By Jiulu Feixiang,
Translated, Edited and Arranged by Angel Chua 10/09/2024
Chapter 01 Kluk Kluk
"The Immortal Realm Lord has ordered Lord BiCang to return to the palace with us as soon as possible!"
The woman called Lord BiCang, with her long hair tied up high with a golden headband dancing in the wind and her clothes fluttering, said slowly: "I will not go back."
Her tight black robe was embroidered with flamboyant peonies. Just like her voice, she had a heroism and courage rarely seen in women.
"No one's order will be of any use."
"In that case, Your Majesty, don't blame us for offending you."
The gray-clothed man in the lead waved his hand, and two figures jumped out from behind him, forming a triangle to surround Shen Li.
"You dare to stop me, you have courage." Shen Li's eyes were stern, and a silver spear turned in his palm, the spear blade drew a silver arc, and the murderous aura surged from his body, shaking the corners of his clothes: "Just come and fight!"
The leading man and the other man looked at each other, and seemed a little afraid, but the man standing behind Shen Li's right suddenly drew his sword and went away with a fierce attack, "Mofang, don't be impulsive!" The leading man shouted, but there was no way to stop him. Shen Li raised his eyebrows, and the silver spear in his hand went forward without hesitation. With a "ding dong" sound, the crisp sound of the weapons connecting with the surging magic power shook the four directions.
The remaining two gritted their teeth and had to raise their knives to follow up and form a siege against Shen Li.
Any one of these three people is a well-known figure in the Immortal Realm world, but they still find it difficult to fight against Shen Li. After all, two fists are no match for four hands, and Shen Li cannot bring herself to kill them. As a result, although her magic power is stronger than the three, she is inevitably at a disadvantage in the encirclement. After a while, she revealed her flaws, and Mofang stabbed her with the sword without mercy, actually towards her heart!
One person shouted: "Mofang! Don't hurt the king's life!"
Mofang ignored him, and the tip of the sword broke through her robe and pierced into her flesh. The force was so strong that it pushed her body out of the three people's encirclement. Shen Li was furious: "You are so promising! You are worthy of being a soldier brought by me! You are so cruel!" Mofang said nothing, but just tilted his body slightly behind the two of them at an angle that they could not see, and took the initiative to push his neck to Shen Li's gun blade. Blood was floating in the air. In the wet blood, Shen Li stared at him in disbelief and asked him: "What? You want to scare me to death!"
"Your Majesty." Mofang's voice was low, "Mofang can only help you so far. Take care." After that, he pushed Shen Li with all his strength. The blade that deviated from the heart was pulled out, and as blood gushed out, her body quickly fell from the clouds. The seriously injured Mofang was caught by the other two. He didn't know what he said to them. The three figures flashed and disappeared.
Amidst the lightning and thunder, Shen Li understood that Mofang was helping her. Perhaps he knew that at this moment she would rather die than return to the Immortal Realm Realm Underground Palace.
Good boy! He is worthy of being the soldier she led, so loyal!
The black clouds came suddenly and wanted to destroy the city. Thunder was rolling in the clouds. People in the town avoided going out of their homes. Only the owner of an ordinary house in the west of the city pushed open the door of the backyard. The bamboo and vine racks in the yard were pulled by the strong wind, making rustling sounds. His hair and clothes fluttered in the wind like falling bamboo leaves.
"The weather...is getting bad." The corners of his lips raised a little arc, he looked up at the sky, but saw a little silver light slowly falling from the black clouds and disappearing among the mountains outside the city, "There are variables."
On the second day, Xingyun, dressed in a green and white dress, walked through the bustling market. Amid the noisy sounds, there seemed to be another voice calling him, which made him stop involuntarily. "Chickens for sale, fat chickens!" The vendor's voice was particularly loud in his ears, and he turned on his heels and walked in that direction.
In the chicken basket, dozens of chickens were crowded inside, among which a hairless chicken looked particularly eye-catching. But it looked extremely bad, with its head down and eyes lowered, as if it was about to die. Xingyun stared at it for a long time, then smiled and said, "I want this one."
The vendor responded, "Hey, this chicken is too ugly, if you want it, I'll give it to you at a lower price..."
"No need." Xingyun took out money and put it in the vendor's hand, "It's worth the price, it will be unhappy if it is sold at a lower price."
Can a chicken be angry? The vendor scratched his head and watched him walk away. He turned around and spread his palm to look at it. He was stunned for a long time, and suddenly shouted: "Hey! Sir, the money you gave is not enough to buy that broiler chicken... Hey! That young master! Hey! Hey! Hey! Little bastard, stop right there! You didn't give enough money!"
And Xingyun had disappeared long ago.
The world was in chaos. In a daze, Shen Li saw a burly man with a stubble on his face walking towards her. He grabbed her without any courtesy and smiled evilly.
"You are so bold! Let me go!" Her skin was burning with pain. She struggled desperately and tried her best to escape, but she was too weak and someone twisted her arms tightly from behind, tied her legs, and then... plucked all the feathers on her body.
Bastard! If he dared to untie the rope and fight her, she would definitely poke out the eyes of this ignorant mortal!
Awakened from a nightmare, Shen Li gasped for air. After a long while, she slowly raised her head on the green grass and looked around. It seemed to be someone's backyard. There was a small pond made of stones, and there were grape vines that had just sprouted. There was also a bamboo rocking chair under the vines, and a man was lazily lying on it. He was not a hunter with a lot of flesh, nor a chicken vendor with a wretched face, but a fair-skinned man in green clothes and white skirts. He closed his eyes and let the sunlight through the grape vines fall on him.
Shen Li was stunned for a moment. Even though she had seen many handsome men, there were not many people with such a noble temperament, even if they were gods in heaven... Shen Li turned her eyes away. Now she had no time to indulge in beauty. Shen Li knew that if she stayed in one place for too long, she would definitely be discovered. She had to leave quickly...
"Ah, get up." Before Shen Li stood up, she heard the man's hoarse voice as if he had just woken up: "I thought I would die." Shen Li turned her head to look at him, only to see the man sitting in a rocking chair, without even moving his body. He smiled at her, casually sprinkled the steamed bread crumbs in his hand towards her, and then made a cheap and teasing sound from his mouth, "Kluk, Kluk."
Teasing... teasing chicken!
Shen Li froze for a moment. Although she was originally a phoenix, she was born in human form, and was born with the ancient divine object Bi Hai Cang Pearl in her mouth. She has been very popular since she was a child. After she made her first military exploits at the age of 500, the Immortal Realm Lord named her the Lord Bicang. Since then, she has been honored with even more honors. Who in the Immortal Realm world dares to disrespect her?
Today... Today, she, the tyrant of the Immortal Realm world, is being teased by a mortal as a poultry! It's a great shame! Shen Li gritted her teeth and tried hard to stand up, but she never thought that the sword that Mofang stabbed beside her heart was so powerful that she couldn't move until now. She lay on the ground twitching for a long time, feeling angry and helpless. But when she looked up, the man smiled and waved at her: "Come here, chicken."
Come on, your uncle! Shen Li got up in a rage, and struggled to rub upwards and jumped up, but she fell to the ground after less than a foot of fluttering, and her sharp beak landed on a piece of steamed bread crumbs.
"Don't worry, don't worry, there's more here." The man said, went into the house and took out a big steamed bun, squatted in front of her, handed it to her, and smiled gently, "Here."
Who asked you to give alms! Shen Li gritted her teeth in hatred, but the situation was pressing, she had to close her eyes, poke a hole in the ground with her beak, and stuffed her head in, wishing she could bury herself in it and die.
The man stared at her bald head, and suddenly curled his lips and smiled, "Don't you want to eat? Then take a bath first." As he said, he pinched her two wings, carried her and walked towards the pond.
Hey... wait! What's going on! Take a bath? Who said to take a bath! Bastard! Let me go! When I return to the Immortal Realm Realm, I will ask someone to kill your nineteen clans! As long as you dare to touch a hair of this king! A hair...
Shen Li stared blankly at her own reflection in the pond... There was really not a single hair left...
Yesterday, she was stabbed back to her original form by Mofang's sword and fell into the mountains and forests, where she was picked up by a hunter. She knew that her golden hair had been plucked out, but she never expected that the rough hunter was so overly clever! He must have scalded her in boiling water! There was not a single hair left on her body! Not a single hair left! How on earth did he do that? Shen Li wanted to cry but had no tears. She suddenly remembered that she was still laughing at a bald official in the court a few days ago. She was confused at that time and didn't understand why he was crying. Now she really wanted to poke herself into a sieve. It was her bad mouth that got her retribution today...
"Take a shower." Before Shen Li could appreciate her look carefully, the man suddenly swung his hand and threw her directly into the pond.
As soon as she fell, Shen Li choked on some water. The desire to survive made her two featherless wings flap constantly. The man was still laughing at her cowardice, but when he saw Shen Li flapping so hard, he frowned and asked in distress: "Hey, can't you swim?" Can your chicken swim? How ignorant are you!
Severely injured and without magic power, she couldn't hold on after tossing like this for a while. Just when she thought she would be killed by a mortal today, a bamboo pole swept across and suddenly picked her up and fished her to the edge of the pond. The man squatted and pressed her bare chest: "Keep breathing, don't die, so you can survive."
The wet body twitched uncontrollably. Before fainting, Shen Li stared at him intently: This guy is tossing him on purpose! Definitely on purpose!
Seeing Shen Li's eyes rolled up and she fainted, he just smiled faintly, poked her bald forehead and said, "Be polite. My name is Xingyun, and I'm not some guy."
Chapter 02 Chicken Soup
When Shen Li woke up again, it was already the next morning. In the morning light, she saw the man lying by the pond pinching buns to feed the fish. He seemed to like the fish very much. He was completely unaware that his sleeves were soaked in the water. His profile was in the backlight and looked a little sacred.
Sacred? A mortal?
The memories of being tormented by him came flooding in. Shen Li blinked hard, shook off the mist in her eyes, and replaced them with a wary look.
Perhaps her eyes were too focused and scorching, Xingyun suddenly turned his head and glanced at her, saying lightly: "My name is Xingyun." As if to emphasize it deliberately. Shen Li was startled, but saw Xingyun patting his robe and standing up, hammering his numb feet while muttering "Ah, it's time to take medicine."
Then he limped into the house, his posture even awkward and a little funny.
Shen Li felt that there must be something wrong with her eyes before. How could such a person be sacred and extraordinary? He was obviously... very ordinary.
Too lazy to continue to think about a mortal, Shen Li moved her head and tried to stand up. She thought that according to the injuries yesterday, she would not be able to stand up now. However, she found that after such a toss, her physical strength recovered faster than usual!
Shen Li did not think about it, and immediately probed her body with her breath. She sighed in disappointment. Sure enough, it was impossible for her magic power to recover so quickly... But it was good that way. The people in the Immortal Realm world could not detect her breath for the time being. But according to the thundering means of the Immortal Realm king, it was only a matter of time before he found her. If she had not recovered her magic power by then...
"Kluk Kluk , come."
Shen Li was thinking, and suddenly heard the call from behind. She turned her head in anger, but saw a man in green and white clothes sitting on the bluestone steps, handing her a white bun: "Eat."
Shen Li snorted in her heart and turned her head away, but suddenly remembered that the suffering she suffered yesterday seemed to be caused by "refusing to eat". Her body froze, and after pondering for a long while, she finally gritted her teeth, stiffened her neck, and reluctantly walked up to the man with a proud step.
Smelling the faint medicinal fragrance wafting from him, Shen Li took a closer look at Xingyun, and saw that his lips were slightly dark, and there was a slight shadow under his eyes, which was a sign of a short life.
Very good! Shen Li thought, although this mortal saw many ugly things about her, fortunately her life was short, and after death, she would be reincarnated and forget everything, and she would still be the bright and glamorous Lord Bicang without any stain. Thinking of this, she felt relieved, stretched her neck and pecked at the steamed bun. The soft and glutinous food made Shen Li's eyes light up suddenly. This... this steamed bun was so delicious that it was abnormal!
Before the man could react, Shen Li opened her mouth wide to grab the steamed bun, put it on the clean bluestone slab, and gobbled it up.
The Immortal Realms are not like the gods in the sky who don't need to eat or die. They need food just like humans, but Shen Li only eats meat and doesn't eat any vegetables, so it's not easy to let her eat steamed buns.
After she ate the steamed bun crumbs, Shen Li looked up at Xingyun. But she saw the person next to her holding his chin with his hand, his eyes were gentle, and he looked at her with a smile. In fact, this was a very normal look of looking at a pet, but Shen Li was careless for a moment, and her heart skipped a beat when she was looked at by this ordinary look. She turned her head away a little uncomfortably.
The civil officials of the Immortal Realms were afraid of her, the military generals respected her, and other men began to tremble when they were three steps away from her. Who dared to look at her like this? But the palpitations only lasted for a moment. After all, Shen Li was a prince who had seen wind and rain. She quickly pulled out the small buds that emerged from her heart and gave them inhumane destruction. Then she patted Xingyun's knees with her bare chicken wings without hesitation, and poked the place where she had just eaten the steamed bun with her beak.
"Hmm? You want another one?" Xingyun smiled, "No more, I only made this much today."
After saying that, he stood up and went back to the house. Shen Li was stunned and hurriedly followed him into the house. How dare he get rid of her with a steamed bun! He had to take two no matter what!
She followed Xingyun's footsteps, but she was not strong enough now. She was panting just climbing the threshold. She could only watch Xingyun pick up his bag and walk through the front yard, push the door and leave, leaving only a faint sentence: "Kluk Kluk, take good care of the house, I will be back after selling myself."
Bastard! How dare he use her as a watchdog! No... Wait, she stared at the figure of the man who closed the door and left in astonishment. He just said to sell... what?
Shen Li lay on the ground and looked around the house. This man's life was not rich but not poor. He was a seven-foot-tall man with good hands and feet. There was nothing he couldn't do. He actually wanted to... Ah, yes, maybe he preferred this. Shen Li suddenly realized, but looked at the sky outside and couldn't help frowning. Is it really good to do this kind of business during the day... That's all, people like it. She will just stay here for a few days to recover from her injuries, let him go.
Shen Li rested her head on the threshold of the backyard. The sunlight in the yard slowly tilted to the angle of the afternoon. In her ears, there was always the sound of the tender leaves on the grape vines being shaken by the wind. It has been a long time since such a comfortable day. Shen Li was a little obsessed for a while. The complicated things in her mind almost disappeared. Just when she was about to fall asleep, a subtle sound came.
People who have been in the battlefield for a long time are so sensitive. Shen Li opened her eyes immediately, and looked at the place where the sound came from with cool eyes. She saw a girl in cloth sticking her head out from the courtyard wall. She looked around and climbed up the wall clumsily, but she didn't know how to get down from the wall.
Finally, she was so anxious that she couldn't help it. She tilted her body and fell down heavily. She fell hard. Shen Li thought, why is she a thief if she is so stupid? She can't steal anything and kill herself first.
The girl rubbed her buttocks, stood up, and walked straight into the house. Shen Li quietly retreated to the dark, but saw the cloth-dressed girl found a broom and a rag, and quietly and neatly cleaned the house. When the house was almost cleaned, she began to wipe the table. However, as she wiped, her tears began to fall, and finally she lay on the table and cried loudly.
Shen Li had to work hard to vaguely hear her sobbing something like "I'll never see you again". This was probably the girl who liked Xingyun. Shen Li was thinking about it in his heart, but he saw that the girl had cried enough, wiped the tears on the table with a rag, and turned to leave.
At the right time, Shen Li, who was too focused on observing her, had no time to find a place to hide, and the two met each other and stared at each other for a long time. Shen Li thought that now that she was beaten back to her original form, it should not cause any unnecessary misunderstandings, but the girl actually walked straight towards her and muttered: "Brother Xingyun is really, how can you let the plucked chicken run away, you have to stew it quickly." She wiped her tears and said, "It can be regarded as a farewell meal for you."
Fuck you! Who asked you to meddle in other people's business! Shen Li was shocked when she heard it. She had no magic power now. If she really stewed it in the pot, it would be terrible! She turned around and ran out of the house. The girl was not to be outdone and ran after her: "Oh, it's hard to wash if you run dirty!"
Shen Li really wanted to spray herself with feces at this time. She was willing to be dirty to death!
Shen Li was not strong enough, but fortunately the girl was also clumsy, so she used some fighting skills to narrowly avoid several fatal attacks, but her two claws could not outrun her legs, and she saw that the girl behind her was chasing her and was angry. Shen Li flapped her wings to fly, but the featherless wings did not do anything except make it more difficult for her to run! Shen Li even wanted to drill a dog hole, but Xingyun's yard was built so damn solid that there was not even a crack at the base of the wall, let alone a hole!
She had never felt so embarrassed, sad and desperate, and she swore! Blood oath! If she was stewed like a chicken today, she would become a fierce ghost, kill her way up to the Extranatural heavens, and spit out the blood of the Heavenly Lord! If it weren't for the marriage, how could she end up like this!
Before she finished thinking, her wings hurt, and the girl in plain clothes lifted Shen Li up with force, clasped her wings with both hands, and did not let go no matter how Shen Li struggled with her legs.
"Hmph, you wild chicken, I'll take care of you." The girl caught Shen Li and went to the kitchen.
Shen Li's bones were almost broken. When she was pressed on the chopping board, Shen Li suddenly remembered the time when she stabbed the enemy with a silver spear on the battlefield. It turned out that...
this is how the weak feel... "Well, what are you doing?"
The man's bland voice appeared inappropriately at this moment.
Shen Li turned her head inadvertently. Between life and death, the man in blue and white clothes leaned against the door. The light behind him seemed to cast a layer of merciful halo on him. The kitchen knife fell in front of Shen Li's eyes, embedded in the chopping board, and also blocked her sight.
The girl in plain clothes reversed her fierce posture just now, put her hands behind her back, and blushed: "Brother Xingyun... I, well, I just wanted to come and see you. This chicken has been plucked, and it will die if it is not stewed. It will not taste good then."
Shen Li didn't even have the strength to twitch, and lay on the chopping board as if dead.
"This can't be stewed." As the voice fell, Shen Li was hugged into a warm embrace, and the faint smell of medicine filled her nose. She suddenly felt that the smell was very good.
"Ah... uh, sorry, I don't know. I just want to leave something for you before I leave..."
The girl in common clothes twisted her fingers together behind her back, her eyes slightly red, "Tomorrow I will go south with my father to do business, and I may, may never come back. I will never see Brother Xingyun again..."
"Well, I don't see you much on weekdays." Xingyun's voice was calm, and the girl in common clothes' tears accumulated, and her cheeks were as red as her eyes: "No! I can see you every day! I can see you every day, quietly..."
Her voice trembled, and even Shen Li couldn't bear to blame her for anything, just a fool.
"Oh, that's terrible, I haven't seen you once, not once."
Shen Li opened her mouth in horror, speechless, is this what a man should say at this moment, and he deliberately emphasized it again, how much hatred you have with her.
The girl's face turned pale, but Xingyun smiled as usual, "Are you here to practice etiquette? Well, I don't have anything to give you, if you don't mind..."
"No." The girl said hurriedly, "No." She covered her chest, looked bleak, and staggered away.
Xingyun waved his hand: "Goodbye." Then he turned around without any reluctance, threw Shen Li away and started fiddling with pots and pans, while rolling up his sleeves and saying: "Cook."
Shen Li lay on the ground, watching the girl walk to the door and still look back reluctantly, and finally wiped her nose and left. Shen Li sighed, this girl is a little stupid, and her temperament is too persistent, but her heart is single-minded. How could she fall in love with such a man who does flesh trade and does not understand romance.
The sound of fiddling with pots and pans was silent: "Huh? What kind of business?"
Didn't she just come back from selling her body? What kind of business can she do?
As soon as Shen Li finished answering this question in her heart, she realized something was wrong. She turned her head and looked at Xingyun, who was staring at her with a raised eyebrow. Shen Li was surprised. He... he was talking to her?
"Oh." Xingyun was stunned, and suddenly shook his head and laughed, "I was not paying attention, and you found out." He squatted down and looked directly into Shen Li's eyes, "What's wrong with me selling my body?"
Shen Li had no time to pay attention to him, and was just stunned to say that he was really talking to her! Shen Li was so shocked that her whole body twitched three times. Could this guy have read her mind from the beginning, or did he know from the beginning that she was not a prostitute? Then he was actually playing with her, right...
"That's right." Xingyun smiled with narrowed eyes: "Playing with you."
Shen Li was shocked all over. Faced with such a frank provocation, she was stunned for a moment.
"Also, my name is Xingyun, call me by my name properly. In addition, what if I sell my body?"
Selling... What if I sell my body, what if I play with her! Did this guy eat up all her chastity and moral integrity! He could actually say such words so calmly! What a monster!
"I just sold my body for fun, is it such a heinous crime?" Xingyun said in a conciliatory manner, "Okay, okay, I won't let you notice it next time." After that, he gently poked Shen Li's head and stood up to continue cooking.
Shen Li tried her best to crawl out of the kitchen. This man was too dangerous. She had to go to another place to recuperate, otherwise she would die if she continued to recover at this rate!
But Shen Li was exhausted now. She struggled to crawl for a long time, but she was completely exhausted when she crawled to the front yard. The gate was close at hand, but she couldn't reach it. The dusk halo was bleak on her bald back. Xingyun shouted, "It's time to eat." Then she was carried to the backyard and put in front of a bowl of risotto.
Forget it... Let's eat first.
The moon was bright that night, and Shen Li seemed to have a dream. She regained her human form and lay under the grape trellis. The cold air and the moonlight melted into her skin. She couldn't help but hug her naked arms. At that moment, a thin blanket seemed to fall from the sky and covered her. The warmth and the faint smell of medicine made her curl her lips. She grabbed the edge of the quilt and rubbed it, falling into a deeper dream.
"Yeah." After covering Shen Li with the quilt, Xingyun sat down beside her, stretched out his hand to grab her black hair that was scattered on the ground, and smiled, "Your hair is quite luxuriant." His eyes moved down, resting on her facial features, and he looked at her carefully, "She has a pretty good appearance, and she's a nice girl."
Chapter 03 Time to eat
In March, the nights were still long. When the rooster crowed, it was still dark. Shen Li suddenly woke up from her dream, because she noticed the sound of footsteps on the ground. However, the moment she opened her eyes, she found that she had been covered by a piece of cloth without knowing when. She was shocked. Could it be that the Immortal Realm Lord's Qiankun Bag had captured her?
After a panicked struggle, her head finally breathed the outside air. There was no Immortal Realm Lord, and no pursuers. She was still sleeping under the grape trellis, and she was still like a hairless pheasant. The air was thick with dew. There was a subtle sound coming from the front yard, and Shen Li walked to the front yard cautiously.
The courtyard door was slightly open. There was a noisy noise outside. Shen Li secretly poked his head out through the crack of the door. The light of the torch illuminated the alley. Two carriages were parked in the alley. The commoner girl I saw yesterday was standing with her mother. The men in the family were loading things into the carriage, and Xingyun was helping. After all the things were loaded, other people got on the carriage one after another. Only the girl and her mother were still standing outside.
"Xingyun, your parents passed away early. Although we have been neighbors for many years, we have not been able to help you. Now I think about it and feel very guilty. I am afraid that we will never see each other again. You must take good care of yourself in the future."
"Don't worry, Auntie, Xingyun knows." He smiled and responded. The middle-aged woman seemed to be very sentimental. She sighed and covered her face and got on the carriage. The little girl was left standing face to face with Xingyun.
The girl bowed her head and said nothing. The jumping light of the torch reflected a sparkle in her eyes.
"If you go south now, there will be peach blossoms everywhere." Xingyun looked at the end of the alley and suddenly whispered, "I am not your good man." These four words were slightly heavy. Shen Li couldn't help but look up at him. His profile in the backlight was beautiful, but there was no fluctuation in his eyes. He was not ruthless, but really indifferent. Shen Li stared at him blankly, and suddenly felt that this man might be more complicated than she imagined.
After hearing this, the girl's eyes suddenly turned red, and two drops of tears fell. She bowed deeply and said goodbye: "Brother Xingyun, take care."
This time, there will be no return date, and we will never meet again in this life. Shen Li sighed, but saw Xingyun watching the carriage go away. In the rumbling sound of the wheels...the sound of her running away in the rumbling sound of the wheels would not be so obvious, right?
Shen Li's eyes suddenly lit up, and she looked around. There was no one around, only Xingyun was still watching the old neighbor. Shen Li squeezed out of the door and ran away in the direction of the alley.
Running to the street, there were vendors setting up breakfast on the street. Shen Li looked back and didn't see Xingyun following. She breathed a sigh of relief. This Xingyun was too mysterious. He could understand her but was not afraid of her at all.
She was seriously injured and had to avoid the pursuers from the Immortal Realm world. She really didn't have the energy to waste time with him. Wait... seriously injured?
Shen Li raised her wings in surprise. With the tossing and turning yesterday, where did she get the strength to support her running all the way?
Thinking carefully, it seemed that it was the same when she woke up yesterday morning. Her physical strength recovered very quickly. Could it be that Xingyun did something to her? Or was it because of the food she ate? Thinking of the abnormally delicious steamed bun and the too fragrant risotto last night, Shen Li stretched her neck unnaturally and swallowed her saliva.
"Where did this strange chicken come from!"
A man's rough voice suddenly came from behind, "You ran to the middle of the road, do you want me to pick you up for a snack?"
Shen Li turned her head and saw the burly man behind her reaching out to grab her wings. With yesterday's experience, she would not be caught so easily.
She immediately twisted her neck and pecked the big hand that was stretched out. The big man screamed in pain and said angrily: "Chicken! I will break your neck!"
Shen Li's figure flashed and crawled under the table of the street vendor. The big man chased her angrily and knocked over the stall. The vendor refused and quarreled with him.
Shen Li took this opportunity to shuttle between the stalls. The road ahead was blocked by a wooden board. She only stopped for a moment, and her neck was pinched, and then her whole body was lifted up: "Don't quarrel, don't quarrel, this chicken is here." Another vendor carried Shen Li and walked in that direction.
Shen Li held her breath, raised her claws, and left three bloody marks on the back of the man's hand: "Ah! What a wild broiler!"
The man felt pain and let go. Shen Li fell to the ground. She had no time to respond to his scolding. She rolled on the ground and turned into an alley like an arrow. She didn't stop until no one was chasing her. She lay on the ground and gasped. It's really not easy to be an ordinary chicken...
As she was thinking, the courtyard door behind her opened with a "creak", and a basin of water with mud and vegetable leaves "splashed" all over her: "The streets are so lively today."
The woman's voice sounded, and Shen Li felt the rotten vegetable leaves sliding down from her head and "pa pa" falling to the ground. She was stunned with anger that was about to erupt, and slowly turned her head to look at the young woman behind her. What the hell was this thing that was poured on her... It's really... so presumptuous!
The two eyes met the woman's pupils.
The height difference made Shen Li suddenly realize her current identity.
Combining the experience of yesterday and today, Shen Li just said badly in his heart, and the woman was grabbed by the wings: "Whose chicken is this? Why let it out after the feathers are plucked?"
Shen Li kicked her legs and struggled desperately, but saw a man coming out of the house: "No one raises chickens next door. I don't know where they came from, so stew them.
It happens that there is a lot of work today, and I will come back to make up for it in the evening."Stew your uncle! Shen Li was so angry that he wanted to curse the sky. Don't want to eat chicken as soon as you see it! It's a life after all, how can you all say it so lightly!
The man sorted out his clothes and was about to go out. The woman sent him to the door. Before going out, the man reached out and touched the woman's head: "My wife will work hard again today."
The woman blushed and her hand loosened. Shen Li took the opportunity to turn back and bite her. The woman screamed, Shen Li broke free from the restraints and fell to the ground, then ran away desperately, leaving the couple to continue their affection.
Running all the way until noon, when she reached the outskirts of the city, Shen Li met at least ten guys who wanted to catch her and eat her. She really couldn't run anymore, tired and hungry, so she sat down on the grass by the river, put her head in the river and drank two sips of water, then quietly looked at the overcast sky, watching a spring rain about to fall.
"You want to kill me, right?" She asked the sky, her voice desolate.
The spring thunder sounded, and the raindrops fell. Shen Li struggled to prop herself up and tried to find a place to shelter from the rain. Turning around, she saw the man in blue and white clothes standing on the river bank with a backpack on his back. When their eyes met, Shen Li couldn't help but feel a little moved. It was like walking through the eighteenth level of hell, and suddenly seeing the little yellow flower in the sun again, her soul was soothed. Although the man on the embankment was far better than the little yellow flower, and although the gaze between the man and the chicken made the picture not very beautiful.
Through the increasingly hazy rain curtain, Xingyun stared at the dusty Shen Li for a long time, then suddenly lowered his head and laughed with his lips covered.
This... This is definitely a mockery!
"Stupid chicken." Xingyun muttered, but took out an oil-paper fan from the basket behind him and opened it, then walked slowly towards Shen Li step by step.
Shen Li was no longer able to escape, nor did she want to escape. Although she didn't know what Xingyun was, for Shen Li now, the worst result was just being stewed. At least she could have something good to eat before she died here with Xingyun. The oil-paper fan above her head created a clear sky: "Kluk Kluk, I thought you would never come back after running away. So, you are waiting for me to come home here." Shen Li hung her head and ignored him. Xingyun picked her up and put her in his backpack without feeling dirty. "You are really capable. You can make yourself so embarrassed in just half a day. You have great skills."
"Kluk Kluk !" Go your way! Shen Li couldn't help but scold, "Kluk kluk!" You talk too much nonsense.
Xingyun laughed and stopped talking. A paper fan completely blocked the rain on her head, and not a drop fell on Shen Li's naked body.
After being tired for most of the day, Shen Li followed the bumpy curve of his backpack and fell asleep in a short while. However, she was awakened by a chill not long after she slept. She subconsciously twitched her whole body, stretched out her claws, and opened her mouth to bite people.
"You are such a fierce broiler." Xingyun took a step back with the ladle.
Shen Li shook the water off the two wings and stared at him warily: "What?"
"What can I do?" Xingyun asked her with a smile, "You are as dirty as something just dug out of the soil. I will help you and them wash it together. Otherwise, do you prefer to go to the pond to play in the water?"
Shen Li glanced to the side and found that she was in a large wooden basin with a bunch of wild ginseng. She used her claws to dig the ginseng that looked like a lump of soil. Xingyun grabbed her claws and said, "Be gentle, it won't sell for a good price if it's damaged."
"You... are selling this kind of ginseng?"
"Which one is it?" Xingyun grabbed her claws, rubbed them with the loofah net beside him, and grabbed another one after washing it. As if he had thought of something, he paused and looked at Shen Li with a smile, "Which one do you think it is?"
The distance was too close, and the beautiful face made Shen Li's heart beat a beat. Looking at the smile on Xingyun's lips, she felt like she was being teased. Lord BiCang was angry and shouted, "How dare you!" The sharp beak poked forward and pecked directly at Xingyun's nose. Xingyun was unprepared and was poked back. He took several steps back before he stabilized his body, covering his nose and not raising his head.
Shen Li was still angry in her heart, but seeing that Xingyun kept his head down, she wondered if she had bitten too hard. What should she do if she poked him out? And... if he wanted to deal with her now... Shen Li was silent. Just when she was at a loss, Xingyun's shoulders trembled slightly. Shen Li looked at him in confusion, and heard him laugh. Shen Li was more and more stunned. Was her beak poisonous? Did it peck him silly?
Xingyun put down his hand, walked over with a red and swollen nose, and patted her head gently: "Good skills." He was not angry at all, took the loofah net and continued to wash the ginseng.
Shen Li sat down in the wooden basin in surprise. It was the first time that she couldn't understand a person...
"Stupid chicken." With this light call, Shen Li raised her head, and a ball of wet mud "popped" on her face. The mud flowed down and blocked Shen Li's small nostrils. She opened her mouth to breathe, but the mud and sand got into her mouth again. Shen Li coughed and rolled in the basin.
Xingyun continued to wash the ginseng calmly. This guy... this guy is just a child! A little kid with a strong sense of revenge!
Shen Li decided to stay at Xingyun's house for two reasons. First, her physical strength recovered very quickly here. In just two or three days, the wounds left by Mofang on her body had no effect on her movements. Second, she didn't want to be caught and stewed. What made Shen Li worried was that she didn't know when her magic power would be restored. She didn't know when she would be restored to her human form, when she would be able to leave here, and when the pursuers from the Immortal Realm world would arrive. Fortunately, time in heaven always passed faster than on earth, which bought her a lot of time.
"It's time to eat." Xingyun called in the room, and Shen Li jumped to the dining table and sat down.
Shen Li believed that it was the food made by Xingyun that made her physical strength recover so quickly, so she ate everything he made every day, but... "Why is it steamed buns again?" Shen Li stared at the food on the plate in front of her and tapped the edge of the plate with her claws in dissatisfaction. No matter how delicious the food is, eating it every day is enough to make people sick. The most important thing is that she wants to eat meat!
"Is it not tasty?"
"It's delicious, but I want to eat meat."
"No money."
Shen Li was startled by these two overly decisive words. She looked up at Xingyun who was also eating a steamed bun and looked him up and down: "Can't you eat meat occasionally? Although you don't look rich, you shouldn't be very poor, right?"
Xingyun smiled calmly: "I am very poor, but I have a very good temperament." Although this sounded uncomfortable, it was true. Shen Li turned her head and looked at the ginseng he dried in the yard and said, "What about the wild ginseng you sold? This should make a lot of money."
"I exchanged it with the owner of the medicine shop for medicine." He said this lightly, as if he didn't care about his illness.
Shen Li was stunned when he heard it, and stammered for a long time. He didn't dare to say more, and just buried his head in eating the steamed bun in silence.
In the middle of the night, Shen Li guessed that Xingyun had fallen asleep. Most of the night, she gathered her inner breath for a long time in the yard with the help of the moonlight, then stretched out her claws and touched the white stone in front of her. The white stone flashed with golden light, as if it had turned into gold, but in just a moment, the light faded, and it was still an ordinary stone.
Shen Li sighed, it really didn't work. The breath in her body was empty, and she couldn't even do a simple spell to turn stone into gold. She sat down beside the stone in a somewhat dejected manner. This kind of helplessness was the first time she felt in her life.
Shen Li looked into the dark room. The night wind brought out some of the medicinal fragrance in the room. Shen Li flapped her wings twice, mustered up her strength again and stood up again, and continued to look up at the moonlight, concentrating and holding her breath.
Xingyun was kind to her, and she knew the principle of repaying kindness. However, although Shen Li was a prince, he was a military officer. He was good at killing enemies and fighting, but not at saving people and curing diseases. Since he couldn't cure this sickly person, let him live a better life in his lifetime.
Shen Li took a deep breath and absorbed the moonlight into her body. She leaned over and pecked the white stone lightly. The light was brighter. Shen Li opened her eyes and saw the golden light in the white stone constantly jumping, but it still disappeared in the end. She was angry and kicked the white stone hard: "Useless thing!" Before she finished speaking, she curled her claws and cried out in pain, "It hurts." After jumping two circles on one foot, Shen Li glared at the white stone and scolded it, "Stubborn stone!"
At the end, she stood in front of the stone again and continued to perform the method of turning stone into gold.
Shen Li, who threw herself on a stone with all her heart, didn't know that behind the dark door of the hut, there was a pair of eyes, smiling all the time, watching her actions. After Shen Li failed for who knows how many times, Qing Yi fluttered her skirt and turned to go into the inner room.
Xingyun rummaged through the cabinet, took out a dozen copper coins, weighed them twice and said: "Go buy two taels of meat tomorrow."
Chapter 04 This chicken is too idle
Shen Li absorbed the moonlight all night, but to no avail. In the morning, she rested her head on a stone and went to sleep listlessly, but she suddenly heard the sound of the courtyard door opening. She was refreshed and ran to the front yard. She saw Xingyun was about to go out without a basket or a bag. She was surprised: "Aren't you selling ginseng today?"
"The ginseng is still drying." Xingyun leaned down and patted Shen Li's head, "I'm going out to buy some things, stay at home."
"I'm going too, wait!" Shen Li turned around and ran to the backyard, took the stubborn stone that had not been successfully enlightened last night into her mouth, and then jumped back, saying vaguely: "Let's go." She thought that since the essence of the moon didn't work, she might as well try the essence of the sun. If she succeeded in turning stone into gold, she could just buy some good things.
Xingyun looked at the stone in her mouth and was stunned for a moment. Without asking any other questions, he just smiled and said, "How are you going to go out with me? There are so many people in the market. If we get separated, you might become a pot of soup when we look back. How about I put a rope around your neck and lead you for a walk, okay?"
Shen Li was furious when she heard it: "How dare you!" She flapped her wings non-stop, "I am accompanying you to the market with good intentions. Out of gratitude, of course I want you to hold me... hold me! Hurry up, hold me."
Looking at Shen Li stretching out her arms, she couldn't help but was stunned for a long time when he saw the two meaty wings of the chicken. Then he smiled suddenly, and actually bent down and picked up Shen Li. He let her rub against him in his arms for a long time, and finally found a comfortable position to lie down, and then ordered: "Be careful when walking, don't be too staggering."
Xingyun chuckled: "Yes, I'll listen to you."
Shen Li's spells along the way were unsuccessful, and Xingyun didn't care what noise she made. He just walked his own way calmly. When they arrived at the market, they could hear the butcher shouting today's meat price from a distance. Xingyun thought about it and realized that it would not work. The weight of the chicken had increased and he could not afford two taels... This chicken has a big stomach and it will definitely not be full. He will complain later. He doesn't know when he will be able to use this stone...
Just at that time, he heard someone next to him say, "Hey, ten copper coins to tell your wealth."
Xingyun turned his head and saw a man in his thirties holding a fortune-telling banner, claiming to be a half-immortal. He was holding another person's hand and talking incessantly, "Judging from the cross pattern, it is a very auspicious sign. The young master will be blessed recently..." Xingyun was silent for a while, and suddenly stepped forward: "My brother." He interrupted, "There may be a fire in your house at noon today. If you don't return home now, you will regret it in the future."
When these words came out, the fortune teller and the young man were all stunned. Even Shen Li looked up from his arms and looked at him in confusion. The fortune teller was the first to react. He frowned and said in a bad temper, "What nonsense are you talking about! Go away and don't ruin the fortune of this young man."
"You'll know whether it's nonsense or not when you get home." Xingyun smiled faintly, "I'll be waiting for you here this afternoon."
The young man came to have his fortune told and was a believer in this. Seeing that he was so confident, he couldn't help but feel nervous. After hesitating for a long time, he finally pulled his hand back from the fortune teller and walked quickly towards home. Shen Li poked his arm gently with the tip of her wing: "Are you lying?"
"Stop it." Xingyun touched her head, "This is about two taels of meat."
Before Xingyun finished speaking, the fortuneteller suddenly threw the banner and said angrily: "I say, what's wrong with you! Do you understand the rules of the industry? Is there any business for a bad person like you!"
Facing the other party's anger, Xingyun was extremely calm, "I'm not trying to steal your business, I'm telling the truth. If you don't believe me, you can wait here until the afternoon. If what I said comes true, you will willingly give me the money he just gave you for fortune-telling."
"Ha! You're arguing with me, right? Ah, OK!" The fortuneteller swore, "I, Wang Banxian, have been in the business for so long, and I still don't believe you! Just wait, if that guy doesn't come back or you didn't say it right, you..." He looked at Xingyun, "Just give me that broiler chicken!"
Shen Li was furious, and her wings exploded immediately. Before she could say anything, Xingyun gently pressed her back: "Don't worry, I'm here, no one can take you away."
I don't know what strange power there was in his words, but Shen Li, who always rushed to the front, was miraculously appeased and chose the option of - OK, I'll believe you first. Is it because... I have been protected by him before? Being protected by such a weak mortal...
It feels really wonderful.
Time slowly slipped away. After noon, the young man still didn't come back. Wang Banxian gradually showed a smug look on his face. Xingyun was not in a hurry either. He only occasionally glanced at the butcher shop not far away and listened carefully to whether the price of the meat was going down.
An hour later, the man still didn't come. Wang Banxian smiled and said, "Boy! You should admit defeat now. Give me the broiler."
"Why should I give it to you?" Xingyun said calmly, "Isn't he on the way?"
Wang Banxian looked towards the other side of the road and said, "Boy, you are talking nonsense! Where did he come from!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a father and son came from the corner of the road. They were the young man and his young son. As soon as he walked in front of Xingyun, he immediately bowed and thanked him, "Thank you very much, brother! If you hadn't persuaded me to go back, my son would have been burned to death in the woodshed. Huzi, why don't you thank this uncle!"
The child bit his finger and said vaguely, "Thank you, uncle." The young man smiled and said, "I don't have anything to thank you for. My wife asked me to take down two pieces of bacon made years ago from the beam. Look..."
Shen Li's eyes lit up, and Xingyun's eyes lit up too. He nodded decisively and accepted it, "I won't ..." You're welcome."
Watching the young man and the child walk away, Xingyun turned around and looked at Wang Banxian leisurely: "Ten cents."
Wang Banxian was stunned and slapped his forehead and said: "Hey, it's really weird, this can be calculated accurately." He took out ten cents from his bag and put them in Xingyun's palm. Before leaving, he said, "Why don't you tell me another fortune."
Xingyun smiled mysteriously: "Today, you will have a bloody disaster."
Wang Banxian was scared and quickly grabbed his banner and ran home in a hurry.
Not long after, Shen Li heard that after Wang Banxian returned home that day, his wife used a shoe horn to hit his face because he "didn't make a penny back". As for why Shen Li heard about such a trivial matter, it was because, from that day on, the rumor that there was a real half-immortal in the capital had spread throughout the streets and alleys.
"You can actually tell fortunes." Shen Li was surprised.
"A little bit."
Shen Li was silent for a while: "If you reveal the secret, you will be punished by heaven."
"I know, so, I am taking medicine every day." Xingyun answered calmly, but seeing Shen Li staring at him intently, he smiled and said, "There is gain and loss, the way of heaven is natural, everything is always balanced."
How could Shen Li not know this truth? She just suddenly understood that this was how his short life came about. She was surprised that a mortal could see the secrets of heaven and see them so carefully. It was conceivable that the backlash on his body must be great. And he actually fought against the way of heaven and lived to this day.
The identity of this guy Xingyun was becoming more and more elusive.
The rumors from the outside world became more and more exaggerated, but it seemed that it did not affect Xingyun's life. He still guarded the small yard, raised fish every day, and basked in the sun.
One day, Shen Li was bored and looked at Xingyun lying by the pond and asked, "Since you are gifted and have this ability, why don't you make a living by fortune-telling?" A "half-immortal" with real ability like him could take the high-end route and tell fortunes for high-ranking officials and rich people. Even if he told fortunes once a year, his life would be ten times better than it is now. But Xingyun was too indifferent. In all these days of getting along, he hardly used this ability except for earning back the two pieces of bacon and ten copper coins.
"This is not a good skill." Xingyun said lightly, "It harms others and does not benefit myself. I am still alive without it."
Shen Li raised her eyebrows. She did not expect that this mortal would have such an awareness. Since he saw it so clearly, Shen Li did not continue to discuss this issue. Instead, she changed the subject and asked, "Xingyun, in the food you make every day, is there anything that can replenish vitality? Bring it to me for research."
Xingyun smiled and turned to look at her: "Do you think I can afford that kind of thing?"
Shen Li was silent. Yes... He is a guy who can't even buy meat. How can he have the leisure to add tonic to the steamed buns? But she did recover her physical strength much faster than usual in this room. These days, her internal breath has gradually stabilized. Maybe it will take a few days to recover her human body...
"Knock knock knock!" The two were chatting in the backyard when they heard a hurried knock on the door. Xingyun responded and slowly walked to the front yard to open the door.
This is strange. Shen Li has been here for so many days, and except for the girl who climbed over the wall, she has never seen anyone else come to find Xingyun. She was curious and followed him happily. When Xingyun opened the door, Shen Li suddenly sensed an inexplicable breath. Her expression became serious, but she saw a withered hand stretched out from the outside of the door and tightly grabbed Xingyun's arm.
The man's strength seemed to be very great, pushing Xingyun back two steps, and almost stepping on Shen Li behind him.
The door was open, and Shen Li saw that it was an old woman who grabbed Xingyun. She was very excited and looked a little dazed: "Immortal, immortal..." She called out hoarsely twice, "Are you the immortal they said can calculate the past and predict the future?"
Shen Li looked up at her, only to feel that there was an inexplicable breath surrounding this person, but she didn't have enough magic power now, so she couldn't figure out the reason.
"Well... I think I'm the person you're looking for." Xingyun said, "but..."
Before Xingyun finished speaking, he heard a few shouts from the other end of the alley: "Sister-in-law!" At this moment, a middle-aged man came from behind, he grabbed the woman and said, "Sister-in-law! Stop making trouble! Come back with me!"
The man looked only forty years old, but the woman was like a fifty-year-old old woman, with a hunched back and a haggard face. It seemed that she was tortured by life. She ignored the man, just looked at Xingyun and said, "Fairy, please help me! Please help me calculate where my husband who has been in the army for fifteen years is now?"
"Oh, sister-in-law! Haven't you been deceived enough by those quacks? Don't ask, it's been so many years..." These words seemed to touch the woman's hidden pain, and she shouted loudly: "You have to ask no matter how long it has been! No matter how many years he has been gone, he is still my husband! If I can't find him one day, I will look for him another day! Day after day, there will always be a day when I will find him!"
Turned out to be a soldier's wife? Shen Li lowered her head slightly. She knew very well that once a person went to the battlefield and died, perhaps even his bones could not be found, no matter how much his relatives hoped and searched day after day.
Xingyun gently pulled the woman's hand away and said with a smile, "Madam, I can't tell this fortune, please go back."
The old woman was stunned, "Aren't you a god? Why don't you help me tell the fortune? I just want to know where he is... If you don't help me tell where he is, then at least tell me whether he is alive or dead, so that I can have some thought!"
Xingyun smiled at the middle-aged man, "Thank you." He made a gesture to see him off, "I should cook."
The middle-aged man was stunned, nodded apologetically, and half pulled and half persuaded the woman away. Xingyun closed the door indifferently and walked into the kitchen to cook as usual. Shen Li followed him and said, "You figured it out, didn't you? Why didn't you tell the woman? Is her husband dead?"
"No." Xingyun said calmly, "I didn't figure it out."
Shen Li was stunned, "But...but..." She kept mumbling for a long time and didn't know what to say. It was not wrong for Xingyun not to interfere with nature. She even appreciated it before, but in this case, she couldn't help but want to help. If the soldiers she led before died on the battlefield, she would not let his family wait hopelessly without knowing anything.
Shen Li looked up at Xingyun and walked silently to the backyard. This Xingyun could save a child for two taels of meat, and could also watch an old woman cry without any reaction.
He really lived casually, or... indifferently.
At night, the surroundings were silent. Xingyun didn't have the habit of locking the door, so Shen Li was able to pry open the door and sneak out. With the restored magic power, he followed the scent of the woman today and ran to the end of the alley.
A sigh came from the open door: "This chicken is too idle."
Chapter 05 She is really a god!
Shen Li followed the scent all the way to the gate of a small courtyard. Just when she didn't know how to get in, the gate suddenly creaked and opened. Shen Li hurriedly hid behind the door and hid in the dark.
A man in night watch clothes and holding a lantern walked out of the door. He was the middle-aged man who came to find her today: "It's almost time for my shift. I'll leave first. You watch your sister-in-law. It's the middle of the night. Don't let her run out to find some half-immortal again."
The woman inside responded: "Be careful."
The man responded and turned away. The gate closed again. When Shen Li was anxious and didn't know how to get in, the door opened again. The woman inside chased out with a cloak: "Da Lang, your cloak. It's cold at night. Don't catch a cold."
Shen Li took a look. The gate was open and the two people were far away. She jumped and went straight into the yard. She saw the woman's room at a glance. Because the light was still on, she was sitting in front of the window sewing clothes. Her silhouette was cast on the paper window, and she was indescribably lonely. The door of her room was not closed, Shen Li quietly poked her head through the crack of the door. After a glance, she suddenly understood why she felt an inexplicable breath on this woman today.
Behind the woman, a young man in tattered light armor was staring at the clothes she was mending in her hands. His expression was gentle and his eyes were gentle, as if he was looking at the things he cherished most in the world, but he had no feet. His body was invisible during the day due to the strong yang energy, but it finally appeared at night.
Did he become a spirit... Shen Li couldn't help but sigh. The woman could no longer find her husband, and she didn't need to look for her husband, because the man had never left her. Shen Li didn't expect that her sigh would make the lightly armored man turn his head suddenly. His pair of black eyes suddenly turned red when he saw Shen Li. He opened his mouth and a yin energy overflowed from his mouth. Without giving Shen Li any time to react, he rushed towards her with a hideous face. Shen Li fluttered her wings twice in panic: "Stop! Wait..." Before she could even crow two chickens, the spirit passed through her body, and the full of Yin energy made her stagger and roll several times until she hit a clay pot in the corner and stopped.
"Stop! Stop... cough..." Shen Li shook her neck hurriedly.
But the ghost didn't listen to her, and just stared at Shen Li fiercely, ready to attack her again.
Shen Li hurriedly said: "I'm here to help you!" The man was slightly startled when he heard the words, and his expression eased a little. Shen Li took two breaths and was about to speak, but the hostess of another room was startled by the previous sound. When the door over there opened, the woman couldn't see the ghost, but stared at Shen Li strangely: "Where did the hairless chicken come from?" As she said that, she walked over here, but before she took two steps, a stone suddenly hit her head. The woman's eyes rolled back and she fainted on the ground.
Behind her was Xingyun, who was covered in dust. He threw away the stone in his hand and said with a hint of helplessness: "Haha, you're running around and getting into trouble again."
Shen Li looked at him blankly: "How did you get here?"
"Climbing the wall." He said calmly, took a few steps forward and pulled Shen Li into his arms, "There is a curfew at night, don't you know? Go back."
"Wait!" Shen Li slapped Xingyun's face with a chicken wing. The feathers that had just grown a little bit pricked Xingyun's face, "Didn't you see! There are still some things that haven't been dealt with here!"
Xingyun pressed her wings: "What's the matter?"
Shen Li gestured: "Can't you see such a big ghost?"
Xingyun frowned slightly: "I only have access to the secrets of heaven, not a cultivator, and I can't see ghosts."
Shen Li didn't expect this. Xingyun was too mysterious, making her mistakenly think that he knew everything. She pondered for a while and explained to Xingyun, "When the woman came to me today, I sensed a strange aura on her, but the yang energy was too strong during the day, so I couldn't see it. I only found him when I followed her tonight. It seems that after he died on the battlefield that year, he was too obsessed and couldn't be reincarnated. In the end, his soul returned to his hometown and floated to her side, and then he has been guarding her until now."
Shen Li turned to look at him, the man lowered his brows and nodded slightly.
"You know she has been waiting for you and looking for you, right?" Shen Li turned to ask him. The man had a bitter look on his face. He looked at the silhouette of the woman on the paper window and nodded gently. Shen Li said again, "Do you want her to know where you are?"
He looked at Shen Li in surprise and desire, as if asking her, "Can I?"
Shen Li nodded: "Xingyun, go and tell her."
Xingyun sighed: "What a fool." He said, "Do you want me to dance and gesture to create a ghost? Who would believe it with words?" He put Shen Li on the ground, and then fiddled with a few stones, as if arranging them in an orderly manner according to some formation. "Since you have already intervened, you should do your best. But don't regret it after it's done."
Shen Li was silent, waiting for Xingyun to come over. After setting up the formation, he used his finger as a pen and wrote a word in the middle. He stepped back and said, "Tell the ghost to float on this word."
The man followed his words and stopped above the word. It seemed that a ray of light was injected into the word. The stones arranged in order in the yard lit up one by one. The last ray of light was concentrated on the man. His body seemed to be stronger and clearer than before. Xingyun smiled and said, "Knock on the door and tell her that her husband is back."
Shen Li didn't ask anything. She ran over eagerly and pecked the wooden door with her sharp beak. After a while, the wooden door opened. The woman frowned and said, "It's a bit noisy tonight. The clothes I sewed for Sanlang haven't been finished yet..." The woman paused, and her turbid eyes seemed to be shining with the light in the yard.
She took a step forward in disbelief: "Sanlang..."
The man was also a little at a loss. He didn't dare to move his feet. He just stared at the woman steadily. He didn't even know how to put his hands. He clenched them and stretched them out. He opened his mouth, but no sound came out. The woman understood what he said. He called her "wife." This name had not appeared in her ears for fifteen years.
Her cloudy eyes moistened in an instant: "You are back... You are back." Her voice was trembling with joy, and a childlike smile appeared on her wrinkled face. She hurriedly took a few steps forward and stepped into the formation, but stopped when she was about to touch the man.
She touched her hair and face with trembling hands: "Look at me, I haven't prepared anything. You see, I didn't even prepare a meal for you. I missed you for so many years..." Her voice choked uncontrollably, "Where have you been all these years? Do you know how long I have been waiting for you... Do you know that others thought I was crazy, even I thought I was crazy... I can't wait any longer. I can't ask you whether you are alive or dead, I can't find your whereabouts, I have nowhere to send my sewn clothes, and no one can read my written letters! Where have you been hiding!"
She couldn't stop her tears from falling, in the array of light, time seemed to flow backwards on them, smoothing out her wrinkles and vicissitudes, turning her into that woman in her prime, and his armor and clothes were as new and his appearance was the same as before, as if it was the last night to see her husband off, they were still young, without the fifteen years of life and death separation.
The man's face turned sad, and he couldn't help but raise his hand to touch her face. Xingyun, who was standing by, bit his fingertips silently and dropped two drops of blood on the stone of the formation. The light in the formation became brighter, and the man actually touched the woman. It should have been the hand of a ghost! Feeling the real touch, the man suddenly exerted force with his arms and hugged her fiercely.
Shen Li looked at Xingyun in astonishment: "This formation..." This formation connects life and death and goes against the way of heaven. Its power is so strong.
Xingyun just said lightly: "This formation can't last long. So, if you have something to say, tell them quickly."
Shen Li was stunned again when she heard it. This man actually saw what she wanted to do...
She vaguely guessed today that the woman was possessed by a ghost. She thought it was a little ghost attracted by her obsession, but she didn't expect it to be the husband she was looking for. However, people and ghosts are different. If they spend a long time together, it will inevitably affect the woman and shorten her life.
So, she originally wanted the ghost to leave the woman, but now...seeing that Shen Li didn't move for a long time, Xingyun just said: "Why not let them decide for themselves."
Shen Li was stunned, Xingyun continued, "They are both ordinary people, they don't understand the Yin and Yang, and they don't know how much impact Yin energy will have on people. Now that it has come to this, it is better to tell them everything and let them decide for themselves what to do. "
Shen Li opened her mouth, but still didn't say anything, because she wanted them to stay a little longer, even if it was only a little while.
Xingyun sighed and suddenly said, "People and ghosts have different paths. Brother, you know that you have been with her for more than ten years, and you have almost exhausted her life." The two people on the other side were stunned when they heard this. The man turned his head to look at Xingyun in surprise, but the woman's palms tightened and murmured, "Be with me for more than ten years? You have been with me for more than ten years? You..."
She seemed to have just seen the man's clothes and his appearance that had not changed at all. She looked a little dazed, "Is that so... So, it's like this..."
"If you force her to stay in the world again, it will not only harm her, but also make yourself restless."
Xingyun said calmly, "Of course, whether to go or stay is all up to you."
The man turned his head and glanced at the woman. At the same time, the light in the formation dimmed, the man's figure became vague, and the woman's face also returned to vicissitudes, as if everything just now was just a dream. The woman couldn't find the man's figure and looked a little flustered, but she didn't know that her husband's hand had been touching her cheek... between life and death that could not be crossed.
In the end, the man nodded. He was willing to go.
This result should be good, but Shen Li couldn't feel relieved.
Xingyun asked Shen Li, "I can ferry souls, but I don't have the power to ferry souls. Do you know how to summon souls?"
"Yes, I can." After the fighting on the battlefield subsided, it was often her who helped the souls of her soldiers return to the River of Oblivion. Shen Li was very familiar with the soul-summoning technique. "No need to set up a formation." She said lightly. With this technique, she would never fail under any circumstances. Because she used this method to ferry the souls of thousands of brothers. No matter how many injuries she suffered, she could not fail with this technique.
"Xingyun, take off your coat."
Xingyun was stunned and took off his green clothes as he said. Shen Li got into the clothes. After a while, golden light shone through the green clothes. The dazzling light rose. The moment Xingyun closed his eyes, the people around him had already walked forward.
She was barefoot, and her green dress was too big for her, but it didn't look cumbersome on her. She walked forward with a straight back and a heroic spirit that was even stronger than that of a man.
"I will lead the river of oblivion with my name." Every word was sonorous. She waved her hand and touched the man's forehead. She formed a seal with her hands, and the light suddenly increased and then softened. The man's figure slowly turned into stars, like a firefly on a summer night, lingering around the hunchbacked woman, and gradually flew into the depths of the night sky.
"Ah...ah..." The woman trembled and reached out to embrace him, but there was nothing she could hold.
Their earthly fate should have ended long ago.
The night returned to silence again, and only the old woman looked at the night sky and whimpered incomprehensibly.
"Madam." Shen Li gently held the woman's withered hand, "He left to make you live a better life. Do you feel this kind of heart?"
"Felt it..." After a long silence, the woman finally said hoarsely, "How could I not feel it? I heard it... He left humming a folk song. He wanted me to feel at ease." Her wet tears fell all over Shen Li's hands, and Shen Li silently helped her back to the room.
The woman seemed to be very tired and fell asleep in a short while.
Shen Li stayed with her for a while before walking out of the room. The moment she stepped out of the door, Shen Li felt dizzy. The mana that had not recovered much was almost exhausted after being wasted like this. She was unsteady on her feet, and when she was about to fall, Xingyun gently helped her. Before Shen Li had time to thank him, she felt her heart tighten, and the world suddenly became bigger. She turned into her original body again. Shen Li was still stunned when she heard Xingyun chuckle and pick her up.
"Are you satisfied with this result?"
Shen Li knew that he was asking about the woman and her husband. She was silent for a moment and said, "This result planted the seeds of dissatisfaction fifteen years ago." Once a person is gone, no matter what the result is, it will not be a good result.
Xingyun smiled: "Oh? It seems that you are deeply touched by this kind of thing."
"But I have been to the battlefield and seen too many lonely souls who died in battle." Shen Li's tone was slightly heavy, "I don't know whether it is right or wrong to persuade her like this today, and I don't know whether it is good or bad to do this today, but I think that if I have relatives and lovers in the future, if I die in battle, what I hope most in my heart must be that they will forget me quickly. Because the past has become a falsehood, only the future can be called life."
Xingyun was stunned, and then smiled again: "Stupid chicken, only now can it be called life."
Shen Li rubbed her head in his arms, found a comfortable place to put it, and said, "You are right."
"Go back."
Xingyun pushed open the gate, hugged Shen Li and walked home. The two people who were exhausted didn't notice that there was a man in a cloak hiding behind the gate. When he saw the two people walking away, he walked into the house with trembling legs, and helped his wife who was knocked unconscious in the yard by Xingyun, muttering: "She is really a god, my wife! She is really a god!"