When Si Cheng opened his eyes on the second day, the sky was already bright, and it seemed that he was indeed tired enough yesterday. With his current body, he rarely feels tired, even when he was fighting with wolves in Huiwolf Mountain, he didn't even get tired yesterday after nearly a month of continuous travel. It's not that the body can't support it, but it's that there are too many things that I forcibly write down, and my mind is tired.

Si Cheng got up and came to the outside of the thatched hut, but the old man did not sweep the floor, and was already standing in the medicine garden in the distance, motionless. Looking at the old figure in the distance, Si Cheng had a desolate feeling, like a parent who was about to go away saying goodbye to his child, and the atmosphere at the scene was indescribably sad.

When Si Cheng walked over, Ma Laocai moved slightly, then wiped the corners of his eyes with his hand, took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice: "Do you want to hear a story?"

Si Cheng was stunned, he didn't know what this old man meant, he was still here just now, and now he wants to tell a story. Although Si Cheng was a little confused, he still didn't ask the reason.

"The younger generation listened. ”

Ma Lao smiled faintly and looked up into the distance, with a hint of remembrance in his only eye.

"More than 200 years ago, in a remote mountain village, there was a family ......" With Ma Lao's narration, Si Cheng was gradually attracted and infected by the story. It wasn't until later that Si Cheng heard that the hero of this story was the old man in front of him.

At that time, Ma Lao was only ten years old, and when his grandfather was there, although his family was not rich, it was okay, and he was quite prestigious in their mountain village. But the good times didn't last long, with the death of his grandfather, his father became addicted to gambling, and the family wealth left by his grandfather was soon exhausted. And his father, who had no money to gamble, vented to his mother when he came home, and even the ten-year-old Ma Lao was often beaten.

Two years later, my mother couldn't bear it anymore, so she took Ma Lao and left the mountain village where she was born, and that year, Ma Lao was only twelve years old.

After a lot of hardships, their mother and son finally came to Kunlun Mountain, because Ma Lao's grandfather had inadvertently saved the head of the Kunlun Mountain faction once when he was young, and with the tokens left by the master at that time, it was also very smooth to enter Kunlun Mountain, and the master took in their mother and son in order to repay their kindness. So Ma Lao began the path of cultivation that he had never thought of before, although it seemed that many people could not envy the creation, but for Ma Lao, it was the beginning of a nightmare.

After the bone root test, Ma Lao also barely had the qualification to cultivate, the root of the weak sky, although there was no one in the entire Kunlun Mountain Sect, but the head of the sect still included him in the sect and passed him on. It's just that Ma Lao, who didn't have time to feel happy, soon fell into the abyss. Because he felt that his cultivation speed was extremely slow, slow down, as long as there was time, there would always be a time for success, but he couldn't stand the hot and cold ridicule of outsiders.

said that he was a garbage root, how could he live in such a great sect of cultivators, and even cultivate. Even said that his mother used hue to confuse the master, which made Ma Lao, who was still young at the time, very angry, if it weren't for his mother, he would have planned to leave Kunlun Mountain.

Fifty years later, Ma Lao finally entered the Passage Realm after practicing hard day and night, and then became an inner disciple by the way. Since then, there have been a lot less of those rumors, but my mother is getting old day by day, although I can get some medicine in the sect, but mortals are born and sick after all, and within a few years, I sent my mother away in a sad mood.

As the saying goes, it is a blessing not a curse, it is a disaster that cannot be avoided, during a mission, a group of more than a dozen people, in the mountains and forests encountered the siege of demon beasts, desperately, and finally returned to the sect of only four people, and at that time, Ma Lao's right eye was also blinded by a golden retriever demon lion with a sharp front paw, and the eyeballs were almost caught, so there is Ma Lao's right eye that is turned outwards now.

Ma Lao, who lost his right eye, has been even more depressed since then, and in the following days, under the point of others, his decadence has intensified. Fortunately, the head of the sect was still good to him, so he was assigned to this foreign medicine garden that no one came to all the year round, so until now, Ma Lao has never left a step.

For more than a hundred years, this place seems to have become his home, but what is even more sad is that Ma Lao's cultivation speed has become even slower, to be precise, he is always restless, and he can't calm down and cultivate well, so he put almost all his energy into these medicinal materials.

As he got older, he also felt a little powerless, and ten years ago, Ma Lao proposed to the sect to let people take over, so that he could enjoy his old age in peace. It's just that no one has come in the past ten years, and seeing that Shouyuan is approaching, but he can only be helpless alone. Even if he died here in the end, he was unwilling to leave it like this, until the arrival of Si Cheng the day before yesterday, a stone in Ma Lao's heart was quietly put down.

And after yesterday's observation, Ma Lao was also very satisfied with this Si Cheng, not impatient, and kind to people, so that he could rest assured that the medicine garden would be handed over to Si Cheng.

Hearing this story, Si Cheng was also embarrassed, and it took a long time before he came back to reality in the story of the old horse. Although his thoughts have returned, his mood is still angry, pity and sorrow for Ma Lao's tragic life. It also made Si Cheng think a lot at this moment.

If it weren't for Ma Lao's grandfather who forged that good fate by accident back then, Ma Lao would not have embarked on the path of cultivation, and with the life expectancy of a mortal, I am afraid that he would have become a pile of dry bones a hundred years ago. And it is because of this good fate that Ma Lao's life in the past two hundred years has been miserable and lonely everywhere, what is the meaning of such a life.

Si Cheng's heart moved, what is this trending towards this qiē, the world changes, everyone has their own life and circumstances, just like himself, if he hadn't been coerced by Wei Xian three years ago, he would not have entered the red bamboo forest that made the villagers change color when they talked about it, and he would not have seen the bluestone predecessors, let alone get those **. If it weren't for this, my mother's eyes would not be blind, and I wouldn't have gone to Huiwolf Mountain, and I wouldn't have seen that Zhao Qianyun, and I wouldn't have become the current outer disciple of the Kunlun Mountain Sect, so as to embark on the road of cultivation.

Faintly, Si Cheng was puzzled, I don't know if this is the Tao, but this is too illusory, and I don't know if anyone can see through this qiē, just like the Chiyangzi, such as the bluestone that passed on his **, or the owner of the bluestone.

In short, Si Cheng's thoughts seemed to fly far, far away, where there was chaos, because at this time, Si Cheng's mind was a piece of paste, and standing there seemed to be a wood carving.

After Ma Lao finished telling the story, he looked at Si Cheng, who was standing motionless on the side, and then showed a strange look in his one eye. "This Si Cheng ......" did not disturb Si Cheng afterwards, and stood quietly to the side, and the scene became strangely silent.

It wasn't until an hour later that Si Cheng woke up leisurely, saw Ma Lao on the side, scratched his head, and smiled apologetically. But Ma Lao didn't care at all, shook his hand, and then said with relief: "Remember, since you have embarked on this path, you must cultivate hard and become a powerful storage in the future, otherwise, it is better to go home and accompany your father and mother well, and be a happy ordinary person." Then, with a sigh, he walked towards the hut.

Si Cheng felt a trace of sadness, a trace of helplessness from Ma Lao's words, and more of a trace of regret. Yes, it took more than fifty years to enter the passage realm with ordinary bones, and his mother was dying and old, if God gave him another chance, I think he would rather choose the latter to become an ordinary mortal, and accompany his mother to live this life well, and no longer embark on this path of cultivation.

Si Cheng followed closely and returned to the grass hut with Ma Lao, and then saw Ma Lao take out a bag from the room, the bag was not big, and the appearance was extremely ordinary, but the subsequent scene made Si Cheng's eyes widen.

Ma Lao silently recited a few words, and casually issued a magic decision, only to see that the bag suddenly expanded, and then a light flew out of the mouth of the bag, but many things appeared on the table next to him.

"This is my savings for more than 200 years, I am old, and I can't use it, and I will give it to you now. Ma Lao's faint and old voice came slowly.

Si Cheng was surprised, and he also looked towards the table, only to see some bottles and cans, as well as a few books, a few jade plaques and a small pile of white crystal clear things, which looked like stones, but Si Cheng had never seen them.

"Hehe..."Looking at Si Cheng's surprised look, Ma Lao not only laughed dryly, but then slowly explained to Si Cheng.

Time flies like lightning, and in a blink of an eye, Si Cheng has been in this medicine garden for ten days, and in these ten days, he has followed Ma Lao around in the medicine garden every day, in addition to being familiar with the medicinal materials in the medicine garden, he must also be familiar with the environment of the medicine garden. No, a full ten days have passed, and it is barely possible to figure out the various places in this foreign medicine garden.

But there are so many medicinal materials that there are too many, but Si Cheng only remembers a small half, and this can't be blamed on Si Cheng, those medicinal materials are too many, integrating low, medium and high together, there are tens of thousands of types. And it took Ma Lao decades to figure it all out, and the subsequent time was constantly updated and supplemented, and Si Cheng only took ten days to remember the little half, which was also quite good.

And when the sun tore through the clouds on the second day, Ma Lao also said goodbye to Si Cheng and left alone. Si Cheng asked Ma Lao about his whereabouts, but Ma Lao was reluctant to tell him, saying that he was old and could rest in peace anywhere, but he just wanted to go back to his hometown to see and pay tribute to the tombs of his relatives by the way. For this, Si Cheng is also not good at saying anything, as the saying goes, fallen leaves return to the roots, maybe Ma Lao also thinks the same.

Looking at the back of Ma Lao's departure, Si Cheng sighed for a while, Ma Lao also had a young time, and there were times when he was full of passion and dreams, and he hoped that one day he would be able to stand at the top of this monastic world and look down on all beings, but this qiē hope is so beautiful, but the truth is so cruel, and how many people like Ma Lao in the entire monastic world, and how many can finally stand at the top.