Chapter 423: Chen Zhao's Extra (2)
This honor inspired Chen Zhaozhi to study harder and try his best not to embarrass his master.
God rewards hard work, and he is a half-demon, born with cultivation that can be activated at any time. In just a few months, he has achieved some success, and everyone praises him for his rapid growth.
The master also praised him highly.
The only headache is that his current level is not enough to control the fox's body shape. The tail and ears still often pop out, and he doesn't know when he will be able to control it.
So he seldom goes out.
But he also always fantasized about the outside world and imagined what kind of life other children his age lived.
One day, Chen Zhaozhi followed his master to the Imperial Observatory and saw another young boy at the door. Just like him before, he was standing there waiting blankly.
He was probably two years older than Chen Zhaozhi. He was wearing a black shirt, was taller, and was also very handsome.
Today was the first time that the master did not teach him how to practice, but told him to find a place to practice on his own, and then brought the young boy into the tower.
Chen Zhaozhi instantly began to feel uneasy.
Who was this boy? Why had the master brought him in personally? Was he to accept him as another disciple?
His happiness as the "only one" was destroyed, and out of worry, he followed his master into the tower.
The tower had several floors. Shen Zhaozhi wandered around the first floor and found that there was no one there.
He didn't dare go upstairs and was about to leave when he saw a dazzling red light flash from the second floor.
What followed was the young man's miserable and painful cry.
Driven by curiosity, Chen Zhaozhi climbed up the stairs quietly.
Another red light flashed by, and he subconsciously shrank his head.
He leaned on the railing and saw all kinds of offerings placed in the room, and magic circles drawn on the ground that he could not understand.
The young man was lying on the wooden bed in the center of the magic circle, with his hands and feet tied apart.
This scene is like... he is going to be slaughtered like an animal.
The Grand Master stood aside, holding his staff and muttering something.
A third flash of red light passed, and suddenly black lines appeared on the boy's neck and face! He screamed violently and struggled, but he couldn't break free.
The Grand Master's voice grew louder and louder, and the young man finally let out a loud shout and fainted completely.
The red light gradually disappeared, and the lines on the boy's body disappeared with it.
Chen Zhaozhi didn't know what his master was doing. He just felt frightened and turned around and ran away.
As soon as he turned around, he saw the master who was in the room just now standing in front of him.
He discovered himself!
Chen Zhaozhi was timid and sat down on the ground.
What would the master do? Would he punish him? Would he torture him like he did to the young man?
However, there was none... The master simply gently pulled him up.
"What do you see in him?" he asked.
"Some black lines." Chen Zhaozhi answered honestly.
"Those are snake patterns," the Grand Master explained. "They're the patterns of a brocade-scaled anaconda."
"What is a brocade-scaled anaconda?" Chen Zhaozhi widened his eyes.
"The brocade-scaled anaconda is a lustful snake. The child's fate is bound by it. When he grows up, he will be plagued by illness and unable to integrate into the world." The Grand Master sighed, "In fact, he is the fourth prince of the current dynasty. The emperor ordered me to treat his illness, but I have never been successful. The child has suffered as a result."
A trace of sympathy arose in Shen Zhaozhi's heart.
It turned out to be a cure. The master is such a kind person to go to such great lengths to treat it.
"But doesn't the emperor only have two sons, the eldest and second princes?" Chen Zhaozhi asked, "This is the fourth prince, so what about the third prince?"
The Grand Master glanced at him sharply, then said calmly, "There is no need for the Third Prince to come out now."
Chen Zhaozhi didn't understand, and continued to ask curiously: "Why didn't the Fourth Prince reveal himself to the world?"
"Because he and the third prince are the same, they both have strange diseases." The Grand Master said softly.
Chen Zhaozhi nodded in ignorance, thinking that the emperor was too unlucky to have two sick children in a row.
But he then forgot about it.
In addition to practicing every day, he would come to see this freak boy who was similar to him.
He heard that his master had asked the emperor to let the young man come and take care of him but was unsuccessful, and he felt sad.
When he was not "treating", the boy would sometimes run out of the Imperial Observatory and go to the small garden in the south of Beijing, and Shen Zhaozhi would follow him out of curiosity.
This is where the young masters and young ladies from all over the capital play with their friends.
With shade trees, flowers, pavilions, honey water and snacks, it is a rare childhood paradise for everyone, regardless of their wealth or status.
But Chen Zhaozhi knew that this was only temporary. When they grew up a little, the distinction between noble and humble would become clear immediately.
He noticed that the boy never went up to play, but just sat quietly in the corner and watched. When he saw them having fun, there was a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth.
Tsk, it’s just that I wanted to go out and play but was rejected. What’s so funny about that?
He sat not far from the boy, crossing his legs impatiently.
What were the other kids playing at that moment... Eagle Catches Chicken.
One person acts as an eagle, one person acts as a hen, and the rest of the people act as children. The children must avoid being caught by the eagle.
These people are so weak. If he acts like an eagle, he will catch them all in a short time.
…
Chen Zhaozhi was lost in his memories when suddenly, the young man beside him stood up abruptly, turned around and ran away.
Before he could react, he was hit head-on by a large, angular rock.
It hit him right on the forehead, and the pain made him dizzy.
"Monster, freak!" Several other children came over holding stones and stared at him fiercely. "We all heard from our parents that you were born of a monster!"
"I, I'm not!" Chen Zhaozhi denied hurriedly.
"Still not admitting it?" the burly boy in the lead said, "You and the guy who just ran away are both freaks. Only freaks sit together!"
Who wants to sit with him? Isn't there any place to sit?
Chen Zhaozhi was so aggrieved that he was about to cry. He was not a freak, he was a disciple of the Grand Master and a descendant of the Shen family!
"Boss, look! Look at his head!" a child suddenly shouted.
The children all looked over and saw two furry white ears appearing on Shen Zhaozhi's head!
Oops, I lost control!
"It's really a monster!" The big guy was so scared that he dropped the stone in his hand. "Run, don't let him eat you!"
As they ran, they turned around and smashed the stones in their hands at him, using offense as defense, fearing that he would rush over and eat them.
Chen Zhaozhi slammed the stone several times, feeling more and more aggrieved and angry. Suddenly, a wall of spiritual power burst out, isolating all the stones outside.
When several children saw this scene, they were so scared that they burst into tears and kept shouting "Monster, monster!"
The servants and maids who were guarding nearby hurried forward to take the children back, and they also looked at Chen Zhaozhi timidly. In the end, he was the only one left.
It was obvious that he was the one who was wronged and hurt, but no one comforted him.
Many years later, when Chen Zhaozhi recalled this scene, he felt that he had ruined the other children's afternoon, and the other children had ruined his childhood.
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