Central Plains, State of Zhao.
The evening wind blows, and the night is hazy.
Outside the city of Wushan County, in a modest village, Luo Cheng yawned, got up from the bed, carefully touched the flint to light the torch, and lit the lantern.
Then he walked out of the room with a yellow lantern in a daze.
The gusts of wind outside made him bone-chillingly cold, and instantly dispelled all the drowsiness from his body.
Luo Cheng shook his body, stomped his feet, and walked towards Zhuangzi's yard after he felt his body move a little.
Along the corridor to the courtyard, the courtyard is filled with large and small black water tanks of the same size, and each water tank is covered with a wooden lid.
Luo Cheng stepped forward carefully, opened the lids of the water tanks one by one, stirred them a few times with a wooden stick, and checked the contents inside.
These are clothes, clothes that are being dyed. Luojiayi shop has been in the county for decades. Although the business is not big, it relies on the extremely bright and beautiful colors dyed by hand. Only in this way can they barely have a place in the highly competitive county town.
After Luo Cheng checked all the clothes in the dyeing vat one by one, he went to find some Duan Moxiang to light in the courtyard to prevent insects from crawling in and out.
After all this was done, the sky outside was getting a little brighter.
Luo Cheng yawned, changed his coat and clothes, and prepared to open a shop in the county town.
"Morning, brother." From another bedroom in the courtyard, a young and lovely girl with dark red long hair just walked out.
The girl was also sleepy-eyed, and the thin white pajamas couldn't hide the tender skin on her body at all. The girl looks quite carefree, if her temperament and movements are put on a thick man riding a horse, it may not be inconsistent at all, but if she puts it on a delicate and cute teenage girl, she will look full of heroism and full of shamelessness. Undefended temptation.
"Luo Ying, don't you sleep more? Why are you up so early today?" Luo Cheng stepped forward with some distress, took off his coat and put it on for his sister.
Speaking of which, the younger sister Luo Ying is not actually the biological blood of the Luo family.
She is an abandoned baby that Luo Cheng's parents accidentally picked up from the snow when they were young. So both hair color and eye pupils are completely different from Luo Cheng.
Luo Cheng's pupils are pure jet black, and his hair is also pure black. The hair is thick and not frizzy.
But Luo Ying's pupils are dark red, the same as her hair color, this color is innate, and it is said that only foreigners in distant lands have such blood.
Moreover, compared to Luo Cheng's not-so-strong figure, Luo Ying is only fourteen years old this year, and she has a bulging front and back, a slender waist and long legs, and her facial features are extremely three-dimensional, her nose is straight, her eyes are big and bright, and she looks at others appears to be very serious.
"Brother, you can sleep more. Sleeping so late and waking up so early every day, the body will not be able to bear it after a long time." Luo Ying was a little worried.
"I'm fine, don't worry, my body knows it. It's fine." Luo Cheng smiled. "I still need to earn more money. I might have the opportunity to send you to Hanmei Academy in the future."
Luo Ying has persuaded her so many times, but every time Luo Cheng refuses to listen.
In desperation, she could only watch as Luo Cheng found his coat and put it on again, opened the door and left with big bags and small bags, and headed towards the county city.
It's impossible for her to be with him, and she needs to stay at home to guard the dye vats in the village.
Not long after Luo Cheng left, Luo Ying heard that Mama Zhao, who had been invited to cook, got up and started to light a fire to prepare breakfast.
She slowly returned to the bedroom alone, sat on the chair, picked up the wooden stick and poked the charcoal basin in the middle to make the red charcoal fire more intense.
"Spiritual Lord, are you still not made up your mind?" Suddenly a low and hoarse male voice sounded in the room.
A vague black figure quietly appeared in the corner of the bedroom, staring at Luo Ying motionlessly.
"The longer you stay here, the more likely you are to kill that boy."
"I..." Luo Ying remained silent, her eyes full of confusion and reluctance.
"Tu Lingren has already set off. If he finds out that you are still here, not only will you be arrested, but this young man will also be implicated." The voice continued to persuade. "Think about it carefully."
Luo Ying bit her lip tightly, her heart was in a mess.
She is not from the Central Plains, but from an extremely distant mysterious country—the sky.
There are no monks in the country of sky. They are completely different from the Xianzong who secretly manipulated the political situation. The power of the country is concentrated in the hands of a kind of alien called the red blood spirit clan.
The Scarlet Blood Spirit Race has its own extremely perfect inheritance, they rely on shadows and blood to fight, and their strength is extremely strong.
And she is one of the noble bloodlines of the Scarlet Blood Spirit Clan who fled from afar.
Originally, when she fled, the family to which she belonged was at a disadvantage and might be destroyed at any time. But after so many years, her family has regained its glory and stood at the top of the empire. That's why they sent someone to pick her up.
"Let me think about it again..." Luo Ying lowered her head and fell silent.
In fact, she has already felt the unknown ambiguity and affection her brother has for her. The two grew up together, bathed together, and played together, but since one day, they suddenly slept in separate beds and bathed separately, and there were subtle differences between them.
"This subordinate understands your bond, but Luo Cheng is just a child from an ordinary family. The gap between him and you is too great. Compared with him, you are like the brightest star in the sky. But he can only stand Look up on the ground." The man said helplessly.
"Brother Luo Cheng... I believe he can do it." Luo Ying closed her eyes, took a deep breath and raised her head. "I will go with you, but I want you to promise me three conditions."
"Really!" The man suddenly became excited. He has been wasting time here for nearly a year, but he didn't expect to finally make progress today.
"Really..." Luo Ying nodded seriously.
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At noon, the sun was shining brightly. Luo Cheng returned to the village from the county seat. When he went, he just carried some things, but when he came back, he pushed a two-wheeled cart and grumbled into the gate of the village.
"Sakura, I'm back!"
He yelled as soon as he entered the door.
"Oh, you're back, Miss Ying is gone! I just left you a letter on the table!" Mother Zhao hurriedly greeted him when she saw him enter the door.
"I've searched everywhere, but there's no one there. Ms. Sakura left a letter on the table, and I can't read... It can't be my fault. I was cooking before, so I didn't expect to call when it was ready. She ate and disappeared in a blink of an eye!" Mama Zhao was also sweating profusely, obviously she had been looking for it for a long time.
Hearing this, Luo Cheng felt a slight dizziness in his heart, his body swayed, and he almost lost his footing.
"Where is the letter!!?" He stabilized his body and said word by word.
"In your room." Mother Zhao didn't finish her sentence when she saw Luo Cheng rushing into the bedroom like flying.
Sure enough, there was a letter and a small black lacquered metal box on the desk.
Luo Cheng had actually noticed it a long time ago, felt that his sister was hiding something on his mind, and he had actually seen the extraordinary background of his sister from the difference in appearance.
But I didn't expect this day to come so soon.
Furious, silent, uncomfortable, bitter. All kinds of emotions rushed into his heart, and Luo Cheng opened the letter in this extremely sad state, and the black box was also included.
There was not much content in the letter, it was just a brief introduction of the reason for leaving. In fact, Luo Cheng knew about it, because someone had already secretly reminded him to leave his sister.
He carefully examined the things left by his sister. Apart from the open letter, there were two pamphlets written on silk.
One is called 'Theological Meditation' and the other is called 'Paine's Dark Book'.
In addition, at the bottom of the box, there is a strange medicine the size of a longan.
The letter briefly introduced the two books and the pill.
The books are for laying the foundation for him, and the elixir can make him reborn, refine his muscles and bones, and be able to practice the contents of these two books.
The last sentence of the letter immediately rekindled a glimmer of hope in Luo Cheng.
'... ..If my brother can practice these two books to the highest level, maybe one day... we can meet again... Farewell, Sakura who loves you. '
Seeing this, the tears in Luo Cheng's eyes finally couldn't hold back, and they slid down from the corners of his eyes like a broken thread.
Boom boom boom.
Before he could cry out, someone knocked on the courtyard gate.
"anyone there?"
Luo Cheng trembled all over, came back to his senses, quickly put away his things, and walked out of the yard quickly, Zhao Ma had already quietly run away. Perhaps it was because she was afraid that Luo Cheng would hold her accountable.
There was no one in the yard.
Boom boom boom.
The knocking on the door was heavy and loud.
Luo Cheng wiped away his tears, with a helpless smile on his face. In fact, he was already mentally prepared for this. It's just that when it happened, I still didn't expect it to be so uncomfortable.
Taking a few steps forward, he pulled the latch hard and opened the door.
"Excuse me, who are you looking for...?" He was slightly stunned as soon as he opened Monroe City.
There were two people standing in front of him, one was a gorgeous and beautiful girl with long black hair. The other was a handsome, tall young man.
But these are not the key points, the key point is that this man looks too much like his father.
"Excuse me, is this the Luo Family Manor? Is Luo Xing there? Mr. Xu Ye from the Luo family is also fine." The man looked at Luo Cheng in front of him with a gentle tone.
Luo Cheng was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses.
"Luo Xing...is my father, and Xu Yejun is my mother. They have been dead for almost six years...you are...." He had never seen the man in front of him. But just judging from the other party's familiar face that was extremely similar to his father's. The other party is very likely to have something to do with him.
"Dead??" The man was taken aback when he heard this. After his death, how can he give people the consequences
"Yes, it's been the sixth year since my death, and I couldn't survive the winter because of lung disease." Luo Cheng forced a smile, "May I ask who you are...?"
The man looked at Luo Cheng carefully, then suddenly stretched out his hand, and gently pinched his cheek. His eyes suddenly softened.
"And your grandpa, it seems...."
"You...you....!?" Luo Cheng was startled, and quickly backed away after being startled.
But immediately, he was grabbed by the arm by the woman beside the man.
"Give him a blood test." The man let go of his hand and said calmly.
"Understood." The pretty woman nodded, then smiled at Luo Cheng.
Chi!
Luo Cheng only felt a blur in front of his eyes, a red line flew out from his wrist, and then was lightly taken into the woman's palm.
The woman closed her eyes and felt it, then opened her eyes and nodded to the man.
"It's him."
Before Luo Cheng figured out what was going on, he suddenly felt himself being picked up by the man.
"You are the only one left in the Luo family?" the man asked.
Luo Cheng nodded blankly.
"Since that's the case, from today onwards, you are the sole successor of me, Mu Yun!
The only young master of the Four Seas Gate today! Under the four seas, thousands of monsters come to court, pardoning decrees! Everything! "The man took out a jade crown from his arms and put it on for Luo Cheng.
"Let's go! Follow me back to Beihai to take over the throne." He mentioned Luocheng and was about to run away.