Ten Years in Daocheng

It is called "Pine Forest Village".The name was chosen casually, and so were the people in the village. It was afternoon, and everyone was lazily sitting at the head of the village to pass the time.The passing of Bai Xincha and Xu Liujun undoubtedly made them feel very fresh.

"Hey, look at how handsome these two children are! Where did they come from?" asked the aunt with a loud voice.

"We came from Xilin Town and went to the village in front to visit relatives." Bai Xincha lied calmly, concealing where he came from and where he went, thinking that he would not be questioned.But this calculation was wrong.

"Hey!" A young daughter-in-law said, "I was married from Xilin Town, why haven't I met you?"

Bai Xincha was taken aback for a moment: "Ah... that... yes, I went out to study since I was a child, and I just came back recently."

"You must be the son of shopkeeper Wang!" The daughter-in-law said proudly, "I'll just say, you don't look good. How is shopkeeper Wang recently? Then who is this?" She pointed to Xu Liujun and said.

Bai Xincha regretted it too late.A lie is easy to say, but you have to rack your brains to make up a hundred to round it up.Fortunately, an old man rushed over at this time, yelling "Hey" and "Hey", and all the attention of the villagers was attracted.

"Old man Zhang, what's the matter?"

Old man Zhang scratched his head anxiously: "Hey, the couplets I just bought from a traveler were eaten by mice!"

Bai Xincha was happy to divert everyone's attention, and hurriedly asked: "Just write again. Why are you so flustered?"

One person said: "There are not many people in our village who can read, let alone write. The couplets we post are all bought from passing merchants. They only come two or three times a year, and they just came here two days ago. , I don’t know when I will get it next time.”

Everyone began to chatter, some made jokes about old man Zhang being sloppy, and some thought of a way to go to Xilin Town to find someone to write another copy, and there was a lot of excitement for a while.Bai Xincha tugged on Xu Liujun's sleeve: "If you don't slip away now, when will you wait?"

Xu Liujun could not agree more.The two moved quietly while taking advantage of the chaos, and just about to disappear from everyone's sight, the clever daughter-in-law shouted again: "Hey, you all forgot, there are two ready-made scholars here!"

They had no choice but to follow old man Zhang back home.At least he escaped the "interrogation" of the villagers, Bai Xincha heaved a sigh of relief.Xu Liujun chuckled.

"What are you laughing at?"

"It's not the right time to laugh at old man Zhang, I still want to see how you lie." Xu Liujun blinked mischievously.After letting go of his defenses, he became much more cheerful, gradually resembling the him Bai Xincha saw in his dream.Bai Xincha deliberately teased him, so she pretended to be serious and said: "Yes. It seems that I have told too few lies and have no experience. It will be fine when we tell a few more lies and form our own system."

Sure enough, Xu Liujun grinned even more happily.

Old man Zhang rummaged through boxes and boxes to find red paper, pens and ink, and spread them on the long table: "Young people, I'm counting on you!"

"Uncle Zhang, what kind of couplet do you want to write? Prosperous wealth? Prosperity and longevity? Full family?" Bai Xincha asked.

Old man Zhang proudly said: "I know even if I can't read, what you said is exactly the same as my neighbor's! It was hard for me to meet a scholar, of course I have to write something different."

"What's different?" Xu Liujun asked with a smile.

"That's...that's..." Old man Zhang held back for a long time, "It's so literary that they can't understand it!"

Curious needs.Bai Xincha thought for a while, then filled the brush with ink, and wrote word by word:

Don't sigh that the wasted years are short,

But it is a pity that the beautiful spring is long.

Xu Liujun read it out gently beside him, and sighed: "It really feels like spring is here."

Bai Xincha smiled, and handed him the pen: "Let's make up a horizontal comment."

Xu Liujun took the pen, thought about it for a while, and wrote down the horizontal comment neatly:

Live up to the good times.

Spring is still far away.But Bai Xincha recited these five words, as if the bleak sunshine had warmed up a little.

Part67

They helped old man Zhang hang the couplets.Old man Zhang was full of praise when Xu Liujun explained the meaning of the couplet.

"Hey, scholars are different. Look at me showing off with them this time!" He ran towards the entrance of the village in a hurry.

Bai Xincha hurriedly said: "Let's leave quickly after posting, or we won't be able to leave again."

Xu Liujun smiled while speeding up: "Didn't you say you want to practice lying? Don't miss this great opportunity."

"Ha, you're still making fun of me, right?" Bai Xincha pretended to be angry, "See how I'll deal with you!" He dipped his finger in some paste, and stroked Xu Liujun's face, and the latter immediately became a cat.The two laughed.

"Speaking of which," Xu Liujun forced himself to stop laughing, "Brother Xincha, you are really more like a scholar than a disciple of the Cultivation of Immortals."

"That's not true. To tell you the truth, if I hadn't come to the Daocheng School, I would have inherited my father's mill. I practice calligraphy, read books, and write novels every day. I don't know how happy I am!"

"Then why did you learn to cultivate immortals?"

"My parents didn't force me." Bai Xincha said angrily, "They only heard that cultivating immortals is good, flying into the sky, calling the wind and calling the rain, so they forced me to go to the Daocheng School with Master. But Yujian, spells, etc. I'm not interested at all."

"Well... I see, I can't help myself, right?"

Bai Xincha was a little surprised: "Many people would ask me: 'Then why did you listen to your parents?' or, 'Then why didn't you just go back and inherit the mill, and what are you doing in Daocheng School?" and so on. It's the first time I've heard you say that."

"They don't hurt their backs when they stand and talk. People are always involuntarily living in this world." Xu Liujun smiled, "Besides, did they choose to do what they are interested in decisively? Maybe those people don't even want what they want. I don’t even know, it’s not as good as you.”

Bai Xincha was so moved that he really wanted to hug him.

Xu Liujun added: "However, I believe that when you really know your goal, all obstacles are temporary. If you want to read and write novels, one day you will leave the Daocheng School."

"Then what is your goal?" Bai Xincha asked.

"Is it my goal?" Xu Liujun's smile disappeared.He lowered his eyes: "Master will find me sooner or later. I just want to live one more day."

Bai Xincha's heart ached.He was so stupid, he shouldn't have asked such a question, so he comforted clumsily: "Don't be too pessimistic. Maybe we will meet an expert as we walk, who will help you take out the fragments and pass them on to you. Peerless martial arts. It’s always written like this in martial arts novels.”

He didn't have the confidence to say that himself.But Xu Liujun still nodded and smiled, but there was still sadness in his eyes.Why didn't Bai Xincha know that Xu Liujun's forced smile was to thank him for his comfort, and he didn't want to make him worry too much.Even if he is in a desperate situation, Junior Brother Liu Jun is still thinking about others; even if he is about to be engulfed by the boundless darkness, his kindness still shines warmly.

Nine-Tailed Fox

Part68

"Hey, look at me, why are you talking about this. Why don't you tell me what you want to do most now." Bai Xincha said.

"Now? Hmm..." Xu Liujun thought about it seriously, and said, "By the way, I want to eat candied haws!"

"Okay!" Bai Xincha agreed, "Let's find candied haws!"

The couplets were hung, and they put the bucket of paste back in the cabinet.As soon as he stepped out the door, he saw old man Zhang staggering towards him from a distance.

"What is he doing so fast?"

Before he could finish speaking, old man Zhang fell hard. He scratched the ground in a panic and screamed in terror.Then, a long, thick, snake-like thing caught up with him and wrapped itself around his ankle.Old man Zhang was dragged backwards abruptly like this, and disappeared around the corner.

More screams were accompanied by loud noises of broken vessels and collapsed houses.Bai Xincha and Xu Liujun looked at each other, their hearts sank.Before they had time to say anything, they rushed towards the source of the sound.

Bai Xincha untied Yue Yun's sword while running: "Take it for self-defense!"

Xu Liujun did not refuse.The sword is indeed more useful in his hands.Bai Xincha followed closely behind. Seeing him clinging to the brick wall, he made a sharp turn and rushed up without even slowing down.It turned out that the monster was a nine-tailed fox, and it was more than ten feet tall just by touching the ground with its four claws.Old man Zhang and several others were tightly wrapped by its fox tail, and they were yelling "help".

Baixincha didn't know how much water Xu Liujun put in the exchange match until today.After all, he was not facing an enemy at that time, and with his temperament, he would never be cruel.But at this time the situation was quite different, and he showed his real strength. Under the fierce attack of the fox demon, he calmly dealt with every step of the way, and soon the fox demon was a little bit overwhelmed.Bai Xincha was worried that Yue Yun's sword would lose its chain again, but it knew that it was not snatched, but was handed over to Xu Liujun on its own initiative, so it cooperated very well with him.Bai Xincha also mobilized the few spells in his brain, dodged the claws of the fox demon, and barely temporarily sealed one of its tails.Seeing this, Xu Liujun sacrificed his sword formula, and the sword in his hand flew out with a "swoosh", piercing the base of the nine-tailed fox's tail.

"Ah, Junior Brother Liu Jun and I cooperate perfectly." Bai Xincha thought out of time.

Nine-tailed fox wailed in pain, backed away, and at the same time uttered a human voice: "Stop! Don't you want them to live?"

Xu Liujun hastily withdrew his hands, half of his face was stained with the blood spurted out by the fox demon, he gritted his teeth and asked fiercely, "What are you going to do?"

"It's very simple." Seeing that the threat was effective, the fox demon proudly said, "I want the fragments of the flame bird in your body."

Xu Liujun panicked for a moment, but regained his composure in a blink of an eye.