Although Chao Lian wanted to bury his brothers right now, his body did not allow him to do so, even with the help of Fourth Uncle Lin. Facing Chao Lian's gaze, Fourth Uncle Lin said with a little annoyance: "It's good to have a scholar to help you!"
You actually still dislike it
Not every scholar can be so powerful, right
Chao Lian knew that Fourth Uncle Lin had misunderstood him, and he quickly explained that he did not dislike him. In fact, he was satisfied to meet Fourth Uncle Lin in this situation. After hearing this, Fourth Uncle Lin's expression softened. He thought for a moment, and transformed into a blue bird to deliver the message.
He even went out of his way to explain it to Chao Lian so that he wouldn't think too much.
"Write a letter to Shaobai and ask him if he can move the things."
Chao Lian didn't know who this "Shao Bai" was, so he didn't take it seriously. Not long after, Fourth Uncle Lin received a reply.
He turned around and took out a golden bronze tripod.
With resentment, he used a sharp knife to pick out a plump, soft insect and passed it to Chao Lian: "I know you are in deep mourning and don't want to be involved in meat. But this thing was raised by Shao Bai. It is a vegetarian. Eating it can strengthen your body and replenish your energy."
Of course, this is what the master and disciple said.
Uncle Lin didn’t know what the specific effect was.
Chao Lian pursed his lips and refused to open them.
Uncle Lin urged impatiently: "Why are you still standing there? If you keep dithering, the bodies will either rot or be buried in the pit by Shaobai. Why are you so particular at this time?"
Chao Lian was skeptical and ate the worm with a frown.
He thought he had to endure the nausea, but the twisting worm turned into a warm current as soon as it entered his mouth, flowing along his tongue and throat into his limbs and meridians. An unprecedented clearness and breath of life flowed through his meridians, suppressing the pain caused by internal injuries.
He couldn't help but ask, "What is this?"
Fourth Uncle Lin said, "Shaobai raised these poisonous insects."
Chao Lian's face suddenly changed: "Insect poison?"
Because of Shao Chong's experience, the brothers hated the word "蛭虫" to the core, but Fourth Uncle Lin was their savior, so he couldn't get angry and had to endure it.
Chao Lian couldn't help but ask indirectly, "Witchcraft is rare. I wonder where this Mr. Shaobai came from?"
Fourth Uncle Lin said, "Shaobai said you two have met before."
Now it was Chao Lian's turn to be surprised: "Have you met before?"
He recalled carefully and did not remember that among the people he knew there was a person named "Shaobai" who was also a master of witchcraft.
Because Chao Lian was in deep mourning and could not eat meat, but as a wounded soldier he had to eat, Uncle Lin had to take out other dry food and put it in a pottery pot to heat and soften it. While busying himself, he said, "Half a year ago, in the capital of Shangnan County, didn't you brothers encounter a young man with a wooden stick and had a brief conflict?"
Chao Lian's eyes widened: "Is it, is it that person?"
Fourth Uncle Lin said, "Yes, he is Shaobai."
The Gongxi clan, Jimo clan, named Qiu, with the courtesy name Shaobai.
Chao Lian blurted out: "This Mr. Shaobai is the high priest of this generation of the Gongxi tribe? The nephew of Gongxi Chou?"
Before Fourth Uncle Lin could say anything, an old man slowly walked out from the depths of the cave and asked, "What nephew Gong Xichou?"
Chao Lian's heart was filled with emotions at this time.
Joy and sadness intertwined into a complex feeling in my heart, tears welled up in my eyes: Brothers, did you see this? The chief priest of the Gongxi tribe is here, Thirteen is completely saved!
The old man walked slowly out of the shadows, looking very old.
The old voice asked again: "Who is Gong Xichou's nephew?"
Chao Lian came to his senses and recounted the details of Gong Xichou's visit after the conflict between Shaobai and Shisan.
The old man listened silently without expressing his opinion.
After a long while, he asked, "Do you have any evidence?"
"Gong Xichou looks very similar to Mr. Shaobai."
Anyone with eyesight would say that these two are related by blood, the difference lies in their age and temperament. Gong Xichou is older and naturally more mature, having been in and out of the battlefield for many years, with his hands stained with countless lives, and his eyebrows and eyes are sharp and bloody, like a thorny rose blooming with blood; the boy is a young man who has not experienced the world, although his appearance is also a bit seductively gorgeous, but he is ignorant, clear and clean, more like a snow peony carefully cultivated in a greenhouse...
The old man lowered his eyes and recalled the eternal lamp in his clan’s land.
There is indeed a lamp inside with the name "Gong Xichou" engraved on it.
but-
"I have heard of Gong Xichou, but Shaobai cannot be his nephew. You must have made a mistake." Outsiders do not know Shaobai's background, but how could the old man not know, "The age does not match at all..."
Although Shaobai's body is not very old, if you count the years when his body was in stasis, he is old enough to be Gong Xichou's brother.
"Looking similar doesn't mean anything. The Gongxi clan has been living in seclusion for many years, and their living environment is isolated, so the appearances of the clan members are more or less similar." Those who are ugly are more likely to be weird, while those with regular and handsome looks have more approachable features.
Chao Lian was surprised: "Why do they look so similar?"
The old man said calmly, "Is it possible that the gods worshipped by the Gongxi tribe prefer this kind?"
The appearances of all the successive high priests of the Gongxi tribe were somewhat similar, but the old man was not closely related to the high priest who succeeded him.
Chao Lian: “…”
Fourth Uncle Lin: "...Does that god still care about appearance?"
Tsk tsk, it sounds more like an evil god.
The old man asked back: "Does the secular royal court not consider appearance when selecting talents? Not only does it consider appearance, but also family background and bloodline."
In this regard, the gods are not so strict.
"In short, Shaobai can't be Gong Xichou's nephew, but the two of them are also members of the clan. If there is a chance, we can meet them." After all, it is impossible for him to accompany Shaobai for his whole life. "Just rest and recover, don't worry too much."
After half an hour, Chao Lian recovered a lot.
Although he cannot fight, he can walk normally.
He also saw Shao Bai, who was more mature than the last time they met. He couldn't hold back his tears, which frightened Shao Bai so much that he froze in place, not daring to move. He recovered only when he heard that Chao Lian came here to collect his brother's remains.
"It's not easy to find—"
He was holding a shovel and a big pit had been dug behind him.
Shao Bai was kindhearted and took the initiative to help him find someone. He brought out a body for Chao Lian to identify, and if it was not the target, he put it back in the pit.
Most of these corpses were incomplete. Even though they had been protected by the Word Spirit to slow down their decay, the air was still filled with a disgusting smell. Chao Lian seemed to be unable to smell it and repeated the mechanical movements over and over again. Finally, God rewarded his hard work. When he saw the corner of a person's clothes, his head buzzed and he knelt on the ground and cried uncontrollably.
Shao Bai looked at Chao Lian, who was about to faint, in confusion. With his intelligence sealed, he was not only not very smart, but also very slow in responding to emotions. He did not quite understand why Chao Lian was like this, but he only knew that the person lying on the ground was very important to Chao Lian.
He had also seen this scene with Fourth Uncle Lin. When Fourth Uncle Lin had just escaped danger and woke up for the first time, he cried so hard that his whole body was twitching, and even his wounds were broken. He didn't eat or drink for several days, and he was completely different from the Fourth Uncle Lin now...
Shaobai once asked his teacher Uncle Lin why he reacted like that. He had clearly saved his life, so shouldn’t he be happy
The teacher said calmly: "It is natural for a loved one to die in vain. Ah Yan, one day, you will understand."
Shaobai shook his head: Ayan, don’t be so sad.
Although he could not empathize with Chao Lian, Shaobai was considerate and did not disturb him. He waited until Chao Lian had calmed down before continuing to identify the situation.
Before the sixth brother woke up, all the brothers were found.
Chao Lian sewed their broken limbs back together with his unskilled techniques, borrowed some clean clothes from Fourth Uncle Lin, and buried them in a relatively high spot in the mountains. His tombstone faced northwest, gazing at his homeland thousands of miles away.
As a scholar, Lao Liu's physique and recovery ability are not as strong as Chao Lian's. When he woke up, Chao Lian's internal injuries had healed by 30%, and the Danfu martial energy had accumulated a little, so it was no problem to deal with ordinary fierce beasts in the mountains, of course not for food, but for their hides. The three brothers were now penniless and unfamiliar with the place, so they had to make some money to save for the journey.
"Sixth brother, are you awake?"
Seeing Lao Liu moving, Chao Lian was overjoyed.
Lao Liu's reaction was no better than Chao Lian's.
When he learned that he was not dead and that the remains of his brothers had been carefully arranged, the man in his thirties hugged Chao Lian and cried bitterly. His budding determination to die was also dispelled by Chao Lian's persuasion and Shao Chong who was still unconscious, and he just became more silent.
"Sixth brother, our eldest sister-in-law and our nephews and nieces are still waiting for us." It is not easy for an orphan and a widow to survive in this world. Even if the forces that took over Shangnan County are willing to treat them well and use this to show off to the outside world and gain a good reputation, it will never be as good as when the eldest brother is alive.
After hearing this, Lao Liu tried hard to eat and practice.
What the brothers are most worried about is Shao Chong.
As a result, three days, five days, ten days, half a month... except for the breathing gradually returning to normal, there was no sign of awakening.
The two of them were completely panicked.
Lao Liu's medical skills are ineffective, so he can only seek help from Shao Bai.
Shaobai and the old man took turns to look at the patient. The old man frowned and said, "His meridians have been basically restored to their original state after being repaired by Shaobai's poisonous insects. There are no abnormalities in his Danfu. Logically, he should have woken up long ago. Are you guys hiding something?"
The two thought about it and didn't know what they had missed.
Until Chao Lian thought of a detail.
"... I remember that Thirteen looked strange in front of the graves of Third Brother and the others, as if he had become a different person... But the situation was critical at the time, and I couldn't take care of that for a while."
The old man pondered for a while and roughly guessed the reason.
"If I'm not mistaken, he may never wake up again."
After these words were spoken, the two of them almost fainted.
"Never... wake up again?"
The old man said calmly: "Even if it wakes up, it will only be a vicious beast that brings disaster to the world. It will kill anyone it sees, even the two of you."
Lao Liu took a deep breath to calm himself down and asked, "Why is this happening? Could it be that the seal was broken and the poisonous insect in the body was released?"
The old man: "It's more serious than this. It's evil thoughts."
Shao Bai was puzzled: "What is evil thought?"
The old man patiently explained to him: "When a Wudan warrior cultivates to the peak of the fifteenth level of Shaoshangzao, if he wants to break through the bottleneck, he needs to kill his evil thoughts. Rather than killing, it is better to say that he controls the murderous nature in his heart and strengthens his own path. Heaven and earth are unkind and treat all things as straw dogs. This means that in the eyes of heaven and earth, all living beings and all things are the same, and a Wudan warrior who has cultivated to this level obviously has the ability to do evil. If he cannot overcome the shortcomings in his heart and acts recklessly with his ability, this is something that heaven and earth cannot tolerate."
“So, heaven and earth sent down this dangerous test.”
"Killing evil thoughts is the process of seeking the truth."
"Obviously, this kid hasn't gotten past this level."
Shao Bai asked softly: "What will happen then?"
The old man said, "It will become a disaster."
After saying that, he looked at Chao Lian and the other two and said, "Behead them!"
As soon as these two words came out, Chao Lian and Lao Liu blocked the old man with grim faces, fearing that the old man would do something to Thirteen.
The old man sneered: "Leave him here and wait for him to kill you?"
Chao Lian said: "Kill him, kill us first!"
The brothers were able to survive the crack in the sky and wait until Shaobai and the others, all thanks to Thirteen's protection. It was Thirteen who gave up his opponent at the critical moment and tried his best to block the direct thunder tribulation for them. With such a Thirteen, what would it matter if he gave up his life
The old man sneered.
"Don't cry until you see the coffin."
In this case, it would be better to let them give up completely.
He asked Shaobai to use special means to wake Shaochong up.
Unexpectedly, events developed differently from what he expected.
Shao Chong did release his ferocity, like a wild animal, showing his frightening aggressiveness, but when he heard the voices of Chao Lian and the others, his cloudy scarlet eyes showed some ripples. He hugged Lao Liu, buried his head in his arms and rubbed it gently, whimpering like a wild animal. The old man was amazed.
Lao Liu begged him in a low voice: "Thirteen is still under control and will not become an uncontrollable disaster. Please save him."
The old man in front of him was full of unfathomable mystery. He was helpless, but perhaps the other party had some tricks up his sleeve.
The old man sighed and said, "I'll think about it again."
Lao Liu hurriedly said: "Thank you!"
After more than half a month, Chao Lian's injuries were basically recovered, and he was ready to leave to settle Gu Ren Yishuang, but Lao Liu was unable to leave because of Shao Chong. In Shao Chong's situation, one of the brothers had to stay to take care of him and accompany him to recover slowly.
"I'll come back after I make sure my sister-in-law and the others are safe."
"This road is dangerous, so you better be careful."
Uncle Lin lent Chao Lian some money and said, "If there is a chance, could you help me get to a place?"
"Of course."
Fourth Uncle Lin wanted Chao Lian to help him go back to his ancestral home to take a look.
Back then, he escorted his daughter to flee southward to seek refuge with his relatives who had moved there earlier. They encountered a disaster on the way and he was the only one who survived. In addition, due to the frequent wars in the northwest continent, he and his brothers had completely lost contact. Fourth Uncle Lin had some hope in his heart - if his elder brother and his brothers could not wait for them, they might send someone to leave a message at the ancestral home in Lingzhou.
If there is no news, that is fate.
In those turbulent times, we have long been accustomed to disappointment.
Chao Lian wrote down all the information Uncle Lin had told him, and asked him for an item as a token of recognition.
When Chao Lian went down the mountain, he could no longer see Lao Liu and the others, so he turned his head and looked at the mountain where his brothers were buried.
One day, your brother will take you home.
Return to the hometown, the fallen leaves return to their roots.