Chapter 198: There is no way to win
"They were having lunch...or supper. Who knows what time."
Yan? said easily, pacing back and forth leisurely. He occasionally raised his hand to check whether there was any dirt between his nails. It can be seen that he is bored now.
"How long do they plan to stay?" Luwu sat on the sloping stone wall behind, "And can you stop turning around, you have a headache."
"Why am I bothering you by wandering around..."
"Seeing you gives me a headache."
"I'm leaving."
"Get back here."
Yan Yan, who turned around and pretended to leave, just took out one foot, froze again, turned around half a circle and stepped back.
"Are you just waiting here?" Yan? shrugged, "How about I sneak in and steal all the magic weapons they collected? Isn't this a great opportunity? And get the piano back... "
"It's all under their noses, how can you steal it?" Luan Wu frowned and glared at him, "To put it simply, I'm not afraid that your great priest will hear everything and sell you. Qin is not important. It’s not a valuable thing. When the time comes, even if the piano is in their hands, they won’t be able to do anything to us.”
"I don't think Chu Tianhe cares. To this day, even though I didn't deliberately think about what you told me in front of him, I guess he could tell something in a few words. But up to now, he hasn't made any move, I guess. Doesn’t he care about us? Ah, or...he doesn’t actually take you seriously at all?”
"Don't do this." Liuwu looked at him coldly, "Both you and I should know exactly what he is hiding behind."
"It doesn't matter. I'm not a loyal believer of Lord Python God. In the final analysis, I'm just a part-time job runner. This land hidden in Mahuluojia is very suitable for practice. If I stay a little longer, my red pearls can also It’s taking shape.”
"Pick it out for you."
"Hey, who are you? When are you going to tell me your big plan? I have always been helping you, and I always say the truth no matter what. That's enough. Now this is the only pure land left. Although I don't think so. You are the opponent of the python god, but if you damage the spiritual field here, who will pay for my practice?"
"Don't worry, I won't miss out on your benefits when things are done. When have I ever wronged you? In the past, I was not worried that Chu Tianhe would notice something, although he and the python god had long been suspicious. There is no need now. Explain, and you will know when the time comes.”
"You owe me a lot of favors. I'm sorry you can say it without conscience."
"I have no conscience."
"Indeed, if you had a conscience, you would not take advantage of Kalingbinga's last attachment to Garuda. Where is she now?"
"It's none of my business. She should come here to thank me for being able to fulfill her wish."
At the dinner table, several people were a little undecided when faced with Priest Chu's question. Qi Huan looked at his face and hesitated;
"Three, half thirty?"
"Small."
"You can't be in your forties or fifties, right?" Aoyan was a little surprised, "My father's hair has turned white..."
"Be bold." He smiled again.
"Only an impermanent appearance can be fixed in the most energetic period of your life, but you..." Liu Shenghan also seemed unsure, "Speaking of which, you are not already in your sixties, are you?"
"I have spent more than three hundred and twenty years in this world."
"Ahem——" Bai Ya, who had been silent all this time, suddenly choked on a mouthful of water while drinking tea.
If this is true, the mature temperament similar to Kisaragi-kun is something truly given by time. Sure enough, this feeling cannot be faked. But, but ordinary people, more than three hundred years old... Is this guy a shark?
"I am a real human being with flesh and blood." Chu Tianhe suddenly turned to him as if he heard Bai Ya's heartfelt voice and said, "I am also an ordinary person who feels pain when injured, and has joy and sorrow. It's just that these feelings change over a long period of time. It's become a little dull...but it doesn't matter. Do you want to hear a story?"
Speaking of which, the food for the banquet seems to have been prepared. The waiters brought the food one plate after another and carefully placed it on the table. Compared with last time, the food this time is much richer in terms of variety and variety, and the presentation has become more elegant. What's even more thoughtful is that this time it also comes with chopsticks and a spoon - although the wood is a bit crudely cut, it makes people feel that it is really thoughtful. But when Qi Huan picked up the chopsticks, he almost forgot how to use them. He turned around and looked at the others. Fortunately, he was not the only one. It was not embarrassing.
"I have traveled to many places over the years. I also know your hometown. There are such tableware there. It is not as sophisticated as Jiutian Kingdom."
Jun Aoyan was a little embarrassed and laughed awkwardly: "Hahaha, you are so thoughtful. But, in fact, we have also forgotten how to use chopsticks..."
"I understand. But you'll get used to it after using it for a while."
Next, the high priest began to tell the ancient story that he had personally experienced.
What surprised them was that Chu Tianhe was a child nurtured by that distant continent just like them. But he was not lucky enough to be born into a family of sinners. Since ancient times, it was not uncommon for prisoners to be exiled, and Jiutian Kingdom was also a place of exile at that time. To put it bluntly, it means driving criminals out of the country and leaving them to fend for themselves. Chu Tianhe's father was actually an out-and-out bandit, and he had done a lot of murder and smuggling with the bandit leader.
His mother had a hard life. She was very young at first, but she was only fourteen or fifteen years old when she gave birth to him. His mother was born poor and lived a hard life for too long. She was sold by her parents to a wealthy family to work as a maid. She only worked as a maid for two years and then got married with the eldest lady. While walking on the mountain road, he was kidnapped and robbed by bandits. All the male coolies were killed, and the disobedient women were also killed. Only three or four girls were left, and his mother was one of them. The boss gave his mother to his right-hand man as his wife - of course it was his father. His mother has always been submissive, and the food and clothing in the cottage are no worse than at home. She actually gained a few pounds throughout the year. His father didn't like her skinny face, and it made her feel uncomfortable even when he held her hands, so he tried his best to make her fatter. She is lucky, her husband loves him very much, but not all abducted girls are so lucky. Tragic fates are everywhere, and tragic stories abound.
Later, the two armies had to fight on their own territory.
During the war, they did not cooperate with the court, so they let the army take the blame. The combat effectiveness of the imperial army is naturally conceivable, and these bandits are no match at all. The boss was captured alive, leaving only a few subordinates and a few timid girls. The beautiful ones were also taken away, and women were treated like objects. Chu Tianhe's mother was not good-looking, not to mention she was pregnant at the time, with a slightly bulging belly. She was convicted of the same crime as a bandit and was exiled to the far south.
The remaining people find some work here and barely survive. The people here are poorer than they are, and they don’t even have to rob. Life is naturally not as good as when I was a bandit. Unfortunately, not long after the child was born, his father died at sea. It's pitiful to say that my mother wanted to drink fish soup after giving birth, but the fish that day had been taken to the market and sold out. He ignored the dissuasion of the locals and went fishing on the eve of the storm, which is why he ended up like this. From then on, she took care of the children alone. A woman raises a baby, but she happens to have the tough and stubborn temperament of a bandit. She is not lovable, often hits the wall, and her life becomes even more miserable. After Chu Tianhe grew up, she always kept talking about the past - the short ten years of her life in her hometown. Whether it was the eldest lady's worry-free food and clothing or the freedom of the bandits, the young Chu Tianhe was envious. Compared with the current days of picking up shells to satisfy hunger, the life my mother described was as beautiful and sweet as a dream.
Other children don't play with him, so he is always alone and a little lonely. He also has no name, his parents are uneducated, and his parents always call him "baby, baby". His current name was given to him by someone much later. But that’s a story for another day.
Children cannot eat more than a few mouthfuls of food, but they will always grow older. Starting from the age of fifteen, his stomach felt empty no matter how much he ate, and his mother could not feed him enough. He is still very thin, probably because his nutrition did not keep up in his early years. One day he walked along the seaside as usual and walked a long way. Then, on this extraordinary day, he saw something extraordinary.
No, it's not a thing... it's a person, Shark.
He had only heard of it, but had never seen it with his own eyes. This is a male shark, but unfortunately, he has died. I don’t know why. Was it excessive blood loss? Because his tail was cut open, blood was dripping, covering the already bright red scales. The nearby golden beach was also stained with a dark color by his blood, and it had completely dried up and caked. His scales are bright and beautiful, maybe he died not long ago? I heard that sharks can turn into humans, but their time is limited. Last night, was he going to the shore or coming back from the shore? He was probably injured and lost too much blood, so he died here.
If this shark was still alive, he would be very beautiful. His lips were red and his teeth were white, his long silver hair was sunburnt, and his body was covered with a gray scaly mesh caused by dehydration. As a child, Chu Tianhe tried to stretch out his hand and boldly tore off the membrane, tearing off a large complete piece, revealing slightly smooth skin. The shark's body is very strong, and the outline of the muscles is as beautiful as those of the strong trackers, but it is a pity that the shark's body has become hard. A white, strange-shaped bone could be pulled out from the wound on the tail, which was stained red with blood. Was this the murder weapon that killed him? After the bone spur was completely pulled out, fresh blood came out of the wound and was as sticky as jam. The shark's blood smells as sweet as crushed berries.
He is hungry.
The curse has come since then.
