Chapter 3: Re-entry into the Tiger's Mouth
When we got to the entrance of the cave, there was some snow pressing down on the hole, and there was only a small gap in the cool breeze that swished in.
Uncle Fat asked me to stop, he closed his eyes, pinched a strange magic trick in his hand, and a spiritual light dispersed outside, and after a while, he said, "Don't worry, there are no monsters outside." ”
Out of the hole, I suddenly felt that the sun that I hadn't seen for a long time was very kind, although there was still thick snow outside, but the taste of simmering underground for a long time was really uncomfortable, and I didn't want to do it a second time, I was quiet for a while, I took a deep breath of air, and I was in a good mood, for seven-year-old me, there was a really good pleasure of living for the rest of my life after the first catastrophe.
However, this place is a valley ditch, pedal up the slope to see a more spacious road, it seems to be a common traffic horses, if the path has long been covered by heavy snow, a group of spiral-shaped horns palm-sized beasts from the road lightning through, the fat monk pulled me aside, said worriedly: "Did you touch that thing?"
I was shocked, there was nothing wrong, and I was taken aback by him: "No...... No. ”
"It's good if you don't, it's a unicorn monster, cutting through people's flesh will inject the secretions attached to the horns into your body, and then you will be nervous paralysis, and it won't take long to die, that is, we monks have encountered it, but fortunately, this little beast is relatively timid, and generally does not take the initiative to attack mortals and immortal cultivators. Uncle Fat said solemnly.
I've never heard of a unicorn, not even my dad.
The two of us walked on the avenue and walked along the avenue, and the fat uncle said a little embarrassed: "I'll send you home, but I'm not too embarrassed to see your father after this incident, so I'll send you to the vicinity of your house, and you can walk back by yourself, but you have a person with a spiritual root, you can use spells like me, cultivate the path of immortals, and embark on the road of cultivating immortals." ”。
"You're curious about what's going on with those two monks, right? They are casual cultivators with low cultivation, mixed in the immortal cultivation world, specializing in stealing and selling children with spiritual roots for a living, in exchange for cultivation resources, and doing all the bad things, the immortal cultivation world calls them." Selection', I bought it from them, but I want to send it to the sect for selection, so that it can also exchange some resources, and if you meet a bad person to buy, then it is possible to sell it to the demon clan, be drained soul refining, practice into a puppet doll and the like, it will be miserable, of course, if the child with a spiritual root with particularly good qualifications will also be left by the demon clan to cultivate into a demon, but how many children in this world have good qualifications? Although the demon clan is strong, it is also difficult to cultivate into a great god and immortal, and it is scolded by thousands of people, and the mind will become distorted and behave. What I never expected was that among the descendants of my benefactor, there would be spiritual roots. If you can trust me, I will take you to the big sect, as long as you enter the big sect, the cultivation resources are there, and you can become a great power with mana in the sky. The fat monk said and looked at the sky with fascination.
This guy won't insist on selling me, right, what will he get in exchange for the pill? If so, it would be better to deal with it, I thought for a while and opened my mouth and said: "Since my father is your life-saving benefactor, I think it is better for you to send me home first, and when I say goodbye to my family, I will go to cultivate immortals with you." "Cultivating immortals, it was a very fashionable word for me at that time, I can cultivate immortals, and if I want to bully anyone in the future, it's not a matter of holding a handle, it's exciting enough to think about it.
But my stomach still howled for a while, and after this tossing and turning I didn't eat anything, and my hungry head was dizzy.
Walked along the road for a while, saw a plum blossom in the snow, blooming like fire, gorgeous, in the forest in the road there is such a cluster of winter plum blossoms will always give people a good mood, we used to watch, I haven't seen plum blossoms for a long time, I touched the petals on the surface like a velvet forging, very comfortable, gentle touch and touch make me feel better again, there are this plum blossoms in the backyard of the house, I was more homesick at that time.
The two of us had walked forward for a while, and suddenly a dark cloud rolled in the low sky, and the fat monk said, "Hide!"
But looking at the rolling dark clouds gradually diving, it was obviously too late, the dark clouds fell directly in front of the two of us, when the dark clouds dispersed, a group of people appeared from the middle, all wearing immortal robes, headed by the fairy wind bones, with an old face, a serious face, and the robes were slightly darker than others, and it seemed that they were the head of their group. They all wore a small brown bag around their waists, the size of a palm, and a uniform cloud logo on the left chest of their robes, which looked full of charm.
The robed elder asked, "Are you a loose cultivator?"
The fat monk hurriedly replied: "The senior's vision is like a torch, and he is a casual cultivator below!"
"This is your child, and he even has a spiritual root, I don't know what his qualifications are!"
"It's a nephew of mine, I don't know what his qualifications are!"
"We are very short on time, if this kid has good qualifications, our Cloud Academy will accept it!"
"That's really a blessing for our baby!" After the fat uncle finished speaking, he looked at me with sparkling eyes, I don't know what happened, how can there be so many immortal cultivators in this world, why haven't I seen it before?
"I'll take a look!" The old man didn't allow me to agree or disagree, so I took it off and was photographed by him, and then in front of me he released a ball of flames, the flames bounced and jumped in front of me, flickering, a little hot, but I didn't feel that it hurt me, I really didn't notice whether the flames hurt me before, after all, I was the child of the master, and I hadn't even entered the kitchen.
"You put your fingers in!"
"What?" I wondered, isn't this a moth to a fire, looking for death......?
While I was puzzled, the old man spoke again: "Put your finger up." ”
If there is anything, these are monks who should be able to protect me, let me go, it's a big deal that I will be a good man after eighteen years, but I only live to seven years in this life. The old man was very majestic, and I couldn't help it, so I just closed my eyes and plunged a finger into the flames. Hey, it's not hot, it's warm, and then the flame doesn't change, and I don't feel pain, the first time I put my hand in the flame, it's like a dream, I'm not afraid of fire.
As I watched, the flames burst into the sky, half a man high, and I felt a little pain, and then the flames burned again, and I couldn't stand it anymore, and pulled my fingers out. "Oops, it's burning me!" I couldn't help but shout.
"This kid is a fighting method, with strong resistance and recovery ability, but his qualifications are mediocre, and he can't stand it if he is only a third-level flame, forget it, go home and farm." What are you from?" asked the old man to the fat monk, who seemed to have to answer, and the old man looked very strong.
However, there is a difference in the level of the immortal cultivation world, and the old man's cultivation is very obvious to exceed the fat uncle several times, the fat uncle replied: "I am not talented, I am only a summoner!"
"Summoner, great!" the old man clapped his hands, "Now the battlefield is tight, and some large arrays need to be manipulated by summoners, come with us, there are rewards for participating in the war, there are spirit stones issued every month, and they will not treat you badly, so you can join the Cloud Academy! This is the token!" the old man said, took out an iron plate that was also engraved with clouds, and threw it to the fat uncle.
The fat uncle seemed unwilling in his heart, hesitated for a moment, but his face was still full of smiles, and said, "That's a great honor, I'm going to fight with you." ”
In fact, I know that Uncle Fat seems to be a casual person, not to mention that his life is in danger of participating in the war, and he has to be controlled, and I can't do anything about it.
The fat uncle said: "This child is the only seedling of a friend of mine, and he hasn't eaten for a long time, do you have dry food?"
The old man gave his subordinates a color, and a monk who was also wearing a moire robe slapped on the small brown bag, and a roast chicken flew out, and later I learned that the brown bag was called a storage bag, which was a must-have bag for monks, which could hold all kinds of things, and the space was of different sizes. I saw that the roast chicken didn't care about anything, and my stomach was already twisted into eight hundred strengths, and I gnawed wildly. When I looked up again, the clouds had disappeared into the sky.
I'm a little lonely, is it the direction of home? I'm not sure, anyway, since Uncle Fat is leading me in this direction, it's basically the same. But thinking about the uncle's expression just now, nine times out of ten he was reluctant to go with them, but there was no way, after a short period of contact, he knew something about this person, it should be like this, but those people didn't know about him, so they thought that he was very happy to join the Cloud Academy.
I walked alone on the road without people, I was afraid that the unicorn monster would appear again, and I saw that the end of the road must still be the road, and the end of the road was still a forest, and I felt a sense of fear again, but one thing was gratifying, I was not afraid of the general flames.
The snow has long stopped, looking at the snow-covered world in the distance, it seems to be covered with a thick quilt, but at this time, how can I be in the mood to enjoy the scenery, I can't go to the village and the store, these monks are really ruthless, they actually threw themselves in this wilderness, what if they encounter the demon spider and other monsters again?
Thinking of this, I was extremely scared, after all, I had never been to such a deep place in the forest, and I didn't know the direction at all, the cloudy sky, and the sun didn't know where it was. Anyway, if you go along the avenue, you will definitely be able to go out, thinking of this, I also have the strength to eat enough, so I threw off my little arms and moved forward bravely, this way is also to give myself courage. Looking at the forest with very little visibility on both sides, looking at the endless road in the distance, and even more daring to look behind you, there is no head.
The old stinky Taoist priest said that I was not qualified, then I was really a little unconvinced, wasn't it just cultivating immortals? My curiosity was piqued.
However, the imagination was beautiful, the reality was cruel, I walked about twenty miles, I was a little tired, and I was still a child at that time. The old bull's nose said that I am a fighting mage, and my resistance is strong, so I should be fine if I go down, thinking of this, my confidence has greatly increased, the road is strange in front of me, and there is a village next to the road after the bend, and I see people, I think maybe I know my father, then it will be easy to do, and the day of going home is coming.
The village is built on a slope down, the houses are scattered, there is a road in the middle of each row of houses, it seems that there is a certain degree of civilization, presumably the people here are not bad, through the previous formation and climbing the cave, I must have not gone far, maybe it is close to home.
I was very happy to have just entered the village and entered the first street, and as soon as I stepped into the street, I saw an old woman walking slowly on the right side, and I saw that she was walking too slowly, and she looked anxious, so I chased after her and said, "Grandma, I will help you!"
However, my help, broken, this person changed my fate, life is often like this, a single action may determine the direction of your life. The old woman had a smile on her face, and this smile looked a little familiar and very kind. It reminds me of the smile of Zuo Dao and the hunter monk, it's really like, but I secretly think it's funny, how can I meet the selection of seeds again, besides, this old lady is faltering, and the aisle is struggling to sell me, I'm really hearty, once I was bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of the well rope, it was really funny.
I shook my head, even if she was a bad person, I could kick her down with one kick, and it would be a big deal to run away.
The old lady pointed to a house with smoke curling at the head of the village, it seemed to be her home, so I helped her over, since there is a family, and it is worth it to change a place to settle down by doing good deeds.
The old lady walked too slowly, if I were an adult, I would have carried her, when would I be able to walk, but I still have to be patient, I really experienced, people have to bow their heads under the eaves.
The courtyard is very large, there is a very high courtyard wall, I can't climb that high, into the yard, a middle-aged couple greeted each other with a smile, saw my eyes shining, now think about it was really radiant at the beginning, a little autumn water, you can read the eyes, it is really easy to spy on people's hearts, but at that time how did I understand.
They took me in, gave me good food, good clothes, and even fun, but unfortunately they are not my parents, so what's the use? When I mention spending millions, their faces are neither red nor white, there is no change in the slightest, obviously they don't know me, but I always feel that they are not very far from home, why don't I know them, my father is a famous and capable person within a radius of 100 miles. Could it be that I am out of a hundred miles in the blink of an eye?
After staying for a few days, I realized that these two people had no children, and the old lady picked up a treasure halfway and sent it directly, and exchanged it for ten taels of silver. Am I worth ten taels of silver? Ahem, I'm a wild child, I'm afraid that's worth it.
The two men are called Niu Songbai, and the woman is called Feng Qinghua, the two of them were good to me at first, but then they were a little impatient, especially the ugly woman who scolded me, my father sometimes yelled at me, but at least he never beat me, really, this is not a biological treatment is different.
I can't find a home for the time being, and I can only send people under the fence, but the taste of this sending people under the fence is really cao egg, there is no freedom at all, and there will be no warmth, the only warmth is the bowl that fell over, and the leftover food they eat, but in order to survive, I can only endure humiliation. If it is my first time to escape from death, then it is the second time to meet the demon spider, and this attitude of survival is a big change in my life, and the seed of living is the king is planted in my young heart, I don't know whether to hate this couple or to thank them, the seven-year-old experience has created my personality, this is a road of no return, although this road is full of dangers, but it also makes me often save the day.
There is a flower in the name of Feng Qinghua, which makes me very disgusted, after all, Lao Tzu is also surnamed Hua. Feng Qinghua not only abused me, but also beat my husband, this is really funny, the surname Niu is also called Songbai, not upright at all, without the backbone of the master. Once I accidentally kicked over the stool, and was blinded by a few big-eared thunderbolts by Feng Qinghua, no wonder Niu Songbai couldn't fix her, this girl shot too fast, usually out of the cold, unguardable, very brutal.
At the beginning, they were introduced by the matchmaker together, saying that the pines and cypresses are trees, flowers are grass, and the grass and trees are spring, and they will give birth to a noble son, but the result can be good, and they have not given birth to a son for more than ten years, which is mostly caused by the decline of yin and yang, and the grass and trees are a symbol of prosperity, but they do not have that merit, but then again, I will die and leave a son and a half daughter, but it is also a heavenly impermanence.
If they treat me like a child, why they still abuse me, I can't figure it out, and I can't think about it for a thousand years. Since I want to treat myself as my old son, why do I still beat myself, aren't we afraid that I will hold a grudge against this "son" who is not related by blood? Also, I already have my own memory, I didn't bring it to me when I was three or two years old, so I naturally knew that I was being trafficked, how could I receive their affection, and if I was kind to me in every way, I would have repaid them a favor, but in doing so, how could I fulfill my filial piety? Could it be that they have lived for more than 30 years and don't understand? Of course I understand, there are other reasons for this.
All this is what I think about a lot, they don't treat me as a son at all, they want to kill me. One night I got up in the middle of the night and heard the two of them talking on the kang, although the voice was small, but I could hear it clearly, just like I could see it more clearly than others at night, and my ears were excellent.
I tiptoed to keep my footsteps to a minimum, and leaned under the window of the two of them to listen, and the man said, "Do you think this method is easy to use? ”
"Contrary to the way of heaven, where is the sky? Who is the way? It is important to give birth to a baby of your own, don't you see the eyes of the nine catties staring at me? Nine times out of ten you are going to run, it is better to kill him, pick his heart, liver and lungs, make pills, according to the prescription given by the immortal, you will definitely be able to give birth to our baby and get pregnant." ”
Don't say it, there is really a way of heaven in this world, but it is difficult for mortals to understand it if they don't take the path of cultivation, although they have some experience of karma reincarnation, but they don't have direct feelings, and this is something that immortal cultivators naturally have when they cultivate to my age.
After hearing this, I secretly said, my mother, you have fulfilled your wishes, then my little life is not worth anything?
However, there was no end to it, and the opportunity to escape from the Niu family came after I endured more than two years of abuse.