Chapter 18: The Outsider

Leng Gongxue carried Xiao Zixuan on her back and walked like a fly, through the forest, over the mountains, suffered a lot of bumps and hardships along the way, drank a sip of mountain spring water when she was thirsty, ate the dry food she carried on her back when she was hungry, and sometimes picked wild fruits to satisfy her hunger.

At night, when he walked into the wilderness, Leng Gongxue set up a simple tent, put Zixuan in it to sleep, and lit a bonfire outside to warm the two of them.

There are many beasts in the mountains and forests, and Leng Gongxue didn't dare to sleep, for fear that he would be attacked by wild beasts in case he fell asleep, so he sat down and began to practice internal strength, and repeatedly studied the moves that his mother-in-law handed over to him before she died.

One night, Leng Gongxue was roasting a hare by the bonfire, and Zixuan was sleeping in the tent. Suddenly, Leng Gongxue heard Zixuan's moaning, he hurriedly got into the tent to take a look, Zixuan trembled, trembled, and the corners of his mouth were still foaming.

Leng Gongxue hurriedly reached out and touched Zixuan's head, and found that Zixuan was burning very badly. He hurriedly put away the tent and hugged Zixuan to find a place where there was a home.

The dark mountains and forests, the rugged paths, I don't know how long I walked, I still couldn't get out of the mountains and forests, and Zixuan burned more and more, and kept shouting: "I'm looking for my mother, grandma, where are you, Zixuan wants to go with you." ”

Leng Gongxue was anxious and tired, sweat soaked through his clothes, at this moment, suddenly lightning and thunder, and after a while, it rained heavily in the sky, and there was no shelter from the rain.

Leng Gongxue hugged Zixuan and didn't know where to go, he roared loudly in despair: "God, why are you so ruthless, don't you even let go of a child?"

A lightning bolt flashed, and through the bright light, Leng Gongxue saw a cave in front of him, and he hurriedly carried Zixuan into the cave, which was pitch black, and he couldn't see his five fingers.

Leng Gongxue took advantage of the light of lightning to put Zixuan in a dry place, he sat down cross-legged, planning to treat Zixuan with internal strength, but he was afraid that Zixuan's weak body would not be able to resist his internal strength.

Just when I was worried, I suddenly heard a voice coming from the cave, "It's really rude for someone to break into my cave and not say hello when they come in." ”

Leng Gongxue was surprised and delighted when he heard this, he hurriedly stood up and replied: "Which master is in the cave, I accidentally entered the noble place of the master because of the rain outside, and I have disturbed a lot, I hope the master will forgive me." ”

The man inside replied, "Since you have come, come in, why linger at the entrance of the cave." ”

Leng Gongxue hurriedly replied: "Thank you, Master", Leng Gongxue followed the sound and saw a bright light around the corner not far away, he quickly picked up Zimeng and walked over, turned a stone wall, and he entered the inside of the cave.

I saw a white-bearded old man sitting on a tiger skin chair, playing with a pair of thousand-year-old walnuts in his hand, and two sparkles of light in his eyes.

Leng Gongxue was a little surprised, she didn't expect that there was such a worldly master hidden in this mountain forest, and he was not an ordinary person in terms of face and bearing.

The old man with the white beard said, "Young man, where did you come from? Who is the child in your arms? Is she asleep?"

Leng Gongxue hurriedly replied: "Master, this is my sister, she is sick, she has a fever, and her life is on the verge of dying, I implore Master to save her life." ”

When the white-bearded old man heard this, he laughed and said, "Young man, what you said is easy, I never treat people in vain, unless you have gold and silver for me." ”

Leng Gongxue said in embarrassment: "Master, I begged with my sister all the way to make a living, where did I get the gold and silver?"

When the old man heard this, his face sank and he said: "You young man, I see that you have a handsome face and good manners, not like a child from a poor family, why do you want to save people and be so stingy?"

Leng Gongxue hurriedly replied: "Master, I really don't have any money, otherwise you can treat my sister first, and I will definitely send you more silver taels in the future." ”

When the old man heard this, he said, "In the future, I know where you are going, and then you know that I will still live here in the future?"

Leng Gongxue was speechless at this time, he looked at Zixuan's weak breathing and red purple lips and felt distressed, if Zixuan had three long and two short, how could he explain to his mother-in-law.

Seeing that Leng Gongxue was silent, the old man put down the walnut in his hand, walked over with his hands behind his back, looked at the girl in Leng Gongxue's arms, and then said: "It seems that you are not sincere in saving people, this child is about to die, and you are reluctant to give anything?"

Leng Gongxue raised her head and begged: "Master, you see that there is anything valuable on me, if there is, you can take it, I am not stingy." ”

The old man stroked his gray beard and said, "I have loved jewelry all my life, I feel the breath of jewelry on you, young man, it seems that the treasure on your body is not ordinary jewelry, I feel its spirituality." ”

Leng Gongxue suddenly remembered that she was wearing a tourmaline pendant close to her, and this greedy old man must have said this tourmaline again.

Leng Gongxue knew that this tourmaline might be very important to her, because it was engraved with a woman's name, maybe this woman could prove her identity, but the old man had taken a fancy to this tourmaline, if he didn't give it, Zixuan would die.

Thinking of this, Leng Gongxue took off the tourmaline pendant from her neck, handed it to the old man and said, "Master, you are talking about this, if you can save my sister's life, I will give this to you." ”

The white-bearded old man had already felt an extraordinary spiritual power in this young man's body when he entered the cave from the cold palace snow, and this spiritual power really came from this tourmaline.

The tourmaline glowed clearly in Leng Gongxue's hands, making the entire cave glow.

The old man was suddenly surprised, he quickly reached out to catch the tourmaline, but as soon as his hand touched the tourmaline, it was bounced back, and his fingers were numb.

The old man said angrily: "Young man, what kind of trick are you playing, didn't you just give me something if you said okay that I saved your sister?"

Leng Gongxue nodded and said, "Yes, I agree to your request." This tourmaline is something that I have close to you, and you can take it as much as you like. ”

The old man glared and said, "I can't go back on what I said, you throw that piece of tourmaline to me now." ”

Leng Gongxue said: "Master, it's important for you to save people, I'll put the tourmaline on the ground for you so as not to break," Leng Gongxue said and put the tourmaline at her feet.

The old man nodded, he took the child in Leng Gongxue's hand, looked at it and said: "This child has a plague, and people from several surrounding villages have died of this plague recently, fortunately, you found me, a radius of a hundred miles, and I can cure this poison alone." ”

Leng Gongxue was overjoyed and said, "Then Master Lao will save her." ”

The old man said with a smile on his face, "Okay, don't worry, I can save this child in a while," as he said that, he took out a small bottle from his arms, took out a pill from it, and stuffed it into Zixuan's mouth.

After a while, Zixuan slowly woke up, and the high fever on his body also subsided. She slowly opened her eyes and looked around, and found that Leng Gongxue was looking at her happily, she said happily: "Brother Gongxue, I just dreamed of my mother, she is beautiful, you have seen my mother, is she really beautiful?"

Leng Gongxue hugged Zixuan and said: "Of course, the owner of Biyue Village is the most beautiful woman, and when our little Zixuan grows up, she will definitely be as beautiful as your mother." ”

Zixuan showed two lovely teeth and smiled sweetly.

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