Boundless Star, on the edge of the Ninth Continent, there is a river, this river meanders away, drifting somewhere, along the river, there are some villages and small towns on both sides.
Among them, Taohua Village is one of them.
There are hundreds of people in the village, and most of them are kind to each other on weekdays. It is said that they were members of a big family in the early days. They moved here. I don't know what happened on the way. After many years, Taohua Village will be established.
On weekdays, hunting and fishing make a living. In the early morning, the smoke is curled up, and after the night, the stars are a little bit brighter, and it is peaceful...
It's just that occasionally there will be some hoops, and there will be bursts of helpless anger...
"Fang Mu, you are a little mouse, watch me catch you and spank you fiercely!"
"You can't bear to say anything today, Fang Mu, stop for me, even if you run away, I will go to your house to find your drunk father and ask for an explanation!"
"My big cock, you you you... This is my big cock."
In the early morning of this day, under the smoky cooking smoke, such voices were heard from time to time throughout the village, including old people, adults, and children.
In a remote bush in the corner of the village, at this moment there is a six or seven-year-old child who is hiding there proudly. The child is very beautiful, his eyes are like stars, his complexion is like warm jade, and he is wearing a set that is obviously larger. Coarse coat, even if there is mud on the face, it is hard to be smart and clever.
He was holding a big cock in his hand. The big cock was pinched by the neck. It was struggling at the moment. But when you look closely, it was not struggling, but trembling. Perhaps it was not the child that was trembling, but the child’s side. , A dog lying there.
The dog was lazy, but there was a deterrence that was not noticed by outsiders. Every time the big cock was struggling hard, the dog would growl and immediately frightened the big cock to wilt.
After a long while, when the village returned to quiet, the child licked his lips, tiptoed and walked into the village with the big cock. The dog followed behind, licking his lips from time to time.
"I can't give you food, don't worry about it, this is my tuition!" The child whispered, walking around the edge of the village a few times, came to a somewhat dilapidated house outside, and quickly stepped forward and kicked it. door.
"Master, open the door, open the door!"
The child whispered, and the door opened immediately, revealing a sloppy old man. The old man grabbed the child, looked around, and quickly closed the door.
"Master, old man, I brought this big cock. This is my tuition. I want to learn the fairy law!" The child said loudly as soon as he entered the yard.
The old man was not tall, hunched over, and when he turned around, he squinted and looked at the child in front of him, then glanced at the big cock, and swallowed.
"Yes, yes, children can be taught. You know how to honor your master, that's all, after the master saves this wicked animal, I will teach you the magic!"
"Now, you're waiting for me here, I'll go to supersede this evil, shameless guilt first!" The sloppy old man said solemnly, took the big cock, turned and ran a few steps into the house.
"Master, how do you supersede?" The child opened his eyes wide, curious.
"Don't peek. When you cast a spell for your teacher, there must be a strange fragrance. This place is remote, lacks aura, and the teacher is injured, so you can only rely on you to protect the law."
"Little Mouse, it's up to you for the safety of your teacher. You must protect the Fa." The old man said solemnly.
When the child heard this, he was immediately excited and nodded quickly.
The old man was very satisfied and took the big cock into the room. After a while, there was the sound of the cock screaming, and then there seemed to be the sound of plucking hair and boiling water, and after a while, there was even some fragrance.
The child was very curious, and after a long time, he asked subconsciously.
"Master, since this evil animal is a monster, why is it so weak? I caught it as soon as I caught it."
"That's because Master, I have already cast the spell, so that it has no strength." There was a sound that seemed to be eating from the room.
"Master, I have helped you catch a lot of monsters in the past few years. Now the monsters in the village are almost gone. My father beat me many times because of this. When will we go out to cast down the monsters." The child continued. Said.
"No hurry, no hurry, I saw a local dog in Dazhu's house at the west end of the village yesterday. You bring it next time. After the teacher's observation, it is also a wicked animal!" The room seemed to be gobbled up.
The child looked up at the sky and was silent for a while.
"Master, Daddy's temper is getting bigger again. He hit me a few days ago and said that he failed the imperial examination..."
"By the way, he said I picked it up..."
"Also, I often dream recently. There are many strange people and strange things in my dreams. I see many people flying and flying, and I feel that there is a familiar feeling here. It seems to be calling me, as if... It seems that there are two me." The child was a little unclear, and as he spoke, his expression was a little dazed.
At some point, the sloppy old man walked out of the house, glanced at the child, and sat beside him.
"Don't think about it, there are two you. That is a clone. Those who can clone are all masters. Hmm... A master like the master, tell me, where is the other you you feel." Old man Huffed.
"There..." The child stood up and pointed to the distance, his expression becoming more dazed.
"There, far, far away, I have seen some halls and many mountains in my dream."
"Haha, the teacher knows where it is. It is the ninth sect, the ninth sect of the Cangmang faction, but recently I heard that they are recruiting disciples in a nearby village. You recommend it." The old man smiled, seeing the confusion in the child's expression, so he raised his right hand and patted the child's head.
"It's nothing more, you kid always likes to think and think you are pitiful as a teacher. I will teach you immortality and great law today. This is natural and heavenly, and the earth is shaken, so that ghosts and gods are in awe, and the essence of life is more difficult. It can be said to be the source of all laws. The head of the Tao!" After the old man finished speaking, the child was immediately excited and threw all the previous blankness behind his head.
"Let's go!" The old man looked at the sky. It was dusk. He led the way. After leaving the yard, he walked some paths behind the house. The child followed, and the dog followed lazily.
Two people and one dog all the way, when it was getting late, the old man looked around in the backyard of a house, and immediately jumped into the yard of the house, and whispered a few words to the child. .
"You are not allowed to watch for a while, you can only listen to it. This is to hear the Tao, do you understand? Master is going to practice, you will let me out, no, you will protect me."
The child's heart was beating, and he nodded quickly. The old man walked a few steps quickly with satisfaction. When he entered the room, the child faintly heard the voice of a woman inside.
"How can you come here if you don't die?"
"Here is coming, cough cough, hurry up, the old man will cast spells for you..."
Soon, some strange sounds came out. The child opened his eyes wide and was a little puzzled. He vaguely remembered that this was the home of Widow Li in the village. On weekdays, he saw many uncles and uncles in the village. Willing to bring a lot of items here.
"It turns out that Widow Li is also a monk!" The child murmured. He listened carefully. Maybe it was too involved. He didn't notice. At some point, a vague figure appeared behind him. Maybe even if he wasn't involved, it would be difficult to detect. .
It was a young man wearing a cyan robe, like a scholar, his expression was cold, and he appeared silently. When it came, the stars around it seemed to be distorted, and the earth dog trembled, and his eyes showed softness.
"Seven-year-old catastrophe... Tonight, this is my clone, and the seven-year-old catastrophe comes... After this catastrophe, my clone will regain memory. From then on, he is me and I am him." This young man is Meng Hao, and that The child is the fourth life he sent here seven years ago to carry him, and is also the clone who is going to realize the ninth forbidden.
"Counting time, it's almost here." Meng Hao said softly, almost at the moment when he said this, the child trembled suddenly, spouted a mouthful of blood, trembled, and screamed unconsciously. The body began to wither.
The cry immediately shocked the old man in the house. It spread throughout the village in this silent night and was heard by all the villagers. Soon, the old man ran out in a panic. The concern does not seem to be false. He is really anxious for the child. He quickly hugs him and presses his right hand on the child’s eyebrows, but it has no effect. The old man’s expression has changed a lot. He ran out of the house quickly and was about to be sent to the doctor.
This night, for everyone in Taohua Village, was a sleepless night. The sky did not know when the clouds were rolling, but there was no rain falling, but the thunder continued, roaring and faintly, and fog appeared all around. This The fog is purple, and the rolling room seems to be in that fog, hiding countless horror existences, roaring ferociously everywhere.
In the yard of the village doctor, the child called the mouse was trembling. There were many villagers around. The sloppy old man was also inside. There was also a middle-aged scribe. Although he was wearing a scribe's robe, his face was covered with stubble. Holding the hip flask, there seemed to be no focus in his eyes.
He was the child's father. In previous years, he was not like this. But since the imperial examination failed, he abandoned himself and drank all day. He was still drunk today and was dragged here.
"Can't save it." After a long time, the doctor sighed.
The middle-aged scribe heard these words and saw the child who was picked up by him now withered all over, it seemed that the whole person had shrunk in a circle, his body shook slightly, picked up the hip flask, and took a big sip.
"It's okay if you die..." he felt a pain in his heart when he muttered.
The sound of sigh came from the mouths of many villagers in this yard, all of them were a little sad. Although this child was naughty on weekdays, but now seeing the sickness of death, they are all very sad.
In midair, Meng Hao stood there, watching all this silently, and was about to raise his hand, but at this moment.
"Who said that the little mouse can't die!" In the crowd, the scruffy old man's eyes reddened, and he immediately walked out and hugged the child.
"He can't die, isn't it just a sickness? You can't save it, and his father doesn't care about it. The old man is his master, the old man takes care of him!" The old man held the child, stepped yelling, walked out of the house, and walked into the distance.
The people around was stunned for a moment, and when there was an uproar, someone suddenly saw the distance, the old man unexpectedly flew up and down, and all the villagers in Taohua Village were shocked.
Meng Hao was in the air, looking at this scene in the distance, thoughtfully, his body slowly blurred, he noticed that the clone was slowly waking up at this moment, and his consciousness also split into two at this moment.