to be something special in these coins...... I just don't know why, but now it seems to have dissipated. ”
"I'm sorry...... I lost my mind, but I'm sure it's definitely not a hallucination or something, I've seen a psychiatrist and there's nothing wrong with my mental state. ”
Chen Xiu put down the brake coin, looked at Ge Wen with a serious expression and said.
Of course, these were all statements that he had made up on the road when he came here.
"......" Ge Wen was silent and did not speak, picking up a brake coin and rubbing it between his fingers, "Your feeling is not wrong, these are indeed not ordinary commemorative coins." ”
Seeing the other party's reaction, Chen Xiu's eyes lit up, and he knew that this trip was the right one.
The other party really knows the secrets on these brake coins.
"But you're in the wrong place." Ge Wen suddenly let out a sigh of relief, put down the brake coin, and leaned heavily on the back of the sofa, "I have long returned to the life of ordinary people, and I can't bring you any help now." ”
Chen Xiu couldn't help but be stunned.
"Uh...... What misunderstandings you may have arisen? He hurriedly said, "I'm not here to ask for any help, I just want to ask you to answer some questions......
"Needless to say." Old man Ge Wen waved his hand and interrupted Chen Xiu's words, "I know far better than you what you really need now, but I can only say sorry, I really can't provide it to you." ”
After saying that, he took the cup and drank it in a big gulp.
“……”
Chen Xiu's face hurt, the old man said a lot to himself, and he didn't even have a chance to interject him.
If it weren't for the good quality of respecting the old and loving the young, he would have been eager to let the old man tell the old man what was special about these commemorative coins.
"Young man, I can only tell you that you have some kind of special qualifications, which is rare."
Gewen finished all the beers in the cup in one go, burped, and said: "With this qualification, you don't need to be in a hurry, because fate is destined to let you meet the same special person, and then you will naturally understand everything." ”
"As for me, a bad old man, I really don't want to get involved in those messy things anymore, so let me enjoy this last period of my life with peace of mind."
"That's it, you can go, I have a lot of things to do today."
Ge Wen gave the order to evict the guests, took away the cup in front of Chen Xiu, and walked to the kitchen in the back.
Having said that, Chen Xiu also knew that it would be difficult for him to convince this stubborn old man, even if he stalked again, it would be a waste of time, so he had to leave first, and wait until he returned to the hotel to find another way.
Before leaving, he left the phone number of the hotel where he was staying.
……
Not long after Chen Xiu left, another taxi came to the farm.
Two men got out of the taxi.
If Chen Xiu was still here, he would recognize these two as the father and daughter he met on the train, Pope and his daughter Lisa.
At this time, Gewen happened to come out of the house, and when he saw Pop's father and daughter, his face suddenly became cloudy.
A few minutes later.
"Tell me, why did you come to me?"
Gewen looked at Pop, who was sitting opposite, frowned, and said, "I think I said a long time ago that I have completely returned to the life of ordinary people, and I don't want anyone to disturb me." ”
He suppressed the anger in his heart and waited for the other party to give a reasonable explanation.
Before going into hiding, he originally wanted to hide it from everyone, but because he still had a trace of concern for the family, he still told one of his direct grandchildren his address.
The direct grandson should have kept this secret, but apparently, he still broke the agreement.
Ge Wen's heart was full of disappointment in that direct grandson at the moment, as well as anger caused by being betrayed by trust.
"Uncle-sama...... Please forgive me for taking the plunge this time. ”
Pope was obviously full of awe of Gwen, and hugged his daughter Lisa tightly, his face full of fear, "We have no choice but this time, so we have come to seek your refuge." ”
"So what's the matter?"
Ge Wen also knew that the descendants of this family must have encountered some tricky troubles to find here, so he forcibly suppressed the unhappiness in his heart and asked.
Of course, if the other party just encountered some small troubles that were not enough, he would not be so polite.
"Uncle Sakoli is dead."
Pope's words made Ge Wen's face change instantly.
Because Zaccoli is the only direct grandson who knows his address, and he is also the favorite of his many descendants.
"What the hell is going on?" Ge Wen asked in a deep voice.
The reason why so many juniors prefer Sakoli is not because Sakoli can curry favor with him and other means, but because only Sakoli has inherited his special qualifications and mastered that kind of power.
Although Zaccoli's power is not strong, it is not something that ordinary people can provoke.
And now, Zaccoli is actually dead?
"This is my daughter Lisa, the fifth generation grandson of your uncle, and her bloodline has awakened." Pop didn't directly say what the specific trouble was, but first introduced his daughter Lisa.
"Lisa is also the only awakened descendant in the family after Uncle Sakoli after more than fifty years."
Ge Wen's face was originally a little impatient, but after hearing the word awakening, his attitude changed dramatically in an instant, and the eyes that looked at Lisa suddenly became extremely soft.
"Is the trouble you're in because of this child's awakening?"
Gwen was not a fool and immediately realized this.
"That's right." Pope nodded, "I don't know why, someone is eyeing Lisa, if it weren't for Uncle Sackoli repelling those people, Lisa would have been captured by the other party......"
They had thought that Zacchili had shown his strength and repelled the other party, and that this was the end of the matter.
Unexpectedly, one night a few days later, Sacoli suddenly came back from outside, covered in blood, and when he returned home, he was already seriously injured and in a state of near death.
Before Zaccoli died, Pop and the others received a surprise news, that is, the legend of the family, the old man had not died, but had been living in seclusion somewhere.
That's why Pope took his daughter across most of the federation and traveled thousands of miles to find Gwen here.
"How did Zacuri die? Before he died, did he say who the other party was? Ge Wen suppressed the anger in his heart and asked for more details.
"The fatal wound was a gunshot wound...... But Uncle Zarkori says that the real enemy is a voodoo wizard, and that he was only shot by the gunman because he was disturbed by that wizard. ”
Pope replied truthfully: "We have never known who the other party is. ”
"A wizard?"
Ge Wen's face couldn't help but be gloomy.
Since there is the intervention of supernatural forces, then this matter must be handled carefully.
"Yes." Pope said, "So now only you, Uncle, can shelter Lisa." ”
As a member of the family, despite being just an ordinary person, Pop has always understood one thing.
That is, ordinary people can't fight against extraordinary powers, and only extraordinary people can fight against transcendental.
It's an iron law.
And Uncle Ge Wen, who has lived for more than 150 years so far, is the strongest transcendent in the history of their family, and there are still many legends about this uncle in their hometown.
As long as they are protected by this uncle, then all the troubles they are facing now will be solved.
“……”
Gwen looked at Pop with hope in his eyes, his lips moved, and finally he didn't speak.
He knew what this junior was thinking, but the actual situation was not as simple as the other party imagined.
As a once beautiful character, the reason why Ge Wen gave up all the glory he once had and incarnated as an ordinary old man to live in a ghost place like New Delhi is not because he really saw through everything and became indifferent to fame and fortune.
The real reason is very simple, because of some accidents, his strength is now very small.
In order to avoid being sought revenge by those powerful enemies in the past, Ge Wen would come to this kind of place incognito to be an ordinary little old man in such a way of fake death.
Even in order to hide himself better, he would change places every few years.
Therefore, now he has no strength to protect the descendants of this family.
……
……
Chen Xiu didn't expect the old man Ge Wen to change his mind so quickly, not long after he returned to the motel, the innkeeper told him that an old man named Ge Wen had called.
On the phone, the old man said that he had changed his mind and was willing to help him and let him go again.
Although he didn't know why Old Man Ge Wen suddenly changed his attitude, this was a good thing for Chen Xiu after all, so he didn't delay too much and took a taxi to the farm.
"Is that you?"
As soon as Chen Xiu came, he saw Pope and couldn't help but show surprise.
The other party was equally stunned.
If it weren't for Gwen being next to him, Pope, who had been nervous all the way, would even have some unnecessary misunderstandings because of this coincidence.
"You know?" Gwen glanced at the two of them.
"I was in a carriage when I came." Chen Xiu explained briefly.
"Oh." Gwen didn't say anything more, and said to Pope, "You go out first, and I'll talk to this young man for a while." ”
Soon Pope left the living room, and the two of them were left in the room.
"I know you must be wondering why I changed my mind." Gewen didn't hide it either, and got straight to the point, "It's very simple, because I need your help with one thing. ”
"In exchange, I'll help you with your initiation."
"What is Enlightenment?" Chen Xiu's eyes moved, and he asked, "What do you want me to do for you?" ”
"Enlightenment is to open the door of your spirituality hidden in the depths of your bloodline, so that you can be promoted to transcendent and master the powerful power beyond mortals......"
Ge Wen's eyes were deep, and he said word by word
Extraordinary!
Hearing this word, Chen Xiu's pupils shrank suddenly.
He understood the meaning and weight of the word transcendental, and realized that he had finally come into contact with another side of the world that no one else knew.