Doing chores in the world of self-cultivation

"Xiaoqi! The sun is going down soon! Let's stop here today, let's go back together!"

Hearing the shout from the bottom of the mountain, Qi Xiu wiped the soil on the freshly picked herbs, and replied without raising his head: "Okay! I'll go back right away!"

Putting the herbs into the basket, Qi Xiu wiped his sweat with his short sleeve, and looked back at the sky.

The sun is about to set behind the mountain, and if I don’t leave, I’m afraid it will be dark when I return to the village.

He rummaged through the basket a little bit. He didn't harvest much today, he didn't pick much, and he couldn't sell for much money. It's really worrying.

Holding on to a wooden stick, Qi Xiu walked slowly down the mountain, and after walking for a while, he felt a bit overwhelmed and sat down to rest while supporting the tree.

He looked at the lush trees all around, and sighed, how did he end up in this world?

Things have to start from half a month ago.

Qi Xiu finished reading the blueprint that day, and somehow passed out as if he had been shocked by an electric shock.

After waking up, he came to this place.

This is a village called Anning.

When he woke up, he found that he had become the size of a ten-year-old child.

It's not that he hasn't read those novels about time travel and rebirth, and for a while he wondered if he had encountered a supernatural event.

But the familiar body told him clearly that this was his own body, not something like soul traveling.

He is also called Qi Xiu here, and he is the child of Mr. Qi who came to teach in the village.

According to the villagers, Mr. Qi came from the city, and it is not surprising that he came to teach in their small place and brought a child with him.

But five years have passed, and the villagers have gotten used to the existence of the big and the small, and regard them as their own.

As for Qi Xiu.

Aunt Fang, who has been taking care of him after waking up, said that Qi Xiu has been in a state of numbness for the past five years, unable to speak, very slow in response, and looks very stupid.

The people in Anning Village also suspected that Mr. Qi brought Qi Xiu here alone because of the child.

After settling down in Anning Village, Mr. Qi began to teach free of charge to the village children or people who wanted to read. After being accepted by the villagers, when asked about his name and family background, he only asked them to call him Mr., and didn’t say anything else.

So much so that everyone doesn't even know Mr. Qi's name until now.

Half a month ago, Mr. Qi said that he went hunting in the mountains, but he disappeared. The village chief sent people to look for him, but they only found a few pools of blood and a few broken steps hanging on the branches.

Everyone thought that Mr. Qi was probably attacked by some wild beast.

Now Mr. Qi is gone, leaving behind a foolish Qi Xiu.

Fortunately, the people in the village are very righteous. Mr. Qi has taught many people to read and write in the past five years. It is no problem for them to drag a child into an adult.

I don't know if it was stimulated by his father's accident. On the day Mr. Qi disappeared, Qi Xiu developed a high fever. This high fever was so fierce that the doctor said that the child might not be able to survive.

Unexpectedly, Qi Xiu woke up after burning for a few days.

Not only did the fever go away, but the person was no longer as stupid as before, and he returned to normal.

The people in the village were both worried and happy, worried that Mr. Qi died unexpectedly, and happy that Qi Xiu regained his sanity.

No matter what, now Qi Xiu is living alone in the hut where Mr. Qi used to live.

And Qi Xiu from that world came here after the fever subsided...

After thinking about these things, Qi Xiu shook his head, stood up with the wooden stick in place, let's be at ease now that he's here.

This is a new life for him,

In that world, he had been lingering on the sick bed all the time, and the doctor finally said that his life expectancy was only a few months. He finally decided to return home from the hospital and spend his last life at home.

I didn't expect to come here by accident just after playing a game for a while.

Qi Xiu didn't think it was a problem with the game. Thinking of the feeling of electric shock before he passed out, he felt that he might have accidentally got an electric shock.

If he came here, his body in that world would probably be dead, and the eldest brother and parents would be so sad...

"Xiao Qi! Are you still in a daze? Let's go!"

Qi Xiu came back to his senses, Uncle Liu who called him from the mountain just now waved to him in front.

"Hey! Here we come!"

Qi Xiu complied and walked over quickly. The past is over, so forget it.

Now he is Qi Xiu, Qi Xiu from Anning Village.

Back in the village, Liu Li poured out all the herbs in the baskets of the two of them, counted and sorted them.

"Hey! The harvest has been getting less and less in the past two days. I think we have to change the top of the mountain next time. There are no herbs to dig on this mountain."

Liu Li shook his head while counting. After counting his own basket, he began to count what was in Qi Xiu's basket.Seeing one of them, he picked it up in surprise.

"Hey! This is a relatively good autumn leaf grass, but you are so meticulous that you picked it so completely."

"A few days ago, Sister Fang recommended you to help me gather herbs. I was a little worried. I was afraid that some good herbs would be spoiled by you! I didn't expect you to pick better herbs than me! Every one is complete and beautiful. Very good!"

Qi Xiu was a little embarrassed to be praised so much.

In fact, this is not his credit.

After waking up that day, he found that the names of the herbs around him were directly displayed on the heads, and the properties and functions of these things could be seen with a thought, just like the display in the game.

A few days ago, when he accompanied Aunt Fang to pick pigweeds in the field, he found that he seemed to be able to pick them quickly and accurately without damaging a single leaf.

Aunt Fang was amazed and felt that he was suitable for this job, so she recommended herself to Uncle Liu who specialized in picking herbs in the village and selling them to the herb shop in the city.

He didn't understand what was going on with this anomaly, but it was only beneficial to him, so he stopped exploring.

At least let him help Uncle Liu.

Uncle Liu will give him some rewards, enough for him to eat.

In his previous life, his family was well-off, and he never thought that he would have to work hard to feed himself one day.

Now here, Mr. Qi is gone, although people in the village take pity on him as a half-old child and often send him some food.

But Qi Xiu is no longer the foolish and careless person he used to be, he has to learn to be self-reliant.

"Come!" Liu Li took out a small bag from his arms, and counted out a few copper coins for him.

"You did a good job. Uncle Liu will ask you for help in the future. Take these!"

Qi Xiu took it over and looked at it, and Uncle Liu gave it more.

"I picked less today, but you gave more, or..."

Liu Li waved his hand and pushed him out of the room: "Hi! You kid! Everything is good, just like Mr. Qi, a little wordy..."

Halfway through Liu Li's speech, he remembered something and stopped immediately.

Look at his mouth!Why don't you say anything!Not long after Mr. Qi left, Xiao Qi was very sad. Isn't he the one who doesn't open the pot?

"Cough...it's getting late, go back quickly, oh wait! Xing'er!"

Liu Li changed the subject in embarrassment, and called into the room.

"Bring you two buns, brother Qi!"

"okay!"

The girl in the house responded eagerly, and quickly brought some wrapped buns to Qi Xiu.

"Brother Qi, take it home and eat it! My mother just made it, it's hot!"

Qi Xiu took the steamed bun and felt that it was not only warm in his hands but also in his heart.

He knew that this was the kindness of Uncle Liu's family, so there was no need to refuse, and he just wanted to help Uncle Liu more in the future.

"Then I'll go back first..."

Qi Xiu bid them farewell.

"Go back! By the way, you don't need to come here tomorrow. I will go to the city tomorrow to sell the herbs during this time. You have a good rest. We will change the mountain the day after tomorrow. I am afraid that we will have to walk a few more distances."

Liu Li remembered this and reminded him.

In fact, it's not that he can't do it tomorrow, it's just that he can't bear to see Xiao Qi's small body and follow him up and down the mountain these days, so he wants to let him take a break when he is still a child.

Mr. Qi himself looks thin and thin, and the child is also a little thin.

Qi Xiu nodded and walked home with the buns. The hut where he and Mr. Qi lived was at the farthest part of the village, and there was still a long way to go.

In fact, he didn't have much impression of Mr. Qi, so when Uncle Liu mentioned him, he just sighed, not very sad.

Speaking of which, the child looked ignorant for the first ten years, and had little sense of the outside world. It must be because of this that he didn't even remember his father.

Mr. Qi...

People in the village say that he is well educated and reasonable, and treats people very gently.Bringing a silly child to a small village alone, what kind of person is he...

Qi Xiu walked slowly and finally arrived at his home.

The furnishings in his hut couldn't be simpler, and Mr. Qi left almost nothing behind.

Judging from the description of his father by the villagers, Mr. Qi is an easy-going person.

But to Qi Xiu, he was very strange and mysterious.

After eating the steamed buns given by Uncle Liu, after dinner, Qi Xiu washed up and was ready to fall asleep.

He was indeed exhausted these few days, and he didn't need to gather medicine tomorrow, so he planned to take a good rest.This small body is really weak, I have to exercise when I have time...

What should I do next?Have you been staying in this small village?

In fact, there is nothing wrong with Anning Village, but it is a bit closed. He hasn't seen it outside yet. What is this world like?

After thinking wildly for a while, Qi Xiu gradually fell into a dream.

He was awakened by a noise.

what happened?

Anning Village is a bit remote, but it is also quiet and peaceful. Why is it so noisy today?

Qi Xiu sat up from the bed in a daze.

After hearing some cries mixed with those noises, he was startled suddenly and finally woke up. What happened?

He quickly put on his clothes and opened the door. The tragic scene he saw made him unable to believe his eyes.

"Aunt Fang? Aunt Fang?" He subconsciously called out to the most contacted person here, but there was no response.

Seeing the blood all over the floor, Qi Xiu's heart ached, and he hurriedly ran over following the sound of crying.

There was blood all the way, and he even saw Uncle Zhang in the village lying on his side.

"Uncle Zhang?" Qi Xiu helped him up, a wound on Uncle Zhang's body was still bleeding, he raised a hand tremblingly, and reluctantly said: "Ancestral... Ancestral hall..."

Before he finished speaking, he died.

Qi Xiu was horrified, what is going on?

He ran towards the ancestral hall, the cries getting closer and closer.

"Leave us alone!"

"We really don't know!"

The heart-piercing cry made Qi Xiu raise his heart high.

"Huh? Is there another fish that slipped through the net?"

As soon as he stepped into the ancestral hall, he saw that all the old and young people in the village were tied up inside, and there were a few men in black sitting on top of them.One of them noticed him and looked over.

"Xiao Qi, Xiao Qi, run!"

Seeing this scene, Qi Xiu retreated subconsciously. He didn't know who he had provoked. These people looked like they were definitely not kind, so he had to go out and call for help.

However, within a few steps, he was caught by a vine that struck from behind, and was soon tied up and thrown to the ground.

He watched in horror as a man in black put away the vines transformed from his right hand, doubting his eyes,

That's the hand?How did it become a vine?

"Xiaoqi... We probably won't be able to escape this catastrophe today, and we don't know how these monsters from the upper realm came down to trouble us. Our Anning Village is fine, why did we provoke these things?"

The person who was also tied next to him wept.

Upper Bound?monster?

Qi Xiu had many doubts in his heart, but before he could ask, a man in black said impatiently, "What? Are you still refusing to tell? From now on, I will kill someone every once in a while until you say it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the man in black immediately pierced a villager's body with a knife.

The others trembled and cried, "My lord! We really haven't seen any treasure! Please spare us!"

"Aren't you going to say it? Keep killing!"

The men in black didn't listen to their cries and continued to slaughter innocent villagers.

Qi Xiu was so shocked that he couldn't speak when he saw this scene called Shura Hell.

Soon the ground of the ancestral hall was stained red with blood, but the villagers could not tell where the treasure was.They live an honest life, where have they heard of any treasures!

Seeing that there are fewer and fewer villagers, the village chief shouted: "My lord, I say! Baby... the baby is in the back mountain!"

"Oh? Take us there, if you dare to lie to me..."

Qi Xiu looked at the village chief's body trembling, and suddenly understood something.I'm afraid the people in the village don't know what kind of treasure they are, and they just want to hold back these men in black.

The man in black brought the remaining dozen villagers to the Houshan River.

"where?"

"Buried...in the hillside by the river." The village chief pointed to the river.

Several men in black looked at each other and began to dig.

Seeing that they weren't looking here, Qi Xiu noticed that the village head had secretly taken out something, he put his hands behind his back, and suddenly crushed a light talisman.

A ray of light rushed into the sky, and the man in black noticed it, and said angrily, "Humans from the lower world dare to deceive us!"

The man in black exploded in anger, and the knife slashed across and killed several villagers in an instant.

Several other men in black also quickly pierced the villagers' bodies.

He quickly reached Qi Xiu's place.

The body was pierced by a knife, and Qi Xiu only felt the severe pain to tear him apart.

"Okay! Let's go! The rescue talisman has been sent out, and the people in the upper realm will soon find us here, so let's go back!"

A man in black turned into a cloud of black mist, and soon disappeared.

The rest of the people followed suit, but the last one was still hesitant. Half a month ago, they got the news that the strange treasure had appeared in the lower world.one

A vine slashed down from the air and broke the necks of the remaining people.

Qi Xiu, who fell on the ground, struggled to open his eyes, trying to remember the faces of those men in black. Even if he went to hell, he would avenge the tragic deaths of the villagers.

However, the continuous flow of blood made him unable to hold on any longer, and he gradually lost consciousness.

Before closing his eyes, he seemed to see a few white shadows falling from the sky...