bookcurios Chapter 244
Chapter 244
Chapter 244
An Luo Village!
Since there is no fixed location, and in order to allow young people to teach better, the village head Chen Zhou built a house near Qingxin Lake for his teaching purposes. It is called Qingxin House.
He went out early and returned late every day. Over time, his kind personality and his love for those children gradually became famous in the village.
As for his experience with wild beasts, because he is an outsider, many village hunters have asked him carefully, but he has only one final answer--I don't know.
Perhaps so, after staying here for a few months, the villagers felt that he was becoming more and more mysterious.
In fact, the young man didn't hide anything, he really didn't know, the memory in his brain was like a broken mirror, no part was complete, and before the village chief asked him to teach those children, he Already planning to leave here to find my own memory.
But after all, the people here have saved him, so in this way, under the embarrassment, he still chose to agree.
He also smiled wryly in his heart, but once he played around with those children and told them some basic knowledge of beasts, it was really helpless to be put on such an errand.
Fortunately, the village chief didn't say he wanted him to stay for a lifetime, but only for three years.
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In a blink of an eye, a year and a half passed quietly.
On this day, the weather is slightly cool, and the breeze blows comfortably on the surface of Qingxin Lake, which can easily give people a pleasing feeling.
At this moment, the young man stood on a podium in Qingxin House, looked at the children sitting on their respective seats, and explained in a soft voice: "Beasts can also be divided into strong and weak, which are divided into upper, middle and lower levels. We usually Those who come across are all middle-level or low-level, and they can be captured with some skills, but the upper-level ones can only be shot by practitioners like the village chief."
"Brother Zheng..." A child who was listening carefully raised his little hand.
Before the formal teaching, the young man told these children that if they could ask any questions, he would answer them one by one... He understood that this would help improve the children's memory.
"Xiao Wei, do you have any questions?" The young man asked with a smile.
His expression is extremely normal and relaxed, and he looks a bit like a teacher if you look carefully.
I remember that at the beginning, because it was the first time for him to hold such a position, he was also nervous and had troubles, but in the end it was due to the continuous tempering of time, and now he can be regarded as handy in this aspect .
"I heard from my father that wild beasts are also powerful beyond the upper ranks. Is this true?" The child named Xiao Wei was articulate and watery, and he could tell he was intelligent at a glance.
Although his father is not a practitioner, he is a businessman and has traveled far, so he has more information than the villagers in the village who do not leave their homes.
"Yes, beasts above the upper level are called alien beasts..." The young man paused for a while when he said this, and when he saw the longing eyes of those children, he smiled inwardly, and continued: "But they are different from ordinary beasts. Beasts are different, they have their own territory, and they can even think like humans..."
"Think like a human?" Xiao Wei and the other children were all surprised at this moment.
"That's right, the alien beast is very powerful. Even ordinary cultivators will be in trouble if they see it, let alone ordinary people. So if you encounter it, it's better not to provoke it." The young man reminded.
"Huh..." Hearing the young man's words, all the children gasped.
"Hehe, but to reach the level of alien beasts, it is a bit more difficult for beasts to advance than cultivators, and due to various reasons, the failure rate of their promotion is also very high, and if they fail, they will eventually die. There is only one way to die."
"So it's like this... no wonder I've never seen it before..." a child murmured.
"It's normal if you haven't seen it. After all, it's not an ordinary low-level beast. Let alone in this kind of place, even in some well-known beast gathering places, there is only a one in ten thousand chance of producing one." The young man shook Shaking his head, he explained.
"I will come out of here in the future, and I will definitely see you!" The child looked at the young man and said with a firm expression on his face.
"Huh? Huh! I believe you!" The young man was taken aback and smiled at the child.
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At the same time, Anluo village entrance.
"It's here."
A man in a gray robe covered his face and walked into the entrance of the village with slightly heavy steps. As soon as he entered the village, he looked around, as if he had confirmed something, and heaved a sigh of relief.
"Finally found it." After finishing speaking, he walked slowly in one direction.
But at this time, on the road he passed by, the villagers, no matter men, women, old or young, were basically stunned when they saw him, as if they had seen something strange, and when they calmed down, the gray-robed man was gone. missing.
"Did you see it?"
"You mean the guy just now?"
"Of course! There is something wrong with this person who covers himself up in broad daylight!"
"Indeed, I just don't know what's the matter with this kind of person coming to our village?"
Passers-by thought for a while, and then another person said: "I think it's better for us to report to the village chief."
"En." Everyone nodded.
Soon, they started to run towards the village chief.
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Near sunset.
The youth should be able to go back after calculating the time.
"Finally, I will say one more thing to end this class..."
When the young man said this, all the children suddenly became concentrated. After getting along with each other for a year, they already knew that the young man in front of him, every time at the end, said something very important. , now that some children have already taken out paper and pens, and want to record it...
Seeing this, the young man was not surprised, he continued: "Although the beasts are constantly killing and cruel...but they also have corresponding emotions just like humans..."
"Brother Zheng, the beast is so ferocious and killed so many people, how can it have feelings?" A child immediately interjected and asked.
"Hehe! Xiaojie, you are wrong to think this way. Beasts kill people, so people are not the same as killing beasts?"
"But……"
"Xiaojie, wait for me to finish speaking..." The young man interrupted Xiaojie's words, and after a while, he continued: "You may not believe it, because in our scattered memories, there seems to have been A pig-shaped beast, trying its best to protect a human being, even for the sake of human beings, that pig-shaped beast is willing to sacrifice itself."
"Ah? This?!" The children were surprised.
"Brother Zheng, are you saying that humans cannot kill wild animals?" a child asked in confusion.
The young man shook his head and said: "That's not the case. Humans and beasts are in a balance, and they have corresponding interests, so there is no one who should not do something."
After hearing this, many children were puzzled by Monk Zhang Er, and puzzled eyes flashed in their eyes.
The young man chuckled again. He knew that these children were still young. For them, there were some things that just needed to be planted, and when they germinated, they would naturally understand.
But thinking of this, the twilight has already shone in this not-so-big house.
For a while, this place only added a sadness.
The young man shook his head. For more than a year, his memory was still in the broken stage, which made him feel a little hopeless in his heart.
This despair is very light, just like the youth thinks, it is like a seed, with time, it can still grow and mature.
Suppressing the melancholy in his heart, he said a few more words, and then told the children to go home.
Soon, only the young man remained in the whole house.
He looked at the surface of Qingxin Lake in front of him. The green color of the surrounding woods had changed to the color of the sky, light yellow.
A ray of evening sun.Shining on the surface of the lake, it is as if the water and the sky intersect here.
The young man watched this scene for a year.But he was never bored. On the contrary, the more he looked at it, the more enlightenment he had in his heart. Although this enlightenment was very faint, it did exist, and the young man believed in himself, and one day it would be able to grasp all of these.
"Huh... In this world, after walking for such a long time, I finally found you!"
Suddenly, a gentle voice gradually reached his ears from behind the young man.
The young man didn't turn around, although he was very surprised in his heart, but his face was very calm, he asked: "Who are you?"
"Me? Hehe, I am the person who is most familiar with you, and you are also the person who is most familiar with me, but judging by your appearance, let me observe for a while..."
"If it really doesn't work, I'll take action. Anyway, I've already found it, so I'm not afraid of you losing it...haha..." At this moment, the moment he finished speaking, his figure began to disappear strangely .
And at this moment, the young man who heard the gray-robed man's words suddenly turned his head, saw the man's figure slowly disappearing, and asked hurriedly, "Who the hell are you? Do you know me? Or do you know my past..."
The gray-robed man showed a slight smile on his face. He didn't answer the young man's words, but as his figure gradually disappeared, he uttered a sentence: "There are some things that you need to find the answer by yourself. If you want to count in this world In terms of time, it has been almost 100 years...and you, don't you just want an answer?"
At this point, the gray-robed man disappeared without a trace, as if everything was a dream and he never appeared.
"100 years, 100 years... Could it be..." the young man murmured, and the confusion hidden in his eyes suddenly weakened a bit, and the seeds of despair in his heart also seemed to loosen.
How long is 100 years, he only felt it for a few months, or even just for a moment.
After a while, Chen Zhou, who learned about the gray-robed man, finally appeared in front of the young man.
It's just that the two of them didn't chat much, and after expressing condolences to each other, they went back to Anluo Village together, and they also met Chu Yu and Dai Hu.
After they met, they just chatted for a few words, and then went home separately.
At night, the young man was walking on the road, but the brilliance under the moon still stretched his lonely shadow a little longer...
……
Time is like running water, and more than a year has passed slowly.
One morning, the bright sunshine shone on the kind face of the young man.
It's a good weather.
"It's the last day...it's time for everything to end!" the young man murmured.
From time to time, he would go out slowly, and after closing the door as usual, he would take a walk to Qingxin House, but at this moment, his expression was not as calm as usual...
With slightly complicated eyes, he looked at the surrounding environment full of reluctance.
Because today is the last day of the three-year agreement with Chen Zhou, after today, it means that he will leave here.
Over the years, he has developed a strong emotion for this village, and he cherishes this emotion.
"Xiao Zheng..." At this moment, a rough voice came.
The young man paused, turned his head to look at the hurried figure behind him, with a smile on his face.
"Huzi, what's wrong with you?" the young man asked.
"Huh...huh...Xiao Zheng, I'm fine, is the village chief looking for something with you?" Dai Hu replied panting.
"Is something wrong?" The young man was suspicious.
"En." Dai Hu nodded, calmed down, and recovered his breath. In the past three years, his physique has become stronger and stronger, and he has the appearance of an adult.
"Then what about Qingxin House?"
"Oh...it's okay, the village chief has already told you that today you rest, and those children also rest...so, don't worry!"
"That's it..." The young man thought for a while, and then said, "Where is it?"
"The village chief's house." Dai Hu replied immediately.
"Well, I see." After finishing speaking, the young man took a deep look at Dai Hu, then identified a direction, turned around and walked towards it.
"Wait!" At this moment, Dai Hu suddenly stopped the young man.
The young man Yizheng turned his head to look at Daihu, and asked softly with doubts on his face: "What's wrong?"
"You...you..." Dai Hu looked at the young man's not-so-handsome face, his complexion was extremely complicated, but he didn't say a word for a long time, it's a bit strange that a big man is coy at this moment .
"Hehe..." The young man smiled and continued to walk forward.
When Dai Hu saw the young man's smile, his heart paused for a moment, and he didn't react until the young man completely disappeared in front of him.
"Take care, after all you have your own path... I hope we can meet again." Looking at the direction in which the young man left, Dai Hu murmured softly.
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The young man walked on the road, because the village head's house was in the center of the village, and he would pass several streets along the way, so he would inevitably pass some villagers' stalls during his stroll.
As the saying goes, the plan of the day is in the morning.
This time period happens to be the best time for these hardworking villagers to buy and sell.
Perhaps so, although these villagers are relatively busy, because the young man is still quite famous in the village, and in the past three years, the young man has also gained the respect of the villagers, so most of the villagers will take the initiative to say hello to him when they see him.
"Xiao Zheng, are you going to the village chief's house?" At this moment, a middle-aged man in coarse clothes stopped the young man.
The young man stopped, smiled kindly at the middle-aged man, and nodded.
"Hehe, there's a little herring here...can you bring it to the village chief for me? I'm in trouble!"
Because Chen Zhou is very popular and often helps the villagers, many times, the villagers will take the initiative to send him some food or supplies to thank him.
"Oh...it's okay." The young man took the herring and smiled again.
But at this moment, the middle-aged man spoke again: "Xiao Zheng! There are two herrings in here, and one is for you..."
"Me?" The young man asked.
He was just about to refuse, but the middle-aged man immediately said with a serious expression: "Xiao Zheng, my son likes you very much. For my son's sake, don't refuse! Otherwise, you will look down on me, Uncle Li Bing... ..."
Hearing this sentence, the appearance of Li Bing's son flashed in the young man's mind, then he smiled wryly, and had no choice but to accept it.
However, the middle-aged man was like a fuse, and soon detonated some villagers.
"Good morning! Xiao Zheng, here are two threadtail rabbits, one is for the village chief and the other is for you...don't refuse!"
"Xiao Zheng, come here, my little brat, thank you for taking care of me... There are two chickens..."
"Xiao Zheng, you can pick whatever you want from my animal meat..."
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And just like that, when the young man walked to the door of Chen Zhou's house, there were already countless items in his hands.
The young man looked at these things and smiled wryly again, but for these simple villagers, his heart was indeed very warm, and he would keep this kind of warmth forever.
"Brother Zheng!" At this time, another delicate and pleasant voice rang in the young man's ears.
When the young man heard the voice, he already knew who was coming, and he sighed softly.He looked in the direction of the sound.
At this moment, a lifelike figure slowly appeared in his sight.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Chu Yu.
In the past three years, she was no longer as overbearing as before, but she felt like a lady from everyone, graceful and elegant, full of temperament.
"Chu Yu, you..." For a moment, the young man looked at Chu Yu and didn't know what to say. He knew how Chu Yu felt about him, but he knew it better in his heart.I was destined not to be able to stay for her.
"Three years! Will you come back?" At this moment, Chu Yu said a very meaningful sentence.
Hearing his words, the young man was silent.
"Brother Zheng, I..." Chu Yu bowed her head deeply, her expression complicated.
In silence, the atmosphere suddenly became heavy.
Neither of them said a word, but in this invisibility, it seemed that there was something that had to make them make a decision.
Talk back, or act.
Chu Yu's three years of waiting, the young man is not ignorant, but he has never responded to her waiting.
She can feel it herself.
I can also see her dedication.
However, there are some things that I can't let go of, because that is my everything.
"Ah!" The young man sighed again, ignored it, and walked directly to the village chief's house.
Can be sudden.
"Can I hug you?" Chu Yu's words echoed in the young man's ears like her last request.
As soon as the young man marched, his footsteps stopped instantly.
At this time, if someone asked him why he stopped, he would be silent, because in his heart, he didn't know why he stopped...
Perhaps, this is a kind of response!
Seeing that the young man didn't move any more, Chu Yu had a smile on his face, and this smile was extremely beautiful!
She walked towards youth step by step.
And when she hugged her hands behind the young man, at that moment, she felt that she was very satisfied, and she suddenly felt that she was so easy to be satisfied.
She thinks everything in three years is worth it!
If this is a dream, as long as there is this brief moment, that is enough.
Feeling Chu Yu's body temperature, the young man suddenly had inexplicable feelings in his heart.
This feeling is very real.
This feeling, it comes from a woman.
But this feeling is destined not to last long.
Chu Yu also seemed to know that she couldn't be greedy anymore. Although she didn't want to let go, there are some things that she can't decide... A moment later, she suddenly smiled, turned around and left the young man.
And the young man seemed to hear some weeping at the moment she left...
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The sun goes down and night falls!
The youth eventually left the village headman's house.
He walked lightly on the street, but at this moment, in his mind, he recalled what the village chief said to him, and he smiled slightly.
"Xiao Zheng, you have been in this village for three years. I know I can't keep you, but I hope you can remember these villagers, especially Dai Hu and Chu Yu..."
"Hey! Time flies so fast. When I met you three years ago and now, I always feel that you have changed... But I can't tell."
"After today is over, I'm afraid we won't see you again in the future... Hehe... You are right, I told them that you are leaving..."
"Ha ha……"
Chen Zhou's smile was also frozen in his mind at the end.
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As the night darkened, he left Chen Zhou's house and came to an open place.
And here, full of red flowers.
The safflower flutters in the wind, very elegant, giving people a very quiet and comfortable feeling.
Unexpectedly, the safflower seed that he left with him from that desolate place back then has also grown to such a degree in these years.
The young man looked around and said blankly: "Today should be the last day, why don't you show up?"
At this time, as the young man's words fell, the man in the gray robe suddenly appeared beside the young man out of thin air.
But the young man seemed to know the existence of this person, and he was not surprised at all.
"It's been here for 100 years, you just found out now..." The gray-robed man shook his head, pretending to be disappointed.
"It's been 100 years... This flower has been blooming for a hundred years, right?" The young man ignored the gray-robed man's words, but asked softly.
"Almost!" the gray-robed man replied casually.
"Thank you!"
"Hehe!" The gray-robed man smiled and asked softly, "Thank me? Why are you thanking me? I just came here and looked at you."
Hearing this sentence, the young man seemed to understand something, his eyes lit up, and he couldn't help muttering: "Could it be...is this my own idea?"
"Of course." The gray-robed man paused and replied, "Otherwise...how could I appear?"
After finishing speaking, a gust of wind blew away the gray cloth on his face.
The gray steps floated up with the wind, and the real him was finally revealed in this world.
But what is impressive is that his appearance is exactly the same as that of the young man.
It's just that the young man was not surprised by this. Instead, there was a hint of understanding in his eyes: "I dreamed for a hundred years, and this red flower bloomed with me for a hundred years, and withered for a hundred years...today, it's over."
The gray-robed man smiled, showing a look of relief. Although he was an illusory person created by the consciousness of youth, he also wanted to seek his own liberation, for example, now.
At the same time, a dazzling ray of light suddenly appeared on the young man's body, slowly... illuminating the entire night.
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(End of this chapter)