It was almost noon now, and the small restaurant was deserted, with no customers at all, only Xiao Tingting's choking sound inside.
Ye Fan dragged the deer and rice noodles, pushed open the door of the small shop and walked in.
Little Tingting's eyes were red, and she was carefully wiping the old man's wound with a hot towel. She was so distressed that she was crying sadly while wiping.
There were bruised fingerprints on the old man's wrinkled face, and the blood mainly flowed from his mouth and nose, and even his loose gray hair was stained with blood.
"How can these bastards have the heart to do it..." Ye Fan felt anxious for a while, a kind old man in his dying years encountered such a cruel hand, it really made people angry. Little Tingting is so cute and sensible, she is only five or six years old, and she was pointed on her forehead and fell to the ground. At this moment, her little face is covered with sad tears, which really makes people feel distressed and pity.
"Big brother..." Seeing Ye Fan come back, the tears in Xiao Tingting's eyes rolled down again, and she burst into tears.
"Tingting is good, don't cry, grandpa is fine." The old man hurriedly comforted Tingting and wiped away her tears with his callused hands. Then he looked at Ye Fan in amazement and said, "This roe deer still has these rice noodles." …”
"I hunted roe deer in the mountains and forests, and exchanged a roe deer for rice noodles." Ye Fan put down these things, then took out a small jade bottle from his bosom, uncorked the bottle, poured out a little herbal liquid, and then smeared at the old man's wound.
"You just ate our meal, there is no need for this..." The old man was not good at talking, he was very grateful, but he couldn't say anything.
"Old man, you don't need to say anything more. A meal is really nothing, but the heart and friendship are very important." Speaking of this, Ye Fan knelt down and helped Xiao Tingting wipe away the tears on her face, saying: "Tingting don't cry, I will stay here in the future and I won't make you feel wronged."
"Big brother..." Xiao Tingting's eyes were red again, her long eyelashes trembled slightly and tears fell down, she looked down at her patched shoes, and whispered: "But... those bad guys will still Come and bully us."
"Don't be afraid, big brother won't let those bad guys bully Tingting again." Ye Fan patted her head pityingly. Such a cute and sensible little girl is being bullied like this, it is really hard to calm down.
"Son, don't act recklessly." The old man had experienced Ye Fan's anger, and he was afraid that the young man would cause a catastrophe due to impulsiveness, so he involved himself in it, and said, "We can't afford to provoke them, the Li family Those who cultivate immortals are simply not something we mortals can afford."
The old man sighed and said: "I am so old, I really don't want to leave my hometown. After all, I have lived here for decades, and the older I get, the more nostalgic I am for this place. But now I have to I'm not leaving, for Tingting's sake, I've decided to let go of everything here, even if I'm begging for food and leaving my hometown, I won't stay here any longer."
"Grandpa..." Two more lines of tears fell on Xiao Tingting's face.
"Tingting is good, don't cry. Old man, don't talk about leaving home." Ye Fan comforted little Tingting, and said to the old man: "Don't worry, I won't cause any trouble. Now close this small shop. Then I'll think of a way, if it doesn't work, I'll leave with you."
Ye Fan deeply knows that there are many unfortunate things for ordinary people. The most painful thing is losing a son in his later years and leaving his hometown. The old man has already lost his son, and now he is forced to leave this small town. I don't want to see such a pair of grandparents and grandchildren encounter misfortune.
"Tell me in detail what kind of background the Li family has."
"What are you going to do, kid? We'll pack up and leave here tomorrow, and we'll never come back again. Don't mess with them now."
"I'm not a reckless person, don't worry."
In the end, under Ye Fan's constant questioning, the old man finally said something.
The Li family is a leading family in this town. It is said that three or four members of their family are practicing outside. Immortal cultivators are very mysterious to ordinary people, and they are never seen on weekdays, so everyone in the town is very afraid of the Li family.
Ye Fan felt that the old man still had some things to say, such as Jiang's family was in a good situation before, there was a restaurant in the town, and why his son died suddenly, etc., all of which were not mentioned.
"Tingting go and warm the towel for Grandpa with hot water." After the old man pushed Tingting away, he said, "Brother, I know you are not an ordinary child. You can beat roe deer at such a young age. I am afraid you also know some cultivation skills." Right. But I still advise you not to provoke the Li family... "
The old man continued to talk. His son and daughter-in-law were also practitioners. A few years ago, they were highly valued in a certain fairy sect. Even the Li family in the town made friends with them and did not want to offend them easily.
"Yanxia Dongtian..." Ye Fan was very surprised, the sect where the old man's son belonged to was actually one of the six blessed places in the Yan Kingdom, and it was only two hundred miles away from the town.
Several members of the Li family also cultivated in the Yanxia Cave, and one of them entered the door almost at the same time as the old man's son, but his achievements were far behind.
"That kid from the Li family had a wicked mind, misbehaved, and did something evil. My kid was too upright, so he couldn't help but make a move, and ended up with a big hatred..."
Tingting's father has extraordinary aptitude, and is especially valued in Yanxia Cave, so he is not afraid of that disciple of the Li family who started at the same time as him. But there are unforeseen circumstances and people have misfortunes. Two years ago, when Tingting's parents went out to collect elixir, they died tragically under the claws of lightning birds.
After Tingting's parents died, the members of the Li family had no scruples. They first robbed the old man's restaurant, and then took away his inn. let go.
At this moment, Xiao Tingting Wen came back after washing the towel. She looked like a porcelain doll, but she said a sentence that was very inconsistent with her youth, saying: "Why is there always such a thing in this world?" It is good people who are bullied, and bad people who live a long life... "
Listening to her immature words and seeing her aggrieved expression, Ye Fan was speechless with the old man, not knowing how to comfort her.
"There are still many good people in this world. Tingting only sees one side, and everything will be fine in the future..." Ye Fan didn't want her little heart to have negative emotions prematurely.
"That's right, your elder brother is a good person. If you help us like this, both he and Tingting will live a long life." The old man showed a kind smile and said, "Today I will cook roe deer meat for Tingting to eat."
According to Ye Fan's suggestion, the old man closed the small restaurant, and the three of them had a sumptuous meal at noon. Xiao Tingting's face was flushed and she finally smiled again.
In the afternoon, Ye Fan wandered around the town a few times, and found out the property of the Li family, as well as where the old man's restaurant and inn were robbed, and then indirectly learned a lot from other people.
He didn't want to act rashly, he was afraid that the old man and little Tingting would be hurt, it would be the most stupid and sad thing to help others instead of harming others.
"There are quite a few people in the Li family practicing in Yanxia Cave..." Ye Fan felt very unsure, after all, he had just started practicing. And this is nothing, the most troublesome thing is that there is a person in the Li family who is practicing in a super fairy gate outside Yandi, and it seems that his achievements are very extraordinary.
"The Li family is really difficult to mess with. It seems that we have to think of other ways." This made Ye Fan more determined in his belief in practice. He must become stronger, otherwise he will be tied up in everything. He wants to help old man Jiang and poor little Tingting vent their anger. It's hard to do it happily.
"The bastards who did it today can't let go of anything." Ye Fan was not in a hurry to take action, impulsiveness can only cause bad things. He returned to the small restaurant very calmly, entered his room and began to meditate. After getting the golden book and the mysterious green copper, he hadn't checked it out yet, and now he decided to start with the golden book first.
He operated the mysterious method of "Tao Jing" and began to look inside. The golden sea of bitterness as big as soybeans was fixed in the darkness like a round moon, and the simple and magnificent green copper block lived in the center of the golden sea of bitterness, motionless, as stable as a rock, and silent. .
And that page of the golden book was squeezed to the edge of the sea of suffering, the brilliance flowed, shining bursts of divine brilliance, and the densely packed small characters on it were like stars, shining golden rays, sacred and ethereal. This golden book seems to want to go back to the center of the sea of suffering, but even if it is so majestic and gorgeous as a rainbow, it is difficult to shake the green copper, and it can only wander on the edge of the sea of suffering.
Ye Fan's mind was completely immersed in the golden book in the sea of suffering, but he encountered the same trouble as last time. Every small word in the brilliant golden book shot out light like golden needles, which made his heart ache and he couldn't see the handwriting clearly. .
"How could this be? Is there no way to practice the mysterious method on this page of the golden book?" Ye Fan frowned. This is like owning a treasure mountain, but can't take out any wealth, not even a copper coin. hands.
Suddenly, Ye Fan seemed to have suddenly remembered something, and took it out of his arms.
A gray bodhi seed appeared in his hand, the size of a walnut, with natural lines on it, and the pattern formed by connecting them together was a Buddha.
The Buddha's picture is made by nature, which is completely evolved naturally. It is dark, simple, and natural, and there is a faint Zen charm coming out.
"The bodhi tree can help people prove the way. I will use this bodhi seed to try it out!" Ye Fan got a mysterious ancient scripture in the ancient bronze coffin because of this bodhi seed. Xuanfa, he wanted to try it with the help of this miraculous bodhi seed.
The bodhi tree has other names, such as the tree of wisdom, the tree of enlightenment, and the tree of thinking. It is said that it can open up the divinity of people and realize their own body.
The moment Ye Fan held the bodhi seed, he began to use the mysterious method recorded in the "Tao Jing", and there were gold threads overflowing from the sea of suffering, condensing towards the bodhi seed.
At this moment, he didn't know whether it was an illusion or the bodhi seed really worked. He felt empty and very peaceful in his heart. He began to look inside the sea of suffering again, looking at that page of the golden book.
"It's really effective..." Ye Fan was amazed. The bodhi seed made his heart feel ethereal, and his mind was calm. Through the golden light, he could see the ancient characters on the golden paper clearly, and the golden light was as dazzling as golden needles. , seemed to soften all of a sudden, and no longer hurt his eyes.
"I opened a treasure!" Even holding the bodhi seed in his hand, Ye Fan couldn't calm down and was very excited. He opened the complete "Tao Jing" scroll.
The ancient characters turned into Shenhua, which kept imprinting on his mind, shining like stars.