It's Not Easy Being a Master

In the dim candlelight, there were only four silhouettes.

No one answered the man's question, only silence.After a while, the boy put down the rag with a tense face, and was about to drive people away.

However, he was stopped by the man.

"Brother Chang?" The boy hesitated and called out, "They lied to you, shall I drive them out?"

The man shook his head slowly. In the flickering candlelight, his face showed a look of depression and sadness, and he took a few steps back. One leg passed through the stool like air, and after a moment of relaxation, it gathered together behind the stool.

Everyone saw this scene, the boy's pupils shrank, and he lost his voice: "Brother Chang!"

He probably sensed something himself, he looked down for a while, let out a breath, and asked, "Am I dying?"

"People who are already dead, how can you talk about death." Shen Zhixian brushed off his sleeves, and sat down on the wooden bench next to him casually, "If ghosts don't die, they will be lost."

The man didn't respond yet, but the boy looked over nervously, "What does this mean?"

"Literally." Shen Zhixian said calmly, "There is an obsession in your heart, not to be reborn. After a long time, you can't escape the ending of your soul flying away. It's better for you to find a new big brother earlier."

The boy took a sudden step back, tripped over the foot of the stool, and staggered. The man tried to help, but his hand passed through the boy's body—he was about to be unable to hold on anymore.

The man's outstretched fingers curled up and retracted dejectedly.After a long while of silence, he sighed, and finally, regardless of the young man's obstruction, he told all the old things in his heart.

The man's story is not thrilling, it is just the most common life and death in the world.

"My house is next to A-Lian's. We grew up together since we were young, and our relationship is the best..."

It also happened that the two families lived near the water, and there was a lotus pond in front of the door. Every summer, the pond was full of blue lotus leaves, lined with budding or blooming lotus flowers, which was so beautiful.

Children in their teens are the most noisy age, so they don't pay attention to whether the scenery is beautiful or not. For Ah Chang, playing with water and eating lotus seeds is the real thing.

The weather is hot, and he is in good health. He has nothing to do on weekdays, so he likes to take off his shirt and soak in the water for a whole day.

"A-Lian was actually not called A-Lian at first, because he loved to eat lotus seeds. I always laughed at him as the reincarnation of a lotus seed demon. When the lotus pods were ripe, he couldn't go into the water, so he often asked me to pick them for him..."

Unlike A Chang, A Lian was born prematurely, not to mention thin, and would get sick when the cold wind blows.At the beginning, Ah Chang was ignorant and encouraged him to play in the water. As a result, Ah Lian developed a high fever that night and barely survived it.

Ah Chang almost killed him, and felt guilty in his heart. Since then, he has obeyed A Lian's orders, cared for him, and picked the biggest and sweetest lotus for him.

In the evening, not long after the sun had set, the thin young man was sitting on the bank, holding many big lotus in his arms, and whispered to his companion: "Brother Ah Chang, it's getting dark, come up quickly. The water is cold. .”

Ah Chang swam to the shore obediently, but did not go ashore. Looking at the lotus in his arms, he thought thoughtfully, "You eat it all day, and you never get tired of it?"

A-Lian said: "It's not greasy, it's delicious. I can only eat this."

He is weak, so he has to pay attention to his diet, he can't eat all kinds of snacks like Ah Chang, even lotus seeds have to be controlled, for fear of eating too much and it will be too cold.

Ah Chang was silent. After a while, he seemed to have made up his mind: "The way to eat lotus seeds here is too simple. When I grow up a bit, I will go out and learn more delicious ways."

He pushed his hands to the shore, broke through the water with a splash, and vowed: "I will definitely make the best food for you."

A-Lian pursed her lips, smiled slightly, and said yes, then took his hand familiarly, and went home together.

Ah Chang prided himself on being a man, a man, he kept his word, so after a few years, he packed his bags and went on a long trip.

His plan was very good. His younger brother gradually grew up and was able to take care of the family. He went out at this time, one to make a living, and the other to fulfill the promise he made to A-Lian back then, killing two birds with one stone.

On the day he left, A-Lian stood at the entrance of the village looking at him, holding many lotus pods in her arms, which A-Chang picked for him before he left.

"If you're still hungry after eating, let my little brother pick it for you." Ah Chang reminded, "You can't go into the water and catch a cold."

Alian nodded obediently.He is already this year, but because of his thinness, he still looks like a boy of sixteen or seventeen, much shorter than Ah Chang.He whispered: "You come back earlier."

Ah Chang said "hmm" and didn't care too much: "Don't worry, I will come back in three years at most, or one or two years at least! Then you will be lucky!"

The hearty laughter gradually faded away, and no one knew that this farewell was like yin and yang separated like a merchant.

When talking about the later, the ghost sighed wearily, and murmured: "Who knows, it was so unfortunate that there would be turmoil later..."

A young man in his twenties looked blankly at his home in the darkness of night, but he couldn't go back, and he couldn't go back again——behind him, a body with blood still warm had been wiped out by the fire. engulf.

Among them, there are also his.

It stands to reason that if a person becomes a ghost, he should have been reincarnated early, but Ah Chang missed the promise back then, and for some reason, his soul escaped and wandered around the world.

But in the end he became a ghost, his memory was bad, he forgot the way home, and sometimes he even forgot that he was a ghost, thinking that he was an ordinary person.But he couldn't find his A-Lian. He made a lot of lotus seed cakes and lotus seed cakes, but there was no way for A-Lian to eat them.

Later, he came here, and met a young boy whose parents had recently died and was struggling to survive alone in charge of a restaurant.

Probably the boy's clear eyes are very similar to A-Lian's eyes in his vague memory. A-Chang stayed for several years, and every time he saw a new guest coming from afar, he would ask A-Lian about it. message.

But nothing.

There is also a time limit for the soul to exist in the Yang world. If it exceeds this time limit and does not pass away, it will only disappear completely in this world, and there will be no next life.

Seeing the man's soul getting weaker and weaker, the young man's eye circles were red, and he asked, "Is there no way to save Big Brother Chang?"

"Let him let go of his obsessions and go to rebirth, that is to save him." Shen Zhixian said, "As for how to let go... the obsessions, once you get them, they can dissipate."

His attention was all on the young man, so he didn't notice Yan Jin who had been silent for a long time. After hearing his words, he was stunned for a moment.

Obsession, if you get it, it will dissipate...

Everyone's eyes were focused on the ghost, only Yan Jin quietly looked sideways at Shen Zhixian, his gaze gradually deepened.

The young man was dazed for a while, then gradually came to his senses, and opened his eyes slightly: "But..."

But Brother Chang wanted to see A-Lian, how could they find A-Lian!

"Just find someone to pretend for a while." Shen Zhixian glanced at the ghost that was about to dissipate and started to get confused again, and said: "He is a fool now, if you say you are A-Lian, he will believe it—as long as See if you are willing to suffer this grievance."

This decision is too cruel.The young man bit his lip quickly, a tear swirled in his eye socket, as if it was about to fall, his fists were clenched tightly.

But in the end he asked, "What should I do?"

Shen Zhixian didn't answer him, but looked sideways at Duan Yuan.He can't do this if he has no spiritual power, and neither can Yan Jin who practiced swordsmanship. Only the disciples of Qianyin Pavilion...

Duan Yuan has been silent since just now, as if he was touched by this story, he was a little moved in a daze.

Shen Zhixian said softly, "Miss Duan, I'm sorry."

Duan Yuan just came back to his senses, let out a short "ah", put his hand on the Xun at his waist, pulled it lightly, took it off, and pressed it to his lips.

When the Requiem for the Soul sounded faintly, the gradually fading soul suddenly paused, and then slowly solidified.

The boy stiffly took two steps towards him, imitating A-Lian in Ah Chang's description, and shouted tremblingly: "Brother Ah Chang."

The ghost froze.He turned his head in a daze, looked in the direction of the young man, paused for a long time, recalled with difficulty for a long time, and then called out uncertainly: "A-Lian?"

"it's me."

This name is indeed the ghost's last bit of obsession with clarity, and the ghost burst into great joy in an instant. The boy has never seen him so happy and excited, and even rushed to hug him with a stride: "Finally found you, Ah Lian... I'm back!"

He muttered: "I'm sorry, I've been away for so long, but I learned how to make lotus seed cake and lotus seed soup. The taste should be pretty good..."

Everything went smoothly afterwards. Ah Chang's obsession was that he never let A Lian taste his lotus seed cake and lotus seed soup until his death. Come up on one end.

A faint fragrance lingers on the nose, which is very familiar to young people.

But the pastry, which is usually fragrant and delicious, is extremely bitter when biting between the teeth.Under the anticipation of the ghost, the young man swallowed the dry pastry, took another mouthful of soup and put it into his mouth, forced a smile, and made a look of joy: "Brother Ah Chang, it's delicious."

A sentence that was late for an unknown number of years fell into the ears of the ghost. He finally smiled. In a trance, a little obsession that had been suppressed in his heart for a long time dissipated. He spit out the last foul breath in the world, and his whole soul began to change Be transparent.

This is a sign of imminent departure.

The spoon in the young man's hand could no longer be held, and Kuangji fell to the ground and fell to pieces. He looked at the fading ghost, and tears rolled down his eyes for a long time: "Brother Chang..."

He and Brother Chang have been living together for so many years, and he has long regarded him as the closest person, but Brother Chang...

Until now, Big Brother Chang still misses his A-Lian, maybe he doesn't even remember his name.

A kind of pain of being abandoned and forgotten filled his heart. With tears in his eyes and a sobbing tone in his voice, the young man finally couldn't help shouting: "Brother Chang! I'm not some A-Lian, I'm..."

He bit his name very clearly, sad and desperate, "Look at me..."

After the boy finished shouting, he got up and staggered towards the ghost.

Yan Jin stayed close to him, fearing that he would affect the ghost's rebirth, subconsciously wanted to stop him, but just as he raised his hand, another white and cool hand rested on the back of his hand, preventing him from making a move .

"You don't need to stop. It's over." After Shen Zhixian said this, he turned his head away, his eyes shimmered, as if he was sighing, "It's good to cherish the present, but I failed the innocent again."

It's hard to say whether A-Lian is still alive or not. The ghost misses the old man, entangles in the past, and hurts the young man in front of him instead.

He didn't mean to say this, it was purely out of feeling, but Yan Jin's heart was shocked when he heard it.

Cherish the moment...

Live up to the innocent...

The words that were as light as a sigh hit Yan Jin's heart like a heavy hammer, causing his ears to start ringing.

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