Chapter 661 661: Shaobai [2-in-1]
I thought I could pick the flowers without anyone noticing, but when his fingers were about to get petals on them, the little red flowers followed the wooden stick and moved away. And stay away. Shaochong seemed to feel something, and raised his head. The owner of the wooden staff was looking at him with lowered eyes, and their eyes met.
The young man twisted his delicate eyebrows: "What are you doing?"
Shaochong looked at the little red flower eagerly. Although he failed to steal the flower and was caught by the owner, he also Not feeling guilty, he smiled and raised his eyebrows: "How much does this flower cost? How about you sell it to me? Brother Twelve can afford it for how much, just give me a price!"
Chao Lian couldn't help but make trouble. : "I can't afford it."
The young man's clear eyes paused for two breaths on Shaochong's face, then moved away and turned around, looking like he didn't want to talk to a stranger. He took out a small money bag from his sleeve and checked the price with the vendor in a low voice, looking reserved and shy. Probably because he seldom communicated with others, the whole process was just the vendor calculating how much each item would cost, telling the boy the total price, and the boy would then count the money and deliver it.
"You look so poor." Shaochong could not keep his eyes away from the little red flower. Seeing that the boy paid the bill mostly in copper coins, he planned to use money to make the boy relent, "Just sell this flower. Give it to me, one tael? Two taels? If not, I'll give you five taels..."
The boy ignored it.
Received the packaged items from the vendors, which contained daily necessities, such as salt blocks, corn, needlework, and cloth. This is the first time that I have gone shopping alone since I have grown up. Uncle Lin is usually in charge. The teacher told him not to be nervous, he just had to buy what was written on the slip. With the remaining money, you can buy yourself some candies...
"Thank you, does the store know where I can buy candies?"
The boy was thinking about candy, but he didn't know where to buy it.
Seeing that he was being ignored, Shaochong increased the price again.
"How about Shiliang?"
Chao Lian was cooking while he made trouble again: "Thirteenth brother, your brother and I don't have Shiliang by my side. It's just a little red flower, what do you think?" Yes, I will take you out of the city to pick as many as you want in the spring of next year. Don’t bother me.”
The young man still ignored Shaochong.
I just thought about how many pieces of candy I could buy with the little money I had left.
"Hey! Look at me!"
Shaochong didn't listen to Chao Lian's words, but made a thunderous move, grabbing the young man's left shoulder. He swept away the young man's previous enthusiasm, and his voice changed. It was low and sinister, and a string of thin and strange grunts escaped from the throat, like the roar of some kind of wild beast.
Looking at his eyes again, the pupils were flashing with an unknown red light.
Chao Lian is very familiar with Shaochong in this state.
How can I take the last bite of corn porridge?
He threw the pottery bowl away and wanted to step forward to stop Shaochong from going crazy.
"Thirteenth brother, you must calm down, this is not a place for you to go crazy! Big brother wants to know, be careful of getting beaten!"
Chao Lian also had doubts in his heart.
I didn't find the crux of the problem before. I only knew that Thirteenth Brother would go crazy when he saw blood. However, after several years of care and restraint, the influence of the Gu worm in Thirteenth Brother's body gradually decreased, and even Even the stagnant mind begins to grow slowly with age. Except for the night of the full moon, when the Gu insect is particularly manic, it will force Shaochong to passively enter a state of madness, which is usually normal.
Shaochong turned a deaf ear.
The hand pressing on the young man's shoulder continued to tighten.
Chao Lian subconsciously held his breath and did not dare to disturb Shao Chong again, for fear of irritating Shao Chong and the young man's shoulder would be scrapped. Unexpectedly, the young man remained motionless and turned to look at Shaochong: "That flower is not for sale. Let go of your hand."
A strange smile escaped from Shaochong's throat: "What if not?"
The young man showed a confused look.
He said: "But I don't want to kill anyone."
The young man's calm voice clearly reached Chao Lian's ears, and Chao Lian was extremely anxious when he heard this. Of course he is not worried about his thirteenth brother, he is worried about the young man. In his crazy state, Shao Chong was like a firecracker that could explode at any time. The boy's provocation only added fuel to the fire, and he would most likely be cut into pieces with his bare hands, and his blood would be spilled on the spot.
The boy repeated it again.
"I don't want to kill you." When he said this, there was no trace of murderous intent around him. His eyes were as clear as a clear spring, and the warmth between his eyebrows was like a breeze in the world. "The teacher also said one more thing. It's better to do nothing. Killing is easy, but dealing with corpses is troublesome. Teacher, he hates trouble."
The boy said again: "I hate it too."
Chao Lian couldn't help but remind him in a low voice.
"Stop irritating Shisan..."
Does this kid not know Shaochong's illustrious reputation? Didn’t you see the people on the street running and hiding when they saw Shaochong’s posture?
Many people have seen Shao Chong's face, and some have seen him killing people with their own eyes. That scene once became a lingering nightmare. Even folk women use words like "If you cry again, the red-eyed monster will come to eat you" to scare children. This young man dressed in a foreign land is a newborn calf and is not afraid of tigers. Why does he have to stroke the tiger’s beard?
“Bring it!”
Shaochong's eyes had been replaced by scarlet, and the voice coming out of his throat didn't sound like a human voice. He raised his hand into a claw, and with lightning speed, he grabbed at the young man's face. Among the brothers, Shaochong has the strongest finger strength. Even without using any force, breaking a rock with his bare hands is no more difficult than breaking a piece of tofu. If he caught him right now, the boy's skull would be split in half!
“Thirteen!”
Seeing Shao Chong actually taking action, Chao Lian was so anxious that he broke his voice.
He didn't even have time to form his weapon, and was about to stop Shao Chong with his bare hands. However, he was still a step too slow, and at such a short distance, the young man turned sideways to avoid the attack, then bent his elbow to fight back, and waved out a green breeze with his right palm, forcefully forcing Shao Chong back.
Although it was only a foot away, it was enough to make Chao Lian stunned.
This boy...
Looking at his face, he is definitely younger than Shaochong.
“Run away!”
This is not the time to be shocked.
Chao Lian grabbed the air and formed a weapon. He thrust his two guns diagonally in front of Shao Chong, one on the left and one on the right, blocking the way and buying time for the young man to escape. Just because he can force Shaochong back doesn't mean he can escape Shaochong's attack. It is against the laws of nature to harm innocent people and increase the number of killings.
The young man said to Chao Lian: "Thank you."
But he did not turn around and run away.
"I can save his life!" His palms turned into seals, and he held out the wooden staff inserted diagonally behind his waist. The mysterious lines and the Seven Stars of the Big Dipper spread from the feet to all directions. The young man's robe moved automatically without any wind, and the little red flower on the top of the wooden staff also swayed from side to side.
Chao Lian: "..."
What kind of power is this?
It is not like the literary spirit or the martial spirit, but it can communicate with the spirit of heaven and earth. Intuition told Chao Lian that the boy was safe. The reality also confirmed his guess. The young man did not use the wooden stick to say hello to Shaochong's head, but moved it a little closer to the ground. A streak of blue Qi broke through the sky like a meteor and went straight to Shaochong's eyebrows. Chao Lian raised his hand to stop him, but who knew that the thing could pass through his palm.
“Thirteen!” Chao Lian turned his head and saw the young master’s energy disappearing between his brows. He stepped forward and caught him.
The young man stepped forward with a wooden stick in hand.
Squatting half-crouched, he raised his finger and poked Shaochong between his eyebrows.
“There is something in his body and he is disobedient.”
Chao Lian was shocked.
"Who are you? What did you do to Thirteen?"
"Obey now."
Chao Lian grabbed the young man's wrist and refused to let him go.
"Is it obedient? What do you mean by that? You said... that thing in Thirteen's body is obedient? How did you do it?"
"Let it fall asleep and it will be obedient."
Isn't this kind of thing easy to do?
The young man straightened the little red flower on one side, inserted the wooden stick back into his waist, and kindly reminded Chao Lian: "Don't let your brother eat bugs randomly. If people eat bugs randomly, the bugs will It's a cannibal. Not only will it hurt your stomach, it'll also hurt your brain. It will also hurt. The teacher also said that people who eat bugs will have a short life and will not live long."
The boy shook his head: " The teacher hasn’t taught yet.”
The teacher only taught how to make the bugs sleep.
Chao Lian seemed to grab the driftwood and hurriedly asked: "Your teacher? Does your teacher know? This is my thirteenth brother. As long as he can be cured, I will pay any price. Your teacher Whatever he wants, as long as it doesn't violate morality, our brothers can do it for him!"
The young man shook his head again: "I don't know."
Chao Lian found that the young man's reaction was different from that of Shao. Generally speaking, it seems to be the mind of a child. He took a deep breath secretly, tried to calm down, and asked in a coaxing tone: "Then do you know where your teacher is? I want to visit you." The boy refused to tell him: "The teacher said he couldn't tell."
"Then -" Chao Lian still wanted to ask, but the young man frowned impatiently and stood up to leave. He quickly changed his words and said, "Can Xiaolang help me ask the master?"
< br>"Why? He wants to steal my flowers , he is a bad person."
Chao Lian said in a strange way: "How about Xiaolang helping me and asking Shisan to buy a lot of candies to apologize to Xiaolang?"
The young man looked struggling and seemed to be worried. The trade-off is worth it.
In the end, I succumbed to the temptation of sugar.
"Okay, I'll come back to you when I get the reply."
Chao Lian was overjoyed and was about to coax the young man to meet somewhere. Then he would follow the clues to find the young teacher, but in the next moment, his right hand was empty. He looked up again, and a fallen leaf fell leisurely from mid-air to the young man's position. Where could he be?
When Gu Ren learned about this, he immediately closed the city to find someone.
The young man who caused the commotion appeared at a roadside tea shop outside the city with something in his arms. In the corner, a man dressed as a commoner lowered his bamboo hat and quietly sipped tea. The young man called him: "Uncle Lin."
"Have you finished buying it?"
The man known as "Uncle Lin" raised his head.
Ask again: "Did you fight with someone?"
"He robbed me..."
Uncle Lin asked: "You didn't kill anyone, did you?"< br>
The boy shook his head: "I didn't kill him, let the bugs sleep."
Fourth Uncle Lin didn't ask what "making bugs sleep" meant. Anyway, after the young man practiced martial arts on weekdays, he liked to squat in the corner and toss things like toads, centipedes, scorpions, and ants. Considering the age of a young man, playing with bugs is quite normal.
"Have you bought everything?"
The young man nodded nervously: "Hmm..."
But his fingers were trying to cover something unnaturally.
Uncle Lin checked it and made sure it was correct. He stood up and paid for the tea and said, "Let's go, your teacher is still waiting for you."
Halfway through, he whispered a reminder.
"You may look like a boy, but you still have cavities. Eat less candy. If your teacher catches you, please don't implicate me and suffer the consequences."
The boy said oh.
Acknowledge your mistakes proactively and never correct yourself despite repeated admonitions.
The boy's teacher is an old man with white beard and hair. He has aged very fast in the past few years, and a trace of old age has spread from the inside out. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that he will not live long.
Seeing the young man and Fourth Uncle Lin come back, his face as dry as a tree became alive. The three of them had a simple meal, and the old man said: "Everything is ready, let's continue going south..."
Fourth Uncle Lin: "Leaving again?"
This seclusion looks like a He fought and hid here and there, but he didn't see anyone coming to chase him. He didn't understand why the old man was moving so madly.
The old man said: "Well, for Shaobai's practice."
The young man was stunned for a while before he realized that it was himself that Shaobai was calling, and he said distressedly: "Teacher, I am Ah Feast.”
He didn't like the unfamiliar name Shaobai.
Uncle Lin just wanted to roll his eyes.
"It's different where he stays to practice?"
The old man said: "It's different of course. The countries in the northwest are busy fighting wars and have no intention of holding selections. Even if there are, they refuse foreign scholars to participate. . Shaobai needs to go to the Holy Land of Mountains and Seas, and then I will be completely relieved.”
After hearing this, Fourth Uncle Lin said nothing.
But the young man was restless: "Teacher..."
"What's the matter?"
"Teacher, do you know how to kill insects?"
"Insects?"
“Today I met someone with a bug in his head, and his brother promised that if I help them kill the bug, then...”
The final words were slurred.
The old man understood instantly and sneered: "Those who abuse them will not regret death. I know the method, but I can't do it. You can do it, but you are not strong enough. Of course, if that person's life is big enough, , drag it until you are strong enough That's enough..."
"Yes, Ayan knows."
"Also, eat less sugar."
The young man covered his mouth with both hands. : "Ayan didn't eat!"
The old man pointed with his chopsticks at the tooth stuck with candy in the young man's bowl and said, "You have lost all your teeth, so why are you still so arrogant?"
The young man: "..."
That pair The eyes like a mountain ink painting are stained with mist.
It was a front tooth that fell out
A few days later.
Gu Ren and his brothers couldn't find the young man after digging three feet into the ground. It seemed as if there was no such person in the world. Even Chao Lian couldn't help but wonder if he had made a mistake. On this day, I returned empty-handed again. Chao Lian was anxious, but he saw a familiar face.
He was overjoyed and stepped forward to stop the person.
"Xiao Lang, please let me..." When he saw the man's face clearly and looked at him like a fool, Chao Lian almost coughed and said in shock, "Gong Xiqiu, how can it be you? ——"
"Oh, it's you, Gu Ziyi's brother, what's wrong?" This person is Gong Xiqiu who left Xiaocheng. He went on the road alone, and his efficiency was very high. Gong Xiqiu greeted him calmly, as if he wasn't the one who almost killed Shaochong back then.
His reaction was magnanimous, but Chao Lian was confused.
"You..."
Gong Xiqiu said: "I was passing by."
A few days ago, the clan pattern on the shoulder blade became inexplicably hot.
He ran all the way in the direction indicated by the clan emblem.
As a result, there was no movement again halfway.
Chao Lian asked hesitantly: "Then you...have you ever seen a young man who looks like you? His dress..."
As he said that, he paused.
His eyes were completely glued to the lines on Gong Xiqiu’s collar.
This pattern is similar to the boyish style.
Obviously from the same source.
Gong Xiqiu didn't have much patience. Seeing that Chao Lian still didn't follow up, he planned to pay and leave, but Chao Lian grabbed his arm. Gong Xiqiu sneered and threatened: "You don't want this hand anymore?"
"That man is very similar to you." Chao Lian was afraid that Gong Xiqiu would not believe it, so he took out the painting he drew based on memory from his arms. The lines almost hit Gong Xiqiu's face, "Have you seen it?"
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Let Ayan come out for a breath and continue diving.
(End of this chapter)