23 Mortals (IV)
◎I am a woodcutter◎
Because the group was traveling light this time, they walked very quickly, following the crowd as they entered Luoyue City.
Luoyue City is the main city here, and all the nearby towns and villages, big and small, rely on this city.
It was the eve of the Spring Festival, and the city was bustling with people.
"Master, let's buy some candied haws." Le Yingying pointed to the stall in the distance.
"Okay, but don't eat too much, or you'll get a toothache." Bai Yu said.
"I know, Master." Le Yingying said, and then skipped over.
"Master! Come here quickly!" Suddenly, Le Xiaoxiao's voice came from a distance.
Bai Yu frowned. What happened? He said hurriedly, "Jiuyi, Lian'er, let's go over there."
A few people quickly rushed over and saw Le Yingying squatting in front of the alley entrance.
"Yingying, you..." Bai Yu came to Le Yingying's side, and before he could finish his worried words, he saw a figure at the end of the alley.
My heart tightened when I saw this. I knew why Le Yingying was shouting. I saw the figure. It was obviously a child, half lying on the ground, scribbling something on the wall. It was winter, but he was still wearing tattered summer clothes, and there were obvious bloodstains on his bare feet.
"New Year's Eve is approaching, the day when the whole family is happily reunited. How can we leave a young child outside, without clothes to keep out the cold and without food to eat?" Bai Yu said reluctantly.
"You don't come to the city often, do you?" Bai Yu turned around and saw an old man behind him, asking.
I only heard my father-in-law say, "That child has been here for quite some time. Several families felt sorry for him and wanted to take him in, but he ran away secretly."
The old man pointed at the man, his face filled with resentment, and his words were full of regret. "He doesn't eat the food that's sent to him every day, so it's all wasted. He doesn't wear the clothes that are given to keep him warm, but wears his ragged clothes that are unrecognizable all day. After a while, no one comes here anymore."
However, the most crucial reason was hidden by the father-in-law. He didn't want more people to hate the child, even if it was just a stranger passing by.
Someone went in to see what the child had drawn, and then told everyone that it was a cursed sacrificial talisman and that the child was an unlucky thing and should not be approached.
Of course my father-in-law didn't believe it. He had touched those paintings many times with his own hands. If they were really the devil's sacrificial symbols, why didn't they come to curse him now?
Later, he secretly investigated and found out that the family had come secretly at night and wanted to make the child a servant, but the child had injured the person who came. From then on, the family had a grudge and spread rumors.
After the truth was uncovered, the father-in-law explained to everyone, but everyone only believed what they saw with their own eyes:
"You say it so easily, but who knows if what you say is true?"
"Yes, you want us to believe it, but you don't have any evidence. How can we trust you so easily?"
"Oh no! I brought food to that thing before, I hope it won't be remembered?"
"Looking at the things he painted, I get cold all over."
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Amid the suspicion of the crowd, the old man was defeated and soon he was the only one delivering the things. The crowd still avoided him, suspicious of the child.
Bai Yu was unaware of the father-in-law's series of psychological activities. He only glanced at the basket behind the father-in-law and said, "If that's the case, why do you still come to give him food and clothing?"
Hearing this, the old father-in-law shook his head and sighed: "They are all poor children, how can I really just ignore them?" Then he walked towards the child with the backpack on his back.
Bai Yu and the others watched the old man walk out with his head down and a sad face. "Alas... it still doesn't work. The child doesn't even pay attention to me." As he spoke, he took off the basket on his back. "We can only leave the basket here. If the child is hungry, he might come over to eat."
"Master..." Wu Lian stepped forward and said hesitantly.
Bai Yu understood what she had not said yet and said, "I understand."
"Old man, can you let me have a try?" Bai Yu stepped forward and said, "The people standing behind me are all my disciples. They have some experience in education."
The father-in-law smiled when he heard this. He said happily, "Thank you very much. But... young man, don't bear too much psychological burden. So many people have not persuaded you."
Bai Yu took out the food box from the basket on his back and came behind the man. He walked a little closer, afraid of causing discomfort to the man, so he wiped the ground a little and just sat there.
"Do you want to eat? Here is a lunch box with lots of delicious food."
As Bai Yu expected, no one responded. The child was still drawing something on the wall.
Bai Yu was not in a hurry and continued to look at the food box: "Huh? There are actually braised bones. It smells so good. The father-in-law's cooking skills are really good." Bai Yu praised.
"You really don't want to eat it? Then let me help you taste it first!" Bai Yun reached out and took out a marinated bone, opened his mouth and started eating. During this time, Bai Yu kept exclaiming "It's so delicious" and "It smells so good".
When his hands were full of sauce and the corners of his mouth were stained with sauce, still no one responded. Bai Yu couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed.
"Hmm? What is this?" He looked around and suddenly saw some small patterns in the alley where he was. Is this what the child has been drawing?
Bai Yu took a closer look and saw that it looked like a sketch of a little man that he had seen before, crooked and twisted. So this was a child who liked to draw? Bai Yu had a little idea.
"Isn't this a very good painting!" Bai Yu said.
The child's hand trembled slightly while drawing. Bai Yu was delighted. It really worked. He continued, "The connection is unnatural, the strokes are not balanced, and the feeling of the picture..."
"Enough. I, Lord Mo Shouqing, can do everything! I am creating talismans that can change the world! What do mere mortals know?" The child turned his head suddenly. His voice was a little hoarse, probably because he had not spoken for a long time.
Huh? "Ordinary people" "change the world", it turns out that this is a middle school boy with a second-year syndrome. Bai Yu was a little interested. Who didn't have a second-year syndrome when they were young? With a smile, he followed Mo Shouqing's words and said, "Is this the talisman that you said can change the world? It's too simple. Have you ever seen the world of immortals and gods?"
Mo Shouqing's expression was a little surprised. In the past, if he spoke to mortals like this, he would be considered a madman or possessed. But this person's reaction was completely different!
Could it be that he was also a cultivator? Was his investigation wrong? Mo Shouqing had a rare suspicion in his heart. He also became interested in what the person in front of him would say next.
Bai Yu said, "How can something that can be seen by the world change the world?" As he spoke, Bai Yu looked around, shook his head at the painting by Mo Shouqing, and continued, "If you really want to draw a symbol that changes the world, then don't let it exist in the real world."
Hearing this, Mo Shouqing became interested. He sat up and looked at Bai Yu.
Seeing Mo Shouqing sitting up, Bai Yu thought that this method was indeed effective, so he increased the intensity of his nonsense.
Bai Yu suddenly stood up, looked at Mo Shouqing with sharp eyes, and said: "Use the world as paper, use all living beings as pens, use the energy of heaven and earth as ink, and draw an eternal symbol!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the sky and the earth shook, and lightning came down, striking the distant mountaintop.
Bai Yu looked up into the distance. Why was there thunder? Was it going to rain or snow?
At this time, alarms sounded in the system space: "Warning! Insufficient energy, insufficient energy..."
"Activate reserve energy."
"Backup energy activated"
"Check the reason for the huge reaction of world consciousness." said the voice assistant.
"Insufficient permissions, insufficient permissions"
"Check……"
Mo Shouqing stood up with the help of the wall, his legs shaking unconsciously.
How is this possible? Who is this person in front of me?
He saw with his own eyes that after those words came out, a thunderbolt fell from the sky, and was about to strike the man on the head. But the man was not afraid at all, and then the thunderbolt changed its target. He looked at Bai Yu with admiration unconsciously.
When Bai Yu saw Mo Shouqing's eyes, he felt more proud. It seemed that his immature skills had not deteriorated over the years!
He raised his hand, patted Mo Shouqing's shoulder gently, and said: "Remember, if I had not been born, the world would be dark forever!"
"Master!" Mo Shouqing couldn't help but shout. He had a high opinion of himself. He had been self-taught since he was young. No one in his family could teach him. Later, he joined a sect, but he couldn't stand the sect's rules, so he found an excuse to go down the mountain.
Because he built his foundation too early, his body remained that of a child, and he suffered a lot in the world, but that did not reduce his pride. At this moment, he naturally admired the person in front of him.
"Please accept me, Master." Mo Shouqing knelt down in front of Bai Yu and bowed his head obediently. However, he couldn't stop smiling, and his shoulders couldn't help but tremble slightly. After all, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! To meet a great man who had a profound understanding of the Way of Talismans.
She wanted to do a good deed, but she was entangled by someone. Bai Yu looked at the child kneeling in front of her with a complicated expression. Raising a child is very expensive! But the child was wearing a thin summer dress. With his head down, she couldn't see the expression on his face, but his thin shoulders were shaking slightly.
Is this child going to cry? Finally, the reluctance in his heart prevailed, and Bai Yu said, "Don't follow me from now on, disciple."
"Thank you, Master." Mo Shouqing said happily.
Thus, Mo Shouqing became Bai Yu's fourth disciple.
Recalling the scene of his first meeting with Mo Shouqing three years ago, Bai Yu felt emotional and looked at the young man in front of him with gentle eyes.
"Master, Senior Sister Yaoyao is in the orchard. I'll go call her over!" said Mo Shouqing.
Bai Yu looked at the little Quanzi in her arms, her eyes tightly closed. Only her still heaving belly proved that she was fine. "No, I'll go with you."
He said to Yan Jiuyi who was behind him: "Jiuyi, take Xiaoge to settle down."
"Yes, Master." Yan Jiuyi turned to Xiaoge and said, "Please follow me."
In the orchard, Le Yaoyao and Wu Lian were together.
"Master, Junior Brother, why are you here?" Le Yingying was a little confused when she saw the people coming.
"Xiaoxiao, this is Xiao Quanzi. He was injured. Go check on him and see how he is doing."
Hearing this, Le Yingying frowned. She put her hand on Xiao Quanzi's head, stroked it a few times, and said hesitantly: "Master, it...it should just be asleep."
"Falling asleep?" Bai Yu tied the bandage around Xiao Quanzi herself. Knowing how badly injured it was, how could it be possible for it to fall asleep?
Le Yingying asked Bai Yu to point out Xiao Quanzi's wound, and together with Wu Lian, they removed the bandage.
The wounds beneath the bandages had completely disappeared, and if it weren't for the broken leg and ear, there would be no sign that it had ever been injured.
Just when Bai Yu was puzzled, Le Yingying beside him said, "Master, don't you think Xiao Quanzi's hair is a little too long?"
With Le Yingying's reminder, Bai Yu realized when he looked down again that he had indeed overlooked this. Xiao Quanzi's hair was too long, and he could even tie a ponytail behind his head.
"Qing'er!" Bai Yu called out to Mo Shouqing who was tiptoeing and preparing to slip away.
"Master, I'm going to eat." Mo Shouqing said.
"Don't change the subject. Did you add some weird stuff to that jar of golden medicine?" Since Mo Shouqing became his apprentice, besides making some wooden products and painting on them, his favorite thing was to develop some medicines, and these medicines all had some weird side effects.
A few days ago, he gave Bai Yu a jar of golden medicine, vowing that it would definitely work, and never mentioned any side effects. Thinking that it was rare for a disciple to achieve results, Bai Yu gladly accepted it. Now it seems that the medicine is indeed potent enough, and the side effects are also enough.
However, I wonder if this thing is useful for baldness? Bai Yu had an idea in his mind. However, this is a matter for the future, and there are still many things that have not been resolved.
I only heard Mo Shouqing on the side say cautiously, "Master, research and invention all have a process."
Hearing this, Bai Yu felt a headache. This disciple didn't have the slightest regret: "Okay, okay, you go down first." Bai Yu waved his hand.
"Lian'er, go to the kitchen and take a look. It is indeed time for dinner. Your senior brother's fellow villagers are coming to visit us in the mountain today. Please cook a few more dishes." Bai Yu whispered to Wu Lian.
"No problem, Master." Wu Lian turned to Mo Shouqing who was still lingering in the courtyard and said, "Junior brother, let's go, come with me to cook."
"Wow, let's go to the room and have Xiao Quanzi check it carefully again." Bai Yu said.
"Yes, Master."
In the kitchen
Mo Shouqing was washing vegetables absentmindedly.
"What? Are you still thinking about what happened just now?" Wu Lian took the washed vegetables from Mo Shouqing and put them on the chopping board to cut them. "Master is usually kind and won't be really angry with you."
"No, senior sister, it's not because of this." Mo Shouqing picked up a potato from the basket and started peeling it.
"What is that?" Wu Lian said as she added some salt to the fish soup in the pot.
"I always feel...I always feel that the dog is abnormal."
"Yes, it was caused by your golden medicine."
"No, Senior Sister, I'm not kidding, I think there's evil spirit in that dog!"
Hearing this, Wulian's hands trembled, and half a can of salt poured into the fish soup. At this moment, she didn't care about this. She turned to Mo Shouqing and said, "Where the demons have touched or passed through, there will be residual demonic energy. If what you said is true, we must hurry and report this matter to Master."
【Author’s words】
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