[Wen Qing] Mountain guest

[-]. Reserve grain of rhubarb

"There is a beast called Chenghuang, with six eyes and nine tails, which devours human blood."

Xia Yi silently closed the book in his hand.

Rhubarb bullied an old ginseng not far from him.The little old man's snow-white beard was as long as his hair, and fell to the ground.Rhubarb knotted his beard and hair viciously, yawned and lay beside him watching the fat little old man roll in the pile of hair and beard, barely stood up and staggered step by step, blushing and looking at Rhubarb Jump feet.

Well, speaking of it, Chenghuang is also an ancient beast. Now trapped in Taihua Mountain, he can only play tricks on the little demon. It's a bit too suffocating.

Although this ferocious beast looks a bit ferocious... Anyway, it just looks like it.

I've never heard that he can't help but hurt people and drink blood.

I just don't know if this guy will feel that he is surrounded by delicious meat when he is mixed in the crowd.

Xia Yi looked at his slender arms and legs, and guessed that the blood in his whole body would not be enough to swallow rhubarb in one gulp.

"Rhubarb." He tugged at the hair on the big dog's back, "Are you hungry?"

Rhubarb's cultivation is slowly recovering, at least he can speak.Qing He said that it might not take long for Rhubarb to transform into a human.

"Senior!" Rhubarb was very resistant to his overly intimate address, shaking his fur unhappily, and told him to take his paw away, "I'm hungry and go find food by myself! I promised the stinky Taoist priest to keep an eye on you, but nothing happened. I promise to take care of your food and drink!"

"I mean, aren't you hungry?" Xia Yi felt that his own life was at stake, so he needed to be cautious.

Rhubarb glanced at him.Xia Yi obviously closed the "Demon Chronicles" he found in his hand, but Rhubarb still seemed to understand what he was thinking, and it could be said that his eyes were like a torch.

It's hard to imagine that a big dog can also show a "disdainful" expression: "Hey, idiot! I don't care about your bamboo pole body."

Xia Yi was relieved.He decided to add the phrase "my good dog doesn't bite" when introducing rhubarb to newcomers next time.

"What's more...that stinky Taoist priest is here." Da Huang finished speaking.

Xia Yi has not yet come to his senses, and nodded earnestly: "That's right, you feed off of Master's spiritual power, I forgot."

"Bah," Rhubarb sneered again, grinning, sticking out his tongue to lick his sharp teeth, narrowing his eyes slightly as if reminiscing, "Your master's blood...is the most unforgettable thing I've ever drank. It doesn't taste like human beings. Can compare with him..."

Xia Yi was startled: "You!"

What he thought of at the first moment was that it was true that Rhubarb’s initial hostility was Hu Shi, but the "shi" of Hu Shi was actually the master, and what he thought of at the second moment was, no wonder he wanted to sign a blood contract with the master. Do you carry food reserves for a long time...

"Hey." Rhubarb glanced at him maliciously, the sharp teeth reflected the bright light, "Are you scared?"

Xia Yi was inexplicably a little lost and sad.

He ran to Qinghe.Qinghe was sleeping at noon, and the late autumn sunlight was as thin as melted honey, obliquely falling into the pane, adding a bit of color to the Taoist's slightly thin face.Xia Yi squatted halfway in front of the master's bed, hesitating whether he should step forward to disturb him or not.

Qinghe hadn't fallen asleep yet, when he heard the footsteps of his apprentice, he opened his eyes slightly: "Brows are frowning, have you been bullied?"

In fact, it was not by people but by dogs.

Of course Xia Yi didn't say that, he faltered and shook his head: "Rhubarb... I thought I had some kind of friendship with him."

It turned out to be that beast again.Qinghe sighed slightly in his heart, raised his eyebrows: "Then?"

"Well," Xia Yi pondered for a long time, "Just now Rhubarb still treats me..." He paused, "Take me and Master as food."

Qinghe laughed: "Are you sad about this?"

Xia Yi nodded.

Qing He shook his head and sat up: "Silly apprentice."

Xia Yi opened his mouth, Qinghe waved his fingers to signal him not to argue, and said leisurely: "Everything in the world has its own way. Birds and beasts feed on grass and trees, and humans feed on birds, beasts and grains. How can there be no evil?" Beasts eat people? This is a law established by heaven, which cannot be changed and is understandable."

"But……"

"But I am a human being, I am a human being, and everyone is a human being. If a beast chooses to devour a human being, it is a crime to be punished." Qing He smiled and said lightly, "This is not the way of heaven, but the way of man. I can Obey, you can obey, everyone can obey, but, Yi Ze, you can't expect the beast to obey."

"Bloodthirsty is his natural instinct. I put a forbidden spell on him, so that he can no longer hurt people and drink blood. It is a good deed for people, but it is already very cruel for beasts." Qinghe lowered his eyes, a touch A gleam of light leaked between his brows through the crack of the door.There was a slight sadness on the Taoist's face, and it passed away in a flash, "As for the others, it depends on the good fortune. Don't be too demanding."

Xia Yi will understand but not understand.He raised his head and asked, "That means, no matter how long I spend with Rhubarb, I can't turn him from a beast into a domestic dog, right?"

Qinghe nodded: "Not bad."

Xia Yi is still a little depressed.Not because of ferocious beasts and domestic dogs, but because of Qinghe's mysterious way of heaven and way of man before.

"Human beings are more ruthless than vegetation, and so are fierce beasts." Seeing the young apprentice bowing his head in silence, Qing He spoke softly.His voice is not high, but his words are as smooth as jade, "If you treat him with sincerity, you can have no regrets."

As time goes on, a drop of water can still wear through a stone, not to mention people's hearts.

Xia Yi nodded heavily.He thought it was no wonder that even though Rhubarb gritted his teeth when he mentioned Master, he didn't necessarily have much real hatred, probably because Master treats him with sincerity.

Unexpectedly, he was hit by Qinghe on the forehead, rubbed his head, and looked up to see the stern-looking master just now, half joking and half funny: "Stinky boy, I have raised it for many years, but I haven't raised it yet." Familiar, you have only known each other for a few days, and you dare to worry about this?"

After being "taught" by Qinghe, Xia Yi no longer complained about Rhubarb's bad attitude.

Basically, when he saw that big dog roaring and running away, he could calmly find a place to read leisurely by himself.

There are many kinds of idle books on Mount Taihua, but for Xia Yi, idle books refer to the first volume of "The Biography of Yichenzi" that his senior sister Yiqing specially came to stuff into his hands.

Speaking of Senior Sister Yiqing, she is a strange person.

Xia Yi didn't want to talk about where Qi was at all.However, the reason why he got acquainted with this senior sister who is not a master is because of the light of Qinghe.Uh, maybe a rhubarb light too.

My sister's lifelong ambition is to write a book.When Qinghe was young, he traveled abroad for many years to eliminate demons and experienced many stories, so he was a good subject for Yiqing to draw materials from.So the senior sister often followed Xia Yi and sneaked into the small courtyard where Qing He lived, and made a familiar face in front of Elder Juewei.

Elder Juewei in Taihua Mountain is famous for his good temper, he has no airs and speaks kindly to everyone.But such people are even more distant than those serious elders.He is gentle but not warm, loose but not careless, as if people come and go and the clouds and clouds can't get into his heart.

Unless it is a close person he approves.

After getting acquainted with Qinghe, Yiqing asked him about the stories of his past heroism, and Qinghe would occasionally share a paragraph or two.Xia Yi followed his senior sister to listen to his gossip about his life in his spare time.Qinghe has a wide range of knowledge and can talk about everything logically. He casually thinks of some experiences, and the words are very novel, interesting and fascinating.

It's just that there are some things that he never talks about.

Yiqing used to be very curious about those blanks that the world didn't know.Once she asked Qinghe how he could make a monster with a high cultivation level take advantage of it and be willing to become his blood contract spirit beast.Qinghe shook his head with a smile, and later Yiqing was chased and bitten ten miles away by Dahuang.

Later, Yiqing wrote "The Biography of Yichenzi".

Xia Yi once asked angrily why it wasn't "The Biography of the Elder Juewei". Yiqing touched the scar of unknown origin on his thigh and said that I dare not.

Xia Yi thought about it, and felt that if it were him, he probably wouldn't dare, so he felt sorry for him.

Although Yiqing didn't dare to blatantly write out these fabricated romances based on the facts of elder Juewei's experience, but bullying Xia Yi, who was powerless to fight, was quite easy.

Even so, in "The Biography of Yichenzi", Yiqing still mentioned Qinghe in a rather cryptic way.

It appears in the form of letters. When Yichenzi in the book encounters difficulties, there will often be a mysterious person who has never shown up, and will use flying pigeons to pass letters to guide him.

The signature of the letter has eight characters.It doesn't look like a name, and it doesn't look like a code name. It can barely be regarded as an identification message.

——"Close the dog's head and smile without saying a word."

Xia Yi pondered silently for a while, feeling that it was very vivid.

Even Qinghe himself commented: "Won my heart."

It was at this time that Xia Yi changed from peeking at "The Biography of Yichenzi" to watching it openly.