Chapter 272: That Legend (2)
"The legend in your village?"
Hearing Shi Rui's words, Ning Huanxin's eyes widened in surprise: "Little Shitou, what legends are there in your village? Can you tell me about them?"
"Oh." Hearing Ning Huanxin's words, Shi Rui couldn't help but nodded: "In fact, few people know this legend now, but there is an old lady living next door to our house. She is a witch doctor in the village. She usually helps the villagers to see diseases and drive away disasters. One year she fell ill. This old lady is childless and very pitiful. My sister is kind-hearted. Our two families are neighbors. My sister often goes to see her, brings her food and feeds her medicine. Over time, the old lady treats my sister very well and talks to her about everything. The night before the old lady passed away, she seemed to have expected it. She called my sister to her side in advance and gave my sister some things, saying that they were all her belongings left by her ancestors. I hope my sister can help her keep them. After all... she doesn't have any relatives in this world anymore."
Having said that, Shi Rui sighed.
Even Cui Can, who was sitting in front, couldn't help but hold his breath, full of curiosity about this story. Seeing Shi Rui lost in his memories without saying a word, Cui Can became anxious: "What happened next? What happened next?"
"later?"
Shi Rui's eyes flickered, as if he was recalling something or thinking about something.
"Later, my sister put the old lady's things in her own little room. One time, I accidentally knocked over the old lady's small package and was scolded by my sister. However, in that small package, my sister and I found a very old notebook of the old lady. There were many names recorded in it, like a family tree. At the back, it also introduced the rise and fall of a family and its history. It also mentioned that their family is a very old wizard family that has been passed down for thousands of years. In every generation of that family, there will be a witch with high spiritual power!"
Wizard? Witch? Ning Huanxin's heart moved when she heard Shi Rui's words——
In the dream I saw, there was a village full of witches.
In "Ming Yue Mage", the heroine Mo Xi played by Luo Yingxin is the witch of the witch clan, the one with the highest spiritual power! It seems that there is really some connection between the two, but I can't see it clearly now.
At this time, Shi Rui continued to whisper: "At that time, I was not interested in those ancient texts, but my sister seemed to be obsessed with them, because she liked to read and write stories since she was a child, so she found a lot of books and consulted her teachers at school, and slowly translated those ancient traditional Chinese characters. My sister said that the witch tribe had declined, and the reason for the decline was that the witch of the witch tribe ran out of spiritual power and died!"
Isn't this exactly the ending of Mo Xi in "Ming Yue Mage"? "Did your sister tell you why the witch died? What happened to the witch clan?"
"I have no idea."
Hearing Ning Huanxin's words, Shi Rui shook his head vigorously: "My sister said that it was a very sad and beautiful story. She later adapted the story into "Ming Yue Mage". It was because of this book that my sister died. So after the book was published and became famous, I actually didn't even read a page of it."
At this point, Shi Rui's eyes suddenly lit up: "By the way, Sister Ning, I've seen your scenes. I remember when you were acting with Brother Jiang, did you talk about a story about stealing elixirs? I vaguely remember that sister mentioned to me that the reason why the witch tribe declined and the witch died was because an outsider stole the treasure they had guarded for a thousand years!"
(End of this chapter)