Exiled from the Village
Snowy sighed." Because…I think…the doctor's daughter is so pitiful…and I…I…I think…if I promise to sacrifice for her, maybe the doctor…the doctor will be moved and willing to treat my brother's foot…"
"What?" Chen Jingchou asked. You are willing to sacrifice your life just for this reason?”
"Yes…Yes…Last night, my brother couldn't walk anymore, so he was sad and secretly cried. I felt so sad when I saw him…A few years ago, my brother fell sick and had a high fever. Because I didn't have money, my brother's feet became disabled…It was all my fault!”
"Wait a minute, that's not your responsibility. Where are your parents?”
"When I was young, my mother fell ill and passed away. My father was conscripted by the government to go to war and never came back. In the end, it was only me and my brother left…The people in the village said that it was because I had a head full of white hair when I was born, which was an ominous symbol, so I brought misfortune to the whole family. Everyone wanted to chase me away, but fortunately, the inn owner, Uncle He, took pity on us and took us in to help out in his inn.”
"I see. I understand now. But I think your hair is as beautiful as snow!”
"My white hair…will look good?"
"Yeah, it's really nice!" Chen Jingchou smiled. The people in your village are thinking too much! " Alright, we have to find a way out now, but…" Chen Jingchou looked up at the cave exit, but it was too high. Without a thick rope, it was impossible to go up.
"Ah, then we…aren't we…" Snowy said.
"Don't worry. There must be another way. We can definitely find another way out."”Thus, they found another way out of the cave. Heaven did not disappoint those who worked hard. They found another path and moved forward.
As they walked, Snowy saw that Chen Jingchou's hand was bleeding. She said to Chen Jingchou,""I'm sorry…your…your hand, is it injured?”
"Ah…you mean the wound on my hand?" Chen Jingchou asked. This was a small injury from the sneak attack by the River God. It was fine.”
"I…I…I might be able to treat you!" Snowy said.”
"Treat me?" Chen Jingchou was stunned.
"Well, the minor injuries should be fine," Snowy said.”Chen Jingchou listened to her words and stretched out his hand. Xiaoxue immediately placed her hand on his wound. She didn't know where Xiaoxue got the strength to make the wound on Chen Jingchou's hand gradually heal. It was very magical. Chen Jingchou said in surprise,"Eh, it's really healed!" How magical! So you have such a strange power? Have you also learned the Ghost Valley Taoist Technique?”
Snowy shook her head and said," No... No…I... I don't know what Taoist skills are…This ability... I have it since I was born, but I can only treat minor injuries. I can't do anything about my brother's feet. I'm really useless!"”
"There's no such thing. Does anyone else know?" Chen Jingchou quickly comforted.”
" Only my brother, Uncle He, and Doctor Yue know about it," said Snowy." But the doctor said it was a sorcery, so he hates me very much."”
"Haha, I think that doctor is jealous, right?" Chen Jingchou laughed. He said that because he was afraid that you would steal his job. However, he treated you like this, yet you were still willing to sacrifice your life for his daughter. How foolish.”
"This…I…"
"However, you have the talent to learn dao techniques. Why don't I teach you some defensive and healing spells so that you can protect yourself in the future!”So he taught some of the pithy formulas to Snowy. He didn't expect Snowy to be so talented that she remembered them immediately. Chen Jingchou said," That's enough. You're really talented. You learned it in a short time. I remember that I had to learn it for a long time."”
"No, not at all…"
"I still have an iron ring that my master gave me in the past. I'll give it to you as a self-defense weapon!”Snowy also accepted it happily. The two of them continued to move forward. Finally, they left Moon River Cave through another cave entrance and returned to the outside of the village.
When the two of them returned to the village, they saw that there had been a huge change. The village was filled with corpses, and many villagers were lying on the ground. The death was terrifying. "What's going on?" Chen Jingchou was dumbstruck.”At this moment, they heard a cry for help from the front and someone begging,"Lord River God, please spare my life…"
Chen Jingchou and Xiaoxue rushed forward. When they arrived at the bridge, they saw the mermaid wrapping her tongue around a woman. A child stood not far away and cried. When he saw Chen Jingchou and Xiaoxue rushing over, he called for help,"Big brother, please save my mother!”
"Stop it, you monster!" Chen Jingchou immediately shouted. You hateful fellow, if you want to, you should have come to me directly. Why hurt the innocent!”
"They asked you to deal with me, so they deserve to die!"”
"This is my own decision, it has nothing to do with them!" Chen Jingchou said. Let her go."
The mermaid spirit threw the woman far away and then shouted,""Stinky Taoist priest! Did you think I was afraid of you when I let you off last time? You won't be so lucky this time." Then, he pounced at Chen Jingchou with all his might. Chen Jingchou raised his sword and went all out to fight. But this time, the mermaid spirit's power was fully unleashed. Chen Jingchou was soon caught in a bitter battle, and the situation was extremely dangerous. Snowy watched from the side, frowning with worry. Finally, she could not hold it in any longer, so Motionless Iron Ring also joined the battle. Little did he expect that Snowy's anxiety would actually stimulate her potential. A burst of power shot out from the iron ring, causing the mermaid spirit to panic. Chen Jingchou seized the opportunity to find the mermaid spirit's weakness and stabbed it with his sword. Finally, he hit the mermaid spirit's vital point. The mermaid spirit let out a strange cry and fell to the ground. In a short while, it was reduced to ashes.
After eliminating the shark spirit, Snowy found her brother Xiao Shuo and Uncle He lying not far away. She quickly went up and found that the two were dead. Snowy was so sad that she knelt beside their bodies and cried,"Little Shuo…Uncle He…You guys…Why are you…"
Chen Jingchou wanted to comfort her, but he didn't know how to start. Xiaoxue said," Don't be like this…Don't…Don't be like this…Don't leave me alone…Sob…"
"Little Xue…I…"
At this moment, the village chief and the other villagers arrived. When they saw the situation here, they were all furious. "I'm sorry, everyone. I'm very sorry," said Chen Jingchou.”
"It's all your fault," said an old woman."You made your own decisions and brought disaster to the entire village!”
"Pay for my wife's life, pay for my son's life."”
Chen Jingchou wanted to explain, but all the villagers refused to listen. They shouted,""Get lost! Get out of this village!" "Get lost immediately, get lost!"
At this time, Snowy suppressed her sadness and came to plead for Chen Jingchou."" Everyone…please don't do this…Brother Chen…This Brother Chen defeated the monster for our village. Please don't treat him like this…"
"Hmph, Little Xue, how dare you say such things?" The old granny said.”"That's right," said another young villager."He's willing to be a sacrifice, but he's unwilling to be eaten by the River God!"”"Yes, yes, it's all your fault!" said a female villager. You're the one who harmed everyone!"
The young villager said," Chase them away, chase them away.”
"I'll leave immediately. You don't have to worry about me."”The female villager took the opportunity to shout," Brother Chen!"Demoness, get lost too!" Everyone scrambled to coax Xiaoxue away. Xiaoxue was so afraid that she retreated to Chen Jingchou's side. Seeing that the crowd was angry, Chen Jingchou had no choice but to cross the bridge with Xiaoxue.
Outside the village entrance, Xiaoxue knelt down sadly. Chen Jingchou said,""It's all my fault. I'm sorry for implicating you.”
" No," Snowy said." I'm really the bad star that everyone is talking about…I'm the one who harmed everyone…I'm sorry, Little Shuo, and Uncle He…It's all my fault…I'm sorry…"
"No, that's not right!" Chen Jingchou said. You're wrong. This is not the case at all! I'm the one in the wrong, and the people in your village have nothing to do with you!”
"But…"
"You are very kind. For your brother and the doctor's daughter, you are willing to sacrifice your own life. It's my own lack of strength and experience that dragged you down…I should really apologize to you!”
"But…I…"
"Don't blame yourself. You really didn't do anything wrong! Please believe me."
Snowy lowered her head and cried. After a long time, Chen Jingchou said,"You have nowhere to go in the future. What do you plan to do in the future?”
"I…I…I don't know…" Snowy choked.
"In that case, do you want to leave with me? Come with me to save my master."
"Together…with you?"
"Yeah, after I save Master, I'll ask him to take you in as his disciple. Wouldn't that give you a place to settle down?”
"But…this…is it really possible?”
"Don't worry, don't worry! You're very talented. Master will definitely agree!”
" But, but…I'm worried…I…will bring you bad luck…"
"Bad luck, bad luck. Isn't that caused by your villagers 'wild imaginations? I don't believe in this!”
"Yes, thank you!" Snowy stood up again." I want to say goodbye to my hometown. Can I?"”Chen Jingchou nodded, and Snowy let go of her throat and shouted towards the village,""Goodbye! Moon River Village, my hometown! Goodbye, Little Shuo! Goodbye, Uncle He! Goodbye, Father and Mother! "Goodbye…" After shouting until he was hoarse, he fell to his knees and wept bitterly. Chen Jingchou felt sad and could only say,"In a while, we will be heading to Lei Xiaze in the northwest. I might not be returning to Moon River Village after this. I'll wait for you at the bridgehead. We'll set off when you've calmed down!”He turned around and walked to the bridgehead. After crying for a while, Xiaoxue finally calmed down and followed Chen Jingchou on a new journey.
The two of them traveled day and night and finally arrived at Lei Xia Ze. It turned out that Lei Xia Ze was actually a beautiful place. When Snowy saw it, she was also in an uproar and praised it. "Yeah…what a beautiful scenery!" Chen Jingchou also said. This was Lei Xiaze, right? Good, I have inspiration…"
"What inspiration?" Snowy asked.
Chen Jingchou said,"Listen well…Fragrant grass accompanies the green mountains, and the clouds enter the center of the lake." The crane on the pine tree whistled long, and the dream of the reed house sank.”
"Brother Chen…what is that?" Snowy asked in confusion.”
"It's a poem…a poem I randomly composed."”
"Brother Chen, you're amazing!" Snowy said.”
"Ah, did Xiaoxue like the meaning of the poem just now?" Chen Jingchou asked.”
" Actually, I don't quite understand it," Snowy said." But it makes me feel very comfortable!"”
"Haha, so that's how it is!" Chen Jingchou laughed. Thank you for your praise. Master hates it when I compose poems. Every time I do, he scolds me…He says that our country was destroyed by the Sui people because everyone was addicted to poetry.”
" Oh, I remember now," Snowy said." Brother Chen told me that you're a descendant of the Chen Kingdom in the south."”
"Forget it, I hate this identity the most." Master always has high expectations for me, hoping that I can go to some place to revive the Chen Nation. However, my favorite thing is to appreciate the beautiful scenery of various places and then write a few poems when I am happy.”Snowy also felt the helplessness in Chen Jing's words.
The two of them walked to a cottage and saw a little girl playing by the river outside the cottage. Chen Jingchou went forward and asked,""Little girl, is this Lei Xiaze? I'm Mister Gongshan's martial nephew. I'm here to see him.”
The little girl looked at the two of them and said,"This is Lei Xiaze. Grandpa is in the house. After you enter the house, ask Grandma first to see if Grandpa will see you.”
"Little Xue, let's go in and look for Martial Uncle." Chen Jingchou said to Little Xue.”Snowy thanked the little girl and the two of them walked into the cottage.
When they entered the cottage, an old woman welcomed them. Chen Jingchou quickly bowed and said,"Is there a Mister Gongshan here?”
"Young Master…who are you?" the old woman asked.”
"Hello, I'm Mister Gongshan's martial nephew, Chen Jingchou." My master, Chen Fu, is in great danger. He instructed me to find Mister Gongshan to save him.”
At this moment, an old man's voice came from inside the house,""Ah Han…let him in. He's one of us.”
"I understand, Brother Tie."”Then he said to the two of them,"Please come in." Go inside. Your Martial Uncle is inside.”
Thus, Chen Jingchou and Xiaoxue entered the room together. They saw an old man lying on the bed with a sickly face and looked very haggard. When the old man saw Chen Jingchou, he panted and said,""Cough…cough cough…you're the young master of the Chen Nation that Junior Brother Ji Ye sacrificed his grandson to save, right?”
"Yes. Junior Chen Jingchou greets Martial Uncle Gongshan!”
"Ahem…I heard you say that Ji Ye is in danger. What's going on?”
Chen Jingchou told Mister Gongshan what had happened, and Mister Gongshan said,""I see…I understand now. The Taotie is an ancient demon beast, and it is very difficult for me to deal with it. Your master is naturally not its match. To save your master, the only way is to seal him back into the divine mirror…cough cough…"
"That's great. Then…Uncle Master, you've agreed to save Master?" Chen Jingchou said happily.”
Mister Gongshan shook his head gently." I'm sorry, child. I can't do anything about it." As you can see, this old man is currently sick and weak. I have the heart but not the strength…cough…cough cough…"
"Martial Uncle, why? Then wouldn't Master…"
"Child, cough cough…to suppress that demon, in addition to the divine mirror, a large amount of primordial spirit power is needed. "If it was a few years ago, I could still handle it…but now…cough cough…cough…" As he spoke, he coughed continuously. "Uncle Master, are you alright?" Chen Jingchou asked.”
Mister Gongshan calmed himself down and said,""Child, I was severely injured by someone two years ago. The sword qi from that time is still in my body, so I became like this…"
Chen Jingchou couldn't help but be stunned. Mister Gongshan said,""I'm sorry, child! This old man has really let Ji Ye and you down, cough cough…"
"Uncle Master, are you alright?" Chen Jingchou asked.”
"Cough cough…don't worry about me. Your master…sealed himself and the Taotie in the cave with the Ice Silk Technique, so he should be able to maintain his life for at least half a year…During this time, you can go and look for other experts…If the heavens bless Ji Ye…Your master might be saved…Cough cough…"
"Martial Uncle…I…Where should I go to find other experts?”
" Cough…cough cough…in this world…there are only a few people who can barely break the Taotie…I don't know…"
At this moment, Madam Gongshan walked in and said,""Brother Tie, why didn't you tell this child that method?”Mister Gongshan's expression changed. Chen Jingchou and Xiaoxue were also stunned.
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