The story originates in an unknown ravine in Yishan. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Chen Nie couldn't remember why he ended up in this place in the first place, he only knew that he was an orphan that no one wanted.

In this ravine, there was a small cave, and he stayed here. With deciduous and withered grass as a pillow, wild fruits and vegetables as food, and animals in the forest as companions, he lived to be six years old in a daze.

Sometimes, when a traveler would pass by in the ravine, he would hide in the bushes and peek, learn how to hunt, learn how to handle prey, learn how to barbecue, and gradually, the days went by and became more and more presentable.

One day, a villager from a nearby mountain village drove a flock of sheep to pass by, and he followed him for a long time and came up with the idea of raising sheep. He did what he wanted, and that night, he followed the villager into the small mountain village, and with the experience of living in the mountains and forests, he went around the hunting dog guarding the gate and quietly took out a little lamb.

Just when he was happy that no one noticed, he ran into a little girl who was four or five years old. The girl was very thin, dressed in a shabby linen coat, with two pigtails, and some scars from whipping on her exposed arms, but at this time she was holding a bundle of firewood that was taller than her, and stared at him with wide eyes.

"Little brother, are you going to herd sheep?" asked the girl stupidly.

"yes, get out of the way. "At this time, the sky is almost dark, and a fool will go to herd sheep at this time! But Chen Nie didn't bother to tell her more.

The girl was very obedient, holding the bundle of firewood and staggering to the side, her steps were small, and she took a few steps to get out of the way. Chen Nie didn't delay for a moment, he had seen the cruelty of the strong men in the village when they hunted wild beasts, so he didn't want to be caught, so he hurriedly ran up with the lamb in his arms, and bumped into the female baby on the side.

The girl didn't care, she turned around with the bundle of firewood, and said with a stupid grin: "Goodbye, little brother!"

Chen Nie didn't even look back, and rushed into the ravine with the lamb in his arms.

Since then, Chen Nie has lived a life of companionship with people and sheep.

But what he didn't expect was that a few days later, he actually saw the little girl he met that night in the mountains.

There are more scars on the girl's arms, and many of them are new injuries. She held a bundle of firewood in her arms, and bent down to collect firewood all the way, her big eyes clear and clean. Chen Nie took the sheep a little weakly, turned his back and hid behind the big tree, waited for a while, and was thinking that the girl should go away, but suddenly a crisp children's voice came from behind him: "Little brother!"

Chen Nie turned his head and saw a pure and innocent smiling face, his eyes narrowed into a line, grinning stupidly.

"Hey, you're going to herd the sheep today—" The girl looked down and saw the little lamb grazing, and couldn't help touching its head and laughing, "Good behave, good behave." ”

The sheep raised its head and bleated, then lowered its head and continued to gnaw on the grass. The girl's mouth grinned even wider.

"Why do you have so many injuries on your body?" Chen Nie couldn't help but ask.

"Sometimes my father and mother are unhappy, so I will beat Juan'er, but the injury here was hit last night, and my father said that there was one less lamb in the family, and he was very unhappy. The girl still touched the lamb and smiled, and her heart was clear.

Chen Nie touched his nose in disgust, simply sat down, and asked, "Why did you run so far to collect firewood?" The ravine is actually quite far away from the mountain village.

The girl's face was innocent: "Daddy brought me here, saying that there is a lot of chai here, but Juan'er suddenly couldn't find her father, and she couldn't find a home." ”

When Chen Nie heard this, he felt that it was an opportunity to compensate her, so he volunteered to jump up and said, "I know the way, I'll take you away." ”

At that time, the two children were both young, and they didn't understand the minds of adults at all, so they only knew that one of them got lost stupidly, and the other showed her the way home.

When the entrance of the village was separated, the girl raised her little hand high and waved it vigorously, grinning and revealing a mouthful of white teeth.

However, the next day, Chen Nie actually saw the girl in another remote corner of the ravine, and the girl was still lost, Chen Nie didn't say a word, and took her back to the village.

After a few days, the girl appeared in different places in the ravine in a row, always alone, Chen Nie gradually got used to sending her back to the village, and scolded her: "Why are you so stupid." The girl is also used to it, once she finds that her father is gone, she will call Chen Nie's name loudly, and wait for him to find her.

So many times, when Chen Nie found the girl again one day, he saw her fainting at the foot of a cliff covered in blood.

Chen Nie was startled, and hurriedly carried her back to his cave, took care of her carefully, and saw the girl wake up after two days. When the girl saw her, she actually grinned, and cried aggrievedly: "Daddy doesn't want me anymore, he said that there are many children in the family and I can't afford to raise them, I'm not a boy, it's useless, and I can't throw it away, so he wants to push me down the mountain and fall to death......"

The poor families in the mountain village can't afford to raise their children, so they will quietly throw them away or sell them, but unfortunately the two children have not understood the disgusting eyes of adults.

After this day, the girl didn't go back to the village, followed Chen Nie upside down, ate wild fruits, beat small beasts, and the two of them and a sheep jumped in the ravine every day, but they also had a good time.

A year passed quickly, the lamb grew up, and Chen Nie planned to take the sheep to the town to sell it.

There is only one small town on Yishan, called Yimen Town, and the two children supported each other and walked for four days to reach the town.

Although the town is small, it is much more lively than the mountain village, there is a little bit of business, and the two children walked on the stone road blankly, opening their mouths in surprise all the way.

When a hawker saw Chen Nie leading the sheep, he came up and asked the price, where did Chen Nie understand this, and he couldn't tell for a long time. When the peddler saw him, he smiled maliciously and asked, "Why don't you know anything, shouldn't this sheep be stolen?"

Juan'er was scared by laughter, shrank behind Chen Nie, lowered her head and said, "Little brother, why don't we sell it?"

Chen Nie was also uneasy, but he stiffened his neck and said, "Don't you want a noodle man over there, you can buy a ...... if you sell the sheep?"

The little lamb seemed to feel something, bleated, and rubbed Juan'er's leg.

Juan'er's eyes turned red, and she choked up and whispered: "Juan'er doesn't want it, let's take the lamb back......"

Chen Nie was also reluctant, and repeatedly made sure that Juan'er didn't want to face people, so he planned to leave the town. Unexpectedly, their appearance was seen by someone with a heart just now, and when they arrived at the entrance of the town, someone stopped them to rob the sheep.

Juan'er was frightened, Chen Nie protected her and the little sheep in front of her, and resolutely refused to let him, but the man knocked him to the ground with a punch, and grabbed the sheep when he came up. Chen Nie didn't give up, got up and went to hug the man's leg again, but he kicked it away and beat him on the head and face.

Juan'er ran down the street crying, begging for help, which attracted a monk who was in trouble on the road. The monk was already in the late stage of foundation building, and he quickly drove away the villains, and when he saw Chen Nie who was helped up by Juan'er, he felt that he had a lot of wisdom, so he simply accepted him as an apprentice and taught him the way of cultivating immortals.

This monk was a member of Yilangmen, who had returned from a trip down the mountain, passing through the town. He wanted to take Chen Nie back to Yilang Gate, but Juan'er had no spiritual roots and couldn't enter the door, so Chen Nie didn't want to be separated from her, so he insisted on going back to the mountains. The monk did not insist, and left the two of them in the town inn for half a month, took Chen Nie into the door, and agreed to visit him on the third day of March every year, and then set off.

When Chen Nie took Juan'er away, he suddenly looked at the mountain and said, "Master said that there is another Yicheng on here, which is much more prosperous than here, if I am successful in cultivating immortals in the future, will I take you into the city to play?"

Juan'er tilted her head, her knowledge was limited, and she couldn't imagine what it would be like to be more prosperous than Yimen Town, but when she saw Chen Nie's eyes blazing, she nodded and said, "Okay." ”

The two of them returned to the ravine and still lived a quiet and carefree life. In addition to hunting for food, Chen Nie devoted himself to cultivation every day, while Juan'er took the lamb to find a piece of fertile soil and planted some wheat; and occasionally there were endless beast prey, so he took it to the town to exchange some money and buy new clothes.

Time flies, Chen Nie's cultivation is advancing rapidly, and Juan'er is becoming more and more a girl with a water spirit, and the two are married under the auspices of Master Chen Nie, and they are very affectionate, even if there is only one bite to eat, they have to share it together.

Juan'er was malnourished when she was a child, and she was often abused by her father and mother, and it was difficult to get pregnant, but Chen Nie didn't mind, he just felt that his wife, who had been with him since childhood, was the best, most beautiful and most virtuous person in the world. Juan'er also loves her husband wholeheartedly, and never thinks that he neglects himself by practicing all day long, especially after building the foundation, Chen Nie has been in retreat continuously, and only goes out to eat once in half a month, but as long as he pushes the door open, he can see his wife's gentle smiling face.

Chen Nie is a smart person, and with the full support of his wife, he advanced very quickly, and in the year of his establishment, he actually caught up with his master's cultivation and stepped into the great consummation of foundation building.

However, in this year, two important beings were lost in his life.

In this year, the master attacked the knot pill for the third time, but unfortunately failed, and the aura exploded and died.

And the lamb raised since childhood, after all, is just an ordinary domestic animal, and it has long been old and has not survived this winter.

Looking at Juan'er, who gradually had fine lines on her face, holding the lamb and crying sadly, Chen Nie was shocked to realize that his wife was just an ordinary woman, she would soon grow old, and they had no son, and the little sheep went again, if he retreated again in the future, who could comfort his lonely wife?

Chen Nie hugged his wife, heartbroken, thinking of the promise he made when he was a child, he asked her: "Juan'er, I'll take you to Yicheng, we live in the city, I'll take you to play every day, okay?"

Juan'er hugged her husband tightly, burst into tears, and choked up for a long time: "Okay." ”

The two set off the next day, Chen Nie relied on the advantage of cultivation, worked diligently to make money, and he had an excellent mind, so he quickly saved enough spirit stones, bought an old mansion that was resold by others, and moved in.

That house is the future Chen house, when I first took over, it was dilapidated, Juan'er was not dirty, a little bit every day, and planted some flowers and plants, and life was very fulfilling. Chen Nie also worked hard to make money, bought one or two household items to the house every day, and also had a hobby of reading. Although the couple has passed their youth earlier, they are still intimate, and they are becoming more and more inseparable from each other day by day.

Chen Nie once proposed to buy another long-lived spirit pet for his wife to be a companion, but Juan'er always missed the lamb, so Chen Nie gave up.

Later, one day, when Chen Nie was catching demon beasts in the mountains, he rescued a five or six-year-old girl. Juan'er loves her very much, and named her Azhu, who loves her like a daughter, and laughter can be heard in the house every day.

Ten years later, the Chen family is already one of the wealthiest families in Yicheng, recruiting many servants, and living a very happy life. It's a pity that Juan'er was frail, she was only in her early forties, and she was bedridden as soon as she fell ill, although Chen Nie tried her best to use natural treasures to renew her life, and finally died at the age of forty-five.

Juan'er has lived a very satisfying life, and when she leaves, she also has a smile on her face. However, Chen Nie, who was suddenly abandoned, only felt bleak and lonely, the whole world collapsed, he held Juan'er's body, and did not let go for seven days and seven nights, until Azhu cried breathlessly and knelt down and begged him to let his wife be buried in peace, he woke up.

But after all, he is a person who is afraid of loneliness, obviously he was an orphan who lived alone when he was a child, but in the decades since he had Juan'er, he has not dared to return to the days of being alone. He did not let Juan'er be buried, but cremated her body, carefully sealed the ashes in a jade box, and selfishly found a requiem wooden plaque, detained her soul in it, and accompanied him closely.

Without his wife's Chen Mansion, it seems that there is no life, Chen Nie opened up the basement without everyone, and studied the art of resurrecting the dead all day long, and sometimes got a clue, so he tirelessly searched for it.

Finally, one day, he got a worn-out ancient book called "Luo's Expulsion of Puppets".